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Gearhead Accessories - December 2012Written on January 17, 2013 Parts & Stuff
Rock Crawlin' iPhone Case
San Jose, CA
Price: $16.99
Not everyone has an iPhone, we know this, but this Mickey Thompson cover is awesome. Modeled after the famous Baja Claw tire, this cover is strong, shock resistant, and will keep the phone from sliding on places like your car's dash. Manufactured by RC4WD, the case fits the iPhone 4 and 4S.
HEMI Head-Gasket Key Chain
Milodon; Simi Valley, CA
Price: $11.78
Milodon's Hemi head-gasket key chain has been floating on some of the staffers' key chains around the HOT ROD/Car Craft offices. It's thick, so it doesn't bend easily, and it has a shiny copper coating.
Head Gasket for Your iPhone
id America
New York, NY
Price: $29.95
Straight Three or lousy a V6 head gasket? We aren't really sure, but either way, we like this Iphone case. It comes in a variety of colors: blue, gold, black, silver, grey, and bronze. The case is brushed aluminum with foam padding between it and the phone, and also includes a protective clear stick-on cover for the screen.
Rev'ved-Up Rings
Hi Octane Jewelry
Seattle, WA
Price: $175–$275
It was hard to decide which High Octane Jewelry ring we like best. Most of them shown come standard as .925 sterling silver, but others are offered in gold or platinum. Check out their site to see if they have your make and model car. Most feature tire treads on the back.
Flatheads Forever
O'Brien Truckers
Charlton, MA
Price: $15
You're old school if you have belts that accept belt buckles (we know from experience—they're getting hard to find). You're even more old school if your belt buckle says, "Flatheads Forever."
Old-school cool belt buckle
O'Brien Truckers
Charlton, MA
Price: $15
Now you are even more old school if you can recognize this hubcap belt buckle. It's from a mid-'50s Oldsmobile Fiesta. Called the Fiesta Belt Buckle, it's another one of O'Brian Tuckers cast aluminum pieces.
Tiny Quickie
O'Brien Truckers
Charlton, MA
Price: $10.00
Another item from O'Brien tucking, this quick-change rear-end housing key chain is sheer retro. It's aluminum sand cast, so it won't weigh down your huge ring of keys. It also has a dull finish so it won't look worn out after time.
Here's a tire you'll never have to replace
Brian Bergeron Designs
Providence, RI
Price: $151.90 sterling silver
Brian Bergeron Designs makes a variety of tire-tread rings. We opted for the car-tire styles, but the company also makes motorcycle and dirt-bike styles. The rings are offered in yellow gold, white gold, and even platinum.
Something For the Gearhead in Her
Handmade Jewelry
Price: $24
We stumbled across Jack Priest of Handmade Jewelry #5280 on Etsy.com/shop/HandmadeJewelry5280, a site for people to sell unique art, jewelry, clothing, and more. Jack doesn't do a lot of gearhead stuff, but we thought these sterling and carbon-fiber earrings were pretty cool—well, the women in the office like 'em. Check out his site for other neat stuff, like sprocket-sterling earrings.
Classy Gearhead Cuff Links
CuffLinks.com Price: $50, pair; $150, palladium (shown)
These are so cool that we might go out and buy shirts that require cuff links. The ones shown are the chrome palladium cuff links with black-enamel insets and steering wheels on the back. CuffLinks.com also offers chrome-finished, stainless-steel cuff links for 100 bucks less.


text: Squawk! This is the eagle chick speaking. Today we will be learning "how to draw a eagle", step by step. This eagle that you will be drawing is the famous Bald Eagle. Everyone knows eagles can grow up five feet tall and with a wingspan of forty feet long. That's a huge predator! A Bald Eagle can easily catch a baby deer and fly away with it. What power eh?! I love eagles. So today we will draw one. I used my special Photoshop CS program and my Wacom tablet. These tools help me draw these awesome pictures. The water effect was done in Photoshop as well, using the ripple effect. This image took me an hour to finish. I am getting as many tutorials up as possible for your needs. So enjoy this Bald Eagle and I hope it exceeds your drawing needs.

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Are there any freeware tools that I can use to track time for personal projects.
I would like to create and split the project in tasks and assign time against it.
I am looking for a tool that helps me
- entering my project tasks
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- once that task is scheduled for today I get an email or an alert.
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- just a report at the end of the month that shows my time left and spent
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Listening to music while working: does this help productivity, hurt productivity, or depend on [fill in the blank]? What has research concluded if anything?
(Assume the use of a personal headset or working by oneself.)
Listening to music while working: does this help productivity, hurt productivity, or depend on [fill in the blank]? What has research concluded if anything?
(Assume the use of a personal headset or working by oneself.)
The only research I know about the subject, and still one of my favorite cognitive science research pieces was described in Peopleware (A great book). I don't have it now, so I can't find the bibliography, but I can reproduce the text (copy pasted from the top comment here, which is accurate if my memory serves me: "Do you listen to music while coding?" An analysis. | Hacker News):
On a personal note, I listen to music because my workplace is noisy.
The following statements are based on personal experience. I always have my headphone with me, but put it on only 40% of the time. It really depends on the person, so you might need to experiment it out yourself.
First of all, it depends on the person.
For myself, I will kind of ignore the music when I'm on serious working mode. During the unproductive time, music doesn't help me to get to work either. I sometimes even feel sleepy listening to music during this time. However, some people get actively distracted by the songs they are listening to, making them unable to focus on their work.
Secondly, it depends on the music.
Music that is new to me has higher distraction potential than the music I already know for weeks. So avoid new music while working. Oddly, I haven't noticed any difference between soft and fast songs. They have the same effect on me. I could sleep with music on really loud. There used to be an open bar near my house, it's loud and people are singing every night.
Thirdly, it depends on what you are doing.
You might want to prevent music with lyrics when you are typing or doing something related to words. Because this might increase the chance of your brain interpreting what you hear to what you type. Probably ending up writing a letter with part of the lyrics of the song you were listening to.
UPDATE Incidentally right now I'm listening to a song that is very motivational for me. And I want to add, that songs which motivate you improve your performance. Especially those motivational songs that motivate you to do something out of the ordinary, give courage to move on. And also, songs change your mood. It makes me happy when the song touched me deep to the soul. And happiness is linked to increase of performance as well.
According to my experience with using music, and opinions of my colleagues, I think:
Generally, I find music (no lyrics) and songs that I'm pretty familiar with less distracting. I even use them sometimes as sort of "white noise" to help me focus more as they "shield" me from other noises around me in my work place.
Yet, my best way when I really need to focus for long periods of time, is to refuge to white noise like "rainy mood".
The more the music/song is having less "surprises", too meaningful lyrics or stuff that will make you focus on the music itself, the more it will help you focus.
Mozart Effect 1 is neutral at best
Coincidentally, I recently wrote a blog article entitled "Music to Code By", which talks about the best (and hence worst) attributes for music to listen to when you're trying to concentrate. These attributes are (in summary):
So, to answer the question directly: The right music can help, but the wrong music will certainly hinder.
This really depends on the person, but in general, music does tend to have positive results on your mood and abilities. For this reason it will usually cause people to be more productive. What would hurt productivity is if music is coupled with a stressful environment, because then the mind would be overloaded.
While I would lean to the side of saying that universally, music does increase productivity, I would also have to be cautious and say that the lyrics, mood and intent of the music can have an effect (if words are involved). As a musician, I also know that some music can be depressing (for example a minor key can make you sad), which won't work for most people. Also I'm well aware that while most "humans" would love music, many of us have come to dislike it for some reason or another (or a particular kind/volume of music) - and so we would be negatively affected by it.
I made two observations on this highly subjective topic (and I can only speak for myself):
I do not agree that classical music is diminishing productivity, because there exists both melancholic and rhythmic pieces.
For me, it depends a lot on the task and my mood. With repetitive tasks, it's probably helpful - it makes me more likely to finish them instead of getting distracted with something else. With tasks demanding a lot of concentration (programming, mostly) it's either distracting, or neutral if I'm focused enough that I stop noticing it at all.
Overall, if I had my own office, I'd probably be better off without music most of the time. However, since I don't, the mild distracting effect has to be weighed against the fact that it lets me ignore people talking and other background noise. It can be pretty good at that.
Of course, absolutely ignoring your coworkers may not be the best thing either...
Listening to love songs makes me put more love into my code. So music is a good thing while coding.
I find myself sometimes pausing the music im listening to when working on a difficult concept/problem but leave my headphones in to cancel out background noise.
focus@will streams music selected such that it enhances concentration/ productivity. They back this claim with thorough research: https://www.focusatwill.com/science/science-primer/
This primer also references 38 scientific works which may be relevant to the question.
(The service can be used for free with restricted features. Personally I am highly fond of it!)
I think I remember reading that generally it does affect concentration/performance negatively. People who are really used to working with music, perform better with than without it. But they stay below the level of the others (who aren't used to listening to music while working) when those don't listen to music.
I think this was based from research, I read it in a book on learning for adolescents and that it didn't apply to classical music.
Sorry this is so vague, but I thought I'd share it anyway as it's the closest to some actual research we have here so far.
I find that by listening to music with headphones on I can block other noises from the environment out. When working in an office, other noises distract you as you cannot easily predict them and be able to always tune them completely out. By listening to music you can focus more on the work you are doing.
Of course like other posts suggest in this thread, it really depends on the person and while the music type does matter, its not a simple case of looking for ambient beats. It really depends on what mood you are in, I am working at the moment listening to http://idaho.bandcamp.com/album/you-were-a-dick (not an advert, Im randomly browsing) but another time I can easily work to something like linkin park which can be seen as heavier.
I can only listen to certain kinds of music while I'm working. If the music is new or too complicated (for me) I spend more brain power listening to the music than working.
I've stopped for a while, and I seem to be getting more stuff done, though.
Your mileage may vary, but just pay attention to whether it helps or hurts with music vs. no music, or with Pearl Jam vs. Billy Joel, or whatever.
The effect of music on productivity definitely varies with the person in question, and how they typically interact with the music they listen to. It has been consistently found that people who are of a kinesthetic learning type (i.e. learn best through physical interaction) often feel they learn more efficiently when also listening to music, while with other learning types it can be simply a distraction.
My recommendation if you really want a solid answer for this question is to run an experiment. Find two instances of time that your work will be relatively consistent (same workload, same number of distractions). On one day allow yourself or your workers to listen to music freely; on the other day prohibit the use of any music at all. Make note of what changes occur in productivity as well as the well-being of the worker(s) in question. Typically, I find this is the best answer for knowing whether any particular influence is positively or negatively affecting my life.
On this site they sum up some conclusions from the book The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell, which appears to indicate that certain types of music can make you more productive.
Research from the State University of New Jersey has shown that Baroque music increases your learning ability. I first heard about this at a speedlearning course, where they also suggested Baroque music while speedreading.
I actually use music as an advanced Pomodoro technique. Pomodoros work by associating your brain with the ticking sound when it's time for work. What I do is replace the Pomodoro ticking with a 25 minute or 45 minute playlist, depending on how long I want to focus.
There's a few studies that show that your brain is most efficient on the start and end of a task. That's the key to most timeboxing techniques. The drawback with many techniques like Pomodoro is that you don't naturally know when you're nearing the end of your timeboxed period.
What I do is set the first 15 minutes of a productivity playlist to upbeat 'productive' songs. The last 5 minutes are productive, panicky songs (my personal choice is Bonnie Tyler's Holding Out For A Hero). Then in between insert slower, 'gliding' songs.
If you know how habits work, you'll know that everything starts with a cue. Your first song of a productivity playlist begins with a unique tone as a cue. This will trigger your work mentality subconsciously.
To prevent distraction, use the same songs and condition yourself to them. It takes maybe a day of listening to the same songs for it to kick in. Also don't use songs with uneven beats, like punk or alt rock. Dance songs can be among the best. I'd say classic has 'proven' success because most move between melodies gradually, very much suited to dancing.
It depends a lot. That said, I sometimes find that listening to music that I've never listened to before while working will put me in a state of heightened alertedness. It's as if the concentration I spend on the music carries over to whatever else I'm doing. This works best for data input of not-to-great complexity.
I listen to a lot of electronic music so lyrics that distract is almost a non-issue for me :P But the other problems remain when it comes to new music, or music that is too powerful/too energetic. Because I tend to look more into newer music, Pandora isn't a good music player for me because oftentimes an unfamiliar track will play I have to stop and look what artist and what song it is. I stick with my familiar playlists and play songs that are on heavy rotation.
I can be all over the place with music and tend to go through phases. I use Pandora for this and it serves me great for this. Recently what has been working really well for me is Techno (I strongly prefer no or sparse lyrics) before lunch and Opera in the afternoon (it's taken me a long time to come around to Opera, lemme tell you). I'm also a fan of Ambient, Smooth Jazz, and classical in general.
That said, one of my mainstay's is a 60-minute track of "Pure White Noise". At the right volume, it puts me alone with my thoughts and code into a cocoon.
This is based on my own experience and is aimed towards the area of studying.
I've found that most of the time listening to music while studying hurts, not helps productivity. Sometimes I'll be reading and listening and an entire hour will pass by till I realize that I'm not even processing the words that I'm reading. Yet, there are two occasions when I do permit myself to listen to music while studying.
When distracted
When lacking enthusiasm


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Friday, December 4, 2009
Dream Snow
I created my book Dream Snow after a two year "sabbatical" from making picture books. During this time away, I created abstract art out of my painted tissue papers. I also used other materials such as silk fabric, plate glass, aluminum foil, and plastic sheathing. When I started making books again, I created Dream Snow, the story of a farmer and his animals, and a celebration of Christmas. You might have noticed that instead of a white background the animals in this book are set in front of bright colorful swatches of painted tissue papers as background.
This was a change from my previous way of working. My time away making abstract art was influencing my book art.
I had always been reluctant about making a Christmas book, but when the idea for my book Dream Snow came to me it seemed impossible to resist.
18 comments:
- eileen c said...
Thanks for your insight. I hope the holidays are merry and bright for you and yours.
- December 6, 2009 at 4:42 PM
- 3continentfamily said...
Beautiful! I particularly love the horse and the colorful ground he's standing on.
- December 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- thecatzmeow said...
absolutely beautful!
- December 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Modern Girl Style said...
The images are amazing! I love the abstract influences found in your art.
- December 7, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- АLEKSANDRA MOREL said...
I love it
- December 7, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- vanessa said...
We first read this book with my 2 year old daughter this past summer. She LOVED it. Now whenever I ask her, "What did you dream about last night?" She says, 'SNOW!' Thank you for writing it and creating such beautiful pictures to go with it.
- December 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Jen said...
We read this story all year long. . .my boys love to uncover the animals and say "night night pig!" "night night horsie!"
- December 7, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- tykergirl said...
Around our house we're awfully glad you didn't resist. We enjoy it immensely. Thank you also for sharing some insight into your making it. It's fun to share with my older boys. They still enjoy it but it's much easier for them to say they're re-reading a picture book to see how the author's art has progressed. :)
- December 7, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- tykergirl said...
Around our house we're awfully glad you didn't resist. We enjoy it immensely. Thank you also for sharing some insight into your making it. It's fun to share with my older boys. They still enjoy it but it's much easier for them to say they're re-reading a picture book to see how the author's art has progressed. :)
- December 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- Sarah Butland said...
I have added this book to my son's Christmas list - it's his first Christmas so I know he's a bit young (will be just over a month) but I believe it's never too early to start reading to your child.
Sarah Butland
- December 8, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Peter said...
I teach Kindergarten and First Grade in Greensboro and my children are so excited to learn about you! They will be even more excited when they discover you have your own blog just like our class does. If you have a chance, check out some of our excitement for learning!
- December 11, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Annie said...
HO thrilled I was to see you have a blog, Eric. I am a music teacher who uses your books in class. Better yet, my 3 year old daughter in Maine sent me a video of herself reading "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" Timeless!Naturally I'm sharing "Dream Snow" with her.
- December 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- seema ibrahim said...
Beautiful! ur books and illustration way is always inspiring and amzingly unique.Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.Wish you a very happy holidays and a prosperous healthy new year.
Seema Ibrahim
- December 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- Deborah J. Stewart said...
I am amazed at your art! I love that you have chosen to use a medium such as tissue paper to create - it is so fun to share with preschoolers and let them try too!
- December 18, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- Pene said...
I've loved your books & on Monday (Dec. 21st) I read "Dream Snow" to a first grade English class at the Catholic School in Tartu, Estonia. They loved it. Thank you for all your wonderful books.
- December 25, 2009 at 5:56 AM
- indigodragon said...
I'm glad you were able to take a little break to inspire your creativity. I think as artist's we all need that from time to time. I really like the new technique, and the wonderful, vivid colors!
Happy Holidays and Cheers in the New Year!
- December 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- seema ibrahim said...
With a New Year 2011, Hope it has brought many good new ventures for you. Also happy surprises. May God Bless you! you are a treasure to us and especially to children. I would love to hear more about your latest
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- Mónica Moya Herrezuelo said...
Hello Eric,
Congrats for this book, is wonderful!
Thanks again.
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L'Poni Baldwin is a teenage poetess trying to open up a new avenue in the world of Dragons: Space Dragons!! And she WILL make it "work." Her stories are mostly flash fiction, short stories and (best of all) poetry. She'd love to one day have her own panel at Comic Con where she can do book signings and talk about her book, Dragons & Cicadas. An author can dream a reality!
About The Society On Da Run: Dragons & Cicadas (Adventures with Dragons):
Earth has seen many visitors, from space dragons colonizing the planet in Pre Cambrian times to intelligent insectoids and benevolent owl gods. Follow the adventures of a wide cast of characters as they encounter the dragons of the Draconizica empire, and Ashuton Karrucci, the god of dragons going about his daily life in Italy. From a story about a small town of dragons ravaged by an airborn virus, to a story about a dragon king on a terraformed Mars, to the story of a girl pregnant with a Dragon god, to the story of an owl haunted by death, these flash stories and poems are not bound by the norms of the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres.
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What's the best way to crush malt if you don't have a mill at home?
How much malt would you venture to crush that way?
What's the best way to crush malt if you don't have a mill at home?
I have put malt in a 1 gallon ziplock bag and crushed it with a rolling pin. I have done up to 5 pounds that way in the past. It was touch but it worked. I am sure efficiency suffered. Although, I never experienced any tannin issues from over crushing the hulls.
I have also used the bottom of a flat drinking glass. But that was just for a few ounces and pressing down on the malt with a glass seems scary if the glass breaks in your hand. Probably not the best way.
I'll answer with a method that you shouldn't use - don't use a coffee grinder. It's pretty obvious that you don't want to use a blade grinder, but I thought about using a burr grinder set to the coarsest setting to mildly crush my grains. Before doing so, though, I searched the web and all accounts I read basically said it's called a grinder and not a crusher for a reason. Don't use a coffee grinder to crush your grains. Even on the coarsest setting you'll still over-pulverize your grains and end up with tannin problems.


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I'm new to prgramming on the whole. Followed code above. Stupid ques, when finished making lets say frmClient and frmServer do we save it as a project an then make the project a .exe.
Do i have to compile before we save or make a .exe. Is compile the play button, becuase when i did after creating each form i that didn't get back like a process completed e.g jcreator
How do i end up with a client.exe and a server.exe at the end of the day. Do we send the server.exe like a normal trojan to our victim and we run client.exe on our pc.
If so , how to i actually use the client to connect to victim, what interface and how?
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Includes 4 4.2cm bells and 5 3.5cm caroling bells, 12V DC adapter, and operating instructions
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Jingle Bells, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Come All Ye Shepherds, Away in a Manger, O Come All Ye Faithful, He We Come Caroling, God Rest Ye Merry Gentelmen, I Saw Tree Ships, Auld Lang Syne and While Shepherds Watched Thier Flocks.
• For indoor use only
• Measures approximately 18'L
• UL listed
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I emailed the site to see if these will arrive before Christmas. See how fast they reply.
I had a similar set of these YEARS ago, very cool! If I can get these by this weekend, I'm in for one! (Otherwise I'll shop at my leisure all year...)
@tcayer: I ordered, hoping they arrive in time. Please let us know what they say... thanks!
UPDATE: They replied, and stated the bells are shipped within 24 hours via Priority mail, so it's a good bet! They also stated "As shown in the picture- 'Guaranteed Christmas Delivery or your money back'"
I went back and looked and sure enough, it's small, but it's there. I ordered a set. We leave on vacation on Saturday, so hoping they get here by then!
I've only ordered one other time from here, and there was a delay, due to technical difficulties (when they changed from Jizbee to Dizbee.) I was irritated, but they made it right and sent me a free gift to boot!
A side note: the set I owned years ago had more than 9 bells, and played harmonies. This set has 9, which is one more than the musical scale (do re mi, etc...) I'm actually kind of excited to see how they work. I'm planning to hang them from my balcony at the Contemporary at WDW and piss off my neighbors! Joy to the frickin' world!
"I'm planning to hang them from my balcony at the Contemporary at WDW and piss off my neighbors! Joy to the frickin' world!"
Am I evil?
@tcayer: Evil? Yes, but in a GOOD way!
@tcayer: I completely missed the delivery message in the pic, too... guess it pays to be observant. Thanks for the update!
I also missed the delivery by xmas image in the picture and when I saw this last night I didn't order because I was unsure of delivery time. But I just ordered now


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Hi Forum !
I'm a quite long time owner of R-D16 rotator.
I love it but there is one thing that bothers me a little.
Between each detent, it looks like there is 5° moving range (not sure if I am understandable !!)
When the rotator lock knob is not screwed in, the rotator can be turned a bit (about 5 degrees) if touched.
Is this normal? I did not notice this before (usualy I use 60° detent, and I recently noticed this while playing with the 3.5° detent).
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The Most Aggressive Defense Of Teachers You'll Hear This Year
The guy who asked teacher Taylor Mali, "What do you make?" at a dinner party certainly never thought he'd get this answer.
Betcha didn't think that he was gonna say that!
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Garden Vegetable Linguine
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Loads of chunky vegetables suffuse the linguine in this dish!
Serves: 4 servings
- 1/4 cup diced sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable broth, divided
- 8 ounces linguine or spinach fettuccine pasta
- 2 teaspoons crushed fresh garlic
- 1 1/2 cups fresh broccoli florets
- 2 medium-small yellow squash, halved lengthwise and sliced (about 1 cup)
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup diagonally sliced carrots
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans (optional)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup grated nonfat or regular Parmesan cheese
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- Place the sun-dried tomatoes and 1/4 cup of the broth in a small saucepan, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for about 2 minutes, or until the tomatoes are plumped. Remove the pot from the heat, and cover to keep warm.
- Cook the pasta al dente according to package directions. Drain well, return to the pot, and cover to keep warm.
- While the pasta is cooking, coat a large nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray, and preheat over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, and stir-fry for about 30 seconds, or just until the garlic begins to turn color. Add the vegetables, oregano, and 1/4 cup of the remaining broth. Cover and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
- Reduce the heat under the skillet to medium-low, and add the pasta, the undrained sun-dried tomatoes, and, if desired, the pecans to the skillet mixture. Stir the cornstarch into the remaining 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons of broth, and pour over the pasta and vegetables. Toss gently for about 1 minute, or until the sauce thickens slightly. Add a little more broth if the mixture seems too dry.
- Remove the skillet from the heat, and toss in the Parmesan. Serve hot.
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11 Useful Products Too Embarrassing to Actually Use (Part 2)
We're all for labor-saving devices. As far as we're concerned, the highest goal of science is to help us shirk our daily responsibilities. But there comes a point where making your life easier just isn't worth the humiliation.
All of these products have rocketed past that point, screaming and entirely without pants, using their clown shoes like rudders to steer the embarrassment missile that they have become.
#11. Subs
There is a fine line with sagging trousers. They must hang low enough to upset your parents and impress the other 14-year-olds, but not so low that they'll fall down and reveal the thing you're attempting to compensate for. Regular belts just don't do the trick; what you need is a way to keep your saggy pants up where you say they belong, not where The Man with his fascist "belts" and "waists" wants them.
Enter Subs:
Via Hatchventures.com
This is the Almost Balls model.
Subs buckle around the waist (but, you know, in a cool way; not in some lame "belt" way), and are clipped to the top of the pants to hold them in place. The website calls them "suspenders," but that's not quite right, is it? We already have a name for a piece of fabric that straps about the waist with little dangly clips to hold up the leg coverings below.
We call that a garter belt, G-Munnee.
#10. Solar Face Shield
Via Sungrubbies.com
If you've suffered from skin cancer, have especially sensitive skin or have merely sworn a blood vendetta against the upper-worlders and their precious sunlight, the Solar Face Shield might be for you. It provides full-face, 50+ UPF protection, as well as a convenient Moleman-snout-concealing faceplate. It comes in black polka dot (for the guys), pink polka dot (for the ladies) and or Morlock polka dot (for the Morlocks).
Via Sungrubbies.com
Isn't that the guy who pulled the trigger on the Death Star?
Protecting yourself against skin cancer is important, but there are myriad better ways to do it -- sunblocks, hats, umbrellas -- that don't involve the caustic mockery of strangers and the occasional panicked call to the CDC. In a surprisingly honest (if somewhat ill-advised) marketing move, the website itself even admits that when the company owner wore it in public, "... the visor made her the object of many jokes." She went on to say, however, that "it was fine," because "their day of reckoning will come," right before burrowing beneath the Earth's crust in a giant drill tank.
#9. Keyboard Quiet Cover
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Are you concerned that your big, meaty fingers pounding away at the keyboard might be disturbing others? Well, we think you've got bigger problems, ugly.
But if you're still self-conscious about your keyboard racket, the Keyboard Quiet Cover is a fabric pouch that slides over your apparently solid-steel-and-wind-chime keyboard to dampen the deafening cacophony. There's even a plastic window for hunt-and-peck typists to see their fingers, or just so you can pretend your mouse is radioactive and you're the only man who can stop it before meltdown.
Via Geekstufff4u.com
Though it's kind of hard to explain to your doctor why your arms are rug-burned from the elbows down.
It's not a bad idea, but they make soft-key keyboards for this very reason, and that's a lot less stupid-looking than the forearm hazmat suit. Look at that thing: It's like somebody put your hands in quarantine (and honestly, probably rightfully so; they know what you did with them).
#8. Portable Infrared Sauna
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We can see the point of a sauna at home: all that rejuvenating steam without the perpetually nude human disease bags that make their homes exclusively in gym saunas. But who has the money to build a whole other special-purpose room onto their home just so they can lightly poach themselves in peace? At $399, the Fir-Real Sauna is substantially cheaper ... because it's essentially a tarp draped over a lawn chair and a wet space heater.
This isn't a symptom of the exponentially increasing stupidity of our modern world, however -- these things have actually been around for years, as seen in this Elle ad from 1964.
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Why do we get the feeling that James Bond is trapped in that thing?
Apparently, looking like Baron Harkonnen from that Dune movie is the kind of sexy that transcends generations.
#7. Grab It Pack/Syte Shirt
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We're all basically hauling around a tiny robot army: We've got our smartphones, laptops, e-readers, iPods and Roombas-with-knives-taped-to-them (for self-defense). Unless you want to start carrying a backpack just for cyberwarfare, it's kind of a pain to lug that stuff around. The Grab It Pack finally fixes all that. It lets you haul all your gadgets around in a set of custom-designed, handy pouches that -- bonus -- make you look like a Han Solo/Malcolm Reynolds cosplayer.
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His entire life is spent waiting for someone to brag about something so he can tell them, "Great, kid, don't get cocky."
Surely there has to be a better way to transport our electronics without opening oneself up to endless wounded ranting from crazy-eyed Browncoats. And there is! This is the Syte shirt:
Via Syteshirt.com
Wow, that won't get your ass kicked at all!
It lets you carry your iPad like a kangaroo with a tastefully minimalist joey. The plastic window is also "touch-through," in case you just can't get enough of sarcastic strangers poking you in the chest and asking if you get Reddit on your tits.
#6. Nubrella
Via Amazon
Umbrellas are a pain in the ass. Sure, they protect your head and shoulders from the rain, but the second the slightest breeze kicks up, you suddenly find yourself the unwitting mast for an urban sail that, best case scenario, inverts itself in your hands, and worst case scenario, flies from your grip, whips down the street and spears the Pope in the neck.
Besides, you have to dedicate a whole hand just to umbrella maintenance: Who has an entire appendage to spare these days, what with the Twitters and the Pinterests and all? Wouldn't it be great to have some kind of hands-free umbrella that could stand up to a strong wind? Good news: You can buy one today!
Via Amazon
Bad news: It makes you look like a joke from Demolition Man.
Enter the Nubrella, an umbrella that you strap on and wear around your head and shoulders, thus freeing your hands and completely protecting you from rain, wind, cold and the love and respect of your fellow man.
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Gunvor Group and the financial arm of General Electric have agreed to a lending program that will back part of the commodities giant's oil refinery in Germany, the companies said this week.
By JENNY GROSS
LONDON -- Gunvor Group and the financial arm of General
Electric (GE) have agreed to a lending program that will back
part of the commodities giant's oil refinery in Germany, a
Gunvor official told The Wall Street Journal ahead of
the announcement.
The deal is one of the first instances of a commodity
trading house using "factoring," a lending tool, to finance refining operations, Gunvor
Large globe-straddling commodities houses, which are often
privately held and independent, are increasingly seeking new
financing sources in order to expand liquidity as they move
into owning physical assets like refineries, warehouses and
mines and as trading margins shrink.
In an interview Stefan Gallimore, Gunvor's structured
finance manager, said a 225 million euro ($299 million) program
had been agreed with GE Capital to insulate the Ingolstadt refinery from financial risk.
"This enables us to have available liquidity in able to pay
our suppliers," Mr. Gallimore said. "It's an important way to
be able to manage our risk."
Factoring, a type of financing, occurs frequently in the
banking sector. The deal means that when Gunvor sells products
from its Ingolstadt refinery, for example, it will sell
the invoice to GE Capital who can then reimburse Gunvor
immediately and take a small fee. This frees up cash for Gunvor
by enabling it to receive the payment immediately, rather than
wait for payments from the buyer of the product.
Mr. Gallimore said Gunvor was looking to use this type of
financing in future deals. This program is the biggest
receivable financing program in Germany.
Some of the world's largest commodities traders have
recently introduced other new financing tools. Trafigura in
April issued its first perpetual subordinated bond, raising
$500 million. The move followed a similar $350 million issue by
Louis Dreyfus last autumn.
As these companies increasingly snap up physical assets like
warehouses to service their businesses, capital expenditure has
increased. In turn this has pressured balance sheets just as
prices of many tradable commodities -- like metals and
agricultural crops -- have tumbled since the start of 2012.
Cyprus-registered Gunvor purchased Ingolstadt in 2012 after
the refinery's owner, Petroplus, filed for insolvency. The refinery serves markets in Germany
and Austria.
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WELLSBURG - Members of the Ohio Valley Barbed Wire Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War commented on a recent visit to the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park and heard about transportation available to healthcare facilities for veterans at a meeting held July 10 at Staffileno's on the River.
Laura Beckelhimer, deputy director of the Brooke County Senior Center, told the group a van provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs transports veterans from Brooke and Hancock counties to VA facilities in Pittsburgh Monday through Friday.
The van holds six passengers and arrangements are made, on a first-come, first-serve basis, by calling (304) 527-3410.
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SPECIAL VISITORS — Members of the Ohio Valley Barbed Wire Chapter of American Ex-Prisoners of War, spouses and friends visited the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park, where John Chernenko, the group's president and a member of the park's foundation, showed them the monument dedicated to 27 Brooke County residents who were POWs and 186 who died while serving during military conflicts. Gathered at the site were, from left, Boyd Engle, Bill Daniel, Bill Schwertfeger, Chernenko, Helen Petri, Carol Peklinsky, Nina Barr and Ted Fink. -- Contributed
Beckelhimer said the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provided the van and assumes the cost for its fuel, maintenance and a daily stipend for its driver.
She said the program is currently down to one driver and would benefit from another person with the flexibility to transport the veterans to their medical appointments, which sometimes can involve leaving at 4:30 a.m. and returning to the senior center 12 hours later.
Earlier this month, John Chernenko, the chapter's president and a member of the Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park Foundation, arranged for members to visit the park.
Pete Lallone of Wellsburg said among the 186 fallen service members whose names are inscribed on the park's granite wall are family members, including his brother George, who was killed at the age of 21 while serving in Italy.
Lallone recalled receiving the news through a telegram sent by his parents while he was undergoing basic training in Louisiana.
Lallone and Chernenko both were captured by the Germans while fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.
Located at Brooke Hills Park, the veterans memorial park's granite wall also bears the names of 27 Brooke County servicemen who were prisoners of war during World War II and the Korean War.
Boyd Engle of Glen Dale said of the monument, "That was a very impressive memorial. It looked like something big cities would have. I have told my friends about it."
A former Martins Ferry schoolteacher and principal, Engle was an assistant driver in the Army's 755th Tank Battalion when he was captured in Italy during World War II. Engle said he was struck by shrapnel in the chest and leg, but fortunately it didn't hit any vital organs.
"It's beautiful," said Bill Daniel of Wheeling, who served in an Army infantry unit and faced the guns of a German tank before his capture by the enemy during World War II.
Mike Craig, veterans service officer for the West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance, said of the park, "It was excellent, very well done. You could tell many people put a lot of work into it."
Chernenko said the group plans to place a wreath at the park in September in observance of National Prisoner of War Day.
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I would like to compute the integral $$ I(a) = \int_{1}^{\infty} [\exp( \exp(-a y)/y) -1] dy $$ for $a > 0$.
Note that the integrand is decaying very quickly, even more quickly than doubly-exponentially.
Some numerical simulations suggest that this about $I(a) = O(\log a)$.
One can show that $I(a) = O(a)$, because $I(a) \leq J(a)$ where $$ J(a) = \int_{1}^{\infty} [\exp( \exp(-a y)) -1] dy $$ and $J(a)$ has a closed-form solution $J(a) = O(a)$.
What are the tight bounds on $I(a)$ in terms of $a$? Can one get $I(a) = O(\log a)$ or better ?


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Warren Fackenthall
Warren W. Fackenthall, a resident of Hunters, passed away on May 31, 2011 in Hunters at the age of 71. He was born on July 26, 1939 in Spokane, the son of Sydney Wilson and Loretta Fackenthall.Warren was raised in the Blue Creek area near Chewelah. Warren attended school in Chewelah and graduated from Jenkins High School in 1958. He had moved to Seattle, where he worked in the construction industry. While there, he met the love of his life, Joan Timmerman, and after a brief courtship, they were married on May 26, 1962 in Seattle. Warren worked in construction hanging drywall, drove semi-trucks and worked as a tour guide. He moved to Hunters where he farmed on his brother-in-law Ralph's land and drove log truck. After retiring, he drove school bus for the Hunters School District. Warren loved to hunt when he was younger. He grew to love computers as he got older, learning how to fix and build them for himself and family. Family was the most important thing to Warren, and he never got tired of big family gatherings.Warren was preceded in death by his brother, Roy Fackenthall. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Joan Fackenthall of Hunters; his daughters, Betty Rathbun and husband Troy, Orient; and Ann McCrea and husband Mark, Davenport; his grandchildren, Shandi Rathbun, Skyla Rathbun, Bryanna McCrea, Kyle McCrea and Mitchell McCrea, and his great-grandchildren, Ladamien Reevis and Malakai Reevis.The funeral mass for Warren Fackenthall was held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 8 at Our Lady of the Lourdes (Rock Church) at West End. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com. The Danekas Funeral Chapel and Crematory in Colville is entrusted with arrangements.


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STEUBENVILLE - Carla Gampola never thought she would be sniffing odors at local landfills when she applied for a job at the Jefferson County Health Department seven years ago.
"But when I got the job here, Bruce (Misselwitz, the health department administrator) told me the sanitarian job would be a good fit for me, so I have been using my nose at the two local landfills in Jefferson County for the past seven years," said Gampola.
When Mark Maragos became a health department sanitarian 18 years ago there were no major landfills in the county.
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A?NOSE?FOR?ODORS — Jefferson County Health Department Sanitarians Mark Maragos and Carla Gampola reviewed training materials from an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency seminar on Abstract Nasal Chemosensory Performance Test for Odor Inspectors. Maragos and Gampola have been using their noses for odor inspections for years. - Dave Gossett
"But then the Liberty Landfill was created and it later became the Apex Landfill. And we had the C&D landfill, so we do put our noses to work," laughed Maragos.
"The training seminar was presented by Charles M. McGinley of the St. Croix Sensory Corp. and he taught us about odor regulations and ordinances," said Maragos.
"It all comes down to a person's sense of smell. I may smell something and think it is a Level 4 odor. But Mark smells the same odor and thinks it is only a Level 2. Together we can get an idea of when the odor reaches an unacceptable level. For inspections you want everyone to be on the same page. Together we can determine if the odor has reached a violation level," explained Gampola.
"Each person has a different sensitivity to odor. One person can smell something uncomfortable while the person next to them isn't bothered by the odor. The nerves in the nose are the only nerves that regenerate every 30 days. Detecting odors is all subjective," added Gampola.
"This is not a science and there are no national standard odors," cited Maragos.
"People who notice an odor near a landfill usually don't live near the site. People living in the area are usually desensitisized to a particular odor over time. In fact we are trained to investigate odors by starting at the point away from the odor source and slowly work our way to the odor," Gampola.
Health Department Administrator Bruce Misselwitz said said a prime local example is smelling the coke plant in Follansbee.
"We are used to the smell and really don't pay attention to it. But visitors to the community immediately notice the coke plant odor. And barometric pressure may cause the odor to puff into the air," said Misselwitz.
"It also depends on the wind and the speed of the wind, weather conditions, where the complainant might be when they notice the odor and the contour of the land," according to Gampola.
"For inspectors like us the best thing is to not stay at a site for a long period of time. We have been taught it is best to spend 15 minutes sniffing the air for an odor, leave for an hour and then come back for another 15 minutes. You really don't want someone there eight hours a day," remarked Maragos.
"Even with the flares and gas collection system there are still periods of time when the landfill will put out puffs of odor," cited Gampola.
"The sanitarian have to check odors and make sure the landfills comply with their odor control plan," Misselwitz said.
And Maragos raised an interesting twist to the odor complaints.
The same smell of hydrogen sulfide that can be detected to a landfill now also can be detected through the shale drilling process. They are very similar odors. That makes our jobs even harder when drilling operations operate in the vicinity of a landfill," stated Maragos.


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I'm reading Music, Physics and Engineering (H. Olson 1967), and contains models of musical instruments as electric circuits, i.e. uses the analogies between electrical circuits and mechanical (mass-spring-dashpot) systems. (The idea is that the reader will be more familiar with the electrical circuit representation.)
In some of these systems he uses (without defining) a "quadripole" circuit element. A specific instance is to represent the sound board of a guitar (or other string instrument).
I've seen some vague references that it performs some sort of amplification, but I would like to known a reasonable approach for mathematically representing it's effect within an electrical circuit.
Another possibility is that the term "quadripole component" has fallen out of favor, and there is some other more modern name for this type of thing.


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It's been a busy past month and we're pleased to share some of the helpful, fun and just downright odd things we've found on the net.Turtle noses, real angry birds and creative logos are just some of what we're pleased to share! Enjoy.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses
Ever wondered what it'd be like to have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle on your nose? No, neither did I, but then we saw some rather great pictures of what it'd look like!
Real Angry Birds
The smartphone's favourite – Angry Birds – makes its move to the jungle. Courtesy of photo manipulations by Mohamed Raoof, we can now see what the world would look like if Angry Birds existed in real life!
What's in a logo?
Not mind bending subliminal messages, don't worry! But there are loads of creative logos out there with hidden messages/images that you may not have noticed. Here's just a few of our favourites:
How Recruiters Use Social Networks
Is social media important to recruiters? Yes it is. 69% of applications may have been rejected because they LIE on their online profiles, but 68% were also hired based on their (true) online portfolio. Click here to see more.


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New used container and pallet packaging Website
June 08, 2011 - MMH Editorial
A new website dedicated to the sale and resale of used containers and pallets was designed to give plastic containers and pallets a second life. This green initiative-based Website allows anyone who has containers or pallets that are no longer needed to easily list their items on the site.
Buyers looking for used or overstock product can easily navigate the site to find the container or pallet that meets their needs perfectly.
The concept is to create value for the seller and provide a good deal for the buyer while also helping the environment by reusing instead of making new product.
The site is run by Flexcon Container, a leading U.S. manufacturer and provider of totes and containers for manufacturing, distribution and warehousing applications.


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More than 13 hundred WKU students became graduates today.
Two commencement ceremonies were held to honor those obtaining their degrees.
The WKU spirit was alive in the students as they prepared to take their walk across the stage at Diddle Arena and prepared for the rest of their lives.
"I've already started my job that I went to school for. It took me a little but longer to go to school because I was working and everything, and I've got a family back home, so I'm just really excited to be out of here and start my life," said WKU Graduate Caleb Smithson.
In true WKU fashion, each graduate was given a red towel after accepting their diplomas.
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'Agon' and 'Symphony in Three Movements'For a first-timer...
Posted 20 January 2007 - 02:05 PM
Does anyone have any tips on what to look out for, highlights, how they should be performed etc? Or, just for discussion's sake, does anyone have any views on or favourite moments in these three ballets?
Posted 20 January 2007 - 03:10 PM
I guess the best place to start is "Welcome to Ballet Talk" and to say it's a great program. I could write a book on each of the ballets (on Agon, I practically have. . .) Let me try some quick comments.
Agon, like all of the ballets and the music, should have a real bounce to it. The dancers should have weight, but always look ready to spring upwards. The most interesting man I've ever seen it was the originator of the pas de deux, Arthur Mitchell on tape and coaching the role and he had an almost softshoe quality from his training that I've not seen in anyone else. People feel differently, but I also agree with Mitchell who said that Balanchine told him that the woman should not do anything in the pas de deux, and let the man do all the work of manipulating her into position. Silly observation - for me, the moment right after the pas de deux where the other dancers reenter reminds me of West Side Story!
For Violin Concerto, watch for the last movement. After all the modernity, it should feel like Russian folk dance. It's a shame they aren't doing a little Balanchine/Stravinsky piece d'occasion with it called "Scherzo a la Russe". It's a Russian folk dance that tells you where the movement comes from.
I saw Symphony in Three Movements last night. Balanchine and Stravinsky are doing a bit different things here. The middle movement I believe (off the top of my head, I may be wrong) was from sketches of a film score - Balanchine went for Orientalism. It's quite a massive work, almost like a Hollywood production number (Balanchine Girls!) gone modernist.
Does that help? Enjoy!
Posted 20 January 2007 - 03:26 PM
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Posted 20 January 2007 - 03:38 PM
In addition to what Leigh wrote, I would say in Violin Concerto the two pas de deux should have 2 distinct qualities. The first is a bit of a contest or there should be a certain tension that comes with having two people at equal strength. In the second, I always felt that the woman should be a little more pliant, with the man guiding a bit more.
Again, as Leigh wrote, there's a Russian folk feeling. All through the work there's bits of "personality." The opening is very playful. But throughout, if they "act" it's ruined. Also in the last movement, watch for the dancers moving across the stage -- some of the corps actually have to dance off stage and then move en mass back on. Hard to describe but you'll know the part when it comes.
Posted 20 January 2007 - 05:51 PM
Cocktail trivia: Agon was the first of Stravinsky's compositions to use a full 12-tone row -- it's in the Coda of the first Pas de Trois.
Posted 20 January 2007 - 07:59 PM
Scherzo - you've got to promise to come back after the show and report. With three masterpieces like that, I just wrote my friends in Brum and told them they *had* to go.
Posted 21 January 2007 - 01:34 AM
Kathleen, I did know about the 'contest' meaning but not about the piece's Renaissance influences. That's very interesting, and quite unexpected: definitely something to look out for.
In addition to what Leigh wrote, I would say in Violin Concerto the two pas de deux should have 2 distinct qualities. The first is a bit of a contest or there should be a certain tension that comes with having two people at equal strength. In the second, I always felt that the woman should be a little more pliant, with the man guiding a bit more.
(Sorry Dale, I don't know how to label your quote.) I have seen the Nonesuch recording of SVC, and I did 'get' these two qualities, partly because of Von Aroldingen's power and the fact that Martins towered over Mazzo. Is it usual to cast short/tall in the second pd2?
I am very intrigued now about Symphony in Three Movements: Balanchine Girls as space-age Wilis could only be a good thing! So is it another big corps number, with lead couples?
Leigh, I promise I will write a review (however ignorant). I understand that you are not exactly enamored of British Balanchine style. Have you ever seen the BRB in Balanchine?
Posted 21 January 2007 - 06:54 AM
In Volume 2 of "Balanchine Celebration" videos from the Nonesuch Balanchine Library series, from a 1993 live performance to honor the 10-year anniversary of Balanchine's death, there's a perfomance of Agon. Darcey Bussell danced the central role with Lindsay Fischer. Volume 1 has a performance of Scherzo a la Russe, too.
The opening tableau of Symphony in Three Movements is spectacular.
Posted 21 January 2007 - 09:17 AM
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Posted 21 January 2007 - 01:56 PM
I am very intrigued now about Symphony in Three Movements: Balanchine Girls as space-age Wilis could only be a good thing! So is it another big corps number, with lead couples?
That is a very good capsule description -- one of the (many!) things I love about this ballet is the way it opens up the space (literally -- the side curtains are drawn way back so that it's a much wider stage than usual) and the interlocking images in the corps. In some ways it reminds me of a ballet mechanique, combined with a Busby Berkely number (the long diagonal lines or the corps in sequential action are thrilling).
The 'second' couple has a great entrance (zooming out of the wings and into the air) -- Carrie Imler and Jonathon Poretta have done it here at Pacific Northwest Ballet and they just knocked us all out.
Have a great time in the theater, and come back to tell all!
Posted 21 January 2007 - 02:50 PM
Don't worry, I will! It's quite a while off, I think I'm going on the 21st Feb. I thought I'd start researching early: everyone on this board is so knowledgeable!
Have a great time in the theater, and come back to tell all!
Posted 21 January 2007 - 04:11 PM
That is always a danger, and if the ballets have been mounted with care to detail, and the dancers have absorbed each work's special individuality, sameness should not be a problem. On the other hand, even City Ballet, during those best-forgotten years around the turn of the millennium, was dancing too many works with too much sameness.
I have to say, when I heard about the programme, after my initial 'yay!!!!' response I thought that an all black-and-white, Balanchine-Stravinsky programme might be a bit......same-y (not in a bad way).
Meanwhile, NYCB's website gives cursory notes on the ballets: Agon, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Symphony in Three Movements.
I'm sorry it's so far off. I'm really eager to read your review. :huepfen024:
Posted 20 February 2007 - 03:06 PM
(I've kept in this thread as the review sort of relates to the thread, but feel free to move it)
STRAVINSKY STAGED; 20th Feb 07; The Lowry; Birmingham Royal Ballet
Absolutely LOVED it, especially the single finger click. Certainly a contest-like atmosphere, with much of the first part reminding me of limbering up, and also with everyone performing identical moves. Courtly manners evident in the way each dancer acknowledged one another as they entered. The little interludes were just perfect! I loved Agon for its wit and style.
First pd3: Robert Parker, Laetitia Lo Sardo, Arancha Baselga
Parker had loads of energy and was probably the most Balanchinean dancer in the evening. The two women were very crisp, Lo Sardo with great sassy attitude (whether appropriate or not).
Second pd3: Virginia de Gersigny, Jamie Bond, Joseph Caley
Overall, this made less of an impression. There is a fine line to tread between simply being blank-faced and being blank-faced and knowing why. I think that these three fell into the former category. Slightly fumbly with what must be a really difficult balance at the beginning. In general this trio is made up of less experienced dancers, so hey.
Pd2: Jenna Roberts, Tyrone Singleton
While being passive and manipulated, Roberts' expression and poise (poise! Something kind of lacking in the rest of the dancers - I think the ballet needs it. What do you think?) suggested that she knew what she was doing, she was simply allowing Singleton to use her body to do what he wished. She had the power on that stage. No one mentioned whether this pd2 should have an erotic quality: it did (without being crude).
It was like a tournament, with each couple with some sort of 'attendant' corps member. Love the final image identical to the opening.
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
This is the one ballet that I have seen before, on the Nonesuch recording, no less!
Aria I: Elisha Willis, Robert Parker
Aria II: Nao Sakuma, Iain Mackay
Willis had lovely line and quality of movement. However, is that what this role needs? Aroldingen had great Presence, and I think that is what Willis didn't quite have. She has the most fantastic first entrance, galloping with the trumpets, but it was more of a skip than a full-on charge. She seemed overly classical in the use of her arms and I suppose generally wasn't relaxed and natural enough. Lovely to watch, though.
Parker had the same energy as in Agon which I think was a bit much at times. There is a repeated jump in the first movement which is like a bit like a fall travelling upstage (do you know what I mean?). Bart Cook on Nonesuch reminded me of a Broadway musical (don't laugh). Parker made it look like a karate chop. I think that this role needs a lighter touch, an even more tongue-in-cheek feel. But his abandon was exciting.
Sakuma I think was the best overall. Vibrant and with 'attack'. In the second Aria, she did not seem as submissive as Mazzo, but it worked anyway. I would have put her in the first Aria, because she had sharper and more powerful movement than Willis.
Mackay (BRB's resident super-hunk) didn't make that much of an impression. In the second (for me, rather uneasy) Aria, at times he looked like a violent threat to Sakuma, advancing on her, at others more tender. This gave the Aria a precarious feeling, like Sakuma dealing with her drunkard boyfriend (hmm, great analogy, genius. It's late). I'm not sure that I liked it. Strong dancing, of course.
Dale mentioned acting in the last movement. You know that corny laugh they do in operas? I thought the leads were going to break into that, they had such happy-happy expressions. But I loved it because, like Pujol in Jewels, it was really genuine. Willis gained speed, Mackay gained a sense of fun. I feared that they wouldn't reach the final pose, but they did and it was all terribly exhilarating. Hurrah!
Symphony in Three Movements
(In order of appearance (!))
Lei Zhao, Dominic Antonucci
Nao Sakuma, Robert Tewsley
Ambra Vallo, Chi Cao
First movement
The diagonal line!!!! Sorry, but I nearly yelped with joy. When the curtain went up, there was as close to a gasp as one will get from a British audience. Enough said.
Flying entrances all round, very exciting. The third couple to enter have a different character to the other two, and I think it's a pity that this wasn't developed since they disappear until the third movement. As, of course, does everyone except the second couple to enter. Overall, the amount of movement onstage is amazing, everyone is doing something, like the corps doing windscreen wiper movements with their arms. Energy!
Random thought for the day: Leotards can be so-o-o unflattering.
Second movement
The slightly ironic music was interesting, it gave the pd2 a rather cheeky feel. There was humour here, but this pd2 did not to me have the same amount of character as the others in the evening, whether because of the dancing or the choreography.
Third movement
Movement being the operative word here. Constant energy, it did give me a rush. But so much movement, it felt like too much to be honest. I think it looked a bit cramped (when the corps lines each side of the stage facing the front, one poor girl ended up in the wings, with her nose pressed right up against the cloth) and as a result, I just got the impression of general movement. Overall, Symphony in Three Movements was the work that failed to gel for me.
So, there you are. Overall it was a fan-tastic evening. I suddenly realised before the show that I had stupidly only booked for one performance, and so I asked my parents to book for tomorrow evening and I'm going again!
(Very convoluted) Question: I was in the centre of the front row of the circle today (first level above ground level) so I was close to the stage which was practically at eye-level. There were many, many empty seats ( come on people, try something new!!!). Tomorrow my seat is at the back of the upper circle (level above). There will very probably be many, many empty seats at circle level. Is this programme one that would benefit being seen from a higher angle, or shall I try to sneak downstairs into the circle?
Phew, what an essay! I'll try to be briefer tomorrow....
Posted 20 February 2007 - 04:19 PM
First, I think most Balanchine ballets are best seen from above, so I do not recommend moving down. In fact, if you'd asked me ahead of time, I might have recommended moving up!
We have an interesting old thread, "What's Going on in Agon," which might bring some perspective. Placing it in the context of Balanchine's life, which this thread does, adds dimension to it.
Also, you might want to check out some of the recent reviews of Miami City Ballet, which has just danced Symphony in Three Movements.
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It was all about property at the Bowling Green City Commission meeting on Tuesday night.
The city approved on the second reading an annexation of about 10 acres near the Smallhouse and Cave Mill road intersection on Tuesday night.
"Anytime that we have a landowner that approaches us wanting to annex their property, in most cases we're going to do that a majority of the time. It is certainly to our advantage to annex that property," said Bowling Green City Commissioner Joe Denning.
City officials say this now limits confusion by bringing it into the city limits.
"It's difficult to respond in some cases to an emergency situation when you don't know if one side of the road is in the city, the other side is in the county. So, i just think it was important to bring it into the city," said Bowling Green Mayor Bruce Wilkerson.
The city also gave away some roadway responsibility to WKU.
The university approached the city about this.
From Regents all the way to College Heights Boulevard will now be maintained by the university.
"It has essentially become a pedestrian walkway for the most part with students, if you've ever been through that area, especially in the daytime, students are everywhere," said Wilkerson.
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In the agreement, the city is asking the road remain open to the public and not closed off just for pedestrians.


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I have several questions concerning the proof. I don't think I quite understand the details and motivation of the proof. Here is the proof given by our professor.
The space of polynomials $F[x]$ is not finite-dimensional.
Proof. Suppose $$F[x] = \operatorname{span}\{f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n\}$$
Let us choose a positive integer $N$ such that $N > deg (f_i)$ for all $i = 1,\dots,n$. As $\{f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n\}$ spans $F[x]$ we can find scalars $a_1, a_2, \dots,a_n$ such that $x^N = a_1f_1 + a_2f_2 + \cdots + a_nf_n$. Then the polynomial
$$G(x) = x^N - a_1f_1 - a_2f_2 - \cdots - a_nf_n \equiv 0$$
is a polynomial of degree $N$ which is identically zero. This is a contradiction since $G(x)$ cannot have more than $N$ roots.
- Why is $G(x)$ identically zero and what does it mean for it to be identically zero?
- After obtaining that $G(x) = x^N - a_1f_1 - a_2f_2 - \cdots - a_nf_n \equiv 0$, why must we have more than $N$ roots?
What is the motivation behind choosing $N$ such that $N > deg (f_i)$ for all $i = 1,\dots,n?$
What are the implications if we chose $N$ less than or equal to $f_i$ such that $f_i$ has the greatest degree? How will the proof fail in this case?
If there are any other important details and key insights that are worthy to be pointed out please let me know so that I can better my understanding of the argument presented.


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6 Unlikely Friendships in Movies (That Make No Damn Sense)
Entire genres of film exist purely to give us wacky pairings of characters, like a straight cop and a wacky cop, or a white cop and a black cop, or a black cop and a Chinese cop (apparently cops are pretty racist). But often the weirdest partnerships are the ones the movie doesn't seem to think are wacky at all. These are the cohorts and conspirators that, in real life, would have no reason to trust each other with a lunch order, let alone their lives.
Like ...
#6. Obadiah Stane and the Terrorists in Iron Man
In Iron Man, Jeff Bridges plays Obadiah Stane, Tony Stark's second-in-command at Stark Industries and the guy who oversees the company's business strategy ... which consists of secretly selling Stark Industries missiles to Middle Eastern terrorists, thereby forcing the government to buy even larger weapons and making a shitload of money for Tony.
Ever since Apple's rise, the bearded lunatic has been a critical component of corporate success.
Eventually, Obadiah grows tired of the "for Tony" part and makes a deal with the terrorists to have Stark executed. However, the terrorists fail to keep up their end of the bargain and hold Tony hostage instead of killing him, forcing him to build a free missile for them. Tony uses the materials to build an Iron Man suit instead and kicks all of the asses.
"We locked a disgruntled weapons designer alone in a room full of parts! How could this have backfired?"
Why It Doesn't Make Sense:
Let's set aside for the moment the fact that Obadiah is a pretty smart guy who still somehow bases his entire plan on the assumption that a bunch of terrorists won't screw him, even though they're, well, terrorists. Maybe they seemed really trustworthy on the phone.
Even then, Obadiah knows that these guys are only in business with him because he has missiles, so he ... sends them the guy who invented the missiles and completely trusts that they won't keep him to themselves? To just make them some missiles? That would be stupid even if his partners weren't terrorists.
And that's the other thing. How exactly was Obadiah planning to keep the company afloat after killing the guy who invents all the weapons?
"We're in the scarf business now."
This isn't like Apple losing Steve Jobs -- Stark Industries is a one-man show. The movie makes a major plot point of this -- when Obadiah asks a team of Stark Industries' best guys to reverse engineer Tony's work, they're completely clueless. Even with his blueprints, computers and all the resources of a huge weapons manufacturing company, they still can't match the work Tony did in a cave.
The reason they couldn't replicate his genius is that all of them were sober.
Worst of all, Obadiah almost thinks they're shitting him when they tell him this, as if he had somehow never noticed that Tony was inventing everything his company sold. Hell, even the terrorists could see that it was stupid to kill Tony, yet apparently it never occurred to the man who worked alongside him for decades.
#5. Leonard Shelby and John "Teddy" Gammell in Memento
Christopher Nolan's Memento is the inspiring tale of a man with no short-term memory trying to avenge his wife's murder despite his disability. He does this with the help of an annoying sidekick named Teddy, a Polaroid camera and butt tattoos.
Nolan missed a golden opportunity for product placement here.
"Teddy," we later find out, is actually a corrupt cop named John Gammell who has been taking advantage of Leonard's memory problem to turn him into his own personal hit man: He makes "a little money on the side" from every guy that Leonard kills under the impression that he's found his wife's murderer ... only to forget everything and do it again. However, a deliberate misunderstanding causes Leonard to kill Teddy at the end of the movie. Or the beginning. Not sure.
The synopsis is probably carved on our back somewhere.
Why It Doesn't Make Sense:
Actually, Teddy didn't die because of a misunderstanding -- he died because that's what happens when you get yourself an amnesiac assassin. That, or at least jail time.
Even accounting for Leonard's combat skills (presumably a consequence of never being sure if your one-hour exercise routine is finished), the fact that he has no memory still makes him the world's sloppiest personal killer. First of all, he is literally covered in evidence pointing toward Teddy: This is a guy who takes pictures of every single person he meets and permanently tattoos onto his body every thought that goes into his head. Teddy knows that and even teases Leonard about it. There's also the simple fact that Leonard doesn't even remember Teddy, and because of that he never really trusts him.
Also because he betrayed both Neo and Tony Soprano.
Add that general distrust to the fact that Leonard has a huge tattoo on his chest saying his wife's killer is called John G. and we're not sure why Teddy would even want to hang out around him. Presumably Leonard has noticed before that his real name is John and his surname begins with a G. Even with the fake name, it still seems like a ridiculous risk to take, especially when there are hundreds of less intricate ways he could have ripped off drug dealers of their money.
But hey, the fact that Teddy never saw any of this coming means that, at least, his death was no big loss for the police department.
"Man, I should really change my name. To John ... Grey. Yeah."
#4. Hans Landa and the Basterds in Inglourious Basterds
In Inglourious Basterds, Hans Landa is a Nazi officer known as "The Jew Hunter" due to his skills tracking down and killing God's chosen people, a job he greatly enjoys. At the end of the film, Landa recognizes that the Nazis will eventually lose the war and makes a deal with Brad Pitt and Ryan from The Office to allow Hitler's assassination in exchange for a full military pension and American citizenship.
"It's mostly white people in America though, right?"
Once Hitler is dead, however, the Basterds betray Landa and give him a brand new swastikut.
Why It Doesn't Make Sense:
Let's try to look at this from Landa's perspective: He knows everything about the Basterds, so he's aware that they are extremely devoted to Nazi killing -- suicidally so. He pretty much called them terrorists to their faces and saw they had friggin' suicide bombs strapped to their ankles. They do not give a shit about anything but killing Nazis, and yet Landa for some reason thought they would make an exception with him and not carve a swastika on his forehead.
"Here is a man who can be relied on for his restraint."
And that's the worst part here: Landa is appalled when the Basterds kill his friend and do their number on him. He didn't know this was a thing people did. We're talking about a Nazi officer and a remorseless killer here.
Remember, he didn't have to put himself in that situation -- Landa was the one who set the conditions of the deal, not the Americans. He was the one who decided that Pitt and his partner should get their weapons back when they exit German territory and carry him as a prisoner the rest of the way. He could have just as easily demanded they let him take a bunch of his guys to make sure there was no funny business, and that no sharp objects were allowed within a 10-mile radius of a Basterd. Hell, he's letting them kill Hitler: He could have demanded anything and they would have still said yes.
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Charlotte (7-5 overall) finished with a season low two hits against the Tigers who improved to 15-4 and recorded six hits. After the second inning, the game was tied until the seventh when Auburn scored the game-winning run.
Auburn jumped on the 49ers in the first inning and used two hits to secure a 1-0 edge. But the Tigers' advantage was short-lived because the Niners responded in the second inning. Samantha Slade led off with a walk and stole second base to get into scoring position for the 49ers. Kalie Lang's single to leftfield that scored Slade tied the game 1-1.
Both teams went back and forth but came short of connecting their hits with runs until Auburn hit consecutive doubles in the seventh inning with two outs to retake the lead, 2-1.
Charlotte's only other hit was registered by Briana Gwaltney who is on a ten-game hit streak.
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Kjolhede will discuss Zen Buddhism and the positive impact meditation can have on people's lives. Kjolhede's visit is a popular annual event at Geneseo; he has more than 20 years of experience teaching at the Rochester Zen Center and has traveled and trained extensively in Japan, India, Tibet, China and Taiwan and creates a fun and welcoming atmosphere. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff and the public.