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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Musings on Star Wars
In a bit of mind blowing news it would appear that Disney has purchased the rights to Star Wars from George Lucas for 4 billion or so. As a child my three older brothers would watch the 1970's versions of those movies what seemed like every day. When I got older I remember getting really excited when I had heard that new Star Wars movies were coming out. I think childhood routines and memories get somewhat elevated into magic when you grow up and long for those same nostalgic experiences. So I rushed out to see the Phantom Menace movie with friends when it first came out in the theater. I had my extremely salty popcorn and fizzy drink and I was sitting in my favorite spot in the theater, the lights dimmed and the red curtains opened to that most awesome Star Wars theme music. I was incredibly excited and hey I am not a Star Wars nut. It just seemed historic. So yeah that was the best part of the movie, it kind of went downhill from there. Afterwords my friends and I walked in silence for a bit before I hesitantly suggested the movie was shit. I mean I felt like I had just said that mother Theresa was an arsehole. I wasn't sure if there would be instant backlash and I would end up walking home alone, but no it kind of opened up some floodgates and all were in agreement it sucked. The following two movies got a wee bit better but meh. George lost it, the legacy of Star Wars went from two awesome fun movies and a Muppet show episode called Return of the Jedi to two good movies out of six. Last Halloween at a party I attended, people were drunk and discussing how the franchise should be taken away from Georgio and given to someone else to revive. People were daydreaming about directors like Peter Jackson (LOTR), James Cameron (Avatar), the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix), Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth), or my outlandish pick which would be Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). Anyway it was all just fantasy talk until well .. today. As long as Disney doesn't make them into wholesome Sunday afternoon movies then it should be an upgrade. Disney is quite capable of messing these up too but fingers crossed.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Zet Avril at FELAFACS
Zet Avril did a great presentation on Second Life machimima at the University of Lima for FELAFACS 2012.
I really liked the way the camera would zoom into things like Bryn Oh's eye to show a machinima. It is pretty useful that the actual machinima can be embedded into the presentation in this manner. I know she put in a great deal of work for this so congratulations Zet I am glad it went well for you.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Still life with Mark Rothko beating the crap out of Vladimir Umanets
I have known a gentleman named Kueperpunk Korhonen for quite some time now. We first met ages ago as members of a now dead art collective called Caerleon. He is an accomplished cyberpunk author and has put together Festival der Liebe which celebrates virtual art, writers, musicians and photography.
The whole schedule of events over the three days can be found here.. Schedule
I have created a fun little build for the festival called "Still life with Mark Rothko beating the crap out of Vladimir Umanets" I think it is a potential piece of yellowism.
If you hadn't heard, a work by Mark Rothko was damaged at the Tate Modern not long ago. The work Black on Maroon was written on in marker by Vladimir Umanets. He wrote "Vladimir Umanets (just make it difficult for the police to find you!) A potential piece of yellowism" Yellowism being his self created art movement or style.
What I liked about Black on Maroon was that it was originally commissioned by the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York city. When asked what his intentions were for this series he said..
"I hope to paint something that will ruin the appetite of every son of a bitch who ever eats in that room,"
How can you not like that response in our day of media coached actors and sports figures who never actually say anything of substance for fear of someone being offended. Rothko didn't just say something politically incorrect but rather took direct aim at his patron and their clientele. It makes me giggle it does.
Anyway, so in my virtual world Mark gets to meet Vlad and discuss the finer points of Yellowism.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Virtual world performance at LEA
The LEA is ready to begin taking applications for those who work in the performing arts. We are intentionally leaving the criteria open as we would like to see what type of art performances are proposed without having a preconceived notion of what to expect. Show us what virtual world performance art can be. We will try to accommodate as many styles or visions as possible given the space and calendar. Some shows can be large productions lasting months or you can apply for a single half hour show. Let us know what you need and we will try to find a way to fit it in.
The application can be found here http://lea.aviewtv.com/performance.html
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Virtual Ability Tour - Virginia Alone
This Sunday October 14th at 11am SLT I will be doing a walk through and talk with Virtual Ability for my artwork Virginia Alone. Everyone is welcome. It will run an hour and a half and will take place on Immersiva SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Immersiva/19/128/21
The Virtual Ability Tour has a rich history and many great SL artists have contributed their time. VAI approach the artists independently but if you would like to contact them then message iSkye Silverweb.
Here are some of the artists who have given tours in the last year.
Amandat Tamatzui
Antrozous Frostwych
Aztec Fenstalker
Bryn Oh
Claudia222 Jewell
DixMix Source
Filthy Fluno
Gracie Kendal
Mikati Slade
Monroe Snook
Scottius Polke
Van Caerndow
Winter Nightfire
Virtual Ability has been building communities of support for people with disabilities in virtual worlds since 2007. About three quarters of the group members have one or more kinds of disability (physical, mental, emotional, or sensory) or chronic illness; the rest are temporarily-able-bodied family members, caregivers, professionals, researchers, students, and others interested in disability issues.
Virtual Ability helps enable people with a wide range of disabilities by providing a supporting environment for them to enter and thrive in online virtual worlds. They provide SL residents with customized orientation and training at award-winning Virtual Ability Island. There, new residents can learn SL fundamentals in an accessibility-friendly environment, and existing residents can receive ongoing training and information about health-related issues and support groups.
In RL, Virtual Ability, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation based in Colorado, USA. They are the leading provider of services and information for people with disabilities in virtual worlds, and conduct outreach and awareness activities to inform people with disabilities or chronic health conditions, their family and friends, medical professionals, and other caregivers of the benefits virtual worlds can provide.
If you would like to know more about them go here! www.VirtualAbility.org or IM a member of the Virtual Ability team: Gentle Heron, Eme Capalini, Treasure Ballinger, or Pecos Kidd.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Boobiethon art auction
Benefiting the Feel Your Boobies foundation.
Auction bidding opens 7 October, 2.00 pm SLT
Last bid 12 October, 4 pm SLT
At RoHaus Art Gallery
Auction facts:
- 26 works of art from 22 artists
- 11 works are unique – that is, they are guaranteed one-of-a-kind works in SL
- Bidding for unique works begins at $1000L; Limited edition at $500L; All others at $100L
- Auction will run for 5 days
There will be an opening party on the first from 2 – 4 SLT, and a closing party on the 12th from 2-4 SLT.
As taken from http://primperfectblog.wordpress.com/
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving (Canadian)
It is thanksgiving here in Canada which is much earlier than the US one. Best wishes to everyone.
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Patients taking 2 pain medications have less pain then patients taking only 1 pain medication (The Lancet (2009; 374: 1252-1261).
For my fellow U.S. citizens who are convinced that only our country wastes money on this stuff, the study was paid for by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
This is not meant as a slight to my northern colleagues, but simply to point out that pointless research is a universal human trait. If our prehistoric brethren had journals, I'm sure they'd have studies on how wood held in the air is easier to light on fire than wood being held underwater.


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The Adele market: Rumor has itAugust 16, 2012: 10:55 AM ET
You know we've reached the sleepy summer doldrums when The New York Post moves not one, but two stocks on reports of vague takeover chatter.
The News Corp. (NWSA)-owned tabloid more famous for salacious front page headlines and Page Six celebrity gossip reported Thursday that gaming company Electronic Arts (EA) and Redbox parent company Coinstar (CSTR) were both possible targets for private equity firms. Shares of both stocks were up about 10% Thursday morning.
Would an LBO of either make sense? Sure, both generate a decent chunk of annuity-like businesses. EA has Madden and other sports franchises while Coinstar has its namesake change-counting kiosks. EA, like rivals Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) has been struggling to find a way to adapt the new world of online gaming, a world where casual gaming companies like Zynga (ZNGA) have become increasingly popular -- although not incredibly profitable.
Coinstar has fared better as of late. But it still faces brutal competition from the likes of Netflix (NFLX) as well as Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Hulu in the world of streaming video. So while it wouldn't be a shock if either company is taken private, investors should remember that late summer is often the time where takeover scuttlebutt quickly surfaces and dies. Be forewarned so you don't get burned. For more on the rumor mill, watch today's Buzz video below.>


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"Plan to wake up early and go for a walk. But I'll be alone. Most of my friends are not in Singapore. So let's see if I can make it. Otherwise I will sleep, eat, read, sleep, eat, read, and sleep," replied me.
And this morning, when the alarm was ringing, I turned it off and continued sleeping. Lol!
I felt hungry after waking up and asked my son to get ready so we both could have good local food for breakfast. And then I remembered that I supposed to meet someone who was coming from Bhutan. But I didn't have her number. All I had was only her email and I hadn't received her reply yet about the meeting today. I immediately sent message to Luzee and Uden asking them if they had her number. Uden didn't have while Luzee wasn't online. Haiz... so I just kept it cool and went out for late breakfast.
|Baobei and I - while waiting for Sangay at her hotel's lobby :)
I checked my email again and suddenly I saw the reply from her saying about her arrival this afternoon. Oh, the timing was just nice! After had our meal, both of us went to the hotel where Sangay stayed. I added her phone no into my contact list, sent her message at What's App but she wasn't online. My son and I kept waiting at the lobby hoping to see her. I went to concierge too and asked the staff to connect me to her room but no one picked up the phone.
I walked around the huge lobby and suddenly I saw a familiar face, which was Uden's face! Lol! She told me she was going to collect something from Sangay but couldn't go out with her as she had appointments. And yes, I finally met Sangay for the very first time! :)
She came alone from Bhutan but she would meet her colleague and together they would attend the conference. She asked me to follow her to her room as the things from Luzee was there.
It was her first time visiting Singapore and she had free time that afternoon. I offered her to bring her to places she wanted to visit if she had no plan at all and she agreed to it immediately. I asked my son to go back first and brought the fresh ema and datshi back home while I accompanied Sangay around. She said, she wanted to visit the place where Merlion was! :)
|Sangay with Merlion under a burning sun ^^
It was just at the opposite of where she stayed so we walked there. The weather was too hot that afternoon! She was thirsty and hungry! Hahaha... We went there and took few clicks then she hurried me out of the place. We entered the Esplanade (the 'durian' shape building - world class theater) and walked through underpass towards the City Hall MRT. We stopped at few shops and she browsed around before we decided to go to Chinatown!
|Early dinner at Chinatown Hawker Center :)
We had early dinner there. She wanted spicy noodle soup so we ordered the hot and sour Chinese pulled noodles while I ordered Xiao Long Bao - steamed pork dumplings. From pineapple juice, we ended up ordering a bottle of Tiger beer :P While eating we chit chatted about the new Thunder 15000 beer and Zumzin peach wine. She said she preferred having Druk 11000 as Thunder 15000 tasted bitter and stronger, not so suitable for her taste while she regretted me not to ask her bringing Zumzin from Bhutan :D I told her that I didn't know her before. How could I ask her such a favour la! ^^ We were having good times and she finally relieved that her stomach had been filled with food hahaha... :P
|Visiting the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - Singapore
After that we walked to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. I showed her the place where the tooth relic was stored. Once done, we walked all the way to the Chinatown Point to browse some shops and to buy mineral water. She returned to her hotel herself by taking MRT while I was heading home.
I went into the kitchen, opened the fridge. My son had not yet had his dinner so I decided to cook ema datshi (the Bhutanese chili with cheese dish) for dinner with the ingredients gifted from Luzee and brought by Sangay (thank you both of you!)
|Home cooked ema datshi from Bhutan!!! :)
Hmmm... it tasted really delicious! Both my son and I finished it. Although my fingers felt burn, my heart was filled with happiness!!! My Sunday became full of activities instead of sleep, eat, read, as I planned initially!
And Sangay, yes, this post is for you! :D It was nice meeting you! Wish you have a wonderful stay here in Singapore and enjoy your conference! Take care and see you again! Perhaps soon! ^^


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Ancient yoga practices and new scientific evidence will be combined in a series of free online information sessions about managing pain offered by presenter Neil Pearson, a physiotherapist who specializes in the area.
An assistant clinical professor at the University of British Columbia, Pearson runs a clinic in Penticton. He often speaks at training sessions for health professionals and yoga teachers, but this is the first time in his 27-year career that he'll be running webinars for the general public. Weekly instalments of the five-part webinar series begin Jan. 7.
"Part of the reason for doing a webinar like this is that people in pain don't have a lot of money because a lot of them can't work or they were doing a job that they love and then they end up with a pain condition and they have to go down to part-time. It has much greater impact on our ability to work than most people pay attention to," said Pearson.
"People in pain totally get it. They understand that pain has changed pretty much everything in their life: the way they think, move, whether they can work, relationships."
The first step forward, says Pearson, is for people to move beyond their search for a simple physical remedy to their pain which may never be found. By the time most people accept that they have a long-term problem, their nervous systems are already locked in a pattern of pain, resulting in tight or spasming muscles and shallow breathing, which leads to more pain.
This cycle can be reset, first through obtaining more knowledge about the phenomenon and then incorporating breathing techniques and meditation to calm what Pearson calls a "hyper-vigilant" nervous system.
Specific yoga postures aren't a big part of his message, although he certainly advocates increased activity for people in pain, advising them to push themselves through some discomfort but not to a point that will stop them from continuing to exercise the next day. Setting goals, combined with practise and persistence can lead to better pain control, he says.
Chronic pain is common among Canadians of all ages, stemming from causes as diverse as arthritis, car accidents, digestive disorders and back problems. About 10 per cent of people between the ages of 12 and 44 said they were not free of pain in a 2007-2008 national health survey conducted by Statistics Canada. Thirty-eight per cent of seniors living in institutions reported experiencing pain regularly, as did 27 per cent of seniors living at home, according to Statistics Canada. It concluded that people with chronic pain are more likely to use the health care system, are less likely to say they are satisfied with their life and more likely to have mood and anxiety disorders.
The Vancouver-based Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability is sponsoring the event and participants are asked to register by going to www.cirpd.org. More than 700 people have already signed up.
The CIRPD is a charity with goal of offering credible scientific information to professionals and the public. It offers other webinars throughout the year and has an online video library.
Penticton-based physiotherapist Neil Pearson specializes in pain management. In this lecture excerpt posted on YouTube, he describes how chronic pain feeds on itself and possible entry points for breaking the cycle.
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Denver to meet Biker Jim and his gourmet tube steak.
Name: Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs
Twitter: @bikerjimsdogs
Vendor: Jim Pittenger
What's on the menu? Hot dogs made made with reindeer, elk, wild boar, buffalo, pheasant, rattlesnake, veal and a variety of rotating brat specials such as Boudin and Linguisa.
Location and hours? The intersection of 16th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver (map) from 11 a.m. to 3 or 4 p.m.
How long have you been street fooding? A bit over four years.
How has Twitter affected business? It's helpful to let people know specials and unexpected weather vacations. Twitter is cool, but our Yelp page has actually brought me more business than anywhere else.
Why a mobile business over brick-and-mortar The start-up costs are about 8-percent of a brick-and-mortar. Days off are easier to come by and you're not locked into just one spot. The option to relocate or do events is quite advantageous.
Who are your typical customers? Cops and crooks, politicians and babysitters, office workers and tourists. Not really a regular but Anthony Bourdain declared himself a fan of the joint.
Describe a typical day from start to finish. Here's the 100-word-or-less version: Our commissary is six blocks from our spot so at 9:30 a.m., we stock and load, head to our street corner and get set up by starting the first pan of onions. Usually around 10:45 to 11 a.m. we start burning dogs for people. It gets busy for a few hours—we hang for another hour or two, depending on weather and business. (I keep mentioning weather because we've had an unusually cold winter so far.) Head back to the shop, clean, count, restock, and ready up for another day.
What were you doing before this? Reposessing cars for the last, well, way too long.
What makes your food so special? Can anything else like it be found in the city? Not on the streets. There are a few restaurants that specialize in wild game but they are quite a bit pricier and you are usually enjoying steaks, not tube steaks.
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A spectacular "kinetic cube" is lighting up Seoul's district of Gangnam.
Comprised of 576 clear LED poles that move up and down, the 36-square-meter matrix, named "Brilliant Cube," continuously flashes hypnotic, colorful patterns and images in one of the most crowded -- and now famous -- areas of Seoul.
Korean media artist Jin-Yo Mok created the 3D matrix in collaboration with Seoul-based media artist group Jonpasang, and requested animation images from fellow media artists Jussi Angesleva and Alvaro Cassinelli.
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"It should have taken a lot longer actually, but the Korean work environment doesn't allow this so we finished very quickly," said Mok.
Mok was also the creative mind behind the beautiful three-layer LED facade of another Seoul icon -- the Shinsegae Department Store -- as well as the dramatic kinetic landscape "Hyper Matrix" exhibited at the Yeosu Expo last year.
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Saturday March 29th, was Arduino's birthday. In celebration, Sparkfun decided to sell their awesome Redboards for only $9 (U.S.) each. I happened to be on vacation that day, but luckily I looked at Facebook and a friend tagged me in a mention of this event. I quickly got on my iPad and ordered 2 of them. I guess the response was slightly overwhelming. Sparkfun has stopped selling them until they can get caught up on the backorder. So now….it's just wait. They have been awesome in updating their customers to let them know that it's going slow, but it is indeed going. For $9 each, I'm willing to wait. I didn't have anything specific in mind anyway.


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by Daniel Teachey, Insights Editor
The Internet of Things (IoT) is evolving from a term familiar to just die-hard technology wonks. It's now a reality for consumers. From wearable fitness trackers to connected appliances, we are buying and using devices that spit out data that gets collected. Somewhere.
Now, the things that seemed like science fiction 20 years ago (Self-driving cars? Refrigerators that send a text when you're out of milk?) are rapidly approaching the market. Just the amount of "things" in the Internet of Things is impressive; Inc. magazine estimates that more than 26 billion devices will be connected by 2020.
The critical challenge is using this data when it is still in motion – and extracting valuable information from it.
No, IoT isn't merely a buzzword. It's where we're headed.
But, first, let's examine what all this means. While everyone is focused on what people can "do" with this data, this leaves out a significant step. Before you do something, you first have to decide what to do and when to do it.
This is the essence of analytics. And today's device-driven world is forcing analytics to occur as fast as the data is generated.
In a new white paper, Frédéric Combaneyre, a business solutions manager at SAS, outlines how you can use event stream processing (ESP) to make sense of the data streaming from the Internet of Things (IoT). More than a collision of acronyms, this is one emerging technology developing to solve the problems of another.
The excerpt below outlines the origins of IoT, and where the data is coming from that will serve as the foundation for streaming analytics in the future.
The early world of sensors
The first sensors appeared decades ago, and while they have a long history, these devices entered the popular nomenclature more recently thanks to the Internet of Things. A sensor detects events – or changes in quantities – and provides a corresponding output, generally as an electrical or optical signal.
Today, sensors are used in everyday objects such as touch-sensitive elevator buttons and lamps that dim or brighten by touching the base. Sensors are also heavily used in manufacturing, medicine, robotics, cars, airplanes and aerospace.
The largest sensor challenges occur once signals have been detected. At that point, you have to decide:
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- How can I use it?
To capture and collect the signals coming from sensors, the operational historian emerged. The operational historian refers to a database software application that logs and stores historical time-based data that flows from sensors. These data stores are optimized for time-dependent analysis and are designed to answer questions such as, "What was today's standard deviation from hourly unit production?"
Historian technology captures data from sensors and other real-time systems, and it often uses manufacturing standards and contains interfaces for several hundreds of sensor types. These dedicated data historians are also designed to survive harsh conditions, such as a production floor, and they feature the ability to continue capturing and storing data even if the main data store is unavailable.
Historian software technologies have developed complementary tools to provide reporting and monitoring features to detect trends or correlations that indicate a problem. They can then alert an operator to take immediate action before equipment damage occurs.
Until recently, that was the state of the art for generating value out of sensor data.
The Internet of Things – and big data explosion
Since 2012, two major changes have shaken the sensor world – and caused the IoT market to mature more rapidly than before:
- Sensors shrank. Technological improvements created microscopic scale sensors, leading to the use of technologies like like Mircroelectromechanical systems (MEMS). This meant that sensors were now small enough to be embedded into unique places like clothing or other materials.
- Communications improved. Wireless connectivity and communication technologies have improved to the point that nearly every type of electronic equipment can provide wireless data connectivity. This has allowed sensors, embedded in connected devices, to send and receive data over the network.
Whether it's a car or a pacemaker, the data from sensors is flowing in a constant stream from the device to the network – and sometimes back to the device. This is leading to massive amounts of data, and as a result, IoT is seen as a major contributor to the era of big data.
While organizations today are investing heavily in capturing and storing as much data as possible, the critical challenge is using this data when it is still in motion – and extracting valuable information from it. Organizations are (or will soon be) scrambling to apply analytics to these streams of data before the data is stored for post-event analysis. Why? Because you need to detect patterns and anomalies while they are occurring, in motion, in order to have a considerable impact on the event outcome.
To learn more about how event stream processing can make a difference for your IoT initiatives, view the white paper "Understanding Data Streams in IoT."
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Reports that the veteran pianist Frank Strazzeri had died began circulating a couple of weeks ago. They were impossible to confirm until now. Strazzeri died at 84 on May 9 in his hometown, Rochester, New York, but he spent most of his career in Los Angeles. He moved back to Rochester in late April following a final engagement at the Glendale club Jax, where he often played in his final years.
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I was extremely surprised when I was asked to do the film," Strazzeri told Bill Kolhaase of The Los Angeles Times in 1993. "(Baker) played with hundreds of piano players. But I think he felt an alignment with me, a buddy thing, that made him feel comfortable. I used to break him up quite a bit. He lived on the sad side of life, you know, the doom-and-gloom thing. So I'd crack jokes and make him smile.
Strazzeri also played for Joe Williams, Maynard Ferguson, Les Brown andElvis Presley. Surprised? He toured several times with Presley in the early 1970s and struck up a friendship with him based on a mutual interest in karate.
When I brought it up, Strazzeri told Kolhaase, he said 'Wait here.' He came back in his karate outfit, and we spent the whole night talking about it. He showed me how he could kill me. And when I got up the next day, there was an envelope with $300 in it tucked under my door. Every time I talked with him he'd give me money.
Strazzeri's primary source of income, however, was from his music, which continued long after his work with Presley. Among the colleagues with whom he worked most closely was saxophonist and flutist Bill Perkins. They recorded together on several occasions in, among other settings, Strazzeri's sextet Woodwinds West. For the liner notes I wrote for their album Somebody Loves Me, Perkins told me,
His choruses are classics in melody. When we were playing together at Dino's in the early days, I taped most of what we did. I'd go home and listen to the tapes. My intention was to listen fox myself; that's human nature. But I would find that I was riveted to his solos. I kept thinking of the early Lester Young because, like Pres in those days, Frank never repeats himself. He has the gift of beautiful melody. I never get tired of listening to him.
There are few videos of Strazzeri. Here's one. He has the first solo on his composition "Relaxin'," filmed at Spazio in L.A. in 2010 with trombonist Steve Johnson's Jazz Legacy. George Harper is the tenor saxophonist, with Jeff Littleton, bass, and Kenny Elliott, drums
From the 1973 Strazzeri album View From Within, this is his classic "Strazzatonic." The all-star sidemen are named on the album cover.
Trombonist Johnson reports on his blog, Strazzeri told him that following the death two months ago of Jo Ann, his wife of 63 years, it was his dream to return to Rochester and be among family members.
Frank Strazzeri, RIP


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Santa Clara, CA - March 22, 2010 - The Eclipse Foundation congratulates the winners of the annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals, projects and technologies in the ecosystem. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony March 22 on the opening day of EclipseCon 2010.
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By Paresh Dave
An Oregon school district plans to offer condoms to middle schoolers and high schoolers who specifically ask for them during conversation with counselors and administrators.
The availability has stirred concern since the tiny Gervais School District approved the plan as part of an update to its human sexuality policy last month. The district has about 550 students in grade 6 or above, and officials have expressed concern about the steady number of teen pregnancies each year.
The vast majority of the nation's public schools don't make condoms available to students despite pleas from medical groups that such arrangements would reduce transmission of disease and not increase rates of sexual activity.
In Gervais, just north of the state capital of Salem in western Oregon, the high school and middle school are essentially treated as the same entity, sharing the same administration and adjacent buildings. That proximity led the district to make condoms available across the board. The district said some school board members voted against their religious beliefs to approve the policy.
"Although several options for condom access were recommended (dispensers in restrooms, a bowl of condoms in the counselor's office), the board chose the most restrictive and most educationally sound manner of distribution," the district said on its website. "Students would be required to have a discussion with a designated and trained teacher, counselor, nurse or administrator before condoms are issued."
The new sexual health education policy came after a survey of students conducted by college students. The school board believed the results showed students weren't getting enough information about sex. With one market in town, students also didn't have easy access to condoms. Now, they'll have more access and more guidance, school officials said.
Superintendent Rick Hensel told the Salem Statesman Journal that nine students became pregnant this school year. The survey last spring by Oregon Health Sciences University found 42 percent of students were sexually active and that 29 babies were born to girls older than 15 in the district.
Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2011 that 34 percent of high school students recently had sex and that 400,000 high school-age girls became pregnant in 2009.
Sex education at Gervais will still focus on abstinence, using a curriculum that focuses on the pressures faced by children who are Latino. About two-thirds of Gervais students are Latino and one-third are white, according to Oregon Department of Education data.
Antonia Villarruel, a University of Michigan health promotion professor who developed the instruction material, said the curriculum stays silent on the issue of condom distribution. But students are taught how to properly use one.
"When kids decide to have sex, they should be able to take the precautions," she said.
Among the curriculum guidance specific to Latino men is that it can be considered macho to use a condom.
"We define machismo as an important value; it means protecting your family and being responsible for your family," she said. "Using a condom is protecting your family, and the curriculum provides a reason to be proud of that beautiful culture, which can be used to make healthy decisions."
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Reaction: "Oooohs" and "Ewwws" for ArtInPlace
The old adage "beauty's in the eye of the beholder" is illustrated perfectly by the artinplace project. Where one person sees twisted trash, another sees majesty. What do you think of these pieces?
"A Bad Case of the Mondays," in the median of 250 by the fire station. Artist: Rob Tarbell
Sam Abell: "I like it. It's a handsome and arresting piece that works and lasts. But every time I go by it, I want to make the [artinplace.org] sign smaller. It's like a billboard. You tend to look at it. Eventually art needs to just be there."
John Armstead: "It's all right. It's classic. But it should be in a better place where you could view it."
"Mouth of Life," winner of the $1,000 Great Eastern Management Company Juried Prize, on McIntire Road near the recycling center. Artist: Deedee Moore
Christos Vangelopoulos: "I think it's better than the lions. I like the rust. The cubes are kind of out of place. I wish they were painted; they're kind of stark in comparison with the rest of it."
Elizabeth Fennell: "I like the scale, the materials, the inspiration. I like the mind that made that piece."
"IN-trospection," at the corner of Stadium Road and JPA (in the grassy round-about area)Artist: Greg Mueller
Becky Calvert: "It's weird; it's a distraction. The best one was the tree on Preston."
Mark Check: "It's pretty neat. I'd like to climb it."
"A Graceful View of the World," on Ninth Street by the Amphitheater and the Belmont Bridge. Artist: David Breeden
Meg West: "Using a circle is so universal and connects with the world. I think the title is appropriate."
Jay Taylor: "I think it's extremely industrial and reflects our stepping away from nature. It's okay; it didn't really speak to me."


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Originally Published in Inside Counsel | August 6, 2014 | By Paul Mandell
As the regulatory landscape continues to evolve throughout the world, large international companies are faced with an increasingly complicated mix of differing and occasionally inconsistent rules governing their work. Many businesses have invested heavily in compliance on their own volition or in response to one or more regulatory breaches; however, a large number of global businesses have compliance functions that are still in their infancy. Fortunately, for those businesses that have not yet turned their attention squarely on building a comprehensive compliance program, or which have merged teams with different levels of compliance sensitivity, it is never too late to start. Set forth below are a few tips to help companies with early-stage compliance programs to develop a suitably ethical, compliance-focused team.
1. Start at the top
Compliant behavior begins with an ethical culture. And to build an ethical culture, it is critical that the senior leadership of the business lead by example in embracing a culture of ethics and compliance. According to Gabriel Imperato, managing partner of Broad and Cassel's Fort Lauderdale office and co-chair of the firm's White Collar Defense and Compliance group, "Compliance takes a comprehensive commitment at all levels of an organization and includes at a minimum the right tone at the top." Only once the right tone exists among the company's senior executives will other employees follow suit. This will not guarantee compliant behavior, but it is a critical first step.
2. Train actively
To build a culture of compliance, it is critical that employees at the business understand the relevant boundaries for their behavior and business practices — many of which are not intuitive. As a result, companies must invest in training for employees that explains the rules governing the work of the business, as well as what kinds of behaviors are off limits. With respect to the nature and scope of training, compliance leaders should focus not merely on the most common risks. Rather they should train employees on a broad spectrum of compliance issues, both domestic and international. Moreover, training should not occur once; it should be an ongoing process that enables employees to revisit compliance topics repeatedly throughout their careers with the business. Investing in a strong compliance program is not a trivial investment, but the costs of noncompliance can bankrupt a business.
3. Learn from mistakes
When it comes to corporate compliance, no company is perfect. The reality is that otherwise good employees occasionally make compliance mistakes — some of which are caught internally, and others of which are brought to the company's attention by authorities. No one enjoys making mistakes, but it is important to recognize that mistakes present valuable opportunities to teach employees about compliant behavior. Do not trivialize the mistakes that you discover, or sweep them under the rug. Rather, take the time to digest and discuss the compliance mistakes that happen, and build and communicate a tailored plan that can help others avoid similar situations. If you take the opposite course, chances are that the company will not learn from the mistake, increasing the odds of a repeat occurrence. As Imperato notes, "The move vividly that the cost of non-compliance can be displayed to all levels of an organization, the more the message of the value of compliant and ethical behavior can be woven into the fabric of an organization."
4. Incentivize
Despite your best efforts to create a culture of compliance, employees are far less likely to take compliance training seriously or otherwise take additional steps to ensure compliant behavior unless they stand to gain from doing so. For this reason, it is critical to provide incentives to the corporate workforce that align their personal interests with the company's compliance interests. Among the most powerful incentives are those connected to performance reviews; if employees are evaluated based on their adoption of ethical business practices, with compensation connected to those evaluations, they will be far more likely to keep compliance top of mind.
Corporate compliance is understandably a source of great concern for most large international companies. However, by having senior leadership set a positive example, with the right incentives and training for employees, today's sophisticated corporations can vastly improve their odds in the battle to stay out of trouble with regulators and maximize time and effort spent on growing the business.


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Otto Zutz is an special club, Otto Zutz is different. While the biggest nightclubs in Barcelona spend thousends and thousend in the lastest sound systems, lights and DJs, Otto focus on create and develop an unique atmosphere. Nowadays it became a legend in Barcelona's nightlife and is the kind of place where you go to have fun and not to show up. Its public is mainly local students, but you can also find some Erasmus students or even tourists, specially on summer season. Thanks to they easy-going policy with respect to dress code and their chill ambiance, Otto is one of the most popular places to party in Barcelona. Music changes depending on the day of the week, but they play usually Hip Hop on the main floor and Reggaeton on the second one. There is also a third dancefloor that is only open on weekends or when the club is full.


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Australia's 20 biggest cities could be covered by a $500 million commercial-grade mobile WiMAX network within two years.
The network will be modeled on the Sprint Nextel WiMAX initiative in the US, in which Xohm, Intel, Samsung, and Nokia Siemens will deploy mobile Internet access to some 100 million people by year's end at a cost of $5 billion over three years.
Intel global general manager of WiMAX business development, Joe Nardone, told Computerworld that Unwired has mapped out plans for a national mobile WiMAX network, including cost estimates, technology roadmaps and potential customers and partners. Intel is an investor in Unwired.
Unwired's current wireless technology does not allow it to deliver mobile access -- in other words, users cannot sit in a moving train or car and receive a constant signal. However, this will change when it migrates over to WiMAX, where mobility is inherent in the technology.
The WiMAX network will help the Seven Network's plan to reinvent itself as a digital company by providing a medium for the delivery of broadband, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and television. Seven purchased Unwired outright for $127 million last year.
Seven could provide funds for the required network infrastructure in a deal that Nardone describes as a "leap of faith".
Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde said the Seven Network's plan to become a "digital company" through its engin, Unwired and TiVO businesses, will result in a failed overbuild of technology.
"I have looked at this from 15,000 angles and the idea simply can't work," Budde said.
"Both engin and Unwired are in trouble and are under performing, so if [Seven] can bring these together they deserve a Nobel Prize for innovation."
The mobile WiMAX network will not be able to compete with Telstra's established 3G network, according to Budde.
He said Telstra's established customer base will have no reason to migrate to the six-year old technology which Budde believes is inferior to 3G's High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), platform.
Unwired will have a tough time recouping ROI as competition from Optus and Vodafone's 3G networks drives down access prices, Budde said.
Unwired refused to comment for the story.
(Matt Hamblen contributed to this report.)


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French Provincial
French Provincial style is most influenced by the homes in Southern France. Homes in the French country style are a mix of rustic elements and elegant details similar to the Baroque style. Floors are typically dark wood, stone, or tile, walls are a textured plaster, and exposed wooden ceiling and wall beams are common. In contrast to the rustic elements, furnishings are more refined; including upholstered seating with carved-wood frames, window coverings in natural, toile and floral fabrics, and large gilded or carved wood-framed mirrors. Flower arrangements, pottery, and baskets are common decorative elements. Armoires are also typically used for storage, due to the lack of closet space in traditional French country homes.
Elements of design:
- French Provincial homes are a combination of rustic and elegance, with country elements and details inspired by seventeenth and eighteenth century royalty
- Dark wood, stone, or tile floors covered with wool or cotton throw rugs
- Armoires are often used for storage and closet space
- Furniture is influenced by the Baroque period, with curved features, carved in wood with natural, floral, or toile upholstery
- Lavender, butter yellow, and blue are common colors in the French Provincial palette, influenced by the lavender fields, bright sun, and sea in Southern France


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Though mankind has always counted its war casualties in terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and livelihoods, the environment has often remained the unpublicized victim of war. Water wells have been polluted, crops torched, forests cut down, soils poisoned, and animals killed to gain military advantage.
Furthermore, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found that over the last 60 years, at least 40 percent of all internal conflicts have been linked to the exploitation of natural resources, whether high-value resources such as timber, diamonds, gold and oil, or scarce resources such as fertile land and water. Conflicts involving natural resources have also been found to be twice as likely to relapse.
The United Nations attaches great importance to ensuring that action on the environment is part of conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding strategies - because there can be no durable peace if the natural resources that sustain livelihoods and ecosystems are destroyed. Six United Nations agencies and departments, coordinated by the UN Framework Team for Preventive Action , have partnered with the European Union (EU) to help countries reduce tensions over natural resource and use environmental management for peacebuilding and conflict prevention.
"Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War"
This documentary is an independent production, inspired by UNEP's post-conflict environmental assessment reports.
The environment remains war's "silent casualty", as sadly demonstrated by the impacts from warfare over the past half-century. The environment is damaged through all stages from production of weapons through preparations for war to combat. As a result of conflict, the environment is damaged either directly from bombs and associated destruction, or indirectly by looting and coping strategies of people, or from the decay and breakdown of institutions and lack of governance. These environmental impacts threaten human health, livelihoods and security and have real potential to undermine post-conflict peacebuilding. Since 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has conducted over 20 post-conflict assessments using state-of-the-art science to determine the environmental impacts of armed conflict and to recommend appropriate ways for recovery.
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A point of emphasis for industrial robotics going into the future is the trend of suppliers offering simpler software solutions, driven by strong feedback from customers that software complexity is a key difficulty.
An example of how industry is responding is new industrial robot machine-tending software that allows simulation, validation, and software optimization to be completed in a 3D virtual environment, and then transferred to the robot controller. The use of simulations is not new but is an example of how an extra layer of visualization software can enhance the user experience.
ABB Robotics believes this overhauled system for robotic machine tending software can be used in applications ranging from die-casting to injection molding and machining. "Everything from cycle times to post processing capabilities to potential risks for collisions can be simulated virtually before costly mistakes are made on the factory floor."
Terry Crunk, machine tending specialist for ABB Robotics, said in the press release:
With this new system of software we've hit many of the main considerations. It's easy, fast, and flexible to program machine tending cells, and our control software is usable by even less skilled workers. These are things our customers are always requesting.
Users gain access to these features using the RobotStudio Machine Tending PowerPac. From a conceptual point of view, programming is achieved in a sequence of steps, defining parts produced in the cell, grippers used, and configuration of different stations within a cell, including movements between stations and production cycles.
With a library of common grippers and station types plus built-in support for most machines and peripheral equipment, the process of getting a cell up and running in the virtual world is simplified. In addition, safety is simplified with the capability to define safe home position movements in a virtual environment.
The idea is that using the interactive user interface for program creation and graphical representations for settings and features simplifies the process. The system creates a limited need to use the company's RAPID code only for advanced features and functions. Logic built into templates, and reuse of experience (including the gripper and part libraries for reuse), and modifying and reusing available templates and libraries (along with user-defined stations, grippers, and parts) speeds the development process.
The Machine Tending PowerPac is a good example of how industrial control software in general, and robotic software in particular, is advancing its agenda of better ease of use. In the case of the ABB software, the ability to provide simulation, validation, and optimization advances the solution to another level. This enables the end user to verify the robot program and to simulate complete machine tending cycles prior to deployment. The user can easily validate the robot's reach, potential collisions, and optimize movements and robot positions to shorten cycle times.
I think we can expect to see this trend continue, especially as supplies continue to incorporate simulation tools to visualize the process on both development screens and operator interfaces.
For those attending the Design and Manufacturing Midwest Show in Chicago, September 10-12, you may want to check out the "