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Why Email is Not Dead [+video]Tim Falls
With the ubiquity of social networks and their native messaging platforms, the worldwide adoption of SMS, and the exponential growth of Twitter, it is no surprise that some people feel inclined to conjecture the impending obsolescence of email as a communications tool. However, upon careful examination of our daily interactions through devices and applications, an even more compelling case can be made for the continued and expanding use of email as our primary means of personal and professional "written" communication.
At SendGrid, we feel pretty strongly about this topic and couldn't be more optimistic about the future of email.
This is why we were stoked to be part of the Inbox Love conference last week. We met tons of smart, creative people and companies and walked away with a sense of excitement about the industry in which we find ourselves. If you didn't get to attend and are thus still not convinced that email will ultimately emerge as the coolest technology on the block, check out this interview from Liz Gannes at All Things Digital, with SendGrid co-founder, Isaac Saldana, and VP of Business Development, Denise Hulce.
Read the story on All Things Digital
Watch the video (embedded from WSJ)
Just before publishing this post, I ran across this interesting story from Marketo, which begs the question "Is Social Media Going to Kill Email?" The article provides a pretty good answer and, if nothing else, makes one very critical and relevant point: "Email IS Social"
If you have your own thoughts on this debate, please share them with us by tweeting @SendGrid, leaving a comment on our Facebook wall, or just submitting your ideas in the comments section below.


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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown may still pull out a victory for his beleaguered tax measure. Then he can tell all us kibitzers to go eat a big Thanksgiving plate of crow.
Polls show "yes" votes in the high 40s with the "no" side in the low 40s. Ordinarily that's trouble, especially for a tax increase, because uncertain voters tend to settle on "no." But most undecided people in this case are women, and women tend to support Brown's measure.
So it's still a tossup.
I'll be voting for Proposition 30. That's because although it's bad policy to worsen the state's tax instability by leaning even more heavily on the rich, a "no" vote means yanking $5.4 billion from K-12 schools and community colleges, plus $500 million from public universities. And that's unconscionable.
There's a lot of fantasy about Brown bluffing. I don't believe it.
Asked recently by reporter John Myers of News10/KXTV in Sacramento whether he would seek legislative repeal of the education cuts that were agreed upon in case Prop. 30 failed, the governor asserted: "I'm not going down that road. There's only 'yes,' we get the money, or 'no,' we have the trigger cuts. It's that simple."

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Spyke sets new record for climbing all the Munros
Starting on Sunday 25th April 2010 with Ben More on Mull, Stephen Pyke (aka Spyke) set himself the challenge of climbing all Scotland's 3,000 ft hills, better known as the Munros, in a continuous round under his own steam - on foot, by bike and paddling a kayak.
On 3rd June, just 39 days 9 hours and 6 minutes later, Spyke touched the summit cairn on Ben Hope in Sutherland to complete the fastest round of the Munros. The previous record was 48 days 12 hours set by Charlie Campbell in 2000.
Spyke is keen that his journey through the Highlands can inspire and encourage people to join the John Muir Trust – the UK's leading wild lands charity. Please take time to read more about the JMT and even if you decide not to join you can support their valuable work by donating to the Trust at the following Just Giving Page.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Day 19 Ben Lui and others!!
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- lynne said...
Keep truckin Spyke - hope you sort the achilles. Loving the blog and the photos. Take care JC and John & Linda now up there with you
Lynne Shepley
- May 13, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Sam said...
Keep it up Spyke! Doing well. If you have time pop into the Clachaig on your visit to Glencoe I was telling friends who work there of your trip and they would be sure to give you a warm welcome.
Sam Munro
- May 13, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Chris said...
Spyke - I hope you managed the Ben Lui group OK today, and the achilles is not giving you too much trouble.
- May 13, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Diggers said...
Best of luck with the BIG day tomorrow Spyke! Thanks for a great week last week, I had a brilliant time.
- May 13, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Feepole said...
Just read Dave's article about your challenge in the Caledonian Mercury. Serious respect!
Good luck - will be following your progress.
- May 14, 2010 at 6:44 AM
- Chris said...
Keep it going! Thanks for the blog updates. In future - best to compose the blog posts off-line in Word for example, then copy and paste the text to Blogger in case you lose the connection.
- May 14, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- sharon said...
Good luck
- May 15, 2010 at 10:38 PM


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In an interview with CNN yesterday, journalist Mona Eltahawy discussed her assault by Egyptian riot police, who broke her arm and hand and groped her repeatedly:
What happened to me is just a taste of what happens to so many Egyptians. The brutality of Egyptian security forces has long been documented, and I experienced just a bit of it. And I know that because I'm a journalist and because I'm Egyptian-American and I have dual citizenship, and because they think I'm a quote-unquote professional respectable person, they probably gave me a lighter treatment. I know that if I had been an Egyptian with fewer privileges I would've fared much worse.


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I don't know why he just doesn't paint a big Bull's-Eye on his back.
Find the full story HEREThe contentious sparring between Hewlett-Packard Co. chief security strategist Ira Winkler and convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick came to a head Tuesday afternoon at RSA Conference 2003.
Under the guise of a general-session debate on whether enterprises should hire former criminal hackers to do network penetration testing, the session quickly dissolved into 65 minutes of Mitnick defending his transgressions and Winkler aggressively pressing the former hacker on his skills and those of his nefarious former colleagues.
Nevertheless, a packed session hall took in the verbal jabs with glee and boos throughout the event, with Winkler getting the bulk of the cheers, but absorbing a few jeers, as some applauded a few of Mitnick's points.
Trying to bring some sort of balance to the panel were Jennifer Granick, a hacker-sympathetic attorney who represented Mitnick, and Christopher Painter, who was her counterpart during the trial. Granick teaches at Stanford Law School and is director of the school's Center for Internet and Society. Painter is deputy chief of the Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
Granick stood by her client, trying to buffer many of the blows coming from Winkler, who opposes the notion that it's a wise idea to bring former criminals into the enterprise to probe and poke at networks to determine vulnerabilities and soft spots. Painter, meanwhile, hammered home the notion that enterprises must examine the risks involved before bringing criminals inside their firewalls.
Perhaps the true balance on the day were the attendees, some of whom fell in the middle of the debate.


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By Paul Dobleman:
I'd like to thank everyone who participated and sent in an asshole story, it's been a fun year tattooing you assholes. Cheers to everyone who reads these, hope you like next year's project… Psychedelic Stories!
The last asshole… December's asshole of the month is Stuart…
Stuart wrote…
So going back now a few years ago, I was out and about walking my dogs around the park before taking off to work for the day. I was on my way home and had to stop at a stop light to cross the road. So I'm waiting there to cross and notice a pack of cyclists pull up to the light, there are tons of cyclists around our area so I thought nothing of it, so the light turns green so I can cross, my pugs just had knee surgery and wasn't walking the fastest so we didn't make it across in time and totally blocked the traffic. Every one seemed cool and noticed the dog so they just let us pass by, the cyclists passed by no worries, but of course there's always that mouthy cunt who feels like he has to say some thing. He cycles around me and as he cruises away turns around and says, "Fuck you!"
Now I was fresh of the boat from the UK, I hadn't lived in the states very long and where I'm from that's fucking fighting talk. Obviously the guy was totally unaware that I lived like 10 yards up the road from where this happened. I dropped off the dogs and went out to my car by this time I was pretty pissed so I started my car up and cruised down the road where I pretty much knew where the group of cyclists were heading.
I drive about half-a-mile and pulled over and ask a lady with a stroller if she had seen any cyclists, she replied, "Oh yes, there just down the road."
I keep driving and after a few minutes, who do I bump into to riding along the road… the fucker who just opened his big mouth to the wrong fucking person. I pulled up alongside him and he fucking shits his pants, I unwind my window and told him to get off his bike, he wouldn't so I asked him again and again, shouting, "Come on you pussy get off your bike."
He wouldn't stop so I just pulled in front of him and totally blocked him from getting around me. I get out of my car and start to run in pursuit of this asshole. Ha-ha-ha, I remember he was in a really high gear and was trying to get away while shouting, "I don't want to fight, I don't want to fight!" Well, tough luck mother, your about to… he couldn't get away fast enough and while shouting to his friends to help, they were too far way to hear.
I start to run and catch up and he's still pleading not to fight. I get up right along side him and swing and catch him with a lovely right hand, which sent him fucking flying into a hedge. I grabbed a hold of his shirt and smacked him again, he was laying like a mess in the hedge bloodied and shouting, "Your going to court buddy." I run back to my car, and I'm out of there, adrenaline pumping I head back to my house…
Congratulations Stuart, fuck that guy! Stuart chose the donkey with the blanket for his collection.


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A state file can only be run on a host of the same platform type as the host where the state file was generated unless you edit the state file ID. Each platform has a different type of state file ID.
This procedure generates a state file ID by running the installer on the platform on which you want to perform silent installation.
The following command works only if you are generating an ID for the same platform on which you are running the command.
If you are not logged in as root, become superuser.
Navigate to the directory where the installer is located:
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Run the installer command using the -id option.
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The command generates an encrypted identifier.
Copy the identifier and paste the value into the state file as the value for the STATE_BEGIN and STATE_DONE parameters.
The following is an example of the state file identifier within a state file:
[STATE_BEGIN Sun Java(tm) Enterprise System \ f31c7e86a64605bc5b9b629931a30b275a0eb447] . . . [STATE_DONE Sun Java(tm) Enterprise System \ f31c7e86a64605bc5b9b629931a30b275a0eb447]


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Telling African American Civil War Stories, of Soldiers, Civilians, Contrabands, First Days of Freedom, and the Events that led to Freedom
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Remembering the USCTs Where they Rest
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There is not a national cemetery near me - I think Camp Nelson National Cemetery is the closest, a couple of hours away and I do want to visit it again - but I recently began a project of going through local cemeteries to try to find and photograph any headstones of Civil War veterans I could find.ReplyDelete
It has been a fun experience, and I have found some neat information and stories about some of the men, but I was surprised in one cemetery to find 3 headstones of members of the USCT. They are in different sections, buried among other people, mostly civilians, but their headstones clearly show they were in the USCT.
I have not yet found out a lot of information about each, but I still will include what I find on the www.civilwarheadstones blog I run. In fact, tonight I just posted a picture of the headstone of Willis Walker, a member of the 12th US Colored Heavy Artillery unit, right before I saw this entry. That was pretty cool timing.
I do hope to find more USCT veterans buried here (Northern Kentucky) but I imagine they will be the exception not the rule. Still, I was happy to find such men buried in the area and hope I can bring at least a small bit of recognition to their service to their country.
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM
"I pointed out to her how to recognize Civil War era soldiers and how to tell if they were black Union soldiers."ReplyDelete
This is great stuff - but for the rest of us who are also ignorant - what are the keys to determining this? I'm just not aware of what the abbreviations mean.
Richard, I will be happy to share information with you on some of the soldiers that you have found. If they got a pension I can look up some of their data next time I get to the National Archives.ReplyDelete
I shall explain how to recognize them in a future post. Your post clearly illustrates that this needs to be pointed out. Stay tuned.


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This week's Follow Friday recommendations is a "new to me this week" blog. Dee left a comment on my blog this week and when I clicked on her Blogger profile, I found her blog and its wonderful resources. It is called Free Genealogy Resources and each post contains a great free tool for helping you find your ancestors.
Here is just a sampling of the free sites she has written about:
Arizona Resource - for Arizona death certificates
Irish Resource
Another Massachusetts Resource
Resource of Slavery in Virginia
Dee has also started a series on social networking and genealogy. Her first post covers Facebook and I look forward to more in the future.
Check out her blog, save some money, and find new research avenues!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Follow Friday - Free Genealogy Resources Blog
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thanks for sharing this!ReplyDelete
follow Friday is a great idea, but where do you find new blogs? also, I have a hard time doing one with out lifting something from the page to send them to it. I feel one should show something from there. But have learned since it is a bad way to do so.... so I tend not to Follow that way. I just use the time to follow followers list. You have found some good bloggers!ReplyDelete
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A correlation analysis on the size of ruptured cerebral aneurysms and the diameter of related parent arteries
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Objective: Previous studies based on theoretical flow dynamic measurements reported a potential correlation of the size of related parent vessels to the ruptured aneurysm itself. The goal of the present study was to analyze this correlation in a large patient cohort.
Methods: Retrospectively, patients were included in the analysis who met the following criteria: 1) Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and 2) Accurate 3-dimensional (3D) digital subtraction angiography. Aneurysm aspect ratios (maximum diameter and neck size) as well as the exact parent vessel calibers were measured by two independent investigators (NE, ÜK). Linear regression models were calculated using SPSS.
Results: 220 patients were included in the present study. Median aneurysm size was 6.59 mm, with 74.5% of the aneurysms smaller than 7mm. The majority of the aneurysms were localized at the anterior communicating artery (ACOM: 36.4%), middle cerebral artery (MCA: 20.9%), posterior communicating artery (PCOM: 14.1%) and basilar artery (BA: 10.9%). Despite significant differences between the mean aneurysm sizes among the ACOM, MCA and BA (p < 0.001), there was no correlation between the mean aneurysm size and parent vessel diameter for ACOM, MCA and BA (R2, linear = 0.036, 0.003, 0.222, respectively). However, there was a moderate correlation between aneurysm diameter and neck width (R2, linear = 0.23).
Conclusions: The data in the present analysis, derived from a large clinical cohort, do not support the assumption of a significant relation between the size of related parent vessels to the ruptured aneurysm itself. This underlines the growing evidence that alternative factors additional to flow dynamics could be responsible for cerebral aneurysm rupture.


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A reminder, the Brighton Illustrators Group (BiG) has announced a special event at the Apple Store, Brighton tonight, Thursday 28 October 2010.
The free event 'How Will the iPad Change the Future of Publishing?' starts at 7.45 pm and runs until 9.30 pm.
Open to all, the night will include contributions from Nye Wright, manager of Apple's Brighton Store and Deb Gaffin, Digital Product Manager at London publishers Nosy Crow.
Additionally David O'Connor will present his thoughts on using the iPad, while they will be a chance to try out Apple's tablet device and ask any questions you might have.
Refreshments will also be served tonight.
The Brighton Illustrators Group is not an illustration agency but a group run by illustrators for illustrators on a voluntary basis. Since BiG was formed 21 years ago, its role has been to support and advise freelance illustrators living in Brighton and the surrounding area. BiG's aim is to share information about professional practice though monthly meetings, newsletters and website as well as providing networking opportunities.
BiG members work in all areas of illustration, from editorial, children's publishing, merchandising to the growth area of new media. Details of how to join BiG can be found here.
The Apple Store, Churchill Square address is Upper Mall, Churchill Square, Brighton, BN1 2TE, 01273 740 500. Driving directions and a map can be found here.


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The influential 1988 teen dark comedy, which launched the careers of Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and scribe Dan Waters, is stagebound in a production being developed by Andy Fickman, director of "Race to Witch Mountain," who is making a return to his musical roots.
Fickman, who helmed the musical "Reefer Madness," is working with "Reefer" partner Kevin Murphy, who is writing the "Heathers" lyrics and the book, and composer Larry O'Keefe, who earned a Tony nomination for best score for the Broadway version of "Legally Blonde."
The trio has worked on the production under the radar for some time, even doing readings this week in Endeavor's screening room. The readings saw "Veronica Mars" star Kristen Bell playing the lead and Christian Campbell as J.D., with Jenna Leigh Green ("Wicked"), BrokeDown Cadillac lead singer Corri English and Christine Lakin (the CW's "Valentine") as the three Heathers.
The project has the blessing of [Heathers Writer Dan] Waters, who controls the underlying rights to the material. [Andy] Fickman said he sat down with Waters early on "to make sure we were on the same page" and that Waters has seen the readings.
"He understood that our goals were to be creatively attuned to his original work," said Fickman, who is repped by Endeavor and Evolution.
The film offered many over-top-moments as well as choice lines, something Fickman is eager to bring out musically.
" 'I love my dead gay son," Fickman quoted. "If you can get that into a song, then that is just perfect."


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Diamond Twister Review
Playing Diamond Twister is like taking a tour through the Match-3 Hall of Fame. It picks and chooses its themes and gameplay mechanics from at least a half-dozen top casual games from the recent past. This method of game production often results in an ungainly, top-heavy Frankenstein's Monster, but not in this case. Diamond Twister is every bit as sharp and elegant as Gameloft's other App Store offerings, even if it's derivative.
In Diamond Twister's Story Mode, you play an apprentice jewel thief working for a strange criminal mastermind. This guy runs a Robin Hood shtick; he only steals from people who have themselves stolen from others. No honor among thieves, eh? We're not sure if this is any more ethically defensible than regular crime, but it's definitely more fun. Your boss wants you to recover eight famous jewels from eight deadbeats and con artists, in eight different global locations. Before each mission, he'll give you a quick rundown on how your target came to be a scumbag, and why you shouldn't feel guilty taking him or her for all they're worth. These story snippets aren't substantial, but they do serve place the game in some kind of context, which is nice.
From there, you'll be switching around jewels to match lines of three or more, as most iPhone gamers are probably very used to by now. Diamond Twister trots out every trick in the Match-3 book to make this basic activity more interesting. For instance, there are colored squares that grant bonuses for "covering" with matches and irregularly-shaped boards, as in Jewel Quest. If you match more than three jewels at a time, you'll get bonus jewels, such as the "twister," which destroys an entire row of jewels at once, "burst" jewels that blow up adjacent squares, and "shatter" jewels that cause all jewels of a single color to wink off the board. You can also switch the game's orientation by tilting the iPhone, although it's hardly ever necessary to beat a level.
Story Mode simply requires you to earn a certain amount of money (points) on each level before time elapses, but Diamond Twister has many other unlockable "Challenge" gameplay modes, too. Some of them, like Magic Stones, are dopey–in this mode, all you need to do is uncover a hidden stone on a single space, which often happens by accident on the first or second move. Others definitely add value to the game, like Puzzle, where you solve prefab puzzles in as few moves as possible, and Forget Me Not, which is a kind of memory-matching minigame. The variety here is a boon, considering that many other Match-3 games are limited to one or two gameplay modes. And there are unlockable collectables and achievements, on top of that.
Diamond Twister's presentation is second to none. It's got the "Gameloft look" from top to bottom–attractive hand-drawn character art, smooth animation, tons of flashy particle and lighting effects during gameplay, highly detailed backgrounds, and a clean, professional interface. One subtle but very cool touch is the game's title screen, which is filled with gemstones that bounce around when you flip the phone over. The music and sound work on this game is also very good, and the small bits of voice acting are strong. The overall aura of quality makes the gameplay much more satisfying than it otherwise would be.
Diamond Twister doesn't really do much that we haven't seen before in other games, and it doesn't make use of the iPhone platform in a unique way, but it's very well executed and extremely thorough. No Match-3 fan will regret laying out $4.99 on this game.


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Just as a test I sent an Acknowledgement with the programming command 06 30 30 31 0d 0a .001
If i understod the specs correctly the last digit after ack reads: 0- read, 1-programwhat would happen if you try:06 30 30 30 0d 0a .000Will you still get the password request?BR/Per
@ffimonCan you please share with us the code for transmitting and receiving the data with the "reader".Can you please share too the schematic or an idea of the schematic how to do an reader.
Hi I have had a search round on this site and others for information in reading the data from my Electricity Meter.I found this http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,22225.0.html topic but it was closed so I could not reply to it.I just got into arduino kit (In the past week or so) and have done the usual experiments temperature probe, RTC, LED Blink etc. But now I wish to move on to what I wanted to do. I installed 3.75KW of solar panels on my house and I wish to monitor not only how much I produce but how much I export. I have two electricity meters the First is An Elster A100C this is the one I had fitted and measures my "GENERATION" i.e. the Total energy produced by the PV. I have managed to read this meter after reading this http://www.rotwang.co.uk/projects/meter.html article. It worked almost first time using a just an uno and a TSL261 http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/92399/ETC/TSL261.html PhotoIR optical sensor. This meter constantly transmits its data about once every couple of seconds or so so was pretty simple to read. The second meter I have is the one fitted by NORWEB my electricity supplier this records both my "IMPORT" i.e. the electricity I get from the grid and my "EXPORT" i.e. the excess electricity I produce that goes back to the grid. Unfortunatly this meter only displays the "IMPORT" figure but I am reliably informed that deep in its registers are the "EXPORT" values too.This meter an Ampy 5196A I have had some success in reading this meter too. I used the TSL261 as a receiver and this http://dx.com/p/38khz-ir-infrared-transmitter-module-for-arduino-135040 as my transmitter. Before I dived into reading the meter with the UNO I thought I would see if I could read the meter with a PC using a USB to TTL adapter (cp210x). I hooked it up as follows. Serial adapters tx Pin ----> signal pin on the transmitter Serial adapter Ground -----> Transmitter GroundSerial Adapter RX Pin <----- Receiver Signal PinSerial Adapter Ground ------> Receiver Ground Serial Adapter 5V -----> Receiver VCCI opened up "termite" and sent /?!{cr}{lf} to the meter at (300 Baud 7Bit Even Parity One Stop Bit) but no joy :0 , other than /?!{cr}{lf} being received back by the receiver (Echo was turned off). After a little head scratching I had a flash of inspiration, I thought what happens if the "1" should be "0" and vice versa. So I dug out a 74c04 Hex Inverter and inverted both transmitter signal and the receive signal. I opened up "termite" again and sent the command 20 or so times and eventually got a reply something on the lines of /AMP05196A-21 (I think). The receiving was very Hit and mis only got a reply about 7 or 8 times out of about 100. The transmission was working though as the meters Red led flickerd for about 5 seconds every time I sent the command. The receiver seems to need to be pointed precisely at the RED led to work, at first I thought the TSL261 may need amplifying. In writing this post I found this http://www.abacuselectrics.com/f6zd09r.pdf data sheet It appears that my Utility company have fitted one of the only meters that replies in the RED spectrum not the IR spectrum. There must be just enough IR being emitted to operate the TSL261 if the wind is blowing in the right direction and I balance on the right leg. My original question was going to be can I invert the tx/rx serial port signals in the "UNO" in software or am I still going to need to still use an inverter. I figure I can get away with an inverter for the transmitter by connecting it like so.UNO tx Pin ----> Ground transmitter UNO 5V -----> Signal Ground.Thus when the TX is low the LED will be transmitting.My second question, In the light of my RED/IR discovery is, Am I best trying to amplify the TSL261 output or can someone recommend a TSL261 equivalent for RED light and am I going to have to stop daylight getting to it. I have a copy of the IEC 62056-21 specs and getting the data out of the meter is relatively simple one you have the optical probe. I hope that this will allow access to the data IEC 1107 optical port for less than $10 rather than the $80-100 everyone seems to charge for the a probe. This would be more accurate and simpler to implement than say a CT clamp.
01 50 30 02 28 30 30 34 30 29 03 64 .P0.(0040).dWhich from the I.E.C. specification means give me a password using a manufacture specific algorithm and 0040 is the key.So my conclusion is that "Yes you can make an optical port for less than a couple of £'s" but not all meters allow you to read them without a password.


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Joy King Lau is one of the restaurants in the Chinatown vicinity that opens fairly early (11am) for dim sum on Sunday. What we had today:
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- "Har-kau": Steamed prawn dumplings - well-marinated prawns and bamboo shoots, but the skin was a bit chewy.
- "Cha siu-bao": Steamed Chinese barbecued-caramel pork buns - not thebest I'd had in London, but satisfying all the same.
- "Ngau yuk kau": Steamed minced beef ball dumplings - best item we had here - smooth texture and nice flavours.
- "Wu kok": Crisp, deep-fried yam dumplings with minced pork-mushroom flling - stodgier skin than what a good "wu kok" should be, but the requisite flavours were there.
Overall, not the best dim sum I'd had in London - that honour goes to Royal China Club (http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/878337) on Baker St, Marylebone - but credit goes to Joy King Lau for preserving all the traditional tastes of each dim sum item there right to a 't'. What you get here is good old-fashioned Cantonese cooking.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Baby BBQ!
Yesterday was my most wonderful and most pregnant friend JJTWH's baby shower. Instead of a small ladies-only affair, she envisioned a big, coed BBQ with kiddos running around the yard. So, I like calling it the Baby BBQ. It was such a fun day. She and I are both into food, and are both serious farmer's market addicts, so we had no trouble coming up with the menu. In fact, we made a bit too much food! But now we've got leftovers, and I'm not complaining!
I made a batch of the Curried Carrot Dip from Veganomicon. What a great color! I'll definitely make this again, but next time I'll add some of the water from boiling the carrots to give it a creamier consistency.
I also made up a batch of the Meditteranean Cucumber Cashew Dip from "Veganomicon." It's so great. There's some leftover, which I intend to enjoy for lunch for the next couple of days!
We got a ton of veggies and marinated them. Unfortunately for our massive stockpile of veggies, the fellows at the grill were focusing on the meat and the veggies didn't see much action. I left some of the marinated veggies for JJTWH to enjoy, & brought these home with me. They made a great, light dinner after binging on food all afternoon!
I didn't get pictures of all the great stuff JJTWH made, but she made some great dishes. She made a wonderful Greek Salad with heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers and spices. Also, there was a nice big bowl of bean salad, and a stunning farmers' market fruit salad: nectarines, peaches, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cherries... oh it was GOOD. And we had some homemade veggie burgers too for the veg*ns amongst us, which were happily consumed.
Of course, you know me. I've been plotting the desserts for this event for months now! Who cares about veggies and dip, when you can look at pictures of desserts!? I went out and bought the fancy foil cupcake liners for extra dazzle.
First up, the Apricot Almond Cupcakes from "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World." I love this recipe. Not too flashy, but totally delicious. These cuppers came out just perfectly - with a big dollop of apricot jam hiding in the middle. I was totally psyched.
Next up the Lemon Vanilla Cups from VCTOtW. Wow! These were probably my favorite. Especially with the Lemon Buttercream Frosting. I made a half batch of frosting and still had some left over - I'm more of a spreader than a squeezer when it comes to frosting. I decorated with blueberries and an edible flower mix - both from the farmers market. I LOVE those edible flowers and just think they are so gorgeous.
Last up, the Chocolate Cups from VCTOtW, with the simple chocolate ganache. Decorated with more flowers and raspberries from my grandpa's garden. YUMOLA! These were the first to go. The flowers were great because they gave great effect, but were subtle and delicate enough not to interfere at all with the flavor or consistency of the cupcakes. and so festive!
I also made a huge batch of chocolate covered strawberries. YUM. These are so easy and delicious and fancy looking. All you do is melt down some chocolate chips or chocolate bars (you need the good stuff) in a double boiler. Carefully dip in the berries, gently turn to cover the whole berry, then set on a sheet of parchement paper. After you're done, put the whole batch in the fridge to firm up again. Then you stuff your face like a crazed person! At least, that's what I did.
I used some of the leftover melted chocolate to decorate the two Lemon Coconut Tarts I made. I make this dish all the time, so you've probably seen it before. I love it so much.
All in all, the all-vegan desserts were a major crowd pleaser. All that was left at the end was about 3/4 of one lemon tart and 5 cupcakes. Not bad! Once again, spreading the good word of veganism through decadent dessert items!
More importantly, it was a great party for JJTWH and her husband. Many friends, many smiles, fun activities, family catching up, kids blowing bubbles... ahhh...
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Aww, a baby BBQ!! Too fun!! Oh my, as always, your dishes look SPECTACULAR - but I'm partial to the desserts, since I'm a baker ;0) I finally got a copy of VCTOTW, so those cupcakes that you made from that cookbook are definitely on my "must try" list!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your kind comment on my blog - it really meant a lot to me.
My CSA has edible marigolds this year and they are SO good!ReplyDelete
Love the ladybug on the cake :)
Hi friends, JJTWH here. For all the good things you know about Amey--her spirit, her energy, her creativity, her cooking skills--multiply by about 10,000 and you're getting close to the real thing! She is the best! And all the cupcakes will be officially gone by 11pm this evening!ReplyDelete
Aw, I love the look of the edible flowers! So lovely.ReplyDelete
I'd love to bite in to that tart, yum! Everything looks wonderful.
What a gorgeous spread. The cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries look lovely and I'm sure they were just as tasty. Great job.ReplyDelete
Your cupcakes with the flowers are so pretty! I went to a similarly themed shower and it was a great way to celebrate.ReplyDelete
What beautiful baked goods! I love the idea of decorating with flowers- they're so colorful!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great spread! Thanks for reminding me about that carrot dip - I made it a few weeks ago and loved it.ReplyDelete
Wow, you were a busy vegan bee! All of your food looks amazing, especially those cuppers! Congrats to her! (And to you for making all that yummy food!)ReplyDelete
What a fun way to celebrate! And you've given me lots of ideas for a baby shower (coed) that I'll be throwing in about six months or so!ReplyDelete
I love the edible flowers on the cupcakes, so colorful! And I can never see enough of those lemon coconut tarts!
It's so great your friends/family are so vegan friendly. All of the food sounds wonderful, especially the curried dip and cucumber dip! I have been eying the Veganomicon dips, and now I must make them!ReplyDelete
What a feast! Everything looks delicious, but those cupcakes with the edible flowers are truly breathtaking.ReplyDelete
I've got to try that cucumber dip!
Everything looks so wonderful! I don't even know where to start... I especially love the flowers decorating the cupcakes!ReplyDelete
Baby BBQ! Cute name. Everything looks delicious!!ReplyDelete
the BBQ veggies look soo good and all those desserts dont look to shabby either. YUM YUMReplyDelete
Wow, you made some gorgeous food for this shindig! The cupcakes with the edible flowers are particularly stunning. I'd almost hate to eat them!ReplyDelete
- debra11:18 PM
Hi Amey,ReplyDelete
I am an Australian vegan, and i've been reading some of your older posts about travelling and eating in India. I've recently been given the chance to undertake a year-long internship with mentally ill homeless women in Chennai. It's an incredible opportunity, but I have to admit I'm a little worried about eating a compromised vegan (often ghee-laden) diet for such a long time. I don't speak Hindi or any Indian dialect so I'd have to communicate my concerns in English. I was just wondering if you had any thoughts on this - I am thinking I could get by with mostly cooking for myself and only eating out occasionally? Really sorry about the long long comment; please don't worry if this isn't a question you can answer. I love your blog, and it's encouraging me to find a good yoga centre in India (if I get there!) -Debra
I keep going back to the photo of the cucumber dip even though the entire spread is breathtaking. That has to be the best baby shower food I've ever seen!ReplyDelete
Hi Debra,ReplyDelete
I wonder if you'll get this response. Being all-vegan isn't so easy in India, but it's a LOT easier in Southern India than in the north. So you'd have that going for you. Plus, it sounds like such an incredibly wonderful opportunity! If your heart says go, then go, and don't worry about the food. Chennai is a really big city and there are surely specialty markets where you can get some products. Some of the quick boil-and–eat Indian food packets are vegan (and the ingredients are always listed in English). There's tons of great produce in Southern India, including so many wonderful fruits that you can't find in the states. And cooking for yourself is not so hard. You'll find some places that will cook vegan food (mainly to watch out for ghee and curds)... and you can become a regular there. Feel free to let me know if you have any more questions. And tell me about your journey if you end up going, I'd love to hear about it and live vicariously through you!
:) Amey
- Anonymous9:32 AM
Ok, firstly - I wish you were MY friend, baking me all this delicious awesomeness!!! I have not tried the apricot cupcakes yet, from VCTOTW, but you have just convinced me that I can put it off no longer! - and I think I could just live on lemon coconut tarts exclusively. What a fabulous feast for the eyes all this is - beautifully done!ReplyDelete
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Week 4 Tight Ends
TE Notes: Gronkowski averaged 7.75 targets per week under Bill O'Brien last season. He's down to six per week under Josh McDaniels, largely because he spent the second half of the Ravens game doing nothing but blocking. Gronk remains a red-zone monster, but his consistency will suffer as McDaniels uses his parts differently this season.
The Chiefs have allowed the ninth-most fantasy points to tight ends through three weeks, and the Chargers figure to try to get Gates going after a disappointing output versus the Falcons. Gates' ribs looked fine last week. … Vernon Davis is leading all tight ends in fantasy points; the Jets are without their best cover man. … Finley leads the Packers in targets. If he can't be trusted in a potential shootout with the Saints, you're never going to use him.
Heath Miller, who leads all players in red-zone targets, is the only tight end with more than Martellus Bennett. … Pitta is tied with Jimmy Graham for the tight-end target lead with 31. He's here to stay as a TE1 option. … Rudolph is Christian Ponder's go-to guy in the end zone, to the point where a wide open Adrian Peterson was ignored on the tight end's circus catch last week. The Lions have surrendered 15 receptions, 220 yards and 3 TDs to tight ends the past two weeks.
Witten's problems have been related to rust and concentration. He's getting open, just not catching the ball. … Olsen's 14 Week 3 targets are encouraging, but the matchup is tough this week. … Cook is touch-and-go with a shoulder injury against the best defense in the league. … Cameron is worth tracking to see if his role continues to expand, but he's hardly trustworthy at Baltimore. … Myers has velcro hands, but he's not targeted heavily and doesn't make plays after the catch.
Week 4 Defense/Special Teams
Week 4 Kickers
The NFL news cycle can be vicious. Less than 24 hours after throwing for 323 yards and a pair of scores against the league's most imposing pass defense, Peyton Manning's arm strength was back in the news. ESPN's Ron Jaworski noted that Manning isn't "spinning it" like Aaron Rodgers or Matthew Stafford. This was hardly earth-shattering news, as Manning was never among the league's rifle arms even in his prime. The story sprouted more legs, however, when a veteran scout texted NFL Network's Albert Breer to say, "Peyton Manning can't throw the ball anymore." Wait, there's more. As Breer delved deeper, the scout offered, "I would put my professional reputation on this -- he cannot throw with the velocity he could a couple years ago. He just can't. He's still as smart and accurate as anybody, he just can't sling it the way he used to." Another scout went on to voice the same opinion to Breer, stating that Manning's arm is "for sure, a lot weaker." I'm no scout, but I watched the game and Manning's arm wasn't exactly in pop-gun Pennington mode. If that arm was strong enough for a top-10 Week 3 fantasy finish against the Texans, it's plenty sufficient to exploit a Raiders defense absolutely torn asunder by opposing aerial attacks. Oakland's corners are so shabby that safety Mike Huff had to change positions, to "spectacularly bad" results versus the Steelers. Spinning or not, Manning is a must-start in Week 4. Week 4 Quarterbacks
QB Notes: What to make of Rodgers? He hasn't directed the Packers offense to 20 points in a game since last Christmas. Of course, the defenses of the Super Bowl winning Giants and this year's 49ers, Bears and Seahawks has a lot to do with that. With his weapons intact and a potential shootout looming against a Saints defense that just allowed 510 total yards to the Chiefs, Rodgers is getting the benefit of the doubt this week. He gets the edge over Brees due solely to homefield advantage.
Stafford returned to practice Thursday and is on track to play against a Vikings defense that could be in a let-down game after playing over their heads against the 49ers. … The Falcons-Panthers game could match the Packers-Saints for fireworks potential. It's a big game for Newton's fantasy outlook.
Playing without his top receiver for 11-of-12 quarters, Griffin has directed the Redskins to a league-high 99 points while averaging 404.3 yards per game. If you drafted RGIII as your backup, however, it may not be a great idea to shop your other quarterback. Griffin is on pace for 171 rushing attempts, which would shatter Michael Vick's career-high of 123. Defenses are starting to sell out their ends, as evidenced by the eye-popping 28 times that Griffin went to the ground with contact against the Bengals. He's taking a lot of punishment out of that pistol offense.
Fitzpatrick's fantasy points have been inflated by a garbage-time Jets defense and two weak opponents. As NFL Films analyst Greg Cosell points out, only three of Fitzpatrick's 86 pass attempts have traveled 19+ yards. He still has issues with ball placement. Sell high if you can. … Schaub's accuracy on deep and intermediate balls was pin-point versus Denver, but the Texans remain the run-heaviest team in the NFL. … Look for Ponder's fantasy production to rise with Jerome Simpson on board as a vertical threat.
Cutler has another tough matchup against a Dallas defense that has shut passing games down this season. … Locker's Week 3 stats were artificially inflated by a pair of fluky long touchdowns to Jared Cook and Nate Washington. He has a prohibitive matchup against J.J. Watt and Johnathan Joseph.
Week 4 Running Backs
RB Notes: Ravens defensive boss Dick Jauron calls Rice "one of the very best players in the league on the offensive side of the ball." That's been evident for awhile now, as Rice has emerged as the best all-around back in the game. He jumped off the tape against the Patriots, succeeding between the tackles, sustaining a rushing attack, getting to the corner, turning on a dime after the catch and excelling in pass protection. Rice has averaged 134 yards per in his last four games versus the Browns.
Jones-Drew draws a Bengals defense that has hemorrhaged 102 points in three games, with MLB Rey Maualuga forfeiting big plays at an alarming rate. … Even on a surgically-repaired knee, Peterson still runs as violently as any back in the league. … Mathews had a whopping eight targets in his debut. There aren't more than a half-dozen backs I would take for the remainder of the season. … NFL Films analyst Greg Cosell believes McFadden isn't quite as explosive as he's been the previous two seasons. The Raiders have passed the ball 128 times compared to just 44 rushing attempts for McFadden. Expect regression to the mean the rest of the way.
What was most impressive about Charles' career-high 288 yards wasn't the 91-yard touchdown run. That was merely the most obvious example of the Saints' lack of speed on defense. It's the 39 touches -- besting his previous career-high by a dozen -- that is most telling for fantasy value. With Peyton Hillis in a walking boot, Charles will see an increased role in the passing game versus the Chargers. … Speaking of the Saints defense, no back has a better matchup this week than Benson. New Orleans has allowed the most rushing yards and the fantasy points to opposing running backs of any defense.
I'm not suggesting that Martin lacks job security, but it's slightly disconcerting that LeGarrette Blount's four runs last week were four of the most productive by the Bucs that game. Martin has yet to show an extra gear. … Ridley's playing time decreased in Week 3 simply because he's not in the no-huddle personnel grouping. I would expect a bigger role against the Bills. … Morris is the first Redskins back since Stephen Davis in 1999 to open the season with three consecutive games of 75+ rushing yards. He has that job on lockdown. … McGahee felt good after Wednesday's practice. All signs are positive thus far.Matt Forte has been overly optimistic about his chances of playing Monday. Until we hear differently from the Bears, I'm assuming he sits one more week. Keep an eye on Bush's shoulder, though. That injury kept him out of practice Wednesday. … The other Bush missed practice with swelling and stiffness in his knee and could be a game-time decision. … Leshoure has the look of a volume runner. Give him a week to see if he starts showing playmaking ability before considering a sell-high.
Ryan Williams has a window to take full control of the Cardinals backfield, but keep expectations in check. The Dolphins defense kills fantasy backs, and Williams has had just one good quarter in 12 this season. He looked great as a clock-killer in Week 3 versus a tired Eagles defense. … This is one of the weeks to use Tate as a RB2 against a Titans defense that has been steamrolled by opposing backs. … S-Jax wasn't himself while playing through a groin injury last week. … Until further notice, Bradshaw and Brown are splitting time.
Fred Jackson appeared to be further along than C.J. Spiller entering Wednesday, but the two could be trending in opposite directions. Check back Friday afternoon for an update on the Bills backfield. … Jonathan Stewart admits his toe isn't right. … Greene and Powell have combined to average 3.1 YPC on first down.Sunday update: Bumped Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller, dropped Steven Jackson and Michael Bush.
Week 4 Wide Receivers
WR Notes: Calvin Johnson flat-out took over the game in the fourth quarter and overtime, making a series of acrobatic grabs in heavy traffic. It doesn't feel like he's truly exploded yet, but he has 58 more yards than the next-closest receiver. … Speaking of which, Green is second in yards and first in fantasy points. His brilliant performance versus the Redskins could have been even more rewarding for fantasy owners had an 11-yard reverse not been stopped a foot shy of the end zone.
As we suspected before the season, Harvin is essentially slump proof. There's no more electric NFL player in space, and coordinator Bill Musgrave is pulling out all the stops to get the ball in his hands after struggling as a play-caller in his Minnesota debut last season. Harvin leads the league in receptions and is second only to Brandon Myers in catch percentage. … Don't think Andre Johnson was lucky to reel in a 60-yard bomb from Matt Schaub last week. He got open deep downfield two other times. The first resulted in a drop on a perfectly placed ball, and the other was a near-catch in the end zone on the play that resulted in Schaub losing a portion of his ear to a vicious Joe Mays hit.
Play Thomas and Decker with confidence this week. The Raiders secondary is that bad, and both receivers are in the top-20 in targets. … The Bills allow the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers, and the duo of Lloyd and Welker is coming off huge games in Week 3. … Jordy Nelson is due to go off in a potential shootout with the Saints. I'd trust him more than Jennings, who is still not back to first-half 2011 form. … Vincent Jackson has a dream matchup against a Redskins defense that has allowed 10 touchdown passes already.
Steve Smith has made the most of his four targets in each of the past two games. … Dwayne Bowe, on the other hand, has been targeted at least 15 times in each of the past two weeks. … Marshall has a daunting matchup against a Cowboys defense that used shadow corner Brandon Carr and essentially a box-in-one on Vincent Jackson last week. … Dez Bryant doesn't have a red zone target. That's largely because only three teams have run fewer red zone plays than Dallas. … Since Week 11 of last season, the Eagles are 7-0 when Maclin plays and 0-3 when he sits.
Britt was targeted 11 times and just missed several plays. Matchups guru Evan Silva believes a breakout is coming, but it will likely have to wait a week with lockdown corner Johnathan Joseph in coverage Sunday. … Holmes is averaging a healthy 11 targets per game. … Denarius Moore has been Carson Palmer's favorite target in the two games he's played, averaging nine per. … Sidney Rice had just one target in Week 3, as the Seahawks are clearly trying to hide their rookie quarterback. … Alex Smith has only passed six times in the red zone, and his primary read there is Vernon Davis -- not Crabtree.
I wouldn't hold out much hope for Garcon this week. If he sits, move Hankerson up a half-dozen spots. … Jones and Cobb are flex-worthy this week in what projects as one of the highest-scoring games. … Titus Young's snap count skyrocketed in Week 3 because Tony Scheffler was out; the Lions ran fewer two-tight end sets. … Barden will play a minor role with Hakeem Nicks due back. … Kerley has yet to be targeted more than four times in a game.Sunday Update: Dropped Dwayne Bowe, bumped Jeremy Maclin and Ramses Barden. Added Dexter McCluster.


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Performing Arts generate $1.6 billion in income
During 1999-2000, Australian performing arts industries earned $1,634m in total income according to a publication released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The publication, Performing Arts Industries, Australia, found music and theatre production organisations generated $505m, followed by the performing arts venues businesses ($316m); and performing arts festivals of greater than 2 days duration ($103m). Other services to the arts businesses such as ticketing agency operators, casting agency operators, costume designers, etc generated income of $710m.
Total expenses for the performing arts industries was $1,584m. The major individual expense items in these industries were wages and salaries ($364m) and contract payments to performers, artists and production companies ($166m). Other significant expenses incurred by the performing arts industries were rent leasing and hiring expenses ($96m) and advertising, marketing and promotion expenses ($90m).
Overall the operating profit before tax for the performing arts industries was $50.4m, which represented an operating profit margin of 4.8 per cent.
Other findings from the publication include:
Further details are found in Performing Arts Industries, Australia, 1999-2000 (cat. no. 8697.0). If you wish to purchase a copy of this publication contact the ABS Bookshop in your capital city.
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Three members have been elected to the IOP's Council
18 July 2013
Three IOP members have been elected to the Institute's Council in a ballot of all corporate members. The three were Barbara Gabrys, Michael Duncan and John Zarnecki, who will serve as ordinary members of Council from 1 October 2013 until 30 September 2017.
The ballot closed on 16 July and the results were announced at the Institute's annual general meeting (AGM), which was held in Bristol on 18 July. The AGM also voted to adopt the annual report of the IOP's Council and the Institute's accounts. A resolution to appoint BDO Stoy Hayward LLP until the next AGM was approved by 1,070 votes to 20 (98% in favour). A resolution to increase the Institute's membership subscription rates for several categories of membership from 1 January 2014 was approved by 968 votes to 126 (88% in favour).
The increases in subscription rates are based on the Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation, and no more. Membership is free for those retired and aged 70 or over. Digital membership for undergraduate students is also free. The subscription will remain unchanged at £15 for i-member, those whose income is less than £12,500, and undergraduate students who choose to receive print editions of Physics World. Institute members will be informed of the new rates when they receive their renewal notices.
Seven candidates were standing for the three vacancies on Council and the results were:
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Michael Duncan is a global director of R&D at Procter & Gamble with specific responsibility for Open Innovation and external partnerships, including those with academia. Since joining the company in 1987 he has had many roles, starting as technical brand manager then becoming senior scientist, going on to be a section head in product research, and then in global strategic alliances and formulation. He is a visiting professor of physics at the University of Durham, where he is also on the board of the Biophysical Science Institute, and until recently was an industrial adviser at Cranfield University's Centre for Design. He sponsors P&G's strategic partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and in 2011 chaired the Doctoral Training Review for the EPSRC and was lead industrial designer of its "Mentoring for Future Academic Leaders" programme. He gained a BSc in chemistry at the University of Sheffield in 1988 and did a PhD there in "Laser diagnostics of low-pressure electrical discharge plasmas" in 1991. During his PhD he also worked as an experimental scientist at Thorn EMI Lighting Division. He has been responsible for a number of patents and has published several papers. Since 1991 he has lived in the UK, France, Belgium and the US; he currently lives with his family in Northumberland.
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John Zarnecki is a professor of space science at the Open University (OU) whose career has included involvement in the Hubble Space Telescope project, the Giotto mission to comet Halley and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Following his first degree and master's at the University of Cambridge, his PhD was undertaken at University College London, where he was a research assistant before spending three years at British Aerospace as a senior systems engineer. From 1981 until 2000 he was a senior experimental officer, lecturer, senior lecturer and reader at the University of Kent's Unit for Space Sciences, before moving to the OU. He was the academic consultant for and main subject of the BBC/OU documentary Destination Titan and has done extensive media work, including for The Sky at Night and Material World. He has undertaken overseas lecture tours for the British Council and lectured at major science festivals, and is a visiting professor at Beihang University, China. He is deeply involved in space policy and strategy, not least as a member of the Space Leadership Council that advises the minister of state for universities and science, and as chair of the UK Space Agency's Science Programme Committee. He was on the councils of the former Particle Physics and Astronomy Council and of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and was vice-president of the RAS (2009-11).


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BRIDGEPORT -- The owner of East Side Sport was shot Tuesday morning in an apparent robbery attempt.
Felix Reyes, 65, was shot once, but injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, police spokesman William Kaempffer said.
"It appears to have been a robbery gone wrong,'' the spokesman said at the scene. "We don't have any suspects at this time.''
A small knot of people stood on the sidewalk, across the street from East Side Sport at 959 East Main St., which had a number of NBA replica jerseys on hangers fluttering in the breeze. None would comment.
Police were looking for a black Maxima in connection with the incident. The attempted robbery Tuesday happened next to the Bank of America branch where police said a man allegedly passed a teller a note on Friday, received cash and then sat down in the lobby. Harold Watt, 43, was charged with first-degree robbery and held, with bail set at $50,000.


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Four Points by Sheraton Niagara Falls Fallsview hotel is located within short walking distance of one of North America's natural wonders, the roaring Horseshoe Falls. But the hotel is also directly connected to one of the area's best manmade attractions, thanks to an indoor walkway that leads to Fallsview Casino. There, visitors find more than 150 gaming tables, 3,000 slots, and an array of video-poker machines, as well as a music venue, where upcoming shows include rockers Matchbox Twenty (February 19–20) and Hank Williams Jr. (March 19).
High above all the glitz, Four Points rooms offer unobstructed views of either Horseshoe Falls or the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Ruth's Chris Steak House, located right on the property, has recently opened and serves up its signature premium-cut steaks. For Italian fare, stop by East Side Mario's, also located inside the hotel. In the morning, you can enjoy breakfast fare at IHOP, which is open 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays. The hotel also has a Starbucks onsite.
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At Niagara Falls—considered by many to be one of the world's seven natural wonders—water thunders downward from a height of nearly 200 feet, crashing onto craggy boulders below. The falls straddle the border between Canada and the United States, with segments located in both New York and Ontario, but the Canadian side of the Niagara River is universally hailed as the finest vantage point to take in all three of Niagara Falls' photogenic brinks: American, Bridal Veil, and Horseshoe Falls.
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