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A humorous observation
Hubby reminded me that it's time for me to cut his hair again (my first attempt a few weeks ago turned out decent, but I still dread messing it up), and that made me remember a funny observation he made recently. Of the characters/personalities/celebrities who I have expressed my love and admiration for over the years, a disproportionate number of them have something in common…
Weird Al Yankovic
My favorite musician, bar none. He is funny, smart, and we have something in common–a degree in architecture! I've seen him four times in concert. Most recently he came down off the stage and serenaded me twice during the song "Wanna Be Ur Lovr"!
Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen
He was my favorite designer on the British TV show "Changing Rooms" that inspired "Trading Spaces". I named my first betta fish in his honor; its flowing fins reminded me of the frilly shirts that Llewelyn Bowen favored.
Captain Jack Sparrow
I used to bring my youngest brother to the movies regularly when I was still living at home. We took a chance on "Pirates of the Caribbean" before it had made a big splash (sorry), and were thoroughly impressed. I loved the way Jack Sparrow was introduced.
Sigh. The blonde hair, the piercing eyes and the intrigue of being an elf. Not to mention his amazing skills with a bow and arrow. What's not to love?
Strong, selfless, and I loved his devotion to Arwen. Their love reminded me of my own long-distance relationship when my husband was still living in England.
Keith Urban
One of the only country singers I will voluntarily listen to, I was taken in by the unusual use of banjo in songs such as "Somebody Like You" and "Who Wouldn't Wanna be Me". In lieu of a bachelorette party, I took my sister to a Keith Urban concert, where I fell in love with his Australian accent.
My favorite character on Lost. I love his name-calling and one-liners, but most of all I love that his character has come full circle from where he started. Who doesn't love a good story of redemption?
The UPS Whiteboard Guy
I just love watching skilled people draw. Always have. And apparently I'm not the only one. Hubby finds these ads deeply annoying.
UPDATED 10/2011 I forgot one and discovered another…
James May
The hapless James is my favorite presenter on the hilarious British TV show Top Gear. A classical pianist who always thinks he is driving faster and more recklessly than he really is, and constantly picked on by his co-presenters. I see a bit of myself in him (yes, I am a motor head). His other show, James May's Toy Stories is also great.
Be still my beating heart. The scene in which he bids his earthly love Jane Foster farewell with a kiss on the hand (before she takes matters into her own hands) very nearly killed me. The sequel can't come soon enough.
While I maintain that it's not the long hair that draws me in, my hubby thinks I definitely have a type! But then, how do you explain Ryan Gosling?

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By Hon. John C. Ninfo
June 04, 2008
Get Your Teen a Debit Card
The debit card should be tied to the checking account. When used, your teen should make an entry on a check register.
Consider whether you want the debit card to have overdraft protection. It may be just an easy way for your teen to overspend once he figures out how overdraft protection works.
Using their checking and savings accounts and debit cards responsibly will teach your children how to manage and budget their money.
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Now that you have taught your child some of the basics of managing money, it's time to get serious about budgeting for college.
There will be many new things to spend money on at college, and your teen might be tempted to take advantage of all of them. She might even be tempted to try to "keep up" with some new, wealthier friends.
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Moving on to a new thread....
Post how you have been doing.
Here is my first bunch, already in the snow.
13 milk jugs.
Smooth Aster, BlueBird
NY Aster, Woods Purple
Hardy Algeratum
Aclaea Simplex, "Elstead"
NY Aster, "Professor Kippenburg"
Monarda, Lemon Balm
M. bradburiana, Horsemint
M. didyma "Panorama Mix"
Blue Delphinium
Erinus alpinus, Alpine Liverwort
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We came from here... http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1065142/
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Winter Sowing - 2010 .... a sowing we will go....
Moving on to a new thread....
They look good there snuggled in the snow Terese.
I haven't started yet. This will be year 5 for me.
So, how're ya'll keeping track of what's in each jug? I've seen numbers on jugs in some'a the posts. Are ya'll doing a corresponding list?
Just trying to stay OUTTA trouble....
Since you all have been WSing for a while, I'm curious about all the flower you sow. Do you extend your gardens? What do you do with all the flowers?
I guess I should have taken more photos... but i have a notebook where everything is written down.... for example...
1) Smooth Aster, BlueBird. [wind] who i got the seeds from, amount of seeds [ALL] and surface sow.
just notes -- it all gets entered into my spreadsheet when i get a chance [it's already updated]
I've started putting in a plastic plant tag... it has the container # and what the seed it.
I just started doign the plant tags... did a few last year. Found it was very helpful when things started germinating. I can just look at the tag. Before i'd look at the number then have to look it up. I rarely write the name of the seed on the container.... don't know why, i've just never done it that way... plus, by May, most of the lids are cut off and recycled.
I do put the container number on both top and below the cut line.
I label the outside of the jug and put a label on the inside as well. I use old mini blinds cut up and write on them with a plain #2 pencil.
OMGosh! That's wayy too detailed for me! LOL I just do one with name of seed, date sown, date germinated (or when I notice the sprouts), and comments.
I"m just a very detailed oriented person. my 'whole' spreadsheet put probably make your hair curl by all the info I have in it... But there are many times i need to reference back to something.. and there are even times the details are not there... I tend to slack off on things mid-season.
but in the excel "book" i have my seed list and my WS list. so 2 pages for each year.
Like i said.. i have a thing for details.
My spreadsheets were pretty basic when I did them. (Didn't do one last year.) I just included basics like jug number, common name, botanical name, annual or perennial, date sown, date sprouted (never was good about recording that), HxWidth.
Anita always had a good one on her website, she included mine there too a couple of years. I can't remember the name of her website but it will come to me. Haven't seen Anita on here lately.
Yes... she has a great site... http://lakehousecreations.com/winter_sowing.htm
OH... i just remembered, as i look at her site... it does not load well in FireFox... to get the real look at her site, you need to use IE.
Yes, that's it. Where's Anita these days?
tcs, that is a wonderful site full of information that will help me decide when to start each kind of seed. Thank you so much.
Since you all have been WSing for a while, I'm curious about all the flower you sow. Do you extend your gardens? What do you do with all the flowers?
Ah Diamond, that's the dilemma. . . some of us extend our flower beds to contain the new WS seedlings, others of us pot up our extras for friends and plant sales, others just cram them in. I do all three! It helps if you either have a lot of room or like the look of a full flower /herb/veggie garden!
Diamond... I some how missed that post....
My neighbor and I have been working on a "field" behind our home. it's technically State property, but it's land locked and they can't even access it without taking down a fence. [those highway ones]
I've been at it since the second summer here... 2003? I expand a little bit each year, clearing a little more weeds.... I give some away - mostly to my neighbor. I have a summer place, it's an RV Park and i've taken on the project of working on the neglected flower beds throughout the park. I have a few friends up there that i'm growing some plants for, and i'll probably take some to our Upper Midwest Round Up in June... plus... I cram them in.
tcs, you sound like the Johnny Appleseed of the plant kingdom. How fun and intersting. Do you have pictures?
i have tons of pictures.
I would so love to see some of them, please. Something to encourage me on the WSing.
I can use all the ideas I can get.
I know I just posted a few the other day... but now can't find the thread...
Many of my image are in the Cottage Garden forum, as that is where i spend a lot of time...
here are a few... scroll down to Nov 3rd....
Thank you Terese. I will check them out tomorrow morning. I can't keep my eyes open, time to go to bed.
Terese, you are the Queen. I humbly bow to you.
I bought some Sterlite containers today to try to "Corral" my jugs this year. I used cardboard boxes last year, but they just got so sloppy wet. I figured if my jugs were in containers, maybe they won't look so objectionable to DH. I am pooped, unloaded 1/2 a truckload of compost on one of my lasagna beds today. I am trying to cover the cardboard I have lining the driveway. New gardens to plant my WS babies this spring!
I use DG journels
those containers i showed yesterday... you can barely see them now. i had thought the snow was over... it had stopped, i went out and shoveled last night [I have this thing... it's a sickness really... but i absolutely HATE it when a car drives in my driveway if there is snow on it... I've actually had my kids in the street, waiting to pull in the drive, while i shovel a spot so they can pull in.]
anyhooo... i shoveled last night because Alex was still out, and i finally got to shovel wiht a car NOT in the driveway.... i woke up at 4AM and snow everywhere... Probably another 3" ... this stuff was a big 'blowy' though... small drifts... when i have it at the back door AND the front door... i know it was blowing.
SO.. i told DH to teach Alex how to use the snow blower today. I generally shovel for the exercise... but the kid needs to know how to use it.
Has anyone ever sown Veronica Darwin's Blue?? I have a lot of seeds and chaff....I'm going to give it a whirl this year to see if i get anything. didnt wanna trade the seeds to find out they dont germinate.
OH and i had completely forgotten.... DH is a pop drinker... sometime last year he switched to 2Ltr from cans, since it's cheaper... So, i've begun collecting them too... i only have 2 right now, but it's a start. We always let Buddy chew them up... great toy when you pop them in the freezer for a while.
Red.. .can you add images to your journals. I have honestly never delved into them... though every year i say i will try.
Just can't seem to figure it out.
I'm having to find pictures on line. Have some,just haven't posted them yet. Guess since today's it's 12 degrees out w/ only 29 for hi,it'd be a good day to get that done.
I haven't listed the dianthus,snaps,pansies and violas I did in Oct/Nov.yet. Need to go to GH to get info but as I said....12 degrees...I ain't going out there....LOL. GH isn't heated so I still call it WS.
>>12 degrees...I ain't going out there...LOL
I don't blame ya. when it's cold, i don't go out either... it's hard enough walking to the mail box at the end of the driveway.
I'm so ahppy to hear that you all look for place to plant flowers and give them away to friends and family. I have one stipulation, whomever I give plants to have to take care of them. And if they decide they don't want them, then they give them back to me. LoL So I can find a good home for them. I even post some plants on Craigs list for little or nothing. I'm helping with a garden at the Extension Office this year so, hopefully, some of my plants will find a home there.
I need to find out more about the lasagna gardening thing. Is this useful in starting new beds? Last year I tilled my entire patio area to start a new garden. I stll have problems with pop up grass. I'm wondering if I tilled a new site, added cardboard, wet it down, added compost, then planted flowers if that would hold the weed/grass out of my new beds? If that works, I can easily make room for all of my new seedlings. LoL
I was going to work out in the sunroom today on my jugs, but it's 15� outside which means it's probably around freezing in the sunroom. I think I'm going to change my plans.
I grow extras just to use as trades at the North Texas spring RU of DG folks. It works out great for me and for them.
The beauty of lasagna gardening is that it is NO TILL gardening!
Just lay the cardboard OVER your site, border it in, and start layering your ingredients from there. The cardboard smothers off your grass...add enough organics and veggie peels and the worms will start churning up the ground below the cardboard, once it's broken down.
Let the wildlife do the tilling! (Basically, this is just like building a compost pile in place...)
Great links! Thanks!
Happy Birthday Gymgirl!
I WS'd a couple of milk jugs yesterday and this morning my DH wanted to know why those jugs were in the snowbank.
Hope somehing grows he already thinks I'm crazy....
>>DH wanted to know why those jugs were in the snowbank.
mine was snow blowing the back patio... i noticed he "unearthed" them..i had to shove one of them back in the snow.
He knew I ws'ed yesterday, but i put them in a different spot from other years.
Thanks JJsgramma!
I chased flying, empty milkjugs all over the yard this morning! The wind was up and I had them prepped and sitting on the patio table. My DH keeps eyeing all the "junk" I bring home, so I couldn't just leave them strewn everywhere or they'd be in the dumpster when I got home!
I'M GONNA BE WSing MY BUTT OFF THIS WEEKEND!
Oh we Texas and southern parts of Arkansas girls are a bunch of wimps when the weather dips below 50....LOL
Adding pix to my journel...bunch to go.
Happy Birthday GymGirl! I hope you are spoiled and pampered today. I'm so thrilled at the idea of lasagna gardening. How soon can you plant your flowers? Are you planting your flowers in the upper layers (above the cardboard)?
I took a quick peek in the Organic forum... and this may be helpful for lasagna gardening.. the topic was 'no dig garden'
since our 'search' is down for a while... the best way to find something - say using google.. type in your search word, "lasagna gardening' and add Daves Garden... they it pulls up threads with in Daves. I do that all the time for plant files.
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Cali Rally Checkpoint Challenge: Santa Cruz Skate Race Of Death
When the 2010 Cali Rally teams arrived to Santa Cruz, they got a surprise text message on their Verizon phones: "Meet at Steamer Lane at 1:00 p.m. Don't be late!"
When they arrived, 16 brand-new Santa Cruz skateboards (complete with custom carved swallowtails) were laid out for them in the parking lot by the lighthouse and the teams knew immediately that they were screwed. The challenge was a long distance skate race from Steamer Lane to Pleasure Point, a solid up-hill, downhill, curvy, rough, and weird skate mission. It took the teams about a half hour to finish, and nearly everybody cheated, but this time we caught them on video cheating! But hey, that's what the Cali Rally is all about—if you're not cheating, you're not trying! Check it out.
Thanks to Santa Cruz Skateboards for providing the sick sticks (above) for our race, and also buying pitcher's of beer later that night!
For more, go to the Cali Rally Homepage
WTF? The TransWorld SURF Cali Rally is an annual scavenger hunt style race from San Diego to Santa Cruz. Featuring four teams of four surfers, each team gets a list of "challenges" that they must complete to earn points that go towards their overall Cali Rally point total. Along the way, teams must compete in four "Checkpoint Challenges" that range from shirtless paintball wars to tandem BMX races. Checkpoint Challenges are worth 1,000 points each. Extra points are awarded at the discretion of TransWorld SURF and can be earned for various feats including broken bones, heroic acts of courage, and making out with old ladies. Previous winning teams include Analog (2009) and Billabong (2008).


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We know Twilight Sparkle as the silly little mare who didn't have any friends until she was sent to Ponyville by Princess Celestia. However, the rest of Equestria knows Twilight Sparkle as poor number 107497, a number even foals are taught to be wary of. The filly was perfectly fine, until one last taunt pushed her over the edge, into her own imagination, where she made friends; each friend a part of her mind.
Five years later, as Princess Celestia sits with her comatose student, aforementioned student moves. Both in the physical world, and slowly from her dream world as well.
Rated Teen because... well... I'm not sure, it just needs a Teen tag.


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"GPA: 3.78" or "Major GPA: 3.78"?
Chrisw, since when does your college have any say at all on what you put on your resume? Obviously you don't want to mislead or lie, and whatever you put should stand up to the scrutiny of someone checking with your college, but I would tell my colleges to take a flier if they tried to tell me I had to include coursework info with my GPA. Now... I am many years out of college, but I can't imagine my undergraduate institution trying to restrict how I formatted or what I included on my resume in any way, even for interviews through their placement office.
Also think about it, if my Major GPA is 3.78, can my overall GPA be something as low as 3.2 or 3.0? The answer is no.


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Mercury United, Not Giving Up
"We work," Alexis Gray-Lawson said to me in a very direct, but kind manner after the team lost to the Tulsa Shock last Sunday. "That's what we do. What else can we do? We go back to the gym and work at getting better. That's it. There's nothing to debate about or discuss; we go back to work. Done. Period."
I had asked Alexis what the Mercury's next step was. Her pointed, moving response smacked me across the face. If I'm honest, I didn't expect her to say anything close to that. I guess, looking back, I didn't have the faintest idea of what her response would be.
But the way she said it, coupled with the look in her eye, made me analyze my own experiences with adversity, and how impressed I am with this year's Mercury team.
Everything in life is a choice.
You can be happy, sad, whatever -- but the manifestation of any emotion comes from a choice we all make to feel the emotion. Physically, yes, a black eye is a black eye. Emotionally, though, it's a choice. It has been said that we have over 70,000 thoughts a day and over 75 percent of them are negative. Choosing your thoughts makes, literally, all the difference. The Mercury, collectively, are making the choice to keep working to get better (more on this later).
This isn't something that I've always known. Rather, I learned it the hard way.
In high school, I played the point guard position. Supposedly, I was the leader of the team. In hindsight, I was a leader when things were easy, but when the going got tough it was a different story. During my junior year, we lost our top scorer whom I continually relied on like a crutch. He made me play better and took an enormous amount of responsibility off my shoulders that I was too scared to take on.
When we found out he'd miss the rest of the year including the state playoffs, something inside me changed (and not for the better).
Instead of uniting my teammates together, I basically folded. Gave up. Figured it was a lost cause. But in doing so, I let my teammates, coaches and family down equally as much as myself.
Indeed, I'm ashamed of my attitude and mentality during those few months. I'm sure I wasn't very fun to be around and certainly wasn't close to inspiring any confidence in those around me. Back then, my outlook was that things happened to me rather than admit I was in full control of my thoughts and how I could have (and should have) responded.
I didn't realize back then that how you respond to any situation reveals a lot about your attitude, perception and character. Instead of seeing the challenge as an opportunity, I was afraid and limited myself before even getting started.
In all likelihood, that's probably why I internally assumed that Alexis Gray-Lawson (and the entire Mercury team) would have a woe-is-me, frustrated attitude.
Wow. I couldn't have been more off-base.
Although a 2-7 record isn't what anyone envisioned to start the 2012 season, as a team, the Mercury doesn't see the hardship and adversity they've faced so far as happening to them; they see it as something they can work on to get better.
As Gray-Lawson brilliantly put it, what else can they do?
Having the good fortune to be around the team, I can 100 percent attest to that statement. Playing without two of the best players in the world isn't remotely close to an easy adjustment, especially considering that multiple players have had to step up in brand new roles (several are still learning the Mercury's system of play).
For the Mercury, without Taurasi and Taylor, this starts and ends with "deliberate" practice. That is, activity that is explicitly intended to improve performance that reaches for objectives beyond one's level of capability provides feedback on results and requires high levels of consistent repetition.
For example: Simply taking hundreds of jump shots is not deliberate practice. Repeating offensive sets, looking at advanced statistics, observing the result of lineup changes, and making adjustments -- that's deliberate practice.
And that's precisely what the Mercury has been doing -- working harder, deliberately.
Again, a 2-7 start is certainly difficult for everyone with any tie to the Mercury organization -- players, coaches, fans, staff, etc. Yet, it is
encouraging to see how hard the team continues to work to get better. They don't make any excuses, in spite of how difficult things are. The extra steps
the team is taking isn't easy, but that's the way it must be.
They're close to putting together one of those typical Mercury games we're accustomed to. Really, the past few games have been determined by one bad
quarter. Their 3-point shooting has been uncharacteristically off, and they're due for a breakout game.
One of these days, it will happen. Things will click. The team has faith that if they keep putting in the extra hours, good things will happen.
Simply put, the Mercury is working too hard for it not to.
The Mercury takes on the Washington Mystics tonight at US Airways Center at 7:00 p.m. Arizona time. For tickets, visit www.PhoenixMercury.com.


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So when I had the chance to get two months of Space Scouts for free, I was excited! All the things he could learn, and I had no idea that such a subscription existed.
Check out all the goodies included in this subscription!
So, first let me start by saying my son tore into the kit before I could take many photos! I literally only have the photo above thanks to him! He was super excited to get this. I knew I should have taken photos while he was in school. But nooooo, I gotta be the cool mom and show him right away what he got... lesson learned.
So the photo above is the first box. You get a lunchbox, and everything you need to start out. The Constellation collection is fun because you get a new card each month to add onto the key ring. You get a sticker puzzle of part of the sky and planets. This first box came with wax sticks that he can use to make whatever he wanted. The instructions showed him how to make glasses, then he went crazy and started making other things with it, like people and shapes.
There are also papers with puzzles and fun games that tell you about the constellations, and why they're named what they're named. The intro box also includes a general intro information page, to tell you what you can expect each month. There is also a large map that you can place the coordinating sticker for each month with each box/lesson.
Each month features puzzles, word searches or other games to help you learn more about the stars. You'll also get a toy, the next sticker for the map, and other fun stuff!
He definitely enjoyed this package!
"Space Scouts monthly subscription club for kids is a delightful learning adventure aimed at discovering the wonders of the universe! Each month your child will explore a new place in space -- stepping into the worlds of space exploration, space science, and astronomy. Join Roxy and Jett as they scout about the galaxy engaging your child in fun learning activities, hands-on discovery, and exciting challenges. Packages arrive each month filled with fun additions to your collection -- magnets, stickers, toys, and more!"
Space Scouts is a stellar vehicle for launching your child's interest in science & technology! This is not your typical grab-bag subscription box. Space Scouts is a fun, educational experience where each month builds upon the previous. It's a great way to learn!
|photo of first 2 boxes combined
The price is reasonable and affordable for a kids box. It is $11.95 per month + $3.00 shipping. Discounts for multi-month purchase. Space Scouts is designed for kids age 6+. Visit our website to learn more! 20% discount - Use promo code USFAMILY20 at checkout to receive 20% discount on your initial purchase of any Space Scouts subscription plan.
Sign up here. (discount ends 1/31/2015! So hurry up and act fast!)
This would be a great gift for birthdays or holidays, and will keep giving all year long (or for as long as you pay for it!) :)
*I received my first two months free in exchange for posting! The opinions here are my own.


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MADISON, Wis., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Jay Valai blocked an extra-point try late in the game Saturday and No. 11 Wisconsin hung on to defeat Arizona State 20-19.
ASU's Cameron Marshall rushed for a touchdown that got the Sun Devils to within a point with 5:01 remaining in the game, but Thomas Weber's extra-point try was blocked by Valai.
Scott Tolzien threw for 246 yards with one touchdown, completing 19-of-25 passes for the Badgers (3-0), while John Clay rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries.
Arizona State (2-1) was led by Steven Threet, who piled up 211 yards on 21-of-33 completions.
Kerry Taylor hauled down six passes for 71 yards and Deantre Lewis contributed 122 yards on nine carries for the Sun Devils.


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It is said that the Zach Galifianakis' cameo is still in the "talking" stages.
The new Muppets, co-written by How I Met Your Mother actor Jason Segel, is called "The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made," and it's due out next year.
The human cast includes Segal, Amy Adams, Rashida Jones, Chris Cooper, Charles Grodin and Rachael Ray.


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The developer of Seadragon Photosynth, and Bing Maps Augment Reality will join machine learning group
After seven years with Microsoft Corp. (
), Blaise Agüera y Arcas, 38,
has left
for Google Inc. (
). The departure is raising eyebrows, given Google's history of
poaching top talent
from Microsoft. Mr. Agüera y Arcas -- who created 2D and 3D data decomposition, delivery, and rendering algorithms -- had already played a pivotal role at Microsoft, earning the "distinguished engineer" tag.
I. Beginnings
This is not the first major move for Mr. Agüera y Arcas, though. Born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1975, as a young man he was fascinated with science, and soon would develop a love for computer programming. As early as age six he began to dabble with electronics and would go on to teach himself computer coding, despite lacking formal education in the field.
He told
Bloomberg Businessweek
in 2010, "My attraction has never been to computers per se, but to the fact that they offer a highly leveraged way to invent magic."
Blaise Agüera y Arca [Image Source: Flickr]
His creative drive led him to apply to the prestigious
Department of Physics
Princeton University
in New Jersey. According to the
Bloomberg Businessweek
profile he did not take a single computer science course during his collegiate studies despite spending much of his undergraduate research effort on writing code. He taught himself everything he needed to know. Prior to graduation he worked for a year in a software engineer position with Real-Time Geometry (RTG) in 1996-1997, a company that would later become part of MetaTools, then Viewpoint.com.
By the time he left RTG in 1997, Mr. Agüera y Arcas was already developing his area of algorithmic expertise -- decomposing 2D and 3D scenes into highly compressed images, with selective zoom levels. By the time he graduated in 1998 he already held several graphics technology patents.
His Princeton physics advisor --
Professor Ingrid Daubechies
, a former Bell Labs luminary who is cited as a co-inventor of wavelet theory -- convinced him to briefly dabble in doctoral research after graduation. But the allure of the private sector was too great and the doctoral studies were put on indefinite hiatus. According to a Microsoft profile, Professor Daubechies still occasionally drops his former student a line, asking him when he will turn in his thesis.
Blaise Agüera y Arca is seen here working on Bing Maps Augment Reality in 2010 at Live Labs.
[Image Source: Torque Magazine]
Around that time he met his future wife -- Adrienne Fairhall, Ph.D -- at a neural network circuitry class at
The Marine Biological Laboratory
(MBL), a research center near Princeton.
At the time Professor Fairhall -- born in Australia -- had just finished her doctorate in theoretical physics at
the Weizman Institute of Science in Israel
and was working as a postdoctoral researcher at the
NEC Research Institute
, a collaboration between Princeton University and Japan's NEC Corp. (
). She would go on to collaborate with her former husband on "computational neuroscience projects, focused on the relationship between the physical description of excitable membranes and their computational properties."
II. Startup and Microsoft Years
In 2003 Mr. Agüera y Arcas founded Sand Codex, which would eventually lead him on a path to Microsoft. The next year proved a whirlwind of change: his new wife found out she was pregnant with their first child, and subsequently locked down a faculty position at the
University of Washington
So Mr. Agüera y Arcas relocated his new imaging software startup to Seattle, Washington, renaming it Seadragon. He would spend the two years developing the software's seamless zoom technology for extremely large images, scoring millions in venture capital.
Seadragon was acquired by Microsoft after showing off an early version of Deep Zoom.
The work drew the interest of Microsoft, which bought him out in 2006, folding the company into the freshly created
Live Labs
. Over the next few years the Seadragon's zoom technology was integrated into Microsoft's Silverlight 2 platform and Bing Maps software.
In 2007 he gave a "
jaw dropping"
TED talk, where he not only highlighted the technical achievements of Seadragon, but
a brand new software -- Photosynth
Photosynth integrated Seadragon's patented zoom technology with a new image processing twist -- it used color data to form crude 3D models from most photographs allowing you to stitch together 2D images in unprecedented ways. The project started as a school project of
Noah Snavely
, a UW computer graduate student; he would eventually go on to teach at
Cornell University.
Photosynth transforms 2D photos into 3D scenes for manipulation and merging.
[Image Source: CNN/Microsoft]
Following Mr. Agüera y Arcas' TED talk, buzz around him grew fast. The next year at age 33, he was named one of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology Review
's "
Innovators Under 35
". In 2010 he gave another well-received TED talk, showing off Bing Maps' new Augmented Reality software, which incorporate algorithms from Seadragon and Photosynth, along with rich information on buildings, landmarks, businesses, and more. He described the project as "wikifying the world". He also helped develop Microsoft's
facial animation/modeling software
Photosynth is now part of
the showpiece "core apps" set
in Windows 8.1
III. A New (Mountain) View
It is unclear whether Mr. Agüera y Arcas' decision to leave Microsoft had anything to do with the company's
recent leadership overhauls
and/or the
upcoming departure of CEO Steve Ballmer
, who had
run the company for the last 13 years
. But it's clear that the move is not as contentious (not yet, at least) as
some past departures
that lead to legal battles between the software firms.
The New York Times
' Nick Wingfield quotes Adam Sohn, a spokesman for Microsoft, as saying of the departing engineer, "He was a great colleague and we wish him the best in his future endeavors."
In his family blog "Style is Violence", Mr. Agüera y Arcas wrote that the move was "overwhelming" and that he felt "very lucky". He writes:
Nick Wingfield at the New York Times just
broke the news
that I'm going to Google. On one hand, of course this is tremendously exciting; Google is a company of grand ambitions and brilliant people. On the other hand it has been hard— very hard— to detach emotionally from Microsoft. The company's leadership has been consistently good to me over these past eight years, and it has been a time filled with creativity and growth and good friends. It's painful to leave behind so many wonderful ongoing projects, and even more so to leave behind such a great team.
The hardest decision of my life.
(This image was posted to summarize his thoughts.)
[Image Source: Ellen Forney]
At Google he will join the machine learning group, presumably moving to the company's
Mountain View headquarters
in Calif.
Google's Mountain View campus [Image Source: Bernard Andre]
He will work in
the fast-expanding
machine learning group, a group which focuses on images search and context. He may even g
et to play with some quantum computers
if he's
One pressing question is how much of the intellectual property behind Seadragon Mr. Agüera y Arcas owns. Depending on the answer, we could see some of the same impressive features in Photosynth and Bing Maps Augment Reality ported into Google Maps. Google has already showed off virtual tour software that is similar to Bing Maps AR -- it may lean on its newly acquired graphics mastermind to improve that software which is currently somewhat choppy when rendered in a browser.
Style is Violence
The New York Times
TED Profile
Microsoft Faculty Summit Profile
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ATTACHMENT JV-2030 ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name and Address): TELEPHONE NUMBER: FOR COURT USE ONLY ATTORNEY FOR: (Name): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA STREET ADDRESS: MAILING ADDRESS: CITY AND ZIP CODE: BRANCH: 840 Guadalupe Parkway 191 North First Street San José, CA 95113 Guadalupe Courthouse Juvenile Center In the Matter of (Name of Youth), a Minor, [D.O.B. ] CASE NUMBER: COURT APPOINTED FRIEND AND ADVOCATE OATH COURT APPOINTED FRIEND AND ADVOCATE (CAFA) Print your full legal name OATH I do solemnly swear that I will perform the duties of a Court Approved Youth Advocate to the best of my ability and will serve the best interest of the youth. As an officer of the Court, I will respect the rules of the Court and will to the best of my ability, maintain fairness, impartiality, and integrity. I will adhere to the rules of confidentiality and will respect the privacy of all parties. I will not take a case where I have any prior knowledge of the youth or family members. I will not take the youth to my home, unless I secure permission from probation officers/social workers. I will be directly responsible for the supervision of the youth at all times he or she is under my care. Date: Court Appointed Friend and Advocate Judicial Officer Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara JV-2030 REV 07/01/14 COURT APPROVED FRIEND AND ADVOCATE (CAFA) OATH Page 1 of 1 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com


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Solid-State Ethanol Fermentation Using Dry Sweet Sorghum Stalk Particles with Active Dry Yeast
28 December 2008
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a method for the solid-state fermentation (SSF) of sweet sorghum stalk particles with active dry yeast.
In a study published online 23 December in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels, they describe an effective method of sweet sorghum stalk storage in dry particles for 8 months, and their experiments with SSF to clarify the effects of different variables, including temperature, particle size, yeast inoculation rate, and water content on yeast growth, CO2 and ethanol formation, and sugar use.
Solid-state fermentation, as described in the book Solid-State Fermentation Bioreactors: Fundamentals of Design and Operation
...involves the growth of microorganisms on moist solid particles, in situations in which the spaces between the particles contain a continuous gas phase and a minimum of visible water. Although droplets of water may be present between the particles, and there may be thin films of water at the particle surface, the inter-particle water phase is discontinuous and most of the inter-particle space is filled by the gas phase. The majority of the water in the system is absorbed within the moist solid-particles.
...The majority of SSF processes involve filamentous fungi, although some involve bacteria and some involve yeasts.
The Shanghai Jiao Tong researchers found that the effects of temperature and particle size on yeast growth and ethanol yield were significant. In addition, the yeast inoculation rate and water content were greatly related to yeast growth, even though they had less significant effects on ethanol yield.
The suitable ranges of temperature and particle size for yeast growth were 25-30° C and 1.6-2.5 mm, respectively, in which higher values of Ycell/sugar of 0.2681 and 0.3538 mg mg-1 were obtained.
The suitable ranges for ethanol production were 35-40° C and 0.9-1.6 mm, in which higher values of Yethanol/sugar of 0.2404 and 0.2702 mg mg-1 could be obtained.
The adequate yeast inoculation rate should be 0.250, and higher values of Yethanol/sugar and Ycell/sugar could be up to 0.2486 and 0.3017 mg mg-1, respectively.
In addition, the suitable water content for ethanol production and yeast growth was 76.47%. With this water content, the Yethanol/sugar and Ycell/sugar could reach 0.2593 and 0.4211 mg mg-1, respectively.
Fei Shen and Ronghou Liu (2008) Research on Solid-State Ethanol Fermentation Using Dry Sweet Sorghum Stalk Particles with Active Dry Yeast. Energy Fuels doi: 10.1021/ef800531e
David A. Mitchell, Marin Berovič and Nadia Krieger (Eds.) (2006) Solid-State Fermentation Bioreactors: Fundamentals of Design and Operation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/3-540-31286-2_1
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This sounds similar to the bamboo ethanol except 1,000 times larger particle size.
Surely a large amount of energy needs to be expended in te handling drying and grinding of these materials.
There should be highly active carbon fertiliser residues as a byproduct.
Fuel oils prices are dependant on the value added byproducts to cross subsidise the various products such that the ratio of outputs is dependant on the going price for the various commodities.
Biofuel economics are no different so the way these technologies develop will depend in no small way on the development of other products.
We see various bioplastics being proposed and applied i the auto industry. This seem an enlightened approach.
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ASA Racing guns for Atlanta again
The American Speed Association Racing Series will return to Atlanta in 2004, following a 20-year absence. The 100-lap ASA race will be run at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Oct. 29 following qualifying for Georgia-Pacific Night, part of the Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 weekend. The only other ASA race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was held in April 1983. ASA has run in recent years at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton and Peach State Speedway near Gainesville. This year's ASA rookie of the year, Reed Sorenson, is from Peachtree City, Ga.
Ravens launch FanTrak
The Baltimore Ravens announced the launch of FanTrak, a program to solicit feedback from fans at M&T Bank Stadium, beginning Sunday. FanTrak, owned by Turnkey Sports, will enable the Ravens to intercept and survey fans attending games and other events and receive results overnight. The system captures survey information from attendees via PDAs.
Boone/Oakley's eBay auction started at 99 cents and was expected to end by last Friday.
Boone/Oakley takes eBay route
Hot on the heels of winning NASCAR's Busch and Craftsman Truck series accounts, the gang at ad shop Boone/Oakley is at it again. This time they put their creative services up for bid on eBay — with a money-back guarantee, no less. The Charlotte ad agency launched the bidding earlier this month with the header, "Super Bowl TV Commercial by Boone/Oakley." The listing ran through last Friday, seeking companies that plan to advertise during the big game, which typically ranks as the most-watched television event of the year. Agency principals John Boone and David Oakley take a typically aggressive approach in the eBay notice. It reads: "Stop paying exorbitant ad agency fees for creative that doesn't do the job. Get the good stuff that sells a lot of product. At a fair price. A price that you set yourself. Start the bidding now. What have you got to lose?" Oakley said, "We started the bidding at 99 cents just to get the action going," but he noted that a 99-cent investment pales compared with the $2.1 million required to buy a spot on the CBS telecast. The money-back part: If the ad doesn't rank among USA Today's top 10 Super Bowl spots the day after the game, Boone/Oakley returns the fee.
Huntington Bank's name is appearing on Entry Media's Turnstile AdSleeve Armcovers at Gund Arena.
Entry Media makes Cavs deal
Winter Park, Fla.-based Entry Media Inc. announced a multiyear contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers to add Turnstile Advertising via its Turnstile AdSleeve Armcovers to Gund Arena. The Turnstile AdSleeve Armcover signage will be used by Huntington Bank as an element of its sponsorship package. The armcovers are made of a clear plastic tube; the client's color advertisement is housed inside the tube.
Cooperstein back on radio
Four months after losing his afternoon drive-time gig at ESPN Radio's Dallas affiliate, Chuck Cooperstein is coming back to host a one-hour show at 6 p.m. The Dallas Morning News reported that the program will eventually be extended to two hours at the station, located at 103.3 FM. Cooperstein and TV news personality Newy Scruggs had their drive-time program, "The Big Show," replaced in June by Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Randy Galloway, who ended a nearly 18-year run at WBAP-AM (820) to move to ESPN.
CU cracks down on rowdiness
The University of Colorado has taken steps to ensure a less rowdy experience in the football stands. The Boulder university has posted more security staff at the entrances and added security staff in each section of the stadium, and is enforcing a ban on such contraband items as alcohol and marshmallows. Yes, marshallows. Fans can stick heavier items inside the marshmallows and hurl them at people.
Avalanche continues sellouts
The Colorado Avalanche continues its record sellout streak. The Nov. 6 game against Phoenix marked the team's 400th sellout game, including regular-season and playoff games. The Avs sold out the last 201 games at the Pepsi Center. Before moving to the Pepsi Center, the Avs sold out the last 199 games played at the old McNichols Sports Arena.
Groundbreaking held for Jones course
Redstone Golf Management broke ground Nov. 4 on the new Rees Jones Course at Redstone Golf Club that will be the new home to the Shell Houston Open in 2006. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, golfer David Toms and architect Jones were on hand for the ceremony to kick off construction of the 7,550-yard, par-72 course. Toms will serve as PGA Tour player consultant to Jones for the project. The Shell Houston Open will be played at the Jacobsen Hardy Course at Redstone Golf Club until the new course is completed.
Pacers marketing targets urban audience
With fewer black fans than the national average attending their games, according to one study, the Indiana Pacers for the first time have hired a marketing and advertising firm to help reach the urban market. Bruce Bryant, whose Promotus Advertising firm was hired by the Pacers last spring, thinks drawing more of central Indiana's black population to support the franchise can be a key part of reversing the team's three-year attendance slide. Pacers attendance has fallen from an average of 18,345 during the 1999-2000 season — the team's first in Conseco Fieldhouse — to 16,353 last season. The most recent U.S. Census data shows that Indianapolis' population is 25 percent black, but a J.D. Powers & Associates study showed that only 8.5 percent of Pacers game attendees last season were black. That compares with a 17.6 percent league average.
Colts tickets selling fast
With the Indianapolis Colts off to their best start since coming to Indianapolis in 1984, members of the team's sales and marketing staff don't think they'll have any trouble selling out the final three home games and avoiding local television blackouts. There are fewer than 2,000 tickets remaining for each of the next two home games: Nov. 30 against New England and Dec. 14 against Atlanta. There are fewer than 5,000 tickets left for the Dec. 21 game against the Denver Broncos, and those are going fast.
California track owner sues CART
International Speedway Corp., which owns the California Speedway, filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Championship Auto Racing Teams over a race that was supposed to take place Nov. 2. The race was postponed and later canceled because of the California wildfires. ISC officials are trying to recoup part of the $2.5 million in race fees they paid CART for the race. ISC officials said the race could not be held due to heavy smoke and ash in the area. CART voiced initial disappointment in that decision.
Committee ready to sanction events
The Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee launched its event-sanctioning process with a downloadable application on its Web site, jacksonvillesuperbowl.com. Sanctioned events receive limited use of the host committee logo for marketing purposes, designation as an "Official Sanctioned Event" and promotional support, including a listing in the host committee's event guide, distributed to more than 100,000 Super Bowl visitors, and on the host committee's Web site. One sanctioned event already in the works is the Shands Super 5K Family Day, presented by Shands HealthCare, the host committee's official community partner. The event takes place the weekend before Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005, slated to be played in Alltel Stadium.
Comets staying at Kemper
The Kansas City Comets have committed to remain in Kemper Arena through the 2005-06 Major Indoor Soccer League season. Financial arrangements of the verbal understanding continue terms of the past several seasons. The Comets pay $6,000 to $9,000 a game in return for most gate revenue and a small share of parking and concession income. The Comets will televise 11 games on local television this season. The team will pay for airtime and receive proceeds from ads it sells. The MISL wants each of its teams to appear at least four times this season on local television.
Board allocates $73M for stadium
Miami-Dade County commissioners voted 9-4 to allocate $73 million in tax money to help pay for a stadium for the Florida Marlins, The Miami Herald reported. It is a piece of a plan for a $325 million ballpark. Of the $73 million, $35 million is slated to come from a convention development tax with $38 million coming from the pro sports franchise facility tax. The money is available to the team as long as the Marlins are able to put together a deal for the facility by March 15. If the deal falls through, Miami Beach would get the $50 million it wants for upgrades to the city's convention center.
Riley not interested in TV job
Miami Heat President Pat Riley is not interested in accepting any TV job, he told The Miami Herald through a spokesman. ABC was expected to contact Riley to determine whether he has any interest in working with Al Michaels as a lead analyst.
Brewers hire NuEdge marketing
With ticket sales on a two-year slide and many sponsorship deals due for renewal, the Milwaukee Brewers have hired NuEdge Systems to help them develop a plan to strengthen their fan base. NuEdge, a marketing automation consulting firm, will analyze customer-purchasing data and help the ballclub better understand its fans and their purchasing preferences, with the goal of increasing ticket, merchandise and concession sales, said Rick Schlesinger, the Brewers' executive vice president of business operations. The ballclub does not plan to cut its traditional advertising budget. Hoffman York, Milwaukee, handles the club advertising account.
Bucks add digital ad panels
The Milwaukee Bucks debuted two, 2-foot-wide digital advertising and information display panels that run the 216-foot length of the Bradley Center's upper deck. During the off-season, the Bucks paid for the installation of the panels, which were manufactured by Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D. The panels carry full-color animated images and text and are equipped to display video. The club has sold time on the panels to its six "building sponsors" at the Bradley Center and to other advertisers. The cost to advertise on the panels through the course of the season ranges from $25,000 to $100,000.
Rendering of proposed Nashville ballpark
Mixed-use ballpark proposed
The Nashville Sounds have presented a proposal to Metro Nashville officials, asking the city to build a $37 million mixed-use ballpark downtown. The facility would cover an 11-acre site with an 11,000-seat stadium, 80,000 square feet of retail space and 225 rental units that would price out at about $30 a square foot, making a two-bedroom apartment run about $1,200 a month. Cost for the entire project is estimated at $80 million. If approved by the Metro Sports Authority and Metro Council, the timeline calls for the park to open in April 2006. The city will own the park itself, as well as retain title to the existing Greer Stadium.
Marathon sets some records
It was a record-making day at the ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, as an event-high 35,286 runners started and a record 34,662 finished the five-borough, 26.2-mile course. New York Road Runners officials estimated that more than 2.5 million spectators, a race record, lined the course while the combined marathon viewing audience on New York station WNBC-TV and Spanish-language station Telemundo was about 1.3 million.
Region to host NCAA festival
Next May, central Florida will be teeming with NCAA Division II athletes. The NCAA Division II Championships Committee has created a weeklong, multisport national championships festival that will include more than 600 student athletes vying for national titles in women's and men's golf, women's lacrosse, softball and men's and women's tennis. The event will take place May 11-16. Event partners include the NCAA, Central Florida Sports Commission, Sunshine State Conference and Rollins College. The events will be held at venues throughout central Florida, including Showalter Field in Winter Park, Sanlando Park and the Seminole County Softball Complex in Altamonte Springs, Victoria Hills Golf Club in Deland and Alaqua Country Club in Longwood.
Ballpark opening set
The Philadelphia Phillies will officially open their new ballpark, the 43,500-seat Citizens Bank Park, with a Monday afternoon game against the Cincinnati Reds on April 12. Two exhibition games against the Cleveland Indians will be played April 3 and 4. The team's 2004 schedule also includes six business person's specials and interleague games against the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles at Citizens Bank Park. Season-ticket sales will begin later this month. Individual game tickets will go on sale early in February.
Eagles debut new uniforms
Kings to be on local TV more often
The Sacramento Kings have reached agreement with KXTV-Channel 10, the ABC affiliate in Sacramento, to expand the number of locally televised games featuring the team from 38 to 56. As part of the deal, the Kings will change the start times for five Sunday games at Arco Arena, moving them earlier to avoid stepping on Channel 10's prime-time programs. News 10 will add 11 games to its broadcast schedule. Cable networks ESPN, TNT and the league-run NBA TV also will air games, although the NBA feed has limited availability in the Sacramento area.
Kings trying to buy Mighty Ducks?
The majority owners of the Sacramento Kings are negotiating to buy the Anaheim Mighty Ducks NHL team from the Walt Disney Co., according to the Los Angeles Times, whose sources were not identified. Disney told the Times that the team has more than one interested buyer. Joe Maloof, whose family owns the Sacramento Kings, would not confirm or deny the report when contacted by The Sacramento Bee.
Padres unveil logos, uniforms
To go with their downtown park that opens in April, the Padres unveiled new uniforms and a new logo Nov. 6, incorporating navy blue, medium blue, sand and white into a color scheme that for the first time in 25 years does not include orange. The colors are intended to reflect the city of San Diego and Petco Park. A new script "Padres" will adorn the front of the home white and alternate blue jerseys, and "San Diego" will be on the front of the sand-shaded road uniforms in block letters. The new logo features the team name and a blue-and-white wave within a home-plate shape.
Argos plan their own stadium
The SkyDome could soon be without one of its major tenants after the new owners of the money-losing Toronto Argo-nauts announced their intention to build a new outdoor football stadium within two or three years. Toronto businessmen Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon bought the team, which was under the control of the league, and named former TSN President Keith Pelley as the team's president and chief executive officer. Sokolowski and Cynamon were to officially assume control of the club after Sunday's Grey Cup. The purchase price was reportedly around $2.1 million.


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Charles Mingus wrestled with one big fucking monkey. Just when his life seemed to be settling into something approaching constancy, the monkey would snort and squall: reprisal, retribution, punishment. The monkey was a wicked hybrid of high-pitched sensitivities, racism, a gnarled childhood and Mingus' uneven reputation as a jazzman. The result was some of the most dynamic, volatile, energetic and sprawling music this side of Duke Ellington. And also this: Mingus pushed fellow musicians off stages, threatened audience members with meat cleavers, cuffed trombonists in the mouth, caroused and cajoled, whined and wailed, pulled knives on club owners, smashed his bass (inspiring the Who and Jimi Hendrix), and generally mucked around in whatever tempest he could find or concoct.
During his lifetime, Mingus was undoubtedly among the world's most talented and infamous bassists and one of its most ambitious composers (certainly Ellington's most illustrious compositional protg). Yet his monkey ran amok, creating the only image of Mingus that stays with many of us: a beret-wearing, vodka-swilling, pot-smoking, ill-tempered, bass-whacking lard-ass and motherfucker.
Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona, in 1922; raised in Watts by his mixed-race parents; grew up playing classical cello and then jazz bass at the suggestion of longtime friend Buddy Collette; heard Duke Ellington's "Jumpin' Pumpkins" in 1941 and decided he would learn to play the bass like that cat Jimmy Blanton. He would become one of the most prodigious performers and recording artists in jazz history; from the 1950s until his death in 1979, Mingus played and recorded with anyone who was anyone. In 1959 alone, he crafted three landmark albums-Blues and Roots, Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty. He wrote film scores, accompanied Langston Hughes and Joni Mitchell, proctored the next wave of great bassists, started his own label (Debut) and the alternative Newport Festival, and even recorded an album of symphonic airs (as Baron Mingus).
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But in Myself When I Am Real, Gene Santoro shifts our attention from a man of obvious professional accomplishments to a man of remarkable depth. We learn that Mingus' influences ranged from Orson Welles and Dostoyevsky to Bla Bartok, Jelly Roll Morton and El Greco. We learn that Mingus developed a running squabble with Miles Davis. We learn that Mingus had four wives, numerous children and a squadron of lovers.
The Mingus that Santoro (of The Nation and the New York Daily News) portrays certainly breathes new life into the legend. This is no humdrum recitation of biographical fact; Santoro is on a mission. In one corner are the rumors, tall tales and half-truths surrounding the musician's life; in the other, the dry musical scholarship (e.g. Brian Priestley's Mingus) that exalts the music while ignoring the man. Santoro tries to stake out a middle ground by mimicking the call-and-response patterns of jazz itself, quoting his sources directly, documentary-style. At times, the quotes Santoro samples into the biography illuminate Mingus' life; at other times, the structure itself confines and overwhelms Santoro in his maddening resolve to be encyclopedic. The cut-and-paste structure might have been easy-it might even be art-but it sure seems to have been produced with little thought for how readers might experience the book.
So this is how we experience Myself When I Am Real: it opts for breadth instead of depth, quantity instead of quality; the prose is infested with clichs ("He stood on the cusp of greatness"), repetitive phrasing ("Mingus was pushing the limits" and "Mingus was feeling the Zeitgeist" over and over and over again) and name-dropping (Ginsberg, Kerouac, Pollack, blah, blah, blah) and is often historically simplistic and oddly muddled. Santoro titles Chapter 10 "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" and then spends all but one page of the chapter precisely pinpointing Mingus' escapades and measly royalty checks, ignoring the blistering album of the same name. It's almost as if Santoro is so busy trying to clarify the precise nature of Mingus' debauchery that he forgets the point of his project: the man could play, the man could compose, and the man could lead.
Myself When I Am Real by Gene Santoro; Oxford University Press. 462 pages, Hardcover, $30.


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NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended lower in a volatile session on Monday as oil prices extended their selloff, adding to worries about weak global demand.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 100.25 points, or 0.58 percent, to 17,180.58, the S&P 500 lost 12.72 points, or 0.64 percent, to 1,989.61 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 48.44 points, or 1.04 percent, to 4,605.16. (Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)


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Sometimes, you have to write something really quickly on the go. Like, say, if you were supposed to find an app to write up for your daily post on a tech blog.
Actually, nevermind that example. It's crazy and would never happen. But if it did, Writedown might be a good fit. It's a quick and easy document creation tool that cuts out all the distractions (other than ads, in this Lite version). You just type your thing in a clean interface, and then you can export it to a text, e-mail, social media, or share it with AirDrop.
It's bare-bones, quick, and easy to use. Not that I'm using it right now.


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The Barnes & Noble NOOK kids iPad app lets you take a library of childrens' books with you where ever you are. The books are interactive, allowing kids to swipe through the pages and enlarge text and pictures. The app lets you or your child read the book, or the app can read select books to them. B&N offers the largest collection of childrens' books – classics or new, and books for various reading levels. You'll get two books to start, and you can purchase others from Barnes & Noble. The app is free at iTunes.
Barnes & Noble NOOK kids App for iPad
Have you reviewed any of the childrens books for the Nook? I hear they are suposed to be interactive but its hard to determine which ones are good when you look to purchase them.


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Story: Young Frederic is turning 21, which means that his apprenticeship with the jovial band of brigands known as The Pirates of Penzance is about to end. He warns the genial Pirate King and his men that he will, naturally, work to eradicate them once he is a free man. That's the noble thing to do, says Frederic, even though his pals all are orphans and have a reputation for letting their captives go once their defeated foes inform them of their own orphaned status.
Frederic spends his first day of freedom in a secluded place where he comes upon a group of young women. One of them, Mabel, falls in love with Frederic, who soon learns that the women all are daughters of the local Major-General Stanley of Her Majesty's Army.
When the Pirate King realizes that Frederic was born on Leap Day and, therefore, won't be 21 for another 60 years, he attempts to recapture the young man. With the help of some bungling police and a most unlikely ally, though, the Major-General secures Frederic's freedom.
Highlights: For just the second time in its history, and for the first time on the Browning Mainstage at the Loretto-Hilton Center, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis presents the perennially popular operetta by librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan that premiered in 1879.
Under the lively baton of conductor and St. Louis native Ryan McAdams and the sure-handed stage direction and spirited choreography of Sean Curran, OTSL's Pirates is a crowd-pleaser that jauntily introduced the company's 2013 season.
Other Info: While OTSL's second production of Pirates (the first was at Washington University's Edison Theatre in 1982) is polished and easy on the ears, it lacks the dynamism in certain areas that prevents it from being truly great. Hugh Russell, e.g., is OK as the Major-General but doesn't firmly grab hold of that character's signature number, I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General.
On the other hand, former Gerdine Young Artist Bradley Smoak takes command of the Pirate King role both musically and comically, shaping the most memorable performance in this rendition with his rich bass voice and measured comic portrayal in some of Curran's inspired scenes on James Schuette's cartoonish set.
Christopher Akerlind designed the lighting for this version, which he judiciously uses to spotlight several amusing numbers, such as the maidens fainting at the sight of the handsome Frederic in their midst.
Mezzo-soprano Maria Zifchak is amusing as Frederic's nursemaid, Ruth, who can scheme with the best of them in establishing a comfy life for herself. Matthew Plenk displays his splendid tenor as the pirate apprentice Frederic in his OTSL debut, although his acting could be ratcheted up a notch.
Soprano Deanna Breiwick shines as Mabel, the Major-General's feistiest and youngest of nine daughters, showing a deft comic touch as well as a stirring voice. Former Gerdine Young Artist Jason Eck contorts his rich bass-baritone in amusing fashion as the dim-witted sergeant of the stumbling police brigade, while Gerdine Young Artist Tobias Greenhalgh makes a successful OTSL debut as the Pirate King's earnest right-hand man, Samuel.
Schuette's colorful costumes light up the set, accentuated by Tom Watson's wigs and makeup. Jaime Korkos, Corrie Stallings and Katrina Galka add to the spirit of the show as three of the major-general's daughters with minor singing roles.
While it may not be the most inspiring of presentations, OTSL's Pirates of Penzance is a light-hearted crowd-pleaser and a sure choice to usher in its new season.
Opera: The Pirates of Penzance
Group: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Venue: Browning Mainstage, Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road
Dates: May 29, 31, June 6, 9, 12, 14, 22, 26, 29
Tickets: $25-$128; contact 961-0644 or ExperienceOpera.org
Rating: A 4 on a scale of 1-to-5.
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Richmond (Va.) Hermitage quarterback Jameel Sewell is confident in his ability to perform at the highest levels of college football. Sewell has two scholarship offers in hand and his recruitment gaining steam.
"I have read on the internet about how people question my production and my effectiveness as a D-1 prospect. I use it as motivation to become better and prove them wrong," said the 6-foot-3, 201-pound quarterback who runs the 40-yard dash in 4.69 seconds.
Last season, Sewell threw for 1,032 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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"People look at those numbers and question whether I have what it takes but what they don't realize is that I only played past the first half in two games because we had the game in hand."
Sewell currently has scholarship offers from Virginia and Syracuse but schools are starting to line up to get a look at the talented signal caller.
"I am hearing from ore schools everyday. The ones that are contacting me the most are NC State, Nebraska, Connecticut, Boston College, Virginia Tech, Marshall, West Virginia, and Maryland."
Sewell recently visited Virginia for their spring game and was impressed with the Cavaliers and what Virginia has to offer. Virginia hasn't been the only stop for Sewell this offseason.
"I have also visited NC State and Maryland. I loved all three visits. Each of those schools are unique in their own way and I am trying to find what school fits me best."
What does Sewell look for in a school?
"I want to go to a school that needs a quarterback. Academics are important to me as well. I would like to major in either sports medicine or criminal justice."


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Thank you Jiggy . . . :D)
We solved the problem by buying the candles that are number! LOL This is very funny! Love the concept!!
lol Pat . . . I stopped when the cake started buckling under the weight . . . ;D)
I'm pleased to see that you all appear to be enjoying these . . . thank you . . . :D)
I have learned that a sure indicator of old age is finding that, by the time they get the last candle on the cake lit, the first one has already burned down to the holder......! Funny puzzle!
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To help boost its stalled economy, hurricane-ravaged New Orleans is offering the nation's first free wireless Internet network owned and run by a major city.
Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday the system would benefit residents and small businesses who still can't get their Internet service restored over the city's washed out telephone network, while showing the nation "that we are building New Orleans back."
The system started operation Tuesday in the central business district and French Quarter. It's to be available throughout the city in about a year.
But I have a question that has to do with this paragraph:
The system will provide download speeds of 512 kilobits per second as long as the city remains under a state of emergency. But the bandwidth will be slowed to 128 kbps in accordance with a limit set by Louisiana's law once the city's state of emergency is lifted at an unknown future date.
What crazy legislator proposed this bit of crap? Why should the speed be limited by law? It isn't as though some kilobits are going to drive drunk, leave their lane and plough into other kilobits with disastrous consequences. (OK, I'll cop to knowing why -- to keep the dialup ISPs in business. So whoever proposed this little turd of bureaucratic free-market-and-competition-killing legislation had his hand in some ISP's pocket. AOL? Bellsouth? who?


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The explanation that Dropbox provides for the service opening various files that are uploaded may sound reasonable:
"According to Dropbox's website, users can open Word, PowerPoint, PDF and text files from directly within their browser, which saves them from needing certain software programs installed on their computer."
Dropbox takes a peek at files
It's disturbing that they do it at all. It's the old "camel's nose in the tent" situation. I really don't buy their argument. First of all, if I upload a file, I'm almost certain to have the software needed to open the file. Second, Everyone has the software necessary to open text files and PDF files. Just about every computer I've ever worked on has the ability to open Office files. If not, they can download a viewer from MS that will let them do it.
If you find it necessary to upload any files that you wouldn't want anyone to open, be sure to encrypt it.