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A brain systems visualisation tool
This looks like a fantastic visualisation tool – but one that should prove useful as a research tool.
The Brain Systems, Connections, Associations, and Network Relationships (a phrase with more words than strictly necessary in order to bootstrap a good acronym) assumes that somewhere in all the chaos and noise of the more than 20 million papers on PubMed, there must be some order and rationality.
To that end, we have created a dictionary of hundreds of brain region names, cognitive and behavioral functions, and diseases (and their synonyms!) to find how often any two phrases co-occur in the scientific literature. We assume that the more often two terms occur together (at the exclusion of those words by themselves, without each other), the more likely they are to be associated.
Are there problems with this assumption? Yes, but we think you'll like the results anyway. Obviously the database is limited to the words and phrases with which we have populated it. We also assume that when words co-occur in a paper, that relationship is a positive one (i.e., brain areas A and B are connected, as opposed to not connected). Luckily, there is a positive publication bias in the peer-reviewed biomedical sciences that we can leverage to our benefit (hooray biases)! Furthermore, we cannot dissociate English homographs; thus, a search for the phrase "rhythm" (to ascertain the brain regions associated with musical rhythm) gives the strongest association with the suprachiasmatic nucleus (that is, for circadian rhythms!)
Despite these limitations, we believe we have created a powerful visualization tool that will speed research and education, and hopefully allow for the discovery of new, previously unforeseen connections between brain, behavior, and disease.
H/T: Marsha Lucas
Mismeasuring scientific quality (and an argument in favour of diversity of measurement systems)
There was a short piece here recently on the misuse of impact factors to measure scientific quality, and how this in turn leads to dependence on drugs like Sciagra™ and other dangerous variants such as Psyagra™ and Genagra™.
Here's an interesting and important post from Michael Nielsen on the mismeasurement of science. The essence of his argument is straightforward: unidimensional reduction of a multidimensional variable set is going to lead to significant loss of important information (or at least that's how I read it):
My argument … is essentially an argument against homogeneity in the evaluation of science: it's not the use of metrics I'm objecting to, per se, rather it's the idea that a relatively small number of metrics may become broadly influential. I shall argue that it's much better if the system is very diverse, with all sorts of different ways being used to evaluate science. Crucially, my argument is independent of the details of what metrics are being broadly adopted: no matter how well-designed a particular metric may be, we shall see that it would be better to use a more heterogeneous system.
Nielsen notes three problems with centralised metrics (this can be relying solely on a h-index, citations, publication counts, or whatever else you fancy):
Centralized metrics suppress cognitive diversity: Over the past decade the complexity theorist Scott Page and his collaborators have proved some remarkable results about the use of metrics to identify the "best" people to solve a problem (ref,ref).
Centralized metrics create perverse incentives: Imagine, for the sake of argument, that the US National Science Foundation (NSF) wanted to encourage scientists to use YouTube videos as a way of sharing scientific results. The videos could, for example, be used as a way of explaining crucial-but-hard-to-verbally-describe details of experiments. To encourage the use of videos, the NSF announces that from now on they'd like grant applications to include viewing statistics for YouTube videos as a metric for the impact of prior research. Now, this proposal obviously has many problems, but for the sake of argument please just imagine it was being done. Suppose also that after this policy was implemented a new video service came online that was far better than YouTube. If the new service was good enough then people in the general consumer market would quickly switch to the new service. But even if the new service was far better than YouTube, most scientists – at least those with any interest in NSF funding – wouldn't switch until the NSF changed its policy. Meanwhile, the NSF would have little reason to change their policy, until lots of scientists were using the new service. In short, this centralized metric would incentivize scientists to use inferior systems, and so inhibit them from using the best tools.
Centralized metrics misallocate resources: One of the causes of the financial crash of 2008 was a serious mistake made by rating agencies such as Moody's, S&P, and Fitch. The mistake was to systematically underestimate the risk of investing in financial instruments derived from housing mortgages. Because so many investors relied on the rating agencies to make investment decisions, the erroneous ratings caused an enormous misallocation of capital, which propped up a bubble in the housing market. It was only after homeowners began to default on their mortgages in unusually large numbers that the market realized that the ratings agencies were mistaken, and the bubble collapsed. It's easy to blame the rating agencies for this collapse, but this kind of misallocation of resources is inevitable in any system which relies on centralized decision-making. The reason is that any mistakes made at the central point, no matter how small, then spread and affect the entire system.
What of course is breath-taking is that scientists, who spend so much time devising sensitive measurements of complex phenomena, can sometimes suffer a bizarre cognitive pathology when it comes to how the quality of science itself should be measured. The sudden rise of the h index is surely proof of that. Nothing can actually substitute for the hard work of actually reading the papers and judging their quality and creativity. Grillner and colleagues recommend that "Minimally, we must forego using impact factors as a proxy for excellence and replace them with indepth analyses of the science produced by candidates for positions and grants. This requires more time and effort from senior scientists and cooperation from international communities, because not every country has the necessary expertise in all areas of science." Nielsen makes a similar recommendation.
The World Of Big Data – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Great post on 'The World Of Big Data' by Andrew Sullivan -reproduced in full below.
In passing, a Government truly interested in developing the smart economy would engage in massive data dumps with the presumption that just about every piece of data it holds (excluding the most sensitive pieces of information) from ministerial diaries to fuel consumption records for Garda cars to activity logs for mobile phones to numbers of toilet rolls used in Government Departments would be dumped in realtime on to externally-interrrogable databases. This would be geek-heaven and would generate new technological applications beyond prediction and application. And the activity would be local – could an analyst sitting in Taiwan really make sense of local nuances? The applications would be universal, portable and saleable, however. They would seed a local high-tech industry – maybe even a local Irish Google. Can't see the Civil Service going for it, though…
Elizabeth Pisani explains (pdf) why large amounts of data collected by organizations like Google and Facebook could change science for the better, and how it already has. Here she recounts the work of John Graunt from the 17th century:
Graunt collected mortality rolls and other parish records and, in effect, threw them at the wall, looking for patterns in births, deaths, weather and commerce. … He scraped parish rolls for insights in the same way as today's data miners transmute the dross of our Twitter feeds into gold for marketing departments. Graunt made observations on everything from polygamy to traffic congestion in London, concluding: "That the old Streets are unfit for the present frequency of Coaches… That the opinions of Plagues accompanying the Entrance of Kings, is false and seditious; That London, the Metropolis of England, is perhaps a Head too big for the Body, and possibly too strong."She concludes:
A big advantage of Big Data research is that algorithms, scraping, mining and mashing are usually low cost, once you've paid the nerds' salaries. And the data itself is often droppings produced by an existing activity. "You may as well just let the boffins go at it. They're not going to hurt anyone, and they may just come up with something useful," said [Joe] Cain.
We still measure impact and dole out funding on the basis of papers published in peerreviewed journals. It's a system which works well for thought-bubble experiments but is ill-suited to the Big Data world. We need new ways of sorting the wheat from the chaff, and of rewarding collaborative, speculative science.
[UPDATE] Something I noticed in The Irish Times:
PUBLIC SECTOR: It's 'plus ca change' in the public service sector, as senior civil servants cling to cronyism and outdated attitudes, writes GERALD FLYNN:
…it seems now that it was just more empty promises – repeating similar pledges given in 2008. As we come to the end of yet another year, there is still no new senior public service structure; no chief information officer for e-government has been appointed; no reconstitution of top-level appointments has taken place; and no new public service board has been appointed [emphasis added].
So nothing will happen.
Europe geographically stereotyped: some nifty geographical data visualisation
Europe geographically stereotyped (via Flowing Data):
Graphic designer Yanko Tsvetkov takes such notions of Europe in his series of stereotype maps, which themselves are stereotypes of stereotypes.
Original here (with high res maps).
How do ranking systems for universities rate against each? (from Flowing Data)
Various ways to rate a college.
There's been lots of moaning on this blog about the utility of the ranking systems for universities (see tag cloud at right for examples). One issue of particular interest is the extent to which the ranking systems all reliably measure the same underlying construct – that of 'university quality'. Without the required statistical intercorrelational and other analyses, it is difficult to know what to make of the differences between the differing systems.
Here's a great post from Flowing Data that illustrates the problem well (sourcepost at the Chronicle of Higher Education). The differing systems just don't overlap very well – which suggests they are not all measuring the same thing – no matter what anybody says!
Various ways to rate a collegeSep 8, 2010 to Network Visualization, Statistics | Post on Twitter
There are a bunch of college ratings out there to help students decide what college to apply to (and give something for alumni to gloat about). The tough part is that there doesn't seem to be any agreement on what makes a good college. Alex Richards and Ron Coddington describe the discrepancies.
Notice how few measures are shared by two or more raters. That indicates a lack of agreement among them on what defines quality. Much of the emphasis is on "input measures" such as student selectivity, faculty-student ratio, and retention of freshmen. Except for graduation rates, almost no "outcome measures," such as whether a student comes out prepared to succeed in the work force, are used.
This, on top of spotty data across universities, makes rankings, especially for schools that are close in ratings to each other, difficult to know which one to follow. This goes for other types of ratings too. Any headline that starts with "Best states/countries/schools/programs/etc to…" requires some salt since rankings can change dramatically depending on the measures.
But you already knew that, right?
One thing is for sure though. UCLA and Cal stat departments are the best programs to be in. That's fact.
[Thanks, Ron]
A slightly daft but nifty piece of data visualisation: Every country must be number one at something…
Every country must be number one at something…
Guess what Ireland's is?
For the art-loving neuroscientist: From Scientific American – Michelangelo's secret message in the Sistine Chapel: A juxtaposition of God and the human brain
Douglas Fields has a very interesting post at Scientific American – seems Michelangelo has hidden in many of his Sistine Chapel paintings illustrations of the dissected central nervous system:
At the age of 17 he began dissecting corpses from the church graveyard. Between the years 1508 and 1512 he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Michelangelo Buonarroti—known by his first name the world over as the singular artistic genius, sculptor and architect—was also an anatomist, a secret he concealed by destroying almost all of his anatomical sketches and notes. Now, 500 years after he drew them, his hidden anatomical illustrations have been found—painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, cleverly concealed from the eyes of Pope Julius II and countless religious worshipers, historians, and art lovers for centuries—inside the body of God.This is the conclusion of Ian Suk and Rafael Tamargo, in their paper in the May 2010 issue of the scientific journal Neurosurgery.
The brainstem dissection looks convincing to me, and most especially the pons and medulla, but as Fields notes: 'The mystery is whether these neuroanatomical features are hidden messages or whether the Sistine Chapel a Rorshach tests upon which anyone can extract an image that is meaningful to themselves. The authors of the paper are, after all, neuroanatomists. The neuroanatomy they see on the ceiling may be nothing more than the man on the moon.'
"Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo's Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel," by Ian Suk and Rafael J. Tamargo in Neurosurgery, Vol. 66, No. 5, pp. 851-861.


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Andre Antonio Hines A.K.A The Illest DJ Fou4 is a selector who plays a variety of genres: Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-hop, R&B, Soca, Alternative, EDM and Retro.
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The Illest DJ Fou4 – Bio (@DjFou4TheIllest)
Andre Antonio Hines A.K.A The Illest DJ Fou4 is a selector who plays a variety of genres: Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-hop, R&B, Soca, Alternative, EDM and Retro.
He hails from the beautiful island of Jamaica, in the parish of St. Thomas, and was born at the Princess Margaret Hospital to mother Evett Davidson, also called Joan, and father Ronald Hines (who use to select music as well). At birth, Andre was four pounds and two ounces, hence the name DJ Fou4. Initially he was called Daddy 4 and then over time, as he began to advance in his craft, he adopted the title: The Illest DJ Fou4.
He grew up with his mother and 6 siblings (3 brothers and 3 sisters) in White Hall, St. Thomas. One by one all his brothers and sisters eventually migrated leaving him with his mother, aunties, uncles, cousins and grandparents. The first school he attended was the Flemmings Basic School in Seaforth; he then went on to Seaforth Primary. In the 6th grade, he successfully passed his common entrance for Morant Bay High School. DJ Fou4 was on the track and field team for a short while but all his interest was in music, not just listening and playing it, but also dancing to it. He was an excellent dancer and at lunch break and after school he and his friends would play the Bug Riddim and he would do the bogle and Jerry Springer dance to wow the girls.
According to Fou4, "high school was the best part of growing up." He was a member of a dance group called Krazy Squad. They entered the JCDC festival and partook in the community's Unity Vibes Police Youth Club. They were successful by all accounts and were awarded with trophies, medals, certificates and cash prizes.
The Illest DJ Fou4 started playing music professionally in 2012. It all started when his friend Gary (also known as Picture Frame) allowed him to play on his sound system. It was then that he learned to mix and blend the right songs, paying attention to things like tempo and BPM (beats per minute). At first, his family was not supportive of his career in music. He recalls both his aunt and mom constantly telling him that, "music should only be a hobby, not a career." He was not moved by their opinions, instead, he kept on working on his craft and as a result he improved so much so that he is now a resident DJ on Stylz FM, Portland's #1 radio station. Now his mother is one of his biggest fans. She is always tuning in to his radio show and gives him constructive criticism. The Illest DJ Fou4 is on air every Thursday from 5 to 9 PM and again on Saturday nights on the DETOUR show from 8 PM to midnight.
The sky is the limit and DJ Fou4 is well aware of that fact. As a result, he is currently working on dominating the airwaves, bringing his unique vibe and energy to his audience. Stylz FM airs on the following dials across Portland and surrounding Parishes: 96.1, 96.5 and 96.7 FM. In addition to playing on the radio, DJ Fou4 also does regular mixes (mixtapes) for both street and digital distribution.
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Wallace Kennels Dog Rescue depends entirely on the generosity of the public.
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Wallace Kennels Dog Rescue is family-run with the help from a team of dedicated volunteers.
The kennels have been in operation for over 40 years, initially, as a thriving Boarding Kennels and Cattery which was run by Vera Robinson MBE who sadly died in August 2010.
Over the years it became evident to Vera that there was a growing need to help the unwanted, abandoned and strays in and around the area so that is what she did and the family have carried on; rescue and re-home.
We are the stray dog pound for Brentwood and Chelmsford Councils and occasionally take the over-flow dogs from other Boroughs and, where possible, try to assist other kennels with their over-flow.
Wallace Kennels can house up to 60 dogs and like many Rescue Centres throughout the country, we too are now housing many Staffordshire Bull Terriers or crosses thereof . Other breeds come and go quickly. We pride ourselves on getting to know our dogs and aim to find each and everyone that comes through our doors their forever right home - however long that may take. We do, in principle, have a non-destruct policy but sadly on occasions, for a variety of reasons, it may not be possible to save someone and these decisions are taken jointly and with sadness.
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Q: that a tool in your pocket, GaGu?
Stuart Lloyd, Salford
A: That's a personal question, fella. But yes, actually, Guru does have a thing or two in his pocket. Part one of his loadout is a Victorinox CyberTool M (£82), a Swiss army knife all pimped up for the modern chap. The traditional big knife, small knife and thing-forgetting- stones-out-of-horses'-hooves are joined by an incredibly useful ballpoint pen and a screwdriver system that covers hex, Phillips, flat and even Torx heads. It's in and out of GaGu's trousers at least three times a day. Part two is a torch. Guru has recently gifted his old two-lumen incandescent Maglite Solitaire (£10) to the help following numerous complaints about the Guru household's strict 9pm lights-out curfew/complex network of man-traps. Instead, he's gone for something far more retina-scorching: a Peak El Capitan Pocket (from $60/£43). It's a single-AA tube that goes from super-stealthy dim to upsettingly bright via a silent and excellently named quantum tunnelling composite system. GaGu is aware that he'll attract undue attention from flashlight enthusiasts (torch nerds) for his choice, but Guru is right, so shut up. The third thing in GaGu's slacks is a slightly naughty one: the classic Leatherman Wave (£82), probably the best multi-tool in the world, in manly black-oxide finish. Its locking elements (including a pair of blades) mean it's technically illegal to carry one in public, and it does double up many of the functions of the CyberTool, but this is actually a serious tool for serious work. The pliers and wire-strippers are suitably torquey, and the diamond-coated file is particularly useful when Guru sustains a manly snagged nail. One final mention should be given to the contents of Guru's wallet. The James Bond lock-pick set (around £7) might have a non-specified manufacturer and (let's face it) an entirely unconvincing credit-card fascia, but it's useful if you've somehow locked yourself into your shed. Don't ask.
Q: What kit can I buy to shoot virtual-reality video?
Jennifer Hill, Newport
A: Virtual reality is undoubtedly – no, wait, Guru means doubtedly – the technology of the future. Will we one day spend most of our days with massive headsets on, immersed in virtual worlds, pausing only to be violently sick at regular intervals? Possibly, but that's a bleak outlook. Don't let GaGu's curmudgeonly weak-stomached viewpoint spoil your desire to jump on the VR train and pull the whistle, though. If you want to film stereoscopic video at a resolution that's suitable for a screen pressed up against a human eyeball, you currently have a limited number of options – the market that began growing a few years ago seems to have fallen off a cliff, exploded, climbed back up the cliff and fallen off again. You could stick a couple of GoPro cameras inside the GoPro 3D HERO System case (£60) and do some complex digital wrangling to make your stereoscopic video. You could pick up a 4K camcorder with a 3D lens attachment (rare, and a bit of an expensive bodge if GaGu is completely honest). Or, if you're really serious, you could go absolutely mad and pick yourself up a broadcast-quality twin-lens camera such as the Panasonic AG-3DP1 P2 (costing an eye-watering £20,800). But we suspect you don't need that kind of pro kit just yet. There are also a host of monoscopic VR cameras set to hit the market in 2016 from the likes of Kodak, Nikon and LG, so keep your eyes peeled. Samsung's rather intriguing Gear 360, which uses a pair of 180-degree cameras to capture a reasonably seamless all-around shot, is probably the most interesting of the forthcoming pack – check out the demo videos on YouTube to see what it can do. As for kit you can actually get your hands on now, the 360fl y (£430) does an admirable job of capturing video that's 360 degrees on the horizontal axis and 240 degrees on the vertical, all with a single, visually unsettling lens. Plus there's a GoPro-mount adapter, meaning you can bolt this VR Eye of Horus to all of your usual mount points.
Q: Do I need to upgrade my Xbox? I hope not…
Glen Pickard, High Wycombe
A: GaGu presumes you've heard Microsoft's Phil Spencer wittering on about the 'Windows Unified Platform', then mentioning that we could see a console-upgrade path to counter the seven-year gap between home hardware innovations. Guru doesn't think he was talking about the Xbox One. Hopefully, he wasn't. History teaches us that upgrades for consoles that weren't really made to be upgraded are doomed to enduser failure. Sega was the worst culprit: the Megadrive alone suffered then generation-too-early Mega CD, the generation-too-late 32X, the MegaNet modem, and the implausible Sega Channel satellite-dish attachment. The majority came to the console late as part of an attempt to 'extend its lifespan' (gouge money from saps), and did little more than chisel large cracks into the increasingly upset user base. Making its console more difficult or expensive to buy into would be idiotic. Microsoft is on the back foot, with sales lagging behind Sony's PS4 and that's why we're getting an Xbox One S.
Q: Are cheap eBaysmartwatches worth buying?
Matthew Ireland, Pring
A: You already know the answer. Let's focus on the unfeasibly cheap U8 Smart Watch (around £10), merely as an example. If it stays on your wrist for ten minutes, it'll be something of a miracle because its strap is apparently nengineered from butter; the dim screen is basically only visible if you pay your local government to block out the sun; and you're going to need to recharge the battery every few hours. Obvious caveats aside, though, as a toy – rather than something you'll actually wear and use with some regularity – a tenner isn't too much to drop. You can even do proper Dick Tracy wrist-calling with the U8, though not without being added to GaGu's special list of judgement.
Q: Should I get my car chipped? Or is it dangerous?
Jo Rowland, Reading
A: You don't actually need to trick your car into going any faster. But feel free to insist that you do, and then explain that to your insurer. And then explain it to your local clutch-replacement centre, and to the nice fi reman who's dousing your now-fireball somewhere on the M4. OK, reprogramming or replacing your car's ECU – the chip that regulates its components – won't make it instantly combust, and you'll likely get a performance boost. But do it to a newish car and you'll invalidate the warranty, and in older cars you'll increase the risk of failure. Better to get a proper tune-up from a mechanic
Q: Safe storage for 'private' pics?
Samuel Hasler, Cardiff
A: Google and Apple have no interest in what's going on in your snaps, but a little social engineering goes a long way for the determined snooper – so Guru understands the need to keep things safely away from the cloud. There are plenty of external storage devices for the iPhone – the 128GB Leef iBridge (£150) for one – which will get what GaGu presumes are mucky photos off there in a flash. Android folks would be better plumping for a wireless hard drive like Toshiba's Canvio AeroCast (£90), presuming you'll be sensible enough not to enable its TV streaming features. SD user? Just take out the card and hide it. But not there.
Gadget Guru's Magic Box
GaGu is both back on the bike full force and cursing his postie daily: Nikola's new Zivo Titanium High Performance Pedals (left, $399/£282) are, thanks to a flurry of early orders, taking their time reaching Guru Towers. By building in a small amount of lateral movement, they promise to be more comfortable and add a good percentage on top of your power-per-stroke to boot – not that GaGu needs any more power in his stroke, you understand. All that exercise will soon be for nowt, of course, seeing as GaGu has backed this month's offi cial invention of the decade on Kickstarter – the $169/£120 biem Butter Sprayer (tagline: "Your butter…sprayed"). Shove a stick of butter in the top, press a button, and you can douse all manner of things – pans, toast, vegetables, troublesome neighbours – with on-demand aerosolised milk product. It even comes out of the nozzle cool, so you won't scald yourself if you spray it straight into your mouth. Because that's the first thing you're going to try.
As the sun hit that irritating height in the morning and evening, GaGu's face yearned for something special – and the maple-clad Ray-Ban Clubmaster Wood sunglasses (above, £252) heard the call.
They're not the most practical sports shades in the world, but adding wood to the classic Clubmaster frame design – which features a prominent brow shape – makes you feel like you're constantly lording it over the trees with a 'so what?' expression made of their very offspring. It's quite the ego-boost. Finally, the eternal quest to cover every square inch of Guru's ever-expanding palatial palace in Wi-Fi signal. GaGu is peering anxiously over the pond at the eero Home Wi-Fi System ($499/£349 for three modules), which creates a wireless mesh network in your home that works "in perfect unison to deliver hyper-fast, super-stable Wi-Fi". But while he waits for that to be released in the UK, Belkin's N300 wireless extender modules (£31 each) are plugging the niche nicely without quite as many grandiose claims.


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One of the leading names in the country in the field of college basketball is Yanni Hufnagel. He has coached some of the leading college basketball teams in the country, which includes Vanderbilt Commodores, California Garden Bears, and the famous Harvard Crimson.
Presently, he is appointed by the veteran coach Eric Musselman to be the assistant coach of the Nevada Wolf Pack. Eric Musselman recently gave an interview to CBS where he said that he knows Yanni well and that Yanni is the perfect coach he knows to serve the role of assistant coach to the Nevada Wolf Pack. Eric went on to say that Yanni Hufnagel knows how to keep the team together and infuse discipline in the boys, which is the essential ingredient to stay ahead in this competitive sport.
Eric said that he has followed Yanni for years and is highly impressed by the working style of Yanni Hufnagel, which is why he was appointed to be the assistant coach of the Nevada Wolf Pack. He wished him good luck and said that the team is expected to do much better than the last season in the future tournaments in the future under the guidance of Yanni Hufnagel.
Yanni has coached some of the familiar names in the space of college basketball, such as Damian Jones, during his tenure with Vanderbilt Commodores. Damian Jones is presently ranked 30th on the list of Golden State Warriors. Moreover, Yanni Hufnagel has also helped Harvard Crimson to come out of their dire state and win over 20 matches through the three seasons Yanni coached the team.
It is one of the most successful streaks of wins for the Harvard and also speaks a lot about the coaching provided by Yanni Hufnagel. Yanni attended Cornell University from where he received Bachelor in Science degree.


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You never know where something is going to take you, especially not online. My Aug. 9, 2012 posting about a communications initiative for young scientists in the UK attracted a comment from staff writer/news editor Tyler Irving of the Canadian Chemical News/L'Actualité chimique canadienne. (This is published by the Chemical Institute of Canada, an umbrella organization for three different societies: Canadian Society for Chemistry, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, and Canadian Society for Chemical Technology.) He very kindly informed me,
I'm always looking for interesting research by Canadian chemists and chemical engineers to write about in the Chemical News section of ACCN, the Canadian Chemical News. While I do often rely on media releases, I'm trying to spread the word that researchers should feel comfortable contacting me directly; it cuts out the middleman. Moreover, copies of our magazine are sent to the publishers of Macleans, Quirks and Quarks, and other outlets for science-based journalism. So in a way, getting coverage with us acts as a kind of media release in itself.
Exciting, yes? He also gave some indication as to what he's working on for the next issue,
I'm currently working on the November/December issue of the magazine, and while I have a story about catalysis already, it's threatening to turn into a full-blown feature rather than a short Chem News article. … please feel free to drop me a note.
Here's the contact information,
Tyler Irving
News Editor
(ETA Nov. 2, 2012: The contact telephone number was removed. Tyler says it's easier to contact him via email.)
This is a wonderful and generous offer and I would like to suggest that before you race off to contact him about your latest work that you pause and consider how to best present the work to him. Being of a somewhat enthusiastic and impulsive nature myself, I can state uncategorically that contacting someone and sharing 'stream of consciousness' excitement about your work does not encourage the kind of result you hope for. Take the time to think about what the editor might want. Here are a few suggestions:
(1) intelligibility
(2) self-introduction (your name, area of expertise, academic institution or business)
(3) the same kind of brief description of your latest work that you would give a fellow chemist who doesn't know much about your specific area of expertise
(4) the courtesy of using his/her correct name (ETA Nov. 2, 2012: I actually forgot to write his/her the first time.)
(5) if you do already have a news release, send it along with a personal note
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IF YOU knew a secret that could shatter a bride's dream the night before her wedding, would you tell?
That's the premise of Roleystone Theatre's production of Secret Bridesmaids' Business, written by Elizabeth Coleman and directed by Michelle Ezzy at Roleystone Hall.
The popular comedy is set the night before Meg Bacon's wedding in a hotel with her mother and bridesmaids, ready for one last night of girlie fun.
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"Previously, I've only directed large cast youth musicals, so a straight play with a cast of six adults is quite a change."
Secret Bridesmaids' Business plays at 7.30pm October 11, 12, 18 and 19 with a 2pm matinee October 13. Tickets are $20, $15 concession – book at www.roleystonetheatre.com.au.
Roleystone Hall is at 44 Jarrah Road (corner of Wygonda Road), Roleystone.
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14-05-2012: Senegalese singer songwriter Seydina insa Wade died.
Seydina insa Wade
was born in 1948 in Medina, Dakar as a son of an imam. He studied islam, but secretly played contrabass in the
Rio Sextet
in 1964. In 1966, he participated in the FESTAC in Dakar, where he sang a folk song in Wolof, just accompanying with his guitar. In the following decades he worked with a variety of bands, among others with
Xalam 1
Xalam 2
. He recorded several solo albums such as
(1985) and
(2004), and was active in theater and storytelling. Seydina was known for being politically engaged. He died on 9 May after a period of illness.
03-08-2011: Former Maroon Commandos foreman Habel Kifoto died.
On 31 July,
Habel Kifoto
died alledgedly from heart failure. Habel Kifoto was guitarist, composer, singer and bandleader of the army band
Maroon Commandos
from the early days in 1970 until his retirement in 2002. Until his death he was the chairman of the Music Copyright Society of Kenya.
The Maroon Commandos were popular for their Kenyan version of rumba, one of their well-known songs is
Charonyi ni Wasi
. The band still exists and is currently lead by
David Kombo
03-08-2011: Influential Guinean guitar hero Kante Manfila died at the age of 65.
On 20 July,
Manfila Kanté
died in Paris. Manfila, often referred to as Kanté Manfila, born in 1946 in Farabanah, has been an extremely influential guitar player who was one of the first to play the guitar as the balafon.
His worked during several decades with
Salif Keita
both in the Ambassadeurs as in his later solo work, such as the much acclaimed album
. In addition, Manfila made several solo albums, such as
Musicale mandingue
Ni Kanu
N'na niwale
14-07-2011: Guinean singer Sekouba Fatako has died.
According to various Guinean press websites, Fula singer
Sekouba Fatako Kouyaté
has died last Monday (11 July 2011).
Fatako was a popular singer, his songs were loved for their lyrics, and people loved to dance on hit songs as
Sayata Yetho
. May his soul rest in peace.
30-04-2011: Congolese singer of Zaiko fame Bimi Ombale died on 29 April.
Bimi Ombale " Biandy "
, whose real name is
André Bimi Ombale Mwana Wabi
had been ill for a while, and he died last Friday in the Ngaliema hospital in the Congolese capital. Bimi Ombale was born in 1952, and started as a drummer with
Zaiko Langa Langa
as early as in 1969. After a while he became a singer in Zaiko along singers
Jossart Nyoka Longo
Evoloko Joker
Papa Wemba
Mavuela Somo
, and
Efonge Gina
. He made fame as composer of various success songs of the band, such as
Elima ngando
, and
Sandra Lina
. Bimi left in 1988 with breakaway
Zaiko Familia Dei
. He later created
Basilique Loningisa
and eventually turned to religious music.
25-04-2011: Congolese singer Debaba died in the night from 23 to 24 April.
Debaba El Shahab
, whose real name is
Claude Dieka Mbaki
suffered a cardiovascular accident a few days before, after release from hospital he had a heart attack at home again that turned out to be fatal. He died in the Clinique Ngaliema in Kinshasa, months before he would turn 50. Born on 12 October 1961 in Kinshasa, he started singing in
Historia Musica
Koffi Olomide
, continued in
Viva la Musica
and subsequently in
Choc Stars
next to
Ben Nyamabo
Carlyto Lassa
. He has recorded a few solo albums. Since the early 90s he turned to religious music.
20-01-2011: Mali's top notch guitar player of the 1980's, Zani Diabaté died.
Zani Diabaté
suffered from a stroke on 9 December when entering a studio in Paris. Although rumours were loud that he had died the same day in hospital, he turned out to be in a deep coma, and finally passed away on 4 January 2011. Zani was in the Ballet National du Mali from 1963, then co-founded the Super Djata Band in 1969, together with Alou Fané and Daouda "Flani" Sangaré. He was sometimes labelled as the Jimi Hendrix of Mali and was indeed a guitar wizard. Since a few years he was director of the National Ballet du Mali and played only occasionally.
Picture: Aboubacar Siddikh (March 1999)
14-12-2010: One of Tanzania's most famous musicians Remmy Ongala died.
Congolese born
Remmy Ongala
died after a period of diabetis-related illness in the night of 12 December at the Regency Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Born from a Tanzanian mother and Congolese father in 1947, he had played in various local band until he moved to Kenya and soon after to Tanzania and joined Orchestre Makassy. Around 1980, he joined Matimila which was transformed into Super Matimila. In 1988, a European and American tour opened doors and with the help of WOMAD and the Real World label, he recorded a few albums and became known internationally. His Ubongo Beat (Ubongo meaning brains) was a popular mix of Congolese and swahili rhythms. His lyrics were often about poverty, death. In latest years, he converted to gospel music.
9-6-2010: Gabonese afrozouk singer Oliver N'Goma left us far too soon.
Oliver N'Goma
died of kidney failure in the night of 6 to 7 June 2010 in Libreville, the capital of Gabon. After first steps in music, he started working for the Gabonese State television as cameraman. In 1988, he was sent to France for training. In Paris, he met with other musicians and eventually Ray Lema decided to help and produce a first album. The title song became after a while a hugh success throughout Africa and the Westindies, mainly due to the fact that Panafrican radio station Africa No.1 played the song extensively.
4-6-2010: Malian bluesman Lobi Traoré died at 49.
Lobi Traoré
died on 1 June 2010 in Bamako. He was only 49 years old, and the cause of death is unknown. Lobi was from the Segou region, the mainland of the Bambara, and the Bambara music with its earthy and powerful sound was very close to what is referred to as blues. His albums were critically acclaimed by the international press. In the following years, he played with Bonnie Rait, Damon Albarn, French harmonica player Vincent Bucher, Dutch guitarist Joep Pelt among others. A forthcoming album is yet to be released. Lobi left a wife and four children.
9-11-2009: Africa loses one of its prominent drummers, Valérie Lobé.
Pierre Valéry Lobé Bekombo died during a concert in Konstanz, Germany on Friday 6 November 2009. The Cameroonian drummer played drums for various artists and bands, and recorded on countless albums of not only Cameroonian, but also Congolese and West-African artists. He can be seen as a true panafrican artist. Apart from drumming, he composed and played guitar as well. May his soul rest in peace!
10-5-2009: Bye Coumba!
One of the best female Wassoulou singers from the South of Mali,
Coumba Sidibé
, has passed away in New York on the 9th of May, 2009. She sang with the
Ensemble Instrumental du Mali
in the 1970s, and started a solo career in the 1980s, and recorded a few albums throughout the late 1980s and 1990s.
With her deep and earthy voice, her albums and stage performances were loved, although she never got the deserved level of acclaim outside of Mali.
R.I.P Miriam Makeba 4 March 1932 - 9 November 2008
(you can see here the song Pata Pata live 1979, with appearance of her grand daughter
21-09-2007: Gambian salsero
Laba Sosseh
, a.k.a. la Voz Africana or El Maestro died at the age of 64 in the early morning of 20 September 2007 in a Dakar clinic
He has been ill since a few years. Sosseh has sung in the 1960s in the
African Jazz Band
, and in the 1960s and 1970s in the
Star Band de Dakar
of which he was one of the founding fathers. He was one of the first to receive an African Golden Record. More recently, he had worked with
13-8-2007: Congolese star singer and band leader
Jean Bialu Madilu a.k.a. Madilu System
has died of a heart attack on Saturday morning 11 August 2007 in Kinshasa.
Madilu, who alledgedly suffered from diabetis and hypertension, left a legacy of a long musical career. He worked with
Pepe Kallé
. After Franco's death, he left the T.P.O.K. Jazz and started a solo career. His last album
Bonne humeur
was released earlier this year.
10 October 2008: SOIREE Senegalaise
Venue: the Melkweg, Amsterdam. With
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24 May 2007: Zani Diabaté & Benkadi International in concert
Venue: Tropentheater Grote Zaal (Amsterdam)
12 October 2006:
Douk Saga
died on 12 October 2006 of tuberculosis, following a period of protracted illness.
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27 May 2006: Concert and CD presentation of
Benkadi International
Zani Diabate
Saturday 27 May, Grand Theatre, Grote Markt, Groningen 21.00h
Line up: Idrissa Magassa: vocal and percussion, Zoumana Diarra: solo guitar, Richard Has: bass, Bas Blanken: guitar, Dramane Diarra: drums, Mamour Seck: percussion. Special guest: Zani Diabaté
17 May 2006: Veteran benga musician, Daniel Owino Misiani, died in a road accident in Kisumu on Wednesday 17 May
A minibus was coming from Riat Hills in Mamboleo when the driver lost control and rammed into the stationery van, which had stopped at a police roadblock. Misiani, born in Shirati, Tanzania, launched his musical career after moving into Kenya in the early 1960s. While his early recordings featured the acoustic guitar, he switched to the electric guitar and formed
Shirati Jazz
in 1967. In the 1970s, D.O. Misiani and Shirati Jazz ranked among the most successful musical groups in Kenya.
15 May 2006: Cheikha Rimitti, the legendary rai music star, died Monday, 15th May, victim of a heart attack.
The 'Mother of Rai' was 83 years old. She just released a new album before her death.
7 March 2006: Malian blues guitarist Ali Farka Touré died
African star blues guitarist
Ali Farka Toure
died on Tuesday 7 March in Bamako. A great monument of African music and a cultural ambassador of Malian and African culture passed away. Ali received two Grammy Awards for the albums
Talking Timbuktu
In the Heart of the Moon
, a joint recording with
Toumani Diabaté
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June 2005: Cameroonian singer-composer
Cyril Effala
died on 9 June 2005.
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Black against White
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Mr. l'Abbé
19 April 2005:
Malian musicians try to stop the sales of pirated cassettes themselves as the Government of Mali is not taking sufficient action
16 March 2005:
Belgian authorities detain African star musician Bassekou Kouyaté
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Ndongo Lo
13 December 2004:
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2 - 4 December 2004:
2nd Frikyiwa Festival
in the
Cotton Club
, Paris, with on
2 December:
Baye Coly
(Senegal, saxophone) and
Bachir Sanogo
(Burkina Faso, kamelen n'goni)
3 December:
Hadja Kouyate
Ramata Doussou
4 December:
Ali Boulo Santo
Aïssata Baldé
20 November 2004:
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Dizzy Mandjeku
Djo Mali
Malage de Lugendo
Nana & Baniel
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13 August 2004:
Beninese Africando singer
Gnonnas Pedro
died of cancer.
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10 May 2004:
South African pop star
Brenda Fassie
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8 February 2004:
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6 December 2003:
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Festival Planète Frikyiwa
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17 July 2003:
Baaba Maal's kora player
Kawding Cissoko
died at age of 38.
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15 June 2003:
Death of
Momo Wandel Soumah
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21 March 2003:
Pap Touray died in Banjul.
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8 March 2003:
Youssou N'Dour cancels US tour as a protest against Iraq war.
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19 February 2003:
Papa Wemba arrested in Paris.
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25 December 2002:
Malian diva Mokontafe Sacko died.
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12 December 2002:
Prince Claus Award for Youssou N'Dour.
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31 October 2002:
Salif Keita US tour nearly completed.
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15 October 2002:
Orchestra Baobab in Dutch album charts.
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9 October 2002:
Dutch prince had plans for Sahel opera.
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November 2001:
UNESCO International Music Council Award for
Oumou Sangaré
November 3, 2001:
Kora All Africa Music Awards
in Sun City, South Africa
May 28, 2001:
Francis Bebey
, nestor of African music, died.
December 2000:
2000 World Music Charts
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An Apology: On Behalf of My Gender.
THIS one will be short and to the point…
Something has been annoying me recently: the potent toxicity of social media (and the Internet). After hearing Sue Perkins- who has left Twitter as a result- experiencing such a tirade of abuse (when it was speculated she would take the reins of Jeremy Clarkson's now-vacated seat on Top Gear). The whole incident left me feeling shocked and sickened (read about it: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/14/sue-perkins-twitter-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson)
One thing I hate about social media/the Internet- there aren't too many of them- is the amount of hatred and bile (being spewed in all sorts of directions). It all makes me ashamed of my gender: this issue is a male-dominated ill; something 'us men' are culpable of- and should be ashamed of. It is true, women (and especially teenage girls) can be vindictive and hateful- just hear stories of online bullying to get a sense of how bad it can get. When it comes to the majority of Internet-based hatred: it is the male race that is causing a black shadow. I look at YouTube- various songs and comedy clips- and my jaw drops: the sort of homophobic/racist/offensive comments left- and exchanged between male users- beggars belief. What has happened to people? It seems to be an issue with my generation: what compels a person to drag their knuckles (so low); how could a so-called 'human' descend to animal-like behavior? I feel sorry for Sue Perkins: not only (was the news of her presenting Top Gear) fabricated: she has not risen to the bait (dangled by my knuckle-dragging gender-mates). If she had murdered whores of people; vomited racist abuse- you could understand the reaction. She is not Nick Griffin; she is not a murderer; she is not a brainless monster: she is a charming (and talented) woman who does not deserve an iota of criticism. The fact she has dealt with the issue with such dignity- and not gone on the offensive- shows ounces of class and respect: she is a Cambridge-educated woman and is far too smart to associate herself (with the jizz stains excuses for humans who perpetrated such poison).
Away from (the Sue Perkins incident) there is plenty to feel bad about: the amount of abuse, sexism and offensiveness (created my men) has left me feeling cold. I understand there are some rather unpleasant women in the world- and when it comes to mealy-mouthed savagery, they are not blameless- yet there are in the minority. I am an advocate and supporter of equal rights (when it comes to women and pay; their role in society) and I feel sorry for them: with (I must say, the minority) of men showing themselves to be cowardly scum, what hope do they have? I am getting fed up with things: so many men creating such hatred and offense; abuse levelled at good and honest people.
Take social media out of the equation, and thing about other issues: animal cruelty and torture; religious prejudice and segregation- murder and hate crimes. There is an undeniable sense of (ill-begotten) superiority: many men feel they are above the law; more still have little conscience and moral standing. Even small things highlight the plight: charity and goodwill seems to be waning (the most caring and charitable people I know are women). I am not sure what can be done- with regards curing this issue. With regards social media: we need to ban (offenders) and make genuine arrests (when hatred is created and threats are made).
There are plenty of good, decent men out there: I am concerned about the state of my generation. We are supposed to be human beings, yet there seems to be a severe lack of humanity: what do the likes of Sue Perkins feel (when seeing threats and abuse on their twitter feed?). Something needs to be done; the law needs to get tougher- above all, my gender needs to get its act together. Those who feel justified- in trolling throughout the Internet; creating racial and sexiest abuse- deserve no place (in the modern world) – and should be swiftly punished. It is a sad state we live in: with such inequality- when it comes to gender and race- I wonder about the state of things. The minority (of the population) are leaving some black marks: the majority (of the offenders) are men.
Cases of trolling just make me angry and red-faced: I feel such sympathy towards those (that are on the receiving end). Guess this is something I needed to get off of my chest: I am not sure if there is a (quick) answer at all. I am speaking to a very small number (of men) when I write this; and to them I would offer this: get your act together and get yourself out of society. There is no place (in the modern world) for the racist, sexiest, homophobic, offensive and degraded humans- lock yourself in a dark room and do not associate with others. To the animal abuses- who are mostly male- the killers and kidnappers; those who belittle and abuse women: go castrate yourself and wait for death. There is too much hate and awfulness in the world: the male-led disgrace is making this world a more retched and disgraceful place. I can (on behalf of those who are incapable of doing so) apologise: I am sure the likes of Sue Perkins are not going to be one-offs. With that in mind, it makes me think the same thing…
WHY is it women who should be fighting for equality (when we set such a disgraceful example)?


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Dahesh Museum of Art Presents Art Films from Montreal's Film Festival
In the Galleries: Backstage with the Filmmakers
Dahesh Museum of Art
580 Madison Avenue
MUSE Film & Television
(MUSE Website)
Art on Screen
Highlights of the 24th Montreal
International Festival of Films on Art
(FIFA Website)
(See a Review of Dahesh Napoleon Exhibit)
Dr. Roberta E. ZlokowerOctober 22, 2006
Le Rossignol (2004)
Director, Christian Chaudet
Screenplay, Hans Christian Andersen
Cinematography, Jean-Jacques Bouhon
Emmanuel Soyer
Sound, Raymond Buttini
Editing, Yves Baudry
Music, Igor Stravinsky
interprétée par l'Orchestre national de Paris sous la direction de James Conlon
Cast, Natalie Dessay, Marie McLaughlin, Violeta Urmana, Vsevolod Grivnov, Albert Schagidullin, Laurent Naouri, Maxime Mikhailov, Hugo Simcic, Jim Adhi Limas, Yon Geol Kim, Jian Ye, Man-Yan James Hor, Duy-Thông Nguyen, Yuko Kametani, Guerassim Dichliev, Sophie Burgue, Sophie Leso, Constantino Raimondi, Antoinette Senior, Benoît Turjman, Antonia Tzvektova
Producer, Dominique Barneaud
Production, Agat Films & Cie/ARTE France/Mikros Image/EMI/Thirteen-WNET
Distribution, Idéale Audience Internationale
The Dahesh Museum of Art and MUSE Film & Television teamed up this week to share with museum members, guests, and the New York film audience a series of highlights, i.e., films, that were featured at the 2006 Montreal International Festival of Films on Art. I was fortunate to catch two of these memorable and mesmerizing films, featured below. Hopefully, the Dahesh Museum of Art will continue to present rare and artistic films, those that would otherwise be impossible to experience in New York.
In an amazingly surrealistic and creative style, Christian Chaudet filmed an opera, Stravinskys Le Rossignol, which is based on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. This story loosely involves a Chinese Emperor, a real nightingale, a factory of porcelain vases, a young boy, a fisherman, Chinese lanterns, a full orchestra of individual instruments, computers, cell phones, headphones, microphones, and a giant stairway. In other words, we have ancient Chinese icons morphing into futuristic imagery, all the while floating and swarming amidst Stravinskys edgy, atonal score.
I found the film reminiscent of Disneys Fantasia, but there was digital, photographic imagery here, rather than fully animated figures, and this was not totally a film for youngsters, with some very intense moments, some relating to the survival of the nightingale. I found the moment, in which the young boy touches the blue vase and turns the etching into a moving landscape, to be sensitive and poignant. Especially effective were also the streaming instruments, mixed with technological icons, in thunderous, cloudy weather. Also effective were the scenes of multiple nightingales, when their warbling was the only sound recorded. The simplicity of nature fully realized.
Mozart Balls (2005)
Director, Larry Weinstein
Screenplay, Thomas Wallner
Cinematography, John Minh Tran
Sound, Sanjay Mehta
Editing, David New
Music, W. A. Mozart
Participation, David Cope, Franz Viehböck, Konrad Rich, Duncan Evans, Steph Waller, Julius Müller
Producer, Jessica Daniel, Larry Weinstein
Production, Rhombus Media/ZDF-ARTE
Distribution, Rhombus International
Mozart balls are round, chocolate candies, called Mozartkugeln, and today, in the 250th anniversary year of Mozarts birth, we were transported by Larry Weinstein to a real Mozartkugeln factory, and we watched the renowned chocolates being prepared and wrapped by the hundreds. We also saw Mozarts persona exemplified in a handful of eccentrics, people who insist they are living Mozarts, in his extra lives, who methodically count the steps to his grave, who bring his music into a space capsule, who create computerized instant concertos in the Mozart motif, or who claim to be Mozarts mistress, a long-lost love.
This interesting and enjoyable compilation of actual interviews and filmed adventures, that Weinstein recently followed in Austria, is presented in portions; that is, each character is developed in partial fashion, not sequentially, but in fragmented form, so that by the films conclusion, the viewer learns more of the eccentrics and what drives their Mozart-obsessed lifestyles. There is humor, pathos, warmth, science, harmony, music, and impressive imagery. The scenes at Mozarts grave, after that long, meticulous walk, mixed with Salzburgs urban landscape, plus hundreds of fancy chocolates, wrapped and boxed in bright displays, led the viewers to the ultimate moment; Larry Weinstein offered each member of the audience a Mozartkugeln, and the chocolates added a delicious dimension to this celebratory film of many senses.
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While the origins of golf are disputed, the first known exhibition of the sport in America is not. On Feb. 22, 1888, a businessman named John Reid, who hailed from Scotland, took three friends out to a field in Yonkers, N.Y., and played golf on three makeshift holes. Reid's friends were hooked; by November of that year, the St. Andrew's Golf Club was officially formed.
The club would continue to produce a series of firsts regarding the country's nascent interest in the game. It was a founding member of the USGA, it boasted the first clubhouse, and the first Olympic gold medalist in golf -- Charles Sands -- came from St. Andrew's.
While golf is a game identified as a product of Scotland, the U.S. has certainly had an influence on the sport. Sure, the world recognizes Bobby Jones, Augusta National and Jack Nicklaus as American offerings, but the contributions go deeper than that, such as:
- Mulligans. America is a land of second chances. What better symbolizes this sentiment than a breakfast ball?
- Driving ranges and miniature golf. Both founded at Pinehurst
- The Wanamaker Trophy. One of the coolest pieces of hardware in sports
- "Caddyshack." You can be on a golf course in Alabama, Australia or Aberdeen; chances are, you're going to hear a line from the famous golf film during your round
- John Daly's mullet. And outfits. And go-for-broke mentality. And outbursts ... Basically, John Daly
- Golf carts
- Cart girls
- The Medicus
- Long-drive contests
- Dan Jenkins, the greatest golf writer of all-time
- The 16th at the Phoenix Open, which went from golf's eyesore to inspiration
- Shell's Wonderful World of Golf
- Golden Tee, a game arguably better than the sport itself
- Metal woods, introduced by TaylorMade
- Night golf
- Donald Trump
Actually, our bad on that last one.
Anyway, happy birthday, American golf. You don't look a day over 127.


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The inaugural Red Pump-a-Thon brings the traditional telethon into the digital age. The event will be a LIVE 24-hour webcast, in which the public can interact with Red Pump co-founders and supporters as they discuss various topics related to HIV/AIDS treatment, education, and prevention.
Several program topics will specifically address HIV/AIDS within the Black community, in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day which is observed on February 7th annually.
The Pump-a-Thon will kick-off on Friday, February 10th at 9a CT and end on Saturday, February 11th at 9a CT. The overall goal is to raise $10,000 via pre-event pledges, pledges collected during the webcast, and via sponsorships. Supporters will have the opportunity to make donations and also place a pledge donation per hour. Money raised will go to support Red Pump's 2012 programming.
The webcast programming will alternate between pre-determined topics, interviews, and unscheduled dialogue guided by online audience feedback and comments. Throughout the 24 hours, Karyn and Luvvie will be joined by local Chicago personalities, community leaders, and their peers.
Scheduled Topics:
* HIV/AIDS Stigma within Faith-Based Communities
* Talking about Smart Sex Practices with Teens
* The Role of the Hip-Hop Community in HIV Education
* Building a Consensus Among Black Women and the MSM Community
* HIV/AIDS in the Media: Are We Telling the Right Stories?
* We Are One: A Discussion about the Global Impact of HIV/AIDS
* You Rock: Spotlight on Organizations and Individuals Leading the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
* Becoming Your Biggest Advocate: Fighting For Your Health
Sponsorship Opportunities: There are many ways that companies can get involved in this webcast: sponsored segments (below), meals, product mentions, and in-kind donations. We can also create custom sponsorship opportunities for organizations and businesses who are interested.
Sponsored Segments
* Cupcakes and Condoms – A late night discussion about ways to keep things spicy in the bedroom while staying safe. The session will be lead by a local "sexpert" and will be attended by 8-10 women. (60 minute segment)
Specifically seeking in-kind sponsorship from: Dessert Businesses (two sponsorships available), Condom Manufacturers (one sponsorship available)
* He Said, She Said – A "battle of the sexes" roundtable in which four men and four women square off on topics about ranging from getting tested together to discussing condom use. (90 minute segment)
General sponsorship of overall segment (one $400 sponsorship available)
* Awareness is Always in Style™ – Staying true to Red Pump's personality, there will be two segments focused on the hottest red pumps and stylish businesses that support the fight against HIV/AIDS. (Two 30-minute segments)
Specifically seeking sponsorship from: Beauty/Fashion Companies with an active role in the fight against HIV/AIDS (two $250 sponsorships available)
* Lunch 'n Learn: HIV/AIDS in the Media – Viewers are invited to join us as we invite a local community leader to join us for an educational conversation about a to-be-determined topic related to HIV/AIDS. (60 minute segment)
Seeking in-kind sponsorship from: Restaurant/Catering Company (one sponsorship). Also, seeking one $400 sponsorship.
* Coffee and Conversations – On Friday and Saturday morning, Karyn and Luvvie will go through hot topics pulled from the Internet and provide their thoughts. They will also discuss Red Pump news and events.
Specifically seeking in-kind sponsorship from: Restaurant/Catering Company (two sponsorships available)
Benefits of sponsoring one of the above segments includes:
* Two mentions during the sponsored segments
* Logo and website displayed on-screen
* Mention in program guide next to sponsored segment
* Pre-webcast and post-webcast mentions via Red Pump online channels
There are opportunities available to provide dinner and snacks (including late-night treats). These sponsorships are in-kind and will receive recognition during the webcast and in pre- and post-webcast promotion.
Product/Business Mentions
The Red Pump Project appreciates the support of many companies and businesses. If you have a product or business that you would like us to share with our audience, we are more than happy to partner on the opportunity. Mentions range in cost from $25-$75, depending on the time slot. To ensure the integrity of the webcast, there will be no more than two product/business mentions per hour and Red Pump reserves the right to decline those mentions which are not in line with the goals of the organization or the Pump-a-Thon.
In-Kind Donations
In-kind donations are always welcome to assist us with accomplishing the goals of the webcast. These opportunities vary and more information will be provided closer to the date of the event.
We'll be releasing more information about the Red Pump-a-Thon in upcoming weeks, and we hope you tune in for one (or more) of those 24 hours!
If you have any questions on the information above and/or would like to secure a sponsorship, please contact Karyn Watkins at karyn at redpump dot org.


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engrave (something) into (something)
To etch or carve something into a surface or material. When we got our sidewalk repaved, the kids engraved their initials into the cement. The woman at the store said that they can engrave our wedding date into the picture frame.
See also: engrave
engrave something into something
to cut symbols into something. She engraves a lovely design into the soap that she puts out for guests. Todd engraved his initials into the bark of the tree.
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Well, it's Sunday - a great day to curl up with a book.
And if you're looking for a recommendation on what to read based on popular sales, the graphic above may be able to help.
It breaks down the top-selling books of the last 50 years.
The Holy Bible comes out on top, with 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung' way back in second place (although 820 million copies is still a pretty impressive sales figure).
And in third place - once the "required reading" is out of the way - is a certain boy wizard. Nice one, Harry.
The graphic was created by Jared Fanning for Visual News, based on this post by James Chapman, web host at 'A Passion For Writing.'
While it's a thought-provoking chart (who knew 'Think And Grow Rich' was such a big deal?), it's not clear what Chapman's methodology was. He just says he completed "a long project of research to establish exactly which are the most read books in the world."
Figuring out exact sales is tough though, since there's no single, central repository of information about total sales numbers. So any list like this is probably partly based on speculation.
Still, this it's never a bad idea to grab the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and nerd out on a Sunday afternoon. 103 million people thought it was a good idea.
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Mobile Video Is Evolving. Here's What You Need to Know.
Mobile video has has taken over modern advertising in a blaze. The problem is that most people are doing it wrong.
The Mobile Marketing Association states that 75 percent of mobile video ads occur in-app. eMarketer tells us that mobile video ad spending is going to reach $1.5 billion by the end of this year. And Facebook just released a report that cites 1 billion video views on its site every day.
These statistics explain why so many companies are jumping on the video bandwagon.
More brands than ever are connecting with consumers through Instagram and Vine, where they create catchy campaigns like #lowesfixinsix. Some brands are moving beyond that. In August, Twitter announced promoted video, enabling brands to advertise on its site with a new medium. Earlier this month, Spotify followed suit when it introduced its own video ads.
But it turns out that following the pack isn't always such a great idea.
All these brands hope to engage with users and add a little pick-me-up to their marketing strategy. Their idea makes sense. Target users based on basic demographic info, like gender, age and location, and hope the ad is relevant enough to make them click. They focus on impressions.
What if marketers could take things a step further?
Lumping users into boxes based on vague information isn't novel. Marketers often pitch ads to a group of people – even though only a small portion of those people may be interested. Instead, marketers should target users on a more advanced level. They should reach users in a way that targets not only who they are according to a generic demographic box, but targets their behavior. For mobile video, marketers should begin by accessing users by the mood they're in and by apps they use.
Enter the opportunity for brands to tell stories that appeal to emotion. When brands accomplish this through video, they can reward users in more than one way.
Videos should reach users on a much more advanced level. Begin by connecting users with relevant content at exactly the right time. When brands target "achievement moments," they engage with users during periods of positive valence, or when they're experiencing in-app excitement. Brands that reach users during achievement moments are more successful.
Videos should accomplish several key criteria for marketers.
1. Videos should be non-intrusive
Videos shouldn't interrupt the user experience. Rather than automatically playing, create a video that plays after an achievement, and offers users a reward for taking the time to watch the content. This turns the moment into a transaction between users and advertisers. For instance, when a video appears in between levels of a mobile game, the user could receive extra in-app currency. Videos should remain entirely optional, so advertisers know they are reaching a receptive audience with each view.
2. Videos should have advanced targeting capabilities
Videos must target users in a more specific way than demographics – they should target by relevancy. If a user wins a level of a mobile zombie game, for instance, they could watch a trailer for The Walking Dead instead of a generic advertisement. The Walking Dead could then celebrate the moment by offering a reward, such as in-app currency for the user's zombie-busting move. Videos ought to be catered to users based on their recent behavior and interests, increasing user desire to watch the ad.
3. Videos should understand emotion
Videos need to communicate that brands are human, and that they can celebrate a moment at the right time, with the right content. Introduce users to beauty brands when they're using makeover apps. Treat them to athletic gear after logging a workout in a fitness app. Videos should do more than merely prove that a brand exists. They should enable brands to engage users with content that anticipates their needs.
Kiip's newest product, Rewarded Video, was introduced as the first instance of video that targets moments, via Kiip's Moments Targeting technology. Brands are assured their content is delivered at the optimal time, to the optimal audience. With Rewarded Video, the video serves the reward – not the other way around – by targeting moments rather than impressions.
At Kiip, we created mobile video our way. We took a current ad format and tailored it to a new era of targeting.
So far, Rewarded Video maintains a 77 percent view-through rate with audiences. Brands don't have to follow the pack to succeed. They just have to make the experience richer.
Kiip redefines how brands connect with consumers through moment-based rewards. Rewards increase engagement and purchase intent, and 84 percent of mobile users say they prefer mobile rewards over ads.
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I wonder if the club might try and re arrange the Aldershot game for this date? Local(ish) game so away fans would just be able to buy train tickets on the day anyway.
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The King And I
The King and I:
A famous musical based on a book about the king of Siam. It opened in 1951 and won tons of awards along with best musical and a whole bunch of other stuff. It's about a woman that goes to teach as a school teacher in Siam and she falls in love with the strict barbaric king of Siam and instills some wholesome western influence into him. Many of the songs in this famous musical are still heard today.
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Hyper-V – accessing info about physical machine from guest VM
More then once I have run into the problem of not knowing on witch physical server a Hyper-V hosted server is running. Getting RDP access to a clients system and then needing help from SAN or Network teams, there first question: "What physical machine is the host running on?". Without access to the physical servers or System Manager it's hard to know. You could probably figure it out from assigned IP-addresses but there is a quicker way if the Hyper-V Integration Services are installed.
This registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters
It contains the following information:
- HostName
- PhysicalHostName
- PhysicalHostNameFullyQualified
- VirtualMachineName
- And also additional info about server version etc.
You can also run this from the CMD:
reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters" /v PhysicalHostName
If you have remote access:
reg query "\\<machine>\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Virtual Machine\Guest\Parameters" /v PhysicalHostName
Ofcourse you can replace the "PhysicalHostName" with any of the above values!
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