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John Tan walks out of prison and straight back into the fight for democracy
Filed under: Archives
By the Singapore Democrats, 31 Dec 2008
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SDP Assistant Secretary-General John Tan was released yesterday after serving a 15-day senetence for contempt of court. Mr Tan was in a buoyant mood and remained defiant in fighting for democracy in Singapore.
He was convicted together with Mr Shaffi'ie and Mr Isrizal for wearing kangaroo T-shirts outside the Supreme Court in May this year during the defamation hearing between Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the SDP. Shaffi'ie and Isrizal had earlier served their one-week jail term.
Mr Tan's wife and younger son (see photo) greeted him with hugs and kisses. His party colleagues and friends were also on hand to welcome him.
"Apart from the little aches here and there from sleeping on the hard floor, I feel great!" Mr Tan said. "We must keep on speaking up and not give in because that's what they want us to do."
His appearance was telling. Apart from losing nearly 6 kg, Mr Tan looked none the worse for wear. In fact, he signaled his readiness to get back straight into work by checking his email and discussing with his associates the New Year's Eve countdown. He will be the MC, together with Ms Jaslyn Go, for the evening.
Why Taipei's MRT trumps Singapore's
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By Sunita Sue Leng, for TheEdge Singapore
22 December 2008
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TAIPEI'S CITY Hall is so proud of its mass rapid transit (MRT) system that it runs a competition every year, asking people to send in poems about the MRT. I can see why. The MRT is clean and comfortable (in addition to chewing gum, the nasty habit of betel chewing nut has been banned). People queue up in a civilised fashion before boarding trains. And, when the doors open, they don't barge in before passengers can exit.
Signs and announcements are in Chinese and English and all carriages have electronic displays showing which station is coming up next. Every carriage has special seats for old folks, pregnant women or people with disabilities. I've never seen fit, young people pretending to be asleep in these seats.
However, the best part about Taipei's MRT is its frequency. According to Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC), the company that runs the system, trains arrive at two to four-minute intervals at peak hours. Off-peak, it is four to seven minutes.
In reality, it is much more frequent. I know because I've timed it. At peak hours, trains come as often as every minute. As for off-peak hours? Well, I've never had to wait more than three or four minutes. As a result, even during the morning rush hour, the trains are never as packed as they are in Singapore.
Who is John Tan?
Filed under: Archives
Written by Chee Siok Chin, for the Singapore Democrats
29 December 2008
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I first met John in September of 2006 during our three-day standoff at Hong Lim Park with the police. He had heard about our rally and march on September 16 and came to lend his support.
I remember him staying on into the wee hours of the morning with us that first day. He came every day subsequently and buoyed our spirits by encouraging us. He had brought refreshments and little things like raincoats and toiletries that would make our stand-off less taxing.
He has since been one of the most active members of the party as well as a dedicated practitioner of Nonviolent Action.
That's John Tan.
Tan Kin Lian's final rally for investors at Speaker's Corner: The authorities have done little to help investors
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Written by Ng E-Jay
27 December 2008
At the final rally for investors at Speaker's Corner, Mr Tan Kin Lian lambasted MAS for doing scant little to assist investors, many of whom have lost their life savings. Financial institutions have also given very little compensation to investors, and frequently have dragged the cases and not even bothered to give investors a satisfactory reply.
Addressing a rally of around 150-200 people, Mr Tan Kin Lian gave a brief overview of the actions he has taken thus far. He has submitted a total of 4 petitions over the past three months, of which 3 were presented to MAS. The petitions were aimed at:
- asking the Government to look into any possible wrong doings by the financial institutions, in particular, whether the Financial Advisers Act and the Security and Futures Act had been breached,
- asking the MAS to investigate the sales training given by the financial institutions to their representatives, and
- asking the MAS to review the complaint handling process of the financial institutions, to set up an independent unit to receive and process the complaints, and to encourage the financial institutions to adopt a collective approach in offering fair compensation to the investors.
However, MAS has insisted that it cannot respond to Mr Tan or any individual investor directly, and would only communicate its intentions via official press releases. To date, Mr Tan has not received any communication on whether the specific requests contained in the petitions has been considered or implemented.
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POLICE EMERGENCIES: Are responses slower now?
ST letter by Mr Yong Sing Wee
27 Dec 2008
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ON SUNDAY evening, my friends and I heard a woman's desperate screams followed by the sound of male shouts from the thick growth under the PIE flyover over Rifle Range Road.
I dialled 999 and the operator replied that a patrol car would be dispatched. I did not do more because it was getting dark and I was alone with two women. When the screams continued, I dialled 999 again, and was told that an officer had already been dispatched. About 15 minutes later, I called a third time to ask where the officer was but was told that an officer had already been dispatched.
By the time a police staff sergeant arrived at 7.30pm, the area was pitch dark and the screams had stopped. He apologised and explained that he was attending to another case and the police station could not dispatch anyone else. It was obvious he had tried his best to arrive at the scene as fast as he could. He spent 15 minutes combing the area before returning and telling us that he had radioed for more resources as he had not found anything. We left after my particulars were taken down.
A message from Mr Mohd Jufrie Mahmood
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This message is reproduced with permission from Mr Mohd Jufrie Mahmood.
By Jufrie Mahmood
23 Dec 2008
Hi all,
After a long lay off, my recent public visibility has attracted attention and comments from well-intended close and not so close friends. "Why, Jufrie Why?" they asked. "But if you must, why not associate with the more compliant group? Wouldn't life be cozier and less stressful?" said several of them.
Such reactions have prompted me to in turn ask, "What kind of opposition do Singaporeans really want? Is the status quo satisfactory and does it serve Singapore's long term interests? If not, what then should be done and where do I fit in? I am not that highly educated, let alone being a scholar."
For sure I know that I am not going to be in it just for the sake being in. I want to make a difference and do it right. And definitely I am not going to be like the PAP Malay MPs. But again must a person be necessarily in parliament first before he can make a meaningful contribution?
There are many issues that need to be addressed. Can they be adequately attended to with the present lot of people who call themselves politicians?
Politicians come in all shades and mannerisms. But what factors actually motivate a person to go into politics?
Transport Minister Raymond Lim says: Heads we win, tails you lose
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Written by Ng E-Jay
22 December 2008
Going by Transport Minister Raymond Lim's latest remarks, no one can possibly be blamed for assuming that as far as Singapore's public transport fares are concerned, it's a case of "heads the PAP wins, tails citizens lose".
At a dialogue with about 300 MacPherson residents on Sunday 21 Dec, Mr Raymond Lim said that falling oil prices need not necessarily translate into a similar drop in fares, as "there is no direct correlation between the two".
The minister was responding to queries on why fares had not come down given that crude oil prices have fallen to about US$33 a barrel from a record high of US$147.27 earlier in July.
"That's a fair question," Mr Lim answered. "The answer is that public transport fares are not directly linked to oil prices." (ST, "Govt will try to keep transport costs down", 22 Dec)
Yet in September, when the Public Transport Council (PTC) announced fare revisions for bus and train fares which came into effect on 01 Oct 2008, transport operators like SBS transit were quick to point out that the fare increase would help alleviate their cost pressures. (See here.) SBS noted that their fuel and electricity costs rose by 64% in the first six months of this year. It is common knowledge that these costs are closely tied with crude oil and natural gas prices. Fuel and electricity costs form around 30% of SBS Transit's operating expenses. Can SBS Transit realistically say that these costs are insignificant?
For the past two years, transport operators in fact have consistently cited increases in fuel and manpower costs as reasons why fares should increase over this period.
According to the PTC's latest formula for public transport fare revisions, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) forms a significant portion of the maximum fare adjustment calculation. Again, I need not remind readers that fuel prices have a significant impact on the CPI, because of the direct way increases in fuel prices are transmitted to the rest of the economy.
So who's kidding who? Is Mr Lim taking Singaporeans for fools? When oil prices go up, the PTC and transport operators claim that serves as a reasonable basis for fare increases. When oil prices come plummeting down, the transport minister does an about turn and says there is no direct correlation between the two.
Truly, heads we win, tails you lose.
The transport minister also said that to run a completely free bus and train system, GST would have to be increased to around 8.5%.
My response is that if GIC and Temasek had not sunk countless billions into failing US financial institutions, we would have been able to afford precisely that long ago.
Sex Education — 3rd world mentalities in a supposed 1st world country
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Written by Ng E-Jay
22 December 2008
Mathia Lee's blog post on AWARE's Comprehensive Sex Ed Programme (a Sunday Times letter penned by Dr Roopa Dewan and Mathia Lee) was quite thought-provoking. These are some of my reflections on the issue.
1. Looking for scapegoats versus educating the young.
When dealing with emotive issues like sexuality, sex education and responsibility, the easiest thing for authority figures such as parents and guardians to do when problems crop up is to engage in finger pointing and look for scapegoats. Such behaviour only alienates the young which we are trying to educate. When people are forced into a corner, they become defensive and focus on protecting their pride and dignity rather than responding to the real issue.
Sexual relations is one area where pride and primal instincts come heavily into play, yet very often the first respose by authority figures when a youngster has behaved irresponsibly is to trample on those sensitivities, resulting in breakdown in communications, heightened conflicts, and sometimes, irrepairable damage to relationships. Elders forget they were once young.
Letter from Mohammad Jufrie bin Mahmood to Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman
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This letter was reproduced with permission from Mr Mohd Jufrie.
Hi little brother,
Our paths crossed not very long ago. But the more I get to know you the more respect I have for you. Your quiet ways seem to betray the strength that is within you. I suppose even the judge failed to judge your character correctly when he expected you to tender your apologies. He forgot the adage of not judging a book by its cover. Apologies are tendered only when wrongs are committed. Believe you me, you have done no wrong! If only we had more youngsters like you and brother Isrizal the battle would have been won long ago.
This Thursday morning I watched you marching out of Queenstown Prison and as I garlanded and hugged you I could feel your heartbeat. It somehow tells me that you are none the worse for the experience. Surely Singapore has not heard the last of this young patriot, I told myself . As for those who think that this young man had been misled into 'committing a crime' it would do them well to think again and be honest with themselves. How could a man with such a strong conviction to put things right ever be misled into doing something against his will?
Some, perhaps even members of your own family, may think that you are being ridiculous. But to many others you are simply extraordinary. Someday, I am sure, they will come round to see your point.
I read the piece written by Chih Mei. Like her I too have three young children. They may or may not trek the path which their father has taken. But I make it a point to engage and guide them to do the right things. They may or may not go astray in this materialistic world, but God willing they will ultimately choose the right path. And never be swayed by PAP propaganda.
In Isrizal I could see another man with a conviction that is equally strong. I could sense it as I watched him taking his stride from the prison gates. He knows exactly what he wants to do and where he is heading. Together with our brothers in the SDP we can play a role that even the Malay MPs and so called religious leaders shy away from, ie to stand up for our rights within the context of a multi racial setting. I cannot help feeling that his short vacation with you in Queenstown has made him much stronger and better prepared for the long journey ahead. We will not be making this journey all on our own. Many people I have been speaking to appear to be waiting to be led. Many issues need to be addressed and solutions found. Lets put our shoulders to the wheel and steer it towards the right direction.
Very best regards.
Encourage bank relationship managers to do the right thing by confessing to mis-selling
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Written by Ng E-Jay
18 Dec 2008
Mr Tan Kin Lian has revealed on his blog that he was approached by a bank relationship manager who wishes to confess to giving wrong information to investors of failed credit linked notes due to his ignorance about the risks of the product.
According to Mr Tan, this relationship manager has agreed to sign a statement, and will be approaching other relationship managers who are in a similar position to do likewise.
This relationship manager should be applauded for doing the right thing.
However, Mr Tan Kin Lian also revealed that the bank had, in Mr Tan's words, "put pressure on him (the RM) by stating that he would be held personally responsible to compensate the customers, if he admitted to giving the wrong information."
Such a threat by the bank is in clear contravention of the Financial Adviser's Act (Chapter 110).


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Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and other Tamil stars like Vijay and Suriya are among the South film industry's highest paid actors, charging between Rs 20 to Rs 40 crores for a film
AR Rahman's Next Soundtrack Could Be For 'Ilayathalapathy' Vijay
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"Talks have been initiated with Rahman, and it might take a week or two to get some clarity. He's yet to be officially signed on," revealed a source
Actor Vijay's Father, Filmmaker S A Chandrasekar, Hospitalised After Fall
Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 24, 2016
The 71-year-old filmmaker, father of Tamil actor Vijay, suffered head and spinal injuries due to the fall at a resort in Kumarakam, said hospital sources
Actor Vijay's Puli Gets Off to Nervous Start After Delays, Raids
Chennai News | Agencies | Thursday October 1, 2015
After Income Tax raids at his office and elsewhere including those connected with his latest release 'Puli', top Tamil actor Vijay faced more nervous moments today with the film's release being threatened over payment issues.
Actor Vijay's Home Raided by Income Tax Officials Ahead of Big Release
Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Thursday October 1, 2015
Income tax officials today raided houses of leading southern actors Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nayantara.
Kaththi Actor Vijay, Director Murugadoss Sued for Defamation
Tuesday October 28, 2014
have been slapped with a defamation suit for making a reference to the 2G spectrum case in their recently released Tamil action film
Fans, Exhale. Tamil Star Vijay's Film Kaththi to Release on Diwali After All
India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday October 21, 2014
Tamil superstar Vijay's new film, Kaththi, ("knife") will release as scheduled on Diwali, said theatre-owners who met today after a cinema that will screen the movie was vandalized last night.
'Kaththi', Tamil Film Starring Vijay, May Not Release on Diwali
South | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday October 21, 2014
Uncertainty shrouds the Diwali release of actor Vijay's Kaththi in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Film Fraternity Slams Sri Lankan Article Against Narendra Modi, Jayalalithaa
Deepu M Kurup | Monday August 4, 2014
Vijay and Suriya were among the protesters outside Sri Lankan consulate in Chennai
Tamil actor Vijay in awe of Hrithik Roshan in Krrish 3
Chandni | Tuesday November 12, 2013
Vijay was so impressed with the actor's work that he wanted to personally meet him and show his appreciation.
John Abraham's Madras Cafe unlikely to be released in Tamil Nadu today
MekhlaS | Friday August 23, 2013
Theatres in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to screen actor John Abraham's Madras Cafe, which is expected to release nationwide today.
John Abraham's 'Madras Cafe' unlikely to be released in Tamil Nadu today
South | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Friday August 23, 2013
Theatres in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to screen actor John Abraham's 'Madras Cafe', which is expected to release nationwide tomorrow. The Theatre Owners' Association had left the decision of screening the movie on individual theatre owners after both the Tamil and Hindi versions of the film were cleared by the Film Certification Board.
Thalaivaa finally hits screens in Tamil Nadu
Riya Chakravarty | Tuesday August 20, 2013
After nearly a two week delay, popular Tamil actor Vijay's film Thalaivaa (Leader) finally hit screens across Tamil Nadu, sending his die-hard fans into frenzied celebrations.
Thalaivaa finally set to release in Tamil Nadu on August 20
Riya Chakravarty | Sunday August 18, 2013
Actor Vijay's film Thalaivaa is likely to be released on Tuesday in Tamil Nadu according to the producers of the movie. They've also decided to drop the tagline "time to lead".
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Long gone are the days when international study meant a few semesters of a foreign language and a handful of exchange students traveling to far away countries.
With the proliferation of video conferencing, social networking and smartphone technology, the world has become increasingly connected—and educators are taking note.
More schools in Chicago are bringing a global perspective to their curriculum as a selling point for students who will one day find it more difficult to get into a good college without it and who will enter a workforce where interfacing with financiers in Europe and manufacturers in Asia is but a few mouse clicks away.
GEMS World Academy is among the newest players in Chicago K-12 education that incorporates international study throughout its curriculum.
The school, which opens its doors this September to about 200 students, is part of a network of 21 schools operating in Asia, Africa and Europe. Located in Lake Shore East, the school will eventually be home to pre-kindergarten through sixth-graders, and a second facility will accommodate students through 12th grade. Once fully operational, the school will have about 2,000 students.
Geoff Jones, head of GEMS Chicago, says the new school, the first in North America, will tap into GEMS's worldwide network of schools.
"What the schools share in common is a focus on a very rigorous college preparatory program of studies, but one that is equally focused on this idea of preparing students to become world leaders in global areas of study," Jones says.
When first-graders, for example, learn about the topic of fresh water and where it comes from, they participate in video conferences with GEMS students in other countries to contrast the local method of tapping into lakes and reservoirs for fresh water with the process of desalinization used in Dubai or Delhi, Jones says.
"At the first-grade level, they begin to see the complexity and the idea that there is a common need and a common problem to provide enough fresh water for life as we live it, but there are multiple solutions; those solutions always depend on the resources available at the place," Jones says.
By third grade, students learn that the need for fresh water is a political and socioeconomic issue as well, according to Jones.
Starting students out with a global perspective early is a central precept at GEMS.
"Most of us have learned a language and forgotten it; we are trying to change that model," he says.
The language study aims to be more nuanced than the nuts-and-bolts version of foreign language study traditionally presented to students.
"You study Spanish, but you have to learn to look beyond that language and understand the cultural cues," Jones says. "It really means becoming a powerful listener and empathetic and picking up on a broader set of cues you need to be able to understand and communicate.
"So when they do go on in their studies and career they'll understand that it's really about building larger and deeper networks of ideas."
While offering a global perspective to education is certainly a rising trend, some Chicago schools have included it in their curriculum for years.
Mike Horton, headmaster of the British School of Chicago, says the school began implementing its international primary curriculum a year after opening its doors in 2001.
"People talk about preparing children for the world of tomorrow, as if the global world is tomorrow and not today," Horton says.
The Chicago school is one of 28 in the British School system, which has campuses throughout Europe, Asia and North America. The British School of Chicago, which serves 840 students, recently broke ground on a new campus in the South Loop.
The school employs a thematic approach, Horton says, tying subjects together around a motif to give students a greater sense of the depth of the world around them.
Third-graders, for instance, participate in a project on chocolate that includes lessons on Brazilian farmers. The unit aims to expand the students' understanding of the country by detailing Brazilian language, culture, art and cost of living, among other topics, Horton says.
"The music teacher introduces the music of Brazil and the dance teacher teaches the dances of Brazil," he says. "Everything is linked together."
Like GEMS, the British School starts students early on foreign language study, Horton says.
"We start students off in French at age 3," he says. "Children are like little sponges; they take it in. They are open and accepting of the curriculum and the discussions that take place. They are not coming in with any bias about any other country or religion or color."
The school also includes a travel component, giving students the opportunity to study abroad.
Last year, seven students traveled to Tanzania, meeting up with five other students from international British School campuses. The students worked with Tanzanian children, helping to build a school. More students will return this year to continue the work, Horton says.
In addition to international travel, the British School is encouraging use of technology to connect students at an early age.
Horton says that after teachers at the school witnessed students as young as pre-kindergarten age using their parents' iPhones during parent-teacher meetings, they realized they might be missing an opportunity.
"One of the things we put into our nursery three years ago is iPads for our 3-year-olds," he says, acknowledging that the idea at first seemed gimmicky.
"You cannot hide children away from the technology of today," he says.
Timothy Inklebarger is an award-winning writer and currently works for Chicago Parent's sister newspaper, the Wednesday Journal.
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After months of making little jibes about each other's bands, we've finally convinced The Wanted to take action and sort out their feud with One Direction.
The final straw was 1D boy Louis' interview with Now yesterday, which saw him mocking The Wanted and saying 'if they want a rivalry, let's do it!'
The Wanted's reaction? Forget the rivalry, let's have a fight.
Provoking the boys to kick things off and have it out, once and for all (well, we were always going to go down the most newsworthy route), we dismissed the lovely Nathan's attempt to convince us that The Wanted are the good guys and it's all just banter (leave it out Nath, we're the impartial ones and you're all as bad as each other) and applauded Max's idea to fix the row: a good old fashioned boxing match.
After laughing at Louis' interview and commenting "she looks beautiful", Max declares in the video above: "Why don't we just have a boxing match?
"Pick out of a hat, one each against each and let's do it!
"And afterwards we'll go for a pint and be friends."
What a nice manly way to sort out the situation. Tom then chimes in: "Yeah let's do that, celebrity death match!"
Yeah, that might be going a bit far, Tom, but we applaud your commitment to the band.
Max, Jay, Siva, Nathan and Tom then go on to discuss who they would - and wouldn't - want to fight one on one, before deciding that one 1D member could probably take them all.
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Victor Jacobs (born December 12, 1952), also known as Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, is an American radio and television sportscaster. He is best known as a former co-host of The Loose Cannons, a sports radio talk airing nationally on Fox Sports Radio. He is known for eccentric behavior, like wearing fur caps and robes, and writing Lakers haiku poems to read on-air. During Manny Ramirez's time as a Dodger, Jacobs created a nickname for Ramirez, "El Maniaco".
Early years[edit]
Jacobs grew up on the streets of Queens, New York. He is a graduate of Cornell University, and got his start in broadcasting in Guam, back in 1979. Jacobs also had other sports broadcasting stints, working at KTVV (now KXAN-TV), in Austin, Texas, KMPH-TV in Fresno, California,[1] and radio and television outlets in Phoenix, Arizona. Jacobs began his broadcasting career at Western Albemarle High School in Crozet, Virginia. Announcing games for the Warriors, Victor often found himself in conflict with legendary basketball coach and BC Eagle, Darren Maynard. Maynard would frequently question Jacob's wealth and would ask him to, "Put your money up." In 1988, Jacobs arrived in Los Angeles and at KCOP-TV, where he was the station's sports Anchor. It was starting there that Jacobs' eccentric personality came to light, and was most remembered for throwing a foam brick at the camera, for anything that he disagreed with.[1] However, the "Brick" was used on his Austin, Texas sportscasts as far back as the mid-1980s. During that time, antics also included bringing a pig into the studio to publicize the University of Texas/University of Arkansas rivalry, and wearing of mascot hats of Longhorn rivals for the same reason. He signed off his Austin broadcast segment by shaking his finger and announcing, "From the nation's capitol!". Jacobs also used the phrase "You see the brick? You got the brick!" as he threw it at the TV cameras during his "Austin days". Jacobs also provided sports reports to the Rick Dees' radio program on Los Angeles' KIIS-FM in the early 1990s. Jacobs also used the phrase "You see the brick? Eat It!" on the radio. Jacobs began to approach sports reporting in a very unorthodox manner, accounting for his curious appeal and derision.
The stint at KIIS led Jacobs to help launch the new sports-talk format at KIIS's AM sister station, the newly renamed KXTA (1150 AM, now KEIB). The new station was based on the popular XTRA Sports 690 in San Diego, a sister station then-owned by Jacor Communications (now part of Clear Channel Communications). On March 10, 1997, Jacobs was first voice heard on the new XTRA Sports 1150, as a solo host of a midday program. Later on, he was teamed with NBA superstar and future Hall of Famer Karl Malone and NFL Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw in hosting duties.
Jacobs handles traffic and has done weekly features going over L.A. Rams picks against the spread with sports radio spokesperson Jon Price during the afternoon drive segments.
The Loose Cannons[edit]
For several years, Jacobs appeared as a member of the sports radio talk show The Loose Cannons which is broadcast weekday afternoons nationally on Fox Sports Radio with show hosts Steve Hartman and former host of Access Hollywood, Pat O'Brien.
Jacobs was often mocked by fellow radio personalities and audience members because of his odd personality quirks. He was known to have an enormous collection of hats (a lot of them fur) that he wore on the air along with other fur articles of clothing he can be seen wearing at Laker home games. He wears his hair long and usually out or in a ponytail. According to Jacobs, his hair growth comes from a bet he made with Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. According to Jacobs, the bet states that Jacobs will cut his hair when Bryant retires from basketball as a member of the Lakers. He also has a large walrus mustache and muttonchops.
Feeling You![edit]
Jacobs been credited[citation needed] for two popular local Los Angeles catch phrases, of which the most frequently used is Feeling You! (which can also be heard repeatedly by the myriad of audience members who call into the show). Feeling You! is meant to represent Jacobs' allegiance with the fans of the city of Los Angeles, mainly ones of the Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers and the UCLA Bruins. KLAC is the radio flagship home of the Lakers and Bruins, the former Los Angeles radio outlet for Raiders games, and during the KXTA incarnation, was the radio home of the Dodgers.
Feeling You! is the most popular phrase Jacobs brings to sports radio. This can probably be attributed to the aforementioned fact that Jacobs grew up in Queens, New York City and brings that kind of east coast flavor and attitude to broadcasting. Jacobs constantly stresses coming out of the darkness into the light, to quote another catch phrases he uses on air to describe an athlete or a caller, or sports news in general. He also frequently waxes moronic on The Loose Cannons as well, with an urban style and delivery. He often makes references to Eastern philosophies such as Zen and Bushido, and concludes each Loose Cannons broadcast with a freeform poetry recitation. Another favorite phrase is an enthusiastic "C'mon" and "C'mon, now!" as an encouragement to callers and fans.
Bamboo use[edit]
In 2008, Jacobs began to add a new, if ill-fated, facet to his quasi-warrior philosophy by bringing stalks of bamboo to Laker games. It was his contention that the Laker players, like the bamboo, needed to learn how to, "bend, not break" in their efforts to win the NBA Championship. In the fall of 2008, Jacobs extended the use of the bamboo to the UCLA football team. The Bruins' new head coach, Rick Neuheisel, not only embraced Jacobs as an unofficial mascot, but also imparted the wisdom behind the bamboo to his players. Despite his efforts, they finished the 2008 season with a record of 4-8, losing to USC by a score of 28-7 in the season finale. This was the third consecutive time the bamboo has been ineffective. The first was given to Phil Jackson before the Lakers were defeated by the Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. The second time the bamboo was put in an empty locker in the Laker locker room before a game with the Detroit Pistons. (The Lakers were undefeated until that night.) Despite a record of 0-3 Jacobs still insists that it is good luck.
Los Angeles billboards[edit]
To draw listeners to Jacobs, KLAC AM 570 began a major advertising campaign of the station during the summer of 2006. It included Jacobs beaming out from large billboards plastered all over Los Angeles, appearing to weave a spell of some sort, and the words "Feelin' you!" screaming out from behind him. Jacobs demanded that Steve Hartman and Michael Thompson be used and featured in the promotion. He stated that Feelin' You! is the mantra of the show, and fans of The Loose Cannons, Thompson and Hartman should be given just as much credit or publicity. To his dismay Thompson and Hartman were left out.[citation needed]
Departure from The Loose Cannons[edit]
In early October, 2012, Jacobs stopped appearing on the Loose Cannons show and was removed from the show's web site on FoxSportsRadio.com. Despite widespread speculation that he was removed due to a personality conflict with co-host Pat O'Brien, the remaining hosts stated on-air that he was reassigned to cover the Los Angeles Lakers. Other sources confirmed this reassignment to cover the Lakers for the local Fox Sports Radio affiliate, KLAC.[2] O'Brien has stated on the air and on his Twitter account that this move from a nationally-distributed show to a local reporting assignment was a promotion for Jacobs and that he is now better-paid and happier.
Personal life[edit]
- He is of Hungarian Jewish descent.
- He is a musician in a rock & roll soul band, "MWA".
- He has two older siblings Barnett and Priscilla
- He has six nieces and nephews
- He has two great-nieces and nephews, Everest and Eva
- In March of 2017, Vic announced he was diagnosed with Stage Three colorectal cancer, and announced he would be taking a leave from his radio duties.


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With the city under quarantine, and the swamp cemetery all but forgotten, the cemetery inside Vizima's walls is where the dead are buried, unless the plague takes them and they are burned outside St. Lebioda's Hospital. The Gravedigger holds the key, and as of late, he has locked the gates to the necropolis, for the dead refuse to rest, and necrophages haunt the paths.
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There is a crypt in the cemetery, as well as a small, hexagonal ruin that appears to have once been a temple or chapel. The gravestones look neglected, and there are signs of the undead everywhere. It seems the necropolis has not been used in a while.
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As my first stop in a summer of many planned recruiting tournaments, I made the short tip north up to Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.) for the second annual Adrenaline Lacrosse Black Card Individual Showcase, taking place from 9:00 to 5:00 on Friday.
Made up of all uncommitted 2015 and 2016 recruits, players were split up into 10 teams and played on three adjacent fields on a great complex of grass fields at F&M. In conjunction with this weekend's NSCLA Champions Cup (which I'll also provide coverage of), players were all from NSCLA member club teams like the Baltimore Crabs, Long Island Express, Edge Canada, RoughRiders, Leading Edge, etc.
Having left last year's event content but not blown away, I was extremely impressed with the level of play on Friday. In all honesty, it was the kind of talent level that you would find at an individual event like Nike Blue Chip or Maverik Showtime, and the overall fluidity and skill level of this showcase is without a doubt right there with those established showcases. College coaches from nearly every top Division I program - Duke, Cornell, Denver, Maryland, Virginia, Princeton, Hopkins, Loyola, Ohio State, Penn State and Notre Dame, among others - were in attendance, and for good reason.
Many thanks to the Adrenaline Lacrosse crew for providing excellent hospitality and putting the event together, especially Jono Zissi, Scott Hochstadt, Max Ritz, Xander Ritz and Rory Doucette. I enjoyed getting together with those guys on Thursday night for a few adult beverages, getting to know good people I'd only interacted with over e-mail. The game has exploded on the West Coast and that group has a huge role in that movement, also running LXM Pro and the West Coast Starz.
I tried to focus mostly on 2016's (a phenomenal group), but checked out the 2015's extensively as well. For more notes, commitments and thoughts this weekend, follow @ILPreps and @tyxanders on Twitter. I swear I'll talk about more than just lacrosse dads' use of hair gel.
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The Canadian attack grouping for Team SKLZ was outstanding, made up of Kyle Curtis (Henry Street H.S., ONT/Edge 2016), Dalton Follows (Appleby College, ONT/Edge 2016) and Aidan Conlon (Malvern, ONT/Edge 2016). A big time college prospect, Follows is extraordinarly slick, always seeming to execute the proper dodge to beat his guy and consistently putting up a hat trick. Curtis is a really nifty player, doing an impressive job keeping his feet moving and demonstrating a strong IQ - he definitely had some highlight reel goals. There was one where he backed down his man cradling with his hand at the bottom of his stick way out, turned and threw a money cross crease pass for a goal. Conlon got overshadowed by the others but produced and really made things happen, complimenting the others well. I also liked Mitch Gordon (St. Paul's, MD/Baltimore Crabs 2016), a good-sized kid, on that unit.
Fresh off another successful year for his high school squad, Reilly Walsh (Bronxville, NY/LI Express 2016) proved to be as good as advertised. Though he was covered well in the game I saw him, he showed outstanding size, athleticism and the ability to find the back of the net. From what I've heard, every top program out there wants him and he has superb grades. If he develops his off hand, Walsh could be one of the best in the country. His teammates Teddy Strozyk (Calvert Hall, MD/RoughRiders 2016) and Daniel Rooney ( Smithtown East, NY/LI Express 2016) appear to be two more really nice prospects.
Getting better as the day went on, Ryan Klose (West Linn, OR/West Coast Starz 2016) may be the next big thing to come out of Oregon. He possesses an excellent shot on the run and was always in the right spot, moving well off-ball and scoring an unofficial 2G in the last game I watched.
Living in the area, I thought I had seen all of the most impressive players in suburban Baltimore but I found a new one in Scott Bruner (Howard, MD/RoughRiders 2015). All it took was a few minutes to realize how nice of a prospect he is, and coaches next to me all raved about him. He's smart, crafty, sneaky and finished everything and in entertaining fashion. I also liked Ben Garfinkel (Deerfield, MA/3D New England 2015), who had an excellent change of direction, as well as a general awareness around GLE and shot placement.
Others Who Impressed: Caleb Costa (Bishop's School, CA/True 2016), Peter Scotten (St. Sebastian's, MA/Laxachusetts 2015's), Travis Miller (La Salle, PA/HEADStrong LC 2015)
Note: Much better group of attackmen and defensemen than the middies, but here are a few that turned some heads with nice outings:
I'd been hearing good things about Christian Ford (Bishop's School, CA/West Coast Starz 2016) and on Friday, I found out why. The SoCal product has a really nice motor, dodges the alleys with confidence and showed physicality at times. Excellent Division I prospect. Also enjoyed watching Connor Kirst (Delbarton, NJ/Leading Edge 2015), who made some rock solid plays all day. On one, he took a beautiful outlet, bobbled it a few times, accelerated and deposited it past the keeper. Another nice recruit for whoever gets him. Another kid Jax Monnin (Charlotte Latin, NC/Team Carolina 2015) had some nice hockey assists, showed good lateral movement and hit a nasty corner in the mid-afternoon game I took in. Monnin seemed to have one of the better shots on the run I saw all day.
Didn't see a ton of face-off guys that caught my eye, but when I watched him, Kyle Hyland (Hinsdale Central, IL/True 2016) looked pretty good. Did a good job winning the ball to himself, played decent D and had a goal or two.
Robert Marron (North Hunterdon, NJ/Patriot 2016) is a recruit who kept his feet moving and played well without the ball, had nice wheels and took smart and accurate shots. Brendan O'Neill (Haverford School, PA/Baltimore Crabs 2016), an apparent Hopkins verbal, enjoyed individual success on the Fords' varsity as a freshman and carried over his success to this weekend. He's a fantastic two-way player, almost has D1-ready size and stuck a handful of goals on the day. Another Crab named Jack Pollard (St. Paul's, MD/Baltimore Crabs 2016's) wasn't pretty but got the job done. For kids like that, the way it looks isn't everything - it's all about efficiency and that's what he brought to the table.
Others Who Impressed: Noah Assaraf (Cathedral Catholic, CA/West Coast Starz 2015), Zachary Ranta (Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches, FL/Roadhawks 2016), Matthew Gaudet (St. John de Brebeuf, ONT/Edge 2016
This group didn't collectively jump out at first but again they got better as the day went on. Beau Botkiss (Torrey Pines, CA/West Coast Starz 2016) was in my opinion the best defenseman there, terrorizing opponents at the LSM position with his range, ability to cover the whole field and a slick handle. By the end of the afternoon, he had a ton of +'s next to his name on the roster. I wouldn't be surprised if he's committed by the end of July, knowing what schools are going after him. Dylan Gaines (Boys' Latin, MD/Baltimore Crabs 2015) is a big lefty with solid footwork and cover skills who is a nice recruit but will need to use his body better. I'd imagine he'll get time for the Lakers next spring considering what they graduated on the D end.
Anthony Drouin (Salisbury School, CT/Edge Canada 2016) naturally stood out with his intimidating frame and long hair, but the lefty impressed me a bit with his communication skills. Another guy who is still learning how to take advantage of his size, but that's always expected at this age. I also enjoyed watching a smooth Canadian LSM in Tanner Baldin (Assumption, ONT/Edge Canada 2016), who had great stick skills and vision in transition, tossing a beautiful crossfield assist in a fast break situation when I watched his game.
I liked him playing for the Eagles in the spring but David Dilts (Culver, IND/True Lacrosse 2015) is an intriguing and well-rounded defensive prospect. He definitely had some tough assisngments and managed them very well. Keep an eye out for him. Andrew Parker (Rancho Bernardo, CA/West Coast Starz 2015) used his stick well, making a few heads up plays and demonstrating pretty solid footwork.
Others Who Impressed: Owen Colwell (Westfield, NJ/Leading Edge 2016), Dinio Cijuste (Columbia, NJ/Patriot 2016), Scott Barger (J. Serra Catholic, CA/West Coast Starz 2016),
Geoff Shannon and I have said this a million times, but showcases like this aren't favorable for goalies. There's no system or cohesion between you and your defensemen in the most part and in most cases, you're only playing half a game, while college coaches are often switching fields at half. With that said, here are a few that stood out:
In one of the day's first games, Jacob Stover (McDonogh, MD/Baltimore Crabs 2015) looked really good, making some acrobatic saves that he probably shouldn't have made. His positioning and command of the defense in front of him was also impressive. In the clearing game, he seemed a little ambitious but it often worked out just fine. Justin Imperatore (Avon Old Farms, CT/Leading Edge 2015) also looked good in flashes, but the lefty will need to work a bit on his communication skills. He also threw a nice outlet, though his middies dropped the ball a few times. Seemed fairly athletic and flexible, which showed in the first half.
While he's small, Kyle Hebert (MM Robinson, ONT/Edge 2016) commanded the defense impeccably (despite a high pitched voice) and made some excellent saves. His consistency looked good and he seemed to attack the ball well and make strong clears.
Others Who Impressed: Billy Dreyer (Heathwood Hall, SC/Team Carolina 2016)


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Dancer's Injuries on the Rise
Dancing is a wonderful artistic expression and kids have taken to tapping, pirouetting, Irish stepping and even ballroom dancing across the country. While it can be fun and great exercise, lots of these kids are being seriously injured.
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital looked at a national database of emergency-department visits. What they found was that the most common dance-related injuries were sprains, strains and injuries from falls. The patients were between 15 and 19 years old.
The researchers said no one on the team is calling for parents to pull their children from dance classes, but that the results from their study suggests that instructors should look for ways to prevent injury in students who participate in the physically demanding activity.
About 113,100 children and teens were treated for dance injuries in U.S. emergency departments between 1991 and 2007, according to the research teams estimates. During that time, the number of cases in a year increased by more than 37 percent, to about 8,500 in 2007. This is the first study to examine dance-related injuries on a national level. It was published in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health.
With about 22,000 dance schools across the country, study author Kristen Roberts, said one reason for the increase in injuries may be that there are simply more children dancing.
Steps to prevent injury include stretching, staying hydrated, getting plenty of rest and using good form.
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Whether it's a pitcher throwing a lot of pitches in one inning or a dancer repeating a dance, as the muscles get tired, some of the coordination and the body's ability to cope starts to suffer he said. The hospital recently started a program to focus on dance.
They're dancers, they're artists, but they're also athletes. It requires a lot of strength, stability, power and balance, Leighton said. Of course, they have to take all that and make it graceful and beautiful as well.
As dancers grow, their taller, heavier bodies, combined with intense, difficult dance moves, make injuries more common, he said. Cross-training and flexibility work, such as yoga, can lower injury risk, Leighton said.
Dancing competitions can be fierce. These kids are truly athletes and like any athlete they have to work hard to achieve their goal and stay healthy during the process.
Dance instructors and parents can keep an eye on their dancers to make sure that they know their limits and do not get too fatigued that's when most injuries occur. The three Rs are always good to keep in mind -rest, repair and re-hydrate.
Source: Misti Crane, http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/11/injuries-on-rise-among-young-dancers.html


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Characteristics of modal sound radiation of finite cylindrical shells
Lin, Tian Ran, Mechefske, Chris, & O'Shea, Peter J. (2011) Characteristics of modal sound radiation of finite cylindrical shells. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 133(5), 051011-1.
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Characteristics of modal sound radiation of finite cylindrical shells are studied using finite element and boundary element methods in this paper. In the low frequency range, modal radiation efficiencies of finite cylindrical shells are found to asymptotically approach those of the corresponding infinite cylindrical shell when structural trace wavelengths of the cylindrical shells are greater than the acoustic wavelength. Modal radiation efficiencies for each group of modes having the same circumferential modal index decrease as the axial modal index increases. They converge to each other when the axial trace wavelength is much greater than the circumferential trace wavelength. The mechanism leading to lower radiation efficiency of modes with higher circumferential modal index of short cylinders is explained. Similar to those of flat plate panels, change in slope or waviness is observed in modal radiation efficiency curves of modes with higher order axial modal index at medium frequencies. This is attributed to the interference of sound radiated by neighbouring vibrating cells when the distance between nodal lines of a vibrating mode is in the same order or smaller than the acoustic wavelength. Effects of the internal sound field on modal radiation efficiencies of a finite open-end cylinder are discussed.
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'I've heard there'll be a job tomorrow - a construction site on the other side of Delhi. Munilal gets up from the tiny patch of ground between his two tents. Somehow he doesn't look strong enough to be carrying bricks up and down ladders - a frail five-foot two with spindly legs that touch at the knees.
He ties up his 'dhoti', the cloth that serves as trousers, and wanders over to the nearby street lamp carrying a reel of unfinished rope. He stretches the rope around the lamppost then sits down on the pavement. Gripping the reel between his feet he pulls the rope taut and starts twisting it at the end. 'It's for drawing water from the well, he explains, 'for when we go back to the village.'
Munilal, his wife and six children will go back to the village soon, in March, for the harvest But for the moment they are in their 'house' in Delhi. It is little more than a couple of tents ingeniously strung together with sacking and cardboard and anything else that comes to hand.
Their home for the past three years or so is one of a hundred or so 'jhuggies' crammed together on a piece of spare land five minutes from the centre of the city. The site is unauthorised. 'If we get moved,' says Sitabai, 'there will be somewhere else.' So far they have been lucky and the makeshift campsite is starting to have a permanent look about it. The green, orange and white of the Indian flag flutters above some of the tents, a remnant of the recent election. Where there are mud houses they have been plastered with posters for Mrs. Gandhi's Congress Party. Towering over them all is the new twelve-storey skyscraper of the Food Corporation of India, the government body responsible for shifting millions of tons of grain around the country.
Munilal's food production is more modest. 'I only have about half an acre of land back in my village - Chattapur in Uttar Pradesh. You can't do much with it. It's not enough to live on so I have to come here to Delhi to find work. I do whatever I can but it usually means labouring on the building sites.'
He earns 30 cents a day working from dawn till dusk clambering along the precarious wooden scaffolding. That's if he manages to find work, If the job slows down for any reason - a shortage of materials say - he gets laid off and has to look elsewhere. 'And if I get injured', he complains, 'I get nothing at al I.
Suddenly the children have spotted a tourist who has strayed off the beaten track. With a dozen or so others they converge and threaten to knock him over shouting 'Hello, hello, one rupee, one rupee.' Sitabai screams at them although it's not clear whether she is telling them to release him or hang on to him.
They don't in any case have much luck and return crestfallen. Like the city's permanent dwellers they have learned that you need money to survive on the streets. A rupee picked up here or there can make all the difference in a day.
'Back in the village they would be able to help by weeding or looking for firewood,' she explains, 'But here there's not much else that they can do. If there was a free school nearby maybe I would send them.' The eldest boy, 14-year old Mohan, however, does also earn about 20 cents a day working as a shoe-shine boy.
She picks idly through seven-year old Desraj's hair, looking for lice and finding quite a few. 'It's difficult to keep them clean', she says. 'Soap is so expensive and you have to carry the water.' The water comes from a pump on a street corner nearby - once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
In a couple of weeks the children and their few possessions will be piled onto a train for the six-hundred mile journey back to the village.
Munilal's brother has been looking after his land and now they are going back for the harvest. 'There are about 500 people living there. Of those probably 100 don't have any land or enough to live on. So they go off to other places looking for work.'
Sitabai gathers together the dishes from the meal they have just finished. 'Of course I have land in my own village. I had it before I was married to old Budda here' - she waves rather dismissively at her husband over by the lamppost, 'But there is no one to work it for me so what can I do?'
Her eleven-year old daughter Kamala has no such wealth to bring to her marriage. But remarkably enough this slight little girl is already married. 'The wedding was three years ago to a man in the village. Now that she has reached puberty we are going to hand her over to her husband.
Kamala pays little attention and starts to rub away with mud and water at the cooking pans. Is she nervous about leaving her family and going to live with her husband? 'No, why should I be?' she asks. If anything she seems to be looking forward to going back to the village.
For Kamala this will probably be the last time in Delhi, the last time that she boards a train back to Chattapur. But for the rest of the family the cycle goes on.
'You just have to listen out,' says Munilal twisting his rope, 'the work comes by word of mouth. Tomorrow I know there will be a job.'
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I have a 2011 SRX AWD Luxury model that was purchased new in November 2010 and now has 26k miles.
My wife & I love the SRX, though keeping black clean is driving me crazy.
We had a strange problem about 3 times in the last month. We had problems with the AC not running cold enough for hours, but then it would all of a sudden be right back to normal?
It is then good with no problems for days.
Even when the AC wasn't cold enough, I could see the drain water under the vehicle, so it seems that it must have been running?
Anyone have this problem?
I wondered if it is a glitch in the controls?
I will be calling to bring it in to the dealer, but want to know if this is common.


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Welcome to the Princeton University East Asian Undergraduate Popular Culture Conference website. We aim to build and develop research on the vibrant cultural environment in East Asia. The conference includes a myriad of activities from keynote speakers, presenters, intellectual discussions facilitated by academic moderators, and an ending social mixer. Please consider coming to share your research with a group of other interested students!
Keep checking the website to learn more about the schedule, speakers/presenters, hosting information, and such.
Sarah Pak '15
Cynthia Andrianjatovo '16
David Leheny, Henry Wendt III '55 Professor of East Asian Studies


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OpenDaylight is an open source software project focused on advancing Software-Defined Networking (SDN). The Developer Spotlight blog series profiles the people who are contributing to the project.
Colin Dixon is a computer systems researcher at IBM Research's Austin Lab. His research interests are broadly in systems, spanning networks, distributed systems, operating systems and security with an emphasis on building real, secure, reliable and efficient computer systems. He's on Twitter at @colin_dixon.
How did you get involved with OpenDaylight? What is your background?
I've been pretty intensely involved with OpenDaylight since the beginning. I'm a researcher at IBM working on SDN and before OpenDaylight, I did a lot of work with, and contributed to, the Floodlight OpenFlow controller. As a result, I heavily contributed to IBM's first OpenFlow controller, which was based on Floodlight, and when IBM was spinning up OpenDaylight, I became IBM's unofficial OpenDaylight technical expert.
I got a lot more intensely involved during the beginning of the consortium since I was one of a small number of people who was familiar with the code for both of the controller projects that were originally part of OpenDaylight.
My background is pretty heavily steeped in SDN. Since joining IBM Research I've been working in a data center networking group focusing on SDN. Before that, I got my PhD from the University of Washington in distributed systems and networking and my thesis focused on making networks programmable whether they were enterprise networks or networks of devices in houses. The part about programming houses was called HomeOS and is still ongoing at Microsoft Research.
What projects are you working on for OpenDaylight? Any new developments to share?
Most of my attention goes to the controller project. I try to improve the core functionality as best I can including helping out with performance improvements, improving overall code quality and helping improve some of the build system. I've also been trying to help out with the OpenFlow plugin and OpenFlow protocol library projects since they play a core role in the controller.
While not officially a project, along with David Erickson I put together the (in)famous Dixon-Erickson proposal that helped to resolve the impasse around how to proceed with two different controllers. The plan still stands as a roadmap indicating what features any OpenDaylight controller should have in the long run and suggestions about where code for those features should come from.
In terms of new developments, I'm working on lots of small things that I'm hoping to get into OpenDaylight in the near future. I'm working with Curt Beckmann of Brocade to incorporate some of the Negotiable Datapath Models (NDM) work that we did as part of the ONF's Forwarding Abstractions Working group which should allow for the controller and switches to agree on a set of features. (Curt wrote up a good blog post on this a while ago, but using the term Pre-Defined Switch Profile or PDSP instead of NDM.) I've also been working on implementing an application to allow the controller to act as a single Ethernet switch including handling broadcast traffic.
People have different definitions for SDN depending on how they're using the network. What's your definition of SDN?
I'm tempted to cop out here and say "I can't really define SDN, but I know it when I see it," but I'll take a stab at defining what I feel the core of SDN is.
In my mind, software-defined networking really has three parts:
- First is the separation of of the control plane and data plane which is as close to a "standard" definition of SDN as currently exists.
- Second, as part of that, you need to have open definitions of the APIs that the control plane can expect from data plane and vice versa. OpenFlow is one example of such an API.
- Third is the logical centralization of the control plane so that network application developers and network administrators can think of the network holistically rather than as a piecemeal collection of devices.
Once you have these three parts, you can start to really change the way we think about networks from having a limited set of proprietary knobs on a bunch of different devices to having general purpose network operating systems like the OpenDaylight controller.
From your perspective, what are the major benefits of making OpenDaylight an open source project?
Much like the Linux operating system and Apache web server, OpenDaylight offers a way for the whole industry and community to collaborate on shared infrastructure rather than having many parallel efforts reproducing the same functionality. It is precisely the fact that OpenDaylight is an open source project and not owned by any one company that makes this possible.
What advice would you give to someone just getting started in OpenDaylight?
Grab the code and get it to do something first.
A good place to start is getting the installation guide which also walks through getting the simple forwarding application to work. There's a few moving parts, but the documentation there is pretty good and if you need any help you should jump on #OpenDaylight channel on the freenode server and there's almost always people willing to help out there.
From there, we have a curated and documented list of small, but very useful tasks that need work along with mentors that are willing to help out. Other than that, hop on the mailing lists and chime in.
Lastly, again, don't forget the IRC channel. Really. It's the best way to get fast feedback.
When and how do you get your best coding done? At night listening to music? In the morning with a cup of coffee?
I really need a good 2–4 hours of uninterrupted time to "page in" the relevant information into my brain and get coding effectively. The result is that I usually get my best coding done someplace far from meetings, phones, instant messaging and e-mail. Planes are great for this. The last two patches I pushed up to OpenDaylight were things I wrote and prepared on a flight from Baltimore to Austin.


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A few weeks ago, one of our "sons in the faith" sent a letter to The Brazil Times which appeared as a letter to the editor under the heading "Christian-Based Movie's Message Encouraging".
The writer of this letter, an admitted "offender," has been at Putnamville Correctional Facility for a while now, and I have been "pen-pal-ing" him for a little longer. In the published letter he writes, among other things:
"We are currently wrapping up a study based on the movie, "Courageous." An awesome Christian based film.
"It's all about becoming a better man, a better father, son, brother and leader.
"A man who does what's right by God's standards and not societies...and it's about passing that high standard down to our kids and families.
"It's a powerful movie and study, which made me cry several times."
Naturally, this got Kay and I interested in the movie. I was surprised to find it both available and to be considered a "hot movie".
The movie, unabashedly Christian faith based, is described:
"Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused.
"Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood.
"While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark.
"When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children?
Two things stood out as we watched this movie: First, a lot of its message was not new to us, but each generation needs these lessons. Also, there is no Christian message less popular than that the man of the family should be the man of the family and its spiritual leader.
It left me pondering several things about myself, the successes and failures in rearing our children, and the situation of our son in the faith.
As to my pen pal, he is struggling to be a Christian and a witness to the Faith in a place that Dante might well have labeled the first level of hell -- prison. In his various letters and in our visits we are continually surprised at his descriptions of life on "the farm". Drugs are an on-going problem, weapons readily available, and temptation rampant. And, most critically, his witness of Christ is well known to those who respect his stand, as well as to those who would do harm to the Way of Christ.
Few of we American church-folk stand up long enough to be ridiculed, fewer still are they who face outright violence for their stand for Christ. I think my boy at the farm may be the most courageous man I've met in a very long time.
At this time when we're being reminded of heroes, Kay and I recommend seeing "Courageous." It is a Christian-Based movie whose message is most certainly Encouraging.
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[2008-10-06] Density-dependent invariance, dimensionless life histories, and the energy-equivalence rule Damuth's energy equivalence rule for mammals is studied in a population dynamic framework.
[2006-03-10] A dimensionless invariant for relative size at sex change in animals: Explanation and implications abstract: Recent comparative studies across sex-changing animals have found that the relative size and age at sex change are strikingly invariant. In particular, 91%-97% of the variation in size at sex change across ...
[2006-03-10] Dimensionless invariants for the optimal size (age) of sex change Optimization models have been widely and successfully used in evolutionary ecology to predict the attributes of organisms; perhaps the greatest quantitative success is in the area of sex allocation (sex ratio, sperm ...
[2006-03-19] Ecological implications of resource depression A common but not universal consequence of the foraging activities of a predator is a lowering of capture rates with prey in its immediate vicinity. This may result from a number of different processes and need not require ...
[2006-03-10] Effects of body size and temperature on population growth For at least 200 years, since the time of Malthus, population growth has been recognized as providing a critical link between the performance of individual organisms and the ecology and evolution of species.We present ...
[2006-03-10] Effects of size and temperature on developmental time Body size and temperature are the two most important variables affecting nearly all biological rates and times. The relationship of size and temperature to development is of particular interest, because during ontogeny ...
[2006-03-10] Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate We derive a general model, based on principles of biochemical kinetics and allometry, that characterizes the effects of temperature and body mass on metabolic rate. The model fits metabolic rates of microbes, ectotherms, ...
[2009-11-16] Enigmatic reptilian sex ratios
[2009-11-16] Environmental sex determination with overlapping generations
[2006-11-27] The evolution of alarm calls: Altruism or manipulation?
[2006-11-27] Evolution of eusocial behavior: Offspring choice or parental parasitism? Assuming the subsocial route towards eusociality, I show that selection favors worker habits (under haplodiploidy) provided the mutant workers are able to bias the sex ratio towards sisters and/or selectively substitute ...
[2009-12-11] Evolution of life history parameters in animals with indeterminate growth,particularly fish Optimal life history theory is used to understand the Beverton-Holt dimensionless numbers for fish life histories
[2006-03-19] Evolution of life history variation among female mammals A unified approach is developed for the evolutionary structure of mammalian life histories; it blends together three basic components (individual growth or production rate as a function of body size, natural selection on ...
[2006-03-10] Evolution of mammal life histories If we assume that adult life span and age-at-maturity are described correctly by quarter power allometries across (typical) mammal species, we are tempted to look for some fundamental explanation. The explanation must ...
[2009-11-16] Evolution of the breeding sex ratio under partial sex change
[2006-03-19] Facultative sex ratio and population dynamics
[2008-10-22] Foraging decisions in a patchy environment This is a Science Citation Classic commentary on the Marginal Value Theorem[ Charnov, 1976]


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Xinjiang Lamb Kebabs for Australia Day
1. In a large tray, mix the spices together and add the oil. Add the lamb pieces and stir to coat. Set aside in the fridge to marinade. I left mine for 24 hours but a minimum of 5 hours is ok.
I'm gonna make these on Thursday. Wooooooooo!
Gotta love a good lamb! I admit, I've never tried Uighur food before (nor do I know how to spell/pronounce it lol). I might have to head to one of these joints and be enlightened.
Happy new year to you too Kath! xx
Great recipe to celebrate Australia Day! :)
Love the Barbie Girl song! Have a lambilicious Australia Day, your kebabs look great.
I've tried Uighur lamb kebabs only once before, and they were served on these long sword-like skewers! Aaaaand, much fun was had "sword fighting" with them afterwards of course.
Have a great Australia Day, Kath!
This is one of my "new found love". Can't wait to try it out!
I became addicted to Uighur cuisine a few years ago - I saw the use of cumin in a different light! Looking forward to Australia Day! Hope you have a good one! x
These look delish! Will try out this recipe soon. Happy Australia Day!
Sadly I really don't like lamb, but would love giving these a go with pork or beef.
That looks wonderful.
Love all your food!!
That video is hilarious Kath! Hope you had a great Australia day - am sure with your lamb kebabs you would have.
oh wow these look great, just my first taste of uighur food last week and found the spices so different from anything i've tried before.
I love meat!!!!!
This is one of those must-try Northern Chinese food when we were Beijing-based. Though I've never been to the Xinjiang Province myself, our panyi (translator) was from Xinjiang and occasionally gave us a taste of their culture.
I've had some Northern Chinese meat skewers before and quite enjoyed them, I love the mix of spices that they used, quite aromatic :)
A belated happy new year to you Kath!
Great choice for Australia Day Kath! I've loved the Uighur food that I've tried :)
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Lovely recipe for any day not jsut Australia day!
Thank you!
PS I love this Barbie Girl version and now it's stuck on my head!


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After being pretty confused and overwhelmed by the information online, I decided to develop some supplements specific for Martial Artists and Combat Athletes.
30 days a ago I started to test them and recorded all my meals and S&C sessions over the period I ended up losing 4.4kg (just under 10lbs) whilst keeping my muscle size almost constant - therefore my lean muscle mass increased as did my power to weight ratio.
Here are more details (including data and photos) of the results:
and also the videos from Day 1 of the Case study.
Over the next 30 days i will post each days videos.