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Friday, December 22, 2006
Two poems by Badri Raina
I am off the airwaves until next year and so I will bid goodbye with these two wonderful
poems by Badri Raina which I read many years ago, and recently obtained hard copies
from my brother-in-law Ajay Ranjan Singh, his colleague. It is very acid and is not
for the faint-hearted, but gives one something to think about. It sums up what reams of
printed pages published in the Frontline and EPW cannot, atleast in my humble opinion.
The new Indian middle class
is full of pelf and prayer;
it ogles at the fop in front,
and quarantines its rear.
The new Indian middle class
is full of potato chip;
it hogs away at restaurant,
but is careful with the tip.
The new Indian middle class
means business every way;
it will have the atom bomb,
whatever you may say.
The new Indian middle class
is cross at population;
it simply cannot undersatnd
why people live in the nation.
The new Indian middle class
is bored by argument;
argumnet so upsets
its vacuous content.
The new Indian middle class
connects with tradition;
it often needs to fly abroad
to propagate that fashion.
The new Indian middle class
is a hippopotamus;
it fattens on protected feed,
and yawns at politics.
Hippopotamus revisited
The new Indian middle class
is into Channel V,
where V stands for vertifo
and viscerality.
The new Indian middle class
drives to disco tune,
It sees nothing upon the road
except its good fortune.
The new Indian middle class
is full of stock and share;
it packs globalised machismo
in Philips underwear.
The new Indian middle class
is Pentium perfect;
Its E-Mail carries latest news
of when and where to eat.
The new Indian middle class
is glued to one-dayer;
it despises Parliament
but is buoyed by Tendulkar.
The new Indian middle class
marries in farm houses,
where poor relations never reach,
and whisky drowns all grouses.
The new Indian middle class
is too busy wot visit;
when parents lie in ICU
Archies Card does it.
The new Indian middle class
uses language like hammer,
it has no use for critical thought,
nuance, complexity, grammar.
The new Indian middle class
will surely take us far,
from hauteur, humbug, heartlessness
to bloody civil war.
Ball-point pen
Monday, December 11, 2006
Captain Mulla
the sinking of the INS Khukri. An officer had told us briefly
about Captian M. N. Mulla who went down with the
ship. I had never heard of him since, and today's Hindu
carried a story on the 35th anniversary of its sinking and
how this hero went down with his ship. Very touching.
I often wonder about how about country treats its armed
forces. Indeed, it is kept in an unpleasant situation of keeping
the union through the AFSP Act., etc., which are all laws
passed by civilian Governments. Yet, so little is really known
about its activities, its heroes, etc.. I have often wondered
why it took the BJP Government (and not so many earlier
ones) to promote Arjan Singh to Marshal of the Air Force.
Comments are welcome on this subject.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Becoming a professional physicist
a professional physicist. Now you may be wondering why BA
is qualified to write about this, especially when there is an
article on becoming a good theoretical physicist
by none other than Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft. [ As usual I found
the link from this article from my friend Abi's blog Nanopolitan.]
The reasons are of course spurred by the discussions we have on
students and the supposedly declining quality of students and
so on and so forth, topic which occupy so much of our time
which could otherwise be meaningfully spent, including
of course writing more articles on blogs. But jokes apart,
let me spell out why I think I should put down my thoughts
on this subject. Now any serious student of physics is well
advised to read 't Hooft's article on this subject. He lays down
completely what is the basic minimum that a person hoping
to have a career in theoretical physics should know. Also, one
has to give some advice to students entering the subject in India.
I think 't Hooft's advice pretty much universal. The main point
is that the students who think that they are lacking the background
should, after reading his article, identify the subjects where their
weaknesses lie and go about fixing the weaknesses.
Now how did I, a student of Chemical Engineering in the 1980's make
the transition? Undoubtedly a very risky decision to have taken, having
taken it, I did set about it quite methodically. I registered for 3 courses
of the M. Sc in physics program and went through the course work
meticulously. There was no internet those days, and no advice from
't Hooft. So I wrote to some American Univesities for their course
booklets, both undergraduate and graduate course description, and
basically drew mental Venn diagrams and isolated those course which
defined a basic minimum. Many long hours were spent in the IIT Madras
library looking up textbooks spelt out in those course booklets and
simply sitting down and working out missing steps and learning
the basics. I think that this technique was very useful for someone
who was not supremely gifted, but was willing to sit down and
learn things. [Of course you may ask why I did not get the course
booklet from IIT Kanpur, but it just did not occur to me. Perhaps their
5 year M. Sc. program course contents were superior to the result
of the mental Venn diagrams that I used.] I must also emphasize
that one great skill I did learn from the B. Tech. at IIT Madras was
problem solving, a skill that is useful whether one goes in physics,
managements, finance, computer science, IAS or what have you.
Acknowledgements are also due to the kind advice, help and
encouragement of my teachers there, Profs. V. Balakrishnan,
G. Rangarajan and the late Prof. S. Swaminathan. Prof. M. S. Ananth
who is now director of IIT Madras was also very encouraging of
my decision and was great to talk to.
I, of course, was not the only one to have taken this risky path; mighty
seniors like Ganapathy Murthy now at Kentucky, Uma Sankar at
IIT Bombay, Arun K. Gupta who went to Caltech, and some what
junior folks including Ramesh Abhiraman who went to Yale,
Anand Subburaman who went to Syracuse, Suresh Govindarajan
now at IIT Madras, Vasant Natarajan a colleague across in
Dept. of Physics at IISc also charted this course. It would be interesting
to know how they made their transitions.
The moral of this story is that if this worked for me, it will work
for anyone. In other words, today if we get students from perceived
weak backgrounds, and if they were to put themselves with some
assistance through such a grind, they would as well as any one who
today is a professional physicist. Such professional physicists, and
for that matter scientists and engineeres are the need of the hour
for the country. This formula will work also for those who will not
be able to go to the elite programs of the IISERs and the integrated
M. Sc. programs of Mysore University and University of Hyderabad.
Quote from Andre Weil
and problems in teaching courses and the perceived
lack of response and interest from students, etc..
This subject could easily be in the category of
the 'Zendejas brothers' (source unknown: heard it
only from the authoritative source Abi at lunch),
in other words, easily a winning candidate
for the bore of the year award. However, coincidentally
I ran into the following quote yesterday from Andre Weil
the famous mathematician in an article on the
Mathematics Curriculum,"The American student...suffers
under some severe handicaps,...Apart from his lack of
earlier training in mathematics...,he suffers chiefly
from his lack of training in the fundamental skills ---
reading, writing and speaking...". I hope to write
on the subject of overcoming this handicap (I should
know, I suppose (?!)) to find a career in physics.
Now I have to rush off to a seminar.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The only requiem I want to offer the victims is silence.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Popular articles by yours truly
more than none), I am posting links to my articles aimed
at popularizing science through publications in
Resonance, Journal of Science Education and in
Current Science, which among other things is
something like a forum to discuss science policy
in the country.
The first attempt was a 2 part article co-authored with 3
summer students, J. Meeraa, Seema Sharma and Bharti Sharma,
and Ritesh K. Singh who at that time was a beginning
student in our department. This was on 'discrete symmetries'
in particle physics, which also explained in some length the
ideas of particle physics. The two parts are here and here.
The next was a report on the stunning results from
the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, which was published in
both Current Science and Resonance, authored with Ritesh.
Since they are identical, I link the article to the Current
Science version with certain minor errors pointed in this
Then came an article on the 2002 Nobel Prize award to
neutrino pioneers Davis and Koshiba of which I am
sole author.
After a long break the enterprise was revived
in 2005 when a summer student Ekta Makhija wanted to
know what pentaquarks were all about. To answer this
question, I commissioned her, myself and K. Shivaraj to answer
the question. This very tough exercise led to 2 articles
in Resonance and Current Science on the subject.
Note that they are very different, and here is the
link for the Current Science article and
the Resonance article .
This year, along with 2 summer students Chitra Gautham
and Aquila Mavalankar, and Shivaraj and Alka Upadhyay
we started out to explain to the world at large what the
current status of some neutrino experiments were. We
later approached my friend S. Uma Sankar at IIT Bombay
to join us in this enterprise, which has led to a rather
impressive (even if I may say so myself) publication in
Current Science on the subject. The link is given
I guess this does not really fit here, but anyway, I will
put it down. I gave a set of lectures
on Grand Unification at an international school in Kathmandu in 1997,
and it is featured at the reviews section on the Official
Superstring Theory Web-site right here.
Our work on dipole moments
of work on measuring, or atleast constraining the dipole
moment of tau-leptons using polarized beams. If an elementary
particle were to have a dipole moment, then it would be a
signal of CP violation (C=charge conjugation, P=parity).
CP violation todate has been observed in neutral meson
systems. Returning to our work, it has recently received
the attention of atleast one experimentalist,
see this talk.
Shiva Samudram
make some wonderful day trips. One location that we
have liked very much is Shiva Samudram which is about
140 km from here. The location is particularly nice
because one can stop by at the Lokaruchi Kamat Restaurant
for breakfast on the way in and for 'tiffin' on the
way back. Here are pictures of the
'Gaganachukki' falls
and 'Barachukki' falls.
U R Ananthamurthy
"You are Ananthamurthy?", my answer of course would
be "I am Ananthanarayan"! Such a contingency is not
entirely unlikely as the distinguished Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy
is spending 3 months in IISc, as the Sundararajan Visiting
Professor and sits in our building! His first lecture is slated
for November 2 and is on 'Many Indias...' which I am
eagerly looking forward to.
Friday, October 27, 2006
I am a guest writer...
and their Interactions is now hosted by Arunn Narasimhan ,
in his guest writers section. You will observe that Arunn is clearly no
mean expert on web-design! Check out how a simple article can look so
More seriously, I think Arunn's initiative is an excellent one. With all
these evolving technologies, the more information there is on the web
of a reliable nature, the better it is. I think his efforts are highly
commendable, and I hope that other readers of this humble blog and
his not so humble blog will contribute articles to his blog.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Pictures by Aparna
These pictures on blogger are stupendous as seen in the
bird pictures of the previous post. So I cannot resist posting
this picture of pictures by Aparna. But I will get back to
more serious stuff soon!
A friendly visitor
me to take. He or she spent a good five minutes of
quality time with us.
Update: I have the following information obtained on request from Natasha Mhatre:
Its a Java Sparrow, a bird introduced into Sri Lanka, with few records from
the mainland. This has most probably escaped from captivity from Russels
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Markus Fierz
the passing of Markus Fierz earlier this year.
The name Fierz is known to everyone in
elementary particle physics due to his
transformations. However, until I met
Peter in 1994-95, I was not even aware that
he was a contemporary figure. Peter, who
had been a graduate student of Fierz's has
linked a pdf file on his home page on the
life and times of Fierz.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Hamming's advice
about research and its quality, and how to improve it,
and of course what the role of the individual is. These
are, of course, imponderables and no one really knows
the answers to these questions. It is true that a lot
of great research took place in times of great ferment,
during war-time and during the cold-war, and it is
probably as much to do with socio-politico-economic
conditions as with the drive of individuals that leads
to truly exceptional results. But there really are,
and sadly, no short-cuts.
Many years ago someone forwarded a file containing the
transcript of a talk given by Richard Hamming. I have
never found a better discussion on the subject. Of course,
it is anecdotal and talks about many specific instances
but there is a lot to learn from this talk. There are also
questions that come in about the relevance of a given
individuals work and the circumstances in which he or
she finds himself or herself, the historical times, the relevance
and so on. But there are some inescapable points in this
talk that stick in my mind:
- work on important problems
- work very hard as it has a compounding effect
- change problems
All this, of course is easier said than done.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
North Korean bomb
entrant to the nuclear club. I look forward to a world
where there are no nuclear weapons. Keep dreaming, pal...
On the situation, there is no better article that I
have read than the one by Rahul Mahajan in his blog
in the commentary dated October 9, 2006.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Literature Nobel prize speculation
Nobel prize this year. I think it is going to Salman Rushdie.
visited the lovely temple at Lepakshi, just across the border
in Andhra. However, it seems that relatively few people
seem to know about it. At lunch my friend Ramamurty
thought I was pullling his leg when I said that the way
to get there is drive north towards Hyderabad and hang
left when you see signs for Lepakshi, which is what I
remember it to have always been. Later, I thought I would
check it out on the internet and this is what I found
on this site :
``Lepakshi is a small historic town in southern Andhra Pradesh,
about 120 kms from Bangalore. On the way to Hyderabad from
Bangalore, you have to take a de-tour of about 16kms on the
left to reach Lepakshi. The entrance of the city has a huge Nandi
statue in a small park. From here if you walk about 200mts , you
reach an old temple, built in a typical medival era architecture.
It is Shiva temple with a huge Shivalinga coiled with Naga, in
the open space. The pillars are all well carved and the temple
has multiple shivalingas and pooja is still performed here. The
temple compound is also huge. The place gives the feeling that
the meditations have been performed there for centuries and you
can feel the power of the same.''
Yesterday I also passed on these directions to our friends
the Anil Kumar's who may visit this place the next weekend!
Harvest moon --- thank you Aparna
home Aparna pointed out the rising, practically full moon on
Friday. It looked rather special. Later I read on one of the
newslines I subscribe to that it was a Harvest moon that would
appear about 12% larger than some other moons of the year
as the moon was near its perigee. Thank you Aparna!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Nobel Prize in Physics
not unexpected for those who have been 'Nobel watchers' and for
those who can grasp the fantastic nature of their achievement.
The observation of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave
Background Radiation through the satellite observations of COBE
is a remarkable story. What impresses me is the perseverence and
the patience of such researchers.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Breaking the blogger's block
Life in IISc is never simple. First I have the blogger's block;
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Whipping up media frenzy
over, but this time I cannot resist. While the rest of the
world watched in horror at the massacre in Lebanon,
a story was suddenly floated about the arrest of a suspect
in the sad story of JonBenet Ramsey. I told myself
that if it smells like a hoax, looks like a hoax, tastes like
a hoax, then it must be a hoax. Well, that is what it
has turned out to be. It was a magnificent diversion from
the atrocities perpetrated against Lebanon.
Then there is the sad story of the wild-life warrior,
Mr. Steve Irwin who was killed by a sting-ray barb.
Now everyone knows that if you mess around with
wild animals sooner or later there will be an accident.
While it is very sad for him and his family, one saw
the Prime Minister of Australia going on TV and treating
this man as a national hero. [In the old days national
heroes were those whose marched into the valley of death,
cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left of them
(never mind that the Charge of the Light Brigade
(not the electricity bill!) was in a battle of imperial conquest),
but now national heroes are those who prance around crocodiles,
head-butt foul mouthed opponents and hit a leather bound
sphere a few hundred yards. But I digress.] Of course I would
not go to the extent of Germaine Greer's picking on the same
man within hours of his passing, for he was after all harmless.
But all this is nothing compared to the insane joy over
Princess Kiko's delivering a baby boy. Why is the media
so interested in an oppressive, feudal, formerly genocidal
Royalty and its line of succession, which in itself is
In this mad world, the only true prophet that
is left is Mr. Joker of the Batman movies who says,
``what kind of a world is it where a man can dress up
as a bat...?''
Friday, September 01, 2006
Rahul Mahajan's latest offering
for the blog and the blogger. I had sometime ago writte about
George Allen and the 'macaca' incident, which has also featured in
this latest offering .
Friday, August 25, 2006
8 planets!
planets has now shrunk and poor Pluto has been
demoted to a 'dwarf planet'. Imagine the lethalness
of having to remember the names of so many
planets, had it been otherwise. What is interesting
in this entire debate is that so far there was no 'definition'
of a planet. Now there is! What will all this do
to astrology?
Thursday, August 17, 2006
12 planets!
bodies in the solar system will be elevated to planets. Actually one of
them, Ceres, had been a planet in the 19th century and had been demoted.
This lies between Mars and Jupiter, and was until now the largest
asteroid. The other trans-Plutonian (certainly trans-Neptunian) objects
in this hallowed list are Charon and (yikes!) Xena. Hope the name
of the last one will be chosen to be something else.
BELLE results on missing energy decay
interesting results, having observed 17 B-meson decays
into tau lepton and its neutrino, from a sample of,
yes, 450 million B-meson pairs! In the decays, the
B-mesons turn into a final state with only leptons,
with missing energy carried away by several neutrinos.
The number is in accordance with the standard model
expectations and tightly constrains the parameter space
for charged Higgs. Details can be found here.
Sen. George Allen denies making racial slur
surrounding Sen. George Allen of Virginia, describing
a campaign worker of his opponent as a 'Macaca', he
now says that his remark was not meant to be a racial slur.
This is a terrible thing to happen to a person who is an
American albeit of Indian descent. Among the many
things noted in the article, the following are relevant:
- "This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is," said Allen, who at times pointed directly at the camera.
- Macaca is a class of monkey, including the rhesus monkey.
- "He was doing that because he could, because he could get away with it," Sidarth said. "I think he was just trying to, trying to point out the fact that I was a person of color, in a crowd that was not otherwise."
I am also reminded of the writings of Rahul Mahajan, where
he had once written that when he was campaigning against the Iraq war
before it started, many would question his patriotism, while colleagues with
'standard' American names would never get mail of that sort.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Our recent educational paper on neutrinos
paper on neutrino experiments and their results.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Guenter Grass' confession
confession of Mr. Guenter Grass about his membership
of Hitler's elite Waffen SS. Commentators are saying
that he had no business being the moral voice of
Germany as he had not come out in the open. Maybe
they are right. But why could others not establish
this truth? This is something that confounds me about
that part of the world. When they talked years ago
about Kurt Waldheim, why did they not establish his
antecedents before he became UN Secretary General
or long before he became Austria's President. The role
of Juan Antonio Samaranch during the Franco period
is also well known --- so why was he allowed to be
President of the IOC. In any case, I do find that the
attitude of Europe towards its past is a very positive one.
There is a lot of soul-searching and a lot of 'coming out
of the closet'.
Unfortunately there is nothing of that sort in our country.
We have politicians in our midst in all political parties,
so many of who can be directly identified with specific
crimes of genocidal nature. But we have no soul searching
of this kind. There is a lot of crocodile tears about the
partition. There are those who have openly talked about
participating in specific crimes including murder, who have
been elevated to high posts in the ranks of certain
'cultural organizations'. It would be great if people took
a leaf out of the books of the European soul-searchers.
It is good to keep in mind the following quote:
"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."
---George Santayana
Discussion on faculty salaries
by a simpler one on the need to enhance faculty salaries. I had a couple
of comments there on why I think the issue of demanding higher salaries
is not a justifiable one. It has been a long time since I wrote anything on
this blog, owing mainly to the starting of the semester and of course, the
famous writer's block. Let us hope that this will help me break it!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Something light for a change
to write only about heaviosity in this young
blog, or in my other writings scattered all
over netlandia. Here is one that might cheer
you up: I saw someone described as a 'polymath'
the other day. I thought perhaps this means
that he is good at algebra, geometry and
However, my online dictionary says
n : a person of great and varied learning
On this note, I also find it useful to recall
the following from Alice in Wonderland:
The different branches of Arithmetic -
Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Competition among scientists
`Just how competitive can scientists get.' It is unfortunate some
commentators have sought to read meaning into the fact that
the junior would-be colleague was a woman and the
curmudgeon was a man. I think gender has nothing to do
with it. There could just as well have been a gender reversal
between a junior colleague and the curmudgeon. There is
no need to bring in these superfluous things.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Violence against women
this young woman who worked at a call-centre in
Bangalore, by a colleague and perhaps one time friend.
The amazing thing is the casual manner in which this
horrific crime has been committed. One would wonder
what could have driven this man to do this; the chances
of not getting caught were nil. Of course one does not
know how well-connected he is, and our own experience
with the countless crimes shows that the well-heeled will
probably get away with it. It must have been the massive
ego of this guy which led him to do this, as the media says
that the poor woman was not interested in him, etc..
However, there is one thing that one cannot avoid here.
Why are women, irrespective of class always the victims
of such terrible violence in our society? I am sure the
media is to blame for making violence, especially against
women acceptable. I don't know of any other society
that has had to invent phrases such as 'eve-teasing',
'dowry-deaths', increasingly 'acid-attacks'. Have you
ever known a woman to have carried out an acid-attack
against a man?
Monday, July 24, 2006
Language and the middle-east conflict
war in the middle-east. No less sickening is the total media control,
especially on CNN and BBC, where I almost never find any views from
from the Palestinian or Lebanese side being heard. I must, however,
confess that things are so sickening that I am not watching much TV.
However, the following stuck to my mind and I dug out the transcript
from the following source from which I quote:
JAN EGELAND: It's destruction in block after block - mainly
residential areas. I would say that this seems to be an excessive
use of force in an area with so many civilians.
REPORTER: And if it's excessive use of force, that makes it a war crime?
JAN EGELAND: It makes it a violation of humanitarian law.
According to my table-top New Pocket Oxford Dictionary,
crime n. an offence against an individual or the state which is punishable by law
According to my online dictionary:
war crime n. Any of various crimes, such as genocide or the mistreatment of prisoners of war, committed during a war and considered in violation of the conventions of warfare.
So, why is Egeland so coy about referring to what is going on
as a war crime? Probably because if he does, then Israel would
have to be brought to court? Or is it that war crimes can only
be committed by the Rwandans, Burundians, by Charles Taylor of
Liberia, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, and never by the
Israelis? Enquiring minds want to know.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Project Euclid
who was the librarian at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University
of Lausanne when I was a post-doc there, to send me copies of papers.
Recently I needed one from Communications in Mathematical Physics
and she sent it to me, and also informed me of this wonderful new service
called Project Euclid and I quote from their page:
Project Euclid is a user-centered initiative to create an environment for the effective and affordable distribution of serial literature in mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of independent and society journals through a collaborative partnership with scholarly publishers, professional societies, and academic libraries.
In particular, one can now download free all papers upto 1996 from Comm. Math. Phys..
I wonder if there is such a service in physics as well.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Students going abroad for studies
for his Ph. D.. In other words, he wants to go after his M. S.
requirements are finished, although he could have stayed on
for his Ph. D.. While it is personally disappointing, since it
is so hard to find even half a good student, it is understandable
from his point of view. Even a mid-sized American University
would have a far larger faculty selection than we have and
the number of areas represented will be greater. There is also
the probably of picking and choosing from a huge variety of
experimental and observational programs each of which would
be desperate for good students. There is, of course, one more
thing. Any good student will notice that even if he or she wanted
to work in one of our 'better' research Institutes, it might be easier
to find such a position with a U. S. Ph. D. followed by a French
or German post-doc or two. So one has no choice but to wish
such students 'bon voyage'.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
The NYT Standard Model article
article to me, which is linked to the Interactions site
including Abi. Thanks very much for the article.
The author has referred to the SM as a gilded cage.
Be that as it may, does it really mean that this is
the end of the road? There are so many problems
of the SM that have to be solved, or are probably
too hard to solve. How about the old 'confinement
problem' (here's a review)? I read an article in the
CERN courier about the recent measurement of the
B-meson decay constant, a quantity that was earlier only
'determined' on the lattice. Now the experiment finds that
it is in agreement with the lattice determinations. Can one say
that when Maxwell discovered his equations for
electromagnetism, it was a gilded cage? After all
what Maxwell did for E&M, the inventors of the SM
did for electro-weak and the strong interactions. Perhaps
it will be a long wait before something new is found,
but in the meantime, it would be a good idea to figure
out what the shape and size of the gilded cage is,
whether there are any escape routes out of it, or is it
a part of a bigger cage? We have not lost hope.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Work, finish, publish
thoughts on publishing. Publishing as a process of
creativity, summary of work done, expression of results
obtained and as a method of accounting to the public
why research should be supported. This is not about
writing a large number of papers. I remember the late
K. V. L. Sarma of TIFR, one of my early teachers
at a summer school in 1985 first quoting Michael Faraday,
who said of research (?) 'work, finish, publish'. I don't know the
precise reason for his saying this, but I guess what he meant is that
if one does not publish the results obtained in some
research project, it sort of follows you around. Publishing
is probably the final denouement in our
trade, of a job well-done (?). Don't get me wrong: this
is not about serializing results, and reporting work
piecewise to pad up the list of publications, or to inflate
it. Today, they say that there are many checks and
metrics that will take care of this kind of activity.
I recently read somewhere about this famous biologist,
Nobelist in medicine, who did not bother much about
where his papers were published, if at all. He would
often publish in obscure journals or his work would
be circulating as faded mimeographed preprints. But
this is for the great guys, not for mere mortals. It is
important that one is able to publish sufficiently good
work in sufficiently prestigious journals. Don't get me
wrong: this is not about worshipping impact factors
and H-indices, but you know what I am saying. And
finally, about publishing in Research News section of
Current Science and Resonance. I think
we owe it to the general public to explain what the
important milestones in our field are. I make my own
humble efforts to carry out this mission.
Monday, July 03, 2006
A good day's work
After all, one does not teach much. The typical load
is 1 every 2 semesters. I have been teaching this first
course of nuclear and particle physics. I always learn
something when I do it. It is an example of applying
quantum mechanics to 'real systems'. Good students
should think of it as an opportunity to apply what they
learn in their QM I and II. Here, it is not just working
with square wells and boxes. It is also a case where
one can actually use scattering theory very effectively.
But I digress. Today's work was a good day's work
because I finished two different small projects. The
first to be finished was to finish was my contribution
to the conference proceedings for the
Linear Collider Workshop, where I gave a talk.
When we had some summer students here, we had
worked very hard learning about the latest neutrino
experiments. We had decided to submit to
Current Science a Research News article on the
latest MINOS conclusions and to review other
experiments. Today, with the assistance of
Uma Sankar who is now a co-author we finished
it and submitted it to Current Science. That is
what I think is a good day's work. More on these
subjects (publishing, publishing in Current Science
and Resonance) later.
Friday, June 30, 2006
The string theory debate
the achievements and/or failure of string theory. The one outcome of this is that there is pressure on the string community to come up with ways in which theory can be verified or falsified. Of note in this regard is the paper entitled
`` Falsifying String Theory Through WW Scattering''
by Distler, Grinstein and Rothstein. What is of course very gratifying to me is that ref.[2] of this paper is our work on axiomatic constraints on the low energy constants of chiral perturbation theory obtained from analyticity, unitarity, crossing and positivity considerations of neutral pion scattering . One has to read the paper of DGR to figure out the connections.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Some of my all time favourite quotes
``There is a strong tradition in theoretical physics, which by no
meansaffected everyone but certainly affected me, that the strong
interactions are too complicated for the human mind.'' (attributed to
Steven Weinberg, for which I have never been able to find the original
``The earth is degenerating fast. Bribery and corruption abound.
Children no longer mind parents and it is evident the end of the
world is approaching fast.'' (Assyrian Tablet, 2800 B. C., which
I first found in an email from Sreerup Raychaudhuri, and
later confirmed by google search).
Update: I wrote to Sreerup about this and in his reply, among
other things, he says:
``Incidentally, there is another Weinberg quote "We do not really understand
the Higgs sector", which nicely complements the one you have. I'm not
asking you to put it up, but it's just for your delectation.''
I must confess that I had to look up ``delectation'' on my favourite
online dictionary. The answer it gives is
- Delight.
- Enjoyment; pleasure.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Thank you, Abi
has played in all this. I would have never
had the courage or initiative. Of course he
is already famous as the author of
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Back from vacation
after creating the blog! It was a great vacation: kept my
promise of not reading e-mail or reading the internet.
Aparna had a great time with grandparents and Chinni
and Anju. Jubilee Hills was very beautiful as ever. I saw
many kinds of birds. Crosswords, sudoku, coffee and
tea made the holiday memorable. Periappa was happy
to get back to Hyderabad. Anita finally got to see and
buy many copies of 'The Little Grey Hare' (Spark-India).
At Rs. 70 per copy it is a steal. The illustrations by
Sarada Natarajan are wonderful.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
My first blog entry
technophobe seems to be able to pull this off. I am
not sure I will be regular, but let us hope for the best.


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Solferino TOR Pin Oak 2015
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Simple or flying lead changes, which would you choose?What valuable lesson did I learn at this year's Pin Oak show? Working equitation is a very dynamic sport and is very technical. No matter how well you think you have prepared your horse, there is always something you can tweak. To do this sport justice you need to be able to do flying lead changes. Who does not want a horse that does great flying changes? Sometimes we do not have a choice because our horse is not ready for flying lead change on cue yet. As a trainer we need to make critical decisions like when to start training flying changes and what method will you choose. There are two basic concepts of teaching changes. 1) a flying lead change from the counter canter 2) simple changes from the walk or trot. The later is widely accepted in the dressage community as the correct and proper method to start the process of teaching changes. We know this to be true because all the and test in dressage are a progression. Both methods have there pros and cons. For years I have been debating these two methods in my head which way is more correct and proper. There is no doubt that good quiet departures are the key to success. I am happy to say the debate is over. I would like to share with you my results.
This was frat boy's first big Working Equitation show. He is an inexperienced 5yr old Andalusian gelding that I have been preparing for the last 6 months. We put him into the intermediate level because his lateral work (leg yield and half passes) are coming along really nicely. Up to this point his weakness has been picking up his right lead from the walk. At this level the walking departure is mandatory. The best way to fix an incorrect lead departure is to shut the canter down as soon as possible so as not to encourage the incorrect lead, and then retest him until he takes the correct lead. Once he takes the correct lead, I leave him alone and ride it for a time, developing the quality (rhythm, relaxation, balance) of the canter. For the last few months we have been working intensely on this weakness with improving success.
At the intermediate level all lead changes in the dressage phase are directed to be simple through the walk, but in the EOH phase the lead changes are not specified. In the Dressage phase there are only 3 lead changes, but in the EOH phase there were more than 15 required changes with at least 5 each in the parallel poles. Because there were only three simple changes in the dressage phase, all was good. So what's the issue you may ask? During the EOH with the double parallel poles, each change is about four strides per lead change. So every time Soferino picked up the correct lead, it was time to switch leads in which we dropped out of the canter to pick up the next lead. After about three quick consecutive changes, he gave up on trying because in his mind I was correcting wrong leads that he knew they were correct. At home when he took the incorrect lead I would break him to the walk and restart, which is basically what I was doing here at the show. He became confused and did not know what was correct or incorrect. Solferino sometimes can be a little on the unambiguous side mix that with the confusion of correct vs incorrect lead correction and he lost all of his forward and impulsion.
What is the moral of this story. As I said earlier, both methods have pros and cons. I am not a big fan of simple changes as a training method for several reasons. One issue is that simple changes will take the forward out of the horse causing an unwanted change in rhythm, tempo, and balance. Next, if horse has a habit of hollowing out and becoming tense in his departures, this will continue to exacerbate it. If a horse has a tendency to fall on the forehand in the downward transitions, this will also exacerbate it. But on the other hand teaching flying changes from the counter canter can cause a horse to get pushy and tense. Most folks have not put the time into get the walk transitions to canter well enough prior to practicing simple changes as a stepping stone to flying changes. As a trainer we need decide what the best course of action we need to take. In this case, we are no longer working on simple changes as a prerequisite to flying changes. I will teach Solferino correctly through the counter canter.
I would like to give a special thanks to all the folks that worked so hard to make this show a success.
Carmina Zamorano
Rafael Chavez Monzon of Haras dos Cavaleiros.
Bruce W. Menke
Linda Graham
Beth Snider
Patty Carlson

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The Senate's fiscal leader says the ultimate solution on how to pay for the state's criminal code overhaul may still be at least a year away.
The move is intended to shift low-level, first time offenders away from state prison into local community corrections programs that focus more on rehabilitation.
A legislative panel earlier this year contracted with an independent research firm to find out how much money local programs will need to respond to the shift. It estimated the overhaul would cost $10.5 million a year.
Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington, says that's a very manageable number.
"When you look at the hundreds of millions of dollars that come and go around here, if we can't find $10.5 million, in some cases, that's a rounding error for some people around here," he says. "So I think that we should be able, out of the billions we spend, to find that money and get it programmed down there, to get the pump primed, to get things moving."
But State Budget Committee Chair Luke Kenley says he's also seen a report that predicts the criminal code overhaul will actually increase the prison population and could force the state to build a new prison.
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Kenley says the funding implications of the criminal code overhaul will likely not be solved during the 2014 session and will be part of the larger budget discussion in 2015.


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For years, city leaders have been concerned about pedestrian safety on Duke Street. People will dart in and out of traffic with no regard to crosswalks, and drivers barrel through intersections at dangerous speeds. The city estimates that Duke Street carries 40,000 vehicles and 4,000 pedestrians a day.
The corridor is an accident waiting to happen — especially the well-traveled area between the King Street Metro station and the Patent and Trade Office. That's why the City Hall took action this week. On Tuesday night, the City Council voted to allocate $50,000 for "marginal pedestrian barriers" to prevent mid-block crossings along Duke Street. The barriers will be erected between Diagonal Road and Dulaney Street as well as between Reinekers Lane and Holland Lane.
"This will save lives," said Councilman Ludwig Gaines.
First, signs will be installed to inform pedestrians of the proper way to use crosswalks. Then, a system of physical barriers will be installed along each side of Duke Street.
"The preferred approach will be to use street-side landscaping, either a continuous planting strip or in raised planters to limit pedestrian access to mid-block crossing areas," wrote City Manager Jim Hartmann. "The general cost estimate for this action is $45,000 to $50,000."
If this doesn't work, the City Council is prepared to take additional action — installing a continuous fence in the median of Duke Street. It would be similar to the ones near Ben Brenman Park and Beatley Library. The cost estimate for the fence is estimated to be between $100,000 and $150,000.
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People with disabilities in Alexandria have many obstacles to overcome. And according to a recent report from the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities, their needs are not being met. The report says that city needs to do more to provide accessible transportation in Alexandria.
"While undoubtedly there are a number of transportation providers and means in the city of Alexandria, accessible, affordable, and perhaps most importantly, reliable transportation remains as an essential unmet need," the report stated.
To help solve the transportation problems of the disabled, the commission recommended that local buses implement a reduced-fare system and accept a regional "flash pass" for senior citizens and disabled passengers. City Manager Jim Hartmann said that DASH is considering the recommendation, but a cost-benefit analysis has not yet been completed.
"The fiscal impact of any changes in fare structure, therefore, is speculative at this time," he wrote in the recommendation to receive the report.
The report was also critical of MV Transportation, which began a contract to provide MetroAccess service on Jan. 15. The transition between the old service provider and the new contractor was difficult, and MV Transportation has been swamped with complaints for months.
"The lack of available accessible transportation is exaggerated by problems with the newly hired contractor providing these services," the report said.
In a March 10 press release, MV Transportation defended itself and promised to improve the MetroAccess service that many Alexandria residents depend on to get to the District of Columbia and Maryland.
"The scrutiny on the service has been intense, and in some instances rightfully so," said Jon Monson, MV Transportation's chief executive officer. "But the reality is MV has changed the way MetroAccess has operated in the past, and has successfully delivered more than 150,000 trips in less than 60 days with more than 92 percent of those having been delivered without fail. There is always room for improvement, but we are obviously moving in the right direction."
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Fundraising is an art and a science. It takes persistence and originality. But this year, it will take something more: hunger.
At Tuesday's City Council meeting, the Scholarship Fund announced an imaginative new item for its upcoming silent auction — dinner for eight at the mayor's house cooked by the city manager. Since 1986, the Scholarship Fund has given $3.6 million to more than 2,300 students in Alexandria. Raising money for the scholarships is a constant concern, which is why the mayor and city manager have decided to auction their services to the highest bidder.
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After the announcement was made, City Manager Jim Hartmann said that he is willing to cook most anything. But, of course, he has a favorite meal.
"If I had my choice, I would make porcini mushroom risotto with prosciutto-stuffed pork tenderloin," Hartmann said. "It's a wonderful meal!"


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We go down a list of the games that we at RPG Site are looking forward to playing in this new year!
Game Info
Bethesda's big budget, massively multiplayer trip to Tamriel has some great ideas, but struggles with execution in places.
We go down a list of the games that we at RPG Site are looking forward to playing in this new year!
We chat to Paul Sage, Creative Director on Bethesda's big-bet MMO.
Mega servers, gameplay and that single-player feeling.
It's not quite the game that you were hoping for, and that may be its biggest detriment.
Players will also get a new dungeon pack to delve into.
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See how the enigmatic Psijic Order have returned
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Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom gets the spotlight this week along with a wave of localized games from Spike Chunsoft coming soon!
The second major expansion to the online RPG.
Take a trip to Fang Lair and Scalecaller Peak.
Return to Vvardenfell.
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Australia will send 600 military personnel, including SAS troops, and eight FA18 Super Hornets to the United Arab Emirates in preparation for a dramatic escalation of the multinational effort to contain the Islamic State that now holds parts of northern Iraq and Syria.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the mobilisation and deployment from Darwin, where he is about to tour Arnhem Land. It followed another beheading, this time of an English aid worker, by Islamic State militants.
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Hello All,
When running the default Tile 0, it works just fine and I'm able to get the final results and score. This is my first time trying to run two tiles and everything works, except on the last phase, it isn't able to produce the results and score. I must be doing something wrong. Here are the errors I'm seeing in the Prime Client console. Attached is a screen shot of the run.
Could not run the following 2 Wklds ['AuctionLBServer Tile0 failed to start
Could not Collect all Results for the following 2 Wklds
VMmark3 VC Support Script: IP Address failed to start/complete. Returned RC =1
VC Support Script Failed to Run
Can you upload the entire results directory somewhere?
At a minmum upload the Client0_restore.txt and Client1_restore.txt files which are located in the restorefiles directory of the result.


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Air India Express
Air India Express caters all the passengers with standard services needed for a comfortable flight. Free standardized meals and limited on-board entertainment facilities are available. It's very common that people compare Air India Express with FlyDubai. It's because both the companies are good in low cost carrier services.
But, if it is a matter of only flying then there is no difference as the fares that you pay which are low.
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India owned by Air India Limited (AIL), a Government of India enterprise. It is the third largest airline in India (after IndiGo and Jet Airways) in domestic market share. It operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing planes.
So, air India Express is India's first international airline. It offers great value for money and efficient services. Company's mission is to provide convenient connectivity in the short-range routes with most affordable prices to passengers.
Interesting Facts about Air India Express:-
Air India was Tata Airlines in 1932. Majority of it bought over by the Government in World War 2.
Rajiv Gandhi was a professional pilot associated with the Indian Airlines.


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Coming to us from Square Enix and Dontnod (Remember Me), Life is Strange: Episode 1 is releasing on Friday, January 30, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC. Based on the information provided, this January 30, 2015 release date is for both North America and Europe.
There will be a few different ways in which you can purchase Life is Strange:
- Episode 1 – $4.99/£3.99
- Season Pass (Episodes 2-5) – $16.99/£13.99
- Complete Season (Episodes 1-5) – $19.99/£15.99
Here's the description for Life is Strange:
Life is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future. As Max you must uncover the disturbing truth behind your premonitions and learn that changing the past can sometimes lead to a devastating future.
Is Life is Strange something you'll pick up next year?


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Nov 17, 2018
As promised Michele Happe dropped by to talk about Nevada's great turn of election events and share her thoughts on the national elections. I didn't hear it discussed in all the cable news I watched, radio I listened to and print media I read on line, but a major factor in the Nevada results is a result of a mass...
Nov 13, 2018
The further we get away from the election, the better it looks for the Democrats. We're finally starting to find ways to deal with the constant cluster fuck that is the Trump presidency. While people argue politely as to whether the Democrats had a blue wave or failed, they are just wasting their time as there is no...
Nov 3, 2018
Feels like we're living in a mixing blender with all that's
going on. Between a national election and having to deal with
an out of control nationalistic nattering nabob for a president,
it's a freaking chore just to get through the day.
Well, it's looking good for the home team if you live Realville, but over in...
Aug 8, 2018
The Democratic Party is in need of more voters. Conventional wisdom is to attract voters voters who voted for Republicans or 3rd party or voters who didn't vote at all. By far the best option is to chase after voters who haven't voted before or in a long time. They are the largest population out there to tap.
To get...
Aug 3, 2018
For Democrats 2016 was a year we felt certain right up until the
most winnable open election ever was lost. Some Clinton and
Sanders supporters still aren't over it. That has to stop.
The needless negativity on the left has to stop. The
sense that we can't rise above the crazy Trump shit has to
It's time to...


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I was bought up in a series of small country towns and can remember going to the deli and picking out the different lollies I wanted in my 20 cent bag. Here are my top picks.
1. Mint Leaves
These are still around and still popular. An un-natural shade of green and an un-natural sweet but slightly minty taste. What's not to like?
|Mint Leaves
2. Strawberries and Cream
I still love these. Not the cheap ones though. They have got to be the genuine Allens originals.
|Strawberries And Cream
3. Milk Bottles
The Farmchildren absolutely adore these lollies. As I did as a child. So much so, that I had to be very sneaky about taking the photo and there are now none left!
|Milk Bottles
4. Freckles
These are one of my all time favourites. Milk chocolate buttons with hundreds and thousands. Pretty, colourful and delicious. I didn't have a photo but did find this photo of Farmboy's first birthday cake. Note the freckles doubling as dots on the ladybug. Now that's a hardworking lolly for you...
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I don't know if they make these anymore. I haven't seen one for years. They consisted of a hard chewy caramel square covered in milk chocolate. Very yummy but notoriously hard on teeth. Many an Australian child lost a filling to their vicious stickiness.


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Miss Sunshine Introduction
Miss Sunshine is an adware that should be responsible for the annoying pop-ups ads on your browsers. This programs claims to be a helpful program that offers discount and coupon deals for shopping on the internet, however it is not goods as it advertises.
Generally this adware is spread in a questionable way name bundling. It means that the program can probably come to your computer as an addition of third party programs. Users may have no idea about how and when did the adware come, but they will surely notice some symptoms about it:
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- Unwanted add-ons, toolbars and bookmarks are added.
- Browsers becomes sluggish, freeze and crash happen frequently.
- Browsing get redirected to unwanted sites.
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Remove Miss Sunshine from Extensions.
Google Chrome
Press Alt+F and click Tools.
Select Extensions and remove Miss Sunshine from the list.
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Click the Start button (The windows icon on the taskbar) >> Control Panel>>Programs >>Programs And Features >>Find the unwanted programs in the list and right click to remove them.
3. Remove related registry entries.
Press win+R buttons, enter REGEDIT in the boxes and click OK then you will see the registry editor. Find the associated data and remove them.
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A recommended way : Remove it automatically with SpyHunter1. You can download the latest official version of SpyHunter from the below icon.
2) Once finished download, please double click on the download file to open it.
3) Keep following the self-explanatory Installation Wizard to finish installation process.
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Shot in the dark: Actor demands a written apology
Upset with the production house for shunning his publicity team, the actor demanded a written apology
This young, married actor has a couple of not-so-successful films in his kitty and is now busy promoting his upcoming film along with his co-stars. While he feels that he is not getting enough coverage, the production house is of the opinion that the actor's marketing team is interfering too much in the film publicity campaign.
A source says, "The actor is not happy with the way he has been promoted by the production house. His marketing team accompanies him wherever he goes and keeps putting its suggestions across. This irked the production house and they indirectly asked the actor not to bring his team along during the promotional activities."
The production house had recently organised a press meet for the film's star cast. Though this particular actor was not supposed to be a part of it, he landed up at the venue and started giving interviews. "His marketing team was, however, not allowed to enter the event. He is considering that as his personal insult. He even demanded a written apology from the production house as a condition to resume promotions," the source adds.
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Assuming an existing loan as opposed to getting a new one can be smart if the current terms are less favorable than at the time of the original loan. When you assume a mortgage, you take over the existing payments on a loan as opposed to starting over with a new one. However, if current rates are better, you likely want to go with a new loan because a lender won't let you modify the loan before it is assumed.
Most modifications are due to rates dropping after the loan origination. Many lenders offer modifications for a small, flat fee. The borrower gets a lower rate and the lender doesn't risk losing the loan to refinance. Modifications are usually available at any time. However, if your mortgage contains an assumption provision, the lender will not agree to modify it once the process of assuming the mortgage begins.
For a mortgage to be assumable, the original documents must note that this can be done. Typically, assumable mortgages are done on a wholesale basis as opposed to case-by-case. Either your original loan documents allow the mortgage to be assumed, or they don't. If you modify the loan, it is highly unlikely that the modification will add or remove an assumption provision as the ability to assume a mortgage is not relevant when modifying a loan.
The reason an individual would seek to modify a mortgage before assuming it is to get the lower rate to make it easier to qualify. When a mortgage is assumed, the new borrower must qualify under the lender's debt-to-income ratio guidelines. The new borrower can't get a modification for the simple reason that he doesn't have the mortgage yet. Meanwhile, the old owner can't get a modification because the lender knows he will be giving up the mortgage. If the new borrower can't qualify under the existing terms of the loan, his only option will be to seek a refinance with another lender who will qualify him.
The new borrower can't take any action beyond assuming the mortgage until the assumption is final and the mortgage is in the new borrower's name. Once the lender approves the transaction, both the new and existing borrower will execute documentation transferring the mortgage. Once the mortgage is in the new borrower's name, he can move forward and request a modification at that time.


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When: Monday, September 15th 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. - Eat Finger Foods; Come Meet Your Neighbors
Place: Deer Park Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Speaker: Tim Scott
Official Publication of the Deer Park Neighborhood Council
Vol. 13; No. 43 September 2008
President's Corner
By Julia Long
Please come to our annual "Meet and Greet the Neighbors" September meeting! Invite anyone you know in Deer Park who is not a member of the civic club to join us. Tim Scott, our County Council representative and Chairman of County Council, asked to speak to us, so this is your opportunity to hear what's going on in the county. Everyone from Northwood Estates and The Lakes is also invited to socialize and to hear Tim speak. Remember, he's running unopposed to represent us in the State House beginning next year; you may have some questions about what his plans there are. I look forward to seeing you on Monday. If you'd like to, bring your favorite finger food to share.
All senior citizens are invited. September 24, Wednesday, 11:00AM-1:00PM at Northwood Park Gym at Deerwood and Greenridge Road. Please bring a covered dish or a dessert. If you have questions, please contact Helen Delong at 572-5410.
To report your electricity off, the number to call SC Electric and Gas is now 888-333-4465.
Let Julia Long know by phone (797-0893) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com) if you have any opinion on either of these two new situations in Deer Park:
1. Murphy Oil contacted the city concerning setting up a convenience store with gas pumps at the old bank location at Rivers Avenue and Otranto Road. We've been told that "Murphy is usually associated with Wal-mart and has a reputation for selling gas at very low prices." The lot is zoned as B-2 (active business), and at present, a convenience store with pumps is legal in our area on B-2. This ability to put in gas pumps at the old bank location without a rezoning or a variance is in contrast to the Lil Cricket on Otranto which is grandfathered in on R-1 land (single-family residence), and that's why it can't now put in gas pumps without some sort of variance or re-zoning. You may remember the traffic problems on Otranto with the old bank; the same entrances and exits would be used in this new project.
2. AT&T has just filed an application to rezone the "Southern Bell" building on University Boulevard from R-1 (single-family residence, where they are presently grandfathered in) to B-2 (active business). The lawyer explained that AT&T wants to add another big generator outside the building now, and wants to have the freedom to make future additions and changes without consulting the city. If the property is re-zoned, and AT&T were to sell it, any other B-2 business could move in. The property adjoins a church and backs up on residents, all on R-1 property whose values may be much lower if they were next door to B-2.
Monday, September 15 is the deadline for people to send in their applications to participate on the Green Ribbon Committee to study solid waste disposal in Charleston County. See details at http://www.charlestoncounty.org/News/2912.htm. Those who are qualified may apply online or by contacting Kristen Salisbury at 843-958-4031.
As an added incentive this year, the Library is adding a "Show Me the Card" promotion, encouraging children 11 and under to visit their branch's Children's Department and show their Library Card. Each time a child shows their card, they will be entered into a drawing to win a $10 bookstore gift certificate. Entries are limited to one per day, and a winner will be drawn at each of the Library's 16 locations at the end of the month. Adults registering for a card this month will receive a $2 coupon that can be used during the Friends of the Library's BookFest 2008 set for Oct 10-12 at the Gaillard Auditorium. Students can get help through the Library's Ask-a-Question reference service at 805-6930 or by emailing email@example.com.
To prevent many Deer Park students from having to walk a long distance down Salamander, there is to be a new bus stop at Selah and Fernwood. Many thanks to Katie McClure, Director of Student Transportation for Charleston County School District. While parents did not get their first choice for the stop - Fernwood and Furr, Ms. McClure was able to find something very close to the preferred location. She and two of her people were actually out here last Friday morning, even with the tropical storm predicted to hit us later that day, to check out the situation. We're fortunate to have such dedicated people in the bus system.
Garbage Pick-up Schedule Key Personnel
Garbage: Every Wednesday City Council District 3 Robert Jameson 824-1500
Leaves/Grass: Every Wednesday County Council Rep Tim Scott 797-3065
Large Trash: Every Wednesday Neighborhood Crime Linda Vetter 303-2331
(please note that Thursday Watch Representative
will be pick-up day when City N. Chas. Dispatcher 745-1015
Holiday falls on Mon., Tues., Wed.) Housing Director Darbis Briggmann 740-2560
SPEED Team Rep. Jimmy Wagner 745-1069
Recyclables: every other Thursday Code Enforcement Charles Cook 696-9562 Sept. 18th, Oct 2nd, Oct 16th CAC Representative Sarah Collins 553-0288
Membership Linda Brinson 553-8832
Board of Directors
President Julia Long 797-0893 Newsletter Distribution Jimmy Mitchum 553-0665
Vice President Dennis Isgitt 797-2455 Jim Driver 553-0768
Secretary Chandler Schwede 437-4736 Bill Lusk 553-1348
Treasurer Linda Brinson 553-8832
Board Mbr. Elected Wheeler Tillman 442-9435 Newsletter Susanne Azevedo 572-2321
Board Mbr. Elected Susanne Azevedo 572-2321 Disaster/ Preparation James Brown 553-4329
Board Mbr. Apptd. Audrey Carpenter 553-7768 Sick & Sunshine Susanne Azevedo 572-2321
Board Mbr. Apptd. Mary Hutson 553-4451 Voter Registration Douglas Azevedo 572-2321
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When you're shopping for new appliances, you might turn to consumer reviews from organizations such as Consumer Reports. But if you're one of the 34 million Americans diagnosed with asthma, a chronic condition that affects both adults and kids, or one of the 50 million living with chronic allergies, you might also want to know what products are asthma and allergy friendly [source: Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America; American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology]. Enter the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), a nonprofit advocacy organization for people who live with asthma and allergies.
Together with another organization, physician-driven Allergy Standards Limited (ASL), AAFA offers a certification program: the asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program. Every year, Americans spend approximately $10 billion on products claiming to be designed for people with allergies and asthma. But until the asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program launched in 2006, that market was mostly unregulated.
Under the program, manufacturers submit items to ASL for review, including the following:
These aren't specialty products. Reviewed items are everyday appliances and products, and some popular AAFA-certified items include Dyson vacuum cleaners, LG washing machines and Endust cleaning products. So how do they certify these items? An independent medical review panel conducts product reviews, with item testing based on proprietary standards they've set for each category. They test everything from the level of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in paints to how well a mattress cover protects a user from dust mites.
Vacuum cleaners, for instance, are reviewed based on how well they reduce the total number of allergens in your home. The review panel looks at how well a vacuum sucks up allergens from your flooring, how the air filtration system performs and how much exposure a user has to allergens when emptying the appliance or changing its filter. Products such as pillows, on the other hand, are certified based on how much (or little) they irritate allergy sufferers. Pillow reviewers look at the effectiveness of the outer surface as an allergen barrier, how easy they are to clean and the types of chemicals that are (or aren't) present in the fabric or stuffing.
Products that get a passing grade are given permission to use the asthma & allergy friendly™ certification mark, making those appliances and products easy for consumers to spot in stores. And once a product is certified, it's not forgotten. The program is set up to monitor certified products continually to ensure they maintain certification standards.


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Engineers responsible for municipal or industrial water storage, disinfection or effluent treatment systems will find the FlexSwitch® FLT93 Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) reduces pump repair and extends pump life by detecting dry running conditions.
Municipal water and industrial wastewater treatment systems depend on pumps to move water through storage, disinfection, effluent treatment and delivery. Pumps are expensive to operate and costly to maintain—especially when dry running conditions suddenly occur due to system variable demand, leaks, clogs, or other problems that can end up damaging pump seals or bearings. The result can be emergency shutdowns, expensive service interruptions and major pump repairs, overhauls, or even full replacement.
FCI's dual alarm FLT93 Flow Switch reliably monitors the flow and temperature of liquids, gases, slurries, and other handling materials. It is ideal for pump wet or dry detection, where sudden, unexpected reductions in media flow rates may leave pumps vulnerable to over-heating conditions.
The FLT93 Flow Switch, with its no moving parts design, offers a highly robust scheme for pump protection with its dual alarm capability. With Alarm 1, the switch will detect a low flow situation anywhere between 0.01 and 3 feet per second FPS (0.003 to 0.9 meters per second MPS). This low flow alarm can be regarded as a pre-warning signal for the control system or operator. The system or operator can then decide to keep the pump running or to shut it down.
If an Alarm 2 occurs because the feed line to the pump is running dry, this condition would be an emergency signal to shut down the pump immediately because the bearings now see gas instead of a liquid as a heat transfer media. In such situations, the temperature of the bearings may rise very fast. Using a flow switch prevents permanent damage to the pump's bearings that will require an overhaul of the pump before more damage occurs.
The advanced FLT93 Flow Switch is a dual-function instrument that indicates both flow and temperature, and/or level sensing in a single device. Dual 6A relay outputs are standard and are assignable to flow, level or temperature. The FLT93 Switch can be specified in either insertion or inline styles for pipe or tube installation.
The FLT93 Switch is hydrostatically proof pressure tested to 3500 psig [240 bar (g)] at 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius). De-rated with temperature, the maximum operation service recommended is 2350 psig [162 bar (g)] at 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius). Higher ratings are available with special construction and test certification. Agency approvals include: FM, ATEX, CSA, CRN, and CE.
Highly dependable, FCI's versatile FLT93 Switches are ideal for applications in many demanding process industries. They also used extensively chemical processing, food and beverage, mining and milling, oil and gas, pulp and paper, pharmaceutical, and more.
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To my younger brother
A year ago, you asked me for a birthday present – I was to write every day, and publish something on my blog twice a month.
Because of you, I've spent time on hammering sentences together, more time in fact than I had in previous years. And I don't plan on stopping now that I've begun (also, there's our new agreement that basically means I can't stop). Shows the power of a social contract, huh?
You often say that you belong to the Dark Side, that you are an ass, that you are not a good person. Honestly, I don't understand that, and I sure as helvede don't believe it. Yes, you have your moments when I want to smack you because you are taunting someone more than necessary. That hardly makes you a bad person. Perhaps that's just the façade you throw up because you don't want people to see you for the big softie you are (oh no, the secret's out!).
I'm not going to praise you, because I know it will go to your head. Just know that I'm glad to be your big sister, whether the difference between us is 4 months, or 4 years, or 40 million light years. You are one of the reasons I don't believe that men and women mature mentally at different rates – you're almost on par with me, haha!
Here's to many more years of educating each other, of helping each other be better, of forcing society to see the possibility and worth of platonic relationships between men and women, of being part of the fight to make the world a better place.
Here's also to secrets – the keeping and revealing of them, to social gatherings that we may or may not remember, to exploring whatever we can of our surroundings while we still can.
Here's to adding decades to the half decade we've known each other, to dancing at all the big functions (they don't only have to be weddings), to synchronously rolling our eyes at other people's stupidity, to more chivda, and chakna, and bibimbap, to funny misunderstandings about shower gel, fingers, and haste-haste, to assembling furniture, to giving credit –sparingly – when it is due, to paying for each other's food and drinks, to long walks, and to arguments about presents.
Happy 30th birthday, Bhai.
May all your dreams come true, and all your plans be fulfilled, and may you find your pot of gold.


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Disney Youth Education Series
Disney Youth Education Series (Y.E.S.)offers the "Ultimate Field Trip" with interactive educational classes, taught by specially trained Disney facilitators. These hands-on, reality-based seminars transport students throughout the Walt Disney World® Theme Parks recreating classroom textbooks on the spot! Give us a call to plan a field-based program, where students can:
- Exploring Careers in THE ZOOLIGICAL SCIENCES
- Principles of Animal Behaviour
- Sustainable Practices in Wildlife Conservation
- Discovering Marine Life Conservation
- Disney Leadership STrategies
- Everyday Chemistry
- Evolution of Technology
- Exploring Careers in the Marine Sciences
- Fundamentals of Photo Storytlling
- Introduction to Global Citizenship
- Techniques of Teamwork through Improvisation
- Discovering the American Spirit
- Energy and Waves Physics Lab
- How Things Move
- Managing Your Personal Brand
- The Science of Disney Imagineering: Gravity
Your students can swirl through G-force motion to test the laws of physics, meet people and experience what life is like on the other side of the globe, and check out all kinds of careers from business to acting. They get to ring a life-size replica of the Liberty Bell and sign their own Declaration of Independence. They research the world of animals in a real, working science laboratory and in the field, test their skills in the art of animation, and so much more! Your group will remember and build upon these hands-on adventures for years to come.
World-famous attractions like Space Mountain®, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain are ready to engage the playful side of your students. These and other favorite Walt Disney World® Resort attractions are all available to your Youth Group in discounted Theme Park ticket packages, so the sky's the limit for your group fun!
Backstage at La Nouba™ by Cirque du Soleil®
Get a unique look into the modern-day circus at La Nouba™ by Cirque du Soleil®. Participants gain a greater appreciation of the preparation, training and support systems that create an experience that invokes the imagination, provokes the senses and evokes the emotions of people from around the world.
Ages: 11-15
Disney's World of Physics: Properties of Motion
Explore the physics concept of mechanics at select Magic Kingdom® Park attractions. This interactive program casts students into the role of Theme Park scientists as they enjoy hands-on examinations and activities of the basic properties of force, motion and gravity.
Ages: 8-18
Synergy in Science
Take an in-depth exploration of the interaction between creativity and technology. By investigating technologies at work in Epcot® attractions, students discover the magic behind entertainment technology and its application to daily life.
Ages: 6-11
Disney's Leadership Excellence: The Inside Track
Go to the head of the class, as current students become tomorrow's business leaders. Students investigate proven management strategies employed within The Walt Disney Company, see how effective leadership produces innovation and identify tactics they can adapt to help promote their own personal and professional success.
Ages: 14-18
Disney's World of Physics: Energy and Waves
Experience the Magic Kingdom® Park through an exploration of the science of light and sound. This interactive adventure studies select attractions to showcase the physics concepts of optics and acoustics, and their application in a real-world context.
Ages: 8-18
Magic Behind the Show: Improv and Teamwork
During this entertainment adventure, students participate in improvisational activities, practice and develop performance and team-building techniques, and come to know one another as members of a creative team. Using their new knowledge, they then perform a unique improvisational production.
Ages: 11-18
How Things Move
Discover the principles of how things move. This program helps young learners understand how the physical sciences contribute to powering favorite Theme Park attractions. Participants will explore the attractions at the Magic Kingdom® Park to learn about different forms of energy and the forces that push and pull machines.
Ages: 5-8
Contact Flamingo Educational Tours today to plan your Youth Educational Series trip.


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Night Crumbs
Constipations (on purpose typo and it stays) starring Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal opened last night and this is what she wore to the after-party. Jake i obviously no friend, because if he was he would've told her that the nun's habit with a mullet dress isn't working for her – Lainey Gossip
Never mind JLo's nipples, what in Whoville space station restaurant hostess is she wearing? – Drunken Stepfather
Former HSOTD Beshine gets more shine under the Internet spotlight – WWTDD
Joanna Krupa is threatening to sue Brandi Glanville for repeatedly saying that her chocha smells like an outdoor fish market in August. If this goes to trial, I hope they televise it, because I really need to see Joanna Krupa's chocha testify under oath and tell the court that it doesn't smell like a bucket of chum – Reality Tea
Lupita Nyong'O is either not on Team Twirl or she has no idea who Team Twirl is – Celebitchy
Charli XCX is wearing some crap that was barfed up by the shredded acid wash jeans you wore in the late 80s – Egotastic!
Some Nascar driver beat his girlfriend because he thinks she's an assassin working for the US government. Everyone just nod calmly like you believe him while the men in white jackets quietly sneak up behind him to put him in a straitjacket – The Superficial
Taylor Swift and Lorde giving you momcore hiking realness – Hollywood Tuna
Bitch Got Banned: The Westboro Baptist Church Edition – Towleroad
Okay, this conversation between Michelle Rodriguez and Milla Jovovich is seven layers of weed-induced craziness, but what my soul really needs is a conversation between Michelle Rodriguez and Matthew McConaughey. Their conversation would be the new bible – Jezebel
Lee Pace's ponytail is giving me something I can feel – Pajiba
I guess Adriana from 90210 2.0 is an Instagram bikini model now – Popoholic
Take a moustache ride, or 23 – The Berry
Wait, which one is supposed to be Liza Minnelli? – OMG Blog
Benedict Cumberbatch needs to stop acting like he isn't going to name his baby Cumberbaby – Popsugar
The one thing I took away from 2 Chainz's marijuana legalization debate with the hysterical hyena known as Nancy Grace is that Nancy Grace really needs a joint – HuffPo
Please tell me "custard" is code for something – ICYDK
FKA Twigs' new video probably has more hardcore bondage in it than all of Fifty Shades of Grey – Just Jared
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Issue: 2018-04-04, Image: courtesy of First Light Image Festival
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Issue: 2018-04-04, PHOTO: John Lehmann
Keynote speaker Andy Clark is a 27-year veteran of Reuters and has covered famines, disasters, world summits, global sporting events, the first Gulf War and conflicts in the Balkans
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Issue: 2018-04-04, PHOTO: Pat Kane
Keynote speaker Pat Kane specializes in sharing Northern stories and his work has been featured in Canadian Geographic, Reuters, Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, VICE, CBC and more
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Issue: 2018-04-04, PHOTO: Jason Kazuta
Jay Gough of Nikon Canada, along with Trisha Gillings of Panasonic Canada (not pictured), will be on site all day with trade show style booths demonstrating their latest equipment, and delivering "Tech Talks" over the lunch hour
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Matt Jacques is the executive director of the Air North First Light Image Festival and a local photographer
It's springtime in the Yukon and our days are getting longer, Yukoners are preparing for the summer season and imagining new ways to tackle and explore our beautiful territory. According to Executive Director Matt Jacques, the First Light Image Festival organizers intentionally chose this time of year to build upon the emergence of spring and the new energy that entails. In fact the inaugural event in 2017 took place on the same day, April 7, last year and was a huge success.
"Last time, the event was a runaway success," Jacques said. "We were at the Old Fire Hall and sold out 130 tickets. The response was great, we needed to follow up and build on it for 2018."
According to Jacques, they couldn't have done that without support from the community and their sponsors: Air North, Panansonic, Nikon and the Community Development Fund.
This year's event moves to the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (KDCC) and is more involved. The different opportunities in the space will allow the event to grow, but not be overwhelmed. "We wanted to grow, but keep it sustainable," Jacques explained. "But we spoke to the folks at the KDCC and it was a flexible space that will accommodate us."
Last year's festival was mostly designed as a social event for professional photographers, but also attracted a good number of part-timers and amateurs. Jacques says this showed an opportunity for building on the event.
This year, they have expanded to include a daytime component with various workshops for learning and exchange of ideas. Unfortunately, for anyone looking to get tickets, the workshops have already sold out.
They also have two keynote speakers from Outside, Pat Kane from Yellowknife, N.W.T. and Andy Clark of Gibsons, B.C.
Kane is a member of the Timiskaming First Nation in Ontario/Quebec and specializes in telling stories about Northern peoples, issues and culture.
Clark is a veteran photographer who spent 27 years with Reuters News Pictures covering international events around the world. "He has a real knack for finding that one feature shot that will capture an event," Jacques said.
In addition, the event will provide an opportunity for photographers to see some of the latest, greatest new equipment. Sales representatives from both Nikon and Panasonic will be onsite during the day.
As well, The Camera Store from Calgary, Alberta will be in attendance and has a special feature they'll be doing. "They have a Camera Store TV channel on YouTube with over 300,000 subscribers," Jacques explained. "They'll be recording a segment for the channel right at the festival."
There are still tickets available for the social evening; doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event starts at 7 p.m.
For more information or to purchase tickets for the social event, visit the website at FirstLightImageFestival.ca.
First Light Image Festival Schedule
Workshops (Sold out):
The business of photography
(Cathie Archbould & Brianne Bremner – 10 a.m.)
Social Impact Photography
(Mark Kelly & Alistair Maitland – 11:15 a.m.)
The Angry Editor
(Mike Thomas, publisher of the Yukon News – 11:15 a.m.)
Sponsor Tech Talks
(Trisha Gillings, Panasonic Canada & Jay Gough, Nikon Canada – 12:30 p.m.)
Creating, Pitching & Editing Projects
(Pat Kane – 1:15 p.m.)
Finding Feature Images
(Andy Clark – 2:30 p.m.)
Evening Social
(Tickets available)
Doors at 6:30 p.m.
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Photos – Freakshow Pitch Cards
Todd Ray, owner of the Venice Beach Freakshow, has long been a collector of pitch cards, which have been used since the 19th century to draw attention to the marvelous performers and human wonders in sideshows. They were often sold as mementos and included a photo of the performer undertaking amazing feats, plus a short bio. Rarities are highly collectable to this day. Check out a gallery of nine Freakshow pitch cards featuring Todd and members of both his immediate and extended family.
Freakshow premieres Thu., Feb. 14 at 9:30/8:30c as part of AMC Real Original Thursdays.Read More