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A comprehensive range of resources and information about the New Zealand oil and gas industry is available online.
Please note that the following links are provided for information only and contain external content that may or may not necessarily represent the views and opinions of EnergyStream, Venture Taranaki and other entities associated with this site.
Venture Taranaki
- The Regional Development Agency for the Taranaki Region - New Zealand's premier oil and gas location. Supported by local and Central Government, the agency offers free, confidential assistance to prospective and existing business owners/investors.
- Services includes administering the EnergyStream.co.nz web site.
- Corporate web site: www.taranaki.info
Oil and gas organisations
- Petroleum Exploration & Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ): http://www.pepanz.org.nz/
- New Zealand Society of Engineers: http://newzealand.spe.org/index.cfm
- Gas Association of New Zealand: www.ganz.org.nz
- Energy Law Association of NZ Inc: www.energylaw.org.nz
- Geoscience Society of New Zealand: http://www.gsnz.org.nz/index.php
- Federated Farmers: www.fedfarm.org.nz
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority: http://www.eeca.govt.nz/
- Climate Change Information New Zealand: http://www.climatechange.govt.nz/
- AGEDA – The (international) Expert Group on Energy Data and Analysis (EGEDA): http://www.ieej.or.jp/egeda/index.html
- Oil and Gas Specialist Technologies Cluster: http://www.oilandgas.co.nz/
- Engineering Taranaki: http://www.engineeringtaranaki.co.nz/taranaki.asp
- Venture Taranaki: http://www.taranaki.info/
Training and development
- Petroleum Skills Association: http://www.petroskills.co.nz/
- Extractive Industries ITO: http://www.exito.org.nz/main/index.asp
- Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) – provide a range of training and education courses, including some aligned to the O&G industry. http://www.witt.ac.nz/
New Zealand Universities – natural resource departments
- Victoria University Geography, Environmental and Earth Sciences Department: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/default.aspx
- Victoria University Petroleum Geoscience MSc: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/study/postgraduate-study/petroleum-geoscience/default.aspx
- Massey University Geology Department: http://soils-earth.massey.ac.nz/massey/depart/sciences/institutes/inr/soil-and-earth-sciences/soil-and-earth-sciences-home.cfm
- Otago University Geology Department: http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/
- Auckland University Geography, Geology and Environmental Science Department: http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/index.shtm/
- Waikato University Earth and Ocean Sciences Department: http://earth.waikato.ac.nz/
- University of Canterbury Geological Sciences Department: http://www.geol.canterbury.ac.nz/
- GNS: New Zealand Crown Research Institute that focuses on geological resources, environmental and industrial isotopes, and geological hazards. http://gns.cri.nz
- NIWA: Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research http://www.niwa.co.nz/
- Institute of Earth, Science & Engineering: http://www.iese.co.nz/pageloader.aspx?page=1262d182d0d0
- National Energy Research Institue: http://www.neri.co.nz/
- NZ Energy library: http://www.energylibrary.org.nz/
- TE ARA: Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Electricity Networks Association: http://www.electricity.org.nz/
Industry companies and contacts
Downstream companies
- Marsden Point Oil Refinery: www.nzrc.co.nz/
- Methanex New Zealand: www.methanex.com
- Genesis Power: www.genesispower.co.nz
- Natural Gas Corporation: www.natgas.co.nz
- Contact Energy: www.contactenergy.co.nz
- Todd Energy: www.todd.co.nz
- Powerco: www.powerco.co.nz
- For full list of Electricity operators: http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/Page____33037.aspx
Alternative and renewable energy
- Geothermal contacts: http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/ContentTopicSummary____44755.aspx
- New Zealand Wind Energy Association: http://www.windenergy.org.nz/
- Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society: http://www.anzses.org/
- Solar Industries Association (NZ): http://www.solarindustries.org.nz/
- Wave Energy Technology: http://www.wavenergy.co.nz/
- Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association: http://www.awatea.org.nz/
- The Energy Federation of New Zealand: http://www.energyfed.org.nz/
Marine environment
- Oceans Policy website: www.oceans.govt.nz
- Fishing and Hunting New Zealand www.fishnhunt.co.nz
- New Zealand Fishing www.newzealandfishing.com
- New Zealand Seafood Industry Council www.seafood.co.nz
- Sealord Products Limited www.sealord.co.nz
Regional Councils
- Auckland Regional Council: www.arc.govt.nz
- Canterbury Regional Council: www.crc.govt.nz
- Environment Southland: www.envirosouth.govt.nz
- Environment Waikato: www.ew.govt.nz
- Environment Bay of Plenty: www.boprc.govt.nz
- Hawkes Bay Regional Council: www.hbrc.govt.nz
- Manawatu/Wanganui Regional Council – Horizons: www.horizons.govt.nz
- Northland Regional Council: www.nrc.govt.nz
- Otago Regional Council: www.orc.govt.nz
- Taranaki Regional Council: www.trc.govt.nz
- West Coast Regional Council: www.wcrc.govt.nz
- Wellington Regional Council: www.wrc.govt.nz
Government information
- New Zealand Government online: www.govt.nz
- Government Ministers: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/
- Parliamentary process and procedures: http://www.parliament.govt.nz>
- Legislation online http://www.legislation.govt.nz/
Government Departments
A comprehensive list of New Zealand government departments and agencies that provide a wide range of information and services useful and relevant to doing business in New Zealand.
- Commerce Commission: www.comcom.govt.nz
- New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals: http://www.nzpam.govt.nz/cms
- Department of Conservation: www.doc.govt.nz
- Department of Labour: www.dol.govt.nz
- Inland Revenue Department: www.ird.govt.nz
- Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand: www.iponz.govt.nz
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry: www.maf.govt.nz
- Ministry of Business Innovation and Enterprise: www.mbie.govt.nz
- Ministry of Fisheries: www.fish.govt.nz
- New Zealand's Immigration Service: www.immigration.govt.nz
- New Zealand Trade & Enterprise: http://www.nzte.govt.nz/Pages/default.aspx
- Overseas Investment Commission: http://www.oic.govt.nz
- Te Puni Kokiri: www.tpk.govt.nz
- Statistics NZ:. http://www.stats.govt.nz/
- Maritime New Zealand: http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/
- Ministry of Science & Innovation: http://www.msi.govt.nz/
Australia: National Off shore Petroeum Safety Authority (NOPSA): http://www.nopsa.gov.au/index.asp

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text: Big ideas don't have ROI By Paul Gillin. Published on September 19, 2011. American Express' OPEN Forum for small-business owners routinely attracts more than 1 million unique visitors a month. The network has 200 featured contributors, mobile apps and a new social media tracking and management service for members. All for free. At Dell Computer, 3,000 people have been certified to use social media on behalf of the company. Dell has hired professional trainers; published a four-color, how-to manual; and flown speakers in from around the country to share their wisdom. Cisco Systems has recently taken advantage of massive layoffs of journalists to hire former BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal writers to tackle weighty topics, such as the future of the Internet and the impact of social media on education, in a revamped newsroom called the Network. A similar initiative at Intel Corp., called the Free Press, reads like a technology trade magazine. Content like that doesn't come cheap. All these programs have one thing in common: There's no clear return on investment (ROI). "We're doing this because we think it's what's right for the small-business community," said Scott Roen, an AmEx OPEN VP. "The business philosophy around social media is to embed it across the company to be a better business," said Richard Binhammer, who coordinates social media programs at Dell. Contrast that thinking with the micro-management that confronts many marketers as they try to get their own social programs off the ground. While they crunch Excel formulas trying to make their case, forward-thinking companies move ahead with big ideas. And big ideas don't have ROI. These companies set audacious goals in the belief that market-changing ideas are more likely to come from the back of an envelope than the bottom line of a spreadsheet. But they also measure like crazy at the back end. For example, Walt Disney Co. knows that the average person who takes a theme park vaca-tion will spend $62,000 with Disney over his or her lifetime. But the company doesn't use this insight to justify the brand of shampoo in guest rooms. It's a benchmark for making smart decisions at a high level. Most CEOs think of themselves as big-idea people, but they're understandably sensitive to the countervailing forces of nervous directors. If you let your ideas become pawns in the ROI chess game, you will always play defense. I'm not saying returns aren't important, but ROI can be a convenient excuse to justify inaction and cynicism. The next time you're pressed for ROI, turn the conversation toward big ideas. Cite the AmEx OPEN Forum example and suggest that the important question isn't whether the bet will pay off, but whether it's the right thing to do. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Hello and welcome to the The Long Island Soaring Association Web Site. We are a soaring club based at Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley Long Island. We get together every weekend to fly our sailplanes, and to teach, and learn about the sport of soaring. We also offer Power Pilot training in our Cessna C-172 at a very reasonable rate. The club, an SSA chapter, is a non-profit club, incorporated in 1955 by some soaring enthusiasts. As a non-profit club our aim is to promote the sport of soaring, and make it affordable, to all . We also strive to promote the science of airmanship, air navigation, the science of meteorology and related subjects.
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On Friday, March 13, 2015, CDO Club founder David Mathison participated on a SXSW panel covering big data, Chief Data Officers, and Chief Analytics Officers, titled "How to Prepare for the Tidal Wave of Big Data Jobs."
The panel featured moderator Tracey Wallace (Managing Editor for Bigcommerce), Amen Mashariki (Chief Analytics Officer for the City of NY), and Sree Sreenivasan (CDO for The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
The panel was curated by Umbel, a smart data company that helps monetize and grow premium audiences, as part of a full day of big data sessions at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Special thanks to Umbel's Trips Reddy and Shannon Parks for pulling it all together.
Participants discussed the current big data jobs landscape: which companies and sectors are hiring, select CDO placements in 2014, and what skills are required to succeed in these important roles.
You can view the entire slideshow of Mathison's presentation here.
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EDITORS NOTE: See more recent CDO JOBS Updates below:
- Chief DIGITAL Officer JOBS Update (February 2015)
- Chief DIGITAL Officer JOBS Update (January 2015)
- Chief DIGITAL Officer JOBS Update (Q4 2014)
- Chief DATA Officer JOBS Update (February 2015)
- Chief DATA Officer JOBS Update (January 2015)
- Chief DATA Officer JOBS Update (Q4 2014)
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A Resource Guide: How to Prepare for the Tidal Wave of Big Data Jobs
To begin the session, Mathison used the accompanying Venn diagram created by Mario Faria, Chief Data Officer at CDO, Inc.
The slide illustrates the similarities and differences between the three main titles (Chief Digital Officer, Chief Data Officer, and Chief Analytics Officer), and where their responsibilities intersect and overlap.
Mario's infographic is so succinct and clear that the other panelists turned their heads to view it on the screen behind them (see photo below).
Sree even took a photo so he could live-tweet the slide from the stage:
Panelists then discussed the skills required to succeed as a Chief Data Officer, Chief Data Scientist, or Chief Analytics Officer.
In order to explore the requisite skills, Mathison suggested reviewing various job descriptions from the companies that are currently hiring.
Finally, panelists reviewed key global Chief Data and Chief Analytics Officer placements in 2014.
CDOs were hired at News Corp., The New York Times, the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Deutsche Bank, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Reserve Board of New York, GE Capital, Ford Motor Company, the University of Wisconsin, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, among others, as can be seen below:
Panelists noted that the sectors are now aggressively broadening out from the original "digital natives" such as Google, Netflix, Yahoo, and the like, as well as from government and regulated industries (medical, pharma, and financial services, for example) to other, newer sectors, including media, publishing, advertising, automotive, academia, and retail, among others.
The CDO Club projects that this trend will continue, and that CDO hires will soon extend into almost every sector of the global economy.
It's a replay from the 1980s: The executive suite realized that technology and infrastructure could provide strategic value and competitive advantage, so they created a C-level title to reflect tech's growing importance – the CIO – and later, the CTO.
Fast-forward 35 years: technology is practically invisible, infrastructure is increasingly outsourced, content is stored in the cloud – and organizations now recognize that data, not infrastructure, is the strategic asset and the lifeblood of business.
Hence the aggressive global recruitment of Chief Data Officers, Chief Data Scientists, Chief Analytics Officers, and Chief Digital Officers.
For these reasons (and others that we'll explore later), the CDO Club projects that within 3-5 years there will be far more Chief Data Officers (who now number approximately 250 globally) than Chief Digital Officers (some 1,000 globally as of January 1, 2015).
Now all we need are qualified professionals to fill all these open positions!
As mentioned in last week's post, both IDC and McKinsey are predicting a significant skills shortage in data insights and analytics.
The McKinsey study predicts that by 2018, the U.S. could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 "people with deep analytic skills" as well as 1.5 million "managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions."
Time to polish up your skills – and resumes – CDOs!
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You may recall that our recent Chief Data Officer JOBS Update for Q4 2014 covered last year's new hires and opportunities.
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I have to eliminate my audio rack because of space issues with the Cornscala's. But I can't fit it all under the TV, thus I am left with knocking out something that can hold my amp and dvd player. I was digging around cleaning out a wood rack and found a nice piece of curly cherry and another of curly walnut. I had been saving them for something special, and this was it.
Next thing was to figure out a design that would use only the two boards. In a fit of madness I pulled out the hand tools and carved a set of legs. I love the hand tools, there is nothing better than feeling that figured wood cut like butter.
The bass section from the Klipsch Cornwall uses a modified motorboard design that moves the ports from the bottom to the side. This allows the 15" woofer to be mounted directly in the center of the motorboard. The assembly is a two piece design. If I build another pair I think I will change a couple of things. One, I will mill a rabbet for the outside diameter. The 3/4" drop is slightly too deep, and the 15.625 diameter is overly large. Other than that the assembly fit the speaker perfectly, and a test fitting to the cabinets was also perfect.
Here is the double sided tape method I use to cut the circles out of the MDF. This attaches the MDF to the backing/waste board so that when the circle is finally cut free it doesn't move around and cause a problem.
The lower enclosures were dampened with carpet padding and automotive headliner fabric. Just some minor dampening to breakup any resonance that might happen, and help to clean up things for a little more clarity. A friend helped me with the final sanding prep using 400 grit. I learned a lot about final prep work, and these cabinets are really looking great. I did a quick stacking of the components to check proportions and get some idea as to what they will look like complete.
The Cornscala upper cabinets are assembled and now need to have the ports milled out in the bottom. I needed another small piece of walnut to finish these up so I picked up some over at Owl. This piece came from a large, commercial kiln that uses steam to blend their walnut. It gives it a more uniform look, but it also dulls it down. I really prefer the vertical strip that you see below that came from a local sawyer who uses a solar kiln.
I went back to a finish that was similar to how I did the family room furniture. The base is a boiled linseed oil that is applied and sits for 24 hours. Then 3 coats of hand rubbed General Finish Arm-R-Seal in high gloss. Each coat is steel wooled and wiped, and after the third coat it is sanded using the Festool RO150 and 320 grit on vibe. That is followed by two coats of Arm-R-Seal in semi-gloss. The first pic shows the backs after the last coat has dried for about 4 hours. I should be able to start working on the bottom cabinets (finishing) tomorrow.
The bottom cabinet shells have the ports routed into the upper chamber. There is a middle piece that has matching ports and serves to divide the upper and lower cabinets. The ports were routed with pattern bits and a template I made from scap MDF. Initial opening is cut with the jigsaw, and then the final cut is done with the pattern bit. Each mid piece is matched to a specific cabinet. It has been 9 years since I did a project with MDF and I would have no problem waiting for another 20 years before doing another one. It is the messiest, dirtiest material I have ever worked with. I had to wear a respirator while milling these parts.
The shells are domino'd and ready for the ports to be cut. The backs are done and the access hole for the cross overs are done. They are downstairs and I am starting the finishing process on those.
There were 3 boards of walnut left over from when we built the furniture for the family room. It is well aged (over 5 years) and it will help the speakers to match perfectly with the room. This was milled to the exact thickness of the A1 cherry MDF sheets. Then the components were milled with loose tenon mortises using the Festool Domino. It is an excellent joint, and far superior to the biscuit joiner. The tops and bottoms (8 each for 1 pair) were then clamped for 4 hours each under pressure to form flat panels.
The JBL's had another failure a few weeks ago and I decided it was time for them to retire after 25 years of service. I started looking at options, but I could not afford to buy a nice pair of new speakers. I looked at some used ones that were available within driving distance, but the more I looked the more I realized I could build something much nicer. I have never owned Klipsch or any other horn speaker, and I have always said it would be nice to try a high efficiency pair. While looking at used Klipsch speakers I found a guy named Bob Crites from Crites Speakers who supplies new crossovers and drivers to upgrade existing Klipsch. He also has a great design called a "Cornscala" that combines the best attributes of the Klipsch Cornwall and the Klipsch Lascala.
I started out only milling the motor board (baffle) and telling myself I would not really build a pair, I just wanted to see if I could mill the MDF pattern for the motor board. But that quickly spiraled into a full blown effort to modify Bob's original design to incorporate split cabinets and different grills. And that led me to really wanting a pair in China, so I thought I would build TWO pair.... I wanted to have the cabinets match the existing cherry furniture and in particular the coffee table. So I chose to use 3/4" MDF core cherry ply, A1 grade for the first pair. The layups were done in CutList Plus using a series of manual drawings I used to develop the design. The panels were VERY heavy, and I broke them up on the workbench prior to moving over to the table saw. I am starting the edge banding process today, and clamping the first of the tops and bottoms (total of 8 pieces per pair).
Here is a new vid from Mark Stoddard over at Lava Cable. A long time ago I picked up my first cable from him and it was mostly to support the business than anything. It was pricey, and I wondered if it was really worth it but he seemed like a good guy, and the way I eat up cables if it lasted an extra year or two it would be worth it. What was really amazing was that I could actually hear the difference. I did not think it was possible for a cable to matter that much. They are great, and I brought a Retro Coil with me to China.
It has been one week since I arrived back in Beijing. I got rid of my jet lag and put my kitchen back in order. The reverse osmosis unit has been a great addition to the apartment and really cut down on our expenses plus I have safe water. I really did not do much in the way of cooking over the holiday but starting Wednesday we began putting some things together. I will build up momentum over the coming weeks and we will host a few parties.
The sites need a serious revamp and some formatting work. The style sheets holding the Tin Turtle site together are some butchered copies I did from the original BlogEngine install and I need to build new ones from scratch. I didn't notice it as much here when I built the site last year, but when I got back to the U.S. and saw it on my 26" monitor it was painful. And I need to do browser checking, this site was developed in designed for I.E. with no regard for anything else, and with I.E. having less than 50% of the browser market that won't cut it. Mindspear has to be redone too, it hasn't been touched since 2002 and none of the cool projects I worked on in Chicago are even on the site.
The package I put together to practice guitar in China has worked out really, really well. I still have the laptop from 2009 which was a really good unit when new, and honestly still has pretty good performance. I had really thought out how to have a completely portable work station with enough ooomph to do full on development with VS and SQL Server. So when I added on Reason 6 with the Focusrite Saffire 6 pre it worked well. The tone in the Line 6 amp models built into Reason are very good - and I am a hard core tube guy. But they are more than adequate for what I am doing. And it all still fits in one backpack. There are some latency issues with the Focusrite and that seems to be in how the unit attaches to the internal USB hub. Once I have it ironed out I will post how I have this set up and what I am getting in terms of performance.


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April 23, 2008Renowned Cellist Performs Dvořák Concerto under Baton of Christopher Seaman
Rochester, NY – One of the most anticipated concerts of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra season is nearly here. On Monday, May 5 at 8 p.m. at Eastman Theatre, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be performing Dvořák's Cello Concerto to a sold-out crowd with Music Director Christopher Seaman conducting. Mr. Ma last appeared with the RPO during the 1999-2000 Season. There will be no pre-concert chat.
The many-faceted career of Yo-Yo Ma is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing a new concerto, revisiting a familiar work, performing chamber music or exploring non-Western musical forms, Mr. Ma strives to find stimulating imaginative connections. Balancing his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world and his recital and chamber music activities, he draws inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators. One of Mr. Ma's goals is the exploration of music as a means of communication, and as a vehicle for the migrations of ideas, across a range of cultures throughout the world. Expanding upon this interest, Mr. Ma established the Silk Road Project to promote the study of the cultural, artistic and intellectual traditions along the ancient Silk Road trade route that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Ma's discography of over 75 albums (including more than 15 GRAMMY® Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests.
"It is always a privilege to welcome back to Rochester our good friend, Yo-Yo Ma, one of the greatest artists of our generation, who has done so much to bring music into people's lives and to encourage young musicians," notes Christopher Seaman. "Yo-Yo will play one of his signature pieces, the glorious Dvořák Cello Concerto." Seaman goes on to describe how Dvořák's music is "saturated with the flavor of traditional Czech song and dance," with the "virtuoso 'fireworks' of the solo part perfectly balanced by the composer's unmatched gift for melody." Composed during Dvořák's three-year term as director of New York's National Conservatory of Music, the piece was inspired by the composer's homesickness, Victor Herbert's cello concerto, and by the cellist of the Bohemian Quartet. Dvořák's apparently inexhaustible supply of gorgeous melodies is woven perfectly into an impressive symphonic masterpiece.
Like Dvořák's Cello Concerto, pieces on the concert's first half are equally "national" in their style. The stirring Polonaise from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin opens the concert, followed by the lesser-known but most attractive and brilliantly orchestrated Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, "Peacock Variations" by Zoltan Kodály. Commissioned by the Concertgeboew Orchestra of Amsterdam for its 50th anniversary, the piece was premiered in 1939, only to be banned by Hungarian authorities a year later. Fly, Peacock Fly is an ancient Hungarian folk song whose text is a metaphorical call for freedom from tyranny. Kodály's choice at a time when political extremism was reaching a dangerous peak in Hungary was a bold and defiant move.
Following "Peacock Variations" is Sibelius' Finlandia, a piece equally full of the spirit of resistance. Originally titled Finland Awakes, the work was composed as incidental music to a stage pageant in support of a free press during Russia's oppressive rule of Finland in 1899. The grand finale of the work was Sibelius' tone poem embodying the Finns' resistance and their faith in their eventual return to democracy. It is known and loved for both its musical value and as an internationally recognized anthem of freedom.
This concert is sponsored by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and The Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation, with additional support from Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP and First Niagara.
Celebrating its 85th season in 2007-08, the RPO inspires and enriches the community through the art of music. The Orchestra is passionately dedicated to outstanding musical performance at the highest artistic levels, and has a unique tradition of musical versatility, commitment to music education in the broadest sense and a deep and enduring engagement with the community. The RPO has been honored with the New York State Governor's Arts Award and two recent ASCAP awards for adventurous programming. RPO performances are made possible in part with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; the State of New York; Monroe County and the City of Rochester.
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Audio resourcess.
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In physics, sound is a vibration that typically propagates as an audible wave of pressure, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.[1] Humans can hear sound waves with frequencies between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz. Sound above 20 kHz is ultrasound and below 20 Hz is infrasound. Other animals have different hearing ranges.
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound, and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician, while someone working in the field of acoustical engineering may be called an acoustical engineer.[2] An audio engineer, on the other hand, is concerned with the recording, manipulation, mixing, and reproduction of sound.
Applications of acoustics are found in almost all aspects of modern society, subdisciplines include aeroacoustics, audio signal processing, architectural acoustics, bioacoustics, electro-acoustics, environmental noise, musical acoustics, noise control, psychoacoustics, speech, ultrasound, underwater acoustics, and vibration.[3]
Sound is defined as "(a) Oscillation in pressure, stress, particle displacement, particle velocity, etc., propagated in a medium with internal forces (e.g., elastic or viscous), or the superposition of such propagated oscillation. (b) Auditory sensation evoked by the oscillation described in (a)."[4]
Perception of sound
A distinct use of the term sound from its use in physics is that in physiology and psychology, where the term refers to the subject of perception by the brain. The field of psychoacoustics is dedicated to such studies. Historically the word "sound" referred exclusively to an effect in the mind. Webster's 1947 dictionary defined sound as: "that which is heard; the effect which is produced by the vibration of a body affecting the ear."[11] This meant (at least in 1947) the correct response to the question: "if a tree falls in the forest with no one to hear it fall, does it make a sound?" was "no". However, owing to contemporary usage, definitions of sound as a physical effect are prevalent in most dictionaries. Consequently, the answer to the same question (see above) is now "yes, a tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it fall does make a sound".
The physical reception of sound in any hearing organism is limited to a range of frequencies. Humans normally hear sound frequencies between approximately 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz (20 kHz),[12]:382 The upper limit decreases with age.[12]:249 Sometimes sound refers to only those vibrations with frequencies that are within the hearing range for humans[13] or sometimes it relates to a particular animal. Other species have different ranges of hearing. For example, dogs can perceive vibrations higher than 20 kHz, but are deaf below 40 Hz.
As a signal perceived by one of the major senses, sound is used by many species for detecting danger, navigation, predation, and communication. Earth's atmosphere, water, and virtually any physical phenomenon, such as fire, rain, wind, surf, or earthquake, produces (and is characterized by) its unique sounds. Many species, such as frogs, birds, marine and terrestrial mammals, have also developed special organs to produce sound. In some species, these produce song and speech. Furthermore, humans have developed culture and technology (such as music, telephone and radio) that allows them to generate, record, transmit, and broadcast sound.
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Digital audio is a technology that can be used for sound recording and reproduction using audio signals that have been encoded in digital form. Following significant advances in digital audio technology during the 1970s, it gradually replaced analog audio technology in many areas of audio engineering and telecommunications in the 1990s and 2000s.
In a digital audio system, a microphone converts sound to an analog electrical signal, then an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)—typically using pulse-code modulation—converts the analog signal into a digital signal. This digital signal can then be recorded, edited and modified using digital audio tools. When the sound engineer wishes to listen to the recording on headphones or loudspeakers (or when a consumer wishes to listen to a digital sound file of a song), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) performs the reverse process, converting a digital signal back into an analog signal, through an audio power amplifier and send to a loudspeaker.
Digital audio systems may include compression, storage, processing and transmission components. Conversion to a digital format allows convenient manipulation, storage, transmission and retrieval of an audio signal. Unlike analog audio, in which making copies of a recording results in generation loss, a degradation of the signal quality, when using digital audio, an infinite number of copies can be made without any degradation of signal quality.
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Audio editing software is software which allows editing and generating of audio data. Audio editing software can be implemented completely or partly as library, as computer application, as Web application or as a loadable kernel module. Wave Editors are digital audio editors and there are many sources of software available to perform this function. Most can edit music, apply effects and filters, adjust stereo channels etc.
A digital audio workstation (DAW) consists of software to a great degree, and usually is composed of many distinct software suite components, giving access to them through a unified graphical user interface using GTK+, Qt or some other library for the GUI widgets.
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In digital recording, audio signals picked up by a microphone or other transducer or video signals picked up by a camera or similar device are converted into a stream of discrete numbers, representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, and chroma and luminance values for video, then recorded to a storage device. To play back a digital sound recording, the numbers are retrieved and converted back into their original analog waveforms so that they can be heard through a loudspeaker. To play back a digital video recording, the numbers are retrieved and converted back into their original analog waveforms so that they can be viewed on a video monitor, television or other display.
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A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth, is a computer program, or plug-in that generates digital audio, usually for music. Computer software that can create sounds or music is not new, but advances in processing speed are allowing softsynths to accomplish the same tasks that previously required dedicated hardware. Softsynths are usually cheaper and more portable than dedicated hardware, and easier to interface with other music software such as music sequencers.
Types of software synthesizers
Softsynths can cover a range of synthesis methods, including subtractive synthesis (including analog modeling, a subtype), FM synthesis (including the similar phase distortion synthesis), physical modelling synthesis, additive synthesis (including the related resynthesis), and sample-based synthesis.
Many popular hardware synthesizers are no longer manufactured, but have been emulated in software. The emulation can even extend to having graphics that model the exact placements of the original hardware controls. Some simulators can even import the original sound patches with accuracy that is nearly indistinguishable from the original synthesizer. Popular synthesizers such as the Minimoog, Yamaha DX7, Korg M1, Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-X, Roland Jupiter 8, ARP 2600 and dozens of other classics have been recreated in software.
Some softsynths are heavily sample-based, and frequently have more capability than hardware units, since computers have fewer restrictions on memory than dedicated hardware synthesizers. Some of these sample based synthesizers come with sample libraries many gigabytes in size. Some are specifically designed to mimic real world instruments such as pianos. Many sample libraries are available in a common format like .wav, .sf or .sf2, and can be used with almost any sampler-based softsynth.
The major downside of using softsynths can often be more latency (delay between playing the note and hearing the corresponding sound). Decreasing latency requires increasing the demand on the computer's processor. When the soft synthesizer is running as a plug-in for a host sequencer, both the soft synth and the sequencer are competing for processor time. Multi-processor computers can handle this better than single-processor computers. As the processor becomes overloaded, sonic artifacts such as "clicks" and "pops" can be heard during performance or playback. When the processor becomes completely overloaded, the host sequencer or computer can lock up or crash. Increasing buffer size helps, but also increases latency. However modern professional audio interfaces can frequently operate with extremely low latency, so in recent years this has become much less of a problem than in the early days of computer music.
It is also possible to generate sound files offline, meaning sound generation does not have to be in real time, or live. For example, the input could be a MIDI file and the output could be a WAV file or an MP3 file. Playing a WAV or MP3 file simply means playing a precalculated waveform. The advantage of offline synthesis is that the software can spend as much time as it needs to generate the resulting sounds, potentially increasing sound quality. It could take 30 seconds of computing time to generate 1 second of real-time sound, for example. The disadvantage is that changes to the music specifications cannot be heard immediately.
Often a composer or virtual conductor will want a "draft mode" for initial score editing, and then use the "production mode" to generate high-quality sound as one gets closer to the final version. The draft mode allows for quicker turn-around, perhaps in real time, but will not have the full quality of the production mode. The draft render is roughly analogous to a wire-frame or "big polygon" animation when creating 3D animation or CGI. Both are based on the trade-off between quality and turn-around time for reviewing drafts and changes.
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Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording. Prior to the development of sound recording, there were mechanical systems for encoding and reproducing instrumental music, such as wind-up music boxes and, later, player pianos.
Acoustic analog recording is achieved by a microphone diaphragm that can detect and sense the changes in atmospheric pressure caused by acoustic sound waves and record them as a mechanical representation of the sound waves on a medium such as a phonograph record (in which a stylus cuts grooves on a record). In magnetic tape recording, the sound waves vibrate the microphone diaphragm and are converted into a varying electric current, which is then converted to a varying magnetic field by an electromagnet, which makes a representation of the sound as magnetized areas on a plastic tape with a magnetic coating on it. Analog sound reproduction is the reverse process, with a bigger loudspeaker diaphragm causing changes to atmospheric pressure to form acoustic sound waves. Oscillations may also be recorded directly from devices such as an electric guitar pickup or a synthesizer, without the use of acoustics in the recording process, other than the need for musicians to hear how well they are playing during recording sessions via headphones.
Digital recording and reproduction converts the analog sound signal picked up by the microphone to a digital form by the process of digitization. This lets the audio data be stored and transmitted by a wider variety of media. Digital recording stores audio as a series of binary numbers (zeros and ones) representing samples of the amplitude of the audio signal at equal time intervals, at a sample rate high enough to convey all sounds capable of being heard. Digital recordings are considered higher quality than analog recordings not necessarily because they have higher fidelity (wider frequency response or dynamic range), but because the digital format can prevent much loss of quality found in analog recording due to noise and electromagnetic interference in playback and mechanical deterioration or damage to the storage medium. Whereas successive copies of an analog recording tend to degrade in quality, as more noise is added, a digital audio recording can be reproduced endlessly with no degradation in sound quality. A digital audio signal must be reconverted to analog form during playback before it is amplified and connected to a loudspeaker to produce sound.
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After a few years of having the same website, it was felt that it was time for a refresh. So if you're reading this then the new website is now live! Featuring a more secure software solution and a more visually appealing design, it's a significant improvement on the previous site.
The new events page takes a feed from the club Facebook calendar, so it will always be up to date with the latest information. Also, the gallery and video pages take feeds from external locations where club members can add content freely. Hopefully that won't prove to be a mistake!
If you have any comments or questions, or want to be a page administrator, please drop Jon a line.


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The Easy, Super-'90s Way I Keep Grown-Out Bangs out of My Face
Bangs, fringe, breakage — whatever you call it, it'll fit in some butterfly clips.
So there's this woman I've been following on Instagram named Amina Mucciolo. She runs a tassel factory with her husband in downtown L.A. and is the sort of enchanting creature who makes pinatas by hand. And then there is her hair: flowing braids of pastel yarn.
I was so blown away by her level of craftiness--I needed details. So over a quick lunch after a recent visit to her factory, I asked, she told, and now I'm here to share the genius with you. The following are excerpts from my conversation with her.
Why Yarn?
"I have been braiding my own hair since I was in middle school. I used to do braids for all of my friends in high school to earn extra money. I really wanted pastel pink hair but I wasn't quite ready to bleach my hair again. I was going to just braid my hair in my natural color using synthetic hair made for braiding like I do about once a year. But, after a quick google search, I discovered yarn braids. I learned via tumblr that some girls actually use yarn in the same color of their hair in lieu of braiding hair. Its a cheap, easily accessible option for braiding that is slightly lighter and helps to retain moisture. I knew the possibilities would be endless."
How To Create And Care For Yarn Braids
"It's just like any braid except much smaller. Each piece that you see was braided by hand.
I sectioned small pieces of my hair and attached a few strands of yarn by simply looping it on and braiding.
The process was trial and error, but I sorted it out eventually when I did my hair the second time. I use a few strands of yarn and tried to match the size with the piece of my natural hair. I use acrylic yarn because I learned that wool or other natural fibers might be too close to my own hair texture and would knot with my real hair. Also acrylic yarn is easy to find in a variety of colors.
I don't do a great deal to prep my natural hair before braiding. I just make sure its clean and well conditioned. I may use a leave-in deep conditioner or hot oil treatment and sit under a dryer, but that's about all. As far as care goes, I co-wash and try to use minimal shampoo on my own hair, so the same is true for the yarn braids. Because yarn holds moisture, they get really really heavy when they're wet, so I try to just wash my scalp.
I wouldn't recommend leaving any braids in longer than five or six weeks.
The pastel yarn tends to fade after about a month, so if you want to maintain the original color, you probably have to switch it out more often."
Pastel Yarn Vs. Pastel Hair
"I think yarn braids are a really great option for anyone that wants to try out a fun color without changing their own hair permanently. However it does come with its own drawbacks.
Installing the braids, depending on length and fullness, can be quite time consuming. It takes me about 24 hours to do my own hair.
That said, I love having pastel hair. I don't think I could ever go back to normal colors. My current hair totally matches my personality better."
Shock Value
"I've shaved my head, had a mohawk and afros in various circumferences, but nothing has garnered as much attention as the pink yarn braids. It was a bit shocking at first because I tend to forget what my hair looks like. People do ask to touch it. Actually some don't even ask. People have strange reactions when encountering something different, especially in smaller towns and suburban areas. I used to get really annoyed, but I've learned to adapt."
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Vegetarians in Paradise proudly presents its 24 Carrot Award to The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG), an impressive internet resource for vegetarians and vegans throughout the world. The dynamic team behind the scenes is composed of Debra Wasserman, cookbook author, mother, and active staff member, and Charles Stahler, publisher, father, and active staff member. They just happen to be married to each other.
Together with a dedicated staff and volunteers, they have published several books, create six issues of the Vegetarian Journal each year, produce informational pamphlets on different aspects of vegetarianism, appear at major vegetarian and vegan events, maintain their web site, and keep in touch with their many readers who call on them with questions.
What follows are the questions asked by Vegetarians in Paradise (VIP) and the answers by Debra (D) and Charles (C).
VIP: What was the spark that ignited the Vegetarian Resource Group's beginnings?
D: Before moving to Baltimore, we were active in The Vegetarian Society of D.C. We wanted to be involved in vegetarian outreach in Baltimore. We had a list of local vegetarian groups in this area. When we went to one address, there was a vacant building. The other groups were nonexistent. We moved here in September, 1982, and started the group in October. We quickly had a feature article in The Baltimore Sun concerning our first Thanksgiving potluck. We had a follow-up event for New Year's that also received a prominent article in The Baltimore Sun,not so much for being vegetarian, but because it was nonsmoking!!! (which was unusual in those days.) The group was pioneering in many ways.
C: A mention in Changing Times Magazinein 1984 moved us to a national focus in addition to a local focus. We received 800 orders for our early Vegetarianism for the Working Personbook. This also launched us to produce more books.
VIP: Did VRG begin as an internet presence?
D: Bobbie Pasternak was doing "internet" type outreach for us in 1993. Brad Scott began working on computer outreach shortly thereafter. Brad said this was before there were web pages and browsers, so not sure if it was called the internet. Bobbie did work on Compuserve early on, and the world wide web (as it was known) soon after was common (1995). Brad Scott set up VRG information on Envirolink in 1995, and www.vrg.org went live in January 1997.
VIP: How has the internet influenced VRG?
C: We are now reaching 100,000+ people a month through the website. Over 1-1/2 million pages a month are accessed. This amount of information direct would be impossible for us with print media. However, it does mean shifting resources, since the web really isn't free, as numerous internet companies are finding out as they go under with a lackluster stock performance and less investment.
VIP: Since your organization is non-profit, are there any staff members who are paid a salary or are they all volunteers?
D: We were all volunteers from 1982 to 1990. As with all organizations, volunteers come and go, with a few core people staying active. Active people's lives would change, and they would have to drop projects which meant overwhelming work for the core volunteers. We found that to maintain all our projects and expand, we needed to have a combination of staff and volunteers. VRG is able to function with a few core staff members and volunteers plus hundreds of other volunteers. When we obtain additional funding, we have in mind additional staff members we need. The volunteers include volunteer editors, clerical people who come into the office, and long distance volunteers who do work ranging from outreach to research to technical assistance.
C: All staff members are Jacks and Jills of all trades and switch around and help others as needed. Everybody is involved in outreach. Roughly defined, staff positions include Membership Manager, Catalog Manager, Research Manager/Web Person, Part-time Editor, Co-directors involved in all aspects of the non-profit, and Administrative Person who assists others as needed. This administrative person shifts back and forth between part-time and full time.
D: Sue Havala consults about 10 -20 hours per week from North Carolina. Nancy Berkoff consults about ten hours per week from California. Though not paid, Brad Scott and Reed Mangels, Ph.D.,R.D. are like staff members. Reed volunteers about twenty hours a week from New England and Brad volunteers an average of ten hours a week on computer issues.
C: We also use freelance writers/artists. There are many, many, many other volunteers. Dina Aronson, R.D., and Terri Carlo, R.D. do booths for us in New England. Jim Dunn in Florida spoke to 25 home economics classes after having a booth at a state home economics conference. Lisa Martin in Chicago coordinated a booth at the National Restaurant Association attended by 100,000 individuals related to the restaurant industry.
VIP: Which accomplishments are you most proud of?
D: I think we are proudest of accomplishments when a goal is successful because people bring their various skills together and work as a team. When this happens, great results happen. But it is hard to make the circumstances work.
C: We stopped the rodeo in Baltimore around 1983. Our dietitians were involved in formation of The American Dietetetic Association Vegetarian Practice Group. Suzanne Havala, our consulting R.D., wrote the American Dietetic Association Position Papers on Vegetarianism twice. She also created a vegetarian meal plan for the national Meals on Wheels. We wrote a booklet for Wegman's Supermarkets and a brochure for King's Supermarkets and sent information to other supermarkets for their use.
D: When I was a volunteer on the Consumer Advisory Board of Giant Supermarkets, per my suggestions, they added plant-based sources of calcium to one of their brochures.
C: We had considerable exposure in the media. Debra appeared on Good Morning America, Discovery Channel, and CNN. Sue appeared on Good Morning America and the Susan Powter Show. Reed wrote a chapter on Nutrition Management of the Vegetarian Child for the Pediatric Manual of Clinical Dietetics. There were articles in New York Times, Parade Magazine, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. There was a feature article on vegetarianism in National Education Association magazine read by 2 million educators.
D: We're proud of our poll looking at the number of vegetarians who don't eat meat, fish, or fowl rather than self-defined vegetarians, our presentations at the Annual Meetings of The American Dietetic Association, and our information on fast food and food ingredients.
D: We have provided assistance to food companies like taste testing of products like the Harvest Burger before they were popular in stores.
C: Our publishing record has been rewarding. We sold over 80,000 copies of Simply Vegan, using the word "vegan" when others wouldn't in the past. For a small publisher, 10,000 books is generally a best seller. We distributed over 80,000 copies of Meatless Meals for the Working Person. We're gratified by the influence of No Cholesterol Passover Recipes and the Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook.
D: Our dietitians have been invited to speak to so many professional groups. For example, Reed this year spoke on vegetarianism to the New York State Nutrition Council. This meeting targets professionals from multiple disciplines working with adolescents. Reed was also invited to speak by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Child Nutrition Programs. This is the state agency that oversees all of their school meal programs. They wanted to incorporate a presentation on vegetarian diets, primarily on how school food service personnel can work to better adapt to the needs of vegetarians. Reed, by the way, is author of the USDA Bibliography on Vegetarianism.
C: We're especially proud of our foodservice work by Chef Nancy Berkoff, R.D. She is one of the few registered dietitians, who also has a professional cooking background. She does presentations, edits our Foodservice Update newsletter, and wrote our book Vegan in Volume, that includes information for foodservices, parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and restaurants.
D: We should not forget to mention all of our kids' materials, like over 100,000 I Love Animals and Broccoli coloring books given out and publishing our newsletter and then Vegetarian Journal on time since 1982. There is much, much more, but also many disappointments on how much more could be accomplished and how much more work there is for a just world.
VIP: How many book titles do you publish each year and what kinds of books do you feature?
C: One to three books per year. We present practical and/or scientific information. We try to fill a need. We're not just a publisher, but we are in partnership with our authors. We did Vegetarianism for the Working Person since most books for vegetarians at that time had great recipes, but were too complicated. From our outreach work, we knew people wanted quick and easy recipes. The trend in cookbooks soon followed what we knew.
D: We did No Cholesterol Passover Recipes because people wanted to know how not to eat eggs and more eggs on Passover. We did Simply Vegan because people needed easily understandable vegan nutrition information and quick and easy recipes. We did Vegan in Volume because people needed vegan recipes and information for institutions, parties, restaurants, etc.
C: We published Vegan and Vegetarian FAQ because people have so many questions beyond the basics covered in most of the books today. I'm a pregnant vegan, what do I eat? Pre-gelatinized wheat starch is from an animal, right? Where can I find vegan donuts? Is calcium lactate vegan? Is it true that eating soy can suppress the thryroid? Do vegetarian women have different needs than vegetarian males? Where can I find non-leather shoes? etc., etc.
D: Our natural foods restaurant guide is done in partnership with our members who send us information about restaurants in their area or while traveling. Though we wouldn't sell that many, we did Leprechaun Cake, a vegan recipe story book for kids, because one of our illustrators wanted to do the book. We felt information for kids is important. Vonnie Crist both wrote the story and illustrated the book.
VIP: How much time do you spend each week on VRG activities?
C: From 1982 to 1990 we were working or in school in addition to doing VRG work. We each probably spent 20-40 hours per week on activities. It got to a point where we were spending more and more hours and left our jobs. During a one year period we were working seven days a week from about 7 in the morning til 11 at night because several people didn't come through with their commitments. This was totally not healthy. We pared it down to each about 60 hours a week.
D: With a child, we are now working directly about 80 hours per week between us. However, almost all of the time we are thinking about the group or make connections. At the playground we may meet somebody interested in vegetarianism, a possible printer, or somebody who has a local organization in town. Having a child also gives a different perspective for the type of work groups need to be doing, since often vegan/vegetarian outreach doesn't take into account needs of families or living in the real world.
VIP: We have seen the VRG table at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim. How many of these events do you travel to throughout the year?
D: VRG is constantly doing outreach tables but most are done by volunteers in the area. Major conferences VRG did last year were American Dietetic Association, National Restaurant Association, Centers for Disease Control Conference, Book Expo America, Natural Products Expo East, and Natural Products Expo West. Regional conferences are those such as Massachusetts Dietetic Association, New York Dietetic Association, and Earth Day events. Local Maryland outreach includes Johns Hopkins University Fair, Towson Fair, etc.
VIP: Is VRG your full-time occupation?
D: Currently.
VIP: Can you give us a little background on your education?
C: I have a business undergraduate degree, a paralegal degree, and half a Masters of Social Work. The group got in the way of finishing school.
D: I have a BS degree in Political Science and an MA degree from Georgetown University in Government (International Relations).
VIP: Did you grow up in vegetarian homes? What encouraged you to move to vegetarianism? To veganism?
C: I grew up in a kosher home, snacking on salami instead of cookies. My parents dried kosher salamis to send to soldiers overseas. So it was easy to have a dietary regimen for ethical beliefs. I was having a discussion with my roommate and said I didn't believe in killing. The roommate said, "You Eat Animals, Don't You?" I became vegan in 1977 when I met other vegans. My last non-vegan food was probably a Hershey bar.
D: I became vegan while attending graduate school and studying international relations. At the time I kept calling myself a pacifist. One day a non-vegetarian classmate challenged me by saying "isn't eating meat violent?" At the time I had recently met other vegetarians (including Charles) and instantly knew I had to become vegan. While I was growing up, my non-vegetarian parents belonged to a natural foods buying club. We ate very little meat compared to other households and were use to a wide range of natural foods. As a child, I never liked fish because I saw my grandmother cut up live fish on our backyard picnic table.
VIP: Do your families accept and support your vegetarianism?
C: My father, mother, one brother, and one sister became vegetarian. I have three cousins in the same position from our great grandfather who I didn't know growing up, but we all became vegetarian for similar reasons.
D: My mother at first had problems with my becoming vegan (what no dairy?) but was OK with vegetarianism. My parents now are very supportive of our lifestyle, and my mother makes terrific vegan meals. Since our 3-year-old son is a healthy vegan child, they now tell everyone that you can raise children on a veggie diet with no problems.
VIP: Together you're quite a dynamic duo. How did you meet? How long have you been married? Tell us about your children.
C: Debra was going to Graduate school full time and working part time and really wanted to go to the beach for a break. So she accompanied her roommate, a coworker of mine, myself, and a Vegetarian Society of D.C. board member in a van for a three-and-half-hour ride to New York City to pick up a vegetarian activist at Penn Station, to go to a vegetarian potluck in Greenwich Village, then another several hours' ride to the American Vegan Society headquarters, to Philadelphia, and then finally to the beach.
D: Many years later, we took off a few hours from the VRG office, got married accompanied by two vegetarian friends, and then went back to work.
C: Three year old Sam is vegan, but tells everyone while eating tofu that he is eating chicken or fish. He is totally strong willed, but is advanced intellectually, socially, and in physical ability, as most vegan children we meet are. He is a great outreach person for veganism, and after pretending to be shy and assessing the situation, is able to talk easily with both adults and children. His will can take control of a whole room of people
D: He'll make his own decisions concerning vegetarianism and other beliefs. He can be comfortable in a nursing home and make people smile or have fun playing with a five or ten year old. He puts up with a lot being dragged to all kinds of veggie outreach throughout the USA and Canada. Like his parents he loves both cities and nature. But he needs less sleep than us!!
VIP: What leisure time and family activities do you enjoy?
C: Most of what we do is combined with the group. For example, at Book Expo America, the largest U.S. book show, 3-year-old Sam got his picture in the daily program for 20,000 attendees, for handing out Vegetarian Journal. It wasn't planned. He did it on his own.
D: When we were sponsoring a dinner meeting for 100 dietitians, Sam on his own went up to the mike and said he was Sam Stahler and was a vegetarian. Guess he sees us talk and thinks he should do the same.
C: We believe family is important, so much of our free time is visiting relatives. We would like more time for running, walking, camping, swimming, basketball, and doing volunteer work.
D: I would also like time for art projects. My mother is an artist. I have those skills, but no time to work on developing them. Before VRG started, we hiked five weeks for 350 miles on the Appalachian Trail and maybe will do this with Sam.
C: I volunteered on a hotline. Debra did volunteer tutoring of immigrant students.
D: We participated in a program for handicapped people. For example we rode bikes and canoed with blind people, played basketball with disabled individuals, etc. The reason VRG was successful was that we are good generalists who can do lots of tasks at one time at a moderate level. It would be nice to have time to focus to really develop a skill or project.
VIP: Do you share your home with any companion animals
C: We are not home enough to care for companion animals, but Sam keeps asking. He helps feed and give water to the dog next door, who often, unfortunately, is without water. Another neighbor takes the dog for walks.
VIP: Debra, how many cookbooks have you published and is a new cookbook always a work in progress?
D: I've written/co-written these cookbooks: Meatless Meals for Working People, Simply Vegan, Conveniently Vegan, The Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook, and No Cholesterol Passover. I edited recipes for Vegan Handbook, Vegetarian Journal's Guide to Natural Foods Restaurants in the US and Canada, Vegan in Volume, and Vegan Meals for 1 or 2. I always have a cookbook or two on the burner. Things have been a bit slower recently raising a child!
VIP: Charles, since VRG is a team effort, how are tasks divided up?
C: Everybody does many different tasks, though different individuals focus in different areas. I have no artistic talent so I leave that to others.
VIP: What types of new ventures are you contemplating for VRG in the next few years?
D: Many. Keep tuned to our website and Vegetarian Journal.
VIP: We may have overlooked some important aspects of VRG or your personal philosophies. Are there any things you would like to add?
D: Life is short and you should do your best while living with a caring attitude. Be supportive of others and not so critical. Remember, there is often more than one right answer!
The Vegetarian Resource Group website can be found at http://www.vrg.org.


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Samuel Dalembert, Sacramento Kings center
At 6-11 and 211 pounds, Dalembert would provide the shot blocking and defensive prowess that would be needed under Mike Brown's defensive system. His presence would also provide the Lakers a legitimate backup to Andrew Bynum, a spot that was severely lacking in seasons past. As indicated by his efforts in helping with relief efforts following 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Dalembert's known for being a model citizen.
Dalembert never developed into a dominant force after the Philadelphia 76ers selected him with the 26th pick out of the 2001 draft. The Lakers may not specifically really need that, considering they wouldn't need him to start. But he asked for the 76ers to trade him because of a reduced role and offered similar sentiments about his first year last season with Sacramento, which consisted of being out of shape partly because an inner thigh injury forced him to miss training camp. He won't bring any attitude problems if the Lakers sign him, but the role they'd be able to offer for him wouldn't match what he's seeking.
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