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Violence over mines is dividing communities across Latin America, as high commodity prices spur a new gold rush on natural resources. WSJ's Jean Guerrero reports.
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Games, New Media and Learning in Argentina: An Interview with Ines Dussel (Part Three)/
You've drawn heavily on the work of the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning initiatve. What do you see as the most significant continuities and differences between their approach and what you are finding in Argentina?
I've been reading all the work done by the initiative, and for me it stands out as the most encompassing and organized effort to understand what is going on. I think I provided some of our keys for reading this work already, but let me try and summarize them.
One is the idea of a public culture. That there is something such as a common public sphere that has to be reconceptualized beyond Habermas' notion of the argumentative skills and rhetorical plays but that still includes some notion that there is something to be done together and for everybody, is an uncommon approach in most studies of new technologies. I think we share an engagement with an idea of public culture that remains open and subject to debate, and does not get captured by the state, the market, or the isolated individual.
The second has to do with the kind of learning that young people are doing with and in new media, trying to approach in an honest, more open way these new practices. We liked very much the notion of "genres of participation," as they help organize what we are seeing in our research. And what I liked particularly is that schools are not left out of the map, but are considered as part of this media ecology. I support the idea that schools can be helpful in organizing interesting and relevant experiences for young children which are not immediately accesible to everyone, and which bear other issues in mind than merely the audiences' tastes. Of course, this means changing the ways in which schools are working with new media, which, as said before, have been focused around issues of safety and potentials threats to children's integrity, when they have not been totally derogatory on the value, ethics, or productivity of young people's activities in and with new media.
We also agree with the general search for a balance between the celebration of new, creative, and democratic forces that are mobilizing the digital culture, and the skepticism about some trends that we do not see as democratic and that tend to extend and reshape current social divisions and inequalities. [When I use "democratic," I am pointing to some discussions in contemporary political philosophy that show how evanescent this term might be, but that still hold to an impulse towards more justice and equality (for me, Jacques Rancière or Bill Connolly are good referents of this kind of view).]
Finally, it is difficult for me to point to a difference, but I would say that we bring to our study different concerns that have to do with different "localities" and cultures, as I was saying in the last question. Lately, with the team at Flacso we've been reading more about changes in authorship, in the balance between the emotional and the rational in terms of learning, in our notions of a common culture, archive or memory (and memory is a cherished thing in Argentina, where it immediately refers to the last dictatorship and to a quest for human rights and justice), and also the need to maintain the differences between simulation and "real life" (I've been reading with great pleasure Sherry Turkle's discussions on this). I would say they are more politically- and ethically-oriented issues. These topics are not directly addressed by the MacArthur papers, but there are none the less many links to their approaches.
As you do so, you seem to be very aware of the existing visual culture of schools. For example, you told me about research which suggests students are sometimes overwhelmed by films they see in the classroom and do not always remember what they were supposed to teach. How can designers of educational games sidestep those problems?
In the research we are doing on the visual culture of schools, many students referred to their memories of remarkable activities organized by teachers using fiction films or documentaries, or asking them to bring pictures about social issues. Students liked them a lot, and valued them as great learning experiences. But when we asked about what they thought they had learned with those activities, they could not refer to any specific content. For example, a student said that her Biology teacher showed the class an image of the cell and that it caught her attention, and that she learned like in a fingers' snap, but she could not name any concept nor "title" for that image. The same happened in social studies or history lessons: students had vague memories about the activities, but all remembered the intensity of the feelings provoked by the viewing.
This is something that interests me a lot, and that I put along a series of readings I've been doing on visual studies, attention and learning. Historically, pedagogy has thought that there is an equivalence, a direct relationship, between seeing and knowing, but psychology and our own historical experience shows that that is not the case. We need to "know" something to be able to "see" it (I am aware that these are complex terms and there are deep philosophical debates around each one but let's keep it simple for the sake of the argument). What are children learning when they "see" something in the classroom? Are they learning what we want them to learn, or something completely different?
The examples mentioned above relate, for me, to something that you've referred to in previous works: the "wow" effect, the emotional impact of media on people. When using images in classrooms, we might get that "wow" feeling, as when the first student says, "wow, the teacher caught my attention," but from that we cannot deduce that she learnt the structure of the cell or anything in that neighborhood.
How to sidestep this problem is a difficult question. The first thing I would say is not to take learning for granted. We have to be aware that the intensity of stimuli and the excitement of the game might provoke them to learn something altogether different from what we wanted them to learn with these activities.
And the second thing I would say is that this doesn't imply that we have to become more explicit of our message or the "content" we want to convey. On the contrary, my reading of these examples is that form and content are divorced in some pedagogical activities, and that "forms" are compelling and complex while "content" is straightforward and unidimensional, and so young people's attention is caught by the more complex and interesting stimuli and do not attend to the content. So, I would say we should struggle to produce better materials that are more consistent in their forms and contents.
You also told me about research you have been doing about the image banks which teachers draw upon in thinking about the world and how these may differ from those which their students bring into their classes. Can you share some of this research with my readers?
Yes, of course. I wrote an essay on teachers' visual culture, based on the findings of an activity I've done in online courses with teachers. I ask them to post a powerful image of our culture. The idea of "powerful image" draws on visual studies and refers to images that impact us for any reason, that have a lasting effect not only personally but also socially.
In this activity, it struck me that most of the teachers chose shocking images that come from photojournalism: the Biafra child, Kevin Carter's Pullitzer picture of a little girl in a Sudanese village, anonymous pictures of children in famine, in war refuges, or hurt or killed by political violence. They endorse a "hyperrealism" that, while it aligns itself with a progressive rhetoric, might have troubling effects as a visual discourse on the social. Most pictures were of children, and children were almost always depicted among ruins. No "happy," meaning no optimistic, narrative was to be found in most pictures (and when it appeared, it was in the line of the Benetton-multiculturalism: black child with white child taking hands and smiling to each other). Also, it was surprising that the Argentinean teachers spoke a "Global visual Esperanto," as Nick Mirzoeff calls it: the images were from Albania, Africa, Palestina, New York, Central America, Brazil, and not many depicted Argentina's landscapes or events. The pictures are all serious, and engage in the performance of denunciation. There is almost no ironic image, nor images that refer to advertising or cultural industries. My guess is that, if the same question was posed to young people, the number of advertising images, and of images of their own production, would be much more significant than in the teachers' selections.
My interest in this essay is with global visual imaginaries, and the visual culture of teachers. There is much more I could say on this, but let's refer the reader to the essay that has been published in a book edited by the National Society for the Study of Education, whose title is Globalization and the Study of Education, and edited by Fazal Rizvi and Tom Popkewitz.
You have been involved in a number of games and learning initiatives. Can you describe some of the work you are doing and explain what kinds of pedagogical and design principles are informing this work?
With my research team at Flacso, we started doing educational documentaries in 2002. We produced eight 30-minutes videos that developed a program to address issues of discrimination and inclusiveness in middle and secondary schools. We tried to build complex and subtle plots, to present the stories always in a dignified way, and never construct people as passive victims. We were always thinking of how and when the teacher would be using these materials, so time constraints and also pedagogical problems of what to show and how to show it were present from the beginning (and we made pilot tests with teachers to make room for that).
But seen from today, I think that at the beginning we were more aware of the conceptual and political dimensions of our work than about the aesthetic aspects of it. And it was a great experience, because we learned a lot about the tensions between content and form. As soon as we started to work with teachers and students, we realized that there were many unexpected things in their reactions to our videos, and that they had to do with the context in which they were seen, with their prior experiences with these type of videos, and with our own pedagogy. And most of all we had to learn to work through and with the emotions elicited by the documentaries.
This drove us to media studies and also to visual studies, and this intersection is still very interesting to me. The question of which type of knowledge is produced by an image, as posed by the French historian Georges Didi-Huberman, remains a potent, even a burning issue, as he says. Sometimes images touch us at a sensitive level, without being able to put it into words, and yet they do produce important effects on us. Could these effects be called a learning or be considered as knowledge?
I am not interested in measuring it, but on understanding what is it that they do to us. Will it last? Will it be attached in our memory to some meanings? Will we, as the students I found in our recent research, just remember the intense emotion we felt without being able to conceptualize or rationalize anything about it? Maybe this is not a bad thing, but we should be aware of which kind of learning or effects some images produce on us.
We then moved to do an animation piece on global warming which was also very exciting, and since 2007 I've been engaged in a team run by Analía Segal, a colleague and friend of mine, that produces videogames. Analía had extensive experience on simulations and games in social studies, and some years ago she decided to experiment with new media, and I joined her. We wanted to explore the potentialities of videogames for learning: they can offer complex narratives, they use a visual language that is closer to young people's visual culture than the schools', they promote learning through immersion in a given situation and mobilize intuitive, bodily language that is scarcely mobilized by traditional schooling, among many other possibilities. The team includes people from different disciplines in the social sciences and young game designers who are key to the project. We know that educational materials are not magical solutions to anything, but believe that they can contribute to make classroom more interesting and more challenging. This might be a poor goal for an educational reformer but it is good enough for us as development team.
One of our principles was to produce materials that were not offered by the cultural industries, neither by their topics nor by their aesthetics. We did research on alternative groups that are working on serious games, and decided to focus on sustainable development and produced three or four games on this subject. The first one is called "Urgent, Message" and is about a messenger in the near future who has to deliver different things to different places, always considering time, cost, and environmental impact.
The second one is called "Villa Girondo" and is a multi-player game. We wanted to explore a different game structure. This one deals with the relocation of a village due to the planned construction of a water dam. Players are asked to assume different roles in the community and decide whether the village will be relocated or not. The tension between progress and sustainability is explored, as well as the centrality and complexity of citizens' involvement in environmental issues.
In the development of the videogames, we included a working group with teachers with whom we discuss and test the games at different stages. And we are doing research on the first developed prototypes to understand how they interact with the real dynamic of classrooms. The questions that interest us are both related to the design of the game and to the pedagogical skills needed to use it in classrooms. Which kind of interactions are promoted by the rules of the game? How important and effective are teachers' interventions? What kind of strategies do young people use when playing the game? Are there constraints by playing the game at school? Which reflections are opened up by the game? Which ones are picked up by the teachers and which ones are left aside, and why? These are some of the questions we are investigating in schools these days.
I was impressed by the distinctive look and feel of the games you shared with me. To what degree is the goal to create games which reflect the national culture of Argentina as opposed to following the "neutral" or "odorless" design practices that shape many commercial video games? Why might it be important for students in your country to see games which look and feel like the culture around them?
Well, I like your comment and take it as a compliment. As I said before there is a relation between form and content. We believe that it is important to provide students with different aesthetics, less standardized and more related to their daily life. But it doesn't mean that one has to close down aesthetic diversity. So while we don't want to follow mainstream games in their options, we do not support any kind of localism that tends to isolate cultural productions. On the other hand, this would be impossible as we are all visual subjects in a global culture.
We hope our games can be played by any child or young person who is interested in these topics. For example, the relocation of villages has been a common problem in Latin America. We include some excerpts from documentaries that give more information and context about real life situations. We believe it is important that schools pick up these debates and provide interesting and challenging opportunities to unfold the complexities involved. In that respect, videogames can be really helpful.
Inés Dussel graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in Educational Sciences and got her Ph.D. at the Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a Principal Researcher at Flacso/Argentina, a centre for research and graduate teaching in the social sciences, and Educational Director of Sangari Argentina. She's currently interested in the intersections between schooling, new media, and visual culture, and is doing research and producing materials for classroom teaching.


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O'Driscoll wary of improved Roberts
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O'Driscoll and Roberts formed an impressive partnership for the British & Irish Lions in 2009 © Getty Images
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll has pinpointed the threat posed by Wales centre Jamie Roberts ahead of their Rugby World Cup quarter-final showdown in Wellington on Saturday.
The two formed an impressive partnership during the British & Irish Lions' visit to South Africa in 2009 with Roberts claiming the honour of Player of the Series. But O'Driscoll believes his former team-mate, who has been in explosive form in New Zealand, is now an even better player.
"Most of the Welsh squad are in good form. Jamie Roberts has done well, mixing his game up well. He'll be a handful, but that's nothing new," he said. "Jamie carries extremely hard, but he's also brought in some nice subtleties.
"He's not afraid to mix it up and that's made him difficult to read. He's evolved on that front, but one aspect of his game that hasn't changed is his ability to break the gainline. Teams play off go-forward ball and he's one of their go-to guys for that."
Ireland enter Saturday's showdown as marginal favourites to reach the semi-finals for the first time in World Cup history. One of the key ingredients behind their unbeaten march through the World Cup has been their rampaging back row of Sean O'Brien, Stephen Ferris and Jamie Heaslip.
O'Brien and Ferris have been wrecking balls while the industry of Heaslip, the only member of the squad to have played every minute of the tournament, has enabled them to flourish. The trio have been touted as the best back row in the tournament but O'Driscoll insists they remain grounded despite the plaudits.
"They've been going very well. On their day they're a world-class trio and have been putting in some good performances," he said. "But they know they have some improvements to make in their game as well.
"It's always nice getting plaudits from people outside the camp but at the same time I don't think it will affect their mindset. They're really enjoying along with everyone else the challenges that have been thrown at us and will want to produce it again. They won't let the chat about them affect their performances in any way. The power they bring is important, but we've had powerful ball carriers in the past.
"Maybe people have been surprised by them but we knew they've had that in their armoury for a while and it's been building. Ferris hasn't played an awful lot of rugby. Jamie and Sean have been playing very well for the last year."
In related news, Ireland hooker Rory Best appears to have emerged from his injury cloud after he was included in the team submitted at the deadline for Saturday's game. All matchday squads must be finalised 48 hours before kick-off, in this case 6am BST at Wellington Regional Stadium.
Best's inclusion indicates he has a chance of completing his recovery from his shoulder injury in time to face Wales. The Ulster hooker sprained the AC joint on his right shoulder during Sunday's 36-6 victory over Italy and has been receiving intensive treatment since. He will be given every opportunity to prove his fitness with Sean Cronin ready to step up from the bench should he suffer a setback.
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Jeremy Troxler�s guest column in the Nov. 24 Times-News is the same old stuff peddled perpetually by the hyper-religious from the right. Its arguments and conclusions rely on Mr. Troxler�s faith, nothing more.
But, he is eager, as are most on the right to marshal political philosophers from an age in which fewer than 18 percent of the European population in North America was �churched� to justify his religious claims to have a theocracy in the United States subject to direct �Christian� rule.
Mr. Troxler�s underlying assertion is simple: without Christianity, there is no morality. Wrong! Anyone with willingness to look at history can learn of a myriad of political and religious systems which drove morality in the name of some greater society and order.
But, Mr. Troxler has arranged himself as moralist, worried about how to impose his religious views on others. By the way, his argument, religion must rule government, is the operating principle of the political right who adopted the evangelical and fundamentalist sects over the past 30 years, making many miserable and doing nothing.
No theocracy, thank you.
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Thomas W.
Lesson Details
- Levels Taught:
- Beginner
I can help beginning students on violln learn the basics.
Thomas teaches
- Teaches students:
- Ages 6+ and special needs
- Teaching since:
- August 1998
Thomas J. W. is an active music teacher, composer, adjudicator, and clinician in the greater Philadelphia area. He has over fifteen years experience as a concert band director, marching band director, jazz improvisation instructor, choral director, private instructor, and marching drill writer. His directing career has included small rural band programs, small metro programs, large high-achieving suburban programs, and non-profit youth bands. In addition to his band compositions, he also has over forty unpublished vocal arrangements to his credit, most written for use with collegiate men's a cappella groups. Thomas taught over 600 online and local private music lessons in 2016.
Thomas has a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a teaching certificate in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has taught at the secondary level in both states. In addition to both instrumental and choral ensembles at Penn State, Thomas was a student leader in the Penn State Blue Band and a member of the brass section of the Cadets of Bergen County Drum and Bugle Corps in 1993 and 1994. He served as an Associate Director of the Warren Junior Military Band of Youngstown, Ohio from 1995 to 2005. He also served as a visual staff member for the renowned North Penn Marching Knights of Lansdale, PA for one season in 2004.
He is a current adjudicator with Drum Corps International and Cavalcade of Bands. He is a member of MENC, PMEA, NJMEA, ASCAP, CASA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and the National Band Association. He appeared in the Marquis Who's Who Among American Educators in 2004 and 2005, an honor rarely bestowed upon teachers, as students who appear in the Who's Who Among American High School Students must nominate them. He currently is a music teacher at the Center for Performing and Fine Arts of the PA Leadership Charter School in West Chester, PA and resides in Downingtown, PA with his wife and two sons.
Thomas will happily work with students on the autism spectrum or students with ADD.
*** Lesson Details ***
My lessons are tailored to the needs and interests of each student. If a student is involved in school music ensembles, we will work with their lesson books from school in addition to material outside of the books, including SmartMusic, Noteflight, and teacher-created materials. We will focus on building proper tone production and individual technique - something that often is difficult to learn in a large ensemble setting.
I am capable of starting a beginner student on any band instrument including percussion, any classical string instrument (violin, viola, cello, string bass), and piano. I can begin a student on drum set and work with them through their first method book, but I would then recommend they find a specialized drum set teacher after a period of six to twelve months.
For advanced students, I work from selected conservatory etude books on developing advanced skills and can work with students on audition pieces for honors bands/orchestras or college auditions.
My lessons are a half-hour once a week, with the option of working for 45 minutes or 60 minutes.
*** Specialties ***
music, band, orchestra, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, violin, viola, cello, string bass, piano, Percussion
classical, jazz improvisation
Professional VocalistApr 2011 - Present
I am an arranger and tenor vocalist for a part-time professional contemporary a cappella group based in Philadelphia, PA.
Director of EducationAug 2009 - Present
I sit on the board of directors of this non-profit organization, organizing and executing all of their educational programming.
Instrumental and Electronic MusicAug 2008 - Present
I currently teach all band and orchestra classes in grades 6-12, jazz studies in grades 9-12, and digital music composition in grades 9-12 for a unique Center for Performing and Fine Arts program. I also direct the award-winning extra-curricular ensemble the CPFA Jazz Mavericks.Show More
Band DirectorJul 2005 - Jun 2007
I taught all band activities, grades 9-12, at Lindenwold High School, Lindenwold, NJ. This included marching band and jazz band.
Band DirectorJul 2004 - Jul 2005
I taught 7th and 8th grade band and directed the pit orchestra for Penndale Middle School. I was also a visual staff member for the renown North Penn High School Marching Knights.
Band, Chorus, and General Music TeacherJul 1998 - Jul 2004
Taught all band, choral, and general music classes, grades 7-12, including marching band, concert band, jazz band, chorus, and keyboarding
BS Music EducationAug 1991 - May 1998
Music K-12Nov 2005
I am permanently certified to teach any music courses in grades K-12.
Music K-12 Level IIMay 1998
I am permanently certified to teach any music courses in grades K-12
Who's Who Among American Educators 2005May 2005
Who's Who Among American Educators 2004May 2004
Dean's ListMay 1998
Jazz Education NetworkJan 2011
JEN was formed in 2008 to help bring together the jazz arts community. It hosts an annual conference with concerts presented by students and professionals, a student jazz festival, workshops, research presentations and an exhibition area with manufacturers, retailers, schools and other jazz related organizations. JEN also offers many educational programs, from an outreach program, to mentoring and scholarships.Show More
National Band AssociationSep 2000
The National Band Association, founded on September 11, 1960, is the largest professional organization for bands in the world. It was organized for the purpose of promoting the musical and educational significance of bands and is dedicated to the attainment of a high level of excellence for bands and band music. NBA is an organization open to anyone and everyone interested in bands, regardless of the length of experience, type of position held, or the specific level at which one works. The membership roster includes men and women from every facet of the band world. NBA is today's professional organization for band directors, and it stands ready to serve all members of the association through a variety of projects and initiatives.Show More
Pennsylvania Music Educators AssociationSep 1996
PMEA is a statewide nonprofit organization of over 4,500 members, dedicated to promoting the musical development of all Pennsylvanians. The present membership evolved from a small group of band directors dating from 1933. Today, the organization includes those engaged in music instruction at all levels, from preschool through college and university, as well as those in the music industry, merchandising and publishing. The organization promotes and supports quality music education, learning and performance as well as promoting and supporting music education in schools and communities. PMEA is affiliated with The National Association for Music Education, NAfME.Show More
National Association for Music EducationJan 1995
Founded in 1907, NAfME is among the world's largest arts education organizations. NAfME advocates at the local, state, and national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of opportunities for students and teachers.Show More
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of AmericaApr 1992
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (also known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) is an American collegiate social[1] fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "who, through a love for music, can assist in the fulfillment of [its] Object and ideals either by adopting music as a profession, or by working to advance the cause of music in America."Show More
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Thomas is honestly an amazing musician and teacher. He was really patient with me. Despite having to deal with major timezone differences (as I live in Myanmar), he took the time to figure it out. Also, he helped me figure out the stuff it took me months to figure out. He also really knows what he's doing. I learned so much in that hour of practice. 10/10 would recommend him.Show More
Fabulous! What a great teacher! And SO KNOWLEDGEABLE about all kinds of music! THANKS! looking forward to all my lessons!
Tom was my 10-year-old daughter's violin teacher, he is very kind, patient and professional.
I love my lessons. In only a few lessons, Thomas has given me some tips that I have been trying to figure out for years. He is very kind and knowledgable.
We were in a tough position getting ready for a performance that we were not prepared for. It was a big help to have a few sessions with Thomas.
My son was very nervous about his first online lesson. His instructor had him start right in on the lesson, which helped my son quickly get over his nerves. By the end of the lesson, he was all smiles and feeling very confident about his ability to play a very hard piece for his solo contest. He is looking forward to his next lesson.Show More
Thomas is so thorough & detailed oriented/ great with first-timers
extremely helpful!!
I really enjoyed by first lesson with Mr. West, he was very knowledgeable , it was a lot better than I expected.
After well over a year with Thomas, he is still the best instructor! Patient, insightful and generous in his knowledge and experience- looking for a great teacher? Thomas is the one.
iI just finished doing a lesson with Thomas, and he has helped me tremendously wiTh my scales and embrasure building
Excellent. Great lesson
Mr. West is very knowledgeable and patient, my daughter enjoyed the lessons!
Very pleased with the first lesson. Our daughter has rare special needs and he was terrific with her
First lesson was a great success, Mr. West got straight to work and had my son sounding much better after only half an hour. Looking forward to my son gaining skill and confidence with Mr. West's guidance.
Mr. West is wonderful, so knowledgeable. My daughter is looking forward to her trombone lessons with him.
Great, knowledgeable and patient!
Thomas is very nice and very open to suggestions regarding what we should work on to achieve my flute aspirations. Very pleasant experience!
Very good for an 8yr old beginner!
Thomas West is a delightful person and a good teacher. Thank you.
I learned a lot! Thank you Tom.
It was excellent! Thomas is very good and I learned a lot. I thank you very much! I appreciate it very much! 😊
My son was very pleased to have learned a new technique during the lesson.
Thomas always does a great job on my lessons. He is professional, patient and and all around pleasure to work with.
The decision to take lessons online has really worked out.
Mr. West is an amazing teacher! He helps you figure out your notes, pieces, scales, etc., etc., and even takes the time to write out music sheets! I look forward to every lesson with him! -Spring Z. (Student)
I am really pleased with Tom's approach and simplification of cello basics others have made so complex! The instruction was easy to follow leaving me with the ability to play 3 scales the first lesson (with practice of course). I felt like there was hope for someone like me taking up cello so much later in life.Show More
It seemed like a great first lesson. My son was comfortable and got directly to learning. We are confident that Mr. West will have him caught up with the rest of the 7th grade band in no time!
Great introductory lesson and Izabella is very excited. Thank you.
Thomas did a great job teaching the lesson. He really knows his stuff and how to teach it! He wasted no time chit chatting and got right into instructing our son. Our son is looking forward to his next lesson.
Great lesson, Thomas took the time to take a song I wanted to learn to play and create notes so I may play them.
Today was our first lesson with Tom. He was very pleasant, professional and made my daughter feel
Very much at ease. She is looking forward to her next lesson!!
Tom is absolutely wonderful!! I highly recommend him.
Mr. West is great.He is my teacher at my school and has helped both my cello playing and my Trombone Improv so much. He is really knowledgeable and dedicated to helping his students excel in their area of interest.
Thomas has been a great teacher for my son. He knows how to interact with him to get him interested and involved and inspire him to work hard.
We have found Mr. West to be knowledgeable, patient, and very good with advanced beginner/intermediate young musicians. (My son is 12 and fairly new to the trombone.) Mr. West is organized, professional, and has a good step-by-step plan for improving their playing. We recommend him highly!Show More


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Although there's been no confirmation from Apple, the iPad 2 rumors continue to swirl around the Internet. We would also be remiss if we didn't at least do a look at the Top 10 pieces of idle speculation fueled by unnamed Asian sources and fanboy devotion. (A representative from Apple declined to comment on the speculation to NBCBayArea.com.)
1. Apple is working on three versions of the iPad 2.
Apple will start mass production on three versions of the iPad 2 as early as next month, with the devices supporting "either or a combination of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA." That means that it will be for use on 3G networks like AT&T which use UMTS, and likely Verizon or Sprint, carriers which use CDMA.
2. The iPad 2 will launch by April 2011.
Apple is expected to halt manufacturing of the iPad early in 2011, and will the l
aunch iPad 2 "by the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second," according to DigiTimes.
3. The iPad 2 will have two cameras, one front- and one rear-facing.
The old iPad had no camera at all, so having two will now make it doubly easier for Apple's FaceTime to flourish (and help pay for all those primetime TV commercials.) Apple also had to compete with rivals like the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab, which came out equipped with the two cameras earlier this year.
4. The iPad 2 will come with a wide-range speaker.
Photos from a Japanese blog show a larger speaker on the back of an iPad 2 prototype, which is supposed to mean better and louder sound.
5. Contrary to previous rumors, it's unlikely the iPad 2 will have an SD card slot or USB port.
The little spot in the back is now universally believed to be the device's improved speaker.
6. It will be lighter.
Although rumors have run amok about a 7-inch iPad, many blogs believe the iPad 2 will simply be more streamlined --about 3 mm less than its previous incarnation and probably weighing closer to a pound, than its previous 1.5 pounds.
7. It will have tapered sides and a flat back, much like the iPod Touch.
The new design could be to create a more effective speaker and ease the placement of cameras.
8. It will have a dual-core CPU, which means faster processing and better graphics.
This new technology means the iPad 2 will be faster without sacrificing battery life.
9. Apple expects to ship 40 million iPad 2s in 2011.
DigiTimes reported that number means the new iPad could account for 70 percent of the world's PC market. However,when I looked up research from Gartner, Inc., PC shipments were estimated at 409 million for 2011. That would make Apple's 40 million units closer to 10 percent of the PC market.
10. Apple is working on making the iPad 2 less smudgy and reflective.
Fearing competition from the Kindle, Apple is working on anti-smudge and anti-reflective display glass, according to DigiTimes.


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I bet it's been tearing you up inside to find out who the Japanese game industry's biggest drinker is, so here's a hint: think brown.
Yes, according to Goichi Suda, the man behind games like Killer 7 and No More Heroes, the biggest booze hound of the Japanese scene is not Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki, who we presume drinks only scotch, and drinks it slowly.
No, he says its Toshihiro "Brown Man" Nagoshi, of Yakuza and Monkey Ball fame, who "drinks wine A LOT - like really, wow". Hardly conclusive, objective proof of champion status, but this is drinking we're talking about here, not the world land speed record.
So there you have it. He loves a tanning booth, he loves rip-off track pants, he loves a glass of wine. And in turn, we love him.


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Pudlo Pudlat
Canadian, 1916–1992
Loon in Open Water, 1984
lithograph on paper, 11/40
57 x 76.5 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Pudlo Pudlat began drawing in 1960 and his work was included in most of the Cape Dorset print collections until his death 32 years later. A print, Aeroplane (1976), was reproduced on a Canadian postage stamp in 1978. With its focus on modern technology, the print attracted much attention, and Pudlo's work continued to integrate technology with Inuit themes in the years that followed. A major retrospective exhibition, Pudlo: Thirty Years of Drawing, organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 1990, brought national attention to the innovation and development of the artist's body of work. In the early 1980s, his designs, such as this loon, became flatter, abstracted, and enlarged to fill the picture plane. He also explored movement, achieved in this work through a spray of lines denoting rushing water as the bird lands.
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- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
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Crowdfunding is something that everyone talks about when funding their film because funding is one of the toughest part about making your film project tangible and manifesting yourdreams into reality. As our world becomes more connected and technologically developed filmmakers are finding numerous avenues to get their projects off the ground. From wooing and hounding to campaigning and persuading, finding ways to finance you indie film can be a draining, but necessary process.
We recently had several panels in Austin covering the topic of Crowfunding such as Austin Film Festival (AFF), Austin Film Society, and International Film Festival Summit (IFFS). Experts such as John T. Trigonis presented at the AFF and Marc Hofstatter presented at the Austin Film Society and IFFS. Both work at the IndieGoGo Crowdfunding platform where Trigonis is Manager for Film & Video and Hofstatter is the head of IndieGoGo's Film division. In Austin we have filmmakers who have made a successful Crowdfunding campaign and were excited to share with the audience their tips how to make it successful such as Robert Krakower who made the film "Always Learning" and Skyler Caleb who made "Waking" that premiered at AFF in 2013. Attending for the Austin Film Society and IFFSwere filmmakers such as Andrew Matthews, and Katie Graham who made "Zero Charisma" that raised nearly $40,000 on IndieGoGo. P.J Raval and Annie Bush who made "Before You Know It" raised $50,000 on Kickstarter.
Crowdfunding is basically fundraising, but with built in social media and sharing tools that helps to accelerate the process making it like fundraising on steroids. Once you craft the killer pitch for your project and launch your social media campaign start spreading the word and be bold. Only when your campaign gets approval and support from your initial community of people you have previously introduced your project to, we typically see others from outside your network to start join the fund when you reach the 40% of your initial funding. The reason why people commit dollars are the messages or reasons behind your post, the unique way you raise your funds or the really enticing reward you offer on exchange of dollars.
Create an awesome video pitch about your project and the team behind it. Use the first 30 seconds to engage your target audience and keep your entire presentation from two to three minutes just like a movie trailer. Spread the word everywhere, leverage your entire network, friends, colleagues, social media pages, groups and put a link of your project in your signature. There is a reason why the word crowd is in front of funding. Keep your audience and network engage, frequent updates are a must, you need to let your passion flow!
It's an important key point for your campaign to know who your audience is to tailor your pitch and make it appealing for them. Also this is the time to add your personal touch and you should be transparent, why are you raising money? Where is it going and how can they be of help? If you make your pitch very appealing you set yourself up for the best success.
One of the most effective ways to make your Crowdfunding more effective is to Facebook close friends and family. Create a Facebook fan page with the information of the film you will promote with your campaign and invite your friends, family and community. With over 500 million people using Twitter it is an easy way to expose your Crowdfunding campaign to the masses. You can also purchase tweets. This can be a good way to have a celebrity or someone in your field promote you. The cost of the tweetdepends on the person and with a very small budget you can get additional exposure.
Social media messaging should be approachable, entertaining, and engaging. Speak with your fans and followers as if they are a friend you are meeting for a beer, not someone you are trying to sell to. Share information and get people excited to join you in your quest to turn your dreams into reality.
Kickstarter and IndieGoGo, considered the two most popular donation or contribution based Crowdfunding sites, were founded in 2009 and 2007 respectively. They give people and creative projects the opportunity to raise money via online donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences. The two Crowdfunding platforms only support donation-based projects. They don't allow contributors to become an investor or a shareholder, and do not qualify contributors as accredited investors to participate in any financial returns.
Crowdfunding models like IndieGoGo or Kickstarter are not like winning a lottery because most of the successful campaigns you watch on the news or making headlines they all have done quite a bit of preparation to get to that point. Preparation is the key to success and campaigns require effort and constant promotion in order to be successful so make sure you have a good plan before you start. Many of the most successful campaigns have been run by a team and take weeks of months of preparation to run a solid campaign, such a marketing, promotional strategy, plans when they reach milestones during the campaign.
James Franco raised more than $220,000 for his IndieGoGo Crowdfunding Campaign raised the funds to help a new generation of young filmmakers to fund three films based on his book "Palo Alto Stories". Franco spearheaded the campaign in order to foster the next generation of filmmakers not to turn a profit; instead, the proceeds from the movies will be given to a charity, The Art of Elysium.
Crowdfunding Models
There are two main models or types of Crowdfunding. The first is what's called donation-based funding. The birth of Crowdfunding has come through this model, where funders donate via a collaborative goal based process in return for products, perks or rewards, such as IndieGoGo and Kickstarter.
The second and more recent model is Investment Crowdfunding or Equity Crowdfunding. It wasn't until recently that the JOBS Act was enacted that gave backers the ability to invest online via investment Crowdfunding. Although the rulings for the JOBS Act are being implemented gradually, Title II of the JOBS Act has just passed a vote at the SEC that will allow companies to participate in general solicitation as of September 23rd 2013, although only accredited investors will be able to invest.
Now that the SEC has finally passed equity Crowdfunding rulings, online investment is gaining massive momentum at sites like CircleUp, Crowdfunder, and AngelList . The dynamics of investment Crowdfunding share some similarities with the donation contribution model, but it's a different game altogether.
Equity Crowdfunding allows backers to reap eventual financial returns on investments, where businesses that seek capital sell ownership stakes online in the form of equity or debt. In this model, individuals who fund become owners or shareholders and have a potential for financial return, unlike in the donation to contribution model.
Crowdfunding sites can now solicit select wealthy individuals to invest in their movies and pursue profits rather than trinkets and perks.
Equity Crowdfunding still needs more explanation and it could be confusing with all the new rules, information and sometimes controversial. As a journalist for LA SPLASH MAGAZINE and as Actress in Austin/LA learning about Crowdfunding has been exciting and enriching. Be Bold and Creative! More articles coming soon about Crowdfunding.
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Even as we looked upward at the darkening skies and seaward at the gathering storm, Wednesday was a day for looking back.
Even as we looked upward at the darkening skies and seaward at the gathering storm, Wednesday was a day for looking back.
Seven years ago Wednesday, Katrina roared ashore and changed things forever.
For thousands of people, Katrina ended life. For hundreds of thousands of others, Katrina ended the lives they had known before the storm.
The carefree atmosphere of New Orleans, in some ways, was indelibly altered.
Too many people in the Big Easy depended on government to pluck them from the murky waters rising around their homes. We saw on television as the heroic rescues took place via helicopter and boat.
For days and weeks afterward, we watched the effects on the people for whom help never arrived.
Some were pulled — too late — from attics, from sidewalks, from nursing homes.
Others were never found.
Some people headed for the hills or for parts unknown.
A lot of those folks will never come back. They've become permanent residents of Atlanta or Baton Rouge or Colorado or Texas or wherever else took them in their time of need.
In Thibodaux, we saw people arrive here after Katrina. They came on buses and stayed for a time at Nicholls State, which was a temporary shelter.
The rumor mill at the time was rife with tales of lawless misery brought on by the new arrivals.
Armed bands of thugs were taking over the streets of Thibodaux, if the rumors were to be believed.
Rape and robbery were commonplace along Bayou Lafourche as evacuees from Katrina took over our formerly quiet town.
All of that was nonsense, of course. People stayed at Nicholls State until the shelter there closed and they went elsewhere. I have always assumed most went back home.
I hope they think better about their time in Thibodaux than Thibodaux thought of them.
On a larger scale, Katrina was a time of national shock and shame.
The scenes outside the Superdome and the Convention Center in New Orleans looked more like chaotic scenes of war from third-world countries than of a unique American city known for its music, food, architecture and culture.
The political failings of our national leaders were famously reported and repeated.
A tone-deaf George W. Bush seemed oblivious to the human suffering caused by Katrina and exacerbated by every level of government.
On a smaller scale, though, Katrina represented a time of change and, I must selfishly report, even a time of triumph.
For one family, Katrina marked a turning point that continues to bring blessings.
My wife, Tammy, and my godson, Kaegen, were living in Algiers when Katrina hit. I was living in Thibodaux, and I would go back and forth each weekend. The three of us spent as much time as possible together, but we were a family with two houses but no home.
Katrina took away so many homes that I almost feel guilty for saying that it gave us one.
After the storm, there was no way for Tammy to get back and forth to her job in the French Quarter. Kaegen's school was closed.
For the time being, it was best for us to all be in Thibodaux, with Kaegen starting school and Tammy waiting to return to her house and job.
A week turned into a month, and hard decisions led to a permanent move for Tammy and Kaegen to Thibodaux.
I wouldn't wish Katrina on anyone. The misery, death and destruction that washed up with Katrina were heartbreaking and irreversible.
But I wouldn't trade it for the world either, for my family, at least.
Thursday night, after the worst of Isaac had passed us by, Tammy and Kaegen and I sat around a battery-powered lantern, with a gentle breeze blowing through our windows to cut through the heat. We played UNO, then Trivial Pursuit. We watched a movie on Kaegen's laptop.
We all agreed that it would be better if the power came back and we could watch TV and enjoy the air conditioning.
And I thought about the lonely place our house would be had Katrina gone anywhere else.
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2002 Dodge Dakota Reviews and Ratings
Quad Cab SLT
Expert Reviews
We've often seen the Dodge Dakota classified as a mid-size pickup, or even as the mid-size pickup: smaller than a Ford F-150, Chevy Silverado, or Dodge's own Ram, yet bigger than the Ford Ranger, Chevy S-10, GMC Sonoma, or Toyota Tacoma. Dodge strategically promotes the Dakota as the biggest, most powerful, most capable compact pickup on the market. Call it a compact and it's the only compact offering optional V8 power.
Whatever you call it, the Dakota offers more versatility than other compact pickups, without quite as much bulk as a full-size truck. Or as Shakespeare might have put it: A Dakota by any other name would be precisely the same size. And that size seems to fit some pickup buyers just right.
Dakota's biggest change for 2002 is the addition of the value-priced SXT, which offers sporty looks and features for under $17,000. And unlike some competitors' compact-trucks-with-attitude, SXT comes in two or four-wheel drive.
For more serious performance, Dakota continues to offer the big-engined R/T model, now with chromed wheels optional. Most Dakotas ride into 2002 with an increased GVW, and the rear-wheel anti-lock brake system (RWAL) now includes electronic brake apportioning (EBA) for more effective stopping and increased lining life.
Dodge Dakota is available in three cab configurations: Regular Cab, extended Club Cab, and four-door Quad Cab. While some competitive extended cabs feature short auxiliary doors behind the main doors, the Dakota Club Cab comes with two doors only.
Regular and Club Cabs are offered in three trim levels: base, Sport and SLT. Base Regular Cab 2WD retails for $14,810; Sport Regular Cab 2WD goes for $15,855; and SLT Regular Cab sells for $16,415. Sport adds better seats and interior trim and upgrades to the exterior. SLT comes with V6 power, gray fascias, and bright bumpers and grille. Quad Cabs start at the Sport level, powered by the V6.
The new SXT model, available only with a Regular or Club Cab, adds 16-inch alloy wheels, a rear stabilizer bar, cloth bucket seats, carpeting, and special Graphite Metallic exterior trim. Outline-white-letter tires are also part of the package: You get the all-season type with two-wheel drive, and all-terrain tires on four-wheelers.
Four engines are available. A 120-horsepower, 2.5-liter inline-4 is standard on Regular and Club Cabs in base or Sport trim. SLT's and all Quad Cabs come with a 175-horsepower 3.9-liter V6. Rounding out the option list are a 235-horsepower 4.7-liter V8, and a 5.9-liter V8 that produces 245 or 250 horsepower, depending on model. Manual transmissions are offered with all but the 5.9. All engines are available with an automatic option, including an unusual ``mutli-speed overdrive'' unit exclusive to the 4.7.
Two types of four-wheel drive are available: One is a part-time system with shift-on-the-fly capability, probably the best choice for off-road use. The other is a full-time system that emphasizes all-weather traction.
The R/T Group adds $2,190 to the cost of a Regular or Club Cab, and features a high-performance version of the 5.9-liter V8. A less restrictive exhaust increases horsepower and torque and offers a more aggressive exhaust note. R/T's also pack aggressive (255/55R17) blackwall tires on 17-inch aluminum wheels, heavy-duty stabilizer bars, a lowered (by one inch) handling-oriented suspension, limited-slip rear differential, bucket seats, a floor console, fog lights, special trim and a long list of convenience items.
Dakota shares its Freightliner styling with the full-size Dodge Ram. Bold lines give it a big, burly look, like it's ready to take on anything that comes its way.
Regular and Club Cabs have a 6-foot 6-inch bed, a good size for a compact truck. The Quad Cab, on the other hand, has a 5-foot 3-inch bed. According to Dodge, people seldom need the full length of the longer bed. Our experience, however, is that when you need it, you need it. Those who need more cargo space can consider an optional bed extender, an aluminum cage that flips over the lowered tailgate to extend the bed by 18 inches. Sometimes the bed extender works great, but a lowered tailgate with a mesh opening won't hold dirt back like longer bed with a solid tailgate. Dodge also offers a special shell developed for the Dakota by Leer to protect the cargo area.
For 2002, the 2WD Quad Cab comes with bigger standard tires: P235/75R15.
Dakota's interior was completely revised for 2001. The instrument panel was made easier to reach and easier to use, and almost all of the switchgear was changed. A notable example is the rotary dial for the electrically controlled transfer case, replacing the lever used previously. Door trim and carpeting were updated, as were the center and overhead consoles. Leather became an option on Quad Cabs, where it costs an extra $580 in 2002. The idea was to ease the transition for first-time truck buyers, who were used to the convenience and creature comforts of a car.
For 2002, Dodge has made an AM/FM/Cassette stereo standard on all Dakota models. A three-channel home security transceiver joins the option list.
Visibility from inside the Dakota Quad Cab is outstanding. The driver sits high and there are no obvious blind spots. Optional 6x9-inch mirrors improve visibility rearward. The Quad Cab is roomy and comfortable. The front seat is a 40/20/40 split, although for $210 you can replace the 40/20/40 split bench with high-back buckets with a center console. The wide console works well as a storage area for miscellaneous junk, but it gets in the way when fastening seat belts. A pullout cup holder at the foot of the center section is a nice touch. The driver and front seat passenger had tons of legroom.
The rear doors open wide - about 37 inches. Getting in and out of the rear seat is aided by the fact that there is no cutout for the rear wheels (like there is in many sport-utilities). But a lack of clearance for heads and feet make getting out a bit more difficult than it should be.
The rear seating area in the Dakota Quad Cab is roomier than that of any other compact truck. But that only makes it the best of a bad lot, and legroom, particularly, is limited. There's good knee room, and plenty of headroom, but not a lot of foot space, so don't plan on stretching out. As in most of the smaller ``crew cab'' pickups, the rear seat back is bolt upright and not very comfortable. Children and smaller adults should be happy enough back there, but taller folk will find the space confining. At least the rear windows roll all the way down, a feature sadly missing from some SUVs.
You can make better use of the rear half of the Quad Cab by folding its 60/40 split bench seat and creating a convenient and secure storage area. The seat folds entirely out of the way; not all compact trucks allow you to do that. Or, you can set up half of the rear seat for a passenger and still have room to tote stuff.
Controls are nicely placed and easy to operate. The $575 AM/FM/cassette/CD stereo offers superb sound through eight Infinity speakers spread around the cab. Our test truck came with the overhead electronic console with an eight-point compass and ambient temperature gauge that are useful when traveling. It also featured a trip computer and odometer that reports fuel economy and fuel tank range. The console is part of the Overhead Convenience Group ($275) and includes compartments for sunglasses and garage door openers, auto-dimming rearview mirror and map lights.
Our Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4 Quad Cab was smooth and comfortable, although wind noise was a companion at higher speeds.
The rotary dial for the transfer case is easy to reach and operate, and its shift-on-the-fly capability a real convenience. We hit one particularly sandy section and switched easily into 4WD without dropping speed. Later, on a steep hill, we switched into 4WD-low and easily walked up a good 15 degree grade.
Only on washboard stretches of hard-packed dirt roads did the back end tend to lose its grip at speed - and even then only in two-wheel-drive mode. That's a fault common to most unloaded pickups. We were impressed with the Quad Cab's turning radius. For a truck its length, it makes relatively tight turns.
The brakes deliver straight and true stopping power. Our Quad Cab had the optional four-wheel anti-lock brakes ($495).
Dodge claims its 4.7-liter V8 ($590), designed from a clean sheet of paper, is the most refined V8 ever offered on a Dodge truck. It's a powerful little devil, rated at 235 horsepower and 295 foot-pounds of torque--all the power and torque you'd expect from a V8.
The 4.7 can be paired with a five-speed manual gearbox, or with Dodge's new multi-speed automatic transmission. The latter is a fully electronic four-speed automatic with a dual-ratio second gear. This transmission was designed in tandem with the 4.7-liter engine and they are precisely calibrated to each other, with an onboard computer continuously adjusting the shift pattern to match the way the truck is driven. A 3.0:1 Low ratio provides plenty of leverage to get rolling, followed by a shift up into a torquy 1.67:1 Second. But a kickdown from direct-drive Third engages a higher-speed Second ratio of 1.50:1, which Dodge says is better for passing. Fourth is a generous 0.75:1 overdrive, while Reverse has the same ratio as Low, beneficial when backing up with a heavy trailer.
Dodge Dakota is a solid, well-built truck that can be fun to drive. The 4.7-liter V8 in our Quad Cab offers great performance and works seamlessly with the specially designed automatic transmission.
The added interior room of the Quad Cab makes it extremely convenient on a day-to-day basis. Along with the hauling capability of the bed, it's almost like having two vehicles in one.
If you don't want a full-size truck, but compact pickups seem too small, then the Dodge Dakota may be just the thing.


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50 Years Old and a First-Time IRONMAN
This German triathlete is ready to face his first IRONMAN a day before his 50th birthday.
by William Elmore
You can spend months pouring over that deep-rim wheel purchase, days weighing up what shoes to run in, and hours picking the right energy gel for you.
All will hopefully lead to a faster and more comfortable IRONMAN race day.
But often overlooked on the road to IRONMAN is the importance of setting short-, medium- and long-term goals for maintaining motivation and giving your training some clear direction. A man who knows all about setting goals in endurance sports is the German age-grouper and IRONMAN European Tour Series triathlete, Andreas Klose, who's on a 10-year journey to the IRONMAN start line.
I'd be happy if I was just as fit at 60 as I am at 50. I'd see that as my biggest goal.
"The only sport I did when I was young was mountain biking, for fun," says the Wiesbaden-hailing athlete. "Then came a girlfriend, soon there were children, a house was built, and the cycling became limited to occasional outings." He says that as the children got older, more time became available, and with it the idea of crossing the Alps on a mountain bike. He and some friends trained and trained, and on Klose's 40th birthday he achieved his goal.
"Some 700km in seven days, I was so proud," he says.
With the 40th birthday milestone passed, Andreas was soon plotting an IRONMAN path that would last 10 years. "That same summer I reported to my work colleagues on my sports vacation and they suggested a mini-triathlon. The whole thing was 'only' one-tenth of an IRONMAN, so 380 meters of swimming, an 18 kilometer bike, and a 4.2 kilometer un. I had fun on the run and I was reasonably fast. A seed was planted!"
Soon Klose bought a road bike and the run routes became longer, with 10k races followed by half marathons the next year, and a full marathon after that. "I was satisfied with Olympic-distance triathlons and finishing my first IRONMAN 70.3 race was gigantic, but I also wanted to know if I could do more," he recalls. He says he always secretly had the desire to race an IRONMAN before his 50th birthday. "I watched the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt for a few years and found the atmosphere so infectious that I decided to do it the day before my 50th birthday in 2017."
Klose used the short-term goal of the German IRONMAN Tour Series opener, June's IRONMAN 70.3 Kraichgau, to prepare the ground for his full debut, clocking an impressive 5:23:27 time in the process. "Kraichgau was a great race but knowing that I have to do that distance twice in July is still a shock. I have huge respect for everyone who's already completed an IRONMAN and I can now imagine what it means. To experience this feeling is precisely why I'm so excited ahead of Frankfurt."
And what's Klose's long-term goal before his 60th birthday? "I'm sure that the individual disciplines of triathlon will still be challenging me. I'm already looking at the 312k Gran Fondo Espana in Mallorca and an ultra marathon of 50k. But I'd be happy if I was just as fit at 60 as I am at 50. I'd see that as my biggest goal!"
The German IRONMAN Tour Series continues at the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt on July 9th before heading to IRONMAN 70.3 Ruegen on September 10th.


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In Part One of this series, I discussed some of the common problems people have with the file structure of computer operating systems. This is the heart of any of the issues in using a flash drive to transport files for research or for backing up files to a flash drive. In this post, I will cover some of the problems people encounter when they try to move files back and forth between a flash drive (or other external device for that matter) and their main computer.
One of the first problems, and the most serious, is losing track of which file is your latest working file. I commonly find people with multiple genealogy files on their hard drive and on their flash drive with no idea which of all of the files are the latest. Frequently, they have added data to all of the files independently and so the files are partial duplicates of each other. In the worst cases, they have lost data by overwriting a newer file with one that is older.
To summarize what I said in the first post, you begin to get control of this duplication problem when you start naming files in a way to tell which one is the last file you worked on. Central to this idea, is the concept of renaming a file with the current date, each time you work on a file or otherwise segregating the working file in way that tells you that you are looking at the file you last worked on.
To partially solve this problem, I suggest two things. Locate and look at each file on your hard drive. Many of the current genealogy programs have a way to search for all of the data files on your hard drive. Once the program has found the files, then note the names of the files. Write them down if you need to do so. Then physically locate every file on your hard drive. Create a folder on your desktop and move all of the files to one folder. There is one caution, if your computer program requires a file to be in a certain location, then you must leave it there. You will know this when you try to open the program and it says that the file cannot be found. In a good genealogy program, the program will allow you search for the program or will ask you if you already know where the program is located. I do not like programs that will not allow you to put your data files where ever you wish to put them.
If you have a situation where you have multiple files and do not know which is the latest one, you can use some of the current genealogy programs to solve that problem. Both RootsMagic and Legacy Family Tree allow you to physically compare two files side by side in the program for differences. The FamilyInsight utility for Personal Ancestral File can do the same thing. If you can't figure this out, then you need to ask someone for help in sorting out your files.
Assuming you can finally sort out the latest files and/or consolidate the files. I strongly suggest you keep all of your files in one file folder. I prefer the desktop for this master file, but you can put it anywhere you want so long as you can easily find it again.
Microsoft Windows uses a default location for its data files in a folder called My Documents. The only problem with this is that the My Documents folder can be buried deep in the file structure. Also, many programs create an identically labeled file called "My Documents." If you do a search on your computer, you are likely to find a number of My Documents files. You can certainly use the My Documents file folder to store your files, as long as you know where it is located.
Moving on, once you know what files you are working with, you have to identify each one in a unique way which preferably includes a date the file was last used.
Next, rotating the files so that you always have a true backup and a current working file.


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David Bain's claim for compensation is starting to look more and more like Charlie Brown's attempt to kick the football.
According to the stuff.co.nz website, John Key said the following about Judith Collin's decision to seek further legal advice (actually, a review of the review) on David Bain's claim for compensation:
Asked if it was a question of the Government looking for the advice it wanted, he said: "No, I don't think so . . . she [Ms Collins] had some concerns, or at least issues, that she wanted to flesh out a bit more before she took the next step.
"There will be a lot of public interest in what happens here and obviously the Government needs to ensure it's fair."
Let me translate and flesh out that statement for Pundit readers.
"Look, just about everyone in New Zealand has an opinion on this Bain bloke's guilt or innocence, and a fair chunk of them think he's guilty as sin. And, to be honest, there's a lot of us around the cabinet table think that, too. So if we give him a couple of million dollars as compensation for being wrongly jailed, we know there's going to be a hell of a backlash from people who've read things like this.
So that's why Simon Power got this bloke Binnie in from Canada to have a look at Bain's claim for compensation. I suppose he hoped that getting an informed opinion on the case from an eminent outside source might work to convince everyone that, whatever their personal views, they should just accept his conclusion and let the issue go.
Now, frankly, the easiest thing for us would have been for this bloke Binnie to conclude that while Bain is not guilty of the murders, he also most probably is not innocent of them either. Then we could just do a Rex Haig on him by telling him to count himself lucky he's not still in jail before sending him on his way.
But unfortunately for us, this bloke Binnie has come back and told us that Bain actually is most probably innocent. And in the meantime, Simon has moved on and Judith has taken over his job. And Judith has some problems with some of the decisions that Simon made, so doesn't feel that she has to just carry through with the plans that he made.
So because we're not all that happy with this bloke Binnie's conclusions, and we know that there'll be a fair chunk of New Zealanders who won't be either, we're going to get someone else - this bloke Fisher - to have a look at what we've been told. If this bloke Fisher tells us that this bloke Binnie got it right, well then ... I guess we'll have no real choice but to go along with it.
However, if this bloke Fisher tells us that this bloke Binnie has gone off the deep-end and got it all wrong (which, to be honest, is what Judith herself thinks), then that'll give us a reason to say that the "special circumstances" needed to pay Bain compensation haven't been met. Which would, quite frankly, be a bit easier for us to sell. So that's what we're going to do."
I suppose that answer wouldn't really fit neatly into a press conference - and good luck getting it packaged into a neat sound-bite quote!


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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Noah's Ark bento lunch
Packed in a four-square Lock & Lock box, clockwise from top left, my son has: pickles, a cereal bar and homemade granola bite (baked in a mini silicone cup), wheat crackers with cheddar cheese pieces (cut with Noah's ark themed mini-cutters), and raspberries.
So...as you may or may not be aware, the South was blasted by huge storms this past weekend. Over 18 inches of rain fell in two days which resulted in epic flooding. Many of Nashville's historic and iconic buildings and landmarks are destroyed, there have been drownings of over 20 people (and more are missing), thousands of homes, businesses and vehicles submerged. Please keep Tennessee in your thoughts and prayers!
6 comments:
- Melanie said... [Reply to comment]
thinking of you all, melissa. and love those mini silicone muffin cups!
- May 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Kelly Lester said... [Reply to comment]
My brother in Knoxville didn't mention the storms. So glad you're OK Melissa! The flood inspired bento - genius. I need to let my kids make use our cookie cutters on their lunches. Totally inpsired.
- May 5, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
I was just looking at photos of the flooding on The Big Picture blog. Absolutely horrifying!
The people of Tennessee have been in my thoughts these past few days. My hometown, Cedar Rapids, IA (where my parents still live) flooded two summers ago so I have an idea what your state is going through. Even if you are not directly affected, it is extremely difficult to watch the flood waters destroy your home. The cities affected by the Iowa floods have only partially recovered and they still have years of work ahead of them. I am so sorry to hear about this disaster in your state.
And just to be sure -- your home and family are OK, right?
- May 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- mochadoo said... [Reply to comment]
do u have a recipe for the granola bites?
- May 8, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
hello mochadoo! For the granola bites I simply used a standard granola recipe and rather than press into a baking pan I pressed smaller portions into mini-baking cups. I'm currently working on a granola bar recipe and if it works out I'll post it very soon!
- May 10, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
homemade granola bar and granola bites posted here:
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RE: st: -xtmixed- performance problem
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RE: st: -xtmixed- performance problem
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:11:02 -0500
Would this model suffice?
>xi: xtreg y x1 x2 x3 x4 i.datevar, be
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> I want to run the following two-way error component regression in xtmixed,
> with cluster robust standard errors
> xtmixed y x1 x2 x3 x4 || _all: R.id || datevar:, mle residuals(, by(id))
> Without the term residuals(,by(id)) the regression is very fast, but with
> the the option included, it did only 2 iterations in 48h.
> Does anybody have any idea, what i could do to speed the regression up? Is
> there maybe an option to decrease accuracy or something like that?
In a later post on this thread you said you have 320 groups each with 12
observations. When you added -residuals(, by(id))- in the above you specified
a heteroskedasticity model where you estimate a distinct residual variance for
each group. This added 320 parameters to be estimated in your model, hence
the slowdown.
Cluster robust standard errors are currently not supported by -xtmixed-,
although that is something we are looking into adding in the future.
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