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It was established in London on 30th September 1967 following the Marine Offences Act 1967 which outlawed the unregulated pirate ship and fort radio stations broadcasting to Britain from the sea such as Radio London, Caroline, Swinging Radio England, Scotland, 270, 390, 355, BBMS, and land based Radio Jackie. These had been broadcasting pop music with jingles and commercials in an American style to highly populated coastal areas of the UK since 1964. The first pirate ship was Radio Caroline, which opened March 28th 1964. There was strong public pressure, including public demonstrations, to keep them 'on the air', however these stations were unregulated and did not pay any fees to the music artistes.
The BBC and Government were embarrassed by the large listening figures gained by these and continental station Radio Luxembourg. Although Britain's pop industry was selling records worldwide, following the banning of the pirate stations there was little airtime provided to these acts because at this time, the BBC only had three national radio stations;
Light Programme
(founded 1945)
MW 247m, (1214 kHz) LW 1500m, (200kHz)
VHF 88-91Mhz
Easy Listening/Comedy/Pop
Home Service
(founded 1939)
MW 330m, (909Khz)
VHF 93-95 MHz
Third Programme
(founded 1947)
MW 464m, (647kHz)
VHF 91-93MHz
Classical Music
The BBC Light programme broadcasted mainly instrumental 'sweet' music, chart hits were often re-sung by other artistes or an instrumental version was played, instead of the original single. This was due in part to the restrictions of needle-time (until 1967 the Phonographic Performance Ltd. only allowed the BBC 5 hours per day of commercial gramophone records playing on air). Dedicated pop music programmes were limited. Although an increasing number of popular records were aired on the channel from 1965, chart fans relied on the occasional chart disc played by disc jockeys such as Pete Murray, and the weekly Sunday 'Top Twenty' (Pick of the Pops) Alan Freeman (6.00-7.00pm). The BBC lacked a dedicated popular music station.
The Government prepared a plan for replacing the pirates when the Bill outlawing them came into force. The Postmaster General, Edward Short, asked the BBC to create a 'Popular Music Service' on 247m during the hours outside peak-viewing of television. The BBC reported in August 1966 that they were finalising plans for a 24-hour radio music station to replace the condemned pirate "pop" ships. It was originally to be called Radio 247, (name favoured by Controller Robin Scott) aimed to attract the millions then listening to pirate broadcasts. It would use all the present music programmes broadcast by the Light Programme, including Housewifes' Choice and Double Spin. But when the Light broadcast talks or drama, such as Radio Newsreel or The Dales, Radio 247 would put in music and leave the main service to the Light Programme 1,500-metre waveband. But, the BBC stated, Radio 247 would not be all "pop." It would carry news headlines and 'occasional classical music'.
Edward Short announced in Parliament on June 30th 1967 the BBC would open their new 'pop channel' on September 30th. The station would broadcast continuous pop music from 7AM to 7.30 PM followed by light music and entertainment until 2AM. On July 27th 1967, the BBC Director of Radio, Frank Gillard, announced plans to 'kill off' the Light Programme, Home Service and Third Programme. In future it would be 'Radio by Numbers'.
The BBC Light Programme controller Robin Scott said 'hundreds' of D.J.'s would be interviewed for Radio 1, primarily pirate presenters because of their experience. On September 4th 1967, the D.J.'s and their shows were announced. Contracts were for 8 weeks, as opposed to the normal 13 weeks. Scott also pointed out that they had more D.J.'s than required, so there would eventually be a 'shake down' where only the best presenters would survive.
In 1967 after further BBC deliberation, and a mammoth amount of media publicity, new names were given to the above stations and 'Radio 1' was born, using the 16 existing medium-wave relay transmitters of the Light Programme on 247m 1214Khz. The Light Programme was renamed Radio 2 using the long wave and FM frequencies. The 'Third Programme' was renamed Radio 3 and the 'Home Service' became Radio 4.
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Radio One first went on the air at 7am, September 30th 1967. However, many parts of the UK could not gain satisfactory reception, especially North Devon, Scotland, Mid/West Wales and North Cornwall. AM reception problems were increased during darkness.
At Broadcasting House, London, announcer Paul Hollingdale opened the BBC Light Programme for the final time at 5.30AM on 30th September with 'Breakfast Special'. Continuity studios A and B were packed with pressmen, staff and well wishers. Controller Robin Scott moved to studio 'A' to prepare for the takeover from Paul Hollingdale. The new especially written Radio 1 theme tune, 'Theme One' (by the George Martin Orchestra) was played. A few seconds before 7AM he announced "Ten seconds to go before Radio 1....stand by for switching......five, four, three, Radio 2, Radio 1, GO!
The first DJ was Tony Blackburn presenting the new show 'Daily Disc Delivery', and the first record played was 'Flowers In The Rain' by The Move. The signature tune for the show was called 'Beefeaters' by Johnnie Dankworth. The first live group were the Bee Gees, appearing on Saturday Club at 10AM.
The first day only 5 hrs consisted of programmes being broadcast on Radio 1 alone, and there was a dissatisfaction from young listeners who had lost the offshore pirate radio stations (which, operating outside the law, did not have to observe the Phonographic Performance Ltd. 'needle time' regulations of 37 max hrs per week). Broadcasting on both networks was the Jimmy Young show (until 1973), The Sunday 'Top Twenty' and Late Night Extra. The BBC were only allowed to play 'commercial gramophone records' for 7 hours per day over both networks. Some 'dual station' broadcasts continued until 1979, when Radio 2 became the first UK national 24 hour radio station.
Unfortunately, Radio 1 was the only of the four networks not to have a Stereo FM frequency allocated, and this was the case for 21 years. The official reason for this omission was that there was insufficient space on the FM dial, although there were no licensed Independent commercial stations at the time. Radio One was, however, allocated FM instead of Radio Two on Saturday Afternoons, Sunday Evenings (1 Hour), Weekday evenings (10pm to Midnight) and UK Bank Holidays, until when, in 1988 a frequency range of 97-99Mhz was allocated as the UK Police relay transmitters were moved from the 100mHz FM Frequency.
Despite these setbacks, Radio 1 hit the ground running and doubled the Light Programme audience within the first month of launch.
Radio 1 Presenters 'Cut the Cake' to celebrate the1st birthday of R1
From its inception and throughout the 1970's and 1980's BBC Radio 1 was hugely successful, commanding weekly audiences of up to 24 million listeners. The now famous 'Radio 1 Roadshow' (launched 1973) toured Britain's holiday resorts through the Summer. The Roadshows were broadcast live on-air. Disc-jockeys such as Noel Edmonds and Dave Lee Travis became famous in the UK.
The daytime music format of the station was one of chart pop music, whilst evening programmes reflected up-and coming bands, rock and new-wave music. The Station Controller, Johnnie Beerling, had helped to make the station well - loved by its listeners by appealing to all age groups. The network established transmissions from 6 am - 12 midnight every day in January 1979 when the station became totally separated from Radio 2. The 'Live Aid' concert, the decade's major rock event, was broadcast in full on Radio One July 1985. The station began a 24hr service in May 1991. Radio 1 was re-named '1FM' from August 1992 until mid-1995.
Although Radio 1 was Britain's most listened to radio station, following much speculation, it was determined in 1993 by BBC Director General John Birt that the station was not sufficiently different and distinctive from the commercial opposition. That year, the target audience was changed from 13-40 to 13-25. A new Station Controller, Matthew Bannister, was appointed who was to carry out the changes to make Radio One more elitist. Many of the popular DJ's were sacked or resigned because of the policy change. These included Simon Bates, Dave Lee Travis and Gary Davies. Fifteen were to leave in total. The listening figures dropped from 16.5 million per week (15 years or over) in February 1993 to only 11 million in the last quarter of 1994.
Radio 1 lost its AM 1053/1089KHz (275/285m) frequencies at 9AM on the 1st July 1994 listen in! due to a Government Bill to encourage commercial radio competition on AM. In many areas of the country car radio reception is poor on FM.
The new Disc Jockey's were compelled to stick to a rigid playlist which tended towards 'Britpop' rock oriented and less 'Top 40'. The station's music policy in 1994 became mainly bands such as Oasis. Blur, Happy Mondays; Status Quo and The Beatles were banned and in fact no records older than 5 years were allowed.
Since 1996 the station has given a significant amount of airtime to dance music (DJ's Tong, Trevor Nelson, Judge Jules - and also daytime playlist) and with the 'One Big Sunday' dance Roadshows. Jungle and rap is broadcast by night at weekends, leaving those listeners not part of the dance/clubbing culture feeling uncatered for. April 1997 saw Radio 1 launching their first website. The station newer daytime DJ's e.g. Moyles, Cox, Mark and 'Lard' (and formerly Chris Evans) discuss subjects on-air not always suitable for a younger audience and have been criticised for promoting 'laddish' behaviour.
Unfortunately, following the loss of the popular format, Radio 1 is no longer 'Britain's Favourite Radio'. This accolade has, since May 2001, belonged to BBC Radio 2, with a target audience of 45 years +.
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Just tune in to Radio 2 on a Saturday; having handed sports coverage to Radio Five, the 'pipe and slippers' channel broadcasts a format similar to that of early 90's Radio 1, with cheeky Jonathan Ross, - Paul Gambaccini's US hits and uncle Bob Harris - often an evening live rock concert is broadcast. The general style of Saturday programming could almost be early 90's Radio 1 except for the jingles. The former Light Programme also cheerfully transmits Steve Wright, Johnnie Walker and Simon Mayo, who presents a weekly album chart review.
That is not to say Radio 1 completely lives on under the guise of Radio 2; their weekday mornings, evenings and Sunday playlist/presentation style remains very Light Programme and shows little sign of imminent change.
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Magic shines through a workmanlike `West Side Story'
By MICHAEL ECK
Special to the Times Union
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The tragedy of "West Side Story" is that 50 years on, its message is as potent and timely as ever.
How could it not be, being itself a riff on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
The beauty of the musical is that the tunes are as timeless as anything Shakespeare has written.
There is really very little doubt that generations far beyond
ours will still be humming "Tonight," "Maria" and "Somewhere."
The legendary creative team behind the musical – director and choreographer Jerome Robbins; composer Leonard Bernstein;
lyricist Stephen Sondheim; and librettist Arthur Laurents – didn't just strike gold, they minted it.
Barrington Stage Company is paying tribute to the musical with a 50th anniversary production that echoes the original,
right down to Joshua Bergasse's approximation of Robbins' original choreography.
Director Julianne Boyd has also assembled an 11-piece
orchestra under the musical direction of Darren R. Cohen.
Unfortunately, much of the show is more workmanlike than one might hope for.
The leads – Chris Peluso as Tony and Julie Craig as Maria – are appropriately young but lack
the passion and fire necessary for the roles.
The same problem plagued a 2006 production of West Side Story's parent work, "Romeo and Juliet," at Williamstown Theatre
Peluso and Craig speak the words of love and confusion, youth
and anger, but they don't portray them.
Much better are members of the supporting cast, including the entirety of The Jets – Justin Bohon, Matt Gibson, Spencer
Howard, Michael McGurk, Michael Mindlin and John Raterman.
Bohon is a little too open-faced and friendly-looking for Riff but he dives into the role the way Peluso should have with
And McGurk is a treat as Action.
Dale Radunz is perfect as Schrank, the tough-talking racist
policeman who is as beaten down by the system as the kids are.
Where Boyd, Bergasse and company truly succeed are in the big numbers that balance the show's unsatisfying tender moments.
"Gee, Officer Krupke" is given a textbook rendition for the ages – again largely powered by
McGurk's infectious energy.
"The Dance at the Gym" is the payoff it should be.
And the "Somewhere" ballet, costumed in peach and lilac by
Anne Kennedy, is very nice.
The clincher is the "Tonight Quintet," in which all of the musical's various factions gather before the rumble at the
end of the mighty first act.
It received well-deserved thunder from the audience at
Sunday's opening.
On the whole, the singing in the show is fine, but few
vocalists really stand out.
Cohen's orchestra, however, is very strong and provides a
sturdy backbone for the show.
It's a treat to see such a fully realized production of this
play, but BSC's staging will do nothing to replace the memory
of Cohoes Music Hall's recent small-scale but daring take on
the same show.
Michael Eck, a freelance writer from Albany, is a frequent
contributor to the Times Union
Performance reviewed: 5 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Barrington Stage Company, 30 Union St., Pittsfield, Mass.
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes; one intermission
Continues: 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday.
Matinees, 2 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. Through July 14.
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A recent study indicates that sleep disorders are linked to increased stroke risk. Sleep-breathing problems like sleep apnea have the strongest association to stroke risk. However, sleep-wake disorders, such as hypersomnia, insomnia, and restless leg syndrome could also raise the threat of a stroke. In addition to increasing the risk of first-time stroke, sleep difficulties can also affect recovery, outcomes, and the possibility of recurrence for people who have already suffered a stroke.
Researchers reviewed data from multiple studies that focused on the sleep-stroke connection. The study authors recommend increased testing for sleep disorders especially for recovering stroke patients. In addition to stroke, sleep disorders have been linked to other health problems including Alzheimer's disease, depression, and weight gain.
Source: Hermann D, Bassetti C. Role of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep-wake disturbances for stroke and stroke recovery. Neurology, Sept 2016; 87(13): 1407-1416.


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The European Commission threatened Britain
with sanctions on Tuesday for allowing an Internet service provider to
use a new advertising technology to track the Web movements of
The European telecommunications commissioner, Viviane Reding, said
that use of a tracking tool created by Phorm violated European privacy
laws. The countrys largest service provider, BT, acknowledged last
April that it used the tool without customers consent in 2006 and
2007, Ms. Reding said.
European privacy rules are crystal clear: a persons information can only be used with their prior consent, Ms. Reding said.
The case could become a test for the limits of ads that aim at
online behavior. Supporters of the practice say it has the potential to
transform advertising by allowing marketers to show Internet users only
ads that are considered relevant to them, based on their surfing
But the technique has come under scrutiny because of concern that
personal privacy could be violated as companies seek more specific data
on individual users. In the United States, lawmakers in both houses
held hearings last fall on targeted advertising. Although no
legislation came out of the deliberations, one broadband operator,
Charter Communications of St. Louis, dropped plans to conduct a test of
behavioral advertising technology after receiving protests.
The British government has resisted calls for tighter oversight and
has supported voluntary efforts by industry to monitor how user data is
collected. This month, the Internet Advertising Bureau, a trade
association for Internet marketers in Britain, asked its members to
sign a voluntary code of conduct stating that no Web data would be
collected without a users explicit consent.
The initiative was endorsed by Ed Richards, the head of the British telecommunications regulator, OfCom.
After investigating complaints about BTs use of Phorm, the British
information commissioner, Richard Thomas, concluded that Phorms
technology, which relies on anonymous cookies and tracking of
individual Web movements, had adequately eliminated ties to individual
users. BT held another trial of Phorms technology from October through
December using volunteers.
Many companies involved in Internet advertising, including Google
and other social networking services, use behavioral targeting. But
because Phorm receives actual Web-use records from service providers,
it says its technology is more accurate.
An Internet association that has led the protest against Phorm in
Britain, Open Rights Group in London, said the government had ignored
European law to accommodate businesses interested in developing
lucrative Internet advertising models.
What the U.K. government has done is lackeyed up to business and as
a result weve been breaking E.U. law and now have this infraction
proceeding as a result, the executive director of the Open Rights
Group, Jim Killock, said.
Ms. Reding threatened to take Britain to court if the government did
not step in and enforce European law. A spokeswoman for the Department
for Business, who did not want to be identified, confirmed that the
government had received the notice from Brussels and would respond
after analyzing the issue.
Ms. Reding also called for stronger action by social networking services to protect the privacy of minors.
Under the action announced Tuesday, the commission is threatening to
begin an infringement proceeding against Britain, accusing it of
failing to observe European privacy law.
A spokesman for Phorm, Justin Griffiths, said the company felt it
was being made an example in a broader regulatory struggle between
Britain and the commission.
Phorm is very confident that it is compliant with the relevant U.K. laws and E.U. directives, Mr. Griffiths said.
Simon Davies, the director of Privacy International in London, said
the case against Britain over Phorm was a broader test of the unclear
legal landscape regarding a technique that allows companies to track
the identity and Web habits of individual computers, traced by their
unique Internet Protocol addresses.
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Date:April 28, 2006
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The renowned author Bapsi Sidhwa and the equally renowned filmmaker Deepa Mehta share a unique artistic relationship: Mehta adapted Sidhwa's novel Cracking India for her brilliant film Earth,and here, Sidhwa adapts Mehta's controversial film Water to the printed page.
Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to accept her fate, she becomes a catalyst for change in the widows's lives. When her friend Kalyani, a beautiful widow-prostitute, falls in love with a young, upper-class Gandhian idealist, the forbidden affair boldly defies Hindu tradition and threatens to undermine the ashram's delicate balance of power. This riveting look at the lives of widows in colonial India is ultimately a haunting and lyrical story of love, faith, and redemption.
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Bapsi Sidhwa and Deepa Mehta share a unique artistic relationship: Mehta adapted Sidhwa's novel Cracking India for her brilliant film Earth, and a few years later, Sidhwa adapted Mehta's film Waterto the printed page upon her request.
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I know we're still early in development and not a whole lot of details have been released yet, but it is up and ready to be edited nevertheless. For those of you with Developer forum access, we kindly ask you to please refrain from posting "insider" stuff until after the Alpha testing starts since things are subject to drastically change until then. Anything we've publicly released or mentioned at some point is of course fair game


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Kenneth Griffin and James Simon of Citadel and Renaissance respectively were at the top with their 2015 pay amounting to $1.7 billion. Putting that figure into perspective, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was Wall Street's best paid banker. He only made $27 million by comparison.
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If you follow Major Nelson's (Larry Herb's) day-to-day missives about what is available for download through the Xbox 360 Marketplace, you'll note that many arcade games, game demos, trailers and other downloadable content is only available in certain regions of the world. This has lead to much consternation among Microsoft's international customers. But the issue was brought to a head recently when, for the first time, North American XBox Owners were initially restricted from downloading a Rainbow Six: Las Vegas demo that was available for download by European users. This doesn't happen very often to U.S. customers.
As a result, some clever users found a way around Microsoft's XBox 360 region-specific MarketPlace download restrictions. You can read about them in the linked articles below.
Dale's Comment: Just as Sony had legitimate legal reasons for opposing Lik-Sang's import of PSP systems into the UK, no doubt Microsoft has legitimate legal reasons for restricting access to content on a country by country basis. For example, game publishers/developers that provide downloadable content to Microsoft probably have granted exclusive distribution/marketing and other rights to that content in the prohibited regions to others. My hope/expectation is that over time licensing and distribution deals will be structured to recognize the increasingly globalized nature of the market so as to anticipate and, indeed, facilitate global distribution/downloads without this kind of constraint.


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The Health 2.0 conferences, which focused on start-up technologies in healthcare, will now be under the banner of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
HIMSS 2017: Samsung, American Well partner to improve interoperability
American Well, a leading telehealth provider, announced a deal to offer services to Samsung consumers, including providers, delivery networks, payors and employers.
HIMSS 2017: Driving patient engagement through mobile care management
Keeping patient engaged in their care becomes difficult as soon as they leave the physician's office. As a way to keep physicians close, in the pocket of patients to be exact, mobile care management systems keep physicians close and informed while also keeping patients on track to healthy living. Join Susan Beaton, RN, BSN, CPN, CPC, and Jacop Sattelmair, DSc, MSc, at HIMSS 2017 as they review how mobile technology is bringing patients into the fold of their own care.
The fourth annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey conducted by Stoltenberg Consulting shows that for the second year in a row, data analytics and business intelligence are the hottest topics of the year.
Nicklaus Children's Hospital achieves Stage 7
HIMSS Analytics has awarded Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami with a Stage 7 Award, the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).


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We examine the relative efficiency of four methods for finite field representation in the context of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). We conclude that a set of fields called the Optimized Extension Fields (OEFs) give greater performance, even when used with affine coordinates, when compared against the type of fields recommended in the emerging ECC standards. Although this performance advantage is only marginal and hence there is probably no need to change the current standards to allow OEF fields in standards compliant implementations.


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Microsoft Aims to Help Scientists Move Past Excel, Make Sense of Gene Data Overload
Biologists are living in an era of information overload, and Microsoft says it's making an effort to help them cut through the noise. The Redmond, WA-based software firm is introducing a new program today called Amalga Life Sciences, designed to help lab scientists make sense of the vast reams of genomic data piling up from experiments, which often come from different software applications and are written in incompatible formats.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rolling out the program today at the Bio-IT World Conference in Boston. It enlisted Jennifer Chayes, one of the leaders of Microsoft Research in New England, and Jim Karkanias, a senior director of Microsoft Health Solutions, to explain what this is all about to journalists. I got the rundown from Karkanias.
This program is another step in Microsoft's quest to grab hold of the emerging demand for better information technology in the life sciences industry, a notoriously slow adopter of cutting-edge IT. The company has already been marketing a program for consumers to store their records, called HealthVault, as well as a program called Amalga to hospitals, which it acquired in July 2006. Amalga (pronounced Uh-MAL-guh) is supposed to help hospitals by synchronizing all of the 80 different proprietary IT programs the average U.S. hospital has, to get them to actually talk to each other. Now, instead of just focusing on the delivery piece of the health IT world (hospitals), Microsoft is extending the Amalga concept to basic lab scientists, many of whom are struggling with the same problem of getting their programs to work together well.
Even in an era when sophisticated instruments are making it possible to sequence a human genome with 3 billion chemical units of DNA in each cell, many scientists still try to make do with home-brewed IT systems, and cling to old-school spreadsheets like Excel, which were never intended to do this kind of heavy lifting in computing.
"If you survey the landscape of research, it's really a patchwork of poorly integrated solutions that people are using," Karkanias says. "We love Excel, it's a simple environment for achieving what researchers want to do." But Microsoft hopes the new program will help integrate the scientists' existing data with more sophisticated tools to collect it, store it, double-check its accuracy, analyze it, and share it, he says.
Microsoft isn't saying what this will cost, or how big the potential market is for the company in the broader context of its multi-billion dollar business. It's not free—it's an "enterprise software" program for big companies and organizations—and he said it has "quite a few customers already," although he wouldn't name names among pharmaceutical or biotech companies. He did say this: "Price has not been a barrier to adoption."
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Beyoncé and JAY Z are heading to Winnipeg.
The pop superstar couple is bringing their On The Run tour to Investors Group Field on July 27.
The Winnipeg date is one of just two Canadian stops. The other is Toronto on July 9.
Between them, the couple has sold 300 million records worldwide and won 36 Grammys.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 2 through Live Nation and at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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To stay fit, start working out. There is no substitute to exercise, when it comes to staying fit and active during such summer season. With such scorching heat and heavy humidity, it is quite natural to feel tired and lethargic. People face with indigestion problem a lot of time. However, a moderate workout session on a daily basis can help in solving all these problems.
Workout does not necessarily mean sweating out with heavy dumbbell and other weighted machineries. According to modern fitness experts, weight training is necessary but that can be done once or twice in a week. Rest of the days, it can be aerobic, free hand, and cardiovascular exercises to carry on.
Working out with exercise balls is quite effective. It is amazing how such a soft elastic ball can be quite beneficial to shape human body. Any form of exercise can be performed through the help of exercise balls. These are also known as Swiss or gym balls. The diameter of these balls varies in between 14 – 34 inches. They are filled with air. Some of the common exercises that are performed through these balls include squats, plank, pushup, hyper extension, abs crunch, chest press, flies, side lateral, and shoulder press. A lot of stretching exercises can also be performed through the help of fitness balls. Reverse body stretch is extremely effective in shaping the glutes, broadening the chest, and stabilizing the lower back region.
There are many physio supplies available in the market, which sells these exercise Swiss balls. These items are priced around $60 -$150. Prices vary according to quality and size of the balls. There are several low priced balls available also. However, it is necessary to focus on the quality. Poor quality balls do have the chance of bursting out when faced with greater body pressure.
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Coat Stops Stun Gun During Robbery in Dale City
Trouble apparently found more trouble Monday night in Dale City.
A 16-year-old told police he made arrangements to conduct a "transaction" with another man in the 13200 block of Nickelson Drive. Police say the transaction was legal and then went bad when the man pulled out a taser and tried to unsuccessfully shock the teenager.
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Attempted Armed Robbery – On February 10th at 9:28PM, officers responded to investigate a robbery which was reported to have occurred in the 13200 block of Nickleson Dr in Woodbridge (22193) on February 9th around 12:00PM. The victim, a 16 year old male juvenile of Woodbridge, reported to police that he made arrangements to meet an unknown male in the area above to conduct a transaction. During the encounter, the man displayed a device, similar to an electronic restraint device, and attempted to shock the victim in the stomach. The victim's coat was able to block the shock and the victim was able to flee from the area without further incident. No injuries were reported. This incident does not appear to be random.
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Obit of Mary A. (Tobenski) Fellers 1964
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Mrs. Mary A. Fellers, 84, of Wing, died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday (Nov.3) at the home of her son. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Culkin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery at Wing.
Mrs. Fellers was born Sept. 17,1880 at Chatsworth, a daughter of John and Maggie Cooper Tobenski. She was married to Alfred Fellers, June 14, 1898 at Chatsworth. He died April 13, 1941.
Surviving are six sons, John, Bridgewater, Pa.; Homer, Forrest; Edward, Pontiac; James, Wing; Nicholas, Kankakee; Russell, Kempton; three daughters, Mrs. Clara Murray, Forrest; Mrs. Hazel Brown and Mrs. Anna Eilts, both of Watseka; two sisters, Mrs. Josie Neth, Dwight; Mrs. Anna Hayes, Kankakee; 25 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren.


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For people without sight, teaming up with a Guiding Eyes dog can change their lives – keep them safe, give them independence and a trusted friend.
Westchester County, NY (PRWEB) May 03, 2013
NY Giants quarterback Eli Manning returns on Monday, June 10 to host Guiding Eyes for the Blind's 36th Annual Golf Classic alongside the country's best blind golfers and magnificent Guiding Eyes dogs. The two-day outing, anticipated to raise more than $500,000, will be held at two of the region's most esteemed courses – Mount Kisco Country Club in Mount Kisco, NY and Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, CT.
Founded by PGA legend Ken Venturi in 1977, the Guiding Eyes Golf Classic has raised over $8 million since its inception. As part of the Classic, Guiding Eyes will also present the Corcoran Cup, the "Masters" of blind golf, on Sunday, June 9. Fourteen of the country's top blind golfers will vie for the coveted trophy, each with the help of a coach who aids in club selection, alignment, setup and distances.
On Monday, blind golfers will challenge their sighted counterparts to experience golf as a visually impaired person by inviting them to take a shot at hitting the ball blindfolded. At last year's event, Eli Manning took the challenge and sank the putt from 10 feet out.
Manning was first introduced to Golf Classic through family friend and 24-time Corcoran Cup champion Patrick W. Browne, Jr. "This is my seventh year hosting Guiding Eyes for the Blind's Golf Classic and it's very special to me," says Manning. "For people without sight, teaming up with a Guiding Eyes dog can change their lives – keep them safe, give them independence and a trusted friend." Pat taught Eli and his son, Patrick III, how to golf as boys.
Current sponsors for the 36th Annual Guiding Eyes Golf Classic include:
Diamond Sponsors: Entergy Nuclear Northeast and Gatorade
Presenting Sponsor: The Journal News Media Group
Platinum Sponsors: Canine Company, John Donnelly and SafeHarbor Risk Management /
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Gold Sponsors: A. Devito & Son, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hills Pet, The Justich Family Foundation and Skanska
Silver Sponsors: Aero Hardware, CBS Sports, Citibank, Stanley Cohen, Harriet and Bob Druskin, Hop Energy, Empire Merchants, Freeh Group International Solutions, LLC, Friends of Vero Beach, Paul Holland, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Rolex, Ken Nilsen, Rollins Insurance, The Stewart Family, Welby Brady & Greenblatt, LLP, Westchester Airport and Wilson & Son Jewelers
"We are incredibly grateful to our generous supporters for making the Golf Classic an overwhelming success year after year," said Sue Dishart, vice president of marketing and development at Guiding Eyes. "There are many ways to get involved in this unique event and make a difference in someone's life."
Guiding Eyes' online auction, which goes live on May 20, includes everything from signed sports memorabilia to exotic vacations and exclusive experiences. All items are currently viewable at http://www.biddingforgood.com/guidingeyes.
In addition, Guiding Eyes will raffle a new 2013 BMW 128i Coupe and pair of Rolex Oyster Perpetual watches. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold at $100 each. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.guidingeyes.org/raffle or by calling 914.761.7111. The BMW is sponsored in part by BMW of Mt. Kisco. Watches are provided by Rolex.
Hole sponsorships and journal advertising are also still available. Spectators are welcome at the Corcoran Cup; registration is required for gallery seating. For more information on the Golf Classic, contact Michelle Brier, director of marketing and communications, at 914.243.2208 or mbrier(at)guidingeyes(dot)org.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is located at 611 Granite Springs Road in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. They can be reached at 914.245.4024 or by visiting http://www.guidingeyes.org. For the latest news, please visit Guiding Eyes on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/guidingeyes and on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/guidingeyes.
About Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is an internationally accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit guide dog school founded in 1954. Since its inception, Guiding Eyes has grown to be one of the foremost guide dog schools in the world, known for its cutting-edge training programs, commitment to excellence, and dedication to its elite and superbly trained guide dogs. In 2008, the school launched Heeling Autism, a service dog program designed to provide safety and companionship for children on the autism spectrum. Guiding Eyes provides all of its services at no cost, and is dependent upon contributions to fulfill its mission. The organization's Headquarters and Training Center is located in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. and its Canine Development Center is in Patterson, N.Y. For more info, visit http://www.guidingeyes.org, like Guiding Eyes on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/guidingeyes) or follow @guidingeyes on Twitter.


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Big thanks to 312 Dining Diva for mentioning us in this great Refinery 29 post about what to wear to Chicago's hottest restaurants. And beautiful choice of a dress as well.
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Something Positive
Although I love it when we post about our children, especially when its something positive, I have a different post in mind here. I would like to see a post something positive about someone in your life who makes a difference everyday. It could be a spouse, a friend, a mentor, or a family member. Who is in your life that keeps you believing in the greater good of people?
For me, its my fiancee Kevin. I can honestly say that I never imagined a man like him could exist in our modern world. He has a truly good heart and loves without expectation. He does things for me that no one else has ever done. For instance, several times throughout the day he will come and find me and simply ask, " Is there anything I can do to make your day easier today?" He asks me this at least 3 times everyday. Its not in a superficial or fake way either. He genuinely wants to make my day and my life more rewarding. I am used to being the one who takes care of everyone else. I havent had a lot of practice in being someone who gets taken care of. I came from a background where women served the needs of others. They didnt have needs to be served by others. It wasnt something I would have ever even thought to ask.
Kevin shows his love everyday and in everyway. He isnt perfect but he is perfect for me and more than anything I could have ever hoped for muchless expected. Who does that for you?
I would say it is my Nana... she has always been my confidant. Even when she lived far away I would write her growing up and tell her what was going on in my life, my problems and etc. She would always know what to say or do to help me.
She's now 94 and has alzheimer's but we still talk and she's still helpful and now I am doing it for her too!
Thats awesome ladies. I love hearing about stories like these. It seems our world news is about tragedy. I like to hear that there is good going on in the world too. Thanks for sharing your stories. We dont always appreciate our blessings and people like these are truly our blessings!
I would say my best friend, Sophia(ABACMom).She did something this week that I am not sure I could make myself do.She attended her kid's great grandmother's funeral even though the lady made it known that she hated her and wasnt welcome to her house.This is her ex's side of the family and he told a bunch of lies but in the end, that side of the family understands a little better and excepted her with open arms at the funeral.Her kids could not make it so she went to pay respects.Her oldest is in college with exams, her middle will be graduating next month and the youngest lives with her dad in Michigan.
I only got to meet the great grandmother just once or twice, she was very sweet to me even if I was Sophia's best friend.She was a rock to that family and I am not sure how they will get along without her.She opened her home to many of her children and thier grandchildren-I would say that Ms.Edna can rest in peace and finally have her reward for overdoing past her limit to help in any way-
That makes 2 positive people-sorry but I am so proud of my BFF
Our youngest daughter. She is shopping with friends and just called me to find out what sz shirt her big sister wears. Her big sister treats her like crap, I am forever taking her cell phone due to her mouth. Our youngest never gives up on her big sister, or much else.
How lucky you are to have found a true man!
I would say my Aunt is one of the most important people to me. After my mom died, my Aunt kind of took me under her wing.....almost like having a second "mom". She has an important job as well working in our countys' welfare office. She sees all kinds of people in terrible situations but she gives them a smile and tells them it will get better along with everything she has to do that he job entails. she doesn't just treat them as one more person on welfare, she treats them as an important individual who just needs a little help at the time. She is very special to me and I love her very much.
Wonderful stories ladies. Keep em coming. The negative folks in the world shouldnt get all the attention. When we have wonderful people in this world they are the ongoing hope that good still lives on and always will. Sorry if I am a big softy sometimes but good should be celebrated if only in word. Thank You all for sharing and giving glory to those who deserve it.
When each one of my kids come by daily to see me and other family members...we never feel apart we're just a call away....Oldest son has it down to a safe 7 mins. lol Seems to raise the energy of the 'compound' lol....when young we nicknamed it that lmaooo...I'm still here lol
My husband helps me everyway he knows how and he is very loving towards our little guy as well. We are still newly weds married for 8 months but he is a good listener and is very understanding and he has helped me move on from the hurt and bitterness I went through from my first marriage. It is really a stressfree marriage as we share the same ideas most of the time
That is awesome! Isnt it wonderful when you find out that there really are good men in the world and they are nothing like the selfishness of the men of your past? Its a feeling of freedom that cannot be explained. Im so happy for your. Its so wonderful to have a life partner that makes life not only better but satisfying?
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My husband helps me everyway he knows how and he is very loving towards our little guy as well. We are still newly weds married for 8 months but he is a good listener and is very understanding and he has helped me move on from the hurt and bitterness I went through from my first marriage. It is really a stressfree marriage as we share the same ideas most of the time


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Anna Mickelsen, reference librarian at the Springfield City Library, MA, loves Meghan O'Rourke's The Long Goodbye (Riverhead)
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One of the few memoirs I've read that keeps me chewing over an issue, with painful, charged, and meaningful descriptions of bereavement. This touched many nerves and deserves to be read.
Is it better to lose a loved one without warning or over an agonizing stretch of days and weeks? I used to ponder this question after my mother's lingering death, naively assuming that my experiences had been unique, until I heard an interview with Meghan O'Rourke about The Long Goodbye. In her part memoir, part examination of our cultural responses to grief, the Slate columnist explores the events before and after her mother's death from cancer.
The details of the book's first section will be familiar to many readers: diagnosis, treatments, loss of hope, end of life. O'Rourke offers clear-eyed details of her mother's decline, interspersed with recollections of her childhood. The remainder of the narrative is concerned with the aftermath of her mother's death on Christmas Day and the long grieving process that followed. Throughout, O'Rourke is intimate (she often describes her relationship with her dead mother as a romance), sometimes painfully so. Her carefully chosen words reflect her skill as a poet and lends a thoughtful, haunting, and melodic quality to her prose, especially in her most revealing passages.
As much as it is a chronological narrative about personal loss, however, The Long Goodbye is also an account of O'Rourke's desire to manage grief and understand its role in society by delving into others' thoughts on the subject. In an attempt to come to terms with her mother's death, she consults sources ranging from Plato to C.S. Lewis to the most up-to-date scholarship. Conclusions and philosophical questions are interwoven as O'Rourke adapts to her motherless state' whether or not she has fully accepted it.
Her subjects include our complex feelings about the dead; our fear of death and inability to confront our own; the transition of death from something familiar and normal to something deeply terrifying that must be avoided at all costs; the obsession and self-centeredness of grief; and, of course, questions of faith and what happens after death.
To me, there's something incredibly appealing about a memoir with five dense pages of references for further reading. Each line of investigation seems to lead O'Rourke to a new understanding about her own situation:
If children learn through exposure to new experiences, mourners unlearn through exposure to absence in new contexts. Grief requires acquainting yourself with the world again and again; each first causes a break that must be reset…. The lesson lay in the empty chair at the dinner table. It was learned night after night, day after day. (176)
Despite reading, discussion, and intellectual grappling, O'Rourke concludes that her mother's death can never fully be contained or explained by any of these methods. And perhaps she's right' that reading about someone else's experience can never truly capture your own' but it is truly heartening to see another light in the dark.
I recommend this to anyone trying to understand more about loss. In a library context, The Long Goodbye could easily be used in a display about cancer or long-term illness or recommended as a readalike for Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, an LJ Best Book of 2005.
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In the beginning there was the wind, the wind made by breath, the word of the wind, and in our hearts we kept telling the story over and over of how we loved her and were there, there, there, once we were all there, and she took a breath like a gasp and her eyes opened and she took us in, all of us there, and then she breathed once more, the last breath, and we were there and she was not, and even now I think, Come on, Mom, stay another night, stay the night' stay the night.


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According to Long County Sheriff's Department Det. Ty Smith, Joseph Daniel Wynn and Michael Cedric Berich, both 20, attempted to steal a John Deere lawnmower from Trinity Baptist Church in Long County this past Monday.
According to a report filed by LCSD Deputy Craig Nobles on Nov. 5, he responded to the call at about midnight.
After arriving on the scene, Pastor Timothy Parrish reported he had heard noises coming from the edge of the woodline at the rear of his residence.
Parrish said he then went outside and saw someone at the church. He then went to the church and saw Wynn driving a Jeep Cherokee that was pulling a black trailer.
Parrish said he approached Wynn to find out what he was doing on the church's property, and Wynn told him he was working on his trailer lights and then drove away.
Parrish said he then saw the church's lawnmower in the bushes where Wynn had been parked.
According to the report, Parrish had gotten the tag number from the vehicle and gave the information to the deputy. Nobles then called the tag number in with a description of the vehicle and the vehicle was pulled over by the Liberty County Sheriff's Department a short time later.
Nobles contacted Parrish and a second witness who had seen the vehicle leave the church and they identified Wynn as the man at the church.
In addition to Wynn being charged with the crime, Berich was apprehended near the scene on Lee Place Road and was arrested by Deputy Shane Middleton.
According to Smith, both men were charged with criminal attempt (felony) and appeared in Long County Magistrate court Nov. 6 before Judge Marie Milton.
Each man was given a $3,000 cash bond with a $6,000 property bond. Both posted bond.


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"La Dolce Vita," Federico Fellini's 1960 carnival of lost souls and culture in atrophy, starts a weeklong run today at the Kendall in a new print. Freshly viewed, the movie's melancholy seems to fit uncannily well in the moment we find ourselves now. In the film there are mentions of nuclear annihilation and worries that heedless lust and wanton partying could bring Rome a second fall. You get a feeling similar to the one left after reading from a volume of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire": America might be a celebrity trial away from the end, too.
But this is mid-period Fellini, so these ideas are pretty well behaved. It's not until "Satyricon," close to a decade later, that Fellini would go phantasmagoric. "La Dolce Vita" just has half-freaky, half-classy nightclubs with performers aping the dances of "primitive" cultures. That, and Anita Ekberg splashing around in the Trevi Fountain. You can see how the movie's tony fabulousness would go on to inspire hundreds of fashion shows and an era of rap videos. (An "urban" remake would almost have to star Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and make room in that fountain for Lil' Kim.)
For every long face in this movie, there are three or four lit up, and usually aimed at Marcello Mastroianni, who is near the height of his seductive prowess. Even when his head is obscured in cigarette smoke and his eyes hidden behind several pairs of sunglasses, you want his Casanova to hurt you. (And he probably will.)
Mastroianni plays a scandal-mongering journalist who moves through the looking glass to become part of the glitterati he stalks. Once ensconced, he starts to fret about what's important to him. Should he keep producing trash? Is he really serious about aspiring to a more classical, less decadent literary greatness?
You might say this is a dilemma that's always fascinated Fellini. He rightly concluded that trash and classicism were compatible after all, and "La Dolce Vita" appears to be the movie where those questions are worked out. His poetic sensibilities are in full effect. There's also a tremendous soulfulness that roots the movie's depiction of sin in the soil of introspection.
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Thanks, I'll see how that works out. Just saw video of round two, which will be up when I get home from work. My thoughts on it so far-
At least I was throwing my hands a bit more, but I was only chasing him, I wasn't really controlling the fight like Alex said. I can't see what happened on the last punch that put me out because of the angle, but I can't imagine my hands were where they were supposed to be. On the plus side, he looked like he didn't much appreciate being pressured or actually hit in the face.


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McGonigle is in Hanover Township, mostly in sections 17 and 18, at the intersection of U. S. 27 and Ohio 130. It was named for Phillip McGonigle, who had a contract to build a mile of railroad and whose house doubled as the railroad station. Previously, there had been a mill and a still there about 1830. James McGonigle was the first postmaster. McGonigle (milepost 33.23) was listed as 7.8 miles from Hamilton station and 6.3 miles from Oxford station on a station list of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad (now part of CSX). Dec. 13, 1889, a fire destroyed the stone McGonigle station, described in a Hamilton newspaper of that date as including a country store operated by Joseph Black and the residence occupied by the Black family, plus a ticket and telegraph office, a passenger waiting room and a freight storage room. There also was a stock pen for holding animals. According to research by Jim O'Dell of the Cincinnati Railroad Club, the CI&W in the 1920s maintained 60-car west and 43-car east passing sidings at McGonigle.
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Greenacres – Shooting the Featurette for the Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection
Included in the new DVD set, The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection is a featurette with Suzanne Lloyd filmed at Sue's childhood home, Greenacres. Sue was interviewed in the courtyard outside the breakfast room and around the magnificent grounds for hours talking about the house and what it was like growing up in this fabulous estate. Here are some of the behind-the-scenes photos from that day.
I personally was overwhelmed by the house and grounds. The place is massive. Today, the house sits on six acres. I couldn't possibly imagine what it was like when it was just over sixteen acres!
Construction began on Greenacres in 1926 and was completed in 1929. At a cost of $2 million dollars, the Italian Renaissance mansion had forty-four rooms built in a square around a central court yard. The living room featured a 35mm projection booth and a 30 rank Aeolian Duo-Art pipe organ.
The lush grounds that surrounded the house featured seven formal gardens, twelve fountains, and a nine-hole golf course. There was a waterfall that plummeted down a mountainside into the canoe run. A tunnel ran completely around the Olympic-size swimming pool and featured underwater windows to view and photograph swimmers.
According to Suzanne, there wasn't one of the 500 trees on the estate that Harold didn't personally shop for, and he knew every one by name and species if anyone ever asked.
Greenacres was a self-contained world. It had its own 50,000 gallon reservoir well that supplied spring water for the swimming pool and all the fountains and lakes. Sixteen full time gardeners maintained the grounds with plantings supplied from nearly two acres of greenhouses. An additional fifteen servants took care of the family, from chauffeurs, cooks, and butlers to several men who looked after the 80 plus Great Danes.
I'm happy to report that over 75 years later, the house and remaining acres are in spectacular shape. They are maintained with the utmost care. The playhouse, stables and clock tower looked like they had been built yesterday. Certainly there was no indication that the playhouse was almost 80 years old.
We filmed in the rose garden, the poplar garden, the tennis court, Gloria's playhouse and the beautiful circular front courtyard. As the home is no longer owned by the Lloyd Estate, we weren't given permission to film inside the house, (I did peek into as many windows as I could) but we were allowed into Gloria's playhouse. The vaulted ceiling allows an adult to stand up. The living room has a fire place and working electricity. The kitchen and bath, (scaled for an 8 year old) have running water. I had to crawl into the bedroom as the ceiling was too low for me to stand up. I can only imagine the fun that children must have had in this house over the years. Sue recounted how she had played in the house when she was a little girl just as her mother, Gloria, had played there with childhood friends, Shirley Temple and Jane Withers.
Wandering around this immense estate you don't even realize that the grounds are less than half of what they once were. How sad it must have been to sell it off and see it subdivided. It wasn't until I came to a stairway off Harold's library that it even occurred to me. Here was a stairway with a circular rail that now goes nowhere. You circle down and right back up. Originally this was the staircase that led to the cascades.
I stood at this dead end, looked out and tried to imagine the rows of cypress trees that lined the cascades. A fountain stood at the end of the trees. Off that fountain was a lily pond. Across the long winding drive was the pool and pool pavilion. Below that the garages, greenhouses, hand ball court, kennels, film vaults -- all gone. The canoe run that ran around the property, the waterfall, the mill house and the nine-hole golf course -- all gone. In the aerial photo of the estate, find the road in the upper left that curves down. If you continue that curve around the house, past the front gate, and go back up to the right, that's what's left of Greenacres. Everything below that curve has been destroyed.
Another thing I never fully understood about the house until I visited was the long tunnel that held the Rogues Gallery and led to the game room. I never understood where this mysterious game room was. The tunnel runs from the main house under the side lawn and ends in a room UNDERGROUND. In the aerial photo, it's under the big lawn on the right side of the house.) One of the two tall towers in the yard is a smoke stack for the fireplace. Because the house is on a hill top, the game room is built right into the side of the hill. It has windows on one wall that look out over the canyon. Amazing! Because this was the only room in the main house that had a bar, it wouldn't be uncommon to find the party ending up here. Harold tells the story that Chaplin entertained until 4am one night because guests wouldn't let him go home.
What a magnificent home this must have been when Harold Lloyd lived here with his family. For those who have heard or read about this famous Hollywood home, seeing it was even more exciting. You can view the featurette on the New Line DVD, The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection V.3.
Chuck Johnson
The Harold Lloyd Trust


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When approaching big data, the industry places a lot of focus on 'the three Vs": Volume, variety, and velocity. Yet, not nearly enough emphasis is being placed on the most important V – value. For this reason, too many big data projects are being undertaken without the kind of return on investment results that are possible in this emerging area of business opportunity.
There are four primary reasons that big data projects fail:
1. They focus on technology rather than business opportunities.
2. They are unable to provide data access to subject matter experts.
3. They fail to achieve enterprise adoption.
4. The enterprise lacks the sophistication to understand that the project's total cost of ownership includes people as well as information technology systems.
Many of the big data projects and proof-of-concepts now underway are more about testing technology than uncovering business value. Downloading open source software from the Apache website and experimenting with Hadoop is an interesting exercise in programming, but this kind of endeavor is unlikely to yield business results.
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For such efforts to yield value there needs to be a business person providing direction for the project. The notion that throwing data into a file system or database and then swimming around in it, fishing for insights using the latest and greatest technologies is bound to fail. Without business direction there will be no business results.
Project Champions, Business Analysts and Data Scientists
To be successful in extracting value from big data it must be possible for the business knowledge workers to effectively access and explore the data. In some of the more analytically-sophisticated organizations, a new "data scientist" function has emerged, with a different set of skills and job functions than a traditional business analyst.
While the business analyst uses data to answer business questions, a data scientist is not so much focused on answering business questions, but is instead focused on discovering new questions. Typically, a business analyst works with a BI (Business Intelligence) query tool using a point-and-click interface for specifying business questions and retrieving results.
A data scientist is more likely to work with data visualization and data mining tools to find patterns and relationships in the data that were not previously recognized. Once the patterns and relationships are identified, they can be translated to business questions to be answered within the domain of the business analysts.
A critical success factor for empowering a data scientist is to provide direct access to detailed data for exploratory purposes. In a big data environment, the diversity and non-relational formats of the data types is a challenge for traditional analytic toolsets. Tools that generate ANSI SQL are not sufficient for manipulating big data content which may be in the form of key-value pairs (such as weblog data), graphs (social networks, for example), text (as in social media), rich media (such as video and voice recordings), and so on.
New approaches for accessing data, such as the MapReduce programming framework invented at Google, have emerged to address these requirements. Yet, these so-called 'No-SQL' techniques have proven difficult for data scientists to leverage for advanced analytics; a computer scientist is usually required as an intermediary for accessing data.
Big Data Discovery
I once heard a data scientist at a large bank comment (in frustration) that "Hadoop is a great technology for storing large volumes of data at a low cost… but the problem is that the only people who can get the data out are the people who put the data in."
To address this gap, big data discovery platforms have emerged as a key component of an ecosystem designed to optimize value creation from big data. A big data discovery platform is meant to provide direct access to big data content for a data scientist (without a computer scientist intermediary).
In order to accomplish this goal, there must be a data access interface that provides a higher level abstraction than flat file programming using MapReduce and Java or C++. Hybrid models which combine the power of MapReduce with the ease-of-use of SQL are required. There are a number of open source projects that have contributed languages such as Pig and Hive to close the skill set gap between data scientists and computer scientists. Yet these projects have so far failed to deliver the combination of efficiency and expressive power demanded by data scientists.
As a consequence, implementations in which SQL and No-SQL techniques can be combined using a 'Not Only SQL' interpretation of the No-SQL approach have been gaining popularity. Most commercial relational database vendors have already delivered or are actively working on such a capability.
A further common mistake in big data projects is falling victim to the "silver bullet" trap. New technologies are often perceived as silver bullets that will solve all problems. Open-source Hadoop is sometimes perceived to be the panacea for all analytic challenges. The reality, of course, is that no one technology solves all problems well. Success demands using the right tools to solve each part of the big data analytics challenge.
A Three-Platform Approach: Data Archive, Discovery, Production Analytics
Analytically sophisticated organizations including LinkedIn, eBay and Wells Fargo Bank have converged on an approach that involves three distinct platforms: a data archive platform, a discovery platform and a production analytics platform.
Open source Hadoop is often the favored technology for the data archive platform because of its scalability, high-performance loading and attractive economic characteristics. Data is stored and provisioned from the data archive platform. Data on this platform is usually stored in raw form using key-value pairs. However, adoption of Hadoop as an analytic platform is notoriously difficult to manipulate, and it has been isolated to small cadres of computer scientists who have mastered the technology.
For enterprise adoption, more capability is needed in areas such as usability, manageability and security. For this reason, discovery platforms have emerged to fill the gap between Hadoop and traditional relational database platforms used for production data warehousing. A robust discovery platform will add in the aforementioned missing features of Hadoop and will also allow data scientists to work with both SQL and No-SQL programming techniques (on top of both relational and non-relational data).
The discovery platform is optimized for a small number of very sophisticated data scientists who design and execute data experiments in search of new insights. Data is brought in from the Hadoop archive platform in a fairly unrefined format so as to avoid creating delays in putting the data into the hands of the data scientists.
If no value is found from the data experiments, the experimental data is simply discarded from the discovery platform and new data experiments are undertaken (note that the data discarded from the discovery platform still remains on the archive platform). If value is found in the data, then it is promoted into the enterprise data warehouse platform where it is certified, auditable and can be re-used for production analytics.
This dynamic leads to the creation of what I call a unified data architecture, which is all about using the right tool for solving the problem at hand. An enterprise can use Hadoop for the data archive platform. The discovery platform provides beyond-SQL analytic capabilities along with database functionality in the form of optimized performance, usability, and security appropriate for a data scientist. No-ETL (extract, transform and load) techniques, with late binding on the discovery platform, provide the flexibility for data scientists to apply structure to data at query-time rather than at load-time. Meanwhile, the production analytics platform consists of the enterprise data warehouse, primarily implemented using early binding of data at load-time with traditional ETL techniques.
Of course, not all enterprises will require all three of the platforms described above. For example, if the volume of big data has not yet accumulated to large scale then it may be prudent to defer deployment of the Hadoop platform until the economics make sense for doing so. Similarly, it may make sense to carry out discovery and production tasks on the same platform in circumstances where it will simplify the overall architecture to do so.
ROI and Total Cost of Ownership
In order for a big data initiative to be successful, it must deliver a positive return on investment. Yet, the investments necessary to be successful are widely misunderstood. Investments are not just in technology, but also in people with the right skill sets. For example, deployment of Hadoop is often perceived to be free because it is open source and has no software license cost.
The challenge is that organizations often do not make the required people investments to extract the value from their big data when using "free" software: installing software on a cluster of servers is not enough.
In this respect, Hadoop can be likened to a free puppy. The acquisition cost is free, but care and feeding for the environment is definitely not free. Organizations must invest in data scientist skill sets and the operational staff to keep the system up and running in order to get value from it.
Total cost of ownership is what matters—not just acquisition cost. Keeping this in mind will help organizations to make better choices regarding using the right technology for the problem to be solved. Optimizing total cost to value involves investing in the right technology and skill set combinations, understanding which technology is most efficient for which workloads and engineering an ecosystem which allows the selected technologies to work well together.
Organizations that approach big data from a value perspective with partnership between the business and IT are much more likely to be successful than those which adopt a pure technology approach. For this reason, making appropriate investments in both technology and organizational skill sets to ensure enterprise capability in extracting value from big data is essential. Aligning technologies, skill sets and costs is also fundamental to optimize total cost to value and make big data projects successful.
Stephen Brobst is the chief technology officer for Teradata Corporation. He is widely regarded as a leading expert in data warehousing.


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HD 5900 shows up in AMD Open CL driver
by Fudzilla staff on14 October 2009
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Not sure what to make of it
AMD's recently released Open CL drives has given us something to think about. Among the new cards listed in the support sheet, including the fresh HD 5800 and HD 5700 series, the driver also mentions two HD5900 parts.
Frankly, we are not sure what to make of this. It is quite possible that AMD will brand the dual-GPU incarnations of HD 5850 and HD 5870 cards as HD 5900 series, dropping the previous X2 suffix, but this is merely speculation.
Obviously, the other option is that AMD has a new GPU in store, probably a tweaked Cypress to take on Nvidia's Fermi. The latter option sounds a bit less realistic.
The driver also lists upcoming Cedar and Redwood cards.


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High order aberrations (HOA) refer to complex imperfections of the optical system and are normally present in all eyes in minor unnoticeable amounts. However, as a result of optical refractive surgeries such as Lasik, unnatural and irregular shape of the cornea can result in increases in HOA and thus result in halos double vision, smears, and other visual disturbances. Improvement in lasers over the years has resulted in reducing HOAs but they are still present in some degree.
Measuring and Diagnosing High Order Aberrations
High order aberrations are measured with a wavefront aberrometer. We use the Izon Aberrometer to measure the distortions of light as they pass through the patient's cornea.
Wavefront aberrometry helps in diagnosing both lower order and higher order vision errors based on how the light passing through the eye focuses or refracts.
These are some of the HOAs measured with our Izon Aberrometer.
High Order vs. Low Order Aberrations
Lower order aberrations are common vision errors like nearsightedness(myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), and astigmatism.
High order aberrations are coma, spherical aberration, and trefoil. These aberrations result in visual disturbances like glare, halos, starbursts, blurring, double vision, etc.


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ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court heard a prosecutor and a defense attorney debate Tuesday whether it's proper for police to tell a child-molestation suspect during an interrogation that he can "go home" or whether it is an illegal promise made to get a confession.
The case revolves around a confession by Harrison R. Brown, age 19 at the time he was accused of molesting a 4-year-old boy who was living in his family home. The little boy's grandmother called the Effingham County Sheriff's Department in April 2009 and accused Brown based on what the little boy had told her.
During questioning, Sgt. Don White told Brown, "What I can tell you is you'll go home. When you leave here, no matter what you tell me or what you say...." And Detective John Bradley then finished White's sentence by saying, "You're going home. ... I'm not going to snatch you up, place you in handcuffs and drag you back there with everybody."
About 15 minutes after the statement about going home, Brown began to confess.
Before Brown's trial, the judge threw out the confession, but the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled it was allowable.
His attorney, Steve Sparger, told the seven high-court justices Tuesday that being told he could go home amounted to an implied promise, even if investigators attempted to protect themselves by saying his freedom depended on the courts.
"Then the officers, they used the magic words, 'We can't tell you what the judge will do, but — wink, wink — you're going home, unless you killed someone.' That's the promise," Sparger said.
Justice David Nahmias, a former federal prosecutor, said FBI investigators frequently tell suspects they're free to leave after questioning even though they may be arrested later. Is that practice illegal under Georgia law, he asked.
Sparger agreed it was an interesting question but in Brown's case, he was arrested after his confession and not permitted to leave.
Justice Robert Benham asked if investigators could have a stack of $100 bills next to them during an interview and whether that would constitute "the slightest hope of benefit" that state law says is an unlawful barrier to a free and voluntary confession.
Assistant District Attorney Brian Deal argued that Brown did not rely on a promise of freedom to confess. Instead, he was very eager to talk once investigators raised his concerns about the victim's well-being. And Brown didn't object to being arrested as a violation of the promised freedom, according to Deal.
"This statement to Mr. Brown was almost irrelevant, given the amount of time that elapsed before his confession," he said.
The justices asked both attorneys several questions but offered few clues as to how they might rule. Typically, they hand down decisions in about four months.


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I am trying to connect my spider IV 75 to my macbook and i downloaded the monkey installer and when it asks which device i am trying to connect it doesn't give me the option of the express board or the spider IV amp to get the drivers. How can i get the drivers so that my macbook will recognize the amp and express board?
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Posted 16 September 2013 - 04:24 AM
First, make sure you have the USB cable plugged into a rear USB jack - try different ones. Turn off any firewall or virus software running in thebackground. Unfortunately, this problem happens frequently.
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SO its common for it not to work properly or give me the option to download the drivers for my device?
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There are no drivers. You can use Monkey to update the firmware in your FBV and Spider amp and to install Spider Edit. Although I could not get my computer (at the time) to recognize the devices to update the firmware (eventually I used another computer), I was able to use it for Spider Edit with the same devices.
If you have no luck with different USB ports, first try uninstalling Monkey, all other Line 6 software, AND (important) delete all the leftover files (they should be in a Line 6 folder). Then try downloading/installing them again.
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I am loving the writing prompts that are on the page that comes up after you publish a post. But I would really love to also see these prompts on the dashboard.
The blog I need help with is blatherskiteblog.com.
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I am loving the writing prompts that are on the page that comes up after you publish a post. But I would really love to also see these prompts on the dashboard.
The blog I need help with is blatherskiteblog.com.
I am not sure what you are referring to. A short while ago when dashboard changes were made after I published a post I got a page asking me a bunch of questions including whether or not I wished to use publicize and the like. I found it to be extremely annoying. I no longer have it and I'm not clear if it was being tested by Staff who removed it or if I found a way to disable it.
Here is a screenshot of the screen that comes up immediately after I publish a post:
It shows up for all of my blogs. It doesn't bother me at all.
Again, I love the writing prompts but I would like it if the writing prompts were on the Dashboard. It's the first page I open when I open my blog and it would be nice to have a little nudge right there in my dashboard, easily accessible.
Just a suggestion.
Hello again,
I believe this maybe a planned to appear on our dashboards, provided we don't disable it as I have done. I believe what you have posted the screen shot of will only appear only if you activate "fun mode" here > Profile > Personal Settings > Personal Options
I've never seen it. After I post, all I see is the post itself, in edit mode this time, and I can click a link to view the post.
I've never used "fun mode" -- sounded distracting to me when I first saw it.
I love the writing prompts also and am unable to locate them.
timethief? I have this message on only one blog out of four, the one I activated most recently. But the Fun Mode box is unchecked, so that's not what activates it.
The Congrats I don 't mind at all, I just wanted to report it.
That screen with the writing prompts has been appearing every time I publish a new post, for the past couple of weeks or so and I do not have 'fun mode' turned on. I find it really annoying because the edit page vanishes. If I want to edit further (which I sometimes do if I've forgotten to add categories or the excerpt or something, for instance, I have to then click the 'edit' tag. And seeing a different screen drives me potty.
But for those who like prompts, it would certainly make more sense to have them on the dashboard, possibly on the Post Editor page in a module that could be closed if one wants.
Absurdoldbird, putting it that way, I can see how it would be really annoying. And now that I think about it, it does kind of annoy me that the prompts show up after I've already posted. They make way more sense on the dashboard where I can see them before I write something.
I'm not fond of that new page popping up after I post, either. I always just click away from it -- often back to the edit window or to the view post. (It seems there are more features being added that we can't choose to avoid -- like the large, colored box with the instructions on how to connect to Facebook, which I don't want to do, but there's no way to dismiss the box so I don't see it every time I go to post something.)
@ blatherskite... I suspect the prompts are there on the page after publishing so that you want to publish a new post again straight after! I can't think of another reason anyway...
@ mmadfan.... where or when do you see the large colored box with the instructions on how to connect to Facebook? I don't recall seeing that. (Or maybe I just blanked it out, given my dislike of it.)
I love this 'fun mode'. It inspires me to write more post. I'm counting from 84th and I made 93rd post today. Atleast, my dashboard is encouraging me to blog more. It's better than those one line notices: "Post Published. View Post."
@absurdoldbird: I see it where it used to simply have one line to click if I wanted to publicize to/connect to Facebook. It's just above the post/update button, and it's large:
To enable Publicize: Facebook, you will need to authorize your WordPress.com account on MMADfan's Blog & Fanfic Site to connect with your Facebook account.I tried going into "edit" next to the publicize with Facebook option, but there's no way to turn off the big thing telling me to authorize FB & connect, etc. None that I could see, anyway. :-(
Clicking the link below will take you to Facebook where you will need to log in and click "allow" several times.
Authorize connection with Facebook
I wish that the writing prompts page was only visible if you selected "fun mode," but I can deal with having to click the "edit" button to get back to the other screen.
@ mmadfan, I don't have that at all, but then I don't have the publicize buttons turned on. Maybe you can disable it via your 'my blogs' setting? Have a look at this which has info about the settings and where they live:
The point is, I don't have publicize turned on. Not for FB and not for any of the others. (Yes, I know where to find them in the "sharing" section -- I direct people, too, and it's in the same place where you add the sharing buttons to your post.) And when I click the "edit" on the posting page to see if the check mark is somehow checked there (despite not having the sharing settings turned on), it isn't. But wp.com for some reason thinks that I do want to turn on FB publicize and wants to lead me through it.
It only recently popped up in the last week or two & it isn't going away. I keep thinking that maybe I should just authorize FB, then disconnect it, but that's a pain to do if it's not going to go away afterwards.
Just for the heck of it, I went over to the sharing, and somehow it said I was "connected" to facebook -- I never did this intentionally, and I don't know how it could be connected if I hadn't authorized it the way it has to be. There are a number of steps to go through, I remember. (I briefly tried it a couple years ago, but then disconnected it and stopped using it because it was posting posts to FB even when I hadn't chosen to publicize that particular post to FB -- also, I prefer sharing to a specific group, not my profile, when I do share something, so I do that through the sharing button on the post itself.)
I suppose that when I was on the page for some other reason, there was a stray click, but I'd think I would have had to have done something more than just a stray click. Thank goodness the ugly box is gone!
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