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A Statement Of Intent 1
11/24/2012 § 4 Comments
Considering the frequency of certain issues raised or questions asked, I thought I might start posting a series of short essays to both address such concerns and/or outline some of my/our motivations behind what I/we do, if only for my personal edification and mental clarity, if not yours…
And so, here, in a series of who knows how many, is the first:
On Prolificacy
I am currently reading Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story, a biography of David Foster Wallace, one of my favourite writers and someone with whom, as I learn more about his personality and life, I feel something of an affinity (mentally, creatively, OCD-ly [see also: Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself). Wallace is credited as saying that, when trying to decide whether to devote his life's work to fiction or philosophy, that working on "fiction took 97% of his brain, philosophy only 50%." Substituting music for philosophy, I find this also true—but while Wallace's statement may imply a negative connotation to the philosophical side of things, I do not consider the 'effortlessness' of music a bad thing. Creative writing is much more intellectually rigorous and mentally taxing for me than creating music—which doesn't mean I dislike writing. Rather, writing is something at which I must work harder, more diligently, more craftily, in order to hone it to an acceptable level of consumption by others. Music, on the other hand, comes freely and intuitively—as effortlessly as breathing—which arguably corresponds to the differences of the media: Writing is more about intellectual stimulus; Music is more about emotional stimulus.
Of course, there is emotionally resonant writing, just as there is intellectually rigorous music, but in terms of artistic expression (my own, at least—although I'm sure others feel similarly), this is how these two methods of artistic expression differ. I write to challenge my brain; I make music to challenge my heart (or soul…or the neurotheological centre of my brain…or whatever…).
So, if it's not already obvious, I'm writing this to justify my own prolificacy. Which justification, part of me feels is entirely unnecessary and unwarranted and why should I have to? while another part just wants to explain…
One of the most common criticisms of ambient/experimental music is that it is easy to do and (much like criticisms people make about abstract modern art) anyone can do it. And, to a degree, this is true. Nor do I have a problem with that. Everyone should be free to make music and music should be free to everyone (and I'm not talking about downloading here—that's a subject for another essay). Whether that music should be made available as a commodity (whether art should even be considered a commodity—yet another essay) and publicly disseminated is another question. This kind of music is easy to do and with the advances in technology over the last few decades it is easier than ever to produce and release music into the world. And that ease has certainly resulted in an over-saturation—and arguably the homogenization or devaluation of music—but, like many things that are easy to do well enough, it is difficult and requires skill/talent/creativity/whatever to make exceptional ambient/experimental music. And while this difference between passable and exceptional might not be immediately apparent to the casual listener, it does exist—there is such a difference. And that difference should be pretty obvious to anyone willing to listen carefully and treat this sound as more than just another auditory signal in our already rather noisy modern lives.
This may well smack of elitism and egoism (and possibly self-righteousness), but I have been working in this musical genre for over a decade and feel that I am capable of making more than just passable ambient music. Of course, I have no illusions that everything I produce is exceptional—but I don't, contrary to some negative opinion, release absolutely everything I record—and some musical projects I work on more diligently, rigorously, than others, depending on the nature of that specific project. And it has also taken me some several years to reach this point of confidence in my own abilities.
When I first began making ambient, drone-based (for the moniker 'drone' as a genre label is rather inaccurate) music in the mid-to-late 1990s, I was experimenting with sound. Dissatisfied with pop and rock music, I was teaching myself a new methodology of music, taking inspiration more from 'post-modern' musicians like Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth, and Caspar Brötzmann, and less from ambient pioneers like Brian Eno or Robert Fripp (whom a lot of people assume were influential to me—but I've never really listened to Fripp, Eno a little, yes, but not much) who, to my ears, are more about electronic/technological innovation/manipulation and less about re-inventing performance techniques of already existing technology (i.e. the electric guitar). This time period coincided with the rise of the internet and home recording possibilities, which allowed for the expansion of an underground music community that had previously been fairly disconnected. With it came the rise of micro cdr labels, which allowed musicians like myself, previously toiling in obscurity in their bedrooms, to release their musical experiments in sound in a relatively easy and inexpensive way and actually have other people hear them (and creating music in a vacuum is contrary to the nature of music—music demands to be shared).
At the time, when physical and/or digital distribution for underground music was not as developed, I chose to work with a plethora of micro-labels around the world in order that their respective fanbases and networks might hear my work. And I could, of course, have given the different labels the same album and flogged that single work in order to create a name for myself. But I found that idea unappealing and, given the nature of the music—exploratory, experimental—counterintuitive to what I wanted to achieve. I needed to keep recording, keep experimenting, in order to evolve and establish my own musical voice and, as such, I developed a pattern of prolificacy which has stuck until this day. Even if, now, today, I have established an artistic reputation and don't necessarily need to be as prolific as I once was (and I'm not, I don't think—I've just diversified [and, hopefully, evolved], with other projects, other goals), there is still that emotional resonance which music has for me…
In other words, while I may need to read or write to maintain my intellectual health, I need to create and listen to music to maintain my emotional health. Whether you feel compelled to keep up with my musical output is your choice, of course—but you needn't feel compelled to hear or own everything I produce (though maybe consumerism is the last vestige of free will)—although I do like to think there is enough difference and variation between my various releases to keep things interesting—and I thank those of you who keep listening for participating in my emotional well-being (and hopefully your own, too!).


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Republican Richard Hanna Visits Otto Shortell Middle School and talks about what it means to be a congressman
ONEIDA >> Republican Congressman Richard Hanna visited students at Otto Shortell Middle School on March 22 and answered their question about what the world of politics is like.
Hanna visited the classrooms of eighth and ninth graders at the middle school who all fielded a range of questions. Many students asked Hanna what it was like to be a congressman.
"It's as hard as you want it to be," Hanna replied. "I focus on my job. I am a representative, not a congressman. In order to be a representative, you have to represent everybody."
For Hanna, the position means more than a career. He believes that each member of congress should be there because they bring expertise in a certain field to the table, be it from business, agriculture, education or another field. Hanna told the students that we worked in construction where he made a name for himself long before he became a member of congress.
"If congress is the best job you've ever had or hope to have, you probably don't belong there," Hanna said. "But, that shouldn't discourage people. It is not a bad thing to participate in government."
Hanna encouraged the students to participate in politics and maybe even one day run for congress. He also explained the U.S. Government's system of checks and balances to some interested students, going into brief detail about the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches. He explained that in order for a law to go into place, it must first pass congress, then the senate, then the president to become official.
One question posed by a seventh grader gave Hanna pause; the student asked why he was tested in things like math and English. Hanna said that in the long run, it depends on what that student wants to do after high school. Doing well in grade school allows students to easily pursue college degrees.
"You're laying the ground work for the life you want to have," Hanna said. "Find something you like and figure out how to make a living at it."
Toward the end of his visit, Hanna was introduced to North Broad Elementary Student Dylan Price, who presented the Congressman with his own take on what next year's federal budget should look like. Hanna promised Price he'd give the note to the president the next time he saw him and added that perhaps Price should stop watching Fox News more than other news networks. Hanna commented that Price's sweeping cuts to things like medicare, prison systems and other key features made the proposed budget Tea Party worthy.

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Details emerge on L. Brooks Patterson crash in Auburn Hills; executive's car was speeding
The police report for the car accident that seriously injured Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and three others indicates the car Patterson was riding in was speeding at the time of the accident.
Data retrieved from Patterson's 2011 Chrysler 300 shows it was traveling at 54 miles per hour one-tenth of a second before the accident, which happened at about 4 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Opdyke Road and Walton Boulevard in Auburn Hills. The posted speed limit in the area is 45 miles per hour.
Patterson, 73, who is still hospitalized at McLaren Oakland with wrist, leg, pelvis and hip injuries, had his seatbelt "wrapped around the back of the passenger seat and then buckled into the seat belt clasp," according to a statement written by Auburn Hills Police Officer Bryan Eftink.
Watch a report on the details of the crash involving Patterson during today's News at Noon.
Patterson and his driver James Cram, 60, have been hospitalized since the accident. They were traveling eastbound on Walton Boulevard when a 2012 Volkswagen Passat driven by Anthony Prainito turned left from Walton onto Opdyke Road, into the Chrysler's path.
In a written statement, Prainito said Patterson's car "came out of nowhere."
Auburn Hills police concluded that "the Volkswagen failed to yield the right of way" to Patterson's Chrysler.
Auburn Hills police explain why they are waiting to cite Patterson for seat belt violation.
Prainito, 31, of Royal Oak, has been charged with three counts of a moving violation causing serious impairment of a bodily function; each charge is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. Prainito, an employee of CBS Radio Detroit, works as a sales manager at 104.3 WOMC.
"The issue is one of causation," said Chief Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor Paul Walton. "The speed of the other vehicle was not the cause of the collision."
Prainito was arraigned on Aug. 22 at 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills before Judge Lisa Asadoorian. A not guilty plea was entered on Prainito's behalf.
In addition to the misdemeanor charges related to the accident, Prainito has been cited for failure to wear a seat belt, a civil infraction.
Auburn Hills Police Officer Mariusz Skomski, the first to arrive on the scene, found Patterson's car sitting in the roadway and heavily damaged. His driver James Cram was inside the car "stating that he is unable to move his body," and Patterson was sitting outside of the car being treated for a head injury.
Auburn Hills Police Officer Dan Prachar observed Cram "slumped over the center console" and Patterson "bleeding significantly from the head." The Chrysler's steering wheel, driver's side floorboard and passenger dashboard airbags had deployed, and there was blood on the passenger seat, seat back and center console of the car, Prachar said. Both men were conscious after the accident.
The driver of the Volkswagen Passat, Prainito, was "walking around and bleeding from the top of his head," Officer Skomski's report said, and his passenger Raymond Recchia, 51, of Fraser, was "complaining of pain to his body and was trapped in the vehicle due to the damage." The passenger door of the Volkswagen had to be removed to extricate Recchia.
Recchia, who was taken to William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak for treatment, was the only person among the four involved in the crash who was wearing a seat belt.
"It's an unfortunate situation," Patterson's spokesman Bill Mullan said of the unused seat belts. Patterson is "continuing his recovery," Mullan said, adding, "there's no discharge date set at this time. He remains in stable condition."
Cram, whose family is requesting privacy, is still hospitalized at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Mullan said.
Among the items retrieved from the wrecked Chrysler was a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver. Cram is a retired Michigan State Police trooper and works as a field claims investigator for Oakland County's risk management office, Mullan said, and "provides an element of security for the county executive" when driving Patterson. The spokesman said Cram is deputized by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
A decision has not been made on issuing tickets for failure to wear a seat belt to Cram and Patterson while they're still hospitalized, said Auburn Hills Deputy Director of Public Safety Thom Hardesty.
Contact staff writer Dustin Blitchok at 248-745-4685 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @SincerelyDustin.


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Richard Shindell: Next Best Western
This week, the album review is taking longer than I expected. That will appear later this week. So here, out of order, is this week's For a Song.
When I first got involved with Star Maker Machine, the theme was Songwriting. Next Best Western would have been a fine choice. Richard Shindell's career was still young at this point, but songs like this had already established him as one of the best songwriters out there. Next Best Western has for a narrator a long-haul trucker, weary from the road and seeking refuge. Refuge here refers both to the physical and the spiritual, and the two blend seamlessly in a character who says, "I wish I could believe." I have no idea if Shindell was ever a trucker himself, but I would believe it after hearing this.
Incidentally, the background vocals are by Lucy Kaplansky. She worked with Shindell in Cry Cry Cry, and has also made quite a name for herself as a solo artist.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
For A Song: Next Best Western
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Anyone own one or have in the past and could give me some pros and cons. Also can the light be transfered to another helmet if the helmet craps out before the light?
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Packers running back DuJuan Harris got a second opinion on his knee injury today, and it wasn't good.
Harris will miss the entire season, Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy announced.
Last season Harris went from unemployed in September to the Packers' practice squad in October to the active roster in December. He began to emerge as an important part of the Packers' offense, starting both playoff games. He's also listed as the starter on the team's unofficial depth chart for this season.
With Harris out, the Packers will rely even more on rookies Eddie Lacy and Jonathan Franklin, and veterans Alex Green and James Starks become much more likely to make the 53-man roster.


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As the oldest of five children, parent of three, and leader of one of the largest software developers in Massachusetts for 28 years, the role of mentor has been a natural and lifelong post for Mark Ain.
The son of business-savvy parents — a self-employed father, a mother who was one of the first women to graduate from Columbia Law School, and entrepreneurial grandparents — Ain exhibited his own entrepreneurial spirit and leadership skills early in life. Growing up on Long Island, New York, Ain took an active role in raising his younger siblings.
After graduating from high school, where he was on the varsity wrestling team, captain of the math team, and passionate about photography, Ain went on to college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he knew he would eventually start his own company, telling classmates, "I will make my own way and be successful."
In addition to a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from MIT, Ain earned a master's degree in business administration, with a concentration in organizational development and marketing, from the Simon School at the University of Rochester.
After a variety of jobs including a stint with Digital Equipment Corporation and a small market research firm, Ain grew tired of the corporate game and weary of relinquishing creative ideas only to see them not executed to their full potential. He began a quest for the right product idea to start a company. During this period, he was an independent management consultant, focused on strategic planning, product development, and market research for technology companies. It was then that the mechanical time clock came to his attention. With the idea to put a microprocessor inside a time clock, Ain set to work on a prototype.
On October 31, 1977, Kronos® was incorporated, named for the Greek word for time. In June 1978, after an initial round of angel capital funding, the company moved into an old ironworks plant in Brighton, Mass. Including the proceeds of its 1992 initial public offering, the company raised only $19 million in funding — a remarkably small amount for what is now a billion-dollar company.
Ain led Kronos from 1977-2005, to become one of the world's most successful software companies. Under Ain's leadership, Kronos sustained one of the longest records of growth and profitability in the software industry and earned the reputation as the market leader in workforce management.
Today, as a member of the Board of Directors, Ain remains involved in Kronos operations. He also serves on the board of directors of several public, private, and charitable organizations. On a personal level, Ain enjoys supporting a number of charitable organizations.
Ain's success can be credited in part to his quiet and humane management style, which is best reflected by a motto of philosopher Lao-Tzu: "A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little, when his work is done and his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
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Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Swanlund dies at 54
NEW YORK (AP) -- Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Stuart Swanlund has died. He was 54.
Publicist Don Murry Grubbs said Monday night that the guitarist died in his sleep of natural causes Saturday at his Chicago home.
Swanland joined the band in 1985 after it had split up and regrouped. He was the longest running member of the group except for founding member Doug Gray.
The group is best known for its 1977 Top 40 hit "Heard It In a Love Song." Their sound is a blend of rock, country and gospel.
Swanlund's funeral will take place Saturday at the Good Shepherd Memorial Park in Boiling Springs, S.C.
He's survived by his sister, three grandchildren, a son, William "Billy" Swanlund, and his lifelong partner, Stacey Schmaren.


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Bake the Book: Plum Quinoa Cakes
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Summer is officially here, and plums will start popping up on fruit stands everywhere. Rather than chomping them down raw, savor their sweetness with Le Pain Quotidien Cookbook plum quinoa cakes. Made with both quinoa flour and pearls, there's an interesting texture contrast plus the plush quality of the cakes themselves. Make a couple batches for summer morning breakfasts on the go.
Tips: Soak the halved plums in a little brandy before topping the cakes to bake. Plum and apricot halves combined look beautiful and taste delicious.
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National Theatre Live - The Audience
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Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award-winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience, broadcast live from London's Gielgud Theatre as part of National Theatre Live. For 60 years Elizabeth II has met each of her 12 Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence – and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen.
From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional – sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. From young mother to grandmother, these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.
The Audience reunites writer Peter Morgan and Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren following their collaboration on the critically acclaimed movie sensation The Queen. The Audience is directed by Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) and presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.


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EGit/Logical Model support
The goal is here to provide a decent implementation of "logical model" support in [EGit EGit]. The word "model" in "logical model" has nothing to do with the EMF concept of model. Sometimes in this document, we'll talk about logical resources interchangeably.
For more details about how logical model support has to be implemented relating to Team, you should read the document Team Support for Logical Model Integration.
For team providers like EGit, the following document is of high interest for implementation purposes: Repository Roadmap for Logical Model Integration
For model providers like [EMF Compare], the following document is relevant: Model Roadmap for Logical Model Integration
- Compare editor support for merge conflicts from the Synchonize View
- Design a model merge workflow across commits
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I recently attended Dimensional Fund Advisors' two-day conference on Succession Planning in Santa Monica, Calif. Personally, had I attended a conference like this five years ago, it would have been invaluable to me. The DFA meeting was a phenomenal event nevertheless, and it validated many of my own key points that I've shared with advisors who are considering their succession plan:
- Start early.
- Be realistic about valuations.
- Be ready to actually sell and step aside.
Realistic Succession Planning Step No. 1: Start Early
This may seem obvious and you've heard it before. But who has time to stop and think about a succession plan? You do, even if you think you don't. It's critical that you make time—now—to start thinking about the fate of your firm, even if you're planning to be around for another five, 10, or 20 years.
The sooner you start, the more time you give yourself to evaluate potential buyers and to think about a smooth transition for your clients. Don't short-change your clients, your staff or yourself by putting off until tomorrow what you can be thinking about today.
Broker-dealers and custodians have taken the initiative and started thinking for you, offering workshops and programs (Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services), a practical guidebook for succession planning (Pershing Advisor Solutions) resources (LPL Financial) and even full-fledged services (Schwab Advisor Transition Services), designed to help you benchmark your firm's health, goals and exit strategy. And though Schwab reported in its 2011 RIA Benchmarking Study that the number of its RIAs with a clear succession plan was a staggering 60%, the rest of us seem to be procrastinating.
In a 2012 survey by InvestmentNews, just 7% of 400 advisory firms responded that they have executed a formal succession plan, and only 15% said that they have prepared a plan.
So why aren't more advisors listening to blog posts like mine (see here my previous posts on the subject) that tell them they need to start early on a carefully-crafted exit strategy? It's not just a lack of time. Business owners—myself included—will tell you that giving up something that you've worked so hard to build from the ground up isn't a task you can easily ship off to the highest bidder. That takes me to the next two points: be realistic, and be ready to sell and step aside.
Realistic Succession Planning Step No. 2: Be realistic about valuations
There is this misconception that a number of giant, ultra-successful firms are just waiting to swoop in and buy you out. Unfortunately, those expectations are always too high.
Yes, there's a reason you've been successful and you do deserve a buyer who understands your philosophy and your work ethic. You've nurtured that firm from a handful of clients to a network of families, companies and entities that believe in your work and rely on you to help them manage their money. But in this industry, especially over the past few years, we've placed a price tag on our firms that's unrealistic. If you're a sole owner of a firm holding out for your value to go back to where it was in 2006 or 2007, you're fighting a losing battle. The environment has changed. Reality has changed.
It's important to consider the worth of your firm today, not yesterday. If you don't, you'll find that you'll lose talent before you're able to sell. Those advisors will go elsewhere, to firms who understand the competitive, pull-no-punches environment that we're faced with today.
Realistic Succession Planning Step No. 3: Be ready to actually sell…and step aside
Especially for sole owners, creating that succession plan means more than mapping out the future of your firm. Selling something that you've created can be both exhilarating and terrifying. It's a life-change, a step into a new direction and the last thing you should be doing is looking back.
If you're like me, you started in this business because you wanted to help people. That goes beyond crunching numbers; there are deeply personal emotions involved here, including pride—"This is my firm, and no one will be able to take care of my clients like I can!"—and fear—"Now what?"— come to mind.
Planning for succession means planning for your own future. And though it can be hard to let go of the past, we have to accept that the future is inevitable. What you control is how your exit strategy plays out. Will your clients experience a seamless transition into good hands that offer them all of the services that they expect? Will your staff benefit from this new structure, enjoying a continued culture that you worked so hard to cultivate?
The answer to both of those questions can be yes, but it's up to you to make that happen.
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The fourth World of Warcraft expansion set, Mists of Pandaria, has been unveiled! Shrouded in fog since the world was sundered more than ten thousand years ago, the ancient realm of Pandaria has remained unspoiled by war. Its lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains are home to a complex ecosystem of indigenous races and exotic creatures -- including the noble and enigmatic pandaren. Will the mists of Pandaria part to reveal the world's salvation… or will the battle to control this new land push the Horde and the Alliance over the brink of war and into total annihilation?
In Mists of Pandaria, players will be able to explore an all-new continent while reaching new heights of power on their way to an increased level cap of 90. In addition, adventurers can choose whether to side with the Horde or the Alliance as World of Warcraft's first neutral race -- the pandaren -- and master the ways of Pandaria's ancient martial arts as the all-new monk class.
For more information, check out the official press release, and visit the new World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria website for screenshots, information about the new features, concept art, the announcement trailer, and more.


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Pet of the Week: 'Ziggy Bear' the cat
Young cat reminds me of our cat who just died recently. Tempting, but no, I'm not looking to get another cat. I'm trying to reduce the complexities in my life and have less stuff.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Pet of the Week: 'Ziggy Bear' the cat
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at the skate park
Sunday, April 25, 2010
she: no
he: make up pencil?
she: gives him a "look"
he: Ok, well, just post it and tell your friends you saw this cool dude at the park.
I show him the photo on the camera and we parted.
So dude, here's your photo.
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random shot
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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a thing of the past
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
It used to be that when you go to a hardware store to get house numbers, you'd find large wooden numbers. At least that's what happened some twenty years ago when I picked up our house numbers. I wasn't looking for anything in particular; I needed house numbers and that was what was offered. They were wood with rounded edges on the front surface. I screwed them onto the front of our fascia over the garage. They were so big that their bottoms hung below the fascia. But they were great. You can definitely see them from the street.
We replaced our fascia last year and in so doing discarded the numbers, which I had never properly painted (they only got a coat of primer) and had gotten dilapidated. So I went looking for their replacement. Perhaps not as big this time, but generally of the same style.
No luck.
Not in the stores. Not easily found in the internet. Wooden house numbers are apparently a thing of the past.
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Happy Easter
Sunday, April 04, 2010
May everyone find hope and joy during these 50 days of Easter.
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Saturday, April 03, 2010
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
I've been gone since 2:45 p.m., just getting home at 7:30 p.m. I've been to the doctor, then through rushhour traffic to the pharmacy. Sorry no record of the prescription having been called in. I called Gumby, who has been through this dance many times before. Gumby calls back. They have it, give them half an hour to fill it.
I have insurance, but I don't know how it works for medication. So I pay and will file for reimbursement later. Cost of medicine: $115.78. Ouch. I'm counting on tomorrow being payday. Look at the size of those pills. I have a sore throat. It REALLY hurts to swallow. Plus I have to take the medicine with food. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast; and breakfast (a frozen dinner) didn't sit well with me earlier. I sure don't feel like eating. Or swallowing. Doc thinks it's pharyngitis.
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http://mmajunkie.com A longstanding relationship with UFC heavyweight champ Junior Dos Santos makes Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira uncomfortable with a title shot.
Nogueira, who will coach "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2" opposite Fabricio Werdum, said there's "no chance" he'll take a title shot unless Dos Santos is no longer champ.
"If there's any chance he doesn't have the title any more, for sure, I would love to fight for the belt," Nogueira said Thursday.
Nogueira has brushed aside repeated questions of retirement as one of the most seasoned veterans in the sport today. A former PRIDE champion and interim UFC champ, the 36-year-old fighter's career might get a storybook ending with another belt.
For now, a hurdle stands in his way: Nogueira (34-7-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) will fight Werdum (16-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) in a traditional season-ending fight between "TUF" coaches. The winner will undoubtedly be in line to fight for the belt.
"This fight is going to be very important for me, because if I win or lose, it's one step forward or one step back," he said. "So I want to be fighting the best guys in the division. I want to be [within] the top guys in the division."
The reality show begins filming in early 2013 and is expected to debut in March in Brazil on Globo TV. (FUEL TV could air the season later, as it did with the first season of the show this past summer.)
Nogueira and Werdum first met in 2006 in the now-defunct PRIDE with Nogueira earning a decision victory. He most recently defeated Dave Herman at UFC 153, while Werdum bested Mike Russow at UFC 147.
Nogueira's relationship with Dos Santos stretches back to the champ's days as a jiu-jitsu blue belt and his early MMA training. The two still train together under the Team Nogueira banner.
"He's my friend and my training partner," Nogueira said.
In a 2011 interview, Dos Santos mirrored Nogueira's unwillingness to fight, telling Fighters Only that he considered the 36-year-old fighter a brother and the person responsible for his rise.
Of course, should Werdum beat Nogueira, the issue would be moot.
Dos Santos is next set to rematch Cain Velasquez in the main event of UFC 155, which takes place Dec. 29 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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The "Good for you" has yogurt, raspberry sorbet, honey seed granola, and raspberry sauce. There's also the "Summer of love" with rose and marzipan gelato and pistachio crumble. These sounded fine but I went with the "Choco-holic," an all-chocolate mix of chocolate gelato, chocolate chip biscuit, chocolate crumble, and salted caramel.
Épicerie Boulud's chocolate gelato is plenty rich, although not too dark. The wafer-like chocolate biscuit is light and airy and when coupled with the chocolate crumble, these two components provide a one-two punch of crunchy textures. The salted caramel sauce is less sweet than expected and provides some relief against all the sugar-based components.
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"It is truly an honor for Logitech to be recognized alongside so many other great products," said Jerry Quindlen, chief executive officer of Logitech. "These awards validate our deep commitment to world-class design and acknowledge our design and engineering organizations for their persistent devotion to delivering products that delight our customers."
The award-winning products include:
Best of Innovations: The Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote
Winner of the CES 2008 Design and Engineering Award: Best of Innovations in Home-Entertainment Accessories, the Harmony® One advanced universal remote control marks a significant leap in the evolution of the best-selling line of Harmony remotes. Offering the same one-touch, activity-based control as other Harmony remotes, the Harmony One makes controlling home entertainment even easier with a full-color touch screen, an intuitive button layout and an exceptionally comfortable user-friendly design.
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10 Absolutely Useless Websites We Found in 2012
Most of us spent an unfathomable amount of time on the Internet in 2012. At Mashable, most of that time was spent productively (look at all of these cool things we wrote). But we reserved a portion of that time to laugh our butts off at some seriously silly websites.
When you're not Tumbling, pinning, tweeting, tagging or deciding what filter to add over your brunch photography, sometimes all it takes is a very simple website to make you laugh.
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Når du åpner en database (enten en eksisterende eller en ny) vil det følgende vinduet vises:
Hovedvinduet i GRAMPS inneholder følgende element:
- Menubar: Menylinja er plassert helt øverst i vinduet (like under vindustittelen) og gir tilgang til alle mulighetene i GRAMPS.
- Toolbar: Verktøylinja er plassert like under menylinja. Denne gir tilgang til de mest brukte funksjonene i GRAMPS. Du kan styre hvordan den skal se ut ved å gå til RedigereInnstillinger. Du kan også skjule den helt ved å gå til VisVerktøylinje.
- Progress Bar: Fremdriftslinja er plassert nederst i venstre hjørne i GRAMPS-vinduet. Denne viser fremdrift for tidkrevende operasjoner slik som å åpne og lukke store databaser, importere og eksportere til andre filformat, lage nettsider osv. Når du ikke utfører slikt tidkrevende oppgaver vil ikke Fremdriftslinja vises.
- Status Bar: Statuslinjen er plassert til høyre for Fremdriftalinja - helt nederst i GRAMPS-vinduet. Den viser informasjon om den pågående aktiviteten i GRAMPS og tilhørende informasjon om de valgte elementene.
- Display area: Det største området i midten av GRAMPS-vinduet er visningsområdet. Hva som skal vises der avhenger av hvilket visningsmodus en er i. Vi skal diskutere Visningsmodus senere.
Forskjellige visninger
Genealogisk informasjon er omfattende og kan være veldig detaljert. Det er en stor utfordring å vise dette, og den utfordringen tar GRAMPS ved å dele opp og organisere informasjonen i en serie med Visninger. Hver Visningen viser en del av den totale informasjonen ut fra valgt kategori. Dette vil komme klarere fram når vi nå skal gå gjennom de ulike Visningene:
- Gramplet View: Viser forskjellige Gramplets, små vrktøy som kan hjelpe deg med historisk research.
- People View: Viser listen med personer i databasen.
- Relationships View: Viser slektskap mellom den valgte personen og andre personer i databasen. Dette inkluderer foreldre, ektefeller og barn.
- Family List View: Viser listen med alle familier i databasen
- Pedigree View: Viser et grafisk stamtavletre for den valgte personen
- Events View: Viser listen med alle hendelser i databasen
- Sources View: Viser listen med alle kildene i databasen
- Places View: Viser listen med alle stedene i databasen
- Media View: Viser listen med alle mediene i databasen
- Repositories View: Viser listen med alle bibliotekene i databasen
- Notes View: Viser alle notater i databasen.
Før vi går inn på en detaljert beskrivelse av hver Visning må vi først beskrive hvordan vi veksler mellom de ulike Visningene.
Switching Views and Viewing Modes
Som nevnt over er det ni ulike Visninger. I tillegg er det to ulike Visningsmodi. Du kan med en gang se hvilken Visningsmodus du er i. Hvis du ser en kolonne med ikoner til venstre i vinduet er du i Sidestolpemodus. Hvis du ser en rad med "notatblokkfliker" (merket Personer, Slektskap, Familieliste, Stamtavle, Hendelser, Kilder, Steder, Media og Bibliotek) som går vannrett over vinduet Du kan veksle mellom disse to Visningsmodi ved å velge VisSidestolpe fra menyvalget Sidestolpe.
Hvis du ikke er i Sidestolpevisning kan du velge Visning ved å klikke på et av ikonene i sidestolpen.
If you're in the Tabbed Viewing Mode, you can select the View you want by clicking the corresponding notebook tab.
Gramplets View
Gramplets view viser noen verktøy, kallt Gramplets, som kan hjelpe deg med din research. To Gramplets er vist under oppstart (the Welcome og Top Surname Grampletsen), men ved et høyreklikk på fanen får du mulighet til å legge til flere Gramplets.
For more detailed information see Gramplets. Here we give an overview of the functionalities.
- Age on Date Gramplet: This gramplet computes the ages for everyone in your Family Tree on a given date
- Calendar Gramplet: Shows events on particular days and years
- News Gramplet: Retrieves the News page from the GRAMPS wiki
- Pedigree Gramplet: Shows a compressed Pedigree Chart of past direct ancestors. Also gives a breakdown by generation. Click the links to see matching entries
- Python Gramplet: Shows a window with a Python Shell. This is especially handy as a Date calculator, or for a quick access to Python
- Session Log Gramplet: Shows a log of entries accessed, edited, for deleted for this session.
- Statistics Gramplet: Shows a window with summary statistics of the current Family Tree: number of individuals, males and females, number of families, media objects, etc.
- Surname Cloud Gramplet: Shows a window with a cloud of the most common Surnames.
- TODO Gramplet: In this window you can add yout TODO list, or any notes. Several TODO gramplets can be made to help organize your research
- Top Surnames Gramplet: Shows your top 10 Surnames
- Welcome Gramplet: A Welcome to GRAMPS window
People View
The People View lists the people stored in the database. You'll note that people are grouped according to their family names. To the left of each family name is typically either an arrow or some other type of indicator. Clicking it once will reveal the entire list of people sharing that name. Clicking the indicator again will "roll up" the list and show only the family name.
By default, the People View, displays several columns of information about each person. You can add or remove columns to and from the display by calling up the Column Editor dialog ( Edit ->Column Editor ) and checking or unchecking the boxes listed. You can also change the position of a column in People View by clicking and dragging it to a new position in the Editor. Once you have made the changes you want, click OK to exit the Editor and see your changes in the People View.
Column Editor
The Column Editor is available in all Views and works the same way in each.
Genealogical databases can contain information on many people, families, places, and objects. It's therefore possible for a View to contain a long list of data that's difficult to work with. GRAMPS gives you two different means for controlling this condition by allowing you to filter a list to a more manageable size. These methods are Search and Filtering. A search will search the text displayed in list, whereas filters display people whose data match the criteria of the filter.
Search is a simple but fast method of searching the columns displayed on the screen. Typing the characters into the Search box and clicking the Find button will display only lines that match the text.
Alternatively, you can enable the Filter sidebar, which will be displayed on the right hand side of the display. When the filter sidebar is displayed, the Search bar is not displayed. The Filter side bar allows you to interactively build a set of filter rules that can be applied to the display. The filter is applied based on the rules and the data, not on the screen display.
Searching vs. Filtering
Searching only searches for exact text matches. If the date displayed is "Jan 1, 2000", a search of "1/1/2000" will fail, but a filter of "1/1/2000" will match.
When GRAMPS opens a database, no filtering is in effect. In People View, for example, all people in the database are listed by default.
Relationships View
The Relationships View displays all the relationships of the Active Person (the selected person). Specifically, it shows his or her parents, siblings, spouses, and children.
The Relationships View is designed to allow for quick navigation. You can quickly change the Active Person simply by clicking the name of any person listed on the page. Each name is actually a hypertext link, similar to a web page.
The Relationships View displays the following sections:
- Active Person: At the top of the screen, name, ID, birth, and death information of the Active Person is displayed. If a photo of the person is available, it is shown on the right hand side. Next to the person's name is a symbol indicating gender, and an Edit button. Clicking the Edit button will allow you to edit all of the person's individual information in an Edit Person dialog.
- Parents: The next section, the Parents section, displays the families in which the person is a child. Since it is possible for a person to have multiple sets of parents, it is possible to have several Parents sections.
You can control how much information is displayed by using the View menu. The view menu allows you to show or hide details (the birth and death information) and to show or hide siblings. Next to each person listed is an Edit button, which will allow you to edit all the details of that particular person.
You may add a new set of parents by either selecting the Add Parents or the Share Parents . The Add Parents button will create a new family with the Active Person listed as a child. The Share Parents button will allow you to choose from a list of existing families, and then add the person as a child to that family.
You may edit an existing parents by selecting the Edit button next to the parents. If you select the Delete next to a set of parents, then the Active Person will be removed as a child from the parents. This button does not delete the parents' relationship.
- Family: Similar to the Parents section is the Family section, which displays families where the Active Person is a parent. Because it is possible to have multiple families, it is possible to have multiple Family sections. Each family section displays the spouse and any children.
You may add a family by selecting the Add Spouse in the toolbar. This will create a new family with the Active Person listed as a father or mother.
Selecting the Edit button next to the spouse will allow you to edit the displayed family. Clicking the Delete button will remove the person from the displayed family.
Remove a person
Removing a person from a family does not delete the family. The person is removed as the father or mother, and any other relationships in the family continue to exist.
You can reorder the parents and spouses by selecting the Reorder . This option will only be enabled if more than one set of parents or more than one set of spouses exists for the Active Person. Selecting this button will display a dialog that will allow you to reorder the families.
Family View
The Family List View displays a list of all families in the database. From this view, you may add, edit, or delete families. The default display lists the ID, Father, Mother, and Relationship. Children cannot be displayed on the screen in this view.
Remove button
Unlike the Relationships View, clicking the Remove button in this view will remove the family from the database. All people will remain, but all relationships between the people in the family will be removed.
Pedigree View
The Pedigree View displays a family tree of the Active Person's ancestors. The Pedigree View shows up to five generations, depending on the size of the window. Each person is indicated by a box labeled with his or her name, birth and death information, and optionally an image if available. Two lines branch from each box. The top one shows the person's father and the bottom one the mother. Solid lines represent birth relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth relations such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.
To the left of the Active Person is a left arrow button. If the Active Person has children, clicking this button expands a list of the Active Person's children. Selecting one of the children makes that child the Active Person.
The appearance of the children's names in the menu differentiates the dead ends of the tree from the continuing branches.
Children who have children themselves appear in the menu in the boldface and italic type, while children without children (dead ends) appear in a regular font. If the Active Person has only one child, no menu will be displayed (since there is only one choice) and the child will become the Active Person when the arrow button is clicked.
The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow buttons. When the top button is clicked, the Father of the Active Person becomes the Active Person. When the bottom button is clicked, the Mother of the Active Person becomes the Active Person.
Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will bring up the "context menu".
Among other useful items, the context menu has sub-menus listing Spouses , Siblings , Children , and Parents of that person.
"Greyed-out" sub-menus indicate the absence of the data in the appropriate category. Similar to the children menu above, Childrens' and Parents' menus distinguish continuing lines from dead ends.
New in version 2.2 is the inclusion of an Events View.
Events can be shared between multiple people and multiple families. The Events View lists the all the events recorded in the database.
Events view
The default view displays the Description , ID , Type , Date , Place and Cause of the event.
Meaningful event description
Because events can be shared, you should take the extra time to give each event a unique and meaningful description. This will help you find the correct event if you decide to share events.
The list of Events can be sorted in the usual manner, by clicking on the column heading. Clicking once sorts in ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending order. The Column Editor dialog can be used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
Sources View
Sources View lists the sources of certain information stored in the database.
These can include various documents (birth, death, and marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries, - nearly anything that can provide genealogical evidence. GRAMPS gives you the option to provide a source for each event you record (births, deaths, marriages, etc.). The Sources View lists the Title , ID , and Author of the source, as well as any Publication information that may be associated with it.
The list of Sources can be sorted by clicking on a column heading.
Clicking once sorts in ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending order. The Column Editor dialog can be used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
Places View
The Places View lists the geographical places in which the events of the database took place. These could be places of birth, death, and marriages of people, as well as their home, employment, education addresses, or any other conceivable reference to the geographical location. The Places View lists the places' Name , ID , Church Parish , City , County , State , and Country . All of these columns can be used for sorting by clicking on a column heading.
Clicking once sorts in ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending order. The Column Editor dialog may be used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.
If a place has been highlighted, you may select the Google Maps button to attempt to display the place in a web browser.
Your default web browser should open, attempting to use either the longitude and latitude coordinates or the place name to display the location using the Google Maps web site.
This feature is limited, and may not always produce the results you desire.
Media View
The Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the database.
Media Objects are any files that relate somehow to the stored genealogical data.
Technically, any file can be stored as a Media Object.
Most frequently, these are images, audio files, animation files, etc. The list box on the bottom lists the Name , ID , Type , and Path of the Media Object.
The Column Editor dialog may be used to rearrange the displayed columns, which obey usual sorting rules. The top part of the GRAMPS window shows a preview (if available) and information about the Media Object.
Repositories View
Version 2.2 adds support for Repositories.
A repository can be thought of as a collection of sources.
Each source in the database can reference a repository (such as a library) in which it belongs. The functionality of the Repositories View is similar to the other views.
Notes View
Version 3.1 added support for Notes. A Note is pure text, as stored in the other objects.
The functionality of the notes View is similar to the other views. The view lists all Notes stored in the Family Tree. With the Edit ->Column Editor you can change the displayed columns. The possibilities are Preview, ID, Type and Marker.
The Type can be (amongst others): Event Note, Adress Note,Source text, Place Note
Double-clicking on a Note in the list will bring up a window where you can edit the Note. You can change fonts, font color and backgroundcolor. A spellchecker is available for English and your local language.
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The only thing that had been eluding me was a podium finish, so when I finished in 3rd place at the world cup finals it was just brilliant.
It was a really fun and eventful race. I qualified well in 6th place so was feeling good for the finals day.
My first heat went well and I got through to the semis without too much trouble.
In the semi-final I had some girls trying to pass me from behind but I managed to fend them off to get myself through into the final for the 5th time this season.
In the final I got out of the gate pretty well but then didn't ride the first few features quite as fast as some of the others so I was in 5th place. Going into the last turn I was doing all I could to pass when there was a crash, Olympic champion Mielle Ricker who was in the lead had fallen! I passed around her so I was then in 4th. Then the girl who was in 3rd place, Dominique, went down as well! I had to turn very sharply to avoid crashing into her and lost a lot of my speed, so much so that she had got up again and it was a race to the finish line. We both went off the final jump together, neither of us having enough speed to make it to the landing but not really caring at that moment that we were going to land on the flat and it was going to hurt. We both slammed onto the snow and struggled to keep control. Dominique bounced up and flipped over the front of her board while I stayed on my feet allowing me to get over the finished line just in front of her to win the Bronze.
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text: In an effort to stop the propagation of BS terms associated with PRS instruments on the various auction sites and to to help explain terms that are commonly used in PRS circles, I offer this thread. Please add as you see fit. ~Hans COMMONLY MISUSED TERMS Hand-Made - ALL PRS guitars are largely hand-made. In the days before CNC machines, PRS used duplicarvers to help create the initial shape of the parts. CNC machines do the same job with greater accuracy but they do not complete the process. People do. Check out some of the videos in the Blog section (click here). Pre-factory - Does not mean guitars made in the Virgina Avenue factory (yes, factory). It means, guitars made prior to serial number 5_0001; which hit the streets mid-1985. Mint - If there are any excuses concerning the guitar's condition (like pick swirl, faded stain, any finish repairs, any alterations, any restoration, etc.) then the guitar is not mint -- nor is it any other colloquial variation of the word (like "Minty"). If it isn't just like the day it left the factory in every possible way, it is NOT mint. Rare - Please stop calling every PRS product listed on [insert favorite online sales site] "Rare." If it's Bonni (Not Bonnie) Pink, Metal pinstriped, Magenta Pearl, or Banana Yellow, it's rare. If it's a Sig LE or Rosewood Limited with a Trem, it's rare. If it has Icarus or a nekkid chick inlaid on the headstock, it's rare. But a Blue Matteo CU24 with moon inlays and HFS/VB pickups is NOT rare. Sure, it's a cool guitar, but let's keep it real. TERMS THAT ARE JUST B.S. Heel from Hell - A derogatory term coined by the now deceased Ed Roman to describe bigger neck heels on PRS guitars. These larger heels have nothing to do with an automated process, as suggested on Mr. Roman's website. This change was made to increase sustain and neck stability. Pre-Lawsuit - PRS won the lawsuit. This terms doesn't mean anything. Using this term to describe your guitar only serves to make your advertisement the subject of guitar-geek ridicule when things get quiet on the net. GENERAL MISCONCEPTIONS Doctors & Lawyers - The number of Engineers who own PRS guitars far exceed all Doctors and Lawyers; combined. Star In the Neck Pickup Cavity - The pentagram in the neck cavity (not to be confused with the asterisk-shaped star) is NOT Paul Smith's maker's mark. Is was placed there by Mr. Mike Deely; a cool-cat who started with PRS Guitars in 1985. Sweet Switch Washers - Yes, they were occasionally seen on guitars leaving the factory. It's a fact. Just ask Markie. You can also see a washer on a guitar in the first catalog. THE USUAL SUSPECTS Butter - Have you ever actually tried to play butter? Nothing plays "like" butter. As far as I can tell, that's a good thing. Justice - Photos never "do [the guitar] any justice". For the Love of pie, it's a PRS -- this is a given. There is no need to say it. Again. THE FUNNY ONES Hippie Sandwich - What PRSh calls guitars made from a whole bunch of different woods glued together. 11top hears him say this a lot. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACRONYMS & TERMS 3-Mike-7 - SE Custom 7-string. 1st Generation Stamped "T" - Around serial number X_1800, the B & high-E magnets in the stamped T pickup were replaced with slugs. These can be visually verified by most PRS enthusiasts. BaM'er - A member of the deceased PRS fan site called Birds and Moons. BaM ran from early 2004 until March of 2012. BRW - (AKA Brazzy, AKA Bazillion) Brazilian Rosewood. CuRo - Custom with an East Indian Rosewood neck. DIBS - A sincere request for first crack at your sweet-ass guitar if you ever sell it. LE - Limited Edition. 300 signed and numbered plus a few extra. Often called the "Sig LE" due to the signed headstock, this is the 1st ever limited run PRS model. McBLE - Brazilian Limited Edition McCarty. Not to be confused with the Brazilian Rosewood McCarty (McBrazzy). McBrazzy - Brazilian Rosewood McCarty (250 signed & numbered plus a few others). McCarty Switching - 3-way toggle used to select pickups instead of the traditional 5-way rotary switch. McKorina - McCarty Korina. McRosie - McCarty with an East Indian Rosewood neck. McSoapy - McCarty with p90 pickups (AKA Soapbars). Metal Model - One of the most copied designs, Metal models were mahogany bodied (typically) PRS guitars with a varying pinstripe motif. All of the original Metals were painted by Mr. Bud Davis of Elizabethton, TN. There are many guitars painted in tribute to the Metal theme and to Mr. Davis. Mil-Com (AKA MannMade) Trem - One-piece vibrato bridge that was phased out around 1993. NGD - The happiest day ever. New Guitar Day. PRSh - Paul Reed Smith, himself. Refers to the person, not the product or the company. PRSi - Plural form of PRS; more than one PRS Instrument. This one drives some people nuts. PRS's means the same but it's proper. Pre-Standard - Properly called "The PRS Guitar", this term refers to solid mahogany guitars from 1985 and 1986 only. As of 1987, they were properly named "Standards." Pie - A way for members to express that a thread has run it's course and has become too dramatic to be taken seriously. Just as you should never cry wolf, you should not invoke pie unless you are serious. Pie is not to be taken lightly. Posting the recipe of your favorite pie is the ultimate expression of disapproval. RL - Rosewood Limited. 100 made with Tree of Life inlay. 1st PRS model to feature solid rosewood necks. Not to be confused with the 2011 "Tree of Life" model. Sig LE - See LE Siggy - Signature Limited (with 408's) introduced at the 2012 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim. Sig - General term for any of the "Signature" models. Usually used when referring to the original Sig model that ran from 1986 through 1991. Sinker - Au, contaire mon frère. Don't you even go there. Me without a mic is like a beat without a snare. SS - Silver Sky, John Mayer Signature guitar. 20 March 2018 Stripper - Stripped SC58. Unicorn - A *truly* rare PRS. Westy - 1980 West Street Limited


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Today was pretty much a typical day of fieldwork at Mission San Joseph de Escambe in Molino, Florida. We are in our fourth field season out at the mission site, which between 1741 and 1761 was home to a small community of Apalachee Indians and a Franciscan friar, along with a small Spanish infantry garrison of 4 men for a decade, and a larger 16-man Spanish cavalry garrison for just over a year. Our crew, consisting of ten students and one professor, gathered as usual at 7:30 a.m. on site to begin work. The photo essay below will illustrate some of our normal daily activities as we gradually gather more and more information about the mission and its residents during the colonial era.
As shown below, upon arrival at the site, our first task is to unstitch our excavation units from the plastic sheeting covering them, which is carefully sealed with rows of sandbags every afternoon before we go home in order to avoid water damage in case of Florida's common afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
At the same time, the total station is set up and resectioned for use during the day, fixing the instrument at a known point with respect to our established site grid, and allowing us to take vertical and horizontal measurements in all our active excavation units throughout the day's work. Sometimes this must be performed again during the day, especially after lunch when heat and simple gravity may have altered the tilt of the total station. The photo below shows graduate supervisor Michelle Pigott working with her sister Eileen, volunteering this week at the site.
Before beginning any new work, each unit must be carefully cleaned of all loose dirt that may have fallen in from the walls or ground surface during the stitching operation, and then bags and tags must be labeled for each separate provenience to be excavated, and paperwork filled out before any new dirt can be excavated. Tools are unpacked and field notebooks updated to record daily site conditions, crew members present, and the objectives of the ongoing work.
Once everything has been properly staged for the day, excavation can begin in each unit, sometimes using flat shovels designed to slice off thin layers of sediment across each unit and provenience, hoping to see soil stains or in situ artifacts before proceeding any deeper. In the photo below, graduate supervisor Katie Brewer uses a flat shovel to excavate the uppermost deposits in a unit designed to track the course of a stockade wall constructed in 1760 at the site.
More careful excavation requires the use of a trowel in order to exercise greater control over depth and speed of excavation. The Marshalltown 5-inch pointing trowel is the instrument of choice. Below, site supervisor Danielle Dadiego excavates a portion of the stockade trench already exposed in her unit.
Below, undergraduate student Nick Simpson uses his trowel to remove loose dirt next to a profile excavated through a burned clay floor, possibly associated with the 1761 Creek Indian raid that destroyed the mission community.
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There are many reasons that you may want to extract data from a reply from the server, it may be to perform a logical check, you may need the data (such as a customer account number) for an action later in the script or you may want to use the data for a technical reason such as selecting a random link from a set of links that appear in a response (you can see a video about how to do that here ).
To extract data from the script the simplest way is to use the option available as a right click in the HTTP Data window when it is displaying Recorded Request Details (button with red dot and yellow arrow), it will not work correctly when in the Replay Request Details view (green triangle with yellow arrow). To have the option to make that right click either by placing the cursor on the request that you are interested in (make sure it's a primary request - see screenshot) then click the Recorded Request Details button. Or simply click on the thumbnail corresponding to the screen where the required data is and the HTTP Data window will be populated with the response details.
Right click over the data that you want to extract and choose 'Extract Value…'. In this case we are going to extract the order number of a stock trade.
After clicking 'Extract Value…' the Parse window appears as below. It is prepopulated with a way to extract the data from the response. Clicking the magnifying glass in the lower right will test the extract conditions and show the result in the dialog box that pops up. In the 1st case we get the <b> </b> tags wrapped around the order number.
To make a cleaner extract we can try out some other techniques, in the case as below simply selecting Text option in the Extract section removes the tags:
Clicking the Hide button on the right (see top right of 1st screenshot where ,<b> tags are) will show where the wizard is extracting the data from:
Here we can see the order number. To adjust the way the extract is made you could also right click to choose 'Extract value…' to change the way the extract is made. Below we are extracting the same value but using the Source tab having highlighted the text to extract.
Once you are happy with the extract you can apply it. Don't forget to give the variable a name first.
In this case we chose to call the variable MyOrderNumber. You can see by doing a text extract the parser is going to look for unique preceding and trailing strings – it's especially important in a text extract to make sure the patterns are unique. In this case it is as this is the only bold test on the screen that immediately follows the letter 'r' – see the left extract string 'r <b>'.
AgileLoad has now inserted the code into the script to extract the data as follows:
A handy way to check what the value is each time that you run the script is to use the Log command to have the value output to the Replay Details tab in the lower left AgileLoad script editor window.
In the screenshot below you can see the Log command and its output on the bottom line of the replay details tab window preceded by an information icon. In case you are wondering what the red line is, it's a breakpoint used for debugging. You can introduce this by double clicking in the left most margin of the line where you want the breakpoint to be. Running the script with a break point will cause the script to pause at the breakpoint, replay can be resumed by clicking the playback button again or the next line can be executed in step by step mode by clicking the next track style button (green triangle with vertical line).


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