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(AllHipHop News) Toronto rapper Drake is looking to pull off the rare feat of releasing two albums in one year. After dropping If You're Reading This It's Too Latein January, Drizzy is expected to release his next project Views From The 6 sometime in the next eight months.
[ALSO READ: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late" Hits Platinum]
Drake has become one of the biggest recording artists in the world, but after a few controversial experiences with the media (see his Rolling Stone interview) the 28-year-old performer has not done much press recently. Ernest Baker was given extensive access to Drake during the run-up to his Coachella performance, and Baker documented his experience in an article for Four Pins.
One of the key sections of Baker's piece surrounds Drake's next LP. According to the writer, the "Energy" rhymer is looking to present an entirely new style on Views From The 6 in the way Kanye West shocked listeners with his 2008 R&B album 808s & Heartbreak.
Baker writes:
The topic of our talk switches to Drake's upcoming fourth album. He only has two songs finished that he likes. One is a collaboration with Beyoncé that he recorded a while ago. The other is a song that he expects to inspire a paradigm shift. His days of releasing lay-up bangers that everyone loves right away are over. For now.
Views From The 6 needs to shock listeners just as much as it needs to impress them. I compare it to what Kanye did on his own fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak. Drake agrees and, as if to reinforce that notion, he tells me that Boi-1da said he needs to listen to the non-Beyoncé song a few more times before he can decide whether it's good or not. It appears that Drake is ready to deviate from his winning formula and get a little weird.
Drake's first headlining set at the Coachella Festival was hit with mixed reviews. The show was mostly overshadowed by the media firestorm that surrounded his on-stage kiss from Madonna. Drizzy apparently revealed he saw his Coachella night as a loss.
Three days after Coachella, I'm at a house party in Malibu. It's a birthday celebration for Drake's tour manager, Jamil. As fate would have it, I cross paths with Drake in a crowded corridor. We've been texting about the performance. Going online must be part of his day because he's read some of the takedowns. The consensus is his Weekend 2 performance needs to be better.
"I took an L for the first time. I just have to reassess what went wrong with my judgment."


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Vice President, Scientific Affairs, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Executive Editor, Molecular Medicine, Boas Marks Pavilion
Phone: 516-562-2110
Fax: 516-562-2356
Christopher J. Czura, PhD, is vice president of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, executive publisher of the Feinstein Institute Press' international, peer-reviewed journals Molecular Medicine and Bioelectronic Medicine, executive producer of the Merinoff Conference Series, and chief financial officer for the Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine. Dr. Czura provides oversight of the Institute's daily operations and $95 million annual budget. He collaborates with the president of the Institute to develop and execute strategic plans, and is committed to building successful programs that nurture the collaborative and interactive environment of the Feinstein Institute. He leads project teams in the design and oversight of construction of new laboratory facilities and renovation projects.
A molecular biologist by training, Dr. Czura's research interests focus on autonomic neural regulation of hemostasis and inflammation. He received his B.S. in biotechnology from William Paterson University in 1996 and a doctoral degree in molecular microbiology from Stony Brook University in 2009. He is author or co-author of approximately 80 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and meeting abstracts, and co-inventor on a patent that describes vagus nerve stimulation to control hemorrhage.
Dr. Czura began his research career in the laboratory of Kevin J. Tracey, MD, studying the mechanisms of pathological inflammation. His early work focused on validating HMGB1 as a therapeutic target, and gaining a broader understanding of its molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis. Dr. Czura has also studied the inflammatory reflex, a neural mechanism through which the central nervous system detects and regulates immune responses to infection and injury.
More recently, Dr. Czura and his colleagues Kevin J. Tracey, MD, and Jared Huston, MD, have made discoveries in the field of bioelectronic medicine, a new field of technology that uses electrical impulses to regulate neural activity to cure disease. His primary work in this field led to the discovery of the "neural tourniquet," a field of technology that uses electrical nerve stimulation to control traumatic hemorrhage. Dr. Czura's current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of the neural tourniquet, and the development of new devices to activate this novel mechanism to control bleeding.

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North Carolina Nursing Homes
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In North Carolina there are 463 Nursing Homes. We can help you find the best matches for your needs.
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The other night, a capacity crowd of 449 people sat up straight in their seats as economist Scott Winship declared, "It's a leap to say that limited [upward] mobility is because of income inequality, or because income inequality has risen!"
And earlier this month, VICE's Shane Smith was onstage with David Carr of the New York Times, Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed, Kara Swisher of re/code when, before a packed house of 714 attendees, he quipped, "Mainstream media comes to you and says we can't figure this out so we want to buy you."
These were thrilling moments for those 1,163 people lucky enough to be at the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate: Income Inequality Impairs the American Dream of Upward Mobility and the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, respectively. However, thousands more people watched online.
With help from FORA.tv's "Watch on Twitter" feature which integrates video with Twitter and Snappy.tv, video highlights were excerpted from the live stream in progress — in realtime, and made available instantly for on demand viewing. The result: These video excerpts reached an online audience exponentially larger than that at the actual event. These instant highlights were tweeted and made available for watching and retweeting on Twitter from follower to follower to follower.
Call it many-to-many sharing. Follow us on Twitter to see the power of online video first-hand. Thanks!


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Preliminary October 2017 data for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, shows hotels in the market saw occupancy decline 3% to 50.4%, but a 13.5% ADR increase to 871.40 Saudi Arabian riyals ($232.31) pushed RevPAR up 10.1% to 439.60 Saudi Arabian riyals ($117.19).
LONDON—STR's preliminary October 2017 data for hotels in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, indicates rate-driven performance growth.
Based on daily data from October, Jeddah reported the following in year-over-year comparisons:
- Supply: +12.5%
- Demand: +9.1%
- Occupancy: -3.0% to 50.4%
- Average daily rate (ADR): +13.5% to SAR871.40
- Revenue per available room (RevPAR): +10.1% to SAR439.60.
Significant demand growth year over year was not enough to keep pace with a spike in supply. That imbalance coupled with higher rates led to the lowest October occupancy level in Jeddah since 2004. STR analysts note performance fluctuations have been common in Jeddah this year.
STR will release full October 2017 results later this month.
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The name of Joe Brown's restaurant, Mélange Café, captures not only the nature of its cuisine, but Brown's reason for starting the business. The intimate and elegant Cherry Hill, New Jersey, café offers a mixture of Louisiana cooking and new American cuisine with an Italian influence. When Brown, 38, started Mélange Café in 1995, he was one of just a handful of African American restaurateurs in the area and he didn't want his restaurant to be stereotyped as another soul food place. Rather, he wanted it to be seen as an eatery that would attract a diverse clientele.
Today, the restaurant has revenues of $600,000 and a staff of 12. Despite his success, Brown has encountered his share of challenges.
"Maintaining a steady employee base is a big challenge because I am trying to maintain consistency in quality," says Brown. "It's difficult to improve the level of quality with high turnover."
Additionally, as chef-owner, Brown typically endures 12- to 16-hour days and must oversee many aspects of the business on a daily basis.
"I'm a hands-on chef-owner," says Brown. "I've been doing more marketing and public relations to promote the restaurant, such as performing cooking demonstrations, teaching classes, writing a cookbook and appearing on TV, which take away from the hands-on aspect of owning the restaurant and cooking. The hours are long, but it's still gratifying. Anyone who comes into this business expecting glitz and glamour is fooling themselves."
Indeed, cooking is Brown's passion. He first learned to cook while growing up in Willingboro, New Jersey, where he got to watch his mother. After graduating from high school, he got a summer job as a dishwasher, which was his first introduction to the restaurant business. Eventually, he became the first African American chef at that restaurant, and went on to receive formal training at the Restaurant School of Philadelphia. Upon graduation and the completion of several apprenticeships, Brown made plans to start his own restaurant after, he says, he "hit the glass ceiling" at other restaurants. With $50,000 in savings and loans, Brown realized his goal.
In addition to his current public relations efforts, Brown wants to increase his name recognition and the restaurant's visibility on a national level. When he completes work on his cookbook, he will go on a national tour next year.
"Because I've been in this business over 20 years, I've seen a lot happen," says Brown. "I know my business inside and out, and I depend on myself first to survive and get through the toughest times. This is important in building a business. My determination and focus have made me successful."
Mélange Café, 1601 Chapel Ave., Cherry Hill, NJ 08002; 856-663-7339.


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Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO)
AERO is an organization founded in 1989 to support a learner-centered approach to education and since its founding has become the leading voice in the world of educational alternatives. AERO maintains a website which is named after their quarterly magazine which provides links and resources for non-traditional education.
Are you a young person aged 13-22 working for the Earth? Has your effort been in the realm of conservation, preservation, or restoration? Could you use the publicity and funds from an award to further your work and support your group? If so, apply today for a Brower Youth Award! Each year, this annual national award recognizes six young people for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. The winners of the award receive a $3,000 cash prize, a trip to California for the award ceremony and wilderness camping trip, and ongoing access to resources and opportunities to further their work at Earth Island Institute and develop leadership skills.
The Collage Foundation stimulates awareness through pop culture and media to inspire youth to take action. The Collage web site features news, articles and resources to help people make a difference in the world.
Earth Voice Food Choice is designed to inspire people to eat more whole, organically grown plant foods and fewer chemically processed animal and junk foods – and to get healthier food in schools and other institutions. This powerful manual contains over 350 documented facts, history of the USDA, proven field tested strategies for implementing the project, kitchen preparation and information for food personnel, institutional size recipes that fit within the USDA's requirements, recipes for home use, handouts for students and parents and everything else you will need to implement a successful Healthy School Lunch project.
EAOP at Antioch University, New England
The Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program is a unique master's program that trains public interest advocates and grassroots organizers working on issues such as climate protection, ecological sustainability, social justice, and the democratic control of corporations.
presents readily accessible peer-reviewed answers to problems in environment, health, population and development. People profit not only from the knowledge presented in the case studies which provides guidance for replication of the successful initiatives, but also from reading about the inspiration, courage, and dedication which brought these solutions into being. Submissions for possible inclusion are invited. The Site is a collaborative effort of HORIZON with several United Nations entities, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, Unicef, the International Development Research Centre, Yale University and HORIZON's colleagues at Harvard University.
A great online resource for jobs that make the world a better place.
National Wildlife Federation – Campus Ecology
This site is awesome! It contain everything from issues to tools for action and products.
ruMAD? (Are You Making a Difference?)is a values-focused, student-led, and inquiry-based curriculum framework that encourages students to make a difference. Through ruMAD?, students are immersed in a unique program of social change and innovative learning where activities and projects are based upon student-identified values and interests. This motivates them to enact change within their school and community.
The student arm of the Sierra Club. With so many chapters nationwide, there's probably one near you.
This site offers resources to support and connect student activists working (primarily) on college campuses
Student Environmental Action Coalition
This website is really fun and goodhearted. A great student run environmentally concerned organization.
A youth blog aimed at raising awareness about contemporary social justice issues.
MTV's youth action site, with resources, videos, and action ideas on tons of issues important to young people. And it's all interactive, so you can help shape the site, post content, etc.


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Marcus Hellner of Sweden won 30 km Pursuit in Whistler. Swedish team were teaching a lesson from tactics. After classical part a big group of 25-30 athletes were skiing together. Soon after change over Johan Olsson (SWE) opened a gap and managed to increase a escape up to 15 sec. Group of chasers was getting smaller and smaller as Lukas Bauer (CZE) was setting a pace big part of skating half. Marcus Hellner and Anders Soedergren moved to front positions. In the last Free technique leg Alexander Legkov attacked and tried to catch Olsson. Only Hellner, Angerer and Northug managed to keep the pace with Legkov. Hellner was leading the group and caught Olsson in the last uphill before finish. After the last curve in the finnish Hellner attacked and nobody could answer. Tobias Angerer of Germany finished second just 2,1 second behind the winner while Johan Olsson won bronze medal ( + 2,8 seconds). Just edged out of the podium finished Alexander Legkov (RUS) fourth and local favourite Ivan Babikov (CAN) fifth.
The 24-year-old Hellner from Gällivare in the north of Sweden made an amazing race and took his first ever Olympic Gold medal: "It was a really good day for us. In the last lap there were some guys trying to catch Johan who was in front and I just followed them. I felt very strong in the last uphill so I could made it to the victory."
Tobias Angerer was the only one who was able to follow at the end the speed of the Swedish top skiers and he took with that his fourth Olympic medal: "I am very happy with the Silver medal because Marcus was a little bit stronger than me and I have to accept it. I'm really satisfied to have won a medal here in Whistler." Tobias Angerer had in between also some problems with the poles and got a new pole from the Swiss Team.
"Twenty-five seconds was not enough with the bunch in the back. I was not going to give up in the final lap and I'm just happy to won a medal. It is amazing," commented Johan Olsson after his great performance at the pursuit race.
The Swedish king, a strong supporter of the Cross-Country sport, visited the pursuit race of the men's today and congratulate all the top three skiers after the race.


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Please Pray for theWomen
My heart broke last night when I read this report: http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=82819607&channelId=2951&buyerId=newsmeatcom&buid=3281
It seems the rapes of women, young girls and boys in the Congo by the armies present there are not limited to North Kivu. Uvira, a town in South Kivu was specifically mentioned. Some of our women are from Uvira. And Nayngezi lies between Uvira and North Kivu.
I am waiting to hear from anyone about the extent of the damages, to ensure my friends are all safe. I want to know the midwives are actively helping the women. But I must wait patiently for Flory or Georgette to have access to the internet.
Please be praying with me for these women.


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Sooper Mexican Is Symptomatic Of A Bigger Problem With Conservatives
Recently there's been a controversy swirling around Sooper Mexican and his profane tweets on Twitter, which resulted in a Latino Rebels critique "Where Have You Gone Sooper Mexican?"
Sooper Mexican savagely attacked Cafe Con Leche Republicans for our support of immigration reform, for example calling us "maricones" ("homosexuals") and "pendejos", a particularly vulgar word never used in polite conversation (rhymes with "grass" and "poles"). Sooper Mexican's vulgarity from behind a WWF style mask of anonymity embarrasses all conservatives, not just Hispanic conservatives.
In Reagan's 'big tent' not all Republicans need to march 'lock step' on every issue, but as long as Republicans are 'in step' on most issues, we can come together to win elections, and iron out policy differences later.
Last October, Café Con Leche Republicans skewered Eva Longoria for her vulgar tweet calling any woman or minority "stupid" for voting for "racist/misogynistic" Mitt Romney. Unlike Sooper Mexican, Eva Longoria deserves credit for promptly apologizing for her retweet, a mistake she hasn't repeated.
We don't agree much with Eva Longoria's politics, but she's worked tirelessly on immigration reform. People on both sides of the aisle need to work together on finding practical solutions to difficult issues. Eva Longoria has shown us she has class; we can't say the same for Sooper Mexican.
A vigorous debate over immigration reform is nothing new and should be welcomed. A healthy democracy hammers out solutions on the anvil of controversy. There are Republicans on both sides of the immigration debate who work hard and interact respectfully with their opponents.
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally – not a 20 percent traitor." – Ronald Reagan
Various polls peg Republican support for immigration reform including a path to citizenship at 75 percent, but ironically it's a shrill part of the 25 percent opposition that accuses the 75 percent majority of being RINOS, traitors, etc., and drives many moderates in Congress to the sidelines on immigration reform.
"If you can't win elections, you can't govern." – Rick Perry
Historically Republicans have always found the 'big tent' concept a winning strategy. In Reagan's 'big tent' not all Republicans need to march 'lock step' on every issue, but as long as Republicans are 'in step' on most issues, we can come together to win elections, and iron out policy differences later.
However, how can Reagan's 'big tent' work when someone is machine gunning others inside that 'big tent'? I cannot recount how many times I have been called a "RINO"(Republican in Name Only), open borders liberal", "traitor", "treasonous", "Obama lover," "progressive," "illegal immigration supporter", and countless other insults because I support immigration reform over mass deportations.
Sooper Mexican represents a disturbing trend that sadly, has taken hold in the Republican Party: the lack of civil political discourse. Bloggers, radio show hosts, and even many elected officials have seen personal benefit in polarizing and demeaning anyone who disagrees with them, and creating conflict to generate attention for themselves.
This lack of civility isn't just directed to Democrats or liberals; as we have seen first-hand, fellow Republicans are unfairly being labeled RINOS, and in our case, subjected to profane treatment. It may generate more readers for their blog or support for their personal political ambitions in the short term, but in the long run, it undermines the party and alienates average Americans who would vote Republican but are repulsed by their behavior.
Sooper Mexican's views on immigration are representative of just 8 percent of Hispanics, but his willingness to toe an ideological line has made him popular among some conservatives, especially the tea party.
Recent years have been difficult for Hispanic Republicans, as the rhetoric and demand for strict ideological purity on immigration has driven many from the party. Moreover, Democrats seek to put women and minorities into ideological boxes and criticize any woman or minority who strays from their box, which is just as unfair.
"Latinos are Republicans — they just don't know it yet." – Ronald Reagan
Hispanics have low turnout rates at election time and are under-represented on voter rolls. Rhetoric from both parties suppress voting by conservative Hispanics, which skews election results towards the left and reinforces the false narrative that Hispanics, and especially Hispanic immigrant, are natural Democrat voters, when poll after poll by Pew Research shows over 60 percent of Hispanics are center-right.


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Supporters of U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint have contacted Charleston area television stations urging them to pull the plug on an ad featuring a comment DeMint made about homosexuals teaching in public schools, according to the group that produced the ad.
The local stations have continued to air the 30-second piece, said Warren Redman-Gress, director of the Charleston-based Alliance for Full Acceptance.
"We are really thankful the TV stations see the value in what we're doing, and, in that first salvo, have stood by us," he said.
The ad begins with a hypothetical question: "What if you saw this headline? 'Senator Jim DeMint: Jews Should Not Teach Public School,'" and then swaps the word "Gay" for "Jews" in the headline.
DeMint supporters argued the ad falsely portrays DeMint as anti Semitic.
The ad refers to a controversial 2004 remark that DeMint made about a state GOP platform item saying gays should not teach in public schools. Asked about that platform during a televised debate, DeMint said, "I don't think they should," adding that government should not endorse particular behaviors. "We need the folks that are teaching in schools to represent our values."
Redman-Gress said the DeMint ad was one of three commercials that began airing on June 18 to raise public awareness of how discriminatory attitudes toward the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community are more accepted than toward other minority groups.
The $30,000 campaign is set to end later this month, but Redman-Gress said the alliance is trying to raise more money to air the ads in other cities and again here later this fall.
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This weekend Vladislav Zorov reported a vulnerability in pengine sandboxing.
This vulnerability allows any user who can create a pengine to execute unconstrained prolog code, including process_create.
The vulnerability can be triggered simply by loading pengines.
This vulnerability was patched with commit
We recommend all pengines users upgrade to this release or later.
Big thanks to Vladislav.


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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — After considering offers from far and wide, former University of Virginia goalkeeper Diego Restrepo has completed a move from relegated Colombian side América de Cali to current Venezuelan champions Deportivo Táchira.
"I'm thrilled to move because I'm going to probably the biggest club in Venezuela," Restrepo told MLSsoccer.com by phone from Colombia late Thursday night. "It's a club that has been playing Copa Libertadores for the past couple of years and it's an honor. I think I'll have a good chance to fight for a starting spot."
Champions for seventh time in Venezuela, Táchira will make their 13th Copa Libertadores appearance in 2012. They have been drawn in a group with Brazilian powerhouse Corinthians, Paraguayan champions Nacional and Mexican giants Cruz Azul. El Aurinegro open group play on February 15 when they host Corinthians at the Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo.
The chance to play in the continental tournament was one of the biggest reasons Restrepo chose to sign with Táchira rather than with any of the other clubs pursuing him, such as MLS' Chivas USA and Colombian sides Millonarios and Huila.
"Playing Copa Libertadores is such a big window: You play one big game and you can be on the other side of the pond," he said, hinting at his desire to move to a European club soon.
Restrepo, 23, was born in Venezuela, raised until he was 13 in Colombia, and then moved to Florida, where his career took off. Restrepo won the 2009 NCAA College Cup's Defensive MVP, was named the MVP of the ACC Tournament, and was a key figure in Virginia capturing the national championship that year. In the wake of that success, he joined América de Cali in 2009.
After biding his time at the legendary Colombian club, "El Gringo" Restrepo was thrust into the spot light at the end of this season. He endured a roller coaster last month. First, an injury to the regular starter forced him into first-team action for América's playoff quarterfinal against Once Caldas. He kept a clean sheet in a scoreless draw in the first leg. But then he received two quick-fire yellow cards in the return fixture, and Once Caldas capitalized to take the tie 2-0 overall. In the end, América de Cali were relegated for the first time in their history.
"At that moment, I felt like the world was collapsing on top of me," Restrepo admitted, adding that after the game his personal safety was put in jeopardy in the soccer-mad city of Cali."It's a lot different in this country. Unfortunately, it's like that. If I had to summarize my time here, it's probably 10 years of experience just because the environment here is crazy."
Things will be equally passionate at Táchira, but he hopes not as crazy. Restrepo will be the second American to play for the club, following in the footsteps of early 1980s striker Dan Birkey, a.k.a. "el Torito Blanco," who is now the head coach at Concordia University in Portland, Ore.
Internationally, Restrepo is still eligible for the United States, Colombia and Venezuela, although playing in his country of birth brings him right under the eye of the latter's national team setup, with the next round of South American qualifiers in June.
Tom Marshall can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Australia has launched a program to attract a small number of special immigrants: successful businessmen, some of them millionaires.
The new program reflects a gradual shift in Australia's immigration policy that could slowly alter the country's ethnic makeup. The appeal to Asians is an especially significant move away from earlier immigration policies of this former colony, whose British derived people and culture have been fairly homogeneous.
Entry is increasingly difficult for unskilled or uneducated applicants such as those who came from southern Europe. Australia appears to be seeking skilled overseas Chinese businessmen and other qualified Asians. Immigrants are generally admitted if they have needed job skills, if they have close relatives in Australia or if they are refugees.
Asia is becoming a more important source of newcomers as immigrants from Europe become a smaller percentage.
Australia is highly selective: Even among Indo-Chinese refugees it prefers the educated or those with employment training. ''We're always swamped with more eligible people than we can accept,'' says an immigration spokesman in Canberra.
Nevertheless, Australia has begun an advertising program to attract a special category of immigrant. So far the program has been advertised only in Southeast Asia. But officials say a limited advertising campaign will also be conducted in Europe, North America, and South America.
A spokesman said the program wasn't designed merely to lure to Australia Chinese millionaires from Hong Kong and other Asian centers, where such businessmen may be worried about the direction future political change may take.
''But,'' says a spokesman, ''if we get some nervous Chinese millionaires who meet our requirements, that's fine.''
The business immigrants will have to meet normal requirements of reasonable health and good character. Australia wants top business executives with a proven track record who are interested in setting up operations in Australia.
But the guidelines are restrictive. The immigrants accepted under what is called the Business Migration Program won't be allowed just to bring substantial capital with them and establish a business.
''We aren't saying a property developer can buy himself a place in Australia by offering, say, to launch a computer business,'' says a senior Immigration Department official. The person will have to be prepared to be personally involved in the same business that has already brought him success.
The aim of the program is to find people who will establish or expand industries that do not already thrive in Australia. It aims for the introduction of new technologies and creation of new export markets.
No minimum investment has been specified because, says an immigration official, ''A person may have a brilliant idea but no capital. Naturally we'd take him or her and try to arrange all the assistance possible.''
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The self-mixing (autodyne) effect in single-mode lasers with pulse-periodic (PP) pumping of the active medium is theoretically analyzed and experimentally investigated. A semiempirical model of the autodyne effect in lasers of this type is developed that allows the laser beat signal to be described from the known shape of the generated pulses. The self-mixing effect in PP lasers is shown to be identical with that in continuous-wave lasers, except that the autodyne amplification during the laser pulse proves time-dependent. It is demonstrated that the amplitude-frequency characteristic of the autodyne amplification for PP lasers is also of resonance nature, but its bandwidth is broadened, as compared with that in the case of continuous laser pumping. As in the case of continuous pumping, the self-mixing effect in PP lasers can be used to detect and analyze backscattered signals, specifically for measuring the rates of destruction of materials by the 10 μm radiation and for monitoring this process.
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A PSP Remote-Contolled Car???
Siliconera has found a new SCEE patent for the PSP. This patent presents details for using a PSP to control a remote control car.
I would have never thought of that.
The patent goes on to state that the car could be used to spy on friends or for an augmented reality game. Everyone praises other members of the industry for innovation, but this could certainly change some opinions if it ever sees the light of day. Gran Turismo PSP anyone?


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Apple has unveiled its latest and Apple's most advanced phone ever in the market – iPhone 5. It is now official and the pre-bookings have started.
Apple iPhone 5 Features and Specifications
Let us have a look at the features and specifications of the Apple iPhone 5, what it has to deliver to the iPhone lovers.
Display: The new iPhone5 comes with 4 inch retina display having a resolution of 1136 x 640 and 326ppi. It has 100 MB connectivity and dual band Wi-Fi.
Looks: Comparing to the later version; iPhone 4S, this new one looks thinner than the previous one – 7.6mm and lighter. iPhone 5 weighs 112 grams less than 4S.
Processor: As it is has been revealed earlier, Apple iPhone 5 comes with A6 Chipset processor which is 2 times faster than the earlier ones including its graphics performance.
Camera: Has got a 8 megapixel camera having no difference comparing to iPhone 4S. In the iPhone 5, the sensor is 25% smaller this time. The phone comes with newly announced panorama mode, which obviously stitches together full resolution photos as the sample showcased had 28megapixel resolution.
The front camera – It has got upgraded front-facing camera that supports 720pixel video recording which is something good.
Other New Features Includes the following:
- 3 microphones with noise cancelling earpiece
- Small Speaker
- Brand new Lightning Connector
iPhone 4S is 80% smaller and has spins and is reversible. iPhone 5 has an adapter for the old 30-pin which as been announced earlier in its specifications.
Operating System: The Apple iPhone 5 runs on iOS6 and has no new iOS features announced during iPhone 5 launch. There would be no change in the OS as far as this new phone is concerned.
iPhone 5 Bookings: The pre-order bookings have started initially only for 9 countries from September 14. If you rush and book for your iPhone on the starting date it will take approximately a week for the courier to knock your doors. Initial bookings have started in USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
If you are wondering when will the iPhone 5 bookings will start in India, wait till September 28 to buy your piece. On September 28, more countries are being announced and its just a hope that India would be in the list. By the end of this year the Apple iPhone 5 will be available in 100 countries. So, the maximum waiting period to grab your iPhone 5 will be approximately 3 more months.
iPhone 5 Price: Since in USA the iPhone 5 comes with a contract of 2 years, the price is set at $199.
Nothing of the other Apple iPhones have been outdated. The 8GB iPhone 4 and 16GB iPhone 4S are still available in the market for your choice to get one.
Further, if you are looking for the iOS 6 free updates, it will be available from September 19.
These are all the available Apple iPhone 5 specifications and features for now during the its first official launch. For more detailed technical features and performance go through the iPhone 5 reviews that will be available soon.


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The Public Health Image Library search feature found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website contains pictures relating to melanoma. These images include photographs of melanoma lesions, microscopic images of tumor cells and medical illustrations of the anatomy of a typical melanoma tumor and its position in the layers of the skin, notes the CDC. A guide to identifying potential melanoma lesions with accompanying images is also available on the Skin Cancer Foundation website.
Melanomas are among the deadliest types of skin cancers, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Almost 70 percent of melanomas begin as asymmetrical, discolored lesions known as superficial spreading melanoma. These lesions vary in color from black to tan and usually grow on the skin's surface for some time before invading deeper into the body. The superficial nature of these tumors in the early stages makes early treatment of superficial spreading melanoma much more effective, so early detection of superficial melanomas is especially important.
Other types of melanoma often bear little visual resemblance to superficial spreading melanoma, writes the Skin Cancer Foundation. A subtype known as acral lentiginous melanoma also begins superficially, but resembles a brown discoloration often found on the palms or the bottoms of the feet. Nodular melanoma presents as a bump in the skin that can be of various colors, but these bumps are often only recognized as cancerous after the tumor becomes invasive.


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A shiny new model thread for the new season to continue your discussions of the latest charts etc. 🍂🍁
There looks to be a lot of wild weather to come in the next few days with further showers, heavy rain and blowy weather. As many have illustrated, some particular concerns about Sunday where models, such as the GFS, show a troublesome storm exploding over the U.K! However, since it's still a few days away and with models showing varied solutions on the Low Pressure system's track and power, there are still questions as to how bad it may actually be.
Even before then, there's a risk of gales at times with strong South-Westerly to Westerly winds.
Please keep on topic in here sticking to the models and please keep things friendly. Rude and insulting behaviour is not tolerated! 🚫
If your post contains moans, banter and ramps, expect it to either get deleted ❌ or moved into a more suitable thread. Would be ideal to keep any banter and moaning to a minimum, otherwise this would be a more suited thread for it (especially if it's about Autumn):
But a bit of moans, banter and ramping is acceptable in here as longs as it still has a fair amount of sensible model chat and is not overdone.
Additionally, we also have a Short Range Model Chat thread, which can be used to discuss charts within the short range (preferably around the 0 to 72 hour mark, but up to 5 days would still be okay).
But you can still use this main model thread if you wish for short range discussions.
Also, we have a Model Tweets thread for posting tweets about the models:
...and a Stratospheric Temperature watch thread for monitoring the temperatures and conditions within the Stratosphere:
If you do post tweets about the models in this main model thread, then make sure you include some reasonable discussion of the models in your post as well, otherwise it may get moved to the Model Tweets thread.
(Edit): Having said that, we have lots of different topics in this forum section you can take part in, not just the ones mentioned above. 🙂
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Please continue with the model discussion here, as we perhaps head towards the hottest spell of what has already been a rare, very dry, very warm summer?
Please keep on topic in this thread, by only discussing the model output. This isn't the place to be discussing (or arguing) over weather preferences and the like, so please don't be tempted to go there! And as ever, please also keep it friendly...
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By phil nw.
Well we are around the halfway point of the Spring season and it seems a good time to start a new thread to continue discussions.
A look at the 00z ECM day 4 charts shows that finally some widespread warmth is on the way after the cold,damp and often cloudy conditions of recent weeks.
A developing Euro high and a stalling Atlantic trough pushing the jet stream further north and bringing the winds from a warmer south/south westerly direction.
A welcome change of pattern for most of us i would think.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - The City of Lake Charles will host a new traveling exhibition, Pueblo to Pueblo: The Legacy of Southwest Indian Pottery.
The exhibition will be on display at the 1911 Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center at 1001 Ryan Street beginning with an opening reception on March 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will run through May 25. All ages are welcome at no charge and refreshments will be served.
Also on that evening, visitors can meet and greet Rita Ford, a garden designer and artist of botanical materials who creates floral collages. Her exhibition of Second Life of Plants will hang in the first floor gallery through April 6. A native of a small town in Siberia, Rita lived in St. Petersburg, Russia for 17 years before coming to Louisiana.
Pueblo to Pueblo consists of approximately 70 Pueblo Indian pottery vessels and supporting materials dating from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. Pottery making in the American Southwest is a tradition that first emerged about two thousand years ago. It is a functional art form that was passed from generation to generation over the span of centuries by people living in permanent villages, called pueblos.
Some of the vessels in the exhibition are very conservative and adhere to the traditional style of a particular pueblo while others incorporate innovations specifically designed for the market. It is also during this time period that certain individuals, such as Nampeyo from Hopi and Maria Martinez from San Ildefonso, became recognized for the quality of their work and the exhibition also includes several outstanding examples of their work as well. V
isitors will be introduced to the various styles of Pueblo pottery as well as an understanding of the narrative behind its continued development. Pueblo to Pueblo is from the collection of Union Station and The Kansas City Museum, and is toured by Smith Kramer Traveling Exhibitions from Kansas City.
Additional programming for Pueblo to Pueblo at Historic City Hall will include a gallery talk by Dr. Ray Miles, Dean, College of Liberal Arts from McNeese State University, on April 4 at 6 p.m.; and a pottery demonstration by Ken Baskin, McNeese Assistant Professor of Art/Ceramics, on April 20 from noon-2pm.
While visiting Historic City Hall, don't miss 50 Greatest Photographs by National Geographic through April 13. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are gladly accepted. For more information, please call 491-9147 or visit www.cityoflakecharles.com.
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Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), The Double Axe & Other Poems (New York: Random House, 1948), p. vii:Newer› ‹Older
The first part of The Double Axe was written during the war and finished a year before the war ended, and it bears the scars; but the poem is not primarily concerned with that grim folly. Its burden, as of some previous work of mine, is to present a certain philosophical attitude, which might be called Inhumanism, a shifting of emphasis and significance from man to not-man; the rejection of human solipsism and recognition of the transhuman magnificence. It seems time that our race began to think as an adult does, rather than like an egocentric baby or insane person. This manner of thought and feeling is neither misanthropic nor pessimist, though two or three people have said so and may again. It involves no falsehoods, and is a means of maintaining sanity in slippery times; it has objective truth and human value. It offers a reasonable detachment as a rule of conduct, instead of love, hate and envy. It neutralizes fanaticism and wild hopes; but it provides magnificence for the religious instinct, and satisfies our need to admire greatness and rejoice in beauty.


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Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) now has added extensive information about professional model baseball bats to PSA CollectibleFacts, its free online resource.
The new section, PSA ProBatFacts, is part of an ongoing expansion to create the Internet's most comprehensive site for information and illustrations about sports and many non-sports collectibles. All of it is available free to the public.
"PSA ProBatFacts focuses on the weapons used by many of the most dangerous hitters in baseball history, their bats. We're launching this new section of PSA CollectibleFacts with over 100 web pages on individual players and their bats, including hundreds of photographs. We'll be expanding and adding many more current and former players, which also includes Hall of Fame members, in the coming weeks," explained Joe Orlando, president of PSA and editor of Sports Market Report (SMR).
"Professional model bats are among the most desirable items in the entire sports memorabilia hobby. They are tangible pieces of sports history, used by the players to create that history."
Each page of PSA ProBatFacts contains photographs and information about the types of bats used by each hitter, as well as specific player characteristics collectors should look for, such as heavy pine tar patterns on game-used George Brett and Willie Mays bats, or unique taping methods applied by Duke Snider and Ken Griffey, Jr. There is also biographical information about the players who used the bats, SMR Price Guide values, noteworthy auction prices realized and links to other informative articles.
The PSA ProBatFacts home page has informative articles and a link to an online video that clearly and concisely provides tips on collecting game-used bats and the kinds of player characteristics that may be found on professional model bats.
"We carefully selected the images of bats you'll see on PSA ProBatFacts. When possible, it is important to showcase quality illustrations of the specific player characteristics that are mentioned on each player's page. Many of the bats pictured are among the finest examples known," said Orlando.
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Atwood Is Preaching And I'm In The Choir
In Jeff Atwood's latest post entitled Source Control: Anything But SourceSafe he is preaching the gospel message to choose something other than Visual Source Safe and I am screaming amen in the choir section.
There are three common reasons I hear for sticking with Visual Source Crap (I sometimes swap that last word with one that doesn't break the acronym).
1. It is free!
UPDATE: As a lot of people pointed out, VSS isn't free. What I meant was that it comes with the MSDN Universal Subscription, so many companies already have a copy of VSS.
So is Subversion. I was on a project recently in which VSS corrupted the code twice! The time spent administering to it and time lost was a lot more costly than a license to SourceGear Vault.
2. We know how to use it and don't want to learn a new system.
When I hear this, what I am really hearing is we like our bad habits and don't want to spend the time to learn good habits. Besides, Eric Sink already wrote a wonderful tutorial.
3. We have so much invested in VSS.
Well you had a lot invested in classic ASP (or other such technology) and that didn't stop you from switching over to ASP.NET (Ruby on Rails, Java, etc…), did it?
The reason I spend time and energy trying to convince clients to switch is that it saves them money and saves me headaches. It really is worth the effort.
For Open Source projects (or any project that receives user code contributions), Subversion and CVS have the nice benefit of a patching feature making it easy to contribute without having write access.
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Doon Goonge camping area
Tranquil and secluded, Doon Goonge is accessed by 4WD (off-road camper trailers permitted), mountain-bike or on foot – via Chandlers Fire Trail or Quartz Rd. Once here, experienced bushwalkers can explore the Chaelundi Wilderness Area, provided they're self-sufficient and armed with detailed, up-to-date topographic maps. This is a dry weather access only campsite; bring your own firewood and drinking water.
How to book: Dorrigo Rainforest Centre (02) 6657 2309
This campsite is located in Chaelundi National Park
Chaelundi National Park protects one of the largest swathes of old-growth forest in northern NSW. Sparkling creeks, gorges, ridges and delightful swimming holes make this a perfect backdrop for bushwalking, mountain-biking, birdwatching and 4WD touring. The park is north-west of Dorrigo, via Boundary Creek or Ellis rds from Waterfall Way, the Armidale–Grafton Rd. It is necessary to book and pay in advance to receive a permit and key.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
John Mayer Plays Guitar
I did not know much of John Mayer until I watched a concert DVD recently.
I thought he was just some guy who had written a couple of radio hits that girls really liked, and that was about it.
But John Mayer is a guitar hero in the real sense of the word.
The breadth and depth of his playing is amazing, and he can play acoustic sets solo, or with his special John Mayer Trio band, or with his own full-on rock band. He is easily triple the musician I thought he was.
Words cannot decribe his virtuosity, you need to see and hear it for yourself,
which is exactly what I suggest you do by watching the videos below.
This is John playing some amazing Acoustic Guitar:
Now for a superb cover of the Jimi Hendix song : "Wait Until Tomorrow"
(I am so glad someone has done a version of this old favorite of mine).
Also definitely get yourself a copy of his superb concert movie DVD
"Where the Light Is" and watch and listen to it.
There is also a double CD available with a four and a half star rating on Amazon.com from 77 very impressive reviews.
Tracklisting for "Where the Light Is" DVD :
1.Neon (Acoustic Set)
2.Stop This Train (Acoustic Set)
3.In Your Atmosphere (Acoustic Set)
4.Daughters (Acoustic Set)
5.Free Fallin' (Acoustic Set)
6.Everyday I Have the Blues (Trio Set)
7.Wait Until Tomorrow (Trio Set)
8.Who Did You Think I Was (Trio Set)
9.Come When I Call (Trio Set)
10.Good Love Is On the Way (Trio Set)
11.Out Of My Mind (Trio Set)
12.Vultures (Trio Set)
13.Bold As Love (Trio Set)
14.Waiting On the World to Change (Band Set)
15.Slow Dancing In a Burning Room (Band Set)
16.Why Georgia (Band Set)
17.The Heart of Life (Band Set)
18.I Don't Need No Doctor (Band Set)
19.Gravity (Band Set)
20.I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) (Band Set)
21.Belief (Band Set)
22.I'm Gonna Find Another You (Band Set)
So may I suggest that you may like to get some Mayer into you.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
A Very Flash Matching Game
(Make sure sound is turned on while doing the above puzzle).
The above was made by following an excellent tutorial on how to make a matching / puzzle game located at:
It goes through step by step how to make a matching game in Flash, using Actionscript 3.0.
Also supplied are examples of the finished item each time, as well as the facility to download the source files for the tutorial.
At the heart of this game is the Flash "Dictionary Class" which is a means of making an array (or matrix) of as many related pairs of items as we need.
If you want to find out more about the "Dictionary Class" then click the following link: Information about the Dictionary Class
The nice thing about the Dictionary Class is it makes it very easy to make another game, simply by changing the dictionary entries and source pictures.
For example, here is a similar game about Australian football team mascots:
I thought that Adobe Fireworks was supposed to be Flash's "best friend", but this is not always the case. Eg. when I obtained an image from the internet, resized it in Fireworks to be 80 pixels tall, and saved it as a .png file type; there were problems. It could be imported, made to move around, but refused to match up with the text box I had set for it in the "Dictionary" part of the Actionscript code. The only way I could find to overcome this was to save the file as a .GIF type after resizing it. GIF files import to Flash, convert to Movie Clips, and function 100% ok in the matching game. (Note that .JPG files work fine as well).
So to bring images into Flash when building the Matching Game, the steps are:
1) Find an image on the internet and save it to our PC.
2) Load the image into Photoshop or Fireworks or GIMP, and resize it proportionally to be between 80 and 100 bytes tall. Save the image as a .GIF file type.
3) In Flash (with the matching game loaded in), do File > Import > Import to Stage then browse navigate to open and bring in the GIF file.
4) In Flash right click the selected image, and do Modify > Convert to Symbol
and make it a Movie Clip type, with the registration point as usual top left hand corner, and give it a meaningful name.
5) Very important to now type in an instance name, in the bottom left hand corner of the Properties panel, straight under where it says "Movie Clip". This instance name has to exactly match the name that is used in step 6.
6) With frame 1 selected on the timeline, press F9 to access the "Actions" (or do Window > Actions) and edit the top section of code to map the instance name from step 5, to the appropriate dynamic text box name. This is basically adding the required entry to the "Dictionary" we are using to drive this game.
These types of matching games would be great for Language teachers to use for vocabulary practice.
Maths teachers could make Geometry puzzle games about Triangle or Quadrilateral types, or Angle types, or Perpendicular versus Parallel and so on.
Science teachers could make puzzles about matching Animals to their family type, or rocks to igneous, sedimentary, etc types, and so on.
If you would like to download the source .FLA files for the two games used in this Blog Post, then click the link below:
Click here to download a .RAR file of resources.
Stay tuned for an upcoming "Part 2" post about Flash matching.
This will involve matching pairs of pictures to each other, rather than a picture to a text box.
Big Passy Wasabi
Friday, September 25, 2009
Guitar Chords Online
One of my favourite chords, the E minor 9th.
Hmm... but what if we wanted to play a B minor 7th ?
What we need is a guitar chord dictionary.
There are many Chord Dictionaries and resources online for Guitar players.
One Chord dictionary is "ChordBook" at:
This site has a virtual guitar to show the chord, and if we click the chord or the "Strum" button,it will play the chord for us. This is good for listening to different chord inversions. The sound quality as well as the colors and graphics are well done and very user friendly.
Chord Book also has the same kind of set up but for
"Guitar Scales" at: http://www.chordbook.com/guitarscales.php
Another good site is "Chordie" at: http://www.chordie.com/chords.php which has a printable set of standard box shaped chord diagrams in root position.
On the Chordie webpage, we can then click on a chord such as the "A" chord, and it will then show in a new window the variations of this chord all along the fret board.
A third Chord Site which is quite good is"Chord Find" at http://chordfind.com/ which has a guitar neck that shows us the chord. We can also play the chord with a midi button that starts up Windows Media Player to download and play the sample.
Click the chord you want and it puts it on the fretboard picture; then clicking "variations" button will show the chord all along the neck in different positions.
We actually see a guitar neck and frets, rather than just a box diagram.
Chord Progressions
Once we know a few chords, we need to learn about how to put them together in groupings that sound good when played one after each other. This is called making a "Chord Progression".
There is some theory about why some sample Chord Progressions work at this page:
Here is a 6 minute video about basic chord progressions from Metacafe :
And now a 4 minute YouTube video about putting together some blues chord progressions:
And finally as featured on a previous post, there is "The Progressionator" that will help us make progressions in different keys, by telling us what chords to use.
There is also the "Progressionator" that can be used online for free, and will supply chord progressions and rythms for the standard patterns listed.
Try it out below:
(Note that you may have to use the scroll bars get it into view).
or you could just click this link: http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
So pick out some Chords, string them together with a strum or two, and just see exactly what you can do.
Big Passy Wasabi
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Wolfram Mathematica Demos
The above picture is not a bizzarre test pattern or color palette, but is a "Geometric pattern of Congruence" produced using Wolfram Mathematica.
So What exactly is Wolfram Mathematica ?
The full blown "Wolfram Mathematica" is powerful computer software that has to be purchased for several hundred US dollars.
However there are some great pre-made free demonstrations which can be downloaded to our own PC, and then played using the free Wolfram Player.
(We also have to download the Wolfram Player as detailed later).
From their own website, they describe Wolfram as follows:
Founded by Stephen Wolfram in 1987, Wolfram Research is one of the world's most respected software companies, and a well known powerhouse of scientific and technical innovation.
At the center is "Mathematica": Wolfram's core product that launched modern technical computing and has now become the world's most powerful global computation system. With millions of dedicated users throughout the technical and educational communities, "Mathematica" represents a unique blend of major research breakthroughs, outstanding user-oriented design, and world-class software engineering.
The "Wolfram Demonstrations" website page is at:
These mathematical demonstrations can be previewed and then downloaded.
However, to play them and use their control sliders, we need the "Wolfram Mathematica Player" installed, and this can be easily downloaded for free on the demonstrations page.
On the demonstration we are viewing, in the top right hand corner, there should be a clickable download symbol that looks like this:
We can click this symbol and download and install the free player onto our computer.
For Mathematics Teachers:
The idea is to search and find a demonstration that is useful, and then download that file.
If it is your first time downloading a demonstation, then you will also need to download the free player and install it onto your computer.
Here are some screen shots of some useful demonstrations that I have downloaded and used:
Addition of Fractions
Using the slider controls we can create many diferent denominators and numerators to visually show how a fractions sum answer is derived.
Multiplication of Fractions
This demonstration allows any fraction to be multiplied by a whole number.
This can be used to identify equivalent fractions.
Get The Equation of the Line in Record Time
This is a mathematical activity designed to help students practice finding the equation of a line in slope-intercept form. Press the "go" button to start the game. A green line will appear; select the button with the equation that describes the green line before the time runs out.
Selecting the correct button will give you a new line, but less thinking time.
This activity is designed to work well with interactive boards, as a classroom activity. (It will not work on this blog post, because it is only a screen dump).
The Gambler's Ruin
The gambler starts with an "i" unit stake and the casino or house starts with "c" units. They repeatedly play a game for which the gambler has a fixed probability "p" of winning and the winner gets 1 unit from the loser.
Play continues until the gambler "succeeds" by acquiring i+c units or is "ruined" by dropping to 0 units.
This Demonstration computes the probability that the gambler will succeed by breaking the bank. Subtracting this probability from 1 gives the gambler's ruin probability. The theoretical expected number of plays of the game until success or ruin is also computed and a simulation gives empirical results for the various parameter values.
In the example shown above we used p=0.474, the player's probability of winning an "even money" bet in American roulette.
There are many other free demonstrations available from Wolfram.
So take Little Red Riding Hood and all her friends along to see
the Big Math Wolf.
Big Passy Wasabi
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Very Powerful Guitar Chords
AC/DC - Now there's some very nice powerful rock music.
We can get a bit of power into our own guitar by using "Power Chords".
There is plenty of information about these chords on the internet, and here is Passy World's pick of some good material to aid your guitar education.
Power Chords are basically 2 or 3 notes that have been taken from a barre chord, and are played as a group on electric guitar, with distortion or overdrive liberally applied. They are the basis of many rock songs, and musically they are based on 5th intervals.
Here is an 8 minute movie from YouTube about the basics of Power Chords:
Here is a really good explanatory written lesson about Power Chords on a web page:
This same site has a good summary page of Power Chord Diagrams that can be printed out. This printable Power Chords Chart is located at the address:
This lesson about Notes on the neck will help visualise how we move up and down the neck on the E and A strings to form Power Chords:
Here is a rundown on how to create 3 note power chords, from their corresponding Barre chord:
Here is a summary diagram of standard 2 note Fifths Power Chords:
Here is a diagram that shows the relationship between 2 note and 3 note power chords:
Here is an interesting written lesson that has some big open string power chords on it : http://www.guitartutorialsnow.com/articles/how-to-play-power-chords-easily
Here is a 9 minute Power Chords for Blues Guitar video for beginners with Jennifer Gamble from "Next Level Guitar":
Here is another great 8 minute video from "Next Level Guitar" with Marty showing us how to do AC DC style Power Chords:
So get onto your Guitar and start unleashing the Power !
Big Passy Wasabi
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Gracefully Identifying any Tune
Whenever I use Itunes, or Creative Media Player, or Winamp, to play an audio CD or any MP3 files, on my computer at home, a "Gracenote" icon briefly appears on the screen, and instantly all of the artist and track information appears displayed in the media player.
I have been amazed by what Gracenote can identify. Any CD that is placed into the home PC is usually fully identified, even Hal Leonard CD's that accompany learning guitar books are fully detailed with all track names. The other amazing thing is the speed at which Gracenote links to the internet and completes this task.
I have been wondering for a while what exactly Gracenote is all about, and so I decided to research this matter further.
Here is information about the Gracenote music identification process from the
Gracenote website at : http://www.gracenote.com .
Gracenote "MusicID" is the industry standard for digital music identification for both CDs and individual music files.
Gracenote MusicID® provides fast, accurate, and reliable music-related content for people all over the world. Gracenote's technology is relied on by many of the world's leading consumer electronic devices and media software applications. Gracenote MusicID uses a multi-step recognition method to enable identification, categorization, and organization of digital music. Regardless of source or format, Gracenote® gives music fans the tools to manage and enjoy their music collections.
As of 2009, Gracenote databases held information on nearly 100 million audio tracks and more than a million videos.
The Gracenote Media Database supports both networked and embedded applications for the home, car, portable, and mobile phone markets. It's the world's largest global media database of music and video metadata.
Gracenote pioneered CD recognition technology in 1995 under the name CDDB®.
In addition to the original audio CD track and artist recognition services, Gracenote now also provides:
MusicID File (Search by File Fingerprint) - A digital audio file tagging service that computes an acoustic fingerprint for MP3 and other audio files and matches it against a fingerprint database.
MusicID Stream (Search by Audio Fingerprint) - Similar in concept to MusicID File, this service computes a more robust acoustic fingerprint in order to identify a song by listening to a sample anywhere in the middle.
VideoID DVD, VideoID Blu-Ray, VideoID File - The video counterparts to the audio services for obtaining meta-data about a disc or TV episode. Like music CDs, table of contents data are used to identify DVD and Blu-ray discs, and a video fingerprint is used to identify video files.
There is a good interview with one of the founders of the original Gracenote company at this address:
Gracenote is based in California and was aquired by Sony corporation for
$ US 260 million in June 2008.
Itunes and Winamp
Both the Itunes and Winamp music players utilise Gracenote.
We can download Winamp for free from : http://www.winamp.com/player .
Winamp runs Gracenote, connecting to the Internet, and performs a search whenever we put a CD into the PC. For example, here are the results for an Aerosmith compilation CD that I made for driving in the car.
(Yes I do own all the original CDs, as I quite like Aerosmith).
Gracenote "Lyrics to Go"
Gracenote "Lyrics to Go" is a web page widget that puts a search engine onto our blog or web page like the one shown below:
Try out a search in the above window by typing in "fire in the sky" and clicking the search button. ("Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple should be found, along with several other songs that also contain these same words).
If we then click on the "Smoke on the Water" song title that is displayed, a new window will open that will contain the full set of lyrics to the song.
Alternatively, we can perform the Lyrics Search at the Gracenote Website:
http://www.gracenote.com/lyricstogo/ .
With Gracenote's Lyrics To Go search widget, we have instant access to the world's largest legal database of lyrics. It's simple to implement onto any webpage and lets users search by Lyric Text, Artist Name, or Track Name.
Lyrics to Go is a great way to identify a song's title and Artist, if we only know a few of the words to a song. This is often the case where we might have heard a great song on the car radio, but can only remember the chorus line.
For example,typing in "get your motor running" soon brings up: "Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild", as well as the lesser known : "Shasta Beast - Eagles of Death Metal", which also contains these exact same words.
If we cannot find the lyrics we need using Gracenote, another great site for song lyrics can be found at: http://www.lyricsmode.com .
Gracenote Music Map
There is also the Gracenote "Music Map" http://www.gracenote.com/map/ that shows what music is currently popular in different countries and states anywhere around the world.
Click a country on the map below, and then scroll to the right to see the current Top 10 Artists and Albums. (Or use the link above to go to full page view).
For example here are the results of a recent check of the latest Top 10 Artists and Albums in Iceland :
So where ever you are in the world, Gracenote is there to help guide your musical journey.
Big Passy Wasabi
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Flash Bunnies Movies Parody
Click the above picture to watch a 30 second parody of the James Bond genre of movies.
The "Flash Bunnies" star in a set of movie parodies, and have even won prestigious "Webby Awards".
There are many well known movies to choose from, and all are delightfully re-enacted by "bunny" like characters in a tight 30 second timeframe.
plus many others, with new movies constantly being added.
The full set of Bunnies Movies can be found and viewed at the "Angry Alien" home page located at: http://www.angryalien.com .
May I suggest that you visit this page and watch a few of these amazing feats of flash, and who knows, you may even get a good laugh or two.
Big Bunny Passy Wasabi
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MJW's Flash AS 3.0 Avoider Game
The Michael James Williams Avoider Game was built from a multi-part set of Tutorials that start on this webpage:
and continue to a conclusion at the top of this page:
The tutorials run down the page from final part to beginner part, and so we have to go to the very bottom of page 2 to get to the very first tutorial.
We have to be careful when going through the listed Tutorials, because some are written in the old Actionscript 2.0, and the others are the latest Actionscript 3.0 (AS3) tutorials.
There is a page that has a master index of all the AS 3.0 steps at:
and I suggest that people use this page to access the tutorials and build the game.
The game being reviewed here was developed in Adobe Flash Actionscript 3.0 and Michael does a great job of building the game up step by step with brilliantly detailed instructions and explanations.
In total there are 12 tutorials that sequentially build up the full game in AS 3.0 :
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 1: Basic Set Up
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 2: Multiple Smiling Enemies
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 3: Game Over
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 4: Menus and Buttons
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 5: A Score and a Clock
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 6: Several Small Improvements
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 7: Keyboard Control
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 8: Adding a Preloader
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 9: Music and Sound Effects
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 10: Multiple Levels
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 11: Saving and Loading
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial, Part 12: Garbage Collection
Doing these tutorials is a great fun way to learn ActionScript 3.0.
In the "Alien Game" at the start of this Blog post, we have only completed parts 1 to 6 of the above Tutorials, due to time constraints.
(Eg. Have to eat sleep work play guitar, and do other stuff as well).
Sometime later on it would be fun to add the other parts to the game, especially bonus objects (like coins or jewels) that the green alien could bump into and collect to earn extra game points. Levels and Lives would also be great.
The instructions on the MJW website are fully detailed, and he has a nice copy to clipboard feature on all of the code snippets which saves a lot of typing time.
He also has downloadable zip files for each part, so that when things are not working, we can download his AS 3.0 Class files, and compare them line by line with our own code.
If you would like to download the .FLA Source file, as well as all of the AS 3.0 class files for the Passy World version of the game, then click the link below:
Click Here to Download .RAR file of Source Code from Passy World
There is another page, where we can play amazing variations of his Avoider Game that people have developed, such as a great game called "Robot Saga: Escape". These games can be found and played online at the Avoider Game homepage at: http://avoidergame.com/ .
Michael James Williams is definitely one of the flashest game programming teachers to be found on the Net.
Passy World rates his tutorials as 12/10 !
So stop avoiding Actionscript 3.0, and get right into it !
Big Passy Wasabi
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Flashy Free Guitar Accessories
The above interactive Flash Animaton is a free online guitar tuner from "hotfrets".
We can click on a string, and it will sound, so that we can tune our guitar.
We can also download this tuner from the hotfrets site to our desktop.
The "hotfrets" site is located at: http://www.hotfrets.com/.
It has quite a few nice guitar learning tools, that have all been created using Adobe Flash. Some are for free, but the others require a monthly membership fee.
A cut down version of their full Tabulature writer is also supplied on the site, and shown below:
We can click on the guitar fretboard where the notes are that we want to play, and then it will write the tab for the notes underneath on the six string lines.
Try it out by clicking on the fretboard above.
A really nice thing is that once the current tabline is full, we can highlight it, and use Ctrl-C to copy it into memory. We can then Ctrl-V paste it into Notepad, and save the tab for later printing. We can clear the tabulator, continue the tab, and then copy and paste this into our notepad document. So it is indeed a very user-friendly tab writing tool.
There is also the "Progressionator" that can be used online for free, and will supply chord progressions and rythms for the standard patterns listed.
Try it out below:
(Note that you may have to use the scroll bars get it into view).
or you could just click this link: http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
There is also the "Arpeggiator" that can be used online for free, and will supply all of the notes that make up a particular chord.
The notes are shown on the neck, and can be plucked with the mouse pick.
Try it out below:
(Note that you may have to use the scroll bars get it into view).
or you could just click this link: http://www.hotfrets.com/chords/arpeggiator_free.asp
There are also a few free lessons at the site such as Eric Clapton "Cross Roads"
at : http://www.hotfrets.com/lesson_details.asp?LID=50
If you need a free online metronome then try these links:
The advanced metronome is almost like a mini online drum machine.
The Guitar Tuner, Tab Writer, Progressionator,and how to play songs items at hotfrets have all been created using Adobe Flash. I show them to my computing students as examples of the extent of the power of Flash.
Music naturally runs in a timeline when it plays, and so Flash is well suited for graphically representing music and translating it to Guitar tabulature.
Big Strumming Passy Wasabi
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Free Interactive Fun Mathematics
The "National Library of Virtual Manipulatives" ("NLVM") is a set of resources that run as interactive online mathematical demonstrations, puzzles, and games.
(The above image is a solved puzzle where the geometrical shapes had to be arranged in a certain red and blue repeating pattern).
Mathematics is not a spectator sport. All too often, traditional instruction fails to actively involve students. One way to address the problem is through the use of manipulatives, physical objects that help students visualize relationships and applications. This is what the "NLVM" hopes to provide.
The "NLVM" Homepage is located at http://nlvm.usu.edu/ .
This index page consists of a matrix of options for different branches of maths, mapped agianst different year levels. We simply position our mouse on the square we want (for example Year 6-8 Algebra), and then click to go the the list of resources.
Here is a window into the actual home page:
(Use the horizontal scroll bar to see the Y9-12 column)
Basically, using the "NLVM" is simply a matter of getting in there
and then picking and clicking to explore how the different items work.
For example, here is an interactive Algebra Factor Tree :
(Enter numbers into the window below to try out building the factor tree)
If we scroll down to the bottom of the tree, we can change from "Computer" to "User" and enter our own numbers to factorise. We can also do two factor trees per screen if we want to.
Here is a view of all of the items that are contained in Level 6-8 Algebra
Here is a nice Coin Toss simulator and analyser for Probablility:
(Press the "Start" button and let the simulator run to completion).
There is lots more to explore in the "NLVM", and so why not ditch the Maths books for a lesson and check it out.
Big Passy Wasabi
The Day the Megabytes Ran Out
A picture that is worth at least a thousand bytes.
Sadly there has been no internet for several days here at Passy World, because we overshot our monthly gigabyte download limit.
(See above graphs).
What pushed things over the limit was the weekend we finished building and setting up the new gaming computer. Setting up this new PC involved downloading several gigabytes of patches for all of our games, as well as a lot of Adobe updates.
But in the end it has all been well worth the effort, because the gaming performance of the new machine is superb !
(Click here to go to previous blog post about our super Gaming PC).
Anyway, we are finally into the new billing month and back online again, so get ready for plenty of new blog posts coming your way real soon !
Big Passy Wasabi
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Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Working knowledge of theatre prices, policies, menu, and bar selections.
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Greet guests in a timely and professional manner while exhibiting excellent guest service skills.
Possess full knowledge of bar and menu items and be able to make recommendations.
Accurately take food and beverages orders and deliver within established time frames once the entire order is completed.
Consistently use suggestive selling techniques.
Verify guests that purchase alcohol are at least 21 years of age.
Ensure that alcohol is consumed in designated areas only.
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Pre-bus tables as needed.
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Clear and reset tables both before and after presentation.
Close all auditorium doors at the start of each film.
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Provided by Associate: Black pants, black shoes, socks, black belt. Age 18 or older, and in some states, 21 or older.
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Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and carry it up to 90 feet (or deposit into dumpster or trash compactor).
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