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Hello all,
Being frustrated as an entrepreneur that I don't have any real developing skills - programming, front-end, UI, or UX, and a little homesick, last weekend I decided to do something spontaneous - fly out to Shanghai and participate in Startup Weekend. I didn't tell anyone and just dipped out for this 3 day weekend to work on this side project idea I've had.
Startup Weekend is a little 3 day weekend competition where people pitch their ideas, organize teams, and possibly gain media exposure and/or seed investment. I flew out there to Shanghai to pitch my idea.
So here was my pitch:
"What's the most resilient parasite? A virus? a bacterium? an intestinal worm?
An idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world, and rewrite the rules."
This quote from the movie Inception provides a compelling description of the power of ideas.
The problem is, people don't share ideas. Why? Because they think they have the next billion-dollar idea and that someone will steal it from them. But truth is, ideas are worthless without proper execution -- and that requires competence and collaboration. Ideas are meant to be shared so they can grow and mature to provide clearer direction.
So IdeaHub (IdeaTank, IdeaForge or whatever) bridges the gap between Wikipedia and TED, two successful sharing technologies. People go to Wikipedia to learn how things came to be; people go to TED to gain insights and learn about the possibilities. And then people will go to IdeaHub to turn ideas into reality, by identifying societal and industry issues, collaborating with others and coming up with innovative solutions, and creating a community that connects competent people to execute on
An ambitious project I know, which is why (stating my needs) I need two developers, a designer, and possibly a marketing specialist.
I want to end with this quote: "Competition leads to incremental growth; collaboration leads to exponential growth" and I think that's what this world needs: exponential growth through collaboration to improve the human experience and create a sustainable and brighter
future for the world. Thank you.
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It was very ambiguous, I know... and we didn't work on it because it was too ambiguous to begin with. BUT it was well received, with a lot of follow-up interactions when we were forming teams. And there's also a lot of douche bag international entrepreneurs who think they're the ****, but they have no charisma or effective people skills.
The thing that many entrepreneurs aren't good at is effectively communicating their ideas with enthusiasm to persuade and inspire others to work with them and help create their vision of the future. So I went to Shanghai's Startup Weekend to fail fast, learn from others, and network. At the event, we had this badass programmer from Japan who can build a site like Facebook in a day -- he's written 2 books on programming and made his own ERP software to help manage business systems.
Summary of the event:
We ended up building a product called "Goal Circles" which is a social collaborative platform in which you can create and share goals, as well as the steps leading up to those goals (called "sets of disciplines"). Those sets of disciplines were divided into daily, weekly, and monthly disciplines. For example, if your goal was to "eat healthy" or lose weight, you could share that with your friends (to keep each other accountable) and the steps would probably include for daily like "drink 1 cup of water 8x daily," "eat salad," "take multivitamin" and it would turn it into a simple regenrating daily checklist on your smartphone so that it's always with you when you complete those simple tasks, thus notifying and reminding (and hopefully motivating) your friends to do the same.
I'm all about sharing and collaboration, and I'll be the first to admit my lack of competence in the developing side. Thus, I would like to work with the people who can execute who are passionate to help the world. Anyone can "steal" these ideas, if they're really inspired, or hopefully, make a better one.
But one thing I've learned, an idea is worthless without proper execution and that requires a competent team and passion. I'll gladly share any wireframes, UI screenshots, etc. with anyone who is interested, and hopefully passionate about helping people help themselves.


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August is National U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish Month, and it's a great opportunity to enjoy the many delicious preparations of this versatile, all-American fish. Long-regarded as a Southern staple, U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish is now being embraced across the country not only because of its health benefits, quality assurance and environmental safety, but also because it is American-grown, and widely available.
The month of August was designated as National Catfish Month by Congress in the late 1980s to pay tribute to an outstanding American product that contributes to our nation's economy, while providing consumers with a healthy, safe and great-tasting food.
The majority of U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish is produced on family-owned farms in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana, where many of these growers are second- or third-generation farmers.
Catfish farmers feed their fish grain-based pellets made primarily of soybeans and corn, which are grown by American farmers. When the catfish reach market size, they are harvested and delivered to processing plants, many of which are located in rural areas where they are major sources of employment and the primary driver for the area's economy.
"Our goal at The Catfish Institute is to educate consumers about what a wonderful, home-grown product we have in U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish," says Roger Barlow, the organization's president. "When consumers purchase catfish labeled with the U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish seal, they are supporting our nation's farmers and providing jobs to tens of thousands of Americans."
Whatever your reason for choosing U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish – whether it is because of its great taste and versatility, to support domestic farmers or because you are concerned about the safety of imported products – you can be confident that U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish is a safe, healthy, responsible choice for you and your family.
"It's important to remind people how much the U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish industry matters – both economically and as a stable, sustainable food source," says Barlow. "This August, when we are in the grocery store or at the restaurant, we need to remember to support our hardworking American farmers by purchasing products grown in the U.S.A. – and that includes U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish."
To find a variety of U.S. Farm-Raised Catfish recipes, visit www.UScatfish.com.

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NowGamer: "Treyarch has detailed the plethora of ways to get banned from playing Black Ops 2: be warned."
lame that u can be ban for swearing thats why its a 17 + game
Nobody will be banned for swearing, incredible amounts of racal abuse, perhaps.
Good, I am sick and tired of children and idiots behaving like little scumbags and thinking it is okay. It is about time that this stuff starts getting regulated. Companies trusted people to do the right thing and they behaved like assholes.
The reality is that the majority of people just want to play online and have fun. But a few stupid morons ruin things by being sexist, racist, homophobic, and all around immature. Basically, your internet tough guys that would never behave that way in public.
I do feel sorry for the people that are going to get into trouble for just playing around with their friends and the wrong person joins their game and gets offend.
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Looking for some fun and memorable first date ideas? Try these.
Whatever you choose for your first date, make sure there's enough peace for conversation but enough distraction so you don't feel the need to talk incessantly. AND HAVE FUN!!
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About the author: Jimi works at Zoosk as a Recruiter. He's a Bay Area sports fan, talent scout and resume wrangler.


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Coaching session brings out Yost's 'new school' side
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- If you thought Ned Yost was an old-school manager, perhaps you should take another look. He's sounding new school these days.
Just before the Royals launched their 12th Spring Training at the Surprise complex with the first workout for pitchers and catchers on Saturday, Yost talked about a session he had for his coaching staff this winter at his Georgia homestead.
The primary idea was to assimilate newcomers Don Wakamatsu, his bench coach, and Dale Sveum, his third-base coach, into the staff. Mike Jirschele, the longtime Triple-A Omaha manager, was also joining holdovers Rusty Kuntz, Dave Eiland, Doug Harvey and Pedro Grifol. But Jirschele had been in the organization longer than any of them, so he was hardly new.
So they got together in Georgia for three days, making use of Yost's neighbor and entertainer Jeff Foxworthy's lodge.
"We stayed out in the woods, we ate well, we played cards until 2:00 in the morning, had a lot of fun," Yost said.
OK, that's old school. But they also had a lot of discussions on how to handle today's players.
They listened to a dissertation on handling young players from highly successful coach Craig Garner of nearby Troup County High School in LaGrange, Ga.
"To a man, we all enjoyed it. ... Kind of getting back to our roots a little bit," Yost said.
They also took personality tests administered by an educator.
"It opens up your mind a little bit on how to handle different personalities and how to communicate with different personalities," Yost said. "Some guys can take a strong kick in the butt and some guys can't. Some guys need a strong pat on the butt.
"Until you start understanding people's personalities -- and that's what this game is all about now -- you can't get the most out of players unless you can effectively communicate with them. And it's a different group of kids. When we grew up there was no Internet, no video games, no cell phones. We played outside all day long. It's a different group ... it's a different environment that we live in and I think to be successful, you have to adapt to their environment."
Yost, a former catcher, noted that when he played in the Majors (1980-85), managers tended to be aloof and treated all players pretty much the same.
"Back when I played, I never talked to the manager. The coaches never really said much. There wasn't much teaching going on," Yost said. "You were expected, when you got to the big leagues, to know how they play the game, and you played it. About the only time there was much communication going on is when you screwed something up and you were getting yelled at. That doesn't work anymore.
"The majority of coaching came from the players," Yost added. "Where I learned my baseball is from Ted Simmons. Teddy taught me the game."
Today's managers and coaches concentrate on teaching and refining game skills through intense communications, and that's what the session in the Georgia woods was all about.
" ... Different personalities communicate differently, and it was pretty insightful," Yost said. "Our job as coaches is to communicate our vision to the players and to teach them and help them grow as players."
Sure sounds like a new-school Ned.


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Heath Ledger Gossip
Heath Ledger gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Dear Gossips,
Have you noticed lately how many 20th anniversary movie celebrations there have been this year? And it's only the end of March. Jawbreaker came out in January 1999. I posted about She's All That a few weeks ago Read Full Intro
Johnny Depp and the perfect villain
Page Six posted a story yesterday afternoon about Doug Stanhope, the comedian friend of Johnny Depp's who defended him in a piece on The Wrap Full Story
Dear Gossips,
Monday, November 30th marks the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles premiere of Brokeback Mountain. The film opened in limited release a week later and then wide a month after that. As you know, it went on to receive multiple award nominations and won the Oscars for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Read Full Intro
In memory of Heath Ledger by Lindsay Lohan
For the straggler who would still defend this loser piece of sh-t because of xyz excuse... Five years ago today, Heath Ledger was found dead in New York after accidentally overdosing on prescription medication. He is survived by his daughter Matilda. Oh, and Lindsay Lohan. Here's what she tweeted Full Story
The Perils Of Being The Best Actress
Many of you have written asking for commentary on the Michelle Williams GQ cover and interview. The story made headlines everywhere yesterday. This is most likely what you saw: Michelle Williams talks about and cries over Heath Ledger. It wasn't totally misleading, no. That did indeed happen. Full Story
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Splash News, Bauer-Griffin
Michelle Williams covers the new issue of UK Elle. She looks SO beautiful. Michelle of course is promoting My Week With Marilyn for which she may receive yet another Oscar nomination. As you know, she plays Marilyn Monroe and there has already been much discussion about the accent, the mannerisms, the body, the Marilyn. Full Story
Remember when…
We cared about Julia Stiles? What? You never cared about Julia Stiles? Fine. Well I did. I cared about her in Save the Last Dance and I definitely cared about her in 10 Things I Hate About You and then it felt like she kept making the same movies over and over again and … she just stopped mattering. Full Story
Words from Depp, Farrell, and Law
On The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Of course you know that their involvement in the film was the result of Heath Ledger's death. Up to this point, all three marquee actors have abstained from publicly promoting the film. With the movie opening on Christmas Day, they've now released statements about their experience, about Terry Gilliam, and of course about the actor they were honouring. Full Story
Empire Bale
Christian Bale in an Empire promo shot building hype around the upcoming Terminator Salvation which will go robot to robot against Transformers for summer box office supremacy. You likey? That tape scandal seems to have simmered down though for many, it has permanently tainted goodwill towards Christian, and deservedly so. Full Story
The People's Dark Knight
TDK was the big winner last night as chosen by the People. Christian Bale, exquisite always, accepted on behalf of the film. He seemed a little pale. Even clammy. Or maybe that's only because he skipped on the foundation. Of course he would skip on the foundation. It's not like he's Mario Lopez or anything. Full Story
Jakey to accept?
Jakey G took Reese to the Laker game last night. They sat beside power player Jeffrey Katzenberg for whom Reese worked in Monsters vs Aliens, the next blockbuster animated release due out in March by Dreamworks. Coincidentally, or not, Dreamworks just announced "perhaps the biggest media-advertising event in history" involving "tens of millions of dollars" during the Super Bowl. Full Story


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My personal teaching philosophy is:
"To change the world through education, one student, one mind at a time…"
This philosophy began with the belief that through improving critical and refractive thinking, with logic and reasoning, each student can learn to discover their own personalized path, to search for their unique place and function within society. As I moved throughout my teaching career, I have added the component of leadership to this philosophy, where I believe in the power of one, and the ability of each person to change their corner of the world, changing the bigger world by default.
By using the Socratic method of constantly asking questions to challenge assumptions, bias, and perception as well as teaching by induction, the student learns to bend thought, to challenge themselves,as well as conventional wisdom, to learn about themselves through their pursuit of academic core principles and philosophies. It is here that students will transition and evolve from being co–dependent, to interdependent to becoming independent productive members of society. Students will learn that the search for truth begins internally with asking the right questions, which then leads to the most appropriate and effective answers.
Finally, I believe in the core principles and tenets of leadership, where in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
The world is in desperate need of leaders who are willing to take risks, to blaze new trails, to question boundaries to take our society into the future. Sometimes this leadership is with a grand gesture; sometimes leadership simply comes softly. We need innovators, critical and refractive thinkers, and leaders to be audacious and bold; to question what we are doing and why, often asking why not. We need those willing to search for answers to questions not yet even asked.
"When the student is ready, the teacher will come."
(Anonymous, n.d.)
I am that teacher that mentors them along this path.
My very best for your continued success!
Dr. Cheryl Lentz
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Qigong (pronounced cheegong) is a form of meditative exercise with repeated movements, gently stretching the core and limbs and building body awareness. We will practice some standing meditation intended to help you feel and circulate qi (the Chinese word that describes life force), a set of exercises called silk reeling and some specific walking techniques that build balance, flexibility, and strength. No previous experience is required. People with disabilities are welcome, as we can adapt the exercises for sitting, supported standing or standing. Eric Siegel, in addition to being the Gardens Director, has been practicing Chinese martial arts and qigong for over 15 years.
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The UFO fan site Strangers In The Night has posted a review of the band's recent performances in Strasbourg (March 2) and Lyon (March 3), France. Read it here. Also available for viewing are photos taken at the above-mentioned gigs.
As previously reported, UFO have set a March 16 U.S. release date through SPV Records for their new album, "You Are Here". The CD has just been released in Europe (Feb. 16). The group's first effort to feature new guitarist Vinnie Moore, "You Are Here" (view cover here) was recorded near Hannover, Germany with producer Tommy Newton (HELLOWEEN, CONCEPTION, VICTORY, ELEGY, ARK, TEN). MP3 clips of all 12 tracks that are set to appear on the new album can be downloaded here.
Upcoming UFO U.S. tour dates:
Apr. 22 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Apr. 24 - Bradford, TN @ Skullbone Music Park
Apr. 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theater*
Apr. 30 - New York, NY @ B. B. Kings
May 01 - Hampton Beach, NH @ Hampton Beach Casino*
May 02 - Sayreville, NJ @ The Starland Ballroom*
May 04 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
May 05 - Baltimore, MD @ The Thunderdome
May 12 - Saint Louis, MO @ Pops
May 13 - Chicago, IL @ The House Of Blues
May 14 - Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag Theater
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A selection of Carp fishing rods, including rods from Middy, Nash, ProLogic and Shakespeare
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George & The Geminis
Canada's television awards go down this coming Sunday in Regina and for the first time, they will be hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos who, judging by how many of you wanted to add him to your Freebie Five, has clearly but inadvertently become a Canadian heartthrob.
Totally agree.
Am told George is personally overseeing many aspects of the show this weekend – hopefully he'll sex it up a bit. And the big question is – what will he wear? Never seen him in anything resembling a suit. Am trying to bust into his dressing room – will keep you posted.
More information regarding the show – some interesting presenters have been confirmed including Sarah Chalke from Scrubs, Kristin Kreuk from Smallville, Russell Peters…and Brandon Walsh himself.
Jason Priestly.
If he still has sideburns I will lose my sh-t.
Geminis. CBC. Sunday.
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Friends of the Children's Museum of Denver traveled deep into the Indian jungle to help celebrate the museum's 37th anniversary. Jungle Jubilee, chaired by Mandi Hoffman and Halle Holmes, was a big success and raised a six-figure sum for educational programs and sponsored admissions.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and his wife, author Helen Thorpe, were the honorary chairmen.
The occasion also provided a nice opportunity for supporters to become better acquainted with Mike Yankovich, who succeeds Tom Downey as the museum's president and chief executive officer. Downey recently stepped down to head the Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation. Downey and his wife, Lori Fox, attended Jungle Jubilee. She's with United Airlines, one of the companies offering in-kind support to the benefit. Butler Rents, United Launch Alliance and ViaWest were the others.
The committee chairs for Jungle Jubilee were Katie Agron, Christine Atkinson, Jen Connelly, Jennifer Faulkner, Katie Flaherty, Angela Fox, Nicole Furman, Melissa Hatzidakis, Nancy Kimballl, Lisa Koenig, Anne Larsen, Fiona Mechem, Britta Miles, Sara Odendahl, Sonya Peterson, Keesha Pfeiffer, Dory Pratt, Karen Ryan, Brooke Simpson, Lesley Smith, Merrill Smith, Amanda Solomon, Wylly Staab, Andrea Stevens and Taryn Walsh.
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In yachting circles, Cyprus / Larnaca is a common name and is actually a desirable destination where many enthusiasts converge due to its natural beauty, plenty of sailing opportunities, abundance of sights and a sailing-friendly infrastructure. Whether you're a beginner or a yachting veteran, you have to visit Cyprus / Larnaca at least once in your life.
The YachtBooker site is glad to provide you with a large offer of boats in Cyprus / Larnaca and in other places around the world as well. If you are in search of an yacht offer, simply head to the YachtFinder® menu on this page which is located in the left upper corner and start choosing criteria that best suit your needs. You can choose a country you wish to visit, a type of boat you wish to travel in and the departure time and length of your holiday.
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Once saved always saved. Is eternal security Biblical?
Recently, I had a conversation with a (new) friend that started off with him telling me how he had been a devout Christian, perhaps even a believer (to use some Christianese), but had lost his faith due to later events. This struck me as a bit odd, because I had always thought that once you had put your faith in Christ, then you could never lose it. I went hunting for the verse that I was thinking of (and that he confirmed as existing), but couldn't find it. So...was I right? Is it true that once you put your faith in God and Jesus, then you can never lose it, especially under persecution?
To clarify, I'm more interested in whether someone else can cause you to lose your faith as opposed to you turning away from God. The "Once saved always saved." question deals with people turning away from God, but does not deal with other people "causing" a deconversion.
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The name Arkarra - meaning "place of many ducks", was given to the lagoons by Butchulla Aboriginal Elder, Aunty Olga Miller.
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Kraft Foods' net income rose 13 percent in the third quarter, the food maker said Wednesday, as new products and increased advertising helped it top Wall Street expectations.
The company, which makes Oscar Mayer, Maxwell House coffee and Miracle Whip, also stood by its forecast for 2013.
The results are the first since Kraft Foods Group Inc., based in Northfield, Ill., split with its global snack food business. That company is called Mondelez International and is home to brands such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy and Nabisco. The split was intended to accelerate growth by allowing each of the companies to focus on a more targeted portfolio of products.
At Kraft, CEO Tony Vernon has said the company will continue pruning its lineup of product extensions, while making innovation a priority. Last year, for example, the company introduced its MiO liquid drops. The drops, which can be squeezed into water for flavored drinks, have spawned copycats including one by the Coca-Cola Co.
Kraft said such new products contributed significantly to volume growth of 2.6 percentage points in the quarter. Even as innovations for Lunchables and Oscar Mayer cold cuts lifted performance, however, the company said older products such as Capri Sun, Jell-O and Planters saw sales volumes decline.
For the period ended Sept. 30, the company said it earned $470 million, or 79 cents per share. That compares with $417 million, or 70 cents per share, a year ago.
Revenue rose 3 percent to $4.6 billion.
Analysts on average expected a profit of 69 cents per share on revenue of $4.54 billion.
Gross profit rose 16 percent as costs for ingredients eased. A lower effective tax rate offset restructuring costs associated with its split from Mondelez.
Kraft still expects to earn $2.60 per share in 2013.


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Vulnerability Management
The Vulnerability Management (VM) Practice is focused on the processes within an organization with respect to handling vulnerability reports and operational incidents. By having these processes in place, an organization's projects will have consistent expectations and increased efficiency for handling these events, rather than chaotic and uninformed responses.
Starting from lightweight assignment of roles in the event of an incident, an organization grows into a more formal incident response process that ensures visibility and tracking on issues that occur. Communications are also improved to improve overall understanding of the processes.
In an advanced form, vulnerability management involves thorough dissecting of incidents and vulnerability reports to collect detailed metrics and other root-cause information to feedback into the organization's downstream behavior.
Environment Hardening
The Environment Hardening (EH) Practice is focused on building assurance for the runtime environment that hosts the organization's software. Since secure operation of an application can be deteriorated by problems in external components, hardening this underlying infrastructure directly improves the overall security posture of the software.
By starting with simple tracking and distributing of information about the operating environment to keep development teams better informed, an organization evolves to scalable methods for managing deployment of security patches and instrumenting the operating environment with early-warning detectors for potential security issues before damage is done.
As an organization advances, the operating environment is further reviewed and hardened by deployment of protection tools to add layers of defenses and safety nets to limit damage in case any vulnerabilities are exploited.
Operational Enablement
The Operational Enablement (OE) Practice is focused on gathering security critical information from the project teams building software and communicating it to the users and operators of the software. Without this information, even the most securely designed software carries undue risks since important security characteristics and choices will not be known at a deployment site.
Starting from lightweight documentation to capture the most impactful details for users and operators, an organization evolves toward building complete operational security guides that are delivered with each release.
In an advanced form, operational enablement also entails organization-level checks against individual project teams to ensure that information is being captured and shared according to expectations.


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Well, we're starting something today, Thursday July 18th at 8:30pm EST on our Facebook page, that might just help get you started or moving again with your family history. Expert Q&As.
Our first expert is Shauna Hicks and answering questions on how to start your family history. Join us on our Facebook page - Inside History Magazine - with your questions ready tonight. What is the subject?
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PA Swatara Gap to Delaware Water Gap; April 6-17, 2013; on the Appalachian Trail
I am hoping to tag along with a Nashville group heading to the Shenandoah National Park, drop them off this Saturday, and then head on up to Pennsylvania on my own to pick up my A.T. section-hiking where I left off at Swatara Gap last year. I'll hike until the 16th or 17th, then go back to pick up the other group (in Harper's Ferry) and head home to Nashville.
Anyone want to tag along? Meet on the trail? Hike a few days with me? Do some shuttling for me or trail magic? I'm flexible and easy! :-? I've hiked alone many times, but it's fun to meet and/or hike with new friends too. The weather forecast is looking pretty darn good. I was concerned about ice, but so far it's not supposed to be freezing, even at night. If things change, I'll bail out if necessary. Don't want to hike alone on ice.
I hope to average about 12 miles a day (if the rocks don't slow me down too much), including perhaps a zero day, and reach Delaware Water Gap taking it easy. But if not, I'll stop wherever I get to and is convenient. I've heard and read about lots of features along this section of trail, and look forward to seeing them with my own eyes and setting foot on some of them with my own feet.
I have the list of shuttlers from the ATC, but if anyone has recommendations or would like to lend a hand, please speak up. Usually I'm splitting the cost with others, but this time may be footing the cost alone. I'd love to have my vehicle shuttled to the end if at all possible.
Rain Man
P.S. I have to say this trip is contingent on some factors beyond my control (client emergencies) falling into place, but which I expect will happen.


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In his opening monologue on "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend, "Mad Man" actor Jon Hamm spoofed his 1960s advertising whiz character Don Draper by spouting impromptu, overblown slogans for ordinary products.
"Purses: Everyday is a secret vacation with your tiny lady suitcase!" Hamm declared.
The bit marked a fun piece of self-mockery from an actor whose already iconic character once memorably wove a description of Kodak's Carousel slide projector into a heart-tugging meditation on nostalgia and family. The gag also knocked an advertising industry that sometimes takes itself a tad too seriously.
Which is why we got another chuckle this week after stumbling onto an article in Advertising Age about a consumer study that's alternately fascinating and perhaps just a little unintentionally humorous in spots.
The bottom line of the Mindset Media study of 25,000 people is that consumerism and TV viewership are personality driven – or as Advertising Age aptly put it in the story's headline, you are what you watch.
So, according to the marketing firm's findings, fans of "The Office" (much like Michael Scott and Jim Halpert) tend to think they're superior to others and would be prime targets for BMW and Starbucks ads. "Family Guy" lovers are rebels at heart who might just be dying to mount a Harley. "Glee" fans are Evian-swilling creative types – but not as creative as "Mad Men" devotees who are liberal iPad users.
Of course, as the article acknowledges, there are folks of all personality types who watch a variety of programs. (We're fans of all the shows mentioned above, and have yet to face the dilemma of whether to ride our BMW or Harley to our fabulous job at Apple, where the Starbucks lattes flow as freely as the ideas and left-wing chatter.)
Perhaps the most interesting finding of the Mindset Media study is that researchers couldn't peg a defined personality type to fans of "House" and "Bones," which have broad viewership.
That all speaks to the crapshoot that is advertising, particularly at time when the media is in flux. It also goes to the increasing segmentation of media, not only in the broadcast world but online.
Super Bowl ads are already sold out, a sign that advertisers are eager to tap into one of the few mass viewership events left. Meanwhile, social media sites like Facebook are seen as a way to directly reach consumers with certain interests – and perhaps explains last week's revelation that app makers reportedly sold user information to a data broker.
We'll think about all that the next time we take advantage of commercial break during "Glee" to grab an Evian from the refrigerator – or, as Hamm described the appliance on "SNL," a "box of winter for your food to live in."
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Spartanburg County is making great strides in improving health and well-being in the community. We have successful initiatives such as The Road to Better Health with five priority areas (improve access to care, reduce childhood obesity, improve birth outcomes, reduce tobacco use, improve behavioral health access), the Childhood Obesity Taskforce, the S.C. Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Spartanburg ... Read More »
Bullying in School: The Traumatic Effects of Bullying on Children
The issue of bullying has plagued many school systems in the US. We have all read about issues of bullying causing students to take drastic measures to make the pain stop. Unfortunately, many of these drastic measures have resulted in suicide and/or murder. In 2010, a 15-year-old immigrant from Ireland took her own life because of excessive bullying. A New York ... Read More »
Effects of bullying may add up in kids
The negative physical and mental effects tied to bullying among children and teens may accumulate throughout the years, according to a new study. Researchers found that teens who had been bullied in the past and those currently being bullied tended to have a lower quality of life, compared to those who were bullied less or not at all. This finding ... Read More »
Bullying takes many forms
The second installment of the Daily News' series on bullying covers six different kinds of bullying and how to recognize the signs that one is a victim of mistreatment. One of the most recognizable kinds of bullying is physical. There are many different types of negative physical interactions that may occur between young people. Although bullying often takes a mental ... Read More »
Domestic Violence, it costs a lot
Violence. The word immediately stabs our imagination with blood, war, terrorism, the sanguine coloured flag of some nation, death, destruction et cetera. And then when we let our thought train move a bit longer, the subtle incidences of violence start cascading over our minds. One by one it comes. Starting with the poor urchin getting beaten up by his heartless ... Read More »
Domestic violence affects us all at work
WE'LL NEVER KNOW how many victims do the best they can at work or anywhere else, even with domestic violence woven through every part of their lives. But what's clear from national headlines and our local experience is that a batterer's violence doesn't always stay home when victims leave the house. Each of us actually has the issue woven through our ... Read More »
Domestic violence experienced by 30% of female population, survey shows
More than 1.1 million or 7% of women and 720,000 or 4% of men have been victims of some kind of domestic abuse in the past year, official crime figures reveal. The full scale of the hidden world of sexual assault, family abuse and stalking is revealed in official figures that show that nearly 5 million women or 30% of the adult ... Read More »
Effects of Sexual Assault
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Survivors of sexual assault may experience severe feelings of anxiety, stress or fear, known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as a direct result of the assault. Substance Abuse Victims of rape or sexual assault may turn to alcohol or other substances in an attempt to relieve their emotional suffering. Self-Harm / Self-Injury Deliberate self-harm, or ... Read More »
Who are the Victims of Sexual Abuse and Rape?
Breakdown by Gender and Age: Women 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).1 17.7 million American women have been victims of attempted or completed rape.1 9 of every 10 rape victims were female in 2003.2 Lifetime rate of rape /attempted rape for women by ... Read More »
TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ABUSE - by Christine "Cissy" White What if every survivor of sexual abuse picked up the phone, called their abusers and confronted them like this woman did? (Or wrote an "open letter" in The New York Times like this woman did?) That would be a lot of calls. One in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys have been sexually abused during childhood. Ninety-three percent ... Read More »


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Oregon Archives, Libraries, and Societies
This entry was originally written by Dwight A. Radford for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Oregon State Archives
800 Summer St. NE
Salem, OR 97310
The 'Oregon Historical County Records Guide' database on its website provides access to a large number of original sources in its collections.
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301-3950
Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97203
Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc.
P.O. Box 42567
Portland, OR 97242-0567
Oregon Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 10306
955 Oak Alley
Eugene, OR 97440-2306
University of Oregon
Knight Library, 2d Floor North
15th & Kincaid St.
Eugene, OR 97403
Southern Oregon Historical Society
106 Central Ave.
Medford, OR 97501
The Oregon GenWeb Project www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ and the Genealogical Council of Oregon www.rootsweb.com/~orgco/mission.htm provide information on statewide genealogical organization. The catalogs for major Oregon academic university and college libraries can be accessed through ORBIS http://orbis.uoregon.edu.


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What's worth more to Google — Android or Apple's iOS?
The answer seems straightforward: Android, obviously. After all, Google has spent years developing Android and its associated ecosystem, and Android has long-since overtaken Apple's iOS as the top-selling smartphone platform. Android is the core of Google's mobile strategy, and although some players like Amazon hide Android under their own custom veneers, almost every Android device ties in directly with Google services like Search, Maps, Gmail, and more. Google may earn most of its money from search advertising, but Android is clearly Google's most important play in the mobile arena.
And yet, a proposed settlement with Oracle reveals Google may have made as little as $550 million on Android through 2011 — a figure that's chump change in the scope of Google's overall business. If Android is so important, why isn't Google making much money from it?
Settle down
The startling figures on Android revenue come from Google itself, by way of a proposed settlement to its high-stakes litigation with Oracle over Java technologies. Both companies have been taking very hard-nosed approaches to the case — frankly, Oracle knows no other way to litigate — but the judge ordered Google draw up a settlement proposal in an effort to avoid a big messy trial, so Google (reluctantly) complied. Oracle, of course, immediately rejected the proposal as too low, ratcheting up pressure on Google to make its case before a jury. That trial now has a fixed start date — April 16.
But Google's proposed settlement is illuminating. In it, Google offered to pay Oracle $2.8 million in damages for infringement on two patents remaining in the case. The $2.8 million payment would cover the period from 2008 to 2011, from Android's public launch through the end of last year. Going forward, Google offered to pay a combined royalty of 0.515 percent for every Android device sold until the patents expire: one goes dark in December 2012, but the other hangs on through April 2018.
In January of this year, Google said that it had activated some 250 million Android devices worldwide. If that figure is accurate and that that 0.515 royalty rate can be projected back on Google's Android-derived revenue through 2008, then Google is essentially saying Android generated $543 million in revenue from Android from 2008 to 2011. The Guardian was the first to do the math.
There are a couple of important notes to go along with Google's settlement details. First, the documents do not detail how Google has calculated Android revenue, only that they comply with figures calculated by Dr. James Kearl, a court-appointed expert. Second, in offering the proposal, Google is not saying it agrees with those figures, nor is it admitting it infringed on Oracle patents or copyrights — for Oracle to get this deal, it still has to succeed in its infringement case. Basically, Google crafted the proposal primarily because the court ordered it to do so, not because it was interested in pursuing this particular settlement.
The Guardian took the math a bit further, estimating that the proposal's figures imply Google makes slightly more than $10 per Android handset per year. This isn't a simple case of dividing the $543 million by 250 million device activations: An estimated 90 million Android devices were activated in the last two years, and thanks to Android's strong adoption many tens of millions of them have not been around long enough to have generated that revenue yet. However, projecting that rate forward based on recent data on Android activations, that means Google could see as much as $1 billion in revenue from Android this year. That sounds like a lot, but it likely would represent only about two percent (or less) of Google's overall revenue for the year.
Google revenue from Android versus iOS
Here's the oddity of the figures that apparently underlie Google's assessment of Android revenue: In October 2011, Google CEO Larry Page claimed Google's overall mobile business was then operating at a run rate of $2.5 billion per year.
Why the discrepancy? Google's mobile business is substantially bigger than Android, and the elephant in the room is Apple's iOS. Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices all build in a number of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, and YouTube. Overall, Apple has sold more than 315 million iOS devices worldwide since the launch of the iPhone in 2007. While the majority of those iOS devices were purchased in the last 12 months, the long-term success of Apple's iOS apparently accounts for the bulk of Google's mobile revenue. And not just the majority: If Google's figures are to be believed, iOS devices were worth more than four times as much to Google than Android devices since the launch of Android in 2008. To be sure, folks use Google Search from Windows Phone, Symbian devices, and perhaps even a BlackBerry or two. But iOS is undoubtedly the dominant source of Google's mobile ad revenue.
Are these numbers to be believed?
It's tempting to take Google's settlement proposal figures at face value — after all, they've been submitted to a court! But the proposal has to be considered in the larger context of Google and Oracle's legal battle.
The case was launched in 2010, with Oracle claiming technologies at the heart of Android infringe on Java copyrights and patents, which Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems in 2010. Oracle opened the case with a broad legal salvo and eventually argued it was owed up to $2.6 bilion in damages, but in order to hasten proceedings, District Judge William Alsup has been requiring both companies to come up with ways to streamline the case. As a result, the case is now primarily about copyright, although two of Oracles patent claims remain in play.
Google's proposed settlement applied only to the patent portion of the case: The copyright issues are not impacted. However, Google may have had an interest in presenting Android revenue figures that were as low as possible. Oracle wasn't likely to accept a damages settlement from Google anyway — Oracle wants an outright injunction on Android — but by tendering an offer and having Oracle reject it, Google gets to paint Oracle as belligerent and unreasonable. That tactic may not not sway a judge, but a jury could be a different matter.
Oracle really wants to get this case in front of a jury. Juries are historically more favorable towards patent and copyright holders in infringement cases. To make its case, Google will likely have to roll out hundreds of pages of computer code and try to explain why they aren't protected by copyright — even though some have Sun's name all over them. The trial is expected to take about two months.
Oracle's copyright claim against Google and Android could be devastating. Google essentially has to argue that material related to an API specifications — the actual calls programmers make to an operating system so their apps can function — are not copyrightable. Back in December, Google tried to get Oracle's copyright claims thrown out and Judge Alsup dealt Google a harsh blow. Alsup ruled names in the API materials are not copyrightable — as a general rule, names aren't copyrightable in any medium — but denied Google's assertions that specifications can't be copyrighted and that, even if they could, Google's use amounted to fair use. Alsup's decisions aren't final, but they means Oracle will be able to bring the questions before a jury.
If Oracle can win its copyright case, it can almost certainly get an injunction against Android. At that point, Google will have almost no choice but to negotiate a license to Oracle's material — Oracle will not be restricted to any previous court-approved estimates of damages or Android revenue. Oracle could demand the Moon.
Google has everything to lose when the case goes to trial, so anything it can do to paint Oracle in a bad light — like having it reject a damages settlement proposal — might help.
OK, but what if the numbers are legit?
If the figures from Google's proposed damages settlement accurately reflect the revenue Google is deriving from Android, Google needs to work the Android ecosystem towards a revenue inflection point soon. Google's bet with Android is based on quantity. Android devices may not earn Google very much money over the course of their useful lives, but if there are enough devices out in the world, the cumulative revenue they generate for Google ought to be substantial. If the damages figures are correct, that isn't yet working out for Google.
Where does Google make money on Android? Google does take a 30 percent cut of every Android app sold, but the market for paid apps under Android just isn't as robust as iOS — and even Apple isn't making major bank on content or app sales. Instead, Google's revenue from Android derives primarily from advertising it serves to mobile users. That advertising primarily comes in Google's own apps for Android: Google Search, Google Maps (filled with location-specific promotions), and YouTube. These are also the same services that generate mobile advertising revenue for Google on iOS.
However, Apple seems to be divorcing itself from Google services. The first move came with Siri on the iPhone 4S, which preferentially uses services like Yelp and Wolfram Alpha, falling back to a potentially-Google-powered Web search only when those options don't seem like they're going to work out. Apple's new iPhoto for iPad drops Google Maps for Apple's own mapping service based on OpenStreetMap; 9to5Mac reports Apple's agreement to use Google Maps in iOS is due to expire this year. These moves are both comparatively small, but they represent threats to the revenue Google's mobile business is deriving from Apple's iOS. Given how much more revenue Apple's iOS seems to generate for Google, changes don't have to be very big for Google to feel them.
How Google is coping
Google is already working to derive more revenue from Android.
The most obvious is Google Play, Google's new all-in-one store that not only serves up Android apps, but also music, movies, and books. By presenting a unified storefront, Google is hoping to encourage more Android device owners to spend more money — and spend it with Google, rather than competitors like Amazon, Netflix, or Barnes & Noble. Of course, Google faces a bit of an uphill battle: Most consumers are used to Google services being available for free, but when they're ready to spend money, they're used to turning to other companies. In some cases, Google Play also still lacks the international infrastructure and broad content offerings of competitors, but it's early days — Google certainly has the expertise to catch up.
Also expect Google to amp up its advertising business. However, this does not necessarily mean presenting more advertisements to users via its mobile apps — Google no doubt realizes if it over-saturates its offerings with advertisements, it devalues its own platform. Instead, expect Google to work hard to refine the demographic data and profile information it gathers about each and every users of Android and Google services. Advertisers are willing to pay a premium for highly targeted placements — after all, it might not do any good to promote your new boutique to 10 million random Android users, but it could be very worthwhile to hit 200 who happen to live in (or regularly wander through) your neighborhood. Being able to refine demographic and user profile information is at the heart of Google's new unified privacy policy.
Google Android business is still about quantity: It wants as many devices as possible out in the market, all generating revenue. But moves like Google Play and refined ad targeting are also about notching up the amount of revenue Google generates from each Android device. Sure, they may not make any difference at all for some Android device users. Folks with Nook Tablets and Kindle Fires may not see any change at all. But if Google can wrangle one more purchase a year from Android users, or ratchet up the fee it charges to send advertising to that user, Android's per-device revenue to Google could surge.
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The Not So Great Dictator
Mussolini: An Intimate Biography by His Widow
Perhaps the ruin of Benito Mussolini was Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary hero of the Risorgimento. Like Mussolini, Garibaldi was a rough, self-taught, and credulous man of the people; in his youth he had had utopian and confused revolutionary ideas, but, in the end, he rallied to the king and, perhaps unwittingly, became a prop of the establishment. His ardent patriotism inflamed Italian radical nationalists, with pernicious consequences. His charm was magic, scores of women fell in love with him and men died for him in his presence and smiled. Garibaldi was always or almost always victorious (in reality he fought brilliant guerrilla skirmishes which piety later turned into vast and tidy battles); he was the first to be called Il Duce, a pompous nineteenth-century opera libretto title, by antonomasia (Mussolini had been called Il Duce by his socialist followers before 1914 and took the title with him to the Fascist party).
Garibaldi was also the first to dress his followers in colored shirts. His luck (or his self-knowledge) however spared him from being saddled with the sober responsibilities of government, the tedious administration of provinces, the solution of serious problems, and the making of policy. He was usually in charge of little more than a brigade, for a few months at a time, never the supreme commander of vast armies in conflict among nations. His solid reputation as a magnetic Pied Piper of Italian youth, founder of the left, and a military miracle worker rests on the fact that he retired early to an obscure private life, practically to exile, on the Sardinian island of Caprera. The government of the time saw to it he did not leave this refuge without permission.
What ruined Mussolini, above all, was the idea that Garibaldi's career seemed to demonstrate to Italians, the idea that, if only the right superman could be found, there always was an easy way out of the most arduous crisis. Garibaldi's life seemed to prove that Italy could be spared the necessary uphill struggle to improve its lot (and the opinion others had of it) if it trusted its destiny to a demiurge generally resembling him, who would lead the people to glory and prosperity without "blood, sweat, and tears." (The words are Garibaldi's. He used them in an 1849 proclamation.) This belief in the national hero, to be sure, is not an Italian delusion alone. Many nations have been its victims (or beneficiaries), some of them several times—France, for instance, three times in little more than a century and a half. Incidentally, to fire men's imaginations in a sleepy and archaic country such a hero must proclaim outlandish revolutionary ideals, that is, inspire the hope of escaping the present by dreaming of a radiant future, and remind his countrymen of their glorious history, thus giving them the hope to escape the present by finding refuge in a partly imaginary…
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Here at IEEE Spectrum, staffers routinely put Post-It notes on their doors and cubicles to let colleagues know they're out. But you can't slap a note on your door if you decide to work at home at the last minute-which, as I learned this winter, happens quite often when you have a very pregnant wife about to go into labor any instant.
That's why I set out to replace those yellow sheets of self-adhesive stationery with something less, uh, analog-something that would allow me to post the updates electronically. An idea then popped up in my head: Twitter for my door.
It turns out to be a simple DIY project that an experienced hobbyist can complete in a few hours. Or if you're me and this is your first serious hardware project, it might take you a couple of months and nearly drive you insane.
It worked out in the end. Now, when I'm home-or actually anywhere with my phone-I can send a tweet to a small LCD that hangs by my door, thus keeping my coworkers informed of my whereabouts. The LCD also shows current weather conditions in New York City; I thought my colleagues would appreciate this value-added service.
The hardware setup is fairly straightforward. The main component is an Arduino, the popular microcontroller for DIY projects. I used a Duemilanove model (US $30). You'll also need an accessory board called the Ethernet Shield ($45), which allows the Arduino to connect to the Internet. For the LCD, I used a Sparkfun black-on-green 5-volt model with four lines of 20 characters each ($30), which I connected to the Arduino with a thin ribbon wire ($5).
An Ethernet cable plugs into the shield, which attaches directly to the Arduino. Three wires connect the Arduino to the LCD-one for data bits, transmitted serially, the other two for power and ground.
It would have been great to have the device get its Internet access wirelessly, but that would have involved more complicated hardware and frequent battery replacements. So I drilled a small hole in the wall and ran a cable, hoping that the office manager wouldn't notice (or read this article!).


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Last week the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin was descended upon by 2,000+ motley e-learning types, all attending the annual Online Educa Berlin (OEB) conference. It was an extremely well-run conference (just as you'd expect in Germany), and had some memorable moments (just as you'd expect in a gathering of that size with people from over 90 countries present, all of whom are doing interesting things in e-learning). So I thought I'd share my potted list of highlights – bearing in mind that it was only possible for one person to attend a fraction of the sessions, so the list may appear a bit random.
The keynote addresses were without exception stimulating. On Thursday, David Puttnam showed us some moving extracts from a recently released film, We Are the People We've Been Waiting For, and made a plea for educators to use moving images in their teaching, and to encourage their students to create moving images. Brian Durrant gave an impressive overview of how the schools in London are all linked up on a single, streamlined platform, which is enabling collaboration amongst teachers and students, as well as giving students the opportunity to access more materials from home. The system has been enthusiastically received by students and teachers, and the combined platform has been a huge cost saver for individual districts. Zenna Atkins spoke entertainingly and persuasively about the need to recognise both the needs and contributions of children who have grown up 'digital'. With deliberate and delicious irony, she contrasted her experience as a mother with that as Chairman of Ofsted, leaving the audience in no doubt as to the limitations of the school inspection body in effecting meaningful change in the education system.
On Friday, the University of Leicester's Gilly Salmon gave the first keynote address, along with student representative, Aaron Porter. Gilly's metaphoric 'tree of learning' showed beautifully the long way that education has come since our forefathers made cave paintings, and she had the audience twittering about her question as to the two great wonders of education… (Answers anyone? The famous library at Alexandria and… the Internet.) Artur Dyro, from Young Digital Planet in Poland, successfully resisted the temptation give a sales spiel, and spoke engagingly about what the publishing industry can learn from today's learners. (And it wasn't what your run-of-the-mill, copyright-defending commercial publisher would want to hear…) Lizbeth Goodman then showed some intriguing footage of people in wheelchairs dancing with able-bodied people, demonstrating how technology can empower disabled people. This went down well, although her decision to read a rather sentimental voice-over, apparently for atmospheric effect, caused some mutters on twitter. (Twutters?)
The Beyond Distance team from the University of Leicester had a rather visible presence at OEB. Apart from Gilly's keynote address, she also led a half-day pre-conference workshop with Sandra Romenska, in which delegates looked into crystal balls to glimpse some insights into learning futures, guided by preliminary findings from the CALF project. The Beyond Distance team also led a Learning Café, in which several of our research projects were described, giving audience members a brief taste of everything from the use of e-book readers in higher education, to what Psychology students can learn from evacuating a burning oil rig in the virtual world, Second Life. Finally, the OTTER project (putting the University of Leicester's teaching materials on the web under open licences) and IMPALA (podcasting) project were described in more detail in longer presentations. All the slides from these sessions are available here.
The most provocative session of the three days was the Big Debate, in which Aric Sigman zealously warned the audience against the harmful consequences of too much social networking on children's brains, and was capably countered by Donald Clark, who identified numerous points of false logic in Aric's argument. I think the defining moment was when Aric, with some pomp and ceremony, showed us photos of some kids at school in North Korea and Bhutan (the latter playing with guns) and held them up as example of "well disciplined" school children, supposedly better off than kids who have easy access to the Web. This really doesn't warrant any comment here, but if you're interested, you can read Donald's detailed version of the debate or an abridged account (written with feeling) by another OEB-attendee, Iain.
A couple of other highlights were Clive Shepherd talking about the nonsensical way in which many corporations have implemented e-learning for so-called 'compliance training', and Inge de Waard talking about the value of Web 2.0 applications that exist outside the 'walled gardens' of our institutional VLEs. (I heartily agreed – and was particularly excited to meet Inge, being a long-time follower of her blog.) Another exciting session was the one on breaking down intercultural barriers in e-learning. I was particularly impressed by Thorsten Randel's description of the ambitious Scoyo project, in which a virtual team comprising members from India to Germany to South America, and many countries in between, worked for a year to produce 12,000 hours' worth of language teaching materials for children. Randel's project management process included solving 60,000 'issues' during this time!
Unfortunately I missed the Battle of the Bloggers session, which promised to be interesting, but I see Clive Shepherd has already blogged on it here.
Apart from the sessions described, my main take-home from the conference was a new understanding of the role that twitter can play at such a massive gathering. I found myself getting quite hooked on the twitter stream (when I was able to get a connection, which wasn't all the time), both to read the running commentary on the session I was in, and also to see what I was missing in the other sessions. There was one attempt at getting the audience to use a separate back channel (Cover It Live) – presumably to prevent the distraction of tweets from other sessions, but it was only used by a handful of people, and when audience members wanted to write less-than-positive comments in this session, they reverted to twitter (which I found interesting!) I gathered via twitter that at least one conference member was sitting in one session and watching a second session that was being streamed live, simultaneously. That kind of thing does my head in, just thinking about it… Oh, and one last thing: twitter lived up to its reputation as a subversive element, being used to recruit people to a more interesting session after they had tweeted their dissatisfaction with the sessions they were in…
Gabi Witthaus / 7 December 2009


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Both kiddos are home today because Sadie has pink eye. This is like a dream come true for her. She feels great but can't go to school. Win-win. So we are up to our eyeballs in craft projects this morning. Sadie is a crafting queen. She got lots of new artsy things at the family birthday party, so she is good to go for a while. She got a paint-it-yourself nativity set. We've been working on this for a few days. Sadie was gracious enough to let Noah help us paint it, so our set is looking really interesting so far. As of now we have a yellow camel with a black stripe down it's back (like a skunk), a red donkey, a red and purple star of Bethlehem and a fairly decent looking shepherd and a wise man. When we started painting the people, Sadie wondered what color the baby Jesus should be. She wondered if he should be "yellow" like us, or "brown" like Miles. So we decided on a bi-racial Jesus. This may be the most unconventional nativity ever created. I'll post a picture when we get it all finished.
We also had a great conversation with Sadie last night about smoking that had me in stitches. I know that she is only 5 and is not likely to pick up a cig anytime in the near future, but we live in Kentucky (where everybody smokes) and we just think it's never to early for a little preemptive anti-smoking campaign. Kamron was telling her how if anyone ever offers her a cigarette, even if it's a kid from our neighborhood, she should say no. We went through all the health risks, etc. However, evidently this is not going to be an issue for her. She told Kamron, "Daddy, I'll never ever smoke. I don't like to be that close to fire!" That's my girl!
We've had some crazy, unseasonably warm weather the last several days. We've been spending a lot of time outside soaking up the sunshine. We were even able to give our filthy, stinky dog a bath. This dog, though we LOVE her, is quite often the bane of my existance. Her name is Emma and she is a 7 year old yellow lab. We've had her since she was around 3 months old. We got her 5 months after we got married. My dad called me one day and said that he had gotten this dog and he couldn't keep it, and did we want it. Of course I wanted it. What newly married couple doesn't want a cute little puppy to make you feel like you're a little family? We had a tiny little house, but it had a fenced in back yard. So we brought home that little furball. On her first night with us, she ran away. Evidently that little bitty puppy took a flying leap off of the deck over the fence. Go figure? We put signs up all over the neighborhood and miraculously, someone returned her to us. That should have alerted us as a sign of times to come. That first week we knew we were in over our heads with a puppy who could get out of every crate, who's favorite activity was dancing in her own poop, and who ate everything in sight- drywall and plastic baggies included. After a few days with Emma we were both adament that in NO way were we at all wanting to have kids any time soon. After all, we couldn't even seem to handle a puppy. Well, that's the week that I quite unexpectedly got pregnant with Sadie. Surprise!
When Marley and Me came out, I could have sworn that they modeled Marley after our Emma. She is like the Forrest Gump of dogs. She smart enough to have some really great adventures, but too dumb to really function in the real world. She has escaped more times that I can even count. In our old neighborhood, all our neighbors called her Houdini. If you can picture it, we had a 6 foot solid wood privacy fence. Emma could jump it when she felt like going for a stroll through the neighborhood. We tried obedience school. We tried everything. But that dog just has a wild traveling hair up her butt. She got picked up and taken to the pound once. I am not sure what happened to her while she was there but she had to be put on anti-depressants and tranquilizers when she got home. That was a little embarrassing- standing in line at Walgreen's, waiting for my dog's anxiety meds. Emma also has really bad allergies. We pump her full of Benadryl sometimes to help her get some relief, but she still itches like crazy- her ears especially. She does this thing where she rubs her head on the ground (ears to the ground, big doggy butt sticking straight up in the air) and drags it like that all the way across the yard. She moans like a (insert what you're thinking here) while she's doing it. Yellow dog + green grass = permanently grass stained dog. Really- her whole head is grass stained down to the skin. The stain is so set in that it looks like our dog is going all Kermit the Frog.
When we moved to where we are now, we installed an underground fence. She has busted through many times, but for the most part, it keeps her at home. This past winter, we went to Mexico and my dad let Emma come and stay on his farm. We thought that this would be great for her. However, she ended up in Cincinnati- about 2 hours away. Seriously- this dog is a handful- but we love her and all her craziness. This weekend we realized that the batteries were dead to the underground fence. Unfortunately we realized this because Emma was gone. We did our usual drive around the community looking for her. We found her- her and all of her stinkiness. She smelled like she'd been rolling in dead animals. Don't think we're bad dog owners. We've made our best attempt, but some beasts just can't be contained! So- there's the long version of why our dog needed a bath! Oh the things we do for our kids and pets!
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Hypertherm, Hanover, NH, has rolled out the 400-A HyPerformance Plasma HPR400XD plasma-arc metal-cutting
system, which reportedly can pierce material that is 60 percent thicker than its predecessor, the HPR260, could pierce. Speed also has been increased, due to a patented consumable design, as the new system cuts 30 percent faster than the 260, reportedly offering precise cuts for longer periods of time at half the normal operating cost.
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NORBA #3 - Big Bear Snow Summit Resort CA, USA
Stage 1 (May 21st) Time Trial, 4.5 miles
1. Jimi Mortensen (USA) Specialized, 14:46.66
2. Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona Clarks-Les Gets, 14:49.11
3. Mike West (USA) Giant-Oso Energy, 14:54.50
4. Mark Weir (USA) WTB-Santa Cruz, 14:54.81
5. Carl Decker (USA) Giant-Pearl Izumi, 14:56.19
6. Sam Schultz (USA) U23 National, 15:05.80
7. Travis Brown (USA) Trek-Volkswagen, 15:06.18
8. John Devine (USA) U23 National, 15:09.28
9. Jason Moeschler (USA) Cytomax-Specialized, 15:10.60
10. Chris Sheppard (Can), Haro-adidas, 15:11.01
1. Heather Irmiger (USA) Tokyo-Joes, 16:39.1
2. Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna, 16:43.2
3. Katerina Hanusova (Cze), Luna, 16:45.9
4. Kerry Barnholt (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher, 16:46.2
5. Kelli Emmett (USA) Specialized, 17:06.3
6. Tonya Laffey (USA) MTBChick.com, 17:07.0
7. Kathy Sherwin (USA) Cannondale, 15:18.5
8. Judy Freeman (USA) Cannondale, 17:18.5
9. Sally Warner (USA) Biogen, 17:22.1
10. Melissa Thomas, (USA) Tokyo Joes, 17:26.1
Report Courtesy Andy Lee USA Cycling
The third round of the 2004 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series began in unique style this afternoon as cross country riders tested their descending capabilities in a downhill time trial. The opening stage, a 4.5 mile technical descent down the singletrack of Snow Summit Resort, welcomed two new faces to the top step of the podium as Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo.) and Jimi Mortensen (Eagle, Colo.) took the honors, their first in a NORBA National event.
Although some of the familiar names that have become mainstays at Big Bear were instead contesting the opening round of the UCI World Cup series, a pleasantly strong and competitive start list included several top pros.
With 28 riders remaining in the field of 86, former downhiller Mark Weir (Santa Cruz, Calif.) posted the first sub-15 minute time descending the course in 14:54.8. Two riders later, Mike West (Boulder, Colo.) did one better riding a 14:54.4, good enough to eventually secure a place on the podium. With 15 riders left, Carl Decker (Bend, Ore.) clocked a 14:56.1. The next rider down the trail then set the standard as Mortensen put up a 14:46.6, a time that would go unchallenged except by the efforts of Ryan Trebon (Ventura, Calif.) whose 14:49.1 was good enough for second place. The only riders to break the 15 minute barrier at the end of the day were the five podium finishers.
Continuing their remarkable season, the U.S. National U23 Mountain Bike Team finished just off the podium as Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont.) placed sixth with a time of 15:05.7. John Devine (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished eighth clocking a 15:09.2 and Alan Obye (Colorado Springs, Colo.) rode a 15:17.9, good enough for 16th place.
In the women's event, Irmiger was one of four riders to crack the 17 minute mark with a winning time of 16:39.1, four seconds ahead of runner-up Shonny Vanlandingham (Durango, Colo.). Katerina Hanusova (CZE), and Kerry Barnholt (Boulder, Colo.) placed third and fourth respectively with the only other sub-17 minute rides. Kelli Emmet (Colorado Springs, Colo.) completed the women's podium in fifth place with a time of 17:06.3.
Absent from the domestic scene today were U.S. Olympic hopefuls, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo.), Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va.), and Todd Wells (Durango, Colo.) as well as Alison Dunlap (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Sue Haywood (Davis, W. Va.), and Mary McConneloug (Fairfax, Calif.) who are all contesting the world cup opener in Madrid this weekend. (As well as the entire CDN contingent - except Chris Sheppard)
Traditional cross country racing returns on Saturday as Mortensen and Irmiger take their overall leads into the second stage before finishing up with Sunday's short track event.
Entering the third round of the NORBA National Mountain Bike Series, Horgan-Kobelski and Dunlap currently hold the overall series lead in both the men's and women's cross country and short track events.
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The Houston Dynamo won the Carolina Challenge Cup with a come-from-behind victory over the New York Red Bulls tonight at Blackbaud Stadium in front of 2,613. This is a third straight tournament win for the reigning MLS Cup champs, who overhauled the Red Bulls with goals from Brian Ching and Alejandro Moreno.
New York took the lead in the sixth minute through midfielder Dave van den Bergh, who collected the ball on the left side and fired in a shot that skipped awkwardly off the turf and into the Houston goal.
Houston replied with 20 minutes to go in the match. Brad Davis broke to the end line and chipped in a cross to the back post. U.S. national team forward Brian Ching met the cross and powered a header into the goal.
Houston scored the winning goal in the 80th minute with a neat move down the right side. Dwayne De Rosario fought past his marker and played the ball across the six-yard box. Substitute forward Alejandro Moreno ran onto the cross and flicked the ball home with his trailing leg.
New York Red Bulls (1-2-0) vs. Houston Dynamo (2-0-1)
March 31, 2007 -- Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC
Carolina Challenge Cup
Scoring Summary:
NY -- Dave van den Bergh 1 (unassisted) 6
HOU -- Brian Ching 1 (Brad Davis 1) 70
HOU -- Alejandro Moreno 1 (Dwayne De Rosario 1) 80
New York Red Bulls -- unavailable.
Houston Dynamo -- unavailable.
Attendance: 2,613
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Kevin Grandia | October 20, 2009
By Kevin Grandia • Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 16:58
I posted a story earlier today about shock jock radio host Rush Limbaugh suggest that NY Times reporter Andy Revkin should "kill himself."
Revkin has now responded. Here's an excerpt:
"I'd like to think that Rush Limbaugh was floating a thought experiment, and not seriously proposing something, when he told millions of listeners the following: "Mr. Revkin, why don't you just go kill yourself, and help the planet by dying."
He had picked up on some commentary and reports that have been bouncing around the instanet ever since I spoke via Skype video at a symposium on media coverage of the population part of the climate and energy challenge, put on by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
I had talked, in part, about recent studies concluding that programs offering family planning information and services to women seeking smaller families, in essence, had a climate value by avoiding emissions of greenhouse gases that would come with more kids. Here's a Worldwatch Institute blog post with some context. Here's a different take from the National Catholic Reporter."
RickJames replied on Permalink
Rush still wins because he
Rush still wins because he keeps his name in the news. That's all it's about anyway.
Fame for Limbaugh
I think that we should reward Rush with the fame that he craves.
When the sea level rises we could call South Florida the Limbaugh Lagoon.
Completely understand what
Completely understand what your stance in this matter. Although I would disagree on some of the finer details, I think you did an awesome job explaining it. Sure beats having to research it on my own. Thanks
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watch out for Mr. Big
you canadians have no idea how popular Rush is. Rush was one of the first to discover that global warming was a hoax. Revkin is a joke. It is funny you complain about skeptical funding and skeptical sources because the people you present are no better, yet have much more funding.
It is sad day for science
When Rush ends up being the voice of reason.
Yes, I know there are others out there like Spencer and McIntyre, but the media do not report them. Rush is going to save America from bad science.
Sad day for science.
The science funding needs to be cut to the bone until these guys clean up their act. Why does Gavin not find the errors in the hockey stick? His funding should be cut, along with Hansen. The office they share in NYC should be shuttered.
Let real scientists do the work.
"Sad"... why?
Why do you say it's "sad" when you claim that Rush Limbaugh is the "voice of reason"?
Perhaps, deep inside, you actually know that he's a windbag?
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The Machinery's Handbook is, for many mechanical engineers, considered the highest authority on the details of our trade. I don't know that I'm worthy to review a book of this magnitude, but perhaps I can write a humble introduction for the electrical engineering community. Engineering school may touch on this tome, but perhaps it's yet another thing that you learn more of in the field.
The Handbook originally came out in 1914, making 2014 the 100th anniversary of this work. It was originally written by Erik Oberg and Franklin D. Jones. My grandfather had the 13th edition, which now sits on my shelf near the 27th edition that I use at home. Although a lot has changed in the 100 years between the first edition and more modern volumes, it's certain that much of the information contained in any of these books would still be useful today.
It would take many pages to list all that's contained in this epic engineering tome. There is information about how to cut, fasten, and bend metal, numerical control (CNC), bearing use and maintenance, as well as thousands of other bits of information in between. Electrical engineering information is generally out of the Handbook's scope, but some of the information held within the Handbook would certainly be relevant to it, as well as to other disciplines.
This and the plethora of other information available is useful, but one of the most useful applications of this work is for specifying and finding information on fasteners. Whether you're using metric, British, or ASME, you'll find that the Machinery's Handbook contains an incredible amount of information. Of course you can find out what the diameter of a certain screw is, but you can also find out the diameter of the head, how deep the hex goes, and many other useful bits of information. When details matter (when do they not?) this information can mean the difference between a great machine and one that never really worked how you intended it to.
I find it useful to mark the pages that I reference most often with sticky page markers that stick up out of the book's pages. This helps me quickly find the information (normally screw sizes) that I use the most. I also don't hesitate to highlight or make marks inside of my Handbook.
In an age where information is readily accessible through the Internet, it's easy to think a book like this as simply an elegant tool for a more civilized age. True, much of the information contained therein could be found on the Internet using your preferred search engine. It's very hard, however, to compete with the completeness and authority of a book that's gone through 28 editions over 100 years as the final word in machine shop practice. I use it often in my work as a manufacturing engineer, and if you deal with physical machinery, this book is a must-have on any engineer's bookshelf!
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