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Heitkamp puts N.D. seat in play
In an interview with POLITICO, Heitkamp dismissed the GOP's playbook against her as "lame." Among the charges: that she has taken money from an anti-fracking New York City law firm and that she worked as a lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency three decades ago.
"That is such a Washington response. Let's take a look at what she did in 1980, 32 years ago," she said, referring to her EPA job. "It's not about my record, it's not about what I've done, what I believe and what I say my beliefs are. It's all about, 'Pay no attention to her, because she's a Democrat."
The candidates' styles of delivering their dueling messages are almost as disparate as what they say.
Heitkamp, a former attorney general, is a warm and popular figure who has built up a reservoir of goodwill from her three decades in politics and public service. She pointedly outlines her differences with Obama and national Democratic leaders, and rarely completes a stump speech without stressing the need for balance and bipartisanship.
As a retail politician, Heitkamp is virtually unmatched in her ability to connect with voters, who often affectionately address her as simply, "Heidi." She's as much at ease with grizzled, mostly male energy producers as she is touring a health care clinic staffed by young females — shaking hands, cracking one-liners and doling out hugs.
In a state with just more than 680,000 people, she's often greeted with anecdotes about mutual friends or their first meeting years back. "That's right" she beams, eyes wide open. "How are you?"
During a tour of the Fargo clinic, one nurse could barely contain her joy that Heitkamp was perusing the exam rooms she monitors.
"I keep seeing you on TV. It's so exciting," she exclaimed. To which Heitkamp responded wryly, "Is it the good Heidi or the bad Heidi?"
Berg, on the other hand, is better on a podium or in a formal setting than freelancing a room. While Heitkamp whisked in and out of ballroom doors at the same gathering of energy leaders, Berg mostly stood in the same spot and talked with people who approached him. He spoke softly and struggled with chit chat, well aware of the Democratic tracker on his heels.
In interviews, Heitkamp delivered long, expansive answers, often jumping in to respond before the question was completed. Berg's responses were shorter and more reserved, and he hesitated to take shots at his rival.
Patricia Patron, a health care worker who has been in meetings with both candidates, said Heitkamp left a more lasting impression.
"Heidi's right there telling you things. Strength, boldness, courage. Rick Berg has no opinions. I've never heard him say anything with conviction or authenticity.
"I don't know her well," Patron added. "But I feel like I know Heidi."
Former GOP Gov. Ed Schafer dubbed Heitkamp an "excellent, articulate, effective" candidate. He said the Berg campaign rested on its laurels and had a false sense of inevitability in the early months of the campaign.


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60% of Africans City Dwellers by 2050 - UN (News Brief)
(HN, November 25, 2010) - Incredible urban growth and population migration will swell the size of major African cities - in some cases tripling their size over the next 40 years.
According to a new report by UN Habitat, The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets, urbanization is occurring faster on the African continent than anywhere else, and that by 2030, the Africa will no longer be predominantly rural.
"No African government can afford to ignore the ongoing rapid urban transition taking place across the continent. Cities must become priority areas for public policies, with hugely increased investments to build adequate governance capacities, equitable services delivery, affordable housing provision and better wealth distribution," said Joan Clos, the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT.
The report also found that:
- By 2015, Lagos will be Africa's largest city with 12.4 million people - overtaking Cairo (however Cairo is said to have an unofficial population as high as 17 million at times)
- Luanda has recently surpassed Alexandria and is now Africa's fourth largest agglomeration. It is projected to grow to more than 8 million by 2040.
- Africa's population will be 1.23 billion by 2050
- Slum dwellers in Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia decreased to 11.8 million in 2010, from 20.8 million in 1990.
- Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is becoming the fastest-growing city in Africa: its population will almost double over the next decade.
- 70 per cent of all African urban population growth will be in smaller cities and those with populations of less than half a million.
- Projected proportional growth for the 2010−2020 for some cities defies belief: Ouagadougou's (Burkina Faso) population is expected to soar by no less than 81 per cent, from 1.9 million in 2010 to 3.4 million in 2020.
The report also noted that, since many large cities (such as Lagos and Alexandria) are situated by the sea, climate change and coastal flooding may erode their size.
- HUMNEWS staff, UN

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Incoming e-mail settings option in Central Administration allows you to configure Sharepoint to receive incoming emails and place them into document libraries. Configuration of the incoming emails is not simple and straightforward process and in most cases you will need to face with your environment's specific problems. In general you need to do the following steps:
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- Configure SMTP server
- Configure Sharepoint to receive incoming emails in Central Administration > Operations > Incoming emails settings
- Configure particular document library to allow incoming emails
- Ensure that "Windows Sharepoint Services Incoming E-Mail" job in enabled in CA > Timer job definitions and that timer service is running.
I won't provide detailed description of each step because it is described in many articles already. E.g. here you can find detailed instructions: How to configure Incoming Email Enabled Libraries in MOSS2007 RTM using Exchange 2007 in an Active Directory Domain.
When you perform step 3, i.e. configure incoming emails in Central Administration, you may face with the following problem: "Incoming e-mail settings" link is missing in the Operations > Topology and Services:
In order to fix it, close all browser windows and run browser as administrator:
Then type Central Administration URL manually in the address bar. After that you should see missing "Incoming e-mail settings" on the Operations tab:
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Hello ForExchange,
sorry to enter your thread since i do not read it often and actualy never post.
i am/was looking for a good short entree on gold the last few months. But right now i am a bit suspicious on shorting gold.
It is of course too early to think about a trend reversal but the last 3 COT reports show a increase in open interest on gold alongside the latest reaction from 1125 to 1200, the volume aswell increased quite above the average of the latest downmove.
I entered a few short positions the last few days at around 1200-1207. The plan was to keep them open till minimum 1125 (and further) but today, after seeing the latest reports, i reduced the target to 1175-1150.
given the situation that the charts show a potential upmove (at around 1175-1150) i'm considering to start going long in the medium term on gold.
Any ideas from your side?
Hi TurboNero,
That is a funny way to start the post as in a forum the advantage is that you can post anywhere
Thanks for sharing your view on gold.
From a COT perspective, the one strategy I like the most and also like to use is the "1 minute Commodity Trader". You find a link for the description on the first post of this thread.
Based on that, gold is not giving as good signals lately as in many occasions, this is due to the fact that we have a ranging market condition if we look at the last two years.
The trend is decided first in that strategy and then we only look to enter the trades in the direction of the trend.
Looking at the last trend changes, we had on in the beginning of 2016 when an uptrend formed, and one in the end of 2016 when the first sell signal came.
Based on this strategy we are still looking for sell signals. It is a good RRR to trade on this strategy as the SL does not need to be wide compared to the possible TP level.
And if a trade is stopped out, then it is an early indicator for a trend change.
From a COT perspective we are in a downtrend, but from a technical analysis perspective the lowest low on the weekly wasn´t broken yet.
Interesting is the difference between commodities, copper is already in an uptrend based on that strategy.
Good trades to you,
I have a question for you seasoned cot analyst: The school suggests using the "futures only" reports for cot analysis on the forex markets, but wouldn't the "futures and options combined " report include even more market participants? Or does the synthetic compilation (futures equivalent) of the futures and options combined report makes it… irrelevant?
Hi wisefool, (interesting name btw)
Sorry for the late answer. The question you ask was also once a topic I believe in the thread. In the beginning we used the futures only report, like it was suggested in the BP school. After that, we changed to the "futures and options combined report". The reason was quite simple: based on the books we read about the COT, they used the combined report so we thought there is no reason not to do the same way like the experts do it.
I have to mention though that I did compare the results for some instruments and what I found is that the results were almost the same (at least for those which I observed).
I hope this helped, if you have further questions, do not hesitate to ask.
Thanks ForExchange (although my response time is shameful), I have another question. I read an article today on the topic of "dark pools" and I see that the SEC is regulating these "non public" exchanges. But, are the moves of these institutional traders included in the weekly COT reports?
Hi wisefool,
To be included in the weekly report the size of the trade (lets call it the trading volume for the instrument) of the trader/company/institutition has to reach a certain size and you need to use the given exchange. I do not remember exactly what the size of that trading volume was, maybe Peter does.
The COT index is not available on TimingCharts.com any alternatives?
Hi John,
Sorry, I haven´t seen your post as I do not get emails somehow anymore if there is a post. The new format of the site is not my best friend.
I check the site, unfortunately it seems like they offer now just very limited services for free. I also wanted to dig deeply in Gold, but it did not work.
I do not know any other site which has such great COT analysis online. Do you?
I did some research on the internet, at the moment the best free tool for the COT report seems to be cleary on the barchart.com website: Commitments of Traders (COT) Charts - Barchart.com
Besides that, Oanda has some information on their website (we used it earlier), but that is just some very basic information.
I hope this helps a bit.
It makes sense what a great buy signal there was in Gold and Silver. Now we are moving back from the COT extreme, must wait patiently until the next signal is going to arrive.
Hey ForExchange, So I made my own index using excel (in according with Larry Williams' instructions as well as BBalazs' from post #1720) and for a couple of markets the index reading exceeds 100 and even negative numbers too. Is this normal or should I double check the formula inputs?
You haven´t really said which indicator you are talking about, but anyway it seems like there is a mistake. I do not know any of the indicators where the number is above or below 100/-100.
Let me know if there are further questions.
Which indicators do you use, btw?
My bad, I'm speaking of the 3 year look-back of the commercials' net index. I have readings up to 180 on the Yen, and readings as low as -13 on the loonie. I double checked the formula and still can't seem to find my misstep.
Ok, I am not sure then what is wrong. Maybe you can send the excel sheet to me and I can check it. Is it possible to send within BBP mailing? I am not sure if you want to upload to make it public. You decision. I guess we can solve the situation and find the root of the problem.
BTW Cot Index shows a buy signal on Silver. Now need confirmation on that one as the setup looks interesting!
wisefool, I am not sure if you are here. However if you are, check what a great signal the COT index gave. I posted 16 days ago on silver. Basically it was the absolute bottom!
Hi BostonEJ,
Can you please share your current findings on silver? I also drop you an email as I believe there might be some interesting opportunities coming up again.
Awesome mate I will be bookmarking this thread, very well done.
nzd pair positive future?
Important is to compare it to its historical value, not only if it is positive or negative! Are you updating your database regularly?
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In early 2002, the U.S. housing market was still years away from imploding, but Long Island, N.Y. native Carol Hoenig was facing a crisis of her own––divorce.With her husband moving on to a new family, Hoenig's greatest concern was the Dutch colonial home they had owned since 1986. They spent years renovating the place, building a cottage out of a chicken coop in the backyard and installing a two-car garage.
But without a shared income, she couldn't afford it on her own.
"At the end of the divorce, the memories [in that house] weren't warm and fuzzy, but I realised I wanted to leave it on my own terms," she says. "My daughter kept telling me we were going to get the house back."
With two of her three adult children working their way through college at the time, the only space big enough for her brood––and within her price range––was a rental.
"I got a two-bedroom apartment in the upstairs of a house and the downstairs neighbour [who was bipolar] was a nightmare," Hoenig, 56, recalls. "She didn't like that we even existed. This was not my lifestyle."
Hoenig was working at the time as an events specialist for a major book publishing company. She stuck it out for about two years until a family member approached her about plans to sell her aunt's nearby home.
"It was a handyman's special," Hoenig admits, but a pair of longtime friends offered to take care of all the renovations. "They gutted it and built this house for me from this mess."
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Four months into reclaiming homeowner status, she was laid off. Now the chance to save enough to buy back her old home seemed even further away.
"I used that time off to see what I could do," she says. "I had a book coming out and I built myself up as a consultant and freelance writer. It took off and I did very well."
Months into self-employment, Hoenig scheduled a book signing event near her old neighbourhood. Then fate took a turn in her favour.
"I found out from my previous neighbours that [my old home] was about to be back on the market," she says. "They never even took my nameplate off the doorknocker."
This all took place in Fall 2007, but the owners weren't looking to sell until the following spring. There was also the matter of selling the fixer-upper Hoenig had purchased from her aunt.
"I was going to sell it on my own, but the very first time I did a showing by myself, I thought 'I am an idiot, I have no idea who this person is and I'm giving a tour," she says. "It was a mistake. I decided to get a realtor and pay the commission."
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Though not yet stretching to the epic lengths of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, the AMD v. Intel antitrust lawsuit has been going for well over a year and is still mired in arguments about what materials will be allowed in the discovery phase of the trial. One of those arguments has just been settled as Intel has bowed to the decision of the case's special master, Vince Poppiti, and agreed to release documents about its foreign business practices.
In a letter to Judge Joseph Farnan, Intel's law firm says that the company will not be filing any objections to the special master's report. "While Intel obviously had hoped for a different outcome regarding discovery, Intel of course will comply with the Special Master's decision and will respond to discovery as the Special Master directs," said the letter, though it also noted that Poppiti was not making any claims about the admissibility of any evidence uncovered during discovery.
AMD has accused Intel of violating antitrust law by giving out cash payments or using discriminatory pricing in order to keep AMD from making any gains in the CPU market. AMD filed its lawsuit last year in federal court, though it suffered a setback in early 2006 when the judge ruled that US courts have no jurisdiction over Intel's alleged anticompetitive actions outside the US.
Intel wanted the judge to rule that this meant AMD should only be restricted to US information during discovery. AMD argued that it should be allowed to look for evidence in any part of Intel's business so long as the alleged offenses took place in the US, and Poppiti agreed earlier this month.


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Mouth of the Osage River Clean-up
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text by Steve Schnarr, photos by Jen CourtneyEarlier in this blog I mentioned a very interesting piece of trash...a refrigerator that travelled this spring all the way from St. Joseph, MO, to very near the mouth of the Osage River.
At our July 28 clean-up, we finally got the thing off the river!!!
Here's the story...
Last summer, Missouri River Relief engaged in a very interesting journey. We mapped trash on the Missouri River all the way from Ponca State Park, NE, to the Mississippi River - 754 miles on both banks. We called it the MegaScout. (see our MegaScout blog for more stories: http://rrmegascout.blogspot.com/)
Each river mile was given a 0-5 "trashiness" rating. Dumps, appliances, massive accumulations and large trash items were GPS-ed and photographed if possible. Large floatable objects (refrigerators, hot water heaters, 55 gallon barrels, etc.) were "tagged" - we spray-painted the river mile, date and our initials ("MRR") on the side.
This would give us the chance to know, when we pulled these things out of the river, that it was something we saw on the MegaScout AND just how far it had travelled in the interim.
When I was scouting with Soda Popp before the Bonnots Mill clean-up, we spotted one of these refrigerators in a rack pile of driftwood. It was "tagged" with the rivermile 460, from Mill Creek Bend just above St. Joseph, MO. It had travelled 326 miles during the spring flood!!!
We knew we absolutely had to get that thing out of there at the clean-up.
It wasn't easy!
Here's a photo journal of this crazy, vagabond refrigerator:
1. Melanie Cheney "tags" it up above St. Joseph in July, 2006, at river mile 460.
2. Soda Popp takes a picture of it with his cell phone in June, 2007, at river mile 134.
3. Clean-up volunteers use a log to lift the refrigerator up so Troy Gordon can attach a come-along.
4. Using two come-alongs and a chain, Tim Nigh lifts the fridge out of the rack pile as Big Muddy Wildlife Refuge Ranger Tim Haller looks on.
5. They roll it onto the boat, then haul it to shore.
The MegaScout project was turned into an interactive GIS map of the river by our GIS Specialist Dan Belshe. The "first draft" of the project is available in two forms:
1. MegaScout 1.1 - An Arc Reader version of the map. Includes the free software necessary to read the maps, it is a "read-only" document. It doesn't include aerial photos. On a single-layer DVD.
2. MegaScout 2.0 - An ArcInfo map dataset. Includes all of the MegaScout data along with aerial photos, a shapefile of the Missouri River, dike files, public land files, streamdata, roads and more. On a double-layer DVD, it requires that the user has ArcGIS software.
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Republican state senator proposes creating new crime of 'economic terrorism' aimed at protesters
OLYMPIA, Wash. (KCPQ) — State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, said Wednesday he is preparing a bill that would create a new crime of "economic terrorism" that would allow felony prosecution of protesters who block streets, cause property damage, threaten jobs and put public safety at risk.
"I respect the right to protest, but when it endangers people's lives and property, it goes too far," Ericksen said in a news release. "Fear, intimidation and vandalism are not a legitimate form of political expression. Those who employ it must be called to account."
Ericksen said the bill, which is being prepared for next year's legislative session, would allow felony prosecution "of those who intentionally break the law in an attempt to intimidate or coerce private citizens or the government by obstructing economic activity."
He didn't indicate who would determine when protesters become economic terrorists.
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Ericksen said the penalties would also apply "to those who fund, organize, sponsor or otherwise encourage others to commit acts of economic terrorism. Accomplices may be required to pay restitution up to triple the amount of economic damage."
"We are not just going after the people who commit these acts of terrorism," Ericksen said. "We are going after the people who fund them. Wealthy donors should not feel safe in disrupting middle class jobs."
His measure would not apply in cases of lawful and protected activities, such as strikes and picketing, he said.
Doug Honig, of the ACLU of Washington, said in reaction: "The statement throws out a lot of broad rhetoric, and we'll need to see an actual bill. But we're already concerned that some of its loose terms appear to be targeting civil disobedience as 'terrorism.' That's the kind of excessive approach to peaceful protest that our country and state do not need.
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I wanted to like Deskbrowse but the whole time I use it I'm missing the little things I get in my main browser, like remembering urls, and hotkeys for bookmarks, working find in page, and, well, basically everything. But I love the sliding drawer - it really works for me.
There's an applescript floating around for Safari that makes it slide in and out real nice, but I am good and hooked on Firefox, and that applescript doesn't work on it - I think because it's not a Cocoa application. So I hacked together my own applescript that seems to work pretty well with Firefox. It's ugly but it works. It will toggle the window to slide in and out, or open a new window if firefox isn't running or has no window open.
Save the script to your drive, open it with script editor and set your screen width and homepage, save it as a .scpt somewhere, then assign a hotkey to run it (with quicksilver or butler or something) and enjoy slidey goodness with your favorite browser.
Please leave a comment about any bugs, or if you have suggestions for improvement. Right now the script only deals with one window, and I don't like the code that deals with when firefox is running with no window open. For the next version I'd like to eliminate the need to set a homepage and screen size.
Lately, I've been customizing the heck out of my Firefox bookmarks. I thought I'd write about what I've been doing. It's a couple sort of trivial things, but taken together it's been pretty darn uselful, and none of this stuff was as immediately obvious to me as maybe it should have been.
Since I use del.icio.us almost none of my bookmarks are just plain urls, they are mostly hacks of Firefox's Quick Search feature. I use the Bookmarks Synchronizer extension to publish a copy of my bookmarks online, so as well as having a backup I have a way to standardize changes across machines, which makes it feel more worthwhile to spend time on this.
Here's the deal. If you make a new bookmark in Firefox you get this:
What's important are the location and keyword fields.
To make a custom search bookmarklet, you perform the search you want and copy the resulting url. For example, if I go to altavista and search for
poop, I end up at this url:
Now, if I make a bookmark to that url, with Title
altavista, replace
poop in the url with
%s and make that the Location, and set the Keyword as
alta, entering
alta 31d1 will search for 31d1 in altavista. So you see, that %s gets replaced with everything after the keyword. Note that just entering
alta into the url bar will search altavista for
Where it starts to get interesting is how this can interact with any script.
What I do is have (some of) my (php) scripts accept the full $_ENV['QUERY_STRING'], parse the string, and perform whatever actions. For example, a todo list script might take:
as "delete item 17",
http://url\_to\_script/?blah blah blah
as "add new item 'blah blah blah', and of course
should display the list. To make our Firefox bookmark extra nice we make it so
redirects to
Then i can make my bookmark Location
http://url\_to\_script/?%s and set a keyword, and my browser is a little closer to a command line.
keyword tag1 tag2 ... tagx into the url bar while you are on the page, also it puts any highlighted text into the extended field. Unfortunately, typing the keyword with no tags posts the page to del.icio.us under the tag
%s, and I don't know enough javascript to fix that. My feeling is that the bare keyword should just take you to your del.icio.us page, or do nothing.
What I like about making scripts to fit this style is that the logic is all server side, and there are many ways to access and alter the data. You have nice command line style bookmarks, you still have the regular url you can access from any browser, and it is almost trivially easy to write a bash script using
lynx -dump or
curl -s to access and alter the data through a terminal. This is what I do with my todo list. I access it through a bash script all the time, and the script contains barely any logic.
The drawback for the bash script is, of course, it only works when I'm online. I'm still experimenting with different ways of keeping and synching a local copy, but that's not really the point of this post.
The upshot is i have a ton of bookmarks that i access through keywords instead of urls, and many of them can take arguments. For example, I search del.icio.us now with a bookmark with Location:
http://del.icio.us/tag/%s and Keyword:
ds. Since del.icio.us expects tags to be separated by + signs, to search for audio and mp3 I'd enter
ds audio+mp3.
Sites where the url structure is the API lend themselves to this so well, the whole thing gives me lots of ideas. I feel like making web-based scripts with an eye to hooking into this functionality of Firefox is an easy way to get a lot of extras for free.
conkeror is pretty neat. An extension that turns Firefox into a fully keyboard mode browser. It's totally sketchy, but it works ok on my no-room-for-a-mouse linux box. The documentation and bindings list is only available in-browser, and I forgot the key to find the help screens for a while (C-h i, C-h b), and that there is a paucity of documentation becomes clear when the only place I could find some was in cvs.
It's totally emacs, but there's an (undocumented-exept-for-existence) vi mode (for the heathens). And a .conkerorrc file that doesn't seem to actually work. So on the list is:


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Collaborations between science and the arts have a long history. Today, visual artists are crunching big data and musicians are contemplating DNA and climate change.
Science and art
By Chloe Warren
It's true, we've come a long way since punch cards and floppy discs. But scientists have been struggling with the challenges that come with data storage, analysis and transport long before 'big data' became a buzzword. Since the dawn of the digital age, more industries are generating more data. Big data has become a part of everyday life, whether we are aware of it or not. Data handling skills are taking a more central role in the modern curriculum, and innovative 'teach-kids-to-code' education initiatives seem to be in constant development.
Artists are increasingly looking towards these data for inspiration. The fact that data is often freely available lends it neatly towards artistic interpretation and interrogation. Designer and statistics enthusiast, Karin von Ompteda uses some of these open access databases within her 'Data Manifestation' workshops. The workshops originated at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London in 2010, but she has since adapted them for other universities, institutions, and even the general public. The groups investigate data sources in order to find an interesting story to tell – then work together to find a way to tell it. Vitally, the participating students are recruited from across the college programmes: architects work alongside ceramicists and designers with animators.
"The students have to really work to make the connections," said von Ompteda. "But it's a bit like professional creative dating – they can end up making lifelong friends and collaborators from other disciplines." These cross-disciplinary classes were an initiative of Head of the RCA Academic Development Office, Chris Mitchell. However, before von Ompteda began teaching her workshops, data visualisation wasn't yet part of the curriculum. She seized her opportunity – though she now prefers the term data 'manifestation': "Students communicate information through projects that are not only visual, but physical and experiential".
In Jessica Morgan, Marcel Helmer and Paul Stawenow's Balance, the students (from the Visual Communication, Design Interactions and Innovation Design Engineering programmes, respectively), examined the World Values Survey during one of von Ompteda's workshops. They sought to investigate the differences between what people want and what they are willing to pay for.
The project visualised the percentage of people who agreed with the following statements: "The Government should reduce environmental pollution, but it should not cost me any money" and "I would agree to an increase in taxes if the extra money were used to prevent environmental pollution". These percentages were translated into wooden objects – one representing each of 22 countries – communicating the 'balance' (or lack thereof) between these two perspectives. Thus the objects tilted toward the 'safety' of the wall, or dangerously close to the edge of the platform. "In the world of design, the communication of data has become an established creative practice," said von Ompteda. "In the project Balance, we can see the mathematical foundation of the work through its graph-like forms, yet it also offers a metaphor for the precariousness of our future."
Like von Ompteda, artist and academic Robert B. Lisek is no stranger to data. As well as using large scale data sets in many of his artworks, Lisek researches many of the concepts which are central to the methods used analyse the data itself. These include combinatorics, complexity theory, logic and algebra. One of the central themes seen is his works is public security: in Crash 2.0, Lisek focuses on the Smolensk air crash of 2010. The crash, which killed 96 individuals including the President of Poland and a number of other high ranking officials, was declared a result of 'pilot error' in a 2011 Polish government report. However, a number of conspiracy theories still circulate. In this era of big data, public and political responses to such large scale incidents can actually be monitored. Through a series of installations, including a 'web worm' that live-tracks the internet to track potential security threats, Lisek investigates the impact of these responses, which include changes to national security and privacy policies as well as shifts in power relations between countries.
Artists then, are a compelling force in the dissemination of big data. Through workshops, analysis, and interpretation, artists have the power to connect us to big ideas. By focusing on big data, art enables us to visualise data sets that are too large and complex for traditional data processing applications. In turn, this presentation provides new meanings, greater understanding, and extends the reach of science to those who may not always identify with it's perceived lack of passion.
Of course, art is not the only way to interpret scientific information. Music too, has a rich history of its own with science.
Science and music
By Jack Scanlan
Music is widely considered one of the most emotional forms of human artistic expression. Science, on the other hand, has a reputation for being clinical and serious, cut off from passion. A relationship between the two may seem at least a touch ironic; why would we attempt to bridge the gap between them? But there is always complementarity between fields of human experience. You just need to know where to look.
The first way one might see science and music interacting is in the field of neuroscience, in which some researchers specialise in discovering the biological causes of humanity's near-ubiquitous obsession with musical sounds and noises. Finding out where appreciation for music lies in the brain and how art can arise seemingly spontaneously from the minds of creative individuals is obviously a noble endeavour, with important implications for the way we understand ourselves and our brains. But this is a one-way relationship between science and music, one peering inside the other. Music doesn't seem to get anything out of the arrangement, not really.
There's only one sense in which science and music can truly collaborate, and that's music using science as inspiration. Here the relationship is more two-sided — music takes from science, but also gives back, instilling scientific discoveries and ideas with a wider sense of cultural relevance. Science suffers from a kind of invisibility in our society, wherein people continuously use its technological and medical fruits without realising their origin, and this is something music can help resolve.
The collaboration of science and music should then be a powerful force. But while the neuroscience of music takes gradual, steady steps into new frontiers of knowledge, the musical expression of science has a far more uncertain gait. Art is tricky and people's response to it even more so; what resonates with one person may fail to move another. Integrating science into music requires skills that comparatively few possess, and audiences can sometimes feel science is being forced down their throats.
But when it comes down to it, music is an artform, and science is simply another foundation upon which such art can be based; if the art is good, people will listen. There is nothing particularly problematic about blending science and music either, other than what our culture perceives as incongruity. In reality, science is rarely passionless: in fact, most scientists would argue that passion sustains scientific endeavour, and without passion, very little would be known. But such passion is internal to scientists, and usually inaccessible to a wider audience. Thankfully, music excels at expressing these feelings.
Fantastic examples of the successful blending of science and music can be found in the work of Icelandic avant-garde pop artist Björk. Her 2011 album Biophilia exposed her millions of fans to music exploring humanity's place within a scientific universe, with songs like Mutual Core (about plate tectonics), Hollow (about DNA and heredity) and Cosmogony (about the origin of the universe) filtering explicitly scientific concepts through the prism of human experience. The album's composition was also inspired by science, with Tesla coils and custom instruments providing the backdrop for Björk's achingly sincere vocals.
Biophilia uses metaphor as a powerful technique for highlighting the emotion in science and the natural processes it discovers. In Mutual Core, the volatility of Earth's interior becomes a statement about the heat of human relationships, with the core of the planet representing the stability of a union between two people, even as the surface is tumultuous. The music matches this idea, explosively erupting in moments of drama, mimicking volcanic activity. Crystalline, the first single from the album, likewise compares the branching, crystal growth of minerals and rocks to how relationships form between networks of people. Through these songs, people can see themselves reflected in nature.
Björk's work is, admittedly, an extreme case of scientific inspiration in music, as Biophilia was conceived as a concept album that would highlight science and make it accessible. More subtle examples of collaboration between music and science can be found in a large proportion of the work of folk rock singer-songwriter Andrew Bird, whose violin-heavy compositions juxtapose counterpoint-inspired melodies with wordy lyrics and inventive narratives.
While Björk takes an unabashedly positive view of science, Bird's take is more mixed, with the science even more deeply obscured in layers of metaphor. For him, science usually serves as nothing more than a jumping-off point for a narrative journey, or part of a greater lyrical whole. Bird often uses scientific imagery to express the realities of a cynical world and to add colour to the stories he tells.
Oh No, from his 2009 album Noble Beast, builds a song around a reference to "calcium mines," which are "buried deep in your chest," a possible reference to the calcium your cardiac muscle needs in order to contract, or the calcium in the bones of our bodies; this forms a metaphor for hiding ourselves away and obscuring our true feelings. Darkmatter, from 2007's Armchair Apocrypha, references anatomy, DNA and medical physics to explore what makes a person who they are. Imitosis, from the same album, lays out a bleak narrative in which a scientist finds out that nature is cruel and indifferent: "What was mistaken for closeness / was just a case of mitosis". But these songs, and many others like them, leave the interpretation open to the listener.
Even music without lyrics can take inspiration from science, although the connection must usually be spelled out to the audience ahead of time to make the connection clear. Often this produces a sense in which the music is conveying information about science, information that may be easier to get across to an audience with music than with visual or written communication.
Earlier this year, Daniel Crawford, a student at the University of Minnesota, composed a piece for string quartet that depicts the effects of climate change in different latitudinal bands in the Northern Hemisphere over the last 135 years. Pitch links to temperature, so that higher notes represent warmer years. Over the course of a performance, the piece slowly sweeps up into the higher ranges of each instrument, particularly the highest violin, which represents the Arctic.
Compositions like this, which link scientific data with musical expression, are undoubtedly useful communication tools, but they can seem to lack a pleasant musicality that draws people to listen to music in the first place. Who would sit down to listen to Crawford's composition outside of the context of it being an expression of climate data? Perhaps not many. When notes are being informed explicitly by data, humanity can seem absent from a piece of music. But perhaps this is more an issue with society's expectation of music, than a universal truth about the validity of certain origins over others.
Not all music will, or can be, inspired by science, but we as a society should embrace that which is. Composed and performed with talent, it can inform, surprise and, ideally, delight in equal measure.


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Okay, this is the hardest page to write. Well, actually it's easy, because I happen to know the subject matter very, very well. But it's hard because this site isn't supposed to be about me. It's supposed to be about life, about life in Denver, about real estate, and certainly about how I can help you with all of the above. Nevertheless, if I'm going to help you, you're going to want to know a little about who I am.
There are basically two things you should know about me.
1. My roots in Colorado run very, very deep:
My grandmother was born here in 1901. My grandfather came here from Italy in 1913. They honeymooned in Denver in 1922. My dad grew up in the coal mining camps of southern Colorado, and moved back to Denver after serving in Europe during World War II. My mom moved here in 1956, when she and three girlfriends left rural Minnesota in her '49 Chevy to find adventure in the big city of Denver.
I grew up at 85 Cody Street in Lakewood. It was a tiny little Hutchinson home that my parents bought in 1964 for $15,000. They only planned to live in it for a few years while they found their "dream" home. They spent a lot of years searching for that perfect house, which means that I spent a good part of my childhood looking at houses. I enjoyed that a lot. I still enjoy it.
My Dad worked downtown, on the top floor of the Mile High Building at 17th and Broadway. At the time, it was just about the tallest building in town. My brother and I used to look out his office window and pretend the city of Denver was our race track. It was a really good way to learn the streets.
I attended St. Bernadette and South Lakewood Elementary schools, Creighton Junior High and Lakewood High School. I hung out a lot at the Villa Italia Mall, which is now Belmar, the new downtown Lakewood.
I left Denver in 1983 to attend college at the University of San Francisco. I lived on the west coast for a while, on the east coast for a while, and spent some time in the southwest. And then I came home.
2. I wasn't always a real estate agent:
I spent much of my adult life as a speaker and writer, working primarily with Catholic teenagers, parents and singles. It was very rewarding, lots of fun, and hopefully made a difference in a lot of peoples' lives. But a person can only travel full-time for so long. When I realized my traveling days were over, there was only one obvious choice for my next career. I had to be a Realtor. I had been acting as a de facto agent for years, finding houses for my friends, acquaintances and even the occasional total stranger.
I've been working full time as a realtor ever since.
I still do some speaking and writing. My primary message has always about about understanding and living real love. Real love means recognizing and respecting the image of God in every human person, and always looking out for what is best for that person.
You can learn more about my other work elsewhere. But for our purposes, what you need to know is that real love isn't just a slogan or a book topic for me. It's the way I strive to live my life, and the way I run my business.
My clients aren't business to me. They're people. My goal is to help them figure out what is really best for them, and then help them to make it happen. Sometimes that means buying or selling a house, in which case I earn some money along the way. Sometimes it's not, in which case I don't. Either way, my first priority is the person.
Because the Realtor code of ethics holds me to a very high standard. And my mirror holds me to an even higher one.


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Story Club South Side
Theme: Turning
8PM Tuesday, October 20th
Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219-21 S. Morgan St.
$10 suggested donation
Show starts at 8:00 PM
(Open mic sign up starts at 7:30 PM)
THEME: TURNING: Leaves, corn mazes, full-moon transformations: some turns you make and some turns make you...hear three featured storytellers tell you tales about the turns they've taken, and where turns took them.
Our featured performers this month are:
*Roller derby juggernaut - Elizabeth "Juanna Rumbel" Gomez
*Actor and storyteller extraordinaire - Kevin Gladish
*Future Doctor and current story producer - aura Clement
There are 3 or 4 open mic slots available. Open mic participants will have 8 minutes to tell a story. Open mic sign-up starts at 7:30pm and host Andrew Marikis will start the show at 8pm. Co-Producer Will Hindmarch will draw names for the slots. Entrance is free, with a suggested donation of $10. This event is BYOB, so we suggest stopping by the iconic Maria's Packaged Goods just up the street for your beverage needs. Also, our show is the only show in Chicago that is BYOP—Bring Your Own Pie. Next-door to Maria's, you can grab a meat (or veggie) pie to-go at the award winning Pleasant House Bakery.


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Stayner Bible Conference Grounds: Phone 705-428-3504
Driving to Stayner
1. For GPS use set GPS to 240 Scott St., Stayner, ON L0M 1S0
2. Travelling from Brampton and points west take the Airport Road north to HWY 26 at Stayner. Turn right onto Main St. (HWY 26), go through the downtown core and at the railway tracks turn left onto Scott St. Camp is in the second block on your left. Go through the stop sign, main gates on your left.
3. Getting to Stayner from HWY 11 north or south. There are several ways in, here is what we consider to be the least busy route through Barrie. Take the Dunlop St. West exit at Barrie. Travel west to the George Johnson Rd. (Minesing) north. Go north on the George Johnson Rd. to HWY 26. Turn left on HWY 26, travel 20 km to Scott St. in Stayner (at the railroad tracks). Turn right onto Scott St. Camp is on your left in the second block.


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40 Ideas for Unique Back To School Photos of your Children (Free Printable)
I'm a big fan of traditions, and using photography as one of the way to mark or celebrate them. One of my favorites is back-to school-photos. They can be done professionally, by a friend who likes photography, or even just snapshots you take yourself to mark this point in time. To reflect and celebrate your child as they are today. And, to capture some of that first day of school excitement!
One photo of your kid is great – it's the cornerstone. But if you are looking to capture and portray a more complete picture of this special time in your children's life, or if you are looking for some creative ideas, use this free printable as guideline.
Please use this as just an idea-generator. You'll note that I call it "ideas" not a "checklist". That's b/c almost nobody (including me) is going to do all of them. So, don't look at the list and think that you need to take them all, or take them all on the first day. Pick your 10 favorites and just do those, and spread them out over the first week. Or, do them all at once if that's more your style. Whatever is helpful and fun for you.
Looking for some great ideas for back to school photos? Here is a free printable:
Looking to for a black and white version that won't use much of your printer ink? Here's another version:
BTW, a while back I wrote an article for Colorado Parent Magazine on "Tops Tips for Unique First-Day Back to School Photos of your Kids" You can see that article and my photos here, and check out page 11 to read: "8 Pro Tips for Unique First Day Back to School Photos".
(Note: This is a repost from 1 year ago. I had a request to share it again, so here it is.)


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ON this week's TMA, the boys have been sampling more retro gaming delights! While Mat has been chomping at the bit of the PS2 game known as Yakuza, he's come to some very controversial opinions about it and Shenmue. Tom however has been simply playing all the super hero Wii games under the sun. Some of them are genuinely amazing, like Wayforward's Batman: The Brave and The Bold, others, like The Amazing Spiderman… Well, just listen and find out!
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Blackalicious, 2015
While I've a stack of personal reasons why hip hop instrumentals have so much appeal for me, Blackalicious' Imani Instrumentals play less as hip hop and more like as one of the best downtempo records I've heard in ages. These tracks are so tightly constructed, they don't feel at all like an audio collage and nearly feel more like an actual band. Downtempo can be easy to malign—I've often called it restraunica: electronic music designed to sound hip enough, but to ultimately be ignored. The (retro) hip hop origins of Imani lend it just enough sharp snap and deep thump to keep it from simply receding into the head-nodding background.


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We will fail to comprehend the essential nature of the cyber domain if we continue to think of it as a technical or engineering system.
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It is vital that intrinsic challenges to cyberspace—and software—are recognised and treated such that a trustworthy cyber ecosystem can be formed.
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We must learn to think systemically to seek advantage, or at least maintain parity over adversarial threats, as our infrastructure becomes more complexly integrated.
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When the Holy Spirit May or May Not Show Up
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs—
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
-Gerard Manley Hopkins, "God's Grandeur"
I don't talk about the Holy Spirit very often. She's something I never heard about growing up – we Baptists weren't all that Trinitarian, and focused much more on the Creator God and the Son Incarnate than we did on that floofy, fluffy, tongues of fire Pentecostal Spirit thing. We believed firmly that speaking in tongues was something of the past, and instead of working with the Holy Spirit, we reframed it as Jesus. So it was in college, in an Introduction to Christian Thought course, that I first started thinking about the Trinity.
(An apology now to my atheist readers who come here more for feminism than for a churchy sermon. I'll be back to myself soon.)
This Holy Spirit thing seemed weird to me. My professor suggested praying to each member of the Trinity as a way to honor God's Three-in-Oneness, and it never felt right to begin a prayer with "Hey Holy Spirit."
(I was a big fan of casual prayers then. I started most of them with "Hey Daddy.")
But then I discovered some more charismatic friends, some more charismatic ideas and services, and began "feeling the Spirit." I never spoke in tongues, and I never had anything so strange as what you see on those weird televangelist meetings on TV. But I began to listen more for the Spirit's leading, and prayed about every major decision in my life – and many minor ones – asking the Spirit to lead me.
(Most of the responses seemed to align with whatever I'd already wanted to do).
There's a lot of theological work done on the Holy Spirit, from how we should gender Her to what Pentecost means to what gifts of the Spirit exist and so on and so forth ad infinitum. I'm not really here for that right now – if you want to debate the theological aspects of the Spirit, this is not that post.
(She is a She to me, but whatever designation works for you is alright with me.)
What I am here for is affirmation of the peculiar, quiet, little ways in which the Spirit works good in our lives. The ways in which our humanity comes to bear on the ongoing project that is the Church. The multiplicity of voices that this humanity requires.
I'm not here for gatekeepers who will question and vet and try to determine by my tone or the arguments I use or the diction I choose whether or not I am Spirit-led or career-led or just writing for me.
(Can't it be all three? Why does it have to be just one?)
I am here for a God who shows up even if I don't have the right word today or any day. I am here for a God who works wonders even through people who don't satisfy the gatekeepers of the Church. I am here for the ones who have been silenced by those who checked a call from God against Scripture and came up with a no.
(And the Spirit, I believe, is here for those things, too.)
I believe that She finds our voices important, feeble though they may be. Conflicted though they may be. Angry though they may be.
Regardless of whatever pseudo-religious "calling" you feel, write. Speak. Lead. Stomp your feet and cry. Protest. Fight. Carry the banner. Fall down when you cannot speak anymore and the rest of us will carry you through. We need your voice. We need your safe spaces. We need room for those who are deconverting; for those who are finding their footing in a new, scary world; for those who are challenging old ways and old habits that die hard.
Screw the gatekeepers who say you have to have your motivations solidified and clarified and distilled before you can put pen to page.
Just do it.
(And maybe the Spirit'll show up. Who knows.)
Note: My mother is home from the hospital now and in recovery. Thank you for all your well-wishes, good thoughts, and prayers.


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Alps Rock Climbing
What an incredible ease of access we have in the Alps for long rock routes with out any of the long approaches and backcountry camping that is usually associated with it in other parts of the world.
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Red Rocks
Only minutes from Las Vegas, Red Rocks is an oasis of wilderness and adventure among the conveniences of the city. The climbing in Red Rocks is world class, and one of the few places in the lower 48 offering grade IV rock climbs.
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Wind River Range
Come enjoy one of the most beautiful places in the world climbing in the Wind River Range! This trip is for beginner to intermediate climbers who want to have an adventure of a lifetime in a wonderful high alpine setting.
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Winslow Passey is guiding full time and Todd Passey will be guest guiding this summer up in the Tetons with Exum Mountain Guides. So permits are available in the Tetons and surrounding peaks, the Wind River Range, and the beautiful rock climbing area of City of Rocks!
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Italian Dolomites
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It's a common belief that institutional investors have great advantages over retail investors but is it true?
Malcolm Gladwell, a Canadian journalist and author, discusses this subject in his book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (2013).
Gladwell argues that most retail investors think institutional investors have more influence on stock prices and they also benefit from more comprehensive market research.
They're able to talk to company executives to obtain first-hand information.
However, in reality, institutional investors don't always have the upper hand over their retail counterparts.
Gladwell cites the biblical characters in comparing the two types of investor.
"As Goliath moved in for the kill, David slung a stone at Goliath's head. It hit the giant's forehead and he fell face down to the ground. David then took Goliath's sword and stabbed him."
Goliath was covered in armor to protect him and carried a big spear, which restricted his movement.
But David, with no armor and no big weapon, was more agile and nimble.
Similarly, funds sit on a pile of capital. It takes a few days, even a few months, to buy or sell them.
It takes a fund manager much more time to stop a losing bet than a retail investor.
On the other hand, if a retail investor wants to take profit, all he needs to do is click a button. A fund manager can only execute a sell order on a day-to-day basis.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Norman Chan was questioned by legislators after the Exchange Fund underperformed the market several years ago.
There's no easy way to compare an investment portfolio of several dozen million dollars with the likes of the Exchange Fund which holds trillions.
The bigger the fund, the more difficult it is to manage.
Many funds have specific house rules, one of which caps the weighting of a single stock in the portfolio, such as 5 or 10 percent.
These limits help mitigate risk but fund managers are forced to sell long-time winners if they keep outperforming.
It's like cutting flowers while keeping the leaves green.
Frequent interactions with company management may not necessarily provide useful information.
Peter Lynch, who managed the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments from 1977 to 1990, averaged a 29.2 percent annual return, more than doubling the S&P 500 and making it the best performing mutual fund in the world.
But not all funds have had the same success. A lot of information does not necessarily lead to good investment decisions.
People have spent little time thinking about the different restrictions on giant institutional investors.
Also, they tend to miss the fact that retail investors have far fewer such constraints, making them more flexible.
For example, financial stocks account for 45 percent of the Hang Seng Index.
Fund managers are forced to buy financial plays even if they are out of favor for fear of lagging the benchmark.
By contrast, individual investors can ignore that and focus on what they like.
In his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Gladwell, points out the "10,000-hour rule".
He says the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is to a large extent a matter of practising the correct way for 10,000 hours.
There is no free lunch. Individual and institutional investors have to practice hard in order to succeed.
This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Oct. 30.
Translation by Julie Zhu with additional reporting
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Columbus, OH - Unable to fully understand what happened in the past 48 hours, the city of Columbus Ohio announced that they hired retired pro-wrestler Bret Hart to explain the Columbus sCrew Job performed by Athony Precourt.
"We needed someone who has been through this before," stated Joyce Mayweather, comptroller of Columbus. "So we hired Bret Hart, since he was blindsided back in Montreal by Vince McMahon.
Hart started his presentation by stating, "Fans will have to lose their assumption that ownership is out to help you. You need to put your feelings in a sharpshooter."
Hart then went on to describe the behind the scenes process.
"Precourt is on a heel turn," stated the seven-time world champion. "He was a Face to generate pop, then comes the heel turn to generate heat, then he pulls the heel move of taking the team away from the fans. Then the next move is taking the team to Austin to get to Orlando to create a rivalry with Beckham. The league office hopes that the heat generated by Precourt's heel turn will fill the stadium in the rivalry with Miami. Then comes the DOUBLE CROSS. Eventually Precourt will leave Orlando, just like he left Austin and Columbus, for Detroit and settle the team there to take on all comers, including Dan Gilbert in a cage match for public funds to see who can bankrupt a local school district the fastest."
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Edirol Updates USB MIDI Interface Lineup
Edirol is updating it''s USB MIDI Interface line with three new designs, the UM-1EX, the UM-2EX and the UM-3EX.
The most unique new model is the new UM-3EX 3-In/3-Out MIDI Interface that features a built-in USB hub that allows for the connection of two additional UM-3EX for a total of up to 9-In/9-Out. Three UM-3EX can be rack mounted on an optional Roland RAF-70 rack adaptor.
The UM-2EX replaces the Edirol UM-1SX and adds an additional MIDI out port for a new 1-In/2-Out configuration.
The new UM-1EX replaces the Edirol UM-1X and adds a new MIDI Thru switch that allows the UM-1EX to be used as a standalone MIDI cable or route MIDI back to an instrument or other external MIDI device.
All three new interfaces will be available in the fourth quarter of 2005.
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American Academy of Clinical Psychology
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THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IS ALIVE AND WELL AND STRIVES TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS!Dear Colleagues:
Yesterday, you received an email from Dr. Michael Tansy, President, American Board of Professional Psychology Board of Trustees announcing a change in the relationship between the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. We initiated disaffiliation procedures on January 11, 2017, and the Articles of Agreement by and between the two organizations specifies a 90 day notice. Therefore, we were not intending an immediate disaffiliation; instead expecting 90 days to announce the change. We were not consulted regarding the notification sent earlier today. We apologize that we were not ahead of this.
The Academy Board will meet soon for a reorganization session and to further identify plans for the future. It is important to note that your membership status will not change. Whatever your membership status is today will continue through the end of the year (2017). Further, your certification is NOT impacted by this change.
The American Board of Clinical Psychology (the examining Board) insisted on a "merger" with the American Academy of Clinical Psychology (your membership organization). Although we worked hard to identify a workable arrangement that would benefit membership, we ultimately decided against a merger, feeling that it was not in the best interest of membership or the organization.
Years ago, the Board of Trustees of ABPP was given a legal opinion that examining boards and academies should be completely separate. Later, because smaller academies could not function well and lacked resources, another opinion was offered that indicated that there is no conflict of interest in having "merged" or "internal" academies. The American Academy of Clinical Psychology intends to be entirely independent of the examining boards and the parent organization, the American Board of Professional Psychology, similar to the manner in which medical specialties operate. We believe that independence from the over-arching organization provides membership organizational advantages. For example, many of our colleagues enjoy mentoring others and encouraging board certification. We envision, with reorganization, an association that allows membership by any qualified clinical psychologist whose license is in good standing to become a member with guidance and paths to board certification. Of course, they will not be allowed to be full Members or eligible to be Fellows of the organization, but their association with an esteemed group is a significant advantage and resource for becoming board certified.
Again, we regret that there was notification that reached you before we had notice of opportunity to do so. Be assured, that your membership is intact and that the Academy will continue to work in your interest. As Dr. Tansy indicated in a subsequent email, this change has absolutely no impact on your certification.
According to Dr. Tansy, you will be offered an opportunity to join an "affiliated" academy that is driven by the examining board. Whether or not you choose to belong to that organization, we truly hope that you will continue your membership with us. We are the original American Academy of Clinical Psychology, Inc., established in 1993, and your continued support will insure its preservation.
Should you have any questions about the change or, more importantly, would like opportunities to be part of this exciting transition as a board or committee member, please contact me at email@example.com.
Most cordially,
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About Dennis
Dennis graduated from Brown University in 2004 majoring in Psychology, Economics, and Having a Really Good Time.
In addition to headshots, Dennis specializes in shooting luxury destination weddings and star-studded events all over the world. For a peek into his other work click here.
Prior to his career as a photographer, Dennis worked in music video production helping to produce music videos and concert DVDs for artists such as Fiona Apple, Keith Urban, Kanye West, John Legend, and Sting.
He is 6'7" and does not play basketball.
Frequently Asked Questions | Policies
Wait, where are you really located?
We split our time evenly between New York and LA. But because we also do wedding shoots all over the world, we are always on the go and able to travel to you wherever you are with no additional travel fee for most major cities.
How should I do my makeup?
We recommend doing your own makeup because you want to look like your headshot when you walk into an audition, so you should be able to replicate that look on audition day. We advise doing makeup as naturally as possible. Each of the pictures you choose will be professionally retouched so that you don't have to worry about little blemishes and imperfections. Men generally do not require makeup.
You include 4 "looks" in a photo session. What is a "look"?
A look is a change of clothing, hair, and/or makeup.
How long does a shoot take?
Shoots generally take 2-3 hours. Men usually shoot faster than women since clothing changes are quicker and we don't have to worry about hair or makeup.
Where do your shoots take place?
Our shoots take place outdoors in natural light in various locations throughout New York City or Los Angeles. We choose our locations based on what's going to complement a persons "look".
When/how do I pay you?
Payment is due on the day of your shoot. We accept cash, check, or venmo. (Loves cash!)
We also accept credit card or paypal with an additional $35 processing fee.
Why do you charge so much?
Whoa. Bold question. But fair... Supply and demand. 12 years of experience. A proven track record of getting people work.
Look at it this way. Headshots are like skis. If you were a professional skier, you wouldn't look at ski prices. They are the tool that is essential to your profession. You buy and use the skis that allow you to perform at your best. Without them, you will literally just be standing still. Or you could use a pair of really old wooden skis you find at a garage sale ($100 craigslist headshots) and move along at a glacial pace while everyone laughs as they ski past you. Sure you can and should invest in coaching, physical training, networking, etc.... but if the talent is there, your skis are the only thing you really need to get to the Olympics.
How do I prepare for my shoot day?
First of all, relax. It's not a stressful experience. It's easy and fun. Know the types of roles you plan to go out for. Know your type. (Leading lady, best friend, villain, inept office intern, math genius, etc.) Have your clothes prepared. Get a good night's sleep. Don't get mauled by a lion. If you're running late, don't worry. We're used to lateness and we'd rather have you late than sweaty and frazzled. Speaking of sweaty and frazzled, splurge on a cab or Lyft... schlepping your clothes across town on the subway is a great way to get you sweaty and frazzled before your headshot session. With all that said, it's pretty awesome when you're on time.
When do I get my proofs?
Proofs are generally ready within 48 hours of your shoot. If you need them rushed, just let us know and we will work with you to get your pictures finalized as quickly as possible.
Are prints included?
Prints are not included, though we can arrange to have your prints laid out and ordered for you at rates cheaper than most reproduction houses and shipped directly to your doorstep.
Do I get a CD?
No, it's 2017. All your photographs will be available in a custom-made gallery just for you. They'll be viewable and online for all eternity.
Do you release unretouched images?
We only release retouched and finalized images. Your unretouched images will still be viewable though, and honestly though there's really nothing we can do to stop you from screenshotting images from the gallery, we highly advise against it.
WAIT WHAT?!?!?! Why do you lock your galleries?!?!?!?
We keep the pictures confined to your photo gallery and release only retouched pictures not to be jerks but for quality control purposes. Any picture you end up using professionally needs at least a tiny bit of retouching/color correction before you should start using it. Way too often we see people posting unretouched photos on their casting websites/facebook/etc and it's not flattering for them or for us. Submitting an unretouched photo is the equivalent of sending out the rough draft of a resume without any proofreading... you just wouldn't and shouldn't do it!
Check out our retouching gallery and you'll see what a difference these little tweaks make!
Once you've made your retouching selections, we fix those up and send those over to you as full-size versions for printing as well as web-sized versions for easy emailing etc.
I still don't get it. Why are you being such a jerk?
Ughhhh. Ok. So basically. Take the Mona Lisa. If you had multiple copies of the Mona Lisa. Or multiple drafts of the Mona Lisa in slightly different poses, that one iconic painting of the Mona Lisa would be worth a whole lot less and would not nearly be as special. The same kind of logic, to a lesser extent, applies to your headshots. These are headshots for PROFESSIONAL use and you should only be displaying and submitting those few photographs that capture your essence perfectly. The other unfinished works should stay locked away from public view. Just like a singer wouldn't want the public hearing their unfinished vocals or you wouldn't want potential employers judging you by your unpolished outtakes. Now we're not saying that our work is even comparable to that of Leonardo Da Vinci... I mean, we're talking about the most famous painting in the world here...how can you compare that to some silly headshots by some stupid photographer...but...well...you get the point. Hopefully.
Everyone has that annoying Facebook friend who uploads a gallery of 25+ images of themselves in 25+ slightly different poses. Or 25+ pictures from their vacation that are all basically the same. Don't be that Facebook friend. You need to be able to edit and pick your top shot, even if there are many great ones.
Again, your pictures will be online and viewable in a gallery FOREVER, so you'll always be able to access them and view them, and should you decide later on that you want to try submitting to jobs with different shots from your shoot, you can pay the relatively small retouching fee of $35 (or $100 for four) to have additional pictures retouched and released to you.
Why are my headshots so important?
A professional headshot tells people that you are a serious professional and take acting seriously. A crappy photo says you're an amateur, aren't really taking it seriously, and thus people won't take you as seriously. When a casting director is flipping through a pile of hundreds of headshots, you have about 2 seconds to catch their attention. A striking DK Headshot does just that.
Do you guarantee your pictures? Do you offer reshoots?
Obviously we want every client to be 150% happy with their pictures...who wouldn't want that? Most of our clients are...just check our Google or Yelp reviews. But there are never guarantees. Maybe you're having a bad hair day. Maybe you're really stressed and can't shake it. Maybe you just realize you feel weird being photographed by a giant jumping Asian. Dennis is very easy to work with. Nobody wants unhappy clients running around town badmouthing them, right?
We guarantee that we will work with you to make sure that you are happy with your photographs, but we ask that you remain flexible and open-minded as well. If reshooting is absolutely necessary, then we do it. But there is always going to be .01% of people who are extraordinary difficult to work with and will always be unhappy no matter how hard you try to appease them. Hopefully you're not one of them...but you might be, and there's not much we can do about that!
What is the difference between New York headshots and Los Angeles headshots?
Headshots in New York City are and headshots in Los Angeles are similar, but NYC is often a little slow to pick up on LA trends although it inevitably does usually. Having spent half a decade shooting primarily in LA, our headshots are more "LA-style" headshots. If you look around, you'll notice that most New York photographers shoot in a studio and those pictures tend to have a stiffer, more-posed feel. LA Headshots, or at least DK-style LA Headshots, have a more cinematic feel. We try to shoot pictures that look as if they are single frames lifted right out of a film. This, in our opinion, creates a much more striking photo, and also helps viewers to envision the subject in whatever project they are trying to make.
What's the difference between shooting in studio light and natural light?
Headshots taken in a studio tend to look a little stiffer, since the studio environment is such an unnatural one where you have no choice but to get all up "in your head" while waiting for lighting etc to be set up. Whereas natural light headshot subjects tend to look a little more relaxed, since in an outdoor environment people can focus many other things and really like they are part of a scene or setting. The other problem with studio light is a limited number of backdrops and lighting setups. Your photos will probably look like the photos of hundreds of other people, when the point of your headshot is to make you stand out. Also, different faces require different light setups in order to highlight one's best features. In a studio, most people tend to be shot in the same way, and one particular light setup probably isn't the best for everyone. In natural light we move and adjust and can experiment quickly to figure out what light works best for your face.
How do you shoot outdoor headshots in NYC in the winter??? I don't want to freeze!
Clients for headshots in NYC may have to deal with some seasonal inconsitencies, such as colder or warmer weather in the winter and summer, but after doing this for years, we have our process down and, in addition to being transported from location to location in a private vehicle, have several climate-controlled indoor locations and to try to keep you as comfortable as possible during the course of your shoot to achieve all the looks you need, regardless of weather. But the look of our shots is primarily achieved using natural outdoor light...so again we ask that you trust us and our process, because we've done this long enough to know what we need to do to get the results you want.
What are corporate headshots and how do they differ from actor/model headshots?
Corporate headshots are generally for businesses and are typically less involved than headshots for people in the entertainment industry. Photo shoots for corporate headshot clients are still a fun and enjoyable experience, but we conduct them with efficiency in mind and a great shot can be achieved in as little as 5 minutes. We want to get you in and out, since we understand that you actually have a job to do. Corporate headshots can be conducted in the place of business or elsewhere, depending on what our clients is looking for, while our actor headshots tend to take place in several tried-and-true locations.
How did you get to be so tall?
No idea. Won the genetic lottery I guess. :-)


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Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance DP4400
This ESG Technical Review documents hands-on validation of the Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) DP4400. The goal of the report is to validate that the IDPA DP4400 can be easily deployed and managed by a data protection specialist or an IT generalist with minimal data protection and storage skills.
For IT professionals, especially in areas like data protection where specialized skills are in short supply, keeping pace with today's always-on, always-up business environments can be very challenging. Data is increasingly distributed and continually growing, while applications and data are increasingly fragmented. To satisfy the complex needs of the business, IT needs to protect data at its source while improving time-to-value, reducing cost and complexity, and planning for future growth.