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A "serpent-handling" West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.
Pentecostal pastor Mark Wolford, 44, hosted an outdoor service at the Panther Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia Sunday, which he touted on his Facebook page prior to the event.
"I am looking for a great time this Sunday," Wolford wrote May 22, according to the Washington Post. "It is going to be a homecoming like the old days. Good 'ole raised in the holler or mountain ridge running, Holy Ghost-filled speaking-in-tongues sign believers."
Robin Vanover, Wolford's sister, told the Washington Post that 30 minutes into the outdoor service, Wolford passed around a poisonous timber rattlesnake, which eventually bit him.(ack: abc News of may 30)
Some are born fools and some make themselves foolish. The pastor didn't take the sign God gave his father, 'Do not tempt God.' Is there any reason why man should kiss a snake anymore than one bite a dog? The pastor made the news in whichever case. God helps man who trusts in him in helpless situations. But hopeless idiots must help themselves.

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You might be impressed by the stately location of the Hotel Gellert, just over the "Liberty Bridge" on the western bank of the Danube, anchoring the old section of Buda. You might enjoy this picturesque scene especially after dark (and you'll certainly feel compelled to take pictures) on your way back across the bridge from a night out in Pest: the entire, rambling building, frontlit, glows like some giant Art Nouveau birthday cake at the base of craggy Gellert-hegy cliff. You might be awed by the grand staircases leading from the lobby; charmed by the cosy, hideaway bar and its array of Hungarian liquors; spun around by the long corridors and various turns getting to and from your room (especially after a drink or two of Unicum at the aforementioned bar); satisfied by the size of the room – better still if it comes with a view of the river in front or hills behind. But none of this is by itself necessarily a reason to stay. There's a greater motivation for that.
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Hotel Gellert, Szent Gellért tér, District XI, Budapest (www.danubiushotels.com/gellert).
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Anyone who knows me well knows that I haven't lost significant weight in the past year. Initially, I started bike commuting out of necessity, then I kept doing it because I was losing weight (and lost about 60 pounds at my best), and somewhere I just quit caring about the health benefits. I bike and bus all over the place. I get more exercise than many people in America's Fat Belt, but I've succumbed to complacency.
This has left me with muscular legs, a heart that's stronger than it's ever been before, above-average lung function, and yet I still don't have a lot of core strength. My weak, useless arms and flabby belly remain from my decade of lethargy. I haven't GAINED any weight in the last year, but I haven't actually improved my fitness, either. To that end, hammering more miles won't get me where I want. Sure, a refined diet and more calories burned would eventually start melting away my excess weight but it wouldn't do much for my upper body.
So, the goal is simple. Last night, I started the 100 Pushups program. It was my initial assessment, and I was able to execute 10 well-formed consecutive pushups. Weak, but you have to start somewhere. The goal is this: in 6 weeks, be able to do 100 in a row.
After doing just ten measly pushups for the initial test last night, I'm already feeling it this morning: abs, pecs, arms -- all of them are letting me know they're accounted for.
Has anyone tried this program before? Any luck?
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
One Hundred Pushups
Anyone who knows me well knows that I haven't lost significant weight in the past year. Initially, I started bike commuting out of necessity, then I kept doing it because I was losing weight (and lost about 60 pounds at my best), and somewhere I just quit caring about the health benefits. I bike and bus all over the place. I get more exercise than many people in America's Fat Belt, but I've succumbed to complacency.
9 comments:
- Tracy Wilkins said...
I've not tried the program, but it is possible to do 100 pushups.
See http://springfieldcyclist.com/2008/11/13/100-pushups/
Being sore today is a good thing. It means you pushed your muscles and they're in the process of healing. From what I remember of the program, it should be pretty do-able if you stick to it. Good luck!
- July 07, 2009 8:23 AM
- Ken Harris said...
I've been thinking the exact same thing. I started out losing 15 pounds and then gained about 10 of it back over the winter months. I didn't bike at all between Thanksgiving and New Years for one reason or another. Started fresh in January but haven't really controlled my diet. Have thought of doing the fitness ladder.
Here is the nuts and bolts:
-Minimum time per day.
-Time spent doesn't increase as you progress.
-Easy to start, regardless of the shape you're in.
-No pain.
-Progress at your own pace.
-No equipment needed. Exercise anywhere, in private if you like.
I've always believed in no pain no gain... but I'll let you know how it goes. I'll start it tonight, if the baby doesn't explode...
- July 07, 2009 8:40 AM
- Noah said...
Tracy: I know 100 is possible. In high school, Coach would have us do 50 and I could keep going if I wanted to. Of course, I was 135 pounds at the time.
Ken: The "no pain" thing is a lie. I felt the burn as soon as I finished my 10 wussy push-ups -- particularly in the abs, not where I'd expected the brunt of the pain to come from! This morning, I feel "the good hurt"
- July 07, 2009 8:49 AM
done both 100 pushups and situps programs. stick with the system and you'll pull it off.
- July 07, 2009 9:01 AM
- shan said...
I've been looking for something to round out the health benefits of biking. This is a good idea; I'm gonna give it a whirl.
- July 07, 2009 9:25 AM
- Bobby D. said...
Ok This is interesting. I think that I too will give this a try.
Noah, you might have started a trend here :-)
Good Luck to all.
- July 07, 2009 1:59 PM
- Robert said...
I haven't tried the pgm but can tell you I started cycling after I had a surgery of gall bladder removal. I have lost approx 45lbs since then. It's better then the gym scene as i can be anti-social at times. Good luck sticking with it, then after the 6 weeks switch it up as not to stale it out or lose muscle confusion. I try little programs here and there but only thing I seem to stick with is cycling heh it never gets old. Keep us updated on your progress.
- July 07, 2009 4:50 PM
Let's see....push ups, getting in shape, and motivation....there's always the old standards like YouTube's "Training Rocky".
- July 07, 2009 5:38 PM
How is this going? I stumbled on your blog, but I've been doing the same program since I got an iphone a few weeks ago (to add onto a 25 mile commute). I could do 12 in my initial test. I just ended week 2, and I can do 56 with the intervals -- I'm going for a maxout saturday to see how many I can do in a row.
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Designing woman: Katie Swenson's big ideas
Katie Swenson wanted to be a dancer. She spent six years auditioning (and waitressing) in the Big Apple, where she collaborated with the Blue Man Group and Twyla Tharp's dancers, eventually working with Tharp herself during a summer program.
But the dancing life took its toll, and nearing 30, she found herself wondering what she wanted to be. "I would be an architect," Swenson recalls. "But it didn't seem realistic to me– it was too late."
Soon enough, however, she found herself accepted to architecture programs at both Columbia and UVA. "I really wanted to stay in New York," she says, "but I also wanted to start a family." She and her husband moved to Charlottesville in 1996.
In 2001, Swenson won a prestigious Frederick P. Rose Fellowship, given to the "brightest stars in the constellation of American architects" for designing for low-income neighborhoods. The fellowship gave Swenson a $40,000 stipend for three years.
As a Rose Fellow, Swenson initiated the 10th and Page Street Neighborhood Revitalization Project with the Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA). The project will include 30 affordable homes and a much-anticipated community center.
"The Rose Fellowship changed everything," says Swenson. "It allowed me to become a 'community based' architect, one who brings big ideas to the local level and works with the city and community to make things happen."
Indeed, that would be the blueprint for Swenson's brainchild, the Charlottesville Community Design Center, which she founded when her Rose Fellowship ended.
Swenson's idea for the Center grew naturally out of her work with the PHA, but she's a bit surprised by how quickly it happened. "I sat down for coffee with architect Jim Kovach to discuss the idea," she says. "A few phone calls were made, and suddenly we've been offered the old bakery space on the Downtown Mall."
With $30,000 in Alliance seed money, the Design Center was born. "I would not say we have a particularly savvy long-term business plan," admits Swenson, "but we're making it work."
Recently, the Center partnered with Habitat for Humanity and the residents of Sunrise Trailer Court to turn the trailer park into a mixed-income neighborhood without displacing the current residents.
"It's important to understand not just the site," explains Swenson, "but the neighborhood and people who live there."
Although Swenson's dancing days are behind her, the dancer is still evident. The mother of three sports a teen-like bare midriff and wishes she had time to dance again.
Her job as director of the CCDC requires her to be a choreographer of sorts, working simultaneously with designers, builders, city officials, and the community to keep the Center's projects on track.
"I'm also good at 'scale jumping,'" she says, referring to her ability to move easily from focusing on a poor caulking job around a window frame to discussing the "social implications of architecture."
"You have to talk about things and do things at the same time," she says about how she balances intellectual interests with practical duties.
"I'm also a really good delegator," she adds with a smile.
Age: 37, but I still get carded at Harris Teeter at least.
Why here? My husband I moved here in 1996. I started grad school, and he moved his young business here. Three years has become nearly 10.
What's worst about living here? It's too far from the ocean or other major body of water.
Favorite hangout? McGuffey Park
Most overrated virtue? Patience
People would be surprised to know: I was a modern dancer.
What would you change about yourself? I'd learn the virtue of patience.
Proudest accomplishment? Three beautiful babies becoming awesome young girls
People find most annoying about you: My over enthusiasm
Whom do you admire? The recently deceased Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee for giving great artistic vision to the practice of a socially responsible, spiritually uplifting, aesthetically inspired architecture and to all those out there working every day toward these goals
Favorite book? Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar
Subject that causes you to rant? Lately, I'm ranting an awful lot about energy consumption. While making our existing buildings more efficient is so simple, and would save so much energy and money, it makes me especially crazy that all of our new construction is not built to at least Energy Star standards. There's an enormous amount of money and energy to harness by conserving energy and spending that money on much more important things, like affordable housing!
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Building technology
Biggest 21st-century creep-out? The state of the environment
What do you drive? Minivan
In your car CD player right now: Dan Zanes
Next journey? San Francisco in March for "Structures for Inclusion," an inspiring Community Design Conference
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Getting arrested for civic protest while a student at UC Berkeley. That part wasn't bad, but my grandmother happened to see it on CNN.
Regret: Not being able to keep dancing, but perhaps I'll get back to that one day
Favorite comfort food: Mint chocolate chip ice cream
Always in your refrigerator: Sadly, not much. Grocery shopping is one of my biggest working-mother failures.
Most-see TV: No time for TV
Favorite cartoon: Winnie-the-Pooh has been big in our house lately.
Describe a perfect day: Thanksgiving
Walter Mitty fantasy: My biggest fantasy right now is to have a few more hours in the day.
Who'd play you in the movie? Jody Foster
Most embarrassing moment? I'm beyond embarrassable.
Best advice you ever got? Half of life is showing up.
Favorite bumper sticker I love "Dude, where's my country?" Someday, we'll have a CCDC bumper sticker: "Design Matters: You can shape your world."
Katie Swenson


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Caterpillar sinks on lowered forecast ... for 2015?September 25, 2012: 4:42 PM ET
In a world fraught with uncertainty and volatility, the executive team at Caterpillar (CAT) can evidently see the future -- three years into the future. The equipment maker slashed its revenue and profit forecasts for 2015. It cited the likelihood of "modest" economic growth at an industry conference this week.
Should growth fall farther than the company's modest predictions, Caterpillar's CEO Douglas Oberhelman promised that investors would still find reasons to love the company and its performance: "Caterpillar is ready to act if we enter a recession," said Oberhelman in a press release. "We don't think it's likely, but if it happens, we are prepared to react and would expect to remain attractively profitable and to maintain our dividend."
Caterpillar's stock slipped more than 4% Tuesday. Some traders on StockTwits traders expressed bemusement at the company's decision to project that far ahead.
hml5bcp: $CAT HOW THE HELL does cat know what its gonna do 2 1/2 years from now still those projections ain't bad give me a break still cheap
The company's updated forecasts appeared to raise more questions than they answered.
NAPManagement: Just a minor detail... If China is launching an infrastructure spending plan than why is$CAT lowering 2015 guidance? 1 + 1 ≠ 2 ?
Anne1018: Weird that $CAT, $INTC, $FDX and now Europe are all losing market share at the same time (thus having to warn)
Intel (INTC) and FedEx (FDX) cut guidance earlier this month. Lower projections from them, as well as Caterpillar, do paint a sad picture for future economic growth in Europe and the rest of the world.>
RedBrgCptL: Back in my day when a leading indicator such as $CAT is pricing in a global recession we sold the market. $ES_F #BernankePonzi
Well, stocks were down Tuesday afternoon. The Dow fell more than 100 points in large part due to Caterpillar's drop. Some investors even think Caterpillar's stock still has room to run.
investorsmosaic: My bet, $CAT finishes flat or higher tomorrow. Too many shorts in this, and the news wasn't that bad. Many people expected this.


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A win by TSU would give it nine
Division I victories, while a win by UT Martin would give it eight Division I
wins, including a victory over FBS Memphis. TSU is hoping for its first playoff
berth since 1999 while UT Martin is looking for its first playoff appearance
since making its lone appearance in 2006. The game is also part of the Sgt.
York Trophy series in which TSU has already clinched at least a share of the
title; UTM can gain a share, although TSU will keep the actual trophy, with a
Tennessee State, ranked No. 23 in this week's Sports Network poll, is fresh coming off its bye week and will go on the road for its final regular season game. In its last game two weeks ago Tennessee State held a 28-27 lead at the end of the third quarter but saw Murray State score 22 unanswered points on its way to the 49-28 victory. Running back Trabis Ward rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown in the loss. In the process Ward moved past Javarris Williams (2006) for the third most rushing yards in TSU single-season history (1,316). Ward currently ranks eighth nationally in rushing (131.6 yards/game) and has scored 15 touchdowns.
Sophomore tight end A.C. Leonard had
another big game, hauling in seven passes for 115 yards. Leonard currently has
44 catches for 643 yards on the season. Quarterback Michael German passed for
273 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 22 yards and an additional score in
the game. Playing without sophomore defensive back Steven Godbolt III, who ranks
second in the FCS in interceptions/game), TSU turned to sophomore Daniel
Fitzpatrick who had a game-high 10 solo tackles, broke-up a pass and had a
UT Martin saw its four-game winning streak come to an end on Saturday in overtime at Tennessee Tech when a botched extra point gave the Golden Eagles a one-point victory. The Skyhawks handled 31-17 entering the fourth quarter only to fall behind 38-31 with 1:10 to play after Tech scored on a 79-yard touchdown pass. But UTM quarterback Derek Carr threw a 46-yard Hail Mary pass that bounced off two TTU players before landing in the arms to Chris Thompson to tie the game. After the Golden Eagles scored to open the extra period UT Martin faced a 4th and 16 before Carr found OVC Newcomer of the Week Jeremy Butler for a touchdown. That play was right before the Skyhawks fumbled the extra point snap, ending the game.
Butler finished the game with 13
catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns; over the past four games Butler has
caught 35 passes for 438 yards and seven touchdowns. Carr finished the game
35-of-52 for 422 yards and four touchdowns; he has 11 touchdown passes and no
interceptions over his last two games. Carr ranks seventh nationally in passing
yards/game (300.0) and in points responsible for (17.4/game). His 66 career
touchdowns passes currently ranks third in OVC history while his 8,152 passing
yards is fifth in OVC history. Ben Johnson had 13 tackles in the loss and
continues to lead the OVC and rank fourth nationally in tackles/game (12.3).
Tennessee State holds a 14-7 advantage in the all-time series, including a five-point victory a season ago, although UTM has won four of the last six overall, In that game UT Martin held a 17-14 halftime advantage before TSU scored 14 unanswered points in the third quarter. Michael German threw for three touchdowns and Trabis Ward ran for 180 yards and two scores for the Tigers. The Skyhawks were led by Derek Carr who threw for 329 yards and four touchdowns.
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Steven Rodriguez
From the Dodgers -
The Los Angeles Dodgers today transferred right-handed pitcher Chad Billingsley to the 60-day disabled list (right elbow pain) and selected the contract of left-handed reliever Steven Rodriguez from Double-A Chattanooga. Billingsley, who last pitched on Aug. 24 against the Marlins, went 10-9 with a 3.55 ERA in 25 starts this season, finishing the campaign on a six-game winning streak.
Rodriguez, 21, has gone 1-0 with five saves and a 0.92 ERA (2 ER/19.2 IP) in 21 combined relief appearances with Single-A Great Lakes and Double-A Chattanooga in his first professional season after being selected by the Dodgers in the second round (82nd overall) of the June First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Florida. Since being promoted to Chattanooga on July 28, Rodriguez has limited opposing hitters to a .149 batting average (7-for-47) with 22 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. As a collegiate hurler, Rodriguez earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a junior in 2012 and pitched three seasons at Florida, compiling a 9-4 record with seven saves and a 2.19 ERA in 86 games (two starts). His career ERA was the lowest by a Gator since aluminum bats were introduced in 1974 and he ranks among the all-time Florida leaders in strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.64, 1st), opponents' batting average (.227, T-8th) and relief appearances (86, 7th).
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Dodgers transfer Chad Billingsley to 60-day DL; select contract of left-hander Steven Rodriguez
1 comment:
- Unknown said...
That's a serious bummer for Bills and the Dodgers. He was really feeling it after his earlier DL stint this season -- pitching like the stud we all know he is -- and now he'll need to heal completely from this UCL mess before he pitches again next season.
- September 5, 2012 at 6:26 PM
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It's here!
Point your browser to icethetics.blogspot.com now!
It's a little bare-bones right now, but in time it'll be just as great as NHLToL with even more content. The first artwork post will go up tomorrow and it'll be the fourth installment of Wallpaper Wednesday. I take that back. I have new artwork from Matt (aka GhettoFarmBoy)! —5:03 PM So use today to get your bookmarks updated. I've got a lot of work ahead of me!


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|Aria templates - Hashspace Bridge
AT core team member
|22 May 2014 16:02
1. Requirements
The new template engine hashspace will be out soon. In order to use it with Atlas (the current Aria Templates engine), a "bridge" must be developed.
The purpose of this specification is to define an API to use hashspace and Atlas together.
2. Use Cases
Two main use-cases are expected:
3. Technical solution
3.1 Hsp inside Atlas
Only full template can be inserted in an AT template (i.e. 'component', a template with the using keyword, is forbidden). The code allowing the inclusion is available via a new lib :
aria.hsp.HspLib, providing a new widget:
$wlibs : {
Bridge to hashspace:
{@hsp:Template {
3.2 Atlas inside hsp
Only AT widgets are allowed to be included in HSP. To include Atlas templates, the AT template widget must be used.
The atbridge component will be designed for that purpose. It will be required as any other stuff:
var atlas = require("atlas/atlas.hsp");
Then the AT widget will be included from this component:
<#atlas name="TextField" config="{getConfig()}" lib="foo.bar.MyLib" />
3.3 Data binding
Meta data are used inside the data model in order to keep information about what data need to be observed. At the moment, AT and HSP have their own meta data syntax.
In order to fire events in both frameworks, utils.Json.setValue (AT) and json.$set must be overridden to call each other. This will guarantee the full compatibility between the frameworks.
4. Additionnal notes
Regarding the data binding, it is interesting to keep an eye about the (near) future Object.Observe (http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:observe)
The discrepancies between the Object.Observe specifications and the atlas/hashspace engines are:
22/05/2014 Spec creation - Fabrice Basso
(This post was last modified: 27 May 2014 13:34 by fbasso.)
AT core team member
|23 May 2014 14:00
My 2 cents on the syntax part:
First, please use 'atlas' to referent the current template engine and not AT that is the name of the full framework.
Then for Hsp inside Atlas:
I would prefer to:
- name the Bridge widget 'Template'
- rename the hsp property 'src' and the data 'arguments' (or 'args'...?)
- and for me the moduleCtrl should be one of the aguments - so no need for a special property
which results in:
{@hsp:Template {
id: "hspid", // unique id associated to the widget
type:"div", // type of the template container element
attributes: ..., // html attributes for the container (div here)
src: getHsp(), // hashspace template
arguments: ... // data model provided to the template
} /}
Btw. the name of the hsp widget lib is a bit complex - why not simply aria.hsp.HspLib ?
For Atlas inside Hsp:
I would simplify the syntax as well and put the aria lib as default - e.g.:
var atlas = require("atlas/atlas.hsp");
// for a widget in aria.widgets.AriaLib:
<#atlas widget="TextField" config="{getConfig()}"/>
// for a widget in another lib:
<#atlas widget="TextField" lib="foo.bar.MyLib" config="{getConfig()}"/>
Finally regarding the Data bindng part"
- having a full polyfill of Object.observe will not add any added value to Hashspace - but will make the runtime much heavier. So I would stay as we are.
- hashspace normally doesn't rely on the fact that changes are notified synchronously - but there could be some minor changes to make if we move asynchronous (notably on the way input value changes are managed) - nothing serious though..
AT core team member
|26 May 2014 10:38
Some clarification about the Bridge widget syntax:
- what does "moduleCtrl" stand for? Put it that way, it seems that it is possible for a hsp template to use an AT module controller.
- if it is the case, we should make sure that (conflicting) properties "data" and "moduleCtrl" behave the same way as in the {@aria:Template /} and {@html:Template /} widgets.
- if neither "data" or "moduleCtrl" are specified, should there be some kind of inheritance (of data model and/or module controller) like in the {@aria:Template /} and {@html:Template /} widgets?
AT core team member
|27 May 2014 13:41
Thanks for your comments.
I changed the specifications accordingly. Regarding the Hsp inside Atlas and the naming convention, I proposed to embed the hsp things in one json object:
{@hsp:Template {
hsp: {
src: getHsp(), // hashspace template
args: ... // Array of arguments used by the template. If needed, the controller must be given to the template in one of these args.
} /}
Don't hesitate to comment it again if you have any remark.


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Polygon has this amazing article on girls and gaming: No Girls Allowed. I'm fascinated by the shiny art and cool formatting, but there's plenty of substance to back it up. Tracey Lien traces through the history of games and how gendering is essentially a marketing ploy:
According to [Eisen Agency marketing firm president Rodger] Roeser, personal-care company Procter & Gamble is the master of selling the same product to multiple markets because of the way it has gendered items like shampoo, body lotion, deodorants and shower gels. He says that the difference between something like Pantene and Old Spice is the packaging and fragrance.
Lien discusses how early games were gender neutral, and that even when the industry started becoming male dominated, designer and game writer Lori Cole thought
"Those games weren't exactly female-targeted, but it was guys who were making them, and they were trying to make what they could with this technology," she says. "So I don't think it was a case of the games being designed for guys. They were just designed by guys."
Gendering didn't really kick in until the late 80s/early 90s, when some industry studies showed that boys were playing games more than girls. This essentially created the positive feedback loop leading to games becoming a boys only club.
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Digital tech has reinvigorated the 3D dream since the cardboard glasses and headaches of yesteryear. JVC showed off a nifty prototype TV at CEATEC outside Tokyo that converts high-def 2D video into what it calls "pseudo 3D" in real time. With the eyewear on, it takes a few moments for your brain to adjust, and then footage of the Alps in spring starts taking on eye-popping depth. It's not exactly convincing enough to want to reach out and touch the wildflowers, though it makes regular flatscreens seem, well, very flat in comparison.
The plastic glasses are still pretty dorky, but viewing is painless - even without the specs (the video is only blurry around the edges). The system can convert conventional or high-definition 2D video (from video cameras, players, games and other sources) to high-def 3D with 1080p signals in real time via a small processor unit.
DVD movies would work well on the system, but not animated films, said Yasunari Suzuki of JVC's Technology Development Division. The firm has no immediate plans to commercialize the converter, but the know how has been licensed to Canada's Sensio Technologies Inc. and JVC is in talks with other players.
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On Thursday night I attended a lecture series at Saint Xavier University. The guest lecturer was Robert Gibbs, the former press secretary for President Obama.
The talk was pretty good (probably not worth the $20 bucks I spent, but whadderyagonnado?). He shared some anecdotes about working with our President, and gave some interesting insight into the Republican primaries. He also gave a surprisingly effective answer to a question on how young people can avoid apathy. He noted that lobbyists in $2000 suits really like our apathy. They capitalize on it.


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Travel speakers are lot like Bluetooth headsets: Just a smaller, less-satisfying approximation of the real thing. So leave it to Jawbone to design a pocket-sized Bluetooth boombox that actually kinda rocks.
Jawbone Jambox
Literally small enough to fit in jacket pocket. Front/rear speaker projects 360-degrees. Metal casing feels substantial, but not too weighty. Rubber trim and bottom are excellent for gripping and setting on slippery surfaces. Press the Call button on top, and a voice reads off the remaining battery life. Voice dialing is as easy as it is with an iPhone. Bundled with two different lengths of micro-USB and a 3.5mm cable for non-Bluetooth devices. Call button can be set as speed dial. 2.6-watt rated audio amplifiers deliver thump that belies their diminutive size.
0 feels like too much. Power/pairing light doesn't always stop flashing (spoils the calm serenity of a pitch-black room). Device beeps every single time you raise or lower the volume with the topside controls. Travel case doesn't have room for the charger or cables. Speakerphone quality is average — i.e. you probably won't use it (without annoying your caller).
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
Sure the headset maker knows how to create crisp, intimate sound — they're responsible for the best earring-aids we've ever tested. But that's in-ear. So needless to say, we weren't expecting this bedside speaker-box to muster decent, let alone kick-ass sound. Boy, were we wrong. We blasted everything from raucous punk and "indie rock" to mellow folk and classical, and were pretty jazzed by the output and dynamic range pumping from this little 12-ouncer. The biggest surprise: legit bass (as evidenced by Dead Prez's "Hip-Hop," on repeat).
Of course the Jambox isn't a replacement for a full-fledged — albeit larger — dock capable of stereo-separation. This guy is meant for a bedroom or hotel room — but not the Presidential Suite. Still, the respectable 85 decibels with a frequency response of 60 Hz – 20 kHz is just the beginning. This "Bluebox" system has phenomenal range: We clocked a good 40 feet between the device and our phone, without any signal problems. Pairing was a breeze. An internal mic transforms the box into a not-half-horrible speakerphone. And visually, designer Yves Béhar imbues the Jambox with an elegant minimalism that's eye-catching, but not distracting.
By far, the most impressive aspect of the Jambox is its marathon battery life. After four days of intermittent iPhone streaming — up to four hours at a time — our battery was still reading "about 3/4 full." Coaxing more than 11 hours (with juice to spare) from a device that claims a max of eight hours, we can't help but reiterate just how thrilling it can be when a device, quite literally, out-performs expectation. Which is about as rare as a double rainbow.
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PFC Energy's Diwan, GOP Rep. Bartlett of Maryland look at supply, price, economies
Is the world running out of oil? How promising are new sources of petroleum? What risks do volatile oil prices pose for the world's economies? Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Roger Diwan, oil markets expert at PFC Energy, join OnPoint to discuss the current and future state of the world oil market and its economic implications.


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OROVILLE >> No doubt about it, Lake Oroville is still rising, thanks to recent storms.
But it has a long way to go.
As water from streams continued to flow into the lake on Monday, a few vehicles were able to drive close to the Bidwell Marina walking ramp.
That is a significant change from Feb. 11, when the lake was at 710 feet, 33 percent full, and docks and buildings were far below the edge of the dirt ramp.
As of Monday afternoon, the lake was at 736.76 feet and at 44 percent full.
The historic average this time of year is 61 percent, according to a California Department of Water Resources graph at www.cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/products/rescond.pdf online.
Although the effect of recent storms is visible, the water is far below the normal shoreline. The lake is at capacity when the level reaches 900 feet.
The inflow recorded Monday was at 8,873 cubic feet per second, which was evidenced by water rushing into the lake at numerous streams at Bidwell Marina and Loafer Creek Campground.
At Bidwell Marina, employee Mario Mazariezo said the lake has risen about 35 feet in recent weeks. He said the marina has been at its present location for about a week now.
At Loafer Creek, the swim area is still dry and the boat ramp remains closed.
Will the lake recover? It"s too soon to tell. Although the recent rise at Lake Oroville has been gradual in this drought year, there have been dramatic recoveries in the past.
In 2010, the lake went from a low of 670.05 feet in Dec. 2009 to 800 feet by June 2010.
The water level again dipped over the latter part of 2010, but with a series of storms in spring 2011, the lake reached capacity for the first time in years.
It"s too soon to know whether nature will reprise a weather miracle this year. Stay tuned.
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This story appears in the February 2001 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
If you're like us at Entrepreneur, and like millions of children and adults around the world, you're not only a fan of the Harry Potter books-you're a fan in withdrawal. It looks like the next book in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, might not hit bookstores until 2002, and the first movie won't be released until November. You have two options: Go insane, or read this article.
Like many entrepreneurs, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling started in humble digs and with big dreams. "She had to retype the entire manuscript for the [first] book because she couldn't afford to have it photocopied," notes Jeff Blackman, a business growth specialist in Glenview, Illinois, and author of Result$ (Successories). "Now, more than 30 million [Harry Potter] books have been sold. It's a remarkable testament to [her] persistence and passion."
Rowling studied French and literature, not business, in college. But she worked for several years at the Chamber of Commerce in Manchester, England. Perhaps something rubbed off, because young Potter can teach us a lot about running our own businesses.
We're not making this up. Even The Wall Street Journal ran a story about how business Muggles are embracing the books, referring to e-mails as owls and ATMs as Gringotts. (Confused by that sentence? Consult "Potter Mouth.") Of course, because the Harry Potter books are ostensibly for children, some of the hidden and not-so-hidden business lessons may seem basic. But, like all eternal truths, it's a good idea to revisit them occasionally. So get your milk and cookies, pull up a chair, and let's read a story . . .
Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Book Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Book Three: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Book Four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Book One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The plot: Ten-year-old orphan Harry Potter lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of his uncaring relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Dursleys and their dimwitted son, Dudley. Harry learns that he has wizard blood and must go to the train station at Kings Cross' 93�4 platform to travel to Hogwarts, a school for wizards. There, for the first time, Harry makes friends. He also confronts his enemy, Lord Voldemort.
Business lesson No. 1:Understand the various cultures in your company. On Harry's first day at Hogwarts, he and the other first-year students meet the Sorting Hat, who tells its audience, "Try me on and I will tell you/Where you ought to be." Once donned, the Hat sends each student to one of four dormitories: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin. The most talented wizards (including Harry) are sent to Gryffindor, and the sinister ones bunk in Slytherin, where you'll find Draco Malfoy, the most evil high school student in the fictional universe.
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The bigger your business gets, the more cultures it will have-and you need to be aware of them, says Don Andersson, a business coach in Cranford, New Jersey, and author of Hire For Fit (Oak-hill Press).When he read the first Harry Potter book, he immediately noticed how Hogwarts' academic culture reflects that of the corporate world. "If you want a new hire to thrive, the person making hiring decisions must understand your company's culture well enough to know where that [candidate] will be best," Andersson says. "An employee can have wonderful skills, but in the wrong culture, they won't really [work]."
Business lesson No. 2:When you own a company, you'd better be in good company. Your partners and employees are everything; you do realize that, right? Such wisdom is exemplified by Harry's best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Hermione lies to a professor to keep Harry and Ron out of trouble for confronting a troll, and Ron risks death in a live-action chess game so Harry can prevent the Sorcerer's Stone from falling into the wrong hands.
But loyalty isn't enough. You also need employees and partners who will tell you what they think, not what you want to hear. And if they're smart, all the better.Potter Mouth
If you haven't read the books, here's a quick guide to key terms:
9: The platform where the train leaves to take Harry to Hogwarts. You'll never find it if you're a Muggle.
Gringotts: The bank where wizards keep their money; fierce goblins guard it.
Hogwarts: The seven-year academy of magic Harry attends.
Mudblood: A derogatory slang term for the offspring of a Muggle and a magical parent.
Muggle: A person with no magical powers. It can be spoken as an insult or with a tinge of pity in one's voice.
Owls: Owls carry messages back and forth-not as fast as e-mail, but more fun.
Quidditch: Think of soccer on brooms, and you've got the idea.
Book Two: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The plot: Harry returns to Hogwarts one year later to discover that an evil being is turning students into living statues.
Business lesson No. 1: Initiative is rewarded. Sometimes rules do need to be bent or even broken. Caryn Beck-Dudley, a professor of business law and ethics at Utah State University, Logan, observes, "If you kicked the Hogwarts students out every time they made a mistake, you wouldn't be left with a very virtuous organization. And you wouldn't even have Harry Potter."
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Just as entrepreneurs rarely stick to a 9-to-5 regimen, Harry breaks curfew to sneak around school and combat evil. When he flies on his broom against orders, he isn't punished-in fact, he's rewarded with a coveted spot on the Quidditch team. Why? Because he was flying to help a classmate, and he's the best broom-flier the school has seen in ages-to the delight of students, professors and even headmaster Albus Dumbledore. "But if Dumbledore were like many bosses," says Beck-Dudley, "he'd focus on the bad things Harry did. Then, either Harry would leave and take his skills elsewhere, or his creativity would be squashed."
Business lesson No. 4: Create a nurturing work environment. If Harry Potter worked at most companies, he'd have been fired by now, asserts Beck-Dudley. "Sometimes harsh punishment isn't the best remedy," she notes. "Business owners often fire someone because it's the easiest [route], without realizing it creates an environment where people are afraid and unproductive. "Hogwarts includes everybody. You aren't harshly punished if you don't succeed. Poor Neville [one of the students] tries hard but never quite makes it and is still part of the group. The focus is on how he contributes rather than how he doesn't."
Book Three: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The plot: Our hero returns to Hogwarts, hoping to stay out of the way of the infamous murderer Sirius Black.
Business lesson No. 5: Networking works. This theme runs throughout the series but seems best illustrated in this installment. Harry and Hermione are good at making contacts that pay off. Before the book begins, Hermione has arranged with one of the teachers to take three classes at once (via time travel) and get further ahead academically. But Harry is the networking king. In Chamber of Secrets, he meets Dobby, a house-elf who later saves his life with advice in Goblet of Fire. In Azkaban, Fred and George Weasley (Ron's brothers and Harry's classmates) provide Harry with a map of Hogwarts that shows where individuals are at any given time. In Goblet, Harry assists his opponent, Cedric Diggory, during the Triwizard Tournament; later, Cedric returns the favor. If not for his contacts, Harry would likely have been done for long ago.
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Business lesson No. 6: When necessary, abandon your business plan. Little goes as Harry expects, but he learns to be flexible in this book. (If you haven't read this one and want to, consider skipping this section.) After hearing he can't visit the magical village of Hogsmeade with his fellow students, Harry plans to spend the day reading. But when he gets a secret map of the school, he discovers a tunnel to Hogsmeade-which later helps him reveal the villains. And though many heroes (entrepreneurs) could be forgiven for not wanting to team up with somebody who was once the competition, Harry befriends Sirius, who becomes one of his closest allies.
Harry's willingness to quickly change directions impresses Blackman. "The choices you make influence your future," he explains. "Do you choose to innovate, imitate or vegetate? If the last, you might as well abdicate. So much of Harry Potter deals with innovation-thinking creatively from a unique perspective." Dumbledore muses, "The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed." You can make predictions for your company, but you can't count on them.
Book Four: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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The plot: Harry goes back to Hogwarts and competes in the Triwizard Tournament.
Business lesson No. 7:Entrepreneurs triumph over big corporations. Anne Warfield, a business coach, professional speaker and owner of Impression Management Professionals in Minneapolis, thinks that business lesson is the most important in the books. "No matter how inconsequential we think we are, we can have a powerful effect," she says. "What's important is getting the tools to develop that potential in ourselves." Harry does just that at Hogwarts and winds up besting Lord Voldemort.
Business lesson No. 8:Adequate funding is essential. Invest wisely. The money Harry inherits from his parents and saves along the way allows him to provide money when George and Fred Weasley need financing for their magical joke shop.
Who'd have thought? Harry Potter may not grow up to be an entrepreneur, but he's already a venture capitalist.
Rating The Characters
We asked business experts how Harry and his cohorts would fare as entrepreneurs.
Harry Potter
Characteristics: kind, ethical, courageous, headstrong, independent
As an entrepreneur: He'd be great. "He'd be willing to work through problems to find the answer," says business coach Anne Warfield of Impression Management Professionals.
His Achilles' heel: "He might not rely enough on others, handling every adventure on his own. Like with the spiders, he didn't think through the danger he was putting Ron in, because his quest to get the answer was driving him," says Warfield, referring to the time Harry convinces Ron to accompany him into the Forbidden Forest in Chamber of Secrets.
Ron Weasley
Characteristics: loyal, brave, ethical but sometimes envious of those more successful
As an entrepreneur: He should partner with a friend or mentor. "He'd be a better vice president than [CEO]," says Warfield. "He does have strength of character, but . . ."
His Achilles' heel: "Leading is difficult for Ron," Warfield adds. He expects Harry and Hermione to pre-sent the ideas.
Hermione Granger
Characteristics: intelligent, ambitious, loyal, extremely ethical, serious, kind, friendly
As an entrepreneur: She'd probably do better than Harry. "She's logical, detail-oriented and has connections," says Warfield. "She'd be the most visionary and insightful."
Her Achilles' heel: "She might overwork her people," says Warfield. "She doesn't know how to lighten up."
Draco Malfoy
Characteristics: mean, unethical, evil, the sort of guy who'd send orphans Father's Day cards
As an entrepreneur: "His type often goes far," says business professor Caryn Beck-Dudley of Utah State University.
"He'd be surrounded by yes men and would manipulate to make things happen," adds Warfield. "He'd be successful as long as he got the organization going and then sold it."
His Achilles' heel: He's evil, and you know what usually happens to the bad guy in the end.
Contact Sources
- Don Andersson, (908) 709-9267, www.anderssongroup.com
- Blackman & Associates Inc., (847) 998-0688, www.jeffblackman.com
- Impression Management Professionals, (888) IMP-9421, email@example.com
- Utah State University, firstname.lastname@example.com