text:
failures in io_* tests
README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
This document will help you configure, make, test and install Perl on Cygwin. This document also describes features of Cygwin that will affect how Perl behaves at runtime.
NOTE: There are pre-built Perl packages available for Cygwin and a version of Perl is provided in the normal Cygwin install. If you do not need to customize the configuration, consider using one of those packages.
The Cygwin tools are ports of the popular GNU development tools for Win32 platforms. They run thanks to the Cygwin library which provides the UNIX system calls and environment these programs expect. More information about this project can be found at:
A recent net or commercial release of Cygwin is required.
At the time this document was last updated, Cygwin 1.5.2 was current.
While building Perl some changes may be necessary to your Cygwin setup so that Perl builds cleanly. These changes are not required for normal Perl usage.
NOTE: The binaries that are built will run on all Win32 versions.
They do not depend on your host system (Win9x/WinME, WinNT/Win2K)
or your Cygwin configuration (ntea, ntsec, binary/text mounts).
The only dependencies come from hard-coded pathnames like /usr/local
However, your host system and Cygwin configuration will affect Perl's
runtime behavior (see TEST).
Set the PATH
environment variable so that Configure finds the Cygwin
versions of programs. Any Windows directories should be removed or
moved to the end of your PATH
If you do not have nroff (which is part of the groff package), Configure will not prompt you to install man pages.
On WinNT with either the ntea or ntsec CYGWIN
settings, directory
and file permissions may not be set correctly. Since the build process
creates directories and files, to be safe you may want to run a
chmod -R +w *
on the entire Perl source tree.
Also, it is a well known WinNT ``feature'' that files created by a login
that is a member of the Administrators group will be owned by the
Administrators group. Depending on your umask, you may find that you
can not write to files that you just created (because you are no longer
the owner). When using the ntsec CYGWIN
setting, this is not an
issue because it ``corrects'' the ownership to what you would expect on
a UNIX system.
The default options gathered by Configure with the assistance of hints/cygwin.sh will build a Perl that supports dynamic loading (which requires a shared libperl.dll).
This will run Configure and keep a record:
./Configure 2>&1 | tee log.configure
If you are willing to accept all the defaults run Configure with -de. However, several useful customizations are available.
It is possible to strip the EXEs and DLLs created by the build process. The resulting binaries will be significantly smaller. If you want the binaries to be stripped, you can either add a -s option when Configure prompts you,
Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)? [none] -s Any special flags to pass to gcc to use dynamic linking? [none] -s Any special flags to pass to ld2 to create a dynamically loaded library? [none] -s
or you can edit hints/cygwin.sh and uncomment the relevant variables near the end of the file.
Several Perl functions and modules depend on the existence of some optional libraries. Configure will find them if they are installed in one of the directories listed as being used for library searches. Pre-built packages for most of these are available from the Cygwin installer.
The crypt package distributed with Cygwin is a Linux compatible 56-bit DES crypt port by Corinna Vinschen.
Alternatively, the crypt libraries in GNU libc have been ported to Cygwin.
The DES based Ultra Fast Crypt port was done by Alexey Truhan:
NOTE: There are various export restrictions on DES implementations, see the glibc README for more details.
The MD5 port was done by Andy Piper:
(use GDBM_File
GDBM is available for Cygwin.
NOTE: The GDBM library only works on NTFS partitions.
(use DB_File
BerkeleyDB is available for Cygwin.
NOTE: The BerkeleyDB library only completely works on NTFS partitions.
(use IPC::SysV
A port of SysV IPC is available for Cygwin.
NOTE: This has not been extensively tested. In particular,
is undefined because it fails a Configure test
and on Win9x the shm*() functions seem to hang. It also creates
a compile time dependency because perl.h includes <sys/ipc.h>
and <sys/sem.h> (which will be required in the future when compiling
CPAN modules). CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED!
Included with the standard Cygwin netrelease is the inetutils package which includes libutil.a.
The INSTALL document describes several Configure-time options. Some of these will work with Cygwin, others are not yet possible. Also, some of these are experimental. You can either select an option when Configure prompts you or you can define (undefine) symbols on the command line.
Undefining this symbol forces Perl to be compiled statically.
By default Perl uses the malloc()
included with the Perl source. If you
want to force Perl to build with the system malloc()
undefine this symbol.
Undefining this symbol disables the PerlIO abstraction. PerlIO is now the default; it is not recommended to disable PerlIO.
Multiplicity is required when embedding Perl in a C program and using more than one interpreter instance. This works with the Cygwin port.
By default Perl uses 32 bit integers. If you want to use larger 64 bit integers, define this symbol.
gcc supports long doubles (12 bytes). However, several additional long double math functions are necessary to use them within Perl ({atan2, cos, exp, floor, fmod, frexp, isnan, log, modf, pow, sin, sqrt}l, strtold). These are not yet available with Cygwin.
POSIX threads are implemented in Cygwin, define this symbol if you want a threaded perl.
Cygwin uses 64-bit integers for internal size and position calculations, this will be correctly detected and defined by Configure.
Use this to build perl outside of the source tree. This works with Cygwin. Details can be found in the INSTALL document. This is the recommended way to build perl from sources.
You may see some messages during Configure that seem suspicious.
ld2 is needed to build dynamic libraries, but it does not exist
when dlsym()
checking occurs (it is not created until make
You will see the following message:
Checking whether your C<dlsym()> needs a leading underscore ... ld2: not found I can't compile and run the test program. I'm guessing that dlsym doesn't need a leading underscore.
Since the guess is correct, this is not a problem.
Win9x does not correctly report EOF
with a non-blocking read on a
closed pipe. You will see the following messages:
But it also returns -1 to signal EOF, so be careful! WARNING: you can't distinguish between EOF and no data!
*** WHOA THERE!!! *** The recommended value for $d_eofnblk on this machine was "define"! Keep the recommended value? [y]
At least for consistency with WinNT, you should keep the recommended value.
The following error occurs because of the Cygwin #define
Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define... try.c:<line#>: missing binary operator
This failure does not seem to cause any problems. With older gcc versions, ``parse error'' is reported instead of ``missing binary operator''.
Simply run make and wait:
make 2>&1 | tee log.make
Errors like these are normal:
... make: [extra.pods] Error 1 (ignored) ... make: [extras.make] Error 1 (ignored)
During make
, ld2 will be created and installed in your $installbin
directory (where you said to put public executables). It does not
wait until the make install
process to install the ld2 script,
this is because the remainder of the make
refers to ld2 without
fully specifying its path and does this from multiple subdirectories.
The assumption is that $installbin is in your current PATH
. If this
is not the case make
will fail at some point. If this happens,
just manually copy ld2 from the source directory to somewhere in
your PATH
There are two steps to running the test suite:
make test 2>&1 | tee log.make-test
cd t;./perl harness 2>&1 | tee ../log.harness
The same tests are run both times, but more information is provided when
running as ./perl harness
Test results vary depending on your host system and your Cygwin configuration. If a test can pass in some Cygwin setup, it is always attempted and explainable test failures are documented. It is possible for Perl to pass all the tests, but it is more likely that some tests will fail for one of the reasons listed below.
UNIX file permissions are based on sets of mode bits for
{read,write,execute} for each {user,group,other}. By default Cygwin
only tracks the Win32 read-only attribute represented as the UNIX file
user write bit (files are always readable, files are executable if they
have a .{com,bat,exe} extension or begin with #!
, directories are
always readable and executable). On WinNT with the ntea CYGWIN
setting, the additional mode bits are stored as extended file attributes.
On WinNT with the ntsec CYGWIN
setting, permissions use the standard
WinNT security descriptors and access control lists. Without one of
these options, these tests will fail (listing not updated yet):
Failed Test List of failed ------------------------------------ io/fs.t 5, 7, 9-10 lib/anydbm.t 2 lib/db-btree.t 20 lib/db-hash.t 16 lib/db-recno.t 18 lib/gdbm.t 2 lib/ndbm.t 2 lib/odbm.t 2 lib/sdbm.t 2 op/stat.t 9, 20 (.tmp not an executable extension)
Do not use NDBM_File or ODBM_File on FAT filesystem. They can be built on a FAT filesystem, but many tests will fail:
../ext/NDBM_File/ndbm.t 13 3328 71 59 83.10% 1-2 4 16-71 ../ext/ODBM_File/odbm.t 255 65280 ?? ?? % ?? ../lib/AnyDBM_File.t 2 512 12 2 16.67% 1 4 ../lib/Memoize/t/errors.t 0 139 11 5 45.45% 7-11 ../lib/Memoize/t/tie_ndbm.t 13 3328 4 4 100.00% 1-4 run/fresh_perl.t 97 1 1.03% 91
If you intend to run only on FAT (or if using AnyDBM_File on FAT), run Configure with the -Ui_ndbm and -Ui_dbm options to prevent NDBM_File and ODBM_File being built.
With NTFS (and CYGWIN=ntsec), there should be no problems even if perl was built on FAT.
failures in io_* testsA fork()
failure may result in the following tests failing:
ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_multihomed.t ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_sock.t ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_unix.t
See comment on fork in Miscellaneous below.
Cygwin does an outstanding job of providing UNIX-like semantics on top of Win32 systems. However, in addition to the items noted above, there are some differences that you should know about. This is a very brief guide to portability, more information can be found in the Cygwin documentation.
Cygwin pathnames can be separated by forward (/) or backward (\\) slashes. They may also begin with drive letters (C:) or Universal Naming Codes (//UNC). DOS device names (aux, con, prn, com*, lpt?, nul) are invalid as base filenames. However, they can be used in extensions (e.g., hello.aux). Names may contain all printable characters except these:
: * ? " < > |
File names are case insensitive, but case preserving. A pathname that contains a backslash or drive letter is a Win32 pathname (and not subject to the translations applied to POSIX style pathnames).
When a file is opened it is in either text or binary mode. In text mode
a file is subject to CR/LF/Ctrl-Z translations. With Cygwin, the default
mode for an open()
is determined by the mode of the mount that underlies
the file. Perl provides a binmode()
function to set binary mode on files
that otherwise would be treated as text. sysopen()
with the O_TEXT
flag sets text mode on files that otherwise would be treated as binary:
sysopen(FOO, "bar", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TEXT)
, tell()
and sysseek()
only work with files opened in binary
The text/binary issue is covered at length in the Cygwin documentation.
PerlIO overrides the default Cygwin Text/Binary behaviour. A file will
always treated as binary, regardless which mode of the mount it lives on,
just like it is in UNIX. So CR/LF translation needs to be requested in
either the open()
call like this:
open(FH, ">:crlf", "out.txt");
which will do conversion from LF to CR/LF on the output, or in the environment settings (add this to your .bashrc):
export PERLIO=crlf
which will pull in the crlf PerlIO layer which does LF -> CRLF conversion on every output generated by perl.
The Cygwin stat()
, lstat()
and readlink()
functions make the .exe
extension transparent by looking for foo.exe when you ask for foo
(unless a foo also exists). Cygwin does not require a .exe
extension, but gcc adds it automatically when building a program.
However, when accessing an executable as a normal file (e.g., cp
in a makefile) the .exe is not transparent. The install included
with Cygwin automatically appends a .exe when necessary.
Cygwin processes have their own pid, which is different from the
underlying windows pid. Most posix compliant Proc functions expect
the cygwin pid, but several Win32::Process functions expect the
winpid. E.g. $$
is the cygwin pid of /usr/bin/perl, which is not
the winpid. Use Cygwin::winpid_to_pid()
and Cygwin::winpid_to_pid()
to translate between them.
On WinNT chown()
can change a file's user and group IDs. On Win9x chown()
is a no-op, although this is appropriate since there is no security model.
File locking using the F_GETLK
command to fcntl()
is a stub that
returns ENOSYS
Win9x can not rename()
an open file (although WinNT can).
The Cygwin chroot()
implementation has holes (it can not restrict file
access by native Win32 programs).
Inplace editing perl -i
of files doesn't work without doing a backup
of the file being edited perl -i.bak
because of windowish restrictions,
therefore Perl adds the suffix .bak
automatically if you use perl -i
without specifying a backup extension.
Using fork()
after loading multiple dlls may fail with an internal cygwin
error like the following:
C:\CYGWIN\BIN\PERL.EXE: *** couldn't allocate memory 0x10000(4128768) for 'C:\CYGWIN\LIB\PERL5\5.6.1\CYGWIN-MULTI\AUTO\SOCKET\SOCKET.DLL' alignment, Win32 error 8
200 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: child -395691(0xB8) died before initialization with status code 0x1 1370 [main] perl 377147 sync_with_child: *** child state child loading dlls
Use the rebase utility to resolve the conflicting dll addresses. The rebase package is included in the Cygwin netrelease. Use setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe to install it and run rebaseall.
Returns current working directory.
Translates a cygwin pid to the corresponding Windows pid (which may or may not be the same).
Translates a Windows pid to the corresponding cygwin pid (if any).
This will install Perl, including man pages.
make install 2>&1 | tee log.make-install
NOTE: If STDERR
is redirected make install
will not prompt
you to install perl into /usr/bin.
You may need to be Administrator to run make install
. If you
are not, you must have write access to the directories in question.
Information on installing the Perl documentation in HTML format can be found in the INSTALL document.
These are the files in the Perl release that contain references to Cygwin. These very brief notes attempt to explain the reason for all conditional code. Hopefully, keeping this up to date will allow the Cygwin port to be kept as clean as possible (listing not updated yet).
INSTALL README.cygwin README.win32 MANIFEST Changes Changes5.005 Changes5.004 Changes5.6 pod/perl.pod pod/perlport.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perl5004delta.pod pod/perl56delta.pod pod/perlhist.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod perl/buildtoc pod/perltoc.pod
cygwin/Makefile.SHs cygwin/ld2.in cygwin/perlld.in ext/IPC/SysV/hints/cygwin.pl ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl hints/cygwin.sh Configure - help finding hints from uname, shared libperl required for dynamic loading Makefile.SH - linklibperl Porting/patchls - cygwin in port list installman - man pages with :: translated to . installperl - install dll/ld2/perlld, install to pods makedepend.SH - uwinfix
t/io/tell.t - binmode t/lib/b.t - ignore Cwd from os_extras t/lib/glob-basic.t - Win32 directory list access differs from read mode t/op/magic.t - $^X/symlink WORKAROUND, s/.exe// t/op/stat.t - no /dev, skip Win32 ftCreationTime quirk (cache manager sometimes preserves ctime of file previously created and deleted), no -u (setuid) t/lib/cygwin.t - builtin cygwin function tests
EXTERN.h - __declspec(dllimport) XSUB.h - __declspec(dllexport) cygwin/cygwin.c - os_extras (getcwd, spawn, Cygwin::winpid_to_pid, Cygwin::pid_to_winpid) perl.c - os_extras perl.h - binmode doio.c - win9x can not rename a file when it is open pp_sys.c - do not define h_errno, pp_system with spawn util.c - use setenv
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs - tzname defined externally ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c - EXTCONST needs to be redefined from EXTERN.h ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c - binary open
lib/Cwd.pm - hook to internal Cwd::cwd lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm - require MM_Cygwin.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Cygwin.pm - canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive lib/File/Find.pm - on remote drives stat() always sets st_nlink to 1 lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm - preserve //unc lib/File/Temp.pm - no directory sticky bit lib/perl5db.pl - use stdin not /dev/tty utils/perldoc.PL - version comment
Support for swapping real and effective user and group IDs is incomplete.
On WinNT Cygwin provides setuid()
, seteuid()
, setgid()
and setegid()
However, additional Cygwin calls for manipulating WinNT access tokens
and security contexts are required.
Charles Wilson <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Eric Fifer <firstname.lastname@example.com>, alexander smishlajev <email@example.com>, Steven Morlock <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Sebastien Barre <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Teun Burgers <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Gerrit P. Haase <email@example.com>.
Last updated: 2005-02-11


text:
Program Description:
Peer discussion and resident/student education pertaining to common and uncommon general and vascular surgery patients. Special attention is placed on identifying and treating common causes of morbidity and mortality associated with surgical patients.
Despite advances in medicine, morbidity and mortality rates remain a constant challenge for practicing surgeons. Knowledge of these issues is required to make improvements in our practice and to learn from our colleagues complications helps to improve our future competence and performance.
ACCME Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
Series date:
01/01/2015 - 7:30am CST to 03/15/2016 - 8:30am CDT
Series location:
Wheaton Franciscan--St. Joseph Campus
5000 West Chambers Street
Day Surgery Conference 2200B
Milwaukee, WI
United States
See map: Google Maps

subset: commoncrawl


text:
3M™ Scotchlok™ Color-Coded Butt Connector ensures an ideal fit while offering reliable and safe performance. The connector has a vinyl-insulated, brazed-seam barrel and withstands temperatures of -40 to 221 degrees F (-40 to 105 degrees C). The electrolytic copper terminal offers good conductivity and a tin-plated finish resists corrosion.
3M™ Scotchlok™ Butt Connector is color-coded for quick and easy identification of the wire size required. It has a brazed-seam barrel that is covered by a funnel-designed, rigid-molded, polyvinyl chloride sleeve to guide the wire into position while providing electrical contacts and mechanical stress relief at the point of insulation. The abrasion-resistant, flared, vinyl-sleeve insulation ensures easy crimping. UL Listed, CSA Certified and RoHS 2011/65/EU Compliant.
3M industrial and occupational products are intended, labeled, and packaged for sale to trained industrial and occupational customers for workplace use. Unless specifically stated otherwise on the applicable product packaging or literature, these products are not intended, labeled, or packaged for sale to or use by consumers (e.g., for home, personal, primary or secondary school, recreational/sporting, or other uses not described in the applicable product packaging or literature), and must be selected and used in compliance with applicable health and safety regulations and standards (e.g., U.S. OSHA, ANSI), as well as all product literature, user instructions, warnings, and other limitations, and the user must take any action required under any recall, field action, or other product use notice. Misuse of 3M industrial and occupational products may result in injury, sickness, death, or property damage. For help with product selection and use, consult your on-site safety professional, industrial hygienist, or other subject matter expert.


text:
I'm super excited the day is finally here!
We have over $3,000 worth of giveaways from 84 generous sponsors, that makes 153 prizes to give away!!! Complete list here.
As we all know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, but it should not start or end in October, we should always be aware. Remember to do your self-breast exams, send reminder cards to your friends to get their mammos, and accompany a friend to their appointment. We also like to announce Link Up for Pink now has a Relay for Life page.
RULES: Please follow them we don't want to remove any links.
- Your project must have pink as the main color. All crafts are welcomed.
- Please no backlinks. Your Pink project must be new, created for LUFP. You may however, enter other challenges.
- Link up as many projects as you wish. Please enter only one project on one post. If you are making a set of identical cards, that will count as one entry. If you are making different projects, enter them on different posts and link them up separately.
- Link directly to your post, not your blog. Please include our LUFP badge or link back to any of our blogs, that way others can join the party.
- Since this is a Linking Party, please visit and leave comments on at least 5 blogs of your choice.
- If you are making cards to donate to PA Breast Cancer Coalition, please write a little note of encouragement or sentiment on the inside of your card. The cards will be given to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in their Friends Like Me™ carepackages. Write "Link Up for Pink" below your address and mail your cards directly to:
344 North Reading RoadEphrata, PA 17522 - Have fun!
We are sharing the same linking widget. You can link up at either one of our blogs.


text:
Without Earth----The Moon
Or Purchase it at Amazon.com
Without Earth----The Moon
Recorded 1967-1969
Have a listen to a few songs:
The Moon was formed as a result of several individual goals of several individual souls all converging for the purpose of creating music that was newer than all that was surrounding them.
Matthew Moore, Larry Brown, David Marks, Drew Bennett, and Dave Jackson, were the souls.
The music recorded was an effort to contribute an augmented level of warm, meaningful, and enjoyable listening fare for all of the creatures that hear.
The beginnings were mainly generated by the songs being written by Matthew Moore. Matthew's brother, 'Daniel Moore', was an independent record producer in Los Angeles and had produced several singles with Matthew as the artist. Daniel had arranged a meeting with 'Mike Curb' at Sidewalk Productions, in an effort to find a recording contract, and Mike was very helpful in providing the producer, and engineer, and drummer, and keyboardist: (Larry Brown), and in encouraging Matthew to seek out musicians that would form a group to record his compositions. Larry Brown introduced "Drew" Bennett to the proposed gathering, and Matthew had been running into David Marks around town, so he approached David with the idea of recording a few trial tracks.
Within a few weeks the project was under way. The Studio was to be, "Continental Studio", in Hollywood, and the four young adventurers set up camp and locked the doors. These young men were still not yet 21 years of age. The tremendous technical and organizational task had began.
All were single, all were very accomplished musicians, all were ridiculously fearless as to the huge undertaking they had embarked upon. It was agreed upon from the beginning that the fewest possible distractions and interruptions during the recording process must be the rule. The doors were locked and only food deliveries and an occasional visit from Mike Curb was allowed during the basic track recording phase. Sleeping, eating and playing music....that was all. The quest for perfection was the standard, many re-takes, many 'start all overs', and many heated discussions concerning choices of parts to be played or parts, not to be played.
Matthew: " I remember waking up ..having slept on the floor near the piano. A dim light was on in the booth, so I tried to walk to the door out of the studio. I kept stepping on boxes and kicking over cans and bottles but I made my way to the light panel to bring up the light in the room. I couldn't believe the amount of clutter and trash we had accumulated. We had to take a day off to allow the janitors to come in and clean. I still can recall the 'Warnings' we invoked, to "be careful and not move any wires or mikes or touch any set up instruments". We had to go out into the world for a day and entertain ourselves. Dave and I went to a $.50 triple feature western movie downtown and watched the winos sleep. A few days later we resumed our quest.
Have a listen to a few songs:
No one knows for sure, how many hours or days or weeks or months it took to finish the first album, (Without Earth) but we do remember the final moment when we all looked at each other and nodded in agreement that it was finished. (Whew)
The second Album (The Moon), was actually time logged by Larry Brown. He said It took 470 hours, from start to finish. The first one took much more time.
Some Of The Few Existing Photos of The Moon
Matthew Moore Songs
Song Gallery
Rough Track Mixes:
The mp.3 links below are work mixes used during the recording of the Moon albums. They are unfinished, and low quality, .... so with that in mind.......
(These can take some time to load the first time.)
To Contact "The Moon"
Use this e-mail:
There were nights and days of meticulous repairs of one measure, or even one beat and eventually everyone became calloused and weary of all the details and constant repetition as we fought for 'near' perfection.
Matthew: "I remember at one point, we all were burned out pretty bad. Frustrated at the endless work to clean up every little glitch and even the slightest slip, or goof, or cough, or snicker, or laugh, or burp, or whatever got caught on tape, and we decided to have 'Dart gun fights.'. You know, those spring loaded guns that shot rubber tipped darts that were like suction cups if they hit a window or smooth surface. Well we chose up teams, turned the lights down low and even built forts to hide in, in the studio. Oooo it was scary. You could hear the gun go off, ...a long silence and then" THOCK". Right on the forehead. "How did you see me?...." Larry would yell. Well of course that would disclose his location and several more darts would fly toward him and he would be hit over and over. We all laughed a lot and actually were able to release the tension of working at such a deep concentrative level for such long periods of time.
The basic tracks were recorded with extremely exact levels of detail and technological, note for note, perfection. Larry and Matthew were OCS oriented. (Obsessive Compulsive Syndrome) "There was no reason not to be."
The most advanced multi-track recording machine at the time, ( the first album) was a 'three track'. This made it necessary to combine two tracks down to one, to make more room to continue recording. Larry had to do this many times, and because these were permanent once finished, they were very time consuming.
Of coarse at some point, a track would be deemed," ready". These were the tracks that were to be treated with 'sweetening'. Strings or outside musicians playing tablas, or sitars, or horns, or whatever occurred to us, if it was needed.
The background vocals had to be added. This filled a serious gap in the overall feel of the songs. Dave, and Drew, and Matt, had to double, and some times triple, the voices to make it sound full. If you listen closely to the parts, you can understand how difficult they were to get right. Everyone had to phrase and sing their parts just right....two or three times, ...exactly. This took a lot of time. Time was also a very real factor for Larry. He had the job of combining and blending the vocals as he bounced back and forth between the few available tracks to make them sound full.
Excellent horn arrangements were discussed and finally written by Dave Roberts. Dave was an acquaintance of Larry Brown, and he was very much a strong contributor to the project.
The strings were much harder. This fellow named Robert Klimes, was introduced to the project by Larry Brown. He was a High School music teacher, trying to break into the movie scoring part of the entertainment business. He was perfect for the Moon. He brought such a diversified style of majestic and warm string arrangements to each composition, that it is hard to imagine any other way it could have been done.
Matthew: " I went to Bob Klimes's house on numerous occasions to discuss and argue, different approaches to the song's treatments for strings. He was absolutely a genius with original music arrangements. He would use styles that were old or new or what ever was needed to augment the song in a very warm and wholesome way. This guy was really committed to his work.
" He passed away...but he was a real 'creative' musical person, that I sorely miss."
"The string sessions were unbelievable. I think we had 13 or 15 string players. We did the old trick of recording one take, (which they played perfectly), and then said, "oops, we need that again",. Well we were trying to triple it without paying union scale for three passes. And we did it."
But the arrangements were like throat clogging. " I had spent a few seconds singing some counter melodies that I heard in my head to Bob at his house, and he turned them into orchestrated symphonic movements. I was floored." I actually had tears in my eyes."
The time we spent in the studio seemed as if time stood still. We had no concept of passing moments or hours at work. We just kept trying to perfect each part of each track until we all agreed on the changes and improvements that we eventually arrived at. This was a paradise of creativity.
David Marks
David Marks was one of the original "Beach Boys". He had left the group a year or so before the Moon was formed. Dave was the perfect guitar player and vocalist for the Moon situation because he had the ability to be patient and when needed, he could concentrate on the 'part that needed to be played'. There were often long hours of waiting, while Larry and Matthew worked on the combines, and ping pong mixes. (Mostly Larry) David would pass through the booth and listen and mutter and return to the studio and pick away at a part or practice a complicated lick and wait till it was time to record.
When asked, "Why did you quit the Beach Boys?", David replied; "I got tired of carrying my own luggage." Well, there may have been a little more to it, but he stuck to his story for years. He has a web page at: www.davidleemarks.com
David Marks has teamed up with the American Gastroenterological Association
(AGA) www.gastro.org/ as the spokesman for their "Be Hep C S.M.A.R.T."
Larry Brown
Larry Brown is, and always was, a super, multi-talented musician and arranger. When the MOON project was started Larry and Matthew had only ' just met'.
His audio engineering skills were phenomenal for his age,(20), and this combination of talents, made him a natural choice for the MOON project.
"The discovery of Larry's talent and abilities were a surprise and delight as the recordings progressed. He was always able to help resolve a technical or musical problem during the creative building process of recording the tracks. Larry was the conservative element of the whole group." Matthew, David, and Drew, or Dave Jackson, were loose, and free, compared to Larry. "He held us down to earth...as best he could."
We all messed with Larry...I hope he understands that we were with him, and not just being jerks. BUT,... we had a lot of fun at Larry's expense. There were several situations when Larry would be all hunched down, at the mixing board, and we would be standing behind him. He was concentrating on the work he was trying to finish, but we were all waiting for him to finish so we could move on. We probably just slowed him down by cracking jokes and snide remarks. I remember a combined effort that we all participated in... Larry was hard at work and didn't really notice that we were all behind him...waiting for a final playback of a track. We lit up a joint and blew the smoke at the back of his head ....now this was a a small room....and eventually the room was in a cloud of pot smoke...and Larry got high. He became very happy each time we did this...and we felt we had done him a favor...since he would never smoke that stuff on his own.
Larry has been very active and successful since the MOON years. You can find a good history of his work and contributions at his web site. www.larrybrown440.com
David Jackson
Dave Jackson played Bass on the second Moon Album, "The Moon". He is and has always been an excellent musician and singer. He is still playing and singing, and pretty much whatever he is called on to do. David was a very busy player. He wrote songs as well.
He co-wrote "Joy To The World", with Hoyt Axton. He wrote or co-wrote several other songs with Hoyt and other composers. He has traveled this planet extensively while playing and singing, and is still out there. He was, and is still, always available to play on Matthews demo tapes of new songs. He always contributed to the overall composition and being a cheerful type, he is a pleasure to work with.
Dave Jackson is still alive. (He didn't wear the hat in the MOON)
Drew Bennett
Drew was the quiet one. He played Bass, so he had to be somewhat isolated from the live drums and guitar. He knew this, so he built a private little fort, using sound baffle sections and eventually he was invisible while in his recording "Kiosk". Recently he told me that he was smoking something, and burning his Buda incense, and with his earphones on he could hear everything being said and recorded, so he was quite comfortable. I do remember that there were 'playbacks', that he didn't bother to come out and listen to. We admired this, because we assumed that he was not completely satisfied with his performance. Now we find out he was probably unable to move. Good stuff in the Bass booth.
Drew tells a story about one of the sessions that goes like this:
Larry had met, and was engaged to a young lady, that was very strong minded and assertive. He had been so involved with the Moon project that these two had not been able to spend much time together. Somehow Larry allowed her to visit the studio during one of our marathon sessions. (Or she just decided to drop in)
When she came into the booth, she smelled the pot smoke and exclaimed: "This is disgusting, how can you work with these people? This session is canceled!!!"
Well...Matthew, Dave, and Drew all looked at each other, lit a joint, took a huge hit, and walked into the booth. They all exhaled at once and filled the room with smoke. She shouted about how the session was "canceled".... until Larry escorted her out...trying to console her..... she left. She just didn't understand what was happening.
I must add that Larry say's that story isn't quite correct, in fact he doesn't remember anything about it.
Matthew Moore
Matthew Moore Songs
Yes. I'm last. I have so many distant memories of the Moon years, and they all jumble together, it's hard to organize them in a coherent and factual way that will convey the spirit and dedication of those times. I feel the experience as a gestalt mass of totally analyzed and properly organized occurrences combined down to a really nice memory. But Hell, I've had years to do this, so I can accept the fleeting moment it warms me when I think of it. I will never regret the feeling of progress and accomplishment that was always happening at each recording session.
We all were without question, heading for the same goal. That's rare in any time frame, to gather more than one or two humans for a pure cause. We didn't even think about the oddity of the situation, we simply worked toward the goal and didn't stop till we finished. The first album was a personal 'Grand' accomplishment for each of us, and for all of us as a group. The 'World Wide Rejection", was a painful failure for us all as well. We considered not recording again, but we had an open contract with Imperial Records to do another album, so.....three of us opted to go ahead and try once more. I think Drew Bennett was unwilling to continue because of the powerful feeling of rejection and apparent disapproval from the public. He may disagree, and we all felt the pain of not being accepted and appreciated, but we decided to give the world one more chance at the Moon. Drew decided to leave the group. (He actually rejoined the group in October of 1969.)
There were many nights that were fruitless. We had hundreds of takes that were lost due to technical problems, clicks, hums, power surges, bad human noises that got on tape, and we even had a rain storm that made the roof leak. Pizza deliveries, Chinese food, crash at dawn, start again at dusk. We actually didn't know if it was day or night for several days at a time.
I went on after the Moon. I wrote songs and tried hard to find recording artists to place them with. I continued to record my own songs. Attempts at procuring contracts for releases of songs as singles, in hopes of landing a recording arrangement for album projects. And in 1970 my brother Daniel Moore hooked me up with Leon Russell. Leon was partnered with Denny Cordell, who was the discoverer of Joe Cocker.
Well, as it worked out, Joe Cocker, had been obligated to tour for some specific period of time, with "The Grease Band", but that band wasn't available. So Denny Cordell and Leon Russell had to put a group together rather quickly to fulfill the contractual requirements, and have a good situation develop from a potential disaster. They succeeded, and the "Mad Dogs", tour was the result.
I had written a song called "Space Captain", that everyone was fond of and they decided to record it for the upcoming tour project that ended up as "MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN".
I went on the tour. I was completely overwhelmed by the size and scope of the situation, and It was one of the most exciting occurrences in my entire life. I loved it. A movie was made called, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", and I have a copy. probably one of of few existing on the planet.
I continued my pursuit of recording opportunities and song placements with artists that were current and active. Over several years I was able to find, or was found by, many respectable recording artists and eventually I was asked to record as an artist again.
In 1977 & 1978 I recorded two albums for Denny Cordell, Leon Russell, and their label "Shelter" records. They were able to sell the production to Columbia Records, well actually a subsidiary label called, "Caribou".
After all was said and done, I had recorded two albums and they were released in 1978 & 1979. Titled "Winged Horses" and "The Sport Of Guessing". Both were produced by Robert Apear.
I was fortunate enough to do some interesting sideman jobs, one was during the spring of 1973 & 1974 with David Cassidy. I got to go to Europe both times. I played keyboard and sang background vocals.
Wow...this life has been full. I'm at a loss to recall every detail of the numerous back ground vocal sessions and keyboard sessions that I was privileged to have contributed to....actually, I just am glad to have been able to be a part of the constantly changing and growing recording industry, during the 60's, 70's, and 80's.


text:
Act out your animalistic fantasies with the Naughty Kitty mask. Slip it on for a frisky foray with friends, or private party with your partner. They will be eager to make you purr as you slink around like a well-behaved pet or a feral feline.
The vegan-friendly material may be cruelty-free, but that does not mean you have to be!
The nickel-free metal studs and the adjustable strap ensure that it is compatible with most people, or rather, cats. Designed with raw sex appeal in mind, the ears and cut-outs are flattering and irresistible.
Mask is 9.25 inches in width. 7.25 inches in height. Strap adjusts from 22 to 17 inches in circumference.


text:
We all have different types of friends. There is the friend you have fun with, the friend who is there when times are tough, and the friend you eat lunch with at work. These relationships can be categorized by the level of trust you have for each of them. You may talk about trivial things with the friend you have fun with (less trust) and when you need serious advice, you will reach out to the friend who is there when times are tough (more trust).
This same principle applies to almost everything that we see and interact with in the world. We are constantly taking in information and categorizing it based on our level of trust for the source. For an example of this, take a look at New York newspapers. The king of New York newspapers is The New York Times. The Times has been reporting the news for more than 100 years and is at the pinnacle of trusted news sources. It will only print the stories if there are multiple reputable sources and would never tarnish its reputation by running a tabloid-style story. On the other end of the spectrum is the New York Post. The cover of the Post is regularly strewn with over-the-top headlines about tabloid stories. It is famous for its gossip column, Page Six, and is read more for entertainment than education. The bottom line is, if you read a story in The New York Times, you trust the information far more than if you read it in the New York Post.
As business owners, you want to create a relationship with your customers that is similar to the one The New York Times has with its readers, because customers are clearly more likely to buy something from a brand they trust. But, as I mentioned earlier, the Times has spent more than 100 years earning its stellar reputation, and my guess is that you don't have that same time. You need customers now. Thankfully, in modern days, it takes much less time to earn that trust. With a little help from the Internet and an unyielding focus on generating quality content, you can establish your business as a trusted source in months. So how do you do it?
WHERE: Washington, D.C; Maryland; New York; Virginia; Pennsylvania
OWNERS: Jonathan Neman, Nicolas Jammet, and Nathaniel Ru
SIGNATURE ITEMS: Salads, Wraps, Soups, Yogurt, Juices
Any business that is offering a quality product with excellent branding is inherently a more trusted source than its competitors. So step one in the pursuit of trust is to offer a great product with great branding. Don't ever skimp on quality, and make sure your customer leaves happy, even if you have to lose a few bucks. The next step is to establish an authentic and strong voice. Think about your brand's core values and speak to your customers from an honest place. Be your true self. The marketplace will reward you for being honest, open, and authentic. Use this voice to generate quality content, a.k.a. your brand story. This story should include your brand bio, core values, and company mission statement, and is crucial in establishing what your brand is and what it is all about.
The next step is to use this voice and content in every communication channel, from your website to your menus. It needs to be plastered on your forehead. Then, open a two-way channel of communication that can be used to interact with your consumers, such as an e-mail newsletter, blog, or social media account. My preferred channel is to create a blog (easier to update regularly with new information than a website) that is connected directly to all of your social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Google Plus. This can be done using WordPress or a similar blogging program for less than $50 and two to three hours of your time. I also recommend purchasing a unique domain online, which can be done for less than $20.
From here, the key is creating content that is compelling. Do not use this blog to sell or advertise, because when it comes to building trust, greed is not good. Your blog exists to educate, activate, and connect with your customers. Create features on how you make your pizza dough or tell the story of a farmer that supplies your restaurant. Work on exposing the best parts of what you do, because it will give your product substance and add layers to your brand story.
The next step is to bring the content to life. This is where your business gets to benefit by creating an event or experience for your customers that can drive revenue and relevance. The perfect example of this is the annual Sweetlife Festival thrown by Washington, D.C.–based Sweetgreen. Founded by three students, Sweetgreen is a growing fast-casual concept that specializes in salads, wraps, bowls, and other types of organic and sustainable foods.
Sweetgreen isn't just a restaurant; it's also a movement with mission statements such as, "We exist to create experiences where passion and purpose come together," and core values such as "keeping it real" and "cultivating authentic food and relationships." The Sweetlife Festival is a charitable concert that brings to life all things Sweetgreen. The festival features the most popular independent music acts and combines them with activated spaces such as "The Locals," a tent featuring the best local food offerings in D.C., and "The Tavern," a makeshift beer hall featuring the best locally brewed beers. Through this event, Sweetgreen has managed to meaningfully connect with its core demographic, generate an immense amount of positive press, and prove once again that success is always a matter of trust.


text:
Written by Duana
And now for something completely different, if you read my FNL post earlier…
Gossip Girl here, to fill you in on the fact that Lily slept with the guy who bought Bass Industries, Blair is an intern boss for better or worse, and Serena has terrible taste in men. Yeah, I know.
Oh, it's a Valentine's episode. Serena, in knee socks, doesn't want Blair to leave in her gold brocade blazer. S thinks it's because B is avoiding Valentine's Day. But Blair's sitting out 'V-Day', accuses Chuck's relationship of being fake, S is waiting for Ben to love her.
S wants B to play with her because S has no direction in life, but B needs to go 'knock six months off the two year plan'.
Reyna and her dad go to meet the man she's sleeping with and the woman he used to. Meanwhile, Lily and Chuck prepare for battle.
Dan and Ben. Duelling laptops. They're both looking for jobs? Something about Ben read an article Dan wrote about Ben dating Serena. What? Dan advises Ben on how to date Serena, Ben instructs Dan to go stalk Epperleigh. OK.
At W, Blair is sort of presiding over an intern meeting but some other intern is also doing so? If Blair can get Reyna Thorpe to be an It Girl in the magazine, she'll be hired. Blair chooses to do this by making Serena do her work for her.
Russell is trying to get Lily to admit she once banged him. Rufus is sitting mute beside Lily. She's tapdancing. Reyna is proud of how all this is going.
Chuck is going to throw a party (of course he is) to prove Bass Industries has its own worth. This involves a mansion outside of the city, in some undetermined way. It is ridiculous.
Reyna's dress is far-too-obvious red. Serena swans in, presents Reyna with a blackberry, and assumes Chuck's not into Reyna. BUT HE IS – for this act, anyway.
Serena, in diaphanous coat, on phone to Ben, who still hasn't gone out. She walks past Christmas decorations and we're not supposed to know. Ben says he's working, tutoring. Utter lie, since the truth is 'catering'. Scandal!
Okay so now 'Archibalds', as Chuck calls Nate and his Dad, come to say Thorpe is going to screw Chuck over. Dun dun DUN!
Serena and Reyna go shopping, Serena called out the secret stash of dresses. So is this Blair's assignment or not? R wants a gold dress for Chuck's party tomorrow, because now they care about each other, even though it used to be just the sex.
S SELLS OUT HER BEST FRIEND! Says B still has feelings for Chuck and Reyna's going to screw her over! Reyna cancels being the starlet of the moment…
Dan storms into W, looking for Epperleigh. He and Blair screech at one another, he wants her to send his article to 'Details'. Apparently they've been to five movies together. She calls his article a 'fauxticle'.
Ben is going to do Martha Stewart's catering for V-Day. Please say she's on the show!
Reyna and Chuck on the phone. She fills him in that Lily left Thorpe for Bart Bass.
Eric and Dan at a schnitzel truck, which – nope. Eric would be weight conscious and Dan would have a stomach issue that would prevent it.
Eric says he wants to see Johnathan. Johnathan gets talked about more than any nonentity on this show, like VANESSA for example.
Eric is going to work for meals on wheels tonight. That's nice. Dan swears he'll convince B to help with his article tonight.
S covers over her LYING to Reyna by pretending her mom sent her a dress which is of course the one that Raina (new spelling!) sent over as a thank you for the advice S gave her. B finds out, obvs, and gets out her phone.
Chuck's with Thorpe. He's like "Yeah, Lily's a whore and a beast. I'll get her out if you want." Thorpe's like "Isn't she literally your mommy?" Bass calls The Board together, and Thorpe promises he can have everything he wants.
B goes to work, S tries to seduce her. B can't stay so S should go to Chuck's party. Do we think this is going to go bad? I CAN'T WAIT!
Lily ditches Rufus' lame romantic night to go battle with Chuck Bass. She's going to go 'deal with business' in a backless dress.
Blair now wears a diaphanous cape. Calls the catering company to get Ben sent to Chuck's party. Can you imagine if people couldn't get this kind of thing done on this show?
Bacchanal. Feather pens. Chuck in a white bowtie. Renaissance paintings. Honestly the only thing that distinguishes this party from any other is that it has stairs.
Thorpe and Raina enter. These two might also be doing it. Sorry!
Blair is in silver. Wants her assistants to "get b-roll of the food and drink'. I love that maybe 10% of the audience even knows what that is?
Dan = you love me, run my article? Blair – I do, but I need to hurt Serena first.
She runs into S, sets her up in an interview for W, allegedly.
Thorpe and Lily butt heads. She thinks Chuck will see reason. I think her necklace is incredible.
Nate's dad is, and I quote, the 'worst wingman ever'. Nate's dad says he'll resign from Thorpe. No reaction.
Chuck brings Venice to Raina in the form of a gorgeous bedroom and a dinner for two, so – I'm not really sure how Venice that is, but hot. Do I even need to say her jewels are incredible?
Dan ogles Chuck and Raina kissing. Creeper.
Lily appears, Dan thinks about tattling on his maybe? Potential? Stepbro? I …it could really be challenging to figure out the connection.
Interview w. S goes on forever. Blair outs S as loving Ben, who is literally framed behind her in a cater-waiter outfit. She confronts him, he blows her off, Blair runs away with her crew.
"Venice". Lily barges in. Raina is lounging on the bed. Chuck and Lily yell at each other. He tells her she's emotional, like all women. He calls her both emotional and a cold b*tch at the same time. He basically says Lily adopted him for cash, then Raina tells him to quit it and leaves. Lily somehow has her head held high in this scenario?
Thorpe is like "too bad, Chuck, I'm going to screw you over. Did you think I wouldn't? PS, Raina's over you, hahah."
Chuck advances to a growl in order to threaten Thorpe but he's like "Believe me, my daughter and I have a weird connection, she's more into me than you."
Oedipal Euro towers. Blair and Serena confront each other in a monotone… B accuses S of screwing her over just because she was lonely. Among the insults, '15 hours of class a week'.
S screwed B over because Chuck's love for Raina is real. Blair's retort is that she's gonna go find him so she can prove his love is fake. Dan goes after her.
Thorpe and Archibald: dickswing. Archibald is fired, and looks dopey. Nate only ever gets to talk to his dad on this show.
"Venice" – Dan and Blair find it. Chuck and Raina storm in and B and D hide. Chuck tells Raina her daddy's a bad man, and that she is sacred to him. She accurately points out he'll like her until she makes him mad. Then leaves.
B and D hiding in the draperies. She's heartbroken he cares for Raina for real.
She is a broken woman on a settee and he puts his hand on her knee. She really does look hurt. And just at the moment when she has decided to take him for what he is and hold his hand, he takes it away.
Apartment. Blair in silk robe, brings Serena a candy heart. S was right, Chuck and Raina were real. B attempts to apologize. But – didn't S still lie to her? Also, these two both might have tiny widow's peaks.
S and B debate whether they humiliated Ben, but apparently not, since he just texted her. That was, as predicted, easy. Blair on the other hand, gets a text from Dan, who is, oh, how sexy – rewriting.
Blair calls him late at night. She submitted him to Vanity Fair. After she read it, and thought it was good. She lights a candle as she listens to his velvet voice flowing through the phone and climbs under the covers.
OH MY GOD They watch Rosemary's Baby together on the phone. They are basically When Harry Met Sally right now.
Nate, Nate's Dad, and Chuck. This could be a sitcom spinoff, you guys! Nate's Dad stole all the passwords Chuck could possibly want. Oh, and a keycard. Methinks Nate's dad is a bit of a 'Cool Mom'. You know?
Ben and Serena have a boring bland apology. Also, S will apologize for anything. She's practically Canadian. They kiss. In a bar.
Blair and Dan in splitscreen. They ARE When Harry Met Sally. There is no way this is not a homage. They even make their sheets the same colour.
Eric, delivering meals on wheels. Some rando girl in a beret tells him a guy is waiting for him. Eric is expecting Johnathan, but oh – no, it's Damian Zegers. Who is PISSED.
Zegers says he's going to out Lily as a perjurer and send her to jail, unless….we don't know. Because Eric gets marched away. I think it's supposed to look menacing, but the way Eric shrugs away from him, it mostly looks like Damian is holding him by the ear…
Attached – Leighton Meester at Marc Jacobs for Fashion Week in New York.
Photos from Wenn.com


text: Supplier Portal If you want to become a supplier for HARTING please download the guideline here. Important Downloads for your registration HARTING Supplier Code of Conduct HARTING Delivery Regulation (in English only) Guideline for vendors for the vendor registration of HARTING (in English only) RFx (in English only) Supplier Self Service (in English only) SRM Drawing Exchange (in English only) Become a Partner! Register here Register your Company on our supplier portal Already a Partner? Login Login with your ID and Password on our supplier portal


text:
Monday, May 20, 2013
Draggable graphs
In the climate plotter a large amount of climate data could be plotted on an adjustable scale. There were bars on which you could click to move and expand the graph vertically and horizontally. Curves with different units could be moved independently. This is all based on the HTML5 canvas.
The bars were a bit clunky. I've been experimenting with mouse dragging. I had thought it would be slow, but it isn't. I'm planning to use it routinely in plotting, and for the climate plotter, and to post the code that enables it. Entering different data is easy.
Here's an example which I'll include in the monthly data tracking. It looks like just the last three years of monthly index data, similar to a graph that is currently shown. But it's backed by data back to 1850, which you can see by dragging back, and shrinking the scale if you want.
You can drag with the left button within the plot area. Dragging within the axis mark areas, parallel to the axis, changes the scale of that dimension. Away from the origin expands. If you want to get back to where you started, click the restore button.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Jaxa Arctic Sea Ice - active polar plot
It's the time of year for tracking ice. I have kept current plots and tables of Jaxa daily reports. This year, there will also be daily updated movies of high resolution Arctic SST, both last 50 days and full year.
But I wanted to update the plotting methods using some of Javascript active features. I've made a polar plot, where the ice extent is represented as distance from the centre, and time progresses by angle, just as with a clock. Various parts can be magnified. When it has settled, I'll include it in the current page.
Here is the plot. The current point is circled, and the centre picture is a magnification of that region. The years from 2002 to 2012 are shown in rainbow colors (legend bottom left), and 2013 in black. Things you can do are:
- Click on each of the month sectors; the central picture will show a magnification of the history of that month
- Click repeatedly on the current point circle; the picture will alternate magnifications of the current region
- Click on the legend; the history of that year will show in a dark color
- Click on the picture to make it go away.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
April GISS Temp down by 0.08°C
GISS LOTI went from 0.58°C in March to 0.50°C in April (back to February level). TempLS was fairly steady, satellites mixed.
Here is the GISS map for April 2013:
And here, with the same scale and color scheme, is the earlier TempLS map:
Previous Months
December 2012
December 2011
August 2011
More data and plots
Friday, May 10, 2013
Climate of the Past fails Fourier test
This is a belated post. I'm writing about a paper by Ludecke et al which was accepted in February by the EGU online journal "Climate of the Past". Eli wrote about several aspects, including data quality and how the paper made it to acceptance. Tamino gave a definitive mathematical takedown. Primaklima has a thread with some of the major local critics chiming in.
So what's left to say? And why now? Well, Ludecke had a guest post at WUWT a few days ago, promoting the paper. While joining in the thread, I re-read the online discussion, and was surprised at the lack of elementary understanding of Fourier analysis on display. Surprisingly, the guest post was not well received at WUWT, at least by those with math literacy.
I expect that notwithstanding this negativity, the paper's memes will continue to circulate. It comes from EIKE, a German contrarian website. And they have been pushing it for a while. Just pointing out its wrongness won't make it go away.
So here my plan is to redo a similar Fourier analysis, pointing out that the claimed periodicities are just the harmonics on which Fourier analysis is based, and not properties of the data. Then I'll do a similar analysis of a series which is just constant trend; no periodicities at all. Ludecke et al claim that their analysis shows that there is no AGW trend, but I'll show the contrary, that trend alone not only gives similar periodicities, but is reconstructed successfully in the same way.
Ludecke et al use an average of six long time European temperature series, dating back to 1757. As Eli says, the reliability of the early years is doubtful. They also, to try to get more information on longer periodicities, used a single stalagmite series and some Antarctic ice core data. But the thermometer series is central, and the only one I'll consider here.At CotP, they were taken to task by Dr Mudelsee, then a reviewer, for not making the series available. It's components are not easy to access. However, Dr Mudelsee ceased to be a reviewer (story to come) and his requirement that they be available was not enforced. I will look at just one of the series, Hohenpeissenberg. L et al say the series are similar.
The analysis
To anyone who understands Fourier analysis, it was trivial. They took a DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) of the series, truncated the spectrum to the first six terms, inverted, and showed that the result was similar to a smoothed version of the original series. They identified the peaks with claimed natural periodicities.There was a complication. They added zero padding to the original series. They never said how much; not even if it was a lot or a little. The result was the panel on the left, in the image below:
Note the annotated periods on the peaks. The panel on the right was the stalagmite series, not discussed here.
When it came to truncating and inverting, they read the amplitudes off this graph, but used the original harmonics as frequencies. That gave a still good comparison with a 15-year moving average of the temperature series.
The claims
These were stretched. They say of the peaks marked on their transform:"Four of our six selected frequencies in M6 have a confidence level over 95% and only one over 99 %. We find for SPA roughly the periods corresponding to 250, 80, 65, and 35 yr from M6."
They are comparing peaks from their padded DFT. They have compared them to a noise level derived from the signal. This involved Hurst components, DFA, Monte Carlo analysis etc. The referees complained that this was inadequately described. But it is nonsense. The peaks have little to do with the noise, or the data at all. I will show the trend case where the peaks are there and there is no noise at all.
The inverse of the truncated frequency series was indeed close, as it must be. They say in the abstract of the final version:
"The Pearson correlation between the mean, smoothed by a 15-yr running average (boxcar) and the reconstruction using the six significant frequencies, yields r = 0.961. This good agreement has a > 99.9% confidence level confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations. It shows that the climate dynamics is governed at present by periodic oscillations. We find indications that observed periodicities result from intrinsic dynamics."
So the fact that the transform/inversion gets back to the starting point is proof of "observed periodicities result from intrinsic dynamics".
In the original was the even more absurd claim
"The excellent agreement of the reconstruction of the temperature history, using only the 6 strongest frequency components of the spectrum, with M6 would leave, together with the agreement of temperatures in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, no room for any influences of CO2 or other anthropogenic emissions or effects on the Earth's climate."
They were prevailed on to take that out, but with this claim to follow:
"The agreement of the reconstruction of the temperature history using only the six strongest components of the spectrum, with M6, shows that the present climate dynamics is dominated by periodic processes."
Of course it shows nothing of the sort.
They then went on to predict. In the original it said:
"We note that the prediction of a rather substantial temperature drop of the Earth over the next decades (dashed blue line in Fig. 5) results essentially from the ~64 yr 10 periodicity, of which 4 cycles are clearly visible in Fig. 5; and which, consequently, can be expected to reliably repeat in the future.
They are, of course, just predicting on the basis that the fundamental periodicity of the Fourier analysis will repeat outside the range. There is no scientific basis for that. But worse, as a prediction, it just says you'll repeat from wherever you started the data. Start at a different point, and you get a different prediction.
The journal
The managing editor was Prof Zorita. He (presumably) chose the referees. One #1 clearly knows nothing of the maths involved. He began:"The authors appear to be statistical experts in this form of analysis, although not mainly publishing in climate science, and it is refreshing to see new approaches to an old problem."
They aren't experts, and elementary FA is not a new approach. He raised minor objections, and one which he said was major:
"I simply do not see how what the authors have done has any relevance
on excluding GHGs as a major factor on the climate."
Indeed, and that does seem to have led to some excesses being removed.
The second reviewer seems to have been Dr Muldelsee, who was quite critical, making the essential points, although not as clearly as I would have liked. He fell into the trap of making good suggestions (eg detrending) which would not have rescued the analysis if followed. However, they were anyway ignored, so he wrote a more critical response. This seems to have been enough to have him removed from the process. He subsequently asked to be removed from the journal's list of reviewers.
His replacement #2 was more upbeat ("This article is interesting and it deserves publication after some revisions.") His one major objection was to the periodic prediction, marked in blue on Fig 5, on the correct grounds that Fourier analysis will always make a periodic prediction. The blue line remains.
So what was Zorita's role? He wrote a curious, semi-critical editor comment, which didn't come to grips with the technical objections, but recommended some steps such as using part of the data to predict the remainder. None of this was done.
Then with no further public discussion the paper appeared, with just a few changes implemented.
My Fourier analysis of temperature
As mentioned, I'll do just the 231 years of Hohenpeissenberg, ending in 2011. The power spectrum of the DFT without zero padding looks like this:It is discrete, consisting of the red lines in this low frequency view. The effect of zero padding to total length 8192 years is to in effect convolve those lines with the sinc function associated with the 231-year data period:
I've kept the original red lines; they are just the harmonics of freq 1/231. The padding has the effect of shifting the apparent peaks. The reason is that each convolution sinc function has a zero at the neighbouring harmonics but a non-zero slope, so it shifts the peak. I'll illustrate with a single frequency. It is of course artefact - there is no new information being discovered by zero padding.
So the logical thing to do is to reconstruct using the first six harmonics of the DFT. I've done that, with this result:
This is all similar to Ludecke et al.
Peak shift - a single frequency
If we take a single sinusoid (cos) of period 231 years (one period) then the power spectrum of course has a single spike:But if it is also zero-padded to 8192 years, the result is:
Note that all the side lobes of the sinc function appear, and the peak is shifted. In fact, the (non-power) spectrum has two spikes, one positive frequency and one negative, and each shifts the peak of the other - outwards in this case. But the displacement is artefact; the data was the sinusoid of the red line.
Pure trend data
Here is an example which will show what nonsense this all is. I take a series in which the temperature rises with absolute regularity, 0.01°C/year for 231 years. There is no periodicity or even noise. Here is the DFT with no padding:This is an undergraduate-level problem; the series is given here. The power coefficients are 231*2.31/(2Ï€*n), n=1,2,3.
And here is the DFT with padding to 8192 years.
Just as with the temperature data, there are peaks, in about the same places. We can't do a "significance" test, because there is no noise. They are "infinitely significant". Note the prominence of the base frequency, which Ludecke et al were promoting as a discovery.
Here is the 6-harmonic reconstruction:That is pure trend reappearing. But of course, the DFT makes it periodic, so there is oscillation at the ends so that it can go down sharply. This is very well known - called the Gibbs effect, after the 19th century physical chemist.
The boast in the abstract was:
"The Pearson correlation between the mean, smoothed by a 15-yr running average (boxcar) and the reconstruction using the six significant frequencies, yields r = 0.961. This good agreement has a > 99.9% confidence level confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations. It shows that the climate dynamics is governed at present by periodic oscillations."
My corresponding r-value for Hohenp was 0.9496. But for the pure trend case, it was 0.988. Much higher, and no periodicity at all.
Ludecke et al used their reconstruction for prediction. They mark the continuation in blue, and find a reason based on the 4th harmonic:"The prediction of a temperature drop in the near future results essentially from the ~64-yr cycle, which to our knowledge is the Atlantic (Pacific) Multidecadal Oscillation (Mantua and Hare, 2002; Hurrel and van Loon, 1997)."
So, following their method, where is this uniformly rising trend data headed? Down! It rose 2.31°C by uniform steps; Ludecke-style foretelling is that it goes back to where it was, very quickly. And of course, there is absolutely no basis for that in the data.
And if the analyst had happened to FT 500 years of data, then the prediction is a 5°C drop.
The analysis is spurious, based on elementary Fourier Series misunderstanding. And I think it is very bad that Zorita could not see it, especially given Muldersee's warnings.
TempLS global temp unchanged in April
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)


text:
This dish was intended to be pasta served with pan roasted rabbit. I'm not opposed to cooking rabbit, and I'm not opposed to eating it for that matter, but I wasn't able to buy any locally this week. The recipe calls for rabbit loins which can be ordered from D'Artagnan, but I wanted to avoid having something shipped so I called around town. Rabbit loins cannot be found in Austin, but whole rabbit may be had at some stores on the right day. When I asked at Whole Foods, they informed me that I would probably never see rabbit sold in their Austin stores because they have not been able to find a local provider that meets their animal compassion guidelines. To this I say: come on Texas-area rabbit ranchers, raise your animals more compassionately so that I can buy them at Whole Foods. Until then or until I place a D'Artagnan order, I'll be making a vegetarian version of this dish which is what I'm showing here.
Some zest was grated from a tangerine and a lemon. The remaining peels of the tangerine and lemon were removed. I then cut off any pith that came with the peel and thinly sliced the peel. The pasta water was brought to a boil, and the juices from the tangerine and lemon were added to it. While the pasta cooked, the grated zest, egg yolks, grated parmigiano reggiano, and chopped parsley were whisked together with a little water and salt and pepper. The drained pasta was then tossed with the egg and cheese mixture, and some reserved pasta boiling water was added to thin the sauce. On the plate, it received an olive oil drizzle and a topping of sliced citrus peel. The fresh, light citrus flavor made it easy to ignore the calories lurking in the egg yolks and cheese. This was even quicker and simpler to make without the rabbit, and it was completely delicious.


text:
Profiting From PLR Products (Personal Use Rights)
Discover the easiest way to create and sell your very own unique profit pulling information products fast.
Producing your own information products from scratch is hard, sitting in front of a blank word screen and not having a clue what to write about is not a nice feeling for anyone. The prospect of producing something from scratch that is high quality is pretty daunting to say the least, but there is a solution, it is called private label rights.
This is your chance to take a huge shortcut towards online profits… But ONLY if you use it in the right way.
- How To Find The Best PLR Products To Work With (Note: Not all PLR products are equal. I'll show you exactly what to look out for and how to always choose the best ones.)
- Why You MUST Make Your PLR Product Unique – and How To Do It FAST.
- How to Re-Package Your Product Quickly and Easily For Maximum Profit.
- How To Turn Around and Sell Your Product… Or Use It To Create a Huge List That You Can Sell To Again and Again.
- The Mistake That Most People Make With PLR… and How To Avoid It Yourself
… and much, much more.
There are no reviews yet.
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.


text:
호텔 투숙객은 마카티 시티의 편안하고 고풍스러운 지역이 내려다보이는 20m 길이의 온수 수영장을 이용할 수 있습니다.
수영장은 3층에 있으며 오전 6:00부터 오후 10:00까지 운영됩니다.
Why Book Direct at DiscoveryPrimea.com?
Earn your next stay!
"It feels like home! Truly a service with a heart .. Keep it up!"
Shan D., Tripadvisor
"Stayed at the Discovery Primea Makati for two nights in May in their Two Bedroom Primea Suite. This is truly an above and beyond hotel which after its soft launch I would be surprised doesn't get fully booked straight away! Will now always make the Discovery Primea my hotel choice in Manila. Will be back next year!"
Matthew B., Tripadvisor
"I have stayed at many hotels in the City and have by far enjoyed this stay the most. From the moment I arrived I was greeted by warm and friendly staff who were very accommodating. The stand out for me is the apartment style facilities. A home away from home. Spacious rooms and modern appliances with a vast array of Chef inspired menu options. Will be back soon."
Stephen W., Tripadvisor
"A truly exceptional hotel. Very friendly and accomodating personnel, luscious food to die for, exceptional facilities with an exceptional view of BGC, Makati and Ortigas Skyline, and top notch accessibility. We'll be back for sure."
Rivzkaydet, Tripadvisor
Great ambiance, service and food. From the lobby to our room, the experience was beyond words could describe. Kudos especially to housekeeping for the upkeep of the room. I would definitely recommend this hotel chain to my family and friends.
Michelle A, Tripadvisor
Subscribe to our Newsletters so you don't miss out on exclusive offers. Get sneak peeks of our special promos directly in your inbox so you won't be left out! Sign up »


text:
Express your sympathy in a very thoughtful way with this gracious arrangement of yellow snapdragons, mums and solidago in a classic white container with a yellow ribbon. Small Measures 26"H by 28"L. Medium Measures 28"H by 30"L. Large Measures 30"H by 32"L.
Order by 3:00 PM CST for same day pickup or delivery!
* Fee charged in addition to the Standard Delivery Fee
Enter full name. We'll ask for delivery information at checkout.


text:
Good nutrition is the foundation of a great life. Maxi helps you get the refreshment you want and the energy you need.
VIEW PRODUCTSYour body is always a work in progress - without adequate reinforcement, your bones can become fragile. That's why we've created a series of products to help you build strength and protect your organs.
VIEW PRODUCTSYour heart works hard to keep you healthy and functioning, tirelessly supplying your body with blood. Carefully researched and tested Maxi heath products support blood pressure, keep cholesterol levels healthy, and improve your circulation.
VIEW PRODUCTSMaxi Health products help your body break down the food you eat into the building blocks of life, improving your absorption and digestion. Enjoy everything you eat even more knowing you're getting the most from it.
VIEW PRODUCTSHealthy is beautiful. We provide you with natural formulas designed to give your body the key nutrients it needs to be beautiful both on the inside and the outside.
VIEW PRODUCTSYour immune system works hard to defend your body from bacteria and viruses. Our vitamin and mineral formulas boost your resistance to microorganisms and reinforce your defenses.
VIEW PRODUCTSWhether you're coping with acute or chronic inflammation, Maxi Health provides you with pain relief to help you get back to enjoying the activities you love.
VIEW PRODUCTSControl your mind "control your life" but outside influences often leave us stressed, exhausted, and drained. It's not always easy being at your best, but Maxi Health will sharpen your concentration and help calm you down when you need it.
VIEW PRODUCTSPregnancy and childbirth are times of significant change for the body, and vitamins are imperative for women before, during, and after pregnancy. The right nutrition can help you be even better-prepared to bring life into this world, and Maxi Health can help you enter parenthood with strength and spirit.
VIEW PRODUCTSDiabetes has become a major issue in our country, and many people now have blood glucose at pre-diabetic levels. Maxi Health can help you bring your glucose levels back to normal and help you get your blood sugar back under control.
VIEW PRODUCTSFor many people, stress is hard to avoid, and often our bodies suffer when we work too much or don't sleep well. Maxi Health can help you relax, unwind and recharge your batteries.
VIEW PRODUCTSAs they develop from children to grownups, teenagers face many challenges and go through number of changes such as mood swings and body image issues. Maxi Health places its expertise in the needs of today's teens. Help your teen make wise, healthy decisions with clean Maxi Health formulas.
VIEW PRODUCTSEnsuring the healthy growth and development of children is a huge responsibility. Because so many resist healthy foods like green vegetables, Maxi Health has created Kiddie Max, a variety of tasty, natural products designed to boost metabolisms and protect against disease.
VIEW PRODUCTSIt's easy to take the beauty that surrounds us every day for granted. By not paying attention we miss sunsets, flowers, and even the kindness of strangers. Maxi Health will help you see things more clearly, never missing the beauty in the world.
VIEW PRODUCTSOur mission is to improve your health, reduce your risk of pre diabetes and type 2 diabetes, and prevent other illnesses associated with obesity. Maintaining healthy weight can be hard work, but Maxi Health makes it easier. Our natural and unique formulas are made to assure your total physical wellness!
VIEW PRODUCTSMaxi Health provides women with the best nutrition, formulated in order to support specific areas of women's health at all stages of life, including hormonal balance and strong bones.
VIEW PRODUCTSMaxi Health takes a holistic approach toward health management. We treat every aspect and segment of human health with equal importance, leaving no stone unturned. With thorough research, maximum expertise, and the utmost devotion, we create the world's best supplements.
VIEW PRODUCTSHonesty is a key ingredient in our belief and nutrition systems. Committed to tell and sell the truth, Maxi brings clarity by steering clear of product trends to offer real goodness we understand.
By relying only on our own understanding, research, and diligence (and ignoring others' claims) we create responsible self-regulation and develop unique formulas with better results built right in.
The Maxi nutrition system is designed to support your body's needs. To deliver the highest bioavailability and absorption rates, we do what we do best so you could do everything you do, best.
With so many health and wellness resources out there, people continue to choose Maxi because they like what they see. Have a closer look yourself.
LEARN MOREJoin us as a Maxi retailer and help spread the nutritional truth your shoppers want
Contact usThe more you know the less you need. Arm yourself with nature's best knowledge
View blog


text:
Krista McGee talks about her new dystopian release, Anomaly!
After the interview with Krista McGee about her new release, Anomaly, find out how you can enter to win an iPad Mini!
Krista McGee is celebrating the release of Anomaly, the first book in her new YA dystopian series, with a second iPad Mini Giveaway!
One winner will receive:
Not on Facebook? Enter HERE!
Have you ever felt like you were
different from everyone else? Were you embarrassed by these differences and
tried to hide them? In Krista McGee's latest novel, Anomaly (Thomas Nelson / July 9, 2013 / ISBN: 978-1401688721 / $9.99), Thalli
must hide who she really is or face death. Follow Thalli as she searches for
truth and purpose in her controlling world in the first book in this trilogy
for young adults. McGee approaches the popular dystopian genre from a Christian
worldview to challenge readers to question what is going on around them and
find answers from the Designer — God.
Q: Your earlier books are modern adaptions of the biblical
stories of Esther, Rebekah and Ruth. Where did you find your inspiration for Anomaly?
While this novel
isn't based on a particular biblical character, there are shades of Noah, Moses
and David in here. My inspiration, though, is probably a combination of a
couple of my favorite classic dystopian books: Brave New World and 1984.
I've always read those works thinking, "What if this kind of story were
told from a distinctly Christian worldview?" My ideas for this story
stemmed from the answer to that question.
Q: Thalli knows her curiosity and emotions make her
unique. What can teens learn from Thalli about their differences?
Thalli doesn't feel
like she fits in anywhere. I think all of us — young and old(er) — can identify
with that feeling. My prayer is that, as my readers get to know Thalli, they
see her differences as making her special, and through that, they see their
differences make them special, as well.
Q: How did your passion for writing teen fiction develop?
I have worked with
teens for more than a decade, as a youth leader and as a high school English
teacher. My desire is to see the young people I work with understand how much
God loves them and to love Him wholeheartedly in return. My writing is an
extension of that ministry and that desire.
I want my readers to
know that God is more powerful than any government, any idea, any disaster. I
want them to see that every individual is fearfully and wonderfully made.
Without giving away too much, what else can you tell us about the Designer?
He is the great I AM.
In this novel, world forces have done all they can to make Him disappear. But
no force on earth is more powerful than Him.
Q: How has being a teacher impacted the way you approach
your novels?
Because I have the
privilege of spending my days with some of the most amazing teens on the
planet, I have learned that life as a teenager today is amazing, difficult and
overwhelming. Teens have so much expected of them, so many pressures
thrust on them. Knowing this informs my characters and my plots.
Q: As Thalli learns more about herself and the world, she
questions if there is more to life. Do you think it's OK for teens to question
God and why he has made them unique?
I have a son named
Thomas, and the reason we chose that name was because of a Bible study lesson I
heard while pregnant with him. Our teacher pointed out that when the apostle
Thomas questioned Jesus, Jesus could have responded with anger or frustration,
a "Seriously, dude? I just rose from the dead and am standing in
front of you, and you want to see my hands??" But He didn't say
that. He simply held out his hands so Thomas could see and
believe. Jesus recognized His followers will doubt, will question — even
when proof of His existence is so obvious — and he responds to that doubt with
grace and love. I love that our Savior loves us like that! I love that we
can ask Him tough questions and find that He responds in ways that make our
weak faith stronger.
Q: How does Anomaly compare to popular teen series
like The Hunger Games and Divergent? Will readers drawn to those
books enjoy Thalli's adventure, too?
Definitely! There are
several similarities between those books and Anomaly — a world that is radically
different than ours, a government that tries to suppress its people and a girl
who stands out from everyone else. Like those, there is also romance and adventure
and quite a few surprises, as well.
Q: Are there special connections from Thalli's pursuit
for a greater purpose for her abilities and our different roles in the
Christians are called
the body of Christ, and the body is made up of different parts — all necessary
for a healthy body to function. The rulers of Thalli's world reject such a
notion, choosing to believe instead that sameness is best for mankind. But
Thalli is different — an anomaly. And we find, through her journey, that differences
really are best and that God's design is perfect.
Q: Will Anomaly be part of a new series? What are
you working on next?
Yes, this is the
first in a trilogy of books about Thalli's journey and her world. The next book
will be released in February 2014, and the final book will release in August
Learn more about Krista McGee and her books at kristamcgeebooks.com. Readers can also become a fan on Facebook (krista.a.mcgee) or follow her on Twitter (@KristaMcGeeYA).
Krista McGee is celebrating the release of Anomaly, the first book in her new YA dystopian series, with a second iPad Mini Giveaway!
- An iPad Mini
- A $25 iTunes gift card (download Anomaly to the iPad!)
Not on Facebook? Enter HERE!


text:
Every year the numbers of accidents have increasing and it is very vital for employers, as part of their General Duties and Responsibilities in OSHA 514, to provide training and to ensure the forklift operators are equipped with knowledge and skills.
In forklift operations. As part of Safety training programs, we are organizing a 1 day training program on Basic Forklift Safety to assist companies in complying to the Regulations and also in minimizing forklift incidents & property damages at workplace and site.
Date: 12th March 2023
Venue: Jinko Solar Technology Sdn Bhd, Prai, Penang
Course Objectives:
Identify the causes and effects of accidents and increase safety awareness
To prevent accident (causing injury or property damage)
To provide safe & healthy environment for all employees
To improve work productivity & performance
To maintain zero accident or incident at workplace
To comply OSHA & FM Legal & Customer requirements.
Participants will be able to:
To identify the causes and effects of accidents and increase safety awareness.
Able to understand what are hazard, risk and danger.
Understand the most important of safety device in the forklift.
Understand on how to conduct the daily safety Inspection, performance and maintenance.
To reduce the maintenance cost & break down.
Understand the safety precautions needed during refueling or recharging of the forklift.
Who Should Attend:
For forklift driver, ERT, or anybody that related to. Please make sure participants are able to drive forklift truck because practical driving session will be include in this training.
More Pictures:
Feel free to contact TSY Consultancy by Call / WhatsApp to +6012-6243921 or email to email@example.com