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January 22, 2009
Vol. 24 , No. 05
Inauguration Viewing
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009 8:30 a.m.
The Diversity Committee and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum will host a live viewing of the 2009 Inauguration Swearing-In Ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20. The official theme for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama is, "Renewing America's Promise," a vision that underscores the President-elect and Vice President-elect's commitment to restoring opportunity and possibility for all and re-establishing America's standing as a beacon of hope around the world.
The Diversity Committee is a committee composed of faculty, staff, and students whose purpose is to foster initiatives to make CMC a more inclusive and inviting environment for all members of its community. We hope you can join us to witness this historical event. No RSVP required. Donuts, juice, and coffee will be provided.
CMC's 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture
Genetics, Genealogy, and African American History
Each year since 1988 the Athenaeum has invited a distinguished guest to speak in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year's speaker is one of the country's most well known literary critics, scholars, and intellectuals. From topics ranging from African literary traditions to slave narratives to Oprah's roots, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has dedicated his career to a multitude of intellectual pursuits.
Gates is the Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center and of the Root online news magazine. Gates has authored over 10 books including The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism (1989), a 1989 American Book Award Winner. Among the many works he has edited, Gates is well known for publishing Our Nig (2002), the first novel published by an African American woman. He wrote and produced the PBS documentaries, "African American Lives (2006)," "Wonders of the African World (1999)," and "America Beyond the Color Line (2004)." Gates has also written for Time magazine, the New York Times, and the New Yorker.
Gates is currently the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Gates has previously taught at Yale, Cornell, and Duke. He has received many awards including a spot on Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Americans," the George Polk Award for Social Commentary, a National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Professor Gates received his undergraduate degree from Yale and was appointed a "Scholar of the House" during his final year at Yale. After graduating, Gates was the first African American to be awarded a Mellon Foundation Fellowship. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Clare College at the University of Cambridge. Gates has received approximately 50 honorary degrees from institutions, including the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University.
The State of the Hip Hop Union
ADAM BRADLEY, moderator
Thirty years ago the crossover hit "Rapper's Delight" (1979) brought the burgeoning sounds of hip hop music to a mass audience. In the years since, hip hop has expanded from a grassroots movement to a global industry with significant implications upon business and politics as well as upon culture. For all of this, hip hop remains a lightening rod of controversy, particularly as it concerns the sexism and homophobia, violence and profanity in some rap lyrics. While it is too reductive to ask with CNN "Hip Hop: Art or Poison?" legitimate questions remain concerning the implications of hip hop's influence.
Drawing upon the spirit of the annual political ritual of the president's State of the Union address, the Athenaeum hosts a panel of prominent hip hop writers, academics, and artists who shall help assess hip hop's importance to the present moment. How will hip hop, traditionally resistant to mainstream politics, respond to the ascendancy of the nation's first black president? What directions will rap take as an art form? What are the consequences of hip hop's rapid globalization?
These and other questions will be asked of a panel that will include the award-winning author Jeff Chang whose Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation (2005) has set the standard for hip hop historical writing; Cheo Hodari Coker, whose biography of the Notorious B.I.G. and screenwriting credit on the recently-released Biggie biopic, Notorious (2009), testify to a writer with a deep understanding of hip hop's past and present; Ebony Utley, a scholar of communication studies at California State University, Long Beach whose work looks closely at hip hop for insights into race and its relationships with gender and language; and Crooked I, a Long Beach MC widely regarded as among rap's most gifted lyricists, who has gained acclaim in hip hop circles for his numerous mixtape releases. The panel will be moderated by CMC's Adam Bradley, assistant professor of literature and author of the forthcoming Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop (March 3, 2009).
Wealth, Work and the Holy Poor: Early Christian Monasticism between Syria and Egypt
On December 3, 2008, Princeton Professor Peter Brown won the Kluge prize, known as "America's Nobel." A scholar reviewing the nominations praised him as "among the greatest historians of the past three centuries."
Peter Brown, the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, is credited with having created the field of study referred to as late antiquity (250-800 A.D.), the period during which Rome fell, the three major monotheistic religions took shape, and Christianity spread across Europe. A native of Ireland, Professor Brown earned his B.A. in history from Oxford University (1956), where he taught until 1975 as a Fellow of All Souls College. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1986 after teaching at the University of London and the University of California, Berkeley.
Brown's primary interests are the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages and the rise of Christianity, and he has pursued them through investigations into such diverse topics as Roman rhetoric, the cult of the saints, the body and sexuality, and wealth and poverty. He is the author of a dozen books, including Augustine of Hippo (1967, 2000), The World of Late Antiquity (1971), The Cult of the Saints (1982), The Body and Society (1988), Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire (1992), Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianization of the Roman World (1995), The Rise of Western Christendom (1996, 2003), and Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire (2002). He has been the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (1982), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1989), and the Mellon Foundation's Distinguished Achievement Award (2001).
Professor Brown's visit to campus is hosted by professor of history Shane Bjornlie and the Athenaeum.
Syria-USA Relations: A Thaw or a False Start?
Imad Moustapha, the Syrian Ambassador to the United States, is the rare ambassador who blogs. He recently posted on his favorite Syrian artists, the history of the Arab-Israeli war, and his summer vacation. Beyond blogging, he is influential in both Damascus and Washington. He writes frequently in both the English-language press and the Arabic-language press, and is a guest on many television programs in the U.S. and Syria.
Moustapha became Ambassador to the United States in March 2004. Prior to that, he was Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Damascus, and Secretary General of the Arab School on Science and Technology. He is co-founder of the Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA), and was an active consultant to several international and regional organizations on Science and Technology policies in the Middle East (UNDP, UNESCO, ESCWA, ALECSO). He was also a member of the Syrian team responsible for drafting reform strategies for the ministries of Culture, Education, and Higher Education. Ambassador Moustapha holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Surrey, UK. His interests include globalization, cultural identities, social and economic impacts of the Internet, Syrian art and artists, and Western classical music.
Ambassador Moustapha's visit to CMC is hosted by Professor Bassam Frangieh and the Athenaeum.
American Politics at Home and Abroad
In addition to being one of the most well regarded bloggers, Andrew Sullivan is a highly esteemed author and commentator. He writes on topics ranging from international affairs and electoral politics to issues regarding faith and gay marriage. His blog The Daily Dish hosted at Atlantic.com averages over 280,000 page views a day making it one of the most popular blogs. In addition to his blogging, Sullivan is a columnist for the Sunday Times of London.
Sullivan previously served as editor in chief of The New Republic from 1991-1996. His 1993 essay, 'The Politics of Homosexuality,' was named by the Nation magazine as the most influential article of the 1990's in gay rights. He has written for Time magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the Daily Telegraph, and Esquire magazine. Sullivan is a frequent guest on Real Time with Bill Maher.
Sullivan has written Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality (1995), Same Sex Marriage: Pro and Con, A Reader (1997), Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex and Survival (1999), and The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back (2007).
A native of England, he came to the U.S. on a Harkness Fellowship. He received his B.A. from Magdalene College at Oxford. Sullivan holds an M.A. in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Robert Day School Distinguished Speaker Series
Lunch with a Leader: The Mutual Fund Industry
LUNCH 11:30 a.m. LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Gregg Ireland is a Senior Vice President of Capital World Investors, a division of Capital Research and Management Company, the investment adviser for the American Funds. With over $900 billion in assets under management, The American Funds is one of the three largest mutual fund managers in the world. Gregg is a Vice Chairman of the global flagship New Perspective Fund and a Senior VP of Growth Fund of America, as well as a past Senior VP of Capital World Growth & Income Fund and The Investment Company of America.
Gregg serves as a portfolio counselor for several funds in the American Funds family, including New Perspective, $35 billion in assets, and Growth Fund of America, over $100 billion in assets. Joining Capital in 1972, Gregg was Capital's senior research analyst for the global capital goods industry and the energy sector before moving over to manage global equity portfolios in the 1980s.
During his Athenaeum talk, Gregg will describe his experience working for one of the largest equity mutual fund managers in the world. Although Capital does no advertising and keeps a relatively low profile, they are as large as Fidelity and Vanguard and have a unique approach to investing. Investors at Capital spend their time researching companies, looking for strengths and trends, and invest for the long-term with low turnover of their portfolios. Gregg's focus is on the global/worldwide markets and he will explain how Capital effectively uses a fundamental, value-oriented, long-term approach to investing. Gregg will also share his thoughts on the numerous bear markets that he has lived through since starting at Capital in 1972 while focusing on the current market.
Gregg holds a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Gregg serves on a number of nonprofit boards focusing primarily on higher education and special needs causes. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Originally from California, Gregg lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife and family. He has four children.
11th Annual L.J. Kutten Lecture in Philosophy and Religion
Yoga Before the Yoga Sutras, or, What Does Sitting Cross-legged Have to do with the History of Yoga?
In 1999 CMC alumnus L. J. Kutten '74 endowed a lectureship in philosophy and religion to bring to campus scholars from traditions outside the mainstream of western religions. This year, the L. J. Kutten lecture will feature a lecture by professor David Gordon White.
India is often considered to be a land of timeless traditions that have remained unchanged since their origins in a distant and mythic past. One such tradition is yoga, which most historians have assumed — on the basis of mentions of the term in the Vedas and a clay seal of a cross-legged figure on a clay seal from an Indus Valley archaeological site — to date from approximately 2000 BCE. However, the referents of words change over time, and a careful juxtaposition of images with texts from the ancient period reveals that the earliest practice of "yoga" had nothing to do with the later synthesis of controlled postures, breath control, and meditation that came to be identified as "classical yoga." In his lecture, Professor David White will reconstruct South Asia's most ancient yoga traditions and speak to their unexpected legacy in modern times.
David Gordon White received his Ph.D. (with Honors) from the Divinity School at the University of Chicago in 1988. He also studied Hinduism at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, France. A specialist of South Asian religions, White is a now professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
White is the author of three books, all published by the University of Chicago Press: Myths of the Dog-Man (1991, listed as one of the "Books of the Year" in the 1991 Times Literary Supplement's end-of-year edition); The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India (1996); and Kiss of the Yogini: " Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts (2003, featured on the cover of the Times Literary Supplement May 2004 edition). His latest book, Sinister Yogis, is forthcoming in September 2009. He also edited Tantra in Practice (2000), and his introduction to that volume is considered to be the most comprehensive definition of the multi-faceted tradition known as Tantra published to date.
White is also the author of approximately seventy other articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries. Certain of these, including "Why Gurus Are Heavy," on the relationship between Indian yoga and alchemy; "Dogs Die," on the relationship between the ancient Indian game of dice and the ritual slaughter of a "four-eyed dog" in ancient India; and "Transformations in the Art of Love: Kamakala Practices in Hindu Tantric and Kaula Traditions," on the consumption of sexual fluids in so-called "Tantric sex," are considered to be classics in the field. Taken in their ensemble, White's many publications have rewritten the history of medieval South Asian religion, effecting a paradigm shift in scholarship in the field.
He has been the recipient of several research fellowships and grants, including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2007-2008) and three Fulbright Research Fellowships for India and Nepal.
24th Annual Sojourner Truth Lecture
Presidential Politics: What Happened to 'We the People'?
Connie Rice is renowned for her unconventional approaches to tackling problems of inequity and exclusion.
In her legal work, Ms. Rice has led multi-racial coalitions of lawyers and clients to win more than $10 billion in damages and policy changes, through traditional class action civil rights cases redressing police misconduct, race and sex discrimination and unfair public policy in transportation, probation and public housing. She filed a landmark case on behalf of low-income bus riders that resulted in a mandate that more than 2 billion dollars be spent to improve the bus system.
At the invitation of LAPD Chief William Bratton, Ms. Rice investigated the biggest police corruption scandal in Los Angeles history and obtained the commitment of the Chief to reform LAPD's training and incentives system through an internal commission that she co-chairs. She also conducted a landmark 18-month assessment of the City of Los Angeles' anti-gang programs and drew the blueprint to reduce gang violence through a regional, multi-jurisdictional comprehensive strategy to right the balance between suppression and prevention.
Prior to co-founding Advancement Project, Ms. Rice was Co-Director of the Los Angeles office of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, an associate at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster; and a clerk to the Honorable Damon J. Keith, judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Ms. Rice is a graduate of Harvard College and the New York University School of Law. In 2006, Los Angeles Times West magazine named Ms. Rice one of the 100 most powerful people in Southern California, and California Business Law twice named her one of the top 10 most influential lawyers in California. Ms. Rice serves on the boards of the Public Policy Institute of California and public radio station KPCC.
The Sojourner Truth lecture series is sponsored by the Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies of The Claremont Colleges and hosted this year by CMC President Pamela Brooks Gann.
Rediscovering the Passions in International Relations: History, Philosophy, and the Contemporary World
General Overview: Fear, Pride, and Greed in Thucydides and Today
Studies and writings about international relations have tended to emphasize the structures of power, military forces, and economic interests. The central idea of Pierre Hassner's series of Podlich Distinguished Lectures is that a full understanding of what goes on internationally must reexamine the human passions that are at work. Without minimizing the importance of the other factors, Hassner will seek to analyze the passions and their dialectical development in response to each other and to changing political, ideological and technological environments. He will conduct this inquiry through the examination of several different historical circumstances, competing philosophical interpretations, and particular features of our contemporary world.
In this first lecture, "General Overview: Fear, Pride, and Greed in Thucydides and Today," Hassner will present the central idea and overall scope of the lecture series as a whole and then turn to an examination of Thucydides' classic analysis of the basic passions involved in the conduct of international affairs. He will reflect on how adequate this understanding is in relation to later thinkers and historical periods, including our contemporary situation.
Subsequent lectures in this series will be "Taming the Passions: Projects of Modern Political Philosophy" (February 11, 4:15 p.m. in Bauer Forum); "Democratic and Totalitarian Passions in Modern Societies" (February 18 at the Athenaeum); and "Passions Unbound: Violence and Peace in Today's World" (February 25, 4:15 p.m. in Bauer Forum). A final session on Tuesday, March 3, at the Athenaeum will be a panel discussion on the subjects of the whole series among Pierre Hassner and several CMC professors.
Pierre Hassner, research director emeritus at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, taught for many years as professor of international relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and as a senior visiting lecturer at the European Center of Johns Hopkins University in Bologna. Born in Romania, Mr. Hassner studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. His major writings have focused on war and peace, totalitarianism, ethics and international relations, and international order. Two of his books present selections from his numerous articles: La violence et la paix: De la bombe atomique au nettoyage ethnique (1995; an English translation, Violence and Peace: From the Atomic Bomb to Ethnic Cleansing, appeared in 1997). La terreur et l'empire: Violence et Paix II (2003) has not yet been translated. His most recent co-edited book, Justifier la guerre? De l'humanitaire au contre-terrorisme (2005) has just appeared in English as Justifying War?: From Humanitarian Intervention to Counterterrorism.
It is a pleasure to have Pierre Hassner take part in the 2008-2009 William F. Podlich Distinguished Visitors Program. This program was generously endowed by CMC alumnus and trustee William F. Podlich '66, whose aim is to enrich the college intellectually by bringing preeminent figures in scholarship, business, and public affairs to campus for extended visits.
American Conservatism in the Age of Obama
LUNCH 11:30 a.m. LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Christopher DeMuth is one of our county's most important public intellectuals. He was president of the American Enterprise Institute, the country's leading conservative public policy institute, from 1986 until the end of this year. During the Reagan administration he was administrator for information and regulatory affairs in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief He has taught economics, law, and regulatory policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, practiced regulatory and antitrust law, and written issues of regulation, religion, and neo-conservatism.
Mr. DeMuth's Athenaeum lecture is sponsored by the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World at Claremont McKenna College.
Growing Emerging Economies through High-Impact Entrepreneurship: The Case of Mexico
Why are there so few entrepreneurs in emerging economies? Can entire countries be transformed by a few high-impact entrepreneurs? Fernando Fabre, Director for Mexico of the international not-for-profit organization, and a professor of management at Anahuac University in Mexico City, will review the evidence and address these questions in his Athenaeum address. High-impact entrepreneurs are those with the biggest ideas and most ambitious plans for scalable, high-growth businesses. They are expected to create companies that employ hundreds - even thousands - of people and generate millions in wages and revenue, encouraging social mobility. They have the potential to develop innovations that transform industries and communities.
Endeavor is a not-for-profit organization, financially supported by social entrepreneurs and public entities. Its approach is to identify and provide venture capital to high-impact entrepreneurs with the potential to inspire others in their communities to start businesses. This "multiplier effect" is expected to inspire a culture of entrepreneurship and generate additional value-added jobs.
Fernando Fabre is the Managing Director of Endeavor Mexico and professor of entrepreneurship at Anahuac University. He has been appointed by the Partnership for Prosperity Program in conjunction with the Mexican government to develop guidelines to build an entrepreneurial culture in Mexico. He currently serves on the board of directors of Lumni Inc (student lending program); on the investment committee of Ingenia Capital Partners (a venture capital fund) and as an advisory board member of Imagen Dental SRL (health), Alibio SRL (biotech) and Urman SA de CV (consumer goods). He is a current member of the editorial board of El Economista and Grupo Editorial Expansion, and is a biweekly columnist at El Economista newspaper on entrepreneurial affairs. He holds a master degree in economics from Claremont Graduate University in California and an MBA and B.A. in Managerial Economics from Universidad Anahuac del Sur. In 2003 the magazine Lideres Mexicanos called him a "Leader of the Future"; in 2005 the magazine. Fortuna called him the "Top Entrepreneur Supporter in Mexico"; and in 2007 the magazine Expansion identified him as one of the "30 under 30" Mexican leaders.
Professor Fabre's visit to campus is sponsored by the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College.
Drawn from the Heart
Leonard Cohen Artwork Exhibition
Opens Monday, February 9, 2009
The Gould Center and Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum are pleased to present "Drawn from the Heart," an exhibition of artwork from world-renowned artist, poet, and songwriter Leonard Cohen's private collection.
Leonard Cohen is widely regarded as one of the most influential artists of our time. In addition to his internationally recognized music and poetry, Cohen's artwork is taking center stage through the production of Book of Longing (2006), a concert work by world-renowned Philip Glass based on the poetry and artwork of Cohen's recently published book of the same name. Performances of Book of Longing are scheduled from February 25-March 1, 2009, at Garrison Theater, Scripps Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Spanning over 40 years, this collection highlights selected art from the drawings and journals of Cohen and reflects his life-long love of drawing. All images are produced with permanent pigmented ink on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper, finished with a hand-deckled edge. For each print, Cohen has signed, titled, numbered and dated, and embossed and stamped with his official seal.
Cohen is a Canadian born poet, novelist, and song-writer. In addition to his music, Cohen's collections of poetry, including Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), and Flowers for Hitler (1964), and his novels, including Beautiful Losers (1966), have brought him international recognition. His dual interests in music and literature have produced notable works, including the albums Various Positions (1984), I'm Your Man (1988), The Future (1992), Dear Heather (2004), and Blue Alert (2006). His songs, including "Suzanne," Hallelujah," and "Bird on a Wire," have been covered by hundreds of artists including Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and k.d. Lang. In recognition of his remarkable work, Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also is a Companion of the Order of Canada, that nation's highest civilian honor. In March 2008, Cohen was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The exhibition will open to the public on Monday, February 9 and can be viewed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. Eighth Street, Claremont, Calif. The Athenaeum may be closed to the public on holidays and for scheduled events. For more information about viewing times, please call (909) 621-8244.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College.
For more information about the Book of Longing performances, please visit www.claremontmckenna.edu/gould.
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The All Blacks will play seven Tests at home in 2013, including the clash against the Springboks at Eden Park.
The Boks will have to travel to Auckland during next year's Rugby Championships on 14 September and face the title holders at Eden Park, where South Africa last won in 1937. The All Blacks have beaten the visitors five out of eight times at the venue.
France will also tour New Zealand during the June Test window for a three-match repeat of the 2011 World Cup final. Les Bleus will tackle the world champions in Auckland (8 June), Christchurch (15 June) and New Plymouth (22 June).
The All Blacks host the Wallabies in two of the three Bledisloe Cup Tests. One will be a Rugby Championship fixture in Wellington on 24 August, while the other will be played in Dunedin on 19 October.
The Pumas travel to Hamilton on 7 September.

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Welcome to my blog(s)! I have two. This one is for sketches, tutorials, and other "bloggish" stuff.
Be sure to visit my PORTFOLIO PAGE, where you'll find my real work.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
NY Skyline Backdrop
Anyway, not to be out done, here's the backdrop I did for this year's show, Broadway Bound...a musical review that follows three groups of kids, competing to win a trip to Broadway.
I painted it in Photoshop. Then we printed it 10' x 16' (that's about 3m x 5m, for you metric people), and hung it on stage. One of the other parents works at an industrial printing facility. They've got one printer that can print 16' across!
Ahh, the interesting things you get to do when you're a parent.
23 comments:
- Szabó Jenő said...
wow. it looks great for metric eyes.
- April 9, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Joseph Mingoo Lee said...
that is so incredibly beautiful! interesting technique too!
- April 9, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Logan Pearsall said...
really beautiful!
- April 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Adam said...
It's nice to see that you can apply artistic skills from your career into parenting. :D
Also 16-foot printers sound awesome
- April 9, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Patrick Desilets said...
WOW. That is gorgeous.
- April 9, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- roy santua said...
Exactly feel your joy being a parent! Good to see you again last week, Paul.
- April 9, 2011 at 5:10 PM
- SHOo said...
HA! You kill me every time! That's beautiful!
- April 10, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- Vanechat said...
I really love the atmosphere of the painting ! Nice work :)
- April 11, 2011 at 1:15 AM
- Ruby Chen said...
what a gorgeous piece ;D
- April 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Andrea Pucci said...
It'so beautiful!
- April 15, 2011 at 12:42 AM
- qstom said...
Awww so nice! If I had a kid I would love this as a wallpaper on his/her sleeping room!
- April 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- roque said...
Lush colors and great atmosphere. You make it look easy.
- April 19, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Bruno Hamzagic said...
simple amazing!
- April 23, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Jason Scheier said...
great stuff as usual Paul! Love the simple graphic nature~ I remember you telling me about this backdrop! ;)
- April 27, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Dilanka S said...
Beautiful Work!
- April 27, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Charis said...
Love it. I look to your blog often for inspiration because you have such a mastery of color, atmosphere, and edge control. Keep up the good work an thank you for sharing!
- May 1, 2011 at 1:46 AM
- Boris Z said...
I love it!!! Amazing as always
- May 1, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Richard Vallerand said...
Very nice design... must've been quite something as a backdrop on stage.
- May 31, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- J. S. Ferguson said...
Well done! :) I would love to see how the backdrop looks on stage with the actors all in front of it. Very cool.
- July 5, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- iscary said...
I love thee colors in this!
- July 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Gracia said...
Beautiful colurs and style! love it!! :) I bet it looked great in such a large print!! :D
- August 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- luca said...
paul, i want you to know that if you publish a book with your art, I'll buy at least two copies! ;)
- October 27, 2011 at 3:01 AM
- Clipping Path Service said...
Thats cool!
Can you share your technique.... how to do that in Photoshop????
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Inevitably, following the general pleasure at the news the Osama bin Laden is finally residing in Hell, it will come to light that certain members of the Left are quietly miserable over his passing. They are the ones for whom evil is not really definable, terror is in the eye of the beholder and America is always wrong. In other words, most of the hard Left and virtually the entire media elite. That's a pretty big list, so I thought I should narrow it down to the ones who will be the most despondent over this delightful news for America.
In accordance with the new tone of civility, NRB suggests you send a personal sympathy card to each grieving individual on the list. You can click here and email this highly appropriate condolence with just the right touch of maudlin snark. (Contact information will be provided.)
10. Patty Murray
Dubbed the "dumbest woman in congress" (although I think Cynthia McKinney is suing for the rights to that title), Patty Murray once lauded bin Laden's kindness and generosity in comparison to the callous and brutal America. No, really.
Trying to explain why Osama bin Laden might be popular in the Arab world while Americans were not, she said he was "building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities, building health-care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We have not done that."
Nah, America hasn't built any schools or roads or infrastructure, unless you count the 133 health clinics built by Americans at a cost of $345 million or the water treatment plants now serving almost 2 million people that cost the American taxpayers $1.6 billion or the new sewer system benefiting over 5 million people to the tune of $254 million. Nope, according to Murray we just bomb stuff and bin Laden is the real hero.
To send Senator Murray a condolence card, post on her Twitter page (@PattyMurray) or her Facebook page and show her you care. After all, one man's brutal dictator is another man's fuzzy-wuzzy love-muffin who builds schools.
9. Medea Benjamin and the staff of Code Pink
Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink and famed champion of the Muslim Brotherhood and bloody die-ins, is searching for meaning in the death of Bin Laden.
Let us give meaning to the death of Osama Bin Laden by putting an end to the violence. Sign the petition to President Obama: Enough — Let the Peace Begin.
Yes, let's search deep within ourselves to find meaning in the death of a madman who seriously had it coming. That sounds like a ginormous waste of time. While the Left is doing that, I'm going to clip more coupons to help offset the skyrocketing inflation. I can feel the peace already.
What confounds me about Benjamin is for all we know she might have been working for bin Laden! But since the word "traitor" has absolutely no meaning anymore she's free to traipse about the globe stabbing her country in the back. She has hand delivered a letter from Hamas to Obama. She has hand delivered $600,000 to militant Muslim insurgents responsible for killing American soldiers. She's a courier for terror! Despite her machinations to appear glad that bin Laden is dead, I would bet it's just the opposite.
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8. Cynthia McKinney
Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, most famous for socking a Capitol Hill police officer in the face for asking her for ID, has a long history of embarrassing herself and her nation. But while her "Jerry Springer Show" antics were kind of funny at home, it got ugly when she took the show on the road.
While trying for the second time to get through an Israeli blockade to deliver "humanitarian" supplies to Hamas (which usually amounts to large amounts of cash that gets used to buy more rockets to shoot at Israeli children) McKinney was arrested. From an Israeli prison, she penned this laugh-riot.
Zionism has surely run out of its last legitimacy if this is what it does to people who believe so deeply in human rights for all that they put their own lives on the line for someone else's children. Israel is the fullest expression of Zionism, but if Israel fears for its security because Gaza's children have crayons then not only has Israel lost its last shred of legitimacy, but Israel must be declared a failed state.
I agree that Israel is a failed state; they failed to rid us of McKinney. I was hoping for a life sentence. Considering McKinney's hatred of Israel, she has lost a kindred spirit in bin Laden in the fight against the evil Zionists.
Send your e-greeting of sympathy to McKinney via Twitter or Facebook.
7. Michael Moore
Michael Moore famously stated emphatically after the towers fell that there is no terrorist threat. And since Moore doesn't believe in terrorists, it's not surprising he finds himself very concerned over Bin Laden's burial at sea. He tweeted his disapproval.
OBL buried at sea according 2 Muslim tradition. Yes most Muslim funerals I've attended, we got in a chopper & tossed the deceased in L. Erie
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I think rockets are being fired by your own sources, since less than ten israelis have been killed by them. You are bullshitting the world as you pocket money made from arms sales, along with bibi and your agents in Hamas. step down all men in power!
These kind of theories could have been written by Bin Laden himself. For all we know, that's where she got them! Maybe she was a big YouTube fan of his. I guess we'll never know. Her recent tweets suggests she's glad he's dead, but I don't think she really understood him. If she had, she would realize he supported all the same things she does like the destruction of Israel, lying about Israel and ginning up hate stories about Israel. And I heard he liked to dress up like Hitler and bake little replicas of Jews in his oven too.
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i would say, Sloan is the better scorer, Roberts is the better shooter, and they are both no the best playmakers
I hope Donald Sloan is better playmaker then Roberts. Rivers have to become more consistent at 3PT shots, he can also learn from Gordon how to finish at the rim or draw a foul.
i would say, Sloan is the better scorer, Roberts is the better shooter, and they are both no the best playmakers
Sloan can definitely do that. Finishes well from what I've seen and remember.just give me a PG who can get to the hoop please
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On February 8, 2012, he signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets.[16] He was not re-signed after that 10-day contract expired,[17] but he later joined the Cleveland Cavaliers on March 16. On December 25, 2012, Sloan was waived by the Cavaliers.
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Monty Williams on the Sloan signing: We need some coverage at that position. Im playing Greivis (Vasquez) a lot of minutes, sometimes the whole second half. Thats not something we want to do all year. So were going to take a look at a few guys and see if anybody sticks. Were always trying to add guys to help our program. (Sloan) was here last year, so he has an idea of what we expect. Hes a tough kid. What I liked about him last year was his ability to defend and attack the basket. He wasnt afraid of anyone or big moments. So well see how it goes. (Jarrett) Jack was out last year, and (Sloan) was pretty good for us. When Jack came back, that was a tough cut, because we liked him a lot. He worked his butt off. Wed like it to go well this time.
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Sloans first contribution to the Hornets was falling over while backpedaling.
Or GV is not involved, but Roberts is a filler, so you need to replace Roberts.
I'm sorry to the GV lovers, but i'm still hoping for something like... the 1st, GV and Henry/Smith for Jennings and Sanders.
GV is not going anywhere. He is the heart and soul of this team.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/features/rumorsDonte Greene had agreed to a contract with the Brooklyn Nets prior to the season, but he broke his ankle during a workout.
Greene is now healthy and according to Alex Kennedy of Hoopsworld, he plans to start working out for teams on Jan. 11.
Kennedy lists the Nets, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Hornets and San Antonio Spurs as the teams that have interest in the forward.
Saw this on ESPN today, do you think the Hornets would want to sign Green? I don't know much about him.
And I don't think GV is going anywhere at least this year. Monty brought in Sloan to relieve GV of minutes he plays. He wouldn't care about GV's minutes if we were about to trade him.
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ELON — Given the sometimes-slippery handle on the ball for the Eastern Guilford baseball team Friday night, another factor played a crucial role for the Wildcats.
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Nothing demonstrated that more than the final play in the 5-3 upending of host Western Alamance in the third round of the Class 3-A state playoffs.
"That shows how much of a team we are," said pitcher Caleb Robinson, who threw a five-hitter. "It took two people to catch the ball."
That came on the last out of the game. With a runner on base and two outs, Western Alamance's Kevin Burns lofted a blooper into shallow center field. Second baseman Ben Horne lunged for the ball, and it deflected into the air. That's when shortstop Marque Johnson dove to make the game-ending catch.
"I looked at the ball in the air," Johnson said. "(I thought), 'Go get it.' "
Perhaps it was fitting.
"We preach to have each other's back," Eastern Guilford coach Jay White said. "We were right there."
Eastern Guilford (17-11) will head to Orange (24-2), a 4-1 winner against Gray's Creek, for Tuesday night's East Regional semifinal.
It might be difficult to top the drama of defeating a neighboring rival on its home field for the third time this season. Western Alamance (22-6) suffered half of its losses to the Wildcats, taking some of the tarnish off a Mid-State 3-A Conference regular-season championship.
Especially when the fourth-place Wildcats broke a seventh-inning tie with two runs as Andrew Robinson and Luke Robinson provided one-out, run-scoring singles.
"We just stick together the whole time," Caleb Robinson said.
The Warriors had seen some of this before from Eastern Guilford.
"It wasn't anything strange," Western Alamance coach Lance Huff. "We're playing them for the fourth time."
But for the Wildcats, it was nearly a comfortable situation even though they committed six errors.
"No disrespect, but we had a lot of confidence coming in over here after beating these guys twice," White said.
Western Alamance tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on Jay Carter's sacrifice fly. The Warriors left two runners on base.
Earlier, it was a matter of defensive malfunctions leading to runs.
Eastern Guilford scored an unearned run in the third inning when Andrew Robinson provided an RBI groundout. Western Alamance answered with Michael Olenoski's lead-off double in the bottom of the inning, and he later scored on an error.
"Third round of the state playoffs, you don't expect to be giving runs back and forth to each other and that's what we did," Huff said. "Then they earned some. We couldn't get key hits and then they got some key hits late in the game.
"We had opportunities to get some more runs in the late innings. We got guys to second and third base."
Johnson and Horne singled and scored in the fourth for Eastern Guilford, with Jordan Rohrer and Jacob Finerty supplying run-scoring singles.
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Caleb Robinson struck out five.
Olenoski was the losing pitcher, lasting until he gave up the first run in the seventh.
Rohrer, with two singles, was the only player in the game with more than one hit.
Eastern Guilford played most of the game without lead-off batter and center fielder Ryan Hackett. He suffered a cut left arm chasing Olenoski's third-inning double when he crashed into the outfield fence.
That caused a 12-minute delay, and Hackett departed for additional medical treatment. A half-inning later, the fencing signage in left-center field that appeared responsible for the injury was removed from the field of play.
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"We started the name based on childhood memories," co-owner Ashleigh Shirley said.
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In addition to soups and salads, sides include fruit, baked french fries and baked rice and adzuki bean chips. The chips are low in sodium and cholesterol and high in fiber, Shirley said.
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It's week 28 of our Kansas sesquicentennial video series and we're taking a closer look at our Trade Card collection. Trade cards were an early form of advertising and marketing and have existed since the early 17th century. Made from paper, these handouts contained information about a business's location and the goods it offered. They can also reveal the era's cultural values. "During the height of popularity for the chromolithographic trade card, from 1880-1900, popular culture was an inspiration for many of the designs."


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – RedHawk junior Alix Thurman led the way for Miami on Day 3 of the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional. Thurman won both of her back draw singles matches on Sunday and will be the only Miami player still competing on Monday.
Thurman won 6-3, 6-0 over Eastern Kentucky University' Milena Poffo and then came out victorious in a lengthy 6-4, 5-6(4-7), 6-5(7-3). Thurman will face Ball State's Kristel Sanders at 8 a.m. on Monday morning.
In main draw singles action, senior Christiana Raymond defeated the 6th seed, Liza Tymchenko of Memphis, 7-6(7-4), 6-4. Raymond dropped her next match 4-6, 5-7 in the round of 16 to University of Kentucky's Aldila Sutjiadi, the 12th seed. RedHawk junior Christine Guerrazzi lost to third-seeded Georgina Sellyn of Vanderbilt by a score of 7-6(5-6), 2-6, 3-6 in the second round of the 64-player field.
Sophomore Chloe Heerden lost her backdraw singles match 2-6, 4-6 against Chatanooga's Alexa Flynn while freshman Andreea Badileanu did not compete in her match due to an injury.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It took exactly 97 minutes of soccer but in the end, James Alexander's goal gave Queens a 1-0 victory of Pfeiffer University in Conference Carolinas men's soccer action on Tuesday night. The win moves the Royals to 3-1 overall, 2-0 in league play while the Falcons, playing their third overtime contest in four matches, fall in their league opener dipping to 0-3-1 overall.
In the extra session, Yannick Fischbach sent a pass from the right over to Alexander who found the back of the net inside the six-yard box for the game-winner. Queens took all three shots in the extra period.
A fairly quiet first half saw the Falcons out-shoot the Royals 5-2. Three Pfeiffer shots went high, one went wide and the only save of the period came off of a Boo Tesh (Kannapolis, NC) shot in the 14th minute.
Alex Moreno (Huntersville, NC) would make his first save of the night in the 66th minute of action turning away a Jeremy Chambers attempt. The Falcons final shot of the match came in the 72nd minute as Alex Landim (Brockton, MA) booted a shot above the cage.
Queens outshot Pfeiffer 12-3 in the second half as Moreno made a half-dozen saves on the night. The Falcons will return home on Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. matchup against visiting Erskine.


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IBM Smart Cloud Enterprise is offered as a service called IaaS to deliver the best infrastructure for any business. The user then gets access to IBM's virtual server and all the resources that go with it. The services are flexible and the security is unmatched. It also provides a cloud for private and open cloud architecture, while giving software business solutions at the same time.
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One would be mistaken if one thinks that all clouds have the same things to offer. That is simply not true and the IBM cloud is far superior in every way to the other clouds in the market. IBM Smart Cloud Enterprise has the following to offer –
- The environment provided is ready for production with complete control over administration and management.
- Multi-level security is in place which protects all your data and operations with isolation options.
- You can align the cloud to meet your specific business requirements.
- The unique infrastructure will keep the IBM cloud and network separated from other.
The Intelligence of an IBM Smart Cloud
IBM has brought about many unique features, such as the following, which makes the cloud environment smarter than ever before.
- Strong platform with many hardware and software options. You get to choose your preferred operating system and the type of network that you want.
- Includes Power systems offered by IBM itself, based on point-of-delivery designs.
- Makes use of IBM system storage, which can be tailor made to suit your needs.
- Powerful environment offers the users advanced networking structure. Equipped with self-contained storage, network and computing units, the resources can be shared among many users or can be used as a dedicated connection for a single user.
When one thinks of IBM, one may be thinking that the costs will be high as the brand name demands. However, nothing is further from the truth, and the IBM Smart Cloud Enterprise can actually aid in cutting down on operation costs as well as capital investments. It will increase your production considerably, thus enabling you to meet market demands more quickly and easily.
Health care systems across the globe are under enormous strain, as facilities reach capacity and costs continue to rise. M2M and the Internet of Things have the potential to transform the industry through connected health solutions that can make care more efficient while reducing costs. In fact, Vodafone's annual M2M Barometer Report forecasts M2M applications rising to 57 percent in health care and life sciences by 2016. Lively is one of Vodafone's health care partners, whose solutions enable older adults to live independent lives while staying connected to loved ones. M2M will continue to gr...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MetraTech, now part of Ericsson, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Ericsson is the driving force behind the Networked Society- a world leader in communications infrastructure, software and services. Some 40% of the world's mobile traffic runs through networks Ericsson has supplied, serving more than 2.5 billion subscribers.
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In this session, James Kirkland, Red Hat's Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems, will describe how to revolutionize your architecture and...
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The 4th International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 17th International Cloud Expo - to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA - announces that its Call for Papers is open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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The enterprise market will drive IoT device adoption over the next five years. In his session at @ThingsExpo, John Greenough, an analyst at BI Intelligence, division of Business Insider, will analyze how companies will adopt IoT products and the associated cost of adopting those products. John Greenough is the lead analyst covering the Internet of Things for BI Intelligence- Business Insider's paid research service. Numerous IoT companies have cited his analysis of the IoT. Prior to joining BI Intelligence, he worked analyzing bank technology for Corporate Insight and The Clearing House Pay...
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As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Bolwell, Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, discussed how key attributes of mobile technology – touch input, sensors, social, and ...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that BMC will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. BMC delivers software solutions that help IT transform digital enterprises for the ultimate competitive business advantage. BMC has worked with thousands of leading companies to create and deliver powerful IT management services. From mainframe to cloud to mobile, BMC pairs high-speed digital innovation with robust IT industrialization – allowing customers to provide amazing user experiences with optimized IT per...
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The world is at a tipping point where the technology, the device and global adoption are converging to such a point that we will see an explosion of a world where smartphone devices not only allow us to talk to each other, but allow for communication between everything – serving as a central hub from which we control our world – MediaTek is at the heart of both driving this and allowing the markets to drive this reality forward themselves. The next wave of consumer gadgets is here – smart, connected, and small. If your ambitions are big, so are ours. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jack Hu, D...
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo, June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be
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The multi-trillion economic opportunity around the "Internet of Things" (IoT) is emerging as the hottest topic for investors in 2015. As we connect the physical world with information technology, data from actions, processes and the environment can increase sales, improve efficiencies, automate daily activities and minimize risk. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ed Maguire, Senior Analyst at CLSA Americas, will describe what is new and different about IoT, explore financial, technological and real-world impact across consumer and business use cases. Why now? Significant corporate and venture...
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Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
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The Internet of Things is not only adding billions of sensors and billions of terabytes to the Internet. It is also forcing a fundamental change in the way we envision Information Technology. For the first time, more data is being created by devices at the edge of the Internet rather than from centralized systems. What does this mean for today's IT professional? In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists will addresses this very serious issue of profound change in the industry.
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WebRTC defines no default signaling protocol, causing fragmentation between WebRTC silos. SIP and XMPP provide possibilities, but come with considerable complexity and are not designed for use in a web environment. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Matthew Hodgson, technical co-founder of the Matrix.org, discussed how Matrix is a new non-profit Open Source Project that defines both a new HTTP-based standard for VoIP & IM signaling and provides reference implementations.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that O'Reilly Media has been named "Media Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participa...
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"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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There will be 150 billion connected devices by 2020. New digital businesses have already disrupted value chains across every industry. APIs are at the center of the digital business. You need to understand what assets you have that can be exposed digitally, what their digital value chain is, and how to create an effective business model around that value chain to compete in this economy. No enterprise can be complacent and not engage in the digital economy. Learn how to be the disruptor and not the disruptee.
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2015 predictions circa 1970: houses anticipate our needs and adapt, city infrastructure is citizen and situation aware, office buildings identify and preprocess you. Today smart buildings have no such collective conscience, no shared set of fundamental services to identify, predict and synchronize around us. LiveSpace and M2Mi are changing that. LiveSpace Smart Environment devices deliver over the M2Mi IoT Platform real time presence, awareness and intent analytics as a service to local connected devices. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Sarah Cooper, VP Business of Development at M2Mi, will d...
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....and I shot -10 at Buffalo Trace. I kind of feel like they are quite generous on their pars, but then again I don't play much other than there and Severin Lang. I know that SL requires more distance on shots than I have in my arm and there's no way I'd be close to par there.
Anyway, I see people playing in the tournaments on here and wonder if a guy like me that can shoot -10 at Buffalo Trace could participate without looking like a total jerk, lol. I just started playing last year and I know that I'm not that good, but I wonder how far away I would be from the competition.


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First Known Use: before 12th century
noun \ˈspēd\
: the rate at which someone or something moves or travels
: the rate at which something happens or is done
: the quality of being quick
Full Definition of SPEED
archaic : prosperity in an undertaking : success
: swiftness or rate of performance or action : velocity 3a
a : the sensitivity of a photographic film, plate, or paper expressed numericallyb : the light-gathering power of a lens or optical systemc : the time during which a camera shutter is open
: a transmission gear in automotive vehicles or bicycles —usually used in combination <a ten-speed bicycle>
: someone or something that appeals to one's taste <just my speed>
— speed·ster \ˈspēd-stər\ noun
— up to speed
: operating at full effectiveness or potential
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Examples of SPEED
- This instrument measures wind speed.
- The machine was operating at high speed.
- traveling at nearly the speed of light
- Under the right conditions the car can reach speeds over 200 miles an hour.
- The vehicle maintained a speed of 40 miles per hour.
- The work was done with remarkable speed.
- This computer works at a much faster processing speed than my old one.
- The machine chops up tree branches and leaves with speed and ease.
Origin of SPEED
Middle English spede, from Old English spēd; akin to Old High German spuot prosperity, speed, Old English spōwan to succeed, Latin spes hope, Lithuanian spėti to be in time
Related to SPEED
Rhymes with SPEED
: to move fast
: to move (someone or something) somewhere very quickly
: to drive faster than the legal speed limit
sped \ˈsped\ or speed·edspeed·ing
Full Definition of SPEED
intransitive verb
a : to make haste <sped to her bedside>b : to go or drive at excessive or illegal speed
: to move, work, or take place faster : accelerate <the heart speeds up>
transitive verb
a archaic : to cause or help to prosper : aidb : to further the success of
a : to cause to move quickly : hastenb : to wish Godspeed toc : to increase the speed of : accelerate
: to send out <speed an arrow>
— speed·er noun
Examples of SPEED
- A group of kids sped past us on their bikes.
- They jumped in the car and sped away.
- A car was speeding down the street.
- An ambulance sped her to the hospital.
- I got pulled over twice last month because I was speeding on the highway.
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before 12th century
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- barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, hurry, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
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A group of old classmates are getting together later this month for a bittersweet reunion to help an old friend.
Bruce Hemmingway, son of former Jacksonville City Clerk Bill Hemmingway, was returning to his
"He was such an active guy," longtime friend Brad Padgett said. "He was working every day and loving life."
A fundraiser and motorcycle ride is being planned for June 22 in
Padgett, like many of Hemmingway's other friends, met him while growing up in
"We lived for surfing," Starzinski said. "We'd get out of school and say 'let's go surfing.'"
But it was Hemmingway's love of life and others that friends brought up most frequently when talking about him.
"Bruce is always jovial and friendly," said former classmate and friend Sabrina Guy. "He always has a positive attitude."
Hemmingway and his friends kept in touch and remained friends after graduating, gathering for reunions and celebrating milestone birthdays. Most of them, though, went their own ways. Hemmingway moved out to the
"I just thought, 'Why Bruce?'," Starzinski said. "Bruce is the kind of guy this isn't supposed to happen to. Why do the good guys always get hurt?"
Padgett said he was floored, and Guy said she was devastated.
"(Hemmingway and his wife, Vicki's) lives will never be the same," she said.
Guy, among others, found out through one of Hemmingway's closest friends: Elena Sosa. Like Starzinsky, Padgett and Guy, Sosa grew up with Hemmingway and went to Jacksonville High, graduating with Hemmingway in 1977. After a long stint in Southern California, Sosa moved back to Eastern North Carolina to be near her father a couple of weeks before Hemmingway's accident. Sosa was planning for a visit from Hemmingway and his wife when she heard about the wreck.
"Your first instinct is to ask 'is he still alive,'" said Sosa. "Tears were shed."
Sosa visits Hemmingway at WakeMed in
"You rub his arm or his shoulder and you know he can't feel it," said Sosa.
Sosa said the Hemmingways have had to close up their business of 17 years and remodel their home to make it handicapped accessible. There's already been a fundraising event held in the
"The Hemmingways are such a big part of this town," Sosa said. "I had to do something."
Sosa "got the ball rolling" on the Team Hemmingway fundraiser and motorcycle ride and has been recruiting old friends to rally around Hemmingway and his family, a task that has been keeping Sosa busy.
"This is like a full time job now," she said.
The Team Hemmingway fundraiser and motorcycle ride will start at June 22 with registration for the motorcycle ride, which begins at
"There's no stopping Bruce," Sosa said.
For more information on the upcoming event, contact Elena Sosa at 818-489-7658.