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Ars Technica: Why trust climate models?
Why trust climate models? It's a matter of simple science
by Scott K. Johnson with comments from Weaver, Easterbrook, Otto-Bliesner, Schmidt, Del Genio, and Alley.
This is just awesome with awesome sauce on top.
How refreshing to read a lay science piece that's about the science and not the controversy.
Contemplating Cultural Boundaries
The Mesh of Civilizations and International Email Flows
Abstract: In The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington argued that the primary axis of global conflict was no longer ideological or economic but cultural and religious, and that this division would characterize the "battle lines of the future." In contrast to the "top down" approach in previous research focused on the relations among nation states, we focused on the flows of interpersonal communication as a bottom-up view of international alignments. To that end, we mapped the locations of the world's countries in global email networks to see if we could detect cultural fault lines. Using IP-geolocation on a worldwide anonymized dataset obtained from a large Internet company, we constructed a global email network. In computing email flows we employ a novel rescaling procedure to account for differences due to uneven adoption of a particular Internet service across the world. Our analysis shows that email flows are consistent with Huntington's thesis. In addition to location in Huntington's "civilizations," our results also attest to the importance of both cultural and economic factors in the patterning of inter-country communication ties.
Changing Mass Priorities: The Link between Modernization and Democracy
(modified from original in cited paper)
Huntington: The Clash of Civilizations
I find it interesting that Huntington's cultural boundaries are to some degree quantifiable.
See also Culturomics 2.0:
Westcott and Jewsion: Weather Effects on Expected Corn and Soybean Yields
Corn Yield Model
A model for national corn yields was estimated over the past 25 years (1988-2012), thereby including both the 1988 and 2012 droughts. In addition to a trend variable, the model uses as explanatory variables mid-May planting progress, July weather (precipitation and average temperature), and a June precipitation shortfall measure in selected years. Including those variables helps explain previous yield variations and deviations from trend.
Corn plantings by mid-May are important for yield potential because that allows more of the critical stages of crop development, particularly pollination, to occur earlier, before the most severe heat of the summer. Earlier pollination is also generally associated with less plant stress from moisture shortages. Most of the corn crop develops in July, so weather in that month is included in the model, including variables for both precipitation and temperature.
Finally, while weather in June is important for development of the corn crop (and June typically has lower temperatures and more rain than July), effects of June weather are typically small relative to July weather effects. However, extreme weather deviations from normal in June can have larger impacts, as seen in 2012 and in 1988. To represent that effect, the model uses a measure of the precipitation shortfall from average in years when June precipitation is in the lowest 10 percent tail of its statistical distribution. The mid-May planting progress variable is based on weekly data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service and is prorated to May 15 from adjacent weeks' results for years that the statistic was not reported for that specific date. The weather data is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The planting progress and weather data used is for eight key corn-producing States (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska). Those eight States typically rank in the top 10 corn-producing States and accounted for an average of 76 percent of U.S. corn production over the estimation period. An aggregate measure for the eight States for each of those variables is constructed using harvested corn acres to weight State-specific observations.
The effects of mid-May planting progress and July temperatures on corn yield are each linear in the model—for those variables, each unit of change has a constant effect on yield. Similarly, the June precipitation shortfall variable is linear for the years it is nonzero. However, the effect of July precipitation is nonlinear in the model to reflect the asymmetric response of corn yields to different amounts of precipitation above and below its average. That is, reductions in corn yields when rainfall is below average are larger than gains in corn yields when rainfall is above average. The model uses a squared term for July precipitation to represent that asymmetric effect. The estimated regression equation (table 6) explains over 96 percent of the variation in national corn yields during the estimation period (more than 91 percent of the variation around the equation's trend).
Weather Effects on Expected Corn and Soybean Yields
Paul C. Westcott, USDA, Economic Research Service
Michael Jewison, USDA, World Agricultural Outlook Board
The model assumes a linear trend for corn yields with a weather forced variation.
Note that as of June 12, 2013: U.S. corn production for 2013/14 was estimated 135 million bushels lower to 14.0 billion bushels. Corn yields for the upcoming year were projected at 156.5 bushels per acre, a 1.5 bushel decrease from May's estimate. The decrease in yields is due to delays in planting in some of the highest producing corn states.
The baseline trend projection for 2013 is 163.6 bushels per acre, if this information from May is accurate: The 2013/14 corn yield is projected at 158.0 bushels per acre, 5.6 bushels below the weather adjusted trend presented at USDA's Agricultural Outlook Forum in February [Edit: Confirmed here]
But even the new, lower projection is well above the 2011 and 2012 yields.
Ansatz: … but first of all, let us begin with the inspiration …
Introduction: The study of physics requires both scientific observation and philosophy. The tenants of science and its axioms of operation are not themselves scientific statements, but philosophical statements. The profound philosophical insight precipitating the birth of physics was that scientific observations and philosophical constructs, such as logic and reasoning, could be married together in a way that allowed one to make predictions of observations (in science) based on theorems and proofs (in philosophy). This natural philosophy requires a philosophical 'leap', in which one makes an assumption or guess about what abstract framework applies most correctly. Such a leap, called Ansatz, is usually arrived at through inspiration and an integrated usage of faculties of the mind, rather than a programmatic application of certain axioms. Nevertheless, a programmatic approach allows enumeration of the details of a mathematical system. It seems prudent to apply a programmatic approach to the notion of Ansatz itself and to clarify its process metaphysically, in order to gain a deeper understanding of how it is used in practice in science; but first of all, let us begin with the inspiration.
A more general treatment of the philosophy of physics and the existence of universes Hall, 2013
In physics and mathematics, an ansatz (initial placement of a tool at a work piece) is an educated guess[1] that is verified later by its results.
An ansatz is the establishment of the starting equation(s), the theorem(s), or the value(s) describing a mathematical or physical problem or solution. It can take into consideration boundary conditions. After an ansatz has been established (constituting nothing more than an assumption), the equations are solved for the general function of interest (constituting a confirmation of the assumption).
An ansatz is an assumed form for a mathematical statement that is not based on any underlying theory or principle.
An example from physics is the Bethe Ansatz (Müller).
Adamatzky: Slime Mould Tactile Sensor
Figure 7. Physarum's morphological responses towards mechanical contact. (a) A protoplasmic tube is distorted by a glass capillary placed across the tube. (b) A zone of extensive growth of Physarum under and at the edges of the glass capillary. (c) Two segments of glass capillary placed on top of Physarum, on agar blob, are partly colonised by the slime mould. (d) Physarum colonises plastic disc placed on top of Physarum sheet wrapping agar blob, view from below.
Slime mould P. polycephalum is a single cells visible by unaided eye. The cells shows a wide spectrum of intelligent behaviour. By interpreting the behaviour in terms of computation one can make a slime mould based computing device. The Physarum computers are capable to solve a range of tasks of computational geometry, optimisation and logic. Physarum computers designed so far lack of localised inputs. Commonly used inputs illumination and chemo-attractants and repellents usually act on extended domains of the slime mould's body. Aiming to design massive-parallel tactile inputs for slime mould computers we analyse a temporal dynamic of P. polycephalum's electrical response to tactile stimulation. In experimental laboratory studies we discover how the Physarum responds to application and removal of a local mechanical pressure with electrical potential impulses and changes in its electrical potential oscillation patterns.
Andrew Adamatzky
In a series of previous works, see overview in [2], we developed a concept and fabricated experimental laboratory prototypes of amorphous bio-computing devices Physarum machines. A Physarum machine is a programmable amorphous biological computing device experimentally implemented in plasmodium of P. polycephalum. Physarum polycephalum belongs to the species of order Physarales, subclass Myxogastromycetidae, class Myxomycetes, division Myxostelida. It is commonly known as a true, acellular or multi-headed slime mould. Plasmodium is a `vegetative' phase, a single cell with a myriad of diploid nuclei. The plasmodium is visible to the unaided eye. The plasmodium looks like an amorphous yellowish mass with networks of protoplasmic tubes. The plasmodium behaves and moves as a giant amoeba. It feeds on bacteria, spores and other microbial creatures and micro-particles [30]. The plasmodium's foraging behaviour can be interpreted as a computation: data are represented by spatial distribution of attractants and repellents, and results are represented by a structure of Physarum's protoplasmic network. In such specication a plasmodium can solve computational problems with natural parallelism, including optimisation on graphs, computational geometry, logic and robot control, see details in
A Physarum machine is programmed by configurations of repelling and attracting gradients: chemical substances, temperature and illumination. These quantities are often difficult to localise, which makes a precise, fine-grained, input of spatial data into Physarum machines problematic. A tactile input of information could be a solution. Thus in present we evaluate a feasibility of Physarum to act as a tranducer: to transform a tactile stimulation or a mechanical pressure to a distinctive pattern of an electrical activity. We study how parameters of the oscillations change in response to an application and removal of a solid light-weight insulators to Physarum's protoplasmic tubes or sheet-shaped parts
Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum was cultivated in plastic lunch boxes (with few holes punched in their lids for ventilation) on wet kitchen towels and fed with oat flakes.
Physarum Machines (YouTube)
http: //www.youtube.com/user/PhysarumMachines.
Why My Slime Mold is Better than Your Hadoop Cluster
How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence (Nature)
Lu: Cosmic-Ray-Driven Reaction and Greenhouse Effect of Halogenated Molecules: Culprits for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change
Cosmic-Ray-Driven Reaction and Greenhouse Effect of Halogenated Molecules: Culprits for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change
Abstract This study is focused on the effects of cosmic rays (solar activity) and halogenated molecules (mainly chlorofluorocarbons-CFCs) on atmospheric O3 depletion and global climate change. Brief reviews are first given on the cosmic-ray-driven electron-induced-reaction (CRE) theory for O3 depletion and the warming theory of CFCs for climate change. Then natural and anthropogenic contributions are examined in detail and separated well through in-depth statistical analyses of comprehensive measured datasets. For O3 loss, new statistical analyses of the CRE equation with observed data of total O3 and stratospheric temperature give high linear correlation coefficients >=0.92. After removal of the CR effect, a pronounced recovery by 20~25% of the Antarctic O3 hole is found, while no recovery of O3 loss in mid-latitudes has been observed. These results show both the dominance of the CRE mechanism and the success of the Montreal Protocol. For global climate change, in-depth analyses of observed data clearly show that the solar effect and human-made halogenated gases played the dominant role in Earth climate change prior to and after 1970, respectively. Remarkably, a statistical analysis gives a nearly zero correlation coefficient (R=-0.05) between global surface temperature and CO2 concentration in 1850-1970. In contrast, a nearly perfect linear correlation with R=0.96-0.97 is found between global surface temperature and total amount of stratospheric halogenated gases in 1970-2012. Further, a new theoretical calculation on the greenhouse effect of halogenated gases shows that they (mainly CFCs) could alone lead to the global surface temperature rise of ~0.6 deg C in 1970-2002. These results provide solid evidence that recent global warming was indeed caused by anthropogenic halogenated gases. Thus, a slow reversal of global temperature to the 1950 value is predicted for coming 5~7 decades.
Cosmic-Ray-Driven Reaction and Greenhouse Effect of Halogenated Molecules: Culprits for Atmospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change
Qing-Bin Lu
Comments: 24 pages, 12 figures; an updated version
Subjects: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph); Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus); Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
Journal reference: Int. J. Mod. Phys. B Vol. 27 (2013) 1350073 (38 pages)
Cite as: arXiv:1210.6844 [physics.ao-ph]
(or arXiv:1210.6844v2 [physics.ao-ph] for this version)
See also: Lu: from 'interesting but incorrect' to just wrong (Real Climate)
Dear Willard: Who needs words when one has letters and operators?
Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis (Feb 2013)
Regarding ad homininum (circumstantial)
Let X be AGW
1. Person A makes claim ~X.
2. Person B asserts that A makes claim ~X because it is in A's interest to claim ~X.
3. Therefore claim ~X is false.
If Person B's assetion is that ~X is false simply because the persons surveyed are petroleum engineers, I agree that argument is fallacious.
But there is a deeper problem. The author obscured the actual scope of the survey, so we aren't even in agreement about the identity of "Person A". And the identity of "Person A" has great relevance on the claim, since the whole op-ed is an argument from authority. In the beginning … "these skeptical scientists may indeed form a scientific consensus." … and again in the end …"Now that we have access to hard surveys of scientists themselves" … much less the title of the piece … "Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority Of Scientists Skeptical Of Global Warming Crisis"
How does the Forbes op-ed construct this consensus of scientists?
Through a fallacy of composition
1. A 'consensus' A makes the claim ~X OR ~Y
2. All A are an element of B
3. All B are an element of C
4. Therefore a 'consensus' of C makes the claim ~X OR ~Y
Where …
A is petroleum engineers from Alberta
B is geoscientists
C is scientists
X is 'AGW'
Y is 'crisis'
(note how Taylor mixes skepticism of causes (X) and consequences (Y) to construct his 'majority' and 'consensus')
The composition fallacy is more apparent when the actual group surveyed is revealed which is why it wasn't and why noting the population surveyed isn't fallacious. The source of the survey doesn't prove/disprove ~X OR ~Y; it identifies the composition fallacy.


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Yves1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 224 diseños de 55 diseñadores freelance.
Lunchideas is an Belgian company providing the tools for optimizing the daily lunch ordering at companies worldwide.
We do not offer lunch ourselves (for now), we only provide the tools.
We feel that everyone who has to spend time everyday to order lunch, is wasting valuable time.
Primary audience:
The desk clerks charged with ordering lunch for other employees. Gathering the daily orders from the other employees is hard work, especially since the centralized order has to be send to the lunch supplier in time (eg before 10am). By using "lunchideas" every employee can order his own lunch online. The desk clerks are our main audience, since they will have to introduce it in their company.
Other audience
Employees will benefit from this system also, since they can order their own lunch online, they can get reminders if they forget to order, create favorites, ...
The logo should include the brand name: lunchideas and a tagline: more time for coffee.
We would like you to use warm colors (the rest is up to you)
The logo should focus on time saving (for our primary audience). The logo will also be used for mobile, so we also want a version without the tagline.
The logo should not include "lunch" clipart (like sandwiches, ...), for we do not want to give the impression we deliver lunch ourselves.
We would like to receive the logo in different formats(psd, jpg, png). We also would like a black & white version.
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SHOW DESCRIPTION: Imbestigador (English: Investigator) is an investigative show that tackles anomalies and inconsistencies in the Philippine government. It criticizes the corruption in the Philippine society, from overpriced items to arms smuggling, covering a wide variety of topics that sometimes include Filipino traditions and beliefs. It is a public service show that aims to inform the people of the current problems troubling the Philippines. Mike Enriquez hosts the show since he became the anchor of "Saksi" in 1995, and "GMA Network News" in 1998.


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It's been my dream to write a post as verse
but my commute does not suit that so well
instead I flee again to prose so terse
That doesn't rhyme.
They're not honking at you. They're honking with you.
Changes in the weather make it that I wanted my morning commute to be five miles shorter and my
evening afternoon commute to be five miles longer. I wore my winter coat on the way home and a guy in front of me was wearing orange athletic shorts. He was closer to correctly attired than I was, but it wasn't quite shorts weather yet. I think he jumped the gun. You oughn't go to shorts so soon. There's nothing quite so dispiriting as to having to resew the legs back on to your cutoffs. (Project Runway/Arrested Development crossover?)
Like basketball? Like road safety? Then I'm assuming you'll like this story about a former NBA great who is now a crossing guard in Silver Spring.
It's taken me far too long to accumulate even these few words, so I'm going to cut my losses and call it quits. In summation, the ride in got me to work and the ride home got me away from it. It's like the tides. Sometimes they go in, sometimes they go out and sometimes they remove even the toughest stains. Luckily, I don't have to rely on the gravitational pull of the moon to carry me home and instead I can use my bicycle, which proves itself tide in and tide out as the surest and most reliable mechanical contraption I own.
Spring is almost here. It's going to be huge for #bikeDC (but not Bike DC). I can feel it in my bones, which might mean a trip to the orthopedist is in order. Huge.


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A salute for D-Day throughout The Post
In case you've been under a rock today, it's the 70th anniversary of the World War II invasion commonly called D-Day. It has been a testament to the efforts of a number of different departments at The Post to provide the many ways we're honoring the men who stormed the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago. I've put links to everything we've done — call it your one-stop-shopping for D-Day coverage.
The Denver Post's photo blog, Captured, has a look at some rare color photos from the invasion, one of which you see above. From British and American soldiers preparing for the invasion in England to German prisoners being marched through the streets after France's liberation, these images are some of the only color photographs taken during the war. This set of photographs is primarily from the German Galerie Bilderwelt, part of Getty Image's exclusive Hulton Archive collection. The photos of the ruins of Saint-Lo are particularly breathtaking.


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GARCIA RAMIREZ, Sergio. The Conventional Internal Control Court. Rev. IUS [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.28, pp.123-159. ISSN 1870-2147.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has developed the concept of "control of conventionality", which was recently hosted by the doctrine and jurisprudence contained in several Latin American countries, including Mexico. The author of this article discusses alternatives to the internal judicial conventionality. In this area may include a "matter of conventionality" (similar to the "constitutional question"), which involves consultation on standards conventionality elevated to a higher court competent to hear and resolve the query. This will serve to harmonize national case law and prevents the proliferation of conflicting court decisions.
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Charlottesville Va. rocksMy first U2 concert, I have loved and followed since the beginning, took my daughter, as a surprise gift during a visit from Chicago. She had just seen the show a month previously @ Soldier Field in Chicago, and was the 4th time for her. The night was cool and the moon huge, Great open air feel, the sound was magnificent! So much fun, one of the best memories ever!
18 November, 2009
Best double whammy ever!As someone who has waited for this moment since 1983 I cannot express, in words, how amazing this show was. This little Irish girl, rememebers being stopped in her tracks by "a long haired guy singing a great song" when she was 4 years old. I didn't know until recently that U2 was on the radio in her parents Jeep on the way to the hospital, and playing in the delivery room when she was born. This has truely been a lifelong dream. Yes, I cried a little during the show. It was simply raw emotion. And that was just for U2. I was beside myself when I found out that this little band I had been trying to tell people about for a long time was the opening act. Muse... I only regret that it took so long for the masses in the US to really experience thier greatness. What do you get when you combine 2 massively explosive bands with equal ability to attack that place inside each of us that forces us to get up and do something bigger than ourselves? One hell of an amazing show! I hope to see Muse back again next year- yeah I'm going again.
21 October, 2009
Incredible NightI have been waiting to add my thoughts on the show and its like I dream every night about what I saw. The moment and the feeling has stayed with me even after two weeks. I enjoyed the new songs alot and really was knocked over by the "I'll go crazy" remix it was definetely a highlight. So continued success as the tour winds down and heres to hoping you guys comeback to Virginia again in the future. Thanks, from a U2 fan of 25 years.
14 October, 2009
Stuck in a MomentThe best experience I've had at a concert. It was my daughters Eve first rock concert and she loved every moment of it. She won the bet on what the opening song would be and since she is 6 years old I thought it to be a great guess. It helped that she listened to all the new songs over and over in the car as we drove to school and by the time the concert came around she knew more words to the songs than i did. It brought back memeories of when I saw U2 in Ireland back in the 80's in Cork. Great memories. You have a new generation of Fan in the manning Family.
08 October, 2009
Unbelievable experienceMy wife and I felt privilaged to be part of such a unbelievable experience. I saw the lads in 1987 and thought that was the best , but this show was by far better. It was all we thought the concert would be and much more. We thank u2 for being entertaining, enlightning, and encouraging. We thank their families for allowing us to enjoy their loved ones and we thank UVA for the comradery. Peace and Love, Bill and April.
07 October, 2009
Now Forever a U2 Fan, C-ville loveI must admit that I didn't really know much of ya'lls music. I mean yea, I knew your big songs like Beautiful Day, Elevation, and Vertigo, but i wouldn't have called myself a fan before the concert last thursday night! My dad laid the plywood flooring that you guys may or may not have walked on, and ended up getting tickets to be in the inner circle of "the claw." I WAS BLOWN AWAY! I loved that you guys had Muse open for you, because I love them. I admire that you guys have been together for so long and still enjoy playing with each other and you still enjoy performing. I love that you guys are so involved with charity work. You are just, all around, a fantastic group of guys and I am so glad I got the opportunity to watch you play! Keep rockin' and enjoying what you do! You're great at it!
07 October, 2009
PleaseI'm a longtime U2 fan of 25 years and I was so pleased to see my favorite band of all time in my backyard. They totally did not disappoint!! The remix of "Ill go crazy" was an unexpected highlight to an otherwise great show. Bono was in such a joyful and joking mood and the rest of the band played awesome. Thanks to Edge for waving at me while going in. Hope the guys come back to Virginia again soon. Thanks again guys.
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06 October, 2009
U2 can't be Stopped!U2 has been and will always be my favorite band. They are like no other band, and they truly enjoy music for what it is. They always give it their best and always seem to amaze me with their talent. The whole night I sang along to each and every song. U2's music has a special place in my heart. Bono was funny and him and Edge sang brilliantly. All four of them are extremely talented musicians, and I'm amazed that they've been together for so long and manage to reinvent themselves over and over again. :) The "space station" is a great work of art. U2's members are not only great musicians, but also great people. I want to thank U2 and all of the U2 staff for making my U2 concert experience unforgettably Magnificent.
06 October, 2009
Spoiled for a lifetime...This was the first major concert we took our boys to... and they will never see a better show... EVER!!! Not many of their friends are U2 fans, but that hasn't kept them from listening to them. Now a new generation of U2 fans is growing! We will be going to see them again if they come near Virginia!
05 October, 2009
No words to describe.....Just absolutely freaking amazing, beyond words to share the experience, without fail U2 has the capacity to make you laugh, cry, feel angry, feel positive, this music speaks to me like no other can. I only wish I had not waited so long to see them again since the the last time was London 1992 (or thereabouts...)
03 October, 2009
WOWI've been a fan of U2 since I was a kid and they are still as amazing now at age 45! I took my fiance and my sister, first time any of us had seem them live. The choice of songs couldn't have been better as it brought back so many memories. These guys still rock the house and I can honestly say this is one of the best shows I've seen ever! The stage and claw were amazing! The night was unforgetable! Thanks U2!!
03 October, 2009
Engineering and HumilityIt is amazing that the technology and engineering actually do serve to enhance the intimacy and the art of the show. It is amazing that the most significant vibe of the evening was humility. A band just wanting to share their music as best they can. At the bottom of all the showmanship and spectacular is still the music and the heart, the sound and the grace. Best part? Watching Bono enjoying Edge taking a vocal solo!
03 October, 2009
Charlottesville - One incredible nightIt was in the air all over Charlottesville that day; the excitement and anticipation of the biggest band in the world playing at our beloved Scott Stadium. How did we get so worthy? Everyone we met on our journey that day was uplifted and excited. How it is that Bono and his mates can make every concert so special is beyond me! "Is Thomas Jefferson in the house?" A perfect night - even the moon was full !! Thank you, guys, for a night we'll never forget! Thank you for your love and gratitude, and for rocking the house! You just keep getting better and better! Come back anytime.....and soon!
03 October, 2009
Girl with the scarfI am the lucky girl that gave the scarf to Bono.This was my first U2 concert and it definately won't be my last. My sisters and I were in the line 18 hours before the gates opened and every minute of anticipation was worth it all. They put on such an awesome show. They are just so Cool. I can tell they really care for their fans. They want their fans to know they love them. I have never screamed, danced and sang so much in my life. Thank you for making this night so magnificent! I can't wait to see you again. In the meantime, I will be busy knitting more scarves. XOXO
03 October, 2009
WOWMy first concert ever and it's the BEST! U2 was awesome and Muse was a great opening act. I was about 8 feet from the outer circle & it was the most amazing sight I have ever encountered. I got alot of great photos and was glad the my dad was there with me because he loves U2 and he's the reason I love them so much (:
03 October, 2009
bluerain24U2 has been my number one band ALWAYS! It was my priviledge and dream come true to attend Thursday's night concert..my first live U2 concert EVER! For that matter my very first live concert ever!! What a mind blower!!! I am still two days later living the experience in my mind and heart. It is something I will never EVER forget...I cried too..the rocket ship was to much(my Father was a NASA Engineer..who I just recently lost).Also cried during Amazing Grace..not sure exactly why except that my emotional cup must have runneth over. Most of my favs were played...shoot Bono and the rest of the band could have played and sung "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and I would have been happy..What a wonderous.. truly WONDEROUS night it was under the moon and stars with U2. Guess I can now truly say I will be ready to leave this earth (when my time comes) one very HAPPY contented person!!! Thanks U2... For "Elevating" this ove very happy Rain drop :) ((( Love Always)))!
03 October, 2009
Un real ... even got kicked out !the show was amazing and unfourtunetly i only got to see half of it during new years day i got kicked out of the stadium for trying to climb on to the bridge i made it half way in before a security gaurd tackled me off the frisk wasnt pleasent a cop punched me in the ribs after asking me what my motives where i responded i just wanted to hug adam hhahaha really hoping to see them again and finish the concert =]
03 October, 2009
Uplifting!Last time I saw U2 was in the late '80's in DC -- 18th row. Wanted an uplifting night to kick off October, the 1st year Anniv. of both parent's deaths....boy I got it. Even the moon showed up, nearly full! At the end of the show, after encore(s)it seemed no one wanted to leave...even Bono remarked that we weren't ready to leave. Great mixture of old and new....from Beautiful Day to Vertigo and Bloody Sunday. Can't get enough of the 4 lads from Ireland who's music reaches across generations. Many of the kids in the audience probably weren't born when I caught my first U2 show. Never quit guys!
03 October, 2009
Wow!! where do I start...We got our tix through the fan-club Pre sale & have been waiting patiently ever since..We drove 3 hours from Hampton just for this show.It was the first time I've seen these guys live & all I can say is we(the whole crowd!!!) were blown away by this show...I had heard that they give a good show, but, I had no idea how good until Thurs. night. Set aside the incredible stage & production of this tour,..those 4 guys performance was over the top. When a band can take a crowd from a deafening roar(I'll go crazy,..Vertigo, etc.) to dead silence(with or without you,..Amazing Grace, etc.) & back again at will,.theyre doing somethng right,.. Bono had the crowd in the palm of his hand all night & they definetly showed me why they have the reputation they do for theyre live shows.I told my girlfriend after the show,.."thats why we drove 3 hours"...She told me that she had never seen anything like it in her life & was amazed.I told her I agreed. I've been going to shows,concerts & music festivals for over 30 years...waaaaaaaayyyyy tooooo many to count.. & this show was hands down,. without a doubt, the best show I've ever seen,.,.Cant wait to see them again...
03 October, 2009
If the goal is soul, then they have mineThis was the first U2 concert that I have had the privilege of being able to see. And the boys did not disappoint. Right from the beginning, it was a totally religious experience and I'm still reeling from it. The venue was huge, and yet it felt so small. I didn't get to see a lot of what was going on with the claw, as we were about two people back from the stage, but it was still just an unbelievable show. This may be blasphemous, but for me personally, it was like sitting on the Mount of Olives. Incorporating the Arch into the show was definitely a wonderful part, and I loved the remix to "IKIGCIIDGCT". Larry Mullen stopped right in front of where we were standing, so it felt a little like we were just at some small, underground Europop dance club with him. Overall, it was a phenomenal show, and I could never thank the guys enough for brining us closer to them. They have blown my mind so many times before and they continue to do so, even when I think it's impossible for them to think of something else.
02 October, 2009
Totally worth the wait!!After six months of holding onto my tickets in anticipation of the show...U2 did not fail to deliver a most excellent performance. The stage set was larger than life and there's nothing better than hearing the band live. We sang, we danced, and we were in the moment from beginning to end. When Bono sang "Amazing Grace"....I teared up. Must give a SHOUT OUT to the U2 staff....the people at the merchandise booths were some of the nicest people I have ever met. Thank you guys....it was truly my pleasure to be able to attend.


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If you remember, this past October I made caramel popcorn and I told you that is was my favorite treat. I am pretty sure it still is because I have yet to come across something more deliciously addictive. This holiday season I wanted to give it as gifts because it is that good. I was curious to see if I could use food coloring to dye some of the caramel sauce red and green and you know what...it worked! Now this popcorn is delicious and super festive.
When you make this, make as large a batch as possible because everybody will want some. If all you have is a 9x13 pan, it will fit one bag of popcorn easily, two if you are super careful when you stir. To make the colored popcorn I did three bags of popcorn and divided them into three 9x13 pans. The original recipe is written for 4 bags, so I have adjusted below in case you want to color the popcorn.
Caramel Popcorn
recipe adapted from Sue Harmon
3 bags butters and salted popcorn, popped (remove any kernels) unpopped
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/4 + 1/8 cup light corn syrup
1/4 + 1/8 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
red and green food coloring
Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a medium saucepan, melt together the butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup. Bring to a boil, sitting frequently. Boil over low heat for five minutes. Remove from heat and add the baking soda and vanilla
Place each bag of popcorn in a 9x13 pan coated with cooking spray. Pour approximately 1/3 the caramel over one pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.
Place half of remaining carmel in medium bowl and add red food coloring until you reach the desired shade of red. Immediately pour over second pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.
Add green food coloring to the remaining caramel until you reach desired shade of green. Immediately pour over third pan of popcorn. Toss to coat.
Bake for 45 minutes, rotating pans and stirring each pan with a spatula coated with cooking spray every 15 minutes. Cool completely before serving.


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The push is on for IT cost transparency
CIOs are under pressure as never before to achieve IT cost transparency. One CIO finds his way with technology business management software.
Larry Godec, senior vice president and CIO at Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American Financial Corp., oversees an IT budget of $100 million, half of which is pegged to infrastructure. He has watched this budget grow continually since he joined the title insurance company 10 years ago. As business divisions piled on projects, IT infrastructure naturally increased; but it was opaque exactly how ever-multiplying components connected to those divisions. When he was named CIO of the $4 billion global business in 2010, he made IT cost transparency a priority, if only to avoid another painful budget meeting.
"I could see the frustration in the CEO's face. He told me he couldn't comment on whether we were spending too little, too much or just the right amount on IT because he had no a way of putting any of these costs in a business context," Godec said.
Godec oversees a staff of nearly 900 people, half of them located in India. He is responsible for delivering IT products and services to 15,000 First American employees. An operation of that size requires IT financial management, or technology business management (TBM), as he calls it. "If you were running a $100 million company, wouldn't you hire a CFO? So, how come CIOs don't have a CFO?"
Running IT as a business -- as an enterprise within the enterprise -- is not a new mandate for CIOs by any means; but an economic recession and the cloud computing revolution has pushed IT cost transparency to the top of the CIO agenda.
"It's all of a sudden becoming a necessity," said Forrester Research Inc. Principal Analyst Jean-Pierre Garbani, who specializes in predicting and analyzing IT disruptions. "If you want to go to cloud and alternative sources of computing, you've got to have a good idea of your current costs. Is it cheaper to do it internally, or in the cloud or in an internal cloud? You've got to control your costs first."
That is why so many CIOs are pursuing IT chargeback as a way to increase IT cost transparency, Garbani said. The vendors are right there pushing too, he said, with BMC Software Inc., CA Inc., IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. pursuing IT management software. But controlling IT operating expenses is not easy, he said, and involves not only paying vendors and charging customers, but also tracking the time of the people who do the job. Moreover, most IT organizations are not set up to do chargeback, and that leaves CIOs the option of using information sources, such as their company's general ledger, to gain insight.
TBM tool for IT cost transparency
Using TBM software from Bellevue, Wash.-based Software-as-a-Service provider Apptio Inc., American Financial's Godec is unraveling the firm's tangled IT investments, starting with its First American Software Technology, or FAST, proprietary title and escrow system. His goal is to take all of the firm's infrastructure costs, map them to its applications, then map the applications to the business processes they support.
"We are about halfway down that timeline," Godec said. "The hard part came when we started taking a look at all our servers."
During a massive consolidation -- from 30 data centers across the country to its core facility in Santa Ana -- that was done under tight time constraints, documentation got short shrift, Godec said. "So, when it came time to load all this data in Apptio, unfortunately or fortunately, I guess, we found out that we don't know what is running on about 20% of our servers."
Even before the mapping is complete, however, the Apptio tool has uncovered eye-opening inefficiencies and anomalies -- "aha moments," Godec likes to call them -- from test-development quality assurance costs that are out of control compared with production and disaster recovery outlays, to those mysterious servers. "I told the [chief technology officer], I want to see 10% out of your budget, because of the things we are learning," Godec said. He is making the software "pervasive throughout the entire IT staff," from app development to the corporate project management office.
Technology business management is new frontier for CIOs.
Larry Godec, CIO, First American Financial Corp.
Once he ties applications back to the business process and business owners, "I can start having meaningful conversations with them," Godec said. Apptio's software uses a costing engine to track actual IT consumption, and offers a suite of applications for billing customers, tracking vendors, measuring performance and so on. The software's inference technology, for example, can analyze the effect of a 20% cut in costs on the quality of a service to a business unit; that allows productive conversations with business leaders, he said.
Godec's goal is eventually to go into the budget cycle with zero dollars and let the business divisions leaders justify what they think the company should be spending on technology.
"Technology business management is new frontier for CIOs," Godec said. "We've got cloud computing and all these great things we should all be looking at, but without TBM I don't know how you are going to be able to justify moving something to the cloud unless you've got transparency on the cost of that particular application or function." Working closely with the CFO has been key to the new approach, he said. To ensure IT cost transparency, he has let go of the IT finance group that reported to him.
"I just turned that over to corporate finance and said, 'Find whoever you want, have them work with me and my direct reports, and you manage IT finance. I have nothing to hide; and if I am missing something from a finance standpoint, you tell me.'"
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In an island where its rulers try to control the flow information with an iron grip, another important step towards freedom was taken on Tuesday October 4th, in the city of Guantanamo, Cuba, when activists from the Eastern Democratic Alliance launched ADO-Press, an independent news agency of this opposition group. This agency, with its headquarter in Eastern Cuba, joins the group of various independent news agencies that report what truly occurs in the country.
Independent journalist and blogger and also member of this new agency, Luis Felipe Rojas Rosabal was present and reported that there were 18 activists in the home of Isael Poveda Silva, where the event was held.
According to Rojas, who in addition serves as a correspondent for ADO-Press, "the first objective of the organization is to let everyday Cubans know the reality of what occurs in Cuba, without ideological inclinations, considering that the state-run media responds only to one political party and does not respectfully represent the people". The activist added that in order to be that voice the agency will report news about social problems that directly affect 'everyday' Cubans, such as issues of housing, jobs, health, education, along with the human rights crisis on the island which also affects all inhabitants.
In the important meeting they also announced the executive members of ADO-Press. The director is Rodolfo Barthelemy Cobas and the Sub-Director is Caridad Caballero Batista, well known dissident and independent journalist from Holguin.
Caballero Batista emphasized that the goal of ADO-Press is "to continue denouncing the crimes committed against Cubans and so that the world knows of the critical situation occurring on the island". According to the activist, one of the most serious problems affecting the island is the situation of political prisoners who are punished and tortured for their political ideas and peaceful demonstrations.
In addition, ADO-Press will consist of journalistic work carried out by other correspondents such as Emilio Leyva, Randy Caballero Suárez, Isael Poveda Silva, Raudel Ávila Losada, and Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina.
"Previously, we carried out our journalism in a more independent way, each of us on our own", explains Batista, "now we do it in a more organized form through this agency", explaining that in addition to the denouncements which ADO-Press will publish, they will also announce dissident activities so that everyday Cubans, that are perhaps not involved directly with the Resistance, know about the latest events, who the peaceful dissidents are, and for what reasons they are fighting.
In order to reach this objective, the Eastern Democratic Alliance, according to Luis Felipe Rojas, will use new technologies "like Twitter and blogs- such as 'Palenque Cubano' (the Alliance's blog), or mine, 'Crossing the Barbed Wire', and others- as a platform" in order to send out news from Eastern Cuba to the rest of the country and the world.
In addition to correspondent, Rojas will also be adviser of new technology usage, teaching courses on how to use such technologies in an efficient manner while applying journalistic techniques. He already began teaching some of these classes during the launching of ADO-Press, helping various dissidents to open their own Twitter accounts and sending their first messages, such as Yanet Mosquera (@yanetmosquera), Yoandri Montoya (@yoandrimon) , Julio Mone (@monebor), and Caridad Caballero (@caricaballero).
"Despite all the fear the regime has and all the censorship it applies, we will continue publishing this news and sharing it with the world. It is something very necessary", affirms Caridad Caballero Batista.
After the ceremony celebrating the creation of ADO-Press, the activists premiered a documentary, produced and filmed by Palenque Vision- the Eastern Democratic Alliance audio visual group- titled "Cuban Prisons: A Sequence of Terror". The film explores the horrors of Cuban prisons, and according to the spectators, it was a success. Copies of the movie were burned onto CDs and handed out among those present as well as to neighbors and other Cubans on the street.
News agencies such as ADO-Press in Eastern Cuba, and Hablemos Press with its headquarters in Havana, represent a new generation of citizens who are tired of the rhetoric and censorship of the state-controlled media. These journalists/activists have been able to surpass the wall of censorship imposed on information by the government, sending messages to the exterior and informing those outside of the country, but they still face large obstacles in order to form their fellow citizens within Cuba. The oppressive apparatus of the political police frequently interrupts and disables phone signals, prohibits the free us of internet, and censors any news on important events such as massive protests or cases of human rights violations on the national media. It is difficult for a Cuban without links to the Resistance (and in many cases even dissidents themselves) to inform themselves, free of propaganda, in a rapid and efficient manner. Though they are forbidden to partake in any television, radio, or written media spaces in their own country, the professional and extensive work carried out by these activists will continue to be spread throughout the island in whichever way possible, whether it be through handing out pamphlets and CDs or by carrying out public conferences. Agencies such as ADO-Press are willing to confront the obstacles, working towards dismantling the state-monopoly over information, an essential step for achieving the ultimate freedom of a country.


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8 Responses to Waiting for tomorrow
RichR says:
Be sure and get video, including how dark it is around you. Man, I wish I could be there.
Boanerges says:
How will Regulus, the moon, the sun and Virgo line up on September 23rd? (St. Pio's feast day)
rcg says:
Am camping on family farm right in the path. Went kayaking, played music, went to Mass, all with the family. Am going shooting this evening so we are all warmed up in case the moon or some bad aliens do something nefarious under cover of darkness. Otherwise we are ready with MOONshine, MOONpies, MILKY WAY candy bars, BLUEMOON beer, and seafood caught (I was told) on the tide. We are having a party and all good aliens are welcome.
teomatteo says:
simple reminder. just after totality dont forget to remove filters from binocs and or camera. i tried to find the sun/moon without removing filters in my excitement. also cover the eye piece of camera with filter film. or even cover with elec tape, etc.
teomatteo says:
oh…also to kick back and enjoy a cool Corona!
jaykay says:
RichR: "Man, I wish I could be there."
Those of us readers on the European continent (well, its extreme western periphery in my case) second that emotion! I've only ever seen one, back in 1999, round about mid-day in July, I think, during what passed for a relatively good summer i.e. not cloudy and overcast on the day. We were all allowed out on the roof at work to view it, provided we had protective glasses – the Health & Safety people were insistent. It was quite… chilling, in many ways. But memorable.
Nan says:
That's what I think!
KateD says:
Where'd you decide to watch from, Father?
This was true first time I've been able to get on the internet all day. They warned us that with so many people in town, internet connectivity would be difficult, and boy they weren't kidding.
I hope you have clear skies today
BTW, have you heard about Makanda, Illinois? Apparently it is the place where the path of totality for both this eclipse and the one in 2024 will intersect. Kind of interesting.