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The new website, which has been in preparation for three years, originally launched in 1996 and has not been thoroughly updated since 2000.
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has relaunched its website, www.metmuseum.org, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Museum. Key features of the expanded and redesigned site include comprehensive access to more than 340,000 works of art in the Museums encyclopedic collections; extensive information and multimedia features on exhibitions, programs, and galleries; a completely new and streamlined design for greater ease of viewing the vast array of images, resources, and other material now online; and an interactive floor plan and multiple itineraries to enhance in-person visits to the Museum. The new website, which has been in preparation for three years, originally launched in 1996 and has not been thoroughly updated since 2000.
Mr. Campbell stated: We hope that the new website will provide our online visitors with immediate, easy-to-navigate access to the works of art in our collection, including beautiful photography and in-depth information prepared by the Museums experts who study and care for them. We want the new site to present our global audiences with an elegant and user-friendly online experience of the entire Museum, inspiring visits to our main building and The Cloisters, and helping visitors move seamlessly between learning, planning, and participating online, and encountering face-to-face the magnificent works and the programs in our galleries. So many of our online features provide exciting ways to explore the resources of this great repository of art and scholarship. Some of these features are completely new, like the interactive map and suggested itineraries, and others are established favorites, like the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, which is now more fully integrated into the site and continues to expand in content. We hope to evolve our site with the same breadth, depth, and level of excellence that our many audiences have come to expect from this museum.
Erin Coburn, the Museums Chief Officer of Digital Media, continued: The new design and navigation reflect the wealth and depth of content that make the Mets website a unique and valued resource. In addition to the new features that will help with planning visits, a new search interface and the addition of high-resolution images with zooming functionality will greatly enhance users abilities to explore the Met more thoroughly online. Weve also designed portions of the website to be optimized for smartphones, so that visitors can easily look up information about the works of art while viewing them in the galleries. This relaunch represents a complete overhaul in how we support the Museums online presence and positions the Met to be more responsive to the ever-changing needs of the digital environment, while presenting the collections and scholarly resources in myriad new ways to foster learning and exploration.
New general features of www.metmuseum.org include:
* Overviews of nearly 400 galleries at the Museum with a description and photograph of each, highlighted works of art within the gallery, and links to related content.
* The complete holdings of many collections within the Met are now accessible online, totaling more than 340,000 works of art and including all works from the Museums collection currently on view. Additional object records will be posted on an ongoing basis, with the goal of establishing records online for the remainder of the collection as expeditiously as possible. These records include links to the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, an exceptional resource providing chronological, geographical, and thematic explorations of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museums collections.
* A new designelegant, clean, and simplethat brings the Mets vast online resources into a unified website with a consistent look-and-feel, simplified navigation, and improved layout.
* A new and powerful search interface for the collections that accommodates complex searches, browsing, and simple ways to narrow results, as well as recommendations of related objects.
* High-resolution images of many of the works of art, with zooming functionality allowing for detailed exploration and analysis.
* A Media Gallery that centralizes an extensive range of videos, interactive features, and other interpretive media for visitors to enjoy.
* A Give & Join section with special content for Museum Members and information on ways to support the Museum.
New features to enhance or assist in planning visits to the Museum are:
* An interactive floor plan that can be used to locate galleries and special exhibitions, as well as facilities across the Museum. Each gallery links to an overview page featuring a description and photograph of the gallery, highlighted works of art, and links to related content.
* Suggested itineraries to help navigate the Mets extensive collections, including maps, estimated durations, and insights and stories to enhance the journeys. One of the itineraries currently available is a tour of works selected and with commentary by the Museums Director Thomas P. Campbell.
The new website is a major initiative of the Museums Digital Media Department, in partnership with Cogapp, and with key support from the Museums Information, Systems, and Technology group. Staff from many areas around the Museum contributed content and expertise to the initiative.
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An independent taxi app maker has rejected claims by the taxi industry that its mobile app is not safe and should be banned.
The NSW Taxi Council today launched an ad campaign telling consumers to avoid independent apps like goCatch which assist users in booking taxis. The campaign will run during the Christmas and New Year's holiday period and includes ads on buses and the backs of taxis.
NSW Council CEO John Bowe suggested that the independent apps be banned altogether.
"Other countries around the world have banned 'rogue apps' or forced them to operate within the regulations," he said. "In Australia, these apps have been allowed to operate freely. This is unacceptable and has the potential to undermine the taxi industry's reputation as the safest mode of public transport."
"The Taxi Council has been asking the Government for several years to take steps to ensure that all taxi bookings be covered by the same regulations," a Council spokesman said. "To date it hasn't happened."
The creators of goCatch lashed back, saying their app is safer than the traditional way of booking cabs.
The goCatch app gives passengers the driver's name and mobile number upon a booking, said goCatch co-founder Andrew Campbell. "Furthermore, we've already advised the Taxi Council directly that we keep a location-based data record of every job," he said.
"When you book a cab the old-fashioned way, you get none of that -- you don't know who the driver is and you don't know when they'll turn up," Campbell said. "If you ever lose something in a cab, the driver is only a phone call away -- much easier than trying to track them down through a complicated network system."
The Council supported 10 other Sydney booking apps endorsed by Crime Stoppers. The apps are available to download at www.nswtaxi.org.au and include: mTaxi, Silver Service, iCabSydney, iCabAirport, iCabPrestige, St George Elite, St George Diamond, RSL, Manly and Legion.
Crime Stoppers gathers information from the community to fight and prevent crime. Its board includes stakeholders from police and government in each state and territory, the Australian Federal Police and Australian Government, citizens and the media.
Bowe said the problem with "rogue apps" is that they don't follow NSW government laws and regulations.
"Taxi networks come under the NSW Government's laws," Bowe said. "They guarantee that passengers receive an accredited driver in a compliant vehicle; that the journey is monitored by security cameras and GPS; that complaints can be investigated and responded to; and that lost property can be tracked."
"Increasingly, there are complaints from passengers which cannot be investigated because there is no record the journey ever took place," Bowe said.
But goCatch's Campbell said he believes the taxi industry has rejected its app because it views it as a business threat.
"The industry doesn't like us because we've had the temerity to create something new and something popular," he said.
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South Dakota House Taxation Committee Considers Removing State Sales Tax on Grocery Food
In Pierre, on 7:45 Thursday Morning, the House Taxation Committee will hear testimony on HB 1154. If passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Daugaard, the state will remove the 4% state share of tax on food items. Pop, candy, and various other "treats" found in most convenience stores would still be subject to the tax. In order to make up the revenue lost from taking the tax off food, the state will raise the tax on other taxable items by .35%. So the state tax you pay for clothes, hardware, utility bills, and other taxable items will become 4.35%
This proposal, in various forms, has been made many times in previous sessions. It has never passed.
I think it is worthy of discussion. Without becoming "Obvious Man," both rich and poor need to consume healthier food. We are becoming obese. What we eat is part of the problem. Removing the tax from typical grocery food and keeping it on "junk food" could be an incentive for all of us to eat healthier. We might actually spend time preparing what we eat. The time spent in the kitchen might cause a food preparation interaction with family members, which might cause conversation. Conversation among family members might bring about harmony, or at least an understanding what is causing friction within the family unit. Less friction, less stress.
The positive possible outcomes are endless. Hope the legislature can see the wisdom of this proposal, approve it, and send it to the Governor. While the Governor and his staff have not shown any desire to change the tax system, I hope he will see the benefits to the financially stressed people in our state. I hope he also sees the benefit to people who produce real food here, too.


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1. K.S.A. 21-4614a calls for a day-for-day credit towards a defendant's sentence in cases where probation is revoked and the defendant is then sentenced to confinement. The date from which the defendant's sentence is to be computed shall be established to reflect and shall be computed as an allowance for the time which the defendant has spent in a residential facility while on probation, assignment to a conservation camp, or assignment to community correctional residential services program.
2. The right to jail time credit is statutory. Jail time credit must be determined by the sentencing court and included in the journal entry at the time the trial court sentences the defendant to confinement.
3. When a court is deciding whether jail credit should be given for time spent in a halfway house, the court must first decide whether the halfway house qualified as a residential facility.
4. Under the facts of this case, where, as a condition of probation, the defendant was required for 1 year to live at a halfway house where his liberty was restricted and he was required to participate in various rehabilitative programs, we hold that K.S.A. 21-4614a calls for the sentencing court to give the defendant credit for the time spent at the halfway house.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; ANTHONY J. POWELL, judge. Opinion filed September 21, 2007. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Lydia Krebs, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.
Jeffrey E. Evans, assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Paul J. Morrison, attorney general, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., ELLIOTT and HILL, JJ.
HILL, J.: Under Kansas law, the length of time spent in a residential facility must be credited toward a defendant's sentence if placement in that facility was imposed as a condition of probation. When Darren Brown was placed on probation, he was ordered to reside at Atishwin Half-Way house for 1 year. Brown absconded before the year was completed. When his probation was later revoked, the court refused to grant him any allowance for his time living at the halfway house. We hold that Brown must receive credit for the time he lived at the halfway house while on probation because it was a residential facility. Brown lived at the facility, he paid weekly rent, maintained his room to standards specified by the management, could not come and go without permission, attended cognitive behavior therapy there, attended at least one AA meeting per day there, and was required to perform community service weekly while at the facility. For these reasons, we reverse the ruling of the district court and remand the case for the court to compute his sentence after granting an allowance for the number of days he spent at the halfway house while on probation.
The statute in question requires credit.
K.S.A. 21-4614a calls for a day-for-day credit towards a defendant's sentence in cases where probation is revoked and the defendant is then sentenced to confinement. The date from which the defendant's sentence is to be computed "shall be established to reflect and shall be computed as an allowance for the time which the defendant has spent in a residential facility while on probation, assignment to a conservation camp or assignment to community correctional residential services program." (Emphasis added.) K.S.A. 21-4614a.
This credit has been interpreted by case law. "The right to jail time credit is statutory. [Citation omitted.] 'Jail time credit' must be determined by the sentencing court and included in the journal entry at the time the trial court sentences the defendant to confinement. [Citations omitted.]" State v. Theis, 262 Kan. 4, 7, 936 P.2d 710 (1997).
Obviously, this case requires an interpretation of a statute and our standard of review is unlimited. See State v. Bryan, 281 Kan. 157, 159, 130 P.3d 85 (2006). We first examine the nature of the facility in question. Next, we note some pertinent cases dealing with the topic. Finally, we identify some considerations that are important in making this decision.
This is a residential facility.
We must deal with first things first. There is no dispute in this case that Brown was ordered to live at Atishwin Half-way house for 1 year as a condition of probation. Then, in State v. Taylor, 27 Kan. App. 2d 539, 541, 6 P.3d 441 (2000), the court stated that the first part of the analysis in determining whether jail credit would be available in cases such as this was deciding whether the halfway house qualified as a residential facility.
The Atishwin Half-Way house appears to be such a facility. Brown actually lived there. "'Residential' has been defined as 'of or connected with residence.' 'Residence' means living in a place while working, a dwelling place, or an abode. [Citations omitted.]" State v. Williams, 18 Kan. App. 2d 424, 429-30, 856 P.2d 158 (1993).
The record confirms that Brown's temporary abode was Atishwin Half-Way house. At sentencing, the judge stated that Brown is "currently residing in the halfway house with Atishwin." A letter dated January 7, 2005, from Atishwin states: "[Brown] currently is residing in the halfway house and has entered into the aftercare program with Atishwin." Another letter dated January 12, 2005, makes reference to Brown's weekly rent for the halfway house being in "good standing." An April 2005 Atishwin Weekly Report Form refers to Brown living in Atishwin's halfway house and makes mention of the appearance of Brown's room there. The warrant that was issued for Brown's arrest alleges that Brown violated the conditions of his supervision, in part, by leaving the Atishwin facility. This indicates Brown was not free to come and go as he pleased and that he resided at the Atishwin Half-Way house.
Prior cases have slightly different focus.
We find no case law restrictions keeping us from considering whether a halfway house can be considered a residential facility. A halfway house issue has arisen in a slightly different context in State v. Cordill, 24 Kan. App. 2d 780, 955 P.2d 633 (1997). In Cordill, this court reversed the district court's denial of credit for time spent in a halfway house. The appellate court focused on the fact that the halfway house in question was operated by community corrections and looked at that language in K.S.A. 21-4614a. But importantly, the Cordill court pointed out that the enactment of K.S.A. 21-4614a in 1988 was well after our Supreme Court's decision in State v. Babcock, 226 Kan. 356, 597 P.2d 1117 (1979), that prohibited credit for time spent in a halfway house under K.S.A. 21-4614. Cordill, 24 Kan. App. 2d at 781.
We think this case is similar to Taylor where the court found the reintegration program qualified as a residential facility in view of K.S.A. 21-4614a. 27 Kan. App. 2d at 542. Taylor was required to get full-time employment, attend reintegration group meetings for 6 hours a week, perform 4 hours of service a week, and go to one individual counseling session every week.
In this case, Brown was to remain in Atishwin Half-Way house for 1 year, complete cognitive behavioral therapy and the aftercare program, continue attending at least one AA meeting a day, and perform 100 hours of community service with a minimum of 5 hours a month. Further, Brown was to maintain full-time employment. If Brown was unemployed, he was to perform 15 hours of community service a week and spend time seeking employment. Brown could go to school full time or work part time and go to school part time instead of working full time. Brown was also ordered to obtain a high school diploma or GED.
These orders imposed on Brown seem to be even more strict than those imposed on Taylor. As the Taylor court found the reintegration program qualified as a residential facility, we find the Atishwin Half-Way house qualifies as a residential facility.
Nature of time spent is an important consideration.
Going deeper into the matter, we think that what is required of a defendant at such a facility is an important consideration. We do not think that K.S.A. 21-4614a contemplates that credit must be extended for time spent at a flophouse for the idle. A court must examine each facility to see if there are any program requirements of the facility and if there are, the court must determine if they have a rehabilitative component. The programs at Atishwin Half-Way house certainly are rehabilitative in nature.
Furthermore, the degree of liberty each defendant has at the facility can be instructive to a court deciding to give credit. Time spent in the more restrictive facility should be given credit. The court in State v. Black, 36 Kan. App. 2d 593, 595, 142 P.3d 319 (2006), found the defendant's ability to leave the facility a significant factor in determining whether the facility qualifies as a residential facility. Black reported to the facility from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. unless he was at work or at some other authorized activity. He was allowed to sleep at home. Therefore, the Black court denied credit for time spent in that facility. But in this case, in addition to all of the requirements mentioned above, Brown testified in the probation revocation hearing of having to ask permission from an Atishwin employee to leave. Atishwin Half-Way house is more restrictive than the facility depicted in Black.
In contrast to the facts here, the court in Williams, looked at whether time in house arrest should count be given jail time credit. The court declined, stating: "We do not believe that being confined in one's own home in any way meets the definition of a 'residential facility' or a 'community correctional residential services program.'" 18 Kan. App. 2d at 431.
To summarize, Brown resided at Atishwin Half-Way house. While there on probation, his liberty was restricted and he was required to participate in several rehabilitative programs. The law requires that Brown be given credit on his sentence for the time he spent at Atishwin Half-Way house while he was on probation. We reverse the district court's ruling to the contrary. We remand the case to the district court for computation of Brown's sentence after giving him a time allowance that is consistent with this opinion.
Reversed and remanded with directions.


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Fire pump controllers follow rules foreign to other types of controllers.
When starting and running a fire pump, reliability is paramount. How do you obtain that reliability with an electrically driven pump? Let's look at some of the differences between industrial motor controllers and electric fire pump controllers.
Industrial motor controllers use the philosophy of "no start, no run" unless every sensor and interlock is "permissive." Standards focus on the safety of people and equipment. Anomalies like broken wires, shorts, and ground faults prevent a start or run. Overload relays protect running motors from overheating and prevent damage from re-starts. Controllers listed to UL508 standards default to a "no start, no run" mode.
When it comes to fire pump controllers, none of this is true. In the event of fire, you must start and run that pump. NFPA 20 considers conductors and some equipment supplying power to the fire pump motor sacrificial in favor of starting and running. If possible, we expect the fire pump controller to default to a nuisance "start and run"; regardless of anomalies. If you work with fire pump controllers, you need NFPA 20.
Let's look at some of its principles:
• External circuit failure (open or short circuit) can't prevent pump operation. Breakage, disconnecting, shorting, etc., can cause continuous running but can't prevent the controller from starting the pump due to causes other than these external circuits.
• No "remote stop" buttons.
• Overcurrent-sensors must be non-thermal type.
• Protective devices must not have memory affecting reset time.
• You can't incorporate undervoltage, phase-loss, or other sensors to prohibit motor contactor actuation.
• External devices give your pump automatic starts only by opening a normally closed contact.
• The controller must have an emergency-run handle or lever that mechanically closes.
• You can't use the fire pump controller as a junction box for other equipment.
All fire pump controllers are specifically listed, approved, and labeled for use in fire suppression. Manufacturers design controllers for various starting schemes. Where the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) judges the power supply to be unreliable, you must provide the controller with a combination or separate upstream automatic transfer switch. These switches provide alternate power upon sensing predefined normal power anomalies. One way they do so is by transferring to a second utility feed or an on-site power production facility. Another way is by starting a diesel generator for on-site standby power.
Schneider is a consulting engineer, formerly with Joslyn Clark Controls, LLB in Lancaster, S.C.


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Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future with Robert Reich
Date: 4/4/2011; 55 minutes
Robert Reich has served in four national administrations including those of Presidents Ford, Carter, Clinton, and Obama. He addresses why income and wealth have become so concentrated at the top --more concentrated than at any time since 1928 - and the consequences of such concentration, both for the economy and for politics. Then addresses what, if anything, can or should be done about it. (#21029)
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There are several different pitch-shifting or vocorder plugins available. The most famous, and perhaps the most widely used by professionals, is Antares Autotune. The unique, slightly robotic singing voice sound you can produce with Autotune first became famous in Cher's hit Believe, in 1999. More recently, Autotune has been used extensively in songs by the rapper T-Pain.
Autotune isn't free, but there's a free alternative called GSnap.
These programs can also be used to correct the pitch of a vocal that is slightly out of key and Autotune is often used in commercial songs to avoid having to do another take when a small part of vocal isn't perfect the first time around.
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I suppose it is hard for journalists to resist a good story: Mark Lynas, former green activist, has seen the light. The pronouncements of converted GM critic Lynas have garnered coverage from several respected media sources, despite often being misleading, wrong, or questionable scientifically. Read more >


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The Green Bookmobile runs on 20 percent biodiesel and is specially equipped with 4 solar panels, Fantastic Vents for green AC, skylights for natural light, sustainably forested wood, recycled content in carpet, and a hybrid generator (turning off when fully charged and back on when charge gets low). It has a special Green Stacks collection as well as a variety of juvenile, teen and adult materials available for check out with an SFPL library card.
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Heading into the weekend …
- I don't want to it to become a running joke in the sense that I'm not looking to make fun of Jon Heyman, but … it's kind of becoming a running joke: got a big-time free agent? Connect him to the Cubs via Heyman. This time it's Jacoby Ellsbury, and Heyman says the Cubs are a candidate to sign him (together with the Mariners, Cardinals, Reds, Astros, and Dodgers (huh?)). The article, you'll note, isn't a specific Ellsbury rumor piece, so it's not as if Heyman was trolling for clicks. On the other hand, Heyman was likely just listing off some possibilities from the hip.
- Patrick Mooney is sticking to his belief that the Cubs will try to add one – and only one – impact piece this offseason. Ellsbury, among others, is mentioned as a possibility.
- The Indians are reportedly trying to figure out what they're going to do about the surprisingly resurgent Ubaldo Jimenez. Paul Hoynes says there's no chance they offer him a multiyear deal, what with how much Tim Lincecum got, and he says there's a chance they might not even make him a qualifying offer. Given that Lincecum deal (two years, $35 million and a no-trade clause), I can't fathom the Indians not giving Jimenez a qualifying offer (about $14 million for one year), and I can't fathom Jimenez declining. Indeed, if salaries are about to blow up as much as it seems like they might, I'm expecting far more fringy types to get qualifying offers than in the past. Jimenez turns 30 next year, and reinvented himself in 2013 after a drop in velocity forced him to make some changes. He looked like he was absolutely done in 2011 and 2012, but there are reasons to believe that the 2013 uptick wasn't just a fluke. He might be a name worth considering when free agency rolls around, depending on how his situation with the Indians plays out.
- The Red Sox traded for outfielder Alex Castellanos, the Dodgers discard I recently suggested the Cubs might take a look at. Since it was an actual trade, it's possible Castellanos never made it to waivers and the Cubs never had a chance to get him (absent beating the Red Sox's offer). In any case, a smart organization wanted him, so I feel relatively justified in my hunch-work.
- Tim Dierkes predicts a six-year, $100 million contract for outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Who's still in at that price? I would have balked a couple weeks ago, but now I wonder if that's simply the new, and increasing normal.
- Another Korean pitcher could be hitting the market soon (via the posting process): Seung-Hwan Oh, a dominant reliever. The Cubs have already been attached to Korean Suk-Min Yoon, and I'm sure they'll consider just about anyone. The interesting thing on lower-impact players like Oh who go through the posting process: although it seems odd to have to pay a posting price, the contract then tends to be lower than it would be on an open market, since yours is the only team that can negotiate with the player. Yoon, unlike Oh, is a true free agent.


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|2012-11-25, 20:55
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I think what Vexx is talking about is the classic spouse/friends "conflict" that you see in a lot of sitcoms (or at least you used to see that conflict a lot).
In other words, the husband frequently has to make this choice - Am I going to spend some time doing something with my wife this weekend, or am I going to hang out with "the guys"?
Ideally, there's some give-and-take here. If a man is always putting "the guys" ahead of his wife, then that's a sure recipe for eventual marital failure (if not collapse). OTOH, if a wife insists on her husband always spending his free time with her, that'll make the husband feel suffocated. So, practically speaking, sometimes the wife comes first; sometimes "the guys" come first. And in a balanced middle-aged male life, that's probably how it should be.
Also, I think we need to be careful here - Not all adult men in their late 20s or older are married. And not all have kids. I do think that "family" and "friends" have a bit of an inverse relationship: The more you have of the one, the less you need of the other. A single adult man in his 30s without any children or siblings may well need friends just as much as a 12 year old boy does.
All of the above being said, I get how "I will win through the power of Friendship and Love!" can seem really corny. Actually saying those lines just sounds wrong in a live-action show (TRL is right, though, about how an animated show can somehow get away with this.)
Still, there's some definite truth to the old saying of "No man is an island". So I do think that friendship is important, all throughout life.
|2012-11-25, 21:36
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The whole self-reliance thing is a myth; and it is something professed in North Korea. You can be a successful person or a bum. It is hard to make it anywhere without the assistance of others. In fact, the most successful people in America (and anywhere else) have people around them, who can provide them with support.
|2012-11-26, 02:24
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In response to Jan-Poo's query to Kirarakim and Vexx about the relevance of their replies, I refer back to OP's post.
However, for what it's worth, perhaps we can exchange notes about school life and teenage life? I'm curious about the differences between East Asian (read Confucian) and Western (read European and American) attitudes towards those crucial formative years of our lives. I would hazard a guess that my experience of primary and secondary school (the equivalent of Grade 1 to 10 in the US system, that is, if Grade 10 actually exists in the US) is closer to the Japanese system than that of the West's.
I know for a fact that the friendships I formed in secondary school and junior college (no US equivalent; I spent two years in junior college preparing for the British A-level qualifications used for entry into British universities) are more meaningful and far more lasting than any friendship I have formed at work. In fact, it's probably more true to say that I haven't made any real "friends" at work. By that, I mean friends you regularly hang out with or confide in. I'm plenty friendly with almost everyone I work with but, ultimately, the majority of them would qualify more as acquaintances than friends.
It was very different in school. In Singapore's case, school children start wearing uniforms starting from primary school (Grades 1 to 6), and all the way through junior college. Those of us who opted for polytechnics (to earn diplomas) instead of junior college would switch out of uniforms sooner. The very act of wearing uniforms promoted a sense of solidarity with one's school and classmates, and in Singapore's case, one's school spirit can be very strong, depending on the school's history and, to a certain extent, its pedigree.
I wouldn't describe this school spirit as "collectivism" though. It's more a case of group identity, in the way I imagine American undergrads would identify strongly with their universities, and especially with their university sports teams.
In my case, I was elected into the Students' Council during junior college. And I spent a heady year as a councillor, being heavily involved in the organisation of various school festivals, including the two most important festivals in our academic calendar, the Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn celebrations. As student leaders, my fellow councillors and I were also responsible for leading the student body in cheering for our school teams at national competitions. Through all the ups and downs, we councillors became almost like a separate class of our own. It was a highly emotional day when we stepped down and handed the baton to the next batch of councillors.
The irony was that I wasn't anywhere near as active during my secondary school years. In fact, I wanted to be a librarian, but because I was a cadet scout in primary school, I got "drafted" into my secondary school's Scout troop. I hated it for the first two years, and did the bare minimum, with the troop's teaching adviser practically begging me and a few other "draftees" to at least pass the Scouting bronze standard before we got to Secondary 4, during which we were automatically promoted to Venture Scout status.
Even so, I actually enjoyed a few scouting activities, like camping, kayaking and hiking. It was all the inane "pass tests to collect merit badges" activity I hated. But the peculiar thing about my particular troop was that we had two extra activities bundled with our normal Scouting stuff: we could opt to be part of either the bugle band or the lion dancing troop, both of which, for some obscure reason, were affliated to the Scout troop.
Once again, I was co-opted against my will into the bugle band. We were awful. The joke among our schoolmates was that we were the funeral band. It was especially humiliating when you consider that our school's brass band was among the top in Singapore at the time, if not the top. But, curiously, through our shared suffering, the members of the bugle band developed a friendly camaraderie, and a very warped sense of self-referential humour that quickly acquired a notoriety of its own among the student body.
And that became the thing we has-been Scouts love to joke about whenever we get together every now and then. It may have been more than 20 years since we've graduated, but all we have to do is reminisce about those idiotic things we did as dense teenagers, and suddenly, it's like we're teenagers again.
No colleague I'd ever worked with could come close to sharing the kind of bond I have with my secondary school and junior college friends. Heck, even in university, I had already begun to miss those friendships, because people were already more individualistic by then.
So, if the Japanese experience is anything like mine, I'm not surprised at all to find so much emphasis on the "power of friendship" in anime. As SeijiSensei noted, it is indeed nostalgia that is at play. But more than that, it is nostalgia for a more carefree time when friendships truly meant the world to us.
|2012-11-26, 04:07
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^Interesting post, and thank you for sharing.
I would argue strongly however that this is a common feature of youth and less, though still partly, of culture. Young people do not have firm, closed identities. Friendships among teenagers mean more to each other than their adult selves would often admit.
But as I admitted above, it's also part culture, or perhaps I should say "geography," with a more complex use for the term. Put humans together "in a box," remove from their immediate view the chance to opt out, and some sort of collectivity will be worked out -- or goes down in flames. It's easier in Singapore, where geographic limitations and the less mobility of the general population means people have a much higher chance of sticking together over the years. It's easier in East Asian educational systems which, as shown in Japanese anime, enforce a class-focused system as opposed to subject-focused, so that except for a few electives, people take class together and it becomes a group identity. It's not as easy in some places like the USA, where higher overall population mobility stemming from culture and geography means people move around, all the time, and increasingly so, such that long-lasting friendships of the sort are much harder to forge and maintain. Does that mean they don't happen? No, quite the contrary.
And yes, uniforms.
This is generally viewed as a bad thing, because as your memories (and mine, too, but I shan't elaborate) show, the depth of relationships being created in such circumstances far surpass the times when people can, or know they can, stay individualized, but it might be good for some nonconformist individuals, whether they are by choice or circumstance. If nobody fits in too well, your being an outlier is sticking out less and there's space to move around. The prevalence of the "transfer student" notion in anime is a good example of this outlier identity, and the associated risks of ostracism and bullying inherent in their portrayals are good reminders of the downsides.
This sort of camaraderie-building is even possible for adults: a military at war is often a place to forge camaraderie under fire, where individual barriers dissolve into the larger collective that survives the years.
And since this kind of camaraderie among "war veterans" is in fact a highly valued and common fixture of the American dialogue, you might notice that the old West-East dichotomy once again, as it so often does, fails to acknowledge the common humanity in all of us or the other causes of differences which are not quite so cultural as they are logistical.
I think a valuable notion to the concept of friendship, from the perspective of the future (i.e. looking back into the past), is the notion of collective memory. Something in common, something big in common, helps maintain the value of that tie. And from the perspective of when "we were young," it was collective experience and collective action -- and, perhaps as important, a smaller need to make one's own choices and stake one's own boundaries. In a military you're all going to listen to orders. In a school, until the divisive and much dreaded final years when people need to think about where else to go, we're all sticking together whatever comes. So, "too much choice is a bad thing," maybe? Or more accurately, there's a trade-off that will be expensive to some and freely given for others.
[You also probably know that theorizing on the "collective memory" concept extends this sense of commonality to studies of nationalism and national identities, as well, but at the national level things are more abstract; old wars, current wars, common media, cultures, symbols, historic figures, motifs, language, and so on, maintained both formally and informally.]
And as for why the theme is so prevalent in Japanese anime. Well, it's not quite as prevalent in shoujo manga, I tell you (so that the really good best friend is often the setting's best character by far, as opposed to the heroine or the love interests), though it's still there and it's great when it's there; and you're laughed out of the room if you try and look for it in heavy dramatic "dark" action where dog eats dog and worlds are dystopic at best. Harems and such are also less inherently receptive to the theme. Horror/survival series thrive on subverting and corrupting these ties (and sometimes revel in the few success cases). But if you're surprised to find them in their full, uncorrupted glory in shounen series selling themselves to young boys and teenagers and people nostalgic for those times, or in high school settings where the nostalgia factor is even higher, well...
A last word: keyword of the day is not necessarily 友達 (tomodachi) as one would expect, but 仲間 (nakama), a subtle but interesting difference.
|2012-11-26, 05:13
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(It may also have bred the sense of elitism and entitlement that I'm often accused of, but that's a different story of a different personal journey. I make no apologies for the way it may have shaped my ego, as I am what I am, warts and all.)
The same passion was also very evident in the Students' Council. Some of my fellow councillors truly believed in the Kennedy ideal of "ask not what your country (ie, our school) can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". Some would say that our zeal approached fanaticism.
I would think this youthful idealism is what is being celebrated through anime "friendship". It recalls the time when our ideals were still pure, and not yet sullied by the cynicism of experience.
There is a key difference between school uniforms in Singapore and Japan, though, and that's variety. There a number of schools here with very distinctive uniforms, unlike those in Japan (at least as presented in anime, and based on my own experience from having visited the country). This serves to heighten the sense of group identity, which generally tends to make schools mean more to us while growing up. In short, it was a form of esprit de corps.
All in all, I look forward to read more about the Western perspective of youth and school life.
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|2012-11-26, 06:03
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And you know what the funny thing is? While people grow more self-interested (in a broader sense -- me and mine) as they age, they don't necessarily get smarter about defending them. Witness elections, worldwide. :P
In terms of Japanese anime/manga subculture itself, the more violent, action-y the setting, the more overtly at stake a friendship, but even something as light as K-On! emphasizes how close the characters are and how far we assume they are willing to go for each other. It takes a kind of idealism to be prepared to help your companions face the world's challenges or "move the body" as the old joke goes. These characters will never say "I have family to think about, I cannot help you."
I'll share my own story, to clarify:
I grew up in Thailand, and finished grade 9 education there [to American readers: this is the end of middle school, as Asia is generally on a 6-3-3 system; it's like the metric, they make sense, you don't]. My youthful friendships there were just as passionate and free of adult pretensions as can be expected, and though it's been years since I've talked to any of them and my memory is fading, I still think I would eagerly embrace them if I have the chance. The bond, I'd like to think, is rather strong, and can be brought back to life given chance.
But then I moved to the United States, joining its pre-collegiate educational system in grade 10 -- sophomore year of high school, in their terms.
What does this means? It means I can observe the system and it is a first person perspective somewhat removed from Hollywood dramaland, but I am not a genuine participant. My perspective is different. For starters, I spent most of the first year just getting my footing in a new country with a new language. I was plenty smart, academically, got by, had friends, and nobody bullied me or anything, but it wasn't something that would make me jump at the chance to join them in a pirate crew for a grand adventure on the seven seas, or to build a society stranded on a deserted island. Chances are it might work out just fine, I liked those people, but the bond will be forged then, not before.
And that's basically the "shounen" friendship talked about in this thread, right? Are you yourself willing to join your student council buddies to restore Singapore's glory after a zombie apocalypse?
That aside, what can I share?
First, in a busy city like where I live, people move around. There are those who stay in the same place for decades, but there are also many whose parents moved across the country to join the system at various points. This means the sense of sharing a common identity is much weaker. Schools like to oppose this by emphasizing "school spirit" and sports and teams, to limited success. In the United States, or more precisely the corner of the United States like mine, the communal spirit depends entirely on how much you're willing to put into it.
I suspect the atmosphere is drastically different in localities where people spend their whole youths around each other. This is much more likely in small towns or close-knit neighborhoods of well established cities. Suburbs are not conducive to healthy human bonding, while the melting pot means bonds have to cross boundaries -- healthier in the long run, since it means people are more sensitive to differences, to issues like racism, nor does it mean individual bonds are weaker, but it does mean a unified communal spirit is not so easy to find.
Second, on the matter of putting in your efforts and getting things out, I did participated and flourished for a year (Junior/Grade 11) in a debating club. I built ties which were deeper and more involved than usual, more reminiscent of my middle school days, but I did not keep it up, sadly enough. We were a smarter bunch than your average HS student, and yet we were as stupid as the other kids. People were characters, lively ones. Even then I was known as something of the quiet, intelligent guy, a little standoffish and out of the loop on the gossip department, but they all thought well of me.
So yes, such a bond is possible here still -- again, shared experience, shared activity, shared identity -- but one has to be proactive. This is especially pertinent because my last year I moved schools, and as a result basically isolated myself from trying very hard at keeping up with friendships. Made new friends, lost them to time and failure to keep connected, the usual.
Third, I really was not your typical high school student. Going by what I saw, what I hear when people talk, whether now or back then, American high schools are full of drama -- not Hollywood Beverly Hills drama, people do not usually get pregnant or drunk drive and crash -- but petty dramas that meant the world when we were young, you know the sort. She stole her boyfriend, he pissed on someone at a party, someone had drunk sex, she's a slut, etc., etc. I never went through any of that, I was just on the sidelines, not paying much attention.
Somehow I think a lot of Asian students in places like Japan are just like me, going through the motions, not exactly living out Kinpachi-sensei or K-On! life, which actually makes the high school friendships in anime all the more precious. People live vicariously through them.
They can be welcoming and courteous to outsiders, like the Japanese generally are, but few foreigners ever actually "become Japanese," sometimes even in absurd situations like the so-called "Koreans" who are born in Japanese soil and know only Japan. This is a big picture, of course. Smaller ones would be club rivalries, school rivalries, or the difficulties a transfer student in Japan has to go through to fit in, if Japanese fiction is to go by.
Uniforms themselves are interesting. They are a great equalizer, forces people to experiment with class symbols in funny little ways (read: petty, "my gold watch is better than your plastic"). On the other hand, they can literally be priced to exclude people, like sometimes happen in "high class" American private/British public schools.
Westerners in general, I find, do indeed view uniforms with a certain ambivalence. Here it is associated with "Catholic schools" and otherwise privileged schools -- they are status symbols, and, um, fetish symbols (add stockings or long black socks). According to semiotics thinking, they communicate something, that thing of which can vary greatly between places.
|2012-11-26, 08:35
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I love the shared experiences with friends that the others put in here.
Anyway, I also think that it is human to rely on your friends since no man is an island and also, there are just some things you can't do alone.
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|Gloves that may be used in Brian Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa or made for a special person designed by Elizabeth Cobbe. (Photograph by Joe Coca.)
A note from Kathleen: True confessions: I'm a Jane Austen junkie. I've watched the 6-hour BBC production of Pride and Prejudice several times (once in one sitting!) and I have the Masterpiece Theater series of Austen productions saved forever on my Tivo. I enjoyed the newer 90-minute movie, too, but as my friend Molly said to me during one of the scenes featuring Mr. Darcy, "The real Mr. Darcy never would have done that!" Long live Colin Firth's Mr. Darcy!
And of course I love how the women sit around the parlor working on their needlework and chatting. It reminds me of knit nights with my girlfriends. I enjoy reading the books, too! Jane Austen's novels are so engrossing for me—they put me in a different time and place, which is such a welcome reprieve from our time of cell phones, TV, and generally fast-moving life.
Imagine my joy when I discovered that the newest issue of PieceWork celebrates needlework in literature! Here's editor Jeane Hutchins to tell you more.
Needlework in Literature
One of my fondest childhood memories is of the day my grandmother took me to the public library to get my very own library card. I've had a library card ever since.
I read voraciously, as often as I can find a spare moment. Reading is my stress reliever, my hobby, my joy. There's at least one book in every room in my house as well as others in the car and in my briefcase (I never know when I may be trapped somewhere).
So I'm really pleased to give you this preview of our first issue of PieceWork dedicated to needlework in literature!
When we first talked about this as a theme, I began to compile a list of literary works containing needlework references. In addition to the ones we chose for this issue, here are some of my other favorites: A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros (especially lyrical are the passages about a silk rebozo), William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx, and Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.
Do you know of others? I'd love to hear from you.
Below are a few highlights from the September/October 2010 issue of PieceWork:
—Agatha Christie's Miss Marple sat in a corner knitting so she could eavesdrop and no one would know. Miss Marple's spirit lives on in many of today's knitting mysteries.
—If you know a child (from toddler to teen), introduce her or him to needlework by checking out Julia Baratta's "Needlework in Children's Literature" annotated list. Who would ever guess that the hero of Jessica Day George's Princess of the Midnight Ball would be a knitter? The books span many time periods and cultures, and each is a delight.
—Discover the unique technique of netting in an excerpt from Jennifer Forest's delightful book, Jane Austen's Sewing Box: Craft Projects & Stories from Jane Austen's Novels.
—Knitting has a double meaning in the title of Elizabeth Cobbe's article, "Knitting Gloves in Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa," referring not only to the role that this activity plays in the lives of the characters in a play but also to the way in which it is accomplished, performance after performance, onstage.
—Plus 10 literary-inspired projects to net, knit, crochet, and stitch!
Aah, reading and needlework—I think it's the best combination. See for yourself with a free copy of this issue of PieceWork!


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I bookmarked this paper project by Made by Joel for a rainy day. Turns out that rainy day turned out to be a sick day for me. I needed something besides TV to keep the kids occupied so I printed out the mini Paris city. My daughter spent an entire hour meticulously coloring the people and buildings. I even let her use my good Pantone markers.
Click here, for the free printable by Made by Joel.
While my daughter was coloring the Arc de Triomphe I overheard her say, " I think it's a toy shop....(long pause).....yep, it's a toy shop." I told her what it really was but I'm not so sure she was convinced.
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4 comments:
- Joy said...
I hope your are feeling better! Boo to being sick!
Love the city that your daughter made... and The Made By Joel site = full of awesomeness.
- February 21, 2012 at 11:00 PM
- Suzanne said...
Hope you get better soon. I just passed along this to my sister who I think will love it for her girls.
- February 22, 2012 at 5:42 AM
- Interior design Perth said...
It's so cute! Your daughter is really funny too. Great job on the both of you.
- February 24, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- carla said...
Appreciate the link to the printables.
Really nice work with the coloring. Makes them very individualistic.
- March 1, 2012 at 7:49 PM
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Man on cross-country awareness walk fatally hit by truck
KIT CARSON, Colo. An Oregon man who lost his gay son to suicide and was walking across the country to raise awareness about bullying is dead after being hit by a truck in eastern Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol says 48-year-old Joseph Bell of La Grande, Ore., died Wednesday after being struck along a two-lane highway in a rural area 20 miles northwest of Kit Carson. Investigators believe the driver fell asleep.
Bell's 15-year-old son, Jadin, died in February after hanging himself in a schoolyard. He had reported being bullied but he didn't leave a suicide note.
Bell began his walk in April and planned to finish in New York City.
The truck driver, 49-year-old Kenneth Raven, of Bryan, Texas, has been charged with careless driving resulting in death, a misdemeanor.
Bell's website released the following statement:
Friends and supporters,
We are sad to share that the recent news of Joe's passing is true. Joe was supported by a number of people, across a number of states. Please be patient with us as we come together, and allow the family time to process this difficult tragedy.
CBS Colorado Springs affiliate KKTV-TV reports Bell had reportedly spoken in Boulder and Denver while in Colorado.


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How to Survive in Frigid Wilderness
(NEW YORK) -- Two men, an Iditarod champion and an Alaska-born marathon runner, are out to prove they can survive days in the frozen Alaskan wilderness on pure wile.
Dallas Seavey, a 26-year-old outdoorsman, and Eddie Ahyakak, a 36-year-old survival expert, took on this challenge with no cars, no food and no shelter. For transportation, they mushed dog sleds across the icy terrain. They are just two contestants in a crew of outdoor survival elite who have put their skills on the line for the National Geographic reality show, Ultimate Survival Alaska.
"For Eddie and I, and so many other Alaskans, the wilderness is our home," Seavey said.
For 48 hours, ABC's Nightline traveled with the two companions, building shelters from scratch, starting fires without matches and even building snowshoes from tree branches.
"I would be far more afraid of trying to spend a week on my own in New York than I would a week on my own in Alaska," Seavey said. "This is my element. This is my home and I know how to handle getting trapped in a whiteout, I know how to handle falling in a river."
In the show, teams are dropped into the middle of the Alaskan outback with only the gear they can carry and some often impressive ingenuity to get them out. But in each episode it seems someone is always on the verge of catastrophe -- real life danger. In one episode, a contestant named Jimmy was feared drowned after his boat tipped over.
Seavey said for the most part, the dangerous situations in the show are a serious reality.
"From my perspective, the show intentionally put us in dangerous places," he said. "That was the intention of the show, not to put us in a national park with a paved sidewalk. Was it intentional that we got in really bad situations? No, but we were put in an element where that was a possibility, a very real possibility."
Both Seavey and Ahyakak agree that there are times during the show when making television becomes secondary to having to actually save someone in a scary position.
"That's the nature of Alaska," Ahyakak said. "It's every corner you turn there's danger and there's a lot of risk. Going into it we all knew that."
In another episode, a contestant fell off his dog sled, something that Seavey said is nearly impossible to recover from and was "definitely not planned."
"You never intentionally lose a dog team," he said. "That's the worst-case scenario. They love to run! They are not going to stop for you. He was able to catch up on foot -- a rare feat."
To survive in the frigid wilderness, Seavey said having something to drink is critical.
"Drink something hot. Get it in your body," he said. "It'll make a huge difference, warm up your core, which will then warm up your extremities."
Even when everything is soaking wet from snow, Seavey got a fire started using birch bark and moss. Instead of using matches or a lighter, Seavey rubbed some Chapstick on a cotton ball -- two items he said he keeps on him at all times. Both men carried a simple flint to scrape with a knife to get a spark. Once the cotton ball is lit, it can act like a candle and get a fire started.
Ahyakak wears what he called a "survival necklace," which had a Leatherman tool, a mini-LED light, the flint and a small bottle of chlorine to filter and purify water.
On Ultimate Survival Alaska, the contestants are constantly on the move over mountains, across rivers, all on a tiny supply of uncooked rice and beans supplied by the show, plus whatever they can catch in the wild.
But for Ahyakak and Seavey, the series is just a way to show off their way of life.
"A true survivor can go into the woods with a knife and a flint and stay as long as he wants," Seavey said. "That's someone who can mesh with the wild and survive, and that's how Eddie and I have grown up."
Ahyakak grew up in a small Inupiat community on the banks of the Arctic Ocean. "There is a lot of pride for me, and representing my people -- there are 15,000 of us," Ahyakak added. "This is who we have been for thousands of years."
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From GOLF Magazine ClubTest 2012 (June, 2012)
Category: Midsize Mallet Putters
Price: $130
WE TESTED: 34", 35" shaft length
KEY TECHNOLOGIES: The stainless steel, 355-gram head has a two-piece face insert—elastomer with a urethane coating—for a crisp, solid thud. Its hosel configuration fits into Ping's "Slight Arc" category. The Shea offers simple alignment geometry with its single white line.
OUR TESTERS SAY: A good combo of look and performance. Smooth roller that's a simple putter to aim and swing.
DISTANCE CONTROL: Center contact produces very consistent roll, making it easy to dial in distances; best on short and mid-range putts, where its heft minimizes wobbly strokes and maximizes control.
FEEL: Strong perimeter weighting reduces twisting and makes you aware of where the head is during the stroke; elastomer insert delivers quiet, gentle thump and a very smooth overall feel.
LOOK: The attractive charcoal gray matte finish reduces glare and offers a nice contrast to the single white alignment line.
A few testers prefer a more profound, distinctive sensation at impact; a minority finds the sweet spot to be a bit smaller than expected.
From GOLF Magazine ClubTest 2012 (June, 2012)
Category: High-MOI Mallet Putters
Price: $160
WE TESTED: 34", 35" shaft length
KEY TECHNOLOGIES: The stainless steel head features a medium-soft thermoplastic insert. The 375-gram head has "toe-down" weighting that's best suited for those with "strong arc" putting strokes. The bold sightline makes aiming easy.
OUR TESTERS SAY: One of the higher-rated putters. Corrects stroke errors and keeps putts tracking on their intended line.
DISTANCE CONTROL: Some testers find it deadly accurate from 10 feet and in; toe hits lose very little distance; overall distance control is very consistent on short, medium or long putts.
FEEL: The elastomer insert delivers a cushion-y soft feel no matter where the ball is struck; very stable through impact, with just a hint of twist on the biggest mis-hits.
LOOK: The sharp contrast in colors makes it a pleasure to aim; it draws comparisons to Odyssey's 2-Ball putter because of its oval-shaped, elongated back and rear "ball" motif.
A few testers find it difficult to control speed with the softer insert, especially on long putts; the in-your-face modern look may turn off traditionalists with an eye for classic styling.
From Golf Magazine (June 2011)
Ping Scottsdale Wolverine
Category: High-MOI Mallet Putters
We tested: 34", 35" shaft length
Key Technologies: The face balanced, 355-gram head features a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) face insert with applique that elicits a soft yet solid feel and crisp sound. The combination of TPE and enhanced perimeter weighting leads to improved feel and roll.
OUR TESTERS SAY: Among the best models tested; it's a very good redo of the Craz-E.
DISTANCE CONTROL: Lots of shot correction – face insert delivers consistent, accurate, controlled roll (speed) and distance on or off the sweet spot.
FEEL: Lots of useable feedback when you miss a putt, rather than a reprimand; nice balance and weight, putter glides through the stroke.
LOOK: Stealth black metal and contrasting red-and-white alignment feature draw your eye to the centerline.
Dissenters find the complexity of the curves behind the face to be a distraction; a few testers believe impact is too soft and lacks enough feedback.
Have you tried this club? Tell us what you think here.
Ping Scottsdale Half Pipe
Category: Midsize Mallet Putters
We tested: 34", 35" shaft length
Key Technologies: The thermoplastic elastomer face insert delivers a soft yet crisp sound and feel at impact to enhance distance control. The club boasts plenty of perimeter weighting for a true roll and bold alignment aids to help with aim.
OUR TESTERS SAY: One of the best models tested – ranks near the top in all three categories.
DISTANCE CONTROL: Lively face helps to get the ball to the hole – "never up, never in" doesn't apply to this putter.
FEEL: Soft, cushioned sensation at impact; some testers find it to be the softest feel in the test; sufficient head weight covers up mis-hits.
LOOK: Scalloped back frames ball very well; easy putter to align square to the cup; it's minor, but the half-pipe back makes it easy to scoop balls up off the green.
Insert is too soft (not enough feedback) for a small number of testers; a few find that putts occasionally jump off the face and travel farther than intended.
Have you tried this club? Tell us what you think here.
Ping Scottsdale Anser 2
Category: Blade Putters
We tested: 34", 35" shaft length
Key Technologies: The thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) face insert with applique delivers a soft yet solid feel. Additional perimeter weighting leads to improved roll. The long sightline and red alignment aid on the face should help with aim and accuracy.
OUR TESTERS SAY: This updated classic offers straightforward, expected performance.
DISTANCE CONTROL: Good offering for players of all abilities; reliable distance control; easy to swing the putterhead back and through.
FEEL: Soft feel with a fairly crisp sound at impact; off-center hits have a distinctive feel.
LOOK: The striking black clubhead against a white insert works well visually; attractive new look to a traditional Ping classic; white sightline makes addressing the ball a snap.
Some testers find impact to be too cushioned overall and seek more positive feedback; a few guys don't see enough performance difference from previous Anser-style putters.
Have you tried this club? Tell us what you think here.
From The Shop Blog (August 12, 2010)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — K.J. Choi and Kenny Perry have recently been using new putters that are part of Ping's latest putter line, the Scottsdale series.
There are 14 different models in the new line, and first thing golfers will notice is the finish, which is much darker than previous Ping putters. That should help the maroon and white alignment aids and sightlines stand out more.
But Ping hopes it's the white insert found in face of all Scottsdale putters that will make them stand out.
Matt Rollins, a Ping PGA Tour rep, said, "We feel this is the best-feeling insert we've had in a putter in a while." He says the polymer insert is softer than the insert used in the i-Series putters, so Ping hopes that it will match well with today's mutli-layer golf balls.
The line features such Ping standards as the Anser and the B60, but there are some new headshapes too, including the blade-style TomCat and the extreme perimeter-weighted Y Worry.
$140-$180 ping.com
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An employment agency is prohibited from discriminating against its own employees, as well as in its referral practices. An employment agency may not honor discriminatory employer preferences. For example, it is unlawful to accept a job order specifying the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability status or genetic information of the candidate. An employment agency may not categorize, group or classify job applicants, jobs, or employers based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability status or genetic information and make referrals based on the categorizations. For example, it is unlawful to classify and refer only males to "light industry" positions or only females to "clerical" positions. In addition, an employment agency may not maintain a discriminatory environment, or discriminate against its own employees with respect to wages, promotions, etc.
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I'm almost finished revamping my genealogy website:
- new directories and subdirectories created at my RootsWeb FreePages account
- images, cemetery info and database (converted to HTML by RootsMagic), genealogy links page and site map page, all with a consistent theme, uploaded to the site
- external link created to this blog
- external link created to my PBWorks research wiki
grand announcement per this blog, FaceBook, Twitter about new website
Hold that thought…
Yesterday, I suddenly realized that my research wiki can also be housed at my FreePages account.
TiddlyWiki to the rescue:
Welcome to TiddlyWiki, a reusable non-linear personal web notebook. It's a unique wiki that people love using to keep ideas and information organised. It was originally created by JeremyRuston and is now a thriving open source project with a busy Community of independent developers.
Unlike most wikis, TiddlyWiki doesn't directly support group collaboration; it is a wiki in the sense of elevating linking be a part of the punctuation of writing. You can easily publish a TiddlyWiki you have created by placing the single file on a web server (for instance the homepage hosting provided by many ISPs). If you need full group collaboration features, there are several HostedOptions to choose from.
I have used TiddlyWiki in the past and love it! I had forgotten that the locally-edited file can be uploaded to a server, in this case, RootsWeb FreePages! The data was not difficult to transfer from PBWorks to TiddlyWiki and…
Viola! With the exception of this WordPress.com blog, my entire website (images, database, wiki) is now housed at RootsWeb FreePages!
In this series
A picture is worth 1000 words
A plan of action!
Wanted: Tools for home-remodeling
The light's on…somebody is home!
An old toy, now unloved?
It's coming…wait for it…


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Inspired by Points of Pride from designers Dolores Smith and Sarah Maxwell of Homestead Hearth
Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke
1-1/4 yards total assorted purple and green prints (blocks)
1/2 yard gold print (blocks)
1-1/8 yards dark purple print (border, binding)
1-1/4 yards backing fabric
40" square batting
Lightweight tracing paper
Finished quilt: 34" square
Finished block: 12" square
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
Measurements include 1/4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.
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For the extra-curious computer user and the Cocoa-savvy developer alike, ClassDumper offers an extremely convenient way to browse the internal workings of your favorite applications (and frameworks).
Just navigate to an app in Finder and click a button or press a key, and a "header" file opens instantly with all the internal structure of the app, for your own personal perusal! You can choose which application this header file is opened with, such as TextEdit, Xcode, BBEdit, TextMate, or anything you'd like.
ClassDumper is a graphical convenience for the command line utility
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- Updated user interface to integrate better with Leopard
- Open at Login can now be conveniently set in the menu
- No longer an uses Dock icon, but rather a menu icon
- Global hot-key shortcuts for quicker exploration
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What's new in Office 2013
The first thing you'll see when you open Microsoft Office is a clean, new look. But the features you know and use are still there—along with some new ones that are huge time savers. The new Office also works with smartphones, tablets, and in the cloud, even on PCs that don't have Office installed. So now you can always get to your important files, no matter where you are or what you're using.
Microsoft Office is still the name we use for our familiar productivity software.
Office suites have traditionally included applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. All Office 2013 suites include the latest versions of the applications, for use on a single PC.
We use the name "Office 365" for products that include cloud services, such as additional SkyDrive online storage, Skype minutes for home use, Lync web conferencing or Exchange Online hosted email for businesses. Cloud services are features that are enabled over the Internet.
Most Office 365 plans also include the full-featured Office 2013 applications, which users can install across multiple computers and devices. All Office 365 products, such as Office 365 Home Premium, are paid for on a subscription basis, annually. Active subscribers will receive version upgrades as a benefit of their subscription. Entitlements vary by product.