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The Resource Center to host Feel Good Fair
JAMESTOWN – The Resource Center and Filling the Gap, Inc., will host a Feel Good Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in TRC's Conference Center, 200 Dunham Ave. (the former Celoron school building).
The fair will feature a variety of things designed to make one feel good. For the mind, body and spirit, there will be massages, manicures, beauty products, hair feathers, chocolates and other types of food, plants and flowers (real and silk) scarves, and quilts, as well as a number of registered mediums from Lily Dale. For people who just like to shop, there will be vendors selling items such as jewelry and handmade wood crafts. There also will be a bake sale. A number of other vendors are expected to be present.
Because the Feel Good Fair takes place the weekend before Mother's Day, organizers expect a lot of people to show up looking for the perfect gift to give to mom.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kathy Seastedt "Dream On" Community Support Fund, which provides critically needed assistance to individuals with disabling conditions. The fund is named in memory of Seastedt, who spent a 25-year career at The Resource Center supporting people with disabilities until she passed away in 2008.
The Dream On fund assists more than 100 people annually, providing services and supports that enable persons with disabilities to become independent, productive, participating members of society. Though it is supported by donations from TRC Foundation and private contributions, the fund is so popular that it does not have enough money to meet everyone's needs. The Feel Good Fair was established to raise money for the fund.
Additional vendor spaces are available. For more information about the Feel Good Fair or to become a vendor, contact Victoria Trass Bardo, development and events manager, at 661-1477 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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by Anton Shilov
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said that it would reveal some of the details about the company's next-generation graphics processing units (GPUs) at its AMD Fusion Development Summit (AFDS) that takes place in mid-June. In addition, AMD will reveal trends about future directions of accelerated processing units (APUs) and software development.
During his keynote at the AFDS, Eric Demers, Eric Demers, AMD corporate vice president and chief technology officer at graphics division of the company, will recap the evolution of GPUs in the recent years, including the latest VLIW5 and VLIW4 core architectures and instruction sets. But more importantly Mr. Demers will present an overview of the next generation of AMD cores under development, which will propel forward new capabilities and continue the GPU evolution.
While it is not completely clear what kind of peculiarities of next-generation graphics processors will be revealed at the summit, it is highly likely that going forward both AMD and its arch-rival Nvidia will attempt to make GPUs more programmable and better suitable not only for graphics processing, but also for complex computing.
Later during this year AMD is projected to release its first graphics processing units made using 28nm process technology code-named Southern Islands. The SI family is projected to support DirectX 11 functionality along with architectural improvements and some new features. Theoretically, the company may start revealing architectural peculiarities about the chips behind closed doors in order to let software designers to prepare their software for new chips.
In addition, Phil Rogers, AMD corporate fellow and lead architect for AMD Fusion APU programmability, will presents "The Programmer's Guide to the APU Galaxy", a presentation that will help to gain "invaluable insights" during this software developer's view of AMD Fusion APU architecture and how its benefits enable developers to push power and performance to the highest of levels.

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December 19, 2010 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Queen & Co.
Welcome to our First Ever 12 Days of Techniques. We are excited to share with you some of our favorite techniques using our unique color core cardstock. Each day a Design Team member is going to share a project featuring a technique with Core'dinationscardstock. We have TWELVE unique and amazing days lined up for you leading right into Christmas Eve Day.
In case you are just joining us today here is what we covered so far:
Day One: Sanding
Day Two: Tearing
Day Three: Embossing
Day Four: Debossing
Day Five: Distressing
Day Six: Scoring
Each day we will be giving away a great selection of Core'dinations ! Each prize will also receive a Dust Buddy and our NEW Sand It Gadget! And today we have one of our favorite sponsors and they have a prize for you in addition to the Core'dinations prize pack!
And today we have a special treat from……
AGAIN????? Yeppers! We have some Awesome Chipboard from Tim Holtz to share today. We have some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chipboard: Iconic Plain, Elements Plain, Basics Plain, Alphas Plain. Here is a sample:
Why chipboard you ask? Because today's Technique is outlining. Outlining is a fun technique you can use on any project and it allows you to stretch your budget by being able to use your chipboard for more than one project. All you do is take chipboard, lay it underneath your cardstock, and Sand! Make sure you check out the example below AND make sure you check out the video. It has some great tips!
PLEASE make sure you head over to Tim's Facebook Page and tell him how much you appreciate his support of the 12 Days of Techniques! I don't know about you but I looooove my Tonic Tools. BUT first you need to watch the Distressing Video here leave us a comment!
Did you know that Core'dinations has a Facebook Page? Make sure you check us out here.
Todays projects come from design Team member Ellen Sosnoski. Instead of using bought chipboard, Ellen cut out an tree image from some left over chipboard, placed it underneath her cardstock base and the sanded the edges. Cardstock is Core Essentials.
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Techniques are what I love about blogs. You are giving me some tips on techniques that I thought I already knew. I'm loving learning new things each day with this "12 Days of Techniques". I would love to be a winner! Thanks for such a great opportunity.
Don't forget we will not be shipping any prizes until the week of December 27th.


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If a dog comes down with a case of kennel cough, has recently suffered an injury or has undergone surgery of some kind, it will most likely be prescribed antibiotics or a pain medication to help it heal and feel better faster.
According to VCA Animal Hospitals, owners should try to hide the pill inside of a small amount of a tasty treat like peanut butter, cream cheese, cottage cheese or inside bits of canned dog food in order to help the dog swallow the medication easily.
Some dogs still persist in spitting out the pill, and other times these treats cannot be given due to dietary restrictions. In these cases, owners will need to administer the pill directly into their dog's mouth. To do so, VCA recommends first putting a dog in a safe, comfortable room in a corner so they cannot back up. Lubricate the pill with a small amount of margarine or butter, making it easier to slide down the throat. Hold the pill tightly, then gently grasp the dog's muzzle, putting your thumb behind its teeth on one side of the upper jaw. Once you have a firm grip, tilt the dog's head towards the ceiling and quickly place the pill as far back on the tongue as possible. Close its mouth and keep it closed until the dog licks its nose which is a sign that it is swallowing. At that point move the dog's head back to normal position.


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Mix of cornrows and afro for African American men
Tightly curled, dark brown, African-American hair straddles two looks in this men's hairstyle. From the hairline to about 5-6 inches in, hair is sectioned diagonally and tightly coiled into cornrows. At a certain point, the rows stop, and the ends, which are still a good 4-5 inches in length, are combed up and out into an afro. Prior to styling, hair has been trimmed uniformly, so that the afro has an even outline all over.


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Greetings, welcome. A new TeaDay has arrived, enjoy! Please drop in and share your TeaDay with us. Share what is in your cup throughout the day.
Yesterday we discussed whether we seperated our teas by nation of origin, etc. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic. Do you ... place/store all your different Teawares according to nation and/or region of origin ... and type? Or not? Please share.
We are all looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone, bottoms up!


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Man arrested in Iron River on assault, drug charges
Iron Mountain schools earn strong grades on state score cards
By LINDA LOBECK
Staff Writer
IRON MOUNTAIN – Both North Elementary School and Iron Mountain's middle school were ranked in top 31 percent in the state based on test scores and other criteria from the 2012-13 school year, according to the data released by Michigan Department of Education.
The two Iron Mountain schools each received 69 percent – the highest percentile rank in the Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District.
The two other Iron Mountain Public schools – Central Elementary and Iron Mountain High – were also ranked well – at 53 and 51 percent, respectively.
"For North and the middle school, this means that we were better than 69 percent of the schools in the state or in the top 31 percent in the state when it comes to academic success," said Iron Mountain Schools Supt. Tom Jayne.
The Michigan Department of Education released the school accountability reports that included the new score cards for each school as well as the top-to-bottom rankings.
The new system for ranking schools uses a five color-coded system to indicate the performance of schools and districts, said Mike Flannigan, state superintendent of schools.
The codes are determined by points accumulated for goals met or demonstrated improvements.
By receiving a rank between 60-70 percent, North Elementary and the middle school at Iron Mountain received a yellow code, and Central Elementary and IMHS were ranked between 50-60 percent and received an orange ranking.
Only 39 schools out of the 3,397 in the state received a green rating, which required attaining 85 percent or greater.
The next ranking was 70-85 percent with the color code of lime. The lowest ranking was coded red for schools receiving a 50 percent or lower rank.
The MDE reported that 15 percent of the schools in the state received a red code.
Flannigan reported that the new accountability system replaces the goals requiring students to be 100 percent proficient by the next school year, which was previously required under the federal No Child Left Behind act.
Under this new system, rather than expecting all schools to meet the same academic goals, Michigan has set individual goals for each school and district. The expectation is that they will show incremental growth to reach 85 percent or the green code ranking by the 2021-22 school year.
"The teachers, staff and administration of our district are very pleased by the state rankings for our schools. It says a lot about the standards that have been set and the academic success of our students," Jayne said.
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Carlos, Xabina, Olivier, Gareth
Work this week
Work in garden with Bloo - a few hours.
Paint Screen printing room walls - PVA glue.
Carlos - distribute program - will also create list of places to advertise stuff. Will go on bb and wall of action room.
Shop - will open on Saturday - help Nix organise party. Also speak to Nix about setting up shop.
Rota - everyone has signed up to do 2 shifts...
They want to go on some trips...
Also done some extra days.
We can do it formally or informally.
New improved diary to keep a track of days and hours worked.
We will keep track of hours and they can go towards holidays.
When is it?
AP Gaz to find out.
Next volunteers
Olivier will help Gaz and Ryan find the next flat
We will share email addresses. You can answer any questions...
Will meet next week to find flat
Olivier and Xabina wan to admin stuff.
Treasurer - does he need a hand?
BTS meeting on Thursday.
Little bit confusing
Rota has been done. Xabina did it. Great!
Do KMs and other volunteers know about it?
Looks like not, cos no-one else has signed up.
Promote the new rota.
AP - Shannon or Alex to do it.
To create a new rota for Action Room.
AWG said cool
Let's do it!
Users of Action Room should clean it.
Screen printing
Mission Impossible from Chris.
PVA Glue from Homebase - Glue fanatic Olivier will do it
Carlos Program
Issue 2 is out. It is goood.
Carlos wants different paper. Will go to shop to find price.
Will try the art college.
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Click HERE to see photos and read Rolling Stone's recap of the first Paramore show since they played The Fueled By Ramen 15th Anniversary Show in New York City last year. The band played to a sold out crowd at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California on Tuesday night.
"We're so humbled and grateful for your support," Williams told the audience at one point in the show, and the band's fans reaffirmed that devotion with a roar.


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API (Advance passenger information): the collection and transmission of required passenger data
A growing number of destination countries oblige airlines to forward passenger data to them for arriving in and departing from the country; some also require it from airlines flying over the country. Usually, such legal regulations involve the transmission of data on the identity and on the travel documents (passport, visa) of the passengers and crew on board the aircraft.
As a rule, an airline does not have these data, so it must collect them shortly before an aircraft departs, which increasingly is being done by means of the so-called 'machine-readable zone' in the new travel documents.
Collection of the data is done solely for immediate transmission to the authorities of the destination country.
Extension of the API obligation in the European Union is planned over the next few years.
The supplementing of API data in the case of Canada is similar to that for the USA
In addition, Canadian law obliges airlines that fly to the country to supplement the data transmitted within the framework of API by those stored in certain fields of the reservation record (PNR) of the passengers involved. Canada and the European Union concluded an agreement to implement this legally prescribed transmission.
The European Union's supervisory authorities for data protection confirmed that the data transmission provided for in this agreement was compatible with EU data protection regulations.
The agreed content of the reservation record (as far as it is available) has been transmitted since the end of April 2006 as a supplement to the standard API data.
Personalized Boarding at London Heathrow
Heathrow Airport will track your location in the departure lounge by reference to where your boarding pass was last scanned and will furnish Lufthansa with such data. This is in order to provide you with personalised boarding directions, to determine whether you will be late for your flight, and to ensure the security of passengers (including through sharing such information with UK authorities). Further information on data processing and Lufthansa's privacy policy can be found here.


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Topic: Change scope and results via Ajax
I have a Page (model/controller/view) that pulls together a lot of different data. One part of that data is the current_user's accounts, which have_many items. When home/index is first shown, I'm defaulting to the first Account the user has, and the associated Items:
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What I want to do is have a dropdown (select_tag) that lists all of the user's accounts. When the user picks from that list, the items shown refreshes to those of that account.
How do I pass back from the select_tag to the controller, then set the @account to the right id? Ideally, I want to replace the items with the items from the selected account, but I'm trying to get my head around how to set the id of the current account...


text: Admin on November 7, 2011 0 Comments Welcome to Schlitz & Giggles Brewery, your one-stop shop for everything Schlitz! Our brewery was founded in 2011 with one focus in mind: to brew good Schlitz that everyone would want. Thanks to the executives of the brewery, we are on our way to achieve that goal! Meet the Executive Team Our brewery was founded by some of the most fascinating and brilliant people on the planet, and we are lucky to have them as our leaders. No one knows beer like they do, and they put everything they have into making the best beer. Blood, sweat, and tears went into making every perfect brew (well, not literally… at least we hope not). Lana Anderson Growing up in the streets of Harlem, Lana's childhood was atypical compared to the average American girl. She was raised by her parents, two retired black ops commanders, to be one of the best ninjas the world has ever seen. At age 14, she entered the Strongman Competition in South Africa and, after competing 3 straight days in a champion tug-of-war match, she came up victorious. She spent most of her adult life meditating in a dojo in South Korea, stopping only to eat, drink, and fight crime. To this day, her name still strikes fear into the minds of the world's most notorious criminals… and squirrels. Rudy Cantu Rudy's mysterious background prevents us from really knowing the man behind the hair, but here is what our contacts at the CIA were able to dig up. Legend has it that Rudy was raised by a pack of mangy wolves somewhere deep in the valleys surrounding the Weisshorn mountain of Switzerland. His upbringing forced him into a state of continuous alert and constant vigilance, allowing him to develop superhuman traits like 20/10 vision and the ability to leap 20 yards with little effort. Trained by the Columbian military at the ripe age of 11, Rudy became one of the most sought-after demolition experts in the Western hemisphere. Jeff Kaller Jeff is the definition of a "manly man." Seriously, look it up. His picture is right next to the words "manly man" in Webster's dictionary. Deep in the Everglades of southern Florida, Jeff, minutes after being born, went to work on building a log cabin for him and his family. The laborious project took all of 30 minutes to complete, and Jeff was sleeping in his own toddler suite by the end of the night. Growing up, he always got the ladies and it is rumored that he was unable to carry credit cards because his personality was so magnetic. School was a breeze for him: by 18 he was able to speak fluent French in Russian and his photographic memory is in HD. Todd Miller As a cryogenically frozen test tube baby, Todd was raised by the aboriginal Australian people on the outskirts of the Great Victorian Desert. By the age of 23, he was the first and only multi-sport athlete to win championships and MVP titles in the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, MLB, and WWE. As a runner, his world record speed for the 100 meter dash came in at 1.2 seconds – 23.3 seconds faster than the time he beat. During his teenage years, Todd spent his free time dabbling in various hobbies, including watercolors, basket weaving, and underwater shark fighting. Darin Moore One of the most intelligent men of the last 500 years, Darin's keen intellect helped him in his childhood when he gained the highest honor at any higher education institution, a Doctorate in Brewery Science, at the age of 15. Working to invent several uses for his favorite liquid, he built and patented the beer-powered flying car in hopes of saving the world's energy sources from depletion. At 21, he co-founded a secret government program called SNASA (Secret NASA) designed to launch the first American onto the surface of the moon (not the moon that everyone knows, but instead a secret moon that orbits the Earth invisible to the naked eye). Related Posts: Company Homebrew Competition


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My plan, or vision, is to acquire listeners in the Somali American community in a great number, to encourage participation in the radio program by our communities, and to bring about meaningful understanding of issues to those we live among. I want to welcome everyone's participation in St. Cloud Somali Radio.
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Finding out a cat has feline diabetes mellitus can be shocking to an owner. Although the news can be upsetting, understanding how to help a cat deal with diabetes is key to ensuring it continues to live a long, fulfilling life.
VCA Animal Hospitals reports a vet will typically perform blood and urine tests to reach the diagnosis of diabetes. After a diagnosis has been made, a vet will likely make recommendations for insulin therapy and a change in food. Most diabetic cats respond best to a diet high in protein and low in carbohydrates. This type of diet is capable of decreasing a cat's blood sugar to the level where they may not require additional insulin therapy. This diet may not be appropriate for every cat—especially ones with other health problems—and your veterinarian will help you make the right choice for your cat.
Many newly diagnosed diabetic cats managed with this feeding strategy and insulin therapy may revert to a non-diabetic state (called diabetic remission) within the first several months after diagnosis. Many vets will recommend close blood sugar monitoring—either at the veterinarian clinic or even at home with a blood glucose meter used by an owner. According to VCA, it is also important to monitor a cat's eating habits, water consumption, energy levels and urine output. If significant changes are detected, an owner must contact their vet so he or she can make proper adjustments.
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With 63 days remaining until the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games, there is plenty of action for American athletes all over the world. Some of the biggest names in U.S. gymnastics, including 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin, will be competing at the Secret U.S. Classic while U.S. athletes will be seeking Olympic Team berths in rowing and canoe/kayak. Check out the Olympic Weekend Preview for all the details about these events and others in the world of Olympic sports.
Samsung World Cup II, May 25-27, Lucerne, Switzerland
Ken Jurkowski, Julie Nichols and Kristin Hedstrom will be aiming to clinch a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team this weekend when they compete in the second of three Samsung World Cups in Lucerne, Switzerland. Jurkowski, in men's single sculls, and Nichols and Hedstrom, in lightweight women's doubles, can qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games with top four finishes in their respective events.
Eleanor Logan and Erin Cafaro, both 2008 Olympians who have qualified for London (pending nomination by the U.S. Olympic Committee), will compete in women's pair. They have until May 30 to accept their Olympic nominations in the pair. Also among the six U.S. boats entered in the World Cup are two women's quad crews, and the defending Olympic and world champion women's eight. Racing in the eight boat are coxswain Mary Whipple, and crew members Caryn Davies, Caroline Lind, Taylor Ritzel, Meghan Musnicki, Amanda Polk, Jamie Redman, Susan Francia and Esther Lofgren.
Also in rowing:
NCAA Rowing Championships, May 25-27, West Windsor, N.J.
Secret U.S. Classic, May 26, Chicago
Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, and world championship all-around champion Jordyn Wieber headline a strong field for the Secret U.S. Classic on Saturday. The competition will be held at the University of Chicago Pavilion and is the final qualifying event for women before the 2012 Visa Championships are held June 7-10 in St. Louis.
The star-studded field includes nine current and former world champions.
"This year's competition promises to be a great event," said Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics President. "Many of the country's top gymnasts will use the event as a final tune-up for the Visa Championships, while other gymnasts are hoping to qualify for it."
Liukin, who won five medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and is a two-time world balance beam champion, is scheduled to compete for the first time since the 2009 Visa Championships. Also expected to compete are two of Liukin's 2008 Olympic teammates, Chellsie Memmel and Bridget Sloan.
"I don't have any advantages by being the Olympic all-around champion going into these Games," Liukin told the Associated Press. "No one's going to give you higher scores, no one's going to be nicer or play fairer. I don't feel like I owe anybody anything. I'm doing this because I love to do it and I want to see if I can do this."
TV: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. ET Saturday, Universal Sports
ICF Sprint World Cup, May 25-27, Duisburg, Germany
For the second consecutive weekend, men's sprint kayakers (K-1, 200 meters) Ryan Dolan and Tim Hornsby will battle each other for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team. Neither paddler made the A or B Finals at last week's World Cup event in Poland, delaying the Olympic-clinching berth until this week.
Whichever athlete has the best finish in the A or B Final will win the Olympic spot. If one athlete makes the A Final and the other the B Final, then the one in the A Final will get the berth regardless of time. If neither Dolan nor Hornsby make the A or B Final again this week, then a head-to-head race-off would occur if both make the C Final.
Others competing this weekend in Germany include Maggie Hogan and Kaitlyn McElroy, women's K-2 500 meters; Carrie Johnson, women's K-1 200 and 500 meters; Robert Finlayson, men's C-1; and Ian Ross and Ben Hefner, men's C-2.
U.S. Men's National Team vs. Scotland, May 26, Jacksonville, Fla.
The beginning of a busy 18-day stretch will arrive Saturday for the U.S. Men's National Team, when it faces Scotland in a friendly at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. The United States will also play two other friendlies in Landover, Md., and Toronto before playing its first World Cup qualifier on June 8 in Tampa, Fla.
The United States has won all three of its games this year with 1-0 scores over Venezuela, Panama and Italy. Among the notable returnees to the U.S. lineup will be Landon Donovan, who is back with the national team for the first time since September. His next start would be his 125th career start, the most in U.S. history.
The U.S. men have defeated Scotland just once in six previous meetings. The win came in 1996 in New Britain, Conn. A victory Saturday would mark the best U.S. start in a year since 1998.
Following Saturday's game, the United States will face Brazil on Wednesday at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. FIFA World Cup qualifying begins June 8 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, when the United States faces Antigua & Barbuda.
TV: 8 p.m. ET Saturday, NBC Sports Network, Galavision; 8 p.m. Wednesday, ESPN2
Also in soccer:
U.S. Women's National Team vs. China, May 27, Chester, Pa.
FIVB Swatch World Tour, Patria Direct Prague Open, May 22-27, Prague, Czech Republic
The top-ranked U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers was unbeaten through the first and second rounds of the FIVB Swatch World Tour Prague, and was to face No. 9 Premysl Kubala and Petr Benes of the Czech Republic on Friday. Dalhausser and Rogers are projected as the top team for the U.S. Olympic men's beach volleyball squad. No. 7-seeded Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal of the United States also were undefeated through play Thursday and were to face No. 2 Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil of the Netherlands on Friday.
"I love playing here," Gibb said. "We won gold here in 2008 and since I have only two career titles, this is very special to me."
Florida Open, May 25-27, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Two-time Olympian John Hyden will team with Sean Scott to begin play Friday in the opening event of the 2012 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series. The Florida Open will be held next to the Sheraton Hotel Fort Lauderdale. Hyden and Scott, and the women's team of Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Hanson are the top seeds for the tournament. Other top players include 2008 Olympian Nicole Branagh, who is teaming up Tyra Turner, and former University of Nebraska star Jenny Kropp, who will play with Whitney Pavlik.
Also in volleyball:
U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Red-Blue scrimmage, May 26, UC Irvine, Calif.
Women's World Cup, May 26-27, Tokyo
Two-time Olympian Clarissa Chun and fellow 2012 Olympic qualifiers (pending nomination by the U.S. Olympic Committee) Kelsey Campbell and Elena Pirozhkova are among eight wrestlers who will compete for the United States at the Women's World Cup on Saturday and Sunday in Tokyo. The dual-meet tournament consists of the top eight nations in women's freestyle wrestling from the 2011 World Championships. The United States finished runner-up in the World Cup the last two years.
Chun will wrestle at 48 kilograms, Campbell at 55 kg and Pirozhkova at 63 kg. The tournament has seven weight classes, including the three Olympic classes.
"This is a very important competition," U.S. coach Terry Steiner said. "The World Cup is a team competition. We have to do this as a program and as a team. That has been our message to the athletes."
Also in wrestling:
Hari Ram Grand Prix, May 25-27, New Delhi
FILA Junior World Team Trials, May 25-26, Colorado Springs
World Cup Final, May 26-27, Chengdu, China
Competition begins Saturday in the World Cup Final in Chengdu, China. The event is the final time that pentathletes can earn world-ranking points prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Mickey Kelly, who placed 30th at the UPIM World Championships, is the only U.S. athlete who qualified for the World Cup Final.
USA Basketball Women's U18 and U17 training camps, May 28-June 2, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Both the USA Basketball Women's U18 and U17 national teams will begin week-long camps Monday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The U18 squad is beginning its preparation for the FIBA Americas U18 Championships, which are scheduled for Aug. 15-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The U17 squad is preparing for the FIBA U17 World Championships, which begin Aug. 17 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Breanna Stewart, a five-time national team member, was one of three University of Connecticut signees named to the 12-person U18 team. Stewart was just the second high school player in U.S. history to play on a Pan American Games team in 2011.
USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships, May 26-28, Greenville, S.C.
Two-time USA Cycling Time Trial champion Chris Baldwin will be among the elite cyclists in a deep field challenging 2011 champion Dave Zabriskie on Saturday in the USA Cycling Time Trial National Championship in Greenville, S.C. Tejay van Garderen, who won the Best Young Rider jersey at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Amgen Tour of California, is also a contender. The time trial consists of three laps over a 6.9-mile course.
On Monday, more than 100 of the nation's best cyclists will compete in the 112.4-mile road race. Defending champion Matthew Busche is a favorite, while 2011 Amgen Tour of California winner Chris Horner and 2011 Tour de France Stage Three winner Tyler Farrar, among others, are also expected to contend. Past winners include Tour de France multiple winner Lance Armstrong and Olympic speed skating champion Eric Heiden.
"This is going to be one of the most exciting weekends of professional road racing in America this year," said USA Cycling President and CEO Steve Johnson. "The fields are incredibly deep in both the road race and time trial, and there are any of a dozen or more riders that could win either event."
Six-time U.S. handcycling champion Matt Updike will among the elite competitors in the Roger C. Peace Hospital - Rehabilitation U.S. Handcycling Series race. Many of the athletes are U.S. military veterans who were wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Also in cycling:
Giro d'Italia, May 5-27, Italy
TV: 4 and 9 p.m. ET Friday, Universal Sports; 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Universal Sports
Exergy Tour, international women pro cycling, May 24-28, Boise, Idaho
Tour of Somerville, USA Cycling National Criterium Calendar, May 28, Somerville, N.J.
Senior Pan American Championships, May 28-June 3, Managua, Nicaragua
Competition begins Monday in the Senior Pan American Championships in Nicaragua. In all, 27 U.S. athletes will compete. The U.S. team was determined last July at the U.S. Team Trials. Among those on the U.S. team: William Vassar, men's kata; Sakura Kokumai, women's kata; Tom Scott, men's kumite open weight; Cheryl Murphy, women's kumite open weight.
USA Paratriathlon National Championship, May 28, Austin, Texas
Geoffrey Kennedy and Melissa Stockwell are among 11 defending national champions who'll race Monday in the USA Paratriathlon National Championship. The event is a part of the Capital of Texas Triathlon in Austin, Texas.
The top finisher in each division will earn a spot on the 2012 USA Paratriathlon National Team. Finishers among the top three qualify for the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships. The race consists of a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike race and 5-km run in six paratriathlon categories. Paratriathlon will be part of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
USA Men's National Team exhibitions, May 26-28, Newport Beach, Calif.
The USA Men's National Team will play Crotia on Saturday, beginning a series of three exhibition matches to be played over three days at Newport Harbor High School in California. Saturday's match will begin at 6 p.m., Pacific Time. Team USA will play Hungary at noon Sunday in a rematch of the gold-medal game at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Croatia will face Hungary on Monday. Team USA also will play Hungary on Thursday at UCLA.
TV: 3 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC Sports Network
Also in water polo:
USA Women's National Team vs. China, FINA World League Super Final, May 29, Changshu, China
Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials, May 24-27, Flintridge, Calif.
Seven horse-rider combinations will compete this weekend in the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials, an event that is part of the process for the USEF Young Horse Dressage Short List. The competition is the first step toward a spot on the U.S. team for the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage. Six horses will compete in the five-year-old division. The event is a part of the Dressage at Flintridge CDI*Y/J.
Also in equestrian:
Devon Horse Show, May 29-June 2, Devon, Pa.
FEI Nations Cup Eventing, May 24-27, Houghton Hall, Great Britain
Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, May 20-27, Wuhan, Hubei, China
China, Japan and Korea swept into the semifinals of both the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup in China. The U.S. men's and women's squads did not reach the quarterfinal rounds in either tournament. Olympians Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan were among the U.S. men in the Thomas Cup Finals for men. The Uber Cup is for women athletes. Both tournaments finish up with the finals Sunday.
IJF Grand Slam, May 26-27, Moscow
Competition in the IJF Moscow Grand Slam will be held Saturday and Sunday. U.S. athletes brought home gold, silver and bronze medals from the World Cup event last week in San Salvador. Hannah Martin won gold at 63 kilograms.
U.S. Men's National Indoor Junior and Senior try-out camp, May 29, Moorpark, Calif.
The second, and final, try-out camp for the U.S. Men's National Indoor Junior and Senior teams will be held Tuesday at Arroyo Vista in Moorpark, Calif. The camp will be used to determine roster spots for the Pan American Indoor Cup and also the Junior Pan American Indoor Cup.
Also in field hockey:
California Cup, May 26-28, Moorpark, Calif.
USA Taekwondo Eastern Regional Qualifier, May 26-27, Hampton, Va.
Nearly 300 athletes will compete in poomsae and sparring disciplines Saturday and Sunday at the USA Taekwondo Eastern Regional Qualifier. The competition will be held at the Boo Williams Sportsplex.
Ektelon National Singles, May 23-27, Fullerton, Calif.
In addition to national singles titles being decided at the Ektelon National Singles tournament at the Merdian Sports Club in Fullerton, Calif., roster spots on the U.S. National Team will be determined by play in men's and women's National Team Qualifier divisions. The play continues through Sunday. The tournament is the largest of the year in USA Racquetball.
53rd Masters Water Ski Tournament, May 26-27, Pine Mountain, Ga.
Defending champions Freddy Krueger (men's jumping), Jimmy Siemers (men's tricks) and Jon Travers (men's slalom) are among those who'll compete in the 53rd Masters Water Ski Tournament, beginning Saturday at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. The tournament is a designated Operation Gold event by the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Water Ski. Among the top women's skiers are April Coble-Eller, Regina Jaquess and Karen Truelove in slalom, and Alex Lauretano in tricks and jumping.
The 20th Junior Masters Water Ski Tournament will be held Friday.Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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End of summer is a tough time to make progress because a lot of people are on vacation. Surprisingly, Firefox got some good fixes in since the last update.
Less Slow Startups
Bug 726125: should get rid of a lot of super-slow startups. Due to an abstraction accident we ended up validating jars more eagerly than expected. Firefox would go on the net (on the main thread) to check the certificate every time a signed jar was opened. There are over 500 signed extensions on AMO with over 14million active users. See the following for background on the (now dead) feature that caused our jar code to go nuts: signed scripts and note on removal of signed script support. Thanks for Nicholas Chaim and Vladan Djeric for fixing this.
Less Proxy Lag (WIP)
Bug 769764. We have received a lot of strange complaints about Firefox network performance that we could never reproduce. Turned out this was because none of us used proxies. Patrick McManus discovered a lot of synchronous proxy and DNS code in our network stack.
Fix for this should also improve performance for people without proxies since proxy-autodetection code was also doing main thread IO. As a result all of us replacing sync APIs with async ones all of the existing proxy-related addons will have to be updated. Patrick is reaching out to addon authors to make sure addons are updated in time for the next release.
Less UI Repaint Lag
Bug 786421: Nightlies got unbearably slow for me recently. Turned out we ended continuously resizing + applying theme + redrawing invisible tooltips on every paint. Thanks for Timothy Nikkel for fixing this. This bug never affected anyone outside of the Nightly/Aurora testers, but it serves as yet another example of how the Gecko Profiler makes it easier than ever to diagnose weird performance problems. The single biggest contribution anyone can do at the moment is to provide instructions of how to reproduce lag with accompanying profiler traces.
Less Gradient Lag
Bug 761393: Paul Adenot implemented a gradient cache. This was landed as a Telemetry experiment so we can determine what the optimal cache retention strategy is. We'll be watching the relationship between GRADIENT_DURATION and GRADIENT_RETENTION_TIME in the coming weeks.
Currently rendering gradients cause stalls in the GPU pipeline. In previous experiments we found out that most of the tab-switch rendering time in hardware-accelerated Firefox is spent rendering gradients :(. Gradients are hard to notice for casual users, but they are heavily used in our tab strip and on Google web properties.
I may not have a chance to post the next snappy update as I'll be hopping on the plane to Warsaw right after our meeting. If you are attending MozCamp come to our 'All About Performance' session. Our goal for the talk is to significantly expand the pool of people who can diagnose Firefox (and web) performance problems.


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Many animals rely on their sight extensively, which is why glaucoma in dogs can be a devastating condition. According to VCA Animal Hospitals, glaucoma is defined as an increase in intra-ocular pressure (IOP), which refers to the amount of fluid inside the eye.
Fluid is natural in all eyes, and its normal function is to provide nutrients and oxygen to the various structures in the eye. However, a build-up of this fluid can cause an increase in IOP, leading to glaucoma. When the eye is functioning correctly, the fluid is naturally drained through a small area inside the eye. Glaucoma is always the result of a lack of drainage rather than excessive production of fluid.
Glaucoma is divided into both primary and secondary classifications. Primary glaucoma refers to the disease in a healthy eye, while secondary glaucoma is brought on as the result of some other problem within the eye. Tumors, damage to the lens, and uveitis in dogs may all be causes of secondary glaucoma.
In secondary glaucoma, it's typically some type of inflammation or blockage preventing the fluid from being drained. Primary glaucoma is usually caused by inherited defects in the eye drainage angle which results in much of the fluid staying trapped inside the eye. Although it is an inherited issue the condition tends to worsen as the dog ages.
All of the clinical signs of glaucoma will be associated with the eye. Owners will likely notice a watery discharge coming from the eye. The dog may also squint, close, shield or turn its eye, especially when the owner goes to touch that side of the face. Any sort of eye bulging should be immediately brought to a veterinarian.
Bringing your dog to a veterinary clinic as soon as possible is important when it comes to glaucoma. Blindness can form very quickly if the fluid is not drained from the eye early enough, and this is irreversible once it sets in. In less severe cases, medication may help the eye to naturally drain the fluid. In more extreme situations, the veterinarian may need to perform surgery on the dog's eye.
Some breeds are at a higher risk for glaucoma than others. Beagles, Boston terriers, Cocker Spaniels, Greyhounds, Great Danes, Shih tzus, poodles, dalmatians and huskies are some of these breeds, among others. Owners of these breeds should take extra care to look for the clinical signs of glaucoma.


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A collection of stories from individuals with disabilities, families, friends, and disability service providers in Tennessee
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Truly, the true religion of
Truly, the true religion of Japan is Aestheticism!
Much more fun than making war
Much more fun than making war...............
you guy's have way to much
you guy's have way to much time on your hands.
excellence excelled......
excellence excelled.......simply wonderful
Outstanding! The
Outstanding! The implementation of a great idea by skilled craftsman is refreshing to see.
Excellent and amazing. Kudos
Excellent and amazing. Kudos to the team which made it. The imagination of the person who conceived it in the first place needs to be applauded. Thanks for the presentation.
Nice to see that there are
Nice to see that there are still some creativity left out there. Education can't totaly take it away.
Amazing! Beautiful!
Amazing! Beautiful!
A wonderful gift to us all -
A wonderful gift to us all - hard to believe it's a 'commercial'! Lovely, thank you!
A feat of engineering and art
A feat of engineering and art. How interesting to pull off such a feat. No, the sound is different than that played on polished instruments by polished musicians but the quality of sound was not the intent. The creativity is markedly unique and skillful and the dedication to the task to produce an original inspiration in a verdant setting is awesome in accomplishment. I say hurrah for humankind! Magnifico!
Fantastic dedication to a
Fantastic dedication to a memorable event with enjoyment to all who watch this "Touch Wood Commercial" Cheers to all....
I have to say that this is
I have to say that this is one of the most interesting videos that I have EVER seen. Congratulations to all that made it!!!!
Outstandingly incredible. I
Outstandingly incredible. I wish more money & intellect was diverted into areas like these, rather than feeding greed & profiteering.
There is, frankly, a point
There is, frankly, a point where "professional" departs from "amateur." Overexposure to western music has spoiled me. It seems like they picked the oldest tune every American would know. Granted, familiarity is something to be cherished, but it's for marketing, to Westerners. I really, really wish America as a culture would get off its comfy musical hiney and make it possible for these folks to have some latitude of choice. Off hand, I can think of a dozen tunes that would have suited at least as well, maybe better with the tempo variations, except that they wouldn't be widely recognized.
Apparently I've done too many weddings....
It is a FANTASTIC job where
It is a FANTASTIC job where unity is strength!
thrilling, sensational, mind
thrilling, sensational, mind boggling, exhilarating, heart warming, soul satisfying, peaceful, embracing, centering, thoughtful, internationally echoes love and peace and a message of harmony, happiness in a universal language of quiet melody, music, song!
Thank you all for sharing this across the world.
Hard work, Driven purposed
Hard work, Driven purposed team to one song. It is magnificent! It is magnificent from the first tree fallen to the last drop of the ball on wood. Excellent.
Sheer Fun and Delight!
Sheer Fun and Delight!
Utterly amazing! Such
Utterly amazing! Such incredibly, smart creative people!
Domo arigato gozaimasu.
Domo arigato gozaimasu.
Beautiful!!! Wow! Wow! Wow!
Beautiful!!! Wow! Wow! Wow!
no comment just enjoy
no comment just enjoy
Now it's time to write some
Now it's time to write some music that includes the bubbling brook, the birds and other natural sounds with the xylophone complimenting.
seriously, seriously fabulous
seriously, seriously fabulous.. not enough music in the world, this effort was totally appreciated by me.. a million times fabulous
There are no words! I hope
There are no words! I hope they kept it up for people to visit and hear. WOW!
It was truly an experience in
It was truly an experience in music, man's ingenuity, hard work, and inspiration! Whoever thought of this, outdid the great thinkers of commercialism! Remarkable! Industrious! Very creative! A superlative idea that was done and recorded for all to enjoy!!
Arigato gozimasu!! May you all live a thousand years...God bless!!!
Great, great job and talent &
Great, great job and talent & teamwork.
Amazing and joy to listen to
Amazing and joy to listen to thing. Even the deer enjoyed it. WOW what a beautiful event.
Aside from the fact that this
Aside from the fact that this was most enjoyable, it must have been a major mathematical challenge to select a tree that
they could project would be tall enough to get to the last note after carving, cutting, etc. There is no end to creativity! Thank
the Lord.
WOW! Speechless! Such
WOW! Speechless! Such patience and tenacity!
Unbelievable I have just
Unbelievable I have just purchased an original xylophone to learn some of my scales and arpeggios for the piano, but this piece of engineering takes the biscuit, well done.
amazing....not only
amazing....not only imagination to create the instrument, but in relocating it to such a wonderous surrounding. Thank you for sharing this.
This seems like an awful lot
This seems like an awful lot of work. i wonder what started it all and if the people who made it got as much pleasure out of it that they hoped to have. I enjoyed it, however.
A tree was cut down for that.
A tree was cut down for that.
Great workmanship
Great workmanship
Great workmanship
Great workmanship
Marvelous! Very intelligent,
Marvelous! Very intelligent, interesting and original! Congratulations from Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
What a feat of engineering
What a feat of engineering and appreciation of good music. I love that piece. Thank you for showing us this.
Wow! Just wow!
Wow! Just wow!
Just beautiful. I never saw
Just beautiful. I never saw something like this. Thanks to those Japanese that made this surprise!!!
It´s fantastic!!! It´s
It´s fantastic!!! It´s something that only Japanese could do !!!
Tanks for the beautiful moments you offer to us.
Splendid idea, enormous
Splendid idea, enormous talent & extraordibnaery patience. Loved it...congratulations for the team effort.
amazing well done
amazing well done
where in Kyushu? does it
where in Kyushu? does it remain?
For me, it is beautiful in
For me, it is beautiful in that it demonstrates our elemental hunger for a connection to nature to temper all-consuming technology.
Creativity IS. Whether it is
Creativity IS. Whether it is for a purely artistic endeavor, a high moral purpose, or a crass commercial one, creativity happens. Let us applaud the avante-garde, joyful spirit that was infused into this offering instead of critiquing motives or methods. Bravo!!
Marvellous! Magical!
Marvellous! Magical! Magnificent! What a project!
I found pretty beautiful. And
I found pretty beautiful. And to those who suggest it was a waste of time and money remember it is a commercial and we're all watching it and discussing it and now know about a cell phone (whether we like it or not) that we may have never heard of before. So at the minimum as a commercial it was highly successful as you quibble and argue over a Japanese cell phone.
Arigato gozaimashita!
Arigato gozaimashita!
Absolutely brilliant! A
Absolutely brilliant! A detailed work of art.
Pure genius with gigantic
Pure genius with gigantic aspirations and inspiration!!! Absolutely amazing!
Totally awesome!!!!!
Totally awesome!!!!!
Los japoneses merecen toda mi
Los japoneses merecen toda mi admiración, por su buen hacer y su constancia. Bss. Pilar.
Incredible like most of what
Incredible like most of what the Japanese accomplish. The word can't do just does not exist in their language.
A wonder and so beautiful in
A wonder and so beautiful in all ways !
Absolutely marvelous!!!
Absolutely marvelous!!!
A masterpiece for the ages!
A masterpiece for the ages!
patience, trust in knowledge,
patience, trust in knowledge, ingenuity, brilliant and working together breeds success in all we do
that was truly inspiring and
that was truly inspiring and very magical
How very wonderful!......so
How very wonderful!......so creative and a thing of beauty. Thank you to whomever thought of this, and to all those who worked on it. Makes me want a Touch Wood phone, too.....just to support this company.
very cool.
very cool.
Fantastic. What patience
Fantastic. What patience these folks had to have to get every sound precise and to create such a beautiful sound. I'm amazed.
I couldn't take my eyes off
I couldn't take my eyes off it. Very moving. Make music, not war.
WOW! Amazing! I loved it.
WOW! Amazing! I loved it.
WOW ! If all countries spent
WOW ! If all countries spent more time making fun & interesting items like this, instead of guns & weapons & bombs, what a wonderful world this would be. And so very creative & even the animals love it.
The ingenuity of the human
The ingenuity of the human mind never ceases to amaze.
I am amazed by such a
I am amazed by such a dedication. That's awesome project and as a musician, I understand how hard is to get everything in tune!
Congratulations to the crew!
This is the most spiritually
This is the most spiritually significant event I have seen in a long, long time. working together to create beauty. Thank you, thank yu, thank you. Wow. Make music, not war. Make beauty all around.
Nice rubato.
Nice rubato.
All's right with the world!
All's right with the world!
Any work of beauty, in a
Any work of beauty, in a setting of beauty is beautiful and uplifting and most welcomed in a world mired in quarrel and unrestrained greed. I may be a little late seeing this for the first time, but I also enjoyed the comments they made me chuckle! Peace to all.
Beautiful, inspiring, and
Beautiful, inspiring, and above all, musical in all the sense of the word.
Truely amazing!!! Reminds
Truely amazing!!! Reminds me of a great project and a bunch of very excited genius kids!! What a work of art__muciscal, woodworking, Physics, human cooperation and joy.
Coolest thing I've seen in
Coolest thing I've seen in years. Genius.
Muito lindo!!! Muito criativo
Muito lindo!!! Muito criativo!!! Adorei!!!
Sensacional!!! Incrível!!!
Sensacional!!! Incrível!!! Inteligência pura!!! Parabéns!!!
Isn't that interesting and
Isn't that interesting and creative. Make sure to let Carol Ahola know about this new music in the forest. Delightful way to have musical notes to work by!!
My Prius was made in Japan,
My Prius was made in Japan, so the beauty and precision of this musical instrument does not surprise me!
That was absolutely beautiful
That was absolutely beautiful!
Visible and audible genius.
Visible and audible genius.
Dear Mr Bogzop, I´m also a
Dear Mr Bogzop, I´m also a musician. What is to be noticed here is the effort, the playfullness and the dedication man can achieve. The song is a standard, wonderful - but the way it´sbeing played is awesome.
I loved the part where the
I loved the part where the little ball is making its way towards us. Bobbing this way and that making its little sound. Much like a person ambling along in the woods, even skipping along playfully.. Very friendly and spontaneous. The sound was mindful of those dripping water buckets also used in Japan, for fountains? A curious sonorousness. What a charming gift to us.
And oops, I totally missed that it was a commercial. Ha
a remarkable endeavor by
a remarkable endeavor by creative people.
People will do anything for
People will do anything for publicity. Amusing. Too long. And hardly sounded like Bach
Glad their talent, patience
Glad their talent, patience and ability are being used for creativity
I am in awe of all the work
I am in awe of all the work and talent that came together to make this amazingly beautiful art. Thank you for bringing me a huge smile and filling my soul with such beauty.
I absolutely loved this! How
I absolutely loved this! How very beautiful in so many respects!!!! Thank you so much, Japanese engineers and crew! You have given me something beautiful to go to whenever I need a shot of strength and peace!!!!
Timings off. Pitch is Ok.
Timings off. Pitch is Ok. Cool attempt though.
AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL!
AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL! WORKING FOR THE LOVE OF ART!
what a piece of work is man!
what a piece of work is man!
'A little envy there, Bog?
'A little envy there, Bog?
It is great to see the work
It is great to see the work from friends at DOCOMO! I enjoyed meeting with some of your finest engineers years back and now I see some of the fruits of your labor! Well played
This is fantastic. What a
This is fantastic. What a wonderful experience just watching it.
Thank you for all of your effort.
God Bless you.
This is inspiring! Bach, wood
This is inspiring! Bach, wood and the forest!
Bravo. Delightful.
Bravo. Delightful.
Excuse me for my ignorance,
Excuse me for my ignorance, but as I just can recognice part of the song, the parts I din't know weren't so beautiful. My brain could play the music all the way with the ball, but as I got to an unknown part it was less musical. But even so, I enjoy the performance of that little ball.
Absolutely lovely! Who would
Absolutely lovely! Who would even think of this, let alone get it to be so magical?
My one question - - - who paid these folks to come up with this marvel?
wonderful! only the Japs
wonderful! only the Japanese could do something so good. congratulations
Its fantastic, its awesome
Its fantastic, its awesome
Moved to tears ... water ...
Moved to tears ... water ... essential for life ... and man's desiring ... that so many come together to gather ... what seemed so recently beyond imagining.
Thank you!
EGO! That's all this
EGO! That's all this demonstration is all about considering the cost could have been spent helping unfortunate ones specially children and contribute to making this planet a better place to live in. WASTE OF MONEY ALL IN THE NAME OF ARTISTIC EGO!
"When a true genius appears
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift -Learn to let go, this is art!
Patients is truly a gift.
Patients is truly a gift. This is awesome. Bless all who helped put it together. Hugs....
This my piano lovely teacher
This my piano lovely teacher must hear. She will greatly appreciate this version of Bach's beautiful Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Enfin ça fait vraiment
Enfin ça fait vraiment plaisir de voir de l'énergie créative, positive !
it inspired me!it is music,
it inspired me!it is music, art and artistry combined to make true beauty- mindblowing! im going to show it to my brothers adn my stepdad> i am a 10 year old girl
A mais importante propriedade
A mais importante propriedade do ser humano é a inteligência criativa.
A inteligência deve ser usada, exercitada e transmitida, devendo ser estimulada no processo de educação desde o lar.
Educar respeitando e tendo consideração pelas pessoas, contribuindo para que se aprenda a admirar a criatividade das pessoas, seja numa frase, seja numa poesia ou romance, seja na música, seja na técnica e qualquer outra atividade humana ou produto humano
Parabéns aos criadores do anúncio que surpreende pela inteligência e pelo poder criativo contido em todo o processo de seu desenvolvimento pela equipe de japoneses, desde o idealizador até o executor...
Tem toda a razao.
Tem toda a razao.
Beautiful!!! made me happy:)
Beautiful!!! made me happy:)
What a beautiful gift to us
What a beautiful gift to us all - lovingly and carefully and skillfully made! Thank you! Thank you!
I do not understand Japanese,
I do not understand Japanese, but I do understand and appreciate Bach! Outstanding accomplishment! Beautiful rendition. Congratulations!
The look of relief on his
The look of relief on his face at the end, priceless!
I'm sure there were people
I'm sure there were people watching Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel saying, "Why is he putting so much effort into painting a ceiling. What a waste of time!"
This is so true! A very apt
This is so true! A very apt analogy.
Incredible....and amazing...
Incredible....and amazing...
Reminds me of the Honda 'Cog'
Reminds me of the Honda 'Cog' advert.
Fabulous! May all realize
Fabulous! May all realize that Jesus is the only way to Heaven. John 3:16
Amazing! What craftmanship!
Amazing! What craftmanship!
Brilliant! Good to see
Brilliant! Good to see ingenuity that doesn't produce technology (even though it is advertising for it and, of course, technology is used in the production).
I admire the patience of
I admire the patience of those people, who made this possible.
This is brilliant!! How
This is brilliant!! How clever are some people to be able to produce this.
Amazing! Appealing!
Amazing! Appealing!
What a splendid commercial! I
What a splendid commercial! I agree that this is a truly magical moment! I wonder, being crass as I am, how much it cost to make?
I can't imagine the minds
I can't imagine the minds that came up with idea. The engineering is unbelievable and to find others to share in this project is a miracle. Beautiful!
I wish Bach could have seen
I wish Bach could have seen and heard it!
pretty cool, but that little
pretty cool, but that little ball reminded me of a kid forced to take piano lessons. LOL
That was amazing! I hope they
That was amazing! I hope they sell a lot of those phones to pay for the work that went into making the advertisement!
Ho hum.......... interesting
Ho hum.......... interesting but BORRRRRRING.
It's a marimba. Marimbas are
It's a marimba. Marimbas are traditionally made of wood and xylophones out of metal. Interesting to see behond the scenes, but I'm disappointed that I didn't get to hear the "performance."
I think this is genius and
I think this is genius and what fun it must have been to put this together; what a joy to watch and listen to!
The unjudged joy of beauty
The unjudged joy of beauty and creation with the natural implicit and the possibility realised. More, please!
How Bach would have loved
How Bach would have loved seeing and hearing that if he were alive today
what a wonderful masterpiece
what a wonderful masterpiece this is! So awesome and I love it!
totally fantastic!!
totally fantastic!!
Truly an AMAZING production
Truly an AMAZING production from start to finish. Wonder how many people will truly APPRECIATE all of the details and time and effort it took to produce this BEAUTIFUL piece of art that rest of us are able to enjoy over and over again. THANK YOU to all involved for sharing the end product for everyone else to admire and appreciate. It was truly a labor of love!!!
Magnificent, ingenious ! What
Magnificent, ingenious ! What a work of art !!
What a beautiful, inspired
What a beautiful, inspired project. Amazing concept and feat of engineering, sense of place ...all for a commercial product. Fun to create and film, I imagine, for all those concerned. I hope the product is successful, or more importantly, I hope the artists go on to have successful art carers. Thank you!
I love this demonstration of
I love this demonstration of music, talent, woodworking skills, math, engineering, friendships that forma and the technical skills needed to make this lovely video. Thank you for all of your talents. A job well done.
An amazing achievement.
An amazing achievement. Congratulations. I would enjoy hearing the result.
What a fantastic engineering
What a fantastic engineering feat!! I found this thoroughly captivating. The joy for me was hearing this unique way of expression of music in a natural setting with natural sounds. I specifically chose not to judge its merits as an ad, the time and money spent, etc., etc. but as a unique artistic expression. Let any negativity reside in the board room when discussing the entire project. On the bright side any one watching and listening will not forget the ad, which was its purpose in the first place.
Incredibly clever and very
Incredibly clever and very interesting and even a bit addict able. I really love it.
It's a work of art! Such
It's a work of art! Such patience and talent!
... and THEY lost the war??!!
... and THEY lost the war??!!
AWhen I ever imagine that the
AWhen I ever imagine that the human race is doomed, I happen upon something that says, "But No........!"
Yes, I agree.
Yes, I agree.
Do you think Bach ever could
Do you think Bach ever could've imagined his music would still be heard so many years later? Do you think that he could've imagined a piece of his would be so recognizable that such a feat as this could or would occur? Do you think he could've imagined it might be played in such a way? What do we imagine about our legacy as many years into the future?
Thank you for making this!
Thank you for making this!
How many hours did it take to
How many hours did it take to construct in the shop? How many hours to set up in the woods? How many total feet is it? How many seconds did it take the ball to reach the end? How m\any engineer and technicians worked on this in the shop and then in the field. What was the cost to produce this commercial?
Add your own questions.
bach wood instrument..
bach wood instrument...quality control and perseverance is the solution to many problems of society.its fantastic . THE FILMING ALONE WAS A LABOR OF LOVE. converting nature creation into human creation is a feat. The smithsonian would be proud to make space for the bach wood instrument...???
I am blown away by this.
I am blown away by this. brilliant minds create a better world.
Absolutly fabiously
Absolutly fabiously
Incredible work by all
Incredible work by all involved here. It's phenomenal to think of what it took to do this. Congratulations on a job well done.
the joy of creation and BEing
the joy of creation and BEing evident in the process of their work.
funny, though a lot of work
funny, though a lot of work for a small result. but: man, keep op playing on this planet!
Mahalo (thank you) for the
Mahalo (thank you) for the most enlightening musical treat, that touched all my senses.... you all did an awesome job... can't wait to buy the phone now... just because of this commercial... hope they sell it in America soon.. Aloha!
Whoever thought this up is a
Whoever thought this up is a genius. the time.engineering and effort must have staggering. Fantisimo!
I so agree with Kathy Johnson
I so agree with Kathy Johnson. Considering the time, money and effort that went into this project and the end result, I would have been so much more impressed if it had all gone to cleaning the beaches after the tsunami or hauling out the monetary and hourly equivalent of ocean gyre debris in Japan. However, this is my opinion. To each his own.
Only the Japanese can think
Only the Japanese can think of this
this is awesome
this is awesome
simply a marvel. Patience and
simply a marvel. Patience and engineering combined to make something beautiful.
Impressive and touching! As
Impressive and touching! As long as there are people who spend their time to produce something like this, I see hope! for human BEINGS.
WOW....Leave it to the
WOW....Leave it to the Japanese....just genius....
Absolutely wonderful, but
Absolutely wonderful, but somebody has too much time on their hands.
What are they talking about?
What are they talking about? "Bach's treatment of a traditional church hymn! Namely, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring." Bach WROTE the melody, he didn't do some arrangement of it. Bach's treatment? Nonsense.
As for the big wooden xylophone, it's cute, but frivolous. Go hear the music played on a big pipe organ. THAT's impressive!
The Japanese people are very
The Japanese people are very inventive and also very special.
Brilliant! One correction to
Brilliant! One correction to your text, 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' was written by Bach. It is.not his treatment of a traditional hymn, it is one of his greatest and best loved works.
The reason for making this,
The reason for making this, ie. the commercial, is immaterial. The sheer ingenuity, creativity, and ability is mind blowing. This just shows the possibility of man's creative capability to produce something for which there is no practical use apart from the pleasure derived from it. Many thanks to the team for giving us this few moments of pleasure.
very impressive. Just wist
very impressive. Just wist the sounde were a little deeper. Such beautitful music.
It looked like this took a lot of planning and people hours.
Amazing! Wish we did that
Amazing! Wish we did that kind of thing in the USA!
Brilliant! Thank God there
Brilliant! Thank God there are still people in this world who treasure the important things in life. Thank you so much.
The beauty I'd the earth,
The beauty I'd the earth, joined with human creativity.
My canary loved it and sang
My canary loved it and sang along!
Amazing. Was it disassembled
Amazing. Was it disassembled after the shoot was finished?
I would love to have this
I would love to have this instrument descending the hill behind our house. I can imagine designing a simple delivery system to return the ball to the top, so it could play this haunting Bach melody over and over again.
Beauty all around. Something
Beauty all around. Something so basic as wood can make such a huge impact when implemented with creativity. Thank you for your dedication, time and talent!
peaceful sound, calming. A
peaceful sound, calming. A person in our neighborhood burns the very best scented wood every night. The air is wonderful each warm evening. Just to combine nightly would be priceless. Enjoy the peace and scents of the best wood. Then add the sounds of sweetness. Life is short. Surround our senses with beautiful odors and sounds and uncalled for drama. Thank you Good Lord for nature.
How much did it cost? It
How much did it cost? It kept several workers occupied for some time, I am sure.
amazing; patience; creative;
amazing; patience; creative; nuff said.
Phenomenal achievement!
Phenomenal achievement! Perfect example of perseverance, ingenuity and collective work. Congratulations!!
Truly an extraordinary
Truly an extraordinary display of God's blessings to Humanity. He has blessed us with the ability to think and create, and hearts yearning to share our creative gifts and bless others with them. I thank God, in Yeshua's name, for creating us in His image. And certainly for the forrests filled with trees and sky...
What a gift to us. Creative,
What a gift to us. Creative, inspiring, beautiful. I want to start every morning with this wonder. Thank you. Lowell
Mr. Bach has been my favorite
Mr. Bach has been my favorite composer of all time and I'm sure that wherever he is now he's is in awe of what has been done here, truly magical. It's a shame that there are those don't appreciate the fact that music can be brought to us in many ways, by many people, by many devices, instruments, etc. as a result of talent and hard work. I loved the quiet wonder of this, a real,masterpiece.
Stunning ! I particularly
Stunning ! I particularly like the ' off key human touch wood-ear ' result.
Loved it!!!! Very
Loved it!!!! Very entertaining and inventive. Naysayers, get a grip and enjoy it for the creatativity.
What a wasting of woods,
What a wasting of woods, shame!
This is marvellously absurd
This is marvellously absurd in the best way that it can and should be. Only humans spend so incredibly much energy producing something totally irrelevant, and that's just who we are. I'm all for it, but sometimes I wish we had turned out differently.
Waste of time&money. Please
Waste of time&money. Please get a life!
How cleaver, so amazing,
How cleaver, so amazing, simply beautiful.
Inspirational! Community
Inspirational! Community creativity and remarkable imagination.
This is a joy to watch and
This is a joy to watch and listen, The forest setting is beautiful, and the expressions on the faces of the engineers is wonderful.
As a musician, woodworker and
As a musician, woodworker and mathematician with a physics background I can appreciate this on many levels. It is a wonderful integration of the three with nature and the human spirit in a creative endeavor requiring cooperation among many people. What is not to like here? Advertising? Consumption of a natural resource? Intrusion into a forest? This is the world in which we live. One can easily find something to complain about in any human activity. I find it more rewarding to seek something to enjoy whenever possible.
Very clever, a hugh amount of
Very clever, a hugh amount of work and engineering plus manpower and money involved.
BUT, was it all worth it in the end. A few notes were definately off key.
Nice....very CREATIVE. i
Nice....very CREATIVE. i THOROUGHLY ENJOY IT. TO BOGZOP I feel sad for you. You sound so full of yourself that you cannot appreciate anything from another source.
Not only is this an amazing
Not only is this an amazing feat but it sounds wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing~
this is amazing! the talent
this is amazing! the talent here , the time , who knows how long? I
would love to see it.
science, art and impeccable
science, art and impeccable execution...wonderful.
Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing this. It's... timeless!
this is totally awesome...
this is totally awesome...
Amazingly creative and
Amazingly creative and delightful to watch! This is an ingenious tribute, not only to the individuals who conceived of this idea, but also to the whole group who cooperated in its successful completion!
Absolutely fascinating, Guys!
Absolutely fascinating, Guys! Congats (from "Down Under") on a wonderful achievement!
Thank you so much for this
Thank you so much for this video , unbelievable! Incredible job!
this is amazing!
this is amazing!
Leave it to the Japanese.
Leave it to the Japanese. That was wonderful!
Truly delightful! However, I
Truly delightful! However, I don't think it can compete with the natural sounds of the forest.
very pleasing to the soul
very pleasing to the soul thank you
How beautiful it is to see
How beautiful it is to see this creation and all the amazingly sensitive people who are so far away from here (Canada) physically but so connected to us through spirit, energy and humanity. Thank you (even if it was for an ad, at least it has spirit)
Very cool!
Very cool!
This was unbeleivably
This was unbeleivably interesting, newver seen some thing so unusualy great.Loved it
Truly Japanese. As a
Truly Japanese. As a world traveler for 43 yrs. I can say this would develop in the country of Japan and nowhere else. Amen
WOW, Genius, there's no end
WOW, Genius, there's no end to the fun and creativity of the human mind. Bach would have got a kick out of this especially if he was a fun and crazy kinda guy!!
Marvellous, simply Marvellous
Marvellous, simply Marvellous. 3-4 flat spots, but they can be fixed easily. To conceive this, then to make it to reality, is truly creative. My heartiest congratulations to all of you. And, you could not have selected a more enduring piece of music.
What a magical mystical work
What a magical mystical work of art!
Wonderful.... enjoyed this.
Wonderful.... enjoyed this.
How absolutely incredible -
How absolutely incredible - and beautiful. Have to wonder what possessed these men to even take on such an elaborate
job. Kudos!!!
Amazing! Masterfully
Amazing! Masterfully constructed.
This is outstanding. I
This is outstanding. I watched this with my four year old
granddaughter and we were both fascinated. Such genius!
I don't think that the most
I don't think that the most amazing thing is the final run... The impressive is the organization, dedication, team work, effort, precision, etc...
Like STAR TREK quote "is is not the destination, it's the journey that counts!"
For us to see it takes 3 minutes of joy! For them to build a many days or snow, cold, rain, etc... Their pleasure when succeeded was much bigger. After visiting Japan for 5 weeks I can understand them better.
Just magical....
Just magical....
I am self taught to play an
I am self taught to play an Aoleian-Skinner Pipe Organ, and was amazed at the time it took Me to learn all the keyboard and stop's basic's alone. This version of a classic put together by a totally different means of instrumentation remind's me of the many different arangement of pipes on the grand Church organ I had to manipulate and trim to get the sound I desired I wanted to achieve by re-aranging many large and small pipe's to match the tonal qualities I was looking for. I have achieved about 80% of the desired sound quality I have been looking for, and am still working to achieve the other 20%. Touch Wood is to be considered a masterpiece! I'm sure with a bit more time and work, they will have mastered a new way to produce the un-usual sound of Music to the delight of many others. I wish them well. C. Lund.
Exquisite in all.
Exquisite in all.
It's charming. back in the
It's charming. back in the early 60's I drove up to a friend's house. He lived alone by a lake that was surrounded by all sorts of fauna, cattails, ferns and so on. A very isolated spot. As I left my car It was totally quiet; nothing was stirring. Then from out of the vegetation by the lake, I heard the most beautiful flute music. It was my friend ad libbing some kind of flowing, artful tune and the whole scene, nature and music combined in a transcendent moment. The organic sounds of the giant xylophone in the forest took me back to that unforgettable time in my past. It wasn't intrusive, it was relaxing. Above all, the whole idea was original in concept and creation. Bravo and thank you. My highest compliments to the originators.
Amazing! Beautiful! Almost
Amazing! Beautiful! Almost unbelievable!
Amazing passionate and
Amazing passionate and ingenious makers of modern art!
Totally beautiful and amazing
Totally beautiful and amazing... A lot of skill but mostly patience.
Absolutely amazing!
Absolutely amazing!
I thought that was wonderful.
I thought that was wonderful. We could use that music in our National Parks in Australia as they got rid of all the native birds and animals - now it is the wild horses. firstname.lastname@example.com
Awesome dudes!!!!
Awesome dudes!!!!
thank you for placing our
thank you for placing our Supreme Being inextricably entwined in Nature, as He truly is.
A clever, inventive
A clever, inventive commercial prompts such vitriol. Fascinating. It
a lot of people need something to do.
WOW!! Breathtaking!
WOW!! Breathtaking! Brilliant! Bravissimi!
This is music to my ears.
This is music to my ears.
Thank you
This is fantastic and it
This is fantastic and it reminds me of a great musician that went to Japan to teach music. May God Bless you All.
Who taught those little
Who taught those little wooden balls to make music and couldn't they have chosen something more hip. Perhaps a Grateful Dead song.
There's so much that I like
There's so much that I like about this. Bach, the quintessential European aesthetic being played in the most primordial way possible, by the force of gravity in the deep forest. The patience, intelligence, exquisiteness and, indeed, gentle humor of the piece is both charming and magnificent in an understated fashion. The Japanese genius at work. Well done!
Just smashing, so much work
Just smashing, so much work involved with so much talents put in.. just fantastic..
the music .. great with the background of water... superb superb... thanks.
I love it...
No other word than
No other word than FANTASTIC
Well done to all who were involved
What a pleasure, the
What a pleasure, the technology to this is just beyond anything that I can think of. The scream in the background and the pleasantness of the COM. Spectacular
Love it. By the way, the
Love it. By the way, the music is not, "Bach's treatment of a traditional church hymn! Namely, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.". Bach wrote it. For those of you who are concerned about the amount of wood used; how much wood is used to build guitars, violins, violas, cellos, base violins, harps, oboes, bassoons, clarinets, ukuleles, recorders, and pianos, (have I missed any?)? I hope you don't have a problem with that use of wood.
Wow! Amazing....this piano
Wow! Amazing....this piano teacher who has taught this great hymn both to choirs as well as budding pianists is extremely blessed by this!
OMG! My eye make-up is ruined
OMG! My eye make-up is ruined for the day! i so wish that Mrs. Marinello, the teacher who led the Madrigal Society at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn - in the mid '50s - were still Earth Bound and could hear this. Humans are an amazing species.
Bach would be overcome with
Bach would be overcome with JOY.
This was as good as it gets.
This was as good as it gets. Many thanks. What creativity.
gostaria de compartilhar no
gostaria de compartilhar no meu facebook
Amazing, wow
Amazing, wow
I thoroughly enjoyed the
I thoroughly enjoyed the concept and the engineering behind the scenes, would love to have that job.
It is wonderful. Thankyou
It is wonderful. Thankyou
It should have been done with
It should have been done with computer animation instead of requiring all the craftmen skills and the material used to create this elaborate commercial.
Anyway it was beautifully crafted.
Quite amazing. The mention
Quite amazing. The mention of Kyushu reminded me that our attacks upon Kyushu in 1945 were more fiercely opposed than those upon Tokyo.
Interesting perhaps it could
Interesting perhaps it could play suki yaki !


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Brick House IJburg
Published on April 27, 2009
Section Architecture / Interior Design, G Living
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The 140 m2 house is located on a small plot in IJburg; a recently developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a densly urbanised area. Closed private spaces contrast with open collective spaces, that seem to have been 'carved out' from the solid volume as a continous transparent void. In this way the interior space is visually and physically connected to the street, the garden and roof terraces. Outdoor- and indoor spaces become one and natural daylight flows into the interior.
Three bedrooms, a small bathroom, WC and a 'multipurpose hall' are situated on the groundfloor whereas the first floor remains completely open for living, cooking and eating, flooded with daylight. The multipurpose hall on the groundfloor is much more than an enteryzone. It also functions as an artist studio, workdesk, laundrette and playground. Storage and service spaces are invisibly integrated in thick walls keeping the livingspaces as open, transparent and flexible as possible.


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Spry editor Lisa Delaney is one of the rare souls who know what it�s like to be an �after.� This journalist and author of Secrets of a Former Fat Girl shed 70 pounds�and six dress sizes�and has kept it off for 20 years. She answers your questions here each week. DEAR FORMER FAT GIRL: I�m trying to learn to enjoy veggies more (and eat less meat, cheese and processed foods at the same time). Do you have any favorite vegetarian cookbooks to recommend? Thanks!�Callie� DEAR CALLIE: Yay for you! I can relate: When I was a kid, the only vegetables I wanted to eat were corn and potatoes. I could barely choke down anything green, even if it was doused in cheese sauce, butter or some creamy salad dressing. Only as an adult have I become a veggie lover�and certain cookbooks have been key to my conversion. In fact, I think the first cookbook I ever owned was The Moosewood Cookbook�by the iconic Mollie Katzen, probably THE top vegetarian chef and restaurateur in the country. The book, published in 1977, features recipes from Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, N.Y. Since that first book, many, many have been published (I have several in my cookbook library); and a new one, Moosewood Restaurant Favorites, is coming out in September. It�s worth investing in one or two of these books, particularly Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites, which won a James Beard Award when it was released in 1997. But enough of the nostalgia. I�ve had several new cookbooks (like, from this millennium) cross my desk that are worth checking out. Here�s a selection. For everybody: 50 Best Plants on the Planet: The Most Nutrient-Dense Fruits and Vegetables, in 150 Delicious Recipes, by Cathy Thomas and Melissa�s Produce. A combination cookbook-encyclopedia, this lovely book will make you want to experiment with the exotic (dandelion greens and gooseberry, anyone?) and get you excited about old standbys (Brussels sprouts and oranges). Not only do you get detailed information on the benefits of the nifty 50, gorgeous photos of each, and simple, interesting recipes, but author Thomas also includes trouble-shooting tips for preparation, advice on choosing and storing, and simple cooking ideas (for when you�re not up for following a step-by-step recipe). For everybody: Vegetables Please: The More Vegetables, Less Meat Cookbook, by Carolyn Humphries. I love the exhaustive, pictorial guide to ingredients like mushrooms, beans, oils, seeds and herbs, with little snippets of info on choosing, using and storing. Recipes run the gamut from stews, curries and casseroles to grills, grains, soups, stews and egg-based entrees. An appendix gives how-to visuals on techniques such as stir frying, saut�ing, seeding tomatoes, dicing onions, prepping herbs and spices and more. For busy cooks: Rose Elliot�s 30-Minute Vegetarian, by Rose Elliot. Vegetarian cooking can be somewhat laborious, I have to say�partly because of the tricks, techniques and ingredients you sometimes have to use to pump up flavor and increase satisfaction. This book of 30-minute dishes like Egyptian Rice and Lentils with Caramelized Onions and Pine Nuts makes weeknight veg cooking seem more doable. I�m dying to try the Oven-baked Asparagus and Pea Risotto. For Southern foodies: The Southern Vegetarian Cookbook: 100 Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Table,�by Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence. First off, let me note that vegetarianism isn�t a sure ticket to good health. Cake and ice cream are, after all, a vegetarian dish. As are cheese grits, fried green tomatoes, and Bourbon Pecan Tart (one of the recipes in this book), since we�re talking Southern here. As long as you approach this and other vegetarian cookbooks knowing that desserts are desserts, carbs are carbs and fried foods are fried foods�and thus should be eaten only occasionally�you�ll be good. That said, this creative tome is great for non-carnivores who love Southern flavors. You�ll have to be picky to avoid the landmines in this book, but gems like Miracle Mushroom Gravy (a sausage-free sub for the white gravy typically served with biscuits), Sweet Potato Grits with Maple Mushrooms and a Fried Egg, and even Vegetarian Boudin Sausage make it worth the effort for adventuresome cooks. For creative types: The Vegetarian Pantry: Fresh and Modern Recipes for Meals Without Meat, by Chloe Coker and Jane Montgomery. I appreciated the primer in the introductory portion of this beautiful book on �The Healthy Vegetarian,� which emphasizes a balanced diet, and includes as a key ingredient, happiness. �Some things in your diet should be used to simply feed the soul and make you feel good,� the authors write. I agree! As promised, the book contains a list of pantry items, but really gets into the recipes fairly quickly. Note that there is some deep frying going on in these pages, but you�ll appreciate creative ideas like Roasted Beetroot Pesto, Curried Lentil Soup with Fresh Herb Puree and a yummy Moroccan Vegetable Tagine. For Indian food fans: Indian Vegetarian Feast: Fresh, Simple, Healthy Dishes for Today�s Family, by Anjum Anand.�For someone who�s struggling to embrace the veg, Indian cooking should be one of your first stops. The mix of spices and hearty approach to dishes like the Tandoori Vegetable Feast, in which you can mix and match anything from artichoke hearts and broccoli to bell peppers and asparagus, means you won�t miss the meat in the least. Expect relatively long lists of ingredients (many of which are spices) and some off-the-beaten-path ingredients like tamarind root�but the results are worth the effort. For comfort food-lovers: Food: Vegetarian Home Cooking, by Mary McCartney. You�d expect luscious food photos from McCartney, daughter of Paul (yes, THAT Paul) and vegetarian icon Linda. But you might be surprised by such down-home dishes as Lip-Smacking Minestrone, Corn Fritters, and One-Pot Mushroom Rice. You�ll have to watch for copious amounts of cheese, butter and cream in some of these recipes, but there are some real, family-pleasing winners here. Lisa Delaney is editor of Spry magazine and Spryliving.com. Ask her your question here. Brought to you by: Spry Living
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Friday, May 10, 2013
FCC Looks to Improve In-Flight Connectivity
In-flight connectivity could be faster and accessible to more commercial and business aircraft in a few years, under a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a terrestrial-based air-to-ground mobile broadband service for aircraft flying in the National Airspace System (NAS).
The proposal would establish an air-to-ground Internet service first proposed to the commission by Qualcomm in 2011, operating in the 14.0-14.5 GHz band,
on a secondary, non-interference basis with Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) Earth-to-space communications.
The agency is looking to improve in-flight connectivity speeds, and meet rising demand for the service. Industry experts are predicting that the number of connected aircraft will grow from 3,000 in 2012 to about 15,000 by 2021. If approved, the air to ground network would be established only for the contiguous United States, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, according to agency officials.
Air-to-ground systems deliver in-flight connectivity via a ground-based network that communicates with an antenna attached to the aircraft, connecting it to on-board Wi-Fi service. Currently, air-to-ground licensees operate in the 800 MHz band with 4 MHz, according to FCC Commissioner Julius Genachowski, FCC's new proposal would greatly increase the spectrum available to service providers.
"Today's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would free up, for secondary use, 500 megahertz of spectrum, for a new Air-Ground Mobile Broadband service. So we would be going for 4 megahertz of spectrum for air-to-ground to 504 megahertz," said Genachowski. "This service would help meet consumer demand by offering airline passengers access to better in-flight broadband and will increase competitive pressure on current systems to improve the quality of their in-flight services. Specifically, the proposal could provide broadband capacity of up to 300 gigabits per second on a combined basis."
The new system has the ability to not only increase in-flight connectivity speeds, but also to lower the cost of the service, as air to ground service is less expensive to provide than satellite-based connectivity, which is the other model of in-flight connectivity currently available on aircraft.
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) is opposing the agency's new proposal, saying the proposed air-to-ground service would cause interference with satellite services.
"SIA has filed with the Commission detailed technical analyses that demonstrate that the proposed air-ground service would cause interference into the satellite services that are primary in that band and are relied upon by media, enterprise, public safety and U.S. military customers for essential services," SIA said in a statement.
FCC's proposal requires another vote before final approval to move forward with the plan, and will likely take several years to fully implement if approved.
Related: In-Flight Connectivity News