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NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio admits he felt a little odd when he got a deal for his own show, "The Pauly D Project," on MTV.
"I felt a little strange," he said, adding that his "Jersey Shore" co-stars were happy for him.
"I got a text from everybody when they heard," the 31-year-old from Providence, R.I., said in a recent interview. "They were all happy for me, and so I'm glad that they're happy."
Castmates Jenni "JWoww" Farley and Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi are filming their own spinoff for MTV, but the entire cast will return to the shore this summer for season six of "Jersey Shore".
Pauly isn't completely alone on his new show, which debuts Thursday (10:30 p.m. EDT). His longtime friends from home are also featured as cameras follow his busy schedule of DJ'ing, personal appearances and other ventures.
He's been a DJ since he was 16. His first gig was at a Sweet 16 party, where he says he "killed it" and knew "this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."
Still, working as a DJ at clubs in Rhode Island didn't pay the bills. Pauly said he "lived paycheck to paycheck," working as a car salesman during the day and a DJ at night.
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"They're still rock stars in my eyes. I've been playing their music since before they ever knew I existed," he said.
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1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain, 2but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. 3For our exhortation is not from error or from impurity or with deceit, 4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts. 5For never#Literally "for neither ever" did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God is witness), 6nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others. 7Although we could have insisted on our own importance#Literally "being able to be with a claim of importance"#*Here the participle ("being able") is understood as concessive as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
9For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe, 11just as you know how we treated each one of you, like a father his own children, 12exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
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13And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that when you#*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("received") which is understood as temporal received God's word that you heard#Literally "of hearing" from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe. 14For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same things at the hands of your own people, just as they themselves did also at the hands of the Jews, 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and who are not pleasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.#Or "has come upon them at last"
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17But when#*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were made orphans by separation") which is understood as temporal we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for a short time#Literally "the time of an hour" (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face, 18because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, on more than one occasion#Literally "both once and twice"—and Satan hindered us. 19For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20For you are our glory and joy.
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The investment will increase capacity and add up to 236 new jobs to Thomas Built Buses' Saf-T-Liner C2 operations.
North Carolina cracks down on stop-arm running
October 21, 2014
Troopers across the state are focusing on illegal passing of school buses and other school-related traffic violations this week as part of Operation Stop Arm.
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September 25, 2014
Efren Vences, the man accused of striking and killing 13-year-old Keith Jones at his bus stop Tuesday morning, apologized to the boy's family on Wednesday, saying the incident was destroying him and that he couldn't tell what hit his car because it was dark out. Meanwhile, a Go Fund Me page set up to help cover funeral expenses has raised more than $16,000.
Student shocked with stun gun after misbehaving on school bus
September 16, 2014
A freshman student of Garinger High School in North Carolina was allegedly "causing problems on the bus" when a school resource officer tried to talk the student down and then restrained him before using his stun gun. Police said the officer shocked the student after he cursed at the officer and tried to punch him.
Fire that damaged 4 buses being investigated as suspicious
July 8, 2014
The Wake County (N.C.) Public School System school buses caught fire last week in a lot at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School. An initial review ruled out an electrical short as the cause, and although other buses in the same lot were vandalized and damaged earlier last week, it is not clear whether the fire is related to that incident, officials said.
Bus driver credibility weakens bus-passing fatality case
June 26, 2014
New evidence, which forced an earlier mistrial in a case about a car driver allegedly passing a stopped school bus, striking and killing Hasani Wesley, 11, led to a prosecution plea deal. At issue was whether the bus was stopped, with red lights flashing and stop arm out, when Wesley was hit, but the bus driver's record and her supervisor conducting an improper investigation significantly weakened the case against the car driver.
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May 29, 2014
Joyce Key was named Driver of the Year at a Bus Drivers Appreciation Banquet last week. Key began driving a school bus 29 years ago and has not had an accident.
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The federal agency selects the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Division of Air Quality in the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources for a Clean Air Excellence Award in the Transportation Efficiency Innovations category. The program that the EPA recognizes, "Clean School Bus NC: Kids Breathe Here," is chosen for its impact, innovation and replicability.
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March 3, 2014
In 2010, the school bus manufacturer became the primary sponsor for Oak Hill Elementary School in High Point, N.C., as part of an effort to improve the school's performance. Thomas Built's funding and volunteer support have helped Oak Hill Elementary become the highest performing Title 1 school in the state, officials say.
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February 24, 2014
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation attends Friday's main Love the Bus event in High Point, N.C., and says school bus drivers are "unsung heroes." In a follow-up blog post on Monday, he says that the data on school transportation indicate that the safest way for students to get to school is on a school bus with a "well-trained driver." He adds that the data are "even more remarkable when you think about just how many students are riding the bus every day."
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November 26, 2013
Thirty-five buses in New Hanover County (N.C.) Schools' Laney Bus Garage were vandalized over the weekend, delaying many bus pickups on Monday. The estimated cost of damage is between $14,000 and $18,000, including labor costs.
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October 1, 2013
Four students nominated Andrews, a driver for Pender County (N.C.) Schools, in the annual Children's Choice contest. Two of those students tie for first place for their essays about Andrews, who one says "loves helping people of all ages and wouldn't hurt a fly."
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Under the state's budget that was approved earlier this summer, a school bus is eligible for replacement when it is either 20 years old or has been operated for 250,000 miles, up from 200,000 miles. While advocates of the changes say that it will save money and promote more efficient use of school buses, some industry officials express differing views.
North Carolina district expects big savings with GPS system
August 28, 2013
Pitt County Schools recently deployed GPS kits from Synovia Solutions to help parents keep tabs on their children and increase efficiency. A district-wide study found that changes like reduced idling and mileage and improved driver payroll management could save nearly $194,000 per year.
Transportation director launches bus safety campaign
August 26, 2013
Rodney Hardy, who oversees transportation at North Carolina's Surry County Schools, creates the "Stop for a LIFE!" campaign in response to the deaths of four children due to stop-arm running. His wife designs T-shirts that will be distributed at a local Walmart along with bus safety materials.
North Carolina district makes changes for smoother bus service
August 22, 2013
The Wake County Public School System has hired more bus drivers, developed more realistic bus routes and improved how parents can access information about transportation in an effort to prevent the problems that occurred at the beginning of the last school year. Last school year, there were complaints about buses arriving very late or not at all.
North Carolina approves stiffer penalties for bus passers
July 24, 2013
Gov. Pat McCrory signs into law a bill that stipulates that the fines for bus-passing violators would range from $500 to $2,500, depending on whether the motorist is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony. The bill — known as The Hasani N. Wesley Students' School Bus Safety Act — also includes provisions regarding license revocation.
Jones County school bus driver named North Carolina's best
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Charles Mantie places first at the annual North Carolina State School Bus Roadeo. The Jones County Public Schools driver earns the distinction after navigating a school bus through an obstacle course that tested drivers' skills in mastering a diminishing clearance, backing, making a tight turn and parallel parking.
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reesiecup 7 years
can someone please give this poor man an Oscar??? how many movies does he need to die in to prove himself as an actor?! :P
kristenglitz 7 years
he was the cutest boy ever in titanic........ lose some weight leo while you still got it
CKYgrrl 7 years
you can see Leo's...uh...business, in Total Eclipse and in some random paparazzi shot and he's all...good...in that area...so you and Perez can lay off. And who cares anyway. Nothing more tragic than a guy with mucho that has no idea how to use it. I've always read (around the 'nets) that Leo will rawk ur sox off. I'm done now...and blushing.
MartiniLush 7 years
:rotfl: NotMe!
MartiniLush 7 years
:rotfl: NotMe!
NotMeAnymore 7 years
Oh! D'oh.Whew....those little girls on Just Jared who are slamming Leo for this sure look silly now!Well, sillIER ;)
NotMeAnymore 7 years
Oh! D'oh. Whew....those little girls on Just Jared who are slamming Leo for this sure look silly now! Well, sillIER ;)
MartiniLush 7 years
The whole story....about Zac Efron....http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/11/07/leonardo-dicaprio-zac-efron/Does this help?
MartiniLush 7 years
The whole story....about Zac Efron.... http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/11/07/leonardo-dicaprio-zac-efron/ Does this help?
NotMeAnymore 7 years
Which story?Signed,Confused
NotMeAnymore 7 years
Which story? Signed, Confused
groovy4 7 years
The whole story was fabricated, Leo`s rep confirmed it.
groovy4 7 years
Zac doesn`t have much right now to compare to Leo I think. Neither in the looks nor in the acting department.I loved your comment, annalisa. :D
groovy4 7 years
Zac doesn`t have much right now to compare to Leo I think. Neither in the looks nor in the acting department. I loved your comment, annalisa. :D
mrsld 7 years
Leo will always be a sex symbol for me. Zac, although he has crazy sick abs, is not a package. Leo is hot, can act, is intelligent and politically aware. That's a package!
missbec 7 years
I was definitely one of the Leo-crazed teenagers after seeing Romeo & Juliet - which to this day is still one of my favorite movies. :D I agree with you guys that Zac couldn't hold a candle to Leo. There's just no comparison.
CaterpillarGirl 7 years
Dont you worry your giant head Leo, I never thought of you as a sex symbol and Zac? never in a million years but thanks for passing the torch to him, He is a flamer.
annalisa 7 years
No, Leo you're right, you haven't met me yet...then you'll be ready for marriage :)
i_love_miu 7 years
Um, Leo dear, you can act, Mr Efron cannot
i_love_miu 7 years
Um, Leo dear, you can act, Mr Efron cannot
sidra5397 7 years
Interesting... I bet Efron is having heart palpitations that one of his major idols said he had respect for him. :)
hillymae 7 years
Umm zac effron is not the new Leo, atleast Leo can act and be hot.
berrypeachie 7 years
Zac Effron can never replace Leo! NOOOO :(Leo ages well. :] hehehehe
berrypeachie 7 years
Zac Effron can never replace Leo! NOOOO :( Leo ages well. :] hehehehe
NotMeAnymore 7 years
Aside from that, everybody with a brain knows that Perez is a douche who hungers after Leonardo.If Perez wrote that the moon is round, I'd question it. He's that much of a fool.


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The third installment of Night at the Museum, Secret of the Tomb, is led by American actor Ben Stiller, but our British friends are on deck to fill in the gaps with their supporting roles.
Fall has arrived and with its changing leaves comes the return of the new primetime season. Our favorite shows may be coming off hiatus, but there will be plenty of new ones to get your claws hooked into, and with them, some familiar …
It's no secret Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan of all things British. … she did marry English rock star Chris Martin of Coldplay. She's been a card carrying member of the Anglophile club for a while.
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This article discusses the consequences of the latest Israeli massacres in Gaza in relation to its global consequences for Human Rights and Global Anti-Semitism today. The first part is a discussion of the consequences of Gaza towards Human Rights. The second part is a discussion of the consequences of Gaza towards global anti-semitism. The last part is a discussion about Fundamentalism in the world today.
I. Human Rights After Gaza
Any discussion of Human Rights today needs to acknowledge the following three postulates:
1st Postulate: Human Rights in the mid 20th century is a continuation of the Western Global/Colonial designs of Rights of People in the 16th century and Rights of Man in the 18th century.
As part of its global/colonial designs the West built over several centuries diverse global/colonial discourses that shifted overtime.
First, the Rights of People in the 16th century was Vitoria's, Sepulveda's and Las Casas' problem as part of the Spanish empire's colonization of the Americas. Their problem was how to define the people they encounter in the Americas. The debate over Rights of People was inside the ecclesiastical elites of the Spanish empire without ever considering the colonial subjects' will and points of views. However, it became the main discourse of the European colonial expansion during Spanish hegemony of the world-system in the 16th century. The discourse about Rights of People was from the beginning tied to a Universalist project defined provincially from a Christian-centric cosmology.
Second, once Rights of People was defined, Rights of Man became the new global/colonial design in the new secular Enlightenment project of the 18th century. The Enlightenment's Rights of Man continued the Western-centric and patriarchal concept of the Human that began with Rights of People. Women of all colors and non-Western peoples where not included in the concept of Rights of Man. As Eze (1997) and Mignolo (2000) have discussed at great length, the Kantian project of the transcendental subject and Rights of Man became more clearly stated in Kant's Anthropological writings. Kant conceived the White race as superior to the other races and the only one with access to reason. Behind the door of Kant's transcendental subject, hides a White Man. A few centuries later, Human Rights emerged in the mid-Twentieth Century as a new discourse under US hegemony in a context where overt forms of colonialism where already defeated by anti-colonial struggles in the Third World. Human Rights continued and combined elements of the Rights of People and Rights of Man in the new developmentalist project of the post-colonial era inaugurated by the rise of US hegemony in the World-System. The first article of the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights says:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
The concept of "human beings" used here like the concept of people and man before had Universal pretensions but provincially defined and narrowly applied. Without decolonizing the concept of the "human" from a Western-centric patriarchal gaze and without decolonizing the global coloniality of power from the hegemony of Euro-American White Supremacy as the leading country of the postwar Western Imperialist United Front, it was simply impossible to have a more cosmopolitan and multi-epistemic concept of human rights and to even implement the present hegemonic concept of human rights in a fair and coherent way. From the Korean War in the early fifties to the most recent Iraqi War, human rights were always a privilege of the West and only mobilized in non-Western spaces whenever the national state was controlled by enemies of the West.
2nd Postulate: The notion of "human dignity" in the first article of the UN Declaration of Human Rights is a Western-centric notion that privileges the individual over community-based definitions. …


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My new book: Self as Computer, is available on Amazon ($ 25).
[ 400 pages, 8*10 inch paperback, 1000 illustrations. ISBN: 1499171609 ]
Visions and Dreams of Technopia
In Self as Computer, Alan Radley looks at the computer not as a tool, or as a bicycle-for-the-mind, but simply as self. He argues that humans are becoming so enmeshed with the computer, in terms of how we think, act and communicate; that soon it may no longer be possible to identify where the self ends, and the computer begins, and vice-versa. Predicted by some, are marvellous benefits for technology; in terms of enhancements to our social, creative and personal lives.
But already clear, is that not all of the associated problems lie in the realm of speculation. One example, is that the Internet is moving ever further away from the free and open system as foreseen by its original designers; whereby citizens are routinely censored, hacked and/or spied upon. Other questions arise; such as who builds today's systems, and in what sense(s) are they useful, humane or democratic?
Explored are human-friendly designs for the computers of tomorrow, whereby the wishes, plans and actions of society may be aligned to benefit all.
Hyper-Media / Hyper-Thoughts
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Cyborgs, Robots and Automata
Surveillance / Hacking / Privacy
Artificial / Simulated Intelligence
Natural + Machine-Implanted Thoughts
World-Brain + Freedom of Thought / Action
3D User Interfaces / Wearables + Smart-Things
Mechanised-Dystopia / Technopia + Techno-rights
Ethical, Moral and Spiritual dimension(s) of Computers
Self-as-Computer (400 pages) is available from Amazon; and has 1000 illustrations.
REVIEWS for Self as Computer
Review by Dr Kim Veltman
This is a bold and important book. It is a new attempt to develop the idea of a World Brain: to offer theoretical rationales, practical criteria and guidelines for the creation of a Universal Library entailing nothing less than a reorganisation of all knowledge. Traditional visions (The Library of Babel, The Universal Library) were mainly updated versions of the Library of Alexandria. Radley's vision is about much more: the creation of contextualised ideas, circuits of thoughts. Outlined are techno- rights, which make visible the thoughts, opinions, insights of everyman, and thus transform the vision of freedom of thought as outlined in the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. The utilitarian goal is a new Internet: a technopia that will benefit the whole of humanity, rather than specific companies, interest groups and individuals.
This is not, as its title could suggest, simply another techno-optimist book by a scientist promising that computers offer a simple panacea to everything. On the contrary, it traces how early visions of networked knowledge (e.g. Otlet, Engelbart, Nelson) were narrowed into an Internet and World Wide Web which, although popular, preclude a systematic access to thoughts, ideas, knowledge as foreseen in this vision. It is often said: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This book explores an implicit corollary. If the system has too many broken links, then we need to start again from scratch and build a new system. This entails creating a new mechanical device. But the larger vision is that this device will improve human thinking methods.
Part of the narrowing that has occurred in the past half century has been driven by the computer science community, especially the AI faction, whose claims concerning artificial intelligence, machine thinking, autonomous computing, continue to inspire visions of mechanical intelligence competing with and/or replacing human intelligence (transhumanism, post-humanism, cf. the predicted Singularity). Radley offers a radically different vision where man remains the master and computers are the tools, servants of man-made visions. To establish this, three chapters are devoted to the self, ideas and thinking, offering a telescoped history of Western philosophy from Plato and Aristotle to the present. Two chapters outline the limitations of current computers and machines. Further chapters outline emerging potentials of user interfaces, cyberspace, virtual reality and robots.
The central vision is of a World Brain, with circuits of thoughts leading to a city of thoughts and ultimately technopia. The author acknowledges that these are linked with dreams of utopia, but is also careful to outline competing dystopian visions. The margins are lined with c. 1,000 illustrations, which offer a visual account of these utopian and dystopian possibilities: ranging from comic strip cartoons and historical diagrams to numerous illustrations of patented devices. It ends with a Universal Declaration of Human- Techno Rights, a Technopian Manifesto and 10 Commandments for humans to computers. The media are filled with articles about how computers are revolutionising the world. Radley's book suggests that the real revolution has yet to begin. It catalogues numerous dangers, but ultimately it is a paean of hope in and for human freedom.
Kim H. Veltman, 2015.
Professor Kim Veltman is a member of the International Who's Who of Professionals. In 1996, he was awarded the International Capire Prize for a Creative Future in the area of science and art integration. In 1998, he received a Learning Partnership Award (Toronto) and a Prix des Initiatives from Université d'été de la Communication (Hourtin). In November 2009, he was awarded a Silver Order: "Service for the Arts", International Academy of Culture and Art (Moscow). In January 2015, Kim was awarded a World Media and Library Leaders Lifetime Achievement Award by the Satija Research Foundation for Library and Information Sciences (University of Delhi); and for his work as a 'Thinker, Researcher, Media Expert, Webologist, Linguist, Anthropologist, Science Historian and Art Connoisseur' and for his 'Dedication to Knowledge Organisation and Outstanding Scholarship'.
Books authored by Dr Kim Veltman ...
[1] The Alphabets of Life (2014).
[2] Understanding New Media;Augmented Knowledge and Culture (2006).
[3] Leonardo da Vinci Studies I: Linear Perspective and the Visual Dimensions of Science and Art (1986).
[4] Leonardo's Method (1993).
[5] Frontiers in Conceptual Navigation for Cultural Heritage (1999).
You can read more about Kim's work here.
Keynote talk: Collecting, Linking, Representing, Storing, Seeing and Accessing all of Humanities Vision(s), Action(s) and Thought(s): Building the World Brain at the Third International Conference on Multimedia, Scientific Information and Visualisation for Information Systems and Metrics. Malaga, Spain. January 26-28, 2016.
Keynote talk: KeyMail: An Enterprise Privacy Mail Platform built from the ground up for Absolute Security at the Fourth International Conference on Horizons for Information Architecture, Security and Cloud Intelligent Technology. Sanremo, Italy. January 6-8, 2016.
Keynote talk: Atomic and Hyper-Networks, Natural-Thoughts and Open Publication: The Last Best Hope(s) for Freedom, Democracy and Sanity in the Age of Hacking, Newspeak, Double-Think, Black-Thoughts, Mini-Think and All-Pervasive State Surveillance at the International Conference on New Technologies, Editorial and Business Publishing. Toronto, Canada. July, 2016.
Keynote talk: Circuits of Thought at the International Conference on Multimedia, Scientific Information and Visualization for Information Systems and Metrics. Andalucina, Malaga, January 28, 2015.
Keynote Talk: Efficient and Effective Thought-Spaces at the International Conference on Software Technologies for Education, Culture, Entertainment and Commerce. Venice, March 11.
Keynote Talk: Computers, Self and the Global Village at the International Symposium on Communicability and Innovative Design for Interactive Systems. Madrid, Spain, May 29, 2015.
Keynote Talk: Private, Secret and Open Thoughts; Atomic Networks, and the Ethical, Spiritual and Moral Dimensions of Computers, at the Third International Conference for Information Architecture, Security and Cloud Intelligent Technology. Sanremo, Italy, 0-10 July, 2015. Sanremo, Italy, 9-10 July, 2015.
Keynote Talk: Humans versus Computers, Systems and Machines: A Battle for Freedom, Equality and Democracy, at the Sixth International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Ravenna, Italy, 22-24 September, 2015. [pdf]
Keynote talk: Reflexive, Pro-Active and Creative Free-Will: Prospects and Evidences for Artificial, Simulated and True Intelligence in Computers/Systems/Machines, at the International Conference on Research and Development in Imaging, Nanotechnology, Industrial Design and Robotics. Cordoba, Argentina, November 20-21, 2015.
Keynote talk: Self as Computer, at the International Symposium on Communicability and Innovative Design. Venice, May 23, 2014. [pdf]
Keynote talk: Electric Men, at the International Conference on Information Architecture, Cloud & Security. Rome, July 28, 2014.
talk: Natural-Thoughts,
Freedom and Atomic Networks.
Fifth International Workshop in HCI, San Marino, Italy, Sept 15. [pdf]
Keynote talk: Machine Implanted-Thoughts. Fifth International Conference on New Technologies, Cordoba, Argentina, Nov 10.


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Rudi Bauer is an Austrian winemaker who has been in New Zealand since 1985 off-and on, interspersed with winemaking jobs in Oregon, Germany and Burgundy. Having founded Quartz Reef back in 1996, he has observed the growth and the associated growing pains of Central Otago first hand. Central Otago is relatively isolated and is a challenging environment (at 45º South this is the world's most southerly, and one of its coldest wine regions). But Rudi says he regards that as a great strength because "the winemakers were brought close together by adversity, though we also feel part of a worldwide fraternity of Pinot Noir growers."
He also speaks about the region as a whole, particularly how the land had been stripped by grazing sheep and nibbling rabbits over the decades, so that the soil are low in organic matter. To counteract this there is a widespread shift towards organic farming, and Rudi says in five to eight years he expects to see 30% of Central Otago's vineyards being farmed organically.
As a kid in Austria Rudi wanted to be a chef, but then developed an interest in horticulture and enrolled for winemaking courses in Austria and Germany. His first full-time job as a head winemaker was with Rolf Mills at Ripon vineyard in Central Otago though he also cites Larry McKenna, currently of Escarpment Vineyards in Martinborough, as one of his greatest influences. In 1996 Quartz Reef was planted on virgin land, a 50-hectare north facing slope. And it is obvious that continuing refinement of Quartz Reef's wines is bound up in understanding each of his sites and plots better, and perhaps himself too: "Bendigo is a very masculine vineyard, my job is to introduce some femininity," he says to the amusement of the audience.
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Quartz Reef, Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2002
A touch of minerality, perhaps a tiny bit shy on fruit now, but lovely spice and a hint of florality. On the palate firm still, quite a lot of substance here, perhaps lacking a little charm with its liquoricy concentration, but built to last for sure. 90/100.
Quartz Reef, Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2004
Quite earthy and brackeny, deep and muscular aromas. The palate has serious, sinewy tannins and heft - a big wine this, muscular and foursquare, and perhaps a little too solid. 89/100.
Quartz Reef, Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2006
A little more open, soft and charming, with glimpses of softer, earthier tones and coffeeish notes. The palate too has been tamed and opened up slightly, much to the benefit of the wine. This still has a liquoricy edge of concentration and extraction, but some more light and shade too. 91/100.
Quartz Reef, Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2007
The more vegetal tones here are open and expressive, a touch of smoky minerality too and firm cherry fruit. The palate has complexity and more layered charm, again the firmness is there but this seems a lot finer and more agile than the 2006 and certainly 2004. 92-93/100.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. Four people injured in two separate bear attacks in and near Yellowstone National Park on the same day were able to escape with relatively minor injuries. None remained hospitalized Friday.
In Yellowstone, officials decided not to pursue a grizzly that attacked two hikers on a trail near Canyon Village Thursday in the north-central portion of the park. The sow grizzly attacked after the hikers came across its young cub born the previous winter, according to park spokesman Al Nash.
"This bear by all accounts was acting on instinct, defending its cub. That is natural and normal behavior for a sow grizzly," Nash said Friday.
Park officials didn't identify the two victims. One was treated at a hospital for bite and claw wounds and released and the other was treated at the scene.
Both victims reported they deployed bear spray, then dropped to the ground and played dead.
"Which is what we advise hikers to do when they find themselves in that type of situation," Nash said.
Later that day, two Bureau of Land Management contract workers were attacked about 70 miles west of the Yellowstone attack.
"They were about 40 feet out, and a bear under a tree just came up at them. It hit the first fellow, bit him in the thigh and backside," Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski said. "The second person got out his bear spray. When the bear hit him, it bit his hand."
Both workers, who weren't identified, were treated at a hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, and released.
Grizzly attacks have become more common in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho as the region's grizzly population has rebounded over the past 20 years or so. Wild grizzlies have killed four people in the Yellowstone region over the past three years.
This year, grizzly attacks have wounded at least three others in the Rockies, including a rancher east of Yellowstone and a woman on Montana's Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Last month, a researcher near Island Park underwent minor surgery after being bitten by a grizzly.
Attacks tend to pick up as hunters roam the backcountry in pursuit of elk each fall.
And in northern Michigan, a 12-year-old headed toward home Thursday night from an evening jog on her grandfather's woodsy property in the town of Traverse City was knocked down twice by a bear and slashed once on her thigh. She played dead and the bear left. She was reported in good condition after undergoing surgery.


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WALLA WALLA - The nights are shorter, the days warmer, and the Laht Neppur is on tap.
Yes, it's summer, and now that Borleske Stadium is once again filled with the crack of wooden bats and the pop of a fastball into a catcher's mitt - and an oversized sweet onion with legs - we don't need to wait for the summer equinox to declare spring over and gone.
The Walla Walla Sweets are back.
Now into it's third year of existence and coming off a thrilling run to the West Coast League's 2011 championship series, Walla Walla has its sights set on a strong finish again.
But it's a long journey from June to August. And despite the fact that Friday night's season-opening match with defending WCL champion Corvallis is fast approaching, players are still streaming in from all corners.
"Guys are slowly coming into town and I think by Friday we'll have enough guys to put a team on the field," Sweets manager J.C. Biagi joked. "It's fairly typical, everybody kind of deals with it. The California quarter schools are all done June 15, so we've dealt with that for three years. It's kind of what you expect and you fill in with 10-day guys (players who have signed a 10-day contract) where you need to."
The roster is down in size as well, down from 35 players in 2011 to 27 this year, with the majority of the downsizing taking place in the bullpen. But Biagi said that was a deliberate strategy.
"It makes it easier to manage," Biagi said. "Last year we started the year with right around 18 arms. Rather than just go stockpile arms, it was kind of a strategic move in that we can go get guys who we know are going to be effective."
And the Sweets have been able to more effectively evaluate and recruit now, as compared to when the team first started thanks to the good will they've built with college coaches.
"We're getting to the point where college coaches know what we do and how we go about it," Biagi said. "We've gained a little credibility in that, so we go target some specific guys."
It's yet to be seen whether that recruiting prowess will pay off on the field of play - in some ways it's always a crapshoot whether players will pan out - but it certainly seems to have worked out quite nicely heading into the season.
The Sweets' biggest get so far has been left-handed high school pitcher Hunter Virant from Camarillo, Calif., although he is still eligible for Major League Baseball' amateur draft in June and may yet sign with a pro team if he is picked high enough.
However, if Virant does make it to Walla Walla, he will likely be a major contributor.
"He's got a good fastball," Biagi said. "He's going to sit in the high 80's (mph), low 90's. For a left-handed guy coming out of high school, that's pretty good. That's pretty good for a college guy. And frankly, if you look in the major leagues, that's pretty good there too."
In addition to his fastball, Biagi said Virant, ranked as the No. 1 left-handed pitching prospect in the nation by one recruiting service, has decent off-speed pitches and the right mental makeup.
"We haven't seen him in person, but from what we've heard the things that need to be there are there," Biagi said. "He's a level-headed kid, he's a competitor. All those things, you mix them up in a pot and you've got a good left-handed pitcher."
The Sweets also added 2011 WCL all-star Spencer O'Niel to the lineup. O'Neil, a graduate of Southridge High in Kennewick, was busy cranking balls over the right field fence at batting practice Wednesday.
"Spencer had a great season a year ago in Cowlitz, so we're excited about adding his bat to the lineup," Biagi said.
Last season with the Bears, O'Niel batted .290 with 31 RBI and four home runs.
"Spencer O'Niel is one we're certainly excited about," said Sweets general manager Zachary Fraser, who is responsible for evaluating and signing prospects. "The fact that he's a guy from the Tri-Cities, he fits into the philosophy of trying to develop local talent."
The biggest challenge that stands in the way of Walla Walla, which finished the regular season at 26-28, is likely continuity.
Biagi attributed last year's 7-3 finish in the regular season and sweep of regular-season East Division leader Wenatchee in the East Championship Series to the team gelling - something the Sweets will have to work at again with about 75 percent turnover on the roster.
"Some of it's just baseball stuff," Biagi said of the late-season run. "Everyone gets hot at one time, starts swinging the bat, we start pitching a little bit, and everything kind of came together. But really, last year's group was unique. Last year's guys kind of came together a little bit.
"That was cool to see some camaraderie, guys pulling for each other," Biagi said. "It was a season and that was something they took pride in. And that's something you hope to develop every year."
Pitcher Tyler Billen of Southwestern Oklahoma State missed the playoffs last year because of his commitment to his college's fall program, but he said the team saw the light at the end of the tunnel when division rival Bellingham, which finished the season on a 2-8 slump, started to struggle down the stretch.
"Once we found out that Bellingham was starting to lose all of their games we decided, 'Hey we have a really good chance of winning this,'" Billen said. "So we came together as one and started winning games. We started putting a few streaks together, and before we knew it, we were sitting in playoff contention and claimed that playoff spot to play Wenatchee."
The 6-foot-4 reliever, who was in the process of changing schools and out of shape last season, said he has high expectations for this year.
"This year, I'm here, ready to go and ready win a championship," Billen said. "And like I said before, I think we have the perfect opportunity to do that this year."
Another player making a return from last season is Hawaii junior Kalani Brackenridge.
"Last year we definitely flipped a switch when we needed it in the playoffs and were able to get it done and go to the championship," Brackenridge said. "Toward the end we all came together and just gelled."
Brackenridge is staying with the same host family this year and is looking forward to the new season.
"It's definitely amazing," he said of the game-night atmosphere. "We get a nice crowd every night and the coaches are nice - they treat us well."
As far as Biagi is concerned, he believes the pieces are there for the Sweets to have another nice run.
"We're happy with the guys we've got," Biagi said. "... We're seeing what we want to see, it's just a matter of going out there and executing and progressing and helping these guys get where they want to go."
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