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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Poll, please read: What's your next MP3 player? Have you hardware problems with your Archos?
From: Johan Vromans (jvromans_at_squirrel.nl)
Date: 2003-12-20
> Please indicate in a reply to this post when you next expect to buy
When? Don't know. I'm perfectly happy with my AJBR20. I'll just put a
> Please indicate, on a scale of 1 to 5, how important it is to you to
Hard. To be honest, I'd be satisfied with anything that has the
Of course, Rockbox would be a pre.
> IF you have had hardware problems with your Archos,
Maybe I'm an exception?
-- Johan
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Shares of department store retailer JCPenney (JCP) have been on a tear this month (up 20% year-to-date, from $35 to $42) after the company unveiled a new advertising campaign (love it!) and shared with investors the details of its new retail strategy. I recently wrote that the stock made sense, at the right price, given the potential for Ron Johnson to start working his magic. That price never really materialized and now that the stock has jumped into the 40's, it looks too expensive.
How can we value the shares given that business has not been great and the new CEO could really turn things around? It is not an easy task, but since Johnson turned Target into a hip retailer more than a decade ago, that seems like a good place to start. Let's assume Johnson can get JCP's margins all the way up to those of Target. That is a hefty assumption (and one that even if accomplished will likely take years, not months or quarters) but using optimistic projections can really help investors figure out what the upside could be. In 2010 Target earned 11% cash flow margins, versus just 7% at JCP, so Johnson clearly has some room to boost JCP's profitability. However, that upside is largely negated by an expensive stock price after a 20% gain so far in 2012. JCP shares trade at 8 times trailing cash flow, versus just 7 times for Target.
Target currently fetches an enterprise value-to-revenue ratio of 0.75 times. If we assume JCP can match TGT's profit margins (again, a very optimistic assumption) they too would fetch the same price. We can use EV-to-sales here because with the same level of profitability, sales and earnings multiples are interchangeable. Giving JCP a 0.75 EV-to-sales multiple puts the equity value at about $10.75 billion (excluding $2 billion in net debt), versus $9 billion today. The stock price at that level would be right around $50 per share.
So if Ron Johnson can turn JCP into a profit machine like Target, and we assume the stocks trade at similar valuations to reflect their strong businesses, JCP stock could rise another 20% or so, from $42 to $50 per share. It could be worse, of course, but with those numbers it is hardly an overwhelming attractive investment at current prices. That gain would be several years away, and assume Ron Johnson can live up to the hype he earned at Target and Apple, even though JCP is clearly in a more challenging competitive position.
As a result, I am steering clear of the soaring stock even though the TV commercials are great and the odds are good that Johnson will greatly improve the store experience over time.
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12 Famous Authors at Work With Their Dogs
Here at the Literary Hub office, pretty much every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day. Or so we hope and dream. Sometimes, when we're lucky, we do have a dog in the office: our current Editorial Fellow's dog Grizz, who is an extremely good boy. And we're in good company: some very famous authors also liked to have dogs around while they worked. Even (and probably more often) when they worked at home.
So, is all this a) just an excuse for me to comb through pictures of writers and their dogs or b) just an excuse for me to look at other writers' workspaces and messy desks or c) because the news is terrible and we all deserve some top-level literary cuteness? I bet you already know the answer, but either way, please enjoy these adorable photographs, which I have gathered here for you. Don't miss the surprise at the end!
Stephen King at his home office with his Corgi Marlowe; Bangor, Maine, July 20, 1995. Photo by Jill Krementz
E.B. White and his dog Minnie in White's office at the New Yorker. Photo via Tilbury House
Jane Smiley in her home office, with her German shorthaired pointer, Frida. Photo by Daniel Shea via the New York Times
Amy Tan hard at work with Bubba Zo, her Yorkshire terrier, New York City, April 16, 1996. Photo by Jill Krementz via New York Social Diary
Sheila Heti at her desk with her dog. Photo by Charla Jones via The Great Discontent
Couldn't help it: another cute shot of Sheila Heti with her dog in her office. Photo by Charla Jones via The Great Discontent
Joan Didion andJohn Gregory Dunne with their daughter Quintana and their dog in 1976. Photo by John Bryson via The Times UK
Ian Fleming at work at his desk in Goldeneye, with dogs. Photo by Harry Benson
Amy Hempel at her desk with her yellow Lab, Wanita, NYC, January 18, 2008. Photo by Jill Krementz via New York Social Diary
Romain Gary at desk, with dog. Not a hoax. via Binary Coffee
Robert B. Parker with a Corgi (not Pearl) and a typewriter
Rumer Godden at work with two pups afoot, Kashmir 1942. Photo via Herr Und Hund
Ross MacDonald, writing with canine accompaniment
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Arthur C. Clarke, hard at work . . . with his monkey. Photo by Billye Cutchen.


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[DISCLAIMER: This post has little about fire but the IMFSE life is not just about the F]
The IMFSE experience is known to provide opportunities to travel and gain international exposure. Of all the things that travelling brings, my favorite activity when travelling is…. reading maps. It's quite strange and my travelling buddies often tease that my head is often buried in maps or that I can somehow remember street names and directions once that map is in my head. Getting lost and being found is the magic of travel. Without a (google) map in hand, I doubt many of us would be able to get to wherever we need to be. Thus, I was instinctively drawn to the Missing Maps Project; a humanitarian project who aims to map the most crisis-prone parts of the developing world, to help NGOs and the rescue teams access different region.
My first encounter with the project was through a student organization in the University of Edinburgh, Engineering 4 Change (E4C), aiming to provide engineering solutions to development issues. (University of Edinburgh has more than 280 awesome student organisations – not including their sports teams – catering to everyone's interest and skills!! Highly recommended to join them (I joined 3!!) and explore life outside the classroom.). E4C organizes many activities to link the technical engineering world to society at large and one such event is the Missing Maps Marathon. I was clueless about what it was about but since there was "maps", I'm in. And I'm still into it.
The Mapathon started with like-minded engineers gathered in Appleton Tower, laptops (and the all-important mouse) at hand, ready to map-it-out. The task for this Mapathon was to map out the Manyoni district in Tanzania to help the NGO there working to prevent female genital mutilation with their outreach work to girls at risk in remote villages by providing better road and residential area data. (To learn more about how maps can help, view this video) It's hard to imagine that there are areas which are not (google) mapped. We take for granted that every street in every city has been mapped but the fact is that it has only been mapped by private organization where it is profitable to do so. I realized how previous and essential maps can be (especially when you are trying to figure out where is the road and the building from crude satellite images). Although technically this can be done at home in your PJs (or in PJ = Palsjoang), it was really fun to map alongside other mappers scrutinizing and consulting each other (is that a building or a tree?) and of course, there was pizza!!!
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Hi everyone, hasn't it been a long time?
I have decided to start afresh and consequently deleted all my previous posts. New year, new blog you might say?
A lot has changed since I first attempted to run this blog, 16 year old me who had just started her A-levels is now 19, almost 20, and I am not taking on university studying counselling, so there is a whole new person now to get to know. In addition to this my interests have moved on as has the time and now fashion is off the radar and beauty is my top priority. This being said, I am planning on updating and re-branding my whole blog; I had best get familiar with photoshop and blogger all over again!
So really the message I am trying to send out with this post is hi again, I am back and watch this space. My first goal is to give my blog a makeover and then after that a 'get to know me, again' post. After that we'll be flying!
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Philippine Daily Inquirer, 09.24.2012
THE PLAYWRIGHT'S NAME above the title? It's rare in these parts, where stellar billing routinely goes to the actors and, on occasion, to a few star directors.
Tanghalang Pilipino's (TP) ongoing "Walang Kukurap," however, gives its playwright Layeta Bucoy's name pride of place above the masthead, so to speak—a gesture suggesting not only that this play's voice and vision are unmistakably hers, but also that Bucoy's stature is now good enough for branding, as primary audience bait.
It's not an unjustified move. Among theater aficionados, Bucoy's name has become synonymous with exciting, provocative drama. In a relatively brief span, she has graduated from cult favorite at the annual Virgin Labfest, where her widely lauded one-act plays first earned her serious cred, to one of the most significant dramatists of her generation, her work gracing the stage of established companies such as TP, Dulaang UP and the Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta).
Running almost simultaneously with TP's "Walang Kukurap," in fact, is another Bucoy work—Peta's "Bona," a stage adaptation of the 1980 Lino Brocka film that starred Nora Aunor.
Because this "Bona" is a radical reworking of the original screenplay (by Cenen Ramones) about a fan's obsession with a movie bit player, Peta gave Bucoy frontline responsibilities, alongside star Eugene Domingo and director Soxie Topacio, to sell the updated version to audiences, resulting in the playwright, and what she had to say, garnering more than decent mileage in the press coverage.
"Walang Kukurap" and "Bona" are the two major homegrown shows brave enough so far to duke it out with the international production of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, which is hogging the lion's share of public buzz and audience attendance. That the two share the same playwright is a rare and happy coincidence; improbably enough, and no matter how briefly ("Bona" is extended until Sept. 30; "Walang Kukurap" closes Oct. 7), it's become the Layeta Bucoy season in local theater.
Less than ideal
It's not easy for us to report, then, that Bucoy's work in "Walang Kukurap" and "Bona" turns out be less-than-ideal showcases of her talent.
At her best, in her Virgin Labfest entries such as "Ellas Inocentes" (our choice for Best One-Act Play in 2007—"A hypnotic, heartbreaking portrait of a pair of warped childhoods," we wrote then) and 2009's "Doc Resureccion, Gagamutin ang Bayan" ("'Energy and originality are the two vital forces of any new good play,' said the playwright Romulus Linney. This one has both in spades"), Bucoy revealed herself as a master of the slow reveal.
These plays, directed by constant collaborator Tuxqs Rutaquio (also at the helm of "Walang Kukurap"), were marked by clipped dialogue, elliptical progression, creeping dread and skillfully held tension. Along with the less accomplished "Las Mentiras de Gloria" (2008), Bucoy's Labfest output anatomized dark, enigmatic stories of fetid family lies and violent secrets.
Maximalist approach
That lean, disciplined voice, sad to say, seems to have been jettisoned in "Walang Kukurap" and "Bona"—two productions with energy and conviction to spare, but which are also flabby, verbose and overwrought. Gone is Bucoy's customary sharpness, replaced by a maximalist approach to characters and situations that now often tends toward dismaying simple-mindedness by violating that cardinal creative dictum: show, don't tell.
To be fair, the play's director must share part of the blame. Take a representative scene in "Bona." Late in Act 2, the screen above the stage shows film footage of the boy starlet (Edgar Allan Guzman) flubbing his lines at a shoot and getting berated by his director. Fade, then enter Bona (Eugene Domingo) and Guzman onstage, the latter fuming mad. Bona, now his factotum-cum-manager, tries to mollify the boy: "E kasi nga nakakalimot ka ng dialogue, kaya nagagalit si direk." Cough—wasn't that what we just saw?
Tremendous actress
A talky, repetitive quality haunts the play from the very beginning, when Domingo's Bona, now a call-center agent, prays to an image of the Black Nazarene in her home, and practically gives away the ensuing narrative. Domingo, it must be said, is a tremendous actress, her theater background coming to the fore in her command of space, the way she deploys her vocal instrument, her ability to think on her feet (her every adlib is a hit with the audience).
Peta has said this production took pains to veer away from Aunor's film characterization to highlight Domingo's own strengths. Her Bona, then, much like the actress herself, is a quick-witted, self-aware and resourceful woman who doesn't seem to suffer fools gladly. Aunor's Bona is a hapless creature—diffident, devoid of intimate company, much put-upon in her lower-middle-class home. Domingo's Bona, on the other hand, supplements her call-center income by tutoring Korean students basic English and doing tarot-card reading for online customers—which in private she knows to be a lark.
This woman, in short, has her wits about her. She is capable of being in on the joke, and Domingo, with her fine sense of the absurd (we have it on good authority that one of the plays she did for Dulaang UP was "Waiting for Godot"), does wonders in the early part of the play, when Bona and her best friend Baldy (Joey Paras alternating with Phil Noble) engage in funny but long-winded routines that would not have been out-of-place in Domingo's defunct TV show "Comedy Bar."
Reassuringly solid
But this only leads to a fundamental puzzle: How does someone like her end up a doormat to a dumb himbo—not even a hunk, but a boy-man? (Guzman is excellent, by the way—ironically the most human presence in the play.)
For all the familiar predicaments this Bona is subjected to by Bucoy and Topacio (she's breadwinner to a family of moochers, for instance), not for a minute does her descent into desperation evince a sense of pathos, danger or horror. There is just something reassuringly, indestructibly solid about the actress playing her that prevents theatrical alchemy from dissolving our disbelief.
Stacking the deck
The playwright and the director themselves seem to have implicitly grasped this problem. How else to explain the frantic cramming they do near the end, when, to push Bona's character into the iconic bath-water scene, they stack the deck against her to ridiculous lengths?
Brocka and Ramones' film at this point has become a model of economy, the scenes acquiring the headlong inevitability of classic tragedy. But in the stage version, to tip Bona over the edge, she has to be walloped with a florid, melodramatic pile-up of complications. (Spoiler alert!)
First, her lout of a sister (Uleb Nieto—terrific) blames Bona over her nephew Bingo, now comatose in a hospital, because Bona's inability to send him to school had so depressed him that "nagrebelde, napabarkada sa durugista!" and got into a fight. As wags would say, "Comatose agad!?"
Next, nuance is all but abandoned when Guzman's Gino Sanchez is transformed into a standard-issue villain with a wordy speech that repudiates everything that he is, and twists the knife inside Bona besides: "Walang totoo d'un sa sinabi ko sa 'Star of Tomorrow.' Bayarang lalaki ako, Bona. Kaya 'yung nangyari sa atin, 'wag mong lagyan ng kulay 'yun ha. 'Yun din naman ang gusto mo, 'di ba—katulad ng iba?"
Loud and livid
That wholesale assault on subtlety is what also afflicts TP's "Walang Kukurap."
"A good way to destroy a play is to force it to prove something," wrote theater critic Walter Kerr. "Forced it will always be. Life, caught in its complex immediacy, doesn't present itself as a tidy equation."
Loud and livid, "Walang Kukurap" is a play that wants to prove a point: Politics is bad—no, it is lethal. Some theatergoers have said the play is an expanded take-off from Bucoy's "Doc Resureccion," which also tackles the hazardous effects of small-town politics on an extended family.
Not quite so; the true antecedent of "Walang Kukurap" is last year's "Titus Andronicus," the Filipino adaptation of the Shakespeare bloodfest that Bucoy and Rutaquio presented via Dulaang UP.
In transposing the story of the Roman general undone by the savagery of the world he lived in into a Filipino environment of violent mayors and their henchmen, their scheming wives and homicidal kids, it was "Titus" that first lent magnified form to Bucoy and Rutaquio's Grand Guignol appraisal of the hurlyburly of Philippine politics.
They've brought the same mindset to "Walang Kukurap," which, although less bloody than "Titus," still manages by play's end to notch an impressive body count, among them a Chinese trader sawed to pieces; a bystander stabbed to death; the town mayor assassinated by his own wife; a conniving lawyer murdered—blood, meanwhile, spurting liberally throughout.
Horrific immediacy
This is a fierce, unblinking vision. But anyone who pronounces himself shocked, shocked! at what the play purports to unmask must be asked: Where have you been?
In real life, a mayor in a remote town in Mindanao stands accused of mowing down 58 people and burying them en masse. A leader of a violent cult murders his own wife—and gets elected to Congress; ditto with a child rapist. The president of the republic herself is caught on tape appearing to conspire not only to steal the vote but also to greenlight the abduction of a lowly government employee standing in her way.
The point is, reality has outrun art in this case. Nothing on stage—not the most realistic simulation of slaughter, not the barrels of fake blood—can top the horrific immediacy of actual, flesh-and-blood political combat.
Committed actors
"Walang Kukurap" works overtime, and its committed actors exert themselves full-throttle, to present a horror show about the rotten state of Philippine society. But, quite disappointingly, it stops at description (if a bombastic one), and proceeds no further.
So, rather than characters, we have premises dressed in human garb, their lines stripped of the hum and ding of normal speech. The daughter of a shady accountant-society-woman meets her cousin and childhood chum, now a fugitive from the law, with the words "Dito mo pa ako pinapunta sa playground where we used to play as kids." (Note the annotative clause.) A beat later, she recalls their happy early years, "even if our respective mothers didn't talk to each other."
"Respective"? That looks right on paper—but to the ear it sounds laughable.
The mother, too, has her own whopper. To underline her economic status, she is saddled with a heavy-handed colegiala patois: "But iba pa rin the trees in our bayan."
In another scene, two characters have a confrontation. "Bakit 'di na lang tayo umalis?" demands one. Reply: "I need to oversee the jueteng operation!"
For people who have supposedly lived with each other all their lives, everyone in "Walang Kukurap" seems forever explaining, italicizing, contextualizing.
And for people who are, Bucoy and Rutaquio would have us believe, steeped in a world of perpetual intrigue and treachery, these are the most loquacious and un-reticent crooks you'd meet, constantly prattling on about their "droga, pasugalan," etc. Not to mention pathologically scared of being misunderstood the first time. "Para kang bulag," says one. "'Di nakakakita."
Strident obviousness
This is what you get, we wager, with a play that refuses to go no further than photographic reproduction—what critic and scholar Eric Bentley decried (in Arthur Miller, no less) as the "tendency to substitute oratory for inquiry." "Walang Kukurap" underscores its point with strident obviousness—that our current leaders and their ways are a pox on our system—but, really, who will argue with that?
The far more consequential terrain to explore, one might think, is not that our politicians are a nasty bunch, but how they are able to get away with it. What is it in them, and about us, that would tolerate such evil?
More to the point, how do these characters in "Walang Kukurap" think—how do they weigh options, or reflect on their decisions? We have no idea, because there are no moments of introspection, no hints of private stillness anywhere in the play.
Demonizing these characters from the outset also precludes any subsequent interest in their affairs by the audience. Once they've been rendered so grotesquely unrecognizable to us—blackest of the black, irredeemably evil, and virtually The Other—why should we care about what happens to them?
The dynastic families in "Walang Kukurap" may decimate each other, as they do, but all we can end up summoning inside is a smug sense of moral superiority: At least we're not like them. By that measure alone, a play that has hoisted its sense of self-importance on an announced aim to "simply unsettle" the audience has already lost.
In any case, purely from the point of view of drama, the prospect of characters with no discernible arc of growth or development, who thrash about in their preordained level of hell from beginning to end, surely only makes for inert theater.
Making sense
But, of course, there is one thing theater and art can do, and that is to try to make sense of things, to go beyond fallow presentation and description into truly fearless scrutiny, by which artist and audience can then hopefully find some insight and illumination.
"Walang Kukurap," unfortunately, is content merely to mime a circus of horrors—a trite one at that—though it bids to be recognized as a serious piece of theater with something serious to say about Philippine politics and society.
It has to make a choice. If it is to be a political play, let it be a play first, a political tract second. Otherwise, we can spare ourselves the ritual of going to the theater, no matter how special that is, and just go online to download the manifesto. Slogans and rhetorical excess may work in the campaign trail; but onstage, a bit more artfulness does help the medicine go down.
Peta, for instance, has shown the way with its pitch-perfect blend of the didactic and the theatrical in the 2010 election-education musical "Si Juan Tamad, ang Diyablo at ang Limang Milyong Boto"—"the rare advocacy play that does NOT make the viewer feel like she's been clubbed with a rolled-up newspaper for two hours," wrote Jessica Zafra.
The opposite was how we felt after watching "Walang Kukurap"—forced to sit though a lecture that had all the delicacy of a sledgehammer. We do not begrudge its sincerity, only its lack of imagination.
Bucoy and Rutaquio, individually and in tandem among Philippine theater's brightest new vanguards, can do much better than this.
Peta's "Bona" runs until Sept. 30 at the Peta Theater Center. Call 7256244, 0917-5765400.
Tanghalang Pilipino's "Walang Kukurap" runs until Oct. 7 at CCP's Tanghalang Huseng Batute. Call 8321125 local 1620-1621, 8323661, 2183791, 0917-7500107, 0918-9593949.
[Bona photos: Bien Kenneth Balbas / Walang Kukurap photos: William Reyes]
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THE KING OF WALLA WALLA AND THE GLOBETROTTERS OF SOFTBALL: Four Against Nine
In a sports world that is driven by up to the minute statistical comparisons, Eddie Feigner (FAY-NER) dominated his sport like no one before or since. Even the status of amazing athletes like Jordan, Nicklaus and Edwin Moses' as the best in their field, is often debated in drinking holes and at work sites every day. However, there is no debate that Feigner was the best ever among his peers. His raw stats are head and shoulders above any one else, and they will never be touched. If you stare at them long enough, your head will become woozy with the mere thought of the enormity of them. In his 65 year career, the softball pitcher performed before 17 million people, traveled 4 million miles, in over 100 different countries worldwide. His staggering stats consist of 9,743 wins, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 perfect games, and a winning percentage of .973. Feigner wasn't chopped liver when it came to swinging the bat. He once hit 55 home runs in a 250 game season. No one could have ever imagined that the boy from such humble beginnings, would go on to such unprecedented success and bring so much joy to so many people.
Myrle Vernon King was born on March 25, 1925 in Walla Walla Washington. Details are sketchy, but upon his birth he was abandoned on the steps of St. Mary's Catholic Hospital. He was adopted that same day by a god-fearing religious woman named Mary King. Mary's husband had left her during the Great Depression, and the child seem to fill a void in her lonely life. She was a devout Seventh Day Adventist who raised her son in a strict religious environment. During his childhood, he was prohibited from watching movies or listening to the radio. He was only allowed to read the bible and his school texts. After he was finished with his household chores, the youngster would escape to skip stones across a nearby river or throw rocks at bottles. He lived a poor and lonely childhood, and was never accepted by the kids in his school. His classmates would mercilessly ridicule the boy, calling him names like the "little bastard." They would beat the boy up and never have any social interaction with him.
After years of the abuse, he was befriended by a kid named Eddie Cotts. Upon watching the other kids dunking Myrle in a river repeatedly, Eddie had seen enough, and came to the boys defense. Nobody dared mess with Eddie Cotts. He was fast, strong, and he loved to fight. From that day forward no one messed with Myrle for fear of retribution at the hands of his best friend, Eddie. His love for fighting would eventually cost him his own life at the age of 16 when a lumberjack stabbed him for talking to his girlfriend. However, the two were inseparable during their childhood, and with Eddie in his corner, Myrle slowly but surely began to feel a sense of empowerment, and found the courage to be more extroverted in his demeanor. Instead of bullying him though, the other kids just ignored him and would never invite him to participate in their social functions. That was fine by Myrle, except for one thing; Myrle wanted to play softball. The other kids would rather be caught dead than be seen with the homely, poor boy. Every day, as his classmates played the game during recess, Myrle would be seen sitting under a tree. He could be found there wistfully watching his peers, having so much fun hitting the ball and playing catch with one another.
When Myrle was eight years old, a half Cherokee lad named Meade Kinzler, moved to his town. Because of Kinzler's racial background, the kids were just as open with their disdain for him as well, and a bond was formed between the two outcasts. Every day like clockwork, the boys would get together in Kinzler's yard and play catch until they couldn't see their gloves two inches from their face, due to darkness. Years of throwing stones had given Myrle a powerful arm, and the adults in the neighborhood took notice and asked him to pitch in their softball league. At the age of nine, he began pitching for a local team and was dominating players who were up to three and four times his age. With Kinzler as his catcher, the two were unstoppable. By all accounts the two would go on to be unbeaten for 13 straight years.
Upon the onset of World War II, like most American boys of that time, Myrle decided to lay the bat and glove down and joined the Marines. However, the young man was filled with loneliness and sorrow, and the inner demons began to take over his life. Because of his feelings of abandonment, he turned to drinking. Many times in a drunken despair, with two failed marriages already under his belt, King attempted suicide by slashing his wrist or ramming his jeep into trees. He had continuous nervous breakdowns, and most of his time was spent in and out of the hospital for numerous physical and psychological ailments. After a training exercise gone wrong, which left Myrle suffering a concussed cracked skull and numerous facial wounds, the Marines discharged him and sent him home.
When he returned home, Myrle decided to look for his mother who had abandoned him. One day while rummaging through the Walla Walla Hall of Records, he came across an open letter from a Naomi Feigner, who claimed to have given birth to a baby boy on March 25, 1925, and she was desperately searching for him. Ironically he had been cutting the lawn and running errands for this very same woman for two years, without either one of them knowing about the other. His mother, who had been left by his father after getting pregnant, was in a better place in life now, having married a successful grocery store owner. On December 16,1945 the reunion was joyful for both mother and son, and Myrle moved into her house immediately. Within days, Naomi bought her long lost son a new car and a wardrobe of clothes. A week later Myrle felt like a new person, and had his name officially changed to Eddie Feigner. He took the mother's last name and assumed the name Eddie, after his childhood chum Eddie Cotts. With a renewed vigor for life, Eddie put all his focus on playing softball. As he entered into his prime years, his arm became even more powerful. He refined his mechanics, and began experimenting with different windups. His game was progressing at an astounding rate now. He had 4oo windups with 5 different hand speeds. His curve ball began dropping up to 18 inches, and his fastball was clocked at 104 MPH. He was now untouchable, and began striking people out with pitches behind his back. The teams he played for were going undefeated year after year, and the more he progressed, the more confidence the pitcher was attaining. Anyone who has played this game will tell you that a pitcher who throws that hard at so many angles with confidence in his back pocket, is a dangerous animal.
In the spring of 1946, Feigner was pitching for Killbugs Grocery, versus a team from a nearby neighborhood named Pendelton. Behind a perfect game from the arm of Eddie, Killbugs won the game 33-0. As the two teams were hanging together at a local bar, Team Pendelton began talking trash and offering excuses for the results of the game. As a surly Fiegner was getting up to leave the establishment, a player from Pendelton challenged him to a rematch when all their players were healthy. An angry Feigner turned around and said through clenched teeth, " You're pathetic, I could lick you with just my catcher (Meade)!!" Thus setting the table of historical proportions, for the King and His Court. After a few minutes of negotiations, in the middle of the small stale bar, it was determined that the pitcher would be accompanied by any three players of his choice. The two teams agreed to four players in case the bases were loaded, and there was a need for that fourth batter. Pendelton was expecting two players back from injured legs in a couple of weeks, so the game would be a week after their return.
Eddie Fiegner and his three teammates disappeared behind the walls of Washington State Penitentiary for practice. Curiously amused inmates would stare for hours, as the players figured out ways to make the team work. Meanwhile, the neighborhoods of Walla Walla and Pendelton were abuzz over the challenge. Everyone was talking about the team that called themselves The King And His Court, taking on the mighty Pendelton with four men. Finally the big day arrived, and to Eddie's surprise over 400 people from the two hoods showed up to watch the game. The King and His Court won the game 1-0, and Eddie threw a perfect game, striking out 19 of 21 batters faced. During the last inning, with a massive crowd looking on, Eddie was in cruise control and feeling feisty. In a moment of boredom and cockiness, Eddie struck out the last batter, while pitching from second base. The crowd went absolutely crazy at this incredibly ridiculous event they were watching. While basking in the glow of the teams accomplishment, the King knew he was on to something. It was time for the King and His Court to take their act on the road.
The team came up with a barnstorming tour, where they would publicly challenge the best teams in town to a friendly four on nine game of softball. It started out slowly because the American Softball Association was banning their players from playing in the games. Eddie and the boys adopted red, white, and blue uniforms like the Harlem Globetrotters and they would go town to town, issuing out the challenge to any and all takers. They would play in cow fields, airplane runways, basketball courts, prison yards, or any where they could. As they played, they would mix in showmanship with their stories and jokes. The King began striking people out between his legs, around his back, and blindfolded (that's right folks, blindfolded). He would strike batters out, pitching from second base, then from centerfield. He even had a famous hidden-ball pitch that he loved to sport. He would go through one of his 2,000 windups and appear to pitch the ball, all the while throwing the ball in his glove, behind his back. The catcher, who was in on the gag, would jump up to obscure the umpires vision, while the batter would swing at a pitch that never happened. His skills were virtually limitless, and the gate receipts kept getting bigger and bigger. Finally a team in Waverly, Florida, decided to oppose the ASA's rules and accept the challenge from The King And His Court with a $1,600 prize at stake.Waverly would have been better off holding on to that money and playing nine man teams for free. Eddie and the Court couldn't believe they were playing softball 3,000 miles from home, making a living, and entertaining so many people.
Long rides in station wagons, gave way to buses. Fairground ball fields were turning into The Great Wall of China. Everywhere the King and His Court went, they amazed and astounded the fans. It was a whole four years before anyone was able to beat them. The King, with his Johnny Unitas buzz top haircut, became the Barnum and Bailey of the softball vaudeville act. They would interact with the crowds and would sell pins, pennants, and programs. Though the team was owned by the players, Eddie was the star. Through the years, the team took on various players, but the King never abdicated his throne. They performed on the Johnny Carson show, with Eddie knocking a cigar out of Johnny's mouth, blindfolded. In a 1967 exhibition game at Dodger Stadium the King struck out Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Brooks Robinson, Willie McCovey, Maury Wills, and Harmon Killebrew in succession. By my count ladies and gentleman, that's five hall of famers and the single season record holder in steals, until Rickey Henderson came along.
Eddie was offered a contract from the Dodgers and the Giants to play major league baseball. The Washington Redskins gave the King a tryout and he threw a football 85 yards on the fly, as well as a 50 yard pass from behind his back. However, Eddie's love was softball, and his passion was playing to the crowd like the consummate showman that he was.. He had the greatest arm ever in the history of mankind and he knew it. Whenever he would he would be reminded of this, he would simply shrug and say, " Being the greatest softball pitcher ever is like being the greatest nose blower ever. It's just not that big of a deal." It must be easy to be so coy when you've struck out,8,698 batters..... while being blindfolded.
Even when his arm speed started to decline, he was still able to dominate, because of the filthy movement of the ball. For 66 years the King shut down almost all opposing batters he faced. In 2000, after recently being inducted into the Seniors Softball Hall of Fame, Eddie threw his last pitch, a perfect strike at the opening softball game of the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia. A day later, the King had a massive stroke. Though he didn't pitch anymore after that, he toured with the team as an emcee until he died due to complications from dementia in 2007. His arm was donated to science after his death. The King and His Court, still tour today, but the game is not predicated on wins and losses anymore. No one has an arm that could ever replace King's. The tour is now based on having fun and trying to keep the dying sport of fast pitch softball alive. I can remember watching ESPN, pimping out the greatest 50 players of the 1900s. I find it insulting that the horse Secretariet was given a slot, while a true HUMAN athlete like Feigner isn't on the list. As amazing as Secretariet was, I have one word for you......HORSE!! Enough said.
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Getting to Orkney
The quickest way to get to Orkney is to fly to Kirkwall with Loganair. You can fly from many airports around the UK. Flights from Scottish airports – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness are daily. www.loganair.co.uk
Airport Parking Shop
Find the best car parking prices online for over 300 car parks at 29 airports including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Gatwick, Heathrow and so on. www.airport-parking-shop.co.uk
Northlink Ferries
For a more luxurious ferry journey to Orkney travel from Scrabster to Stomness on the Northlink ferry. Journey takes approx. 1hr 30 mins and runs daily sailings. Visit www.northlinkferries.co.uk for more information.
Pentland Ferries
This is a very popular short sea crossing from Gills Bay to St Margaret's Hope, running daily sailings. Visit www.pentlandferries.co.uk for more information.
Accommodation en route to Orkney
Pennyland House: Bed & Breakfast – Thurso
Pennyland House is a three storey building dating back over two hundred years. Built in 1780 it is historically noted for being the birthplace of Sir William Alexander Smith, the founder of the Boys Brigade.
The house is located on the edge of Thurso in a quiet, but convenient location and boasts wonderful views of the Orkney Islands, Scrabster and Thurso Bay.
Pennyland House, close to the Northlink ferry terminal, is ideally located as a stop-over on your way to Orkney.
Mey House near Castle Mey on the Scottish Mainland
Mey House provides luxury 5 star accommodation, panoramic ocean views & is perfectly located, on the 'North Coast 500' route, for visiting Orkney or The Castle of Mey.
With the biggest beds, sumptuous bathrooms and a superb à la carte breakfast, you can be sure a night spent at Mey House will be an experience to remember.
Accommodation in Orkney
Outbrecks: Self Catering Accommodation.
If your looking for somewhere to stay whilst visiting Orkney than have a look at the Outbrecks Self Catering Accommodation website where you will find details about their 4 Star Visit Scotland rated accommodation in Stenness, Orkney. Adrian and Lesley Francis provide excellent customer service and dogs are welcome!
Straigona Bed and Breakfast
Straigona is a purpose built Bed and Breakfast (B&B) located in Tankerness with stunning views over fields to Inganess Bay and the island of Shapinsay. It enjoys the best of both worlds, being semi-rural but only minutes away from the airport and Kirkwall. Julie and Mike provide clients with an excellent service.
2 Dundas Crescent
2 Dundas Crescent, a former 19th century manse that was built in 1877 for the minister of the Church of Scotland. It is now a four bedroom bed and breakfast, three of which have en-suites and one that has its own private shower room. All fixtures and furnishings are of a very high standard. Ruth and Edgar are great hosts!
Avalon House
Avalon House is a purpose built Guest House. Owned and run by Jane and Alastair MacDonald with years of experience in the tourism industry. Home cooking, home comforts and a warm welcome await you at Avalon House. All rooms are non-smoking, en-suite with king size beds and memory foam mattresses. Every room has digital TV and wireless broadband access.
Karrawa Guest House
Karrawa Guest House is a family run establishment and excellent guest house. Albert & Aileen invite you to share and enjoy their hospitality. They provide a high standard of accommodation for visitors and travellers alike. Great location and easily accessible. Please see their website for further details: www.karrawaguesthouseorkney.co.uk
Benmora bed and breakfast is situated in a quiet area of Kirkwall, yet is only 5 minutes walk from the town centre and overlooks the marina and harbour.
Ferry Inn and Harbourside House, in Stromness, Orkney.
Situated on the harbour front in Orkney's gateway port, the Ferry Inn provides an ideal base for business or leisure stays, great all day food and a cracking community bar.
Kirkareth is a spacious Norwegian Style family house located in a stunning elevated position with panoramic views across the shores of Scapa Flow, located on the island of South Ronaldsay, connected to mainland Orkney by the famous Churchill Barriers.
The Lookout
The Lookout is a newly renovated cottage in a stunning elevated position with beautiful panoramic views across the shores of Scapa Flow. It is situated on the outskirts of St. Margaret's Hope in a quiet, peaceful location.
Brinkies Guest House
Based in Stromness, Brinkies Guest House is available for bookings all year round.
Aultnagar Bed & Breakfast
A warm Orcadian welcome awaits you at Aultnagar bed & breakfast.
Orkney Marina's and Boat Trips
Orkney Marinas
Sailing to and around the Orkney islands is an excellent way to explore all that Orkney has to offer! Orkney Marinas have modern, sheltered facilities and you can expect friendly help and service from staff, volunteers and local sailors. Orkney Marinas is run as a professional, not-for-profit organisation for its visitors.
Dawn Star Boat Trips
With Dawn Star Boat Trips you can experience the famous naval harbour of Scapa Flow at a relaxed pace. Through our informative commentaries, discover its history, its importance in the two world wars, its seabirds and its wildlife.
Naval/Military Links
Ness Battery
On the outskirts of Stromness, just a short walk from the town, stands Ness Battery. This important relic of Orkney's wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack, and after being closed for many years it finally opens to the public in Spring 2012. Visit the Ness Battery website for full details.
Aviation Research Group Orkney & Shetland
The aim of A.R.G.O.S is to document all aspects of aviation history on and around the Orkney and Shetland Isles. Visit their website atwww.crashsiteorkney.com for more information.
Orkney Defence Interest Network
The website of the Orkney Defence Interest Network represents a group set up to highlight the importance of Orkney wartime heritage.
While in Orkney why not visit Orkney Craft Vinegar and see how Sam Britten creates artisan vinegar using Orkney bere barley.


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On Saturday, October 12, 2013, the Jefferson Parish Historical Commission and the Jefferson Historical Society of Louisiana are sponsoring the
7th Annual Camp Parapet Day
The event is free and open to the public. There will be tours of the structure and grounds from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will also be Confederate re-enactors of the 10th Louisiana Militia and the Louisiane Vintage Dancers!
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Submitted by Administrator on Tue, 14/03/2017 - 13:06
The School of Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Chris Young as the next Head of School.
Professor Young will take up his new post in January 2019 following a period of research leave, some of which he will spend at UC Berkeley.
Professor Young commented: 'It has been a great pleasure to work with Martin Millett and many others in Mill Lane over the last few years as the School has mapped out its ten-year vision. I'm looking forward to continuing this work and facing new challenges after a period of research and reflection'.
Professor Young has been Deputy Head of School since 2014, a position he has combined with Acting University Librarian from October 2016. During this time, he chaired the committee that introduced two new joint Triposes, has been Director of the Cambridge AHRC DTP, and has served on the General Board and the General Board's Education Committee.
Professor Young is Professor of Modern and Medieval German Studies in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, specialising in medieval German language and literature and sport in modern Europe. He is a Fellow of Pembroke College and Co-Director of the DAAD Research Hub in German Studies.


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Kicks 105.5 has teamed up with Crown Trophy to present "The Teacher Of The Month" Award. If you know of an exceptional teacher that goes above and beyond, fill out the form below. Every month we will pick a new teacher from your nominations and they will receive a Teacher of the Month Prize Package including a Plaque from Crown Trophy in Brookfield and a gift card to a local restaurant!
Congratulations to our Monthly Winners:
September 2014- Diana Manning of The Consolidated School in New Fairfield
October 2014- Ms. Caitlin Schneider of Our Lady of Fatima School in Wilton
November 2014- Stacy King from the Hawthorne Country Day School
December 2014- Vicki Baker from Immanual Lutheran School
January 2015- Megan Seckinger of Park Ave. School in Danbury
February 2015- John Piech of Mill Ridge Primary in Danbury
March 2015- Jessica Archambault (Miss A) of Morris Street School in Danbury
April 2015- Mary Churchill of St. Mary's in Bethel
May 2015- Heather Muller of King Street Primary in Danbury
September 2015- Kerri Vitolo of New Fairfield who teaches at PS 304 in N.Y.C.
October 2015- Ms. Downs of the Pembroke School in Danbury
November 2015- Mellisa Martino from Great Plain Elementary School in Danbury
December 2015- Lisa Abrams of The Consolidated School in New Fairfield
January 2016- Patricia Taylor- Brewster High School
February 2016- Erin Appelle of The George Fischer Middle School in Carmel
March 2016- Kristin May of Oak Grove Elementary in Poughkeepsie
April 2016- Paul Brennan of Carmel High School
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Too Young for Breast Cancer?Ever since my older sister got breast cancer, I've been noticing lumps in my breasts. When I mentioned them to my internist, he said I was too young to get cancer (I'm 34). But I'm scared. Shouldn't I get a mammogram just to be sure?
Fibrocystic breast disease (the condition in which breasts are lumpy, or fibrocystic) is very common in women of all ages. The problem with fibrocystic lumps, which you can feel, is that they may be very difficult to distinguish from malignant breast tumors. But having lumpy breasts does not automatically mean you have cancer.
Approximately 185,000 women develop breast cancer every year — and the average age at diagnosis is 60. That's not to say breast cancer can't occur in young women like you, in their 20s and 30s. The risk factors for breast cancer include having a family history (like a sister, mother, or grandmother with the disease), having never been pregnant, and the use of hormone replacement therapy, just to name a few. Keep in mind that 85 percent of women who develop breast cancer do not have a family history of the disease.
The key to successful treatment in all age groups is early detection. The smaller the tumor, and the less the invasion of lymph nodes, the more likely that surgery and chemotherapy will lead to a cure.
The American Cancer Society recommends that all women get a baseline mammogram at age 35; then, starting at age 40, women who are at average risk for the disease should get a yearly mammogram. In a woman with a family history of breast cancer, screening should begin earlier. So you're the right age to begin, because your sister's cancer gives you a family history. I would recommend doing a mammogram now and continuing to each year. If you have very dense breasts, a sonogram — which is a painless ultrasound exam — may be useful as well. (That decision should be up to the radiologist at the time he or she reviews your mammogram films.)
Some women at high risk for breast cancer will see a breast surgeon or breast specialist for yearly exams in addition to their regular checkups with a gynecologist and/or internist. The additional benefits of breast self-exam are controversial.
There are important studies now being conducted examining the value of MRIs in detecting early stage breast cancers in women at high risk. While MRIs are not quite ready to be used for mass screening, some cancer centers are conducting ongoing studies for women who are at high risk. Other studies that focus on genetic testing in women at risk and the use of estrogen-blocking medications are currently underway. You may be a candidate for these at some point in the future.


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Maya Road - for the Journey of a Lifetime
Uptown Sophisticate Bloom Slides
Sale price $1.30 Regular price
A collection of 6 flower-shaped metal ribbon slides (~1" wide), in 3 enamel colors. These come packaged in one of Maya Road's Large Square Journey Tins. Use as a ribbon slide or use an embellishment using adhesive.
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Easy farewell from the long-time house and friends when moving
Moving from the long-time house to a new one is always connected with worries and troubles. Moving can be rather difficult and full of stress to people who lived in their house for many years and were happy in it. No wonder there are such expressions: "My house is my castle", "Home is where he hangs his hat", "There is no place like home". We all tend to get used to our houses and surrounding areas. Very often we have problems not with moving process but with our our feelings. Sometimes we do not even realize how hard it is for us to say goodbye to our house and old places, because they are still keeping many good and kind memories. During the move, we leave a part of ourselves in our previous house and this makes us feel depressed and confused, especially because many of us are afraid of changes and meet them with suspicion and fear.
We want to give you some advices how to say goodbye to your beloved house and friends with a light heart.
Say "goodbye" to the house:
- Look through the old photos taken in your house:
- Here are some photos from your wedding day;
- In this picture the baby is sleeping in his crib;
- In this photo the whole family gathered around the table on Thanksgiving Day.
- Walk through the rooms and remember how you arranged your house. Recollect, what was the purpose of buying this or that armchair, picture, vase, etc.
- Slowly walk around the surrounding area: your favorite store, the school where your child studies, the favorite family pizzeria.
- Have dinner with your family. Laugh at the funny moments. Retrospect afterglows.
All these actions will ease your emotional tension, but make you smile at memories, and maybe even laugh.
But of course, besides partying with the house you have to say goodbye to your friends.
There are some our advices how to say goodbye to your friends when you move:
- Gather with friends. It doesn't matter what it will be: a noisy party or a quiet dinner and it doesn't matter where you meet in a club, restaurant, bar or at home. The main thing is to be positive. You are moving, but you will not stop communicating with your friends: we have telephones, social network to chat and organize meetings at a new place.
- Remember with friends how your long-standing friendship began, where your met.
- Take photos – let's remain not only memoirs from your farewell party, but also nice photos. When you become sad, you can always looking at them.
- Invite friends to your new place or arrange about a meeting place. You can also plan an annual holiday together.
- Give your friends farewell gifts. It can be original souvenirs, photo frames with your joint photos, books, or maybe you just write a farewell letter – it all depends on your imagination. Your friends will appreciate this gesture.
In conclusion, I would like to note that there will definitely be some changes after moving: a new house, new acquaintances and a lot of other new things. Do not be afraid of this. Make up your mind to positive changes and everything will be fine!


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Playout date: 10 December 2006
Duration: 11:03
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This was still very much in my experimental phase of making videos. We have a sped up putting together of the tree as we used to do it, with the voices of our family sped up with the actions. At the same time some Christmas music. You can hear our singing sped up. That's how we always were, singing to each other and playing instruments the whole time. And Tatyana bouncing around. Such sweet kids.
About David J. James55 year old UK origin Chartered Accountant and business consultant who loves languages, literature, history, religion, politics, internet, vlogging and blogging and lively written discussion. Conservative Christian, married to an angel with advanced Multiple Sclerosis. We have three kids, two of them autistic, and we live in Warsaw, Poland.
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He seems to be more popular among Catholics, but what's your take on G. K. Chesterton?
On the Protestant side, how about Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)?
If you've spoken of them already, and I do seem to have run across some reference to Chesterton which I cannot now find, my apologies. A site-specific search of each on Google returns nothing.
David | 13/10/2017 at 4:51 pm
It occurs to me that I might preempt fears of treading on cherished hallowed ground—I know little of Carroll and less of Chesterton. As a student of literature, I must agree with mainstream literary evaluations of Carroll and admit that I find there but moderate literary merit; as a student of mathematics, on the other hand, I do find his work worthy of selective attention, particulary his method for calculating the day of the week for any date on the Gregorian calendar and his discussions of voting systems and Euclid. His widely assumed personal asexuality is certainly taken up as a lurid juiciness for the psychoanalysts, but one can never underestimate the overwhelming sway of repression, religious or otherwise, and I daresay that the psychoanalytic reading of a great many respected mathematics teachers and clerics, had they left wherewith to psychoanalyze them, would yield equally surprising results. Frank contemplation of such aspects of his life can at times be nonetheless troubling.
With Chesterton, I have principally the impression of a singly unswerving thinker who, agree or disagree as you will with his founding assumptions, sought to reconcile with logical soundness his profoundest beliefs with his most straightforward observations of the world around him. Accounts of his manner, devotions, and political positions may well detract at times.
With both, I welcome critiques of their work and thought; I ask you about them because you seem likely to be aware of both, if not also well-informed, and I suspect you would have a thoughtful perspective to offer.
The most I care to say about myself here in public is that I was raised Protestant, so that you might have a reference point for my participation here.
All I can really remember reading of Chesterton is this priestly detective character. Father Brown (as opposed to Father Ted) which is quite light reading really and without much philosophical loading and I think you can say the same for the Alice books by Lewis Carroll. Since I never read anything meaty by either of them, I cannot really pass comment on their thought lives, but maybe that's a gap and I should fill it.
Too many good authors, too little time.
David | 23/10/2017 at 11:36 pm
Yes, that's for sure. The volume of great reading that remains to be done never decreases. Thanks for responding. I'll have to look into Father Brown.
Having spoken recently about changes to the virtual world, one feature I miss about the site is the recent comments feed which was always down around the "Would you buy a book from this Professor?" Amazon blurb. It always led me to the most recent, dynamic ongoing discussions to be found on the site.
At any rate, it's good to see you posting again.
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Kurosh Madani is graduated in fundamental physics in June 1985 from PARIS 7 – Jussieu University. He received his MSc. in Microelectronics and chip architecture from University PARIS 11 (PARIS-SUD), Orsay, France, in September 1986. Received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University PARIS 11 (PARIS-SUD), Orsay, France, in February 1990. In 1995, he received the DHDR Doctor Hab. degree (senior research doctorate degree) from University PARIS 12 – Val de Marne. He works as Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering of Senart-FB Institute of Technology of University PARIS-EST Creteil (
UPEC), France. From 1992 to 2000 he has been creator and head of DRN (Neural Networks Division) research group. From 2001 to 2004 he has been head of Intelligence in Instrumentation and Systems Laboratory (I2S / JE 2353) of UPEC. Co-creator of Images, Signals and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (LISSI / EA 3956) of UPEC in 2005, head of Intelligent Machines & Systems" research team of LISSI, he is also Vice-director of this laboratory. He has worked on both digital and analog implementation of massively parallel processors arrays for image processing, electro-optical random number generation, and both analog and digital Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) implementation. Author and coauthor of more than 250 publications (in international journals, books, conferences' and symposiums' proceedings), he has been regularly invited as key-note and invited lecture by international conferences and symposiums. His current research interests include: - Complex structures and behaviors modeling, - self-organizing, modular and hybrid neural based information processing systems and their real-world and industrial applications, - humanoid and collective robotics - intelligent fault detection and diagnosis systems. Member of IEEE, permanent member of "Awareness Science and Technology" technical committee of IEEE-SMC and member of ACM, since 1996 he is a life-member (elected Academician) of International Informatization Academy. In 1997, he was also elected as permanent Academician (life-member) of International Academy of Technological Cybernetics.
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Alzheimer's Society Music Benefit
Ulster Hall, Belfast - November 3rd 2011
Featuring The Divine Comedy, Ash, The Undertones with support from John D'Arcy
This special concert has been put together to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. The three main acts will each perform one of their classic albums in sequence.
The Divine Comedy, featuring Neil Hannon and a string quartet will play the 1994 'Promenade' album. Tracks including 'Tonight We Fly', 'The Summerhouse' and 'When The Lights Go Out All Over Europe' will all be aired.
Ash will present their first 'proper' album, '1977' as the original three piece. This record topped the UK chart in 1996 and fielded songs such as 'Girls From Mars', Angel Interceptor', Goldfinger' and 'Oh Yeah'. The Undertones will perform their debut self-titled album from 1979, including 'Teenage Kicks', 'Get Over You', 'Jimmy Jimmy' and 'Here Comes The Summer'.
Tim Wheeler from Ash explains his involvement in the event: "My Dad passed away in January this year. He'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 2008 and lived the last 6 months of his life in the Psychiatry Of Old Age Ward at Downe Hospital. I spent a lot of time in the hospital with him and saw many other patients and families going through exactly the same thing as we were going through. "As my Dad's condition deteriorated I felt very helpless as there was nothing I could do except visit him as much as possible. When I heard that Neil's father had also been diagnosed with Alzheimer's I thought that we could actually do something using our music to help fight Alzheimer's. It is a growing worldwide problem and as yet there is no cure. The main hope seems to be in prevention and a lot of funding for research is needed. "So using the uplifting power of great music we are going to make a contribution. It's going to be a wonderful and emotional night for me. The Undertones have been a big influence on Ash, they are Northern Irish music legends and it's going to be a real treat hearing them play their first album. "I've been a friend and massive fan of Neil for years too and always love being on the same stage as The Divine Comedy. With Ash, we're really excited to be playing our debut album '1977' in full, something that we've only ever done twice before. My Dad loved music, playing piano was one of his joys and he would never miss an Ash gig in Belfast. I know he'll be there in spirit. "As well as raising funds for the Alzheimer's Society I'd like to use our gig to say how important a service the Health Service is and that we can't let it be taken away. I'd also like to say how grateful my family and I are for the Health Service and the kindness of the staff at The Downe Hospital for the care my father received."
Neil Hannon, The Divine Comedy says: "My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's several years ago. It is a debilitating and frustrating condition, and affects not just the sufferer but all those around them. It is however possible, with early diagnosis and medication, to continue living a meaningful and enjoyable life as my dad has shown. I find him as entertaining now as ever, just in a much more random sort of way. "Of course being my Dad he decided to use his capacity as a public figure to talk openly about the inner workings of his ailing mind. To help demystify and de-stigmatise it a little. He's a very awesome man. I'm delighted to finally get this opportunity to do my bit for the cause. It should be a fantastic night!"
Ian Thomas, Alzheimer's Society, Operations Director for Northern Ireland and Wales, adds: "It's brilliant that Ash, The Divine Comedy and The Undertones have chosen to support Alzheimer's Society through this gig. Not only do music fans get to hear three great bands but it raises awareness of dementia and helps tackle some of the stigma that surrounds the condition. "There are currently 17,700 people with dementia in Northern Ireland and by 2021 this is set to rise to 25000. Every ticket sold will help support people to live well with dementia today and fund vital research to find a cure for tomorrow."
The event is part of Belfast Music Week which runs from October 30 - November 5. Belfast City Council, with support from the NI Tourist Board and Tourism Ireland, has organised a packed programme of events in the run-up to the MTV European Music Awards which take place at the Odyssey Arena on November 6. A full programme of events will be announced soon and will be available via the council's website www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Doors at 7pm. Tickets, £20 and £22 will go on sale on Thursday 22nd September at 9am at the Ulster Hall box office: www.ulsterhall.co.uk Tel. 02890 334455.
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The guidelines on this web site describe departmental requirements for the Master of Science degree program in Computer Science (CS) at Oklahoma State University. Admission requirements are also included.
These guidelines are those of the Computer Science Department. Certain other regulations are imposed by the Oklahoma State University Graduate School and are described in the Oklahoma State University Catalog. It is the student's responsibility to satisfy all requirements of the Computer Science Department and the Graduate College.
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In addition to the requirements listed in the Catalog, students must satisfy the following requirements:
A student well prepared for M.S. study should have a good background in mainstream computer science. This includes experience with procedural programming languages (e.g., Ada, C, C++, Java, Pascal, or Smalltalk), and non-procedural languages (e.g., Lisp, Prolog, or ML); background in computer architecture or assembly language, data structures, operating systems, software engineering, and related mathematics (e.g., mathematical logic, discrete mathematics, and calculus). A student who lacks experience in some of these areas may be admitted with deficiencies listed.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE): Applicants must take the general test. There are no minimum requirements for admission, either on grades or on GRE scores; each application is considered and judged as a whole by the Graduate Committee.
The TOEFL for international applicants is a matter for the Graduate College rather than for the department. The Graduate College will not forward an international application to the department until the applicant has satisfied whatever TOEFL requirement, if any, is required for that applicant. Even if a TOEFL score is high enough for admission, the Graduate College may require a newly admitted international student to take one three-hour English course. If this is the case, it will be specified on the Certificate of Admission that is sent to the applicant when he or she is admitted.
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CS 4323 and 4343 cannot be put on any plan of study of a Computer Science graduate student. This means that required prerequisites and certain other courses can no longer be counted as electives toward a graduate degree in Computer Science at OSU. For a course from any OSU department other than Computer Science to be included on a plan of study for a Computer Science graduate student, the course must carry graduate credit and be numbered 5000 or higher.
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