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Differentiating the Texture of Touches
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated.
We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,
tied in a single garment of destiny.
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Talea is a Renaissance term meaning texture or pattern. I use the word talea to define the pattern of touches employed at any given time, based on their length in relationship to their printed note-value. Talea is the sum total of articulation patterns, and is requires the precise definition of the length of each note. For example, a quarter note held the length of a full quarter note has a value of 1.0. A non-legato touch might vary between 0.3 and 0.8, and a legatissimo could measure 1.2, due to overlapping touches. Talea touches can be viewed and organized, again, either vertically or horizontally, and as being dry or wet.
Because of the generally pedaled nature of the piano and the sustaining pedal's intimate relationship with touch and virtually every aspect of interpretation, talea holds a special place in the technique of piano playing. I refer to talea with minimal or no pedal as dry talea and to pedal-based talea as wet talea.
Dry talea is the earth-bound side of talea and is comparable to the use of articulation on virtually any other instrument. Wind players, perhaps oboists most of all, have a highly developed sense of articulation. They are trained to develop every possible shade of staccato, portato, non legato, legato and legatissimo, so great wind players tickle the ear with constantly varied articulation.
Whenever I play the organ, itself essentially a wind instrument, I'm vividly reminded about how talea affects the listener's perception of energy. On the organ, provided you leave the stops in place and don't use the crescendo pedal, the line stays exactly the same volume no matter how hard you press. The fingers can't vary the air pressure to shape the phrase as they can on the piano by striking with less or greater speed/weight. When I first sit down at the organ, my pianist fingers fight to shape the line at first but gradually adapt to talea-based phrasing. By varying the length of the notes played, you can create the effect of a crescendo or diminuendo, or even of an espressivo. Also, in seemingly complete contradiction to this pseudo crescendo/diminuendo technique, non legato on the organ often sounds louder and more energized than legato or legatissimo, even though longer, more sustained sounds release more accumulated sound. The reason for this is that the clarity of the attack against a slight moment of silence can have the effect of making it seem louder to the listener.
The greatest dry talea artist in the history of 20th pianism was Glenn Gould. One of the greatest Romantics of the keyboard, he channeled his vocal passions into a largely dry, classical articulation-based art-form. In his approach to Bach in particular, he constructed skyscrapers with almost no pedal and a small dynamic range. How did he create the illusion of largeness and expansiveness while using such a small dynamic and interpretive range? The answer lies mainly in his command of rhythmic energy, architecture, and his unprecedented approach to dry talea. He deliberately limited his dynamic scope and use of large crescendos/diminuendos in an attempt to recreate the effect of a harpsichord. Ironically, his playing sounds nothing like the pedal-less but wet and resonant harpsichord, but it sounds like no other piano-playing either! He lifted rhythmic inertia and talea to the fore with a finger-based technique employing 100 shades of staccato and non-legato.
To briefly describe it, under Gould's fingers, every line has its own inner life defined largely by the articulation. And each vertical moment is calculated to maximum effect to show varying lengths of touch. He uses talea structurally, both vertically and horizontally to maximum effect and in perfect balance. This effect becomes pure substance and begins to define form and architecture. He redefines the way you perceive music and form. Pure genius! Oddly, when Gould moves into repertoire that demands command of the pedal, the genius quickly fades. {see post on Gould in Part III}
Wet talea is indigenous to the piano and often has mystifying qualities. How is it that you can tell, even when the pedal is fully depressed, how long a note is held in the finger? Once you release a note to the pedal, it shouldn't matter any more whether the finger actually holds the note down or not. But it does! Could it have something to do with the proximity of the hammer to the vibrating strings? Unlikely. Or simply with following through? It's a mystery – the piano seems to sense your intentions and reveal even what should logically remain hidden. A well-known NY piano technician said it best – The more I get to know the intricacies of the mechanics of the piano, the more mysterious it becomes.
The greatest wet talea artist of the 20th century was Vladimir Horowitz. And this in spite of his avoidance of a real finger-legato. What a paradox! Horowitz' technique is based almost exclusively on a non-legato approach (and by this I mean every shade from staccatissimo to near-legato), inside the pedal and out (and every shade of wetness in between), to create the most orchestral sound in recorded history.
The traditional terms for articulation don't seem to suffice – staccatissimo, staccato, portato, portamento, tenuto, non legato, legato, legatissimo, etc. Besides being often imprecise and having overlapping meanings, they are too few. Staccato generally mean anything from about 10% of the actual note value to around 85%. That's an enormous range! Even non legato can mean anything from around 50% to 99%. And legatissimo can mean anything from 101% to 1000% and beyond! As an interpreter seeking definition of intent, wouldn't it be more logical and more precise to apply raw percentages to designate length of attack? -– this note .5, this passage .8, these notes .1, this note 1.3, etc. This is how I often notate articulation in my score. It's extremely efficient and helps heighten my awareness to the limitless possibilities of articulation and its uses in defining talea.
Let's return to our Prelude and look at a few examples of how this works. Let's look first at the blue line alone and experiment with varying possibilities:
Try playing this through several times until you can approximate the relative note-lengths. Can you hear the color and the emphasis change as you alter the talea?
Now turn your attention to the vertical:
Try coming to terms with these talea decimals. Don't worry at first about being absolutely precise, but listen to the orchestral colors that result by simply altering the length of the attacks. Experiment writing in your own decimals for the entire excerpt, as well as in other repertoire, and take in the resulting colors. What I find particularly interesting when I apply talea vertically is that the notes that I let ring out into the pedal (such as the .1 thumb in the lh above) not only offer striking, contrasting colors, they free the hand up of unnecessary tension.
We will examine Dry Talea further in Part IV, as well as in the following post.


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Water Purification Unit
Water is a basic necessity, and an important resource for sustaining life. The decline in water quality endangers the health of humans as well as the ecosystem. Clean drinking water, hygiene, and sanitation play an important part in maintaining health.
So, we installed a large scale, sustainable, community-based water purification unit at Bannikuppe, Bangalore and Raviryala Village Hyderabad in partnership with the Gram Panchayat. The water undergoes a seven-step filtration process with reverse osmosis technology and UV rays to deliver potable water to over 14,000 people covering 23 villages.
Health and Hygiene has always been an important focus area for Wonderla. An assessment of the villages near Bangalore branch in 2015-2016 revealed that there was an immediate need for proper sanitation. Wonderla addressed the issue by initiating the Sanitation Project in 2015-16 in six villages of the Bannikuppe Gram Panchayat. 75 individual toilet units have been constructed in collaboration with Panchayath by using PPP Model (Public Private Partnership) under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.
Public Borewell
Instalation of Borewell
Water is scarce in most parts of India, and piped supply of water is not available in rural India. Women have to travel long distances to carry home a pot full of water. Most of the people in rural areas drink water directly from polluted ponds.
So we installed Bore well for community people at Ward no.01, Kunnathunadu Grama Panchayat. Kochi.

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What do Neil Young and model railroads have in common? Quite a lot, actually. Not only has Young been an avid fan of Lionel toy trains since the '70s, he also helped invent a new control system and sound system for Lionel in 1992 that changed model railroading forever. The sound system brought realistic sounds to model trains, while the control system allowed the trains to be operated by remote control. He even eventually became part of an ownership group that would buy Lionel just a few years later. His minority shareholder status ended in 2004, but he still remains a consultant for the company.
What does all of this have to do with Chattanooga? Well, if you're an avid model railroader, you already know that there's a Lionel convention happening at the Chattanooga Choo Choo this week. But if you're not in the loop, and want to see what all the fuss is about, you can come to the Lionel Collectors Club of American Trading Hall, a free and open to the public event happening at Track 29 on the last day of the convention, July 20.
Running from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Trading Hall will contain approximately 150 tables full of model trains, parts and accessories for sale, including rare and in-demand items. Collectors often bring their wish lists to trading hall events, hoping to find pieces they've been searching for, perhaps for years. If you're a collector, the Track 29 Trading Hall might be your lucky day.
While the event is free, donations will be accepted to benefit Erlanger Children's Hospital. Even if you're not into model trains now, you might just find a newfound interest—or at least, you can try to figure out why Neil Young is so infatuated with these tiny trains.
—Carson O'Shoney


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Thursday, 21 July 2011
My First Challenge Entry!
I noticed that there were a number of challenges to do with boys this week so I decided I would blog the card that I made for Father's Day, as my first ever Challenge entry! (Trumpet fanfare please!)
I used the LOTV stamps, Aeroplane, & Grunge Postcard (which I then stamped on top of with a Hero Arts text stamp). I also used the Pink Gem Someone Special Ticket stamp. I coloured in copics and used card candy, distress inks, a variety of papers including Papermania kraft paper, Co'oredinations and some scrabble like tiles. The patterned papers were from my stash.
My lovely Dad was very pleased with the card especially as he has a "Spitfire Thing", going on :)
I am currently looking forward to the new LOTV Christmas stamps (due out on the 25th) and also the launch of the Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir Pens! I think they might work perfectly in my Copic Air Brush System!
Challenges entered
Lili of the Valley Challenge 106 "Fun and Games",
A Gem of a Challenge, "Let's Hear it for the Boys"
Sentimental Sundays, "For the Men in your Life"
Totally Gorjuss, "Boys in your life"
Sweet Stampin' "One for the Boys"
Craft Us Crazy "Anything Goes"
Papertake Weekly "Getting Cute"
Lollipop crafts "Anything Goes"
Cute Card Thursday "For His Eyes Only"
17 comments:
- Dominique said...
Hi, your first challenge entry is wonderful - the image is cute but it´s so beautiful colored - and the card alltogether is very beautiful!
Greetings from Austria, Dominique
- 21 July 2011 at 09:35
- DeBe said...
Thank-you so much Dominique, that is very kind of you!
- 21 July 2011 at 09:41
- Chris x said...
This is a lovely card Dominique.
- 21 July 2011 at 09:59
- DeBe said...
Thanks Chris :) Denyse x
- 21 July 2011 at 10:08
- chaz said...
Fab card! The colours you've used are great and I really like the layout!
- 21 July 2011 at 12:08
- DeBe said...
Thanks Chaz, it was the first time I really tried to think about the layout LOL!
- 21 July 2011 at 17:49
- Gemma said...
Love the card denyse fab layout and colouring. What did you use for the word dad? Just got to get my card sored. Good luck x
- 21 July 2011 at 22:08
- Cheryl said...
Your card is adorable! I am so glad you let us be one of the first challenges you entered.
Thank you for joining our "For The Men In Your Life" challenge at Sentimental Sundays .
Stop by my blog to check out my blog candy!
- 22 July 2011 at 02:17
- Vicky said...
So cute hun....love the image and great colouring too sweetie.
Just a wee tip...and it's great this is your first challenge card...when you post to a challenge click on the post title with your card entry...then copy n paste your top bar...this will lead us to your card so we can see it straight away...I hope you understand my bad instructions...lol..
thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin...and good luck..!
hugs Vicky xx
- 22 July 2011 at 21:22
- Hazel said...
I love your card DeBe - congratulations on your first challenge. I am only on my second challenge, but keep up the fab work I will look forward to seeing all your creations. Hazel x
- 22 July 2011 at 22:13
- Tracey T said...
For a first entry this is pretty amazing! Love the colours you have chosen. Thank you for playing at Sweet Stampin' - hope to see you again. Tracey x
- 22 July 2011 at 22:27
- Jackie said...
Ab fab card.. Gorgeous. Thank you for playing along at AGOAC this time. hugs J x
- 23 July 2011 at 01:19
- DeBe said...
Thank-you all for your encouragement.I think I follow what Vicky is saying, I'll try next time and see if I get it right! LOL!
- 24 July 2011 at 11:28
- Guilly said...
This is really lovely. Beautifully coloured
- 24 July 2011 at 19:32
Hi Denyse, a very cute card and beautifully made! Thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly this week and good luck in your first challenges! x
- 24 July 2011 at 19:56
- darcy48 said...
Lovely card Arlinex
- 25 July 2011 at 22:03
- Lena Katrine said...
A great creation in beautiful colours! Thanks for playing along at Lili of the Valley this time, hope to see you again at our next challenge!
Hugs, Lena K
- 26 July 2011 at 01:46


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Mulherin is pleased to present The Golden Age, new work by Michael Caines.
Michael Caines's recent paintings of dogs, cats and human figures slyly reference minimalist painting and seventeenth century Dutch portraiture, presenting the viewer with subtly satirical portraits of animals and humans who are at once inviting and incredulous. While his portraits of animals offer the viewer an intimacy more often reserved for human images, his paintings of men, in counterpoint, present unexpected icons of masculinity. In this work, Caines's palate is radically reduced to blacks and grays, or punched up with intense fields of color in paintings that complicate our understanding of the artist's relationship to nature and desire: a connection that expresses a longing for, and alienation from, the "otherness" of the animal world.
Caines borrows from "golden" ages of historical painting, both utilizing and satirizing Modernist rigor and Dutch austerity. His remarkably deft paint handling is on display as he paints with a gravitas rarely seen in poodle portraiture. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, his work proposes that staring into the eye of a squirrel, as it is rendered by Caines, is to confront the human condition at its most profound and ridiculous.
The New York City based artist Michael Caines holds a MFA from Parsons the New School of Design in New York. He has been selected for a number of artist residencies, including: the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Millay Colony in New York State, the Jentel Art Foundation in Wyoming and The Bemis Center in Omaha. Among other awards, he has received Avery and Chalmers Fellowships. Caines's active exhibition history includes frequent shows in public, artist run and commercial galleries in Canada and the United States, and numerous international art fairs with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects. His book, Revelations & Dog, a graphic version of the Book of Revelation, was released in the spring of 2011. A ten year survey of his animal/human themed work, Wild/Tame, was exhibited at the Art Gallery of Peterborough in 2011
Mulherin is pleased to present The Golden Age, new work by Michael Caines.


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Foxconn Closes Factory After Massive Brawl
(BEIJING) -- Foxconn Technology Group, owned by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., suspended production at one of its largest factories in northern China on Monday following a violent incident involving 2,000 workers.
Foxconn, a major supplier of electronic components to large U.S. companies including Apple and Microsoft, made a statement on the closing Sunday night:
"A personal dispute between several employees escalated into an incident involving 2,000 workers at approximately 11 p.m. last night in a privately managed dormitory near our manufacturing facility in Taiyuan in Shanxi province."
Unconfirmed video online shows crowds, several hundred strong, in the streets, overturned cars and smashed windows. China's Xinhua News Agency reported that 5,000 police were dispatched to control the crowd. The video also shows large buses broadcasting via loudspeaker what appear to be messages to control the rioters.
Foxconn reported that at least 40 employees were sent to the hospital and a "number" of individuals were arrested after police arrived on the scene. Social media postings suggest some members of the crowd may have inadvertently been critically injured when the crowd got out of control.
The Taiyuan factory employs approximately 79,000 workers. It was recently the subject of an undercover report by the Chinese publication China Story. According to the article, the facility produces a part of the casing for the iPhone 5 and employees are told they should feel "honor" for doing so.
But the same factory has come under criticism for poor labor practices, low wages and compulsory overtime. Hong Kong media reported a similar incident of protest during a strike over a pay dispute last March.
After a string of suicides by Foxconn employees last year, the company has made an effort to improve working conditions. Apple has been working in conjunction with Foxconn to achieve that.
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio


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Had a great time watching live coverage of the early spring races, such as the Milan-San Remo classic as well as the opening World Cup cross-country and downhill races in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. Nino Schurter outpaced Burry Stander in the cross-country event, beating out Jaroslav Kulhavy, the reigning world champion. And Greg Minaar narrowly beat Aaron Gwin in the downhill. Simon Gerrans edged out my favorite, Fabian Cancellara in the Milan-San Remo.
Live coverage of the UCI mountain biking World Cup races were streamed via Red Bull Live TV and will continue streaming the entire season. Right on, Red Bull. It still won't make me drink that crap.
It's always fun to sit back and watch these phenomenal racers make it look easy.


text: Play this fun game named Princess Winter School Lookbook and help Rapunzel and Elsa upgrade their cold season wardrobe! They are both known trendsetters in their school and they want to create a winter lookbook with their new outfits to inspire other girls. Help each of them choose four looks and then take a photo of each to display. For Elsa you can choose a maxi green dress with a brown ladylike sweater and a big suede handbag, green sunglasses and a braided bun or a warm coat, a pair of jeans, an orange knitted scarf and a blue hat. For Rapunzel pick a little black dress, a plaid coat, purple stockings and over-the-knee boots and a pair of fluffy ear muffs or a pink knitted sweater with a funny print, a pair of space leggings, sneakers, green headphones and short curly hair. Enjoy!


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Hi Tom, this is one hassle I have had with Netscape for years, and that is the interpretation of the WIDTH= parameter. While MSIE interprets it as the MAXIMUM width, Netscape continue to interpret it as the MINIMUM width, particularly in TABLES. I suppose with your frames problem it could be attributed to a difference in interpretation. However, my private site is designed for 4.x series browsers. Go have a look at http://users.iafrica.com/i/id/idsamson/index.html and let me know what your browser does with my frames. Sorry I can't answer your question more specifically. On 20 Oct 98, at 22:24, Tom Carter <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > hi all!! > > I have a page desinged with frames with zero border so that the graphics > in > each touch. However, although the width is specified explicitly, netscape > chops part of one frame off and the scroll of the main frame is moved. > > thanks for any help/advice you can give me!!! > > -Tom > Regards, ---------- Ian Samson Electronic Publishing (SBN/MSDN/HWG Member) Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa Voice: [+27(0)12] 302 2013 Fax: [+27(0)12] 302 2445 Organisation #: [+27(0)12] 302 2999 http://www.hsrc.ac.za/ -- Opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not reflect official policy of the HSRC. --Received on Friday, 23 October 1998 08:05:53 UTC
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HUGGIE is my personal HIV/AIDS Awareness Bear! He was given to me as an unexpected Valentines Day gift in 2015 and has provided so much RESTORATION to my LIFE! He brought back memories from my childhood. I believe that EVERY person should be able to cherish the innocence in which memories carry. Often times as we GROW through life we forget how our precious childhood framed the little joys of being alive as an adult. I forgot who I was prior to my HIV diagnosis because I had fell into a SEVERE depression. HUGGIE reminded me that I knew what it's like to be joyful no matter what difficult situation stood/crossed my path. HUGGIE is simply a RED teddy bear representing Restoration, Hope, HIV/AIDS Awareness and more importantly for HUGS!
You wear a Red Ribbon for Me and I carry a Red Bear for YOU!


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I understand that sometimes it's just not possible to make it to your appointment. However my clinic is often full, with people waiting for appointments at short notice. I therefore require 24 hours notice of cancellation if at all possible. Late cancellations (less than 24hours) are charged at the full consultation cost at my discretion.
If I have more time and I think you need it, I will always offer to extend your session for no extra cost. On the other hand, if you come late, I can only give you until the end of your session as there is likely to be someone booked in after you. Concessions are usually available for those on a very tight budget or who need to come more than once per week for a longer time (e.g. pregnancy nausea).
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Call on 0131 629 1529
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I was inspired to write this post as a result of advice given to my friend Lesley.
Lesley has been in a lot of pain over the last six months, which may be caused by rheumatoid arthritis or polymyalgia rheumatica. She had an appointment with a rheumatologist today, who has authorised several tests including x-rays and blood tests and who will see Lesley again in four weeks´time. I am confident that he will find out what her specific problem is (he suspects polymyalgia) and help her deal with it in the most appropriate way.
Lesley has been going to a massage therapist for a while and the massage has certainly helped relieve her symptoms short-term, which is good news. However she has also been trying to lose weight and her massage therapist advised her to go on the Blood Group Diet. This is what has caused me concern.
The advice for people with Lesley's blood group O is to eat a high-protein meat-based diet. However I have read elsewhere on the internet (including an article written by a rheumatologist) that patients with polymyalgia rheumatica should be on a low fat/low red meat diet. This contradicts the advice given to Lesley that she should be following the diet for blood group O. I'm not saying that you should believe everything that you read on the internet, but who is more likely to know about the correct diet for someone with Lesley's symptoms? A massage therapist - who may or may not have nutritional knowledge - or a medical specialist?
As a qualified complementary therapist, I was taught never to give advice outside my areas of expertise. I wouldn't have advised someone like Lesley to follow a particular diet, apart from saying in general terms to avoid processed foods and to eat a healthy, natural, varied diet. Obviously people with specific medical problems like diabetics and coeliacs need to avoid particular foods, but they should seek advice from suitably qualified people and not, say, a reflexologist whose only qualification is in reflexology.
I am not on a mission to knock fellow complementary therapists or this particular diet, even though my research has revealed that most medical and nutrition experts state that the theory behind it is nonsense. It's not the only fashionable diet out there that isn't based on sound nutritional guidelines.
My point here is that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Most diets will help someone lose weight, if only because the individual is more aware of how much food they are eating. Most diets won't harm a healthy person who follows the diet for a short period of time. My concern is that so-called professionals may persuade someone to follow an eating regime that is unsuitable, in the misguided belief that they are helping them. Of even more concern is the fact that sensible, intelligent people like my friend Lesley may be persuaded by an "expert" that their advice is good for them when it may in fact have the opposite effect.
My final point, aimed particularly at women of a "certain age" who have been brought up not to complain but just get on with it, is please go to see your doctor if you have symptoms that don't clear up quickly. Pain isn't normal, so don't grin and bear it. Pester your doctor until he or she sends you for whatever tests are necessary to get a diagnosis. The rheumatologist was impressed by how brave Lesley had been, but amazed that her doctor had let her go for six months in pain without resolving her problems. We all have the right to good health, or the best health possible for us as individuals, so let's fight for it!


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text: Ira, That's right. It seems that some of these alerts maybe used by FaxIn or FaxOut or both. When we get to writing the FaxIn specification, we would understand how the various fax device states (state-reasons) influence or describe the alerts. Thanks, Daniel. From: Ira McDonald [mailto:blueroofmusic at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 1:15 PM To: Manchala, Daniel Cc: Michael Sweet; fx OHTAKE SHIN; ipp at pwg.org Subject: Re: [IPP] Fuji Xerox has reviewed the IPP FaxOut specification and has comments Hi Daniel, But the same set of FaxModem subunit alerts (Printer MIB and IPP) MAY be used by either FaxOut or FaxIn or both - implementation choice. Cheers, - Ira Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect) Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG Secretary - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group Co-Chair - IEEE-ISTO PWG IPP WG Co-Chair - TCG Trusted Mobility Solutions WG Chair - TCG Embedded Systems Hardcopy SG IETF Designated Expert - IPP & Printer MIB Blue Roof Music/High North Inc http://sites.google.com/site/blueroofmusic http://sites.google.com/site/highnorthinc mailto:blueroofmusic at gmail.com<mailto:blueroofmusic at gmail.com> Winter 579 Park Place Saline, MI 48176 734-944-0094 Summer PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839 906-494-2434 On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Manchala, Daniel <Daniel.Manchala at xerox.com<mailto:Daniel.Manchala at xerox.com>> wrote: Mike, I think what Shin is trying to say is that there is an impossibility of a FaxOut Device to detect such things as training failure or lost carrier. These are generally detected by a receiving facsimile and a sending FaxOut can at best guess based on timeouts in receiving a response. (Shin, please clarify if I understood what you are implying). Daniel. ________________________________________ From: Michael Sweet [msweet at apple.com<mailto:msweet at apple.com>] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 8:06 AM To: fx OHTAKE SHIN Cc: Manchala, Daniel; 'ipp at pwg.org<mailto:ipp at pwg.org>' Subject: Re: [IPP] Fuji Xerox has reviewed the IPP FaxOut specification and has comments Shin, On 2013-07-09, at 2:15 AM, fx OHTAKE SHIN <shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp<mailto:shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp>> wrote: > Hi Mike-san, > > I've returned to my office, so let's discuss again. > My understanding may not be so enough because we've past a week. > > We should discus with ITU-T.30 recommendations(facsimile protocols), > instead of AT commands or PWG 5107.3. > Because ITU-T.30 is the reference of FAX protocol, > and in the world, there are too many facsimiles do not control by AT commands. > CUPS is one of many IPP client implementations, also. We want keywords to define not only what is in T.30 but also what is possible/feasible to report in generate before, during, and after the fax session is negotiated. Right now we actually don't report a lot of the state information shown in the T.30 spec, and clearly some of the MFD Alert fax modem state keywords are not used by the sender... That said, we haven't made any of the new keywords required to support for IPP FaxOut. Like all "feature" keywords, the (implied) conditional requirement is that you use a standard keyword if you are reporting what that standard keyword represents, i.e., don't use a vendor keyword if a standard keyword exists. [Note for myself; Add normative reference to ITU-T.30 at http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.30-200509-I/en] > > Regards, > Shin > // > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Shin Ohtake CTPF4D, Fuji Xerox Co.,Ltd. > phone: +81-45-755-5474<tel:%2B81-45-755-5474> (direct) > mail: shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp<mailto:shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Sweet [mailto:msweet at apple.com<mailto:msweet at apple.com>] >> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 10:22 AM >> To: Manchala, Daniel >> Cc: fx OHTAKE SHIN; 'ipp at pwg.org<mailto:ipp at pwg.org>' >> Subject: Re: [IPP] Re: Fuji Xerox has reviewed the IPP FaxOut specification and has comments >> >> Daniel, >> >> On 2013-06-27, at 8:26 PM, "Manchala, Daniel" <Daniel.Manchala at xerox.com<mailto:Daniel.Manchala at xerox.com>> wrote: >>> I think renaming both 'fax-modem-carrier-lost' and 'fax-modem-training-failure' to something like >> 'fax-modem-confirmation-not-received' or 'fax-out-modem-confirmation-not-received' would help. The reasoning is as >> follows: >> >> These names have already been approved (5107.3) and are in use (CUPS, which provided prototyping specifically for >> the preliminary fax support via efax). >> >> Like I've said on many occasions, we can change the definitions all we like, but unless we want the mess of supporting >> deprecated old names plus semantically identical new names I don't see the point in continuing discussion of changing >> the names. >> >> As for fax-in-* and fax-out-*, there are enough common states between receiver and sender that I would not want to >> double things up. >> >> >>> As part of training (speed or data rate such as 9600bps) and at the end of it, a TCF (Training Check Flag) is sent >> from the fax-out (sending) device to a fax-in (receiving) device. If there is a training failure, an FTT (Failure >> to Train) is sent back from the fax-in receiving device to the fax-out sending device. If there is no training failure, >> a CFR (Confirmation to Receive) is sent from the fax-in receiving device to the fax-out sending device. After sufficient >> number of training failures (usually 3), a DCN (Disconnect) signal is sent from fax-out device to fax-in device and >> the transmission stops. >>> >>> Likewise, if carrier is lost, there is no response received in terms of MCF (Message Confirmation) from fax-in device >> at the fax-out device. >>> >>> In either of the two cases, a failure to detect/receive CFR or MCF from the fax-in device at the fax-out device >> can trigger 'fax-out-modem-confirmation-not-received'. This is how the sending end will indicate that it lost its >> connection to the receiver. >>> >>> We still could have 'fax-modem-carrier-lost', but on the receiving device, and probably it is good to rename it >> as 'fax-in-modem-carrier-lost' indicating that this is an error on the fax-in device. Likewise, we could have >> 'fax-modem-training-failure' but on the receiving device only and it is good to rename it (something) as >> 'fax-in-modem-training-failure' or 'fax-in-modem-failure-to-train. >>> >>> I like to have the 'fax-out-*' and 'fax-in-*' syntax as it would be less confusing as to what mode a device is acting >> (as a sender or receiver). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Daniel. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ipp-bounces at pwg.org<mailto:ipp-bounces at pwg.org> [mailto:ipp-bounces at pwg.org<mailto:ipp-bounces at pwg.org>] On Behalf Of >>> Michael Sweet >>> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:07 AM >>> To: fx OHTAKE SHIN >>> Cc: ipp at pwg.org<mailto:ipp at pwg.org> >>> Subject: [IPP] Re: Fuji Xerox has reviewed the IPP FaxOut >>> specification and has comments >>> >>> Shin, >>> >>> Thanks for your comments! >>> >>> Responses inline... >>> >>> On 2013-06-26, at 10:25 PM, fx OHTAKE SHIN <shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp<mailto:shin.ohtake at fujixerox.co.jp>> wrote: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Fuji Xerox has comments for the IPP FaxOut specification final call. >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> 8.2 job-state-reasons >>>> 1. fax-modem-carrier-lost >>>> See ITU-T T.30(09/2005)- Annex A Examples 13, FAX MSG carrier is lost >>>> by Called terminal. We think fax-modem-carrier-lost should be removed from the specification. >>>> If the specification supposes another case, tell us an example on the facsimile protocol sequence. >>> >>> But on the sending end we still need an indication that we lost the connection to the receiver. Would changing >> the definition here to something like "Lost connection to the receiver during send." be more descriptive? >>> >>> (in AT command set parlance, this would be a "NO CARRIER" response, >>> received when the connection is lost) >>> >>>> 2. fax-modem-training-failure >>>> See ITU-T T.30(09/2005)-Appendix IV Examples 4, Training failure is >>>> detected by Called terminal. We think fax-modem-training-failure should be removed from the specification. >>>> If the specification supposes another case, tell us an example on the facsimile protocol sequence. >>> >>> But on the sending end we still need an indication that we were unable to connect to the receiver after the receiver >> answered the call. This definition has already been updated once, but I am happy to reword it again to make this clear >> - basically, 'fax-modem-training-failure' means that the receiver answered, the sender got the carrier tone, but the >> sender and receiver were unable to successfully negotiate a data rate. >>> >>> (in AT command set parlance, this is also a "NO CARRIER" response, >>> received after dialing) >>> >>>> 3. fax-modem-voice-detected >>>> If fax-modem-voice-detected specified as a job state, it should >>>> change name to job-calling. Facsimile always detect sound other than >>>> a carrier tone while facsimile dialing numbers to detecting any >>>> facsimile signals, because facsimile may hear ringing tone or machine's voice(voice answer system), human's voice(fax >> manual receive). Therefore, fax-modem-voice-detected cannot specify as an error job reason, because of ringing tone. >>> >>> I'm not sure I understand your comment, but a couple things: >>> >>> 1. We can't change the names of these keywords: they were defined and >>> approved last year as part of the Printer MIB and IPP MFD Alerts spec >>> (PWG 5107.3-2012). Which of course I don't have referenced and am >>> re-defining the names in the IANA section (editorial changes at >>> least...) [NOTE TO SELF: Add 5107.3 IANA definitions to IPP >>> registrations] >>> >>> 2. We do want a way to indicate when the receiver answers but does not respond with a carrier within the connection >> timeout setup in the modem. Again, falling back on the AT command set I would probably just get a "NO CARRIER" response >> and a hang-up, but some modems did/do report "DELAYED" for the additional rings - we *could* add a keyword for that >> ("fax-modem-delayed"? "fax-modem-waiting"?) but I'd like to leave this one as-is even if many implementations can't >> support 'fax-modem-voice-detected'. >>> >>> 3. None of these are unconditionally required to implement - certain >>> keywords depend on hardware features that may not be supported by your >>> products, and so naturally you won't report those (similar to how you >>> might not have a duplexing unit in your printer and thus don't have to >>> report or support the "sides" attribute...) >>> >>> _________________________________________________________ >>> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ipp mailing list >>> ipp at pwg.org<mailto:ipp at pwg.org> >>> https://www.pwg.org/mailman/listinfo/ipp >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair > _________________________________________________________ Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ ipp mailing list ipp at pwg.org<mailto:ipp at pwg.org> https://www.pwg.org/mailman/listinfo/ipp -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Bridges
Lori Narlock
I can't talk about cabin road without mentioning how it is accessed, including the crossing of one of the two extraordinary bridges that flank the cabin road.
Just as there is only one road that leads to the cabin, there is only one highway that leads to it. Now a state route, it was once the main thoroughfare, providing a public route from California to Oregon.
Because of the highway's prominence, two bridges were built in the early 1930s to provide passage over the deep ravines where creeks snake through the land. The land between the bridges, where the cabin is located is almost island-like given it's water borders.
The year 1931 is cut into the concrete in large block letters at both ends of both bridges, but records indicate the commencement was before that time and the completion was 1933. What's remarkable about either of those years is that they were four to six years before the the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges were completed.
As I researched the bridges online, I discovered a publication called California Highways and Public Works that chronicled the building and maintenance of every road, bridge, dam, and so on for the first few decades on the twentieth century. I scoured every page of the newsletters around the time our bridges were built and there was only one mention to be found and it didn't provide any substantial information.
In another online publication I found the name of one civil engineer, Christian Gutleben who was based in San Francisco and was known for his reinforced concrete arch bridges that were built up and down the California coast. He also contributed to the arch structures used on the Golden Gate Bridge approach spans.
I can only imagine that the cost in dollars and man hours must have been substantial at the time the bridges were built and so it amazes me that two were built within a quarter mile of each other.
Today, only a few of California's concrete arch bridges remain in existence. Most have been replaced. Ours are still there, but I often wonder how sturdy they are. The one we use most was equipped with railroad crossing arms and flashing lights sometime in the 1980s. A sign too was installed that says, "Do not cross when lights are flashing."
Nearly one hundred years old and beautiful to look at, the bridges are a huge part of the cabin's appeal. I hope they'll be there in another hundred years so that my grandchildren's children can cross them one day.


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Campus Life – Highlights
New convocation table graces stage at fall convocation
Volunteer incentive program
Youth leadership developed through horizons
STEP program takes off
Stimulating summer camp
Educational experience
Turning on to Japanese
New services from the department of Human Resources:
Encouraging active living: preferred pate program at MURC
The Preferred Rate Program (PRP) was launched in early 2004. It is designed to encourage employees and retirees of Memorial University to make greater use of the university's recreational facilities. Under this program, the university will contribute 50 per cent of the cost of a program membership at the Memorial University Recreation Complex (MURC), up to a maximum of $10 per pay period. In Corner Brook, employees at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College do not have on-site access to comparable facilities. The university will, therefore, partner with two local facilities in close proximity to the Grenfell campus – the Forever Young Fitness Centre and the YMCA – to provide similar services on the same terms as in St. John's. The PRP is being implemented as a 12 month pilot program from March 2004 until February 2005. It will be evaluated near its conclusion to determine whether it will be continued into 2005-06.
Update on wellness and active living
In February of 2002, the Department of Human Resources at Memorial University began a review of the university's needs and priorities in the area of employee wellness and active living. The primary reason for this review was to explore how the university could play a role in encouraging healthier and more active lifestyles for employees and promote a stronger institutional culture around personal wellness. In June of 2002, a working group was established to examine these issues and develop a long-term approach to wellness and active living at Memorial. In the year that has past since the working group began, a pilot program of specific activities has been approved by the university's senior administration to promote employee wellness. These activities include: preferred rates for employees and retirees at MURC, university-wide flex time policy, contractual appointment of a work life programs nurse, annual health fair, Wellness and Active Living Advisory Committee, and personal health risk assessment tools including questionnaires and interactive tools.
Indexing introduced for pensioners
The Memorial University Pensions Act was amended on July 1, 2004, to provide for the annual indexation of pension benefits payable from the Memorial University Pension Plan. This change, first approved by the Board of Regents in October 2002, arose from one of several recommendations relative to the pension plan that were brought forth in the July 2002 Report of the Board of Regents' Ad Hoc Pensions Committee.
The amount of the indexing benefit is calculated as 60 precent of the annual change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as measured by Statistics Canada, to a maximum pension increase of 1.2 percent annually. Indexing adjustments will occur in July of each year and will apply only to the benefits of retirees and survivor beneficiaries who have reached the age of 65, on or before July 1 of that year. If the cost of living, as reflected by the CPI, decreases in any particular year, pension amounts will remain the same – they will not decrease.
Revised work--flex program
Implemented in June 2004, revisions to the Work-Flex Program involve incorporating different "flex-time" options, and formalizing informal practices that were already in place in many areas of the university. The revisions are mainly related to the goals of the Wellness and Active Living strategy of promoting, facilitating and supporting healthier and more active lifestyles. As such, the university has committed to implementing a University-wide flex-time policy to better accommodate personal scheduling requirements. More specifically, these changes are designed to facilitate easier use of the university's recreation facilities or participation in other wellness-related activities during the day, and to assist with the management of work-life balance needs generally. Available flex-time options include: reduced hours of work, short-term lateral position exchange, revised daily work schedule, reduced lunch break and compressed work hours.
Employee orientation process
Implemented in 2003, the Employee Orientation Process is designed to make the transition to Memorial University as smooth and positive as possible, and to ensure new employees are fully informed about their new job and workplace. The program also serves as a means of ensuring as good a fit as possible in the longer term. The orientation process applies to new, non-academic employees with contracts of six months or more in duration. The Program requires a coordinated effort between the Department of Human Resources (to provide university-wide orientation) and the individual departments (to provide departmental and job-specific orientation). The job specific orientation is conducted at the departmental level at the time the new employee commences his/her employment with Memorial University, or at the time an employee is seconded or temporarily assigned to the department from elsewhere in the university. The overview orientation sessions are hosted by the Department of Human Resources three times per year in September, January and May.
Exit interview process
Implemented in 2003, the Exit Interview Process provides a means by which the university may identify workplace, organizational or human resources factors that may have contributed to an employee's decision to leave employment at Memorial or from a given department or faculty. Any trends requiring attention, or any opportunities for improving the university's ability to respond to employee issues and to retain key people, will be identified through the process. Employees of Memorial University, both academic and non-academic, who have been employed for at least 12 consecutive calendar months are requested to participate in an exit interview if their employment ends without right of recall or if they voluntarily resign or retire.
Highlights from the Registrar's Office
Implementation of new module of BANNER for scholarships processing
Implementation of full-suite of online services for MI students, faculty and staff through BANNER
Implementation of new standard for dean's/director's/principal's list criteria
Enhancement of web-based application for admission
Interdisciplinary group works on conversion of applicants to registrants
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Pressing in many variations are a fun part of CrossFit. We like the push up, the bench press, you name it we press it. One of our favorite presses is the Sotts Press It is a great exercise to test an athletes strength in the receiving position of the snatch. Olympic style weightlifters use it to effectively develop balance and flexibility as well as confidence with overhead stability. Though usually done with a barbell the kettlebell version is no less challenging or rewarding.
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// As we approach the "month of love," I thought it would be a perfect time to share a little of my husband and I's love story with you! :)
I think it's pretty great. And a testament of God's faithfulness in our lives.
But I don't want to give away too much too soon.
Let's start at the beginning, shall we?
It was the fall semester of 2005 when I first stepped foot on a college campus. Bible college. After fighting with God on going, I finally surrendered to His call on my life for ministry (there was a lot of back and forth struggle on this that I am purposely leaving out of this post to focus on the amazingness of meeting my husband). I had been warned that boys walked around on their knees there. That girls were known for going to bible college just to get their "MRS" degrees. So I was persistent on making sure that did. not. happen. to me. I was going to avoid guys like the plague. At least single guys. Specifically eye contact, none of that.
For the first couple
months weeks, I really tried. I spent lots of time with my new dorm girlfriends. Staying up too late, watching chick flicks in our 20x20 foot room. Or even going out to play a little guitar by the beautiful lake on campus. All girls. All the time. It was loads of fun.
Until I met my husband.
Well, okay... to be honest, I didn't really, actually notice him the first time I met him (I told you guys, I was avoiding eye contact). I was just shooting some hoops in the gym (okay, not the best place to be if you are trying to avoid guys) and he walked up beside me and started complimenting me on my shot and telling me I should be in the "WNBA." Seriously, funny guy. (I mean, I know I'm good and everything... but I gave up on my basketball dreams a long time ago when I stopped growing past 5'3''). I didn't tell him all that. No, in fact, I gave him the cold shoulder! Yep. Didn't even respond.
To be honest with you guys, I don't know why. Because, I am naturally an overly-friendly person. Some guys often mistook me as flirty (unfortunately). This is one of those times I look back on as a testament to God really opening my heart for my husband when it was the right time.
And it came. It sure did. About two months later, while playing a game of
very competitive flag football. I was one of two girls (okay, okay... I had given up on completely avoiding guys by this point!) on my team called "The Temptations" and we were playing Josh's team, the "Cheeky Monkeys."
It was love at first sight
this time.
I literally felt myself drawn to him. This guy, that could catch the football like it was nothing, who walked around making jokes and hiking his pants up to his chest. Yes, this guy was my dream man.
I made myself more available over the next few days. Just hanging out on campus a little longer, eating in the student center, actually going to the library (because
I needed to study he was there). And believe it or not, he noticed me back. (It wasn't until later that I knew he had already noticed me, much sooner). It wasn't too long and we were spending time together in group outings. The great thing about a small campus is we already had mutual friends, so that was fun.
It only took a couple weeks of these group outings, before he finally asked me out on a date. Okay, he didn't call it that. And we're probably the only two people in the world who spent their first date at a high school football game (besides, well, high schoolers). But that's what he wanted to do on his friday night. Attend a football game, two hours away, to cheer on students in his youth group (he was already a part-time student pastor at 21). And he wanted me to come.
Uhhh... like I said, dream man.


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Everything! I love the decorations, the colours, giving gifts to my loved ones, spending time with family and just the good mood that the holidays give everyone
My favourite part about christmas is the gift of giving. It's a time to think and connect with those around us and also to give to others unconditionally.
My favourite thing is celebrating all that the birth of Jesus meant for the world: hope, love, salvation. All things we still need today
Spending time with the best of the best. Family & friends & good wine. Fortunately this year my two least favourite inlaws won't be there 🎄
My favourite thing about Christmas is seeing the momentary joy that presents elicit, as well as the bringing together of family that only seems to happen at this time of the year.
My favourite thing about christmas is the bad santa game we play with the family where we have two good gifts and many undesirable funny gifts we have to keep swaping till the last gift is unwrapped. Always a great laugh.
My favourite thing about Christmas is the holiday cheer, where everyone comes together to celebrate and to spend valuable time with each other.
My favourite thing about Christmas is seeing the smiles on my childrens faces when they see that "Santa" left them all the things they asked for.
my favourite thing about Christmas is the sunny weather, spending time with family and getting to eat like no ones business , and also the recap of the year.
I love the spirit of Christmas... time to appreciate our loved ones far and near, spreading the Christmas cheer and waiting for Santa to arrive!
My favorite thing about Christmas is the family reunion and everyone has issue with each other you just gotta laugh.
My Favourite thing about chrismas is setting up the tree with my son, and watching his excitement through the whole of Decmber at all things Christmas and santa related!!
My favourite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family (& watching the little ones as they open their gifts)
My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with Family and Friends seeing the childrens faces when they get something they love.
My favorite thing about Christmas is sharing my blessings to others and spending a quality time with family and friends celebrating our christmas tradition.


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Mazda has fallen from Ford's financial nest — the Detroit giant having sold the stake that once gave it control — and must now feed itself.
The small scale of the fierce-yet-fragile Japanese independent, struggling to hang onto roughly 2 percent of the American market, will be a never-ending challenge as it tries to compete with global empires like Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen and Ford itself.
The redesigned 2014 Mazda 6 seems to show evidence of that strain, but also the upside of the company's emotional, uncompromising approach to engineering.
Automakers like Toyota and Hyundai don't care to be reminded, but Mazdas almost always handle and perform better than more pedestrian rivals. Yet typical mass-market buyers don't put much stock in performance, choosing Toyota Camrys and other dull-but-reliable cars by wide margins over Mazda's medal-winning counterparts.
Perhaps counterintuitively, Mazda's worst failures have come when it has tried to out-Toyota Toyota, forsaking sporty principles and settling for the middle ground.
The Mazda 6 has been a great example. The first-generation sedan of 2003 was lauded as a midsize benchmark, and by Mazda standards, it posted excellent sales. One notable criticism was that the back seat was a bit tight.
So Mazda gave in to mass-market temptation for the redesign of the 2009 model. It pumped up the 6 to the size of a Honda Accord, with handling that seemed as unrecognizable as the car itself. Sales plunged and have never recovered.
Now Mazda regroups with a mildly scaled-down 6 for 2014. The car is a looker again, a shapely adaptation of the Takeri concept car that made the rounds of international auto shows.
Production has moved to Japan as Mazda wrapped up a quarter-century of building cars alongside Fords in Flat Rock, Mich.
And Mazda's personality shines clearly, with an all-new chassis, transmissions and engines, including an advanced 2.2-liter Skyactiv-D diesel that will go on sale later this year. That will make Mazda, long associated with rotary engines, the first Japanese brand to offer a modern clean-diesel passenger car in America. Mazda has been coy on mileage, but the diesel version should breeze past 40 miles a gallon on the highway.
Keeping its priorities straight, Mazda has lavished resources on the mechanicals. The new 6 delivers that familiar Mazda connectedness, but with a pronounced improvement in fuel economy, historically a sore spot for this brand. The gasoline version, with a 2.5-liter direct-injection 4-cylinder, has a thrifty economy rating of 26 m.p.g. in town and 38 on the highway, with its redesigned 6-speed automatic transmission. That's up from a mere 21/30 m.p.g. for the departing model.
The new engine, designed to run on regular gas, also has 184 horsepower and 185 pound-feet of torque, up from 170 and 167 in the obsolete 2.5 liter of last year.
Like many of its rivals, the 6 no longer offers a V-6 option.
Tech tricks abound, though, including extremely high compression that improves efficiency.
The automatic transmission incorporates both a conventional torque converter for silky low-speed operation and a single automated clutch for decisive gear changes — which can be made with paddle shifters behind the steering wheel. Naturally, Mazda has kept the stick-shift faith, offering its fine new 6-speed manual on all but the top-level Grand Touring.
The 6 is the first car in America to capture energy in a fast-charging capacitor with no rare-earth metals, rather than a slower, bulkier and harder-to-recycle battery. Lift off the gas, and the optional i-Eloop system spins the alternator to charge the capacitor in eight seconds flat. The stored juice — roughly 2,000 watts — then powers the electric system and accessories. E.V. and laptop users, take note: unlike lithium-ion batteries, Mazda's capacitor is designed to charge and discharge millions of times with no loss of storage capacity.
Yet for all of its prowess, Mazda's relatively small financial basket suggests that there are only so many eggs to go around. For the cabin, Mazda needs to break a few more eggs.
Don't get me wrong: the 6 puts its driver in perfect alignment with the steering wheel and controls. The seats and forward visibility are excellent. The trunk officially measures a modest 14.8 cubic feet, but it feels cavernous in daily use. An 18.5-gallon fuel tank lets the Mazda cover 600 highway miles between fill-ups.
The Mazda also keeps up with the gadget-obsessed Joneses. Owners can choose a smooth-running adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warning, forward collision alert system, blind-spot monitors, rear cross-traffic detection and headlamps that automatically switch between low and high beams.
But compared with, say, the lavish Honda Accord or Hyundai Sonata, the 6 feels as if it's playing catch-up inside. That begins with the amateurish TomTom navigation system and its scrawny, inscrutable 5.8-inch screen. The optional system is mediocre enough if you've programmed a destination; when you haven't, it's the bane of lost travelers, often failing to label streets, cities and even freeways.
Worse, the design pizazz of the exterior is missing inside. I'm all for minimal cabins, but the Mazda seems as featureless as the nighttime prairie, and some wobbly-feeling switches don't help. In comparison, a Chevy Malibu is a paragon of texture and daring.
The rotary console controller halfheartedly mimics those in a dozen other cars. And who, among Mazda's red-blooded engineers and executives, signed off on those wimpy gauges? With a generic font and pale white lighting, the display is perfect for a Chinese minivan, but not suited for this driver's car.
Fortunately, beyond the cabin lies the most dynamic, assertive driver's car in the midsize realm. The chassis is far stiffer, and 58 percent of the body is high-tensile steel, holding the base model's weight to barely 3,100 pounds.
Electrically assisted steering, fast becoming a universal fuel saver, has damped the response of even six-figure cars. But Mazda's system feels attuned to every road nuance, with a steering ratio that's nearly as fast as the Miata convertible's. The front wheels' caster angle is more acute than in any front-drive rival, more even than the Mazda's late, fondly remembered RX-8 sports car, another contributor to the 6's right-now reactions.
Flirting with two-lane roads in upstate New York, the Mazda caressed every curve, showing excellent grip — almost too much, considering its modest power — from optional 19-inch wheels and tires. Pushed hard, the back end eventually bobbles. But it takes serious pushing to remind you that the 6 is intended for families, not just drivers.
The 2.5-liter engine, while adequate by class standards, elicits less excitement. The engine works to make speed, emits a gassy bleat and barely revs to 6,200 r.p.m. before running out of steam. But that is apparently the price to pay for major fuel savings. (Enthusiasts can cross their fingers and hope that a more powerful, tightly wound Mazdaspeed 6 is in the works).
The price starts at $21,675 for a Mazda 6 Sport with a 6-speed manual transmission. Moving up, the automatic Touring version starts at $25,290. The chart-topping Grand Touring costs $30,290. Come summer, a new Advanced Package will be offered for $2,080, adding the various collision warnings and monitors, adaptive cruise and high-beam systems, and the i-Eloop regenerative system.
Graft the Accord's interior into this handsome, frisky and frugal Mazda, and the result could be the world's leading family sedan. For now, Mazda 6 buyers will have to settle for the sportiest.


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Anyone who reads old science fiction is struck by the wealth of correct predictions one finds in the text. Now, of course, predictive fiction is often spectacularly wrong, as well. If it weren't we'd all be zipping around in flying cars now. But it's amazing to me just how many things are accurately depicted 30, 40, or 50 years before they were invented. There's often an amusing mix of the prescient and the absurdly off base (like Heinlein's space traveling characters still doing calculations with slide rules).
So with all the things that have been predicted in one science fiction story or another, I've always been struck by what I thought of as two major omissions, two really transformative and ubiquitous bits of technology that I thought no one had predicted. These are cell phones and the ways we use computers now.
Now, there are lots of things in predictive fiction that look like cell phones, from Dick Tracy's watch radio (thank you, talktooloose) to Star Trek's communicators to Max Smart's shoe phone. But they all seem to be some sort of glorified walkie-talkie device, connected to a specific person or group of people. Nobody seemed to envision mobile phones as we know them now, where they are used by a wide swath of people world wide who can call anywhere on a nationwide or world wide network, just as one does with a home phone.
With computers, you definitely see predictions of computers in every home, of them getting smaller and cheaper and so on. But I don't think I've seen anything from the pre-pc, pre-internet age that predicts the way we use computers now, as a major communication and social tool. Not just the fact of the internet (computer networks definitely show up in predictive fiction), but the combo of the internet and word processing. In the past 20-30 years communication has transformed to the point where a primary use of computers is interpersonal communication and a primary method of interpersonal communication is via computer. The combo of cheap personal computing, word processing, and the internet has really revolutionized human communication, and I've never seen that predicted.
Okay, until last week I thought these were the two big omissions. Then I found one of the Heinlein juveniles I'd never read, a novel called Space Cadet, about a student at an academy for an interplanetary military force. I thought I'd read all of the juveniles as a kid, and read them all to Doran, too, but somehow I missed this one. It was written in 1948. In the opening scene the kids have just arrived at the academy and are waiting in line to get in and one of them is very embarrassed because his phone rings and it's his parents checking on him to see he arrived safely. It's described just as his phone, with the assumption that that's what phones are, mobile devices. Another kid in line tries to make him feel better by saying he knew his parents would do the same, so he put his phone in checked luggage. Pretty prescient.
So, I was wrong on that one. Maybe on the other, too. Anyone know of a novel or story that fills the computer gap?


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My Temple colleague Kelly Ryan and I contributed a conference report about our experiences at the 2010 Flow Conference for the online journal Scope.
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Spider-Monster the Musical
I love Sesame Street's pop-cult parodies ("30 Rocks" is another favorite), and this one is especially great because it skewers the whole Spider-Man musical debacle. As one of my Twitter pals noted, the Muppet Bono is "signified by a smug face and sunglasses." I just like that the poor diner who always has a fly in his soup is stuck watching his incompetent waiter unsuccessfully attempt to fly.
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The Real World As Reality Pioneer
The Boston Globe looks back at the Real World's influence on television on the eve of the premiere of the show's 25th season. The article is as formulaic as the show itself has become; it hits all the right notes about hot tubs, young, inquisitive virgins corrupted by more worldly housemates and the city as cast member and traces the RW style to such unlikely shows as the mockumentary-style Modern Family and The Office.
The biggest gripe I end up having about these kinds of articles is that they argue that the Real World invented reality television. It didn't. It refined it and made it palatable to a younger audience. The idea of "reality TV" before was more along the lines of Unsolved Mysteries, Cops and America's Most Wanted. The Real World took the conceit of PBS' An American Family and soaped it up further. PBS always insisted AAF was a documentary, but it was received as a soap. It also sparked an entire media conversation about family values, which I analyzed in my master's thesis, comparing it to another influential MTV reality show, The Osbournes.
It's good that Globe writer Matthew Gilbert acknowledged An American Family in his piece. It often is forgotten when people write about the history of reality TV, but with the upcoming HBO film about the making of the series, expect a ton of think-pieces in the next few months about the series's influence. I just hope this means that it will be available on DVD or Netflix.
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The Forced March
I set up this site a while ago as a place to yammer about media, but it's obvious that I've been letting it languish. My pal Beth decided to embark on a puntastic "Forced March" in which we and others agree to blog every day for the month of March (or Spring will never come).
I'm going to try, but this is going to be tough since I'm in the thick of dissertating, with drafts of two chapters due this month. But expect some ranting about the media exploitation/fascination with Charlie Sheen, the Red Sox's (or is it Red Sox' — I'm struggling with this stylistic issue and have consulted my copy-editing expert pals, but more feedback truly is appreciated) spring training season, whatever issue I have with NY1 at the moment and other media-related content.
Despite my immersion in the theoretical worlds of myth, ritual, social memory and baseball coverage, I'm still watching a lot of television and listening to a ton of NPR. (Fun fact: my cats love Fresh Air, and we leave NPR on for them when we're going to be out of the house for a significant amount of time. Yes, I'm That Guy.)
There's a whole post in me about Andre Dubus III's new memoir Townie. Consider that a tease for later today (ambitious!) or tomorrow.
Let's do this.
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"Huge" Disappointment
I'm sad to hear that ABC Family has canceled Huge. I found some parts to be eyeroll-worthy (the Amber character's breathiness, for one), but it was a pretty faithful depiction of adolescence. Teenagers are somewhat annoying and melodramatic, and Huge wasn't afraid to showcase that.
The most interesting character for me, however, was Alistair. I would have liked to see how the writers would have developed his gender identity as the series continued.
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Incense in New York
Hi yalls! I'll be using this post to cover my travails in the New York incense scene. I've generally found it to be pretty lacking from an all around perspective. Most of the stuff that is sold in the health store bodegas is lower to medium end derivative product that is simply meant to "check" the incense box for the store. Don't mean to be negative but that's just how it is! In fact, the tremendous difficulty in finding dependable, high quality incense was the primary driver in making this site in the first place!
I was recently at a New York street fair where one of the vendors was selling aromatherapy products. They had some large bunches of incense sticks for sale that were wrapped in tin foil. Naturally, I bought a bunch to try them out. Let's be real here. There's not much out there that's more interesting than mystery crudely packaged incense sticks from a couple of guys who just don't care.
I bet you already guessed how this one turned out. Ostensibly, they were patchouli incense sticks. In practice, they were not. After removing the tightly wound tin foil covering, a heavy chemical aroma released into the air. It wasn't a good first step. I took one stick and burned it for a brief yet reasonable duration (a few minutes). There wasn't much scent to the aroma and it just smelled like smoke. About 15 minutes after burning the incense stick, I began to feel a little sick. :(
Mission failed! Sometimes when you play the incense game you lose...but you can't find the gems if you don't try them at all! Next time you're at a New York street fair, beware of the incense!


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All coaches and assistant coaches are required to complete a police check which is initiated by completing a form based on your permanent residence. Volunteers who live in the City of Ottawa need to complete an Ottawa Police Services form, all other volunteers need to complete an OPP form. Both forms can be found here.
The 2017 Soccer School program will run for 10 weeks from Tuesday May 23 to Thursday July 27. As always, we are in need of coaches. At this age, it is most important to find coaches who have some understanding of soccer, have patience with young children and are committed to keeping them engaged for 45 minutes to an hour twice per week. Typically coaches are parents of children in the program, but we often have teenagers who enjoy soccer and helping out with young children. We have also had other relatives (aunts, uncles and grandparents) help out. Regardless of who you are, we will always accept willing volunteers as coaches, assistant coaches and managers. Don't forget that the program will be held at the Civitan Fields in Almonte every Tuesday and Thursday night (except when there is an auction at the Civitan). The time for U4 children will be from 6 to 6:45 pm while the U5 and U6 program will be from 6 to 7 pm.
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Hidden In Plain Sight
". . . Where did this man get these things, . . . ?" Mark 6:2
Of all the prophecies in the Old Testament regarding Jesus there's not one which predicts He would be a carpenter. The only place we are told He was a worker in the trade of Joseph, is here in the book of Mark.
Yet, it should not go unnoticed that for many years the Son of Man lived as carpenter in a despised village. Jesus' life was normal – His relationship with the people of His hometown; the fact that He had brothers and sisters; that He was a carpenter and with His own hands had made ploughs and yokes, furniture and doors; that He had provided for His relatives by serving as the town handy-man.
In the sight of the people of Nazareth, Jesus was an ordinary man. What was known about Jesus was so commonplace, that it seemed to be incompatible with the majesty of His divinity and authority of His teaching.
We are no different from the citizens of Nazareth. We flippantly judge others by the outside. We tend to think because we have seen the outside of another's life that we have seen all there is to see. There, hidden beneath the surface, is more to Jesus.
God always hides Himself right before our eyes, in the everyday commonplace. The psalmist knew this when he penned "clouds and darkness surround him." Jesus came to us not with crushing impact of glory, but in humanity, weakness and vulnerability.
We don't understand this. The only way of seeing all Jesus is, is by peeling off our religious glasses, getting rid of our theological assumptions and spiritual prejudice, which keep us from seeing and standing in His presence. Receive His invitation to come in contact with the light of the Spirit. Unless one is born again, the life of Jesus will remain hidden.
Forgive me for my disrespectful approach toward you. I desire to be re-introduced to Your presence and Your ways.


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An Index has been compiled which lists significant articles about Surrey sites and people that have appeared in the SGT Newsletters Nos. 1-43. The Historic Environment Record (HER) team at County Hall, Kingston upon Thames can provide copies of articles for personal use at their usual charges.
Alternatively, copies of back numbers (we have a stock of most but not all issues) may be obtained by contacting us to check availability. The cost is £3.50 for the first issue requested and £2 for each additional issue, to include postage and packing.
With the launch of our new website we have included copies of our most recent Newsletters No. 49, 50 and 51 for 2017 here as a taster of what we do.


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Focusing on "small masterpieces", Long-Sharp Gallery returns to Art New York 2018 with a selection of important works by modern and contemporary masters no greater in size than 24 x 24". The centerpiece of the exhibition is Pablo Picasso's watercolor and charcoal drawing, titled "Femme"; the piece is from 1901 – the year of his first solo exhibition in Paris. Small works on canvas by Andy Warhol, Sam Francis, and Robert Indiana, along with a color pencil study drawing by Roy Lichtenstein, will be presented alongside Picasso's "Femme". Works by contemporary sculptors Gino Miles, Tarik Currimbhoy, Thalen & Thalen, and David Hayes will flank the "small masterpieces." Click here for more information about the fair. Please contact the gallery for complimentary tickets.
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Spoon Optional Soups
I used to hate soup. Like actually, despised it. Even when I was sick. Especially when I was sick. As a child I soon realized my mom would feed me anything my picky heart desired of fear that I otherwise might refuse to eat nothing at all. This turned into mac'n'cheese with purple popsicles couch side while watching Cinderella. This may or may not be linked to the reason I went to the nurse's office at least once a week in elementary school pretending to be sick. Well, that and bullying. But that's for another section of the blog.
I didn't become a soup lover overnight. Soup's distant cousin chili got me halfway there being that it's half burger/half soup and can be topped with as much cheese/greek yogurt as I want and nobody can say anything because it's still considered "healthy". I thought I liked all chili, until I randomly bought a cup of it at a local co-op without trying it and I realized my chili tastes are limited to my best friend Fran's and mine, which like our lives are basically the same thing. I don't actually like tons of chili powder in the batch, I basically like spicy hamburger soup with some hidden veggies and I'm okay with that.
Slowly but surely this got me to *GASP* liking soup. I'd get it at a lunch spot, but couldn't justify the amount of time it took to make it from scratch and I knew the gross amounts of chemicals and sodium live within the cans.
I'd seen Spoon Optional soups on Instagram as they were sponsoring an event with Girl Creative and My Sister Org (side note, give those both a gander because they're amazing and empowering organizations and communities). They were providing their delicious, organic, cancerous chemical free soup at a fundraiser to fight human trafficking and empower creative chicks to work together. DREAMY. I couldn't make the event, but I will always, always, always invest in products from brands that I know give back so when I saw it at the co-op around the corner from the studio I grabbed it.
Enter here, the winter counterpart of juicing. Nobody wants to drink a I love healthy cold press juices because they give you tons of vegetables at once but they are not easy to drink when it is 1 degree outside aka what I call Tinder Weather (weather so cold everybody starts swiping right on everything they see that looks semi reasonable because they're just desperate for body warmth. Spoon Optional to the rescue keeping my body warm, my body healthy, and my swiping discretion in tact.
They are the perfect meal on the go, whether you feel like being an etherial health goddess with their super greens flavor, going with the classic and everybody's favorite roasted tomato basil, or try on one of their seasonal flavors. Fall with their pumpkin spice soup is SO cozy - one time I ate it as a dessert and put some north mallows and pecans on top!
I don't know you, your life, or your stance on soup. But I do know that Spoon Optional will bring out the soup lover in everyone and make being healthy on the go in Minneapolis 10x easier.


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Excellent opportunity to acquire a reputed spa, salon and gym at Gachibowli, Hyderabad, operating since 2013. Services provided include: Hair (Cut, colour, styling, and treatments), Skin (skin treatments, masks, facials, waxing, manicures & pedicures), Spa (body massage, scrubs, wraps, body polishing) and Gym (70%Cardio and 30% strength). The business has a database of 2000 clients, of which 400 are regular clients. Land area is 3300 Sqft and built-up area is 2500 sqft. It is a rented premise. Rent amount paid: Rs. 80,000 per month. The business currently has 18 employees. Turnover last year was Rs. 60 Lacs. Asking Price: Rs. 1 CR.
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