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|Robert Bryant Chumbley, Merle Douglas Sterling
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|International Business Machines Corporation
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to an improved data processing system and in particular to a method and apparatus for receiving data. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dynamically tuning a radio station based on user-defined play lists.
2. Description of Related Art
Music is broadcast or transmitted to listeners through many different mediums. The traditional radio broadcast medium uses AM or FM frequencies to broadcast music for listening by users at home or in vehicles. Another medium for broadcasting music is satellite radio. Rather than broadcasting content from antennas located on the ground, signals are transmitted through a satellite, allowing listeners to hear a broadcast from a station many miles away. This radio satellite broadcast system allows a listener to receive a particular station over long distances. With traditional radio signals transmitted from ground-based sources, these types of signals may travel only 30 to 40 miles from the source. In contrast, a satellite radio signal may be broadcast across a continent. Another source of music comes from the proliferation of streaming audio websites on the Internet. A user connected to the Internet may receive programming from a radio station from anywhere on the earth. With these types of broadcast systems, a user currently has no way to control the order in which songs are received or what songs are heard. Broadcasts are sent over the different mediums in the order selected by the radio station. Thus, with any of these systems, a user is required to manually tune or connect to a radio station that plays music of the desired genre and wait to hear a particular song. Some stations provide a play list on a global website to allow users to determine when a particular song will be played. This type of information is useful, but given the large number of available stations, it is impractical for a user to visit each of the websites for each station to read play lists to identify songs that the user wants to hear. Further, it is even more impractical for a user to visit websites while operating a vehicle. Attempting to review websites for play lists provided by radio stations is impractical because of the dangers of not focusing attention on the road.
Therefore, it would be advantageous to have an improved method and apparatus for identifying and dynamically tuning to radio stations for broadcasts desired by a user.
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for dynamic radio station tuning in a data processing system. A play list is identified. The play list is a user-defined list and includes an identification of a number of songs. Music information is obtained from a plurality of radio stations. This music information is compared to the play list to generate a schedule. Dynamic tuning to a radio station within the plurality of radio stations is performed using the schedule to present songs from the number of songs to a listener.
The novel features believed characteristic of the invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
With reference now to the figures,
Additionally, distributed data processing system 100 also includes a satellite radio system in which satellite 110 transmits programming to various users. Further, distributed data processing system 100 also includes a more traditional broadcast system in which station 112 transmits music programming through AM or FM transmissions over radio tower 114. All three of these types of broadcast may be received by various clients, such as those in vehicles 116 and 118 in addition to client 106.
In the depicted example, network 102 may be implemented using the Internet, representing a world-wide collection of networks and gateways that use the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite of protocols to communicate with one another. At the heart of the Internet is a backbone of high speed data communication lines between major nodes or host computers, consisting of thousands of commercial, government, educational, and other computer systems that route data and messages. Of course, network 102 can also be implemented using other networks in addition to or in place of the Internet. These networks may be, for example, an intranet, a local area network (LAN), or a wide area network (WAN).
The present invention provides a mechanism for locating stations that are or will be broadcasting music programming that match songs on a play list defined by a user. In these examples, this mechanism is implemented as a software application that runs on a personal computer, such as on client 106, or is embedded in the firmware of a home or car stereo system that includes tuning capabilities, such as Internet radio, satellite radio, or digital cable radio station tuning capabilities. The mechanism of the present invention provides a real-time scheduling capability for music broadcasts to allow a user to listen to desired songs without having to search for those songs on different radio stations. The mechanism of the present invention avoids requiring a user to search websites or manually tune stations to find songs that a user desires to hear.
With reference now to
Data processing system 200 employs a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) local bus architecture. Although the depicted example employs a PCI bus, other bus architectures such as Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) may be used. Processor 202 and main memory 204 are connected to PCI local bus 206 through PCI bridge 208. PCI bridge 208 also may include an integrated memory controller and cache memory for processor 202. Additional connections to PCI local bus 206 may be made through direct component interconnection or through add-in boards.
In the depicted example, local area network (LAN) adapter 210, small computer system interface (SCSI) host bus adapter 212, and expansion bus interface 214 are connected to PCI local bus 206 by direct component connection. In contrast, audio adapter 216, graphics adapter 218, and audio/video adapter 219 are connected to PCI local bus 206 by add-in boards inserted into expansion slots. Expansion bus interface 214 provides a connection for a keyboard and mouse adapter 220, modem 222, and additional memory 224. SCSI host bus adapter 212 provides a connection for hard disk drive 226, tape drive 228, and CD-ROM drive 230.
An operating system runs on processor 202 and is used to coordinate and provide control of various components within data processing system 200 in
The processes of the present invention are performed by processor 202 using computer implemented instructions, which may be located in a memory such as, for example, main memory 204, memory 224, or in one or more peripheral devices 226-230.
In this example, data processing system 200 may include computer instructions for an application to obtain music information identifying songs that are to be played, identify songs a user desires to hear, and dynamically tune or connect to those radio stations providing the songs at the appropriate times. In this example, data processing system 200 may tune to stations broadcasting music over the Internet. Additionally, depending on the particular types of components included in data processing system 200, data processing system 200 also may receive music programming through other mediums, such as, for example, satellite radio.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the hardware in
For example, data processing system 200, if optionally configured as a network computer, may not include SCSI host bus adapter 212, hard disk drive 226, tape drive 228, and CD-ROM drive 230. In that case, the computer, to be properly called a client computer, includes some type of network communication interface, such as LAN adapter 210, modem 222, or the like. As a further example, data processing system 200 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), which is configured with ROM and/or flash ROM to provide non-volatile memory for storing operating system files and/or user-generated data.
The depicted example in
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Computing platform 300 also contains a storage device unit 306. Storage device unit 306 may contain one or more storage devices, such as, for example, a hard disk drive, a flash memory, a DVD drive, or a floppy disk. Computing platform 300 also includes an input/output (I/O) unit 308, which provides connections to various I/O devices. In this example, a GPS receiver, such as GPS receiver 310 is included within computing platform 300 and receives signals through antenna 312. Wireless unit 314 provides for two-way communications between computing platform 300 and another data processing system, such as sever 104 in
Audio system 320 also is connected to I/O unit 308. Audio system 320 includes a radio that may be tuned to various radio stations via different mediums. Audio system 320 also may include other components, such as a CD-ROM player or an MP3 device. Audio system 320 may receive broadcasts from a variety of mechanisms. For example, audio system 320 may receive broadcasts via traditional airway broadcasts, such as AM or FM broadcasts, or satellite radio broadcasts. These traditional airway broadcasts are typically analog broadcasts, while the satellite radio broadcasts are digital ones. Also, audio system 320 may receive Internet broadcasts by tuning or connecting to IP addresses for desired radio stations. Internet connections may be established using any wireless connection system for Internet access. In these examples, dynamic tuning in audio system 320 may be controlled through CPU 302.
Computing platform 300 also includes a display adapter 322, which is connected to display 324. In the depicted example, this display is a touch screen display. Alternatively or in addition to a touch screen display, display 324 also may employ a heads-up display projected onto the windshield of the automobile. Computing platform 300 also includes a microphone 326 and a speaker 328 to provide a driver with the ability to enter commands and receive responses through speech I/O 330 without having to divert the driver's attention away from the road, or without the driver having to remove the driver's hands from the steering wheel.
In these examples, computer instructions may be included for execution by CPU 302 to obtain music information identifying songs that will be broadcast by different radio stations, identifying songs that a user desires to hear, and dynamically tuning to the appropriate radio station playing the desired songs at the appropriate time. Of course, depending on the type of data processing system included in a vehicle, the processes defined by the computer instructions may be implemented as firmware, located within audio system 320. In such a case, processing by CPU 302 is not required.
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for locating stations that are or will be broadcasting songs that match those on a play list defined by a user. This mechanism provides for dynamic radio station tuning.
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Music application 400 may receive user input through graphical user interface (GUI) 402. The user input obtained from GUI 402 is employed to identify and generate play lists, containing songs that a user desires to hear. User input also may be received using other mechanisms, such as voice input. This information may include, for example, the track name of a song and the artist's name. This play list is stored in play list database 404 by music application 400.
Music information may be obtained from music source 406. This music source may include for example, Internet radio stations or websites provided by Internet radio stations. Additionally, this information also may be broadcast through satellite radio transmissions or normal transmissions. The music information may include, for example, a title, an artist's name, a length of the song or track, and the time at which the song is to be played. This music information may be received by music application 400 and stored in play list database 404.
This music information is compared to the play list defined by the user to identify songs matching those in the user-defined play list. The music information for music source 406 is also referred to as server or source side play lists. By comparing the global user-defined play list with the music information, music application 400 may build a data structure containing a scheduled time and server addresses or radio station addresses that correspond to the songs on the user-defined play list. The selection and schedule may differ depending on user preferences. For example, the user may or may not care in what order the songs are presented. The schedule may take various forms, such as a list of songs and play times or may merely be a comparison of songs based on the user-defined play list and music information.
Music application 400 then uses that data structure to dynamically tune to the radio station at the times indicated by the data structure. Music application 400 may send the appropriate signals to audio system 408 to dynamically tune this audio system to present the songs desired to be heard by the user. In the event that multiple songs are available from different stations at roughly the same time, music application 400 may buffer those songs or save them to a storage device for playback at a later point in time.
Suppose that a user takes a long trip by car. Normally, the only choice of music available would be those broadcast stations that are in range of the car's FM stereo or perhaps satellite radio. The user has no control over what content is broadcast and must manually tune the radio to find selections of interest. As the trip progresses, some stations will go out of range while others will be coming in to range. Using the invention described above, the user could program the radio with a play list that include a large number of songs the user would like to hear during the trip and the radio would constantly scan the stations the system is aware of and try to match songs that are currently playing or will be broadcast soon and dynamically tune to the station that is playing one of the songs on the user's play list.
Using a user play list comprised of three songs, the scenario might be as follows: At 3:00 pm, based on the server side (radio) play lists, the application/stereo system determines that song 1 will be broadcast at 3:02 pm from station A and is 4 minutes in length, song number 2 will be broadcast at 3:10 pm on station B and is 3 minutes in length, and song number 3 will be broadcast at 3:06 pm on station C and is 4 minutes in length. Given this schedule, the radio would be tuned to Station A at 3:02 and the user would hear song 1. The radio switches to station C at 3:06 pm and the user hears song 3. Finally, the radio would be tuned to Station B at 3:10 pm, and the user hears song 2.
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Song 1 in entry 502 is scheduled to play from 12:00 to 12:04, song 2 in entry 504 is scheduled to play from 12:05 to 12:08, no songs are available from 12:09 to 12:11 in this example. Finally, song 3 in entry 506 is scheduled to play from 12:12 to 12:15. Song 4 in entry 508 is scheduled to play from 12:02 to 12:05, but conflicts with other choices. In this case, one alternative is to allow a user to pick which songs will be presented or to buffer song 4 for later playback. Another alternative includes skipping 4 in entry 508 entirely. Alternatively, play lists may include ratings to allow a user to indicate preferences. Also, in dead air time, advertisements, music stored locally or any other song in a user specified default station may be played during the time which no songs match a user-defined play list.
Play list 510 in
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The process begins by receiving user inputs to define a play list (step 700). Thereafter, the user is prompted to enter information (step 702). In step 702, the user may enter information, such as the name of the track or song and the name of the artist. The user input defining the entry is then received from the user (step 704). This information is used to create an entry in a user-defined play list, such as entry 600 in
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The process begins by obtaining music information (step 800). Music information may be obtained from various sources depending on the particular implementation. For example, music information in the form of play lists for songs that are to be played by a radio station may be obtained from a website in some cases. In other cases, the stations may transmit music information along with the song that is being played, allowing identification of the song by data processing system.
Next, the music information is compared to the user-defined play list (step 802). A comparison is generated (step 804). This comparison includes generating a data structure containing a schedule of songs for presentation to a user. This data structure contains a play list that is used to present songs to the user. In some cases, the music information provided by the radio source may include start time that encompasses a commercial as well as the desired song. For example, the music information may indicate that a song starts at 9:15 when in actuality a commercial begins at 9:15 and the desired song starts at 9:16. In other cases, a small charge may be made for the music information. For example, groups of stations and/or websites may join and the information used for dynamic radio tuning "members". A member may be for example a member of a given site. In such a case, a member would have access to all of the other participating sites as well. This arrangement may provide value when compared against other sites that do not provide the capability. As in any affinity type program, different tiers of membership may be defined. A basic user (pays the least, perhaps) is presented with commercials at predetermined intervals, while higher paying members may be subject to commercials more infrequently or not at all. In this manner, radio stations may generate revenue both via commercials and via paying members.
A dynamic connection is made to a radio station using the comparison (step 806). In step 806, this dynamic connection, as used herein, means to start streaming the song from the source. The source may be either a remote location or from a local file if the song has been buffered. A dynamic connection to a remote location may be made by tuning to the appropriate source. With a locally stored or buffered song, the location may be a file name or a path. The tuning may be performed by a music application, such as music application 400 in
Of course, the mechanism of the present invention may be implemented in a manner such that one or more songs in a play list may be buffered if those songs are available at roughly the same time from different stations. This buffering may occur in the event that the audio system has more than one tuner or that broadcasts are received both from satellite radio or a traditional radio system and an Internet radio system. In other words, if an overlap between two songs on the play list occurs, one of those two songs may be buffered or stored for presentation at a later point.
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The process begins by selecting a song from the user-defined play list (step 900). Next, a search of music information is made to search for a match (step 902). In these examples, a match may occur it the name of a song on the user generated play list matches the name of a song in the music information. For a more accurate comparison, a match with an artist name also may be made to ensure that the same song sung by another artist is not selected. A determination is made as to whether a match has been found (step 904).
If a match occurs, then a comparison of the play time for the matching song is made with the current entries in the schedule (step 906). In these examples, the play time is the time at which the song is to be broadcast or streamed from the radio station. This play time is compared with those of other songs already presently placed in the list of matching entries. This comparison is made to identify whether any overlap occurs between the matching song found from the music information and any entries currently present in the play list. A determination is made as to whether a conflict in the play time is present (step 908). If a conflict in play time is not present, a new entry is generated for the song identified as being a match (step 910). Alternatively, if a conflict is identified, an additional step may be included in which this song is included in an entry for buffering with the process then returning to step 908 as described above. In this fashion, the process would later connect to the music source, download the song and then save it to local storage. Entries in the play list generated for presentation to the user may be updated to indicate that the music is now stored in a local storage.
Thereafter, a determination is made as to whether more songs are present on the user-defined play list that have not been processed (step 912). If no additional songs are present on the user-defined play list, the process terminates. Otherwise, the process returns to step 900 to select a song from the play list. With reference again to step 908, if a conflict is present, the process returns to step 902 to search the music information for another match. If a conflict is present between the current match and another song and artist in the play list, another match for the desired song by the artist may be found in which the song is played at a different time to avoid the conflict. With reference to step 904, if a match is not present, the process proceeds to step 912 as described above.
The steps illustrated in the flowcharts for obtaining music lists and generating song entries for a play list for presentation to a user may be implemented in many ways. In these examples, these processes may be implemented as an ongoing process that continues in the background while songs are currently being presented. Additionally, playback may begin as soon as the first song is found for a play list with the search and compare process continuing in the background to update the play list.
Other mechanisms other than buffering may be used. For example, skipping of conflicting songs or picking a song with the highest rating in the user defined play list. Further, songs may be selected between conflicting matches based on preferring songs of one genre to another. These type of preferences may be entered by the user and implemented for resolving conflicts.
Thus, the present invention provides an improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for dynamic radio station tuning based on user-defined play lists. The mechanism of the present invention obtains music information from various sources. The mechanism of the present invention may scan lists of known Internet radio stations and retrieve play lists from those stations. These radio station play lists are examined and compared with a user-defined play list to generate a schedule of times and radio station identifiers that correspond to the songs on the user play list. The identification may be an IP address or a frequency for a radio station depending on the particular radio station. In this manner, the mechanism of the present invention will then dynamically tune to the appropriate radio station and download or send the song to the user for presentation.
Again, as mentioned before in the event that multiple songs are available from different stations at roughly the same time, the songs may be buffered or saved for playback at a later point. In this manner, a user, especially one in a vehicle, may have songs presented without the user having to search for or scan radio stations for desired songs.
It is important to note that while the present invention has been described in the context of a fully functioning data processing system, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the processes of the present invention are capable of being distributed in the form of a computer readable medium of instructions and a variety of forms and that the present invention applies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearing media actually used to carry out the distribution. Examples of computer readable media include recordable-type media such as a floppy disk, a hard disk drive, RAM, and CD-ROMs and transmission-type media such as digital and analog communications links.
The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiment was chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention, the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
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A hard-nosed executive confronts painful memories with the help of a stranger in this drama. Rich Hogan (Mark Joy) runs his office with an iron fist and berates his employees on a daily basis. After venting his anger at the workplace, Rich boards his train home, and a stranger (Gene D'Onofrio) hands him a shocking note that reveals Rich's darkest secrets. Rich questions the stranger, whose response forces Rich to face his innermost pain.

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In an interview with the Denver Post on Wednesday, Colorado Rockies star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said that he is "sick and tired of losing." Every Rockies fan is sick and tired of losing, so it comes as no surprise that the actual players are feeling the same thing. What stood out in the interview was Tulowitzki's call for change in the organization, "Something needs to change. Hopefully that comes fairly quickly."
Again Tulo is echoing the voices of the fans when he calls for change. The Rockies front office has stayed largely intact despite some serious losing seasons. That's not to say every unsuccessful year should result in a management explosion, but when it becomes evident that losing has become the norm, heads need to roll. The only problem with that is that the norm is comfortable. Change is hard. Owner Dick Monfort certainly feels that way as evidenced by the 15 year tenure of GM Dan O'Dowd. By the way, in those fifteen seasons, the Rockies' record stands at 1108-1275, a .465 winning percentage.
Dan O'Dowd has made some good decisions during his time in purple and black, but more have been poor. O'Dowd has a long history of drafting pitchers at the top of the first round that can only be labeled busts. Hopefully that trend was bucked with Jon Gray and Kyle Freeland, but only time will tell with those two. O'Dowd isn't alone in making these decisions, however, scouting director Bill Schmidt has been by his side every step of the way. And of course, in a unique front office structure, there is director of major league operations Bill Geivett. Geivett is there basically to split the decision making responsibilities with the GM, and he's proven to be just as ineffective. Monfort even called him out when asked who is responsible for this disaster of a season.
The Rockies don't need to make cuts to the front office with a scalpel, they need chainsaws and a few sticks of dynamite. Tear it down, blow it up, whatever metaphor you choose right here. They need a complete house cleaning, and when it's all said and done, the only man left standing should be manager Walt Weiss. The players love Weiss and he has kept the guys professional and playing hard despite the pitiful record.
The sad reality for Colorado Rockies fans is that this house cleaning will never happen. Monfort loves the guys he's put in charge, and he cares more about the people than the baseball. And that is certainly not a bad thing… unless you happen to be the owner of a Major League Baseball team. That's when it matters. One guy maybe, and I stress maybe, gets fired, and maybe O'Dowd retires, but some serious organizational change is warranted and desperately needed.
Please Colorado Rockies, grant Troy Tulowitzki's wish of some turnover in the front office and some change on the field. That wish also happens to be every single Rockies fans wish as well, so, you know, two birds and all.
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I feel the term has probably been overused. I like to consider a Domain Specific Language to be something that talks about [a] problem domain, such as configuring workflow to solve some business problems or […] something that is business related in the problem space. And I see a lot of us using Domain Specific Languages to solve programmer problems, which are really problems in the solution space.
What I want to use a DSL for is I want to be able to take a problem that a user comes to me and […] create a DSL that describes it. I don't think that the business person needs to be able to write the DSL, but I should be able to write it in the DSL, show it to a business person and they can say: "Yes, that's what I want" and it is something that is immediately obvious to them that it solves their problem domain. It's Domain Specific Language and if it is not addressing a domain, the term DSL seems kind of loose for me.
So I think you can have libraries with good interfaces but that doesn't necessarily make them DSLs, certainly dropping parenthesis off a library call doesn't make it a DSL.
What a refreshing perspective.
This is the first time I have heard someone give a definition of "DSL" that is restrictive enough to have actual meaning. Later on he also gives a similarly reasonable definition of BDD, Behaviour-Driven Development. (His first statement? There's no difference between BDD and TDD.)
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would do the same thing and cause pulseaudio to start automatically but I have not tried this so no guarantees.Code:
update-rc.d pulseaudio defaults
Thanks! Worked like a charm. Couldn't play youtube videos, but , when fixed this bug now able to play youtube videos. Thanks again.
Has not worked for me I am afraid to say but thanks for sharing the info :cool:
solved initial message but i haven't sound(realtek)
Worked like a Charm ;)
did not work, followed the instructions to the T but still no sound... the audio settings are unlocked now... but no sound.... not from the built in speakers or the audio out port. i have an asus g51vx and im runing bt5 gnome 64bit, dual boot with vista and sound works fine with the windows OS partition....... any ideas?
I know you are all super l33t hackers and such. Lord knows this f0rum is floating with em these days. But uh...Did you ever think perhaps there is a reason for NOT having pulse run in r00t by default??
pulseaudio exploit - Google Search
Just my two cents....
Thus their have been alot of updates to the kernel and to the framework since then - this vuln applied to the old TAP drivers if im not mistaken
A similar google search before posting would revile that this was patched for Ubuntu back in 2008 PulseAudio set*id(). CVE-2008-0008 bug#185534


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Here is an exerpt from "Einstein, The Life And Times" by Ronald W. Claric:
"During World War II Albert Einstein worked for the U.S. Navy as a research consultant in the field of conventional explosives, and he continued to indulge his passion for sailing at Saranac Lake and on Princeton's Carnegie Lake. On one occasion, during the summer of 1944 when he was 65 years old, Einstein was sailing with three companions on Saranac Lake, high in the Adirondacks in choppy conditions. When he hit a rock, the boat quickly filled with water and capsized. Fortunately, the water was warm and a motorboat was nearby operated by a young boy, Donald Duso. Einstein was trapped beneath the water under the sail, and his leg had become tangled in a rope. Without knowing how to swim, he managed to free his leg and claw his way to the surface, where he was rescued. Had he panicked, undoubtedly he would have drowned."
"Einstein was at Saranac Lake on August 6, 1945, when he heard the radio announcement of the bombing of Hiroshima. He was devastated; here was tragic proof that E indeed equalled mc˛. That formula forecast the release of formidable quantities of energy if the atom were ever split. Now the nucleus of the uranium atom had indeed been split, and the resulting energy had been used to kill thousands of human beings."
"Almost overnight," says Clark, "Einstein became the conscience of the world." And as such he wrote, spoke and broadcast throughout the 10 years of life that remained to him."
Here is another rescue story which I quote from Chuck Rothman's "Einstein's Long Island Summer": "One time, Einstein actually fell into the water and had to be rescued by a teenager who had been passing by and heard his calls for help. The kid left and didn't even tell his name."
The next quote is from a journal by Lyman Briggs, one of the members of THE MANHATTAN PROJECT, which incorporated some of Al's ideas into the ATOMIC BOMB: "One day in September 1942, 16-yr old Peter Briggs Myers (Grandson of Lyman Briggs) was canoeing on Saranac Lake, NY. The weather turned bad, and he spotted a lone man in a small sailboat having great difficulty lowering the sail. Peter paddled along side and helped to bring the sailboat safely to shore. He immediately recognized the lone sailor as Albert Einstein. At Einstein's cottage, the two men dried out and spoke. Peter Myers mentioned his physicist grandfather. Yes, Einstein said he knew him, but the connection—the secret Manhattan Project—was, of course, never mentioned."
Yes, Uncle Albert seemed to be very accident prone, or were some of these rescues simply Urban Legends? Strange that there were always young scalawags around to rescue him.
There were two other alleged Saranac Lake rescues reported the same July 1944 day that Don Duso supposedly performed his rescue of the hapless genius. They are illustrated below. If you have any information concerning other "Einstein rescues" please send it in.


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"Very little real discussion on how these things affect us," says one designed in a voiceover for the upcoming movie Objectified, a film from the makers of Helvetica about the nature of objects and gadgets and the people who create them.
Looking forward to this movie quite a bit, but I have to take a little umbrage at that quote. There's a bunch of out there trying to look at how objects affect our lives, Mr. Designer. Pay more attention! (To sites like Gizmodo, for instance, where you can watch the first official trailer.)
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I quit working for my boss and worked out my notice period. I have waited until the last working day of the month for my final pay packet and the boss hasn't paid me. I spoke to my boss and he said that he will pay me end of June (some bull story about company being short of money).
I also asked for my P45 - and still haven't received it. I don;t think they will pay me - so sent them an e-mail requesting final pay, pay slip and P45 to be sent to me.
Where do I stand if they don't pay me? Only worked for the small company for 3 months.
Also, my contract states that any monies owed by myself can and will be deducted out of my pay packet. I sent an item of theirs through a courier and it became damaged & lost (I have no proof only their word) and they have taken the item's value out of my pay packet - (they told me on phone - last week) - can they do that - as technically I don't think I owe them money - as its not my fault!
Any advice appreciated. Thanks
Hi, I quit working for my boss and worked out my notice period. I have waited until the last working day of the month for my final pay packet and the boss hasn't paid me. I spoke to my boss and he said that he will pay me end of June (some bull story about company being short of money).
I also asked for my P45 - and still haven't received it. I don;t think they will pay me - so sent them an e-mail requesting final pay, pay slip and P45 to be sent to me.
Where do I stand if they don't pay me? Only worked for the small company for 3 months.
Also, my contract states that any monies owed by myself can and will be deducted out of my pay packet. I sent an item of theirs through a courier and it became damaged & lost (I have no proof only their word) and they have taken the item's value out of my pay packet - (they told me on phone - last week) - can they do that - as technically I don't think I owe them money - as its not my fault!
Any advice appreciated. Thanks
Write a letter to them sent by recorded delivery stating that they are to pay you within 14 days and to send your P45 within 7 days of that payment otherwise you will take further action which may include legal action to claim the monies owed to you. Keep the letter short and to the point, and keep the delivery receipt and a copy of the letter in case you need to take further action.
After 23 days submit a claim at an employment tribunal (you can do this online) for unlawful deduction of wages and breach of contract. In your claim state when you finished working for the company, that they didn't pay you at the end of the month as your contract stated, you send a letter to them asking for payment within 14 days and for your P45 within 21 days and it is after the time specified on the letter and you have received neither. State on the claim how much money you are owed for wages, and that you want an additional sum for the distress and inconvience to you by your employers actions.
If your employer telephones you up and threatens you go to the police and get a crime reference number. You are no longer an employee so they cannot do this to you.
Do not withdraw your claim until your employer has paid up and given you your P45 otherwise you will not have a legal leg to stand on.
I recently resigned my job as a courier for a well known company,i was self employed by a sub contractor for the company.I gave them 2 weeks notice in writing although i never did recieve a written contract. i was payed in cash every friday. i agreed verbally to stay on and help them out until they found another driver,however after a dispute over the unsafe van i was driving i left. Now my employer will not pay me the week they owe saying they had to pay out for an agency staff member and that they wont pay me until they have recieved my national insurance number and tax forms. where do i stand on this matter???
Whats the worst thing that can happen if I decide to walk out my job before the end of my four weeks notice?
I quit my work almost two weeks ago moved to London.Day I left on Sat 22nd of November wasnt feelin very well after doing 15 hours shitf(Catering Hospitality Industry)had to wake up for breakfast and work again..had a very heavy nose bleed went to the doctors and she said high blood preasure take some time off even for the day,Everything was happening same day Sat.I came back and spoke with my boss as i was going to work that evening,also Ive got serious heart condition.He knew about it.I asked for night off as wasnt be able to work and he said NO.After all these years working for this company makeing money and looking after everyone I decided I had enouth and it was the best time to leave.I havent mentioned this was my new manager he came only week ago mean person treating everyone like animals.so the same night I asked him to come to speak with me i was in tears al shaking and said I would like to leave.And what he said was OK.and he left.I packed my stuff and left.as i lived in.In a week I rang company director he never came back to me,i rang to head office to speah with wage peaple and they said my payments been stopped by director.Never came back to me.Been two weeks now.
also i have to mention this but old manager who left the one i worked with he hasnt been paid either,they own him £6.000 previous head shef who left hasnt been paid either so should i get in a queue?
Please i need someones advice what to do where to go to get help..this is happened to me first time but iam not leaving like this i need my money and ill do everything.
my email is email@example.com please help me to solve this problem.
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In theory you are owed the money for the period that you worked.
However, if I read your post correctly you did not work any notice, simply walked out. Depending on what your contract says about serving notice your employer might have grounds for asking you for money, for the costs for covering for you for the period of notice that you did not work. This can include the costs of employing any replacement staff, any drop in takings or profits because of your absence, and whatever else they can think to add on in the hope that it might stand up in court.
So, your former employer is probably taking the gamble that while they are in breach of your contract and owe you for the period you worked, they could convincingly argue that you are also in breech of your contract and in fact owe them at least as much, if not more, and so are assuming that you will not take this to Court. If it does go to Court and they lodge a counter-claim then you could end up owing them money. However, the first step is to find out exactly why you haven't been paid and take things from there.
If I have mis-read this and you left without any issues over your notice period then you can pursue this as a civil debt. The first step is to write to your employer asking for full settlement within 14 days or else you will refer the matter to the Court without further reference to them. If they don't send you the money then speak to someone at your local county court about lodging a claim - I'm told it isn't too difficult and is just a bit of form filling.
As regards your P45, this should follow after your final payroll run, btu there is no set deadline. Certainly two weeks after leaving isn't unusual, and if you have yet to resolve your final pay then it might not be issued until everything has been tied up.
I think the first thing to do is speak to your employer and ask about these points. Then take action depending on what they tell you.
I started working for a Solicitor who told me I would be paid cash weekly and he would sort out a contract and my tax and National Insurance payments. After 1 month I still had not received a contract and some of my payments were short. After 3 months I was owed in total over 5 weeks worth of pay. I felt I had no option but to quit and find another job. I tried to contact him but he avoided the office and ignored my phone calls. I text him to say I would be going to Citizens Advice and he sent someone to my house with part of the money the same day and told me some story about being ill but I have been told he is fine and just avoiding me. He still has not been back to the office. I have had bank charges duw to late bill payments etc as I cannot afford to pay my bills. What can I do as I have no contract?
The lack of a contract isn't an issue - the lack of any evidence that you ever worked there may be! Have you had payslips or ANYTHING in writing?
There are a few issues here.
Not having a written contract does not mean that you did not have a contract of employment - the fact that you worked and they paid you means that you had a contract, and this will include any staff handbooks, memos, internet pages, and custom and practice. however, I'm assuming that the solicitor didn't have much of these things - were you the only employee?
Where a written contract would help would be concerning the formal arrangements for paying you, your salary, etc. When you say you were paid in cash, were you also given a payslip, or any sort of breakdown of gross pay, tax or NI?
Have you received a P45 since leaving? And when you stared did you give your employer a P45, or complete a P46 form?
The reason for asking is that your somewhat dodgy sounding employer should still be deducting tax and NI from what he has paid you, and if he has been making the deductions but not passing them on to the Inland Revenue then it's a bit more serious than simply asking for what is owed. And you would need to show that the relevant deductions were being made from your pay, so that the Revenue can go after your employer for any tax that is owed to them, and not you.
That's maybe getting ahead of ourselves, but let us know if you have any payslips, or even just receipts in cash books for what you have paid.
There are things you can do to get what is owed, and if there is anything dodgy going on then the solicitor is going to want to avoid these bringing him to the attention of the authorities. The first step is to work out exactly what you earned (gross), what you received (net) and what amounts are still owed, allowing for tax and NI. Then send a letter by recorded delivery asking for payment within 14 days or else you will take further steps to recover this. If you haven't already received it then ask for your P45 - this will act as confirmation that you have paid the relevant tax and NI, and if he is reluctant to provide this then it's a sure sign that something very dodgy is going on, and you may need to blow the whistle to the Inland Revenue.
The consequence of not receiving credit for the tax and NI that has been deducted is that you may have your benefits restricted, both now and at retirement, so it is well worth getting to the bottom of this.
i was recently made redundant, without any warning. i was supposed to be paid via cheque on the last friday of the month as stated in my contract of employment. however, i have not received this cheque, which would ordinarily be sent out using a courier or registered post. i telephoned the office to be told it was sent first class the day before through ordinary post. I have been told that the company did not pay their staff their final wages when the shop closed last year. what can i do? the company owe me around seven weeks pay in total including holidays and a weeks notice pay.
If the employer has not ceased trading altogther then you must first write and tell them that they owe this money and give them a chance to pay it. You can then make a claim to a tribunal for it. If they have ceased trading you will need to speak to the liquidators.


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Over the upcoming month, we will watch game telecasts, listen to others on the radio or internet, catch highlight shows and of course, read newspapers and websites in an attempt to single out who is playing well and who might be at risk.
While logic tells us that the best 25 players by position, regardless of salary, age or any other considerations should be the ones to head north, that isn't always the case. There is another important set of off-the-field factors to consider.
Specifically, I am referring to the option status of the players. In other words, which ones can be sent down to the minor leagues this season without the risk of losing them?
Several springs ago, I ran a four-part series in which the primary rules and uses of options and outrighting (removing a player from the 40-man roster) were reviewed. Rather than recreate that background information here, the links to those articles are provided for your reference:
"Options and Outrighting – Part One of Four"
"Options and Outrighting – Part Two of Four"
"Options and Outrighting – Part Three of Four"
"Options and Outrighting – Part Four of Four"
Following are the seven players with no options remaining, split between the three former Cardinals draft picks and the four veterans having arrived from other organizations. (Note that service time is measured in years.days, where 172 days is a full season.)
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|Out of options
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|Blake Hawksworth
|Brendan Ryan
|Skip Schumaker
|Jason LaRue
|Ryan Ludwick
|Trever Miller
|Dennys Reyes
Normally, there are a number of these problem cases in camp, where players on the bubble are out of options, but that is not the case this spring.
The final six would have to be considered locks to make the season-opening 25-man roster if healthy. Only the first, Blake Hawksworth, who had a fine 2009 debut season, might be considered to be somewhat at risk. Knowing he would have to be passed through waivers to be sent to Memphis increases his chances of coming north with St. Louis.
As a reminder, the only way to send down a player who has exhausted his options is to outright him. The inherent risk is that any outrighted player must first clear waivers before reaching the minors. In other words, another organization might claim him instead.
If the player has more than three years of major league service or has been previously outrighted, he can declare free agency instead of reporting to the minors, making that path a non-viable option.
With 39 players on the 40-man roster now that Felipe Lopez was added, the Cardinals have room to add just one non-roster invitee if he makes the season-opening 25. As such, the club may choose to outright one or more players this spring to free up more spots.
The good news is that only four players have been outrighted previously and they are all deep-rooted major leaguers, not at risk in any way.
Prior outrights, St. Louis Cardinals
|Prior outright
|Ryan Franklin
|Ryan Ludwick
|Trever Miller
|Dennys Reyes
So, what does this all say? To me, it says the Cardinals still have a lot of flexibility in determining which of the youngsters competing for bullpen assignments, a starting pitching job and reserve positions will get to remain and which will be sent down.
In other words, the best man may just win!
In an upcoming article, I will make my early-camp predictions on which players may make the team. So, until then….
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Phasing out "super greenhouse gases," which mass emitters China and the United States have agreed to restrict, could curb global warming by as much as half a degree Celsius by 2050, a report said Wednesday.
Issued on the sidelines of beleaguered UN climate talks in Bonn, the report said a new Sino-US deal to scale back hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) "can make a difference".
"Should we succeed in phasing out HFCs, there could be quite large benefits," Bill Hare, director of the Climate Analytics think tank that co-authored the report told journalists in Bonn.
If HFCs were scrapped globally, "it... could result in a reduction of between 0.1 and 0.5 degrees (Celsius -- 0.18 to 0.9 deg Fahrenheit) warming," he said.
The calculation is based on a worldwide phaseout that by 2020 would spare the atmosphere annual emissions that are equivalent to some 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), or about as much as Spain emits in a year.
HFCs are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and industrial solvents as an alternative to ozone-eating chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).
Driven especially by production in developing countries, HFC emissions have been projected to grow from today's one gigatonne (Gt -- a billion tonnes) of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per year, to between four and nine GtCO2e a year by 2050.
The United States and China are the world's top two emitters of greenhouse gases -- together accounting for more than 40 percent.
The report also warned that global warming appeared likely to exceed, perhaps even double, the 2 C (3.6 F) ceiling set for manageable climate change.
Assessing different emissions trend reports, the climate was likely to be 3.8 C warmer by 2100, with a 40 percent chance of it exceeding 4 C, and a 10 percent chance for 5 C, said the report.
"We are coming up with a very disturbing picture," said Hare.
"We are becoming increasingly sceptical that the (governments') pledges are going to be fully implemented."
The report was issued as the latest round of global climate negotiations stumbled in Bonn on the back of Russian procedural objections.
The ongoing UN process, which seeks a new deal by 2015 on curbing Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions, has been hamstrung from the start by nit-picking, bickering and defence of national interests.
This time, Russia backed by Belarus and Ukraine, has frozen the work of one of three technical bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), which is meant to lay important groundwork for the next round of ministerial-level UN climate talks in Warsaw in November.
The SBI is tasked with measuring progress towards reducing climate-altering emissions and drafting the next budget for the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), under whose auspices the negotiations take place.
Moscow is incensed by the way the last big annual meeting, held in Doha, Qatar, closed last December -- its objections ignored by the conference's Qatari chairman, who gavelled through a deal that extended the Kyoto Protocol on curbing Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
The Doha decision hamstrung Moscow's planned sale of 5.8 billion tonnes of carbon credits amassed under the protocol's first round, which expired at end of last year.
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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. Criticized for New Lawsuit Against California Coastal Commission
Oyster Company Makes Baseless Legal Claims in an Attempt to Evade Legal Compliance with the California Coastal Act
The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin today criticized the Drakes Bay Oyster Company for launching a new lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission, saying the corporation will "do anything to avoid playing by the rules."
"This corporation has made millions of dollars cultivating shellfish in our public waters without any coastal permits, yet thinks the coastal protection rules of California somehow do not apply to it," said Amy Trainer, executive director of the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin. "After being caught violating harbor seal protections, littering beaches and marine waters with thousands of pieces of its plastic debris, spreading invasive species, and developing without any permits, it chose to sue the Commission rather than comply with coastal protection laws. It's just plain shameful."
Trainer said the the Drakes Bay Oyster Company sued the California Coastal Commission on April 8th. In the suit, the company is challenging the Commission's February 7th issuance of a Cease and Desist Order and Restoration Order for the Company's years of legal non-compliance with the California Coastal Act.
The Commission unanimously issued the Orders in response to the controversial oyster company's egregious record of legal non-compliance with the Coastal Act. That included operating its boats in harbor seal protection areas, polluting the marine environment with thousands of pieces of plastic debris, neither asking for nor receiving permission to grow Manila clams (an invasive species) and for a laundry list of unpermitted development.
At the Coastal Commission hearing in February, Commissioner Esther Sanchez stated "I find that this is one of the most egregious violations that has happened, that I've seen." Commissioner Robert Garcia, stated that, "from an ecological point of view, it's almost like an ecological nightmare what's happened. It's bad."
The Company's lawsuit claims that the Coastal Commission's Orders were subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The law is clear, however, that regulatory actions by government agencies to protect natural resources or the environment, and enforcement actions, are categorically exempt from CEQA review. The lawsuit also alleges that the Commission has no authority to regulate aquaculture, a claim that ignores well-established law and agreement by the Department of Fish & Wildlife that the Commission does possess that authority.
"After racking up seven years of continuous Coastal Act violations, the company continues to try to evade its legal obligations by filing this baseless lawsuit to stop a State agency from doing its job to protect our coastal resources. This lawsuit is another example that Drakes Bay Oyster Company will do anything to avoid playing by the rules," said Trainer.
In the 60 days since issuance of the Orders, the Coastal Commission has sent four letters to the Company, but the Company has made no real effort to comply with the Orders. A violation of a cease and desist order or restoration order can result in civil fines up to $6,000 for each day in which the violation persists. Other civil penalties and fines may be applicable as well.
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Every Friday in Sacred Space, Brad Williams explores the place of popular culture in the local church.There was a time in the United States when a visit from a neighbor was always a pleasant surprise. When the country was more rural, when televisions and computers and cell phones did not exist, a visiting neighbor meant news to be shared and fellowship to be had. It broke the monotony. Plus, neighbors counted on each other for help.Today's world is different, and a surprise knock on the … [Read more...]
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A second grader brought a pocket knife to Dorchester District 2 school Monday.
According to officials, the child brought the knife to Spann Elementary and showed it to a student.
A teacher noticed the knife and immediately reported it to an administrator, according to a spokesperson for the district.
Officials said it appeared the student did not mean to harm anyone.
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From fluoro-haired 20-somethings to genteel ladies in berets, they came in their hundreds, some by fluke, others by design. Most were thrilled by what they saw, from the architecture to the art.
"It's a magical use of space, it's absolutely not boring," said Noosa retiree Cynthia Leywood, whose holiday in Melbourne took an unexpected turn for the better when she and friend Joan Taylor stumbled across yesterday's official opening of the National Gallery of Victoria's Australian wing at Federation Square.
"We had an idea (that the opening was on), but we had forgotten the day," said Ms Taylor, who raved about the gallery's "surprising nooks" and angular design.
Jane Palazzo, down from Mildura to celebrate her 10th wedding anniversary, was also inspired.
"It's fantastic, really. They have such a wide variety (of art)," she said.
"It's not just traditional; this is great, this is fantastic, where else do you get to see stuff like this?" she said, a tad meekly, caught in front of Jeff Gibson's four-piece ode to the phallus, Screwballs.
Not so impressed was the woman who, after visiting the third-floor Fieldwork exhibition of contemporary art declared of the artists: "They (Gibson and his ilk) should all be shot."
Just the kind of reaction NGV council of trustees president Steve Vizard was after.
"I can guarantee that the works inside will inspire, challenge, educate, even outrage . . . use it, challenge it, argue about it, own it, claim it, this is yours," Mr Vizard told the 600 people who had gathered in Federation Square's spectacular glass atrium and lined the upper balcony to watch the official opening ceremony of The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.
The centre's ground-floor galleries, which house indigenous art, opened a month ago. Yesterday, Victorian Governor John Landy officially launched the remaining two floors, with the help of Vizard, NGV director Gerard Vaughan, and Lady Primrose Potter, wife of the late Sir Ian, whose philanthropic foundation donated $15 million to the gallery - the largest private grant made to an Australian visual arts institution - and after whom the new Australian wing, is named.
Unlike Victorian Arts Minister Mary Delahunty, who couldn't resist using Tuesday night's invitation-only Fieldwork exhibition opening for some political soft sell, Lady Potter took a bipartisan approach. "Firstly I salute Jeffrey Kennett and his government for conceiving the idea . . . and I salute Steve Bracks and his government for bringing it to conclusion," she said.
Organisers dispensed with the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony and asked the Governor and Lady Potter to paint the word "OPEN" in large red lettering to complete a mural by Victorian primary school children. The two took to the task with painstaking care.
"Thank goodness 'open' has only got four letters in it," quipped Lou Sbalchiero, who had also happened on the opening by accident. He had travelled to Melbourne from Healesville to see daughter Maddie's contribution to the mural.
Speeches and signwriting finally over, the crowd spilled into the gallery. By 5pm, three-and-a-half hours after opening, nearly 5000 people had visited the 6000-square-metre building dedicated to Australian art.
Some, such as Julia Linaker from Fitzroy and Peter Parsons from Geelong, came with specific works in mind. Ms Linaker wanted to see the Fred Williams' Pilbara series: Mr Parsons was keen to see the works of his favorite colonial painters.
- In celebration of its opening, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia will stay open from 10am to midnight today and tomorrow, and 10am to 6pm on Sunday.
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Andy Murray is through to the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters in Canada after beating world number three Novak Djokovic for the first time ever.
The British number one played one of the best matches of his career to clinch the 6-3 7-6 (7-3) win.
But the victory means he now faces world number two Rafael Nadal for the second time in less than a month.
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Animation Work on Disney's 'Frozen' a Dream Come True
March 19, 2014
Alumnus Wayne Unten was the animation supervisor of "Elsa," the snow queen of Disney's Oscar-winning animated film, "Frozen." Image Courtesy of Disney
For Cal State Fullerton alumnus and Disney animator Wayne Unten, it will be some time before he "lets go" of the Oscar-winning Disney movie "Frozen."
Unten '03 (B.F.A. art-entertainment art/animation) was the animation supervisor on "Elsa," the snow queen, for the $1 billion-grossing hit movie that won Oscars for best animated feature and best original song for "Let It Go."
"For me, 'Frozen' winning the Oscar was the confirmation that we, at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, created a film that entertains and resonates with audiences. We've created characters that audiences love," said Unten, who joined Disney in 2005 and has worked on other films such as "Tangled" and "Wreck-it-Ralph."
"'Frozen' is my favorite project to date. I loved every moment bringing Elsa to life, and my two girls, ages 2 and 5, love 'Frozen' as well."
Unten helped to supervise the animation and acting performances with his primary focus on Elsa, who is described by Disney as "poised, regal and reserved, but in reality, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret — she was born with the power to create ice and snow."
"I made sure her performance was consistent and specific to her character," said Unten, adding there were 70 animators animating various characters in the movie.
Other Titans worked on "Frozen," including Joy Johnson, a character technical director (digital puppet-maker); and Miyuki (Kanno) Long, an animator. Both Johnson and Long earned B.F.A.-art-entertainment art/animation degrees in 2008. Unten and Johnson won the Visual Effects Society award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture for their work to bring Elsa to life.
What has it been like to work at Disney?
Working at Walt Disney Animation Studios has been a dream come true. It has been a privilege to entertain audiences — making them laugh and cry. It's the most satisfying feeling ever.
What was your role as a "Frozen" animator?
As the animation supervisor, I worked with a team of artists from different departments to help create Elsa, including Joy, an artist who builds digital puppets of characters. It's important for animation to work closely with digital puppet-makers, so the animators have all the necessary articulation controls at their disposal to create a believable, engaging performance for audiences to enjoy.
What does it mean to you to create a character like Elsa?
Aside from the Youtube videos of fans covering the song "Let It Go," there have been several emotional stories that have made their way back to us at the studio. Hearing people relate to Elsa's story and how the message of "Let It Go" has literally made an impact on their lives, just overwhelms me.
What effect has Elsa and the movie had on people?
Songwriter Kristen Lopez shared a story with us she had heard of a child receiving chemotherapy treatments and being comforted by the whole family singing "Let It Go." In a reddit.com interview with the directors, a parent thanked them for making their daughter, who has cerebral palsy and rarely shows emotion, laugh at the sight of "Olaf," the friendly and funny snowman. The family posted a video and you can't help but well up with tears. So after hearing those stories, winning the Oscars, and the fact that "Frozen" passed the $1 billion-dollar mark in worldwide box office sales on the same day as the Oscars, feels like confirmation that audiences love the film.
How did your CSUF education prepare you for a career in animation?
I'm so thankful for my experience at CSUF. The faculty has a passion for animation and I learned so much from them — both artistically and professionally. They taught me how to transition from an art student to a professional working in the animation industry. But what I'm most grateful for during my education at CSUF is the relationships formed with fellow classmates who also love animation. It was a great bonding experience as we were all helping each other out as we were learning our craft. Many of my classmates are currently working in the industry and most of us still keep in contact.
What advice can you give to student animators?
My advice to future animators is to soak up the knowledge that CSUF faculty and other students have to offer — and make the most of that experience. Work together on projects, form relationships with fellow passionate students, critique each other's work and grow together.
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Job gains seen in suffering 'sand states'
The four states hit hardest by the housing bust — Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada — have seen job growth pick up noticeably in recent months. And that bodes well for the nation's employment picture.
All four states are tourism and retirement meccas. They're benefiting as the housing crisis eases, Americans travel more amid the improving economy, and the flow of retirees to Sunbelt states picks up modestly after slowing to a trickle in the downturn, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics.
The states "were huge drags on the job market, and now, they're contributing to growth," Zandi says.
INTERACTIVE: Where the jobs are
From August through January, the rate of job gains in three of the four states equaled or exceeded the U.S. overall. Florida had been surpassing the nation until it lost 38,600 jobs in January, according to Labor Department figures released March 13. Still, the nearly 250,000 jobs added in the "sand states" in the six-month period account for nearly a quarter of the U.S. total, and Moody's expects their rate of payroll growth to exceed the nation's this year.
That marks a dramatic turnaround. Job growth in all four states was slower than the nation's from early 2010 until last July, as falling home values slammed household wealth and the construction business.
The states' unemployment rates still exceed the nation's 8.3%. Nevada had the nation's highest jobless rate in January at 12.7%. California was at 10.9%; Florida, 9.6%; and Arizona, 8.7%.
They also face other formidable challenges as they continue to work through numerous foreclosures this year, and real estate prices fall further. But the housing price declines have eased, and both residential and commercial building are rebounding modestly.
Moody's expects housing permits to total about 164,000 this year in the four states, up from 106,000 in 2011, though that's far below levels reached during the real estate bubble. Permits will fall in Nevada this year before rising sharply in 2013, Moody's says.
"The spillovers from the housing bust are diminishing," Goldman Sachs said in a recent report on the four states.
The sand states' rebound is good news because they have potential to power U.S. job growth, economists say. Zandi expects the sand states to lead the U.S. when their construction employment picks up more sharply next year.
Meanwhile, their leisure and hospitality employment growth averaged 3.3% in 2011, vs. 2.3% in the U.S., as vacationers flocked to Florida beaches, Las Vegas casinos and Scottsdale, Ariz., resorts. Also, older Americans who had put off retirement began moving to the Sunbelt again, as their investment portfolios recovered and stabilizing real estate prices allowed some to sell their homes, Zandi says.
About 286,000 more residents moved into the four states than moved out in the year ending July 1, up from 172,000 two years earlier, according to the Census Bureau.
Other sectors are also growing. In California, booming social media, cloud computing and smartphone firms are hiring. Dan Losito, 31, recently quit his job as a stock compensation specialist at Fidelity Investments in Kentucky to take a similar position at Motorola Mobility in San Diego. There are "a lot more companies in the tech industry that give equity to employees," he says.
The tech job boom is having ripple effects. The Iron Cactus/Creamery, a San Francisco café and sports bar, saw sales rise 35% last year, prompting it to hire 12 employees, says general manager Ivor Bradley.
In Tampa, biomedical firms are investing and hiring, says Bob Rohrlack, CEO of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. "When the economy went down, everyone was hunkering down," he says.
Recently, there's been a shift, he says, with businesses saying, "We're not going to wait for others to pull us out."
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50 Best Miami Bands of All Time: From 5 to 1
Can you hear that throbbing beat?
It's just the sound of Crossfade finally reaching a poundingly hot Latin-pop climax after two weeks of counting down the raddest bassers, freestyle stars, rappers, punks, rockers, and noiseniks in our subtropical city's music history.
To loosely quote Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine: "Come on, shake that body, baby. Do the conga. We know you can't control yourself any longer."
So check the cut for the top five in our epic list of the 50 Best Miami Bands of All Time.
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Somewhere in the Himalayas, there's a young Tibetan kid in a modest shack drinking Coca-Cola, looking at his Elvis poster, and dancing his ass off to a KC and the Sunshine Band record -- probably "Shake Your Booty." In late 1973, this now-classic disco crew was born when studio intern Harry Wayne Casey cut some after-hours demos at TK Records' headquarters in Hialeah. The boss -- local music legend Henry Stone -- liked them so much that he invested in the band and some hi-fi vinyl. And within two years, every club rat from John Travolta to Miami's own disco mamas were shaking booty to KC's tunes while screaming, "That's the way I like it!" -- Jacob Katel
4. Sam & Dave
Before signing to Atlantic Records and working with the famous Stax Records production team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Sam & Dave ("Soul Man," "Hold On, I'm Coming") were under a gun-barrel management contract with John Lomelo of the King of Hearts club in Liberty City. These Miami boys, now known worldwide for their explosive live show, cut their teeth on the talent-show circuit through Overtown, Coconut Grove, and all of black Miami, where they sang their hearts out for little more than craps money and new shoes. But one day, TK Records label honcho Henry Stone took Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun to see Sam & Dave work a nightclub, and the rest is music history. -- Jacob KatelNext Page
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U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-NJ, will not run for re-election next year.
"I will be traveling to my hometown of Paterson tomorrow to announce that I will not seek re-election in 2014," Lautenberg said in a statement released Thursday.
"This is not the end of anything, but rather the beginning of a two-year mission to pass new gun-safety laws, protect children from toxic chemicals, and create more opportunities for working families in New Jersey. While I may not be seeking re-election, there is plenty of work to do before the end of this term and I'm going to keep fighting as hard as ever for the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate," he said.
Lautenberg would have been up for re-election in November 2014. Newark Mayor Corey Booker has said he is interested in running for the Senate seat.
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