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Continuing with sharing drum sounds from the Yamaha drum machines I picked up on eBay, here are some drum hits from the RX17.
Both more modern and more latin, the RX17 seems to come from an entirely different generation of drum machines from the RX11 or RX15, being about half the size and sporting rubberized pads and buttons that give it a much more modern feel. It appears to be related to the RX21, but I haven't had a chance to use a RX21 yet.
Like the RX15, the RX17 has two audio outputs (left and right mono and headphones) and has Midi Out and Midi In. It contains 26 drum hits spread across 13 pads (2 sounds per pad). Like the RX11 and RX15, the RX17 also had limitations regarding which sounds could and could not be reproduced simultaneously. So, for an accurate RX17 kit, avoid using the Conga Muted and Conga Open sounds on the same beat. The same limitation is present for the Cuica High and Cuica Low hits, the Snare Drum and Rim Shot, and the Hi-hat sounds.
The following samples were taken from a RX17, serial number N201530.
- Yamaha RX17 Sample Pack ( Zip File | Combinator Backdrop )


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Seventy-year-old Mike Mabry sits next to his front door in full reach of the blazing sun's penetrating rays. The weather challenges the fact that only two nights before, patches of crystalline snow had been surreptitiously deposited throughout the Sangre de Cristo Mountains that stand silently before us. As Mike looks out toward those sentinel peaks standing guard around the mesa, I watch little sweat pearls form above his deeply tanned brow. They bead up and then slowly journey down his intensely focused face, traveling along well-worn lines before disappearing into his scraggly, gray-and-white beard. "Those mountains change every gazilla-
I'm grateful for the break in conversation. Mike is ferocious in his recounting of how he came to live on the mesa. And he's raised more questions in his answers than I can handle. This brief lull, as he works up to his next barrage of challenges, gives me a chance to regroup. But it leaves me wondering why I'm out here, sitting with this madman pioneer and sipping coffee laced with vodka at 9:30 in the morning.
Two months before I find myself on the Mabrys' front porch, I sip wine at another house, at the base of the Organ Mountains in Southern New Mexico, on a mesa nothing like the one I would soon set out for. It's the home of Lisa Cavallera, a friend with a poetic personality. She's telling me about a documentary she watched called Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa.
The documentary is about a group of various characters, many who appear to struggle with mental illness, living on a mesa somewhere in New Mexico. They hold little regard for law and other aspects of conventional society and appear to spend their time lighting cars on fire and unloading guns into the air. The film chronicles a conflict that arises between two groups of the mesa dwellers and their subsequent solution—involving methods employed by the very society they seek to escape.
My interest piqued, I set out to find where this mesa was. After a couple hours of detective work on the Internet, I track down a location and a couple websites about neighborhoods on the mesa. One site argues that the film presents a narrow view of the area and its residents, saying it's only "about a few of the people in the neighborhood. It's really not an accurate view of anything. It will be interesting to see the effects of this documentary on the area."
Indeed. So I pack up my car and head north. I check in to a hostel in Arroyo Seco called The Abominable SnowMansion (see the Food section for more on this place). Arroyo Seco is close enough to the mesa to permit daily excursions while still providing modern comforts like running water, which aren't as accessible where I'm headed.
Settling into the hostel, I ask around if anyone knows how to get to the mesa or has had any experiences with the residents. A 32-year-old staffer named Ryan Blakemore, who sold all his belongings and ended up at the hostel by way of Iceland, strums a mandolin and sums up his experience for me. "I went to the mesa, and it was dark and quiet. But then the dogs started barking, and then the people started barking."
An artist who lives in the SnowMansion's garden (and carefully maintains a life of anonymity) talks of being chased from the mesa by a man who threw full beer bottles at his quickly departing truck. The artist had brought the beer to share with the man and is still mystified by how a pleasant visit ended so badly. "The guy I went with must have been an asshole or something," he muses.
Everyone I meet shares cautionary tales that I suspect are meant to scare me a little, or perhaps to entertain me. I'm warned that my shiny SUV won't fit in; that some might take sport in firing at me as I drive down poorly maintained roads. I'm advised to find a vehicle with four-wheel drive, as the mesa mud is infamous for trapping vehicles as they attempt to navigate the deeply rutted and washed-out alleys. Nobody is very encouraging, but their horror stories only increase my interest in this place that's beginning to take on a sort of mythical status in my mind.
My first two days in Seco are filled with a steady rain that rules out any attempt to visit the mesa. From the highway, I can see glimpses of the mud that's stranded so many before me. So I take a side trip to Manby Hot Springs with a fellow guest at the hostel. Ron Chambless, a fire pilot who flies around the globe depositing firefighters in the midst of scorching infernos, is remarkably well-versed in the area's history, stopping to point out faded petroglyphs as he leads me and my sister-in-law down an old stagecoach road to the bottom of the Rio Grande Gorge. We soak in the warm, sandy pools separated from the river by large stones, and he fills us in on the dramatic history of the treacherous road and some of the more colorful characters of Arroyo Seco's past.
There are bathers in the pool adjoining ours—John, his partner Wendy and his brother John (yes, they're both John). John and Wendy moved to the mesa four years earlier, citing a broken-down van and a desire for a different life. Not about to miss an opportunity to finally start working on my story, I begin interviewing them on the spot. As I float nude in the silt-filled pool, digging deeper and deeper into their lives, I can't help but wonder if anyone else back at the Alibi ever conducted an interview while baring it all.
We talk about finding the courage to escape from conventional society. John and John describe how their mother, after retiring, found she had little to live on. With few options, she agreed to give mesa life a shot. Wendy marvels at the transformation the woman experienced. She speaks of her mother-in-law's improved health and more optimistic outlook on life, concluding, "She's a completely different person."
Before we head back up the gorge, John and Wendy consent—somewhat reluctantly—to talk further at their home. We make plans to meet at the beginning of the week, and they give me directions to their property.
Sunday morning dawns with even more torrential downpour, and every forecast I watch promises continuing rain that won't let up for several days. I begin to worry that I might never make it out to the mesa. In the meantime, I convince my sister-in-law to try our luck with the roads and get started on taking pictures.
Following John's directions, or at least what we remember, we drive slowly down the highway searching for a dirt road with a cattle guard. There are several. One looks promising, as we can see scattered shacks in the distance. We make it about 20 feet down the road before getting stuck. In vain, we shove wood scraps and branches under the tires, desperately trying to force a surface the tires can latch onto. After taking turns pushing at the back of her Toyota while we dig ourselves deeper into muck that's hell-bent on sucking us into its depths, my sister-in-law flags down an enormous truck. And wouldn't you know? It proudly displays a winch on its front end.
Finally freed from the sludge, we retreat to the SnowMansion, defeated, exhausted and with bruised egos. Alex Moldavan, who's been at the Mansion for three weeks (and who I've nicknamed "my Russian" in reference to his country of origin), takes one look at my mud-caked clothing and sends me off to the shower. Once I'm hosed off and snugly dressed, he brings me a cup of tea whose radiating warmth is even more delicious than its contents. I spend the evening dining on roasted local lamb heads I'd left in the oven all day, and in between shreds of cheek meat and mouthfuls of creamy brain, my Russian and the SnowMansion's owner, Mouna, assure me things will improve. Even if they don't, the heads smothered in red wine and butter certainly topped anything I would find on the mesa, they say.
To my relief, Monday morning dawns bright and clear, and John calls with good news. The roads are drying out and are drivable. This time I write down the directions and set out to see the mesa for the first time. On my own, I find the dirt road, and I'm surprised to see it's in rather good condition—with the exception of a large puddle that straddles the bumpy, pitted road from one side to the other. And it's deep. I make it to the other side safely, but not without coating my Jeep in a thick fleecing of mud. I switch on the wipers so I can see where I'm going.
The rest of the way is slippery and some parts of the road have large chunks missing, washed out into the desert by a week of storms. I slide around corners, narrowly missing boulders and ditches, but I somehow pull safely up to John and Wendy's quarter-acre lot.
Their home is small by anyone's standards. It's pieced together with an array of materials, notably adobe and corrugated metal accented by colorful glass bottles embedded in cement. Their front door has an institutional feel, still bearing a sign reading "Information"—
Seated in the yard, I'm greeted heartily by two dogs of indeterminate pedigree, one missing an eye and a leg. They are friendly and endlessly entertained by a tennis ball thrown into the weeds and sagebrush that dominate the landscape. As John and I take turns tossing the soggy ball, John tells me about life on the mesa.
John and Wendy came four years ago to visit a friend and never left. They bought a small lot for $550 and worked side by side building their home. John describes it as a "labor of love." "Working all the time together, it took maybe two or three months to put this together. And Wendy, my partner, we both just whipped it out."
They needed little time to build their home and very little money. They traded work for materials by helping others on the mesa and did their best to use what was available for free—a technique they still use when they're in need of something. (Most older mesa inhabitants simply live off earned Social Security.) Aside from the land purchase, their total bill came in under $300. John explains that, while money was a factor, they had other reasons for building in the manner they did. "We were trying to see if we could build something without any money, because we didn't have any money, and we didn't want to go to work just to make money to build with. We wanted to try and use things like garbage. There's so much waste here, and we wanted to see, well, what we could do to utilize some of that waste."
Together, John and Wendy, in their quiet, soft-treading manner, paint a picture of a place that removed the constraints of conventional society and allowed them to choose what direction their lives could go. Without regular jobs and goals rooted in materialism, they're able to participate in life as they see fit. Wendy describes taking part in a peace walk that lasted six days, and John speaks in wonder of a spirituality that's nearly tangible in the neighborhood.
They lead me next door to meet their closest neighbor, a man who goes by his Hare Krishna name, Jaya. Wearing a straw cowboy hat that's supported by the furrows on his forehead, Jaya walks me around his land, shooing ducks out of our way while pointing out where drum circles once took place.
He first came to the mesa in 1981 with a pregnant wife and two small children. Having two children in diapers is hard no matter where you live, and, after two years, mama moved to town. Jaya stayed on, and his children were raised both on and off the mesa.
Now 64, Jaya describes his life as "maintenance"—the projects and building of his earlier years have slowed down. Now he says all that's left to do is "sweeping the floors," that the time for "finishing up old dreams" has passed.
We stop to rest in a shady, fenced-in yard. "It's really silent out here," he says, reflecting on a facet that makes the mesa such a unique piece of geography. "There's really a lot of time for a lot of work on the self because it's so calm. You don't have that buzz of vehicles in the background. It's a great place to grow."
Inside his home, also constructed with a medley of materials, Jaya gives me the grand tour. He did the tile and cement work himself. The glass bottle detail in the wall, he explains, was hurried due to impending company. He shows me a stone bathtub built atop a fireplace that warms his water and indoor planting beds that are filled with lush greenery, vines spilling upward toward the ceiling.
He says he has "all the electricity I want" from solar panels. No power lines service the mesa, so residents rely on solar and wind or go without. Cell phone service, wireless internet and satellite TV are available here, but utilities are not. In his living room, his granddaughter watches a movie and Jaya sits down at a computer—complete with Internet access—pulling out a cell phone to call a neighbor. It's in direct contrast with the otherwise "unplugged" way of life he leads.
He gives me the name and phone number of Mike Mabry, stands me on a pickup truck and points up the hill at a house hidden by trees. Mike's a "good talker," he says, and I should pay him a visit. After I say goodbye and begin to walk toward the Mabrys', I hear someone suggest they go set some cars on fire—in joking reference, I suspect, to my questions about the documentary.
I pass little shacks and more substantial homes. There are outhouses, wind turbines, solar panels and propane tanks. Several parked and forgotten cars decorate the roadside, and the road itself begins to blend into the desert with clumps of yellow flowers. A Buddhist stupa rises from the sagebrush, flanked by statues on pedestals and brightly colored banners. It doesn't seem out of place here.
Peg Mabry greets me when I reach her yard. She has a kind face marked by a youth that betrays the long white ponytail trailing down her back. Telling me I should return when her husband is home, because "he's the talker," we exchange phone numbers and I head back to my car. As I'm leaving the mesa, I catch a glimpse of John doing yard work without a stitch of clothing on.
The next morning, I find myself back on that sunny porch receiving a sort of education. Conversation often returns to water. Mesa residents have always struggled with finding enough water to live. Private wells are, for the most part, out of the question. The water table is at least 700 feet down, and digging a hole that deep costs several thousand dollars. A federal grant was secured and a community well dug, but it caused more problems than it solved.
To use the well you must purchase a membership, and there are only so many to go around. Membership holders are forbidden to share water with nonmembers, and members still have to haul water from a well five miles way. It doesn't end there. Mesa residents have long used nearby Klauer Springs for water, but those with well memberships are being pressured to sign affidavits transferring their water rights from the spring to the well. Once that happens, the pipe will be pulled on the springs, effectively turning off the water flow for those who don't have a well membership.
Mike is passionate on the subject. He expresses outrage over the very idea that water can be taken from people whom he feels legally have a right to it.
As he leads me down a road that will eventually challenge my ideas on the differences between rich and poor, Peg rounds the corner and begins to scold him for keeping me in the sun too long. We should move to the shade, she says. Mike just laughs. "No special treatment for reporters!" he says.
Mike once worked as a journalist and photographer before he "dropped out." He considers everything he's done, is doing or will do just part of his "trip." And though his vernacular is reminiscent of an aging flower child, he's adamant he's no hippie.
Mike continues his discourse, explaining what it really means to be poor in his eyes—that money is only part of the equation. He stresses the importance of owning land. If all you have is "a place that's yours; a place to camp," then, he says, you're wealthy. "There is not a bad spot. There are just challenges. Some have rattlesnakes, some have moccasins. Just get a piece of land."
I'm trying my damnedest to stay with the conversation, but I can't stop myself from staring out over the mesa, perched as we are above its expanses. The back of my mind is nudging me. It's asking "Why not?" and "What if?" I push it away and get back to work.
I spend several hours questioning Mike about life on the mesa and the difficulties that arise from living in such an unforgiving climate. Mike shrugs them off and always shifts the direction back to owning your own life and calling your own shots.
By the time the interview draws to a close, I'm reluctant to leave. Like so many before me, I can't help but feel as though something has a hold of me—there's no reason to hurry home, because I'm already home. Peg furthers that thought when she hugs me goodbye. "You're adopted now," she says.
I dutifully go back to the SnowMansion and pack up my formally blue Jeep, now caked in mesa mud. I share a pint of ice cream with my Russian and somehow swallow a health shake that tastes like the pulp from lawn mower blades, lovingly made by Hilda. She cleans rooms at the hostel.
I cry when I hit the highway. I'm mad at myself for leaving and for being sad to leave. I came to write a story about a documentary. Or people living off the grid. Or alternative lifestyles. I'm not even sure anymore. I set out to find this wild and crazy mesa—but instead, it feels like I found my mesa. I was supposed to drive around and take some notes, write good copy and move on. But the best-laid plans of mice and men ... well, you know.
As I sit here typing, trying to do justice to these characters in a story that has become as much mine as theirs, I keep replaying my interview with Jaya—just the few seconds when he says he's looking for someone to take over his property. I press rewind, then play, over and over again. I've already convinced my husband to consider the idea of turning our lives upside-down. I start to plan a trip back to the mesa. I'll take copies of the article to everyone I met, and, maybe, I'll be going to see a man about a horse.


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America's enemy No. 1, dead.
It's difficult to connect the lifeless body of a man in Pakistan to that blustery day 10 years ago, when the slow hum of a fall morning was punctuated by a whoosh and a shatter of glass, but there you have it. A photo slideshow plastered across the home page of The New York Timeson Monday told the story more concisely than words could: Osama bin Laden in 1988; the Twin Towers burning in 2001; people at Ground Zero in Manhattan on Sunday night, celebrating.
Mission accomplished. At least, this particular mission.
No, the war on terror isn't over; and, yes, it took far too long to track down Osama bin Laden and end his very personal war against the West and particularly against all Americans. But it was vitally important to take him out and send a message to all terrorists that attacks against innocent American citizens on our soil will be met with force and those involved pursued to the end.
MIDDLEBURY — Although the Middlebury Union High School girls' lacrosse team perennially contends for the Division I title and reached the final a year ago, the Tigers entered this year with questions to answer.
A new coach, Kelley Higgins, brought an extensive experience guiding field hockey teams, including the successful Tiger program, but a more limited background in lacrosse. And seven starters are gone from the 2010 finalists, including the entire starting defense and attack.
Well, so far, so good.
BRISTOL — At a meeting of the Bristol Planning Commission Tuesday evening, a large crowd of Bristol residents sought clarity from commissioners on several parts of the draft 120-page town plan update — particularly with regard to specifics on the Conservation Zone.
Two weeks ago, I made the flatlander mistake of assuming that because it was mid-April in Vermont, it was spring.
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It's late and I'm tired (or it's early and I'm tired - take your pick), so here's your abbreviated recap, to be continued in the comments:
- Alex Ovechkin is quite good (but that was one stupid interfernce penalty in the third).
- So was Jose Theodore, for the most part, especially in the second period (11 shots faced, 11 shots stopped).
- The power play was fantastic, too, with good traffic and bombs aplenty from the point.
- I know that official scoring varies a bit from arena to arena, but this stat tells you much of what you need to know about the first two periods - the Caps had 28 shots on goal, three attempted/blocked shots and two missed shots (Anaheim was 16/4/10 over the same span). Basically, the Caps had their way with the Ducks in the O-zone when the game was still in doubt (and beyond - the Caps won nearly all the one-on-one battles, as exemplified by David Steckel's third period tally).
- Speaking of which, apparently the Honda Center, at 5-2 Caps, showed a traffic report on the Jumbotron. Perhaps that's a normal SoCal thing. Perhaps it's because they knew the game was over.
- And how on earth can Mike Green get killed by Chris Pronger for all to see with around 6:30 left in the first period and have it take Joe B. and Craig until the beginning of the third period to mention it to their viewers? Dude was only fifth in the League in total ice time per game - you'd think they'd have noticed his absence (maybe on one of the Caps power plays in the interim). Note: Tarik was on it quick and says it's his shoulder.
- Nice Ryan Whitney impression by Steve Montador, spearing AO in the yambag. Considering what the stripes were calling up to that point, letting that one go was horrible... but not as bad as Montador ducking Donald Brashear (repeatedly) when it came time to answer for his stick work. He must have been waiting for his three-time dance partner Matt Bradley to challenge him.
- Jeff Schultz was on the ice for three Ducks goals. Tyler Sloan had a pretty poor game himself, and Tom Poti had the team's worst Corsi Rating (and was on the ice for three Anaheim tallies). But kudos to John Erskine for a relatively (emphasis on relatively) good game - the rest of the D was pretty brutal, as detailed, though losing their minutes leader goes some of the way to excuse the effort.
- Ryan Getzlaf... still better than Eric Fehr.
As for tonight's match up, I dunno... read Vogs and the AP preview and keep coming back during the day to check the What We're Reading sidebar for more pregame updates - I'm spent. But I will note this interesting scheduling quirk - in the next five days, the Caps will visit the only three teams against whom Ovechkin hasn't scored a goal. Don't think that he doesn't know that.
Elsewhere 'Round the Rinks:
The Alexes are The Hockey News' pick for the League's best pair of teammates.... Needless to say, this is sweet (and comes in a number of different sizes - very well done, bilspacecadet).... Jeff Schultz as a fantasy hockey option? Now I've seen it all.... Peerless gets a nice shout out in the New York Times - does that make him a sissy liberal?


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Babe of the Day: Laura Moro
Laura is a 22-year-old model, Hooters girl, student and MMA ring girl living in Dallas, TX. Here she is getting her purse out of her car, before we get some lunch.
Laura says she's very down to earth and enjoys meeting new people. When she's not modeling, she enjoys photography, horseback riding, fourwheeling, paintball, swimming, shopping, and city nightlife. She's a daredevil, too. Next on her list? Skydiving.
Laura was a semi-finalist in the Maxim 2012 'Hometown Hotties' competititon, was a cover model for Smokescreen Magazine in both March and August 2012, and Southern Peach Magazine in 2011.
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Accused Secret Service agent failed polygraph
WASHINGTON — A key House chairman says one of the Secret Service agents accused of wrongdoing in the Colombia prostitution scandal failed a lie detector test.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King said Friday that his investigators discovered that, contrary to the Secret Service's account, one agent failed a polygraph test. King, a New York Republican, also asked why Secret Service agents have not been able to find Dania Londono Suarez, the prostitute at the center of the scandal, even though she apparently granted an interview Friday.
King's investigators met with Secret Service officials for three hours Friday.
The incident last month implicated a dozen service members who were in Cartagena ahead of President Barack Obama's arrival there. Two of those have been cleared of serious wrongdoing.


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Pitcher David Martinez has been promoted from Corpus Christi to Oklahoma City, according to Brian McTaggart. Alex Sogard has been sent to Corpus from OKC.
Martinez, 25, has been in the system his entire career, beginning in the Venezuelan Summer League in 2005. He leads the minors with his 14 wins, and is 7th in ERA at 2.02. In 26 games (129.1IP), he has allowed just 109H/29ER, 86K:20BB and was just voted by Texas League managers as having the Best Control in the League.
On June 2, Martinez allowed 6H/5ER in 2.1IP at Arkansas. Since then (12 games - 73.2IP), he has allowed 61H/13ER, 52K:9BB, and a .575 OPS-against. You might be asking, "Why not Mike Foltynewicz?" And I would not have a good answer for that. Given Martinez's age (25), I would assume that the Astros are ready to see what he can do.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
David Martinez promoted to OKC
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He's 26.
- August 8, 2013 at 4:47 PM
He's 27.
- August 8, 2013 at 11:27 PM
He's 28.
- August 8, 2013 at 11:27 PM
I'll play along. He's 29..
- August 9, 2013 at 2:38 AM
- (Not Hank) Aaron said...
I know we can't go much higher, because the Astros don't employ people my age or older.
- August 9, 2013 at 8:37 AM
14 wins 2 losses. Great control. I admit lm not a scout but please explain why he cant be a good mlb starter. ?
- August 10, 2013 at 1:54 PM
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Yesterday Sony "unveiled" its next-generation console, the Playstation 4.
There was nothing revealed about the console price or exact date of availability.
Goldman Sachs weighed in on the event, and it's more negative than positive.
Lead analyst Takashi Watanabe of Goldman Sach's Japan, sees positives for the PS4, which include "the introduction of software development-friendly architecture and easy access to premium games such as Diablo Ⅲ."
The firm also sees risk of a "downward spiral" just as game platforms have extended to smartphones and PCs:
in addition to dedicated consoles, we see little reason for developers to produce top titles for platforms with a low installed base; in turn there is a danger the installed base will not grow because the content lineup is weak.
Watanabe believes that the PS4's incompatibility to play PS3 discs is a serious disadvantage (PS3 games can only be streamed). This means software makers will have to develop software specifically for PS4.
The PS4's potential to monetize in areas other than games is a huge benefit if the console can be marketed as a home entertainment server instead of simply a gaming platform. Goldman is advising Sony to capitalize on the home server characteristics of the console in its marketing strategy.
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Some low-budget horror movies made by inexperienced directors—Carnival Of Souls comes to mind—achieve a surreal, dreamlike quality that must be partly by design but that also seems to be fed by the strange, ungrounded quality that a film sometimes takes on when the people making it don't fully know what they're doing and can't easily establish a conventional sense of what, in most movies, passes for the feel of real life. The artistry and what, for lack of a better word, might be called the incompetence come together in a way that makes it hard to tell where one begins and the other ends, but they add up to something creepy and unpredictable that works for the genre.
Russell Mulcahy, who's directed the last couple of episodes of Teen Wolf, is an old pro, not an inspired amateur, and the series is not a work of outsider art. The people working on it presumably know what they're trying to do, even if they don't have the budget to always bring it off the way they'd like to. But in the last few weeks, the show has gotten so strange that it threatens to slip its leash and run off into midnight movie territory. After a shaky start to the season, it's developed the courage of its own craziness, and is a fit companion to the off-the-hook hyperbole of its opening credits sequence. I'm not sure how much of its hallucinatory quality is intentional, but a lot of it works for me anyhow.
How batshit does it get? Let me count the ways. Once again, things start off with a bang. In the opening flashback, a young pregnant wife is giving her husband shit about forcing them to live in a trailer parked somewhere in a mist-strewn wooded area located, as near as I can tell, in an old Hammer Studios film. They hear a noise, hubby goes outside to check it out, wifey looks outside to see hubby having a parlay with some dude in a hoodie, and then what looks like a tentacle reaches down from the treetops and hoists hubby up by the neck. Then a Kanima throws itself through the window, gets up in the woman's face, then gives her belly a sniff, and takes its leave. Cut to the present day, and Jackson is serving notice that he's had a restraining order taken out against Scott and Stiles. Stiles' father just wants to keep his kid out of trouble and is uninterested in hearing what Stiles refers to as the "multiple levels of interpretation" to which his and Scott's activities might be open. "How am I supposed to interpret the stolen police transport van?" he asks. "We filled it up!" says Stiles.
Jackson may appear to have won this round, but he has other things he probably ought to be worried about more than our heroes. Whatever sinister force has taken control of his body and mind, there are times when it just seems to want to mess with him. In one scene, he wanders into an empty science lab, picks up an enormous CGI snake, lifts it to his open mouth, and basically chugs it. While you're still wondering what this is about, a figure suddenly appears in the doorway and gives a notably awkward read to the line, "Did you still want to discuss your paper?" Then Jackson decides to take a shower, and when Allison calls out his name, and he answers, and she walks in and sees that he's naked, she averts her eyes and says something about how he maybe could have warned her. He points out that she's the one who just strolled into the men's shower area, which actually counts as one of the more reasonable points made by anybody over the course of the hour.
Jackson is either half-crazed or half-possessed, though, and he assaults Allison, or at least gets more physically aggressive with her than any naked teenage male ought to with a young lady half his size, so Scott charges in to the rescue, and he and Jackson have one of those trademark Russell Mulcahy slugfests that involves people punching each other and spinning each other around like rag dolls and knocking over rows of lockers and pieces of the wall becoming collateral damage and, since this is a bathroom, a sink being taken out for good measure. ("I have a restraining order!" yells Jackson, as he bounces off a locker. "Trust me," says Scott, ""I'm being restrained.") Stiles and Erica come running up. They're together because Erica has been bugging Stiles, trying, at Derek's command, to find out the identity of the shape-shifter even though everyone, Derek and Erica included, found out that it's Jackson two episodes back. Mr. Harris, the ultimate douchebag teacher, arrives, looks at the wreckage from the fight—the place looks as if a buffalo stampede went through it—sees Scott and Jackson and Allison and Derek and Erica and Matt standing around, and is like, Okay then. Detention for one and all.
After a spell of sitting around the library, Jackson requests a bathroom break, and when he goes into the lavatory and stares at himself in the mirror, the snake he swallowed crawls out of his eyeball and disappears down the sink. That'll leave a brother weirded out. (It's like those pore-cleaning strips you wear on your nose, then pull off and examine. It's great to know that stuff is out of your system, but it doesn't feel good to know that it was ever in there.) After Mr. Harris leaves for the day, Jackson starts to transform, scratching out a message on the blackboard ("STAY OUT OF MY WAY OR I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU") while in a dazed fugue state, and then the fighting and the slithering and the explosions of sparks begin, ending with Erica in some sort of seizure triggered by the shape-shifter's venom. Scott delivers her to Doc Derek, who breaks her arm to facilitate "the healing process," and confirms that, yes, he sent her off to find out who the shape-shifter is even though, yeah, sure, he's known that it's Jackson for a couple of weeks now. Scott informs him that he'll be assisting with the capture of Jackson as part of Derek's pack, but they won't be killing him and, make no mistake, they'll be doing it "my way."
Somehow, in the midst of all this, Scott also manages to squeeze in an appointment with Allison's terrifying, henna-haired mother. Mom wants to talk to him because Scott's busybody mother, who has started overacting wildly as if to compensate for the fact that she looks maybe four years older than her son, found a box of jumbo-sized double-rimmed condoms in her baby boy's room and felt obligated to share this fact with the mother of the girl he's not supposed to be dating. So Allison's mother and Scott have a conversation about the undesirability of any sexual activity between Scott and Allison, which mostly consists of her staring at him significantly while inserting a long pencil into an automatic sharpener until it's been whittled down to a stubby numb.
Perhaps the most poetically unhinged sequences involve barefoot Lydia and her Bambi-eyed mystery beau, who lures her to a big house in the woods that seems to be empty of furniture, except for an armoire. When Lydia and Bambi kiss, and you notice that the armoire has a mirror on its side, you wait for the reflection to announce that things are Not What They Appear To Be, but even what they appear to be is too strange for words. Suffice to say that the words "This all must be terribly confusing" never sounded truer, nor did the words "At least now you know that you're not crazy" never sounded less reassuring. The grade assigned tonight's episode is at least partly for effort, and I don't know how long the series is going to sustain this level of distinctive craziness. But right now, the show sure is something to see.


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I've known Tina Zarlenga for a few years. She and I got to know each other when she took a class of mine over the course of a weekend. I instantly liked her and enjoyed her company. We all bonded that weekend, and she and I hit if off. Auspicious beginnings...
It wasn't until I saw her space that we really grew closer. Because, you see, anyone that can have a space like this...and have more stuff than even I own...is a sister...
And I want her to will it to me. Okay, at least parts.
So without further ado...Tina's scrapbook room...
I wasn't lying.
The crop table will fit 12 people around it comfortably. Total dream.
She used to work at a local store, and when it closed up, her friend gave her some of the fixtures...(because I know your inquiring minds will want to know...) :)
(Now, of all the DT members, Tina is the only person I have seen physically. She and I live about 30 minutes apart, and see each other on a regular basis. And even though the other design team gals are all spread out over the US, I do plan on meeting them all in person one day. In my mind, I picture us cropping together all the time...seriously...)
Okay, so now for Tina's interview...
On her scrap process:
With my basement set up I scrap many times during the week. Sometimes it's just a minute as I run through the room with an idea I want to put in place and other times I take the time to really play. My room is set up so I can have friends over; we usually get together on Friday nights. My scrap process has no rhyme or reason. Sometimes I'm inspired by the pictures and other times it's the cool supplies that I just picked up or got in a kit that I can't wait to play with. There are times when I need a scrapbooking magazine to jump start my ideas and other times I have them as soon as I sit down. I also love checking out blogs and different galleries for ideas.
- chipboard
- cats eye inks
- clear stamps
- rub ons
- crop a dile
The daily item I couldn't live without: Coffee and my camera
Right now I want: play with the Melissa Francis papers!
I wish I knew how to: shoot in manual with my camera
When I want to indulge myself, I: get a hot cup of coffee, a comfy chair and a book
3 scrap/card related sites you want others to know about: fun stuff at - http://www.onehundredwishes.com/, lots of ideas at - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/,
You'll never see me: without my camera
A childhood memory that scarred you: when we lived in a split level house and our kitchen was up 3-5 steps from our family room. There was a wrought iron railing going across and I decided to climb through it to get into the family room, however things didn't go as planned and I was stuck. I couldn't go back and I couldn't go forward! For a child that's a scary feeling (as an adult I crack up at this memory) – my dad thought he was going to have to cut the railing to get me through, but my fear (I guess) helped me slide the rest of the way through before any cutting was done.
2 things you do every single day: drink coffee & check email
Music or TV show you scrap to: Matchbox 20 or U2 – usually I am distracted by television
Describe yourself in 3 words: creative, loyal, passionate
2 scrap related goals for this year: Complete project 365 (a photo a day for a year), graduation album for Chelsea (her daughter.)
Now, tomorrow when I post my scrapbook "nook", don't laugh okay? Seriously, how do I follow that up?
Whose idea was it to post all this stuff anyways? Dang.


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The Challenge of Analytics in a Big Data World
Storing huge amounts of data is all well and good but the big advantage of collecting data is using it to help better understand your business, allowing you to become more efficient or to design better products. That has been the message of business intelligence products and data warehouses for years. But the analytics market is changing dramatically, with BI tools working with more data, more integrated analytics platforms, more in-memory databases, a renewed emphasis on real-time data analysis and data visualization, and a recent push toward so-called "predictive analytics."
Historically, the focus of the traditional business intelligence players—Business Objects (SAP), Cognos (IBM), Hyperion (Oracle), Microsoft, MicroStrategy and SAS—and the big data warehouse companies, such as Teradata and Netezza (IBM), was looking at huge amounts of relational data, stored in cubes, and typically delivered as standard reports.
This continues to be a big market, and there's a big push for making this work faster and faster, dealing with ever-increasing amounts of data. That's why you see companies like Oracle with its Exadata platform emphasizing an integration of hardware and software to improve speed. In many ways, this is what Teradata has been doing quite successfully for years, and represents other companies trying to take market share.
Traditional BI tools are great when you know precisely what you're looking for but more recently, I've been seeing a bigger push for "data discovery"—tools that don't work with data warehouses and pre-defined reports, but that are instead working with data in near-real time to create ad-hoc reports and graphs. As I mentioned in my first post in this set, I've been particularly impressed with a number of tools that let more typical business analysts do quick reporting and analysis on corporate data, including Tableau Software, Qliktech's QlikView, and Tibco Spotfire. I'm beginning to see more of these features in everything from the databases themselves to tools such as Excel (with its PowerPivot add-on).
In-Memory Databases
Generally, such applications move a lot of the data into memory for faster reporting and visualization.
Traditionally, the databases organizations use for analytics have been stored on disks because they have contained more data than is feasible to include in DRAM. But with the falling price of memory, increasingly faster processors, and the need for more immediate results, more and more organizations are now talking about in-memory databases. Indeed, databases of all kinds are now using more memory, whether using RAM or Flash memory as caches, or using specially designed flash memory systems (such as those sold by Fusion-io and Violin Memory).
But the new in-memory databases are designed to keep the whole active database in memory, so it is not constrained at all by the speed of getting data from disk. Sometimes this is done to deal mostly with real-time data as with Streambase or TimesTen (now part of Oracle).
More recently, SAP, in particular, has gotten a lot of attention for its new HANA database, an in-memory solution that can combine transactions and analytics.
Michael Eacrett, vice president of product management for SAP, says the heart of HANA is a database that can store both columnar and row data. Historically, row-based databases were typically used for transactions, while columnar databases were used in reporting. Instead, SAP developed a product that can run on a small rack server, with up to eight Intel processors (each with up to 10 cores), and up to 1TB of memory. In SAP's scheme, the data is compressed in RAM, allowing the memory to store much more data than would normally be found on in a disk-based database of the same size. SAP created a reference architecture, but most of the big server vendors now offer such solutions designed for HANA. The first version of the software reached general availability last summer.
The idea is to end the "artificial divide" between transactions and reporting—between OLTP and OLAP, instead allowing customers to create reports against transactional databases, and allowing business analysts to create their reports directly.
In-memory databases aren't new, of course, as many other vendors offer variations on that theme. Oracle, for instance, has its own TimesTen database; Teradata has long pushed the idea of putting some of its data in memory; and companies like MicroStrategy offer in-memory options that can use sampled data, but very quickly. Some applications use just a portion of the data, and others use the RAM as a cache while storing the bulk of the data on somewhat slower, but more reliable media. In many respects, this is just part of the continual march to faster media, with storage moving from tape to hard drives to SSDs and eventually toward RAM, with each tier being faster but more expensive. Such tiered storage is a part of almost all enterprise grade storage systems today, and seeing this expand to RAM isn't a surprise.
Predictive Analytics and the Need for Data Scientists
Traditional BI tools are focused on the data you have already created, and explaining what happened and why. More recently, we've been hearing a lot about "predictive analytics" tools that try to anticipate what will happen based on trends they spot in the data. Tibco has spoken a lot about this, and its CEO Vivek Ranadivé wrote an interesting book on the subject called The Two-Second Advantage. Palantir Technologies has gotten a lot of press recently for its predictive work, often done for governments. We'll undoubtedly hear more about this trend in the coming months.
In all of these cases, you need people to actually do the analysis, not just run the reports but understand what questions to ask, what the limitations of the data are, and how to present the results. This typically involves an understanding of statistics, some knowledge of computing, and often a bit of social science, as well. A lot of people think this will be a key growth area for jobs in the coming years. Certainly, it is poised to become more important. Last year, I attended EMC/Greenplum's Data Science Summit and was impressed at the sheer variety of applications from typical business apps to improving health care to helping governments better run cities.
In short, the whole concept of data analytics is evolving very quickly, with huge implications for business, consumers, and governments. This will certainly lead to more challenges in everything from data integrity and security to privacy and ownership questions. It's a very exciting time to see how massive amounts of data can change everything.


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Knowing the dangers of open service neutrals helps ensure safety.
The NEC limits lightning-induced voltage on the metal parts of service equipment. It also protects persons and property from fire by requiring you to ground those metal parts to earth [250.4(A)(2)]. Not only that, it limits the voltage imposed by line surges or unintentional contact with higher voltage lines.
Grounding the grounded (neutral) conductor to the earth shunts potentially dangerous energy from the system into the earth [250.4(A)(1)]. Utilities aren't required to install an equipment grounding conductor to service equipment. The NEC requires installers to run a grounded (neutral) conductor and bond it to the service disconnect enclosure from the electric utility transformer to each service disconnecting means (250.24). This grounded (neutral) service conductor serves as the effective ground-fault current path required to ensure that the circuit protection device will quickly remove dangerous ground fault voltage [250.4(A)(3) and 250.4(A)(5)].
If the grounded (neutral) service conductor is open or missing, objectionable neutral current will flow on metal parts of the electrical system. This potential electrical shock condition is of particular concern in buildings that contain swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs. Additionally, the operating voltage for the loads on one line will rise, while the operating voltage for the other line(s) will drop. When voltages are too far from required levels, the excess heat poses a fire hazard.
The voltage distribution on the circuits and the touch voltage on metal parts from an open service grounded (neutral) conductor vary according to load impedances and ground resistance. For example, consider the voltage distribution of a 3-wire, 120/240V service where Line 1 is 100A and Line 2 is 50A. You can apply these same concepts to different distribution systems and voltages. As we can see from the Table above:
The operating voltage for the load on Line 1 is below the equipment rating.
The operating voltage for the load on Line 2 is above the equipment rating.
The touch voltage is excessively high and dangerous.
If the grounded (neutral) service conductor, which serves as the effective ground-fault current path, is open or missing, protective devices can't clear a ground fault. As a result, metal parts of electrical equipment, metal piping, and structural steel will become — and remain — energized at line voltage, in this case, 120V.
A lower ground resistance would reduce touch voltage if the grounded (neutral) opens, but not likely to a safe value. If the grounded (neutral) service conductor is open, neutral current will flow onto the metal parts of the electrical system.
Avoid the trap of thinking that a low-resistance ground can prevent the dangers associated with an open neutral. Your only protection is to provide a monitoring device and take the appropriate action as soon as you discover the neutral is open.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Why is Aspergers associated with Autism?
Since then, I've spent a while trying to figure out his condition. Now I can see the link.
The Usual Reaction
I've always considered Aspergers to be quite different from Autism - I was certainly different to most of the autistic people I'd met, many of whom couldn't function in society because of the nature of their condition.
I think that my reaction is pretty much the same as most of the population. Like other "popular" conditions, such as schizophrenia, autism has been spoilt by a mis-representation in the movies. Movies only show the very worst and most sensational cases and even then, they make a lot up.
Sure, I knew that at least some forms autism actually resulted in "smarter" people who had no social skills. That happened in Mercury Rising with Bruce Willis right? It might also have been in "a beautiful mind" but I never got to see the film so I can't be sure.
If you are after a complete and accurate description of autism, you should refer to the Wikipedia article since I intend to only cover a small area;
Some Brief Facts
Autism is a mental condition which you are born with. Despite spammer/scam artist claims to the contrary, it can never be cured although in time, the "sufferers" may learn to hide some of the worst symptoms.
There is a split in autism that, separates "High Functioning Autism" from Low Functioning Autism. The main characteristics that set high functioning autism apart are an IQ of 80 or above and the ability to speak, read, and write. People with mild HFA have minimal problems getting (and keeping) employment and many are employed in highly technical environments.
Autism is grouped with four other pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), all of which have problems of social interactions and communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. Of the other four, Asperger's is closest to Autism in symptoms (and probably cause). Unlike Autism, Asperger's has no substantial delay in language development.
So What does it all Mean?
Basically, this means that there could be NO other differences between a child with Aspergers and a Child with High Functioning Autism other than a language delay. The cut off point for the language delay is 4 years of age. If the child is not capable of carrying out an "independent" conversation by the age of four, then they will be considered autistic. Note that the emphasis is on conversation, not on knowing the words, being able to read or being able to write. In my Son's case, you can ask him about preschool and he'll tell you a whole heap of facts and one-liners about what happened. It's generally a one way conversation.
This sounds a bit pedantic, and I guess the diagnosis is, but that's currently how it's done.
So, will this improve? It is difficult to say however in HFA, it is very likely that conversational skills will improve with practice, age and use. Eye contact could always be a problem, but there are other ways around that. The ability to hold conversations however will not necessarily "upgrade" a diagnosis to Aspergers, though I'm a little skeptical myself about that one.
The Spectrum
It is important to realize that there is a whole spectrum for autism, not just a few labels and that this means that there is almost infinite variation. The diagram below is very simple and does not cover much at all but it may give you some idea. In reality, the diagnosis would look much more like a star with various branches indicating IQ, communication ability, empathy, motor control etc. Each type of autism would have various characteristics and would define a certain shape on the star. The lines between one shape and another would be very blurred.
<--- Normal ------ Aspergers ----- HFA -------------------- LFA ---->
One Last Point
Whenever anyone is told about an autism diagnosis, their first reaction is usually something along the lines of " that can't be it because he shows empathy or has emotions". I'm going to quote from Wikipedia since I can't think of a better way to end this point.
They do not lack empathy (although they may have difficulty expressing it), and can thus enjoy films and stories with emotional content. Some may gain the bulk of their insight into why people behave the way they do through watching movies that provide a forceful and musically-cued "capsule lesson" in human emotions (e.g. melodramas).
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So, you have AS, your wife is NT, yet you have two children with HFA (or one with HFA and one with AS)?
As I understood the chances of passing such a gene were infinitesimal (I read a few citations, one had the chances of an Aspie parent and an NT parent producing a child on the spectrum at 1 in 500, another was 1 in 1200), but it seems that for you it is surprisingly dominant.
What I'm asking is, what are the actual chances of an AS/NT couple of producing a NT child? It has been confusing me for a while.
Thanks and best of luck,
- December 23, 2007 at 4:31 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
I have one child with HFA and one with AS?
The odds of passing the Asperger's gene on are obviously much higher than older research suggests.
I've talked to quite a number of aspie couples and almost all of them so far have at least one aspie child.
In theory the Asperger's condition should be more prominent in males, and my experience confirms it (for me). There do seem to be a lot more males than females with the condition. I am however astounded by the high number of females - still lower than males but much higher than expected.
Modern genetics is a very young science. It's only been quite recently that they've realized that DNA isn't anywhere near as complex as originally thought. Less elements in DNA obviously means greater chances of passing on genetic differences.
I don't claim to be a scientist or doctor and can't answer your question with any real authority but based on what I've seen, the Aspie gene has a very good chance of being passed on.
- December 23, 2007 at 9:53 PM
Thanks for your response. It certainly does seem that the chances of passing on the father's AS gene are upwards of 90%.
- December 24, 2007 at 3:59 PM
- Foresam said...
You need to start learning what's happened in the last few years. We've been curing autism since 2000. We've known it is NOT a genetic condition since 1999 when it was learned that all autism is caused by mercury. Nobody is born with autism unless they were poisoned by mercury in the womb.
- December 30, 2007 at 10:24 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Since I've seen Aspergers at least follow down several generations transmitted by males, I find it a little hard to believe that all the females had Mercury in their womb - unless the males put it there.
I'm happy to let this comment stand however until I find evidence to the contrary.
- December 30, 2007 at 10:29 AM
- Foresam said...
Testosterone makes mercury more potent while estrogen lessens the effect. Those with the APO-E4 protein can not rid themselves of mercury. That is the genetic component.
The fact that most autistic kids show some improvement with chelation confirms that removing the metals helps improve the autism. That means the metals are responsible for the condition. While mercury does kill brain cells, it also prevents methylation so that B-12 can not be converted to methyl B-12. Without methyl B-12, it is impossible for anyone to pay attention to anything. That is a perfect description of severe autism.
- December 30, 2007 at 12:03 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
From what I can tell, the Mercury train of thought comes from the flawed research of Dr Andrew Wakefield.
Here's an article which says about Mercury in the MMR Vaccine in the US;
"Crucially, it has never been an element of the MMR vaccine here"
It also mentions that Dr Wakefield is effectively outcast in both the US and the UK and has been condemned by a number of Government officials, including Tony Blair.
I told the truth all along, says doctor at heart of autism row
Another article for the interested;
Why investigating Wakefield matters.
The Wikipedia page on Andrew Wakefield is also worth a read because it covers his, and his colleagues retraction statements.
- December 30, 2007 at 8:53 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Oh, and while on the subject of Chelation...
"Chelation therapy describes the use of chelating agents to detoxify poisonous metal agents such as mercury, arsenic, and lead by converting them to a chemically inert form that can be excreted without further interaction with the body. Chelation is also used as an unscientific treatment for autism or other conditions. There are no published peer review publications regarding the efficacy of chelation agents for the treatment of autism.
From the Wikipedia entry for Chelation
- December 30, 2007 at 9:06 PM
- Foresam said...
Wakefield had nothing to do with confirming the theory that mercury caused the autism epidemic. I know there was never thimerosal in the MMR. Thimerosal as the cause and the MMR vaccines as the cause are two different issues.
Trusting any information from Wikipedia is a mistake since any idiot can go in and edit this site. The fact that the word "unscientific" appears along with a complaint about no peer review should tell you this entry was edited by a nitwit. People who have cured their children with chelation would not call chelation unscientific. That would only be done by a nitwit who has something to lose by anyone showing that mercury is the cause.
There are trillions of dollars at stake here for the drug companies. That is the reason they have come up with some very good lies and misinformation. That's also why quackbusters, an arm of Pharma, is involved with Neurodiversity to pervert the disabled youth like Alex Plank into celebrating the brain damage that their products caused.
This is a good propaganda campaign, Gavin, to convince people that autism and Asperger's are simply "different wiring" and not actually mercury induced brain damage. Those of us who have seen improvement with chelation know the truth. We aren't about to fall for this propaganda.
- December 31, 2007 at 1:32 AM
Any simple answer to a complex problem is unlikely to be the answer.
Autism has many 'causes' or interactions that cause the appearance called autism. Already genes are being found that apply to only a limited number of persons. Some could be related to diet or as Dr. Laura says, nothing to do with diet, all improvement due to the added attention. Some could be subacutepanencephalitis or another infection.
Most are gene related with a combination of interactions. Since B12 has helped my mental function, I want to try MB12. I get called names for this rather than finding a path to try something innocuous, unlike chelation. If it worked for me, that would not mean it will work for my autistic son or cousin or aunt or neighbor or you. There are families with 4 or more children on the spectrum and twins where one is fully nonautistic. Mercury and any other simple answer cannot be THE answer.
- January 13, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Aranittara said...
We are not damaged and we don't need to or in many cases want to be cured
If you can't understand that I couldn't care less who are you to try to eliminate us to try to normalize us
- March 8, 2008 at 11:13 PM
- Anonymous Ghost Writer said...
For the benefit of those who may be reading this blog and Foresam, how about a bit of Science from someone in the field.
APO-E4 is an Apolipoprotein, or protein that binds to lipids (fats and various oils) and is used in the metabolism of these fats in the liver, not the brain. While mercury [element] does absorb into that fatty tissue of the body easily, including the brain's myelin, APO-E4 cannot and does not directly bind and transport mercury from the body. The most interaction that is possible is for APO-E4 is to facilitate the metabolism of Triglycerides in the blood stream which may be contaminated with Mercury.
Thimerosal the antibacterial component in vaccines that contains Mercury is used in microgram quantities (one/one millionth of a gram). While Thimerosal is linked the neurological disorders and mutagenic/tetragenic conditions the safe exposure limits are place well within the milligram range a thousand times greater than the concentrations found in most vaccines. In fact a shattered fluoro light will give a much greater exposure than the average vaccine to Mercury. The CDC has stated that "Since 2001, with the exception of some influenza (flu) vaccines, Thimerosal is not used as a preservative in routinely recommended childhood vaccines." Rarely do manufacturers change formulations between countries as it often costs more to have two separate manufacturing line operating at once, even between countries. I wish to point out that even thought mercury was removed from vaccines Autism is still diagnosed across the world.
Chelation, the binding of heavy metals to a biologically inert substance that can then be excreted from the body has enjoyed wide spread medical acceptance only in treatment of heavy metal poisoning. Heavy metals poisoning is defined by a metal that by its presence poses a threat to life, i.e. lead poisoning from using old artists white (Lead Oxide). Studies on the therapeutic use of chelating have advised caution when used for treatment of non-life threatening cases as many of the 'medicines' (and I use that word lightly) used can pose a risk of cancer if improperly used.
Finally, I find it offensive to be told that I am the way I am because of 'Mercury induced brain damage'! I do not wish for a cure nor do I want to be told that I am damaged or defective. I would be raked over hot coals if I were to say that someone confined to a wheelchair is defective yet I am told this everyday by popular opinion. I demand only the rights that I have been given under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and various laws, to be treaded with respect as accorded to all people nor matter their race, creed or ability.
And for those that may wish to check some facts about the Vaccine-Autism link please see below.
(I would like to see the likes of Foresam argue with the CDC on this one, I'm sure though he would give it a try!)
- February 17, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Wow, so my druggie father had enough presence of mind to put Mercury in my mom's womb... twice?!? Wow. How amazing. And why do I say it like that? Because my girlfriend has three children. Two of them exhibit many Aspie traits. One of them has never been vaccinated. At all. She's 7.
Try again Foresam.
Oh, and thanks Mr. Doctor/Scientist man. I had no idea what I was reading till I got to your post.
- April 11, 2009 at 2:31 AM
- eaucoin said...
I think the science here is still too new. Doesn't it make logical sense that a condition with a genetic predisposition will be more concentrated in afflicted families than in the general population. So the idea that an Aspie breeding with an NT has a 1 in 500 chance of producing a child with ASD (when experts like Tony Atwood are citing the ASD rate as maybe 1 in 150 in the whole population) seems like bad math. In my family, one of the co-morbids is epilepsy. Of the 50 grandchildren of my epileptic (and I believe Aspie) father, the full-blown autist and both of the Aspies are also afflicted with epilepsy. My husband pointed out to me once that the only factor in our extended family that is common to all of those with ASD symptoms is that they also resemble my father in appearance more than their unaffected cousins. I realize that this is anecdotal evidence only, but I can hardly wait until the body of evidence comes together in a meaningful way for the sake of my future grandchildren and great grandchildren. I'm sure hindsight will show us that we missed some fairly obvious information.
- October 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM
- Andreas said...
I have a question for you, Gavin. How familiar with NLD/NVLD are you? (Nonverbal Learning Disorder)
I think the HFA and AS difference is a good one, only because from a research point of view, language delays are potentially very significant, biologically. Treatment (current) and every day Actual life, it makes little difference.
Although, this comparison of AS to NLD was quite interesting.
(Klin, Volkmar, Sparrow, Cicchetti, & Rourke, 1995)
The neuropsychological records of each subject were reviewed and rated according to 22 items—7 assets and 15 deficits considered to be the defining criteria of NLD.
An overwhelming concordance between AS and NLD was obtained (n = 18), whereas there was virtually no overlap between HFA and NLD (n = 1). Furthermore, 11 of the 22 NLD items were found to discriminate between AS and HFA, of which 9 appeared to be independent of diagnostic criteria.
Still, I have seen some studies where across all 3, there were few differences. I would like to scrutinize more! I believe there are 2 relatively distinct categories there, not 3. (all preliminary, of course).
As for the cure, I highly disagree. Adapting and compensating for symptoms is most likely. With the genetic prevalence, mercury seems highly unlikely, especially considering the amount in the oceans, and our compact light bulbs are loaded with them. While having hope is good, there is the risk of unrealistic and unrealized expectations, which would could be quite damaging. I understand Why you feel that way, for who would sit idly by and watch their child suffer? I ask that you be weary and remember that your child will try and live up to your expectations, if you consider that possibility, even if only a little, it could help you see things through your child's eyes.
Gavin, I commend you with posting those arguments, AND even addressing them. I'm sure that I was as offended as you were. That was very reasonable/responsible of you : )
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April 6, 2006
Dr. Humberto Barreto, Professor of Economics, gave a presentation April 4th entitled "Around the World in 100 Days: August 30 to December 8, 2005."
Barreto spent his sabbatical teaching in the Semester at Sea Program. "Think of it like a floating university," Barreto said.
The Semester at Sea Program was comprised of 680 college student from 270 schools. There were also 200 crew members, 25 faculty members, 33 staff members, 37, family members, 20 inter-port lecturers/students, and 11 senior passengers. Barreto taught three classes which include Development Economics, History of Economic Thought, and Introduction to Macroeconomics. He spent 50 days at sea and 50 days in ports. The semester was comprised of 21 75-minute class periods.
Among the places he visited during his voyage include: Hong Kong, Mauritius, India, Burma, Vietnam, and Cacha-Pregos, Brazil.
"Going different places and spending short bursts of time there and then thinking about it all in its culmination was amazing," Barreto said. "I would strongly encourage any Wabash student to take advantage of this amazing opportunity. It counts for the same credits as any other off-campus study program and you get to see much more of the world. Traveling the world makes you less ignorant."
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harvest wrote:looks interesting. not on US amazon... yet?
is it new?
harvest wrote:i tried, it's not there.
jesleeall wrote:This looks interesting. I may be one of the few people who never thought of Severn as whining or complaining too much. It always seemed to me he just - like Keats did - wrote down in his letters what was uppermost in his mind, without censoring himself, and as anyone knows who has taken care of someone who is really sick, after weeks of exhaustion and worry and grief, it is impossible not to feel overwhelmed, stressed, and at the end of one's ability to cope. I sort of think Severn was showing good emotional sense by venting his feelings, good and bad. I hate that he is considered a complainer for doing so!
BrokenLyre wrote:I agree Raphael. It has always amazed me that Joseph Severn didn't catch TB from John since he was so physically close to John - the trip to Italy alone would do it for most people! Just astounding, really. I for one am glad Joseph lived so long.
Joseph Severn must have had an iron-clad constitution. Only about 2 years before the voyage to Italy, he barely scraped through a battle with typhus. And on board the Maria Crowther, it appears he was also suffering from a liver complaint. Yet, even hemmed in with two highly contagious TB patients, he avoided active infection.
Fanny Brawne and her sister never got TB, that's true. But their brother Sam died from it in his early 20's. Didn't their father die from TB, too?
According to Aileen Ward, Samuel Brawne died in 1828, which makes it unlikely, I think, that his TB was caught from Keats. I read somewhere that roughly 25% of people in England and Europe died of TB two hundred years ago. So it was very common.
When I read the collection of Keats's letters, I was surprised by how often his friends and acquaintances were ill with varying diseases, and by how people constantly commented in their letters on health and illness. We take health so much for granted now, but they seemed to see it as something more difficult to achieve.
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Today we are going to deal with the properties of Tapestry pages. Properties are very important because they facilitate the exchange of information between different parts of a Tapestry application. Components on the page obtain their values from page properties and then report the changed values back to the page. We also normally use properties to pass information from one page to another and to allow different components to speak to each other.
But before discussing properties, we need to be familiar with one important feature of Tapestry's architecture.
Tapestry pages and pooling
It is important to remember that Tapestry pages are pooled.
To create a page, we usually extend our new page class from Tapestry's BasePage, and that class has already plenty of functionality for us to reuse, with quite a number of different properties and methods (if you are curious, have a look at BasePage class in Tapestry API: http://tapestry.apache.org/tapestry4.1/apidocs/index.html). As a result, creating an instance of a page class is an expensive operation, in terms of computer resources.
To avoid creating a page object every time when yet another of your numerous users requests the page, Tapestry has a pool for every kind of page and stores in that pool some number of instances of the given page class. So there is always a pool for the Home page instances in every application, but our application also has a pool for the Secret page instances.
When a user requests a page, Tapestry takes an instance of that page from the corresponding pool and uses that instance to produce appropriate HTML code and send it to the user's browser. At some point after that, the page class instance can be sent back to the pool and then reused to serve another client. And when the first client in a few minutes submits a form with their input, some completely different page instance can be used to handle the submission.
It is important to know this detail of Tapestry's architecture because it will influence the way we shall write our code in a few cases. In particular, this is important for managing page properties properly.
{mospagebreak title=Different ways to manage page properties}
Let's imagine that we have requested the Home page while working with the already created part of our GuessTheWord application. Tapestry took an instance of the Home page class from the pool and used it to produce an appropriate HTML to be sent to our browser. In this process, the page class has checked whether there is some initial value to display in the secretWord text box (implemented as a TextField component). For this, the getTheWord() method of the page class was invoked.
We have trusted Tapestry to create and maintain theWord property by writing an abstract getter method like this:
public abstract String getTheWord();
Because of this, theWord property will be initially always set to null, so the empty text box will be displayed, or exactly what the creators of the Web application wanted.
But let's imagine that we have created the same property in the traditional Java way, by writing a private class member and accessor methods for it ourselves:
private String theWord;
public String getTheWord() {
return theWord;
public void setTheWord(String theWord) {
this.theWord = theWord;
Say we have played with the application and tried to guess the secret word. Every time we submitted the form with a version of the secret word entered into the secretWord component, an instance of the Home page class on the server side was used to serve our submission. The setTheWord() method of that page class was invoked to store our word in its private property. Then some code (yet to be written) was used to define whether the word is correct or not and to act accordingly.
After a few hundred attempts we have finally managed to guess the secret word and left the application, to do something else equally exciting. The Home page instance we dealt with the last time still stores the word we have guessed in its private theWord member. It goes to its pool to rest and wait until another user comes try and guess the secret word.
Say Tapestry chooses to serve the new user that same Home page instance we just left, with the secret word stored in it. As usual, when producing HTML to be sent to the user, the page class will check whether components have any initial values. For the secretWord component, it will invoke the getTheWord() method, and the method will happily return that same secret word we have spent so much effort to guess.
So the next user will see the Home page with the secret word already entered in the text box. It will be masked, yes, because we have set the hidden binding for the secretWord component to true, but for the new user it will be enough to press the Submit button to see the sacred wisdom of the Secret page. Is that fair? I don't think so.
What we actually need to do is to set theWord property to its default value, null, every time an instance of the Home page is sent to the pool. This is exactly the additional functionality Tapestry takes care of when we trust it to create a property for us (by providing only an abstract getter method). When Tapestry sees the abstract getter, it automatically creates an appropriate private member of the page class, the default concrete getter and setter methods for it and some other code needed to set the property back to its default value every time the page class instance is sent to its pool.
So you can see that it makes a lot of sense to trust Tapestry with creating page properties for us. There can be, however, cases when we have to do all the work ourselves.
{mospagebreak title=Resetting page properties by hand}
When Tapestry creates a page property automatically, it creates basic getter and setter methods that do nothing but retrieve or set the value of the property. But sometimes we might want to put some functionality into the getter and/or setter methods. In the GuessTheWord application, for example, we might want to do something depending on the length of the word submitted by the user and write a setter like this:
public void setTheWord(String theWord) {
if (theWord != null) {
int length = theWord.length();
// Do something…
this.theWord = theWord;
This might be not be a very convincing example, but believe me, sometimes you just cannot avoid writing some code in a getter or a setter. And as soon as you have provided a getter or a setter of your own, you have to write all the remaining code yourself. So Tapestry will not take care of setting theWord to null; you'll need to do that yourself too.
In Tapestry 3, page classes have a very convenient method for this purpose, initialize(). In Tapestry 4, this method still exists but it is deprecated. So it is not recommended that we use it, and I should not be mentioning it here. But still, this method is more convenient than the alternative solution and I have to admit that I use the deprecated initialize() method in my work.
It looks like this:
protected void initialize() {
theWord = null;
As soon as we have provided this method in our page class, it will be called every time the page instance is sent to the pool, so we have achieved what we wanted.
The alternative approach, recommended for use in Tapestry 4, is to implement the PageDetachListener interface and its only method pageDetached(PageEvent event). So if you do everything properly, your Home class will look like this:
public abstract class Home extends BasePage implements PageDetachListener {
private String theWord;
private void setTheWord(String theWord) {
this.theWord = theWord;
public String getTheWord() {
return theWord;
public void pageDetached(PageEvent event) {
theWord = null;
public String onWordSubmit() {
return "Secret";
For me, it's just the same result with more coding, but of course the creators of Tapestry know better.
{mospagebreak title=Configuring a property in page specification}
There is yet another way to configure a page property that you might find useful in some cases. Say you want to have a property, but you are not going to read or set the value of that property in your Java code, in the page class. This can happen when the property is going to be used exclusively by some components on the page, so it can be wired to those components within the page specification without writing any Java code at all.
All you need to do is define the property in the page specification:
<property name="theWord"/>
And then you can reference this property in the bindings of your components, exactly as we do now in the secretWord component binding.
Having found this <property> element in the page specification, Tapestry will act exactly as it does when we've provided an abstract getter method: it will create a private property, public getter and setter and will also reset the property to its default value before sending the page to its pool.
All right, but what exactly is this "default value"? According to the rules of Java, any object, including String, will be set to null, while any numeric variable will be sent to zero. But what if you want to have an initial value different from the default one? Say in the GuessTheWord application you want the text box to be not empty, but to display some prompt when the Home page is initially shown to a user.
{mospagebreak title=Setting an initial value}
Let's experiment with our current project. First of all, comment out the hidden binding of the secretWord component, so that we are able to see the initial value, perhaps like this:
<component id="secretWord" type="TextField">
<binding name="value" value="theWord"/>
<!–binding name="hidden" value="true"/–>
If you made any changes to how theWord property is configured, please revert now to the most convenient (and most often used) approach, an abstract getter. Now, if we want to give this property an initial value, we can use a relatively new feature of Java – an annotation. The result will look like this:
@InitialValue("literal:enter a word")
public abstract String getTheWord();
Simple and elegant, isn't it? Run the project, and you should see something similar to the following screen shot:
Note that by default, the value inside of the double quotes inside the annotation is an OGNL expression. This means you can have a method providing an initial value for your property. Try something like this:
public abstract String getTheWord();
public String getInitialValue() {
return "enter a word";
Run the project, and it should work exactly as it did before.
But what if we wanted to configure this property in the page specification only? Let's try this. Comment out the above abstract getter, its annotation and the getInitialValue() method (if you created it). Instead, add the following line of XML to the Home page specification:
<property name="theWord" initial-value="literal:enter a word"/>
Again, run the project, and it should work exactly as before.
Finally, if you had to configure a property by hand, here is one possible approach to assigning it an initial value:
public String getTheWord() {
if (theWord == null) theWord = "enter a word";
return theWord;
However, the more fundamental way to initialize a property is to override the finishLoad() method of the BasePage class:
protected void finishLoad() {
theWord = "enter a word";
This method will be invoked only once, when the page is loaded for the first time.
All right, this seems to be everything I wanted to tell you about the properties of Tapestry pages for now. We have made some changes to the GuessTHeWord project, but that was for learning purposes only. You might want to revert the code to its initial state, undoing any changes we have made in this part of tutorial.
What comes next
In the next part, we are going to take a more detailed look at listener methods. They can be written in a few different ways and we are going to decide when each of the approaches can be useful for us, thus gradually expanding our Tapestry toolbox.
If the space will allow, we might also try different ways of submitting a form, but on the other hand, this might be delayed until a later part.
See you in a week.


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The idea was simple — but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand."
Don Cornelius pulled $400 from his own pocket to launch the dance show on a local Chicago TV station in 1970. As host and executive producer of "Soul Train," he was soon at the throttle of a nationally syndicated television institution that was the first dance show to cater to the musical tastes of black teenagers and also helped bring black music, dance, fashion and style to mainstream America.
In the process of presenting the soul, funk and R&B of the day, the Afro-haired, dapper Cornelius became a TV icon, his sonorous baritone welcoming viewers to "the hippest trip in America."
Cornelius, 75, was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday after a family member found him in his home in Encino with a gunshot wound to his head, according to law enforcement sources. The wound appeared to be self-inflicted, but the death was being investigated by police. Friends say he had been in poor health.
On Wednesday, those who knew Cornelius recalled his impact on American culture.
"Don was a visionary and giant in our business," producer and composer Quincy Jones said in a statement. "Before MTV there was 'Soul Train'; that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius. His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched."
Aretha Franklin said Cornelius "united the young adult community single-handedly and globally."
"With the inception of 'Soul Train,' a young, progressive brother set the pace and worldwide standard for young aspiring African American men and entrepreneurs in TV — out of Chicago," Franklin, who appeared on the show, said in a statement. "He transcended barriers among young adults. They became one."
"Soul Train," which moved to Los Angeles and entered national syndication in 1971, featured other legendary artists, including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, the Jackson 5 and Barry White.
With its catchy introduction featuring an animated, psychedelic smoke-spewing locomotive, "Soul Train" became destination TV for teenagers across America in the '70s.
Magic Johnson was one of them. "Every Saturday morning I looked forward to watching 'Soul Train,' as did millions of other people," Johnson, chairman of Soul Train Holdings, said in a statement. "'Soul Train' taught the world how to dance! Don's contribution to us all is immeasurable."
Beyond the music and the artists featured on "Soul Train," much of its popularity was attributed to the young dancers on the show.
Cornelius' teen dance party featured the talents of some of the best young dancers in the area, and one of the show's most popular features was the "Soul Train" line, with dancers going down the line and showing off their best moves.
Among those who went on to later fame are actress Rosie Perez, singer Jody Watley, rapper MC Hammer and Jeffrey Daniel, who taught Michael Jackson how to moonwalk.
In his 1996 book "Funk: The Music, the People and the Rhythm of the One," Rickey Vincent called "Soul Train" the "most undiluted showcase of black sexuality in the country" and "a cultural mecca for the entire decade of the '70s."
That there was a need for such a show was obvious to Cornelius, who had launched his career in radio only a few years before the show's debut.
"It was a period when television was a very white medium, and that didn't make sense to me," he told Billboard magazine in 2005, the year he received the Trustees Award from the Recording Academy for lasting contributions to culture as the creator of "Soul Train."
"I wanted to bring more of our African American entertainment to not only the black [niche] viewers but to the crossover viewers as well," he said.
Robert Santelli, executive producer of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, told The Times on Wednesday that "'Soul Train' was to soul music what 'American Bandstand' was to early rock 'n' roll, and Don Cornelius was like a black Dick Clark.
"He and his program almost single-handedly made sure that soul music had a presence on TV. For many years, it impacted black culture, black pop culture and black pop music. Few people came close to what he accomplished in those years."
Santelli added that "it also was an entry into black pop music for white kids. You could be living in Des Moines or in Montana and you could connect with what was happening in urban areas. It was an important portal for a lot of white kids who were very interested in black culture."
The show's "overall sense of blackness at this particular time was groundbreaking," Todd Boyd, a USC professor of critical studies, told The Times on Wednesday. Cornelius "effectively capitalized on the changes that took place in America socially and politically and culturally in the 1960s" in the next decade by giving national exposure to acts that previously were seen only in segregated settings.
"Soul Train," which became the longest-running first-run nationally syndicated show in TV history, spawned offshoots such as the Soul Train Music Awards, the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and the Soul Train Comedy Awards.
Cornelius, who also co-founded Soul Train Records in 1975, signed off each "Soul Train" show with his signature, "I'm Don Cornelius, and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace and soul!"
In 1993, after more than two decades of changing musical styles and fashions, he stepped down as host. The show ended production in 2006.
Cornelius was born in Chicago on Sept. 27, 1936, and grew up on the South Side. After graduating from DuSable High School in 1954, he served a stint in the Marines. He sold tires, cars and insurance before taking a course in broadcasting in 1966.
He launched his career as a substitute disc jockey and news announcer on WVON-AM in Chicago and was moonlighting as a sports anchor on "A Black View of the News" on WCIU-TV when he pitched the station's owners the idea of a dance show. The first "Soul Train" aired live and in black and white on WCIU-TV on Aug. 17, 1970.
Overnight, he told the Washington Post in 1995, "everyone in Chicago knew who I was. The show was the talk of the town."
Cornelius, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1995.
With his first wife, Delores, Cornelius had two sons, Anthony and Raymond. His second marriage, to Russian model Viktoria Chapman, ended in divorce after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor spousal battery in 2009.
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
Los Angeles Times staff writers Valerie J. Nelson and Andrew Blankstein contributed to this report.
The idea was simple — but groundbreaking: Create a live showcase for black music, modeled on "American Bandstand."


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Devices connected to your analog PBX can use all of the telephone numbers that were entered in the FRITZ!Box. To do so, you must connect the PBX to the FRITZ!Box and configure both devices for use at the same time.
1 Configuring telephone numbers in the FRITZ!Box
First, configure all of your telephone numbers in the FRITZ!Box:
- Configure your internet telephone numbers in the FRITZ!Box.
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- Connect the PBX to an analog extension on the FRITZ!Box (for example "FON 1").
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- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the "Configure New Device" button.
- Enable the option "Telephone (with or without answering machine)" and click "Next".
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