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Tributes to Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan herself is held in the highest esteem and affection in my family. I grieve over the loss of this great diva, especially from the professional and private sphere of my own interaction with her. This began long ago, almost fifty years, in 1961, when I was a secretary at Decca Records, London. Decca gave me the special treat of attending Joan's recording of Handel's Alcina with a stellar cast conducted by Richard, in that year. Thus I first met Joan after that recording as we travelled in the lift together. Even though she must have been tired, she was so friendly and interested in my own study and experience. This meant all the more to me when eventually I sang the title role in Alcina for Opera Australia, conducted by Richard. The following year Dame Joan was the next Alcina. With the far too early demise of Dame Joan it seems we come to the end of a very special operatic era.
Joan Carden AO, OBE, soprano
To be on the stage with Joan was to know that you were in the presence of greatness and I count myself fortunate that I am able to say that "I worked with Joan Sutherland". It was an association and connection to be proud of, but at the same time to enjoy, for she simply enjoyed her friends and colleagues as much as we enjoyed and valued her presence in our working lives. I still miss the 10 years of shows we did together and I shall miss even more the kindness, modesty and above all humour which she showed towards us lesser mortals, her fellow singers.
Richard Greager, tenor
What can I say about Joan Sutherland? A megastar, an icon, La Stupenda. She was all those and more. But to me she was a real person and talked to me especially when I performed in Il trovatore with her. I really got to know her. She became a real friend and helped me enormously. I shall never forget her kindness and words of support when I first sang for the Company in 1983.
Kenneth Collins, tenor
To have shared the operatic stage with Dame Joan was a rare and treasured privilege. My memories of her years with the Company will always be associated with the unfailing beauty and sheen of her voice; of professionalism and dedication; of her relaxed demeanor, even in the most trying circumstances; and finally of a warm, generous colleague.
Anson Austin OAM, tenor
My first association with Joan was back in 1965 when I was a very young Baron Duphol to her Violetta in La traviata in the Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera Company. I was very much in awe of her amazing voice and presence, and then later in my career I was privileged to work with her in Lucia di Lammermoor, Il trovatore, Norma, I puritani and Hamlet, where I always found her to be a colleague with great understanding, mateship and professionalism. She was a truly amazing person.
Donald Shanks AO, OBE, bass
When I arrived in London in 1966 to study at the London Opera Centre, I knew almost nobody. A short time later, I was told to be at a master class, conducted by Richard Bonynge - which made me somewhat nervous - and even more so when I discovered the great Joan Sutherland was to be there as well.
But the two people could not have been more friendly and encouraging. The advice they gave me at that very first meeting changed the direction of my career and gave me both inspiration and confidence.
Three years later, when I finished my course at the Opera Centre, I was offered the chance to be a supporting soloist at the Royal Festival Hall, and for the first time I stood on stage with Dame Joan for a concert performance of Alcina - which for a young recent student was an awe-inspiring experience. But that great lady was totally supportive - and remained so for all four decades that I came to know her.
There can be no doubt that hers was a unique voice - the greatest of its time. But her audiences didn't necessarily know the great lady behind that voice. She was friendly, approachable, honest, generous with her time and supportive to younger colleagues. Joan's focus was only on presenting the finest quality of music, and her wonderful offstage personality was a bonus.
As a singer she had no rivals. When she sang, it was the sound of heaven.
As a person, she brought pleasure just by being in the room. It will be a very long time before we hear such a voice again.
And as well as that we are also saying goodbye to a marvellous woman.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ, DBE, AC, soprano
Joan's supreme artistry has given incalculable pleasure to countless thousands around the world. Nobody lucky enough to have heard her in the flesh will ever forget the sheer visceral thrill of her performances. We, along with those who didn't hear her live, have been hugely enriched by her astonishing legacy of great recordings. The magnificent and timeless Sutherland voice now lives on, unforgotten, in the grateful memory of so many. Wherever she is now, we hope Joan is singing away, doing those breathtaking vocal leaps and trills that we will never forget, running around performing mad scenes, and, of course, nailing those high E-flats every time.
Anthony Freud, General Director and CEO;
Patrick Summers, Music Director
Houston Grand Opera
Treasured memories come to mind about performing with Joan - to be standing next to her on stage was truly amazing, as the magnificence of her voice resonated throughout her whole body and its energy radiated to her fellow artists, inspiring our own performances. Joan possessed a wicked sense of humour, was always down to earth and loyal and supportive to her colleagues. Not only the greatest voice of the 20th Century but Joan was a wonderful human being and I was privileged to have known and worked with her for many years.
Jennifer Bermingham OAM, mezzo-soprano
Joan Sutherland had no qualms about singing anything. With a superb technique built in a lifetime of dedication to her art, she was an inspiration to work with. To sing with Dame Joan Sutherland lifted one's own performance to another level, and I will never forget the honour and privilege of working with her. Thank you Joan.
Lauris Elms AM, OBE, mezzo-soprano
Simply put, Dame Joan was Australia's greatest opera singer. She was hailed around the world as La Stupenda, was a fine ambassador for Australia and made an extraordinary contribution to opera both here in Australia and internationally.
Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director, Opera Australia
I asked her in the second act of Die Fledermaus to dance part of the czardas. She said, "Are you crazy? Dancing it and singing it at the same time? You must be joking." Then she'd go ahead and do it. She was very game.
Lotfi Mansouri, director
What can one say? Joan Sutherland not only possessed the greatest voice of the 20th century she was also brilliant, clever, witty and the most professional colleague with whom I ever worked. What a privilege it has been for me to sing in eleven different operas over the years with our wonderful Dame Joan! A singer of her stature with the ability to create great characters on stage is a rarity.
Robert Allman AM, OBE, baritone
A wonderful colleague, a very funny and lovely lady. It was the thrill of a lifetime to have known her and to have sung with her. Thank you, Joan, for filling my life with such a wealth of wonderful memories and pleasures.
Robert Gard OBE, tenor
"School's never out," she always said. I consider myself fortunate to have known Joan Sutherland as a colleague and friend. All those happy memories of wonderful performances. Sharing the thrill and beauty of her extraordinary vocal art. Her masterly technique, a lesson to us all. A light has been extinguished. I will miss you, dearest Joan.
Graeme Ewer AM, tenor
Joan Sutherland is certainly the greatest voice of the century.
The late Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Dame Joan's unique God-given gift has been an inspiration for me throughout my career and thanks to her recordings, will be inspiring many singers for years to come. She is greatly missed, but her voice lives on.
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Whenever Joan sang, there was always an incredible awareness amongst all those present, that we were hearing something very special and magical, especially in her dazzling displays of coloratura. I am extremely fortunate to have been part of this wonderful experience.
Clifford Grant OAM, bass
Dame Joan Sutherland was not only one of the greatest singers ever but a true artist in every sense. Her dedication to her art was exemplary and the legacy of La Stupenda will be with us always.
Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
I remember standing on stage near Joan each night during the Bell Song in Lakmé, thinking that I must never become blasé about being so close to such supreme art. My good fortune in being her colleague was sweetened all the more by her endearing warmth, wit and friendliness. For me, an honour and a pleasure.
John Pringle AM, baritone
It is an honour for Opera Australia to arrange the program for Dame Joan's State Memorial Service. Her stellar talent, and the time she and her husband Richard Bonynge invested in Australia, inspired both a great audience for opera and the development of so many fine Australian artists. We would not have a modern company of such depth and significance without her example.
Adrian Collette AM, Chief Executive, Opera Australia
Her voice and career have been like a beacon for all of us. I can't imagine that anyone in the history of all singing was ever better. Thank you for all you gave to us, and to me especially.
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Dame Joan Sutherland inspired not only with her voice, but with her love and appreciation of all who worked with her. She gave us such joy. Her voice could melt the coldest of hearts. Her bel canto heroines set a bench mark for all who will follow. Thank you Dame Joan for all you taught me, for making me laugh and for making me cry. Rest in Peace, La Stupenda.
Emma Matthews, soprano


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|Two playful designs, "Pocket Funjab" (left) and "Tennis Funjab," from the artist Meriem Bennani's "Fardaous Funjab Catalogue, Avant-Garde Funjabs by Avant-Garde Designer for Avant-Garde Women." Credit Courtesy of the artist
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Must See Monday!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Weekends are catch-up time for me: I catch up on my writing, I catch up on my laundry, I catch up with my husband, and if I have any time left over, I catch up on all the fabulous posts that accumulate in my reader during the week. Every week I find awesome crafts, fun books, and super giveaways! I decided to share some with you on Mondays after my weekend catching up!
Thanksgiving paper quilt: Simple but meaningful craft from Let's Explore that you'll want to display all year long.
Parents Magazine offers a cute printable placemat. Great for keeping little ones busy at the table or while you make dinner!
Make a Thanksgiving storytelling tool from Little Page Turners. These story beads are not only fun to make (and maybe wear?) but they're a helpful tool!
Great preschool gift suggestions from Feels Like Home. The post indicates they're geared for girls, but most suggestions are universally great!
A list of motivating ideas for literacy from Childhood 101. Proud to say we can check off all ten!
Check out the list of Thanksgiving books at Hope is the Word. This post is part of a great meme, Read Aloud Thursday, and there are links to previous years' Thanksgiving lists as well!
A gift set giveaway at Tiger Tales. Could be for your family or could be a gift for a child on your list! Ends 11/30.
Scholastic Prize Pack Giveaway at Brimful Curiosities. Fun variety of books in this prize pack! Ends 12/6.
Scholastic Board Books at Mom Tried It. Great for the baby/toddler set! Ends 11/23 - hurry!
Katydid and Kid has two great giveaways this week: Klutz Books (11/28) and Scholastic DVDs (11/30)
Tomorrow (Tuesday) I'll be posting about a couple Thanksgiving books and crafts, and Wednesday will be the early edition of Feed Me Books Friday for those who aren't too swamped with the holidays this week to post their favorite books!


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Knowing how to obtain food is a key survival skill to know. Food isn't a top priority in the first few days of trying to survive; usually shelter, water, signaling, and fire are at the top of the list. But eventually you will need calories and food to avoid starvation.
Foraging for wild edibles might stave off death for a little while, but eventually you might want to consider catching some meat. Another important note about survival is expending as little energy as possible, especially in cold or harsh climates. You can achieve capturing food with expending minimal energy by using a basic snare trap. Today we will show you how to make a basic snare trap: 4 different ways.
1) The Trigger Spring Snare
The trigger spring snare is the number one option as far as effectiveness and ease. Variations of its use have been used since the beginning of mankind. The trigger spring snare uses 4 components that can be found in most any situation. They are:
- A noose (usually formed from wire, but can use any type of cordage).
- A 2 part trigger.
- A leader line.
- An engine (usually a bowed sapling).
The Noose.
The noose is exactly what it sounds like; it nooses the animal. Wire is the most effective option, but other cordage will work. It needs to be flexible and needs to be capable of tightening quickly and easily.
Some options for wire are the copper wire inside a lamp or cord, wire from a hanging picture frame, wire from a spiral bound notebook, wire from the spring of a pen or inside a wire-lined bra. Other options, if you don't have wire, are the inner strands of 550 paracord, shoe strings, dental floss, or fishing line.
The cordage needs to be strong enough that it doesn't snap with a few good jerks on it, and needs to be strong enough to hold a 5-8 pound animal. If you don't have cordage or wire you can make your own cordage from certain plants like dogbane, milkweed, stinging nettle, the inner tree bark of trees like cedar and elm, or cattail.
To create the noose:
Obtain about 18-24 inches for small game.
Make a loop on one end that is about the diameter of a pencil. Wire should hold the loop, but if using string, just tie an overhand knot.
Run the other end of the wire or cordage through the loop and then tied to the trigger that is described next.
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The leader line is tied to the top of the hook (the hook and base are usually carved out of wood), and the noose end is tied to the bottom of the hook.
The sapling acts as the engine/tension that holds everything in place. The leader line can be any cordage, it just needs to be strong enough to withstand the initial jerk of the spring action and then the weight of the struggling animal.
The Engine.
The engine doesn't have to be a bent over sapling. You can use anything really that is weighted and will provide tension, like a rock or log or even a sapling that was cut from a different location and then staked into the ground in your new location.
2) A 3 Stick Trigger
The 3 stick trigger uses the same concept of tension, triggers, and engines, just set up in a different way.
Step 1
Hammer two sticks into the ground. They should each have one "arm" angled like the image. The "armpit" will provide the necessary tension and support. Place the arms parallel to each other and hammered into the ground about 2 feet apart.
source: wikihow
Step 2
Hammer a 3rd peg into the ground about 2 feet away from the other 2 pegs, forming a triangle.
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Step 3
Tie a thin stick under the armpits of the first 2 sticks, securing it with wire or cordage.
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Step 4
Tie your cordage around a nearby sapling, about 6 to 12 inches from the top of the tree, depending on the strength of the tree. You want something sturdy enough to hold a struggling animal.
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Step 5
Attach a stick that is about 4 inches long to the end of the string that is tied to the tree. This will be your trigger. Place this stick perpendicular and centered to the pegs with the stick tied on them. Then use another stick going from the third peg and balancing against the stick that is attached to the sapling. These are all balancing against each other, so make sure everything will stay in place until an animal trips it.
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Step 6
Tie a noose to the bottom of the stick that is tied to the sapling and spread it out on the ground. Add bait to the center of it.
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3) Fishing Trigger
To create the fishing trigger, you will use the same concept as the trigger spring snare using the hook trigger. Instead of a noose, you will use a baited line.
Set your hooked pieces of wood up on land. The base of the hook is staked securely in the ground. The hook is attached to the base at the bottom, and cordage is attached to the top of the hook and the other end of the cordage is secured to a bent down sapling to add the tension/engine.
Attach a line to the bottom of the hook and bait it.
- Put the line into the water.
Be sure to try and clear the area in the water of any debris, as much as possible, that could cause the trigger to go off. As soon as the fish tugs on the line, it will release the hook from the base, and the tension from the sapling will set the hook in the fish's mouth.
source: willowhavenoutdoor.com
4) Basic Wire Snare Trap
A very basic snare trap is made from wire, like what you would find in a coat hanger. For this type of snare, you can easily buy the cable/wire that is already set for use as a snare. With this snare package, you can use it to catch anything from raccoons and squirrels to coyotes and hogs.
Here is how to create the basic wire snap trap.
Anchor your snare using the base of a smaller tree trunk.
Put your snare support into the ground to support the snare.
Set the snare at the proper height so that you don't risk the animal walking right under it.
Check your traps. Once the animal is caught in the snare, it will automatically tighten around their neck, either suffocating them or breaking their neck bones.
There are a few other considerations when using a snare trap. Check with your local laws to make sure they are legal or require permits. Or only use in a survival situation.
Most animals will take the easiest walking route, so you can "lead" the animal to your snare with guide sticks; little twigs blocking the path on either side and leading to the snare. Some animals are weary of obvious changes in the environment so guide sticks wouldn't work. In that case, it is best to set the snare up in a narrow patch of vegetation.
When setting up a snare trap, make sure to look for signs of the animal's presence. Setting up a trap without looking for signs of frequent animal visitors is a waste of time. Look for droppings, tracks, worn trails, burrows, and so on before setting up a trap will increases the chances of catching something.
You can also increases the chances of catching something by setting up multiple traps. Just be sure to take them all down when you leave an area. Check your traps frequently. Some animals may not die quickly, and you will want to help them along for the most humane kill.
Use as much as the animal as possible, since they gave their life for you. Even the sinew can create useful cordage. It's also a good idea to check the traps frequently, especially in warmer weather, because the animal can spoil quickly or other predators may find an easy, free meal.
Knowing how to make a basic snare is a great survival skill to have. It's a good idea to practice this skill before you land in a survival situation. The best part about using a snare trap is that once the trap is set, there is zero energy required to catch your next meal.
There are a variety of different ways to make snares, but most use the same principle of trapping the animal through a trigger and tension. Always remember to honor the animal that you killed, and utilize as much of it as possible.
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I can't begin to tell you how many times I've started writing over the past couple of months and just stopped. I'm currently adjusting to a new life, unexpected in the way it happened and somewhat unwanted, as I've been tossed carelessly into the world of single Motherhood to 5 year old Charlotte which began on Valentines Day. Yep, that's what I thought and think too! It's a huge roller coaster of a ride and the learning curve is massive. The only way I can look at it through the deep, emotional pain is to take it as an education and some of it will only enhance life as a business woman and on a personal level.
My friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers are unbelievably caring, helpful and acknowledging and I am able to lean on them. I also seem to be attracting the absolute right people into my life. Even Government agencies that I have to deal with are extremely helpful and understanding. Of course they can't all be there in the middle of the night (that would make things a little crowded!) when I'm feeling dreadful but that's probably a good thing for them at least.
Already there are some positives showing up. That much needed time alone is now mine. I'm so glad I like my own company and once Charlotte is in bed, it is peaceful except of course, for the inner turmoil. There are times when I want to bury my head in the sand or escape from my body so I don't have to feel these awful feelings but that's not possible so I just have to ride them out.
At the moment, I try to do something each day towards educating myself and taking steps to move forward. I'm not good at being in limbo but being in limbo is where I am. I don't know where we will be living or what the future holds. Charlotte is so far quite unaffected by the change and what a blessing that is. As the journey continues and should we have to move (a very likely prospect) then it may be a little trickier and I guess the 'limbo' thing is maybe good from Charlotte's perspective so that She can adjust slowly.
I am currently writing this from a holiday unit that my good friend has kindly paid for so that we can have a much needed break and it's lovely in the mountains. We look across to the Victorian Alps and when the rain took a break and clouds lifted early this evening we were given a spectacular view of one of the first snowfalls of the season on the majestic Mt. Bogong. Roll on Winter and the ski season! That'll lift my spirits no end. My friend has an older child who looks upon Charlotte as her little sister. They are having a blast together and it makes me proud to watch Charlotte interacting so well and laughing joyously.
Fast forward a couple of days. The holiday is over. We had a long, long drive home. Approximately 7 hours in the car with heavy traffic to contend with through Melbourne. Back to reality!
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Mattel® and Little Orbit Launch the Popular Monster HighTM Racing Game in the UK on March 29th with Two All-New Tracks – Launch trailer available today
Mattel® and Little Orbit will release the new Nintendo 3DS™ version of the Monster High™ Skultimate Roller Maze™ video game on Friday March 29th, which will join existing versions for Wii and Nintendo DS. Based on the brand that has become a worldwide phenomenon and is everywhere girls are today, including the new Nintendo 3DS™ platform, Monster High™ Skultimate Roller Maze™ is an action-packed racing game that challenges players to compete on multiple courses right from their favourite Monster High™ episodes. The game will be available at retail for an SRP of £24.99 and has a PEGI rating of 7.
On your mark, get set, SCREAM! Players choose their favorite Monster High™ Character and their own unique abilities and assemble a team of friends to skate through the crypts of Monster High™. Complete with two new additional tracks for the 3DS, the game promises unique gameplay modes to keep racing spirited, plus multiple difficulty settings to match a player's "skull" level. Gamers can collect power-ups, avoid monstrous obstacles, scream past the competition and use each character's special ability to win the race and bring home victory.
"This new game is the kind of quirky fun experience fans expect from the truly unique Monster High universe," said Matt Scott, president of Little Orbit. "We're excited to launch the game tomorrow and think fans are going to be excited too."
Staying true to the Monster High™ mantra of "Be Yourself. Be Unique. Be a Monster™," players will choose from the perfectly-imperfect Monster High™ student body and compete in the Skultimate Roller Maze. The universal truths of teamwork and celebrating differences are woven into the game as player's race through treacherous courses, discover deviously hidden items and extend the play through multiple modes. With various difficulty settings and unlockable characters, the Monster High™ Skultimate Roller Maze™ game will appeal to fans of all ages and skill levels. The game will be available at retail for an SRP of £24.99 and has a PEGI rating of 7.
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During the meetings the audience explored the Thanksgiving Day history, the First Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving today.
The book exhibition "Thanksgiving Day in the USA" contained up to date books and articles in which this holiday, its customs and traditions were described.
The best of the WOA Center resources were presented and helped the audience to understand the history of the United States of America, mainly the national holiday – the Thanksgiving Day!


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While theres nothing particularly wrong on the last few Sea and Cake albums, their existence seems somewhat tangential. Ive heard them, and Im sure I liked them, but specific songs or albums rarely prove memorable, with the exception of 1997s The Fawn. Rather, its been their stylistic distinctness that always remains with me; its not so much that Sea and Cake create songs and albums, but rather that Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt have a sound theyre rather enamored with and are just happy to use that as the palpable stuff with which to craft the music out of (as opposed to say, the tactility of the music following from the composition).
Car Alarm feels different, though. Whats difficult to figure out, however, is whether thats merely a feeling or whether theres something actually, appreciably novel about the album. Its difficult because it would be extremely easy to make some blanket pronouncement about the mechanics of these songs: "The Sea and Cake have really done it this time, chaps. Theyve crafted songs that dont deviate dramatically from their earlier material, but zowie! The hooks!" To try and say something objective like this, though is to enter the domain of the fraudulent, of the 1920s dustbowl huckster embellishing the effects of some elixir to a bunch of rubes. This album hits me in a distinctive way, but someone with less of a stake in Car Alarm could just as likely dismiss it as "another Sea and Cake album."
If there is any difference at all, its perhaps a social one: a way the band is organized and the way that organization is translated or concretized into their music. The standard modus operandi for the group is to tour after each album and then go their separate ways, concentrating on their individual projects and eventually finding their way back to the Sea and Cake whenever it feels right. Car Alarm, however, was recorded immediately after touring. Prekop et al never had to reacquaint themselves with each other, which perhaps accounts for the way previous albums felt like the result of a slow winding back and the way this one does not. This is like the difference between writing an essay for an audience that has a deep knowledge of the subject at hand and writing an essay for an audience with a general knowledge. When one writes for a specific group, there are certain fundamentals that can be taken for granted, things that need not be said because theyre already known, things which one would have to painstakingly lay out for the novices. Car Alarm is the result of the former. Since there was no period of re-initiation, the fundamentals have already been dealt with. With that out of the way, it has allowed the Sea and Cake to perhaps say something novel.
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A Run for St. Jude's Hospital/
On the Run
by Judith Rochelle
(240 pages) Sensual
When Robin Fleming witnessed the murder of her sister, Jamie, her only thought is to grab her nephew and run, from her vicious brother-in-law. Running and hiding, covering their tracks, they eventually settle in Memphis to begin a new life. Robin, now Laura, though still grieving for her sister, is determined to make a good life for her nephew. Then illness hits Andy, and while Laura is dealing with that crisis, bad luck and unfortunate circumstances bring all the players together again and endanger everyone's lives. Can Dr. Gage Hollander, who has fallen in love with Laura, find a way to save them?
Available now from The Wild Rose Press....ALL Proceeds going to ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
From Rhonda Penders, Editor-in-Chief, The Wild Rose Press:
Judith Rochelle, is one of our multipublished authors at The Wild Rose Press. In late summer, 2007 I approached her with an idea of a project that would enable RJ and me to give something back for all the wonderful things that had happened to us since we opened in May 2006. I wanted to find an organization that I felt everyone, everywhere would care about and really embrace. While many qualified, the one that kept coming back to my mind was St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
A few days later, Judith created a synopsis and a proposal for a book incorporating romance, suspense and St. Jude's. It took my breath away at what she'd come up with. Judith wrote the book, RJ and I edited it, and Kim Mendoza did the beautiful cover. None of us, including the publishing company, will receive any compensation; every penny will go to St. Jude's. Children's Hospital.
The result of this, is the amazing Crimson Rose book called "On the Run" by Judith Rochelle.
The book will be offered in both print and electronic format. The amount raised will be announced on our web site twice a year. The first report to be posted at the end of June 2008.
If you've purchased this book, thank you for your contribution to St. Jude's, if you haven't purchased it yet, I strongly encourage you to do so. The download is $5.00 and will go into a special fund to be donated to St. Jude's twice a year.
I've been very very blessed to have not only three very healthy sons, but cousins and nephews and nieces and children in my life who have been healthy and happy and strong. Sometimes we all have to take a reality check and realize that there are families out there truly suffering due to their children's long term illnesses. Maybe some of these children are in your family and circle of friends. St. Jude's is an amazing hospital in Memphis, TN that supports and helps families and children of long term illnesses.
If you would like more information on this project, you may contact Rhonda Penders at rpenders@thewildros epress.com. To learn more about the author, please visit www.judithrochelle.com. To see the amazing work St. Jude's does, please visit their web site at www.stjude.org
Thank you for your support of this important project.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
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She say: Estorbo, I meess' you!
I say, OK...
She corm and stroghe me, keess me. Gard.
The Smoothman corm an' say hello.
Hola, I say. Whaddup?
Para two days the Wooman ees sayeen' to me, Estorbo, when weell you porr?
I say, Wooman, I weell porr when I yam good and ready. An' I ain' ready.
Eef you meess my porreen' press the play bortorn arn my blarg. Si'e bar: tarp righ'.
You doan' leab me por two mornths an' then ged me to porr por you.
I hab standar's.
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Estorbo, we missed you so much we had to play with dogs to kill time and ease our sorrow...ReplyDelete
But all is back to normal now. 4 AM wake up calls and the anti-licking red stray jacket... Sigh.
Estorbo, we're glad your hoomans are back so you have access to your blog again! we don't know how you can not purr...maybe you are just purring very very quietly and they will have to put their heads on your side to hear it.ReplyDelete
Hello Estorbo - your broders and I missed you TOO much. We are so happy to see you again, purring or not.ReplyDelete
itz gude ta hav stndrrds, my brother. stand frrm. [but not fer too long.]ReplyDelete
an, btw, yer lookin gude aginst that orange backgrownd. puts me in mined a that holliday in oktobrr, [now whut's it called again. . . ]
rrrrRRRRrrrrr [<thatz Mine pretndin she noes how ta do purring.]
I'm very happy the Wooman and Beence are back and you are all together again. I know what you mean about the purring thing, though. I can't play hard to get; I'm just an attention junkie. But the females are good at guilt tripping the humans. Hold out for the feesh, hermano!ReplyDelete
You're GOOD, Estorbo. I will have to get you to give me lessons in being stand-offish. Me, I go into overdrive purring mode when my folks get home from even a 1 week trip. And stick to them like glue for several days. I like your style. It is much more subtle than mine. Maybe quiltcat is right, you are purring very very quietly.ReplyDelete
Is Beence saying you have to wear your red jacket again to stop you licking your shoulder?
You don't need to purr yet, Estorbo. Sitting in their suitcase is enough of a statement of feeling. No more holidays for a while, cruel humans!ReplyDelete
Estorbo, you are one cool cat!ReplyDelete
A purr should be earned, not merely granted.ReplyDelete
- Anne BoleynMarch 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Estorbo back posting, health care in the works.... such a happy morning!ReplyDelete
Estorbo, I've missed you!ReplyDelete
Hola!We are glad your people are home and you have keyboard control again.And the non-purring? We understand you're making a statement.ReplyDelete
When Dinah and The Man returned, Sporran ran into the garden and hid and I stalked about, on my toes and ready to run.
But after a "special" meal we gracefully consented to sleep on the big bed with them.


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Jim Morin's Dec. 5 political cartoon, I can't breathe, is powerful and compelling.
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12V Solar Panel Battery Charger on MS?
12V Solar Panel Battery Charger on MS?
Basic math: vampire load is about 10 miles per day = c. 3KWh. (307Wh/m * 10 miles)
12v solar charger, max 2W. Assume 12 hours sunlight = 12 * 12 *2 = 288Wh. = 9% of vampire load.
The more interesting question is, if you could cover every painted surface on the Model S with high efficiency solar panels, whether leaving the car parked in an outdoor parking lot at work would charge the car enough to cover anyone's commute.
Check out the solar challenge across Australia - the only way you can do it is with meters and meters of panels in a vehicle weighing a few hundred pounds and ultra low Cd.
BTW - there are plenty of other threads discussing this on this forum.
you'd be lucky to power the touchscreen.
2 Watts!! likely, the internal resistance of this device will produce a vampire load on your 12 Volt Model S instrument battery that will run it dead within 100 hours plugged in. Lucky for most, who are fascinated by this wizzardry, like nearly all other cars, Tesla shuts off the connection to the cig lighter receptical to prevent vampire loads like this. If this device were at least four times this size it may have a function. 8 Times larger, could provide the output you need to achieve your objective. But only for the 12 Volt instrument battery. Fisker covered the roof with quality Solar Cells and claimed that they could power the AC while parked--left owners with dead 12 volt batterys.
The 12 volt battery in your Model S has nothing to do with the drive battery.(400-600 volts) The juice flows from the main drive battery through voltage reduction converters to charge the 12 Volt instrument battery. To charge the main battery, you would need a solar cell serial output of over 400 VDC.
This junkis an "Old-wives-tale-that works no better than drinking a glass of air to cure a headache---sorry
@Joel - not even close, you won't even get a couple of miles.
The LEAF has a small solar panel on it ostensibly to charge the accessories battery, but it makes zero difference. It is just extra cost and complexity for no value.
How about flexible solar woven or part of the car cover. The cars covered and some solar power to offset some loss d/t heat or even power some ventilation fan to keep interior cool. There are all kinds of flexible solar material for shingles and such why not make part of car cover?
covered in detail elsewhere. Volkerize.com on panels. The area and solar angle are the main issues. Grossly inadequate.
The earth receives about 1KW of energy from the sun per square meter. An very efficient solar panel converts 20% of the sun's energy to electricity. The MS has about a 4 square meter surface area (real, real rough estimate). So you could go 3 miles on one hour of charging. But that would be about enough to cover the daily SOC loss. That in itself would be enough power for me to pay $4k for the option.
@dtesla - the 1kW/m^2 number is the peak with the sun directly overhead, the panel perfectly angled toward it, etc. You aren't going to have that on a car, so you would be lucky to get 3kWh/m^2 for an entire day, assuming the car is in direct sunlight the whole time. If you are in more extreme latitudes, it gets worse than that.
You would really pay for the privilege of covering your entire car in solar panels (I wonder what rock chips will do sensitive solar panels), just to offsite vampire losses?
There are much better ways to resolve vampire loss. Most of it occurs overnight, when (by definition) sunlight is scarce except at the poles in summer. ;)
Would that mean two more color options, mono black and poly blue?
That 20% is probably based upon the current best solar panels that are readily available and is probably not the best that could be done if serious research effort was invested in coming up with a solar panel design optimized to collect as much energy as possible from a small area, without worrying so much about the short term cost per watt. (Research into a design that's less sensitive to angle also might be possible.) I thought I saw something somewhere claiming that collecting at least 80% of the energy is theoretically possible.
If you could get half of 1 kw per square meter, and have four square meters available, that ought to be 2 kw; over the course of 8 hours, that would be 16 kwh. 12A at 120V is only about 1.5 kw.
@Joel - the theoretical maximum efficiency of any solar panel is around 31% - I can dig up the scientific paper if you are interested. Basically, you can only use photons with energies in a narrow band, and modern PV panels actually use higher-energy photons after reflecting them off the back of the panel and losing some of their energy.
I think we are more likely to see a massive breakthrough in battery technology than PV.
In my opinion, covering the whole car in solar cells is a bit much, and would not be aesthetically pleasing from a visual perspective. However, having solar panels on just the roof would have a sexy look and increase the visual appeal. Who cares how many watts it can put out? It''s the same difference with a whales tale or air foils, they're sexy, not super necessary.
If the solar roof doesn't put out a lot of watts, give the consumer the choice to have it charge a lower power system not connected to the main battery pack. For me that would be a portable battery pack that the solar roof would keep charged. Campers , beach goers, hikers etc could then take this portable battery pack charger with them to keep cell phones, computers etc charged while away from electrical outlets. This portable battery charger could also have a flashlight, night light, road safety blinker built in for times the car is stuck on the side of the road.
Other options for the solar roof power could be devised and given as choices.
Solar panels on the roof are kind of like the spoiler on the Performance model: they don't do anything, but some people think they look good.
I go camping & pedal my bike off grid for multi-week adventures. I want the car to "start" and have enough juice to get me to a charger if it's not plugged in for a week or two.
$4K is what I would pay. I would guess the actual cost would be more like $20K, after someone invents and prefects the technology. Current paint on PV (that is some kind of ink based PV) are only about 10% efficient. And not suitable for the abuse a car takes. Lastly, I still want my current color... just have it generating electricity.
jat's 31% is the theoretical limit for single junction PV (The most common PV used today). Multi junction PV is currently over 42% efficiency, but is very expensive. Joel is correct about the theoretical upper limit.
@dtesla - in that case, why not just take a small portable generator with you, which will cost far less than $4k and provide other benefits.
rchiang The kind of solar charger you linked to is good for maintaining a charged 12v battery with no current drain.
That is to say, RVs, motorbikes, stored cars...their batteries all discharge when not in use - even if disconnected from the vehicle. To prevent this kind of discharge, these solar chargers can keep a full battery topped up. They do an abysmal job of actually charging anything, but can offset not "vampire drain" but just entropy.
I used one on my parked yard tractor for years, and it extended the useful life of the tractor battery, but wouldn't charge it measurably when depleted.
Can't fit a small generator in your backpack.
Not only that but most of the posts assume access to the main battery. That is protected behind Charger Circuits, and other protection mechanisms.
The 12 V battery you're supposedly charging with the Costco or other "Consumer" solar panel only has access to the "Starter Type" battery, and has little to do with the actual vehicle battery, that propels the car forward and has a lot higher voltage than 12v.
I got the portable battery charger with desired cell lipos with the safety features. Take a look here: icharger stockist
In ideal sunlight, there is about 100W per square foot. Even iwth a 100% efficient solar cell, solar panels that could fit on a car would not be useful for charging it.
A solar powered airplane -- now that's a different story.
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Our customers always ask us about the right size of solar panel to charge 12V leisure batteries in vehicles and boats. Unfortunately, based on our experience, there's no single right answer to this question. Solar panels for caravans, motorhomes and boats can all be very different.


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Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, meaning invisible flower of the water, is a fresh water nutritional plant referred to as cyanophyta. Cyanophyta are living water plants that grow in nearly all droplets of sunlit water and in every gram of soil, on the bark of trees and the surfaces of rocks. It is estimated that there are as many as 50,000 species, including various seaweeds and plankton.
Collectively, cyanophyta are responsible for 90% of the Earth's oxygen and 80% of its food supply. Perhaps the most interesting of these unicellular plants are the cyanophyta community, of which there are about 1500 species–the Upper Klamath Lake, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA), being one of them. AFA is a very special form of cyanophyta. All foods reflect the environment in which they are grown. The beautiful, unpolluted Upper Klamath Lake-one of the few remaining alkaline lakes on the planet holds the key to its remarkable potency.
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Recently there have been many scientifically-controlled studies analysing the immune enhancing properties of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) from Klamath Lake, Oregon. The following institutions have known research underway: McGill University, Boston University, The University of New Mexico, The Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.
The following are brief summaries of other scientific studies:
- Royal Victoria Hospital, affiliated with McGill University (Montreal) – Double-blind placebo-controlled study. Eating Aphanizomenon flos-aquae may help stimulate the circulatory system.
- University of New Mexico – placebo controlled study. After eating Aphanizomenon flos-aquae for a period of one month, intestinal function can improve. Another placebo-controlled study suggests that eating Aphanizomenon flos-aquae can stimulate specific areas of the brain for increased mental alertness.
Recently the first stage of an extensive research project carried out at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada produced some remarkable results. The project studies the effect of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae on the immune and endocrine systems, as well as on general blood physiology. It was discovered that eating AFA had a profound and unique effect on Natural Killer (NK) cells. The results were recently published under the title: Effects of the Blue Green Algae Aphanizomenon flos-aquae on Human Natural Killer Cells. It appears in Chapter 3.1 of the IBC Library Series, Volume 1911, Phytoceuticals: Examining the health benefit and pharmaceutical properties of natural antioxidants and phytochemicals.
NK cells have the ability to search for and recognise cells that are cancerous or have been infected by a virus, and kill them. The team of research scientists at the Royal Victoria Hospital, led by Dr. Gitte S. Jensen, discovered that eating Aphanizomenon flos-aquae triggers the movement of 40% of the circulating NK cells from the blood to the tissues where their main function is to perform immune surveillance and eliminate cancerous and virally-infected cells. Further research may prove that eating a small amount of AFA every day could assist in the prevention of cancer and viral infections. No other substance is known to trigger such a movement of NK cells in the body. This is very exciting news! We hope you will share it with everyone you know!


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Lingua::Align - Perl modules for the alignment of parallel corpora
# 1) train a tree aligner model on 100 sentences from train.xml
# and align the following 50 sentences and
# store the result in align.xml
# 2) evaluate the automatic alignment using the
# gold standard links in train.xml
treealign -n 100 -e 50 -f moses:catpos -a train.xml > align.xml
treealigneval train.xml align.xml
Lingua::Align contains modules for automatic tree alignment based on discriminative classification and alignment inference. More details about the tree aligner can be found in Lingua::Align::Trees. The following gives a general overview and motivation of the problem of tree alignment.
What is tree alignment?
Lingua::Aligner is implemented to align syntactic parse trees to each other. It creates links between (hopefully corresponding) nodes in a source language tree and nodes in a target language tree. A tree can be represented in various formats, for example the famous Penn Treebank format:
Another common format is TigerXML which is used as the default treebank format in Lingua::Align (Penn Treebank format is supported as well):
<s id="s1">
<graph root="s1_502">
<t id="s1_1" word="THE" pos="DT" morph="--"/>
<t id="s1_2" word="GARDEN" pos="NNP" morph="--"/>
<t id="s1_3" word="OF" pos="IN" morph="--"/>
<t id="s1_4" word="EDEN" pos="NNP" morph="--"/>
<nt id="s1_500" cat="NP">
<edge label="--" idref="s1_4"/>
<nt id="s1_501" cat="PP">
<edge label="--" idref="s1_3"/>
<edge label="--" idref="s1_500"/>
<nt id="s1_502" cat="NP">
<edge label="--" idref="s1_1"/>
<edge label="--" idref="s1_2"/>
<edge label="LOC" idref="s1_501"/>
The alignment is guided by a discriminative binary classifier that provides link likelihoods between arbitrary node pairs based on features connected with these nodes. This classifier requires training data in form of correctly aligned trees to train its parameters. Features can be any kind of tree attributes at each node and its context. Tree alignments are stored as links between nodes. The default format in Lingua::Align is a format that we will call STA (Stockholm Tree Aligner format). Here is an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<treebank id="en" language="en_US" filename="smultron_en_sophie.xml"/>
<treebank id="sv" language="sv_SE" filename="smultron_sv_sophie.xml"/>
<align type="good">
<node treebank_id="en" node_id="s1_3"/>
<node treebank_id="sv" node_id="s1_1"/>
<align type="good">
<node treebank_id="en" node_id="s1_4"/>
<node treebank_id="sv" node_id="s1_1"/>
<align type="good">
<node treebank_id="en" node_id="s1_502"/>
<node treebank_id="sv" node_id="s1_500"/>
The classifier learns from these aligned examples how likely it is to link certain nodes in arbitrary trees. For this we use a feature representation of nodes and a log-linear combination of so-called feature functions (features mapping to real values). Feature functions can be binary, for example
f_catlabel(a=1,NP,NP) = 1
f_catlabel(a=1,NP,PP) = 0
which means that two aligned nodes (a=1) have the category labels source-node=NP and target-node=NP (but not the category labels source-node=NP and target-node=PP). Other feature functions may map to real values such as
f_lcsr(a=1,EDEN,EDENS) = 4/5
which refers to the longest common subsequence ratio (LCSR) between the two linked terminal nodes "EDEN" and "EDENS". Feature types have to be specified before training the classifier. The same features will then be used whan aligning unseen data. For more information on feature types suported by Lingua::Align please look at Lingua::Align::Features.
After classification (each possible node pair) the aligner may use various inference strategies (link search) to perform the actual alignment. Certain restrictions and constraints can be added to guide the aligner. For example, one may use a greedy search strategy to restrict the alignment result to one-to-one links. Furthermore, structural dependencies in the output space (tree alignment) can be added by using history features in classification (previous alignment decisions).
What do I need to run the aligner?
First of all you need a sentence aligned parallel corpus. Both sides have to be parsed and parse trees have to be stored in one of the supported formats (TigerXML, Penn Treebank format, AlpinoXML).
Secondly, you need training data for training the local classifier. Usually a small number of aligned parse trees is sufficient (around 200) to obtain reasonable results. Training data is not available for many language pairs. If you need to (manually) create training corpora you may want to look at the Stockholm Tree Aligner (http://kitt.cl.uzh.ch/kitt/treealigner). The format produced by this tool can directly been used by Lingua::Align (see above for an example).
Thirdly, you may need to run automatic word alignment that is needed for some of the tree alignment features. There is a number of word alignment features (gizae2f, gizaf2e, moses) and lexical features based on word alignment (inside, outside) which are usually very important for tree alignment. You can use standard tools such as Giza++ and Moses for producing these word alignments (http://statmt.org/moses/). Note that you probably want to run on larger corpora than your small tree-aligned training data to get reliable word alignments (and lexical translation probabilities).
Finally you need to specify the features to be used in tree alignment. There is a lot of possibilities and you can combine features in various ways also using contextual nodes. For more information on feature types look at Lingua::Align::Features.
Look at the examples in
Lingua/Align/smultron and
Lingua/Align/europarl to see some settings that can be used.
How can I improve the alignment performance?
There are two basic things that can be done to improve alignment performance:
1. Increase the amount of training data. More data is always better for data-driven approaches like this one. Manually aligning is no fun but every additional example gives the classifier more evidence to rely on.
2. Optimize the set of features. Feature engineering is very important in descriminative classification. Try to experiment with various feature sets and feature combinations. Lot's of contextual features can be useful also to implicitely capture the structural nature of the tree alignment task. Remember, that negative features can also be very useful. They will get negative weights and may help the classifier to make the right decisions.
What can I do with the aligned treebanks?
Good question. Do whatever you like to do with it. You can use these treebanks to extract translation data for (syntax-driven) machine translation. You can use them to explore cross-lingual language diversities. You may extract bilingual phrase dictionaries. Let me know if you have found another good example for using parallel aligned treebanks.
treealign (tree aligner front-end), treealigneval (tree alignment evaluation script), sta2phrases (conversion from tree alignments to phrase pairs), Lingua::Align::Trees (tree aligner module), Lingua::Align::Features (feature extraction module), Lingua::Align::Corpus (top-level module for corpus data I/O)
Joerg Tiedemann
Copyright (C) 2009 by Joerg Tiedemann
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.


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"A couple of years ago – like three years ago," said Zadeh, "we sat around and asked 'what's next?' We had this moment, and we thought about car-sharing. We have this platform that can power the sharing economy, is that what we should do next?" But, Zadeh told us that "[Airbnb] realized that wasn't the right focus area for us. We thought it would be better to think about problems like airport pickup. [We offer tools like] the mobile app where you have the cached itinerary if you don't have data … that's just the very tip of the iceberg."
The longer I availed myself of Soylent, the less I used it each day. The first few days were 100% food replacement, then I began regularly eating a standard lunch in the middle of the day. Now, some two weeks later, Soylent is my guilt-free, time-saving dinner to top off the workday after two regular meals. I don't totally have an explanation for why this is the case, but it is.
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I'm no fan of Apple, but I can see lots of Apple's faithful followers buying iWatches simply because of their blind devotion to the Apple logo. This would happen in the first two years. However, once that dries up and every iGadget user who wants one has one, what then? It'll likely just fade away like the iPod and folks will hang on to their old one just like what's happening with the iPad.
The fundamental problem will still be the same - price. Apple's iPhone user base was grown from heavy subsidization in a few key markets. Many of them own iPhones only because they can afford to pay $0-$200 for one. Most of them would never have bought an iPhone if it wasn't subsidized down to being cheap. Price conscious iPhone users such as those who get their iPhones for $0 instead of paying $200 for it are not going to be inclined to shell out $300 for a watch. Already we are seeing the iPad sales stalling because folks don't want to pay a similar unsubsidized price for the iPad tablet.
But the situation is worse than that. It's not going to be a device that opens up Apple's ecosystem to new users.
The Home Depot's core business revolves around helping you craft things, so it stands to reason that you'd eventually find 3D printers there, doesn't it? Sure enough, that's what's happening today. You can now buy MakerBot's Replicator line at both the retailer's online store as well as a dozen brick-and-mortar locations spread across California, the greater Chicago area and New York City. In addition to hosting elaborate kiosks like the one you see here, shops will have staff on hand to both demonstrate 3D printing and give you keepsakes in hopes of clinching a sale down the road. It's tough to know if the Home Depot's gamble will pay off -- at last check, most people don't expect to find printers sitting alongside doorknobs and drill sets. If nothing else, it shows that the technology has a market outside of office supply stores and other places you might associate with run-of-the-mill 2D printing.
Starting in the summer, artists will have the ability to set up "paygates" in their bundles. BitTorrent says this will let fans buy projects directly from the people responsible for creating them. Artists will decide how much users must pay for access, with BitTorrent taking a cut of the fee they settle on. The company says paywalls will give "publishers choice and control when it comes to funding their work." Marco Weber of Rapid Eye Studios sees them as the hybrid between video-on-demand and crowdfunding services. "I looked at how Kickstarter evolved, and the success of Netflix," he said today. "And my idea was to marry these two concepts."
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1. The process pulls carbon dioxide (the greenhouse gas driving Climate Change) out of the ocean. One of the less well-publicized aspects of Climate Change is that the ocean acts like a sponge for CO2 and it's just about reached its safe limit. The ocean is steadily becoming more acidic from all of the increased carbon dioxide. This in turn poisons delicate ecosystems like coral reefs that keep the ocean healthy.
Lets take a little journey into the world of making shapes in cardboard. How you make something has a lot to do with how many you need to make, at what quality, and how fast. The different options you have are, hand-cutting, laser cutting, CNC cutter/creaser, and Die cutting. There are two varieties of Die cutting: flat dies and rotary dies. We picked flat die cutting to make the DODOcase #cardboard VR kits because it produces the best quality cuts but lets look at each option in more detail and weigh the pros and cons of each approach...
"What can one person do? "I am that cat!" http://on.fb.me/1mbOCsk via @operationsafe #childtrauma"
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication — and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...
(Filmed at TEDxPugetSound.)
Don't count on hopping aboard one of these mass transit marvels when they go into production, which should be sometime in 2015. As the Russia One name implies, this machine is partly about national pride; UVZ believes the vehicle will primarily be used in major Russian cities. Exports to Eastern Europe and South America aren't more than possibilities at this stage. Nonetheless, it's a big step forward for a form of public transportation that doesn't get a lot of love -- and it's probably the first tram that would make Bruce Wayne proud.
I'm not a pilot; I'm a middle aged woman who drives a mundane Toyota Camry with dings in the doors. But watching the video of this vehicle takes my breath away. I'd love to try one of these for real. Perhaps a charter market will start up and my family could rent one for its annual summer holiday, just like we tried a hybrid car a couple of years ago to see what that experience was like. I say, bring it on!
Myers isn't a supernatural force (at least not in the original installment), but represents unwavering evil that meticulously hunts down and murders innocent victims. Much like Jaws, we don't see Michael all that much in context of the film – and when we do, his actions are bloodless and often in the background or hidden by shadow. His apparent disconnection to his victims (again, only in the first movie) is part of what makes his appearance so spectacular and terrifying. Without Myers, it's doubtful the super-killers that took hold of 1980s horror – let alone the ones of the decades that followed -- would exist.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley is known in Silicon Valley as The Guy Who Fired Steve Jobs. To Menuez, he was rather more than that. "What I really loved about John was he had an amazing curiosity about life, and he was incredibly supportive of his team. He was a positive-style leader, and he took tremendous risks," he says. "Even though he disagreed with Steve and they had their Shakespearean conflict, he loved Steve and believed in his vision." After Sculley forced Jobs out, he grew Apple into an $8 billion company; he was later fired himself because he refused to license the Mac OS. Under Sculley, the Newton PDA was greenlit, paving the way for the later iPhone and iPad. Menuez caught up with Sculley again recently. "He said to me that he wished that there had been somebody more mature on that board who could have kept Steve engaged and involved." "John Sculley Masters His Shyness to Meet the Press." Fremont, California, 1990.
HOGWILD! was originally designed as something that let each processor in a machine work more independently. Different chips could even write to the same memory location, and nothing would stop them from overwriting each other. With most systems, that's considered a bad idea because it can result in data collisions—where one machine overwrites what another has done—but it can work well in some situations. The chance of data collision is rather low in small computing systems, and as the University of Wisconsin researchers show, it can lead to significant speed-ups in a single machine. Adam then takes this idea one step further, applying the asynchrony of HOGWILD! to an entire network of machines. "We're even wilder than HOGWILD! in that we're even more asynchronous," says Chilimbi, the Microsoft researcher who dreamed up the Adam project.
With nearly 700,000 rants already filed , the public comment period for the FCC proposed net neutrality rules is up at midnight on July 15. That means you only have a few hours left to submit your original thoughts. Reply comments*, however, will be accepted until September 10.
One World Trade Center is just settling into New York's skyline, but a number of competing supertall structures — including the tallest residential building in the world — will soon pop up in midtown. One of those skyscrapers, Nordstrom Tower, will top out at 1,775 feet (541m), according to plans leaked to New York development blog YIMBY . That's just one foot shorter than One World Trade , if you count the spire. Without the spires, Nordstrom Tower will beat the symbolic office building: according to the plans, its roof (including the parapet) will reach 1,479 feet, 78 feet higher than 1 WTC.
Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform.
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The four friends had the presence of mind to grab some Beatles-related memorabilia before running out of the house: Tvrdy's Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and an Abbey Road vinyl album that Koesters had recently purchased at a thrift store. Murray managed to tell his parents where he was off to as he ran out the door.
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The problem is that Android is so forked what Google says you should do means very little. It's not like Apple where 80-90% of its 300-million users will upgrade immediately in weeks. Google can't even get its largest android OEM's to not go off in their own direction - Samsung is busy making its own OS since it no longer wants Google to run its OS - Amazon has never gone on board, Xioami and other CHinese android makers don't want to go much with Goole either and of course Nokia/MS have also made their own Android. Who does that leave? Not much but that's nothing new for android- no version of android has larger than 30% of all android users. and it looks worse as the major androd makers all want to move away from Google so the leading edge android Os will be on Nexus and HTC devices - who else?
In a recent report from BI Intelligence , we explain how Bitcoin works, from the moment when local currency is exchanged for bitcoins, to the moment when it reaches the electronic wallet of a receiving party. We look at the key advantages of Bitcoin compared to the legacy players in the payments industry and examine the challenges that Bitcoin faces as a payment network.
Mounting evidence that gut bacteria affect mood and behaviour has researchers investigating just how much power these tiny microbes wield over our mental health.
While these gatherings offer an opportunity for employees to get to know their co-workers and managers on a social level, the events also present a chance for workers to really hurt their reputations. Employees who don't handle themselves appropriately could find their standing in the office dropping several notches.
An agile team's goal is to deliver narrow, fully-functional slices of the project at the end of each iteration (usually one to two weeks in length). Perhaps a website's basic login functionality—from the user interface all the way down to the database—is built during this iteration; next iteration, a "forgot password" feature might be added, and so on. Each slice is demonstrated to end users and stakeholders at the end of the iteration so they can provide feedback on what's been built so far and guide priorities for future iterations. As you can imagine, this approach makes adapting to the changing marketplace a whole lot easier and makes your software more relevant for customers.
A nasty fight that pits big-name scientists at Harvard University and the University of Oxford against each other on the effectiveness of a multibillion-dollar class of drugs may be headed toward a settlement by month's end. The trans-Atlantic spat centers on statins, the popular drugs such as AstraZeneca's Crestor and Pfizer's Lipitor that lower cholesterol levels, and whether they provide benefits that outweigh side effects for people at low risk of heart disease.
HI! I love having music to drown out the "other" going on around me and to narrow my focus on what is in front of me. It's lulling without putting me to sleep and it cheers me up. Tried ambient music but it was more annoying. Anyway, The results give strong support to the contention that economic benefits can accure from the use of music in industry...wasn't sure what that sentence meant. Accrue was meant to be there perhaps?
The military wing of Hamas just posted a five-minute-long video of an apparently fully armed drone flying over the Gaza Strip. It's impossible to know if the four, real-looking missiles attached to the drone's wings are armed. They sure look like they are .
This is the case for Brazilian researcher Miguel Nicolelis, working at Duke University, who wanted the Walk Again project to display its work, which had already been tested in monkeys, and the strength of "made in Brazil" science. The exoskeleton, which emulates the human nervous system, is a devise weighing some 70 kilos and standing 1.80 meters, which connects the brain to the mechanisms that serve as joints: at the moment that the user thinks "stand up" the electrodes worn on the head transmit the order to the computer system that identifies the transmitted signal and operates the robot. This provides great hope for those with disabilities.
The Neurosky biosensor picks up on brainwaves that correlate to your ability to focus. The app then translates these brainwaves into a meter reading that gets superimposed on the camera view in Google Glass. As you "focus" more with your mind, the meter goes up, and the app takes a photograph of what you are seeing in front of you. Focus some more, and the meter goes up again and the photo gets posted to Twitter. Like this:
It is unclear how Hamas got its hands on the drone in the video, assuming it was in fact controlled by the militant group. Cenciotti and other experts said Hamas could have smuggled the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Iran or built it themselves with some components smuggled in from Iran, though they agreed it is unlikely Hamas militants built it by themselves.


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Johnson County socked by new $37 million sales tax increase in reckless Kansas budget
Here's one fact that wasn't part of the dog-and-pony show Tuesday morning when Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a budget bill that includes the largest tax increase in state history.
The sales tax burden on people who shop in Johnson County could soar by $37 million a year.
That's a lot of money. In fact, it's one-fourth of the entire amount of extra sales tax revenue Kansas expects to get annually when the state sales tax goes from 6.15 percent to 6.50 percent in the next month or so.
The higher sales tax is just one of the bad results imposed on Johnson Countians by the reckless budget bill the Legislature approved last week. A tearful Brownback successfully pleaded with lawmakers to protect the unfair and costly income tax cuts he signed in 2012.
Here's the math:
Kansas Department of Revenue figures show that Johnson County collected $640.5 million in state sales tax revenues in 2014. That total could leap to more than $677 million a year — all things being equal — when the sales tax hits 6.50 percent. (Statistically, that's a 5.7 percent hike in the overall sales tax rate.)
In addition, the sales tax revenue burden in Wyandotte County could go up by around $7 million annually.
Plenty of retailers in Kansas are justifiably concerned that people will hop the state line and make more of their purchases in Kansas City and other Missouri-side cities once the higher Sunflower State tax is in place.
The total sales tax rate is 8.475 percent in the big part of Kansas City that's in Jackson County. Look at what the total rates soon will be in some Kansas-side cities:
▪ Shawnee and Mission — 9.350 percent
▪ Olathe and Gardner — 9.225 percent
▪ Kansas City, Kan. — 9.125 percent
▪ Lenexa — 9.100 percent
▪ Merriam — 8.975 percent
▪ Overland Park and Leawood — 8.850 percent
▪ Prairie Village — 8.725 percent
Grocers in Kansas are particularly worried about what could be ahead
The Missouri sales tax on food is only 1.225 percent. But the Kansas state tax on food soon will be 6.5 percent.
Some Kansas-side families could save hundreds of dollars a year by shopping in Missouri's grocery stores.
True, the Kansas tax is already far higher at 6.15 percent, and plenty of people shop for food in Overland Park, Leawood, Lenexa and other Kansas-side cities.
But the higher sales tax rate for grocers and other businesses will upset at least some of the economic equilibrium in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
How far will things go? No one knows at this point.
However, the continuing budget crisis in Kansas, caused by the 2012 income tax cuts, is likely to hang around a lot longer.
To reach editorial page columnist Yael T. Abouhalkah, call 816-234-4887 or send email to email@example.com. Twitter @YaelTAbouhalkah.


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Roberta Guise
Founder and President
Roberta Guise is the founder of FemResources, a start-up nonprofit whose mission is gender equality in the tech workforce and advancing women's careers in technology and engineering through helping tech talent become job ready. She's well-known in the San Francisco women's policy community as a fierce advocate for women, families and children. She's an accredited delegate and speaker who represents San Francisco at the UN Commission on the Status of Women annual meeting at the UN. In 2016, she led a panel of technologists and refugee experts in an interactive discussion on how to use technology to help Syrian refugee girls.
Roberta Guise is also a trusted marketing and PR advisor to experts, small business owners, authors and leaders of nonprofits. Through her consulting practice, Guise Marketing + PR, she helps business leaders focus on what will make their business grow, be visible where it matters, and make the world a better place.
She's an award-winning marketer and videographer who specializes in guiding women on how to break the rules and be known as acknowledged authorities and thought leaders in their fields of expertise.
Roberta's opinions have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, BusinessWeek, Fortune magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
If you find yourself near the cove at Aquatic Park, look into the water as you're likely to see Roberta swimming there at any time of the year.
Faye Mellos
Faye has been involved in the financial services industry for over 35 years. She has enjoyed helping individuals and families make informed decisions related to their financial well-being by tapping the breadth of her experience. By providing an active level of service customized for each client she can help them achieve their financial aspirations.
Over the years, Faye has worked with clients and their families with a primary focus of maximizing tax efficiency, wealth preservation and developing next generation plans. It is this holistic approach that helps clients to understand the intricacies of investing and estate planning. Many of her clients are women and she enjoys the opportunity to help them address their unique issues and help assure their financial security now and in retirement. Additionally, Faye has recently acquired the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA™) designation and can help individuals that are contemplating or are actually going through the divorce process.
Faye is an active member of the community and serves on the Executive Board of "That Man May See", the fund raising arm of the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology. In addition she is a 30+ year member of Zonta International, a worldwide service club with the sole focus of advancing the status of women. She is a board member of the Friends of the Commission on the Status of Women, San Francisco. This is the non-profit arm of the City of San Francisco's Commission on the Status of Women.
Faye and her husband, Michael, live in San Francisco. Her son, Eric, is now working with the Mellos Group as a registered financial advisor.
Julio Feliciano
Julio is a software developer at San Francisco State University and a technical advisor to LaborX. He studied Developmental Psychology at San Francisco State University. Julio started the open data project at SF State and co-lead National Day of Civic Hacking at SF State that is now in its third year. He volunteers with the Code for America brigade in San Francisco and is a board member of FemResources, a nonprofit committed to helping qualified technical women secure jobs and advance tech women in their workforce. He is passionate about accessibility, community, and education.
Previously Julio consulted in technical and training roles for enterprise, nonprofits and startups, from ThinkLogic, BBDO to San Francisco Department of Public Health, delivering value and results.
Johnnie Williams
Johnnie is the Founder and Director of the UpGrade Computer Science program. UpGrade is a community college based program focused on creating a diverse and sustainable technology training pipeline. UpGrade prepares diverse high school and college students for technology and data driven careers. The program has supported 125 students in 3 years and worked with students from 31 local high schools. UpGrade includes a hands-on curriculum centered around the Raspberry Pi micro computer, computer science fundamentals, web-design, computer programming, and data analytics. The program also has a supplemental financial literacy curriculum, and includes guest speakers, visits to local technology companies, and internship placement for eligible students.
Johnnie was previously the Apprenticeship Director at #YesWeCode, where he developed apprenticeship programs and sourced engineering talent for numerous companies in the Bay Area. He successful created apprenticeship programs and placed diverse engineers with jobs at technology companies during his time with #YesWeCode. He worked with companies of all sizes from 20 person start-ups to large multi-national corporations. Johnnie organized numerous engagement events with human resources personnel, hiring managers, engineers, and potential candidates for employment. Johnnie also worked directly with various education and training providers including community colleges, coding bootcamps, and community based organizations. Johnnie represented #YesWeCode at the ApprenticeshipUSA White House Summit, where #YesWeCode was recognized by the Department of Labor as a national leader in tech diversity and apprenticeship program development.
Johnnie is also a faculty member at Laney College in Oakland, where he teaches courses in the computer information systems department. Prior to working at Peralta, Johnnie worked as a programmer for start-up companies that were pioneering innovative technologies such as biometric verification and smart card technology. He has also worked as a programmer for a leading video game company. Johnnie was born and raised in Oakland and graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Alexis Rachel
Alexis Rachel is a User, Service, and Design Researcher who works with organizations focused on the greater good to help ensure individuals have meaningful experiences with both their digital and in real life presences. She fervently believes that channeling empathy and kindness is critical to this endeavor.
Alexis knew at a young age that she would have a rich and varied worklife. She has held a variety of careers, ranging from Contracts Administration; Graphic Design, Art and Creative Direction; Systems Administration; UI and UX design; to finally landing in Research.
Alexis has founded or co-founded several successful businesses, including LXS Creative, and io intermedia. She holds a BA in Psychology from California State University supplemented with Computer Science and Fine Art.


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DOL Staff Award - Tom Fischer, Sandy Swartz, and Dana Bourne
The DOL Staff Award is given out to an individual who has exhibited a strong commitment to the employment needs of veterans transitioning off the streets. This year the DOL Staff Awards goes to Tom Fischer and Sandy Swarts from the South Carolina DOL-VETS office, and Dana Bourne, the Regional Administrator for DOL-VETS in Boston. These DOL-VETS staff members do what it takes to make sure their grantees have the support they need to best serve veterans enrolled in HVRP. Employment not only provides a homeless veteran an income, it provides a sense of pride and purpose. These DOL staff members take on a leadership role as advocates for veterans, especially homeless veterans, and NCHV is thankful for their dedication.


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Kim Jae-won [MBC]
Actor Kim Jae-won has gotten into a motorcycle accident while filming his upcoming TV series co-starring actress E Ji-ah.
An official with Kim's agency Dazzle Entertainment told 10Asia over the phone on Tuesday that Kim "felt a pain to his shoulder" while shooting a scene for MBC drama "Flower, Me Too" (tentative title) which caused the bike to fall over.
Kim is now in the hospital getting a thorough examination and will decide on whether to return to the show's set depending on its results, the official added.
"Flower," set to air in early November after current series "Hate to Lose" finishes its run, is Kim's first acting role after "Listen to My Heart" from earlier this year which was his first small screen role in over four years.
Before that, he appeared in TV series "Hwang Jini" after which he entered the military in 2009 to fulfill the two-year duty required of all Korean men.
He has since starred in other TV series "Rival" (SBS, 2002), "My Darling Patzzi" (MBC, 2002) and "Wonderful Life" (MBC, 2005) and also in comic romance film "100 Days With Mr. Arrogant" (2004) with actress Ha Ji-won.
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Green Screens at the NFB
To find out more - check out www.cielap.org. Green Screens is a partnership initiative with Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) and the National Film Board.
The next Green Screens - The World According to Monsanto - will be showing at the National Film Board Theatre, 150 John Street (at Richmond Street West), Toronto on Wednesday November 3 2010 at 7 pm. After the screening, I will be hosting a panel to consider some of the issues raised in the film.
Agribusiness and Monsanto
La Via Campesina release
Labelling of GMO products
The Canadian Council of Churches and the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy have submitted a petition on accountability re labelling of GMO products to the Federal Commissioner for Environment and Sustainable Development. You can check out the petition at www.cielap.org. This was a project I was working on at CIELAP before I resigned in June 2009. It is great to see it finally submitted jointly with the Canadian Council of Churches.
Budgets for Millenium Development Goals v Militarism?
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom released a strong statement to the world leaders who were meeting to discuss the Millenium Development Goals. Below is the last paragraph - and resources and further reading.
Genetically Engineered Salmon
Is this the way to sustainable living? Even if the genetically engineered salmon are infertile females which will not reproduce? Is this the first step to more GE animals? And ultimately to producing fish and meat in the science lab?
Global Food — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Sep. 04, 2010 3:00AM EDT Last updated on Saturday, Sep. 04, 2010 5:35PM EDT
Quakers in Canada meet in Winipeg, August 14 - 21 2010
Over 130 Quakers from across Canada met for a week in Winnipeg to renew friendships, make new friendships and attend to some important issues of concern. These included the tar sands; prisons and justice; how to support the implementation of the Declaration on Indigenous Peoples; and the environment. Information on what Quakers said can be found on
Ties Between the Bill Gates Foundation and Monsanto
Some interesting connections! The ties that bind.
Post G20 thoughts
I wonder if having faith leaders as part of the organizing committee would have made any difference in the outcome of the G20 protest marches? All during the week leading up to the G20 protests in Toronto I was remembering how the faith leaders in South Africa took on such an important role during the anti-apartheid marches and demonstrations. As well, faith leaders played an important role in Canada during that time. When there is a crisis faith leaders need to be with the people.
G20 Interfaith Leaders Summit
80 senior Leaders of eight world religions and faith based organizations from the G20 countries issued a strong and simple message to governments: honour your commitments to the poor and vuolnerable of the world - especially children. Specifically, the statement - A Time for Inspired Leadership and Action - urged political leaders - especialy those of the G8 nations to achieve the Millenium Development Goals and meet the .7% of Gross National Income target in development assistance; ensure that harmful climate change caused by humanity does not exceed a 2 degree
Climate Change Through Women's Eyes
This is the title of a workshop to be held during the People's Summit at Ryerson University, Toronto, Sunday June 20. Shirley Farlinger, peace activist, Voice of Women, and I will facilitate this workshop. Check out the message below from the People's Summit organizers:
Just one week till the People's Summit starts!
We need your help to spread the word about the Summit! At the bottom of this info letter is a mass promo email – please forward to your networks, and plug your workshop, to ensure maximum participation!