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The 2011 plunge raised $3 million, which Schniedwind called a "huge percentage of our annual budget, funding statewide competitions in 20-some sports for all ages year round."
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At last year's JavaOne conference Oracle announced that it would continue to invest in JavaFX, shipping JavaFX 2.0 this year. At part of this, however, it also announced that it would be dropping support for JavaFX Script, replacing it with a new Java API for creating JavaFX applications. That API can also be used from alternative languages such as JRuby, Clojure, Scala and Groovy.
The beta program for JavaFX 2.0 has started, with Early Access releases open to members of the JavaFX Partner Program. A public beta is planned by the end of the first half of 2011. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback through multiple channels, including surveys, participation in focus group sessions, and discussions with key members of the JavaFX product team.
InfoQ spoke to Richard Bair, the architect for client software at Oracle, to find out more about the release and future plans.
InfoQ: What are some of the goals you have for the Early Access release?
Our most important goal for the Early Access release is to get feedback on the APIs and implementation as early as possible in our release cycle, so we can make adjustments before reaching our Beta milestone. Assuming we collect a reasonable amount of feedback during the Early Access period, we should be able to deliver an even better initial experience to the wider developer community with the Beta release.
Another goal is to give a head start to companies that have developed applications using previous versions of JavaFX as they begin migrating their applications to JavaFX 2.0.
Also, by releasing builds on a regular cadence, we are making sure the build & release mechanics are all working and in place, which helps with smoother releases down the line.
InfoQ: What is the release schedule? How often will you be updating the builds?
The overall schedule for JavaFX 2.0 can be found at http://javafx.com/roadmap. Starting with the first Early Access build in late January, we have been releasing new builds every week. Currently, builds are only made available to members of the JavaFX Partner Program, as well as individual developers who are very active in the Java developer community (e.g. Java Champions, Java User Group leaders). When we get to our Beta milestone, builds will be made available to a much larger audience through the Oracle Technology Network.
InfoQ: What is missing from the EA release?
There are only two important features that are not in the EA builds yet: the ability to describe a GUI declaratively in markup, and the JavaFX-based browser plug in (which bypasses Swing and AWT entirely for displaying applets).
Everything else is already there, including a TableView UI control, the ability to embed JavaFX into Swing, a Web component to render HTML content within a JavaFX application, binding, observable lists, observable maps, etc.
InfoQ: What platforms are currently supported?
We have builds available for both Mac OS X and Windows (XP, Vista, 7), though Windows will be the only officially supported platform at this point for our initial release. We will add support for Mac and Linux as soon as we can.
InfoQ: JavaFX has always suffered from limited tools support - particularly the lack of a designer focused environment. Is that something that will be addressed for JavaFX 2?
One of the benefits of relying on Java APIs is that from now on, developers can use their favorite Java IDE to develop JavaFX 2.0 applications. Features such as debugging, profiling, and code completion are available by default, and we are working with the major IDE vendors to provide a tighter integration with the platform.
With JavaFX 2.0 we are initially focusing our efforts at providing the APIs and functionality necessary for rich enterprise applications, as well as rich graphical applications. We are also working on complementary tooling solutions that leverage the designer-developer workflow concept we had introduced with JavaFX 1.x.
InfoQ: Two common problems with Java applets historically have been start-up times and performance. I believe Prism (the hardware-accelerated graphics platform) should make a difference here. Can you explain a little more about this?
There are many factors which go into both startup and runtime performance. Prism is primarily focused on the latter and is designed to take full advantage of the latest graphics hardware in order to accelerate the rendering of scenes (and the ability to mix in 3D content).
With Swing and AWT, the event dispatching thread is responsible both for event dispatch and rendering. With Prism, these tasks may be separated into different threads, enabling us to leverage modern multi-core systems to get more work done in less time. Of course the architecture can be single threaded for different target devices where that is necessary, but on most modern machines separate threads will lead to increased frame rates.
InfoQ: Are there any other specific features planned for Java 7 or Java 8 that will benefit JavaFX?
JavaFX was designed to be amenable to the "lambda" language feature planned for Java SE 8. The current plans and proposals for lambdas favor "single abstract method" interfaces. We have designed the new Java APIs in JavaFX to follow this pattern so that when lambdas become available, they will be natural to use with the JavaFX 2.0 APIs.
Modularity is another feature planned for Java SE 8 that will greatly benefit JavaFX. Modularity promises to help tame deployment (maybe we can finally have a single deployment artifact for Web Start deployment!) and helps improve startup time by reducing the number of classes that have to be loaded. Modularity should also improve startup in a number of other ways such as performing some amount of work at "install time" and caching it rather than having to redo that work every time the application is started.
InfoQ: Dropping support for JavaFX Script means you lose some of the benefits of that language - things like the data flow-style bindings and collection literals. How much of that is supported via the Java API?
One of the most innovative features in JavaFX Script was its support for binding. Exposing it in the language was a particularly powerful concept. Even beyond this, the binding support in JavaFX Script was unique in the range of powerful expressions that were possible and its high performance due to lazy evaluation.
Developers will be happy to learn that we are bringing these important features to JavaFX 2.0. There are both low-level binding APIs (very powerful and flexible, though somewhat verbose) and high-level binding APIs, which use a fluent interface pattern. In addition, we've brought observable collections with us (ObservableList and ObservableMap).
We have been exploring a number of possible avenues and continue working on this project, which is complementary to, rather than part of JavaFX 2.0.
InfoQ: How much of JavaFX 2 will be released under an open-source license?
At JavaOne we announced that we would be releasing the UI controls under an open source license. I cannot comment on the specific plans, other than to say we are committed to and working on this plan.
InfoQ: Will it be possible to distribute the run-time as part of a stand-alone installer?
Yes! This has been one of the most frequently requested features and I'm very happy to say that moving forward, the JavaFX license is expected to be consistent with the JRE license, which allows such distribution under specific conditions.
InfoQ: Will JavaFX be included as part of Java 7?
JavaFX 2.0 will initially be available as a stand-alone download for users of Java SE 6 and Java SE 7, but we plan to provide a combined Java SE 7 / JavaFX 2.0 bundle soon after.
The JavaFX website should have more information on beta program in due course.
JavaFX Script is also being maintained independently of Oracle through the open source project Visage. We spoke to Stephen Chin about the project last year. Chin is currently working with the Early Access release on a new version of Visage with a view to adding support for the full set of JavaFX 2 APIs. He is also working on Android support, and hopes to have a beta for this available in May.
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> "developers can use their favorite Java IDE to develop JavaFX 2.0 applications"
> How much of JavaFX 2 will be released under an open-source license?
> "At JavaOne we announced that we would be releasing the UI controls under an open source license."
Good luck at getting this into the various package repositories.
So basically,
- they support a shitty language instead of a language targeted at what they wanted to do
- they have only a very crappy Swing-like API left
- no one (except a few hundred people) are able to test it
- they have no initial tool support for it
- the software won't be distributed in Linux distributions
- the software is non-free
- the software is intially not available on any platform except Windows
- no direct Web support
They basically did everything wrong which could have been done wrong.
Good luck with adoption.
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And in other news a tree fell in Siberia.
Dan Tines
Oracle (and others) need a whap with the cluestick. Hint, get behind something like Groovy++ and give developers something to get excited about. JavaFX isn't it and never will be something that developers get excited about.
it sounds interesting, but questions remain
Dominique De Vito
* HTML is the juggernaut of our time (SUN has paid a great price fighting it): www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/html_the_juggern...
* SUN has lost a huge opportunity while not leveraging JWebPane : www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/sun_has_lost_a_huge
* HotJava may come back, due to existing, or coming, components, like JWebPane : www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/hotjava_may_come...
So, with JavaFX, Oracle will have a Java-based Adobe AIR clone, see www.jroller.com/dmdevito/entry/sun_has_lost_a_huge
And I will compete with GWT too.
JavaFX will offer:
- a Swing-like programming (opposed, here, to the Struts programming),
- a HTML+CSS compliant way of programming,
- Java as programming language.
... just like GWT!
But questions remain...
* on technical site:
Is it planned to display Java components (among other HTML components) inside a page rendered by WebView through WebKit/Java integration ?
Or is WebView only able to display HTML components ?
* on marketing side:
Is JavaFX going to be released in open source ?
what about the JavaFX's future guarantees ?
Under which commercial terms JavaFX will be available to the Java community ?
Any answer ?
No Linux and Mac support? This is a huge problem!
Costantino Cerbo
Wasn't java the language "write once, run anywhere!"?


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The most important building in the city is the Duomo, with its 135 turrets. This cathedral is 160 metres long and 92 metres wide and has a cross on each tower. The construction of the cathedral was a huge undertaking, which took about 500 years. Can't get enough of Milan's architecture? Head to Castello Sforzesco, a Renaissance castle in the heart of the city, and enjoy a sunny afternoon in the magnificent peaceful park surrounding the castle.
Do you rather escape the big city life and wish to be one with nature? Not far away from Milan you can relax by one of the many big lakes with amazing mountain views or simply enjoy the Italian delicacies in typical small villages. Can't wait to get away? Book your flight to Milan Malpensa Airport and start your journey in Lombardy.


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Why Do We Need Glamour?
The Getty Center
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Admission: Free; reservations recommended. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Make Reservation" button below.
For a young Bill Clinton, glamour was the Kennedy White House. For a young Andy Warhol, glamour was a dust jacket author photograph of Truman Capote. For a young Jay-Z, glamour was as simple as a teacher's new refrigerator with an ice maker. What is this elusive phenomenon that combines yearnings, dreams, and mystery? How can the same word apply to a self-destructive F. Scott Fitzgerald and a self-preserving James Bond? Perhaps you love glamour, or perhaps you think glamour is a harmful illusion. Either way, you are unlikely to be immune to the appeal of that which is "known to be false but felt to be true." Why do we seek out glamour, and what are we looking for? Bloomberg View columnist Virginia Postrel, author of The Power of Glamour, discusses the nature of glamour—and why we cannot do without it.
How to Get Here
The Getty Center is located at 1200 Getty Center Drive in Los Angeles, California, approximately 12 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. See Hours, Directions, Parking for maps and driving directions.


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Since 1997, I have had the privilege of being engaged in RIT's collective conversation on globalization and international education. I believe we are at an exciting and critical point in the community discussion. We have moved beyond asking the basic (naïve) question of, "Should we internationalize our campus?" to a more substantive and challenging question of, "How do we best internationalize our campus?"
President Bill Destler and Provost Jeremy Haefner have led the university in this conversation and in the process they have made many of the necessary structural changes. The decision to move to a semester calendar included meaningful discussion of how the change will better enable more students to participate in study abroad and international exchange programs.
Last year, we celebrated the dedication of Global Village and the creation of the Constellation Commons for Global Learning where RIT's Study Abroad, Future Stewards and Global Programs offices are located for improved student support and service. The provost has continued to broaden the conversation by hosting a community forum on global education and by working collaboratively with Academic Senate and other divisional leaders to create both the International Education Working Group and the Academic Senate's International Education subcommittee. The cross-divisional working group is focused on recommending policies and procedural changes to enable better engagement with, and transferability among, our global programs in Dubai, Croatia, Kosovo and the Dominican Republic. The Academic Senate subcommittee is an ad-hoc group focused on the question of how to best internationalize the curriculum and the campus.
In addition, RIT Dubai enrolled its first undergraduate class and moved to a new, dedicated facility. RIT's American College of Management and Technology in Croatia committed to expanding to Zagreb and opened there this fall with programs in information technology and international business. These programs, along with our partnerships in Kosovo and the Dominican Republic, continue to provide excellent opportunities for students to study abroad at a site in the "RIT family." To this exceptional array of resources, we are fortunate to be able to add over 1,600 international students, from 110 countries, who will influence our university through the diversity and cultural richness they bring to the campus.
I believe RIT is very well positioned to move forward with a comprehensive strategic approach to internationalization. However, there are many more critical conversations to be had and much more to do. Our faculty are increasingly engaged in research that is either inherently global in nature or that requires international collaboration. How do we best support their work?
Our students are increasingly well traveled and come to us expecting international work, study and research experiences. How do we best meet their expectations? Many of our students do not speak a second language, and many lack geographic and multicultural literacy. How do we better prepare them?
Our external stakeholders—corporations, government and nonprofit organizations—are looking to us to help address their global challenges. How do we best respond to their needs?
These are a few of the exciting questions we will need to address as we move forward. I am confident it will be a vibrant and rewarding conversation.
JIm Myers is director of the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies. "Viewpoints" presents insight and opinions on issues of relevance to RIT or higher education generally. To suggest a topic for a future essay, contact Athenaeum and News & Events Daily at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is courting 25 Democratic donors at a fundraiser near the White House.
The event raises money for the Democratic National Committee and is being held at a hotel a few blocks away from the White House. Ticket prices start at $10,000 and go up to $32,400.
The DNC says the fundraiser is closed to the press because the president is not making formal remarks.
Obama has committed to headlining at least 14 fundraisers for Democratic congressional candidates this year, some in Washington and others around the country.


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It went off the Internet on Friday after a campaign to secure $5,000 in monthly commitments for equipment and production salaries came up short.
The airwaves are silent for one local conservative talk show after about four years.
Talk of the Town went off the Internet on Friday after a campaign to secure $5,000 in monthly commitments for equipment and production salaries came up short.
The show raised about half of the money, former co-host Ward Scott said.
"The money we would raise would only prolong the end of the show," he said. "Why not face the inevitable sooner than later?"
The show originally aired on 99.5 FM with founders Ed Braddy and Jake Fuller. It was bumped by electronic dance music under new management.
The show transferred online to AlachuaTalks.com and through Apple and Android mobile apps with the help of Ozean Media, a political consulting media company.
It announced its "Save Talk of the Town" campaign in early July to keep the show running from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays.
"We were bleeding money, so we just figured we'd go ahead and shut it down,"co-host Jake Fuller said. "It's just unfortunate because I don't think there'll be a voice out there that questions, you know, local government, and I don't think that the other local radio shows have the connections or the knowledge to fill the void that we left."
Scott said the show gained listeners when it became known for looking into the transparency of government at the local level.
"There was a need that we recognized we could fill," Scott said.
The show ended with a visit from Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell and the "Happy Trails" song by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. The last words listeners heard were "Happy trails to you, 'til we meet again."
Looking toward the future, Fuller said, "As far as I know, we're done."
But Scott is more optimistic.
"I suppose there's always a possibility that it could be picked up, but there's nothing definite right now," he said.
If Scott could say one thing to his listeners now, it would be short: "Keep the faith."


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Q. How do I turn on or off color syntax highlighting in vi or vim text editor under UNIX or Linux?
A. Vim or vi is a text editor. It can be used to edit all kinds of plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs or UNIX/Linux configuration files.Turn on color syntax highlighting Open file (for example file.c):
$ vi file.c
Now press ESC key, type : syntax on
:syntax on
To turn it back off, press ESC key, type : syntax off
:syntax off
If want one of choices to be default, put it in ~/.vimrc
Q. How to do a bulk substitution
eg replay "A-String" with "B-String"
- for a replace (first match) :s/A-String/B-String/
- for all matches in one line :s/A-String/B-String/g
- for all matches in line 10 to 23 :10,23s/A-String/B-String/g
- for all matches in whole document :%s/A-String/B-String/g
Q. password protect your text file
A. use the -x option to encrypt a file. For example, to encrypt yourfile, type:
vi -x myfiel.txt
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Baltimore Field Division
Welcome to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division. Our Division is responsible for criminal enforcement and industry operations in the States of Maryland and Delaware. Our dedicated work force is comprised of special agents, industry operations investigators, intelligence research specialists, forensic auditors, technical operations officers and support staff. Read more about the Baltimore Field Division.
Management Team
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Special Agent in Charge (SAC)
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Text the code ATFBAL to 63975 and then follow the link to create a report.
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We motorcyclists ride responsibly and do our best to represent motorcycling in a positive light.
As responsible motorcyclists and concerned citizens, we are writing about the incident that occurred in New York City on Sunday, Sept. 29, involving an SUV driver and some bikers. We are troubled by the serious injuries caused by the SUV driver and by the actions of the bikers who apparently decided to take the law into their own hands. Some in the media have reported the facts but others are sensationalizing the story. We urge you to report this incident factually and objectively.
We motorcyclists ride responsibly and do our best to represent motorcycling in a positive light. We support rider education and often raise funds for charitable causes in our community. The safety of all road users, especially motorcyclists, is of the utmost concern to us and we do not support actions by any road users that violate the law.
Each year across America, motorcycle organizations host well-organized recreational events. At these events, law-abiding motorcyclists gather to enjoy camaraderie and spend their tourist dollars in host cities and surrounding communities.
An unfortunate event of this kind, reported frequently by national and local media, can create a false image of motorcyclists. Motorcycling has become an enjoyable mainstream activity and almost everyone today has a family member or friend who rides. The actions of the bikers portrayed in the video of the encounter in New York City do not represent us or the vast majority of the 27 million motorcyclists in America.
Concerned motorcyclists of ABATE District 20 (Pine Bluff-Sheridan)
Pat Freeman, President, ABATE District 20


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Happy He Who Has Jesus For His Friend.
My Lord Jesus Christ, because of the love you have for men you remain night and day in this Sacrament: full of pity and of love, you expect, invite and welcome all who come to visit you. I adore you from the depths of my nothingness; I thank you for having given me so many graces, especially for giving me yourself in this Sacrament, for giving me your Most Holy Mother Mary to be my advocate, and for inviting me to visit you in this church.
Now I greet your most loving heart and I wish to honor it for three ends―the first, to thank you for this great gift: the second, to make reparation for all the injuries you have received from all your enemies in this Sacrament; the third, while making this visit I want to adore you in every place on earth where your Sacramental Presence is least revered and most forsaken.
My Jesus, I love you with all my heart; I am sorry that I have offended your infinite goodness so many times in the past; I resolve with the help of your grace not to offend you any more in the future; for the present, though I am so poor and wretched, I consecrate myself completely to you. I give you and renounce my own will, its affections and desires and everything that is mine. From this time forward do entirely as you please with me and with all that I possess. This is all I ask of you and desire―your holy love, final perseverance and the perfect fulfillment of your will. I beg your mercy for the souls in Purgatory, but especially for those most devoted to the Most Holy Sacrament and to Most Holy Mary; I also recommend to your mercy all poor sinners. In conclusion, my dear Saviour, I unite all my affections with the affections of your most loving Heart; thus united I offer them to your Eternal Father; in your name and for your love I beg Him to accept and to satisfy them. Amen.


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Officials ID victim killed in accident at Arkansas Nuclear One
Officials ID victim killed in accident at Arkansas Nuclear One
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. —
The Pope County coroner released the name of the man killed at Arkansas Nuclear One. 24-year-old Wade Walters of Russellville died Sunday when part of a generator fell on him. Three other workers were hurt, according to officials. Investigators said the crane was lifting the large part when it fell on him. The federal government is now investigating.
The Arkansas Department of Health said they received a report from Arkansas' only nuclear power plant of an industrial accident Sunday morning.
The Health Department is on the scene today monitoring the situation, and said there has been no risk to public health and safety found.
Chief nuclear officer Jeff Forbes told the Associated Press, Entergy is "deeply saddened" by the accident.


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IGO search
The project was started by David Oldenkamp, International Documents Librarian at Indiana University. The IGO search is done with GoogleCSE. The list of urls for the search came from the Northwestern University IGO site. For questions, comments, suggestions or to submit an IGO to add to the search, email David or James Jacobs, International Documents Librarian at Stanford University.
What it is: Using Google Co-op, fed 392 base URLs of IGOs into the search engine. The growing spreadsheet of urls can be found here. When the search engine is used by a patron, the terms are searched across all of the websites, so if you have the core url: http://www.un.org/ in the database, the search engine will search all of the websites that share the core http://www.un.org/ URL.
Use the code on your pages
If you want to include the IGO Search (Google) to your webpage, then feel free to copy and paste this code into your webpage:
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You must be a member to use the workshop facility or to take classes. Learn about becoming a member here.
The workshop is currently open and supervised most Saturdays 11 AM to 6PM. Check Facebook for updates.
Members may use the workshop and equipment for a $5 daily fee. There is no charge for socializing or using the library.
- 5 jeweler's workstations with Foredom flexshafts
- 3 soldering stations
- 4 cabbing machines
- 5 flat laps
- 4 rock saws
- 2 trim saws
- 1 lapidary band saw
- 2 jewelry kilns
- 2 lampworking (glass) torches
- Casting equipment
- Chasing & repousee hammers and chisels
- Library
- More to come...
Demonstrations are usually scheduled for the last Saturday of the month. They usually begin at 1 pm during open shop time and last 2 to 3 hours. There is no charge for attending demonstrations. The methods shown are quite unique, and yes, you can do this all in our shop!
Reticulation, Keum-Bo, Mokume Gane
January 27, 2018
Reticulation is widely used to create textured surfaces; a special 80% silver alloy is heat treated (depletion guilded) to bring fine silver to the surface of the sheet metal, then fired at a higher temperature to wrinkle/crinkle the sheet!
Keum-Bo is an ancient oriential method of applying a very thing sheet of gold, usually cut into an attractive shape (fleur-de-lis, hear, cross, etc.) and applied to a sliver back plate! Quite different and a great method for applying a very small amount of gold to enhance a silver piece.
Mokume Game is a bit of a takeoff on the ancient Japanese swords inlay variety of different metals. Layers of contrasting color metals are stacked, alternating the sheets of color, fused, then scratched, drilled, and otherwise altered to bring the contrasting colors to the metal surface to create a wood-grain-like color surface. May include silver, copper, brass, and various gold colors. Currently wedding bands done in mokume gane are the hottest jewelry item in demand.
Argentium Silver and Granulation
February 24, 2018
Argentium is a sterling silver with a small amount of the basic element Germanium added to reduce tarnishing. Argentium is currently labelled, by Federal Law, as 930, rather than the 925 of sterling. It has the great property of easily being fused together. More interestingly, other metals such as copper, brass, and gold (above 18 kt.) can be fused to it. The effects of silver filing and granules, copper granules, and gold filings and granules will be demonstrated.
Filigree Jewelry
April 28, 2018
A quick overview of some of the techniques of filigree. Including: how to make the wire, how to make use of "twist plates," layouts, and soldering with granular solder.
May 26, 2018
This will be a short introduction to enameling with glass enamels over copper and silver. Certainly a great way to enhance your work by adding color!
Contact Tom Stringfellow - firstname.lastname@example.com - with questions or to book your spot.
Classes run from 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays and 11 AM to 5 PM Sundays on designated days unless changed by instructor. Club members may not use the occupied workshop area when classes are occurring.
Wire Wrapping
$25 ~ 1 day ~ March 31, 2018
Instructor: Tom Stringfellow
Quick, Easy, Inexpensive; NO soldering needed. We will work in"NuGold"(Red Brass). Our first pieces will be pendants. Basic methods will be stressed. Further embellishment will be individual. Two excellent texts will be available and are recommended: Wire Wrap by Chandler & Ritchey and Wirework by Armstrong. All tools and supplies included. 4 - 6 students.
Stone Setting
$165 ~ 2 days ~ April 14 & 15, 2018
Instructor: Tom Stringfellow
Starting with prong set, we will initiate our adventures into stone setting! Then tube set, and finally flush set! We will not be making a piece, but learning how we can add faceted stones to your future work. All tools and supplies are included. Bring your binocular magnifying glasses, if you have them.
Beginning Silversmithing
$165 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Tom Stringfellow
A great opportunity to learn the basics: learn to solder and use the metalsmith's torch, familiarization and use of the flex shaft, jeweler's saw and other basic tools. We will make a bezel set stone jewelry piece in sterling silver. All tools and supplies included. 4 - 6 students.
$165 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Kevynne Shorey
We will start with the basic stringing technique, and then move to "chaining" and "bali wrap" to make earrings, followed by a bracelet or necklace. On our second day we will address two strand, or multi-strand necklaces using chaining or bali-wrap. We will start with 8 mm beads. A 16 inch strand of 8 mm beads (or about 100 beads) are needed. This class will be taught by Kevynne Shorey from Shannon's Beading Basket in Longview, TX. All tools and supplies included, except beads. We will have a large selection of beads available for you to choose from and purchase for your own project. You are welcome to bring your own beads, but they must be around 8 mm.
$100 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Del Glasner
Turn that interesting rock you found into a gorgeous gemstone…..or at least one that you will always treasure! We will saw out slabs of rock into special shapes, then grind, and polish two or three "cabs" using a "Flat Lap". All tools and supplies included. 3 - 6 students.
$85 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Suzan Chapman
There is a myriad of chain-making patterns! We will introduce you to two: Full Persian, making a Cross, and Queen's Braid, making a necklace. Time permitting we will make more. Students will receive a list of necessary tools and materials to bring to class. 4 - 6 students.
Chasing and Repoussé
$125 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Tom Stringfellow
One of the oldest and most popular jewelry making methods. It can really set off your gemstones in an amazing manner! Using a light weight hammer and small, shaped chisels we will raise, lower, and texture our metals' surface to create a three dimensional piece (pendant, pin, bracelet, or belt buckle). All tools and copper supplied; silver will be available. 3 - 4 students.
Contemporary / Unique Casting Methods
$90 ~ 2 days
We will cast over Pine Straw, Tufa, Cuttlebone, and Beans!!!! Straw casting produces unusual shapes which can be incorporated into jewelry or decorated with small cabs and cut stones. Tufa casting is highly prized among the SouthWest and Native American jewelry items. Casting in Tufa (a volcanic rock) produces a pleasing, soft granular surface texture. Cuttlebone is the shell of a marine creature; it provides a dramatic texture in cast pieces. Casting over dried beans, like straw casting, gives another gorgeous texture to silver pieces. Bring your own silver. You will need about three ounces; it can be scrap, old silverware, etc. All tools and supplies included, except silver.
Enameling with Glass Enamels
$150 ~ 2 days
COLOR-COLOR-COLOR!!! If Faberge' could please Czar Nicholas with this method, YOU can please yourself and friends!! Using copper (or Fine Silver) we will make several trial pieces for familiarization …. Then the real piece! Fine grains of glass will be applied over the clean metal, metal patterns/cloisonnes added, then the glass enamel colors to suit you. Firing in the kiln will fuse the enamels to the metal base. Inclusions of glass lumps and metal bits can jazz things up even more! All tools and supplies included.
Introduction to Flame Worked Beads
$100 ~ 1 day
Using an inexpensive setup from Hobby Lobby (about $35.00) and glass rods, we will make:
- Basic Bead, one color
- Two color bead, adding eyes or spots
- Rainbow with up to six colors
This is strictly an introductory course in flame working, which is often termed "offhand torch work." For those students who wish to progress further, follow-up sessions will be arranged. All tools and supplies included.
Introduction to the Metal Clays
$165 ~ 2 days
Instructor: Tom Stringfellow
We'll explore the qualities of copper, bronze, silver, and glass clays. Each has its own character and charm. This is a newer method for making jewlery; it simplifies and is far faster than the older method of lost wax casting and fabrication. We will have use of an extensive collection of stamping tools to quickly produce intricate designs that would normally take hours to hand craft. We can make pendants, charms, rings, and more as time permits. All tools and supplies are included. 4 - 6 students.
Glass Fusing
$120 ~ 2 days
GLASS IS MAGIC!! Discover the differences in glasses and what they can do. Learn to make jewelry items with colored, textured, dichroic glass, and glass powders and frits using the kiln. COLOR IS THE KEY HERE!! Minimal cost; maximum effect. All tools and supplies are included.
Handmade Chains - Channel Weave Chainmaille
$120 ~ 1 day
Channel Weave is a basic Chainmaille' design that is embellished with a variety of enhancing ornamentations, usually faceted crystals or beads of semi-precious stones. Depending upon materials used a bracelet, or necklace, can range from a nice piece for everyday wear to something very appropriate for a special night out, the opera, or even a wedding. We will make a bracelet; our weave will incorporate your choice of a variety of 6 mm beads and a choice of metal in Silver Fill, Copper, or Brass. All tools and supplies included.
Lost Wax Carving
$50 ~ 4 days
Instructors: Tom Stringfellow & Del Glasner
Wax carving can produce high quality, intricate pieces. Fabrication and wax work are the basics of jewelry making. It takes time and attention to create the wax form the will be cast in silver, gold, or other metal. Yes, one can purchase ready-made wax models, but will they carry your ideas, inspirations, dreams, or originality? We will meet over three Saturdays, with Tom, to learn the techniques and produce your ideas in wax. Then, Del will give us a hand in casting our pieces on the last Saturday. We will cast in sterling silver. All tools and supplies are included. Sterling silver grain will be available for purchase.
Lost Wax Casting
$120 ~2 days
Instructor: Del Glasner
Lost wax casting allows you to carve and shape your original piece in wax getting as intricate, detailed, and imagined as you wish….then casting your piece in silver or gold. You can purchase ready-made wax models, then size and improve them, short-cutting the carving stage. Silver will be available for purchase or bring your own (Sterling Silver). Recommended text: A Gemcutter's Handbook, Cabachon Cutting by Cox. 3 - 6 students.
Other classes are possible with adequate student interest!
Beading for Children, Chasing & Repousee, Enameling with Resins, Etching, Faceting, Filigree, Invertebrate Paleontology, Knapping, Polymer Clay Jewelry, Shell Carving, and More!
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Three Decades of HIV/AIDS: Are You Ready to Dance?
Part One
June 1, 2011
This is Part One of a three-part blog entry; read Part Two and Part Three of the series.
Hello BBBs (Bob's Blogosphere Buddies),
The friendly folks at Body Central have asked if I would interrupt my regularly scheduled blog-o-rants to address the following "question-on-the-street" in preparation for an upcoming feature on this year's Gay Pride celebration.
Question-on-the-Street: "What do you think generations of LGBT folks before or after yours need to understand about the way your generation has responded to HIV/AIDS?"
Hmm. I'm not exactly sure what street the folks at Body Central live on, but that question has never been discussed on my street and, in all honesty, seems a bit obtuse to me. How could I inform generations "before" mine? Wouldn't they be like, uh, oh I don't know, dead??? As for informing generations after mine, I would most likely just refer them to the excellent new production on Broadway of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart or perhaps have them read Randy Shilts' classic And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic or Paul Monette's Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. Perhaps even view the tearjerking 1989 film Longtime Companion or the absorbing new documentary from David Weissman, We Were Here. For those who might prefer a more straightforward scientific rendering of events and what transpired during the first quarter century of one of the world's worst pandemics and a discussion of why humanity failed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, I might suggest they view the PBS/Frontline documentary "The Age of AIDS." (BBBs, if you haven't availed yourself of all of the above, they come highly recommended by the humble author of this blog.)
Nonetheless, despite these resources, apparently Body Central wants my personal commentary on their question as we approach this year's Gay Pride celebrations and the milestone 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV/AIDS. I have way too much to say on this topic for a single blog (or even multiple blogs); consequently, I've decided to respond to my "homework assignment" by constructing a type of photoessay examining HIV/AIDS through the prism of mass media, Hollywood and pop culture, including how the media portrayed my own personal experience of being "virally enhanced." The reason for this approach is that I do believe that a picture can be worth a thousand words. Consequently I hope to be able to get my points across without using up too much bandwidth or cramming cyberspace with excessive verbiage. (Considering this wordy introduction it may be too late for that already!)
This exercise is not meant to be an exhaustive analysis of my generation's response to the critical events of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. I have no doubt volumes will be written detailing the horrendous political denial, discussing the tragic consequences of the social stigma, lauding the stunning scientific breakthroughs and criticizing the persistently inadequate prevention and awareness campaigns surrounding HIV/AIDS over the past three decades. I could blog about any of these topics ad infinitum. I'm also confident that as part of the Pride Celebration there will be much written depicting the outrage as well as the heroic activism of the LGBT community in response to HIV/AIDS and how these events indelibly changed gay culture. I'll leave those stories to others.
For a change I'm also not going to focus on science, immunology or medicine. Rather, I will chronicle how mass media and pop culture viewed and in many ways shaped events and attitudes surrounding HIV/AIDS as the crisis evolved. In doing so I hope the "ghosts of previous generations," as well as the generations destined to follow us "fifty-somethings," will gain insight into not only the way we responded to HIV/AIDS but also how we needed to respond to the general public's perceptions and misperceptions of the epidemic.
One final editorial comment: I know this is supposed to be an installment for "Pride" and although there are countless stories of the LGBT community's remarkable, pride-worthy and praiseworthy response to the pandemic, and I'm confident these stories will indeed be told, I've decided to take a slightly bigger-picture approach to what transpired. It's not really a story we as members of the human race should be proud of, but it's what I feel further generations need to hear and remember. I believe the wise words of the great Spanish philosopher George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." On that note, let's begin!
I'll start with my conclusion! The story of HIV/AIDS in late 20th/early 21st century America as seen through the prism of pop culture and the media is one of a burst of activism surrounded by years of incomprehensible silence and apathy.
Chapter One: SILENCE 1981-1984
On July 3, 1981, the New York Times reported a disturbing number of deaths attributed to a rare type of pneumonia and unusual cancer in young gay men. It was referred to as GRID (Gay-Related Immune Disorder).
Shortly thereafter doctors noted intravenous drug users' immune systems were similarly deteriorating. Red flags that something new and potentially devastating was occurring were flying around the medical community but few took notice, including the media. Pat Buchanan did use the opportunity to demonize gays and summed up the new Reagan Conservatives' view by editorializing in 1983 that "the poor homosexuals; they have declared war on nature and now nature is exacting an awful retribution."
In much of the rest of the pop culture and the media, HIV/AIDS was ignored or simply treated as the punchline to crass jokes by Eddie Murphy and other "entertainers."
The non-gay community was in denial and HIV/AIDS was viewed as something that happened to "other" people, people who somehow deserved to be punished for their "lifestyle." Meanwhile, Arthur Ashe was receiving a transfusion of HIV-tainted blood
and the obituary of AIDS victim Ricky Wilson of the B-52s listed lymph cancer as the official cause of death.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) became the official name of the new disease in 1982. In 1983 Luc Montaigner at the Institut Pasteur discovered the virus that causes AIDS. Nearly a year later, in 1984, Secretary of Health Margaret Heckler
with stunning hubris announced that Dr. Robert Gallo had discovered the virus that caused AIDS, ignoring completely Montaigner's previous work and scientific announcement. She also claimed that there would be a vaccine to prevent AIDS in two years. She was spectacularly (and infamously) wrong on both counts. But then again it was the Reagan Era. (President Ronald Reagan didn't discuss AIDS in a public forum until a press conference four years into the epidemic, by which time more than 12,000 Americans had already died. He didn't publicly utter the term "AIDS" until 1987.)
During this initial period, 1981-1984, when HIV/AIDS was first revealed as a major health crisis, pop culture, like the rest of America, was becoming silently fearful. Actors like Rock Hudson and performers like Liberace hid their afflictions. Hard rockers and rappers lashed out against gays while moralists and government officials said the disease was an appropriate consequence of promiscuity and homosexuality.
Aside from moralistic hostility, the overwhelming response from most Americans (and indeed the world) was one of shocking indifference and silence.
Stay tuned for the next chapter of Dr. Bob's chronicle of the early days of HIV/AIDS, later this month.
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Comment by: Juan L. (Spain) Wed., Aug. 10, 2011 at 11:31 am UTC
Thank you for being such an inspiration, as a professional and as a person.
Comment by: John (DE) Tue., Aug. 9, 2011 at 6:02 pm UTC
Wonderful analysis. Of course the response of our government, and the majority of society, to the epidemic was ignorant at best, and downright shameful at its worst. As you mention, this ought not be forgotten, lest history repeat itself.
But at the moment I am most interested in the strength, resilience, and courage of individuals and communities in responding to the AIDS crisis. In particular, I am planning a (mostly) qualitative study of the effects of AIDS on straight women who had/have close relationships with HIV-positive gay men. In other words, how did so-called 'fag hags' deal with the sudden, life-threatening illness of their friends? I use the term 'fag-hag' not to be offensive, or glib, but for clarity: I honestly cannot think of a more universally understood term to identify these amazing women I intend to study.
I am not aware of any previously published research on this topic. This is unfortunate, because straight women were integral in supporting their gay friends during this terrible illness. In fact, such women fought on the front lines, in the trenches, along side their gay brothers. Their fight was for the very lives of their dear friends with AIDS. I can't wait to learn more about them, and to share my findings with the HIV/AIDS community.
Any thoughts/reactions to this idea?
Comment by: Queen (East Cleveland, OH) Tue., Jul. 5, 2011 at 7:48 pm UTC
I was just a CHILD when this came out I was very fortunate that we had nuns and priests who would talk about it fairly instead of pointing the finger at whoever (the Catholic school I went to), I wish there were more religious leaders like them. Complacency is going to kill us rather or not we are negative or positive (serostatus).
Comment by: Leonel (Rosario, Argentina) Fri., Jun. 10, 2011 at 2:44 am UTC
Hi Dr. Bob! Thanks for this brief chronology, and for the list of films and resources included. I'll be sure to check them out asap. I've learned a lot from you and other doctors, both from the States and from my native country (Argentina), and as a result I've kept in good health and 'not virally enhanced'. So far, so good. I recently had birthday on june 1, so this little piece (which, I gather, is 'to be continued') comes as an unintended and unexpected birthday present to me. It's so cool that just every once in a while you come to realize that so many of the finest, most rewarding things in life are...free! There you go, information, innovation, prevention, exchange, growth, development, and the future is all ours. Let's toast to the end of HIV-Aids in a forseeable future, to your health, mine, and to all the people, worldwide, who persist in making other people's life less of a burden. Cheers!
Comment by: Steve M. (Los Angeles, CA) Tue., Jun. 7, 2011 at 1:14 am UTC
Thank you for your first chapter. It's a privilege to see anything you put in writing. Not only are you the admiration to many across the globe, you are an inspiration and hero to us common folk, and you have a rocking purpose-driven life we mere mortals can only dream about. (I just thought I would send you a hug on behalf of your wordly cyber fans.)
What strikes me the most about this period you call 'silence' is the outright gross neglect and hostility. I realize your chapter only uses on word -- 'silence' -- but I think 'neglect' and 'hostility' are appropriate companions.
It is stunning to me, frankly, that many in the LBGT community had the courage to fight on and endure when the messages they received were a constant drum-beat of shame and guilt, coupled with a complete and total overt abondonment of this nation's responsibility to treat AIDS as a national crisis (let alone a world crisis). I believe during the early '80's, quarantine of those affected with AIDS was also a serious consideration -- kind of like the establishment of leper colonies.
This period was as much about the physical toll as much as the short and long term psychological damage to human beings that did not deserve this, regardless of what Pat Buchanan said.
This was a period of national shame in my opinion - a lesson we should never forget. (I'll refrain from any commentary I might have on the GOP's 'voucher' idea as the solution to our nation's health care challenges.)
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Corn futures jumped the most in two weeks after a government report showed global inventories will drop more than expected as the worst U.S. drought in more than 50 years cuts output by the most since 1996.
Worldwide inventories on Oct. 1 will be 117.27 million metric tons, down from 123.95 million predicted a month ago and 131.54 million estimated this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expected 120.55 million tons, on average. Reserves in the U.S., the largest grower and exporter, will fall 37 percent to 619 million bushels from 988 million this year, USDA data show.
"This report signals there is absolutely no supply cushion," Dale Schultz, the buyer-relations manager for AgWest Commodities LLC in Holdrege, Nebraska, said in a telephone interview. "We have to raise prices and reduce demand immediately to prevent a real shortage."
Corn futures for December delivery rose 4 percent to $7.66 a bushel at 8:17 a.m. on the Chicago Board of Trade, heading for the biggest gain since Sept. 28. The price earlier touched $7.725, the highest since Sept. 17.
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The U.S. harvest, which was about 69 percent complete, will total 10.706 billion bushels (271.94 million tons), the lowest in six years and down 0.2 percent from 10.727 billion predicted in September, the USDA said today in its third survey-based estimate for the crop. The average estimate of 31 analysts was 10.616 billion bushels. Last year, farmers collected 12.358 billion bushels.
World output in the crop year that began Oct. 1 will be 839.02 million tons, down from 841.06 million forecast a month ago and 877.75 million harvested last year, the USDA said.
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Yields will average 122 bushels per acre, the lowest since 1995 and down from 122.8 estimated in September, the USDA said. Last year, the figure was 147.2. Harvested acreage was forecast at 87.721 million, up from 87.361 million estimated in September and 83.981 million a year earlier.
The average cash price for corn in the marketing year that began Sept. 1 will be $7.80 a bushel, compared with $7.90 estimated a month ago and $6.22 last year.
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As a followup to my blog Power View for Multidimensional Models – Preview Available, the final version is now available via SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 4.
So you can now create Power View reports against multidimensional models (the initial release only worked against tabular models). This is achieved through native support for Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) in Analysis Services multidimensional models. Note that you will need to upgrade your Analysis Services instance and the Reporting Services add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Server (2010 or 2013) with this Cumulative Update to create Power View reports against your existing multidimensional cubes.
Also note that Power View in Excel (on-premise or in the cloud) is not able to connect to multidimensional models, but that ability is high on Microsoft's priority list.
More info:
Power View connectivity for Multidimensional Models released
Power View for Multidimensional Models Released!
Configuring Power View Connectivity to Multidimensional
Analysis Services Multidimensional Now Works With Power View–And Why That's Important
Understanding Power View for Multidimensional Models
Create a Shared Report Data Source Connection
Create a Power View Report with a Multidimensional Data Source
Understanding Multidimensional Model Objects in Power View
Explore the Adventure Works Multidimensional Model by using Power View