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ATLANTA-- On Saturday, February 4, 2012, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Administrator Gwen Keyes Fleming will be the keynote speaker at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) 2012 RecycleMania Tournament Kick-off.
To help promote waste reduction and jump-start participation, Spelman, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Clark Atlanta University and the Interdenominational Theological Center will partner to collect recyclable materials. Materials to be collected include: paper, plastics, cans, cardboard, glass, cell phones and computer monitors.
WHO: Gwen Keyes Fleming, EPA Region 4 Administrator;
Dr. Carlton E. Brown, President, Clark Atlanta University;
Dr. Darnita R. Killian, Vice President for Student Affairs, Spelman College;
Ms. Fran Day, VP of Institutional Advancement, Interdenominational Theological Center;
Dr. Robert M. Franklin, President, Morehouse College;
Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr., President, Morehouse School of Medicine
WHAT: AUC 2012 RecycleMania Tournament Kick-off
WHEN: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
WHERE: Milligan Parking Lot (Corner of Westview and Lee Street) Spelman College
After the joint kickoff event, the five AUC institutions will begin a friendly, eight-week competition against each other and more than 500 other colleges and universities nationwide to see which campus can reduce, reuse and recycle the most waste. The eight-week tournament is preceded by two pre-season reporting weeks which began Jan. 22. Schools will be ranked in eight categories, including the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, and the highest recycling rate. Top schools in each category earn "bragging rights," while the winners of each are recognized with an award made of recycled glass.
In 2011, 630 colleges and universities nationwide recovered 91 million pounds of organic and recyclable materials during RecycleMania. This prevented the release of nearly 127,553 metric tons of carbon dioxide. This reduction in greenhouse gases is equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 25,000 passenger cars.
Note: A media availability will be held for Gwen Keyes Fleming from 12:45 until 1:00 p.m. in the Milligan Parking Lot. In case of inclement weather, the event and media availability will be held on the ground level of the Milligan parking deck.
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Hunter Green Robson Trench
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I was a pattern tester for Sewaholic's Robson Trench Pattern. I must admit that making an unlined coat is definitely faster than making a lined one – even with the 15 yards of bias binding I went through to finish all the seams! This is a great pattern for anyone looking to sew their first coat, but has been too intimidated to start!
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cotton twill outer, amy butler fabric accents, lots of bias binding
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May 20, 2013, 09.26 AMby frkbustad
Looks so neatly done! And looks great on you.
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Well done a fab coat, I like the flower fabric you used as accents on it, makes it that little bit special
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The Ultimate Fighter
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Episode 6 - "Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen - Path to Greatness" (Airs February 26, 9:00 pm e/p) - A fighter's attitude ignites a blowup at the house, causing a major rift in Team Sonnen. While the fighters battle it out in a night of bowling, Jon and Chael raise the stakes in a game of their own. Then two fighters meet in the octagon for the fifth preliminary fight.


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Dale Osterle, Chicago artist and longtime resident of DeKalb, will show original hand-painted, limited-edition intaglio prints at The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, from Dec. 1 through 28. The opening is scheduled from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The exhibition is titled "... miles to go," inspired by a poem by Robert Frost.
Osterle is originally from Boston, Mass., an environment of great beauty with rolling hills, huge and very old beautiful trees, woods and winding paths. She always knew that she was going to be an artist.
Her education in art began with formal training at RISD, in Providence, R.I., where she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree; two years at Southern Connecticut State College for a teaching certificate; more than 20 years at Northern Illinois University with master printmaker David Driesbach; several summers studying in Florence, Italy, and in the Loire Valley, France; and two artist residencies at Ragdale in Illinois. All provided exceptional training and background for what was to follow.
Osterle has exhibited both nationally and internationally for the past 35 years. Her work has been in galleries in numerous states, and currently is on display in juried exhibitions in New York, Chicago and Florida. She is a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists, the National Association of Women Artists, deeply involved with the National and Chicago chapters as chapter president and member of the Women's Caucus for Art, and is an honorary State of Illinois artisan.
Her work is in major corporate collections such as McDonald's, IBM, Reader's Digest, Borg-Warner, Chubb Associates and TIAA-CREF. Her art also has been hung in such prestigious halls as the United Nations, The Kennedy Center, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, The United Nations Conference in Beijing, China, and Yale University.
Many of Osterle's intaglios are etched on copper plates and printed on acid-free Arches rag. Her landscapes that are more rectilinear in format are embellished with personal hand-painted passion depicting places she has lived and visited. These landscapes created a memorable impact on her life which she is able to share with an artistic expression.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Gray Days, The Best Time To Ride In Santa Monica
This weekend was a great time to ride a bike. The overcast, foggy, somewhat chilly and mucky weather along the coast meant most of the aggro beach rush drivers that typically turn all of Santa Monica west of Lincoln into a parking lot for bikes to dodge and maze their way through, stayed at home. Ironically the great weather in Santa Monica is noted as one of the things that makes it an ideal place for cycling, but give me cloudy skies any day if it keeps the aggro drivers away.
Meghan and I rode our tandem around again this weekend, this time for food and shopping. It was remarkable how much more relaxing and chill it was to ride compared to our last experience. No honking, no yelling, no near misses or close calls, just smooth sailing and fun times on our comfy all steel ride with spring loaded seats. On the other end of the spectrum, since I both appreciate the joys of cruising around leisurely, and physical intensity, I also went out for some hill training this weekend. It felt good to be hammering up in the mountain roads again, especially after a forced break due to illness. If you're fast and looking for some good hurt in your legs, the LaGrange Nichols Canyon ride, which I did for the first time this weekend, is one of the most intense club rides around.
Frequently beautiful sunny days are certainly one of the draws to living in Santa Monica, but if you learn to appreciate the serenity that comes with gray, you may find it's a more enjoyable time to ride.
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- jhaygood said...
yeah it's been nice - i've been trying to take it a little slower... i can tend to get into a 'the destination is the destination' mode, especially when i'm heading to work. but going to work is a good time to ease up, just to keep from heating up too much.
it's good to appreciate the good days...
- June 2, 2009 at 3:27 PM
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Why do neurones only have one axon?
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Why do neurones only have one axon?
I have just learnt about neurones. I wonder why neurones have only one axon. Can they transmit nerve impulses faster and more rapidly when they have more axons? Does having more axons help in coordination? Could anyone tell me why neurons have only one axons? Thanks in advance.
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I think more than 1 would cause more issues than it would solve firstly the action potential can spread to multiple other neurones at a synapse and transmit signals very fast. I think what you actually want to know is would having multiple axons on a neurone speed up transmission of a nerve impulse and the answer to this i do not believe to be yes because neurones are insulated ( some are anyway) with a substance called myelin this enables very fast transmission and has gaps at regular intervals called nodes of ranvier where diffusion of ions can occur. If we had lots of axons there would be loads of gaps and the action potentials or nerve impulses would become reduced and would probably not transmit a signal strong enough to trigger a response. It is and interesting idea but i think one axon enables quicker more effective transmission.
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Condos are the red-headed step-child of real estate in many areas of the country. Not so here in San Francisco, where some buyers actually prefer condominiums because they don't have to worry about yard or building maintenance and they enjoy the sense of community or building amenities, especially if it happens to be in a luxury condo building where the owners aren't home very often.
One question we've been asked over the years is whether a one bedroom condo is a better investment than a two bedroom condo, or vice versa? Actually, what the question really boils down to is, "Are one bedroom condos a good investment?" with the concern being that most home buyers are couples, and will therefore want at least two bedrooms.
An excellent question deserves an excellent answer, and as you can see from the two graphs, both one and two bedroom condos are very good investments in San Francisco. Looking back at the last three years, a one bedroom condo appreciated about 18% while a two bedroom condo appreciated about 14%. If we look at all residential property types across San Francisco, the appreciation over the last three years was about 12% (not pictured), so either type of condo would have done better than the market as a whole.
Most people expect that the two bedroom condo would appreciate more quickly, but as you can see that isn't the case.
One bedroom condos are solid performers in San Francisco, a city where plenty of very well-paid individuals that only need one bedroom live.
What are your thoughts on the 1 bedroom vs. 2 bedroom debate? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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As digital dealerships expand, the finance and insurance industry looks at options to what traditionally has been in-person selling.
Technology helps but doesn't sell by itself, Bond says.
LAS VEGAS – It's relatively easy getting Internet car shoppers interested in a dealership's online vehicle inventory. After all, they are looking to buy a car.
But they're not so much in the market for finance and insurance products. Buying those typically comes after the vehicle purchase, if at all. A dealer can sell a car without F&I products, but not vice versa.
Yet F&I is finding a place in cyberspace. Some skeptics question whether the dealership department lends itself to a complete digital customer experience. But dealers are seeing a growing interest there.
"We are looking at the Internet customers and how to handle them because our dealers are demanding that," says Alan Bond, vice president-national sales for GSFSGroup. "We've put a process in place."
He and other F&I company executives at the annual F&I Conference and Expo here discuss modern ways, online and off, to present automotive extras such as extended-service warranties, gap insurance and maintenance plans.
As digital dealerships expand, the F&I industry looks at options to what traditionally has been in-person selling.
Most car buyers close the deal at the store, then visit the F&I office for a product presentation. But some want to stay online throughout, Bond says, explaining ways to accommodate them. "We ask if the customer has a webcam. If they do, we can show them the product menu."
IAS does something similar, says Jeff Jagoe, senior vice president-sales and marketing. "We email the Internet customer a video presentation. It shows all we offer. It's wrong to think you can't sell F&I online."
A sales fundamental applies whether the customer is online or off, Bond says: "If the F&I manager doesn't create a need in the mind of the customer, that product won't be sold, regardless of the technology."
But in-store presentations remain the most effective, says Joel McGlamry, vice president-finance operations for Hennessy Automobile Companies, an 11-store Atlanta-based dealership group.
"We do attempt to bring the customer to the dealership," he says. "The close rates there are exponentially higher. We want the F&I manager with the customers and the product menu in front of them."
Even with the customer at the dealership, modern Internet technology is reshaping the way F&I products are presented and sold. For example, many shoppers use their smartphones and other mobile devices in the F&I office to research and compare prices.
"It has become a passionate issue," says Rick Kurtz, Protective Asset Protection's vice president-dealer sales. "The underlying issue is that the customer wants greater control. They want to be a part of the process, not just walk into the F&I office."
Mercedes-Benz Financial has been in the forefront of providing its dealers with iPads to expedite financing, add-on product presentations and the like. The captive lender says the computer tablets give dealership staffers a freedom of movement and allow them to interact with customers outside the F&I office.
That might not be a great idea, says David Duncan, president of Safe-Guard Products International.
"I'm cautious about trying to take F&I out of the F&I office," he says. "If you are going to flash information on a 40-in. screen in the office, I'm all for it, but I'm not for taking an iPad on the sales floor where there are balloons and other customers. There's a certain expectation of privacy with F&I."
F&I managers still play a vital role, with or without new technology, McGlamry says. "They drive the process. They must be trained properly. Technology alone won't sell F&I. F&I managers need to find out customer needs and do their job."
But he doesn't object to using computer tablets to expedite the sale.
"Even with iPads in the customer's hand, you can still control the direction of the presentation," McGlamry says. "They feel like they are driving. It is tailored to their needs. Customers want to be treated as individuals."
Satisfaction scores suffer when customers spend too much time in the F&I office, or waiting to get in. Computer tablets and electronic menus can help there, Bond says. "Technology can speed up the process."


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Poster The canine nose knows. A search dog found the missing Boy Scout in a Carolina woods last week. We use our best friends' super sensitive snouts to sniff out bombs, food contraband, drugs, certain cancers, and now pirated DVDs. The world's only dog DVD detectives- a pair of female black Labs- are on loan this month to Malaysia, one of the Asian nations that cost Hollywood $1.2 billion in illegal music and movies in 2006.
The Motion Picture Association of America paid the dogs' tuition. It took nine months and about $17,000 to train the Labs to find polycarbonates, the chemical used in disc manufacturing. The investment seems to be cost effective and efficient. At a demo in Malaysia, "Flo" and "Lucky" sniffed through a pile of 50 sealed packages in air cargo. It took the dog duo only 10 minutes to go through boxes that security officers would have needed a day for.
Voilá- the Labs came up with a smuggled, pirated box set of the entire season of "Friends". Rachel, Ross and Phoebe would be so impressed. However, Malaysia is yet to decide whether to employ its own dogs even though over 5 million pirated discs were seized there in 2,000 raids last year.
"Flo" and "Lucky" have been trained to detect the unique smell of the compact disc, but they cannot distinguish the bona fide from the bogus. Right now they alert to any CD.
Rusty, Husky mix
More work is needed to refine the DVD dogs' detection skills. The goal is that they may someday be able to direct authorities to large stashes of concealed, illegally copied movies.
On this bona fide/bogus differentiation, I ran into an historical parallel when sidetracked searching for the Babylon Westminster clubhouse. Babylon's earliest weekly-The South Side Signal (1869-1921) was a juicy journal. It contained local news plus gems from around the world. The Oct. 11, 1879 Signal microfilm tells of a "Learned Poodle": Here's his tale:
"Once an expert in Paris, finding it impossible to convince people that he was right and the public was wrong, taught a poodle to identify a true antique coin and differentiate it from othe bogus coins. A dealer would bring coins for sale. Their false character would be stated at once, but when the sellers were disputative the expert would say: "My poodle can tell you without the least trouble which coin or coins are false."
The poodle would be introduced. The money would be placed on the table, the good with the bad, and after nosing them for an instant the dog would knock off the table all the bad pieces. Of course this trait of canine sagacity was convincing. The man's knowledge was but secondary to that of the dog, and the party with false coins would go away perfectly satisfied.
The fame of the dog extended over
many countries. There was even the possibility that the poodle would be elected an honorary member of several learned societies. People would come with coins asking for the expert, and when he was absent would say: "Well, if the master is out, pray let the dog look at them. We will be quite satisfied with his judgment."
The trick was quite simple. The numismatist took care to handle the bad coins and not to touch the authentic pieces. The dog's fine sense of smell at once distinguished the pieces his master's fingers touched, and he unhesitatingly separated the bad coins from the good ones."
The canine nose knows. Proof here in 2 cases over a hundred years apart. Our dogs can sniff 'em out but they still have trouble separating the good, the bad and the ugly. That's why, upon discovery, the faithful Bloodhound will lick the little lost boy but also slobber the cowering criminal.
… Babylon Town Shelter has bragging rights in the talented canine nose department too. Last fall "Tarzan", a high drive German Shepherd stray at Babylon went to BrightStar Shepherd
Rescue in Rochester, thanks to ACO
Pets of the Week
mix and Brewster, Retriever mix
Kristin Siarkowicz. He was adopted as a pet by a police officer upstate. Renamed "Trace" (for "trace evidence"), the Babylon alumnus will begin training as her cadaver dog partner soon.
The following dogs with lots of "pet potential" are currently available at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon. "Brewster" in Cage 41 is a 1 year large Retriever mix, very lovable, still puppyish. He has the colors of a Gordon Setter. "Rusty" is a handsome 3 year old red and gold Husky mix in Cage 1. He enjoyed having his undercoat brushed out. See more photos on the shelter's Petfinder site.
Female: a sweet tan Pit mix in Cage 51; a brindle Setter in Cage 49; 2 purebred German Shepherds.
Male: "Spooky" - the wonderful Shepherd/Greyhound in Cage 3 who lost his home in a fire; a Bichon Frise in the Puppy Room; 2 sweet male Beagles that were found wandering together.
+Cats: "Emily"- a gregarious tabby kitten in C-4; "Tuba"- a lovely longhaired tortie in C-10.
+LOST DOG: cream Maltese/ Poodle mix in Lindenhurst, off Rt. 109. If spotted, please call 412- 5320 or 838-8503.
+For the latest on the Menu Pet food Recall: consult the American Veterinary Medical Assoc.- w w w . a v m a . o r g / a a / menufoodsrecall/default.asp.


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The trip was winding to a close and there was only more stop left before our inevitable return home: St. Petersburg. Maybe it was destined to be that St. Pete would be the ender to this whole extravaganza, because this seemed to be the place where the craziest stuff of the trip went down. Nick was now a full time member of our winching crew, and with the help of locals Kyle McCutcheon and Tad Mathews we were ready to hit some spots. The first gap was a long dam across a tidal canal, meaning the gap gets higher or lower depending on the tide. The curved shape of the dam made it possible to throw a trick down it then another one back up. Luckily for us, it was at the perfect height to do just that, and Nick and Andrew were all about it. Nick has got some serious switch ups, and Drew was getting tech as ever. The footage came out really good; it was a straight up urban spot for lines, surely not your every day find. Ben decided to really get wild and waxed the top of the dam in order to make an attempt to ride up the dam like a bank, grind the top, then drop back down. We fashioned a tool for scraping barnacles off the dam wall with a chisel, a ski pole we found in a dumpster in Fort Lauderdale, and some duct tape (check out what else we used it for when you see Nick's name in the teaser). After clearing out a spot Ben started riding up the slimy banked dam wall and getting closer and closer to the top every time. When he finally got on top of it we all heard the all familiar sound of a wakeskate sticking to cement. Luckily Ben muscled through it and rode away (there's a reason we call him Dirty Dog), and it didn't stop him and Nick from continuing to have fun on the wallride.
We packed up and cruised down the street to a similar gap, but this one was a little bigger of a drop and had a huge lake on one side dumping into it and a busy street right next to it. The spot was a little sketchy, but despite stingray sightings and some blustery seas we were still able to take advantage of some of the many metal poles sticking out over the gap. We wrapped up and headed back to the sailboat we were staying on for the night to give take some rides on the "boatsman's chair." The Chair is something that gets hooked onto a line on the top of the sailboat and then cranked up as high as you'd like up the mast. Definitely good for a prank when you realize you can leave your buddies stranded up there for as long as your mercy allows you.
The next morning we got going to check out a BIG gap around Tampa. Ben and Andrew took the long hike to scope it out while the rest of us stayed behind. They returned with reports of a really big, really gnarly drop approaching the ten foot mark. We decided to move down the street to this little three footer in a nearby park. A couple of tricks were put down, but right when the boys were starting to get it dialed we got booted by a security guard who was delighted to inform us with a smile that "the cops are on their way."
After getting the heck out of that place it was decided we should get in some serious M-Gap time. Ben and Andrew got a couple tricks in going down the gap, and even Roland grabbed on the handle for a bit and stomped a perfect ollie out of that monster. We decided it was about time to get a little frisky and wax up the side of the top pool, which was sticking up out of the water about eight inches, creating a perfect skinny cement ledge for us to slide across then drop down the gap. I was really blown away by how good this worked, and also just the idea of how much this could probably work elsewhere. There is very likely a huge handful of completely hittable cement ledges that not that many people have started recognizing until now. But let me say that I have learned cement is your friend. Go get yourself a big fat candle from the pharmacy and go to town on that bad boy.
When we finally all piled back in the car after our very last winch pull of the trip was granted, I think Ben said it best when he told us all, "That was a winch trip and a half." We were all wore out, tired, and ready for some rest. We had been getting up early, driving for hours, and dragging around winches for nearly a week straight, every single day. It was absolutely amazing and one of the most carefree and fun experiences of the whole video, not to mention some of the single most progressive wakeskating I have ever witnessed. With guys like Ben Horan, Andrew Pastura, and Nick Taylor at the forefront of where this sport is going, wakeskating's future looks promising as ever. This trip and the stuff that happened in it seem to be what Fun Boots! is all about: having fun and pushing what is possible on a wakeskate.


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Narrowness causes ignorance.
Current curriculum fails to broaden students viewpoints...
My ten-year-old sister struggles academically at her private, Catholic grade school, in every subject but one: she loves religion. She bases decisions solely on the Catholic guidelines presented in class. In all likelihood she will go to a private, Catholic high school and receive constant reinforcement of those teachings. Consequently, she will head to college lacking sufficient knowledge of the world's religious diversity.
I have nothing against Catholicism. I dislike, however, the narrow religious curriculum inmost private schools because it fails to explore multiple faiths. Education in any setting should present all viewpoints and should then allow the student to make informed choices. while technology slowly brings cultures closer together, private schools send kids off to universities with no understanding of the world's diversity.
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman recently wrote a book entitled The World is Flat. Friedman argues that globalization constantly increases at an incredible rate, and that consequently everyone comes into contact. As a result, religions collide. The task of calculating all world religions might be impossible, but reliable sources typically say at least 20 major ones exist. Despite this variety, a typical suburban kid eventually heads off into Friedman's world with only the religious knowledge of his Catholic teachers.
Friedman goes on to discuss terrorism. He explains how Saudi Muslim families force children to worship Islam. Conequently, they grow up ingorant; and when they see the Western world prosper under Christianity, the frustration sets in. These Muslims often turn to violence because of that frustrastion and ingorance.
Instead of breeding out ignorance, private school religion classes create isolationist tendencies of which terrorism is made. The Western world raises its students to believe that their religion is the best, so they stay away from the troubled east or develop hate for it.
Though many educators only fuel this hate, here are religion teachers that see the problem. "I think it would be great to have a world religion class. that's something our department has struggled with," a religion teacher said.
The world needs more teachers like him. A strong Catholic, he is secure enough in his faith to present his students with more diverse options. More teachers are needed like him to make suggestions in meetings and start a world religion class. Students may drift away from Catholicism, but they will be armed with the knowledge to be appreciative of all religions. The schools may lose a bit of identiy, but the world will gain the acceping population it needs.
A significant shift in global religious tolerance will not happen overnight. It is an unreasonable expectation. Therefore, private school religioj curriculum can ease into its new mindset. In the case of the previous religion teacher's class, instead of devoting all four years to driving home Chrisian ideals, spend a year devoted to world religion. the blinders must be lifted.
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These days, any custom-made gown is called "couture", but true haute couture is produced by a few select members of the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris, who keep alive the traditions of custom-fitting and hand-sewing every piece. When the incredibly detailed and expensive designs are unveiled to some of the wealthiest and most famous women in the world, the result is more about spectacle than wearability. The stars have been turning out for the Spring 07 shows happening this week in Paris, starting with Monday's geisha-themed Christian Dior show, where the impeccable Dita Von Teese and Diane Kruger perched in the front row. On to the Valentino show, where Dita reappeared and the Italian couturier sent out an all-white homage to his one-time client Jackie O. Victoria Beckham caused a paparazzi frenzy at the Chanel show, where she was joined by a diverse group from starlets Kate Bosworth and Diane Kruger (again) to a pink-tressed Rachel McAdams and Sigourney Weaver. Later that night, Posh continued on to the Jean Paul Gaultier show, where Dita Von Teese walked the runway as a modern Mary Magdalene.
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Burly Dad Breaks Down When He Sees What's In His Birthday Card
Even if you have never seen it happen in real life yourself, it's true, grown men, even the biggest and toughest of us have been known to break down into tears. It could be for any number of reasons, but in this case, it was because of a new family pet.
Pets are are not just property, many people regard them as members of the family, and for James Xuereb, who had recently lost his two beloved dogs Nemo, and Lucy, his early birthday gift ended up bringing on a flood of tears.
When his daughter handed him his birthday card it was a pretty big giveaway, a picture of a Bichon puppy was plastered all over the front. As he began to read the card you can hear the emotion creeping into his voice as he fully realizes what is happening: he wasn't even able to finish reading the card himself.
His daughter Jaleen then handed him his new best friend, a puppy they had named Lumo, a combination of his two previous dog's names. The video of the interaction has gone viral, but the story behind the lead up to it will leave you heartbroken.
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Will Possible Labor Policies by Gulf Countries Affect Remittances to South Asia?
My entry last week gave a quick profile of the South Asian overseas workers and discussed the crucial role of remittances received from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) for South Asian economies. Today I'd like to discuss whether changes in the labor market policies of the GCC countries could jeopardize job prospects for South Asian migrant workers.
Creating jobs for GCC citizens is already on the top of the agenda in some of these countries and is bound to gain more momentum with the youth bulge. Efforts to create jobs for nationals through the "nationalization of the labor market" have been further intensified as a response to the recent events in the Middle East. Across the GCC, additional policy measures are being announced highlighting the need to replace expats with nationals in private and public sector. These messages have been the strongest in Saudi Arabia, but also in the U.A.E. and Kuwait.


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Oct. 27: San Jose 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO)
All good things come to an end, and that's the case with the Blackhawks' five-game winning streak to start the 2012 season. Sharks winger Joe Thornton sent a wrist shot past Corey Crawford in the shooout to give San Jose its fourth win in six games. The Sharks also outshot the Hawks 40-28. Dave Bolland scored his second goal in two games for the Hawks. RECORD: 5-0-1
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Sam Smith didn't want to serve as an inspiration to others.
It just happened that way, as the Lee's Summit West High School swimmer – who is battling cancer – made an impact on the Blue Springs South swimming team that will last a lifetime.
Smith suffered a leg injury when he was playing football in eighth grade, and the surgery revealed that he had cancer. His left leg was amputated mid-femur and replaced by a titanium rod and knee.
"He wanted to stay active and be a part of a team, but he could no longer play football," said Colleen Gibler, the West swim coach, "so we came out for the swim team. I'd coached Sam's older brother, and I volunteered to work with him."
Through hours of hard work and determination, Smith earned a junior varsity conference medal as a freshman and this year is part of the varsity swim team.
"We swam against Sam and couldn't believe what we saw," said South senior captain Jack Pluenneke, who helped organize an amazing array of gifts for Smith and his family. "When he swam, we all got around the pool and started cheering for him. The kid is amazing – he's our hero."
When Pluenneke, Jaguars head coach Errich Oberlander and assistant coach Andrew Enlow found out three weeks ago Smith's cancer had returned, they went into action.
"I talked to Errich and Andrew and the team and we decided to get some donations," Pluenneke said as the South swim waited to surprise Smith Friday afternoon at the Lee's Summit Aquatic Center.
"I was hoping we'd get $50 and some gift cards. We got a little bit more."
That might be the understatement of the decade as the South swim team, along with the Staley and Blue Springs high school swim teams, presented Sam with tickets and sideline passes to a Kansas City Chiefs game, floor seats for a University of Missouri basketball game, more than $1,000 in gift cards and cash and a car.
That's right, a car.
"I don't believe all that happened the past two, two-and-a-half weeks," Oberlander said as he waited for Smith along with his swimmers. "The moms won't say a thing about this, but they did most of the work.
"You know how some coaches complain about their parents? I have the best parents in the world. The moms on this team are unbelievable."
The moms and swimmers met at a fast food restaurant in Lee's Summit and car-pooled to the Aquatic Center, where they were supposed to surprise Smith at 3 p.m.
Because his appointment and check-up at Children's Mercy Hospital ran long, he didn't arrive until a few minutes past 4 p.m.
When he opened the door to the center, he sported a look that was worth a million dollars – part joy and part total shock.
As the South and West swimmers chanted his name, Pluenneke and his teammates presented Smith with a basket overflowing with gifts.
Gibler attempted to thank the South swimmers, but her tears wiped out her words and she simply gave long, heartfelt hugs.
"This is so cool," Pluenneke said.
When he finally realized what was happening, 15-year-old Sam thanked the South swimmers.
"I can't put into words what this means to me and my family," he said, not even aware he was about to receive a car, which he could drive to practice when he turned 16. "We've been through a lot. And something like this helps my family and me so much."
The tears flowed and the chanted started and got stronger and stronger: "Superman Sam! Superman Sam! SUPERMAN SAM!"
The moms snapped photos, the swimmers from both teams mobbed Sam and Oberlander and Enlow just stood near the center's exit and smiled.
Donations can still be made to the website, supermansam.com, set up to help Sam and his family.


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Before I go on, let me give you a brief background of my programming experience. Up until I really started using Cocoa, I was what you could call a bona fide dabbler. I dabbled in Basic for a long time, starting with Microsoft's Basic interpreter for the Commodore 64, graduating to GWBasic and QBasic in MS-DOS, and ending up using Visual Basic under Windows. I dabbled in C for a while, but didn't get too far because, frankly, I wanted to create cool little Windows productivity apps and, for that purpose, C, or even C++ at that time (mid-90's), was a major headache for a simple programming hobbyist like myself. After a while, I dropped out of programming altogether, focusing instead on Web graphics and HTML development (as well as electronic music, but that's a whole other story).
What brought me back into application development was my Web design business. I tried hard for a long time to ignore the inevitable: I couldn't rely on building Web sites using static HTML files alone for much longer. The Web was just becoming too big and too sophisticated, and large sites were taking too long to create. So I started looking into Perl. It was easy enough to take existing, open-source Perl packages and mess around with them, but it didn't take long for me to discover that it wasn't what I was looking for. Then I found out about PHP, and I was thrilled. Now here was a language I could get behind, because it was super-easy to embed some bits of code into HTML files and include other bits of code and HTML into those files dynamically. So I really jumped onto the PHP bandwagon, and since then I've heavily customized several open-source content management systems as well as developed a simple online ordering system for my Celtic band web site.
Which brings me up to the turning point in my programming escapades. Around the time I started working with Perl and PHP, I bought my first Mac, a PowerBook G4. This was two years ago, right after the first version (10.0) of Mac OS X was released. I loved Mac OS X instantly, and I became a PC "switcher" before it was the cool thing to do. While exploring the innards of this strange new UNIX-based Mac OS, I discovered Cocoa. I was long been wishing that I could get back into real end-user desktop application development, but I didn't want to use a "simple" environment such as RealBasic (the Mac's answer to Visual Basic). Plus, I had grown quite fond of the C-style syntax of Perl and PHP. Reading up on Cocoa, I found out that it was an object-oriented framework with a clean and elegant design built using the Objective-C language, and that it had been the official development environment for the NeXTSTEP OS which Apple had purchased back in 1997. Bottom line: it was solid and robust and had been worked on for many years. It had proven itself as a viable method of rapid, modular application development, and Apple had deemed it worthy enough to make it the de-facto standard for next-generation development on the Mac. So I decided to bite the bullet and learn how to program in Cocoa, and thanks to Apple's brilliant move of bundling best-of-breed development tools with the OS for free, I could build my own apps without having to pay a single cent.
Which brings us to the present day. Now you can see where I'm coming from as a programmer: someone with a decent amount of experience in lightweight RAD languages and Web scripting languages. Most Cocoa programming guides expect you to be an expert in C or C++ programming, which I most certainly am not, so it took me much longer to wrap my head around some of the more difficult language constructs of Objective-C than it might someone else. Now that I feel that I'm at least at a knowledgeable intermediate level with Cocoa, I want to present some of the basic concepts of the environment to other people interested in Mac OS X programming (or Linux/BSD if you use the open-source clone of Cocoa called GNUStep) in a way that makes it easier to understand for "newbies" and people with experience in only simple scripting languages. However, I'm assuming that you have at least some very basic knowledge of programming concepts such as variables, data types, functions/subroutines, statements, etc., since discussion of those topics is beyond the scope of this article.
- "Cocoa 101, Part 1, Page 1"
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5 Small Space Tips That Actually Work
If you've been around long enough you know that what works for some — style-wise and lifestyle-wise— certainly does not work for all. And while the same applies to small home tips and tricks, there are a few that ring true every time.
• Leggy Furniture. Even bulkier seats like Saarinen womb chair (pictured above) do not necessarily take up as much visual weight as a smaller skirted option. This is especially important for higher backed pieces in small spaces.
• Big Mirrors. If you're wondering why I'm using this image (picture 2) from Stefan's Inspired Studio yet again, it's because it's a perfect example of the perfectly fail-safe space expanding trick. And in Stefan's home the large leaning mirror has several roles: mask for a large unsightly vent, light maximizer (placed directly across from a wall of windows to reflect the light around the studio), and visual expander (placed near the corner to the hallway, it adds an illusion of depth to the studio's only jutting-out wall, thereby making it recede and giving the feeling of more space).
• Double-Duty Furniture. It does not need to be as elaborate as the Ludus Modular Sofa by Patricia Hopfer (picture 3), but furniture that works overtime is invaluable in a small space. A bench in the living room serves as a coffee table, extra seating, and occasional storage/display piece.
• Mix of Open and Closed Storage. Too many bulky dressers and cabinets weigh down a room. We found that removing the doors of one wall of cabinets in our galley kitchen (picture 4) did wonders for giving the feeling of a less cramped space. I know that not everyone can get on board with open shelving in the kitchen, but the same concept holds true for living room and dining room storage as well. Instead of a tall dresser, try a low chest of drawers with a couple of floating shelves above it. Or try open shelving with a few storage boxes for stashing more unsightly essentials.
• Strong Vignettes and Small Displays. There is definitely something to be said for open wall space in a tiny home, but a little display goes a long way without threatening to disrupt a feeling of openness in a small room. I was struck by the the way one artfully arranged bookshelf in Grace & Brian's home (picture 5) set the tone for the entire apartment.
What fail-safe tricks would you add to the list?
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The incorporation of artificial greenery into home décor has been a growing trend. The reason why becomes apparent when you consider the unique benefits offered by artificial greenery. In fact, when you consider the benefits of using artificial plants in your indoor and outdoor décor, you will realize that the design possibilities are endless and that there are tremendous benefits.
Here is a collection of advantages supporting why you should include artificial greenery into your everyday décor:
1. Long Lasting Greenery
Lasting greenery is one of the many perks when using artificial plants in your home or office. Live plants must be watered daily to grow lush, and well maintained to avoid any unwanted insects. Without proper nutrients live plants and floral arrangements will not survive. Artificial greenery there has very little to no maintenance required. Within days, a bouquet of freshly cut flowers will lose their petals and wilt; a silk floral arrangement will maintain its vivacious color and structure for years!
Another perk of utilizing artificial plants; there is no need to worry about cleaning up remnants of leaves, soil or other particles. A simple dusting every once in awhile is all you need in order to keep your artificial plants looking alive.
2. Cost Effective
Since this decorating solution requires no water, no fertilizer, and no pruning, its eco-friendly, practical and low-cost maintenance are what make artificial plants so appealing. Unless you have a green thumb, seeding, planting live plants, and growing them successfully can be a frustrating task. It will also require purchasing a lot of tools and materials. Another major benefit to using artificial plants in your home and office is you can reuse the materials over and over again, recreating gorgeous arrangements!
Plus, these materials don't have a life expectancy like a live plant does, and you don't have to continually purchase supplies to keep them looking fresh.
3. Multi-Functional
So, now you know artificial plants are long lasting and cost effective. Did you know how versatile they could be? In an office setting, we are seeing more design diversity and risk-taking when incorporating artificial plants. For example, take fashion icon Carolina Herrera's office terrace in midtown Manhattan . The 17 floors above Seventh Avenue is a widespread L-shaped space with indescribable views of the Empire State Building. Strategically there are artificial vines planted in groups of three that scale the terrace's brick wall with grand globes of boxwood in sizeable terra-cotta pots.
The elegance and ingenious decorating doesn't stop there. In the ever-growing wedding industry, we are seeing more incorporation of artificial plants, vines, silk flowers and beautiful false leaf décor. Designers are also using various combinations of artificial plants such as boxwood, European laurel, ivy trellises, myrtle, and red laurel to seamlessly add privacy to any restaurant setting, home backyard, or event.
4. Create a "Wow Factor"
Due to the flexibility and durability of artificial plants, you are able to create whimsical, dramatic and show-stopping configurations. For indoor usage, try creating an eye-catching accent wall inside your home. Or, for an outdoor patio you can create a tropical sanctuary with a large arbor, trellis or sweeping vines. With live plants, you have many limitations with how the plant will lay, concerns about leaves or buds free-falling off the vine, and fears of accessing waterlines. Instead, with minimal tools and materials such as nails, staples, and zip ties, you can use artificial plants to create over-the-top stunning artwork within minutes.
After considering the advantages above, I hope you now realize that these products are creative, cost efficient and multi-functional.
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(CNN) -- The bodies of 53 people, believed to be supporters of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been found in a hotel that was under the control of anti-Gadhafi fighters, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
The rights group said it found the bodies clustered together at Hotel Mahari in Sirte on Sunday. About 20 residents were putting the bodies in body bags to prepare them for burial when Human Rights Watch found them.
We found 53 decomposing bodies, apparently (Gadhafi) supporters, at an abandoned hotel in Sirte, and some had their hands bound behind their backs when they were shot, said Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch.


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History and Architectural Differences
The x86 family of CPUs began life in 1978 as the 8086, an extension to the 8 bit 8080 CPU. It was a 16bit CISC (Complex instruction Set Computing) processor. In the following year the 8088 was introduced which was used in the original IBM PC. It is this computer which lead to todays PCs which are still compatible with the 8086 instruction set from 1978.
The PowerPC family began life with the PowerPC 601 in 1993, the result of a collaboration started in 1991 between Apple, IBM and Motorola. The family was designed to be a low cost RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) CPU, it was based on the existing IBM POWER CPU used in the RS/6000 workstations so it would have an existing software base.
RISC Vs CISC
When Microprocessors such as x86 were first developed during the 1970s memories were very low capacity and highly expensive. Consequently keeping the size of software down was important and the instruction sets in CPUs at the time reflected this. The x86 instruction set is highly complex with many instructions and addressing modes. Additionally it also shows it's age by the small number and complex nature of registers (internal stores) available to the programmer. The x86 only has 8 registers and some of these are special purpose, PowerPC has 32 general purpose registers.
RISC was originally developed at IBM by John Cocke in 1974 [1]. Commercial RISC microprocessors appeared in the mid 80s first in workstations later moving to the desktop in the Acorn Archimedes. These use a simplified instruction set which allow the CPUs to be simpler and thus faster. They also included a number of architectural improvements such as pipelining, super scalar execution and out of order execution which enabled the CPUs to perform significantly better than any CISC CPUs. CISC CPUs such as the 68040 and the Intel 80486 onwards picked up and used many of these architectural improvements.
In the mid 1990s a company called NextGen produced an x86 CPU which used a translator to convert x86 instructions to run within a RISC core. Pretty much all x86 CPUs have since used this Technique. Even some RISC CPUs such as the POWER4 / PowerPC 970 use this technique for some instructions. The high level internal architecture of the vast majority of modern desktop CPUs is now glaringly similar be they RISC or CISC.
Current State Of x86 And PowerPC CPUs
The current desktop PowerPC and x86 CPUs are the following:
AMD Athlon XP
Intel Pentium 4
IBM 750xx (G3)
Motorola 74xx (G4)
The current G4 CPUs run at significantly lower speeds compared with the x86 CPUs which are now above 2GHz (P4 > 3GHz). The recently announced PowerPC 970 currently runs up to 2GHz and delivers performance in line with the x86 CPUs.
CPUs break down all operations into stages and these are performed in a pipeline, these stages can be big or small and the number of stages depends on what's done in each stage, the more an individual stage does the less stages you need to complete the operation. However if the stages are simple you will need more of them but each stage can complete quicker. The clock speed of the CPU is limited by the time an individual stage needs to complete. A CPU with simpler but greater number of stages will operate at a higher frequency.
Both the Athlon and Pentium 4 use longer pipelines (long and thin) with simple stages whereas the PowerPC G4s use shorter pipelines with more complex stages (short and fat). This is the essence of the so called "megahertz myth". A CPU with a very high clock speed may not be any faster than a CPU with a lower clock speed. The Pentium 4 is now at 3.2 GHz yet a 1.25 GHz Alpha can easily outgun it on floating point operations.
The longer pipelines allow the x86 CPUs to attain these very high frequencies whereas the PowerPCs G4s are somewhat restricted because they use a smaller number of pipeline stages and this limits the clock frequency.
The amount of voltage the CPU can use restricts the power available and this effects the speed the clock can run at, x86 CPUs use relatively high voltages to allow higher clock rates, to boost clock speeds further, power hungry high speed transistors are used. A long thin pipeline is very fast but also very inefficient power wise. All these things add up so a 3GHz CPU may be fast but are also very power hungry with maximum power consumption rates now approaching or even exceeding 100 Watts. Intel in fact have taken to using a much lower frequency part for laptop computers than the top end Pentium 4. Yet, despite the fact it is only 1.6GHz, the Pentium M performs just as well as the 2.2GHz Pentium 4.
- "History, Architectural differences, RISC Vs CISC, Current state of these CPUs"
- "Law of Diminishing , Performance, Vector Processing and Power Consumption differences"
- "Low Power x86s, Why The Difference?, To RISC Or Not To RISC, PPC and x86 get more Bits"
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Oil prices may ease this week as the focus returns to a favorable outlook for supply, even as recent data suggests China's economy is stabilizing and signs emerge that a political compromise may be reached to avoid massive U.S. fiscal tightening.
Oil prices may ease this week as the focus returns to a favorable outlook for supply, even as recent data suggests China's economy is stabilizing and signs emerge that a political compromise may be reached to avoid massive U.S. fiscal tightening.
Half, or four out of eight of respondents expect oil prices to fall this week, two forecast price gains, while the remainder expect prices to hold at current levels, CNBC's weekly survey of market sentiment shows.
(Read More: Is Oil's Slide Done?)
The focus was expected to remain on the U.S. "fiscal cliff," which refers to the tax hikes and spending cuts that kick in at the end of the year unless Congress can reach a deal. Concerns about the "fiscal cliff" knocked risk appetite last week.
A senior Republican senator voiced confidence on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers would forge a deal on the "fiscal cliff," while a top aide to President Barack Obama signaled willingness to compromise over raising tax rates on the rich, Reuters reported on Sunday.
(Read More: Sandy's Over but the Gas Rationing Is Still Going On)
"The outlook is getting better as clarity replaces political lunacy," said David Kotok, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at Cumberland Advisors.
Meanwhile, Chinese industrial production, investment and retail sales all accelerated in October, suggesting that the world's second-largest economy has ended a slowdown that has lasted almost two years, data on Friday showed.
"China has slowed to a more sustainable growth path," Clifford Bennett, Chief Economist of Orb Global Investments in Sydney told CNBC's 'Squawk Box' on Monday.
Although macro-economic and fiscal challenges appear a little more manageable, oil traders continue to point to ample supplies and weak demand as factors that will continue to weigh on prices.
(Read More: Cheap US Energy Can Help Solve 'Fiscal Cliff': Pickens)
U.S. crude oil production climbed 8,000 barrels a day to 6.68 million barrels a day, the most since December 1994, Energy Department data showed last week. Crude inventories remain above 5-year highs, noted Societe Generale's Mike Wittner.
U.S. crude futures for December traded at $86.09 a barrel in Asian trade on Monday, while Brent crude for December slipped 19 cents to $109.21 a barrel.
(Read More: OPEC Says 2013 Oil Demand May Underperform)
Dhiren Sarin, Chief Technical Strategist for Asia-Pacific at Barclays Capital said U.S. equity markets would continue to set the tone for risk assets such as oil. The S&P 500 stock index fell sharply last week as investors shifted their focus to a looming fiscal showdown in Congress after President Barack Obama's re-election.
"We prefer to see stronger basing signs in the S&P 500, if oil is to recover sustainably," said Sarin, who has a 'bearish' recommendation for oil this week.
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JOHNSON CITY, TENN. (April 30, 2005) - An early deficit in game one and poor defensive play in the late innings of game two cost the East Tennessee State softball team Saturday at Metro Kiwanis Park, as the Lady Bucs dropped both games of a Southern Conference doubleheader to UNC Greensboro, 5-4 and 8-5.
With the losses, the Lady Bucs drop to 24-28 overall, 9-6 in SoCon play, while the Lady Spartans improve to 19-35, 6-11. The two teams will wrap up their three-game weekend series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
In game one of the doubleheader, the Lady Spartans wasted little time breaking through on the scoreboard against Lady Bucs' starting pitcher Courtney Jenkins (Knoxville, Tenn.), as an error by second baseman Mary Beth Hazelwood (Knoxville, Tenn.), a walk and two UNCG hits helped the Lady Spartans post an early 3-0 advantage.
ETSU responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second and the two teams traded single runs in the third frame to make it 4-3 midway through the contest. The Lady Bucs finally evened the score in the bottom of the fourth when an error by UNCG shortstop Alixis Villarin allowed ETSU's Stephanie Cope (Maryville, Tenn.) to reach first base. Cope advanced to third base on a single by Briana Knight (Brier, Wash.) and later scored when Knight was caught stealing at second.
Both offenses remained quiet until the seventh, when the Lady Spartans scored what would ultimately be the winning run. Against relief pitcher Brittney Lehrschall (Leland, N.C.), leadoff hitter Jennifer Bonilla reached on a single and advanced to third on a ground out and a fly ball to right field. Lehrschall was relieved by Belinda Barrera (Fayetteville, N.C.), but UNCG's Adriane Audley promptly singled up the middle to score Bonilla.
The Lady Bucs got their first batter of the seventh inning on base put could not advance that runner past second. Lehrschall (2-3) took the loss on the mound, while Oakes (12-14) picked up the win. Oakes went the distance, working seven innings and giving up four runs on eight hits.
Offensively, Bonilla and Audley led the way for UNCG with three hits apiece and combined for all five Lady Spartan RBIs. For the Bucs, Knight was 3-for-3 with an RBI.
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Pattern recognition in judging bonsai - English
Can you tell the difference between a conifer and a broadleaved tree just from looking at an image? Sure you can, any child can do this. Can you tell the difference even when the conifer grows much like a broadleaved tree would normally and the broadleaved tee grows like a conifer? Sure you could. You see this in a split second looking at an image.
OK, now explain how exactly you made the decision. Some will succeed in giving a good explanation, some will come back wit a poor explanation and some will not bother. But all will take quite a while to articulate something that they have 'known' in a split-second.
Even though our brain knows how to do this classification, our conscious mind is often incapable of articulating the rules. Our brain is exceptionally good at this type of task. We are amazing pattern recognition machines.
Our brain has evolved to do exactly this with great accuracy. If we have a set of objects we can form internal rules by which we classify them. When you learned how to read you were shown many examples of the letter 'a'. you have learned to see the letter 'a' whether it's hand written or printed. You can tell the letter 'a' immediately even if written in bad hand writing or printed in unusual script. You can do this even when you never had seen this handwriting or this script before. But you would be hard pressed to explain every time how you came to your conclusion.
You are very good in deciding instantly that a letter is NOT 'a'. So there must be some mechanism that enables you to do this to read texts at an enormous speed.
Recognition of abstract things is even more complex. You learn early what is good and what is bad behavior. You are given many examples in your childhood. As you grow to an adult your brain catalogs all examples of good and bad acts and at one point discovers rules of how to decide. When you get to a new situation in life that you never were in before you can instantly apply these rules. So we all have internal rules, but they differ slightly depending on how they developed. Thus we have slightly different notions about morals. These differences become striking when we meet a person who grew up in an entirely different culture and who apparently applies radically different rules for the distinction between 'good' and 'bad'.
So what has all this to do with bonsai taste? Well, exactly the same happens when we learn to appreciate bonsai. We learn that a tree that follows the bonsai rules which are written in stone it is good. When it breaks one of these rules it becomes bad. We learn that trees designed by Naka, Kimura, any great Japanese master are good. We are not content with just being told. We learn to search images of trees for patterns. We learned to see 'good' application of rules and 'bad' application. We learn to see the similarities in trees which are 'good' and we somehow create our own internal rules of how to decide. We can then judge a tree which we have never seen before. We can tell right away whether we have a piece of raw material or a masterpiece in front of us. We are not equally good at this. Some can get very far in this and become experts in judging bonsai. Mind you there was no word about CREATING bonsai here. It is all about judging from seeing. In this concept a person can be an expert judge for bonsai without ever having touched a tree.
The question now is, to what extent are we truly judging the merit of the bonsai, and to what extent are we just using our pattern-recognition skills.
Yes, some bonsai have the ability to move us emotional, to convey a message, to make us feel their 'soul'. But can we be sure that this response isn't simply a learned reaction? Appreciating a bonsai takes training. It is generally not the case that someone who has no training can appreciate and distinguish 'good' from 'bad' bonsai easily. Is it not possible that what we call artistic training is essentially training for pattern classification?
One step further now. I have trained myself to appreciate contemporary bonsai by experiencing it a lot, and if my brain is good at that sort of thing, then I'll form rules for discovering what I was told was 'good' bonsai and distinguishing it form the 'bad'. When I visit an exhibit and see the work of a new artist, I will apply my rules of 'good' and 'bad' bonsai and make my judgment on whether this artist is any good. Since most of us were trained by the same books and by similar examples of 'good' and 'bad' bonsai, our opinions will often be similar to other bonsaiists, and the new artist will be branded accordingly.
At the same token this applies to bonsai designers. If I decide to become a bonsai master, I will judge my own work by the same abstract rules of 'good' and 'bad' and produce bonsai that pass my own criteria for judgment. Therefore, once it is established that some works are examples of good art, it almost guarantees that the pattern will be perpetuated by future artist and critics. This goes so far that a considerable number of bonsai connoisseurs and artists believe that there is only one way to do it 'right'. There is a strong tendency for fundamentalism; it is inherent in the system of how bonsai taste evolves.
Now in appreciating bonsai there is, of course, more than just pattern recognition here, but is there any way for us to ever separate the two? Normally there is no observer here from outside of the system, and we can never know to what extent our preferences are biased by the pattern-recognition training we have received in the past. But you remember the example of above when we 'knew' exactly what was morally good or bad and all of a sudden a person from another culture had a very different moral code. The question is whether we even listen to someone who comes from another bonsai culture. If we listen, do we understand what he is saying? Probably not really, and probably we want to stay in our cozy well established and defined bonsai world rather than constantly question what we are thinking. And we don't realize that what we think are 'natural' rules just evolved accidentally and became a generally accepted code. But by sheer coincidence it could have become a very different code.
Can we not bring into a bonsai exhibit a person from the street who was never exposed to any bonsai or theory about them. Well, we can, but what do we expect? The person will make some judgments and will give some explanation, but they will not really tell us much more than that we have someone with a very naive taste and no background in front of us. Art form is also a language in itself, and without raining and exposure one cannot learn how to read that language.
The story is told about a person approaching Picasso and told him 'Mr. Picasso, I don't understand your art'. Picasso replied, 'do you know Chinese?'. 'No'. 'but Chinese an be learned.'
How will we ever know the true difference between elitism perpetuated through pattern recognition and the intrinsic value of a bonsai?
Adapted from: "Art and Elitism: A Form of Pattern Recognition" by
Kunal Sen, 2007, Encyclopedia Britannica blog
5 comments:
- Matt Williams said...
Interesting thoughts Walter, thanks. It is undoubtedly true that to fully appreciete any art form a little education in that area does help but the importance of our instinctual or culturally conditioned reaction to art should not be denegrated by this.
My feeling is that to be a good judge of bonsai one should have an appreciation of the technical aspects of the art and craft of bonsai but perhaps as importantly havew looked at a lot of trees in order to build up a good memopry store for pattern recognition. This should include, infact (in my oppinion) be predominated by, real trees in nature. Unless one believes that real trees have nothing to do with bonsai... and if that's true I am greatly misguided!
- October 23, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Hallo Walter
Vielleicht interessant in diesem Zusammenhang
"Programming and metaprogramming in the human biocomputer" John c. Lilly
Die "Prägung" an und für sich ist nicht negativ das Beharren eher schon
mfG Dieter
- October 23, 2009 at 1:09 PM
- Broken.Arrow.Bonsai said...
Walter, This is very thought provoking. I hope others read this. I am aware that in the time I have worked with bonsai my preferences and understandings have evolved. Particularly as my understanding and appreciation for trees in nature has progressed and as I learn to apply and appreciate more techniques. Most recently as I have begun to work with some collected material. Perhaps a good exercise to aid one in developing a greater appreciation of "different" trees is to assess/analyze the many series of technical skills that were applied to develop it. Also simply being open to look at trees that are "different". If what you have written is true, some judges would not be able to do this and as a result may disregard a good tree that does not fit into a pattern, or which they are unable to discern the application of good techniques. Any way thanks for posting.
- October 23, 2009 at 1:25 PM
That's one tempting question!
If I may take a round-about to a possible answer:
From following Souren Melikian's writing on art and its markets for a while now, I remained with a particularly useful sound bite that seems to fit here well. Melikian writes of art collectors, their taste thwarted by auction watching:
"The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." (*)
From the sound of it, that expert lot of outsiders could be the same you caught rationalizing bonsai patterns.
It has been a while since making rules has been recognized as derisory in more ubiquitous arts. Even making rules about their critique is not quite what it used to be. And the street cred of sole owner auctions has been unquestionable for about ten month... The point: it may not take as strong an instinct as herding behind patterns - or any stable aesthetic standard of evidence, for any audience to remain one step behind the transformations of any art. Lest 'cheap talk' should find a way to instant entitlement. (**)
Melikian is more optimistic then I. He goes on by hinting to a saving grace of spectator mediocrity:
"When there is little to look at [...], when viewers are no longer guided [hic!] by passion, a whole aspect of the living artistic culture withers away."
If 'viewers guided by passion' go by wholly distinct instincts then seeing it all can be relied on to provide, I sure wish Mr. Melikian had spared one more paragraph to qualify that 'viewer's passion' further! Here's my guess:
To qualify that 'good taste' would be making explicit rules bound to be dulled by replication (***). Bar that, there are a few familiar words for un-observable qualities and acts: uncertainty and its semantic brethren.
Hoping to have put my answer in some context by now, I'd put it in short as follows:
'Intrinsic' value is that whose first recognition demands viewers to take a risk in expressing their judgment, equivalent to that the artist took in providing the object to be judged.
Art buyers make their bets fairly visible. The risk inherent to holding a consistent personal position reveals itself as soon as the 'eye of the beholder' opens the associated mouth... Writing? At least for that there's a good chance no one will ever write back, depending on one's choice of medium, these days.
Ready to bet that this view is at least as wrong as any other, only I haven't found a good way to put it to rest, yet. I am putting it down here looking for some reason to...
* source: Souren Melikian, "Beyond aesthetics, the name's the game
", International Herald Tribune, 8 Nov. 2003]
** I am holding the moderation function of this blog responsible to rid me of that temptation...
*** I suspect there is some story here for someone concerned with intellectual property matters. Most wonderfully off-topic. One perhaps less so:
Taking the other part of Souren's closing statemet, if the judgement of buyers of French impressionists suffer from insufficient reference, I wonder how little value 'seeing more' really has for a far less ubiquitous art and its styles. Your argument seems to imply this also. Unintended?
- October 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- Chris said...
Great post Walter!
For many years I worked with my own bonsai, and didn't know any others who practiced the art (and I still don't). Everything I knew on the subject was learned from books. I made a lot of mistakes along the way and slowly learned better technique. It was rare (and still is) for me to see other bonsai. By my judgment, my own bonsai held a lot of appeal. I'm sure much of that appeal was rooted in having spent so much time and attention on them. Other people with more knowledge and experience probably wouldn't have judged them as kindly. I knew that my bonsai were not of the same standard as those those pictured in the many books I'd collected, but I was content with what I had.
Two weeks ago I visited the National Penjing & Bonsai Museum in Washington DC. The first tree I saw was an Ezo Spruce by Tokuei Tanaka. I was familiar with this tree (and many others in the collection), having seen it in photos many times before. I was astonished! I had no idea it would be that beautiful! As I made my way through the 3 pavilions, I had a growing sense of unease. Each new tree I saw made my pulse quicken and my breathing faster. When I couldn't stop tearing up, I realized I was experiencing the effects of Stendhal Syndrome. I've never experienced it before in an art museum or anywhere else.
I'm still a little shaken by the experience, and it makes me wonder if there are such things as platonic ideals or is it really all subjective. Would I have had that emotional response if I had never seen a bonsai and learned no patterning before? Did I have that experience precisely because of patterning (through photographs)? Does an emotional response of that kind indicate that the art viewed is even "good" at all? Or does it cloud the mind, making an objective judgment of "good" impossible in the first place?
- October 26, 2009 at 11:35 PM


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