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I have had the sad privilege of writing about the passing of many local heroes who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, whether they be firefighters, police officers or service members. The first responders and service members I've known have never seemed comfortable being regarded as heroes. As far as they're concerned, they're just doing their job, despite the risk that job presents to their personal safety.
That said, I believe we lost a hero last week in the death of Jose "Raul" Ros, 38, of Winchester. Ros died April 25 in Menifee as the result of an explosion/fire in an underground electrical vault. He, too, was doing his job and supporting his family. And when he kissed his wife and two daughters goodbye that morning, I would imagine he had no idea that it was for the last time. That gives all of us something to think about.
I spoke to one of his co-workers at Southern California Edison, who described Ros as a great dad and said that when they were on a job site and the "man talk" turned to complaining about spouses, he would never participate.
Edison has set up a memorial fund, and I'm sure any contributions would be greatly appreciated by the family.
I'd like to make a suggestion, though, for those who might be in contact with the family. When terrible things like this happen, we struggle hard to try to comprehend them, and the truth is that the premature death of a good man -- the loss of a husband and father -- really makes no sense. But we want to help.
Years ago, my wife lost a baby, and people with the best of intentions tried to help us make sense of it. "It's God's will," "It's nature's way," "You're young you can have others." Our childbirth coach even said not to worry, it was just a "clump of flesh."
Such statements were of no comfort. To us, it was a tragic loss. Not that we didn't appreciate the people who cared, but the one who helped us the most was a rather simple guy who said, "I'm sorry this happened to you."
What the family needs is presence, not advice. And that presence is important long after the funeral.
An acquaintance of mine said the book "Lament for a Son" literally saved his life. The author, Nicholas Wolterstorff said:
"What I need to hear from you is that you recognize how painful it is. I need to hear from you that you are with me in my desperation. To comfort me, you have to come close. Come sit beside me on my mourning bench." And finally, in words that sadly ring so true, "Your tears are salve on my wounds, your silence is salt."
How true. It takes intention and time to build community -- not just platitudes.
Donations can be sent to Jose "Raul" Ros Memorial Fund, c/o Edison International Community Investment, 2244 Walnut Grove Ave., Rosemead, Ca 91770. Anyone who has questions about the fund can call (866) 524-8533.


text: One of the most individualistic pianists, composers, and arrangers of his generation, Ahmad Jamal's disciplined technique and minimalist style had a huge impact on trumpeter Miles Davis, and Jamal is often cited as contributing to the development of cool jazz throughout the 1950s. Though Jamal was a highly technically proficient player, well-versed in the gymnastic idioms of swing and bebop, he chose to play in a more pared down and nuanced style. Which is to say that while he played with the skill of a virtuoso, it was often what he chose not to play that marked him as an innovator. Influenced by such pianists as Errol Garner, Art Tatum, and Nat King Cole, as well as big-band and orchestral music, Jamal developed his own boundary-pushing approach to modern jazz that incorporated an abundance of space, an adept use of tension and release, unexpected rhythmic phrasing and dynamics, and a highly melodic, compositional style. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1930, Jamal was a child prodigy and began playing piano at age 3, discovered by his uncle. By the time he was 7 years old, Jamal was studying privately with Mary Cardwell Dawson, the founder of the National Negro Opera Company. An accomplished musician by his teens, Jamal performed regularly in the local jazz scene and in 1949 toured with George Hudson's Orchestra. After leaving Hudson, he joined swing violinist Joe Kennedy's group the Four Strings, with whom he stayed until Kennedy's departure around 1950. After leaving the Four Strings, Jamal relocated to Chicago, where he formed his own group, the Three Strings with bassist Eddie Calhoun and guitarist Ray Crawford. The precursor to the later Ahmad Jamal Trio, the Three Strings would, at different times, include bassists Richard Davis and Israel Crosby. During a stint in New York City, the Three Strings caught the ear of legendary Columbia record exec and talent scout John Hammond who signed the group to the Columbia subsidiary OKeh in 1951. During this time, Jamal released several influential albums including Ahmad Jamal Trio Plays (also known as Chamber Music of the New Jazz ) on Parrot (1955), The Ahmad Jamal Trio on Epic (1955), and Count 'Em 88 on Argo (1956). Some of the landmark songs recorded during these sessions included "Ahmad's Blues" and "Pavanne," both of which had a profound impact on Miles Davis, who later echoed the spare, bluesy quality of Jamal's playing on his own recordings. In 1958, Jamal took up a residency in the lounge of the Pershing Hotel in Chicago. Working with bassist Crosby and drummer Vernell Fornier, Jamal recorded the seminal live album, Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me. Comprised primarily of jazz standards, including his definitive version of the buoyant Latin number "Poinciana," the album showcased Jamal's minimalist phrasing and unique approach to small group jazz, emphasizing varied dynamics and nuanced shading as opposed to the high energy freneticism commonly associated with jazz of the '40s and '50s. Though somewhat misunderstood by critics at the time who did not fully appreciate the inventive qualities of Jamal's playing, the album proved a commercial success and remained on the Billboard album charts for over two years -- a rarefied achievement for a jazz musician of any generation. The smash success of Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me raised the musician's profile and allowed him to open his own club and restaurant, The Alhambra, in Chicago in 1959. During this time, Jamal released several albums on the Argo label including Ahmad Jamal Trio, Vol. 4 (1958), Ahmad Jamal at the Penthouse (1960), Happy Moods (1960), Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra (1961), and All of You (1961). Unfortunately, The Alhambra closed in 1961. The following year, Jamal disbanded his trio, moved to New York City and took a two year hiatus from the music industry. In 1964, Jamal returned to performing and recording. Working with a new version of his trio that included bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant, with whom he would work until 1972, Jamal recorded several more albums for Argo (later renamed Cadet) including Naked City Theme (1964), The Roar of the Greasepaint (1965), and Extensions (1965), Rhapsody (1966), Heat Wave (1966), Cry Young (1967), and The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful (1968). Also in 1968, Jamal made his Impulse Records debut with the live album Ahmad Jamal at the Top: Poinciana Revisited. This was followed by several more Impulse releases including The Awakening (1970), Freeflight (1971), and Outertimeinnerspace (1972), both of which culled tracks from his appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971. These albums found Jamal moving toward an expansive, funk-infused style, sometimes playing a Fender Rhodes electric keyboard. Also during the '70s, Jamal moved to the 20th Century label and continued to release a steady stream of albums that attracted both hardcore jazz and crossover audiences. Of his '70s albums, both Genetic Walk (1975) and Intervals (1979) made the R&B charts. The '80s continued to be a productive time for Jamal, who kicked the decade off with such albums as Night Song on Motown (1980) and Live in Concert Featuring Gary Burton (1981). After signing with Atlantic, Jamal released several well-received albums that found him returning to his classic, acoustic small group sound including Digital Works (1985), Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985 (1985), Rossiter Road (1986), Crystal (1987), and Pittsburgh (1989). The '90s also saw a resurgence in interest and acclaim for Jamal, who was awarded the American Jazz Master Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994. Though he never stopped interpreting standards, Jamal utilized his own compositions more and more as the decades passed. During this period, he delivered such albums as Chicago Revisited: Live at Joel Segal's Jazz Showcase on Telarc (1992), Live in Paris '92 on Verve (1993), I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn on Telarc (1994), as well as a handful of superb releases for Birdology including The Essence, Pt. 1 (1995), Big Byrd: The Essence, Pt. 2 (1995), and Nature: The Essence, Pt. 3 (1997). In 2000, Jamal celebrated his 70th birthday with the concert album L'Olympia 2000 (released in October of the following year), which featured saxophonist George Coleman. He followed up with In Search of Momentum (2003), After Fajr (2005), It's Magic (2008), A Quiet Time (2010), and Blue Moon: The New York Session/The Paris Concert (2012). In 2013, Jamal released the album Saturday Morning: La Buissone Studio Sessions, featuring bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Herlin Riley. Also in 2013, Jamal opened Lincoln Center's concert season by performing live with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. A year later, he delivered the concert album Live at the Olympia, June 27, 2012: The Music and the Film of the Complete Concert, which featured Yusef Lateef. In 2017, Jamal delivered the small group session Marseille, which included contributions from French rapper Abd Al Malik and vocalist Mina Agossi. ~ Matt Collar

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Sir Joseph Larmor
Born: 11 July 1857 in Magheragall, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: 19 May 1942 in Holywood, County Down, Ireland
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Joseph Larmor's father was Hugh Larmor and his mother was Anna Wright. Anna Wright was the daughter of Joseph Wright, and Joseph Larmor was named after his maternal grandfather. Hugh Larmor was a farmer at the time Joseph was born but he gave up farming when Joseph was around six or seven years old to become a trader with a grocer's shop in Belfast. Joseph was the eldest of a large family.
By the time Joseph was of an age to attend school, his parents had moved to Belfast so it was in that city that he attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. At this time he was [1]:-
A shy, delicate [and] precocious boy ...After leaving school, Larmor continued his education in Belfast, studying for his B.A. and M.A. at Queen's University, Belfast. In 1877, having graduated from the Queen's University, he went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied the Mathematical Tripos. In 1880 he graduated as Senior Wrangler (the top First Class student) and he was first Smith's prizeman. It is interesting to note that J J Thomson, who like Larmor would make an important contribution to the understanding of the electron, was Second Wrangler (taking second place in the Mathematical Tripos examinations to Larmor).
After graduating Larmor was elected a Fellow of St John's College. Soon after this, still in the year 1880, he returned to Ireland when he was appointed as professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen's College, Galway. He spent five years, 1880 to 1885, teaching in Galway before he returned to St John's College, Cambridge, as a lecturer in 1885. He went on to become Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1903, the chair becoming vacant on the death of Stokes in February of that year.
Larmor's contributions came at a time when there were major revolutions in physics with the passing of classical physics to be replaced by quantum theory and relativity. His contributions can be seen as a bridge between the old and the new physics. In [5] and [6] Buchwald describes the impact of Larmor's major contributions. The main underlying idea was the principle of least action, which would be of fundamental importance in all Larmor's work throughout his career, and its implications were first set out by him in his paper Least action as the fundamental formulation in dynamics and physics which he published in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society in 1884. He published three papers all entitled A dynamical theory of the electric and luminiferous medium between 1894 and 1897. These papers presented his theory of the electron, which of course gained further weight in 1897 when J J Thomson experimentally identified the electron. Buchwald puts these papers by Larmor in context:-
Between 1873 and 1894 British and American physicists were proponents of a theory which they almost all learned directly from J C Maxwell's book Treatise on electricity and magnetism (1873). After 1897 only a few among them, including Heaviside, still adhered to that theory. During these three years (1894-97) the most basic principles of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism were abandoned, and the entire subject was reconstructed on a new foundation - the electron - by Joseph Larmor in consultation with George FitzGerald. ... [He proposed that] the only source of charge is a particle, that the flow of such particles uniquely constitutes the current of conduction, and that the ether must be strictly separated from matter ...Warwick in [15] explains in detail how Larmor developed his theory. He summarises the process as follows:-
... Larmor initially tackled the problem of the earth's motion through physical optics and thermodynamics, but ... as he made contact with other Maxwellians beyond Cambridge - especially with George FitzGerald - he came increasingly to make electromagnetic theory fundamental to his work. Indeed, following the introduction of the electron, he began to approach the problem of motion through the ether as one in the electrodynamics of moving bodies. In this specifically electromagnetic context, Larmor confronted the problem of the null result of the Michelson-Morley experiment, adopted the famous FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction hypothesis, and became the first physicist to employ what are now called the 'Lorentz' transformations.Larmor wrote Aether and Matter in 1900 (renamed by Lamb Aether and no matter ) which was a winning entry for the Adams Prize at Cambridge in 1898. It incorporated much of the work of the three major papers of 1894-1897 we referred to above. Warwick writes in [15]:-
His book of 1900, Aether and matter, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1900, helped to establish a research school that guided the development of mathematical electromagnetic theory in Cambridge until the end of World War I.However Warwick [15] also writes:-
Today, however, Larmor is widely remembered by scientists for just two formulae and one theorem which, although correctly attributed to him, have been seen by historians of science as tangential to his main research interests. Indeed, none of the recent scholarly studies of Larmor's scientific work even mention the now famous formulae and theorem.We should take Warwick's lead and make sure that we mention those concepts to which Larmor's name is attached today. These are the 'Larmor precession', the 'Larmor frequency', 'Larmor's theorem' and 'Larmor's formula'. The first explains the splitting and polarisation of the spectral lines in a magnetic field. The Larmor frequency relates to electrons orbiting in a magnetic field and led him to postulate electrons as orbiting around some centre. He appears to have been the first to predict this behaviour. Larmor's theorem is a related result concerning how a certain transformation can negate the magnetic field for a charged particle subject to electric and magnetic fields. He was the first to calculate the rate of energy radiation from an accelerating electron and for this he gave Larmor's formula which gives the power radiated in terms of the electron's charge and acceleration. The formula breaks down for velocities close to the speed of light due to relativistic effects.
However, Larmor certainly did not rush to embrace the new ideas of space time which were being developed. He [3]:-
... was decidedly conservative in his scientific views. It was difficult to ascertain how much he appreciated the new developments (especially quantum theory), because he was accustomed to adopt a pose which exaggerated his aloofness. He wavered much over Einstein's theory of gravitation. For a short time he became a full convert, but afterwards relapsed into opposition. In the end he rejected, not only the curvature of space, but even the standpoint of the earlier special theory of relativity.When George Stokes and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) died, Larmor acted as an editor for their complete works. He also brought out a new version of Henry Cavendish's works in 1921, Maxwell had been the editor for the original publication. Larmor also put considerable effort into writing obituaries of Stokes (1903), Gibbs (1905), and Thomson (1908).
Larmor retired from the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1932. He was succeeded in this position by Dirac. With his health deteriorating, Larmor returned to Ireland where he spent his final years at Holywood, County Down. He never married and was described by those close to him as [1]:-
... an unassuming, diffident man who did not readily form close friendships and whose numerous acts of generosity were performed without publicity.D'Arcy Thompson wrote:-
Larmor made few friends, perhaps; but while he lived, and they lived, he lost none.He became a member of the London Mathematical Society in 1884 and he contributed much to the Society being a council member from 1887 until 1912. During his period on the council he was vice president in 1890 and 1891 and also served as treasurer of the Society for over twenty years from 1892 until 1914. He was president of the Society in 1914 and, in the same year, he was awarded the De Morgan Medal by the Society.
The Royal Society elected Larmor as a Fellow 1892 and he served as secretary from 1901 to 1912. The Royal Society awarded him its Royal Medal in 1915 and its Copley Medal in 1921. He was honoured by various universities who awarded him honorary degrees: Dublin, Oxford, Belfast, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Birmingham, St Andrews, Durham and Cambridge. He was also elected to membership of many learned societies including the Royal Irish Academy, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Accademia dei Lincei.
Knighted in 1909, Larmor served as MP for the University of Cambridge from 1911 to 1922. He made his maiden speech in Parliament in 1912 when, not surprisingly given his background, he supported the Unionists in a debate on Irish home rule. His main contributions in Parliament, however, were to give strong support to universities in particular, and education in general.
Larmor was active in college affairs, being a member of the council of St John's College for many years. In [9] a nice story is told of his involvement in College affairs:-
... he was conservative in temperament, questioning modern trends even in such matters as the installation of baths in the College (1920). "We have done without them for 400 years, why begin now?", he once said at a College meeting. Yet once the innovation were made he was a regular user. Morning by morning in a mackintosh and cap, in which he was not seen at other times, he found his way across the bridge to the New Court baths.
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I gave a talk last year to a group of TV executives gathered for an annual conference. From the Q&A after, it was clear that for them, the question wasn't whether the internet was going to alter their business, but about the mode and tempo of that alteration. Against that background, though, they were worried about a much more practical matter: When, they asked, would online video generate enough money to cover their current costs?
That kind of question comes up a lot. It's a tough one to answer, not just because the answer is unlikely to make anybody happy, but because the premise is more important than the question itself.
There are two essential bits of background here. The first is that most TV is made by for-profit companies, and there are two ways to generate a profit: raise revenues above expenses, or cut expenses below revenues. The other is that, for many media business, that second option is unreachable.
Here's why.
In 1988, Joseph Tainter wrote a chilling book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. Tainter looked at several societies that gradually arrived at a level of remarkable sophistication then suddenly collapsed: the Romans, the Lowlands Maya, the inhabitants of Chaco canyon. Every one of those groups had rich traditions, complex social structures, advanced technology, but despite their sophistication, they collapsed, impoverishing and scattering their citizens and leaving little but future archeological sites as evidence of previous greatness. Tainter asked himself whether there was some explanation common to these sudden dissolutions.
The answer he arrived at was that they hadn't collapsed despite their cultural sophistication, they'd collapsed because of it. Subject to violent compression, Tainter's story goes like this: a group of people, through a combination of social organization and environmental luck, finds itself with a surplus of resources. Managing this surplus makes society more complex—agriculture rewards mathematical skill, granaries require new forms of construction, and so on.
Early on, the marginal value of this complexity is positive—each additional bit of complexity more than pays for itself in improved output—but over time, the law of diminishing returns reduces the marginal value, until it disappears completely. At this point, any additional complexity is pure cost.
Tainter's thesis is that when society's elite members add one layer of bureaucracy or demand one tribute too many, they end up extracting all the value from their environment it is possible to extract and then some.
The 'and them some' is what causes the trouble. Complex societies collapse because, when some stress comes, those societies have become too inflexible to respond. In retrospect, this can seem mystifying. Why didn't these societies just re-tool in less complex ways? The answer Tainter gives is the simplest one: When societies fail to respond to reduced circumstances through orderly downsizing, it isn't because they don't want to, it's because they can't.
In such systems, there is no way to make things a little bit simpler – the whole edifice becomes a huge, interlocking system not readily amenable to change. Tainter doesn't regard the sudden decoherence of these societies as either a tragedy or a mistake—"[U]nder a situation of declining marginal returns collapse may be the most appropriate response", to use his pitiless phrase. Furthermore, even when moderate adjustments could be made, they tend to be resisted, because any simplification discomfits elites.
When the value of complexity turns negative, a society plagued by an inability to react remains as complex as ever, right up to the moment where it becomes suddenly and dramatically simpler, which is to say right up to the moment of collapse. Collapse is simply the last remaining method of simplification.
In the mid-90s, I got a call from some friends at ATT, asking me to help them research the nascent web-hosting business. They thought ATT's famous "five 9's" reliability (services that work 99.999% of the time) would be valuable, but they couldn't figure out how $20 a month, then the going rate, could cover the costs for good web hosting, much less leave a profit.
I started describing the web hosting I'd used, including the process of developing web sites locally, uploading them to the server, and then checking to see if anything had broken.
"But if you don't have a staging server, you'd be changing things on the live site!" They explained this to me in the tone you'd use to explain to a small child why you don't want to drink bleach. "Oh yeah, it was horrible", I said. "Sometimes the servers would crash, and we'd just have to re-boot and start from scratch." There was a long silence on the other end, the silence peculiar to conference calls when an entire group stops to think.
The ATT guys had correctly understood that the income from $20-a-month customers wouldn't pay for good web hosting. What they hadn't understood, were in fact professionally incapable of understanding, was that the industry solution, circa 1996, was to offer hosting that wasn't very good.
This, for the ATT guys, wasn't depressing so much as confusing. We finished up the call, and it was polite enough, but it was perfectly clear that there wasn't going to be a consulting gig out of it, because it wasn't a market they could get into, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't.
It would be easy to regard this as short-sighted on their part, but that ignores the realities of culture. For a century, ATT's culture had prized—insisted on—quality of service; they ran their own power grid to keep the dial-tone humming during blackouts. ATT, like most organizations, could not be good at the thing it was good at and good at the opposite thing at the same time. The web hosting business, because it followed the "Simplicity first, quality later" model, didn't just present a new market, it required new cultural imperatives.
Dr. Amy Smith is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where she runs the Development Lab, or D-Lab, a lab organized around simple and cheap engineering solutions for the developing world.
Among the rules of thumb she offers for building in that environment is this: "If you want something to be 10 times cheaper, take out 90% of the materials." Making media is like that now except, for "materials", substitute "labor."
About 15 years ago, the supply part of media's supply-and-demand curve went parabolic, with a predictably inverse effect on price. Since then, a battalion of media elites have lined up to declare that exactly the opposite thing will start happening any day now.
To pick a couple of examples more or less at random, last year Barry Diller of IAC said, of content available on the web, "It is not free, and is not going to be," Steve Brill of Journalism Online said that users "just need to get back into the habit of doing so [paying for content] online", and Rupert Murdoch of News Corp said "Web users will have to pay for what they watch and use."
Diller, Brill, and Murdoch seem be stating a simple fact—we will have to pay them—but this fact is not in fact a fact. Instead, it is a choice, one its proponents often decline to spell out in full, because, spelled out in full, it would read something like this:
"Web users will have to pay for what they watch and use, or else we will have to stop making content in the costly and complex way we have grown accustomed to making it. And we don't know how to do that."
One of the interesting questions about Tainter's thesis is whether markets and democracy, the core mechanisms of the modern world, will let us avoid complexity-driven collapse, by keeping any one group of elites from seizing unbroken control. This is, as Tainter notes in his book, an open question. There is, however, one element of complex society into which neither markets nor democracy reach—bureaucracy.
Bureaucracies temporarily suspend the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In a bureaucracy, it's easier to make a process more complex than to make it simpler, and easier to create a new burden than kill an old one.
In spring of 2007, the web video comedy In the Motherhood made the move to TV. In the Motherhood started online as a series of short videos, with viewers contributing funny stories from their own lives and voting on their favorites. This tactic generated good ideas at low cost as well as endearing the show to its viewers; the show's tag line was "By Moms, For Moms, About Moms."
The move to TV was an affirmation of this technique; when ABC launched the public forum for the new TV version, they told users their input "might just become inspiration for a story by the writers."
Or it might not. Once the show moved to television, the Writers Guild of America got involved. They were OK with For and About Moms, but By Moms violated Guild rules. The producers tried to negotiate, to no avail, so the idea of audience engagement was canned (as was In the Motherhood itself some months later, after failing to engage viewers as the web version had).
The critical fact about this negotiation wasn't about the mothers, or their stories, or how those stories might be used. The critical fact was that the negotiation took place in the grid of the television industry, between entities incorporated around a 20th century business logic, and entirely within invented constraints. At no point did the negotiation about audience involvement hinge on the question "Would this be an interesting thing to try?"
Here is the answer to that question from the TV executives.
In the future, at least some methods of producing video for the web will become as complex, with as many details to attend to, as television has today, and people will doubtless make pots of money on those forms of production. It's tempting, at least for the people benefitting from the old complexity, to imagine that if things used to be complex, and they're going to be complex, then everything can just stay complex in the meantime. That's not how it works, however.
The most watched minute of video made in the last five years shows baby Charlie biting his brother's finger. (Twice!) That minute has been watched by more people than the viewership of American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, and the Superbowl combined. (174 million views and counting.)
Some video still has to be complex to be valuable, but the logic of the old media ecoystem, where video had to be complex simply to be video, is broken. Expensive bits of video made in complex ways now compete with cheap bits made in simple ways. "Charlie Bit My Finger" was made by amateurs, in one take, with a lousy camera. No professionals were involved in selecting or editing or distributing it. Not one dime changed hands anywhere between creator, host, and viewers. A world where that is the kind of thing that just happens from time to time is a world where complexity is neither an absolute requirement nor an automatic advantage.
When ecosystems change and inflexible institutions collapse, their members disperse, abandoning old beliefs, trying new things, making their living in different ways than they used to. It's easy to see the ways in which collapse to simplicity wrecks the glories of old. But there is one compensating advantage for the people who escape the old system: when the ecosystem stops rewarding complexity, it is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past, who get to say what happens in the future.


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Christopher Nolan's Batman movies have offered grim and mature take on the Dark Knight. But at least one set of The Dark Knight Rises tie-ins aren't aimed at the older, violence-consuming crowd. Instead, they're aimed at children who are just learning to read.
A full month and a half before Nolan's final bat-film hits the theaters, HaperCollins will release a series of Dark Knights Rises books aimed at younger readers. Preschoolers on up will get to read the action-packed adventures of Batman as he battles Catwoman and Bane.
Granted, it's a movie tie-in (for a possibly violent movie), but if it's done well, it could be a pretty brilliant one. Little kids already know Batman is awesome, and if that gets them reading, more power to HarperCollins. I know I've handed the occasional vocab-enriched manga to a kid to help them learn new words quickly. It could also be a nice diversion for younger ones who aren't quite ready to handle the big-screen bat. I just can't help but wonder if they'll address Bane's pharmacological indulgences.
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One thing that has always bothered many people is how long it takes to actually get to a computer to a working state after you power up the system. We live in such an instant society that it is hard for us to wait for the minute or so. We forget that not too long ago, it took several minutes to get a system up and running, and sometimes you even had to change out a floppy disk to continue! Man, times have changed! ASRock has decided to help us cope with those changes by introducing a technology called Instant Boot on their nForce 740i SLI motherboard based motherboard – N7AD-SLI. ASRock says that your system can be up and running in as little as four seconds. Though we did not experience that kind of speed, it was a nice feature to work with. We put together a short little video review to show you how it works.
Understanding how Instant Boot works is really not that difficult. It really is nothing more than an enhanced S3/S4 state that is used. ASRock has dedicated some web space to explain the whole process, but these slides explain it pretty good:
The whole reboot process is necessary to make the start-up so quick. Instead of a user having to mess with the OS or BIOS to set S3/S4 up, Instant Boot uses a software interface to accomplish the task. It goes even further than just a typical S3/S4 state though, as the reboot process also sets the machine to be almost instantly useable (in fast mode). The novice computer user should have no issues using Instant Boot at all. It is safe and VERY self explanatory. I was a little surprised that there was not a single mention of Instant Boot in the owner's manual for the board. That was certainly an oversite that needs correcting!
Legit Bottom Line: Instant Boot technology will be a welcome feature for anyone using a computer. It saves you time, and all of us can use a little more of that! Great job ASRock! (Look for a full board review in just a couple weeks!)
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Adopted New Rule: N.J.A.C. 13:44C-7.2A
Proposed: May 3, 2004 at 36 N.J.R. 2156(a).
Adopted: September 9, 2004 by Reni Erdos, Director, Division of Consumer Affairs.
Filed: December 3, 2004 as R.2005 d.6, without change.
Authority: N.J.S.A. 45:3B-24.
Effective Date: January 3, 2005.
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A Federal standards analysis is not required because there are no Federal standards or requirements applicable to the adopted new rule.
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13:44C-7.2A Scope of practice: Fiber Optic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES)
(a) The purpose of this section is to set forth standards for the performance of Fiber Optic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) by a licensed speech-language pathologist. FEES is within the scope of practice of a speech-language pathologist who meets the requirements of this section.
(b) The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"FEES" means a fiber optic endoscopic examination of swallowing.
(c) FEES shall only be performed by a licensed speech-language pathologist who is certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and who has:
1. Completed a 12-hour seminar or workshop in fiber optic endoscopy as a technique for investigating swallowing which qualifies for American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) continuing education credit and which includes instruction in:
i. Medical contraindications and possible adverse reactions to FEES, including the use of topical anesthesia to the nares; and
ii. Recognizing patient distress and appropriate actions to take if complications are encountered;
2. Observed 10 FEES procedures performed by either a speech pathologist who has met the requirements of this section or a physician, at a licensed healthcare facility that requires that healthcare professionals have privileges to perform the FEES procedure; and
3. Performed 25 FEES procedures under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist who has met the requirements of this section or a physician, at a licensed healthcare facility that requires a healthcare professional have privileges to perform the FEES procedure.
(d) A licensed speech-language pathologist shall only perform FEES in a healthcare facility licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services or in the office of a physician who received training during residency in endoscopic examination.
(e) FEES shall only be performed when a physician who received training during residency in endoscopic examination is present.
(f) FEES shall only be performed upon the written request of a physician.
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Following recent announcements from Juniper and HP, Citrix came out with its software defined networking strategy today that looks to automate applications that run on virtualized networks.
Citrix announced that the latest version of its NetScaler SDX application deliver controller (ADC) will be available next year and optimized for software defined networks. Citrix also announced a series of partnership with companies whose applications will run in this environment, including: Aruba Networks, BlueCat Networks, CSE SecureMatrix, Palo Alto Networks, RSA, Splunk, Trend Micro, Venafi and WebSense.
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BACKGROUND: Tech explainer: Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Sunil Potti, vice president/general manager of cloud networking for Citrix says the SDN battle-lines have been drawn after VMware bought Nicira and a bevy of other providers began releasing SDN controllers. "Now, the next chapter has opened," he says, and that will be focused on the applications that run on the virtualized network.
Last year Citrix announced NetScaler SDX, which gives multi-tenant capabilities to its ADC, allowing multiple NetScalers to run in a single box. Today's announcement is about optimizing applications to run on emerging virtualized networks, Potti says. "The network is built to serve the applications," he says. "(The industry is) building the next generation of the network, but we're missing on the opportunity to link in the learning of the last 20 years. Why not embed application intelligence from the top down?"
Andre Kindness, a Forrester networking analyst, says the move feels more like enabling cloud-like capabilities than a true SDN one. "This allows you to share a piece of hardware and get more capabilities out of it," he says, noting additional multi-tenant capabilities to the ADC.
But he says it's an important discussion that's been missing from the SDN debate so far. Much of the SDN discussion has been at the lower level L2 and L3, but Citrix is looking to optimize layers 4-7 for the underlying virtualized L3.
The strategy is markedly different, but somewhat complementary from what other SDN players have been doing so far, says consultant Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler & Associates. "The HP, Juniper and other announcements involve a controller that will provide control functionality to L2 and L3 devices; e.g., switches and routers," he wrote in an e-mail. "What Citrix announced is that they will leverage their technology to provide a control plane to L4 - L7 devices. The Citrix products add value on a stand-alone basis but also add value by sending info to an SDN controller from a company like HP to pass control information down to the L2 & L3 devices."
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Really good thanks, ive just returned home from filming the "Enfusion" series in Macedonia where I was chosen to be the co-host. i have also just accepted a role of a stunt double for a famous actress in an upcoming Hollywood Blockbuster, all this follows the release of my Global app "jk muaythai" in conjunction with real fit review and breathe unity.
I am happy to say that I have some exciting times ahead both in and out of the ring.
Friday the 2nd of September is the first show of The MuayThai Premier League in Los Angeles with you fighting in this opening show. What is your opinion about The MuayThai Premier League?
The MPL is an amazing opportunity to showcase Muaythai as a sport and not just the fighters. This is a good example of what will project Muaythai into a more prominent media market and hopefully make the sport better for everyone.
It was a huge risk for me to enter, as I am at the end of a very successful fighting career and am currently looking at different ventures, but in my heart I knew I had to be involved.
As a fighter I have never avoided an opportunity to prove myself and this is an epic challenge for me.
Many feel that I have done enough in my career to be named the best ever female fighter under full rules Muaythai ,but I would still like to stamp my authority in the MPL and show the up-coming future of womens Muaythai as well as the fighters of my generation that I am still a fighter of high calibre.
As well as the womens league, the UK also has a fantastic representation for the mens divisions with Michael Dicks, Liam Harrison and Jordan Watson, who all have a great chance of winning their categories.
You're looking forward to the 2nd of September to fight on this big show in Los Angeles of The MuayThai Premier League?
I am very excited to fight in Los Angeles. The venue looks amazing and America is a fantastic country.
I have worked with Clifton Brown before when he was part of the Risarc promotion team in Jamaica for the "Champion of Champions 2" event so I know I will have a fabulous time and also meet lots of legends within the sport.
With Clifton being a world champion fighter as well as a promoter, he understands how a fighter thinks and needs to be treated which is a huge benefit to any show he promotes.
You made 51 fights and won 13 world titles. What is it that makes MuayThai so special to you?
There is always more to learn in Muaythai, it is always interesting and has a deep, respectful culture backing its roots. I am so honoured to represent the female side of the sport as a World Champion and have met many good people. To be dubbed "Queen of Muaythai" is very special to me as it is not a name I have chosen, but I have been given by my fan base.
I am also so proud to see my twin daughters Amber and Allaya (12 yrs) following in my footsteps and becoming household names in the British junior Thaiboxing league.
Alongside the competitions and World titles, our local gym "Touchgloves" has always been living proof of how Muaythai is a great hobby, even just for improving well being and fitness levels. our club is well known for its friendly, non intimidating atmosphere and has been a huge part of my life.


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A lot of you have asked me to explain passive voice and how to avoid it.
Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice.
Here's a question from Brian in Iowa. He writes, "It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and to stay away from passive voice?"
Well, Brian is right, the first step is to help people understand the difference between active and passive voice, because many people believe they should avoid the passive voice, but fewer people can define it or recognize it.
What Is Active Voice?
I'll start with active voice because it's simpler. In an active sentence, the subject is doing the action. A straightforward example is the sentence "Steve loves Amy." Steve is the subject, and he is doing the action: he loves Amy, the object of the sentence.
Another example is the title of the Marvin Gaye song "I Heard It through the Grapevine." "I" is the subject, the one who is doing the action. "I" is hearing "it," the object of the sentence.
What Is Passive Voice?
In passive voice, the target of the action gets promoted to the subject position. Instead of saying, "Steve loves Amy," I would say, "Amy is loved by Steve." The subject of the sentence becomes Amy, but she isn't doing anything. Rather, she is just the recipient of Steve's love. The focus of the sentence has changed from Steve to Amy.
If you wanted to make the title of the Marvin Gaye song passive, you would say "It was heard by me through the grapevine," not such a catchy title anymore.
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The Dniester Process
The 1,362-kilometre-long Dniester River is one of the largest Eastern European rivers. It starts in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, flows through the Republic of Moldova and then re-enters Ukraine where it discharges into the Black Sea. In addition to supplying drinking water for a large part of the basin, including the major city of Odessa (Ukraine), hydropower generation and fisheries are other important sectors the river serves.
The Dniester process supporting the development of transboundary cooperation between the two Riparians, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, has been jointly managed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) as part of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC, see www.envsec.org). Three projects – Dniester-I, II and III – have supported the development of the transboundary cooperation on the Dniester River Basin, including the involvement of institutions in Transnistria. Finland and Sweden have provided financial support.
The Dniester-I project (2004–2006), "Transboundary cooperation and sustainable management of the Dniester river", assisted the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in the development of a diagnostic study of the transboundary issues in the basin.
Dniester-II (2006–2007), "Action Programme to improve transboundary cooperation and sustainable management of the Dniester river", focused on the development of a programme to improve transboundary cooperation.
The Dniester-III project (2009-2011), "Transboundary cooperation and sustainable management in the Dniester River basin: Phase III - Implementation of the Action Programme", implemented in 2009-2011, assisted the two Governments in the development and negotiations of the Dniester Treaty.
On 29 November 2012 the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Gheorge Salaru, and the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Mr. Eduard Stavytskyi, signed the bilateral Treaty on Cooperation on the Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Dniester River Basin. The signing ceremony took place at the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) in Rome (see Treaty text in Russian and English as well as the related press release).
The new Treaty identifies principles and provides a framework for cooperation on water pollution prevention and control, water flow regulation, conservation of biodiversity and protection of the Black Sea environment. It also addresses the monitoring of data exchange, public participation and cooperation in emergency situations.
The Treaty is a pioneering example for the region in the post-Soviet era. It significantly broadens the existing cooperation arrangements to cover the entire river basin and all sectors important for the management and protection of the shared waters. The Treaty establishes the bilateral Dniester Commission to facilitate sustainable use and protection of the Basin. It is an important step in the implementation by the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine of their obligations under the UNECE Water Convention.
The achievements of the three subsequent Dniester projects include improved cooperation and coordination between health authorities in the region responsible for the quality of drinking water; establishment of transboundary cooperation on biodiversity including the management of fish stocks; improved sharing and management of information on the basin; and increased awareness among stakeholders and the public about the value of the water resources in the Dniester Basin and the threats they face. An on-going component aims to reduce vulnerability to floods.
A project document for the GEF-funded project "Enabling transboundary cooperation and integrated water resources management in the Dniester River Basin" is being developed in the second half of 2016. This 2 million USD project that will be co-implemented by UNECE is composed by three components:
• In-depth analysis of the water resources, related ecosystems and their use;
• Development of the policy, legal and institutional set-up, mandate and capacities of the River Basin Commission for strengthened basin-level cooperation; and
• Strengthening of water resources and biodiversity monitoring and conservation, and information exchange in the Dniester River Basin.
More information on the river, the transboundary cooperation and projects can be found here.


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I'll translate:1st team to arrive was team malaysia. a chinese & malay guy. wow, the chinese guy was a beast. after wolfing down a bowl with 50 meatballs, he asked for more. 3 times. 2nd team, 2 hot girls. looked chinese. one looked like a tomboy. then, 3rd team, 2 indian guys. 4th team, 2 indian girls. then, 5th team i couldn't really tell, but it was a guy-girl team. looked korean. then, indonesian team. looked like daughter n father. lastly, 2 white guys, dunno from where.. He also says this:Quote6th team, 2 girls. they r so so so so hot. one of the member is a white girl and the other one is american-filipino
6th team, 2 girls. they r so so so so hot. one of the member is a white girl and the other one is american-filipino
No. That leg is the second leg. Of course, everyone is present.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Given the high burden of Sub-Saharan Africa's infectious diseases, improvements in healthcare systems are crucial to addressing these underlying issues. A lack of proper price regulations for essential medicine, however, remains a key challenge, threatening accessibility of medicine and continuing to place strain on out-of-pocket payments for pharmaceuticals.
Prices vary significantly within many Sub-Saharan Africa countries, as pharmaceutical products move down the value chain. Wholesalers and distributors in Zimbabwe for instance, add mark-ups of as much as 43% for branded and generic drugs, while innovator drugs are marked up as high as 45%. The same situation is evident in Malawi. Retail pharmacies add price mark-ups of approximately 35% for innovator and branded generic drugs, while generic drugs are marked up by an average of 25%.
"Given the high reliance on out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare (approximately 72.4% for the Sub-Saharan Africa region) the ultimate burden of these high drug prices rests on private consumers who have to spend more for their medication," stated Frost & Sullivan's Healthcare Research Analyst Kudzai Moyo.
Health expenditure per capita in Malawi and Zimbabwe is $19.00 and $78.60, respectively, and any significant increase in the price of pharmaceuticals down the value chain has adverse effects on access to medication. Pharmaceuticals procurement by governments may, however, be insulated from these high price margins. Favourable prices are negotiated with manufacturers by leveraging on monopsonistic buying power to set prices below more liberalised prices, or alternatively if competitive bids are used.
"In contrast, the Mauritian government has imposed profit controls to manage spending on pharmaceuticals. A maximum allowable profit margin of 9% is set for pharmaceutical wholesalers and distributors, while retail pharmacies are allowed a maximum profit margin of 21.6%," noted Moyo. "Failure to adhere to these price caps result in significant fines. This is one manner in which the Mauritian government is keeping the prices of pharmaceuticals affordable."
Profit controls limit the amount of profit a pharmaceutical wholesaler or distributor may earn per product. Nevertheless, industry participants often see these price regulations as suppressive. Due to the low profit margins, sustainability for wholesalers only comes from large trading volumes, while other distributors are expanding into high profit margin food supplements.
Although, responsible authorities should look into ways of capping these exorbitant mark-ups, there should be a balance between access and liberal market policies.
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Sweet, Tangy, and Delicious.
I have wanted to make Lemon Curd for a while and am so glad I finally had the chance. It was much easier than I thought, but did take some patience. In other words, I had to stand at the stove for 20 minutes whisking. It was completely worth all the effort. I used some of the curd for on Lemon Macarons (Photo Below), put some on toast, ate some straight from the jar, and gave a jar to my friend Ellen who used it to top a Strawberry Cheesecake.
In other news, my oven died Friday night. I think I was working it too hard. We are debating whether to get it repaired or to get a new one. I don't know how long I will be able to make it without baking.
Lemon Curd
recipe adapted from Alton Brown
5 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
zest of 4 lemons
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 stick unsalted butter, chilled and cut into pats
pinch of salt
Add enough water to a medium saucepan to come about 1-inch up the side. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, combine egg yolks, sugar, and salt in a medium size metal bowl and whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Add juice and zest to egg mixture and whisk smooth. Once water reaches a simmer, reduce heat to low and place bowl on top of saucepan. Make sure the bowl does not touch the water. Whisk constantly until thickened, approximately 15-20 minutes, or until mixture is light yellow and coats the back of a spoon. Remove promptly from heat and stir in butter a piece at a time, allowing each addition to melt before adding the next. Remove to a clean container and cover by laying a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the curd. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
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Ugh. I hate Valentine's day. Okay, not really. It's cute and all. I like getting heart shaped things and baked goods for the kids. I like the 'IDEA' of Valentine's day. The actual holiday- it is never cracked up to the expectation.
Valentine's day is in February. What is February? Winter, that's what. And winter is flu season.
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Times of India should call itself a tabloid, not a newspaper. I have switched to The Hindu long ago. But today, the paperboy dropped of Times of India (TOI) edition instead of my regular newspaper. So, for a change I had to go through TOI once again.
One look at the newspaper, and you realize how worthless it is. As an example, I will just discuss today's International section in TOI.
1. Courtney Love says she will pose nude for Britain's pop magazine.
She promised that she would be "naked as the day I was born".
2. Post-Divorce, Britney's sex video with ex-hubby is costing her dear.
She did a range of explicit sex sessions with her soon-to-be ex-hubby Kevin Federline and made a video tape of the stormy, unabated sex sessions…Sources say that the naked couple are seen in a series of raunchy love-making acts and sexual games…They did nothing all day but have sex.
3. Stripper almost split Moss, Doherty
Kate Moss and Pete Doherty had a tiff after he accused her of paying too much attention to a male stripper…
4. Slippery Catfight [with picture]
Women wrestle during a girls-only Amateur Jello Wrestling event in New York on Sunday. Every month, women from all walks of life, including lawyers, school teachers and students, wrestle in 50 gallons of clear jelly.
This is supposedly International News according to TOI. The Bangalore Times edition is nothing but pictures and lurid details of sex, actress, and models.
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iPad Still Trouncing Android in Enterprise
Apple's share of the overall tablet market may be declining amid a flood of tablets powered by Google's Android operating system. But in the enterprise space the company's iPad remains the tablet of choice by a wide margin.
New research from mobile device management company Good Technology, which serves about half of the Fortune 100, shows that iPads accounted for 93.2 percent of tablet activations across its customer base in the fourth quarter of 2012. Meanwhile, Android tablets accounted for just 6.8 percent.
For Android, that's a piddling share of this particular market segment, but it is improving. In January of 2012, Android's share of tablet activations at Good's clients was only 2.7 percent. So the OS did gain momentum over the course of the year. But clearly it has been slow going.
Why is Good seeing such a big disparity between iPad and Android tablet activations? A combination of the so-called "consumerization of IT" and some major iPad deployments, most likely. The iPad's installed base is quite large, so it makes sense that the "Bring Your Own Device" programs that companies are offering to their employees these days might result in a disproportionate influx of the devices into enterprise. Add to that some strong iOS productivity apps and some large deployments of company-owned iPads — recall how often Apple likes to drop that "almost every company in the Fortune 500 is testing or deploying iPad" sound bite — and the reasons for Apple's lead becomes self-evident.
It's worth noting here as well that Apple's dominance in Good's particular slice of the enterprise space doesn't end with tablets. It includes smartphones, too. According to Good, the iPad and iPhone accounted for 77 percent of new device activations across its customer base in the fourth quarter of 2012, up from 71 percent in 2011.


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Heat oil in a large, shallow skillet. Saute the onion and shallot until just beginning to soften. Add the beef until the fat starts to render, breaking the meat into small bits. Drain off the fat. Add the Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, paprika and stock. Simmer until the stock has totally evaporated. Serve sprinkled with onion on buns with a smear of mustard.


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