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June 23, 2013 4:00 AMFirst thought as I settled in for Game 7 of the NBA Finals the other night: OK, which one is Kobe?
Wait, Kobe Bryant isn't in this thing?
Is that legal?
All right, no, I'm not that ignorant; just awfully close. I don't follow the NBA, but the general presumption that people who don't follow the NBA hate the NBA can't be validated by me.
I don't hate it; I'm just not terribly amused by it, and judging from Game 7, I'm not the only one, because there was Bill Russell in a courtside seat in Miami yawning the biggest, longest, brain-oxygenating, 6-foot-11 yawn you'll ever see right in the middle of the action.
OK, maybe it was during a timeout.
"Hearts are racing, heads are pounding," play-by-play guy Mike Breen was telling me, but Bill Russell was yawning.
Bill Russell.
This was long after Breen mentioned that Russell led his team to victory in all 10 Game 7s he played in as the legendary center of the Boston Celtics, and that that included Russell's 5-0 record in Game 7s of the NBA Finals.
It would not surprise me if every one of those games was against the Philadelphia 76ers. To youthful 76ers fans such as myself, Russell was Darth Vader before anyone had ever even dreamed of Darth Vader.
Because that seems like 150 years ago, and because I've been in Pittsburgh for the most recent 30 of 'em, the NBA has been in a long, slow fade from my consciousness due to its diminishing utility for my purposes. There's no team here, and neither that fact nor the fact that I haven't watched an NBA game all the way through in three decades causes me undue heartache.
Michael Jordan? Missed that whole thing. I'm good with it.
But since there was such a kerfuffle over the wondrous Game 6 of these Finals and since the Pirates are out of town and since the Steelers are just trying to stay out of trouble until training camp and since the Penguins remain scoreless, I decided to go a full 48 minutes (or more?!) with the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs.
First thought when Tony Parker scored the first basket of the game for the Spurs: Well, two points won't win it.
As it happens, I've actually got a problem with that. I like team sports where the first team to score can win on the merits of that score. You know, like whoever is playing the Penguins. A first-inning run or a first-possession touchdown that holds up feels more like drama to me than 183 points in 48 minutes, but again, that's just me. Please though, could we agree on an end to the reporting of NBA partial scores? What, Denver 44, Minnesota 38 in the second quarter? Oh yeah, that one's over.
LeBron James tied Game 7 at 2-2 in less time than it took to type that last sentence. Now this James kid I've heard of. Saw him recently on the Internet hitting consecutive shots from half court as easily as if he'd been standing at the foul line. I'm no expert (established), but I doubt that King James' level of strength and skill has ever come to this game in the same individual.
With the Heat playing for a final shot at the end of the first quarter, James dribbled toward the intersection of the sideline and the half court line to gather himself before starting the last play. It's no longer obvious why he shouldn't just fire it from there and save everybody a lot of banging.
The size and speed and skill of the players is astounding, but the basic geometric problem of the game is much the same as it was 30 years ago: The basket is either too low or the players are too high, by which I mean tall, or long -- yes that's the relevant term now. They're very long.
The basket, just about 10 feet off the floor since Naismith first nailed it to the wall, should be raised to about, oh, 20 feet. That would change a few things, length wise, but scientists have warned it could also slash ESPN's highlights inventory by roughly 69 percent.
It takes a really sophisticated analyst to give any legitimate commentary about players with skill sets so immense as the Heat and the Spurs, but Jeff Van Gundy is up to it, even if he insists on saying that certain players should or should not be putting the ball "on the ground."
There's no need to be stealing football clichés for these telecasts. Putting it on the ground has replaced fumbling in the football lexicon, but there is still a floor in basketball. The analyst should refer to the floor when necessary, and the play-by-play guy can stick entirely to the five basic basketball clichés by which any game can still be fully covered: push it up, pound it in, kick it out, put it up, knock it down.
There's no need to say anything during the foul shooting portion of the program, unless someone wants to explain to me why the players who are not shooting feel compelled to go to the line and congratulate their shooting teammate whether he makes the shot or not.
He makes it, he gets two fist bumps.
He misses it, he gets two fist bumps.
It'll be another 30 years before I understand that.
Overall though, I guess I enjoyed Game 7, although probably not as much as Bill Russell.
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One of three ads I directed and edited for Fat Atom client Indiana Limestone Company. These were part of a marketing campaign that included magazine ads (which I photographed). The other videos can be seen at the Mother Nature Disagrees landing page.
I co-wrote, directed, shot, and edited this 30 second spot for Fat Atom client L.F. Steelworks.
I create a quarterly demo reel for Fat Atom, featuring some of our work from the past 3 months. They are full of video and photography I've shot, motion graphics created to bring websites to life, and 3d animations... and of course editing to bring it all together. You can see past demo reels on Fat Atom's YouTube page.
Fat Atom uses this piece for YouTube advertising. It's actually the opening credits to a short "episode" that I wrote, directed, shot, and edited as a way for Fat Atom to introduce itself and its creativity to potential new clients. The Fat Atom-ized opening credits were such a big hit, Fat Atom has completed one other opening credits montage with more planned for the future.
This video I created for Fat Atom client banc-serv is used on their website as well as at trade shows. I also created the motion graphics that are used as interstitials between the video pieces.
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Overview video for Imagine Products' architectural drawing iPad application Plan Pad. I wrote, produced, directed, shot, and edited this piece in the fall of 2012.
Fun little video I wrote, shot and edited for Imagine Products ShotPut Pro 5 software.
Built and animated the double-e in Cinema 4D, then brought the result into Motion to finish off their new logo identity piece. Built the sound effects from royalty free audio files.
I created this 3D animation to show a van wrap design that Fat Atom completed for our client, Gripp.
This motion graphic piece is based on an infographic by ExactTarget. Fat Atom's creative director and I recreated all the elements from scratch. I then had 5 days to create the piece.
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On the Alaska Stove website, it says that "Anthracite Nut or Pea" should be used in the Kodiak.
Now I'm burning stove grade anthracite which is just larger in size than nut or pea. My brain starting thinking, and what I'm wondering is.
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Completing our three-part tour of the top models in Panasonic's new 2013 camcorder range, we now turn to the lower-end HC-V520. If the flagship HC-X920 is a more significant upgrade than its incremental name change would imply, and the HC-V720 about right, the HC-V520 is somewhere in between. It's still an evolution, but it has evolved a little bit further than its more expensive stable mate.
The HC-V520 uses a small 1/5.8in CMOS, the same size as in its predecessor the HC-V500 but now the sensor has 2.51Mpixels rather than 1.51Mpixels, and Panasonic is officially calling it back-side illuminated rather than the more ambiuous High Sensitivity. This means that compared to previous sensor types it should slightly more sensitive to light.
The resolution increase is significant because the HC-V520 now has an effective 2.25Mpixels, which is more than required for Full HD, rather than less. So there should be a clear improvement in image detail.
There's a major improvement in optical zoom, too. Not that the HC-V500's 42x optical zoom was poor, but the HC-V520's 62x is even better. Add on the Intelligent Zoom, and this rises even further to 80x. The HC-V520 has the improved version of Hybrid OIS , which now adds Active Mode and the Level Shot function on top of the OIS Lock ability that was already available. The Active Mode improves shooting whilst walking, and Level Shot will indicate when you are accidentally shooting at a slight angle.
The Panasonic HC-V520 offers an impressive zoom range
The HC-V520 shoots in AVCHD 2.0 format, so offers a top quality setting of Full HD at 50 frames per second and 28Mbits/sec. There is also an iFrame mode that uses a quarter-frame resolution of 960 x 540 and standard MPEG-4 compression. You can grab 10Mpixel stills at a resolution of 4,224 x 2,376, which uses quite a bit of interpolation. A single SDXC-compatible card slot is provided, with a 16GB card providing 75 minutes of video storage at the top quality setting.
There are far fewer provisions for the videomaking enthusiast on the HC-V520 than the HC-V720 and HC-X920. No accessory shoe is provided, and there are no minijacks for an external microphone or heaphones. Unsurprisingly, the viewfinder and lens ring of the HC-X920 are absent too.
You do still get a reasonable selection of buttons to give quick and easy access to features. A button beneath the LCD panel turns on the WiFi features, of which more later, and another cycles through the image stabilisation modes. As with the higher-end models, the iA button now presents five options, which you select via the touch-screen LCD. The standard Intelligent Auto has been joined by iA , which adds a basic exposure control plus red-blue colour adjustment.
There's a generous range of scene modes which should help users to best get the effect they were after. There is also a new Creative Effects section that provides a Miniature Effect, which mimics the appearance of tilt-shift photography, Silent and 8mm movie styles, plus there's a time lapse mode. You can also switch to manual mode, which exposes Panasonic's usual comprehensive array of settings.
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Instead of having an evening service on Sunday, December 19, Tri-City Baptist Church enjoyed a Christmas tradition: the Open House With the Pastors. Pastor Mike and Elma Sproul, Pastor Bryan and Debbie Miller, Pastor Thad and Angie Todd, and Pastor Larry and Leslie Ball opened their homes for church members to stop by, fellowship, and, of course, eat!
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Although the topic was not on Tuesday's agenda Shelby County Fiscal Court, the Shelbyville Bypass continued to dominate talk, even when finished. "People have been calling me about intersections on the [Shelbyville] Bypass," said magistrate Allen Ruble, amid nods of agreement from others.
Cross Country: SCHS' Webb, Anderson run well at Meet of Champions
Shelby County sophomore Taylor Webb and senior Alyssa Anderson had solid showings Saturday in the Kentucky Track & Cross County Coaches Association (KTCCCA) Meet of Champions at Masterson Station Park in Lexington.
The weather was mild, but the Christmas spirit still permeated the air Saturday night with the sights and sounds of the holidays.
Several hundred people attended the 23rd Annual Celebration of Lights, and they were treated to the sounds of the holiday season, including caroling, and other holiday music from the Ye Merrie Melodius Dulciners, who played at the Main Street Antique Mall.
Children remained on their best behavior as Father Christmas and Santa Claus both strolled about, handing out candy as they checked for naughty and nice.
It has been a surprising season for the Shelby County cross-country team.
Losing its best runner - Caterina Karas - to Collins, the Rockets didn't have much experience returning from last season other than sophomore Taylor Webb and senior Alyssa Anderson.
The Simpsonville Parks Department wants to build a new concession stand at its softball field, and it's developing a plan to do so.
Parks Commissioner Cary Vowels told the Simpsonville City Commission at its meeting Tuesday night that the board is working with the Whitney M. Young Jr. Job Corps Center to get assistance in constructing a new stand.
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Michael Brooks has scored 10 touchdowns this football season.
The Collins High School junior has eight TDs as a running back and two – returns of an interception and a fumble – from his linebacker position.
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Delightful, funny and refreshingly unpredictable, "The Joy of Singing" is a sexy comic caper that brings to mind John Huston's classic genre-twister "Beat the Devil."
Delightful, funny and refreshingly unpredictable, "The Joy of Singing" is a sexy comic caper that brings to mind John Huston's classic genre-twister "Beat the Devil." Reaching beyond the more limited ambitions of his previous films ("Grandsons," "Confusion of Genders"), Ilan Duran Cohen successfully juggles a plethora of neuroses via a baroque plot involving intelligence agents, uranium secrets and singing lessons, and while the convoluted machinations may not bear scrutiny, it's the characterization that counts. Though the Rome fest made an unlikely launching pad, pic deserves to be a hit at home, with strong potential for arthouses worldwide.
An avalanche of information in the first 15 minutes can feel overwhelming, but auds willing to go with it are soon rewarded. Eve (Evelyne Kirschenbaum) gives voice lessons from her home; one of her students, Constance Muller (Jeanne Balibar), is a recent widow whose husband, Hans, is seen brutally murdered at the start. Hans was killed by people wanting the uranium secrets (another parallel with "Beat the Devil") he stored on his USB stick, now missing. French intelligence agents Muriel (Marina Fois) and Philippe (Lorant Deutsch) are instructed by their chief (Dominique Reymond) to infiltrate Eve's singing lessons and find out if Constance knows anything. Also enrolled in class is Anna (Caroline Ducey), who may be working for the Russians or Mossad, and hustler Julien (Julien Baumgartner), hired by Constance's duplicitous sister-in-law, Noemie (Nathalie Richard), who's in cahoots with radiologist/terrorist Reza (Frederic Karkosian), both of whom are sleeping with Julien. Sure, it's overly complicated, but that's part of pic's charm once the characters assert their personalities. Age, and the fear of aging, is a key theme: Muriel chooses young lovers to stave off the inevitable, while Philippe is the only character impatiently awaiting the onset of wrinkles. For a film trading in seemingly cartoonish characters, Duran Cohen succeeds beautifully in investing his story with multidimensional elements that give depth to his madcap plot, co-written with Philippe Lasry in collaboration with Noemie Lvovsky. Chief among pic's ironies is its recognition that singing before strangers is one of the most intimate acts of exposure. That the helmer can play with this irony among a group of spies, then make it funny with musical choices that include traditional American spirituals sung with French accents, adds to the pleasurable sense of piquant surprise. In a role tailor-made for Balibar's breathy, girlish intonations, Constance becomes the soul of the film, capturing the universal desire to break out of life's restrictions. A climax of sorts, when Constance finally gets to sing her newly written lyrics to the Pretenders' classic "I'll Stand By You" (becoming "L'amour est fou"/"Love is crazy"), makes it impossible for viewers not to at least hum along. Other cast members enjoy their roles equally, and take to their singing with occasionally off-key gusto; Baumgartner is to be commended for tackling Schubert's "Ungeduld" with such conviction. Duran Cohen's graduation to widescreen is effortless; occasional handheld lensing feels organic without being noticeable, and regular editor Fabrice Rouaud maintains rhythm without letting the multiplicity of characters weigh down the bounciness.The Joy of Singing
A Pyramide Distribution release of a Mille et Une Prods., Fugitive Prods. presentation and production, in association with the Centre National de la Cinematographie, Pyramide. (International sales: Pyramide Intl., Paris). Produced by Anne-Cecile Berthomeau, Edouard Maurait. Executive producer, Fares Ladjimi. Co-producer, Ilan Duran Cohen. Directed by Ilan Duran Cohen. Screenplay, Duran Cohen, Philippe Lasry, with the assistance of Noemie Lvovsky.
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There's a lot of thinking being done about the future of the oil industry. Oil prices dropped about $6 dollars per barrel in the third quarter of 2012 compared to 2011, and the decline has hurt oil companies across the board.
The public International Energy Agency Oil Market Report points out that with the fiscal cliff looming in the United States and global economic outlook still weak, oil prices hit four-month lows during October. The forecast for fourth-quarter global oil demand was cut by 290,000 barrels per day to a total of 90.1 million bpd.
The increasing role of natural gas in the energy mix is changing the types of acquisitions supermajors are making. Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have made accessing shale oil and gas reserves much more financially feasible, and as a result production in North America is ramping up. The IEA predicts that North America will become the world leader in oil production by 2020. Exporting U.S. oil is slated to look very attractive in the coming future.
By successfully drilling in Australia and Indonesia, and a buying land in Poland and Bulgaria, Chevron has strengthened its global position. Oil and gas companies have been dubious about inland European production, but advancing technology makes shale deposits there easier to access. The vast majority of demand for oil and gas heading through 2035 is expected to come from China, India, and other rapidly industrializing nations. OECD nations are expected to offset increased energy demands with higher efficiencies and renewable energy. Strong production facilities in Australia and Indonesia can help Chevron get ahead of U.S. exports.


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If you're a playwright or director who loves some wonderful work of art or literature and can't wait to turn it into a play, just pause a moment.
If you're a playwright or director who loves some wonderful work of art or literature and can't wait to turn it into a play, just pause a moment. Look at the things you think are theatrical, then steal them; no one is watching. Tell everyone you thought of them yourself, make your own play, and if you get caught, call it an homage. If you don't follow this process, you might end up with a play like "The Conversation," which has a few nifty moments but ends up vanishing in the long shadow of its source material.
Francis Ford Coppola's marvelous 1974 film "The Conversation," which the new stage adaptation follows slavishly, is a showcase for Gene Hackman's performance as Harry Caul. Here, David Mogentale plays the role — a wiretapper in possession of a harmless-sounding recording that may not be everything it seems to be. Caul has risen to the top of his profession by walking the razor's edge between knowing too much and knowing too little, always getting the recordings he's required to make but never listening to them too carefully. He does this because he once learned the fate of a few of his subjects, and he's spending the rest of his life trying to forget it. Eventually, however, Caul's need for human contact overcomes his carefully tended caution and paranoia, pushing him into the spotlight at exactly the wrong time. Mogentale emits a certain magnetism as the troubled loner, which goes a long way toward making the antisocial character palatable. Equally competent is Julianne Carpenter, who plays a variety of roles, including Caul's evanescent love interest, Meredith. Both actors have battles to fight before they can ever get to the text, though. Painfully miscast, Carpenter tries to re-create Meredith as the same kind of husky-voiced sexpot (as played by Elizabeth MacRae in the movie) to whom Hackman opened up. This isn't something she can or should do, but it seems in keeping with director Leo Farley's vision for the play, which also requires Mogentale to spend a lot of time wandering twitchily around the set — like Hackman in the film. Coppola pulled off a neat trick in 1974: He convinced his audience that his movie was as closed-in as Caul, bound by the warehouse walls and tortured by the weird noises made by Caul's reel-to-reel tape players. In reality, the film is pretty expansive, using the great outdoors as the counterpoint to Caul's claustrophobic life — which is hard to achieve in a small studio theater. Ultimately, the most basic element that eludes the stage version is a pretty simple one: repetition. For us to really understand what's going on inside Caul's brain, we have to pick apart the conversation from every different angle. Coppola shot it once and went back to it again and again; Farley has his actors perform it over and over, and that makes it different every time. The play's denouement finally helps us understand why writer Kate Harris and Farley took on the project, but by then we don't care. Next time Harris and Farley see a great movie, here's hoping they take the good stuff and rework it into something new.The Conversation
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Each year member-systems of the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA) accept applications from area high school students to attend the NREA Youth Energy Leadership Camp at State 4-H Camp in the Halsey National Forest, usually the second week in July. The popular 5 day camp is set up to give young people a better understanding of the legislative process, electric power generation and the rural electric program. Our goal is to offer a program that challenges participants educationally, recreationally and socially.
The Youth Energy Leadership Camp is established as an operating rural electric system and provides a "hands-on" approach to member-owned businesses. The students will join high school students from Nebraska and Wyoming, along with adult counselors and junior counselors. The adult counselors are employees of rural electric systems who donate their time and talents to the camp. The junior counselors are selected by their peers to return to next year's camp.
The State 4-H Camp is located in the Halsey National Forest, near Halsey, Neb. Recreational activities include basketball, volleyball and canoeing. Camp expenses and transportation are provided by each sponsoring rural electric system. High school freshmen, sophomores and juniors whose families are customers of NREA member systems may apply. Eligible students must contact their rural electric system by May 15. A highlight of the camp involves a tour of the Kingsley Hydro Station at Lake McConaughy and Gerald Gentleman Station, a coal-fired power plant at Sutherland, Neb.
High school students who attend the energy camp have the opportunity to compete for a chance to participate as state ambassadors in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's Youth Tour in Washington D.C. in June of the following year. All ambassador expenses are paid by the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and through a scholarship provided by the Cooperative Finance Corporation. Three students are selected by their peers to serve as ambassadors.
The Ambassador competition involves submitting an application at Youth Energy Camp, presenting a self-introduction speech, and delivering a five-minute speech on an assigned topic. Each camper votes for three candidates following the speech with the top male, top female and person with the next highest vote total becoming next year's ambassadors. The top six finalists and ties are invited to return to next year's Youth Energy Camp as junior counselors.
Anyone who has attended camp may also have the opportunity to attend Youth Tour as a delegate of their local rural electric provider. Not all systems participate and application procedures will vary. Those who are interested should contact their local rural electric system for more information.
Youth Tour 2017 will be held June 9-15
Nebraska delegates and ambassadors will tour the Nation's Capitol including the National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums. Participants will have breakfast with the Nebraska congressional delegation and they will visit congressional offices. Trips outside the Beltway include a visit to Gettysburg and Mount Vernon.
The Washington Youth Tour is sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), the Nebraska Rural Electric Association and participating members of the NREA. NREA Assistant Director of Government Relations and Grassroots Coordinator, James Dukesherer, serves as Youth Tour Director.
Student participants in the Nebraska Rural Electric Washington Youth Tour may apply to be Nebraska's representative to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Leadership Council (YLC). The YLC is composed of one representative from each of the 41 states that participate in the Youth Tour. YLC members have the opportunity for additional free travel and leadership training.
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NRECA Youth Leadership Conference --Washington, DC Area
At this summer workshop, all 41 YLC representatives will have the opportunity to hone their public speaking skills, develop their leadership skills, and enhance their understanding of politics. Group recreational activities will also be provided. The 2017 Youth Leadership Conference will be held in Washington D.C. July 15-19, 2017
Nebraska Rural Electric Association Annual Meeting --Kearney
Nebraska's YLC representative will deliver a brief (5-7 minutes) speech about his or her experiences in Washington, DC, to the NREA Board of Directors and participants at the NREA annual meeting. The 2017 NREA Annual Meeting will be in Kearney, NE, November 30-December 1, 2017.
NRECA Annual Meeting
All 41 YLC representatives will assist the NRECA staff with the conduct of the NRECA annual meeting. YLC responsibilities at this meeting will include participating in the meeting's opening assembly, staffing information booths, learning about energy issues, and assisting with committee meetings. Group recreational activities will also be provided. The 2018 NRECA Annual Meeting will be held in Nashville, TN, February 24-February 28, 2018.


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Bye Bye, Budapest
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The other problem was major pot holes on the road I intended to take leaving my hotel. After giving it a try for a kilometer or two, I decided it wasn't going to get any better and I should backtrack and go the long way around. I had been over the alternate route yesterday and knew the potholes on that section were annoying, but not as bad. Highways (major and secondary, basically any road assigned a number) have been fine, but getting off of major roads, especially in the northern half of the country was slow going on this trip. I don't think I ended up saving time in the end, because farther south, on a part of the road I hadn't been on before, they were doing construction. I probably saved my tires and shocks, though.
None of that was a big deal, of course. I managed to make it to the rental counter exactly on time, and I assume there was some leeway for the return before extra charges applied anyway. I also made it onto the train for my next stop just in time as well. There were trains several times an hour, but not having to wait for the direct train was nice. I also found out you didn't need to buy a transfer ticket to change metro lines, just if you were changing to a different form of transportation. I think I'll survive the loss of the extra dollar I spent, though.
Today I was in my last Hungarian town: V�c. V�c was a relatively (for Hungary) small town north of Budapest. It was less than an hour by train and something like 36km from the downtown, so it may be a commuter town. It was usually mentioned in the guidebooks as a day trip from Budapest, usually in the same section as the underwhelming Szentendre, but I liked V�c much better.
V�c's old town had a large square featuring the foundation of the ruined St. Micheal's Church and surrounded by buildings in typical Hungarian styles. They weren't the most outstanding buildings I'd seen in Hungary, but all together they made a pleasant square. There was also a large park running alongside the Danube. Both of those made me like it more than Szentendre, but V�c had one unusual attraction to make it stand-out: mummies.
The "mummies" were not intentionally mummified, but were citizens buried during the 18th century inside of a crypt that was hermetically sealed when it was closed by bricks at a later time. The conditions in the crypt caused the bodies of the dead to mummify. Their clothes and accessories were also well preserved. The crypt was only reopened in 1994, and the discovery of mummies the allowed scholars significant insight into life at the time of their burials.
Several of the mummies were on display outside of V�c (from internet articles, at least one currently appears to be traveling the globe as part of an international mummy exhibition), but many were in a local V�c museum. Unfortunately, today was Monday, so the museum was closed. I'd stick around tomorrow morning to see it, but I'm supposed to be meeting a friend at noon in Bratislava. I left a few other things undone in Budapest, and I'll just have to include V�c mummies on that sad list.
So I didn't have to worry about it in the morning, I went ahead and bought my ticket on to Bratislava. It was apparently a much more unusual request than I expected. I showed the woman where I had written the train number and the time I wanted, along with the Bratislava station name. The flipped through a little book, then wrote two times on a piece of paper and slid it over to me. The times were the departure time from V�c and the arrivial time at Bratislava. I said something like "yes" or "okay" and nodded, and she gave me a look that said "Great. Then we're done."
After a few seconds waiting to confirm she thought I just wanted her to transcribe the info I already had, I asked to buy a ticket. She went to a cabinet and pulled out a stack of blank tickets. Then she made a phone call, I assume she wasn't entirely sure how to fill them out. That was followed by a lot of calculator usage, then a round of stamping. I got the ticket, but I was a little surprised that an international ticket wasn't more common as V�c was pretty far in the north of Hungary. The international ticket from Ptuj to Budapest wasn't a problem, and the woman helping me today looked old enough to have been working at the station a long time. I'm glad I went ahead and got the ticket today since I'm meeting someone in Bratislava, it would be bad if I missed the train because I couldn't find anyone in the morning who knew how to write the ticket.


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Find some triples of whole numbers a, b and c such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 is a multiple of 4. Is it necessarily the case that a, b and c must all be even? If so, can you explain why?
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Gabriel multiplied together some numbers and then erased them. Can you figure out where each number was?
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Arrange the four number cards on the grid, according to the rules, to make a diagonal, vertical or horizontal line.
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6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. The highest power of 2 that divides exactly into 6! is 4 since (6!) / (2^4 ) = 45. What is the highest power of two that divides exactly into 100!?
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Ben passed a third of his counters to Jack, Jack passed a quarter of his counters to Emma and Emma passed a fifth of her counters to Ben. After this they all had the same number of counters.


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Perhaps there's a missing connection?
Such missing links and other outliers in our models are the essence of deep data analytics. Sure, any data scientist worth their salt can take a mountain of data and reduce it down to a few simple plots. And such plots are important because they tell a story. But those aren't the only stories that our data can tell us.
For example, in my geoanalytics work as the data evangelist for Uber, I put some of my (definitely rudimentary) neuroscience network analytic skills to work to figure out how people move from neighborhood to neighborhood in San Francisco.
At one point, I checked to see if men and women moved around the city differently. A very simple regression model showed that the number of men who go to any given neighborhood significantly predicts the number of woman who go to that same neighborhood.
No big deal.
But what's cool was seeing where the outliers were. When I looked at the models' residuals, that's where I found the far more interesting story. While it's good to have a model that fits your data, knowing where the model breaks down is not only important for internal metrics, but it also makes for a more interesting story:
What's happening in the Marina district that so many more women want to go there? And why are there so many more men in SoMa?
The paradox of information
The interpretation of big data analytics can be a messy game. Maybe there are more men in SoMa because that's where AT&T Park is. But maybe there are just five guys who live in SoMa who happen to take Uber 100 times more often than average.
While data-driven posts make for fun reading (and writing), in the sciences we need to be more careful that we don't fall prey to ad hoc, just-so stories that sound perfectly reasonable and plausible, but which we cannot conclusively prove.


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For the first time in a long time, I bought a bottle of Snapple yesterday with my lunch and noticed that they were running "real facts'' printed under the cap. It's not often that "facts" are used in marketing campaigns; they tend to deliberately steer clear of facts if at all possible and evoke feelings. Advertising seems designed to undermine the tyranny of the fact and let us loose in the playground of fantasy and solipsistic belief that needs no petty substantiation from the outside world. Anyway, with my lime-flavored green tea I got "Real Fact #36": "A duck's quack doesn't echo."
That the facts are numbered struck me as interesting. They are probably numbered in hopes that it will trigger some collecting habit in someone out there who will then start trying to acquire every single bottle cap in the series and procure that sense of accomplishment unique to advanced, decadent consumer societies. But the numbering also had the effect of making it seem as if the Snapple company had cataloged every fact and determined there were 46,785, or something.
I also wondered what made a fact "real." it was troubling to think that Snapple was implying that there were plenty of false facts floating around, and they were making the truth contingent on drinking a lot of sugary tea. If I were deeply curious about the slippery nature of so-called facts, I suppose I could consult historian Mary Poovey's book, A History of the Modern Fact (I'll spare you the title's post-colon elucidation), which declares the fact to be, in the words of the reviewer Amazon cites, a "pioneering epistemological designation" that was more or less invented during the Enlightenment. Before that, presumably facts were even stupider things than they were in Reagan's time.
But the particular real fact on my Snapple cap seems a bit questionable to me, less a fact along the lines of "Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald" or "Mercury poisoning causes birth defects", and more like a folk saying or a cryptic aphorism you could pull out of a Zen Buddhist text. I find myself doubting whether or not it's a real fact after all, and not some compressed parable about how one shouldn't say silly things if one wants to be heard and remembered and have one's words live on in future generations or something.
The real fact comes with a website address attached, so I'm guessing it's a newfangled interactive marketign ploy hoping I will live the brand a little bit. I assume I could go to the site and supply some user-generated content Web 2.0 style and offer up my own real facts. I have only a few so far:
A Key lime pie tastes best when sliced into quarters.
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I have a problem. I am going to tow a 2012 Wrangler. Without exception, everyone says that I need to get an aftermarket "harness" or "independent wiring system" that bypasses the Jeep's factory electrical system. I am referring to the turning/braking lights. They say that if I do not do it, then the Jeep will sustain damage to the Jeep's electrical system. It seems that this was not true a few years back, but now with computers in the dash, etc., it is now apparently quite important. Anyone have any advice about this? Any one particular aftermarket kit that you would advise? Someone even said that the Jeep company offers a kit to accomodate this. Help needed. Thanks.
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" Good guesses.", says Farmlady.
Mostly I've been lazy, but I have been helping with the potting shed too,
which is coming along nicely. Our cool weather is really perfect for building something and being outside. We get up early and get a lot done. I hold things, measure, check the bubble on the level and hand nails to the Prospector. It all helps.
I had to put a SWEATER on this morning . It was chilly out there. The dogs were fine with their fur coats but a t-shirt wasn't enough for me.
Do you see what I'm doing here? I'm going nowhere. I've got very little to blog about.
Sweaters? Dog fur" holding nails? It's a blogjam. A "What do I say next." kind of day.
I'm kind of tired of everything.
I didn't even go to my gourd meeting yesterday.
My feet hurt and I'm tired.
Yes, I'm whining.
Take a look at this... I just went and took some photos of the bed in my extra room.
My extra room/craft room/guest room/ computer room is a mess. There's a bed underneath all that stuff. There are gourds from friends for the shows and workshops, meeting clipboards and new dyed fleece that I didn't need, a new garden claw and miscellaneous bags of miscellaneous STUFF.
On the floor.... at the foot of the bed.
More fleece and felting paraphernalia.
Good grief! Hobbies gone amuck!
And Look! Here's the clearly/confusing oxymoron* of my life.
This is my grandson's desk for creative endeavors when they are visiting.
Look at this mess...
HA! It's July and I haven't even opened it yet.
All of this bring to mind my life long quest for simplicity of thought and what comes to mind is another oxymoron: sadly/amusing. I look at this room and then I look at the unopened calendar and I see a huge gap between what I seem to be doing and what I really want to do. I see too many things going on at once. I'm too old to be multitasking this much.
It's straining my brain.
It's time to slow down and do one thing.
I know...
I will just do KNITTING and felting....
and, of course Blogging. I can't stop Blogging.
...and a little gardening. After all, I can't not garden.
...and what should I do with all these gourds?...
...and the acrylic paints, pencils and glues?
What about the jewelry stuff?
My cameras are permanently attached to me.
This is not as simple as it seems....
A friend said recently that my house was full. I was listening to you "C".
I think "Your house is full." is a koan*. As in "When you can do nothing, what can you do? (Zen koan)
I think that I will go for a long walk tomorrow and think about all of this.
I guess I had more to say than I thought.
If anyone has advice....direction... answers?
I'm listening....
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Olivia Wilde, Danny Meyer, Ryan Adams, Norah Jones: Scene
Amanda GordonBlackRock's soon-to-be chief investment officer for stocks in the Americas has been keeping busy.
"I play tennis, I hike, I've got a very big vegetable garden," Christopher Jones said of time spent at his second home in Hillsdale, New York. "I play golf, and we have two cows, six Berkshire pigs, a flock of sheep, five goats and a donkey. We'll slaughter a lot of animals this season." (The meat is shared between 12 families.)
All this is "besides the Pillow," the British transplant said on June 14 at the opening gala for the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts, the party of the season in the Berkshires. Among the 600 guests: John Studzinski, global head of Blackstone's advisory practice, who likes hiking; Alex Kirk, chief investment officer of River Birch Capital; and David Hodgson, a managing director of General Atlantic, who danced a twist to Pharrell's "Happy" after dinner.
Mark Leavitt, global co-head of technology, media and telecommunications investment banking at Piper Jaffray and chairman of the Pillow (Jones is its president), brought his best friend from Trinity College, restaurateur Danny Meyer, with whom he's gotten drunk "a couple of times, a while ago."
Meyer, who runs Union Square Hospitality Group, offered a wine tasting with bottles he'll choose from Leavitt's cellar in the silent auction.
Meyer has a home in Washington, Connecticut, where his pastimes are "running, hiking, tennis and just being," he said before taking his first sip of the local Berkshire Mountain Distillery's Ice Glen Vodka, mixed with tonic.
Country to City
That's how they party in the country. And some of that fresh air and sunshine made it to the city too.
Last night in Manhattan, Norah Jones and Ryan Adams listened to music on vinyl in the Core Club's library. Their patter and the quality of the sound (on equipment from McIntosh Laboratory, which amplified Woodstock and the Grateful Dead) kept about 100 guests riveted.
Adams's playlist included "Girl Afraid" by The Smiths and "Schizophrenia" by Sonic Youth, which he said was from an album that was "the most beautiful thing I ever heard, I just didn't understand it."
Jones picked the Isley Brothers and a very young Jimi Hendrix on "Move Over & Let me Dance" and Linda Ronstadt's "I Never Will Marry," which she discovered from her grandmother. The crowd also got to hear two songs from Adams's new album, and catch a glimpse of his wife, singer and actress Mandy Moore.
Outdoor Disco
On the High Line on Tuesday, Coach set up a disco to benefit the elevated park with Chloe Sevigny, Kate Mara and a surprise performance by rappers De La Soul.
"The party was absolutely perfect," said Jay Manuel, the former creative director of "America's Next Top Model." "I even lost my voice, I had so many great conversations. There was no pretense."
Central Park Conservancy's Taste of Summer gave guests Bethesda Terrace -- and Good Enough to Eat biscuits with strawberry butter. The Battery Conservancy's benefit along the Hudson River started with a downpour and ended with rainbows. Not kidding.
Actress Olivia Wilde wasn't so sure about the setting for the Ghetto Film School's gala on Wednesday night, the Standard's Biergarten.
"I think it's great to support youth in a beer garden," Wilde joked before introducing college scholarship winners. On Monday, the South Bronx-based nonprofit opened a public high school in Los Angeles, supported by James Murdoch and 21st Century Fox.
Memorizing Movies
Wilde's movie recommendations for the students: classics like "The Bicycle Thief."
"I love 'Philadelphia Story,'" she said. "I have a little brother who asked me the other day what one film he should watch. I said 'The Graduate.' It's telling a story about a generation."
Filmmaker David O. Russell, who's been involved with Ghetto Film School for 12 years, talked with a student headed to Sweden (one of the organization's "rich kid" experiences, along with internships, said Executive Director Joe Hall.).
"I told him to memorize a 20-to-40 minute section of a film that he loves, and be able to tell it to me as if he were telling a story," Russell said. "I taught myself cinema with 40 minutes of 'Chinatown.'"
Russell's music supervisor, Susan Jacobs, who worked on "American Hustle," said she sits and listens to vinyl at her country house in the Catskills. Her current picks: Beck, St. Paul and the Broken Bones and Sharon Van Etten.
Elizabethan Audience
When 1,039 public-school kids came to see the production of "Macbeth" at Park Avenue Armory, they were "as close to an Elizabethan audience we'll likely ever have," said Alex Kingston, who plays Lady Macbeth opposite Kenneth Branagh. "They listened and they really responded, so when Ken came in and gave me a big old smooch: 'Yeeeaaahhhh.'"
Kingston was speaking at an intimate dinner after Tuesday night's performance attended by Tom McWilliams of Court Square Capital Partners, React to Film founders Dennis and Coralie Paul, and Bill Rudin, who's getting ready for the next sales push at his already 60-percent-sold Greenwich Lane luxury condominium project.
"The mud is good" compared with that used in the Manchester production, Kingston said. "They figured out the drainage."
Billionaire David Koch asked Kingston if life in Scotland was as bloody as depicted. "Absolutely," Kingston said. "They were used to killing each other."
Berkshire Ballet
Back at the Pillow, a Hong Kong Ballet frog prince hopped and flirted, and Carmen de Lavallade, 83, mimed God's creation set to a spiritual with the back of the Ted Shawn Theater open to the Berkshires forest on the woodsy campus.
"We've seen the first of what will be an entire summer of people doing astonishing things on stage that we can't possibly do," said Ella Baff, executive and artistic director of the Pillow.
Trey McIntyre Project's pair of lovers coming together and apart, set to music by the Cinematic Orchestra, was the highlight for Alec Leavitt, Mark Leavitt's son, who graduated from Trinity College last month and is moving to San Francisco to start a job at an investment bank. He brought along friends from high school and college, who posed for a photograph with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
The sold-out gala raised $477,806, an increase of more than $60,000 from last year.
From this weekend through August 23, the festival with international clout will host 52 companies on three stages.
Beauty and Soccer
"What I love about dance is there is the combination of the artistry and the physicality and the beauty of the dancers themselves," said Jones, who joins BlackRock on July 1 from JPMorgan Asset Management. "It's extraordinary, and this is ground zero right here."
"It's fabulous to make work here because you are isolated, sort of," said John Heginbotham, a dancer and choreographer. "There are few distractions, but the distractions, all this nature, wind up feeding the work."
Heginbotham, who received the $25,000 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award, will be back July 30 through August 3 performing "Chalk and Soot" with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, experimental pop's Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane of Craigslistlieder fame.
Asked if he has World Cup fever, Heginbotham said: "I happened during a layover to be forced to watch soccer, and I loved it. It's so graceful, they have to travel so far. And the players are very easy on the eyes."