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Member updates: JL Audio, FYBA, Northrop and Johnson, MICF, Freedom Boat Club, TowBoatUS, AccuDock and more September 22, 2015
MTN, an EMC company, has hired George Whitehouse as its new director of business development for yacht services. George, who has more than 30 years of yachting industry experience, will be responsible for creating new business opportunities and relationships, particularly in the large yacht segment. Previously, George was vice president of business development and sales for Rybovich.
JL Audio is moving the assembly of its marine audio systems from China to its manufacturing facility in Miramar. Revenues were up 30 percent in its marine business in July over a year ago, said Robert Oxenhorn, JL Audio's director of finance and accounting. "We realized how profitable it could be and how efficient," Oxenhorn told the Sun Sentinel.
The Florida Yacht Brokers Association has welcomed Michelle DeSantis as its new administrative assistant. Michelle will be responsible for coordinating the charter & broker open houses, planning FYBA's events and seminars, daily social media marketing, as well as the office's day to day functions. You can reach her at email@example.com.
Northrop and Johnson has hired Rod Lindor as a charter manager, Sanaa Vohra as a charter and sales broker and Paul Burgess as a sales broker. Northrop and Johnson also has announced a new strategic global collaboration with Aston Martin. As part of the multi-year partnership agreement, Northrop & Johnson and Aston Martin will collaborate at the Monaco Yacht Show this month, followed by other key international yacht and brokerage shows and luxury events.
Marine Industry Cares Foundation donated 50 backpacks filled with school supplies to New River Middle School and Stranahan High School. Organizations that were among the numerous marine industry businesses that contributed to the effort included IGY Marinas, Maritime Professional Training, The Triton and MIASF.
Freedom Boat Club has named David Aldrich its full-time director of franchise sales. Aldrich will focus on targeting and further developing key markets throughout North America where the Freedom Boat Club model fits.
The Freedom Waters Foundation is looking for a 40 horsepower motor for its wheelchair accessible deck boat in Fort Lauderdale. If you would like to donate one or know someone who would, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
TowBoatUS Ft. Lauderdale has added a new boat to its fleet. The 30' Sea Ark with twin outboard power is constructed of aluminum and will be used primarily to deploy and recover containment boom.
AccuDock has hired Rossana Petreccia as an outside sales representative. Prior to joining AccuDock, Petreccia, who has 18 years of construction industry experience and is a member of the Society of American Military Engineers, previously was a project engineer for GSD Contracting, LLC.
The Florida Inland Navigation District will be hosting a community outreach meeting at Roscioli Yachting Center on Oct. 15 from 6-8 p.m.
MIASF Director of Membership Sean Smith attended IBEX this month in Louisville, Ky., where he networked with more than 500 exhibitors from over 50 countries and attended various educational seminars. IBEX is produced by Professional BoatBuilders Magazine and the National Marine Manufacturers Association.
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Libya on Thursday asked Italy to arm the patrol boats it uses in the fight against illegal immigration across the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti this week handed over to the Libyan coastguard four patrol boats repaired in Italy as part of a cooperation deal against people traffickers.
Another six patrol boats are to follow soon after the training of their Libyan crews, he said.
"These boats are not fitted with arms. We can't used them for patrols when the traffickers are increasingly armed," Abdullah Tomia, a senior naval officer in charge of cooperation with Italy, told a news conference in Tripoli.
"We've asked Italy to arm the patrol boats," he said.
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Gerhard Ringel in collaboration with J.W.T. Youngs is accredited with the solution of the Heawood conjecture. They proved Heawood's assumption that you need only four colors to create a political map on any surface in such a way that each country is colored differently then its adjacent countries. An article called: "Solution of the Heawood map-coloring problem" published in 1968 represents the result of their research. The former Heawood conjecture could now be named Ringel-Youngs Theorem: H(p) = [ 1/2( 7 + √( 48p + 1)) ]. Ringel's proof marks a turning point in topology because it was developed before the digital revolution and relies on the capacity of the human brain itself. In 1976 the mathematicians Appel and Haken used a computer to prove the Four Color Theorem which is a case of the Heawood conjecture.
Along with Erdös, Harary and others Ringel was a trailblazer who revived and developed the discipline of graph theory in the early fifties of the 20th century. A number of his conjectures, among them the Ringel's conjecture, the Ringel-Kotzig conjecture, the Oberwolfach problem and the Earth Moon problem, are part of his legacy and inspire the next generation of graph theorists to continue his work.
Ringel published about eighty articles and three books: "Färbungsprobleme auf Flächen und Graphen"(Berlin 1963), "Map Color Theorem"(Berlin 1970 with a new edition in 2011) and a popular textbook "Pearls in Graph Theory" with co author Nora Hartsfield (London 1990 with a new edition in 2003). Besides numerous well illustrated exercises it contains a comprehensive introduction to graph theory of outstanding scholarly depth and clarity. "Map Color Theorem" was translated into Russian in 1974 and "Pearls in Graph Theory" was translated into Japanese in 2012.
Besides publishing Ringel transmitted the results of his research through his charismatic lectures. The sparkle in his blue eyes while he presented a particularily convincing solution became legendary. Unlike many other scientists he couldn't care less about increasing the list of his publications. Teaching was his focus. He loved to share the joy of mathematical discovery with both experts and beginners. Professor Ringel did not have a desk in his house. He spent many hours filling an endless amount of writing pads with drawings and notes while comfortably curled up on his sofa. In his younger years he used to be so absorbed in his research that he did not see or hear anybody or anything around him.
Ringel has an Erdos number of 2 because of his collaboration with R. Guy from Calgary. Some of his mathematical findings were fundamental for economic theories and earned him in 1983 a honorary doctorate in political science from the Universität Karlsruhe. He received a second honorary doctorate in mathematics from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1994. On his 70th birthday he was honored by a collection of essays in the book: "Topics in Combinatorics and Graph Theory" edited by R. Bodendiek. L.W. Beineke and R. Wilson dedicated their 2009 book: "Topics in Topological Graphtheory" to his memory.
Gerhard Ringel was born 10/28/1919 in Kollnbrunn, Austria. He studied mathematics at the Charles University in Prague and after World War II at the Friedrich-Wilhelms- Universität in Bonn where he received his PhD in 1951. He became professor in 1958 and started teaching at the Freie Universität Berlin where he was chairman of the mathematical institute from 1967 until 1970. He started his career at UCSC in 1968 as visiting Professor and became a full professor in 1970. He was chairman of the math department for twelve years (1972 - 1984). His laissez faire style authority and calm friendly presence are fondly remembered by his students, colleagues and staff. He died June 24th 2008 in Santa Cruz.
Gerhard Ringel In Memoriam
This blog is meant to be a place where family and friends can read and write about Gerhard Ringel who died on June 24th, 2008. As his daughter I feel the need to pass on what I know and heard about him. He had a long, rich life marked with unusual hardships and accomplishments. His enthusiasm for life and his kindness toward others are worthy to be held in remembrance. I encourage my readers to share their thoughts and stories. Posts will be in English and partially in German.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
A Long Life
Summer never used to end at Gerhard Ringel's house on the waterfront in Santa Cruz, California. The sundial he had installed on the southern wall showed daylight savings time all year around. To curious visitors he would point out that the hour was marked by the shadow of a rod parallel to the axis of the earth. He was a teacher at heart and loved to share whatever knowledge he was excited about. A young boy in school, he explained mathematical theories to his classmates guided by his teacher. Needless to say it was his job to do the math home work for those a grade above him. He became a famous mathematician, a pioneer in the field of graph theory who created a breakthrough to solve the four color map theorem. If you want to know more about his research check out the article about the Ringel-Youngs-Theorem in wikipedia.com. His popularity with his students in Germany and the United States was based on his excellent ability to explain the subject while telling stories and jokes during his lectures. Once a year he took his Santa Cruz students surfing, a sport that he taught himself when middle aged. He used to ride a unicycle and walk on his hands, at seventy his staff took a picture of him standing on his head. When his granddaughter told him that math and sports were her favorite subjects, he was pleased. Dr. Ringel was a survivor who endured nine years of serving in Hitler's army and in Stalin's POW camps. His way to avoid depression and illness was to focus on studying math while a soldier and learning Russian as a prisoner of war. When he returned from Russia, all he owned was the used Red Army uniform he wore. He had lost his home and possessions in Czechoslovakia, where the German minority had been forced to leave the country after World War II. He joined his wife, who was a refugee in West Germany, went back to school, got his PhD and started a family. For many years he taught at the universities of Bonn and Berlin before he was invited to continue his research at UCSC. Even though he was fluent in English and wrote his books and articles in this language he liked to joke that the best part about teaching math was that the students taught him English at the same time. Besides being a professor he was an excellent chess player and an avid butterfly collector. At one time he raised, to the dismay of his wife, seven generations of moths in the kitchen. He donated his world-class collection of butterflies to the Natural History Museum of UCSC. Gerhard's love for life did not diminish when old and ill. Bedridden, without being able to talk he still enjoyed the warm sun, a bowl of strawberries or his favorite chocolates. Family and friends were blessed with his contagious smile of serenity and gratitude whenever they visited. He died peacefully in his home on June 24th in 2008. Gerhard Ringel outlived both of his wives and is survived by three children and four grandchildren.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Born to Teach
Gerhard was an exceptional teacher who managed to turn mathematics into a fascinating subject for all his students including non majors. His natural gift for teaching was accompanied by a very early training. When he was ten years old his math teacher recognized his genius and habitually taught class by carrying on a conversation with the young boy. The teacher asked questions and Gerhard answered explaining the subject to his classmates. He knew how to capture his audience with clarity of mind and a subtle sense of humor. His nick name in school was "Spassl" (Fun).
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Professors are seldom good drivers
The book "Four colors suffice" by the British mathematician Robin Wilson contains the following anecdote about Gerhard Ringel that happened shortly after he and J.W.T.Youngs had published their proof of the Heawood Conjecture: "Ringel was driving up the California expressway when he was stopped by a traffic cop for speeding. The cop looked at his driving licence, and said 'Ringel, eh - are you the one who solved the Heawood conjecture?' Ringel, surprised, said 'yes'. It turned out that the traffic cop's son was in Professor Youngs' calculus class, and the result was that Ringel got let off with a warning - and if that doesn't show the uses of map colouring, I don't know what does!"
(quoted from the online transcript of his lecture at Gresham College on 21/10/2002)
(quoted from the online transcript of his lecture at Gresham College on 21/10/2002)
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At the recent stamping retreat I went to a friend of mine - Joy Taylor - had a few stamps she was getting rid of. I picked out this gorgeous little Precious Moments one from Stampendous. It seems this is one of the very first stamps Joy ever got so I promised her faithfully I would be sure to stamp her up and use her....well here she is Joy - LOVE this cute duo. AND this is the very first time I've attempted a cloudy background so I am doubly proud of myself - LOL.
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Friday was fun, I got to spend some time recording temp audio cues for the harvester.
I spent two days trying to find a bug that messed up how resource fields are handled by the collision system. Resource fields have a core crystal that I wanted vehicles to avoid, and then collectible crystals which can't have buildings placed on them. What I was getting in the collision debug display was only the collision information for the core.
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Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's pie is one of the easiest, most delicious, and homey dishes. I don't know why I don't make it all the time! This two-dish recipe is full of hearty meat, fluffy snow white mashed potatoes, and healthy vegetables.
I recently read Shepherd's pie is cooked with lamb and if you cook your meat pie with beef it is called Cottage pie. We're ranchers so I guess I'm technically making Cottage pie. Whatever meat you choose, this hearty meal should be on your St. Patrick Day menu or heck put it on the weekly menu! I know I will.
1 lb ground beef
½ tsp salt & pepper
1 onion
1 tbsp of minced garlic
1 package of Lipton onion soup mix
2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
1 cup beef broth
2 ½ cups of frozen mixed vegetables
5 Russet Burbank potatoes
3 tbsp butter
2/3 cup half and half
- Preheat oven 375 degrees.
- Boil potatoes for about 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- In a large cast iron skillet brown meat.
- Add onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, onion soup mix, beef broth, vegetables, salt & pepper. Cook for 3-5 minutes.
- Drain potatoes, add butter, and half and half. Mash until smooth.
- Spread the mashed potatoes across the meat mixture in the skillet.
- Place skillet in oven for about 35 minutes or until the mashed potatoes are golden brown.
Enjoy and Happy St. Patrick's Day!


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This was my very first attempt at making Haleem Bademjoon (a delicious eggplant Persian recipe) I used ground beef for my recipe, but many people use lamb or beef that they cook and then mash up. I will try that at another time, but this time I tried to go the easier route and use ground beef to simplify the cooking.
2 large eggplants
approximately 1 lb ground beef
1 cup kashk — found typically in a Persian (Iranian) Grocery store, or some Middle Eastern store)
2 medium onions
2 tablespoons dry mint
250 grams lentils
Chop the onions up and fry in oil in a pot. Once the onions start turning a golden brown color take out about half and place aside for later use. Add the ground beef and lentils to the remaining onions in the pot and stir. Add turmeric, salt, and pepper and continue stirring. Add 1-2 cups of water and cover with a lid and allow the meat to cook for 40 to 50 minutes on medium heat. If it starts to dry up you can add a little more water.
Peel the eggplants and chop them up length wise. Add salt to the eggplants and in a frying pan heat up oil on medium-high heat. Fry the eggplants on both sides until golden. Once all the eggplants pieces are fried you want to throw them in a food processor or mash them up some other way. Then add the mashed mixture to the meat mixture and stir in and mash everything together. Add a cup of water if there is not enough water and the mixture seems too dry. You want to cook over a medium-low heat for at least an hour and stir occasionally until no water is left. Halfway through I took half of the mixture and poured it into my blender to puree and get a smoother mixture. You may want to leave the lid off the pot to make sure the water evaporates. Keep in mind that after you allow the Haleem Bademjoon to cool down it will thicken as well. Once the Haleem Bademjoon is cooked remove the mix from the heat and add the kashk. Mix the contents well and then pour into a serving dish.
Fry the onions you put aside a bit more until a darker golden brown (piaz dagh–fried onion). Fry the dry mint in oil as well. Sprinkle the fried onions and fried mint over the Haleem Bademjoon in the serving dish and you are done! Serve with bread
Note: Be careful with the amount of water you use, especially if you are going to puree the mixture it may take a lot longer for all the water to evaporate. I ran into this problem and had to let it cook for a long time just to get most of the water to evaporate.


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Eastpak will open the doors to its first ever UK store this September, located at No.1 Carnaby Street, one of London's most iconic shopping destinations. Spanning almost 2,000 square feet, the store will provide the opportunity to check out all the Eastpak lines under one roof.
Alongside the various collections – Authentic, Core Series and Eastpak RAF Simons – that offer something for everyone, Eastpak will be building a unique platform for artistic and musical talent in the store, including regular monthly nights and live appearances that will become part of the ongoing store events calendar.
Eastpak is embarking on a creative partnership with the StolenSpace Gallery that will see them curate regular exhibitions from both infamous and unknown artists in the store's dedicated space. Influenced by underground subcultures, StolenSpace Gallery specialises in art often overlooked by traditional galleries and museums, such as skateboard graphics, graffiti, comic books and tattoo art.
Further collaborations will see Eastpak's 'Tag My Pack' crew, featuring some of the UK's freshest graf artists, visiting the London store as part of a UK tour where they will stop at Eastpak stockists throughout the country to uniquely customise your Eastpak bag for free.
An open decks policy makes the most of the in-store music system. People will be invited to come and DJ in the store at weekends as a platform to promote young and upcoming talent.


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Contracts may secure area's high-tech jobs
A record-breaking unmanned aircraft made in the Golden Triangle has landed its manufacturer a new contract.
Meanwhile, another of the region's big high-tech aeronautic companies says it needs a new U.S. Army contract to protect local jobs.
Aurora Flight Sciences, which was bought in October by Boeing, has been awarded a $48 million Air Force contract for continued work on the Orion, the long-flying, high-altitude UAV that Aurora hopes to fly for more than 100 hours without landing.
The Orion already has flown more than 80 hours non-stop and tests indicate it an go as long as 100- to 120-hours and carry as much as 1,000 pounds.
The Air Force and other agencies hope to use the device for long-term aerial surveillance for a variety of purposes, ranging from distant lands to vast areas of the oceans. The Coast Guard also is expected to do some test flights, according to industry publications.
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Congress should approve funding for purchase of the Orion in the Pentagon's 2018 budget, so "an entire deployable system will be off the line in the next 18 months."
Work on the Orion, which has such a long wing span that it required a specially built addition to Aurora's Lowndes County's facility, began in 2006.
Its record flight came in 2014 and changes have been made since then. The project could peak in 2019, according to industry publications.
Aurora now employs almost 100 people at its three-building facility covering 19,000 square feet just south of Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Its Mississippi operations began in 2003 at the Raspet Flight Science Laboratory at Mississippi State University. It opened its first building in Lowndes County in 2005 and followed with two additional buildings, including the one to accommodate the Orion, in 2008 and 2013.
Meanwhile, Airbus Helicopters, which employs about 200 people at its Golden Triangle operation, expects the U.S. Army to award it a $187 million contract to supply 28 of the company's UH-72 light-utility helicopters. The contract likely would not create new jobs at the company's manufacturing facility just north of GTRA but would prevent the company from potentially having to lay off workers, more than 40 percent of whom are military veterans.
Airbus, formally known as American Eurocopter, already has sold more than 400 of the helicopters to the military since it was chosen as the next generation chopper in 2006.
Federal budget woes blocked the Army's previous efforts to buy helicopters, putting some of the jobs at the Golden Triangle plant at risk. Congress now has approved the purchase and the Army has issued a "sources sought" notice for bids for a helicopter that only Airbus makes, making the contract an almost certainty.
"Significant obstacles have been laid in the Army's past efforts to meet its requirements for more Lakotas, and those obstacles have in turn jeopardized the livelihoods of all the American workers who build the Lakota in Mississippi," the company said in a statement.
"A new contract for them would mean they can continue to build on their unbroken record of on-time, on-cost deliveries to the Army," the company continued, referring to the plant's workers who faced uncertainty at the start of the year because of the budget stalemates and objections from members of Congress from other areas.
In addition to the Lakota, the company's 325,000-square-foot facility, which was expanded in 2014, manufactures the popular H125 medical transport and rescue helicopter. It also does customization and repair work on other Airbus models.
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The former Kruisheren cloister, dating from the fifteenth century, is located in the centre of Maastricht, The Netherlands. Together with the monumental gothic church, this complex has been transformed into an awesome designer hotel. Isn't the modern tunnel-like entrance amazing?
And how much do I want a wine cellar similar to the one shown at the very end of this post?! My neighbour P. here in Paris has a very sizeable wine cellar in the beautiful medieval caves he recently renovated and which I totally plan on taking over one day.
This is what I call a well-stocked wine cellar...
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Anniversary Wishes
Wedding Anniversary Wishes
Anniversary Wishes for Couples
Happy Anniversary Wishes
1-) Happy Anniversary to my loving hubby. Thank you for the last 11 yrs. and many more yrs. to come. Thank you for making me the happiest woman. I love you always.
2-) May this day of your anniversary make your relation stronger and lovelier. Wish you a Happy Anniversary.
3-) Love is the best refreshment in life.
4-) Our anniversary is a time to look back at the good times and a time to look ahead to live our dreams together.
5-) A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. Happy Anniversary
6-) Happy Anniversary to the one I'll always want, even when I'm too old to remember what I'm supposed to want you for.
7-) Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.
Anniversary Wishes
8-) A successful married always life requires falling in love many times, but always with the same person
9-) There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.
10-) From the first time we met I knew we were meant to be together God put us together and that way it "ill stay Happy Anniversary honey
11-) Marriage is like a dollar bill. You can't spend half of it when you tear it in two. The value of one half depends upon the other. Happy Anniversary.
12-) Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.
13-) I only want to be with you twice…now, and forever.
14-) I want to wish an Anniversary day to a couple who is beautiful in entire land. May your anniversary enhance your love and understanding.
Wedding Anniversary Wishes
15-) Anniversary is repetition of promises made with each other, love gets stronger.15-)
16-) Marriage is like a dollar bill. You can't spend half of it when you tear it in two. The value of one half depends upon the other. Happy Anniversary
17-) Anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.
18-) Two Keys to a lasting marriage "Respect and Communication".
19-) As the end of today approaches, and the beginning of tomorrow nears, Bow your heads and pray, for all who shed those tears.
20-) There`s always that one person who`d do anything for you. that`s the one you should marry.
21-) From the first time we met, I knew we were meant to be together. God put us together and that way it will stay, Happy Anniversary honey. I love you forever.
22-) Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.
23-) I think Love is the best refreshment in life.23-)
24-) Anniversary is a time to celebrate the joys of today, the memories of yesterday, and the hopes of tomorrow.24-)
25-) Love is the same for a poor man, and a king.
26-) A successful married life requires falling in love many times, but always with the same person.
27-) For all this time I have been putting this puzzles of my life, then I realized, the last piece is you.
28-) Are we not like two volumes of single book?
29-) Anniversary means another way of togetherness and love for the memory books.
30-) 1 year down & forever to go, Happy Anniversary.
Anniversary Wishes for Couples
31-) Love begins in a moment, grows over time, and lasts for eternity.
32-) It doesn't matter where you go in life, what you do, it's who you have beside you.
33-) Love is there when both person are more concerned for the other than for one's self
34-) It doesn't matter where you go in life, what you do, it's who you have beside you. I am truly blessed to be married to my soul mate for years today..
Happy Anniversary Wishes
35-) True love isn't love at first sight but love at every sight.
36-) The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
37-) The first time I looked in your eyes I knew that I would do anything for you, The first time you touched my face, I felt what I never felt with anyone else.
38-) Happy Anniversary to the most amazing man I've ever known! Thank you for loving me, for me. I love you.
39-) Marriage is like a pack of cards. In the beginning it was hearts and a diamond, now all I'm wanting in my hand is a club and a spade.
40-) To the beautiful couple on this land, May your anniversary be Happy and Grand. Happy Anniversary


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Avionics Report
November 2009 Issue
Garmin GTS 800 Traffic: TAS with Room to Grow
While we wouldnt invest heavily in ADS-B yet, combining it into an active surveillance system makes senseespecially if you have the right transponder.
Around 1997, BF Goodrichs Skywatch TAS brought high-performance, active traffic interrogation to light aircraft. It was an accurate and reliable system that remains in the L-3 Avionics Systems product line today. Honeywell also has a proven TAS system and Avidynes affordable TAS600, which started life as the Ryan 9900 series, has been a lively seller and good performer. Now Garmin has a fresh TAS system of its own with the GTS800-series. Its available in three versions: The low-cost GTS800, mid-range GTS820 and flagship GTS850. The attention getter is the ability to display ADS-B traffic targets on screen. Is ADS-B an important functionality for future TAS systems? We think so. Avidyne has announced an ADS-B upgrade for their brisk-selling TAS-600. The Garmin GTS800-series system is currently undergoing certification and availability is expected by years end. Its engineered for sizeable growth potential as the FAA finalizes its ADS-B mandate.
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Ok....so I currently have an Emotiva dc-1, which is a great little dac, but unfortunately is not DSD capable. I wouldn't mind so much, but I have a Denon SACD player and I'd really like to hook it up to a compatible DAC.
I'll back up just a bit. I have a reasonable system comprising of Doge audio, 6 (cd player) Doge 8 (pre-amp) and Doge 9 (Monoblocks). I have an olive one player for flac files that I hook up to the Emotiva dc-1 and feed to the Doge 8.
Speakers are Tekton Pendragons.
The system is pretty impressive for the money sound-wise.
As I've started to get more into digital music, I dusted off my older Denon DCD-1500AE SACD player and tried to see what the difference would be v's my Doge 6 CD player. What I found really surprised me.
I'm a big Hiromi fan (who isn't?!) and I have most of her cd's and equivalent SACD's. I did a direct comparison with her Spiral album from a few years ago. Both the Denon 1500AE and Doge 6 were connected to the Doge 8 pre-amp. So a direct comparison between a CD and SACD from Telarc. Initially I thought I had mixed things up, but the Doge 6 with regular cd absolutely kicked the ass of the Denon SACD player. A really massive difference in clarity, depth and presence. I really expected the opposite. My only conclusion is that the DAC in the Denon must be pretty poor v's the Doge 6? Admittedly, I have upgraded the Doge 6 with several hundreds of $'s of Mullard NOS tubes. But the difference was very significant.
Anyway, for a while I had been thinking of upgrading my Emotiva Dac, not because it is in any way deficient, but purely because I'd like to have DSD capability and be able to bypass the Denon's Dac. However, I've been going around in circles about options. I have considered the following:-
Wyred 4 sound dac2-DSDse
Oppo HA-1
Eastern Electric MiniMax Dac supreme
BMC Puredac
With the exception of the Oppo and BMC, my choices are aimed primarily at DAC only options. I don't particularly want to pay extra for a headphone amp or pre-amp....I have a great pre-amp and I intend getting a dedicated headphone amp later. I would like a really good quality DSD compatible dac that doesn't break the bank. My budget is $2500, but preferably under $2000. Although the Oppo has more functionality than I need, it is an interesting option, but I really don't need the headphone amp....which is essentially what it is!
I would also like the DAC to be a proper Hi-Fi component....not a pc-desktop device, so a full size component is preferable.
Another consideration is I'd like the dac to have switchable voltage as I move around a lot for work.
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Make these super cute popcorn cupcakes + get our free printable "popcorn" label
We got a little sidetracked with our St. Patrick's Day projects, but we have another sneak peak from our next Party Box on the blog today! Have you guessed the theme yet?
Today we're making these super easy popcorn cupcakes, because there is nothing more fun than desserts that don't look like desserts. Also they are the cutest darn things of life.
All you need is mini marshmallows, little striped cupcake cups, and our printable "popcorn" labels!
First, ice your cupcakes, you want to stack them in enough layers to give some height to the popcorn kernels later.
To make your kernels, you can try a few different techniques. Cutting a little "slit" worked well, and so did breaking the marshmallow into two pieces and then squish them back together. That's the scientific process.
Starting at the bottom, press your marshmallow kernels into the icing of the cupcake, layering them until it makes a dome shape.
In a small bowl, mix a few drops of yellow food colouring with a bit of water to create your "butter paint". Using a paint brush (that you probably haven't used for toxic paint, just a suggestion) add a few drops of the butter to the middle of each "kernel" like melted butter.
After that you're all done! Wait for the cupcakes to settle a bit and then you can add your popcorn label and you're ready to serve them.


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Packaging Development Manager
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The Company
This is an excellent chance to join a prominent international food manufacturer producing innovative chilled products across a vast range of prestigious customers. Highly ambitious and passionate about good food, they are now looking for a Packaging Development Manager who can drive the evolution of packaging within the business.
The Role
Reporting to the Packaging Manager, you'll be pivotal in delivering innovative packaging ideas from concept to launch through managing the critical path. You will keep up with the latest developments in this fast paced industry, following market trends to identify customer and consumer needs. You'll build solid relationships with high profile customers regarding new packaging materials, concepts and technologies to guarantee that the company's products retain their reputation for high quality whilst pushing packaging solution boundaries.
You'll also actively seek out solutions to environmental requirements to ensure all packaging is in line with current legislation and of the highest standard. As well as liaising with suppliers to obtain materials that are cost effective you'll be highlighting any quality issues. In addition you'll be attending print and production runs, reviewing newly developed packaging concepts to ensure that the best levels of product performance are achieved.
The Person
We are looking for a highly creative and innovative Packaging Development Manager who has experience of working in a similar creative packaging role within food manufacturing. You'll have a strong understanding of the packaging industry and technologies along with knowledge of project management and consumer research techniques.
You'll need to have excellent organisation, communication and prioritisation skills in order to effectively manage multiple projects, a keen eye for detail, problem solving abilities coupled with a flair for commercial creativity.
If you are degree educated or have a related qualification we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or contact Rachel on 0845 2600 737 to find out more.
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We were honored by Stanford Graduate School of Business to host a lecture for the Starting a Social Venture class. The lecture was entitled: "Selling Life-changing Products to the Poor in the Developing World". It was great to see so many students interested about building social enterprises, ,a mission that is very important for us.
We explained to the students how we work:
- Conduct infield discovery to understand how things work on the ground
- Design a transformational program custom fit for each client
- Deliver a change program
- Embed for sustainable change through a team of field consultants
…and the common sales problems social enterprises face:
- Fuzzy sales methods that fail to produce desired results
- Product-led vs. problem-led selling
- Sales team size is too large – too many people reporting to one manager
- Difficulty in finding "good people" to recruit
- No career development path
- Unsustainable compensation
- Believing poor people don't have money
- Overreliance on micro-finance solutions
- Fear of imposing Western culture over local practice
And we talked about the three critical components that, as potential social entrepreneurs, the will need to address to create a sales force that knows how to get their products into the hands of the people that need them. They need to address:
- Attitude – the mindset of the salesperson while they are selling – how to maintain a sense of possibility, creativity, and service to the people they speak to.
- Competence – knowing the framework of their selling process, and how to speak to people with empathy and conviction.
- Execution – how to spend their time, take their customers through a compelling conversation about the problem they are trying to solve and the solution for that problem.
We would like to thank Stanford Graduate School of Business, in particular Laura Hattendorf and Russ Siegelman, for giving us the opportunity to share our on-the-ground experience.


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ET Sequel: "ET-X" Trailer [VIDEO]
What happens when you take clips from a bunch of movies, great editing skills and ET? Well you get the long awaited sequal to the blockbuster movie ET.
Robert Blankenheim of Titanic: The Sequel fame hot-glues random film clips together with some After Effects to create this master piece.


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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Rapid Response
What a week! Even at this safe distance, the emotional turmoil of bearing witness to Christchurch's earthquake and aftermath is draining. I can't imagine the exhaustion and trauma that my friends, and other quake survivors are going through- whether they have stayed or fled the city. My heart is full of aroha for everyone, especially those who have lost family or friends or home or possessions. Every news report brings tears to the surface, and I keep casting around for something useful I can do besides give money, and let my loved ones know they are in my thoughts.
Today Bethwyn and I met up for a Frugal with the Bruegel session of collaborative altered book making, our first in many weeks. We spontaneously decided to devote our session to working together on a single book, responding to the Christchurch earthquake. Without any particular preparation or planning, we began making a book which may turn out to be our most coherent narrative yet. Drawing only on our collection of old (mostly) children's books, which includes nothing specific to Christchurch, yet the result feels to us very evocative of our emotional response witnessing the earthquake from a distance.
Making this book feels cathartic and healing: a compulsion to channel survivors' guilt, grief and helplessness into creativity. Working with focus and synchronicity we got about half way through the project this afternoon and hope to have it finished in our next session, ready to auction off as a fundraiser for a Christchurch earthquake response fund. Here's a sneak preview showing some details from the spreads we've completed so far.
New Zealand is a small country, and everyone knows somebody that knows somebody. My prayers are daily with friends and acquaintances as well as the people who's faces or stories I know only through the media coverage. There's one of my oldest friends, a nurse at Christchurch hospital who lost their Kaiapoi home after the September earthquake; and her extended family which includes several other nurses. A young librarian I've known all her life, who's had to leave behind everything in her red-stickered home within the cordon. Her parents who are sheltering her and her only possessions - cellphone and purse- in the one-room country cottage where they live and work. Old friends posting facebook updates to let us know they are alive, who are shovelling silt and trying to keep their spirits up with intermittent electricity and no running water. The USAR workers from all over the world (how grateful am I to the international community?) including the father of a Hamilton friend who kept us updated with messages balancing the desolation of recovering only dead bodies from the ruins, with wry humour about consequences of the lack of showers.
Like many NZers outside of Christchurch, I have developed a profound sense of appreciation for my flushing toilet, hot shower, endless drinking water, electric power, cosy bed, smooth streets, sweet fresh air, fully serviced city and most of all, the solid ground beneath my feet. It may be a while before everyone in Christchurch can enjoy such amenities again. Bethwyn and I hope that our book can provide some small contribution towards Christchurch's recovery.
Posted by Meliors Simms at 8:57 pm
Labels: books, collaborative art, work in progress
2 comments:
- Joan said...
The yin and yang of life.. I water the garden and think of Chch with no water.. your art is wonderful.
- 8:05 am
- Carol said...
Your book is very powerful, congratulations to you and Bethwyn for your insight. What has happened to our countries in the past six months has been terrifying and tragic, and I don't think many of us have remained untouched, either by personal tragedy or simply by witnessing the horror and courage on TV. All the best with your auction.
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Wednesday, December 3, 1997
Eagles beaten by Crane, Hobbs
PECOS, Dec. 3 -- The final score wasn't pretty in Hobbs for
The Eagles, who lost at home to the Cranes back on Nov. 21
Up in Hobbs, Pecos' girls also missed a bunch of lay-ups,
Coach Mike Sadler went into his game at Crane without the
"We did a good job considering we were without Omar, Hector
Sadler was happy with the Eagles' defense, especially the
"I was real impressed with our defense. We were able to
Ben Shenkman had 12 points, while Justin Carrasco put in
Along with Adame, 3-point shots by Oscar Luna and Matta
Matta was the other Eagle in double figures, with 10 points
Pecos' girls will open tournament play in Crane with an
"They said that was the best girls team they've ever had,
"We were able to break their press. We did what we wanted
The Eagles' point guard had 12 points, while Shea Lara put
"They're probably the toughest team we're going to face all
Hobbs also won Tuesday's junior varsity game, by an 86-40
Tuesday at Crane
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Tuesday at Hobbs
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Warriors impose ban on Sprewell
By DENNIS GEORGATOS
The three were talking Tuesday about star guard Latrell
The three-time All-Star has been suspended without pay for
``I've seen players go after coaches, but to actually get to
Coles said on both occasions, players witnessing the
``I was just kind of in shock,'' Coles said. ``It took me a
A 10-game suspension would cost Sprewell about $940,000 in
``He cannot go to practice, he cannot be at the facility,''
Ultimately, the team must decide what to do with Sprewell
In a letter to Sprewell informing him of the suspension, the
Sprewell was in Oakland on Tuesday and unavailable for
Carlesimo said the team has not heard from Sprewell.
``We're going to wait and see,'' he said. ``We're going to
The coach was evasive when asked if he could ever work with
``I can't know yet,'' Carlesimo said. ``Time will tell.
Published accounts of the altercation described Sprewell as
Carlesimo had a three-inch scratch on his neck when he
Bay Area newspapers quoted team sources as saying Sprewell
The New York Post, citing sources at practice, said Sprewell
Sprewell returned to the gym 20 minutes later, and landed a
``That was an angry person. He was upset. I'm not going to
Rod Thorn, the NBA executive in charge of disciplinary
Bill Hunter, executive director of the players' union, said
Gambling probe sacks 49ers' boss DeBartolo
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 (AP) -- Joe Montana gave way to Steve
There was one constant throughout that run of success --
Now DeBartolo is gone, too. He stepped down as owner
The newspapers reported DeBartolo and former Louisiana Gov.
``These charges simply are not true,'' DeBartolo said in a
Pending the outcome of the investigation, DeBartolo said
Policy will continue to run the 49ers' day-to-day
DeBartolo also said he was stepping aside from any role in
DeBartolo, who helped build his family's real estate
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ABC Family Changing Name to Draw Younger Crowd
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Shakespeare once told us that a rose by another name would still smell as sweet, but does a television network by any other name still get us to tune in? ABC Family hopes so. The Disney-owned network recently announced that it will be changing its name to Freeform come January.Why Make a Change? The network made its decision based on its target audience, viewers aged 18 to 34 whom it has dubbed "becomers," and the misconception that a network with "family" in its name broadcasts only family-friendly and wholesome programming. As the Millennials age out of its target base, the network needs to attract and keep new, younger viewers. It's not uncommon for networks to use a name change as a way of rebranding their offerings in hopes of capturing a new, or bigger, audience. In fact, this isn't the first time this network has changed its name: when it first aired in 1977, the network was known as CBN Satellite Service, denoting its original parent company, the Christian Broadcast Network. From there, the channel went through at least three other names, most of which included the word "family." As the channel changed hands from CBN to FOX to Disney, programming that used to center around religious shows like "The 700 Club" dropped off to make way for more mainstream content. Anyone who has tuned in to "Pretty Little Liars" or "Baby Daddy" knows that the channel has stretched the perception of what qualifies as family programming. Shows like "The Fosters" and "Becoming Us" made the channel even more inclusive, featuring mixed races, same-sex couples, and transgender family members. If the general public has a narrow view of what "family friendly" means, these shows are a great way to expand that definition. For the network, the word "family" is off-putting to a portion of its key demographic that feels the name is too stuffy and old-fashioned. What it may be missing, however, is how validating and liberating it is to those who are just starting to see their "alternative" families portrayed on equal ground with "normal" ones. What Does It Mean? ABC Family is one of the only networks on television that truly embraces all families, especially those that fall outside the norms of the nuclear family construct. Having never been part of a traditional family, I have appreciated the network's willingness to push boundaries and tell the stories of all kinds of families. The name switch won't change that, but I feel that it diminishes the positive side effect of including shows about single parents, pregnant teenagers, and LGBTQ families under the "family" banner. Apparently, influencing society's narrow views is less important than gaining new viewers and pushing up ad revenues. It's not all bad, though. I'd much rather have the network persist under a new name and continue to offer inventive, inclusive shows about varied families than see it to go away. According to the announcement, the name change will not affect programming, and all of our ABC Family favorites will continue unhindered. Perhaps with a wider audience, their subtle message that all families matter will have a more profound impact. After all, when it comes to changing societal views, the more the merrier. If the name change succeeds in drawing in a portion of the audience that was previously turned off by the strong association with "family," but continues to produce the same kind of thoughtful content, everybody wins. Shakespeare was right about the rose, and ABC Family might be right, too. Perhaps this change is the logical evolution that will lead us even further from limiting labels and bring us closer to that fundamental truth that a name is just a name.
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"You use Objective Justification as a tool to destroy the Church..."May I never stop "destroying the Church" with Objective Justification... so help me God! The Doctrine of Objective Justification is none other than the true Gospel... there is no "Church" without it.
A few months ago, an ELCA pastor, in a private correspondence, sneeringly called me "Franzie baby". Would to God I were worthy of that epitaph. May I never stop using Franz Pieper to bring the true Lutheran Church back to its senses... to its true Lutheran roots... to the true Doctrine of Justification, and so to the Lutheran Confessions.
If your pastor, teacher, professor proclaims that message, consider it to be purely by God's grace, for that is the message they are commanded to preach – it is not their message, it is His message.
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U.S. Century Bank appoints Luis de la Aguilera as CEO
Luis de la Aguilera is taking over as president and CEO of U.S. Century Bank a day after resigning from the same position at TotalBank, which saw major layoffs last month.
Federal and state regulators are expected to approve his appointment. De la Aguilera, 56, starts his new job Monday.
"U.S. Century is a bank with good bones," said de la Aguilera, who came to Miami from Cuba when he was 2 years old. "It has a strong banking center network, good talent and a tremendously loyal client base."
Previous CEO and president Carlos Davila announced he would step down last month.
The Doral-based bank nearly went under during the financial crisis, receiving $50.2 million in federal bailout money in 2009.
Two deals to recapitalize the bank with private money, as ordered by regulators, failed in 2012 and 2013. But earlier this year the bank received a $65 million capital injection from two Northeast financial firms, allowing it to stay afloat and repay part of its bailout.
$65 millionAmount of capital injection that kept bank afloat in March
Current shareholders had their stock diluted, but as a group still control a little more than 50 percent of U.S. Century. The Northeast firms, Patriot Financial Partners and Priam Capital, are the largest individual shareholders, each controlling nearly 10 percent of the bank.
U.S. Century has 18 branches, 205 employees and nearly $800 million in deposits. Bauer Financial recently bumped it up from a one-star to a two-star rating. (The highest rating is five stars.)
"Great progress has been made, and my goal is to bring back the brand of U.S. Century and show the potential that it has," De la Aguilera said. "Clearly the bank has had to weather the storms of the financial crisis, but it hung in there."
He added that he plans to diversify the bank's business, which has focused on commercial real estate, by expanding its residential mortgage and commercial and industrial lending divisions.
De la Aguilera spent 15 years at TotalBank, becoming president in 2009 and CEO in 2013. He resigned Monday, about a month after the Miami-based bank confirmed it had laid off 58 workers. Former employees said the number was more than 100.
He said his departure was unrelated to turmoil at the bank.
"I am not leaving because of the layoffs," he said. "I fully support the decisions that were made, and I have an excellent relationship with the board there. U.S. Century was just an outstanding opportunity for me."
I am not leaving because of the layoffs.
Luis de la Aguilera.
U.S. Century chairman Alex Acosta said the board picked de la Aguilera, who has also worked at City National Bank of Miami, Republic National Bank of Miami and Ocean Bank, because they wanted someone their customers knew and could trust.
"Luis has a proven track record as a leader in our community and knows the Miami market," Acosta said. "We think he can help us diversify and grow."
De la Aguilera graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 1981 after attending Christopher Columbus High School. He is a top fundraiser for Castaways Against Cancer, a local group that kayaks 160 miles from Miami to Key West to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
Ken Thomas, a local banking analyst, said it was important to have locals running South Florida's community banks.
"They could have brought someone in from Philadelphia or New York," Thomas said. "The big question is where do they go from here? They were a serious problem bank that was in intensive care for a few years but now they're in recovery mode. I hope we see them announcing new loans and projects and opening new branches."
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I am trying to find information of any bombers the Chinese may have used during WWII, and probably more specifically during the time of the Flying Tigers. Any help is appreciated.
The Chinese never had a large bomber force. My guess is that their most plentiful bomber was the Russian Tupolov SBs, however they also used various O2s, some B-10s, assorted Heinkels, as well as a few other aircraft. The Chinese took what they could get, so they would have six of this aircraft, nine of that aircraft, six of those, etc.
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The link that Tango posted is very informative, but you really have to sift through the information to find it.
I know its Wikipedia, but it does give some idea of the various types used.link
Have a look at this website: wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/439/10/0#1
it will give you paint scemes for some Chinese bombers.
I think the other links are very helpful too Texas Jack. But then again I am biased LOL. Robert
For 1937-41 period you have,
China (Nationalists)Breda Ba.27 MetallicoCurtiss A-8/10/12 ShrikeDouglas O-2Heinkel He.111BHenschel Hs.123Martin Type 139/166/B-10/B-12Northrop 2/3/5 GammaSavoia Marchetti SM.81 PipistrelloVultee A-19 (V-11)/BSh-1ANT-40 / SB III,IVTupolev SB/B.71 TB-3 (ANT-6)Ilyushin DB-3
Then you have after 1941,B-24sB-25sPB4Y Privateers
Sorry Robert! I certainly agree your links were very useful, I only wanted to warn the OP about having to wade through the info on Armand´s link. Please don´t hate me
'Tis ok Jack :). I try to cut down on the wading LOL . Robert
Gentlemen, My sincere thnaks for the help. I was aware of one of the sources, but hadn't thought I'd find anything there, so was delighted someone suggested it. I believe I will have what I am needing now.
Thank you very much!
You are most welcome Terry . Robert
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Return to the bat cave
Since 2006, a powdery white fungus has killed at least five and half million bats that would otherwise be eating insects, pollinating flowers and hanging out in caves.
But as far as scientists know, the disease called white-nose syndrome, which grows on bat snouts and wings, hasn't infected a single bat in the Western United States. Still, it's been steadily spreading from where it was first recorded in New York, with confirmed cases of the devastating fungus running south to North Carolina and Alabama and west into Missouri.
In 2010, when the disease first jumped the Mississippi, the Forest Service kept Western caves open, but asked cavers to disinfect their equipment. But that summer, the agency closed all caves and abandoned mines in Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota and Kansas, to keep away fungal spores that hitch rides on spelunker's boots or caving equipment. The emergency closure was done without public input, and caused outcry from the caving community
But often, it was a closure in name only. The original order didn't physically close caves; it left construction of actual gates on caves up to local managers, according to Richard Truex, a Forest Service wildlife ecologist. That means that knowledgeable, responsible spelunkers were likely staying away, leaving caves more vulnerable to bad actors, vandalism and possibly errant fungal spores.
Recognizing that the organized caving community "can and should be an ally in managing this disease," as Truex put it, the Forest Service just ended their blanket cave closure after taking public comment as part of a long-term planning process for white-nose syndrome.
Now some caves are open again on paper, as long as white-nose syndrome isn't found within 250 miles of that ranger district. However, all caves where bats are known to hibernate are closed during the winter, when the bats are at greater risk from the cold-loving fungus, which causes them to leave their caves and fly into the deadly cold.
The new plan also sets up a registration system for cave visitors, prohibits using caving gear from states with white-nose syndrome and includes requirements for decontaminating gear or clothes. This follows some of the recommendations Bat Conservation International made in their comments to the Forest Service.
But not everyone is convinced re-opening some caves is a good idea. For example, the Center for Biological Diversity is against lifting the closure, arguing that it's too risky and gives a small group of recreationists priority over Western bats.
Winifred Frick, a bat ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, thinks that in general, closing caves is a prudent way to buy scientists more time to learn about white-nose syndrome and find ways to thwart the fungus. But as long as the caves are open, she suggests scientists and managers use the opportunity to study the problem. "If there are targeted areas where managers are working with researchers, and if they had a study where some caves are closed and some aren't, that could be hugely valuable," she said
After all, there's still a lot to learn about white-nose syndrome. We still don't know how much cave closures help protect bats, or how seasonal changes affect the fungus. There are a lot of unknowns about transmission too (a major focus of Frick's), like how the fungus is transmitted from bat to bat, how bats pick it up from cave walls, and the role people play in moving the fungus from cave to cave.
Frick and her colleagues are racing to understand, and hopefully slow, "the most precipitous decline of North American wildlife in living memory," as HCN contributing editor Michelle Nijhuis described it in a 2011 Smithsonian story. If white-nose syndrome shows up in a Colorado cave, whether it travels there by boot or bat, there's still little anyone can do to stop it.
Sarah Jane Keller is a High Country News intern.
Bat infected with white-nose syndrome courtesy of Ryan von Linden via the National Park Service. Map of white-nose syndrome cases courtesy of white-nose syndrome.org.


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Most interesting modern applications need fast and scalable cloud storage. Cloud storage is used in a variety of scenarios, from rich and video-intensive websites designed by media agencies for global brands, to enterprises running SharePoint and looking to reduce the size of the SQL Server database by offloading content to the cloud, to vendors of cloud archiving and data retention solutions.
The selection of your cloud storage platform is not something to be taken lightly, especially because it deals with your data. On one hand, you have proprietary platforms. These platforms effectively hold your data hostage because of lock-in, which can take many forms, including technical, operational, business or strategic lock-in.
Thanks to OpenStack, there are also open clouds. As it pertains to data and storage, an open cloud enables flexibility to counteract the force of data gravity. This flexibility also manifests itself across multiple dimensions, from strategic, to operational and even financial flexibility.
Cloud Files: One More Year Of Triple-Digit Storage Growth In The Open Cloud
Rackspace Cloud Files, our object storage offering, is powered by OpenStack Swift, which was built by Rackspace's own Cloud Files engineers.
Rackspace is extremely excited to celebrate yet another year of triple-digit growth of Rackspace Cloud Files! This growth is one more example of how you, our customers, are redefining the delivery of applications and services to your users and customers using the Rackspace Cloud. It's humbling to know that in just a few years all of your web sites, applications, blogs and video publishing sites have already stored billions of objects on our platform, making Cloud Files one of the largest deployments of OpenStack Swift that we know of in the world.
Cloud Files Storage Price Is Reduced By 33 Percent
Many of you have told us that you love our vision of an open cloud built on OpenStack and that you want to bring more workloads to Rackspace. One of the promises of the cloud is that providers such as Rackspace can reap economies of scale as increasingly more customers use our services. This growth achievement in Cloud Files gives us the opportunity to transfer these savings directly to you, our customers. We are excited to share the following pricing update with you: we are reducing the price of Rackspace Cloud Files storage from $0.15 to $0.10 per GB per month (or from 11 pence to 7 pence per GB per month in the UK). You will see this new price start to be reflected in your next invoice.
New Cloud Files Features: Static Website Hosting And Object Versioning
We also have two new capabilities that we want to share with you:
- Static Website Hosting. We know that many of you love our Cloud Sites product. Who wouldn't? It is a powerful and scalable platform for web sites and blog hosting that removes the need for you to manage infrastructure such as load balancers, operating systems and the like, so you can focus on your website. But what many of you have told us is that sometimes you have sites that are simpler, mostly built with static content. Maybe you have a blog or a catalog that changes infrequently, or a knowledge base or an "FAQ" site. We have also heard that sometimes you create static copies of sites for your international audiences. And what you have told us is that you would want to host these sites in Cloud Files. With Static Website Hosting, now you can do that, and it is as simple as identifying which objects you wish to use as the index page and as the error page in your Cloud Files container.
- Object Versioning: You have also told us that sometimes you want to keep multiple versions of the same object. Some of you want to give users the history of a certain object, or simply want to recover from accidental object deletions. With Object Versioning, you can enable these kinds of scenarios.
To learn more about these new features, check out our Cloud Files API Developers Documentation here. These two features are already available via API, and we will be adding them to the Control Panel soon. While you are at it, explore the recently announced features such as expiration dates, temporary URLs and support for form post, for example.
The Rackspace Cloud Is The Only Open Cloud Backed By Fanatical Support
With these updates, we hope to remove more roadblocks on your journey to the adoption of the open cloud. Over the next few weeks we will show you specific examples of how you can make use of our advanced features built on Cloud Files to create very interesting solutions.
As usual, we would love to assist you in getting your applications and data into the Rackspace Cloud, the only open cloud that is always backed by Fanatical Support. And remember, if you have large amounts of data, you can always send it to us using Rackspace's Bulk Import.


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Food & Drink
2 Charlotte chefs draw their knives for 'Top Chef'
Jamie Lynch, the executive chef of 5Church, swears two things came as a surprise to him: First, a casting director for Bravo's popular competition show "Top Chef" asked him to audition after she came by the new 5Church location in Charleston.
"She hit me up on Facebook, like Facebook messenger. I thought it was a joke. . . . I'm a chef chef, not a competition chef. It's not in my wheelhouse."
Then came the second surprise: After the restaurant's owners convinced him to try out and he got accepted, he arrived on the set in Charleston for the first challenge and there were only eight chefs, not the usual 16.
"I'm like, 'there's 16 cutting boards but eight chefs. What's going on?' "
What was going on was one of the Bravo show's frequent twists: At the end of the competition, in walked eight more chefs, all veterans of previous seasons. For Charlotte viewers, that's when it gets even more interesting.
Sam Talbot, the fan favorite from Season 2 who grew up in Charlotte before heading to New York, is one of the returning chefs.
Yep, for our city, watching "Top Chef: Charleston" will be a little different from past years. This year, we'll have more skin in the game – Lynch's famous neck-to-ankle tattoos vs. Talbot's hometown-boy good looks.
"I got mad love for him," Lynch said of Talbot, who's getting ready to open a new restaurant in Brooklyn called Pretty Southern. "But who will come out on top?"
That's also the last hint you'll get from Lynch about what happens in season 14, which premieres at 10 p.m. Thursday on Bravo.
In honor of 5Church, here are five things to know:
1. Yes, it's a risk. "I could be the laughing stock of North Carolina," Lynch admits thinking before he agreed to do it. But he decided to go on with a short list of goals: "I wanted to represent Charlotte. And I didn't want to be the first one (knocked) out -- nobody wants to be that guy."
2. Co-host Tom Colicchio is scary. "You can't read that guy," says Lynch. He also was intimidating for another reason: When Lynch was a young cook at Le Cirque in New York, his boss, Andrew Carmellini, sent him to eat at Gramercy Tavern, where Colicchio was getting raves.
"It was mind-blowing," he says. "(Blank) 20 years later, he's tasting my food and picking it apart?"
3. You can't read Lynch either – or can you? Lynch, who has a reputation as tough and intense, has been smiling a lot, even before the "Top Chef" news officially broke over the summer. Does that mean he's done well, or is he practicing his game face?
"I'm just a happy-go-lucky guy," he insists. Cue the laughter in every restaurant kitchen in Charlotte.
4. Some of what happens will surprise him, too. Competition shows are typically heavily edited to ramp up the suspense, and "Top Chef" is no exception. Lynch isn't sure how he'll be presented in the show.
"It's like when you hear your voice on a recording -- 'Is that what I sound like?' You never know who you're going to be."
5. Do the tats tell a tale? Yes, Lynch has a lot of skin art. In one preview online, you can hear co-host Padma Lakshmi ask, "So are you tattooed everywhere?" We can answer that, Padma: He still has an opening on his left calf. But he made us an intriguing promise.
"By the time the show is finished airing, there will be no visible space left." So will he get a tattoo proclaiming him Top Chef – or will it show his knives packed up to go?
He'll only say this: "I think Charlotte will be proud. There's 'wow' moments."
Kathleen Purvis: 704-358-5236, @kathleenpurvis
Want to play along?
▪ "Top Chef: Charleston" will air at 10 p.m. Thursdays on Bravo through March 2.
▪ 5Church will have viewing parties at its restaurants every week during the 10 p.m. show as long Lynch is still in the running. On Dec. 1, you also can come to the Charlotte location at 9 p.m. (reservations recommended for dinner).
▪ Follow along with us: Watch for continuing coverage on the episodes as long as Charlotte chef Jamie Lynch stays in the game, at www.charlotteobserver.com/food-drink. If you have a question you want us to ask Lynch, send them to Kathleen Purvis on Twitter, @kathleenpurvis, or on Facebook.
Sam Talbot: Still moving at 'Top Chef' speed
It was a typical Sam Talbot conversation: When I called to check in on his new season on "Top Chef: Charleston" and his new restaurant, Pretty Southern, opening soon in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, he sounded out of breath.
"Sorry, I'm choking. I'm drinking coffee and skateboarding."
Well, of course he is. The last time I had talked to Talbot, who came to national attention after the second season of "Top Chef," when he made it to the finale but not the final win, it was 2012 and he was a young man moving up in the New York restaurant world, with a new book, "The Sweet Life," on living with Type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed when he was 12 and growing up in Charlotte.
Where's he been lately? For the last couple of years, he's been in Maine, working as a restaurant consultant, getting a business plan together for Pretty Southern and writing a new book, due out next spring, on clean-food habits for home cooks.
He didn't know Jamie Lynch when they both arrived on the set for "Top Chef: Charleston," but they knew a lot of the same people, both in New York and Charlotte.
"Jamie instantly became a homie, and not like a fake homie. It was, 'OK, I can break bread with this guy.'" That's important: "Top Chef" contestants have to live together and compete for weeks during the show.
Talbot still has friends in Charlotte and gets back here occasionally. But his life is focused on his new restaurant, opening in late December, which makes traditional Southern food but with a focus on allergy-friendly twists and environmental practices. Instead of working with partners, as he did in several high-profile jobs, this time he's completely in charge, right down to the floor tiles and the location, so close close to his apartment that he can skateboard to work.
"That's pretty cool. Everything I do, I'm able to do it wholeheartedly."


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Happy Book Anniversary to me. A little over a month has passed since Mercer University Press released, Farming, Friends, and Fried Bologna Sandwiches. Melissa, a reader in Massachusetts, contacted me and suggested that I launch a recipe contest. Since I am always looking for new ways to promote my work and encourage others to read, I accepted her challenge.
As an aside, isn't it great that I have readers of the Northern persuasion? I am so happy. She didn't understand the "Dope in a Bottle," and vowed to try that recipe just so she could experience a taste of the South.
Here is how the challenge works. Make a recipe from the book. Take a photo of both my book and the food (or beverage). Challenge friends to buy the book and try a recipe. If you are on Facebook or Twitter, tag your friends, and me, and share the images. I want to create a movement of readers sharing their favorite parts of the book, and encouraging their friends and family to support Independent Booksellers, and of course, buy my book.
Your photo is your entry into the contest. Make sure you tag me.
Obviously, I am going to challenge several readers to try the "Dope in a Bottle" on page 17. Especially readers like my Yankee friend Melissa. My home-town readers will know all about a Dope in a Bottle. The Recipe Challenge is a fun way for readers to try new food, and come together as a community of foodies and readers. But the best part is that on November 22, I will give away a gift basket with goodies from the farm. Some of what you will receive is pictured here.
If you are on Facebook, please share a video that I made about the contest. You may view it here.
Here is an example from Carol who decided to make her own recipe of cornmeal mush using Winchester Cornmeal (which you will learn about when you read the book). What a great idea. As you see, I just want you to read, make something delicious, and share it with your friends and neighbors.
I want to take a moment to stress the importance of reading. Now, more than even, authors are struggling. Farming, Friends, and Fried Bologna Sandwiches is a labor of love, and investment of two years. So I challenge readers to do more than enjoy the book, please tell others it. For you see, this book isn't about bologna. It is about the community that once was, and can be again if we make the investment. It is a celebration of hard-working folk across the US who survived on peanut butter and baloney sandwiches, and on payday treated themselves to a Dope in a Bottle.
Renea Winchester is the award-winning author of Mountain Memories: True Stories and Half-Truths from Appalachia. Her first book, In the Garden with Billy: Lessons About Life, Love & Tomatoes earned her a SIBA and GAYA nomination. Mercer University Press released Farming, Friends, & Fried Bologna Sandwiches in September. Email her through her website at www.reneawinchester.com. She welcomes new friends on Facebook. Follow her on Twitter Here.
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Women's Study Starting Tomorrow [April 18, 2012]
We invite all the ladies to meet with us beginnnig Wednesday, April 18th starting at 7pm at Grace Church for Ladies' Fellowship.
For the next weeks the format will change a little in order to have the opportunity to hear from wise, godly women, both practical ways to serve God through serving our families and what His Word says about our behavior as women.
Childcare will be provided.
All church women are welcome to attend.
For more details please contact Gloria Vasquez.
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Rio Tinto was again warned today of growing financial exposure if the company refuses to respect communities, the environment and workers.
Comparing the company to the mining interests in the film Avatar, protesters in costumes from the film stood with workers outside Rio Tinto's Melbourne headquarters, alerting the public to on-going abuses of the environment, indigenous people and workers.
The action came days after Rio Tinto's annual general meeting in London was dominated by concerns over how people were treated, from China to California. The company's behaviour also comes with a financial cost.
It lost almost $900 million in investment after Europe's largest equity firm, owned by the Norwegian government, pulled funds on environmental grounds. And the company shelled out $25 million in damages to workers in New South Wales in Australia's biggest unfair dismissal case.
It is also facing potentially huge liabilities in a class-action suit before American courts, alleging crimes against humanity in its operations in Papua New Guinea.
"Investors and courts expect Rio Tinto to change," said Willie Adams, a representative of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in the United States. "Refusing to respect communities, the environment and workers comes with real financial costs."
Mr Adams pointed to the current lock-out of almost 600 workers in Rio Tinto operations in California. Not content with having Australia's longest-ever labour dispute, Rio Tinto is under investigation from the United States government for asking workers to sign an allegedly illegal document.
"In the middle of America's worst economy in 70 years, Rio Tinto has locked the doors to our workplace to try and turn full-time jobs into part-time jobs that can't support families," said American worker Terri Judd, who worked at the mine before being locked out.
"Around the world, Rio Tinto's disrespect of workers is legendary. From sacking Australians unlawfully to locking us out in America to abandoning executives in China, Rio Tinto sees people as disposable," she said.
The story is the same in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, where years of polluting the environment and attacking indigenous people have caught up to Rio Tinto. Its environmental degradation of rivers in Indonesia caused Norway's government to pull almost $900 million in investment, while abuses in PNG years ago expose the company to harsh U.S. court judgments.
"Rio Tinto's appalling treatment of indigenous people and their land is well-known around the world, but its Asia-Pacific operations are particularly bad," said Bob Patchett from the Maritime Union of Australia. "Whether it's workers, the environment or indigenous people, it's time this company changed."
For more information:
Zoe Reynolds, Maritime Union of Australia, 0417.229.873
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Sam Schultz
June 20, 2016
Who is Sam Schultz?
I was born in Missoula, MT and raised with a strong appreciation for the outdoors. I love to get out and push my limits while exploring as far away from civilization as possible. I have been lucky enough to claim professional mountain biker as my job title for the last decade and my passion for pedaling has led to some pretty cool experiences.
Why did you ride your motorcycle to Alaska?
My girlfriend has been spending her summers working as a hiking guide just outside of Denali National park. Before I met her I had never been to Alaska. After flying up for a visit earlier in the summer, I knew I needed to see what was between my home and that mystical place. I have had a couple pretty frustrating, injury filled years and a motorcycle adventure up to the last best place to be with my girl was just what the doctor ordered.
Most amazing moment?
I linked up with friends for a couple days of riding in BC, but once we got to Yukon Territory they decided they wanted to take a more southerly route. I was pretty set on exploring the Campbell highway, a 362 mile dirt road in the middle of nowhere. I bought an extra gas can to extend my range enough to make it to the next gas station and said so long to my friends.
The road was amazing. Lined with stunted black spruce and flanked by mountains that seemed to go on forever. I think I saw 13 bears and 2 cars. Right as I was getting ready to add my extra fuel to my tank, the skies opened up. It was the perfect 34° rain that really chills you to the bone--especially when you top it off with a 70mph wind.
I decided I would get a hotel in Ross River which was my fuel up spot, but all that was there was a few run down houses, stray dogs, and a gas pump. I fueled up and shakily got back on my motorcycle. The next town was another 45 miles up and surely there would be a hotel there.
When I pulled up to the Faro Studio hotel, the nearly freezing rain was still coming down hard. Covered in mud and very cold, I went to the check-in desk and tried to get a room. The clerk was enough of a jerk that I decided to try my luck at the payphone, calling a number for the Lynx Track B&B I had gotten from a visitor center rather than plopping down an exorbinant price for what was one of the most depressing hotels I have been at.
"Yes, we have a cabin available and fresh soup from the garden that I will put on the stove", answered the woman in a thick Swiss accent. There weren't many things that would have been worth getting back on my motorcycle for, but this was certainly one of them. The woman gave me directions to her B&B and I rode another 10 miles out into the boonies and arrived at the most incredible, off-the-grid spread. They got a fire crackling and fed me a feast. I slept like a rock and spent half of the next day just hanging out, eating good food and learning about life in the middle of nowhere. It's amazing how quickly a low point can turn into a high.
Soundtrack for the journey?
Easy Rider soundtrack. So much good stuff.
Favorite cyclist?
This is kind of a weird answer, but I've always had tons of respect for the weekend warriors that carve out time to get on the bike for the sheer love of the sport. I think those guys and girls are my favorites.
Bonus question: Best thing about Missoula?
It's gotta be the people. We have amazing access to the outdoors, but I think the people and the community are what really make it special.
Double bonus question: What racer are you most excited about to see racing in Rio this Summer?
Peter Sagan. He is forgoing the road race in favor of getting back to his roots on the MTB, and he is no slouch in the discipline with a junior world championship title to his name. It's a long shot to think that he might be near the front of the race, but he is a wild card that will be fun to watch.


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You start with a broad and varied first-year programme, giving you a basic introduction to all areas of English.
Whilst you will have the chance later in your degree to specialise, you will have the opportunity to study modules from all areas of English during your three years of study. This makes Nottingham's English degrees unique. We find that our undergraduate students engage extremely well with the disciplines and value the opportunity to explore new and unfamiliar areas of English.
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When you begin studying at university, you will probably find that you cover material much more quickly than you did while studying for your A-levels. The key to success is preparing well for classes and then taking the ideas you encounter further in your own time.
How will I study?
Lectures provide you with a stimulating but accessible overview of what you are studying, using a variety of audio and visual materials to support your learning. They are a great format for conveying information that is not readily available in books to a large number of people, often giving you the opportunity to hear significant (and perhaps as yet unpublished) arguments and areas of debate.
Seminars and workshops give you the chance to explore and interact with the material presented in lectures in a friendly and informal environment. You will be taught with a smaller group of fellow students, with discussion focusing on a text or topic you've previously prepared.
Seminars are a great place to discuss and share your ideas, to consider the opinions of others, and to think through issues raised by the texts with the support of your peers. Workshops are likely to involve more practical exploration of ideas, perhaps through exploring dramatic texts, working with digital materials, or developing presentations.
Individual and small-group tutorials offer you the chance to explore your work with your module tutor, perhaps discussing plans for an essay or presentation, or following up on an area of a module which has interested you.
The school has an interactive virtual-learning environment, Moodle, which complements our lectures and seminars, providing 24-hour access to teaching materials and resources to support your learning.
The School of English online journal, Innervate, showcases the very best work produced by our final-year students, and is a useful and inspiring resource for your own essay writing.
With twelve hours of contact time per week in your first year, the rest of the time is yours to carry out independent work. This may mean time spent in the library, doing preparation work for seminars, reading books and journal articles from the reading list and researching your assignments.
How will I be assessed?
Our degree programmes are modular, with mainly full-year modules in the first year and mainly semester-long modules in the second and final years. Assessment for most modules takes place at two points - around the mid-point and end of the module.
Assessment for your degree is based on a combination of coursework, including essays, close-reading exercises, research projects and dissertation; oral and performance presentations; and formal examinations. The precise assessments vary from one module to another and across the years of your degree.
The opportunity to discuss ideas and coursework with your tutor is an integral part of your studies at Nottingham and can be one of the most rewarding aspects of your learning. Whether by giving feedback on an essay plan or discussing the results of an assessment, the school is committed to helping you work to the best of your ability.
All teaching staff hold weekly office hours for students throughout the academic year which are a great opportunity for one-to-one discussion of your ideas and your progress. We also seek students' feedback on all modules during the year to ensure that we offer you the best learning experience possible.
Sharing our students' success
Every year, the School awards a number of prizes to our Undergraduate students to acknowledge their efforts and achievements during their degree studies. These prizes range from Best Dissertation to Highest Average Mark, with prizes also for impact in the local community.
New first year students in the school have the opportunity to be matched with peer mentors — volunteer students at an advanced level of study. Peer mentors are on hand to help new students acclimatise to life at Nottingham, provide advice on the transition to university-level study and help students access support if needed. In a large school community, peer mentors help new students find their feet, and students will in turn have the opportunity to gain valuable experience by becoming mentors themselves in subsequent years.
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The University of Nottingham has rich library resources in the early and medieval periods, with a large collection of manuscripts from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and extensive book holdings in Old and Middle English, Old Icelandic, Viking Studies, and runology. Find out more about Manuscripts and Special Collections.
The School is, in addition, home to the English Place-Name Society (EPNS) library and archive.
In English Literature, the University's Hallward Library has an exceptional DH Lawrence archive, containing Lawrence family papers, manuscripts, first editions, and books owned by Lawrence. It has also recently acquired the famous Lazarus collection.
Other internationally renowned collections include the Portland Literary Collection (seventeenth and eighteenth century materials), the Cambridge Drama Collection (a printed collection of over 1,500 items, comprising plays and works about the British theatre from 1750-1850), and a rich collection of 1930s theatre materials.
Additional resources are offered by the locally held Byron collections and the Tennyson Research Centre.
In the School's own Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics we have a psycholinguistics lab housing an Eyelink 1000+ eye-tracking system from SR Research. Some of the primary participants in this research are our undergraduate students, who all take part in a language study in their first year and have the opportunity to conduct their own research in their final year.
Learn more about Eye-tracking
The School of English's own online journal, Innervate, showcases the very best work produced by our final-year students, and is a useful and inspiring resource for your own essay writing.
Students can access general IT facilities through a number of IS computer rooms/areas conveniently located around the University campuses.
University-wide open days are held in June and September each year. These open days provide a great opportunity fo meet current students and members of staff and get a taste for what life is like as an English student.
Throughout the year, the University runs a number of mini open days at University Park. These days are designed for visitors who missed out on the annual open days in June and September and provide a further opportunity to attend School talks, speak to students and staff, and take a tour of the campus.
All undergraduate applicants who receive an offer are invited to an offer-holder day, which is an opportunity for you to see the School of English and the University for yourself.
You will be welcomed by the current Head of the School of English and be given an introduction to our English degree courses by the current Director of Undergraduate Studies along with a question and answer session.
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There will also be an opportunity to hear about our Placement and Literacy Volunteering activities and a guided campus tour led by current students.
If you are unable to attend any of these, and wish to make an informal visit to the University prior to applying or accepting your offer, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to arrange a suitable time to visit when staff will be available to meet with you.
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May 23
Kuching – part 1
Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, is a city steeped in history and lots of places to visit. I spent 3 days with my wife and son visiting as many of Kuching's sights as we could. The stories of how clean the city is turned out to be very true and I was told it was awarded as one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in the world by both the UN and WHO. Satok Sunday market
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Watch: Thom Yorke DJs, Sings at L.A. Club
Check out the Radiohead man's surprise Low End Theory performance
UPDATE: Alpha Pup has posted higher quality video of Thom's DJ set to their YouTube channel; watch it below.
Back in March, Thom Yorke showed up at Los Angeles club Airliner to DJ as part of their Low End Theory beat-scene night alongside Flying Lotus. And he made another surprise appearance last night, according to a report on The L.A. Times' Pop & Hiss blog. Thom danced and traded-off playing records with FlyLo, including tracks by Radiohead and Tyler, the Creator. Yorke even got on the mic for some crooning and scatting. Watch a not-great-quality vid of Thom singing and dancing from last night right here, via Zascha.