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Learn about considerations for using a cluster, creating cluster profiles, and running code on a cluster with MATLAB Parallel Server™.
Prior to R2019a, MATLAB Parallel Server was called MATLAB Distributed Computing Server.
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Part 9: GPU Computing with MATLAB Learn about using GPU-enabled MATLAB functions, executing NVIDIA CUDA code from MATLAB , and performance considerations.
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Hair Loss: Principles of Diagnosis and Management Alopeciaby Jerry Shapiro, MD of Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.Blends clinical detail with the latest research and theories of pathogenesis. Complex issues are presented with photographs and photomicrographs included.
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Computing-wise, I've taken a break from the JamVM/OpenJDK port for a couple of days while I play with my latest toy : a cheap mini-netbook based on a Chinese MIPS clone. It's branded CnMbook, but it's available (or was) under dozens of names.
Yes, it's been available for a while. I first investigated it over a year ago as I wanted a MIPS machine on which I could do the port of the code-copying JIT (I did the MIPS port of JamVM back in 2007, and I've not touched it since). But it was 170 pounds, which was too much for the tiny spec, and I got an EeePC instead.
However, I still don't like Intel, even though it finally became my main architecture in 2008 (albeit AMD). And I like it even less as a mobile processor, as it's the last area where it doesn't dominate.
So what lead to this sudden surge of interest? I've been waiting for years for the fabled ARM-based netbooks, and a couple of weeks ago I saw a cheap WinCE mini-netbook in a local discount shop which I was passing. My brother (the author of SquashFS) thought it shouldn't be too difficult to get Linux working on it. This lead to a weekend long investigation, which showed up some startling results.
The mini-netbooks appear to be based on one of two ARM9-based SoCs (so these still aren't the low-cost Cortex A8 ones I've been waiting for). Either the Anyka AK7802 or Via's WonderMedia VT8505 SoC. The amazing thing? There's no publicly available Linux kernel (with source) for any of them. There is a binary-only Android kernel for the VT8505 but no public source. For the AK7802 there's nothing, and as Anyka have not made any SoC documentation publicly available it's likely that there never will be.
In contrast, Ingenic, the maker of the MIPS clone in the CnMbook have made available the full source to their modified kernel, u-boot bootloader, rootfs and applications. It came with CELinux, and an ancient 2.4.20 kernel. But it didn't take my brother long to get a modern-ish 2.6.24 kernel running on it (he's working on 2.6.31), and with Debian MIPS Linux it makes a nice little portable development system. Compiling is rather slow, but vim runs well on console, which is all you need!
The cost? 65 quid off ebay for an ex-display model as you can't buy them anymore, the ARM9 WinCE machines having completely replaced them.
I'll next post my experience of running JamVM/OpenJDK on it :)
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Debian Linux on cheap MIPS mini netbook
Posted by Robert Lougher at 23:15
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- JaK said...
I am a bit scared about JamVM future. It's not clear what Oracle will do with Java. Apache Foundation leaved the Java Comunity Process because Oracle's position doesn't seem very friendly to other Java implementations.
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Is touch technology an enterprise feature? Samsung sure seems to think so.
Their existing line of Android-powered tablets and phones is evidence enough, given how those gadgets have sported more and more business-related features like device-level encryption. But even more proof of touch as an enterprise-level feature could be seen in the sneak preview of their forthcoming hardware offerings, held at The New Museum in downtown Manhattan this past Monday.
There was a lot to get one's hands on (pun intended). Anyone who's seen Samsung's Ultrabook and mainstream notebook offerings can tell why they get plenty of attention: their ultra-thin, brushed-metal designs bring to mind the best of the MacBooks, sans Apple's lock-in tax. And Samsung's existing market presence in displays and other consumer electronics has made it that much easier for them to broaden awareness of the Samsung brand in PCs as well.
Many of the featured new offerings -- from the touch-enabled TV-sized displays designed for conference rooms, to the new ATIV line of devices -- are nominally consumer products. But in a conversation with Tod Pike, senior vice president of the enterprise business division for Samsung Electronics America, it became clear that Samsung is not only aware of how "the lines between the living room and the boardroom are blurring" (to use their own phrase), but that they want to capitalize on it.
Samsung's new ATIV Smart PC is a good example of this aesthetic in action. It works as a touch-screen tablet PC and a conventional notebook PC, courtesy of a keyboard which undocks from the screen, and even includes a Samsung S Pen (also featured in the Galaxy Note phablet) for handwriting or on-screen annotations. Those who want a conventional "sit-down" PC have one; those who want a tablet can have one, with no compromises in speed and functionality on either end.
Up until the last couple of years, Samsung had essentially no presence in the American PC market. This makes all the more striking their sudden and ambitious deployment of so many Ultrabook and convertible models, many of which have received high praise. Why enter the U.S. market now, I asked Mr. Pike, especially with the economy as tetchy as it is, and Windows 8 itself something of an unproven quantity?
The short answer: Samsung felt it had many things to offer that market. Among them (according to Pike) were good design work; tight hardware integration (75% of the components in any given device is made by Samsung itself); and a strong sense of product differentiation, not just via things like the new ATIV line but their Series 9 notebook, which preceded the formal introduction of Ultrabooks.
When it came down to how Samsung saw the difference in how to serve the enterprise and consumer markets, Pike had one word: "The channel." Many of the designs of their consumer-level products could be tweaked into enterprise products mostly with the addition of a few key features: a TPM module, more memory, the presence of the enterprise grades of Windows, and so on. "The core design is what's resonating with the customers," said Tod's compatriot, Todd Bouman, vice president of marketing at Samsung Electronics, "whether they're with the consumer realm or enterprise space."
Was Windows 8 an instigator for Samsung to move into these spaces? I asked. "Windows 8 is a catalyst that will help us propel even further into the industry," said Bouman, "but whether Windows 8 was coming or not, our trajectory was still going to skyrocket."
Click here to read how Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. is giving many incoming freshmen a Samsung Slate PC running Windows 8 as part of the university's mobile technology program.
Some of the business adopting Samsung PCs are familiar with Samsung hardware in other realms. Pike cited a major U.S. bank that is adopting Samsung PC hardware, but was already familiar with the brand through their display products for the trading floor. But mobile computing has also enabled Samsung to snag many entirely new customers -- especially in retail, where use is exploding. "We've got lots of great examples of our ability to sell a number of tablets per store in some of these chains that have a thousand outlets," Pike indicated.
And there just as many complete newcomers. Among the entirely new markets for Samsung mobile hardware was a company named MOC1 Solutions, which provides service advisor software to car dealerships. They are now partnering with Samsung as their device provider of choice, to replace a competitor with a much thicker and heavier product.
Was Samsung apprehensive about the potentially shaky uptake for Windows 8? "Everyone has had a certain degree of hesitation to adopt a new version of Windows," Bouman said.
But this is really unlike any previous version of Windows, I countered. It's very different.
"But the trend that we've seen, especially with the younger generation -- what do they want to do?" Here he mimed touching a screen.
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Blog of Dr. Miland Brown that features different aspects of world history. Not everything can be covered but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. Dr. Brown is an academic in North America.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Vandalizing History on Easter Island
The articles notes, "Kulju used his hands to tear off the earlobe, which fell to the ground and broke into pieces measuring 8 to 12 inches each, Easter Island Police Chief Cristian Gonzalez told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Kulju ran away with at least one of the pieces from the 13-foot tall Moai, he said."
Easter Island government official Liliana Castro noted, "Fortunately, this type of thing does not happen every day, but it does happen, and it is almost impossible to control because on Easter Island there are sites of great archaeological value everywhere and the park guards cannot prevent all such incidents."
Archaeologists believe the island was discovered and colonized by Polynesians at about 400 AD. Subsequently, a unique culture developed. The human population grew to levels that could not be sustained by the island. A civil war resulted, and the island's deforestation and ecosystem collapse was nearly complete. Over 880 statues called moai (pronounced 'mo eye') can be found on this isolated island, located 2,300 miles from the coast of Chile. The statues range in size from a few feet to over 30 feet, and weigh up to 150 tons. They were built sometime after the island was colonized in 300 C.E.. Each statue was hewn out of hard volcanic material from quarries near the Rano Raraku volcano. The statues are thought to honor their deity Make Make, or represent chieftans of the two or three tribes that inhabited this island. Originally the island was heavily forested for the construction of statues and campfires, but the rapid growth of the human population quickly denuded the island. About 250 years ago, warfare between the two tribes of 'Easter Islanders' led to the toppling of most of the statues. (Source)
If this all an misfortunate understanding, I wish Mr. Kulju well. However, if he did indeed damage this statue, I hope Chile throws the book at him. These sort of artifacts are not replaceable and they belong to the people of the Earth. This is a part of the human legacy.
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- Ojalanpoika said...
If you will allow, I would like to defend my country man for the raging mob wanting to lynch him:
Your short blog was decent, however.
This countryman of mine has been lynched high. There were more column meters published on the death of Princess Diana than there were on the invasion at Normanny. Soon there will be more column meters on this earlobe of the moai statute (1 out of 400-1000, the hungry media does not even know the number) than there are columns on the massive Buddha statutes annihilated by the Taleban regime!
A high-octan, adrenaline addict adventurer climbs on a top of a high and sacred monument. Bad enough. The Finn brokes the ear of this fragile lava type of stone. Worse enough. My countryman tries to hide it and runs away. Worst enough. (OK, Oll Korrect, he confessed what happened later on.) But this does not prove him a thief though the whole globe would shout and shoot so! It was the Easter week at the Easter Island. The same week the Finnish leaders of the Botnia pulp factory at the border river between Uruguay and Argentine were on trial in a South American court for "Planned damage". After Finnish flags had been burnt in the streets of Argentine for 3 years for this biggest investment ever to the poor country of Uruguay. Come on, guys! We have a classical scape goat and red herring here! Not every tattood boxer is suffering from Dementia pugilistica. In Finland we enjoy extreme sports, but the aim was not to vandalize it appears to me. So now we know we should prefer Tibet over the highest 22-meter Moai for climbing. That I want to apologize.
- Ojalanpoika said...
I only now got the actual article of the incident in my hands. Now I need to apologize again: There was even no climbing. Just an especially fragile specimen of the statues, implied the court and judge.
The printed media has gone down with the web mob that demands irrational entertainment, not truth behind matters. The Finnish hiker immediately wrote a letter describing the incident in Spanish in a major Chilean newspaper. But NONE of the Western media houses translated and provided even inserts from the victims own viewpoint. So now we know that even BBC, CNN, AOL abd Congoo News are on the same line regarding the fact that none of them translates original foreign languages to English. They just copy from one another. Mindless recycling in the English newspapers and media houses. Are you so arrogant that you think editing from other English sources is enough for the citizens?
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A California man shot dead after breaking into a young family's suburban home over the weekend had ranted about zombies hours before he showed up screaming threats in their backyard and smashed into their house, authorities said on Monday.
The Orange County Sheriff's department said that 22-year-old was killed in the affluent community of Yorba Linda by a homeowner who awoke before dawn on Sunday to find him screaming in the backyard.
The homeowner, whose wife and infant were inside the house, shot Bracamontes after he broke in through a glass door before police were able to respond to an emergency call, authorities said.
"He was making threats to harm the homeowners and said that there were five more people out front that were going to harm them," Lieutenant Jeff Hallock of the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. "We're sure those other people didn't exist."
Hallock said the man's relatives told authorities that he had been hallucinating at a party on Saturday evening and had made several "inappropriate" comments about zombies to a family member.
"He indicated that he needed or wanted a gun before leaving the party," Hallock said. "The next thing they knew, he was gone and that was the last they heard or saw of him."
Hallock would not say how many shots were fired but confirmed the gun used was registered to the homeowner, who he said was "very upset" about the incident. Authorities said the homeowner would not be charged because he acted in self defense.
Authorities were looking into whether drugs or alcohol may have been involved. Hallock could not say if Bracamontes had a history of mental illness. The couple told deputies they did not know Bracamontes.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Orange County Superior Court records show that Bracamontes was charged with public intoxication in January 2013, but the case was dismissed in April.
Zombies are real. They are all around us. People are checking out of reality and spending their lives consuming digital media, for example. Be prepared.


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Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan died today at the age of 83. He was responsible for overseeing some of GM's most iconic designs. Here is a remembrance from the man who holds his job today. — Ed.
Chuck Jordan was the person who hired me as an intern in 1971 while he was working for Bill Mitchell, and I will always be appreciative of the opportunity he gave me to join GM's Design Organization. Chuck was always involved in the hiring of talented, young designers, and he took great interest in their growth and development.
He was a strong creative force at GM Design, and a passionate leader. It always felt as if every new project he was leading represented a new mountain to climb, and was a fresh opportunity to create new trends and statements in automotive design. He had the charisma and passion of few others in the industry.
Most people associate Chuck Jordan with very tailored and crisp designs of Cadillac and Corvette automobiles, but Chuck also had a passion for truck design and created some of GM's most significant concept and production trucks of the 1950s.
More recently, I'm glad that Chuck had an opportunity to visit GM Design just this past summer while he was back in the Detroit area for the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance. He spent hours touring our Design Center in Warren and talking with our design staff. It was a wonderful to have him back in the place in which he helped create such a rich legacy.
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Capital works as a buffer against losses and as protection for account holders when a bank is struggling financially. Therefore, a bank's level of capital is an essential measurement of an institution's financial strength. When looking at safety and soundness, more capital is better.
On our test to measure the adequacy of a bank's capital, Community Bank of Georgia achieved a score of 18 out of a possible 30 points, beating out the national average of 13.13.
One way to measure this buffer is looking at a bank's Tier 1 capital ratio. Community Bank of Georgia's Tier 1 capital ratio was 16.19 percent, above the 6 percent level considered adequate by regulators, but below the national average of 25.65 percent. The higher the capital ratio, the better the bank will be able to weather economic challenges.
Overall, Community Bank of Georgia held equity amounting to 13.15 percent of its assets, which exceeded the national average of 12.03 percent.
This test's purpose is to try to understand how the bank's capitalization and allocated loan loss reserves could be affected by problem assets, such as unpaid mortgages.
Having large numbers of these types of assets means a bank may have to use capital to absorb losses, shrinking its cushion of equity. It also means that there are likely to be many assets that are in non-accrual status and thus aren't earning interest for the bank, decreasing earnings and increasing the risk of a failure in the future.
Community Bank of Georgia came in below the national average of 37.49 on Bankrate's asset quality test, racking up 32 out of a possible 40 points .
A handy indicator of asset quality is the percentage of problem assets a bank holds compared to its total assets. As of December 31, 2017, 2.31 percent of Community Bank of Georgia's loans were noncurrent -- in other words, they were more than 90 days past due or were in non-accrual status. That's above the national average of 1.01 percent.
Banks maintain a reserve to deal with problem assets known as an "allowance for loan and lease losses." Comparing the size of that reserve to the total amount of at-risk loans can be a widely used indicator when evaluating a bank's ability to manage troubled assets. Unfortunately, the FDIC did not provide information on Community Bank of Georgia's loan loss allowance in its most recent filings.
How profitable a bank is has an effect on its safety and soundness. Earnings may be retained by the bank, giving a boost to its capital cushion, or be used to deal with problematic loans, potentially making the bank more resilient in tough times. Obviously, banks that are losing money are less able to do those things.
Community Bank of Georgia did above-average on Bankrate's test of earnings, achieving a score of 18 out of a possible 30.
Return on equity, calculated by dividing net income (profit, essentially) by total equity, is one important measure of a bank's earnings. Community Bank of Georgia's most recent annualized quarterly return on equity was 8.19 percent, above the national average of 8.10 percent.
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, the bank earned net income of $841,000 on total equity of $10.5 million. The bank reported an annualized return on average assets, or ROA, of 1.12 percent, above the 1 percent deemed satisfactory in accordance with industry standards, and above the average for U.S. banks of 1.00 percent.
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This year the Lebanon Parent-Teacher Organization is joining forces with the Lebanon Recreation Department to offer a Fall Social and Trunk-A-Treat Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lebanon Elementary School.
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The P.T.O. needs volunteers for the evening to help with setting up the event, helping out during it, and cleaning up afterward. Baked goods are also needed.
If you would like to volunteer or bake for this event, please contact Erica Sirois at 457-1799 or send an email to the Lebanon PTO at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Need a costume for the Oct. 22 event? Want to make your own trick-or-treat bag for the festival? You can take care of both tasks on Sunday, Oct. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hanson School. There will be a free costume swap and make-your-own-trick-treat-bag table. There will be hot apple cider, a scarecrow-making competition for those who preregister, and other fun activities.
The town's recreation director is also seeking volunteers who would be willing to decorate their cars for the Trunk-A-Treat part of the event and hand out candy. The best decorated car will win a prize. The director is also seeking donations of candy to hand out.
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Noble High School is hosting its annual Spook Alley on Friday, Oct. 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. Log on to http://nhs.msad60.org/ for more details.
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The 3rd Annual MSAD 60 Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters are welcome.
Noble cheerleaders will be taking part this year by providing delicious food.
This year's fair will include homemade items — woodworking crafts, stained glass, pottery, signs, jewelry, paintings, tree ornaments, doll clothes, hand towels, painted switch plate covers, and more wonderful holiday and gift ideas.
If you are a crafter and would like to rent a table, please contact Ann Furber at 207-651-6840.
MSAD 60 Pre-K Head Start is now accepting applications for children born between Oct. 16, 2006, and Oct. 15, 2007, including children with disabilities, for the 2011-2012 school year.
Families living in Lebanon, North Berwick and Berwick are encouraged to apply.
The centers are located at Noble High School and at the Hanson School in Lebanon.
Head Start is the only nationally recognized program of its kind that provides support to children and families. This is a free program.
To register, call 324-5762 or 1-800-965-5762.
Lebanon Fire Chief Skip Wood has submitted the monthly emergency call log for the fire department. There were 15 calls for service in September.
The breakdown of calls is as follows: 5 motor vehicle accidents; 2 unauthorized burns; 2 unintentional transmissions of alarm; 2 false alarms; one oil or other liquid spill; one power line down; one alarm sounded due to a malfunction; and one smoke detector activation with no fire.
There will be a rabies clinic at the East Lebanon Fire Station on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dog licenses will also be offered at the same time.
q Thursday, Oct. 20: MSAD 60's board of directors will meet at the Noble High School Library at 7 p.m.
q Thursday, Oct. 27: Early Release Day and Parent-Teacher Conferences. Students will be dismissed at noon and conferences will begin at 1 p.m.
Representatives from area colleges and universities and organizations will visit Noble High School on the following dates.
— Tuesday, Oct. 18: Americorp
— Friday, Oct. 21: Southern New Hampshire University
— Monday, Oct 24: Western New England University, Rivier College
This year's fall musical at Noble High School, "The Wizard of Oz," will be presented in the Philip Hussey Auditorium at Noble High School from Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday, Nov. 13.
Log on to http://nhs.msad60.org/ for more details as the performance nears.
Halloween bash set for Lebanon families on Oct. 22
This year the Lebanon Parent-Teacher Organization is joining forces with the Lebanon Recreation Department to offer a Fall Social and Trunk-A-Treat Halloween party on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lebanon Elementary School.


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FHSST is a community-driven, volunteer project to write free science and mathematics textbooks for South Africa (grades 10-12). The books are released under an open copyright licence (see http://www.fhsst.org for details). FHSST and OpenPress are teaming up to print the books (see http://www.markhorner.net/2009/10/2…s-by-hand/ for details) but they need someone to design covers for them.
The books are aimed at Grade 10-12 learners and teachers in South Africa.
A sequence of 3 A4 covers (front and back) are required for the Physical Science books, one for each grade.
The covers must:
- include the title "Physical Science"
- include the grade in the form: "Grade X" where X is one of 10, 11 or 12
- have an obvious theme tying the three titles together
- state "Written by volunteers" in a location and manner consistent with common practice for the authors' name(s)
- include the FHSST logo
- display the OpenPress logo in a clear but not dominant location (possibly similar to the manner in which a publisher's logo would be included), any of the OpenPress logo variations may be used in the design (see attached .ai file for variations)
The back covers should be the same for all books and include pictures of all 3 books covers and the FHSST logo.
Those are the hard requirements. Everything else is up to you:
We have no pre-conceived themes or styles. We must try to balance appealing to the youth and teachers and would probably not go for something extremely abstract or extremely traditional.
We have no objections to the use of science instruments, equations or symbols as elements on the covers but don't want to mandate their inclusion either.
An African hint to the theme would be nice but is also not mandatory.
We will rapidly indicate if ideas or themes emerge we do / don't like.
To be fair here is a list of the high-level topics that are covered:
- motion in 1- and 2-D
- gravity
- energy
- waves
- optics
- magnetism
- electricity
- circuits
- forces, momentum
- doppler effect
- wave nature of matter
- lasers
- electromagnetic radiation
- classification of matter
- atoms
- bonding, inter-molecular forces
- solutions
- organic molecules
- thermal properties
- gasses
- chemical reactions
- chemical industry


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Uggla, Pastornicky arrive early with something to prove
Atlanta's second baseman and utility infielder are coming off frustrating years
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- When Dan Uggla opted to undergo LASIK surgery in August, Tyler Pastornicky was given another shot to prove he is capable of filling an everyday role.
One day later, a collision with Jason Heyward in shallow right field left Pastornicky with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Just like that, he bid adieu to the plan to spend approximately three weeks filling in for Uggla as the Braves' starting second baseman.
While the pain might have been more significant, the frustration was similar to what Pastornicky had felt a year earlier, when his two-month stint as Atlanta's starting shortstop ended with Andrelton Simmons' midseason promotion to the Majors.
Refreshed by the approaching dawn of a new season, Uggla and Pastornicky were both wearing smiles Wednesday, when they became the latest Braves to make an early arrival to Spring Training. The club's pitchers and catchers are required to report by Thursday to prepare for their first workout Friday.
Instead of waiting until the end of this week to travel to Florida well ahead of next week's first full-squad workout, Uggla got out of Atlanta before the latest winter storm crippled the city. His early arrival gives him a chance to begin regaining some of the comfort and confidence that was lost when the Braves left him off the roster for last year's National League Division Series against the Dodgers.
The Braves spent the early days of this offseason exploring the possibility of trading Uggla and a portion of the $26 million he is owed over the next two years. But once it was apparent a suitable deal would not be found, the club began looking to this upcoming season with the hope that the veteran second baseman will prove to be much more productive than he was last year, when he hit .179 with 22 homers and a .671 OPS.
"Last year, although his batting average was down, he still hit 20 homers and walked a bunch," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Just a couple years ago he became the first second baseman to hit at least 30 home runs in five consecutive seasons. It's still there."
Now that he has been given an entire offseason to get used to the improved vision he gained from the LASIK procedure, Uggla will have a chance to prove he is still worthy of keeping his role as Atlanta's starting second baseman. In order to do so, he will have to distance himself from the misery that has grown as he has hit .185 in the 236 games he has played dating back to June 5, 2012.
If Uggla's struggles continue, the Braves could give his starting role to either Ramiro Pena or Pastornicky. Intriguing prospect Tommy La Stella could also be considered a candidate at some point. But there are still some concerns about the defensive skills possessed by La Stella, who is expected to begin the season with Triple-A Gwinnett.
While Pena is returning from shoulder surgery without any limitations, Pastornicky could be restricted from some activities during the early portion of camp. He has been encouraged with the way his surgically repaired knee has responded as he has been running over the past month. But Pastornicky will be evaluated at least one more time before he is cleared to resume all baseball-related activities.


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Seth Smith picks winner in The City Harmonic
If you've been to a few Colorado Rockies' games this year, you might be familiar with The City Harmonic's song "Manifesto" — it was the Seth Smith's walkup song.
And Smith's choice in music is right on as the band received the New Artist of the Year Award by the Gospel Music Association Canada last week. The song "Manifesto" won for Recorded Song of the Year and Modern Worship Song of the Year.
The band is currently on tour and will be joining the Newsboys on their God's Not Dead tour next year. Here's a link.
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musashi5150 wrote:I only just saw this today. I first came into contact with Alison because I bought some ST stuff from her on eBay about 3 years ago when I just got my first STe. She even included some bonus games with my purchase and put together a disk of some utilities I might need. Being an Amiga user of 20+ years I wasn't that familar with all things TOS and she generously took the time to exchange emails with me and help with a few of my questions. I sent her a sickly ZX81 by way of a thank you of sorts Like many of you I have enjoyed browsing the LogicSays site and looking at pictures of her ST mods and reading some of her helpful advice on this forum.
Such a tragic loss and my condolences go out to Colin and her family.
exxos wrote:I still find it hard to know she is no longer with us. I miss our chats and projects we worked on. its not often you can find someone to worth together with and actually finish something together! Now and then I get emails who mention her and how supportive she was to Atari people. Had one just last week in fact while chatting to a guy who crossed my inbox from overseas. She sure helped a lot of people and I am sure will be missed for a long time to come.
Throughout our life we amass collections of friends and treasured possessions. Having close relationships help us feel as if we are not alone in the world. When we lose someone or something that is precious to us, we may realize that there is a certain aloneness that can never be filled. Ultimately the condition of life is one of being alone before God.
NeilM wrote:Only just found out about this terrible news after mentioning the Atari on another forum; a fellow poster asked if I was talking about Alison and directed me here.
I met her once, in 2008 when I gave her my old Atari stuff - couldn't bring myself to bin it and couldn't be bothered to eBay it - and we handed it all over to her in a car park at Hatfield Peverel. I didn't want anything for it but she insisted on giving us a bottle of Baileys (IIRC). She was a happy, bubbly person I would have liked to know better.
My condolences to Colin, to the rest of her family and to you all here.
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Colorado has the cheapest energy bills in the nation, survey finds
Colorado is cheapest state in the county when it comes to the cost of energy, according to a survey by WalletHub, the personal finance website.
WalletHub's review is based on eight measures: average monthly electricity consumption and retail electric price; average monthly consumption of natural gas and its retail price; average motor fuel price and miles travel; average monthly home heating oil consumption and the price of heating oil.
Toting up all those factors Colorado came out with the lowest energy bill followed by Washington State, Oregon and Arizona. Thanks to all the hydropower in the Northwest, Washington has the lowest residential electricity rates in the nation at 8.8 cents a kilowatt-hour, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.
Washington, D.C., actually placed first, with a total monthly energy cost of $223, but it isn't a state and benefits from among other things being more compact and having a lower gasoline bills. Drivers in Wyoming, which is a darn sight bigger and more spread out than the district, had a motor-fuel consumption rate three times as high as those in D.C. drivers.
Wyoming was the second most expensive state for energy after Connecticut, which has an average electricity charge of 22.2 cents a kilowatt-hour compared with 12 cents in Colorado and 10.9 cents in Wyoming. Connecticut also has homes that rely on expensive home-heating oil.
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Paul Bambei made some persuasive arguments during his presentation at the Twin States Campground Conference on why campground owners in Vermont and New Hampshire should join the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC).
But how many owners decide to join the national association after the ARVC CEO spoke to about three dozen of them on Nov. 10 at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vt., remains to be seen.
"He gave a very strong sales pitch for the benefits of ARVC membership," said Peter Daniels, executive director of the Vermont Campground Association (VCA). "He gave a lot of examples of large discounts for ARVC members. The music licensing was the biggest."
As he has done at various state and industry meetings this fall, Bambei told his audience that ARVC is creating unprecedented exclusive value for its members. For example, its new music-licensing program that covers the three major licensors (BMI, ASCAP and SESAC) provides enough savings to offset the cost of ARVC dues next year, Bambei noted.
For parks with less than 50 sites, the annual license savings will total $686. For parks with 50 to 200 sites, the annual savings will total $871. For parks with 201 to 400 sites, the savings will total $973 and for parks with 401 or more sites, the savings will be $1,165. See chart below.
The deadline to realize these savings for the 2013 season is Nov. 30.
"Several of the newer members indicated that is something they should look into," Daniels continued, while not offering hard numbers on how many might join the national association.
Vermont campground owners are an independent lot, as just four of the 70 members of VCA also belong to ARVC at present, Daniels said. Daniels does not believe VCA has ever been an affiliated member of ARVC.
In New Hampshire, where there are about twice as many campgrounds as in Vermont, the participation rate is better. There, about 30 out of 143 parks that are members of the New Hampshire Campground Owners' Association are ARVC members.
The association withdrew from ARVC 10 to 15 years ago for reasons forgotten by many of today's owners, according to Gregg Pitman, executive director, but the spirit of working with ARVC is being revived
He, too, anticipates several New Hampshire parks will join ARVC after hearing Bambei's presentation
"I see the potential that ARVC membership would be to our members," Pitman said. "All I can do is promote this as a great option."
Though New Hampshire has no official ties to ARVC, Pitman has begun to collect ARVC membership dues on behalf of New Hampshire campgrounds and forwarding it to the national headquarters in Colorado.
This act puts New Hampshire in a unique relationship as cooperating with ARVC yet not being identified as a "cooperating" state, he concedes.
To promote ARVC membership in his state, Pitman said he will enlist some ARVC members to record video testimonials which he can share with non-members.
Meanwhile, Daniels said the seminar presentations at this year's Twin States Conference were well received.
The keynote speaker, Megan Smith, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, set the tone for the spirit of cooperation that Bambei brought up later in his talk when she outlined how Vermont is working with other "upper tier" states (New Hampshire and Maine) to promote tourism in the Northeast.
The 2013 Twin States Conference will be held in New Hampshire, most likely along the state's seacoast, Daniels and Pitman said.


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Irish whiskey comes from Ireland (where whiskey was first invented in the 15th century) and can be made from malted and unmalted barley. It has a reputation for being a lighter, gentler spirit, because Irish distillers often triple distill their whiskey to remove as many impurities ('congeners' is the technical term) as possible before barreling. Like scotch, some varieties of Irish whiskey can be made with peated malts but it is much less common.
Once distilled, the spirit must also spend a minimum of three years in wooden barrels before it can be called whiskey. Higher quality (and more expensive) whiskeys often spend a lot longer maturing in the barrels.


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Friday, May 11, 2012
'Ere I Wander' an update on New York
Before I left Sydney on April 22, bound for the great city of New York, I set up a new blog named 'Ere I Wander' with the intention of recording a daily journal of my trip to America to visit my new granddaughter, Indiana. I had grand plans to include anecdotes of historical and genealogical interest. My 'grandmother' time has been much enjoyed, however my blog has not been as successful. My IPad and jet lag, alas, have had other plans for me. I am resolved to write again, now that I have overcome tiredness, stopped getting up far too early to wander the streets of Manhattan before heading to spend the day with my beautiful granddaughter, Indiana, and finally worked out how to load photos on my blog from my IPad. Well, I'm not so sure I have that last problem overcome yet! So possibly no photos....
This is my first visit to the USA. I have been to the UK, Europe and Asia but i have never before stepped onto the shores of America. I usually try to incorporate some Family History in my wanderings, so a visit to Ellis Island was high on my list of things to do whilst in New York. When I arrived and discovered that my apartment in the Upper Westside of Manhattan was on the same block as the New York Historical Society, only one block from the New York Genealogy Society and very close to an LDS Family History centre, I felt right at home immediately. Well, until I found that I had to relearn how to order coffee (in Starbucks, it is advisable not to give your name using an Australian accent, if like mine, it has the letter 'R' in it.... 'Its spelled SHAR... No Not 'AH' ... Not 'AH'.... 'R' .. Oh forget it. My name is Lee! So at my local coffee shop, I am known as Lee! It's not just me either. My son in law Mark has found it easier to be Steve! I gave up ordering corn in a salad because of the dreaded 'R'. When it came to the corn, my lettuce had wilted before anyone understood what I wanted.( I am becoming better at rolling those 'r's' now though.)
So before I touch on my family history.. Here are just a few tips I have picked up in New York. ( not nearly as many 'tips' as I've given - but for those not used to the tipping 'system' - there is a website which clearly explains tipping etiquette in America). Catching a 'cab' in Manhattan is quite an experience. At first I couldn't get one at all. Silly me! I was standing on the pavement ( I've picked up the lingo quickly) with my hand outstretched, wondering why hundreds of empty yellow taxis completely ignored me as they sped past. Now, I know better. I have mastered the art of stepping out onto the road DIRECTLY in the path of a speeding cab... It works! So far I haven't been run down.....
Taxis are very inexpensive in New York. Possibly it's because the drivers save so much on wear and tear on things like - indicators and breaks. I can only describe my taxi ride to Battery Park to catch the ferry to Ellis Island, as akin to a high speed roller coaster ride! I admit that whilst driving one handed, at high speed, and talking on a cell phone at the same time is genuine multi tasking, it does make using an indicator impossible and I found that just a touch scary, when the norm is for cabs to constantly weave in and out of lanes.... Fast and furious lane changing is definitely a New York driving talent! And, despite the newly introduced $300 fine for 'honking' in New York, the horn still seems the best way to maneuver through Manhattan traffic. But a cab WILL get you anywhere in New York FAST! And cheaply. So I'm not complaining. After three weeks in New York, I have fallen in love with the city, it's colorful history and in particular the bagels! So, a diet may be on my agenda when I return! Now, with my brief introduction to New York life, dispensed with..... On to the family history.
I had quite a number of family members who immigrated to America. HABERLING relatives arrived from Switzerland in the 1800's as did NERGER aunts and uncles from Prussia. At least one GAIR from Northumberland, England, made the journey in the 1860's as did my SIEGLER great great great grandparents, Johannes and Anna, from Weurttemberg in Germany. My great great grandmother, Christiana Siegler journeyed to Australia with her 17 year old brother Gottlieb, in 1863, only months before the remainder of her large family left Germany for America. Immigration records show that the Siegler family had been applying to emigrate to America for some time. Their application became approved after they had sent two of their nine children to Australia, including my great great grandmother.
My great Aunt Maggie McDade ( married name SMITH) arrived in America in 1926. Margaret Bonner McDade born 24 September, 1896 in Glasgow, Scotland, was estranged from the rest of the McDade family. Her parents and siblings had all emigrated to Brisbane, Australia in 1923. The unfortunate Maggie had become caught up in a family scandal involving her husband Andrew Smith and her younger, 14 year old sister, Mary in 1921.... One of those scandals that was rumour until this family historian proved it true! Mary gave birth to a son in Glasgow, 1922, named Alexander Gilmour McDade. Her parents, John and Elizabeth Gibson McDade took the family and baby Alexander to Australia. Immigration records named him as their own child. It was quite a common practice in past times for grandparents to raise a child as their own so as not to 'spoil' the chance of marriage for a young daughter.
Sadly, when the McDade family arrived in Australia, Mary ran away and was not heard from again. Maggie remained with her husband Andrew, and they left Glasgow, Scotland, bound for America and a new life, with their three daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary.
Maggie McDade was a widow when she married Andrew Smith on April 13, 1921, according to the banns of the Church of Scotland. On September 17, 1914, aged only 17 years, Maggie had obtained permission to marry her 18 year old sweetheart, William Shaw Thompson. William was a Private in the Gordon Highlanders, Regiment number 3963. He was leaving for active duty in France and the couple married before he left. I have no way of knowing whether Maggie and William saw each other again before he was killed in action in Flanders, on September 25, 1915, just a year after their marriage ceremony. Maggie was a widow at the age of 18 years.
I have the passenger records for my Smith family who arrived in New York on October 31, 1926, on board the 'Cameronia'. Their intended address was 5545 North Water Street, Philadelphia, PA. The NY Passenger Lists (1820-1957) for the Cameronia describes Maggie as having fair hair and blue eyes.
The 1930 census finds the Smith family in Foster, Shuylkill, PA. Although the 1940 USA census has been released I have been unable to locate the family on it as yet.
Maggie wrote a letter in the 1980's to Robert MacDade in Brisbane Australia, believing him to be her younger brother. Robert was, in fact, her nephew, the son of her deceased brother Robert ( Bert). Maggie wanted to be in contact with her siblings however she was too late. She died in August of 1984 in New Castle, Delaware according to the Social Security Death index. Nothing is known about Maggie and Andrew's daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary Smith.
Andrew Smith's real name was Antonas USTILA. He, along with his parents were Lithuanian refugees who arrived in Glasgow on route to America. Andrew's parents remained in Scotland. As with many European refugees who crowded the Gorbals in Glasgow, this family's name was anglicized to Smith. Smith is today, one of the most common surnames in Scotland.
While I am in the USA I am attempting to find out what happened to the family of my great aunt Maggie Smith née McDade. As a genealogist, I am realistic but ever optimistic! Wish me luck!
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Details of a controversial patent agreement between Microsoft and Novell have been revealed in Novell's SEC filings. The text of the agreement is now publicly available, but some parts—including one whole page—have been redacted.
Although most of the details surrounding the agreement have already been disclosed, there are a few aspects of the deal that weren't previously known. Of particular interest is the language that describes exceptions to the patent indemnification agreement. The deal specifically excludes patent protection for "clone products." In the agreement, a clone product is broadly defined as "a product (or major component thereof) of a Party that has the same or substantially the same features and functionality as a then-existing product (or major component thereof) of the other Party ... and that has the same or substantially the same user interface, or implements all or substantially all of the Application Programming Interfaces of the Prior Product."
This means that Microsoft can still sue individual SUSE Linux customers who are using products designed to replicate Microsoft products and that also infringe on Microsoft's patents. The text of the clone product definition subsections is very cumbersome to read, but it specifically mentions OpenOffice, Wine, and OpenXchange by name without asserting that they are necessarily clone products. It leaves the door open for possible suits. One can speculate that this is perhaps the fertile field of patent infringements that Microsoft keeps mentioning but never specifying.
The SEC filing also includes an extremely broad list of potential risks faced by Novell. One particular item in that list, which deals with the GPL 3, has garnered a lot of unwarranted attention. In the text of the filing, Novell acknowledges that the terms in the GPL 3 could potentially cause Novell's business to "suffer harm" and that it could potentially prevent Microsoft from distributing SUSE Linux certificates or prevent Novell from distributing code licensed under version 3 of the GPL.
Despite what some critics seem to believe, these references to potential GPL 3 threats in the SEC filing don't really validate or confirm the theory that the GPL 3 will affect Novell's business in the suggested manner. The SEC filing is addressing all perceived threats regardless of the credibility of those threats. For instance, the same page that discusses the possibility of GPL-related threats also acknowledges that "a lawsuit filed against [Novell] by SCO could result in a substantial judgment against [Novell] and adversely affect [Novell's] revenue and business plan if SCO is successful." We all know that SCO isn't going to win, but the possibility is listed anyway. Clearly, the references to GPL-related threats in Novell's SEC filling should not be interpreted as evidence that Novell is concerned about the GPL 3.
Most of the contents of the filing, particularly the 10-K form, are extremely boring. Aside from the text of the patent agreement, the filing really doesn't contain much that is relevant to people who aren't investing in Novell. Nevertheless, the "clone" exception is an interesting one, and we hope to hear from Microsoft and Novell on what exactly constitutes "clone" software in their views.


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Corsair's Voyager Mini somehow packs 4GB of capacity into this wee portable flash drive, which is no bigger than a man's fingernail.
Surrounding the drive is a casing of tough rubber over hardened plastic, and a flick switch that pushes out the USB dongle.
It's a tiny format that's slim enough fit into an Apple keyboard's USB slot with no bother.
Tough drive
Corsair prides itself on these 'tough' drives. It frequently invites members of the public to test the ruggedness of their design and post videos of the results.
YouTube has clips of cars and microwaves being let loose on the things. Like its other models, this one's heat-proof (within reason), water-resistent and survived a gutsy hurl at a wall. Peace of mind is further nurtured by the ten-year warranty.
We found that the drive works as advertised. We particularly like the key ring attached to it for ease of transport, but it's the diminutive size and large capacity that win the day.
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RILA and NRF Agree to Merge
New Merged Association to Provide a Single Retail Voice in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today announced that the executive committees of both associations have unanimously agreed in principle to a merger that will create a single trade association representing retail interests in the nation's capital.
The new organization will provide enhanced value to both RILA and NRF's members and help to ensure that the retail industry speaks with a one voice to advance the industry and its more than 15 million workers.
"This is an historic time for our industry. The challenges and opportunities before our members are unprecedented. Now is the right time to bring these associations together,†said RILA Chairman, Robert A. Niblock, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Lowe's Companies, Inc. and NRF Chairman Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III, Chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. in a joint statement.
According to Niblock and Ullman, in addition to enhancing member value, the new (and as yet unnamed) association will accrue substantial benefits to all members collectively, small and large, including:
• A unified and stronger voice on policy, communications, and public affairs issues in Washington, DC
• A host of exciting member events and conferences open to the combined membership of NRF and RILA and, including NRF's "Big Show†and RILA's annual Logistics Conference scheduled for January and February, 2010
• Focused educational offerings and operational services for independent retailers
• A single point of integration and dialogue with state retail associations and business groups in state capitals across the United States; and
• A fully-integrated staff.
Completion of the merger requires that both NRF and RILA submit to a thorough due diligence process. The details of the merger are being developed by representatives from RILA and NRF. Both associations' boards of directors must recommend the merger, and both memberships must approve it.
Both RILA and NRF expect the process to be completed by this summer.
Using a combination of video cameras, an Archerfish SmartBox (an intelligent device with advanced video technology) and the Archerfish SmartPortal (a custom web portal), Archerfish 'watches' one or more locations for specific situations, providing peace of mind and helping manage unexpected situations. Examples include confirming children arriving home from school; learning about an unwelcome intruder; knowing an elderly parent living alone is up and about; and ensuring critical business events such as deliveries and store openings happen.
Beginning this month, Archerfish will be offered in the Mid-Atlantic, Florida, Arizona and Nevada markets through Audio Video Warehouse, Bay Distributing and Shifting Sands Stereo Distributing. These organizations comprise the initial phase of a program that will encompass the United States and the United Kingdom later this year.
Q1 VC Numbers: Oh, The Horror
Venture capitalists disbursed just $3 billion into 549 companies last quarter, according to data released over the weekend by the MoneyTree three (PwC, NVCA & Thomson Reuters). That's a 47% dollar drop from the $5.7 billion disbursed in Q4, and a 61% drop from the $7.74 billion disbursed in Q1 2008. The number of companies funded didn't decrease quite as dramatically — suggesting that lowered valuations partially helped drive down the dollar numbers — but still were off 36% and 43.8%, respectively.
Every major industry sector experienced double-digit declines, while the percentage of first-time fundings stayed constant at around 20% (although the value of such deals fell by 48%).
The quarter's busiest firm was Oak Investment Partners, which made 12 investments. Other (quasi) busybodies included SV Life Sciences (11), Draper Fisher Jurvetson (11), Venrock (11), Highland Capital Partners (10), Menlo Ventures (10) and Polaris Venture Partners (10).
Naperville, IL – April 17, 2009 – Tony Byerly, Chief Operating Officer of Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. (Stanley CSS - U.S.) has been named President of CSS-North America and will assume responsibilities as the leader of the new combined division of Stanley CSS-U.S. and Stanley CSS-Canada.
"Stanley Convergent Security Solutions is combining two of our divisions (United States and Canada) into one, CSS-North America. We believe this new alignment led by Tony Byerly, will help us create world-class service offerings in the North American markets we serve through the shared knowledge and best practices that come from the combination of both divisions,†states Brett Bontrager, President, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions. "We are excited about this strategic alignment as it will benefit and support the needs of our customers and associates in our North American market.â€
Byerly contributes 20 years of leadership experience to Stanley-CSS in the security market. His executive career has involved working for both private and public corporations, including Fortune 50 companies such as Ameritech, SBC Global Communications, Cambridge Protection Industries, Honeywell Security Monitoring (HSM) and ADT/Tyco International. Most recently, Byerly was retained by the Stanley Works when HSM was acquired in 2007 where he served as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and National Accounts, and was subsequently promoted to Chief Operating Officer in January 2008. During his tenure at HSM his sales and marketing prowess favorably positioned the company as an industry leader in three short years.
Byerly holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science and Business, attending Eureka College as a Ronald W. Reagan Scholar. He lives in Naperville, Illinois with his wife Kari and their three children Daisy, JD and Jonathan. He offices out of the Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. Field Headquarters in Naperville, IL.
Vince McDevitt from the CPSU [Community and Public Sector Union] says the union is in talks with jail management to allow inmates and staff to smoke in designated outdoor areas.
Mr McDevitt says it is also important for jail officers to be able to permit inmates to smoke inside the jail, in certain situations.
"For instance a prisoner who became agitated or potentially had some mental issues, if they start for example, to head butt the cell bars like a rhinoceros screaming for a cigarette, then the superindentant, it's important that they have a discretionary power to allow an individual to smoke," he said.
GRCR has formed Six3 Systems Inc., a Fairfax, Va.-based government services acquisition platform focused on national security and defense intelligence. No financial terms were disclosed. Six3 Systems will be led by Robert Coleman, former CEO of government contractor ManTech International.
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This Photographer Is Documenting Climate Change From The Front Lines & He Needs Your Help
When a wildfire breaks out in California, Stuart Palley is one of the first ones to be notified. The photojournalist has spent the last six years chasing flames across the state, watching their devastation become more and more severe. An awe-inspiring window into nature's power and impact, his work has appeared in National Geographic, The Washington Post, Time, and his book of long-exposure shots, Terra Flamma: Wildfires at Night.
To ring in Earth Day, we're sharing our chat with Palley about the reality of wildfires and climate change, and how we can all get involved to make a difference.
I'd love to learn a little bit more about your origin story. Why were you first drawn to photography?
I've always been interested in drawing and photography. Then when I was in high school, I went to visit my uncle who lived in Southeast Asia and Thailand at the time. I took an early digital camera and we went down to Phuket in the Gulf of Thailand. It was about six months after the 2004 tsunami and they were still cleaning up. I was very much struck by the impact that this natural disaster had there.
And I, as a 16-year-old kid, reacted, kind of used my camera to process the scene and process my feelings—though I didn't recognize that at the time. From there, I just kept on taking pictures.
And what drew you to photographing wildfires in particular?
Well, growing up in Southern California, wildfires have always been on the periphery of my life. In the summer of 2012, in between my two years of grad school for journalism, I came back to California to intern at a newspaper. And I got sent to—or convinced the editor to let me go—photograph a brush fire. When I got there, there was this beautiful, large ranch home still burning down. The firefighters had tried to save it, but the fire just beat them to it. I was very much struck by this collision of man and nature.
Right. And as someone who's been photographing wildfires for years now, how have you seen them change since you got started?
The majority of the largest, most destructive and deadliest wildfires have all occurred in the last decade—specifically within the last three years. So just within my six years photographing wildfires, the fires have gotten larger in size, have damaged more structures, and have caused more fatalities than they have basically since we started recording fire history, probably in the late 19th century here in California. They're also happening earlier in the year and later in the year. 2018 was literally and figuratively the worst fire season on record for California.
What's one misunderstanding that people have around wildfires and climate change?
Well, primarily, fire in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. For many ecosystems, even back East, fire is part of the ecology of the place and part of its natural cycle. We often view fire as this evil beast. But in reality, when left to its own devices, it's actually very beneficial.
But while fire is not necessarily bad, we need to prepare houses, have defensible space, and manage forests when it's not high fire season to help prevent these mega-fires we've been seeing. (Having defensible space essentially means clearing a zone around your house where firefighters can come in and defend your home.)
During a fire, you're out there with firefighters and have a really intimate understanding of the work that they do. What can people do to support first responders? What do they need?
I was actually up in Northern California last week and asked that same question. And they said they just wanted people to be aware of what's going on out here, how our fires are getting worse, and how that's affecting firefighters. Firefighters are spending more time away from families on the fire line and that can cause stress.
Appreciate the sacrifice that they're making. And if you're in an area that's prone to wildfires, clear your defensible space. Help the firefighters help you.
What sort of emotional toll does this work take on you?
There's something I've learned about recently called compassion fatigue. It's almost a secondary trauma or PTSD that happens when you're there as a journalist or storyteller witnessing these disasters. Like first responders, you're seeing this human impact, this physical destruction, the death toll, entire towns burning down.
Especially after going to the Woolsey Fire and then the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise, in Northern California, I really had to step back, take my hands off the camera, and just take some time to rest—to spend time outdoors just for the sake of spending time outdoors with friends and family. I focused on self-care to help recuperate both physically and emotionally from witnessing all that destruction.
And what does self-care mean to you?
It means getting good sleep, exercising, eating well, spending time with friends and family and just taking time for myself. Going for hikes. Going out for dinner with friends. It's about realizing that there's still a lot of really wonderful things that we have. It's not mitigating the reality of the fires. It's accepting the reality, but also realizing that there's a balance to things.
Your photographs are so beautiful, and I know quite a few of them have gotten lots of attention. Is there one in particular that's really struck a chord with people?
The most recent one that really spoke to the public is an image from the Woolsey Fire at about 3 o'clock in the morning, just a few hours after it started, of a gentleman named Masao Barrows, who's a carpenter up in Thousand Oaks, just west of Los Angeles. He's running out of his house, for his life, in his pajamas. No shoes, just in shorts and a T-shirt. The moment lasted for maybe 10 seconds.Time ended up featuring that as one of their top 10 pictures of the year. I think it really showed the human impact of these fires and how quickly they move.
In addition to that, a lot of the long exposures that I do—the wildfires at night component of TerraFlamma—have captured people's attention.
What are you working on now that people can look out for?
I'll have some work on display at the end of April at the Annenberg Space for Photography in LA. I'm one of the LA Times emerging, featured artists as part of Photoville LA and it's actually going to be a collection of images of nighttime photography, not fires.
As part of my new book, I'm also photographing some more work this summer. I was just up in Paradise photographing the recovery and the aftermath of the Camp Fire.
This summer, I'm going to focus on the men and women fighting fires and how it affects them. Their faces after a 16-hour shift, 24-hour shift on the fire line. I want to drill down and get into the nitty-gritty of the human impact of fires on people, so I'm really looking forward to sharing that story.
What was the recovery effort looking like in Paradise?
It was the first time I'd been back since the fire, in November. So this is about four and a half months later and the town, in a lot of ways, hasn't changed that much. The roads are open. There's power. But there are blocks of neighborhoods where there's just rubble of houses and no activity, no people.
But there's been some really beautiful silver linings too. There's an artist who painted murals, with permission of the homeowners, on the homes that were destroyed. And it's a really beautiful tribute to memorialize what happened there. And since there's been so much rain, there's green everywhere. In burned fields, there's grass coming up. There are yellow daffodils sprouting all over the place—wild daffodils that were burned in the fire and somehow survived. That's a really beautiful thing to see in all the destruction.
If someone asks you what they can do to help fight climate change, what advice do you give them?
Instead of being overwhelmed, think about how you can make an impact in your community. It can be as simple as splitting your recyclables or composting your waste.
From a fire perspective, one thing I really encourage people to do is just read about what's going on. One book that I like that talks about the history of the Forest Service called The Big Burn by Timothy Egan. Megafire is also a really good read.
We've got 12 years before we're locked into a degree and a half, two degrees Celsius of warming. And that's going to have some really adverse effects on various ecosystems throughout the world. What can you do to make a difference?
This interview has been edited and condensed.
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Timothy Hurtz, oboe - new music for oboe from Penn State composers
Timothy Hurtz, oboe - new music for oboe from Penn State composers
Penn State School of Music faculty member Timothy Hurtz will appear in recital at 3 p.m. Sept. 22, in the school's Esber Recital Hall. This performance includes newly composed works for oboe by faculty composers Mark Ballora and Paul Barsom. Featured performers include faculty members Christopher Guzman (piano), Naomi Seidman (flute), Kim Cook (cello), as well as Amanda Maple (harpsichord). Admission is free.
Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1963, rev. ed. 2004) ♦ Francis Poulenc
Leaves of Memory (2013) ♦ Mark Ballora
Sonata Da Camera pour flétnu, hoboj, violoncello, e cembalo (1953) ♦ Ilja Hurník
Making Merry Hoo-haw Over Misery (2013) ♦ Paul Barsom
Partita V ♦ Georg Phillip Telemann
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Mark Twain
In his time, Mark Twain was considered the funniest man on earth. Yet he was also an unflinching critic of human nature, using his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. In this series, Ken Burns has created an illuminating portrait of the man who is also one of the greatest writers in American history.
Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Connecticut Office of Tourism, CPB, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Park Foundation


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RhinoGuy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a marketing agency that serves various industries, including law. We have deep background in interactive/online work, as about half of our revenue comes from online marketing. This is a special client for us. We have some designs ready here in house that are done, but we want a few more perspectives to show to the client that don't look like our own stuff. We want to show them some perspectives that we normally would not come up with.
Large corporations that purchase printing products (packaging, labels, etc).
-We have some designs ready here in house that are done, but we want a few more perspectives to show to the client that don't look like our designs.
-Client wants to make the pitch that they offer "old school" levels of service that are nicely depicted in 1950s era gas station attendant artwork. "Service with a smile" and a lot of attention. Kind of opposite of ecommerce...high touch personal service is key.
-Needs to use old style or vintage lines and fonts where possible. See attached graphics and example sites below:
PERFECT: http://www.easykom.it/
GREAT: http://www.torpedojuice.co.uk/
GREAT: http://www.ameliaearhartbook.net/
GREAT: http://www.cottonseedoiltour.com/
GREAT: http://www.torpedojuice.co.uk/
-We need to have a short "Contact Us" form on the homepage (right side would be good). Just a simple one with: 1-Name, 2-Email Address 3-Phone 4-Product You Are Interested In
-Nav bar needs the following items: Home, About Us, Our Service Approach, Products, News, Resources, Get a Quote, Contact Us
-IMAGES: Please DO NOT use the following images: printers (large or small), handshakes
-Please DO feel free to use: Stacks of paper, rolls or sheets of labels, ink bottles or color swatches, images of service/connection
-Limit to width of 960px max
-Colors: We are thinking that primaries should be white, red, blue, purple and black. Open to other ideas.


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I'm just making sure I understand how this works. If you have a byte repesenting an unsigned value (unsigned assumes absolute) then you can have 256 different values (2 raised to the 8) with a range of (0 - 255).
Now if you have a signed char, 2's compliment system makes it so that all of the non negative values can have both positive and negative values, correct? What is the maximum absolute value of a signed char (or any variable that is only a single byte). If you divide 256 / 2 you get 128, does that mean (0-127) is the range of values?
I'm pretty sure I understand this stuff, but I've been having problems with standards and file IOstreams and I'm wondering if something like this may be the source of the error.