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userobjects example demonstrates the native client C++ API for distributing and retrieving custom-defined user types. The example uses
gemfire::CacheableKey to define a key type suitable for storage as a value in the cache. See the C++ online API documentation for a description of
gemfire::CacheableKey. You can also review the example source code in the
userobjects directory.
userobjects example is located in
The following is a list of the environment configuration commands for the
userobjects example. Choose the set of commands that are appropriate for your operating system. The text that you type is shown in
Bourne and Korn shells (sh, ksh, bash)
% GFCPP=<path to NativeClient_xxxx directory>; export GFCPP
% PATH=$GFCPP/bin:$PATH; export PATH
% LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GFCPP/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
The Windows native client installer sets the required environment configurations for you, so they are listed for reference only.
> GFCPP=<path to NativeClient_xxxx directory>
> PATH=%GFCPP%\bin;%PATH%
Follow these steps to run the
userobjects example. The steps reflect Windows operations, so alter them as needed for your operating system.
When you're prompted to enter the name of the native client directory, replace the
xxxx in
NativeClient_xxxx with the actual four-digit product version number.
Create a session, then configure the session environment according to the steps listed in Configuring the Environment.
userobjects example directory.
cd \NativeClient_xxxx\examples\userobjects
The process registers custom serializable types, then connects to the distributed system. It creates a cache and region, then creates a new
AccountHistory and puts it in the cache. Next, it gets
AccountHistory from the cache and updates it.
This is the example output:
Put an AccountHistory in cache keyed with BankAccount.
BankAccount( customer: 2309, account: 123091 )
Created account
Found AccountHistory in the cache.
Created account
Updated AccountHistory in the cache.
Found AccountHistory in the cache.
Created account
debit $1,000,000.
By default, this product ships configured for multicast membership resolution. If your network environment does not allow multicast, you can configure GemFire for unicast. See the GemFire Enterprise System Administrator's Guide for instructions on configuring TCP transport for membership and discovery.
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Come explore southwest Pennsylvania!
The Pittsburgh Gigapanorama was produced in conjunction with an on-going project being conducted by David Bear at The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University.
This 360-degree image taken from the from the roof of the U. S, Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh from 9 and 10 a.m. on Oct 19, 2009 is actually an assemblage of four separate Gigapans totaling 31.3 gigabytes (10.49 gigapixels) of information.
What can you find in this Gigapanorama?
In addition to local landmarks and personal places, close examination reveals myriad details of the landscape and sky, as indicated by more than 100 "snapshots" taken by previous visitors. They have have even captured jetliners in mid-air!
Just click on any snapshot to zoom in to a place someone thought was special.
While even larger gigapixel photos have been created, this image presented unique challenges. Because the building's roof is so large, one acre in area, there is no central point from which to shoot a single 360-degree gigapan. So we took 4 separate gigapans and merged them together. Ranging in size from 12 – 16 gigabytes each, that entailed manipulating and melding photo files files that overwhelmed even standard computers and software.
That computation involved some heavy lifting and creative solutions.
The vertical banding is a consequence of having to slice the individual Gigapans into right byte-sized vertical strips so they could be photo processed.
At full resolution, the image contains myriad anomalies, resulting from processing limitations and the stretching and parallax distortions of puzzling so many crazy pieces together again.
With that in mind, we are presently engaged in production of the second Pittsburgh Gigapanorama, applying lessons learned to create an even more magnificent photographic record of southwest Pennsylvania. We have taken 9,200 photographs in 10 separate gigpans and hope to merge them into a single, seamless, 360-degree Gigapanorama. .
The separate Gigapans for the first Pittsburgh Gigapanorama were taken by Randy Sargent, Paul Heckbert, Dror Yaron, and Goutham Mani of the Create Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, and stitched by Paul Heckbert. Art Wetzel of The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center helped manage and manipulate the huge files, and Ruth Karlin provided the digital artistry to Photoshop them together. Image printing by Fran Flaherty of CMU Digital Print Lab. Access to the roof arranged by Andy Wisniewski of CB Richard Ellis.
The Pittsburgh Gigapanorama project has received funding support from the Heinz Endowments and a Seed Award from the Sprout Fund.
FOR A CIRCULAR PANORAMA OF THIS IMAGE, VISIT: www.3dpan.org/47373
For more information about how the Pittsburgh Gigapananorama was created visit - http:/www.gigapanorama.org or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
THE PITTSBURGH GIGABANNER - We have created a printed version representing 1/100th of the total digital image. It measures 23 feet long by 44 inches high.
SMALLER PRINTS (9 x 45 inches) OF THE PITTSBURGH GIGAPANORAMA ARE ALSO AVAILABLE For information,send email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Associated Gigapans:
October 5 Test Shoot
1. Pittsburgh north - gigapan.org/gigapans/34128/
2. Pittsburgh west - gigapan.org/gigapans/34121/
October 19 Shoot
Un-retouched Gigapanorama segments
3. Segment One - g1.gigapan.org/gigapans/fb955b6a6078bb92b9be59b5f563b0f7/
4. Segment Two - g1.gigapan.org/gigapans/82984a9edf29a90e140c303e141ae04f/
5. Segment Three - g1.gigapan.org/gigapans/279b612439221213de46359d3b2bf5bf/
6. Segment Four - g1.gigapan.org/gigapans/c3f7b4f1df77e9e1ef40bdc6a09dccac/
7. 1/8th version Gigapanorama - www.gigapan.org/gigapans/908eb29ff54136da72484b0c918c7e6c/
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gigapan is fascinating!
I think I can help with the stitching problems. When attempting this panorama: www.flickr.com/photos/cokak/366695 2672/sizes/o/in/photostream /without Gigapan) I started stitching in Photoshop only to have it come to a screaching halt time after time. When the processors maxed out the software simply stopped trying to do certain functions like Splice and Blend. (I got the same bands as you got here) I know mine was only just under 1gb, but it was still enough to choke the software. Then I started to splice three images at a time. Worked Great, but - failed after getting half way done when attempting left to right splicing of the s-image sections. Then I started from the center! Center Three Left of center three, right of center 3, etc. When I was done I had about 7 sections of 2 or three images each. Then I spliced Center Left and Right. Perfect. Then Center (now 9 images large) left and right. Then Center left and right again. Bottom line was that it wasn't so much the Size of the Image, but the multiple tasks combined with the size. When I worked on the 3-splice method there was never more than 2 splices happening at once!
What a good eye to catch this!
This rocks. Yet another reason Pittsburgh is someplace special. Makes me miss it, but this is a great way to feel closer to home!
This is very impressive. Congratulations!

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The World According to Isaac Asimov
If you're anything like the average employee at eNotes headquarters, you're probably still drooling over the forthcoming generation of Apple iPhones. So allow me to ease you out of your reverie with a fun retrospect of how our bright future was predicted near perfectly almost 50 years ago.
Back in 1964, the Jetsons were on television, the lava lamp had just been invented, and the Moon was as yet uncharted territory. Isaac Asimov was also a popular science fiction writer of the time, though it was still six years before he would write his most famous short story "I, Robot." Instead, he wrote an essay for the New York Times in which he imagined a trip to the World's Fair of 2014, five decades into the future. On the brink of that very event and in the middle of a whirlwind of technological advancement, let's take a look at five of the astounding predictions Asimov made for the 21st century:
The brave new world would apparently be designed without windows in mind.
One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit them better. By 2014, electroluminescent panels will be in common use. Ceilings and walls will glow softly, and in a variety of colors that will change at the touch of a push button.
Windows need be no more than an archaic touch, and even when present will be polarized to block out the harsh sunlight. The degree of opacity of the glass may even be made to alter automatically in accordance with the intensity of the light falling upon it.
Sorry Asimov, but for the most part we still look to good old window dressings to block out the sunlight. We do, however, have polarized transition lenses in our eyewear. Though I believe science is still trying to work out a way that won't leave one with permanently halfway-tinted glasses in your averagely lit room…
There is an underground house at the fair which is a sign of the future. if its windows are not polarized, they can nevertheless alter the "scenery" by changes in lighting. Suburban houses underground, with easily controlled temperature, free from the vicissitudes of weather, with air cleaned and light controlled, should be fairly common.
Once again we've wasted one of Asimov's completely practical ideas by employing it for needlessly decadent purposes, like having a casino in Vegas that's lit to make you feel like you're walking the streets of Paris… but hey, it's something.
Food Preparation
Gadgetry will continue to relieve mankind of tedious jobs. Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare "automeals," heating water and converting it to coffee; toasting bread; frying, poaching or scrambling eggs, grilling bacon, and so on. Breakfasts will be "ordered" the night before to be ready by a specified hour the next morning. Complete lunches and dinners, with the food semiprepared, will be stored in the freezer until ready for processing.


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I cannot really afford to collect the Indiana Jones stuff I'd want to.
and 2nd: if I could afford it, I don't really have the room to display it, which (opening up the stuff) is the only reason I'd buy it. [collect is the wrong word to have used here].
But I barely get to do anything with the SW stuff I own and bought to make dioramas because my writing takes up all of my home time and doing anything like "normal people" do by way of organizing is just to normal (boring) for me to be bothered with. Probably for the best, what I can create myself, has become more fascinating than what Hasbro can create, though I fully support them and continue buying in the event that one day I will take a break from my writing (but I want a best-seller first!)
I'm sure that one day at Comic Con or a scalper-meet (or e-Bay) I can find the Jones stuff and make my diorama scene if I really find the time and space to do so.
But I would really admire pictures of that stuff set up!
Here's what's important for the new Star Trek:Paramount is putting what and what into Star Trek? Unless "time and care" are codewords for "buckets of cash and no actual concern for quality", I think you're nuts on that one.
1) WRITING - it has to be a compelling story. I've already read spoilers (won't post them here) about what this new film will be about. I think it's kind of a boring choice if you ask me. At least the TOS episode the idea spawned from wasn't particularly awesome (though it wasn't bad, but sort of interesting actually). Still I would not have chosen this idea myself. It may work well though. That remains to be seen.
2) Exceitement level - I hope there are great excuses for lots of violent content. This appeals to me. As do explosions. Referring to (1) above - if there is good writing there will be good excuses for excitement by my definition.
3) Good acting - no where is there room for casting Keanau Reeves or Miss South Carolina (from "The Iraq" a few years ago). The regular cast has been great though and I hope they keep returning for more movies as a crew (Pine, Quinto, Urban, Saldona, "Harold," Yeltzin, and Sean of the Dead. They could cast Gilbert Godfrey as another member of the Q Continuum though. This would be excellent. If Godfrey doesn't make Star Trek, he should play a Gungan in one of the new Star Wars movies.
Hey, here's a thought: what if Michael Bay made a movie where there was an explosion and it blew up Gilbert Godfrey?!
Anyway, (4) - special effects. It is least important to me as you can see here. You can tell a compelling story with a flip pad and sketched on stick-figures.But it helps when the Star Trek universe looks cool, too.
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That's my jacket!
I say that because they are waiting 4 yrs to release the next movie & not rushing the s%^t out of it as they did with TF. The 2009 Star Trek was a decent movie all around. I don't know what your hangups are about it, but at the very least I give A to B+ range. When the "Into Darkness" trailer comes out this week - much anticipation will begin.
The "buckets of cash w/o concern for quality" method was used for the TF movies dude.
No kidding. They killed two excellent cartoons AND two excellent toy lines to focus on one crap movie and one movie that was delayed by almost a year and we hope isn't crap but know, deep down, that it is.
Resolute and Renegades didn't even get their own damned toy lines, but were shoehorned into the 25th Anniversary and 30th Anniversary lines.
That's my jacket!
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
Even the SAW Viper couldn't do it. I think most people would agree that I would've rather seen Duke killed than Breaker or Quick Kick.
Then again, his showdown with the SAW Viper afterward is an incredible display of what makes the Joes different from the Cobras (and stupid IDW mistakenly omitted that page from the trade paperback).
That's my jacket!
TRU La Cienega had bupkis, unless you like piles of the lost line look Jar Jar and ROTS red Clone shocktrooper.
I don't think they waited at all for this new one, they started on it right away, they're just taking more time because they have to, because JJ Abrams is shooting a sci-fi film that takes place in an entirely different environment (and a brewery), if Paramount could hurry him up any more they surely would have.
The official blurb for this new one is awful - once again the fleet is overwhelmed and they come back to Earth to fight an inside guy. The poster is a clear ripoff of Dark Knight and Rises.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
GI joe - less mistreated than TF, but Paramount is slowly getting there. Overall, I think GI Joe 2 will be better than ROTF. I enjoyed the first Joe movie much more than ROTF and was upset that it was handled better than TF as a whole imo.
Its a matter of opinion on the Trek '09 movie, but I liked it better than other previous Trek movies. Ripoff of SW? Not with the time travel aspect. I really don't see any direct SW ripoffs JT.
Believe me, Paramount is taking their time with Star Trek 2 --it's one of their prized properties. It won't be a throw-away Hasbro movie


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By Errol Castens/NEMS Daily Journal
Candidates for Washington posts often claim they will "reach across the aisle" and work with folks from the other party.
I can't do much to foster such federal-level cooperation, but maybe I can make a case for more collaboration locally.
In my home turf, three local entities most directly affect people's lives – Lafayette County, the City of Oxford, and the University of Mississippi.
County officials have varying levels of responsibility for rural roads, several courts, Extension Service and Health Department, waste disposal, emergency preparation, tax collections, death investigations and law enforcement, among many others.
City officials' bailiwicks include streets, waste disposal, recycling, water and sewer service, historic preservation, building codes, zoning, beautification, traffic control and parking, law enforcement, municipal court, tourism, emergency management, parks and much more.
Even though the University of Mississippi is self-contained in some ways, where and how its students, employees and visitors shop, drive, play, volunteer, dine and vote impacts both other entities, and much of what happens on campus also wags the Lafayette-Oxford dog.
The three entities' levels of cooperation vary with every issue, however. A few examples:
* Oxford-University Transit is a triumph for the city and Ole Miss, but the county pulled out in the early stages.
* The soon-to-be-expanded John Leslie Tennis Center is a fine example of three-way partnership, but years of rancor – city vs. county and county officials vs. residents – preceded the creation of Oxford-Lafayette Fields at FNC Park.
* The community needed a convention center, but probably not two: City officials might have nipped the Oxford Conference Center in the bud had they known university officials would soon be adding The Inn at Ole Miss.
* And over 15 years of covering all three entities, I've seen governing officials too often talk AT one another when they should have been talking TO one another.
A long-ignored suggestion bears repeating: The Board of Supervisors, the Board of Aldermen and the Ole Miss Executive Council ought each to invite representatives of the others to their meetings, and each entity needs to make attendance a priority. Occasionally it'll be uncomfortable, but I'd bet the increased communication would solve many problems before they have time to grow.
And while universities add a complexity most communities don't have, I'd also bet there's not a county in Northeast Mississippi that wouldn't benefit from similar reciprocity with its main town(s).
Contact Daily Journal Oxford Bureau reporter Errol Castens at email@example.com.


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Date Posted: June 21, 2009 - 10:49 pm by: coffeeboy
|Anna Chlumsky
If you've ever wondered what happened to the little girl who starred opposite Macaulay Culkin in My Girl, well she's still working. Yup, Anna Chlumsky showed up at the premiere of her new movie, the political comedy In The Loop which is getting some pretty decent reviews. She definitely looks all grown up and sexy, a far cry from the tomboyish teen I remember her as in 1995's Gold Diggers. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how someone born in 1980 would be turning 29 this year. All child stars grow up, but it's just wierd to think of them turning 30.
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The rise and decline of AM radio
First in a seriesOctober 13, 2013 4:00 AM
Radio, as we know it, may have begun on a bet.
Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer for Westinghouse in the early 20th century, wanted to see whether a new watch was keeping correct time. In 1912, he made a $5 wager with colleague Thomas Perkins. But how to verify his claim?
Tinkering with materials in his Wilkinsburg garage, Conrad created a small receiver capable of picking up time signals from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Arlington, Va.
He won his bet and went on to design bigger and better radios for Westinghouse. In turn, Westinghouse became a key player in turning the hobby of a few radio enthusiasts into an industry that changed the world.
Pittsburgh's radio history is the history of modern radio.
Next week: Talk radio
For AM radio -- and the radio industry in general -- the hits just keep coming. Rapid technological changes, government legislation, aging demographics and a shifting media landscape have combined to erode AM's once massive audience. Better clarity through FM, HD and satellite, and more diverse programming have resulted in AM leaning heavily on two formats: talk and sports.
Still, it all started here.
"Most people don't know the name Frank Conrad. He's not thought of like Edison or Marconi or Bell," said Forest Hills' Rick Harris, whose drive to create a permanent radio museum has spanned decades. "It just so happened that Conrad worked for Westinghouse from around the 1890s as a boy and worked his way up. He didn't invent radio, essentially, but I think you could really say he pioneered the broadcasting industry.
"He brought all the concepts that were in existence at that time and added them to others, like the transmitter."
Using a crystal set -- basically copper wire wrapped around a cylinder and connected to a crystal that allowed the user to troll for signals without need of electricity -- Conrad "was an unsung genius," Mr. Harris said.
Conrad built a transmitter, then obtained an amateur license in the summer of 1916. In 1919, his station, 8XK, played music from phonograph records. A Wilkinsburg record store sponsored his show.
"The store owner says, 'You can have anything you want as long as you tell people where they can buy the records,' " Mr. Harris said. "In effect, that created the first [radio] advertising."
A KDKA program honoring the 50th anniversary of the station included ad copy from a 1920 edition of The Pittsburgh Sun. Beneath a Joseph Horne Co. advertisement for folding chairs (a steal at 40 cents each) was one describing the "wireless concerts" from Conrad's garage, mentioning that readers could join the fun by purchasing their own Amateur Wireless Sets for $10.00 up.
Who was manufacturing those sets? Westinghouse, of course. The company had been involved in radio equipment during World War I and owned many patents.
But it wasn't until the autumn of 1920 that Conrad's successful little radio show would inspire something even greater. Westinghouse vice president H.P. Davis pushed for the company to obtain a commercial license, which it received Oct. 27.
With Conrad helping to quickly put together an equipment room -- just a shack on the roof of a Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Works building in Turtle Creek -- the newly christened KDKA read results of the presidential election between Warren G. Harding and James Cox.
In between readings, KDKA played music.
A photograph -- often reprinted but occasionally misidentified as a shot of that first historic broadcast -- shows operator William Thomas, announcer L.H. Rosenberg and telephone line handlers R.S. McClelland and John Frazier.
Two men most responsible for this historic achievement -- chief engineer Donald Little and Conrad -- are not in the picture.
In the photograph, it is daytime. In reality, the world's first commercial broadcast took place in the dark of night, and it's possible McClelland wasn't there.
Radio takes off
Two months later, according to KDKA sources, a live broadcast from Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside became the world's first regularly scheduled church service and the first remote pickup.
In the choir loft were Westinghouse engineers -- one of them Jewish, another Catholic -- dressed in surplices for anonymity.
Edwin Jan van Etten, rector of Calvary, was quoted as saying, "Even now, as I think of their presence there, it seems to me that they symbolize the real universality of radio religion."
Early adopters listened to radio broadcasts via fairly complicated receiver units sold by Westinghouse for $65 to $125. But home use really took off in 1921 when KDKA designed a small (6 inches by 6 inches by 7 inches) wooden box housing a crystal set.
The Aeriola Jr. cost $25 and required headphones. Within the year, Westinghouse began manufacturing home radios incorporating vacuum tubes, and two years later, the first thermionic vacuum tube sets that could run on electricity instead of batteries.
Broadcast radio was off and running. In 1926, Westinghouse, RCA and General Electric formed the National Broadcasting Co., which would spin off into two separate channels, Red and Blue.
Although KDKA dominated the early years with its programming and superior signal and marketing, it wasn't alone on the airwaves.
KQV-AM was another early pioneer. It signed on as experimental station 8ZAE in 1919. In 1921 it took the call letters KQV, which stood for "King of the Quaker Valley," and was licensed as a commercial station in 1922.
In the next two decades, stations such as KDKA, WCAE and KQV would broadcast scripted dramas, boxing prizefights, newscasts, symphonic concerts from KDKA's Grant Building studio, church services, and even Dilworth's Little German Band, with its canine mascot, Schnitzel.
If Westinghouse was busy developing its broadcast technology during World War I, WWII brought drives to raise money for war bonds and a heightened sense of duty.
Declaring "radio too important to victory," a wartime advertisement read: "At KDKA, high on a commanding hill, visitors are challenged by a searchlight, a directionally amplified voice and a gun, and they state their business into a microphone before they come near the tower."
Pop goes the station
TV displaced radio as the main form of home entertainment in the 1950s. But AM radio found a new lease on life with the pop music explosion that began in the '50s. The repeated playing of top hits launched the Top 40 format. Music gave rise to a new kind of radio star -- the disc jockey. Starting with Porky Chedwick at WHOD-AM and later WAMO-AM/FM and other Pittsburgh stations, the Pittsburgh airwaves were filled with the voices of radio hosts who not only played the hits, but in some cases helped make them.
Mr. Chedwick is credited with breaking some of R&B's earliest radio hits. He's also remembered for his one-of-a-kind on-air patter and for coining nicknames for himself such as "Platter Pushin' Poppa," "Pork the Tork" and "Daddio of the Raddio." Now 95, Mr. Chedwick remains a beloved icon in Pittsburgh broadcasting.
An African-American woman -- Mary Dee Dudley -- broke race and gender barriers with her popular "Movin' Around" show on WHOD. Other African-American hosts such as Bill Powell and Sir Walter (real name John Christian) had solid followings on the former WILY-AM and WAMO.
Rege Cordic's popular morning show on KDKA redefined radio as an entertainment medium during the '50s and '60s. "Cordic & Company" started on WWSW-AM and moved to KDKA in 1954. Cordic, along with Robert McCully, Sterling Yates, Bob Trow and Karl Hardman created memorable comedy sketches starring a zany cast of characters: space alien Omicron, Louie the Garbage Man and domineering station manager Mr. Murchison. The show was a ratings hit for KDKA.
Pittsburgh native David Brown was a big fan of Cordic and as a kid used a reel-to-reel recorder to tape some of the host's programs. Over the years, he has encountered others who loved Cordic's madcap humor.
"Because it was AM radio, people would be listening to Rege's skits and they would pull off the road. They would not go through the tunnel at Mount Washington, because they knew they would miss the signal.
"Another fellow who worked at a lab told me he would pull into the parking lot just before 8 o'clock, when Rege was doing one of his skits, then wait until he was finished.
"He said 'When the skit was finished, car doors would open all over the parking lot with people getting out, having also waited.'"
Cordic left for Los Angeles in 1965 and was replaced by Art Pallan and Bob Trow, and in 1968 by Jack Bogut. KDKA remained the dominant player in morning radio.
The '60s start swinging
During the '60s, hosts on some of the smaller AMs -- such as Mad Mike Metrovich on the former WZUM-AM and Terry Lee on the former WMCK/WIXZ-AM -- developed loyal teen followings.
The advent of FM radio was a game changer for AM. In 1967, the Federal Communications Commission required station operators to have different programming on their AM and FM frequencies. Music formats moved to the FM dial, where the sound was better and where programmers weren't limited to playing short two- to three-minute pop songs. WAMO-FM host Ken Reeth, better known as Brother Love, was among the first to play records by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and The Doors.
Veteran radio programmer Ed Salamon launched a successful career that started in Pittsburgh. He went on to program WHN-AM in New York and later became president of programming at Westwood One. He was hired in 1970 to work on KDKA's 50th anniversary, and then moved into programming music. He's the author of "WHN: When New York City Went Country" and "Pittsburgh's Golden Age of Radio."
"It was an exciting time to be in radio in Pittsburgh," Mr. Salamon says of the 1970s. "You had these AM stations that were king and trying to hold on to what they had, and FM stations were looking for something new, creating opportunities for young guys like me."
Opportunity knocked on the AM side for him. WEEP-AM, a country music station that was at the bottom of the ratings chart, hired him in 1973.
"I thought the audience for country music could be broader than it was -- less of niche and more mass appeal," Mr. Salamon said. He added artists who weren't traditional country -- like The Eagles and Olivia Newton-John. The station rocketed to second place.
In 1975, KQV dropped Top 40 and switched to the all-news format it still has today. KQV-FM played music: it later switched call letters to WDVE.
By 1978, FM's listenership overtook that of AM.
The future of radio
With music migrating to FM, AM turned to talk radio. In 1987, the FCC repealed the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio operators to give both sides of an issue equal airtime. That opened the doors for a lineup of opinionated political talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh. These shows became ratings and revenue generators and gave AM a much needed boost. By the 1990s, many of those shows migrated to FM talk stations, leaving AM with a programming vacuum once again.
April 10, 1992, is known as "The Day the Music Died" on KDKA: the station played Don McLean's "American Pie," and switched to all news and talk. Local talk hosts flourished here in the '90s, with Mike Pintek and the late Fred Honsberger on KDKA and Lynn Cullen and the late Doug Hoerth on the former WTAE and WPTT-AM.
By the time radio moved into the 21st century, powerhouse AMs such as KDKA, WBZ-AM in Boston and KYW-AM in Philadelphia no longer topped the ratings charts. By 2011, AM listenership dropped to 15 percent, according to a survey by the investment firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson.
In 2001, the introduction of satellite radio and Apple's launch of the iPod further eroded AM's audience. SiriusXM Satellite Radio offers listeners a wide range of channels for every taste, along with conservative and liberal talk channels that carry most of the top syndicated radio hosts. iTunes, Internet radio services and mp3 players let people create their own playlists.
The car is where most people listen to radio. With satellite and Internet radio available in cars, AM began to lose the battle of the dashboard that started years ago with the introduction of cassette and 8-track players in cars.
AM radio faces new competition from devices such as smartphones and other consumer electronics, which interfere with the AM signal.
These days, the local AM band is a mix of news, talk, sports talk, ethnic and religious programming. There are only a handful of music stations, including WJAS-AM, with a standard hits/nostalgia format, WDDZ/Radio Disney, which is aimed at the teen/preteen audience and WZUM-AM, which plays classic R&B.
Mel Check was the chief engineer at KDKA for 34 years and has a radio museum at his home in East Brady, Clarion County. "It's to the point now where teenagers and kids coming through here, they don't know they have AM on their radios."
Yet there are those who believe in a future for AM. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is committed to keeping AM alive.
"I'm often asked why we should care about the future of AM radio ... . If you care about diversity, you should care about AM radio. If you care about localism, you should care about AM radio," he said in a speech at the 2013 Radio Show in September. "Many AM radio stations provide a vital forum for discussing the issues of the day."
The FCC has proposed efforts to help AM operators, including access to translators, which would simulcast their programming on the higher quality FM band.
Robert Dickey Jr. and his sister Cheryl Scott own KQV and are committed to keeping the all-news format their late father Robert Dickey launched 35 years ago.
"The AM band is under a lot of strain," Mr. Dickey said. "Sound has been compromised terribly on the AM dial. It's a struggle for us as well as others."
KQV's strategy has been to adapt to new technologies -- such as apps for mobile devices and streaming online.
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Endangered Status The Inyo California Towhee, a subspecies of the California Towhee, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as threatened in California. The population of this subspecies is very small, consisting of perhaps just 200 individuals. Habitat destruction -- caused by water diversion practices, development, agriculture, and recreational activities -- has been the biggest threat to its survival. It lives isolated from other California Towhee subspecies, in riverside habitats in the Argus Mountains of Inyo County. Because its numbers are so small, it is vulnerable to any impact on its ecosystem. The trampling of vegetation by burros, for example, has destroyed plants necessary to the towhee's survival and left room for unfavorable plants to move in.
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We spent four nights in Moscow, the largest city in Russia. The first day tour included Red Square, St Basil's church, KGB headquarters, and the Moscow circus in the evening. On the second day, we visited the Tretyakov Gallery, one of my favorite places in Moscow. This is where I fell in love with Russian art on my first visit here. Serso (from able2know) and his wife met me at the art museum, and joined our group during the tour. What was disappointing was that the Tretyakov no longer allows picture-taking. You'll have to wait until I post my blog on my first visit to Russia to see some of the great paintings I saw there. After the tour at the art museum ended, I told the Tour Director that I was leaving the group to spend the rest of the day with Serso. We had lunch at a restaurant not far from the art museum, and Serso's wife had to leave for an appointment. Serso was good enough to show me around the Moscow most tourist in groups do not see; we took the metro to Red Square to visit the History Museum and inside of St Basil's church. We walked through GUMS (pronounced gooms) department store. He took me to Arbat Street, a favorite place for locals and tourists.
What impressed me was the huge improvement in the Russian economy from my first visit to now. We were told by our local guide in Moscow that the inflation rate was 10.5% a year, but their wages were increasing at 12% a year.
On my first cruise, the boat had mostly professionals with multi-language skills; doctors, lawyers, and professors. This time around, most of the ship's staff were college students.
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The following pictures are a mixture of what we saw during the cruise and at some of our port stops - no no particular order.
Uglich is an ancient town founded in 937AD. It was favored by Ivan the Terrible for his campaign against the Golden Horde in the late 16th century. Ivan's son, Dmitry, was canonized after he was murdered, and the Church of St Dmitry on the Blood was built in 1692. We were able to visit this church. We were hosted to dinner at a local's home of vegetables grown in their own garden and home-made vodka.
Yaroslavl was founded in the 11th century by Kiev Prince Yarslav the Wise. In the 17th century, Yaroslavl was the second largest town in Russia after Moscow.
The main attraction in Yaroslavl is the Church of St Elijah the Profit built in the mid-17th century.
Day 8: Volga River sailing day.
A quick course in the Russian language:
DObraye OOtra = good morning
DObri Den = good afternoon
DObri Vecher = good evening
spaSEEba = thank you
Da = yes
Niet = no
WC = toilet (many places charge a fee
and finally, "vodka" = vodka
Petrovadodsk translate into "Peter's factory." Peter the Great decreed this site for a cannon and weapons foundry, because the region is rich in iron ore deposits. Skilled workers from England were imported to complete the project, and Karl Marx Prospeckt was once known as English Street.
Is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of an open air architectural museum established in 1966. The earliest Kizhi churches dates back to the last half of the 16th century.
The Church of Lazar of Murom is the oldest monument of wooden architecture in Russia built in the middle of the 14th century.
Mandrogi was established in 1996 as a living open air museum with an Arts and Crafts Pavilion where one can observe artisans creating their artworks. There is also a Vodka Museum where one can see over 1,000 bottles of vodka, and purchase vodka.
Various scenes from St Petersburg and Catherine the Great's Palace.
St Petersburg is known as the Venice of Russia with its canals and river. Most people come to St Petersburg to visit the State Hermitage Art Museum that houses over 3 million pieces of art works. The main building was the Winter Palace, the former state residence of Russia's emperors. My favorite section of the Hermitage is in the left side rear of the building that houses the Impressionist Paintings.
I have also become familiar with Nevzky Prospkt, the main shopping street in St Petersburg that's about three miles long. On the far end is the Alexander Nevsky Monastery where I visited Tchaikovsky's tomb. While walking my way back towards the Hermitage, I stoped at a Japanese restaurant to have lunch, and also looked into the train station to find a huge map of Russia with the train routes on one wall. I lost track of time, and before I knew it, it was 4:15, and I had to catch the bus back to the boat at 5PM. Half running and speed walking, I made it back in plenty of time for the bus.
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I have to agree with your evaluation, I was sorely disappointed.I didn't like it. I hated morrisey but then again i've never rated him as an actor. he's so two dimensional. The story was fairly limp and dragged on far too long. Plus, the final few minutes with the big ******* didn't count for anything as it was all resolved with yet another of RTD's pathetic cop outs. So despite looking like a costume drama and having the usual bright coloured lighting and uninspiring out of place badly played music by murray Gold, it was a flat cringemaking amateurish affair. it ranks up there with Fear her and The Shakespeare code in the bad episodes table.
Matt SmithHe's a weird looking blighter.Most of the Doctors are strange looking guys.He's certainly a strange looking kid
I am getting a bit frustrated at how often they keep burning though Doctors.
The new guy is a bit young, but that's not uncommon, I seems to remember Peter Davison was only 4 years older than this new guy when he took the reigns.
Personally, I wish Christopher Eccleston were still playing the Doctor, or at least wish he would have stayed on a few more seasons. I think it would have played better if he had stayed until the Rose issue had been resolved. The human Doctor/clone should have been Eccleston, IMO.
I wonder if we will see the Doctors daughter make a return, and how that will play with the new incarnation of the Doctor.
Then there is the issue of the female scientist in the library episode who claimed she knew him and that he looked so young. It sort of implied that he would be around, in his current form for quite some time. Grrr, stuff like this frustrates me.
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Shares of 3-D printer maker 3D Systems (DDD) are down $1.31, or 2.3%, at $55.15, falling with the broader market despite some upbeat Street notes this morning regarding the company's appearance at the 3D Printing Expo in New York this week.
Competitor Stratesys (SSYS) did not participate but had business units there such as its Solid Concepts operation, acquired just this week.
Canaccord Genuity's Bobby Burleson reiterates a Buy rating on the shares, and a $100 price target, after meeting with the company's chief financial officer, Damon Gregoire.
Burleson writes that he came away with a positive view on the company's "Phenix" metal-printing equipment, which the company picked up when it took a majority stake in Phenix Systems last year, while metal printing should also benefit Arcam (ARCM):
Demand for Phenix machines is strong and we believe the company is able to ship between 15-20 machines per quarter exiting Q1. Capacity is expanding and we forecast $40M in revenue for 2014. Importantly, DDD remains overbooked for Phenix and can ship everything it builds. At this run rate, we see DDD exiting 2014 with substantial market share for powder bed fusion systems. While several processes are capable of producing metal parts, we see powder bed fusion (PBF) better positioned for series production in metal when compared to directed energy deposition and binder jetting. Arcam and DDD in particular should benefit as public AM suppliers shipping metal capable machines.
Burleson is also enthusiastic about the company's push into making objects for medical applications with the announcement on Wednesday the company will buy Medical Modeling:
The acquisition of Medical Modeling brings expertise in orthopedic implants, surgical models and custom surgical guides. We expect DDD to support existing Arcam EBM technology for implants and to install Phenix machines where appropriate as a complimentary technology. Tier one orthopedic implant customers are adopting AM for production in their product roadmap. Faster speeds, new materials, and emerging software will increase adoption of AM by making AM parts better and less expensive. Customers have a preference for open platforms so they can optimize their designs and generate differentiated process know how, and this trend favors Arcam and DDD.
On the sidelines of the show, Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek, who has a Buy rating on 3D Systems, Stratasys, Arcam, and Exone (XONE), held a "summit" on the industry with a number of participants, including 3D Systems management.
He came away with positive impressions from Gregoire and CEO Avi Reichental:
Highlights: 1) SG&A: sales costs will trend higher with revenues while marketing costs are driven by inbound/outbound inquiries as well as placing some free machines at key direct customers for proof of concept. 2) Steady state capex ~3-4% of revs (maintenance capex even lower). 3) Seven of DDD's SLS patents expire in May but they have not used them for five years and do not think the expiration is a big deal. 4) Service bureau acquisitions have generally been ~1x EV/rev. 5) We believe numbers are conservative and we look forward to a beat and raise progression later in the year.
Misek, like Burleson, noted that "DDD resellers were excited about Phenix (the SLS company DDD bought last year) and have seen very strong U.S. demand."
He adds of Stratasys "Solid Concepts had one of the more impressive service bureau booths."
Steve Milunovich of UBS who started coverage of the stock on Monday with a Neutral rating, today updates his thoughts on 3D Systems, writing that the same show, writes that "3D Systems articulates its vision well, emphasizing that now is the time to invest in discretionary R&D including "moon shot" projects and acquire the capabilities to position itself for the future."
"The company's first mover roll-up acquisition strategy has been well-timed and its accelerated investment is rational though the complexity of integrating so many companies creates operational risk near term," writes Milunovich.
Milunovich notes 3D Systems's confidence in the face of Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) expected entry into the market later this year:
3D addressed HP's expected entry later this year, calling it a net positive for the industry, which we agree with. 3D said the acquisition of Xerox's solid inks business was in part prompted by HP's entry. Now 3D believes it has better materials capabilities than HP, whose potential one-engine company could limit success. It questioned whether HP will have a long-term commitment to 3D printing; industry analyst Terry Wohlers argued that if HP is serious it needs to have a services arm.
Gabelli & Co.'s Hendi Susanto reiterates a Hold rating on the stock, and a $49 price target. Susanto doesn't offer much comment on the proceedings, instead relating the main takeaways from what management said in its keynote:
3D Systems underlined its seven printing technologies and synergistic advantages of leveraging existing printing platforms for development across them. In metal 3D printing, CEO underlined that Phenix Systems' printing speed is about 25% above the overall market's offering and 3D Systems is optimistic that it can eventually double Phenix Systems' printing speed. Management views that its Xerox material team carries significant material expertise in jettable materials and Xerox's SolidInk materials have similarities with additive manufacturing materials. 3D Systems believes that Phenix's 3D metal printing and electron beam melting technology are complementary. It is planning to qualify Phenix's system for medical applications in Medical Modeling. Management indicated that sales of its 3D scanner were higher than its expectation. − Industry views − 3D System views that its main targets of 3D desktop printers are professional and home/education/kids markets. − In 3D printing service, CEO envisions a hybrid mix of traditional manufacturing and 3D printing. − CEO does not see that there will be low-end offerings of selective laser sintering printers. − 3D Systems has signed a multi-year partnership with Google to jointly develop a highly customized modular 3D printed continuous production platform for producing high volume highly customized modular smart devices. CEO forecasts that the partnership will launch its first smartphone production in 2015. We view this partnership as a conceptual project.


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One of my favorite things to do as a Scoutmaster is sit with a Scout and have a Scoutmaster Conference. It is not only a requirement for the Scout to advance, but a great opportunity to learn.
I learn so much each time I sit down with a Scout and listen to them during the conference. Tonight I sat with two Scouts and learned more about them, the troop, and their development as Scouts. I learn when I listen to the Scout.
So here is how I do it. Keep in mind, I am like most Scouts (and leaders for that matter) in that I am a scatter brain. Back when I was a kid, it was called hyperactive.. now-a-days.. it's grounds for medication.. but either way.. I really have to work at staying focused. So when I sit with a Scout, I need to give them 100% of my attention. So, I take their book, make sure that everything is signed and dated, sign my two boxes and then put the book away.
Then we start the conference.
The Scout then has all of my attention. I know what's in the book, and it really doesn't matter anyway. The Scoutmaster conference is not a retest, so we talk about what challenged him, what he learned, and what he is doing to get to the next level. Then we talk about leadership. I ask them, yes even at the Tenderfoot level, what they are doing to demonstrate leadership. This typically sparks lots of talk about where the Scout thinks he is in the spectrum of being a leader.
Using the EDGE method to teach is a Tenderfoot requirement, so I figure that he had to learn something about leadership there.
We discuss spiral learning and reinforce the skills that were learned along the way. This discussion usually leads to what the Scout is looking forward to.
We talk about School. Not because the Scout wants to, but because I want to know. We talk about girlfriends, and sports, and even how the Scout law works on a little sister. The conference is a talk that we have to learn. The Scout learns and I learn. I get to know them and they get to know a little more about me and how I see the world. They get to see how I demonstrate the Scout law in my life, and I get to learn how they are struggling to make the Law a habit in their lives.
The Scoutmaster conference is one of my favorite things as a Scoutmaster and I am lucky that I get to do them every week.
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A well traveled little JRT, she was with us on more than 300 airplane flights when we used to "commute by air". She was a terror and a joy...loved to retrieve, loved to eat, and lived up to her terrier reputation by exterminating rats, voles, mice, snakes....whatever. She could tree a raccoon with the best of the hounds, and braved an otter or two. She was famous as a crab killing machine-she liked her seafood very fresh, and never once got pinched by a claw.
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You're referring to the popular culture rather than factual information.
Ex-President Bush served honorably in the Air National Guard. In that position he pulled alerts and intercepts. When he tried to volunteer to go to VN, he had insufficient hours in the aircraft.
He moved to Montgomery and things get sort of hazy. Folks say they saw him at Dannelly Field but the records are not found. Given that this was during a massive phase down of the military post-VN and 30+ years ago, some laxity in record-keeping is understandable. Who knew they'd need those records to argue a point on an Internet (not invented by Gore yet) discussion. IOW, the fact that records can't be found is an indication of nothing other than that the records can't be found. It says nothing about whether or not they ever existed.
Ex-President Bush separated from the Air National Guard with an Honorable Discharge after serving about 5.5 years of a six year committment. However, in the 1972-73 era, there were all manner of "early outs" and encourgements to leaving early as the force draw-down took place. Qualified in a soon-to-be obsolete aircraft and with so few months left on his committment that transition training wasn't warranted, I can see why he was released. To the Air Force he was just one more person they didn't need to find a place for.
However, during his service, he had 300+ hours flying an aircraft that would scare the bejeebers out of most of us. In fact, most of his hours were spent flying with white ones on the rails. He took a different route than you or I but don't ever belittle his service.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
Ex-President Bush was discharged after the deadline for all fighting in Viet Nam was past. In the year or so prior, the Air Force was indeed in a draw-down mode as I recall. All efforts were expended at LineBacker II and if you were a pilot and were not involved in LBII, you took a back seat. I can't say more than that but, pilots of other than bombers who couldn't go to Viet Nam were a dime a dozen. B-52 pilots were being called up from the reserves. Other pilots were being let go in droves all through 1972-73.
So...you'd like me to believe that 30+ years ago that ex-President Bush was released from National Guard duty to advance .... what? He applied for discharge and it was granted on the basis of an accepted application to Yale. Are you suggesting that although the records state very clearly "Honorable Discharge", it was somehow something else and someone knew 30+ years in advance to put the fix it? Be serious!
As a practical matter, you served in the Army, not the Air Force. As such, you'd not have a clue about Air Force personnel policy and programs. The Army, especially the Medical Service, is known for being less efficient than the Air Force<g>. I served in a joint billet at the AF Data Systems Design Center. The stories I could tell about Army Medical Service mis-management. One I particularly like is about the time that I removed the Army Chief of Staff's outpatient record from under a hat in the front hall of the Walter Reed OOM at noon.
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Besides, its hard to be as efficient as the Air Force when you're working out in the desert in tents, rather than in the air-conditioned hospitals. I loved my time with the Air Force hospital.....A/C, they actually issued coffee-makers and microwaves to the officers, and even had a video-rental store set up in Eskan! Still can't figure out why I went Army and not AirForce!!
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Eric, you have some cogent points based on knowledge and an understanding, dnf777 on the other hand appears to be searching for a conspiracy that doesn't exixt.
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Movin' On Up in the Inwardly Mobile Cosmos
Like a Buddhist sand painting, my post has bitten the dust-to-dust in the wind that bloweth where it will. I am really heartbroken. Must recover. Stupid halloween spirits.
I must say, it was an outstanding post, but now we'll never see it. Furthermore, now I have to get ready to leave for another stupid all-day seminar. So I'm just dipping into the bloggereliquarium and grabbing an old post nearly at random. I notice that it only had three comments, so only a few people apparently ignored it the first time.
Reader Dilys made an excellent point a couple of days ago, noting that, "My working hypothesis is that repeated close encounters with age-ripened liturgies access far-reaching psycho-spiritual genius that drain the subconscious swamp." In other words, by immersing ourselves in certain time-tested vertical modalities, something very real and measurable happens to us. One thing grows. Another thing shrinks, or at least begins to lose its grip on us.
What is spiritual growth? What is it that grows? What does it "feed" on, since a living thing can only maintain itself in an open system that exchanges energy or information with the environment? And what is the medium into which it is expanding? In other words, as a biological object grows, it obviously complexifies and expands into physical space. Where do we expand spiritually?
Again we must refer back to the concepts of vertical and horizontal. Just as there is a horizontal evolution in the form of increased complexity through time, there is vertical evolution in the form of increased depth or "degrees of being." But in both cases, growth only takes place through metabolism. It is a process. Only open systems that are in disequilibrium are susceptible to evolution.
For example, as a biological system, you maintain yourself by constant energetic exchanges with the environment in the form of food and oxygen. Being at equilibrium with the environment is also known as being dead. Ordered complexity can only be maintained in a state of dynamic disequilibrium.
It is the same way in the vertical--in the spiritual realm. In order for us to grow vertically, we must first realize that we are in need of nourishment. Then we must identify and eat the proper food. And finally, we must chew, swallow, metabolize, and digest. Not just once, but every day. In so doing, something within us begins to grow and develop, like a seed in the womb of being. Spiritually, this is why the athiest is necessarily dead, for atheism is none other than vertical anorexia.
"Give us this day our daily bread." What does this mean? Outwardly or horizontally it means one thing. But inwardly and vertically it means something else altogether. I should emphasize that this is not a novel idea that I developed on my own. For example, Greek mythology recognized the existence of "ambrosia," a celestial substance capable of imparting immortality. In the Vedas, it is called "amrita" or "soma." It is an actual substance, although not in the material sense. It is fluid and energetic, and it is easy to see how it could be symbolized by wine, and by a mystical quest for the cup, chalice, or "holy grail" that might hold the wine.
This is also the symbolism of the Last Supper, of Jesus distributing the bread and wine--his body and blood--to his disciples to eat. What could this curious practice be but theophagy, or the subtle "ingestion" of God?
"Blessed are the poor in spirit." "The meek shall inherit the earth." "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven." What could these mean? In my opinion, they are again referring to the vertical, not the horizontal. There is an exterior man and an interior man. The interior man is the astral fetus lying between our evolved nervous system and the transcendent Other. Spiritual work is oriented on the vertical plane, not the horizontal. To the extent that this fetus or "divine child" is not nourished, it will be spiritually stillborn--a celestial abortion. A tragic waste of a life.
Without a mirror to reflect it, reality disappears, does it not? What would the cosmos be without nervous systems to reflect it back to itself? Hot, cold, large, small, here, there, light, dark--these are all qualities of nervous systems. Take away the conscious observer and the universe has no explicit qualities at all.
It is the same way with the vertical world. Here again, to say that we are "the image of God" is to say that we are mirrors of the vertical. Without the human mirror, the divine disappears. Clean your mirror and it reappears "out of nowhere": "I was blind, but now I see." Or, as it says in the little psychotic (or pneumotic) genesis myth at the beginning of my book, "He expectorated a mirrorcle, now you're the spittin' image."
I have no quibble whatsoever with science. It is one of the glories of mankind. But it only maps the horizontal, not the vertical. Spirituality, on the other hand, maps the vertical, the interior of the cosmos. In its horizontal aspect, things just happen in the world. But in the vertical world they are made or created. And all true creation is a miracle from the standpoint of the horizontal.
You might say that the minimum requirement for existence is worlds and beings, and that the fabric of existence is the warp and weft of vertical and horizontal, as eternity pours into time and time pierces eternity in the now.
In order to have a comprehensive view of the world, one must appreciate the vertical and the horizontal, the interior and the exterior. In fact, reality is a cross ( + ) where the vertical and horizontal energies converge. Each moment--the eternal now--is a sort of "whirlpool" that is created out of these dialectically related streams. Your body is actually the "rosy cross" that blooms around the area of the heart--if given the proper vertamins and heartilizer.
Ours is an inwardly mobile cosmos. Would you like to move on up in it? Then crucify your ego on that invisible cross where the vertical meets the horizontal in the now. Recognize your inner emptiness. Give yourself your daily bread. And don't forget to chew.


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I heard an inspirational message from Lou Holtz, former great Football Coach.
He took great pride in teaching young men to be outstanding athletes, citizens, and gentlemen.
He shares three keys to success in life.. this is time tested and true.
1. Always do the right thing. Know what right looks like and always do the right thing. In Scouting, we have the Scout Oath and Law to guide us down the right path of life.
2. Always do your best.. Good is not Good enough.. DO YOUR BEST always. You should always give your BEST effort. Anything in life that is worth doing is worth 100% of your effort. Never be afraid of hard work. It pays in the end… but you must always DO YOUR BEST.
3. Treat others as you would like to be treated. The golden rule. Just think of how the peaceful the world would be if people just acted according to this simple rule. Being unselfish, kind, respectful, Helpful, and courteous. I can imagine a world community that would be without wars, hunger, pain and suffering.. but it all starts with people treating people right.
With those three keys you are guaranteed to be a success in life. Your relationships, business dealings, Adventures, and Personal life will be full of enjoyment, success and happiness.
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What are you collectors from the chicago area finding.
In the Arlington Heights/ Shaumburg Area Targets, K-Marts, and Wal-Marts Im finding the new Shmi/Luke X-Wing Waves. Also, still have a couple B-Wings around. The new 12'' Luke w/ Speeder Bike is at the Target in Shaumburg as well as the DS Droid 12'' Line.
Still no TIE Interceptors at the Toys R' Us, has anyone found them in this area yet?
Speaking of Toys R Us, the 2 or 3 I visit regularly in the past month have gotten rid of all the discount E1 stuff. And they're finally catching up on POTJ as well. For a while there they never had any POTJ stuff.
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Happy Healthy Kids
Creating places for kids to play outside not only encourages exercise, but it also promotes overall well-being.
Inspiring your kids to be more active outside is not as hard as you might think. All it takes is a little ingenuity and the proper tools, and before you know it, the kids will be dragging you outside.
Whether your outdoor space is large or small, one of the most important things you can do is designate a special area just for kids. And just as important, is including them with the planning and installation of the area, which gives them a sense of personal pride, as well as accomplishment.
For starters, you can either buy a swing set complete with swings, see-saws and slides, or you can build a simple tire or tree swing together, as well as a homemade see-saw. Not only will these projects remind them of their accomplishments, but they'll be proud to show their friends, encouraging them all to play outside.
Sandbox's are always a hit with kids of all ages. Be sure and include cars and trucks for the young kids, pails and other construction tools for older children, and rakes and rocks for teens so they can create their own Zen gardens.
For families who love to construct, design, plan and build your own treehouse, or playhouse. Not only will it provide protection from weather for the kids, but also a place of their own to play cards or create their own games.
Speaking of games, consider adding lawn games to the area, like crochet space, badminton court or horseshoe pit, which build sportsmanship, better relationships, and great memories. Other ideas include tetherball, kick ball fields, basketball hoops, soccer and roller hockey courts.
For the less athletic kids, encourage time outside by helping your kids build their own garden, or even a lemonade stand. For the scientific minded, create scavenger hunts that encourage identification of plants and animals, or just go on a hike to find salamanders in a local stream, or collect leaves for a homemade mural.
It doesn't take more than a little effort and creativity to encourage both you and your kids to spend more time outside. Not only does it create healthier and thus happier kids, it instills in them self-confidence and resourcefulness.


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hmm i dont know i was just following a tutorial and its wiring diagram just to get a start on how the shift registers work and when i set it up it didnt work. So basically i am lost.
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USB onboard the Micro (and the UNO) is both an advantage and a liability. I've seen several UNOs that have lost their USB firmware and the end users do not have the ability or know-how to reload the USB interface. I've only seen one FTDI chip go bad in over 3000 328 based boards.
how reliable I've found FTDI chips to be in the past
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but last time I looked the new ones were more expensive.
FT230-XS SOIC package it's no smaller in size than the FT232R
I'm not sure why you are not buying from E-14 Aussie?
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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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Here's One I Didn't Catch
These big fish follow me around a lot waiting for me to catch a smaller fish which they then attempt to shove down their big bucket mouths. The white thing in the picture is my swimfin (I was in my float-tube). That fin is about 2 feet long so it gives you an idea of the size of Mr. Largemouth (Mrs.?)
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I don't normally fish for big bass with a five weight but the pond has some big sunfish and I was actually looking to target them with a view to turning my kids onto catching fish on the fly rod.
I am aware that such a fish is top notch for this part of North America but the fish in this pond have been naturalized for about 25 years and the pond is full of frogs, turtles and sunfish. My daughter at 11 years old (2 years ago) actually caught a largemouth in this pond that was even bigger than my fly rod trophy. She caught her fish with an ultra-lite jig on a spinning rod. I remember asking her how she planned to follow up that catch as at 11 years old she had just caught a fish that many fishermen have been hoping for their whole fishing careers.
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Is this farm pond located in your neck of the woods (Ontario)? If so, the size of the bass you landed is even more profound.
Either way, great catch. Maybe you should consider something heavier than a five weight.
Nice fish!
I would concentrate more on having caught the fish rather than the not having been able to snap a picture. That way, in memory, that 10 lber can morf into a 15!
good luck.
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Fellow Flyfishers,
Here's some timely advice from an unhappy camper. I got a new digital camera this year and usually have it with me on all my fishing jaunts. Last week my brother and I were out on a local farm pond which contains some lunker bass. I had my camera at the ready and was rowing and guiding my brother as he presented his offerings to the fish. We were on the pond in prime time at dusk. Nothing of significance was caught.
The next day I slept in, anticipating fishing late the next evening. After a leisurely lunch I prepared to take my kayak into the pond in search of an afternoon's sport. I took up my camera and then put it back down on the car seat thinking, "Nah, I'll only catch "dinks" at this time of the day." Well of course thanks to good ol' Murphy I caught the bass of a lifetime on my 5 wt. with a buoyant wooly bugger and 6 pound tippet. The fish was 24" long and had a depth of 8" and was surely well over 10 pounds in weight. The fish was strong enough to give me the "Nantucket Sleigh Ride".
Moral of the story: Always take your camera! (Murphy says so!)
Here's a picture of a fly I just tied hoping to attract one of those lunkers again.
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2 dogs in the house currently. The one CLF that doesn't have a dominant bone in her body will raise a paw and put it on you when being petted. The BLF, who would be dominant if I let him, never has. I've always thought it was a insecurity issue if anything. I just stop petting and tell her to put her paw down before resuming.
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I guess the key issue here is that you want to stop the behavior. It doesn't matter whether it's dominance or affection, if you don't want them to do it, you'll have to train them out of it. Love the video link posted, classic! I'd start off by stopping the petting the instant the foot goes on. Don't just say "no," tell the dog to do something (sit, for example) and then praise for compliance. Lots of praise for feet on the floor, then just continue with petting. To clarify, when the foot hits your let or hand, immediately stop petting, say "no, sit" then reward for sitting. That's where I'd start.
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I took my daughter out yesterday afternoon for her first ever turkey hunt. We got in the woods around 4 pm and spotted 3 jakes in the feild. We circled around them and snuck to the edge about 80 yards from where they fed and called a few times to them.
They didnt pay much attention to us and instead kept on feeding. I was looking at them throught the binoculars and noticed one squatted down on the ground, the other one them came over and mounted it and began to mate with it.
Now I have heard somewhere before that turkeys carry both the female gland and male glands but I have never seen this before. I am certain they where all 3 jakes and not a bearded hen because of the size of the birds and there red heads.
Has anyone ever witnessed this behavior before?


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When the folks at Travel Wisconsin asked me to write about my favorite area of Wisconsin, I had a very tough time narrowing it down. I'm a Badger State native. Never lived anywhere else, and proud of it.
So should I pick the Northwoods, where my family has gone camping with the sweet smell of pine in the air? Maybe it's Door County, where we've explored the rocky coastline and lighthouses. How about the La Crosse area, where I went to college, with the bluffs and little towns along the Mississippi River? Then I realized… my favorite spot in Wisconsin is right where I live.
I was born and raised in Oconomowoc, in southeastern Wisconsin. You can drive east to a Brewers game or a theatre performance in Milwaukee… or west to a Badgers game in Madison… and get there in 45 minutes. But the big draw here is the clean, refreshing water. At least two dozen lakes dot the area. I was lucky enough to grow up on one of them… where I learned to swim, water ski, fish and sail. My wife and I taught our three children to enjoy -- and respect -- the natural beauty of their surroundings.
I could go on and on. Just visit the charming towns of 'Lake Country' -- like Oconomowoc, Delafield, Hartland or Pewaukee -- and you'll see what I mean.
Mike Miller co-anchored the weekend evening newscasts on WISN 12 and provided special reports for the weeknight newscasts and local programming specials. As a broadcast journalist for 32 years, he earned numerous awards from the Associated Press, the United Press International and the Milwaukee Press Club.


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According to food historians, Amish women would bake these sandwich sweets and put them in farmers' lunch boxes. When farmers would find these treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"
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