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Complicated cat feeding situation
Ok, I need help. I have a very complicated cat-feeding problem. Here's how it goes:
1. Taz (5 year old male tabby) eats from an auto-feeder. He is prone to obesity and has a very sensitive stomach. Current food is working for both for the most part, but he does have very smelly poos and they sometimes are soft. He is also on Clomicalm for stress/anxiety, and eats a wet meal daily of 2 tbsp plain yogurt mixed with 1 tsp generic brand canned food and water (with his pill). He also had crystals in his urine at one point, but this is under control with a weekly dose of cranberry powder added to his food.
2. Aubrie (~9 year old female ragdoll x) shares her food with the other 2 girls (similar age, both mixed breed) in a kennel with a magnetic cat door. She is very inactive (always has been), but doesn't overeat. Seems to be developing a sensitive stomach as she had diarrhea on her previous food (Natural Balance "Original") but it hasn't cleared up in the 3 weeks she's been on the same food as Taz. She is very picky about treats and as a result doesn't eat any yogurt/canned food offerings.
The other girls eat the same food as Aubrie but have no issues. I'm fairly comfortable that they will do well on anything I feed them.
The food they're all currently on is Eagle Pack Holistic Anchovy, Sardine & Salmon formula.
Food brand isn't as important to me as ingredients. I need a corn-free (or very low corn content) food for Taz's stomach, and prefer to keep all 4 cats on the same food. It must be kibble, I don't have the time for raw food, and I will not feed my cats canned food exclusively.
Any kibble suggestions are very much welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Guardian of Taz (10) & one-eyed wonder Cube (11).
Forever in my heart: Patches Gizmo (1987 - 2008), Sierra (1999 - 2010), Rusty (1999 - 2012), Aubrie (1999-2014)
"If you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the pet."
Have you tried them on a grain-free food ? such as Orijen, but other companies are getting on the bandwagon. I notice there are a few people here whose animals haven't done well on Orijen but that must be true of virtually every food.
Have you thought of adding some probiotics to the yogurt? Or some slippery elm syrup, both good for gut issues.
If only our mealtimes were so well-organized, it's bedlam, sauve qui peut!
Have not tried them on Orijen but I did briefly have Taz on Innova Evo which resulted in a really bad case of bloody diarrhea.
I haven't tried any additives to the yogurt for Taz, and since I can't get Aubrie to eat even any yogurt, I'm not sure how I might be able to do that for her. I can pill Taz no problem, but Aubrie is a different story - she fights like I can't even describe - the only time she actually moves with any speed! Is there a pill form that I might be able to try her on (something small enough that she could swallow)?
I will look into the Orijen, though I read some reviews yesterday and it seems Wellness is also a good brand - opinions?
Guardian of Taz (10) & one-eyed wonder Cube (11).
Forever in my heart: Patches Gizmo (1987 - 2008), Sierra (1999 - 2010), Rusty (1999 - 2012), Aubrie (1999-2014)
"If you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the pet."
My 8-yr old, mixed breed, kitty is eating Wellness kibble in the morning and Tinned (either Wellness or Fancy Feast) in the evening. She's doing excellent on it.
Why do you not want to do wet feeding ? Especially with a cat who has had crystals, the extra moisture content would be a good thing.
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I just empty the capsules of probiotic into my cats' food, it doesn't appear to have any taste. But the capsules - at least the ones I bought - are small enough for them to swallow, no problem.
The other girls are grazers, one of them is *very* picky about wet food (as in I've yet to find anything out of a can that she'll eat that's not actual tuna), and their food is left out all the time - canned food would get dried out, crusty and probably full of bacteria before they finished it off. Scheduling their food is not an option given our unique feeding situation.
So that's why wet food isn't an option. I do soak some of Taz's kibble in tons of water (I make his food a soup) with his yogurt in the evening.
Badger - what kind of probiotics do you use/where do you get them?
I have been adding the Eagle Pack Solution (Ingredients: Stabilized Rice Bran, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Natural Chicken Flavor, Inulin, Dried Aspergillus niger Extract, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Extract, L. acidophilus, L. casei, B. subtillus, B. licheniformis, B. coagulins, Aspergillus niger, Lactococcus lactis, Enterococcus faecium.) to Taz's dinner and his poops are significantly better. I've also been giving it to Aubrie - she doesn't want to eat it so I've had to force feed it to her which she hates - and I haven't had any liquid poops in a few days. Aubrie didn't get this stuff on Saturday or Sunday though, and she had a very sticky poo yesterday that required her to go in the tub to have it washed off her butt. So obviously this stuff works, but it says right on it that it's not for long-term use, only supplemental/short-term use, so I need to find something else. I think I will go pick up a bag of Wellness and transition them to it. The Wellness Indoor Health variety sounds good - opinions on this variety vs their others?
Guardian of Taz (10) & one-eyed wonder Cube (11).
Forever in my heart: Patches Gizmo (1987 - 2008), Sierra (1999 - 2010), Rusty (1999 - 2012), Aubrie (1999-2014)
"If you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the pet."
As for leaving out canned food, it actually doesn't become the breeding ground of bacteria that you would think. There are many people, me included, that put down wet food twice a day and let their cats graze on it over the next several hours (even up to 12). Never had a problem. You can add a few extra tsps of water to slow down the drying out process. I realize you're reluctant to do the wet thing, but just thought I'd mention it anyway.
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
I don't mean to be rude or disregard your request for kibble suggestions only, dogmelissa, but any cat who is prone to obesity and crystals shouldn't be on any sort of dry food. I leave out canned food for up to 12 hours and have never had a problem with it, Puddles is a nibbler too and will graze on her food every two hours or so (she gets Wellness Grainfree Canned)
The two kibble I think are best are Wellness Core and Orijen. Wellness Core did give Jasper smelly, runny poops, which Orijen did not.
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Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
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Define "too high in carbs".... Cats don't *need* carbs, but they can use them. I'm pretty sure that unless I feed a homemade or raw diet, there's going to be a significant percentage of carbs in the food I feed to my cats.
I found a calculator which you input the nutritional analysis of a cat food and it spits out the actual carb percentage - carbs are bad for diabetic cats.
When I put in the info from the Wellness Indoor, it came up with 31.1% carbs.
Their current food came in at 20.6%. So yeah, logically, there's more carbs in the Wellness comparatively, but I'm not sure that you can compare it just based on percentage - not all carbs are digested or absorbed in the digestive system, specifically comparings things like fibre to a starch. Both are considered carbs, but fibre doesn't get absorbed, it simply adds bulk and "roughage" to the diet. And the Wellness Indoor has 5% fibre while the EP Holistic has only 2.8%. There are other minerals which add to the carb total which aren't necessarily digested or absorbed in the same way, as well, including minerals and vitamins. They don't all add to fat, many are essential; not to mention that in comparing these two foods, they don't even list the same nutritional components, so I am comparing apples to oranges.
I have yet to find any real information backing up your claim that carbs cause alkaline urine, and in fact I found a source that says that a treatment for cats with crystals is actually a LOW-protein food (Veterinary advice from John Burns BVMS MRCVS). I did find lots of information that suggests what you are saying, but none of them are veterinary, and most refer to dogs - cats have a different physiology and react differently to many things in the enviroment.
That being said, the crystal "problem" is under control with the cranberry, which is a recommendation of my veterinarian.
I can't use Innova Evo - as I've said before, high protein foods trigger immediate bloody diarrhea in Taz. I expect that CORE, with it's exact same protein percentage as Evo would cause the same result. Not one I'm willing to try.
I appreciate that many of you think canned food is better for many reasons. It simply does not work in my house hold, for a variety of reasons, and it's not an option I'm willing to discuss further.
I have looked at the ingredients/nutritional analysis of their current food and the Wellness Indoor, and am willing to at least give it a try. The other Wellness formulas have similar analysis and I really don't think there's a significant difference between them.
Thank you for your help,
Guardian of Taz (10) & one-eyed wonder Cube (11).
Forever in my heart: Patches Gizmo (1987 - 2008), Sierra (1999 - 2010), Rusty (1999 - 2012), Aubrie (1999-2014)
"If you can't afford the vet, you can't afford the pet."
Cats also have several physiologic adaptations that reflect their expected low CHO (carbohydrate) intake. The first of these is that cats lack salivary amylase, the enzyme responsible for initiating CHO digestion.25 In addition, cats also have low activities of intestinal and pancreatic amylase and reduced activities of intestinal disaccharidases that break down CHOs in the small intestines.25,26 These specific differences do not mean cats cannot use starch. In fact, cats are extremely efficient in their use of simple sugars. However, it does underscore their development as carnivores and the expected low amounts of grain in their typical diet. These digestive differences may mean that high amounts of CHO in diets may have untoward effects on cats. For example, high amounts of CHO in diets decrease protein digestibility in cats because of a combination of factors, including increased passage rate.
In cats, the liver also has several distinct features that influence disaccharide metabolism. In most animals, hepatic hexokinase (a constitutive enzyme) and glucokinase (an inducible enzyme) are active and responsible for phosphorylation of glucose for storage or oxidation. Cats differ in that they have minimal function of hepatic glucokinase, and the activity is not adaptive (ie, activity cannot be up-regulated when the diet contains large amounts of CHO).28,29 In addition, cats also have minimal activity of hepatic glycogen synthetase (the enzyme responsible for converting glucose to glycogen for storage in the liver).2 Again, the likely reason for low hepatic glucokinase and glycogen synthetase activity in cats is a metabolic program that uses gluconeogenic amino acids and fat, rather than starch, in their diet for energy. As a result, cats have limited ability to rapidly minimize hyperglycemia from a large dietary glucose load.
The liver in cats also does not contain fructokinase, an enzyme necessary for metabolism of simple sugars. Lack of this enzyme was documented in a study30 in which cats that consumed diets high in simple sugars became hyperglycemic and fructosuric.
Heres another tidbit: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...?dopt=Abstract
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Starch and fiber in diets potentially stimulate formation of struvite crystals. Hence, reducing dietary carbohydrate is desirable to prevent struvite urolith formation.
CHICKEN & BROWN RICE_- Contains: Brown Rice, Poultry Meat Meal, Maize, Poultry Fat, Chicken Liver, Seaweed, Vitamins and Minerals
OCEAN FISH __Contains: Brown Rice, Fish Meal, Maize,Fish Oil, Chicken Liver, Seaweed, Vitamins and MineralsAnd his comments about cats and carbohydrates are in complete contradiction to what other highly respected vets (like Dr. Zoran, Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins, Dr. Lisa Pierson, Dr. Jean Hofve) have to say on the matter. And none of them are selling cat food.
Either way, good luck with whatever food you decide on.
"To close your eyes will not ease another's pain." ~ Chinese Proverb
We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies. ~ Gretchen Wyler
I am sorry to hear you will not consider feeding canned food.
I wish I had pictures of Puddles when she was on a mostly kibble diet (high grain, low meat protien) and now on a 90% canned, Wellness grainfree. Last year we thought she was not going to live another year or two, her fur was greasy and thinning out. Within 6 months of changing her diet, she now looks like she did when she was 2 years old and has gotten more active.
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Jasper, male Ragdoll ?? (approx 10 yrs)
Rose semi feral, a cpietra rescue, female tabby (approx 7 yrs)
Sweet Pea RIP (2004?-2014)
Puddles RIP (1996-2014)
Snowball RIP (1991-2005)
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The MIDS system provides secure, high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for Navy, Air Force and Army platforms.
This contract covers the development, fabrication, integration, testing and delivery of systems, which will be developed to support both the MIDS Joint Tactical Radio System and the MIDS low volume terminal four for shipboard applications, the Defense Department said.
Work will be performed in Wayne, N.J., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed by February 2017, or February 2022 with options.
Funding in the amount of $8.2 million is obligated at the time of the award.
Two bids were received for this contract.
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April 26, 2008
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - MIT women's track and field fell short in defending its first-ever conference title, finishing third overall at the 2008 NEWMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
The middle-distance trio of Andrea Bradshaw, Jacqui Wentz and Adrienne Bolger delivered solid races on the track while giving MIT a boost in the team standings. Bradshaw set a new MIT record in the 800m, finishing second overall with a time of 2:17.07. Wentz completed the same circuit in 2:17.40, for a third-place finish behind a time that would also have set a new school mark. Bolger lost a heart-breaker in the 1500m, but her clip of 4:42.98 smashed the previous Institute record by nearly three seconds en route to a second-place finish.
Senior Leanne Veldhuis supplied another terrific highlight as she earned a conference title in the 400-meter hurdles behind a season-best 1:04.88. Although she settled for third in a hotly-contested 800m, Wentz also scored a first-place finish with a 25-second victory in the steeplechase.
Veldhuis anchored another near-record effort for the Engineers, as her race with Bradshaw, Wentz and Bolger in the 4x100-meter relay fell just shy of the school record. The group split 4:04.21 to finish behind Wheaton and Springfield, the two teams that also finished ahead of the Cardinal and Gray in the team standings.
In the field, junior Emily Hwang secured a personal-best in the pole vault en route to her first conference championship. Hwang cleared 11'9" to easily out-distance the next closest competitor while freshmen Karin Fisher, Rebecca Stavely and Lynn Jepsen combined to give MIT four of the top six finishers in the event.
Senior Aline Thomas continued her outstanding season with two first-place finishes. Thomas tossed 43'1.75" for an impressive win in the shot put before winning the hammer throw by seven feet with a throw of 162'3". Thomas' best mark in the hammer established a NEWMAC championship record.
MIT finished third with 178 points, while Wheaton secured a two-point victory over Springfield (205-203) for the 2008 team title. Coast Guard (67), Smith (52), Mount Holyoke (28), WPI (25) and Babson (18) rounded out the scoring.


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Course Descriptions
|Environmental Engineering
ENE 400 - Environmental Engineering Lectures I
Credits: 2.00
Introduces the profession, the environmental engineer as planner, designer, problem solver, and interdisciplinary team player; and the goals of the environmental engineering curriculum. Lectures by faculty and practitioners. Introduction to computer and problem-solving skills required for environmental engineering. Engineering ethics.
ENE 401 - Environmental Engineering Lectures II
Credits: 1.00
Introduces the concept of integrated design and project planning and management in environmental engineering. Field trips to environmental engineering sites and projects. Prereq: ENE 400. Includes CEPS and Continuing Education. Cr/F.
ENE 520 - Environmental Pollution and Protection: A Global Context
Credits: 4.00
Introduces environmental science and engineering and the anthropogenic causes of environmental change. Emphasizes the causes, effects, and controls of air, water, and land pollution. The political, ecological, economic, ethical, and engineering aspects of environmental pollution and control are discussed. Field trips. Writing intensive.
ENE 612 - Unit Operations Laboratory I
Credits: 3.00
Selected experiments in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and unit operations, with emphasis on environmental engineering. Writing intensive.
ENE 645 - Fundamental Aspects of Environmental Engineering
Credits: 4.00
Application of fundamental concepts of mass balance in treatment processes. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of pollution control, and design concepts for operations and processes used in environmental engineering are discussed. Concepts of engineering ethics are presented. Students participate in a design project that involves an oral presentation and written report. Prereq: CHEM 404, CIE 642, ENE 520; or permission. Writing intensive
ENE 696 - Field Experience
Credits: 1.00
Based on appropriate career-oriented work experience in environmental engineering. Student can get one credit for field experience. A written final report is required as well as permission of student's adviser.
ENE 697 - Internship
Credits: 2.00
Off-campus work in the environmental engineering field for on-the-job skill development. Needs to be supervised by an environmental engineering faculty member; and a proposal for the internship must be submitted and have permission of the ENE faculty prior to the start of the internship. Prereq: permission. IA (continuous grading).
ENE 708 - Industrial Process and Design
Credits: 4.00
Introduces cost engineering. Application of acquired skills to design of chemical processes. Individual major design project required. Safety for industrial processes. Lab. (Also offered as CHE 708.) Writing intensive.
ENE 709 - Fundamentals of Air Pollution and Its Control
Credits: 4.00
The origin and fate of air pollutants. Fundamentals of atmospheric meteorology, chemistry, and dispersion phenomena. Control of air pollutants and the related equipment. Current issues. Lab.
ENE 713 - Unit Operations Laboratory II
Credits: 3.00
Selected experiments in mass transfer, stagewise operations, thermodynamics, and kinetics with emphasis on environmental engineering. Writing intensive.
ENE 742 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Engineering
Credits: 3.00
A thorough examination of the problems that exist in hazardous and solid waste management are presented in terms of the current regulations and engineering approaches used to develop solutions. Topics include risk-based decision making, transport and fate of contaminants, and the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological concepts, which make up the basis for technological solutions to these waste management problems. Case studies are used throughout the course to highlight key concepts and provide real-world examples. Pre- or Coreq: ENE 645 or permission.
ENE 743 - Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Credits: 4.00
Theory of analytical and sampling techniques used in environmental engineering. Topics include potentiometry, spectroscopy, chromatography, automated analysis, quality control, sampling design, and collection methods. Methods discussed in lecture are demonstrated in labs. Prereq: CHEM 404 and ENE 645 or permission. Lab.
ENE 743W - Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Credits: 4.00
Theory of analytical and sampling techniques used in environmental engineering. Topics include potentiometry, spectroscopy, chromatography, automated analysis, quality control, sampling design, and collection methods. Methods discussed in lecture are demonstrated in labs. Prereq: CHEM 404 and ENE 645 or permission. Lab. Writing intensive.
ENE 744 - Physicochemical Treatment Design
Credits: 4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of advanced unit processes employed in physicochemical treatment of waters, wastewaters, and hazardous wastes. Discusses preparation of alternative designs and economic analysis. Emphasizes treatment schemes based on experimental laboratory or pilot studies. Prereq: ENE 645, 749 or permission. Lab.
ENE 746 - Bioenvironmental Engineering Design
Credits: 4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of unit processes employed in biological treatment of waters, wastewaters, and hazardous wastes. Preparation of engineering reports, including developing design alternatives and economic analysis, is required. Prereq: ENE 645 and ENE 756 or permission. Writing intensive.
ENE 747 - Introduction to Marine Pollution and Control
Credits: 4.00
Introduces the sources, effects, and control of pollutants in the marine environment. Dynamic and kinetic modeling; ocean disposal of on-shore wastes, shipboard wastes, solid wastes, dredge spoils, and radioactive wastes; and oil spills. Prereq: ENE 645 or permission.
ENE 748 - Solid and Hazardous Waste Design
Credits: 4.00
Selection, design, and evaluation of unit processes employed in the treatment of solid wastes and hazardous wastes will be studied. Topics include design of materials recovery facilities, landfills, waste-to-energy facilities and hazardous waste site remedial technologies. A group term project taken from a real-world project will be required. An oral presentation by the group and preparation of a final written engineering report including alternative evaluation, permits, scheduling and economic analysis will be required from each group. Prereq: ENE 742 or permission. Writing intensive.
ENE 749 - Water Chemistry
Credits: 4.00
Emphasizes the use of chemical equilibrium principles and theory, calculations, and applications of ionic equilibrium stresses. Topics include thermodynamics, kinetics, acid/base, complexation, precipitation/dissolution, and redox equilibria. Computer equilibrium modeling is presented. Prereq: CHEM 404 or CHEM 405.
ENE 751 - Introduction to Sustainable Engineering
Credits: 3.00
This course begins with exploration of the precept that we live in, and must design engineering works for, a world with a finite supply of natural resources and with limited life support capacity. Tools for sustainability engineering are the focus of the course, which includes life cycle analysis and life cycle impact analysis, the metrics and mass and energy flow analyses used in the field of industrial ecology, and environmental management systems.
ENE 752 - Process Dynamics and Control
Credits: 4.00
Dynamic behavior of chemical engineering processes described by differential equations, feedback control concepts and techniques, stability analysis, application in pollution control. Lab. (Also listed as CHE 752.)
ENE 756 - Environmental Engineering Microbiology
Credits: 4.00
Concepts of environmental engineering microbiology. Topics include taxonomy of species important in environmental engineering processes; microbial metabolism, interaction, and growth kinetics in environmental treatment processes; biogeochemical cycling in water; and effects of environmental parameters on environmental engineering microbial processes. Laboratories focus on microbiological methods and laboratory-scale biological treatment experiments. Prereq: ENE 520 and CIE 642 or permission. Lab. Writing intensive.
ENE 784 - Introduction to Project Planning and Design
Credits: 1.00
Part one of a two part sequence. Student groups develop a project statement to address a significant environmental engineering system design. Each team prepares a project plan to be executed in ENE 788, part two of this sequence. Open only to Environmental Engineering majors. Cr/F.
ENE 788 - Project Planning and Design
Credits: 3.00
Student groups formed in multidisciplinary design teams to prepare a design plan for a large-scale environmental engineering system including consideration of budgetary constraints, regulatory requirements, and environmental impacts. Each team prepares a final written report and gives a formal presentation. Prereq: senior environmental engineering major or permission. Writing intensive.
ENE 795 - Independent Study
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
A limited number of qualified seniors is permitted to pursue independent studies under ENE faculty guidance. Seniors write terminal thesis reporting the results of their investigations. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits. Prereq: permission of ENE faculty member involved.
ENE 797 - Special Topics
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Advanced or specialized topics not normally covered in the regular course offerings. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 credits, but not in duplicate areas. Prereq: permission.
ENE 799H - Senior Honors Thesis
Credits: 4.00
Students in the honors program in environmental engineering complete a project under the direction of a faculty sponsor resulting in a written thesis which must be accepted by the sponsor by the end of the second semester, senior year. Four credits total during senior year; 3 of which may be used to fulfill an ENE non-design elective.


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|More building......
|Whew! I hope I can get it all appliqued down!!
|Original block at the Folk Art Museum in NYC.
|More building......
|Whew! I hope I can get it all appliqued down!!
|Original block at the Folk Art Museum in NYC.
It's beautiful I'm impressed.ReplyDelete
gf, this is awesome.ReplyDelete
Your quilt is going to be amazing, I wonder what you will do for 100 years....ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, Lori!!
Happy fiftieth to you! I LOVE that Scripture! Woot!!
I am in awe - can't wait to see more!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous--perfect jubilee block! (but it would take me 50 years to make it!) ;)ReplyDelete
Wow! looking forward to more :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning applique blocks. This quilt is gonna be spectacular. Keep plugging on . . .ReplyDelete
That is just an absolutely beautiful block! I am so impressed and I just love it.ReplyDelete
Lori it is stunning and a wonderful choice for a Jubilee Quilt.ReplyDelete
What a great project!ReplyDelete
Holey-Moley! I remember your inspiration piece so well. Wow - I just love that you are doing this. I can't imagine even attempting to draft it. Very cool!ReplyDelete
this is so incredible! love what you are doing, esp. the hand drafting.:)ReplyDelete
It looks wonderful. I wouldn't even think of making the pattern myself.ReplyDelete
Its wonderful, nice replicate!! Impressive, I can think of quite a few more worthy adjectives but you know what I am thinking!!ReplyDelete
I don't want to leave this post. I keep scrolling down to the bottom and scroll right back to the top staring at this beautiful block you have made. I also showed it to my husband and his eyes went wide open and jaw dropped..and I am Not kidding.
Absolutely inspiring!
absolutely fabulous~!!~
loved seeing your process.
Your spectacular beginning leaves me speechless. I'm typing words, but I'm saying nothing, cuz I'm speechless.
Awesome, impressive, bold, unique. WOW! And thanks for showing your antique inspiration. Your Jubilee project is off to a great start.
Amazing!! So beautiful! What a heirloom you are creating!!
Holey moley, that is one amazing block Lori. A fitting tribute for the jubilee year. I'm seriously amazed and am cheering you on.ReplyDelete
Such a celebration of your talent and life as you stitch on your quilt, I like that you are hand drawing the spikes to give it a folk art appeal.ReplyDelete
Goodness gracious is that intense or what?!
All that work, you're really a steadfast quilter! I just know it's going to be one great quilt!
I love this so much -- because it's just beautiful, and because you made your own pattern. What a great Jubilee Quilt.ReplyDelete
I don't know what to say, I was expecting great things from you but this is just amazing (and very ambitious).ReplyDelete
I love the pattern and the fabrics, and I love how you put it all together....great pattern making!!!
This is really magnificent, Lori!
This is really magnificent, Lori!
FAB!! This is turning out so beautiful....and YES, you will get all the applique done....one at a time.ReplyDelete
What can I say that hasn't been said?! I mean, WOW, it's jaw-dropping amazing! can't wait to see more.ReplyDelete
Lori, I'm so glad you posted the original......I'm liking YOURS so much better! It really sings! Love it!ReplyDelete
Amazing job of replicating that quilt, Lori! You are incredible. This 'humble quilt" is really going to shine!ReplyDelete
Wow, wow, wow!!!! You're so talented, Lori. I'm in awe!!!!ReplyDelete
Awe-some and some!
I absolutely love the wonkiness.
Great progress there Lori!! Your block is looking wonderful, I can appreciate the fine details you have created, well done!!!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a great quilt so far! I am impressed.ReplyDelete
That is going to be some awesome quilt! Wow! I guess I need to start thinking about what will be our 50th anniversary quilt, huh? August is approaching.ReplyDelete
I had a picture of that quilt saved at one time thinking I would like to make one. I will surely enjoy seeing yours come together. I like that you made the hand drawn part. I was trying to figure out at one time how to draw the design and didn't get far. How creative to just start marking lines and sewing and getting the folk art look.ReplyDelete
WOW!! Lori this is going to be a fabulous quilt!!! I enjoyed seeing how you developed your pattern. You are a brave and talented quilter! So how many blocks like this are you making?ReplyDelete
It looks great
Hugs Janice
WOW! That's impressive! I'm speechless...ReplyDelete
Lori you are so talented. I really love your block. I need to work on mine some more. I love that you are including us all on your Jubilee celebration. HugsReplyDelete
Amazing! It's going to be a gorgeous quilt when it's finished. Happy 50 years!ReplyDelete
OMG Lori, that is just astounding!
Soooo gorgeous!!!!!
That is such a cool quilt!!! I love red and green, yum! Happy jubilee!!ReplyDelete
WOW!!! VERY impressive.
So glad I'm not joining you in THAT project!! VBG
Awesome block!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Good verse!ReplyDelete
Oh my! I just that everything about it!ReplyDelete
WOW..that is impressive!!ReplyDelete
Wonderful! It's going to be amazingReplyDelete
Wow! It's so beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wow! It's wonderful. Wonky and so precise at the same time. Bold and sweet. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
Wow! It's wonderful. Wonky and so precise at the same time. Bold and sweet. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
Lori OMG I loved that block when I saw it at the museum and never thought I could ever draft it . I am so impressed you did. WOW!!!!!
Its going to be an amazing quilt, Rooting you on big time here.....please keep sharing and I will keep drooling!!!!
Lori thanks for that walk through! Wow that is well worth a 50 year celebration in itself!ReplyDelete
Oh, Lori! I'm speechless!ReplyDelete
Oh my, all those triangles. I really admire you for sewing all these!ReplyDelete
OOOhh my you sewed this so beautiful! I'm impressed I love it LoriReplyDelete
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!! This is going to be a fabulous quilt. Love the quirkiness of the hand foundation.ReplyDelete
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For today's Employee Profiles, we wanted to highlight the store managers at what will be our 2 newest retail stores. Both of these stores will be celebrating their Grand Openings starting on Friday, April 9, 2010, so if you're around Indianapolis or Santa Rosa that weekend, please stop by and say hello to Karen or Tommy!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Store Manager Name:
Karen Glowacki
Store Location:
8366 Castleton Corner Drive
Castleton Commons Shopping Center
Indianapolis, IN 46250
(317) 578-1062
Length of time at Performance:
Since 2008
How did you start in cycling:
Cross-training for rowing during my competitive rowing career.
How long have you been cycling:
15+ years, the last three years have been more serious, with a goal of learning to ride well.
Type of Riding:
A bit of everything – mostly road, but I also mountain bike and "play" on my single-speed.
Racing Experience:
Plenty in a boat (including a national championship), none on a bike. Does thrashing my nieces and nephews count?
Favorite places to ride:
Any place that's vaguely rural- I'll take flying corncobs and cows over traffic any day!
Favorite aspect of working in a bicycle store:
I love the variety and that each day is different. The people that come in are from all walks of life and all levels of cycling. Everyone, though, is excited by bikes, and riding, and all of the cool "toys" that are available in the store. It's great fun to be in that kind of atmosphere.
Dream place to ride:
I would love to do some of the 1-day Classics routes – especially the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix (I don't know why – but the thought of all those cobblestone sections has always drawn me). I've also always wondered if I could hack some of the storied mountain stages – the Gavia and Stelvio climbs, Alpe d'Huez, etc.
Cycling goal? Working toward?
Being fit enough to survive my "dream places to ride."
Hobbies Outside of cycling:
I'm a classically trained musician and I still perform periodically. Reading, needlepoint, petting the cat and cooking (lots of) good food are also things I really enjoy.
Club Affiliation:
None- hoping to get involved in the Indianapolis club scene this spring.
Santa Rosa, California
Store Manager Name:
Tommy Merriott
Store Location:
1993 Santa Rosa Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 526- 6291
Length of time at Performance:
Since 2005
How did you start in cycling:
My best friend "Pat Smith" had a mountain bike and it was the coolest thing ever. From there I was hooked.
How long have you been cycling:
15 years.
Type of Riding:
I love Downhill, Freeride, park, XC, Road. Anytime on a bike is a good time to me.
Racing Experience:
I raced ABA BMX and some downhill events at North Star.
Favorite places to ride:
North Star (Live Wire).
Favorite aspect of working in a bicycle store:
I work for my passion, can it get any better?
Dream place to ride:
New Zealand.
Cycling goal? Working toward?
To have as much fun as possible and to keep up with the progression of cycling.
Hobbies Outside of cycling:
I ride quads, stand up jet skis, moto. I am also a big skier. Anything that goes fast and I can have fun on.
Club Affiliation:
None at this time.


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Snow Going for Road-Building Engineers in Antarctica
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Russ Alger is biding his time. It pays to be patient in McMurdo Bay, since nothing comes easy in Antarctica. Fortunately, Alger is on his sixth visit to this scientific outpost, and he knows the ropes.
During his first trip, in 1994, he helped scout the first trail to the South Pole. Alger was younger then, and tougher: a necessity for three months of tent camping in a white, subzero landscape crisscrossed with invisible crevasses that could swallow a snowmobile whole, just like that.
This time, however, Alger is not straying far from McMurdo. The director of Michigan Tech's Institute for Snow Research is here to make another snow road better. It's a fifteen-mile stretch from Scott Base (New Zealand's research center) to the Pegasus runway, where supplies and people arrive in old cargo jets.
Alger will use a rarified groomer he and his colleagues developed at Michigan Tech's Keweenaw Research Center. Called a snow paver, it has the near-magical ability to turn snow into solid roadway. All Alger needs is a little shop time to make a few improvements and repairs. But McMurdo has tons of broken vehicles, so there's always a wait.
He's here with friend and coworker Joel Kunnari, who manages the winter test course at the Keweenaw Research Center. Kunnari, better known as Toby, is an expert on snow roads in his own right. Plus, he knows the equipment better than anyone.
Alger and Kunnari have been trying to stay busy for three days while they wait for the repair shop to open. They catch up on paperwork, check out some research projects, and, on a walk in weather cold enough to freeze tears, visit the hut of Robert Falcon Scott.
The hut was built in 1902 and was abandoned after the ill-fated explorer perished during his return trip from the South Pole. It's an eerie place; there's still a dead seal outside, a pile of whale blubber, and hay for the expedition's long-gone ponies.
Finally a spot opens up in the repair shop, and they bring the snow paver into the (heated!) building, where they install a hydraulic power pack. What with sundry Antarctic delays, it takes four days to get the paver up and running.
The next step is to hitch the paver to a tractor and haul it out to a test site. After grooming about a hundred feet, they spy red fluid spattered on the snow. Says Alger, "We had a tractor breakdown right off the bat."
Chalk up another day's delay, which involves filling a fifty-five-gallon drum with anti-freeze-pink snow for safe disposal. Then they head out in the quasi-repaired tractor. It runs but now lacks a heater core, so the temperature in the cab is about the same as the temperature outside: 15 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
Despite near-frozen feet, they persevere. Finally, they are able to pave a new section of the road from Scott Base to the Pegasus runway.
"It's a perfect piece of road for us: it's new, and it really needed help," Alger says. "They want to be able to travel that in rubber-tired vans at about twenty-five miles an hour."
The paver works by first chewing up the snow with a miller drum, which smashes the ice crystals so they will stick together. It's followed by a vibrating compactor, which gets all the air out of the snow, compressing it to make a pavement. "We mess around with how the vibrator works to try to make this snow pavement as homogenous as possible," says Alger.
This involves constant tweaking and testing. They build a short road to test different processing techniques and see how the surface strength changes with time. "We hope to find out what works best," says Alger.
How well does it work? After paving, their 38,000-pound tractor is sitting pretty on its cleats, perched on top of the snowy surface.
McMurdo crews have been building pretty decent roads for decades, but to get a good, solid surface using conventional means can take months. Alger aims to meet or outdo their quality in a few days, and he's succeeding. With his time in Antarctica waning, he measured the strength of an existing road and compared it to a stretch groomed with the snow paver. The snow paver surface was far tougher, even though it had been created just a few days before.
"I was skeptical, so I tested it in two different places and found the same thing," Alger says. "Very cool, and very interesting. And, as usual, I needed more time than I had to finish the science."
Roads are all very well and good, but Alger has another vision for the snow paver that could revolutionize transport to and from Antarctica. He'd like to build a full-size runway.
Now, air transport is via C130s with skis. "They are old, and the maintenance is expensive," says Alger. "And the planes are small; their capacity isn't the greatest." Newer, wheeled planes could haul more and bigger stuff more cheaply. They might even be able to touch down at the end of the Earth.
"There's interest in landing bigger and newer planes at the South Pole and other remote areas," says Alger. All they need is a good runway—not much different from the road he and Kunnari have just built.
Could you really land a big jet at the South Pole, where the snow is about 9,000 feet (2,700 meters) thick?
"I think we can," Alger says. "I just have to find somebody who believes me."
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most heroic battles in the annals of military history. Three hundred Spartan soldiers, lead by their king Leonidas, engaged in a mission of "suicidal self-sacrifice" by holding off the mighty Persian army for three days at the pass at Thermopylae which was no more than 20 yards wide. This battle has been made into a Hollywood movie entitled, simply, "300" (2006).
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The Premier League champions are still without a goal in pre-season after a fairly tame performance in their second outing against the Germans in Innsbruck
Manchester City laboured to a goalless draw against German second-tier side Dynamo Dresden in Innsbruck.
Vladimir Weiss had the only clear sight of goal in an uneventful 90 minutes, with the only incident of note coming when Vincent Kompany limped off in the second half.
Roberto Mancini opted for a strong starting line-up, including the likes of Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez, who all featured in City's 1-0 defeat to Al Hilal in their opening pre-season fixture, with starts also handed to trialists Nir Biton and Marcos Lopes.
The Premier League champions showed more energy in the opening minutes than they did against the Saudi Arabian side, but failed to carve open the opposition.
But 15 minutes in Toure slid through a fine pass for Tevez, who managed to hold up the ball and then lay it off for the arriving Lopes, but the Portuguese youngster's shot was well blocked by Sebastian Schuppan.
Tevez was immediately involved again, this time the Argentine's shot sent Kirsten sprawling across his goal but the shot from distance sailed wide of the target.
Dresden's best moment of the half came when Solga found Trojan from a route-one free kick but the forward was foiled expertly by City captain Kompany.
The Germans nearly took a surprise lead through a mistake by Costel Pantilimon. The 25-year-old back-up to Joe Hart saved Trojan's free kick comfortably but then proceeded spill a tame effort from distance moments later and was then forced into a point-blank save from Solga.
City continued to dominate possession for the remainder of the first half but a glancing header wide by Solga from Schuppan's cross is the best either side managed.
Mancini introduced trialist Mario Jelavic for the start of the second half, followed shortly by Vladimir Weiss, hoping the youngster's energy could provide the incision his side were lacking.
However, the second period continued just how the first ended, with neither side managing to increase the tempo in their passing.
Substitute Weiss almost broke the deadlock just before the hour; the Slovakian brought down a long ball with an excellent first touch and tried an audacious lob on the half volley, but Florian Fromlowitz managed to claw the ball away at full stretch.
Moments later Kompany fell to the ground clutching his hamstring and was immediately subbed off as a precaution. Karim Rekik replaced the skipper, alongside a number of changes made by both coaches with just under 20 minutes left.
The two teams looked weary in the closing stages and the chances of a winning goal looked increasingly unlikely, with Weiss the only player really threatening to penetrate the Dresden defence.


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Welcome to Silverlighthack.com. This is a site where you can find many articles on Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 and .NET related technologies.
My name is Bart Czernicki. I have been working with computers since 1988 and have over 12 professional years in the IT field focusing on architecture, technology strategy and product management. I currently work as a Sr. Software Architect at a large software development company.
Below is the cover of my new book that shows how Silverlight's unique RIA features can be applied to create next-generation business intelligence (BI 2.0) applications.
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
NONE of the comments or opinions expressed here should be considered ofmy past or current employer(s). The code provided is as-is without anyguarantees or warranties.
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview was released a couple weeks ago at the Microsoft BUILD 2011 conference. I have installed it side-by-side with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate on two workstations and have had no problems. My biggest interest in Visual Studio 11 was the new web development features specifically HTML5 support, ASP.NET MVC 4 and the new Page Inspector (you can run the HTML5 support and ASP.NET MVC4 in Visual Studio 2010 BTW, but the Page Inspector is a real nice productivity boost). If you haven't seen it in action yet, Phil Haack has a great presentation from the BUILD Conference (Progressively enable the mobile web with ASP.NET MVC 4, HTML5, and jQuery Mobile)
There are some steps needed to get a complete ASP.NET MVC4 development environment up beyond downloading and installing the Visual Studio 2011 Developer Preview MSI.
1) Download and install the Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview
2) Install ASP.NET MVC4 with the Web Platform Installer
3) Install the Page Inspector via the Web Platform Installer
Note: If you get an error trying to to create a new ASP.NET MVC4 project stating that you need to install NuGet. Follow these instructions here. NuGet is a dependency for ASP.NET MVC4.
Now you should be on your way to more productive development now in ASP.NET MVC. It always annoyed me that I had to code-> build -> debug/inspect -> repeat..now the Page Inspector provides a nice IDE for manipulating HTML/CSS/Controller Code and get immediate feedback without the whole debug step and waiting for Visual Studio to launch my browser in IIS Express. Here is a link of a full write-up of the Page Inspector and how to enable it once you are ready to start coding.
Abstract: One of the core features of Office 365 is "SharePoint Online" essentially it is SharePoint 2010 Server in the "cloud" (it does not include a lot of the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise features). In my Silverlight 4 Business Intelligence book I dedicate a chapter to integrating Silverlight into SharePoint 2010 and I have blogged about it on this site as well. However, in this blog article I want to show how the same Silverlight integration concepts apply to Office 365 - SharePoint Online.
Background Info: Microsoft launched Office 365 June 28th 2011 as a SaaS BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) which offers some great features including: SharePoint, Exchange Online, Lync Server and Office Web Apps. These services can are completely online delivered in a SaaS model requiring no local infrastructure (think of it as Microsoft Small Business Server in the cloud).
In SharePoint Online you get a basic SharePoint 2010 team site that you can begin adding content. The most basic way to add content is to upload documents, pictures etc. and use the SharePoint Online team site as a document library. Even though SharePoint Online doesn't include all the advanced enterprise SharePoint 2010 Server features, it does have some very powerful integration features such as web parts (which you can develop using SharePoint Online Sandbox Solutions).
Web Parts have been the modular components used as building blocks since SharePoint 2003. There are some web parts that are provided out of the box in SharePoint that allow you to add content in them or you can create your own. Creating your own custom web parts even in SharePoint 2010 is not a trivial task (the web part API created in .NET 2.0 has been not updated and creating Ajax-like web parts, that communicate and maintain state is NOT trivial). This is where Silverlight web part integration in SharePoint 2010 really shines. SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint Online both include a Silverlight web part, which allows you to host any Silverlight application (XAP file) inside the team site.
Instructions to add a Silverlight Application (internet URL of a XAP file) to Office 365 SharePoint Online:
What is the big deal with Silverlight and SharePoint Online integration?
In summary, SharePoint Online is one of the places that Silverlight integration really shines (even over the oncoming HTML5 wave). Existing Silverlight applications can be easily added to a SharePoint Online team site. Furthermore, Silverlight allows the easy creation of new web part components that can be hosted externally and connected to other web services (using SharePoint, OData or other).
Abstract: In this article I will show some techniques to lower the costs of using the Windows Azure Platform. We will look at three different methods of lowering the cost of Azure: via tools, promotions and technology architecture decisions that can dramatically impact costs of using the Azure cloud platform.
Tools: Azure Platform Pricing Calculator
The first step in understanding your costs and how to lower them in Azure is to forecast the costs of the services in Azure. Until recently this was largely a manual effort and an architect or technical business owner would have to sift through pricing grids (like this one) and tally the numbers yourself.
Microsoft has released the Azure Platform Pricing Calculator that allows you to easily select the services you need and determine their costs very easily. This not only allows you to make planning easier, but it also can dramatically lower your costs by showing you cheaper options available (i.e. promotions or smaller instances of Compute). The Azure Platform Pricing Calculator can also show you the different costs associated with architectural options (i.e. having a 100gig SQL Server database is about $1,000/month versus table storage of the same size is $15/month + minimal costs with storage transactions).
I spent this past week migrating my companion site for my book www.silverlightbusinessintelligence.com to the Azure cloud (http://slbusinessintelligence.cloudapp.net/). The site has a lot of demos and source code associated with it, therefore the Azure Service deployment package (cspkg file) was pretty big.
Problem: I actually ended up running into the maximum allowed size for an Azure service package, which is 600 megs (which I find odd, since you can easily get around that limitation by adding static content to the web role by remoting in or doing a web deploy afterwards). I deployed to an "Extra Small" instance, which is all I really need to a simple site like this and you get a lot of storage (shown below). The reason Microsoft caps the deployment at 600 megs is that your deploying to the E:\ logical drive, which has only 1 gig of space. However, as you can see there is PLENTY of space on both the d:\ logical drive. I know space is required for the OS, future patches and changes etc. but this limitation struck me as odd.
My three logical drives on the Azure Web Role:
Solution: One of the obvious solutions was the move the three source code zip files (which are over 100 megs) to the Azure blob storage (which costs extra) and server the links from there. I have my static source code zip files on the Azure blob storage for example: http://bartczernickiblogs.blob.core.windows.net/sourcecode/SilverlightBI_SourceCode_Version1.zip.
The other nice benefit of moving your static content to blob storage (and enabling public read access) is that your content loads faster since it is coming from a different domain in a browser. For example, if you had a lot of images to load on a web site.
Azure Deployment Package Inefficiency: After doing this I thought it was curious that the Azure service package size was so high as I didn't think I had over 600 megs of code, XAP filess or content. Granted my three different versions of the source code are 137 megs in total and the total Azure service package is: 630 megs. However, after I removed the three source code zip files (figuring it would make the package 137 megs less) it made the newer package a total of 351 megs almost 279 megs smaller! So it looks like Azure deployment packaging is adding the content twice!?
Digging in....an Azure Service Deployment package (cspkg file) is just a zip file. Inside it you can find the main content file, which is stored inside a file with the csnsx extension. The csnsx file is just another zip file that is encrypted. In order to decrypt it, add the _CSPACK_FORCE_NOENCRYPT_ environment variable and set it to true (follow this blogpost in detail). I decrypted my package and low and behold the entire site is replicated basically twice in two folders both APPROOT and SITEROOT (shown below):
AppRoot source code files of the Azure Deployment package:
SiteRoot source code files of the Azure Deployment package:
My example is not very common, but there are reasons why to make this faster:


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Isaac Stern 1920 - 2001
The great violinist and humanitarian, remembered by an orchestra manager who knew him for more than four decades
by Peter PastreichSome artists seem such down-to-earth people that you can hardly imagine them making music onstage; others are such imposing personalities that you wonder whether they can also play. Isaac Stern was a giant among musicians and among men, one of the most incredibly complex, passionate, and accomplished people of our time. I do not expect to know such a man again in my lifetime.
In 1963, when I was general manager of The Nashville Symphony, there was only one great and famous guest artist we could get to appear with our orchestra, and whose fee we could afford to pay: Isaac Stern. The other great and famous artists' fees were too high and they didn't play "minor" cities. Twenty years later, when I was at the San Francisco Symphony, there was only one great and famous guest artist still playing subscription concerts with orchestras--not just one-shot deals at enormous fees, but the same program played two, three, or four times in a week-- again, Isaac Stern. Among the giants of my early years as an orchestra manager--Horowitz, Rubinstein, Serkin, Heifetz, Menuhin, Milstein, Oistrakh, Rostropovich--only Isaac Stern involved himself in the musical life of America outside of its largest cities.
For the orchestra, the flood was a stunning misfortune, destroying its administrative offices and seriously threatening its primary performance space, Jones Hall. Executive Director Ann Kennedy had been in place for just over three months when the flood hit. Still on a learning curve after making her switch from commercial management to orchestra leadership, she had a new, crystal-clear emergency job description: Get the orchestra performing as soon as possible, get its administration back in operation, and make it to opening night intact.
And he involved himself as well in the development of the next generation of musicians. Everyone knows he helped Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Shlomo Mintz, bringing Pinky and Shlomo to the United States, arranging for scholarships for them to study with Dorothy DeLay, finding them management and helping their careers. But there were many other young music students who arrived in New York without friends or money who came to study with DeLay. Isaac found friends of his they could live with, sent them to his dentist at his expense, got them instruments and bows, and most important, listened to them play. Dorothy once said to me, "People know that when there's any really talented kid, Isaac will want to know. He'll always find time to listen. I love Isaac."
Of course, Isaac could be difficult too, for his opinions were strong and he wasn't bashful about stating them. He thought managers should be present at every concert, and if I missed one of his four performances in a week, he'd ask archly how come I couldn't get there, if he could? He was endlessly patient and warm with the hundreds who came backstage after concerts to thank him and request his autograph. But when a visitor said to him, "Your Guarnerius has such a beautiful sound," Isaac picked up the instrument, held it out to the man, and said, "It does? Let's hear it."
What energy Isaac had! He was, after all, a little round guy, not particularly athletic-looking and usually overweight. But he played tennis most of his life, and scheduled days and nights that were exhausting just to think about. Fourteen years ago, I asked Sasha Schneider, "Who is the best of the young violinists?" Sasha replied, "Isaac Stern."
Isaac and I once arrived in Jerusalem after a long day of travel--he from New York and I from San Francisco--just in time for an endless ceremonial dinner. It was my first time in Israel, and I asked Isaac what I should see the following day, once I'd had a night's sleep. Night's sleep? As soon as dinner was over--already close to midnight--we were off to the Wailing Wall, the Old City, and whatever else we could visit so late at night and on foot.
He was able to play concerts and recitals, record and play chamber music, plan and supervise projects in New York, Paris and Tel Aviv, stay in touch by phone with musicians, managers, composers, instrument dealers, politicians and heads of state--all simultaneously--and still have a warm family life, fully involved in the lives of his three children. Fluent in five languages; an expert on international relations, politics, and education; a connoisseur of string instruments and bows, and of food, wine, and cigars -- Isaac's interests and knowledge were truly astounding.
Isaac was as great a virtuoso on the telephone as on the violin, and it was not unusual for him to be on the phone to the mayor of Jerusalem or U.S. Secretary of State five minutes before a concert was to begin. Nor was there ever a more articulate musician than Isaac Stern. Everyone knows about the two people walking on 57th Street. One says to the other, "I heard Isaac Stern last night," and the other replies, "Yeah? What did he say?" It wasn't just that Isaac could talk on almost any subject, any time. He also had so much to say that really meant something.
I believe that had Isaac Stern never learned to play the violin he still would have been a great man who did great things. But however impressive his accomplishments in other realms, it was music that was central to Isaac's being. He would say to young musicians, "Every day, you should thank God that you are a musician," and every day, I know, he gave those thanks himself.
If he was an inconsistent violinist, this was not only because he preferred to save Carnegie Hall and help create the National Endowment for the Arts rather than spend all of his time practicing to achieve technical perfection, but also because of the breadth and depth of his musical interests. While many of the virtuosi of our time were essentially specialists in a rather narrow repertoire, Isaac recorded more than 200 works by 63 composers and played virtually every important work written for the violin.
Isaac's playing was characterized by a depth of understanding of the composer and by a unique ability to communicate the composer's innermost meaning to his audience. In his playing we heard the spirit of his musical heroes: Kreisler, Heifetz, Hubermann, Ysaye, OistrakhÉand Casals, who, like Isaac, knew just how to caress every note. (The joke was that Isaac "left no tone unsterned.") When Isaac played, he talked to us, he sang to us, he made love to us.
Every time I sit in a concert hall and hear the violin played in a way that moves me, every time I eat well, with really good wine, every time I light a fine cigar and enjoy the company of longtime friends--I know that Isaac will be there, still a living force in my life. When Isaac wrote his autobiography, he entitled it My First Seventy-nine Years. The implication seemed to be that he expected to live a good bit longer, perhaps even to be expecting a second seventy-nine years. Now that he is gone from this life, that title takes on new meaning: We understand that Isaac Stern, as an artist, a man, a mensch, a memory, a symbol, and a moral force, will not die, and that his influence and his spirit will endure as long as memory itself.
Peter Pastreich has managed several American orchestras and currently directs the Orchestra Leadership Academy's seminars in Essentials of Orchestra Management and Strategic Leadership Skills.


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The True Church of Jesus Christ (part one).
Founded on Easter Monday 2013.
1:1 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Do not care what unbelievers think. If the brilliant Pastor Jim Graham (Goldhill Baptist Church near London) can openly admit to speaking with God, so can I and so can you. Whenever you feel spiritually compelled to do something, ignore the mockers. I can guarantee it was guidance by the Holy Spirit. Everything is designed by God the Father (YHWH) and will lead to something you did not expect. Never react negatively, give it at least seven days debate with God before you decide. I will revise some of my previous online posts to teach you further.
1:2 After receiving two messages at a recent prayer meeting, I decided to write a letter and pass it on. Now I know how Job felt as I was uncomfortable (in the desert for a few days). I could see the scoffers during the week. I am not a very good swimmer and God the Father always throws me in at the deep end. God Yahweh says "Swim, Joseph..... Swim" and with divine help, I get to the other side. Here are the messages..... I thought I needed an actual church building (see 1:1 above) to build The True Church of Jesus Christ. No, I do not need a building for I Am The True Church. I will build my church..... There was also the added bonus of being guided to St. Paul's Church for Easter Sunday. This beautiful Church interior is in the shape of a large Cross.
1:3 The parable of the rabid dogs. God the Father loves us all but He has a serious problem. Hiding behind closed doors are some rabid dogs who will attack anyone who tries to touch their poisoned bone. God has tried to pat them on the head to explain that the bone is no good. God has told them that the poisoned bone will destroy them. God has warned them that if they don't let go, they will be totally wiped out. Very soon, nobody will even know that they (or their loved ones) ever existed on this Earth. God will no longer allow these rabid dogs to teach their young how to smile as they destroy.....
The rabid dogs are the pharisee masons and the poisoned bone is their false god satan. God is slow to anger and I know His hour is fast approaching. Who else could have told you about satan's reversal of Psalm 119? (YHWH's Word/Law). All good and bad people should read the book of Daniel chapter 12. This timely/potent message was preached and received in St Paul's church last night (31st March 2013). The day before, the same man of the cloth read Psalm 56 which I found very comforting and an answer to my plea. I suffer intense persecution and masonic theatre during Easter (all documented over the years).
1:4 Do not fear Satan and his Tempted (SAHT) or their occultic use of number-curses. All numbers belong to God YHWH (pronounced Yahweh by humans).
1:5 Some of you prefer the name Jehovah but that name is only 500 years old. Stop defending without researching. God gave you the internet, use the knowledge provided.
1:6 Are there any Christian Soldiers out there?. Satan fully intends to do what he says on the tin "Destroy Christianity". The Lion cannot lay with the Lamb until all is completed. Surely you don't expect reward without commitment?. Yes, there will be Angels. Put on your armour.
1:7 Worship is very important but Prayer Time within the Church is the ultimate connection to God the Father. You don't even have to say a prayer, just meditate, concentrate and listen. The Holy Spirit will guide and answer you. If you do not connect, then try again until you do. If you say a prayer, don't try to be perfect and impress others. Even if the words come out wrong, the others will know exactly what you meant to say. Only speak when you feel compelled to speak. Remember there are pretend Christians in every Church, don't worry about their chosen path.
1:8 If you wish to communicate then continue with handing me your written letters or requests. Do not ask me to debate openly or catch me cold as the pharisee masons do. I shall constantly pray for healing.
1:9 I have stated I do not know the Hour. I can only follow guidance as should you. I will work on part 2 for you. I will try to simplify my super-natural divine journey as we worship our God on the Throne. Stay on the narrow path. Please forward this online message (8th April 2013) to all Christians and truth-seekers world wide. Love, peace and FR33DOM..... Joseph Christie.
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119 Yahweh's Word/Law (YHWH)


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A dramatic advance in creating stem cells for research received a serious blow Tuesday when a Japanese scientist who led the work was accused of fraud by her own institute.
The RIKEN Institute announced that its scientist, Haruko Obokata, was guilty of two instances of scientific misconduct and that it planned to call for the retraction of two Nature papers based on her work, but would wait to allow Obokata to appeal the investigative committee's findings.
She disputed the conclusion that she fabricated data.
Several RIKEN coauthors failed to catch the data inaccuracies and problems with the "legitimacy of the conclusions of the papers," said the institute's president, Ryoji Noyori, a Nobel laureate. Calling the incident "extremely regrettable," he apologized in a written statement for the RIKEN scientists' actions.
Harvard researcher Dr. Charles A. Vacanti, head of the department of anesthesia at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was the senior author of one of the papers but was not named in an English-language draft of the RIKEN report provided to the Globe.
Vacanti said he continues to stand behind the main findings of the research he did with Obokata, who worked in his Brigham lab for several years.
"While the investigation determined there were errors and poor judgment in the development of the manuscript, I do not believe that these errors affect the scientific content or the conclusions," Vacanti said in an e-mailed statement. "It is imperative to correct the errors, but absent any compelling evidence that the overall scientific findings are incorrect, I do not believe that the manuscripts should be retracted."
But other stem cell researchers said there was no choice but to retract the papers, now that fraud has been discovered.
"It's embarrassing; it's not good for the field," said Rudolf Jaenisch, a stem cell scientist and biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute.
The publication of the two papers in January created huge excitement, because they revealed what appeared to be a fairly simple way to create stem cells, merely by dipping mature mouse cells into a mild acid bath. Like embryonic stem cells, the so-called STAP cells created in the experiments were reported to have the power to become any of the many cell types in the body.
Such stem cells are seen as potential treatments for conditions such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and paralysis.
But doubts soon surfaced among scientists, after labs around the world said they were unable to validate the findings by replicating the work. Jaenisch said he was initially intrigued by the papers, because of the simplicity of the method and his respect for the senior Japanese researchers involved in the work. Researchers in Jaenisch's lab immediately tried to create stem cells the same way, but they could not get the method to work. More recently, they tried a second technique that Vacanti had posted on the Internet after questions were raised about the papers. They could not get that to work either, Jaenisch said.
In his statement, Vacanti cited a blog post Tuesday reporting on work by a Hong Kong scientist and critic of the stem-cell findings. His initial result using Vacanti's protocol "appears promising," Vacanti said. The Hong Kong researcher could not be reached via e-mail.
But that work is still a long way from a confirmation of the Nature papers, said Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell specialist at the University of California Davis School of Medicine.
RIKEN Institute's investigative committee found Haruko Obokata guilty of research misconduct in two instances.
The inability of other scientists to reproduce the method "doesn't mean that all the published STAP results are wrong," Knoepfler said. "There still could be some kernels of truth in there somewhere, but I don't believe that the key conclusion of the papers — that powerful stem cells can be made from ordinary nonstem cells in this purportedly simple, quick, and easy manner — is likely to prove accurate."
RIKEN's investigative committee — composed of three RIKEN scientists, two university researchers, and a lawyer — reviewed six concerns that had been raised about the papers. Four mistakes were dismissed as innocent. In the remaining two, the committee found Obokata guilty of research misconduct.
One problem related to an image that Obokata created by combining two others, which the investigators said was deliberately inaccurate and could lead to "misinterpretation of the data." In the second, Obokata apparently reused a picture from her doctoral thesis over a different caption. The committee said her actions "completely undermined the credibility of the data."
The investigators added, "Dr. Obokata's actions and sloppy data management lead us to the conclusion that she sorely lacks, not only a sense of research ethics, but also integrity and humility as a scientific researcher."
Obokata released a letter saying they were all simple mistakes that did not change the validity of her results, according to published reports. She has already sent Nature a correction for the errors and plans to appeal the findings.
RIKEN said it has established a scientific team that will try to make its own STAP cells.
Nature released a statement Tuesday saying it takes concerns raised about the papers "very seriously" and is carefully considering the institute's findings. "We do expect to be able to provide a further comment in the near future," it said.
Vacanti, working with his brother Martin, came up with the idea for the simpler method of making stem cells and then developed the initial experiments with another Brigham colleague and Obokata. He said in an e-mail last month that he "met regularly with her to develop, design, review, and discuss the results of many of the experiments reported in the first paper."
The Brigham, in a statement, reiterated the hospital's commitment to "the highest standards of biomedical research" and said any concerns regarding research there "are confidentially evaluated per the hospital's policies and federal regulations."
Harvard Medical School, where Vacanti is a professor of anesthesia, reiterated the school's commitment to "upholding the highest standards of ethics and to rigorously maintaining the integrity of our research."
The silver lining to the controversy is that it offers the public insights into how science operates, Dr. Jonathan Garlick, a stem-cell expert at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, said Tuesday.
"The scientific process of checks and balances actually works," said Garlick, who has tried unsuccessfully to repeat the method described in the Nature papers. "The scientific community does not shoot from the hip."Karen Weintraub can be reached at weintraubkaren@ gmail.com.


text: Hey guys, Again. Thanks for a great product and great help. I know it is all voluntary and it is much appreciated. My server is really not a money maker but I have put in some long hours on making the 15 or so sites on it work. It's more of a learning experience for me. My setup is Ubuntu 9.04 and ISPConfig 3 per - http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-9.04-ispconfig-3 I recently found that I was having email issues. I can't receive any emails to any of the domains that I have setup on my server. I did some research and it seems that this is a semi-common issue. I've searched through my logs to see if I can isolate the issue but don't see anything that stands out to me and most fixes i find either do not apply to my distro or I'm not comfortable trying them. My Linux skills are very limited. Any advice or help? Also, should I backup and reinstall a newer distro as this one is quite old? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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Art Theft: One Of The Most Interesting and Famous Cases in History
Art theft is an ancient and complex criminal activity. When you look at the a few of the most well-known cases of art thefts in history, you see completely planned operations that include art dealers, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. Here you can check out about a few of the most famous cases of art theft in the history.
The First Theft:
The very first documented case of art theft was in 1473, when 2 panels of altarpiece of the Last Judgment by the Dutch painter Hans Memling were taken. While the triptych was being carried by ship from the Netherlands to Florence, the ship was assaulted by pirates who took it to the Gdansk cathedral in Poland. Nowadays, the piece is revealed at the National Museum in Gdansk where it was recently moved from the Basilica of the Assumption.
One Of The Most Famous Theft:
The most well-known story of art theft includes one of the most popular paintings worldwide and among the most famous artists in history as a suspect. In the night of August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louver. Right after, Pablo Picasso was detained and questioned by the authorities, however was launched rapidly.
It turned out that the 30 × 21 inch painting was taken by one of the museum employees by the name of Vincenzo Peruggia, who simply brought it concealed under his coat. The criminal offense was thoroughly carried out by a infamous con male, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent by an art faker who meant to make copies and offer them as if they were the initial painting.
While Yves Chaudron, the art faker, was hectic creating copies for the well-known masterpiece, Mona Lisa was still concealed at Peruggias house. After two years in which Peruggia did not speak with Chaudron, he attempted to make the very best from his taken good. Ultimately, Peruggia was captured by the cops while aiming to sell the painting to an art dealer from Florence, Italy. The Mona Lisa was returned to the Louver in 1913.
The Greatest Theft in the USA:
The greatest art theft in United States took place at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. On the night of March 18, 1990, a group of thieves wearing authorities uniforms got into the museum and took thirteen https://www.pinterest.com/kurtcriter/ paintings whose collective value was estimated at around 300 million dollars. The burglars took two paintings and one print by Rembrandt, and works of Vermeer, Manet, Degas, Govaert Flinck, as well as a French and a Chinese artifact.
Since yet, none of the paintings have been found and the case is still unsolved. According to current reports, the FBI are investigating the possibility that the Boston Mob together with French art dealers are linked to the criminal activity.
The Scream:
The painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is probably the most demanded painting by art burglars in history. It has been stolen two https://kurtcriter.wordpress.com/ times and was only just recently recovered. In 1994, throughout the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, The Scream was taken from an Oslo gallery by 2 thieves who broke through an open window, triggered the alarm and left a note stating: thanks for the poor security.
Three months later, the holders of the painting approached the Norwegian Government with an offer: 1 million dollars ransom for Edvard Munchs The Scream. The Federal government denied the deal, but the Norwegian authorities teamed up with the British Police and the Getty Museum to arrange a sting operation that restored the painting to where it belongs.
10 years later, The Scream was taken once again from the Munch Museum. This time, the burglars used a weapon and took another of Munchs painting with them. While Museum officials waiting for the burglars to request ransom cash, reports claimed that both paintings were burned to conceal proof. Eventually, the Norwegian authorities found the two paintings on August 31, 2006 however the realities on how they were recovered are not understood yet.
When you look at the some of the most famous cases of art thefts in history, you see thoroughly planned operations that involve art dealers, art fakers, mobsters, ransoms, and millions of dollars. The most well-known story of art theft involves one of the most popular paintings in the world and one of the most well-known artists in history as a suspect. The criminal activity was thoroughly conducted by a notorious con guy, Eduardo de Valfierno, who was sent out by https://www.spokeo.com/Kurt-Criter an art faker who planned to make copies and sell them as if they were the original painting.
Ultimately, Peruggia was caught by the authorities while attempting to offer the painting to an art dealer from Florence, Italy. The painting by Edvard Munchs, The Scream, is probably the most looked for after painting by art thieves in history.


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When Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson crashed weddings with such crazy success in 2005, they wanted to get laid. Older and not particularly wiser in "The Internship," the guys now want to get jobs.
That's funny. Unfortunately, the comedy is linked to some new-age nonsense about old-school guys finally catching up with the Internet age. It's a one-liner forged into a two-hour joke.
At stake is a much-coveted summer internship at Google that could lead to a full-time gig. This sets up a fish-out-water tale with the 40-something goofballs essentially thrown into a school ruled by young nerd geniuses.


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[kaltura-playlist-widget entryid=0_z3lsto9z size=regular sort=date /]Model Airplane News contributor Paul Tradelius (also our "Rotor Speed" columnist!) is at this year's IRCHA Jamboree and loving every minute of it! He ran into Curtis Youngblood and his protege Nick Maxwell, who placed first and second, respectively, in this year's Helicopter Nats.
Paul notes: "Today marked the 19th time Curtis Youngblood won the helicopter portion of the Nats. Seen here with second place winner Nick Maxwell, both were flying the new Rave ENV (Electic Nitro Varients) in the electric flybar version. The Rave ENV is a completely new design from Curtis Youngblood Enterprises, and has already proved itself to be a top performer. We hope to give you more information, and a complete review, of this new helicopter in the near future."
Friday, August 13, 2010 11:08:50 AM by Anonymous
Check out the modified rotor head on Curtis Youngblood's new Rave ENV (first photo in the slideshow). It has flybar weights added to the leading edge of the blade grips to stabilize the rotor disk in windy conditions.
Friday, August 13, 2010 12:19:27 PM by Gerry Yarrish
we'll post more pix here and at radiocontrolzone.com forum as they come in from our man in the field Paul Tradelius