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Two Tivos To Paradise 11.23.12: The Big Bang Theory, Community, Revolution, Shark Tank, The Voice, and more!
Posted by
Al Norton
on 11.23.2012
News and thoughts on
The Big Bang Theory
being the # 1 comedy on TV, Chevy Chase leaving
four month break, and more!
Hello friends. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, surrounded by friends and family. We started with breakfast at IHOP with my Dad and then an early dinner with the other side of the family. Mrs. Tivo gets a turkey from work every year, which we'll cook on Saturday so it's almost like two Thanksgiving. Also of note at our house is this morning's return of The Elf on the Shelf; known as "Goody" by the twins, he will be what we hold over the kids heads in the hopes of manipulating them into good behavior the next month.
Here's a look at the upcoming
Doctor Who
Christmas special…
Season two of
is coming in 2013…
No giveaways this week but coming up in next Friday's column, a long running series makes its first appearance in one of our contests. I had a quick chat with Krysten Ritter (
Don't Trust the B- In Apt 23
) that ran this week – use the links below to pull it up – and this Sunday my one-on-one with
The Walking Dead's
Lauren Cohan will be live on the site.
Excited about the return of
Cougar Town
next month?…
I'm tryna find the right words to describe this news without being disrespectful.
Our Whole Universe Was In A Hot Dense State, Then Nearly 14 Billion Years Ago Expansion Started, Wait!
The Big Bang Theory
hit a series high in total viewers last Thursday with 17.4 million viewers, a week after it tied its previous series high of 16.7 million.
It's pretty impressive for a show in its sixth season to hit a ratings high so I thought it time to revisit my feelings about the show; regular readers know I am not a fan of the show, for reasons both legit and less so. My dislike for the comedy came first because CBS used it to fill the hole created by their cancellation of
The Class
, a warm and charming little comedy that deserved a MUCH better fate (as evidenced by how well the cast has done since, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jason Ritter, Jon Bernthal, Andrea Anders, and Lizzy Caplin), and second because the pilot subscribed to the most obvious kind of big-strong-lunkhead-takes-geek's-pants humor, and I mean that literally; one of the comedic "high points" of the pilot is Leonard and Sheldon getting pantsed by Penny's ex-boyfriend. It was not a difficult decision for me to not come back for more.
The show has gone on to do quite well without me as a viewer, improving its ratings every year except for an ever-so-slight drop in season four when they moved from Mondays at 9:30pm – where they enjoyed the huge lead-in audience from
Two and a Half Men
– to Thursdays at 8pm, and the current season average audience is more than double what they pulled back in season one. One of the things that helped the show make the jump in season five to MEGA-HIT status was that reruns began airing on cable and in syndication, with TBS giving the show a major showcase that helped bring in new viewers.
I have gone back and watched multiple episodes each season to see if my feelings would change and they have to the extent that I think the cast is pretty strong and inhabits their characters as well as any on TV, but my issues remain. First off, as good as I think Jim Parsons is, I simply don't find Sheldon to be a compelling presence. He is made more so by Mayim Bialik's Amy, for sure, but the comparison I go back to all the time is Dustin Hoffman in
; great work but I wouldn't want to see that character every week or I'd go nuts.
Also annoying is the laughter. Yes, there is a live studio audience, and yes, like any show that has a live studio audience, those laughs are "sweetened" in post-production, and in the case of
Big Bang
it's to the point of distraction, almost like the later years on
Happy Days
where episodes seemingly went from 22 minutes to 18 minutes with all the applause breaks (
had the same issue with Kramer in the middle seasons).
My feelings about
Big Bang
aren't that much different than my feelings for all of Chuck Lorre's CBS comedies (
Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly
); a premise that might actually have something to it, a strong cast, and then episode after episode after episode after episode of beating the same jokes into the ground.
And finally, while we all know/have known people in our lives who would qualify to be categorized under the "geek" umbrella, I simply don't recognize most of the people who populate the
Big Bang
universe; they are almost all caricatures to me, where a little goes a LOOOONG way.
Do I think
The Big Bang Theory
is terrible? Do I have a problem with it being the most watched comedy on TV? The answer to both questions is no; I think it's ok but watching an episode has never made me want to watch another, and the fact that it knocked off
Two and a Half Men
as the # 1 comedy on TV tells me all I need to know about the value of such a title. The TV universe is a vast and infinite place where there is plenty of room for folks to love their
Big Bangs
while others take pleasure from a
, a
, an
, and then there are some who like all of the above. A show doesn't need me on board to justify its existence, especially when there is a strong and passionate fan base to please every week.
When Are You Gonna Come Down, When Are You Going To Land?
Last Friday was "Black Friday" for three new series, with CBS cancelled
– pulled immediately from their lineup – and ABC announcing no new episodes of
Last Resort
666 Park Avenue
would be made, although the current plan is for the network to continue to air the remaining episodes of their initial order of 13 in their respective timeslots. Because enough notice was given to the show's writers, each will be able to turn their final episode into an actual series finale.
Clearly ABC has to rethink their Thursdays at 8pm strategy as the last three seasons they've used that slot to launch a new show, and if
Last Resort
does end up getting to air the full 13 they ordered it will be the first of the three to get that far;
Charlie's Angels
My Generation
qualified as full fledged bombs. The same might be said for Sundays at 10pm since
Pan Am, Good Christian Belles
, and now
666 Park Avenue
have failed there in the last 12 months. Actually, I am fairly certain the network would love to go back revisit their decision to cancel
at this point.
There are no easy time slots on TV anymore, and not every show can be a hit, but one wonders if the issues are with the shows ABC is making or the timeslots they are giving them.
Last Resort
wasn't award worthy – it's was overly complicated, to say the least – but it was solid and the cast was excellent, and perhaps re-airing the start of the season during the holidays, when there is almost no new network programming to speak of, could have led to some sort of momentum going into mid-January.
666 Park Avenue
started weak but quality wise was getting better each week. Obviously a factor is that the network has three new dramas that need to find a spot in their line up; my guess is
Zero Hour
ends up Thursdays at 8pm, with
taking Sunday at 10pm and
Red Widow
taking Tuesdays at 10pm when
Private Practice
signs off early next year.
I haven't mentioned
because frankly,
was awful, even more so when you consider the talent level of the cast, and it doesn't deserve another second of our time.
My Tea's Gone Cold, I'm Wondering Why I Got Out Of Bed Alone
The holiday might have been yesterday but the marathons run through the weekend. Here's a quick guide…
Forever Knight
(Chiller); 6am, 11 episodes
House Hunters/House Hunters International
(HGTV); 6:30am, 27 episodes
America's Next Top Model
(Oxygen); 8am, 12 episodes
BBQ Pitmasters
(Destination America); 8am, 8 episodes
Counting Cars
(History); 8am, 24 episodes
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TVLand); 8am, 8 episodes
The Parkers
(BET); 8am, 17 episodes
Storage Wars Texas
(A&E), 8am, 14 episodes
Doomsday Preppers
(Nat Geo); 9am, 18 episodes
Diners, Drive-In's, & Dives
(Food); noon, 20 episodes
The Millionaire Matchmaker
(Bravo), noon, 15 episodes
Say Yes to the Dress
(TLC); noon, 15 episodes
Gold Rush
(Discovery); 1pm, 9 episodes
Duck Dynasty
(A&E); 3pm, 26 episodes
A Haunting
(Destination America); 4pm, 19 episodes
(MTV); 4pm, 12 episodes
Giuliana & Bill
(Style); 9am, 9 episodes
Star Wars Episodes I, II, & III
(Spike); 9am
My Fair Wedding with David Tutera
(WE); 10am, 15 episodes
The Steve Harvey Show
(BET); 10:30am, 14 episodes
Law & Order: SVU
(USA); noon, 14 episodes
Parking Wars
(A&E); 3pm, 8 episodes
Happily Divorced
(TV Land); 6pm, 1o episodes
South Beach Classics
(Destination America); 6pm, 24 episodes
Storage Wars
(A&E); 8pm, 13 episodes
(USA); 9am, 14 episodes
(WE); 10am, 16 episodes
(Oxygen); noon, 10 episodes
Real Housewives of Atlanta
(Bravo); 1pm, 9 episodes
(BET); 11:30pm, 19 episodes
It's Time To Play The Music, It's Time To Light The Lights
The Muppet Show
video of the week…
But You Were Up To Your Old Tricks In Chapters Four Five And Six
All you need to know about the Nielsen's for the past 7 days…
The Big Bang Theory
hit a series high in total viewers last night with 17.4 million. This new mark comes just a week after tying the old mark of 16.7 million, so clear Sheldon, Leonard, Penny, and company have the big mo on their side…
Two and a Half Men
hit a season high in the demos…
Person of Interest
rose to a season high in the demos, tying
Grey's Anatomy
for the 9:00 win…
won 10pm in totals and demos…
The X Factor
was up in totals and demos while lead-out
was down double digits in the demos…
Shark Tank
, as usual, won the night in demos...
Malibu Country
dropped 24% in the demos and from week one to week three is down a whopping 43% in that measure (NOT a good sign for the show's long term future)...
Undercover Boss
won 8pm in totals and demos...
was the evenings most watched show with 9.5 million viewers...
The American Music Awards dropped 21% in the demos to hit an all-time low...
Family Guy
had the top scripted demos of the night...Sunday Night Football won the night in totals and demos...It's not official yet because the football overrun plays a role but
The Good Wife
may have been the most watched scripted show of the night...
Sofia the First
was a huge hit for Disney, with 5.1 million total viewers and the largest cable audience of kids 2 - 5 years old in five years.
The Voice
hit a Monday season low but still easily won the night in demos...
A Two and a Half Men
rerun in the
timeslot topped the demos put up by the now-cancelled series by 17%...
was the most watched show of the night and jumped 10% in the demos...
easily topped 10pm in the demos...
Hawaii 5-0
finished second in totals and demos at 1pm, up in both measures...
Private Practice
, both on at 10pm, were the only two shows to come in with higher demo numbers than their previous outings...Setting or tying new series demo lows were
The New Normal, The Mindy Project, Parenthood, Ben and Kate, Happy Endings
, and
Don't Trust the B- In Apt 23
hit a new season low and
tied one, although the former was still far and away the most watched show of the night...
The Voice
was down 15% but still easily won the night in demos
All The Young Dudes, Carry The News
Industry News, Notes, and Hot Rumors…Chevy Chase has reached an agreement with the producers of
to leave the series immediately. His run in's with the shows creative team have been well documented, so this isn't exactly a shock. 10 or 11 of the 13 episodes ordered for season four have already been filmed so Chase's Pierce will only be absent from the last couple of episodes. While a 5th season is unlikely, that would be when his absence would be the most glaring. No word yet on how they intend to write Pierce out of the show…Syfy will premiere the reality competition show
Robot Combat League
on February 26th. Hosted by Chris Jericho, the show is a mix of the movie
Real Steal
and TV shows like
Robot Wars
Battle Bots
, featuring 1000 pound robots doing battle in a cage while controlled by shadow boxing adults…In what would be a major casting victory for NBC, the network is negotiating with Hugh Laurie to star as
in their new pirate drama Crossbones, written and executive produced by
creator Neil Cross…Turner Classic Movies has reached a deal with Johnny Carson's estate that will allow the network to air
Carson on TCM
next summer, a series made up of interviews with movie stars from
The Tonight Show
. This deal licenses use of 50 interviews, some not seen since their original airing, and the group includes 20 Oscar winners, with names like Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Jimmy Stewart, and Gregory Peck among those who will be featured…Julia Roberts is executive producing
Paranormal Housewives
, a drama series in development at Lifetime. Written by Katie Ford (
Miss Congeniality
), the show is inspired by a group of Southern Californian women who broke into the male dominated field of professional ghost hunters. The three real life ladies will work as consultants on the show. Ford's resume includes both
Miss Congeniality
films, the
Little House on the Prairie
mini-series, and more than a dozen episodes of
Family Ties
… Janina Gavinkar (
True Blood, The League, The L Word
) will do multiple episodes of
…Annabella Sciora will guest on
Blue Bloods
…TTTP fave Greg Germann will appear on
later this season…Constance Zimmer (
Entourage, Boston Legal
) has landed a multi-episode run on
Grey's Anatomy
, as has Roma Maffia (
)…Starz has cancelled
after two seasons but reports say they are considering a two hour movie to wrap everything up…TTTP fave Anna Chlumsky, currently a regular on HBO's
, will have a recurring role on NBC's
next spring….
Hot in Cleveland
will do a super-sized live episode in June…Keenan Thompson is starring, writing, and executive producing a comedy series in development with NBC that has his
boss Lorne Michael's on board as an executive producer; the untitled comedy finds Thompson playing a man who moves from his NYC home into a situation where he, his family, and his in-laws all live under the same roof…February Sweeps will find CBS doing a
crossover special, with Gary Sinise appearing on the 2/6 episode of
and then Ted Danson guesting on the 2/8
…Mark Wahlberg, Steve Levison, and Rob Weiss, who teamed up to created and produce
for HBO, are joining forces again for the Fox comedy
The Happy Tree
, about young man recovering from a nervous breakdown brought on by his high stress corporate lawyer gig who accidentally ends up as the face of the marijuana legalization movement…Discovery cancelled
Dirty Jobs
How I Met Your Mother
will get the first one hour episode of the show's run; the holiday themed episode airs on December 17th…
Turns Out Not Where But Who You're With That Really Matters
(The Best of What's Around aka The Best Thing I've Watched In The Last 7 Days…)
Don't Trust The B- In Apt 23
hit a comedy high point last week when Chloe took over People Magazine – long story, essentially she was trying to prove June was a sheep by getting People to name James Van Der Beek The Sexiest Man Alive and cause June to find him sexy – scenes that gave Krysten Ritter as good as showcase as I have seen for her amazing comedic talents. The phrase tour-de-force was created to describe the work she did in this episode, as good as any performance by a woman in a comedy in 2012.
Ritter has shown her talents in previous comedies, and was a standout in her dramatic turn on season two of
Breaking Bad
, but Chloe is a part that is tailor made to her skill set; some comedians get great mileage out of insecurity but no one minds absurd levels of confidence for laughs the way she does. This week's Thanksgiving episode was also good, showcasing how manipulative Chloe is without it ever seeming forced.
She may not get the publicity of the Fays, Poehlers, and Deschanels of the TV world but Krysten Ritter is kicking ass and taking names these days.
People Say I'm Crazy Doing What I'm Doing. Well, They Give Me All Kinds Of Warnings To Save Me From Ruin
What's flashed before my eyes the last seven days…
Easily the highpoint of
The Voice
this week…My major takeaway from last week's
Shark Tank
- other than that Kevin should drink wine during EVERY episode - is that Ruck Pack could be HUGE. The line that Major Dyer used during the presentation - "Everyone has a battle to win" - is MONEY and their advertising/marketing should be built around it as a way to open the product up to the general public and not just the more health conscious folks…Really enjoyed this week's
Grey's Anatomy
, from the mis-sent emails to a huge reminder of why I love Bailey so much to Christina's new (seemingly cool) boss to Alex growing up (finally!!!) to the very interesting plot twist at the end, I was highly entertained from start to finish!... What I enjoyed about this week's
was Ted's admission/acknowledgement that he is a bit of, well, a loser. Not that we all aren't dramatically less cool than we picture ourselves to be but this is the type of moment that can propel someone forward, with that sort of introspection a key part of becoming the person you always wanted to be, i.e. someone who is ready to meet the Mother of his children. The moment he shared with Lily at the end was VERY sweet, and then cut with a great joke. Is there a way to check Google and/or iTunes to see if there a surge of Dishwalla-related activity?...There just aren't enough superlatives in the world to praise the work the
leads are doing on a weekly basis…I had started to wonder how it was I was going to make a choice between
Homeland, Breaking Bad
, and
Sons of Anarchy
in next month's Best of 2012 column but Tuesday's
made my decision a LOT easier; I can't remember the last time I saw SO much plot in one episode of TV (a 90 minute episode, I know), let alone doing so without things seeming forced. I do believe that you could teach a class in the way the shows storylines simmer and crisscross, in individual episodes, seasons, and throughout the series run…
New Girl
now has two fantastic Thanksgiving episodes under its belt in two seasons, with this week's being an instant classic. Nick finding out his zombie book was a
knock off may have been the highlight. Any show that gives such a spotlight to the music of Jim Croce deserves a special Norty Award, for sure…
Happy Endings
wasn't uproariously funny this week but it's full on embrace of all things obscure – the Rock Bottom Remainders? Really?!?! – is impressive…
TV Pick Of The Week
While the reasons that NBC would think to give
a four month break when it's the hottest new series of the season and their top performing drama in years (and years) is beyond me but that doesn't mean I'm looking forward to Monday's fall finale of the show any less. Even though they continue to embrace a formula that seems destined to wear thin (Miles is almost captured/someone almost dies/flashbacks tie together into twist reveal ending), there is no question that the show deserves every bit of success it has enjoyed because it has put together a strong cast, an emotionally compelling focus – what we will do for family – and there are some pretty cool action sequences.
Will I be as excited for the show's return come March? That I cannot say, and that's the John Pinette sized gamble the network is taking.
Don't miss the fall finale of
, Monday at 10pm on NBC.
Hope You Need My Love, Babe, Just Like I Need You
Other noteworthy viewing options from the next seven days…
*It's the end of a tween era tonight when
(8pm, Nickelodeon) brings its five season run to a close.
Killer Karaoke
is the latest reality competition series from TruTV, premiering tonight at 9pm…
*Were you one of the fourteen people that enjoyed
Made in Jersey
? Then you'll be thrilled to learn CBS is running the left over episodes on Saturdays at 8pm starting tomorrow.
*Lifetime's best hope for
Liz & Dick
(Sunday, 9pm) is that it is the kind of bad-but-not-on-purpose-bad that ends up as a camp cult classic…
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
is back for the first of four holiday specials this Monday at 9pm, with Jenny McCarthy on board to help.
Rizzoli & Isles
(9pm) and Leverage (10pm) are back for a run of winter episodes starting Tuesday on TNT.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
makes its first appearance of the season this Wednesday at 8pm on ABC.
Hot in Cleveland
– TV Land's biggest original series ever – is back for a new season this Wednesday at 10pm.
Two Tivos To Paradise
3 Days to Open with Bobby Flay, 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, 30 Rock, After the Catch, American Idol, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Antiques Roadshow, Archer, Arrow, Around the World in 80 Plates, Auction Hunters, Baby Daddy, Ben and Kate, The Big C, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Bones, Breaking Bad, Bunheads, Burn Notice, Cake Boss, Cake Boss: Next Great Baker, Chicago Fire, Chopped, Comic Book Men, Community, Cougar Town, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Deadliest Catch, Destination Truth, Don't Trust the B- in Apt 23, Fact or Faked, Falling Skies, Family Guy, Fast Food Mania, Flipping Out, Food Network Challenge, Food Network Star, The Franchise, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Lab, Glee, Gossip Girl, Great Food Truck Race, Grey's Anatomy, Happy Endings, Haunted Highways, Haunted Treasure, Hawaii 5-0, Hollywood Treasure, House of Lies, How I Met Your Mother, Inside Comedy with David Steinberg, Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis, Iron Chef America, Justified, Key & Peele, Last Resort, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, Longmire, Lost Girl, Louie, Mad Men, Major Crimes, Men at Work, The Middle, Mike and Molly, The Mindy Project, Modern Family, Monster Man, Nashville, Necessary Roughness, New Girl, The New Normal, Next Iron Chef, The Office, Outside the Lines, Parks & Recreation, Private Practice, Project Accessory, Project Runway, PSYCH, Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook Off, Raising Hope, Real Time With Bill Maher, Restaurant Impossible, Revenge, Revolution, Royal Pains, Rules Of Engagement, Saturday Night Live, Shark Wranglers, Shear Genius, So You Think You Can Dance?, Sons of Anarchy, The Soup, Suits, Suburgatory, Supernatural, Texas Multi Mammas, Top Chef, Top Chef Just Desserts, Top Chef: Masters, Top Design, Tosh.0, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, The Voice, The Walking Dead, Warehouse 13, Wilfred, Worst Cooks In America,
People Love You When They Know You're Leaving Soon
Here ends another
Two Tivos To Paradise
We'll be back next week with a look at the last seven days in TV headlines!
Sources for this week's column include
Daily Variety
Entertainment Weekly
TV Guide
, and
Hollywood Reporter
(plus the web sites for those publications) as well as Aintit.cool.com, TVline.com & Deadline.com.
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MC 00268 Guide to the A. Wayne Brooke Collection, 1948 - 1986
The papers are divided into eight series with a bibliography appended. The Correspondence series consists of letters from two periods of A. Wayne Brooke's involvement with the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC). The first is during the period in which he worked on the SSEC, and the second was when he was preparing a manuscript detailing the importance of the SSEC to the history of computing.The Writings series contains a draft of the unpublished manuscript detailing the importance of the SSEC to the history of computing. The Research Notes series contains notes and charts that refer to documents in the Writings series. As well, it contains Brooke's IBM Engineer's Notebook.The bulk of the collection belongs to the series on the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator. Contained in this series are oral interviews with the creators and staff of the SSEC, articles related to the electronic calculator, and newspapers and magazines that make reference to the machine. There are also several folders of photographs included in this series that depict the SSEC during its operation and the staff and later reunions. The series is organized by material, and then chronologically within those parameters.Brooke also collected a wide variety of materials on the History of Computing. This series contains materials similar to the SSEC series but which pertain to the wider issues of the early years of the computing industry.The Organizations series contains membership lists and other documents related to several computer and coin collecting groups attended by Brooke.The small Miscellaneous series contains documents of various formats including a portrait of Brooke in his later years. "Walk East on Beacon" , a 16 mm film, comprises the final series. It is most notable for this collection because it contains a scene that was filmed on location in the SSEC operations room.
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This small series of six folders consists of correspondence between A. Wayne Brooke and various individuals connected to the SSEC project or the history of computers. It is arranged chronologically and refers to particular periods in A. Wayne Brooke's connection to the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator ( SSEC). The first folder (1950 - 1952) consists of internal IBM correspondence while Brooke was the chief engineer for the SSEC project. The next folder (1979 - 1980) refers to the unpublished manuscript "SSEC: The First Electronic Computer." The last folder in this series (1986) consists of correspondence between Brooke and Charles Bashe on issues directly related to the importance of the SSEC in the history of computing.
[Box 1, Folder 1] Correspondence, 1950 - 1952
[Box 1, Folder 2] Correspondence, 1979 - 1980
[Box 1, Folder 3] Correspondence, 1981
[Box 1, Folder 4] Correspondence, 1982
[Box 1, Folder 5] Correspondence, 1983 - 1984
[Box 1, Folder 6] Correspondence, 1986
This series contains both published and unpublished works by Brooke. The first folder contains a tear sheet from "Electrical Engineering" entitled "Electron Tube Experience in Computing Experiment" written by Brooke in 1952. The next two folders contain copies of the unpublished manuscript "SSEC: The First Electronic Computer". The first is a clean copy while the second is heavily annotated by Charles Bashe (see Correspondence, 1982).
[Box 1, Folder 7] "Electron Tube Experience in Computing Equipment", February, 1952
[Box 1, Folder 8] "SSEC, The First Electronic Computer" (1)
[Box 1, Folder 9] "SSEC, The First Electronic Computer" (2)
[Box 1, Folder 10] 3 articles related to donations made to the Computer Museum: "Early Hollerith Tabulating Machine Counter" "Mercury Wetter Contact Relays" "IBM Wire Contact Relays"
[Box 1, Folder 11] "SSEC Tube Life", 1952
[Box 1, Folder 11] "Relay Life in the SSEC", 1952
[Box 1, Folder 11] "The Hallowed 'Stored-Program Concept'", 1984
[Box 1, Folder 11] "Pluggable Memory Unit", undated
This series contains Brooke's IBM Engineer's Notebook as well as notes and charts that refer to documents in the Writings series.
[Box 1, Folder 12] IBM Engineer's Notebook
[Box 1, Folder 13] Charts and notes for writings "SSEC Tube Life", 1952 "Relay Life in the SSEC", 1952
[Box 1, Folder 14] Notes for the manuscript "SSEC, The First Electronic Computer"
The largest series in the collection contains information related to the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator. Brooke intended to publish a manuscript detailing the importance of the SSEC to the history of computing. Therefore, he collected both IBM and general information related to the SSEC. The first section of the series (folders 15 through 28) contains transcripts of oral interviews conducted by IBM with members of the SSEC staff. Two of the inventors of the SSEC, Wallace J. Eckert and Ron Seeber, appear in the collection. Several folders of published and unpublished IBM documents follow including the official announcement of the opening of the SSEC on January 28, 1948. The series also contains newspaper articles that refer to the SSEC or advertisements that feature the SSEC as a referent or a backdrop. Finally, this series contains pictures of the SSEC while in operation and reunion photos with, presumably, the original operating staff of the SSEC.
Oral History Interviews
[Box 1, Folder 15] Oral History Interview TC-1 (1): Wallace J. Eckert
[Box 1, Folder 16] Oral History Interview TC-1 (2): Wallace J. Eckert
[Box 1, Folder 17] Oral History Interview TC-1 (3): Wallace J. Eckert
[Box 1, Folder 18] Oral History Interview TC-6: Ken Clark
[Box 1, Folder 19] Oral History Interview TC-7 (1): Steve Dunwell
[Box 2, Folder 20] Oral History Interview TC-7 (2): Steve Dunwell
[Box 2, Folder 21] Oral History Interview TC-7 (3): Steve Dunwell
[Box 2, Folder 22] Oral History Interview TC-7 (4): Steve Dunwell
[Box 2, Folder 23] Oral History Interview TC-7 (5): Steve Dunwell
[Box 2, Folder 24] Oral History Interview TC-8 (1): Rex Seeber
[Box 2, Folder 25] Oral History Interview TC-8 (2): Rex Seeber
[Box 2, Folder 26] Oral History Interview TC-9: Frank Hamilton
[Box 2, Folder 27] Oral History Interview TC-30 (1): Joe Jeenel
[Box 2, Folder 28] Oral History Interview TC-30 (2): Joe Jeenel
Internal IBM Material
[Box 2, Folder 31] Opening of SSEC (1), January 28, 1948
[Box 2, Folder 32] Opening of SSEC (2), January 28, 1948
[Box 2, Folder 33] Unpublished documents
[Box 2, Folder 34] Published articles
[Box 2, Folder 35] Published articles
[Box 2, Folder 36] Published articles concerning the SSEC
[Box 2, Folder 37] Newspaper articles: Opening Day, January 28, 1948
[Box 2, Folder 38] Newspaper articles, 1948 - 1952
[Box 2, Folder 39] Newspaper articles: Advertisements featuring SSEC
This small series contains information on the early history of computers both by IBM and external sources. Newspaper articles and magazine articles, as well as scholarly articles, detail the technological origins of the computer revolution.
[Box 3, Folder 1] Internal IBM articles
[Box 3, Folder 2] Published articles
[Box 3, Folder 3] "Astounding Science Fiction" articles "Modern Calculators" "Electrical Mathematics"
[Box 3, Folder 4] Newspaper articles
[Box 3, Folder 5] Magazine articles
[Box 3, Folder 6] Miscellaneous technological information
Brooke belonged to several computer clubs, as well as the Raleigh Coin Club. The first folder contains the minutes to the Raleigh Personal Computer Club meeting of March, 1986, at which Brooke presented a paper.
[Box 3, Folder 7] Conference on Electron Tubes for Computers, 1950
[Box 3, Folder 8] Digital Computer Museum, 1984
[Box 3, Folder 9] Raleigh Personal Computing Club, 1986
[Box 3, Folder 10] Raleigh Coin Club, 1987
This one-folder series contains an alumni article from Case Western Technological Institute concerning Brooke while he was employed on the SSEC, the film description of "Walk East on Beacon", and a portrait of Brooke.
[Box 3, Folder 11] IBM Punch card
[Box 3, Folder 11] "A Different Kind of Multiplication"
[Box 3, Folder 11] Case Western Alumnae article
[Box 3, Folder 11] Portrait of A. Wayne Brooke
[Box 3, Folder 11] "Walk East on Beacon" film description
[Reel 1] "Walk East on Beacon"
"Walk East on Beacon", a 16 mm film, produced in conjunction with the FBI, has a scene filmed on location in the SSEC operations room and in which Brooke appears as an extra. The film is based on a short story by J. Edgar Hoover entitled "The Crime of the Century". In the film, Professor Kafer uses a high-speed calculator (the SSEC) to develop complicated theories that will affect the future of war. The original operating staff of the SSEC, including Brooke, appear as extras in one scene.
Brooke, A. Wayne
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Processed by: William Wisser; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katherine M. Wisser
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This collection includes correspondence, writings, research notes, publications (by A. Wayne Brooke and others), photographs, and bound volumes. The primary subject of Brooke's papers refers to the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator ( SSEC) and the history of computing. Brooke was intrinsically involved with the daily operations of the SSEC during its short period of operation (1948 - 1952) and revisited the subject in the 1980s when the SSEC became a popular topic of debate in the computer industry.
Biographical Note
A. Wayne Brooke was born April 20, 1913 and died January 2, 1996. He graduated from Case Western Institute of Technology in 1935 with a Bachelor's of Science in Physics. He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946 as an electronics officer. Brooke joined IBM soon after the war, and his early career at IBM was wholly involved with the Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator ( SSEC) in the world headquarters of IBM in New York City. Brooke was the chief electronic engineer for the project and oversaw a team of engineers during the short life of the SSEC. He transferred to the Raleigh, N.C. IBM office in 1965 after the SSEC was dismantled and retired from IBM after 40 years of service in 1978. He remained involved in the history of computers throughout his life and was a member of various community organizations in the Raleigh area, including the North Carolina Arboretum, Raleigh Coin Club, Raleigh Stamp Club, and the Men's Garden Club.
The SSEC was invented by Wallace J. Eckert, Thomas Watson, and Ron Seeber and installed in IBM's world headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York City. The first day of operation of the SSEC was January 28, 1948, and it was shut down and dismantled in August, 1952. It contained 23,000 relays and 13,000 vacuum tubes, and at the time it was 1,000 times faster than its closest rival. It multiplied 14 decimal digit numbers in 20 milliseconds, and its first assignment was to calculate the positions of the moon from 1952 to 1971. By 1952, the SSEC was outdated by several new computers and was replaced by the IBM 701. It has been argued, by Brooke in particular, that the SSEC was the "first" electronic computer because of its unique stored-memory capacity.
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As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates vast amounts of wealth for the few, the more heroic it sounds to "give back." It's what I would call "conscience laundering" — feeling better about accumulating more than any one person could possibly need to live on by sprinkling a little around as an act of charity.
But this just keeps the existing structure of inequality in place. The rich sleep better at night, while others get just enough to keep the pot from boiling over. Nearly every time someone feels better by doing good, on the other side of the world (or street), someone else is further locked into a system that will not allow the true flourishing of his or her nature or the opportunity to live a joyful and fulfilled life.
And with more business-minded folks getting into the act, business principles are trumpeted as an important element to add to the philanthropic sector. I now hear people ask, "what's the R.O.I.?" when it comes to alleviating human suffering, as if return on investment were the only measure of success. Microlending and financial literacy (now I'm going to upset people who are wonderful folks and a few dear friends) — what is this really about? People will certainly learn how to integrate into our system of debt and repayment with interest. People will rise above making $2 a day to enter our world of goods and services so they can buy more. But doesn't all this just feed the beast?
I'm really not calling for an end to capitalism; I'm calling for humanism.
Money should be spent trying out concepts that shatter current structures and systems that have turned much of the world into one vast market. Is progress really Wi-Fi on every street corner? No. It's when no 13-year-old girl on the planet gets sold for sex. But as long as most folks are patting themselves on the back for charitable acts, we've got a perpetual poverty machine.
Peter Buffett, "The Charitable Industrial Complex" | The New York Times, July 26, 2013
This thought-provoking editorial about the ultra-rich reinforcing global inequality by supposed "charitable" endeavors is a must read.
An ad in The Economist, directly appealing to the 1% and how hard they work.
Just about every ad in The Economist is this one. Legit. Andrew and I received a subscription as a wedding present and don't get me wrong — it's interesting and we enjoy it. However, the ads feel like fascinating, slightly uncomfortable anthropological research.
Seriously. Movies.com has the story:
George Lucas' rich neighbors don't want him building a movie studio in their backyard. His response is the best thing he's done in years.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, for four decades Lucas has owned a large swath of land in Marin County in the North San Francisco Bay and has spent the past few years trying to transform the ranch on it into a massive, nearly 300,000 square foot, state-of-the-art movie studio complete with day care center, restaurant, gym and a 200-car garage. His neighbors, however, have rejected it every step of the way. Despite the promise of bringing $300 million worth of economic activity to the area, the already-well off neighbors are worried about years' worth of construction activity and the additional foot traffic it will bring into their neighborhood once completed.
So what is George Lucas going to do with his property now that he's tired of his rich neighbors putting up a not-in-my-backyard stink? He wants to transform the property into low-income housing, naturally, ending their official statement with this zinger, "If everyone feels that housing is less impactful on the land, then we are hoping that people who need it the most will benefit."
He's working with the Marin Community Foundation to instead construct affordable housing for either low-income families or seniors living on small, fixed incomes. In order to smooth along the development, he's already given them all of the pricey technical studies and land surveys Lucasfilm spent years conducting. And we think that's just great. Because if there's one thing rich people will hate more than having movie magic made in their backyard, it's poor people moving in.
Dude. I take back every terrible thing I have ever said about George Lucas. Well, almost. There's the whole trilogy issue, but really… Bravo, sir.
Here's what we've all been waiting for, folks:
The couple gave away $7 million in charitable contributions over the past two years, including at least $4.1 million to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Romneys sent somewhat less to Washington over that period, paying an estimated $6.2 million in federal income taxes. According to his 2010 return, Romney paid about $3 million to the IRS, for an effective tax rate of 13.9 percent.
For 2011, Romney estimates that he will pay about $3.2 million, for an effective rate of 15.4 percent. That's in line with his earlier estimates, but sharply lower than the rates paid by President Obama and Romney's closest Republican rival, Newt Gingrich.
Here's some perspective for you.
The Romneys paid a comparable tax rate to what a person living below the poverty line could pay. The poverty threshold for a single person is $10,890. Due to tax credits and deductions, people at that level would typically get a refund - if they fill out their taxes correctly or pay someone to do it.
Because of tax credits and deductions, the Romneys were able to take that tax rate and make it their own.
No wonder he kept emphasizing he paid only what he "legally" had to pay. At least Gingrich was much closer to the nearly 35% tax rate for his income bracket.
By asking to Mitt Romney and similarly situated people to pay more in taxes, we're not punishing success. We're asking them to pitch in their fair share. If Romney wants to push for a bigger military, well, then I'm going to push for higher taxes. He can damn well pay for it. After all, my tax burden is heavier than his, since we're apparently paying in at the same rate.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
John King: But some of the questions about when you release your taxes have not come — the president has raised them; his campaign has raised them - you're right on that - but so have some of your rivals up here. Speaker Gingrich has said you owe them to the people of South Carolina before they vote. Governor Perry made that point as well before he left the race. Why not should the people of South Carolina before this election see last year's return?
Mitt Romney: Because I want to make sure that I beat President Obama … I — I obviously pay all full taxes. I'm honest in my dealings with people. People understand that. My taxes are carefully managed and I pay a lot of taxes. I've been very successful and when I have our — our taxes ready for this year, I'll release them.
Mitt Romney, in one of the most telling, jaw-dropping exchanges of the night at the South Carolina Republican CNN Debate.
Let me reiterate: Romney says if he releases his tax returns now, he may not beat Barack Obama. If he thinks that will quash speculation about his taxes, Romney's sorely mistaken.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
You know, I think it's about envy. I think it's about class warfare. When you have a president encouraging the idea of dividing America based on the 99 percent versus one percent — and those people who have been most successful will be in the one percent — you have opened up a whole new wave of approach in this country which is entirely inconsistent with the concept of one nation under God. The American people, I believe in the final analysis, will reject it.
I think it's fine to talk about those things in quiet rooms and discussions about tax policy and the like. But the president has made it part of his campaign rally. Everywhere he goes we hear him talking about millionaires and billionaires and executives and Wall Street. It's a very envy-oriented, attack-oriented approach and I think it will fail.
Mitt Romney, on Wednesday's Today Show, discussing criticism of Wall Street and the rich. In other words, "Hey, poor people. Y'all are just jealous."
Funny that. A Pew Poll released yesterday shows nearly two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are "very strong" or "strong" conflicts between the rich and the poor—an increase of 19 percentage points since 2009. Also, participants identified the conflict between rich and poor as the largest, strong source of conflict in society:
If Romney is to be believed, at least two-thirds of Americans are just jealous.
Mitt Romney totally understands the struggles of the working class. He talked to one of their ambassadors once as he got his shoes shined next to a private jet. </sarcasm>
Remember George Romney's advice to his son, Mitt: "Never get involved in politics if you have to win election to pay a mortgage."
(h/t to @Shopaholic_918)
Update: I got a message from someone who said he might be getting wanded here via private security check. Either could be possible, but I might need new glasses. Thanks Kelly!
Romney/Gekko 2012 quiz - Can you tell the difference?
My score: 73% - 8 out of 11 questions correct.
Mitt Romney has been a dick since at least age nineteen. For reals. From The Daily Mail:
A newly-unearthed photograph showing Mitt Romney demonstrating in favour of the Vietnam War draft might leave the presidential candidate feeling somewhat embarrassed.
The veteran Republican, then 19, can be seen picketing an anti-war sit-in at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1966.
Romney received a draft exemption based upon his status as a "minister of religion" - basically, an exemption for having been a Mormon missionary. He received numerous deferments after that for educational reasons. Romney portrays his mission in Paris as a time of humbling poverty, but The Daily Telegraph has a different story:
The Republican presidential hopeful spent a significant portion of his 30-month mission in a Paris mansion described by fellow American missionaries to The Daily Telegraph as "palace". It featured stained glass windows, chandeliers, and an extensive art collection and was staffed by two servants.
For most of 1968, Romney lived in the Mission Home, a 19th century neoclassical building in the French capital's chic 16th arrondissement. "It was a house built by and for rich people," said Richard Anderson, the son of the mission president at the time of Romney's stay. Tearful as he described the house, Mr Anderson, 70, of Kaysville, Utah, said Romney aides had asked him not to speak publicly about their time together there.
Romney said of his French lodgings: "I don't recall any of them having a refrigerator. We shopped before every meal". Anderson said that as well as a refrigerator, the mansion had "a Spanish chef called Pardo and a house boy, who prepared lunch and supper five days a week".
Romney added in his comments that "most of the apartments I lived in had no shower or bathtub". He said: "If we were lucky, we actually bought a hose and we stuck it on the sink." He said he was forced to use a hole in the ground and a bucket for a lavatory and said, "I lived in a way that people of lower middle income in France lived, and said to myself, 'Wow, I sure am lucky to have been born in the United States of America.'"
Sounds rough, no? Perhaps it was this time of strife that led him to make his most recent housing decision:
It recently emerged that Mr Romney has plans to quadruple the size of his $12 million California home. The 64-year-old filed an application in San Diego, California, to bulldoze his 3,009-square-foot oceanfront mansion in La Jolla and replace it with an 11,062-square-foot property.
A campaign official said that the GOP hopeful was planning the expansion as the home he bought three years ago 'is inadequate for their needs'.
Mitt Romney: Representing the 1% since 1966, lying about his poverty since at least 2011.
Mitt Romney (center) and his Bain colleagues in a 1980s photo used by Americans United for Change.
The red and blue is not be taken as representative of political party. However, it IS an interesting breakdown of where the interests of the US Congress fall. Alan Grayson has also pointed to lobbying influence as well. At a 2010 conference, Grayson said, "We're now in a situation where a lobbyist can walk into my office…and say, 'I've got five million dollars to spend, and I can spend it for you or against you. Which do you prefer?'"
Much has also been made of Occupy Wall Street promoters like Michael Moore being in the 1%, so why don't they just give away all of their money and make everyone equal, etc… I'm tired of this strawman counter. That's like telling a group of physicians concerned about the situation in Appalachia regarding medical care to stop advocating for change, and to instead donate all their time, money, and supplies to fixing it, or else they are an illegitimate organization and have no right to bitch.
Moore has given generously to charity, including 60% of the profits from Fahrenheit 9/11, he donates half of his royalties from books sold at local bookstores to local libraries (plus the bookstores running the events have all agreed to donate $1 from their sales price) at each stop on his recent book tour, he works with several progressive organizations and with unions, and began the non-profit, mostly volunteer-run Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan - among other efforts. Here, he further explains his thoughts on charity to Sean Hannity.
So let's pretend for a moment that the rich redistribute to the jobless of their own free will. Then what? Do jobs magically appear out of thin air? The need never re-occurs?
Moore explains his viewpoint well on being a member of the 1% and fighting for the 99% in a post entitled "Life Among The 1%" [emphasis mine]:
"How can you claim to be for the poor when you are the opposite of poor?!" It's like asking: "You've never had sex with another man - how can you be for gay marriage?!" I guess the same way that an all-male Congress voted to give women the vote, or scores of white people marched with Martin Luther Ling, Jr. (I can hear these righties yelling back through history: "Hey! You're not black! You're not being lynched! Why are you with the blacks?!"). It is precisely this disconnect that prevents Republicans from understanding why anyone would give of their time or money to help out those less fortunate. It is simply something their brain cannot process. "Kanye West makes millions! What's he doing at Occupy Wall Street?!" Exactly - he's down there demanding that his taxes be raised. That, to a right-winger, is the definition of insanity. To everyone else, we are grateful that people like him stand up, even if and especially because it is against his own personal financial interest. It is specifically what that Bible those conservatives wave around demands of those who are well off.
Anyhow, money is not electing Michael Moore. However, money is electing those who set the policies leading to such wealth disparity in this country. We must pay attention to those who've sold us out and continued the same policies since before many in my generation were even born. Campaign finance reform is crucial, and perhaps we should begin rethinking this whole neoliberal, late capitalism thing.
If your biggest bone to pick with Occupy Wall Street is that Michael Moore is advocating for it, we're well on our way to winning.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
This is a big deal. Dan Siegel, legal adviser to Oakland, Calif. Mayor Jean Quan, resigned over the brutalization of Occupy Oakland protesters and says he now supports the Occupy Wall Street movement. Approximately an hour ago, he wrote on Twitter, "No longer Mayor Quan's legal advisor. Resigned at 2 am. Support Occupy Oakland, not the 1% and its government facilitators."
This came after he encouraged people to mobilize to Occupy Oakland late last night, where another raid resulted in upwards of 32 arrests, according to Occupy Oakland leaders. Police declared the park a crime scene Monday and forced media to leave.
If more high-ranking municipal officials have an attack of conscience and do the right thing, what then? It appears city and state governments are already a titch frightened of the Occupy movement. If their own people refuse to obey or resign in protest, perhaps it will be time to take this a little more seriously. Change from the bottom on up, folks.
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
Also controversial was the collision between three Occupy protesters and a car outside the convention center. [Clare] O'Connor reports that the protesters set up makeshift blockades on streets surrounding the center. One driver, identified as Shawn Valentine, plowed through the blockade, injuring protester Heidi Sippel, her thirteen-year-old son, and her wife Brandy Sippel, who is three months pregnant. According to Occupy, he also hit a fourth victim who is still hospitalized.
Police did not charge the driver — Lt Christopher Micciche says the Sippels "either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle." He adds that "it was essentially an accident where three individuals were injured but they were in violation by being in the roadway." The Sippels, meanwhile, say they were charged with a traffic violation and fined.
Anna North, "Police Bravely Defend Man's Right To Hit Pregnant Protester With Car"
Jesus. This guy hits a kid and a pregnant woman, plus two other people and is NOT cited?! Adding insult to injury, the people he hit were cited. According to The Telegraph, they were cited for "for obstructing traffic and being in the road in contravention of a 'do-not-walk' sign, both of which carry fines."
Fuck everything about this - can you folks imagine the outrage if a doctor working at a Planned Parenthood got angry at the protesters blocking the exit to the parking lot and then plowed into a few? Operation Rescue used this very tactic of blocking streets and parking lots. From the Supreme Court of Florida:
As traffic slowed on Dixie Way and began its turn into the clinic's driveway, the vehicle would be approached by persons designated by the respondents as sidewalk counselors attempting to get the attention of the vehicles' occupants to give them anti-abortion literature and to urge them not to use the clinic's services. Such so-called sidewalk counselors were assisted in accomplishing their approach to the vehicle by the hesitation or momentary stopping caused by the time needed for the picket line to open up before the vehicle could enter the parking lot.
The outcry would be tremendous. Fox would be on the scene within minutes. Now, Operation Rescue was prevented from doing this later by federal injunction. Later, police would direct traffic if need be at Operation Rescue rallies in order to prevent protesters getting hit by cars or traffic snarls.
Why didn't that happen in DC? Where were police? I live in Laramie, Wyoming. When we have huge sporting events connected to the University of Wyoming, our city's population can effectively double for the day. Before and after football (or basketball) games, there's masses of people running across the road, walking on the road, sometimes slapping the hoods of cars that come close, and generally making the busiest road in town absolute hell. Guess what? Police direct traffic. When there's people in the road, you address the traffic situation in order to avoid people getting hit.
Or you can send the message that as long as you are driving a luxury car, like Mr. Shawn Valentine, you can hit all the people you want. As long as they're Occupy protesters. Or poor.
Ah, yes. The Chicago Board of Trade keeps it classy. Remember this? They posted the "We are the 1%" sign in their windows to mock Occupy Chicago. The sad truth is that they're probably not in the 1%.
The truly asshole move is not the dumping of applications themselves. It's that McDonald's most recent hiring day resulted in 938,000 applicants being turned away from even part-time employment at McDonald's. Plus, the traders appear to have violated state law in regards to the Illinois Litter Control Act.
It's cool, though. Because these hippies just need to get a job, amirite?! There's one job opening for every 4-5 people looking, but you just need to TRY HARDER! LULZ! </sarcasm>
The epitome of heartlessness:
What the Costumes Reveal
By JOE NOCERA Published: October 28, 2011
On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a "foreclosure mill" firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes.
Steven J. Baum is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The party is the firm's big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume.
I can't tell you how people dressed for this year's party, but I can tell you about last year's. That's because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last year's party.
This is one photo from the party. Here's the columnist's description:
Let me describe a few of the photos. In one, two Baum employees are dressed like homeless people. One is holding a bottle of liquor. The other has a sign around her neck that reads: "3rd party squatter. I lost my home and I was never served." My source said that "I was never served" is meant to mock "the typical excuse" of the homeowner trying to evade a foreclosure proceeding.
Here are agents of the 1% mocking what the 99% are going through. Is this not class warfare? Why is it only class warfare when we call this out? When we suggest that maybe people losing their homes right and left is unconscionable, it's somehow class warfare waged by the 99%. This kind of mockery goes on, Wall St. continues unregulated, and WE'RE the ones waging war. I beg to differ.
(Source: The New York Times)


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Zhone Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2013 Financial Results
Oakland, CA July 17, 2013 Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in FTTx network access solutions, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013.
Revenue for the second quarter of 2013 was $30.0 million compared to $28.4 million for the first quarter of 2013 and $30.8 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter of 2013, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), was $1.1 million or $0.03 per share compared with net income of $0.2 million or $0.01 per share for the first quarter of 2013 and a net loss of $2.1 million or $0.07 per share for the second quarter of 2012. Adjusted earnings before stock-based compensation, interest, taxes, and depreciation ("adjusted EBITDA") was an adjusted EBITDA profit of $1.3 million for the second quarter of 2013, compared to an adjusted EBITDA profit of $0.6 million for the first quarter of 2013 and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.7 million for the second quarter of 2012.
"We're pleased to announce that we achieved or exceeded our revenue, gross margin and expense targets for the quarter thereby generating positive free cash flow from operations," stated Mory Ejabat, Zhone's chief executive officer. "For the third quarter in a row, we have generated positive net income and cash flow from operations, further strengthening our financial position. We continue to focus on profitability as our number one financial objective and expect to improve that profitability in the second half of 2013."
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at June 30, 2013 was $12.7 million compared to $11.1 million at December 31, 2012.
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This winter was rough, and my skin is still paying for it.
Sometime in January, I started experimenting with facial cleansers that aren't honey. I think I was just going through some sort of weird phase. It got really cold this winter, so I started cutting my nighttime routine short. Our house is super cold, and spending any unnecessary time with water (waiting for it to warm up, rinsing forever to get all the honey off) makes me hostile. The entire honey experience felt exhausting (which I realize sounds super whiny). In an effort to make my face-washing routine quick, I tried some other products.
Now, I don't normally like to call out products I don't like — my aim isn't to dissuade others from trying something that might work for them — but that's exactly what I'm going to do here. This post isn't even about me not liking these products, it's about the lesson I learned from this experience. I'll explain that in a minute. Here's what I tried…
Seventh Generation Facial Cleansing Cloths and Yes to Blueberries Cleansing Facial Wipes
I usually hate facial wipes, but I had purchased the lavender-scented Seventh Generation wipes for camping, and I got the Yes to Blueberries ones in my Birchbox. I kind of figured I should use up my sample, so I started using them, and they were so easy! After removing my makeup with either olive or sweet almond oil, I'd wipe my face with one of these, and then rinse with warm water. It didn't take long for my skin to start drying out and looking dull. I was getting unnecessary zits. Not such a great idea after all.
Wild Honey Apothecary Sweet Cream Alpha Hydroxy Cleanser
Since the wipes didn't work and I had some Birchbox points to burn, I bought this. Maybe this cleanser would work as well as honey, but be less of a pain in my ass? It's made by small company based in Wisconsin, which immediately appealed to me. I looked at the ingredients, and they all sounded amazing (I mean… it has honey in it), so I immediately ordered it. While I appreciate this company for what it is and believe their other products have serious potential for awesomeness, this did not work for me at all. Shame on me for not seeing that the first ingredient is castile soap! Honestly. It dried the hell out of my skin. I started massaging my face with sweet almond oil before using the cleanser, and that helped, but not enough for me to keep using it.
A few weeks ago I thought to myself, "Oh man, remember when my skin looked so good because I used honey? That was awesome." Yeah. Duh. So I'm back on honey now. In just over a week, I've seen a serious difference! My skin is no longer super dry. I've stopped breaking out, the blemishes I had started healing quicker, and my skin feels better. It's not 100% better, but it's getting there.
How I use honey to wash my face:
I use olive oil to remove my eye makeup, massage sweet almond oil all over my face, and slather honey all over on top of the oil (I'm using the same local brand of honey I started using last January). Sometimes I rinse it off right away, and sometimes I leave it on for a few minutes. I make sure to put it all over my lips and keep it away from my hairline. Then I rinse well with warm water, towel dry, spray with toner, and apply serum and eye cream.
This post is a way to remind my future self of the lesson I learned here: I should never use anything other than honey to wash my face on a regular basis. Is it OK to use something different every now and then? Sure. But on a regular basis, it should always be honey. Always.
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The Value of the Liberal Arts Education in Business Today
Over the past several years, many people have asked me how a liberal arts education was at all relevant to a successful career on Wall Street. My response is, If not for my liberal arts education, I could not stay on Wall Street or, for that matter, survive on any other street in todays business world.
From my vantage point, men and women who are successful in business today have a universal constant among them; they are prepared to learn and find ways to adjust to the unexpected. Rather than looking for employees with specialized technical backgrounds, companies now yearn for people who are able to frame a problem, consider options and use reasoning to reach conclusions. The ability to think independently and creatively; to function in an imperfect and constantly changing environment and to make critical decisions under pressure that not only meet short-term objectives, but also realize long-term strategic goals are essential. A liberal arts education helps showcase a students ability to adapt, communicate effectively and think critically through complex problems generating solutions that effectively add value to any organization.
Another constant in business today is that change is inevitable. Management changes, clients problems and needs constantly evolve and the environment in which one operates changes rapidly. A liberal arts education provides a unique perspective on the various dynamics that cause change, how it takes place, the challenges faced by those initiating change and how to adapt to it. To be successful in a dynamic business environment, one must demonstrate flexibility and adaptability necessary to be an agent of change and help implement the new strategic vision for the organization. I have found that colleagues who lack a liberal arts education have trouble adjusting to new strategic visions and goals resulting in frustration and shortened business careers.
Also, more than ever, the global interconnection of business demands that aspiring leaders have a broader understanding of the worldyet another benefit of the liberal arts experience. Changing demographics, increased use of technology and a global economy all have impacted how an individual is valued in any organization. It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain a narrow focus or specialization, particularly for career longevity. The competitive environment is more intense today and employees function under the common rules of natural selection. If a person desires a long and prosperous career in todays fast-paced business world, being the fittest means multi-tasking, cross-training, and recognizing when it is necessary to initiate or accept change in order to respond to the challenges of an evolved business environment.
Fortunately for employers, a liberal arts education prepares a person well for lifelong learning and nurtures intellectual curiosity. An individual with this type of education can meet the demands of todays business world by relying on the intellectual confidence attained while obtaining the liberal arts degree. Taking risks and challenging norms is the very foundation of the liberal arts experience. Every career is enriched by such an education.


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The Fall Of Angels2000 years ago, a rebellion scorched the Earth and sparked a civil war in Heaven. Now the council has regained control and the cause of the rebellion has been dealt with... read more
Demolition LoversI got inspired by the My Chemical Romance song, Demolition Lovers, and decided to write a super short fanfiction based on it.
Vampire Academy: Final ChoiceSet after Spirit Bound, Rose has been cleared of all charges, but still does not know who saved her. After an attack by Strigoi on the Royal Court, where the gang are staying, they must go on the run. My summaries are terrible.
Untouchably BrilliantA oneshot in which BBC Sherlock is the Doctor and Watson is his companion. Wholock oneshot.
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An Appeal to Help Rebuild Bohol
The Churches will be rebuilt. The roads rendered passable. Bridges will be repaired and ports re-opened. The major infrastructure damages will be eventually be addressed. But who will come to help the silent majority made up of farmers, itinerant farm workers, retirees, senior citizens and the simple folk of Bohol who sustained personal losses? Who will financially aid families, whose life savings evaporated in a few violent minutes of frenzied shaking? Bottles of water and food package distributions will not go on forever. When the aftershocks stop and the chance to re-build lives becomes possible, who will help buy a few bags of cement, some roofing materials and housing fixtures to repair the more than 10,000 homes lost and damaged in the earthquake? More importantly, how do we aid people in getting small businesses like bake shops, internet cafes, barber and beauty shops, sari-sari stores, merchandising stores, tailorings, native cakes and sweets makers, BBQ stalls, eateries, market stall vending, food processors, and a hundred other small businesses, to flourish once again? We need a fund that will go beyond distributing food and water packs. We need to rebuild lives. We cannot do so without repairing homes and restoring livelihoods. Come join us. Together, help us REBUILD BOHOL.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
You have your regular old hot and sticky.
And then you have your getting-pummeled-with-soggy/smelly-tomatoes-in-the-middle-of-a-happily-deranged-and-giggling-throng-of-sweaty-people hot and sticky. With a side of mud.
The first-ever Midwest Tomatofest, a daylong celebration Sunday at the Afton Alps Recreation Area that included food and music culminated with 10 tons of the fruit-turned-ammunition being thrown, mushed and heaved in a sodden, crimson-soaked donnybrook.
About 2,000 tickets were sold in advance for the event, and another 400 showed up at the gate on Sunday, said Kamal Mohamed, one of several University of St. Thomas students or recent graduates who organized the event.
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Originally published: 08/01/2011, Star Tribune