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Michael J. Mahon
Palm Springs, California
Hobbies and Interests:
Digital Photography, Computers, Electronics, Sailing, and Flying
For many years I designed server systems for Hewlett-Packard, but for fun, Apple II's remain my all-time favorite computers! Some of my projects are described below.
Helix Labs Bubble Memory Card
Several years ago I purchased a few Helix Labs Bubble Memory Cards for the Apple II. These were the first non-volatile solid state "disk drives" for the Apple, and they emulated a 128KB floppy drive under a special version of DOS 3.3 that they termed "BUBDOS", as well as a Pascal 1.1 driver. Its only adaptation was to the lower capacity of the bubble memory chip, 128KB instead of 140KB. Documentation has been hard to find, and the various ROM revisions complicate matters further. Later firmware versions supported ProDOS and CP/M. For your enjoyment, here are scans of the Bubble Memory Card manual, for ROM v1.2, the CP/M driver for ROM v3.00, and the ProDOS adaptation for ROM v3.40. I've also included a .dsk image of v1.2 software, containing BUBDOS, a patched FID, a card diagnostic, and an image of the v1.2 ROM.
Burroughs 220 Simulator, v1.2
If my enthusiasm for the Apple II can be chalked up to nostalgia, then this Apple II project must be nostalgia squared! I previewed B220SIM at KFest 2016, and decided to make it more widely available, just in case there are others who are similarly afflicted. ;-)
The Burroughs 220 was the last commercial vacuum tube computer, and the first machine I programmed to do interactive graphics. The B220 I used had 5000 words of 11 BCD digits each, and a rather elaborate instruction set. After numerous past musings about simulating it on my Apple II, I finally had an epiphany (all too obvious in hindsight) that made an efficient simulation feasible.
Version 1.1 of B220SIM added an I/O Configuration screen that allows the user to map simulated B220 I/O devices to ProDOS file names, eliminating the file renaming tedium that made using the simulator difficult.
This new version, v1.2, fixes several bugs uncovered by running original B220 diagnostic programs, particularly in cases where arithmetic overflows occur. In addition, the Help lines now includes the Q)uit to BASIC command, which was always there, but undocumented. Also, the Keyboard Add (KAD) instruction is now mapped to HLT, to allow the user to modify data in the A register.
Information about the B220 is available in B220 Operational Characteristics, An Introduction to Coding the B220, and Operating Procedures for the B220.
The simulator and its use is described in this paper.
You can also peruse the B220SIM listing, or you can download the ShrinkIt archive and use it yourself, or even modify it, since the source is included. I've also included a small sample program and the SNAP assembler which I wrote in 1964 and is currently the largest B220 program I have in machine-readable form. And here is the SNAP manual, a relic of the computer industry's upper-case-only days that I OCRed from an IBM 1403 listing (not recommended!). I've fixed all the misrecognitions/typos I could find, and I think I succeeded. ;-)
The ShrinkIt archive now also includes a simulated paper tape file, REGRESS.OBJ, which runs one iteration of each of the diagnostics relevant to a simulator. It is run by entering 0 1000 04 0000 into the C register and pressing Go. This provides a quick regression test when making modifications to B220SIM. Many thanks to fellow Burroughs 220 enthusiasts Al Kossow and Paul Kimpel for acquiring the vintage diagnostic paper tapes and converting them into machine-readable format, respectively.
25-Machine AppleCrate Demo
I finally got around to daisy-chaining the AppleCrate I to the AppleCrate II, creating a 25-machine "AppleCrate". I made a video of this system running RatRace, which you can view here.
DMS Drummer: A Percussion Sequencer for the Apple II
With inspiration and musical mentoring provided by Seth Sternberger of 8-Bit Weapon, I've impemented a percussion sequencer/synthesizer for the Apple II. It allows a user to create sequences as long as 255 patterns, where each pattern is one of a set of 16 musical measures. Within each of these patterns, any one of 8 percussive voices can be played at each 1/16th note boundary. In addition, the "pitch" for playing back the percussion sample can be specified, which is useful for pitched drums, like tom-toms.
DMS Drummer Version II offers the option of playing the percussion instruments directly from the Apple II keyboard or via serial input from slot 2, In addition, the pitch resampling of percussion sounds is much improved.
Like RT.SYNTH (which Seth also offers as DMS Synthesizer) DMS Drummer uses the DAC522 5-bit 22kHz pulse-width-modulation wavetable synthesizer engine, driven by a sequencer that runs in real time. DAC522 represents "silence" as pairs of 6 cycle pulses spaced 46 cycles apart, regardless of whatever the code is doing--which subroutine it's calling or which branch path it's taking. Doing "general purpose" code while maintaining a constant stream of evenly spaced pulses is pretty tricky, but it must be done if the sequencer is to keep quiet except for the desired sounds.
Seth is offering the full version on his website for $15, but the demo version is free for you to play with! It is limited to 8 distinct programmable patterns and the Save function is disabled.
Listen to this sample, created by Seth, to hear the realistic rhythm line that an 8-bit Apple II can produce! The melody and bass lines are being played on RT.SYNTH, so the only non-Apple II-produced sounds are the "explosions" (which could also have been played by SOUND.EDITOR on an Apple II!).
Apple II Networking and Parallel Computing--NadaNet 3.1
Do you have more than one Apple II computer? Have you ever thought about what you could do if they were networked together? In the early 1990s I began thinking about this, and envisioned being able to send data easily from one machine to another and being able to run programs on other Apples while sitting at my main machine.
I knew that there were networking cards available for the Apple II machines, but they were all some combination of rare, expensive, or unsupported by software--and they were all designed to support the Apple II as a client machine, not as a full peer-to-peer network participant. And none of them was usable from BASIC, the premier Apple II language for experimentation and prototyping. So I considered how one might network Apple II computers using only the I/O capabilities built onto the main board, and wondered what might be done with such a network.
I have worked on this project over the intervening years, and the latest version, NadaNet 3.1, offers a new level of usability, reliability, and performance for experiments in Apple II networking, client-server computing, and parallel computing.
NadaNet 3.1 is now available for the Apple II platform. All related articles on this site have been updated to reflect the changes in version 3.1 if they are affected. Most changes are minor (like using the new &PEEKPOKE command to lock a control block on a remote machine instead of &PEEKINC).
The biggest change for me was updating the boot ROMs on the AppleCrate II to use the NadaNet 3.x message formats--that was like the electronic equivalent of brain surgery. Since it would be quite difficult to disassemble the AppleCrate II, the sixteen ROMs were replaced in situ, about four inches in from the edge of the board, and with the "neighbor" board only 3/4" above--talk about working in close quarters!
Fast Square Root Routine for Applesoft
After spending too long putting up with the terribly slow Applesoft SQR function, I finally decided to write a faster one. USR.SQR installs as a USR function and computes square roots more than nine times faster than SQR. If you have any Applesoft programs that take a lot of square roots, this can really make them fly!
AppleCrate II: A New Apple II-Based Parallel Computer
The 17-board AppleCrate II was first shown publicly at KansasFest 2008, and now it is documented here, along with some examples of what it can do--like play "When I'm 64" in 16-voice glory!
AppleCrate Polyphonic Music Synthesizer
I have developed a 16-voice polyphonic synthesizer
using the AppleCrate and a highly modified version of SOUND.EDITOR's DAC522.
For details, check out SYNTH documentation, the MIDI converter program, and source.
Here's a nice 8-voice example, a rendition of In My Life by The Beatles. It stretches the 8-processor AppleCrate I to its limits, since it actually would like to play ten voices simultaneously. I implemented a "scavenging" algorithm that reassigns the oscillator that has been playing a note the longest when I need an oscillator and all are busy. It usually works, but it occasionally overrides an audible note when a lot of notes are hit together (as you can hear in this piece if you listen closely). When the music is compiled for the AppleCrate II, with 16 oscillators available, no oscillator "stealing" is required.
Here is an earlier rendition of Eric Satie's Gymnopedie for your enjoyment.
NADA.PONG: A Graphic Demo of Apple II Network Gaming
At KansasFest 2007, in response to a challenging lunchtime question, I wrote a graphic demo of the use of NadaNet to support multi-Apple II gaming. It shows a simple Pong-like game animation with the "ball" (a bouncing Apple) being passed between machines via NadaNet. This demo won the HackFest contest that year! A short video of the demo is included for your amusement. ;-)
ProDOS File Server for NadaNet
In order to support more complex applications running on the AppleCrate, and to support a shared ProDOS file system for general NadaNet use, I have written a File Server. It can be accessed by any machine on the NadaNet, regardless of whether it is running ProDOS, DOS, or no OS at all. This provides a convenient way to gain access to common files as well as a way to publish large volumes of data to other machines on the network.
The file server handles the ProDOS BSAVE, BLOAD, BRUN, SAVE, RUN, CREATE, DELETE, LOCK, UNLOCK, RENAME, and VERIFY commands, with their parameters. There are also two supervisory commands: MON, to control monitoring of requests on the server's display, and STATS, to read various statistical counters kept by the file server.
Sudoku Solver for the Apple II
Scott Hemphill and I collaborated to create a Sudoku puzzle solver for Apple II computers. The machine language solver is Scott's, with some adaptations by me, and I wrote the interactive Applesoft front-end.
SUDOKU v2.0 now runs on any 64KB or larger Apple II with lower case and Applesoft BASIC.
It is amazingly fast! Many Sudoku solvers run on modern PCs thousands of times faster than a 1MHz Apple II, and take seconds to solve a puzzle, but Scott's solver is so time- and space-efficient that it solves puzzles in seconds running on an Apple II--all while displaying its backtrack progress on-screen in real time!
Click here to read about and download the Sudoku Solver.
RT.SYNTH: Apple II Single-Voice Real-Time Synthesizer
Based on SOUND.EDITOR's DAC522 playback routine, I wrote a single-voice wavetable synthesizer for Apple II
machines that can be played in real-time from the Apple keyboard. It can be run on any Apple //e, Apple IIc
(or IIc+), or Apple IIgs, and permits not only real-time performance using user-selected
instrument sounds, but recording and playback of performances.
For all the details, check out RT.SYNTH documentation and downloads.
Sound Editor
In 1993, I decided to push the limits to discover what could be done with
sound on an 8-bit Apple II. I was eventually able to achieve excellent sound
quality without the distortion and "screech" typical of SoftDAC sound players.
SOUND.EDITOR uses DAC522 for its conversion, which operates at a sample rate
of 11.025kHz, and converts with 5-bit precision and 22.05kHz oversampling,
so that the "carrier" is ultrasonic (for most people ;-).
If you have any 64KB, lower-case-capable Apple ][ with Applesoft BASIC, you can try it out by downloading my Sound Editor v2.2. I guarantee that you will be amazed at the sound reproduction quality. In fact, you really need headphones or an external speaker to do it justice.
Here is a .zip file containing assembler listings of Sound Editor's 2:1 ADPCM sound compression/decompression routines.
Early (1981) Hex Dump Reader
In the old days, some programs were entered by typing in hex listings from magazines.
Then the problem was verifying that what you typed was what was in the listing. The
obvious way to do this was to display a hex dump of what you had typed, the compare
it, line for line, with the printed listing in the magazine. As you can imagine, this
verification step is very error-prone in itself, and quite mind-numbing.
It is possible to do much better if you can recruit someone else to read either the screen display or the magazine listing, so that you can compare what you hear to what you see, without constantly shifting your attention from one listing to another. This was my approach, with my wife as the "willing" volunteer, until it became clear that after ten minutes or so, it was no longer "quality time" spent together. ;-)
So my solution was to write a program to read back the hex dump of Apple memory, which I could then easily compare to the printed listing.
I first wrote a short machine language program to digitize sound (to 1-bit precision) at the cassette input for later playback through the speaker. I recorded the hex digits: "One, Two, Three,..., Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox". I then used an Applesoft program with game paddles to locate the beginning and end of each spoken digit in memory, and used that info to create a table with an entry for each hex digit. The rest was easy.
In the process of going through my old data cassettes, I found this program and am putting it online for nostalgia's sake. The program in unusual in two ways: 1) it is tricky to modify, since its ending address has been extended manually to include the digitized voice table, and 2) it contains all the code that was used in its development, including the voice digitization and exploration. Just RUN the program READ.HEX.DUMP and enjoy a blast from the past!
Click here to download a ShrinkIt archive of the Hex Dump Reader.
A note on "1-bit speech":
1-bit, or "infinitely clipped", or "fuzzed" speech sounds pretty harsh to most people, but it is quite familiar to most amateur radio operators. It is common practice to severely compress a speech signal (and then limit its bandwidth to 3.5kHz) before using it to modulate a transmitter, so that the effective energy of the speech modulation is as high as possible. This effectively clips the speech into a 1-bit audio signal. (A similar but more linear compression is used to increase the volume of commercials in broadcast programs. ;-)
Early (1981) N-Body Gravitational Simulation
Here is another fun program I wrote in my cassette days--an N-body gravitational simulation with hi-res plotting of the orbits. And here is a cheat sheet to its controls. It is unusual in that it allows the user to choose a display "point of view" from any of the bodies or from the system's center of mass.
Apple I Integer BASIC Disassembly
Here is a disassembly of Apple I Integer BASIC done on an Apple II.
I've attempted to correct some of the typos in the listing, as noted.
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My name is Ken and I am the founder and Owner/Operator of the video website MotorsportsTube.com. I am 32 years old and live in NY. My website is called Motorsportstube.com. Basically it is a video website for motorsports. Car videos, motorcycle videos, racing videos, crash videos and more. It is a mix of the best motorsports videos from all over the web in one place. We have over 2300+ videos and our library of videos is growing everyday. On our site you can watch, share and upload the best motorsports videos from all over the web
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With an increasing reliance on smartphones from all generations as the principle method of time management, some have made predictions that the wrist watch may become obsolete in the future. When compared to other technological devices such as the camera or computer, the watch has been left behind. It is hard to deny that many modern watches do not look considerably different from their original models.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Meet Some of France's Greatest Timekeepers
The process of how we have come to recognise and record time has rapidly evolved from the tradition, precision and modernity of skilled French craftsmanship. In fact, France has been hailed as the land of the clock and watch makers for over seven centuries.
Historically, revolutionary and exquisitely designed time pieces were developed for the Kings' Court, which grew to France becoming the key birthplace of the European watch and clock industry. Interestingly, the word 'clock' originally comes from the French word "cloche" meaning bell.
As Michel Herbelin is proud to be founded upon this rich heritage, we look back at some of the greatest names in French timekeeping.
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Newport at 25 – The Evolution of Michel Herbelin's Flagship Line
When Jean-Claude Herbelin took over the reins of his father's company in the early 1980s, one of his key objectives was to launch a new line which would embody the company's core values and watchmaking heritage. The line was to become the company's most enduring and identifiable collection.Drawing on his own love of sailing, Jean-Claude Herbelin created NEWPORT, a range of timepieces that took its inspiration from the America's Cup and the race to Newport, Rhode Island. NEWPORT stood for a love of the outdoors, a spirit of adventure, freedom and ultimately the pursuit of happiness.


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Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard is a Legendary Gem in Diablo III. It can only be socketed into Amulets and Rings, and drops from Greater Rift Guardians. This gem was Season Two-exclusive, but once this season ended, started to drop for normal characters as well.
This gem increases Life Regeneration. Upgrading increases the Life per Second bonus.
At rank 25, it also grants an absorption shield after not taking damage in 4 seconds. Potency of the shield depends on the character's current Life per Second.
The Rank 25 bonus works exactly as the Wizard class passive skill, Galvanizing Ward, with same limitations. The shield delay is reset on taking any damaging hit, even if damage has been fully absorbed. Note that Ashnagarr's Blood Bracer does not empower the shield given by this gem.
It is one of the five Legendary gems (along with Mutilation Guard, Moratorium, Invigorating Gemstone and Esoteric Alteration) with defensive bonuses instead of offensive (unless one counts wearing Death's Bargain with it, which grants some offensive use for Life Regeneration).
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Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard
Legendary Gem
- Regenerates 10000 Life per Second.
- Upgrade: +1000 additional Life per Second.
- After not taking damage for 4 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 200% of your total Life per Second (Requires Rank 25)
The gizzard of the molten wildebeest evinced such extraordinary properties when steeped in the correct mixture of alchemical reagents that the animals were hunted to extinction long ago.
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This article contains information that is no longer relevant to gameplay, but is kept here for informational purposes.
A bug used to exist where if a character wore both Rogar's Huge Stone and the Gizzard, the game would crash.[1]
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- ↑ 2015-04-28, Patch 2.2.0 Hotfixes - Updated 4/28. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2015-04-30


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Someone recently asked her to look in the mirror and narrate what she saw. She couldn't do it. Not only because she couldn't lie to that person, but she didn't recognise what she saw. The person standing across from her wasn't horrible. The person just needed to shake out of the funk and get rid of the dark cloud hovering above her head.
She had been lying to herself for a while. Pretending things that bothered her, didn't. Assuming that putting herself above others was a bad thing. She was being harsh. She had forgotten how to look after herself. Importantly, she had forgotten to forgive herself. Nobody is perfect and that cannot be said enough. In an attempt to acquire the things she wanted, she made mistakes. Probably horrible feats of numerous errors piled randomly on top of the other. But these weren't intentional to harm another. Does that make it okay?
She wholly believed that 'Carpe Diem' was the way to live her life. She tried to swallow the principle. But in practice, she fared poorly. In fact she didn't seize life by the moment. She actually didn't seize life at all. It mostly passed her by as she looked on apathetically. Until retrospectively, it pinched her. Like in that moment.
She looked in the mirror. She didn't focus on the tired eyes or the frizzled up, unkempt hair. She sought to piercingly look at these patterns she mapped out.
Could she snap out of this mode?
Meanwhile, she pulled out her phone and replied to someone's text: 'I am looking. But I am yet to see.'


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"Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he wrenched Jacob's hip at its socket, so that the socket of his hip was strained as he wrestled with him (Gen. 32:25-26)."
What better metaphor for life than a "wrestling match." As young children, we wrestled with "good & bad", "right & wrong." As adolescents, these same struggles were now informed by a more refined image of "self." As adults, we are challenged to replace the vocabulary of youth with the more sophisticated concepts of "ethical & unethical", moral & immoral." The mature adult continues the struggle, but learns to effectively balance "selfish & selfless."
Jacob's youth was all about "me." What will make "me" happier, make "me" richer, make me "greater." With the goal being the satisfaction of personal need, it was not difficult for Jacob to justify cheating his brother Esau out of his birthright and later his blessing as first born. Even before Machiavelli, Jacob lived by the philosophy that "the ends justify the means." Only after years of cheating, and having been cheated, does he experience the existential loneliness of "self." Rabbi Brad Artson comments, "At night, left alone, Jacob suddenly finds himself wrestling with someone whom he cannot identify. Is this a person or an angel, or is it the embodiment of his own doubts and failings?"
I am always wary of religious fanatics; those who profess the truth, and nothing but the truth. For them there is no longer a struggle, but a way; the only way. True religion does not teach "the" way, but provides the necessary direction to help us along our unique path. The directions consist of a code of ethics, a concern for all God's creations, and a course of rites and regimens to discipline and inform our actions. To wrestle with God is to put in play the moral/ethical struggle suggested by the ancient Rabbi Hillel who asked, "If I am not for myself, who will be? But, if I am only for myself, what sort of person am I?" With this we wrestle our entire lives.
Jacob finally attained maturity. He understood his personal needs and wants were circumscribed by those of others. He also realized this moment of epiphany, a wrestling match with God, or perhaps himself, was only the first of many to come. In the end, one's life is measured less by what one did, then the satisfying struggle to make it happen.
Rabbi Howard Siegel


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For lover's of fashion and styling, a website where you can view, style and then buy items can definitely be considered the holy grail of e-commerce. POLYVORE.com has managed to integrate into an online storefront, the ability for members to clip items from any website, and create their own sets– the site then link you directly to the website that you can buy it from.
With over 15 million unique visitors every month, POLYVORE has become a haven for fashion addicts to shop as they create. Shopping is made super easy with everything separated into their own section, everything from shoes and blouses to beauty and fragrance.
The availability of thousands of styled sets means there is always a vision of how you can wear a piece, as well as inspiration to create your own sets. The interactions on the site are great and numerous, with brands like Swarovski and VOGUE hosting styling contests, with generous prizes.
You can easily post both styled sets and purchases to your connected social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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By: Boston
Type: Classic Rock
Hot Tracks:
- More Than a Feeling
- Smokin'
- Rock and Roll Band
- Foreplay/Long Time
No CD collection is complete without this classic album. Though it's been out for over twenty years, it remains a staple of classic rock radio, and even the most technology-friendly bands of modern music are hard pressed to match the legendary Boston sound.
Tom Scholz is one of the best minds in the rock and roll world even today. We don't hear a lot about him, but his musicianship, mixing skills and electronic wizardry are especially evident on this album, which came out well before electronic guitar effects processors were common. Scholz, more than any other musician out there, knows how to use equipment to get exactly the sounds he wants and often invents equipment to make the sounds that he can't get. He has built a successful business, Scholz Research and Development, out of the manufacture and sale of guitar effects processors and pedals.
But all this talk about electronics has nothing to do with the music. On this album, you will find a strong commitment to melody and harmony, as well as plenty of straight-ahead rock and roll. Songs like "Smokin',"Foreplay/Long Time" and "Rock and Roll Band" showcase the instruments while "More Than a Feeling" and "Something About You" put a little more emphasis on Brad Delp's soaring vocals. All of the tracks are high-energy and the sounds fill the room (or your headphones) well when you crank up the volume. This album also makes good driving music, though it is too short for significantly long trips.
Boston's productivity has been hampered by record contract problems, personnel changes and fairweather fan reception since the beginning of the eighties, but Still, Scholz occasionally finds the time to a new batch of guitar driven, synthesizer free (mostly) rock and roll with the same killer sound and songwriting style.
A friend of mine used to say, "Boston is the sound the electric guitar was born to make." I tend to agree. The tone Scholz was able to pull from his Les Pauls back in 1976 was every bit as fat and good as today's advanced equipment can produce; in fact, most guitarists have a very difficult time duplicating that sound without some of Scholz' equipment. It just goes to show you where a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering can take you.
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Colleen Parker, a mom of three, knows all about moving with kids. Her family has relocated three times in the past four years. Abbygail, now nine, and Kayla, now eight, were too young to feel much anxiety about their first out-of-province move, to St. John's, N.L., in 2010 (younger brother Nathan was born there). But Parker managed the girls' stress on subsequent moves—first to Barrie, Ont., and most recently to nearby Innisfil—by ensuring they were up to speed from the get-go.
"We tried to involve them in everything and give them a heads-up about what was coming," she says. Parker's approach was the right one, according to Kathy Lynn, a Vancouver parenting speaker and author of But Nobody Told Me I'd Ever Have to Leave Home (Whitecap Books). She says that keeping kids in the loop from the start is critical. "Tell them what's happening and why you're moving," says Lynn.
Use the Internet to Get Acquainted to Your New Neighbourhood
Next, get them excited about it. Adrienne Gartner, a Calgary relocation specialist with Welcomehome Relocations, notes that the Internet can be a great way to get to know a new area. For example, by using Google Street View you can virtually tour your future neighbourhood, including the school, parks and house. With the help of online photos (often available via the MLS), kids can get to know their new digs before setting foot through the door and even lay claim to a space for themselves.
Parker says that to give the girls something positive to focus on with the family's recent move, she let them select paint colours and furnishings for their new bedrooms. Getting the kids to pitch in is another way to help them feel like the whole family is in it together, says Lynn. "Let them do some of the packing so they feel like this isn't a move that is being foisted on them—even if it's just adding a few towels to a box." And be sure to have them pack a few treasured items in a backpack to keep safely with them on moving day.
How to Address the Emotional Effects of Moving
Before breaking out the boxes, Mary DeRemer, a licensed psychologist at Montreal Children's Hospital, suggests letting kids take pictures of their rooms and favourite spots, which can be compiled into a keepsake scrapbook.
To deal with the trickier task of saying goodbye to friends, Lynn advises throwing a party so children can exchange contact info. Parker distributed envelopes to her daughters' classes in St. John's and asked all of the kids to write their addresses on them. Gartner points out that Skype is also handy for staying connected with old friends.
Practical matters aside, the emotional aspects of moving are likely to be the most difficult, and temperament plays a big part in how kids will cope. "Even within the same family, some are going to really want to embrace it and fly with it and others are going to want to hold on," says DeRemer. Parker found this to be true with her daughters. While Abbygail was gung-ho about the latest move, change-averse Kayla struggled.
Lynn says it's important to let kids be sad about saying goodbye, adding that it's vital to validate these normal feelings. Just keep an eye out for behaviour changes that signal stress, such as sleep disruptions, not eating as much and increased clinginess. DeRemer suggests holding weekly meetings to discuss how things are going, as well as exploring and problem-solving any fears that may come up.
The Benefits of Moving During the School Year
Though summer may seem like the perfect time to move, the structure and social opportunities provided by school can actually help with the transition. "If you move during the school year, the teacher will know that your child is new and be able to be supportive," says Lynn.
If school is already out, set up some activities for the kids ahead of time. You can register them for day camps, summer programs at the community centre, sports leagues and even daycare well in advance. DeRemer also recommends throwing an open house party and inviting neighbours as a way of introducing yourselves and getting to know other children on your street.
If your child is still worried, DeRemer suggests reminding her that she has been the "new kid" before (remember Kindergarten?) and fared just fine. Most importantly, let your kids know that you're in it together as a family.
Toronto-based writer Dory Cerny isn't moving until she's successful in her quest to find a four-bedroom house with parking.


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After a year and a week, after tears and tributes many, Monday marked the day that the city of Boston could at last take back "our race." Today, organizers said, "We're taking back the finish line."
This is not what they were talking about.
American Meb Keflezighi ran the fastest marathon of his life Monday, pushed onward by the estimated 1 million spectators who saw him build a massive 40-second lead coming out of the Newton hills and then almost lose it in the shadow of Fenway Park.
But, in the end, he did take back the finish line with 11 seconds to spare, becoming the first American man to win the Boston Marathon in 31 years. The last American man to win it, Greg Meyer, embraced Keflezighi at the finish line.
It was an embrace that kindled deep in the hearts of sports-obsessed Boston, for which the extraordinary has become routine on the diamond, the ice, and the asphalt since two bombs shattered the peace of the marathon last year. The bombs, placed near the finish line, killed three and injured 260. Another man, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, was killed days later as the suspects fled.
Keflezighi had on his bib the names of those killed, and as he grimaced through the last few miles of one of the most emotional Boston Marathons in history, he had an entire city beneath him.
"I was going to give everything I had for the people," he told a local newscaster at the finish line. "I have the victims on my bib number. I just said, 'Just keep running, give me the energy.' I said, 'God, give me the strength to get there.' It was coming close at the end, but at the same time, I've got to finish. 'Give me the spirit. Give me the energy.' "
His victory was hardly the likeliest outcome. At 38, Keflezighi is the oldest Boston Marathon men's champion since 1930. Last year, each of the top three finishers on the men's and women's side was under 30.
"Every race it's pretty much dealing with the younger guys," Keflezighi told Jamaica's Daily Freeman before the race.
With the win, Keflezighi adds to an impressive résumé. In 2009, he became the first American man to win the New York Marathon in 27 years. In 2004, his silver medal at the Athens Olympics was the first Olympic medal for an American man in the marathon in 28 years.
Keflezighi, whose parents emigrated from the East African nation of Eritrea to San Diego when he was 12, is now the wise old head of the marathon circuit. And former Boston champion Mr. Meyer, at least, saw an advantage there.
"He told me two days ago, 'You're the smartest guy there,' " Keflezighi said of Meyer at the finish line, visibly holding back tears. "Then this morning before I took off, he said, 'Go get it done. You can do it. You can do it. There can't be a better person to pass it on.' "
Talking strategy before the race with Outside Online, Keflezighi discussed when to make a break:
"The course can't tell you. No way. It depends who's in the mix [of runners] and what their strengths and weaknesses are. That's where the intelligence of competition comes.... Once you get to those Newton hills or Heartbreak Hill, take advantage of your strength. If they let you go, you gain confidence, spread the gap, and you're going to be home free. In a marathon, if you have [created] 20 feet or 20 meters [of space] – it's hard to make up with two miles to go. In a 5K or 10K, you can probably pick it up, but in a marathon, your mind says 'Go,' your body says, 'No, thank you.' "
His words proved Meyer to be prophetic. The Boston Globe recap reads like a confirmation of Keflezighi's strategic wisdom.
"Coming out of Wellesley Hills, Keflezighi was all alone. By the firehouse turn heading into the Newton hills, his lead had grown to 14 seconds. With three miles to go Keflezighi was up by 40 seconds but was grimacing visibly as [Kenya's Wilson] Chebet was closing."
From Kenmore Square through the finish line, however, Keflezighi cudgeled his body into an "if you must" and the rest is, quite literally, history.
Last June, the Boston Bruins came within two victories of winning the Stanley Cup; this spring they are the consensus pick to go those two wins further. Last October, the Boston Red Sox won their third World Series in nine years, clinching the title in Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.
Now, on the most Boston of Boston sporting days, on a state holiday that commemorates the first shots of the Revolutionary War in Lexington and Concord, the unbelievable unspooled again with clockwork efficiency. In two hours, eight minutes, and 37 seconds, an American runner kept real marathon time – not by calendars or ceremonies, but with the unearthly rhythm of his feet and the audible beating of a city's anticipation.
Meb Keflezighi won the Boston Marathon, and as the tape fell in that place of grief a year ago, the indefinable concept of Boston Strong found remarkable resonance once more.


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Dame Therese Walsh
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 May 2016)
On this page you will also find Air New Zealand's Board Charter, information about independence of Directors and nomination and selection information.
Also see our board committees.
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 May 2016)
Dame Therese Walsh is an Independent director and Chairman of Air New Zealand Ltd. She is also a Director of ASB Bank Ltd, and Contact Energy Ltd, a Board member of Antarctica New Zealand and Pro Chancellor of Victoria University.
Previously she was the Head of New Zealand for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, and the Chief Operating Officer for Rugby New Zealand 2011 Limited. She has also been Chairman of TVNZ Ltd, a Director of NZX Ltd, NZ Cricket and Save the Children NZ, Trustee of Wellington Regional Stadium, CFO at the New Zealand Rugby Union and part of the team that worked on the winning bid to host RWC 2011. Prior to this she was an auditor at KPMG.
彩福彩票Dame Therese is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a commerce graduate from Victoria University. In 2013, she was named the inaugural supreme winner of the Women of Influence Awards and was awarded a Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership Award in 2014. She became a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in June 2015.
BCom, FCA
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 April 2011)
Ms Dawson is Chairman of Westpac New Zealand and a director of AIG Insurance New Zealand Limited, Beca Group Limited, and Meridian Energy Limited. Ms Dawson is a member of the University of Auckland Council, the Capital Investment Committee of the National Health Board and a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum.
Ms Dawson was a partner of KPMG for 30 years, specialising in audit and risk advisory, and the Chair and Chief Executive of KPMG New Zealand from 2006 until 2011.
Ms Dawson holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland. She is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand, a Paul Harris Fellow and a North Shore Business Hall of Fame Laureate (2010). Ms Dawson was named Chartered Accountant of the Year in 2011 by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.
BE (Hons), MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 April 2013)
Mr Jager is Chairman of the Shell Companies in New Zealand and General Manager, Shell Todd Oil Services. He chaired the Workplace Health and Safety Review Taskforce in New Zealand which has been instrumental in encouraging fundamental changes to New Zealand's approach to workplace health and safety. Mr Jager chairs the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association NZ as well as the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum. Mr Jager is a Director for National Science Challenge - Sustainable Seas - Project.
Mr Jager joined Shell in New Zealand in 1978 as an engineering cadet. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1983 with 1st Class Honours and later gained an MBA with Distinction. Mr Jager has nearly 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry, working for Shell in a variety of engineering, project, operational, business, management, and governance roles in New Zealand and overseas.
彩福彩票A crucial part of his roles for Shell and Shell Todd Oil Services are full accountability for all aspects of personal and process safety. Mr Jager provides visible leadership in these critical areas. Mr Jager has been Chairman of the Air New Zealand Safety Committee since September 2014.
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 June 2014)
彩福彩票Ms Jenkinson is the Chair and Co-Founder of John Paul Inc., a United Kingdom based global concierge services and digital solutions company that services some of the world's leading customer facing businesses.
Ms Jenkinson is currently director and secretary of Massey University US Foundation and an advisory member of Global Women.
Ms Jenkinson holds a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University.
In 2016, Ms Jenkinson was named a World Class New Zealander and has been awarded as one of the most influential women in the Bay Area for 2014 by the San Francisco Business Times and was the 2014 recipient of Massey University's Sir Geoffrey Peren Award, which recognises a graduate who has reached the highest level of achievement or who has been of significant service to the University, community or nation.
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 March 2014)
彩福彩票Mr Mason has more than 30 years experience in the financial sector, with an emphasis on emerging markets.
彩福彩票Prior to joining Air New Zealand's Board in March 2014, he was Fonterra Co-operative Group's Chief Financial Officer.
彩福彩票He joined Fonterra in 2009 from US-based chemicals company Cabot Corporation where he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this he was employed as the Chief Financial Officer at forest products company Carter Holt Harvey Limited and also served in senior financial management positions at US based International Paper.
Mr Mason has had governance experience for organisations in both New Zealand and the US. His current directorships include Vector Limited, Westpac NZ and Zespri Group Limited. Mr Mason also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Management at the University of Auckland, specialising in international finance.
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 September 2017)
Sir John was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016. He successfully led the country through the aftermath of the global financial crisis and a series of devastating earthquakes in New Zealand's second-biggest city, Christchurch. Among his portfolios, Sir John was Minister for Tourism. In this role he promoted New Zealand offshore and oversaw substantial growth in New Zealand's tourism industry. He retains a strong interest in the best that our country has to offer both local and international tourists.
Sir John is well respected in international affairs. He chairs the International Democrat Union and chaired the United Nations Security Council in 2016. Sir John, who was knighted in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, has also been appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia.
Sir John's current business activities include a role advising a $200 billion United States corporation on its investments in China as well as an advisory role with a New York fund manager.
彩福彩票Sir John worked in investment banking for 20 years primarily for Bankers Trust in New Zealand and Merrill Lynch in Singapore, London and Sydney. His positions included heading Merrill Lynch's global foreign exchange business along with responsibility for European derivative trading and E. Commerce. He was a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1999-2001).
BMS (Hons), CA, CMinstD
Independent Non-Executive Director (Appointed 1 October 2019)
彩福彩票Ms Cooney is of Te Āti Hau Nui a Pāpā Rangi (Whanganui) descent and is a professional independent Director with several iwi affiliated entities, as well as Chief Financial Officer for Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. She is a Chartered Accountant of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand. She has previously held senior manager, auditing and consulting roles with Deloitte in New Zealand and Deloitte Touche in London.
Ms Cooney currently serves as the acting Chair of Tourism Bay of Plenty, and is a Trustee on the Charitable Investment Trust for Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. She also holds roles as independent directors on the Audit & Risk boards of Āti Hau Incorporation Limited and Ngā Tāngata Tiaki and was previously a committee member for the Institute of Directors Bay of Plenty Branch. She was a 2017 recipient of the Institute of Directors Emerging Director Award.
She is currently studying towards a doctorate in the leadership and organisational culture space.
彩福彩票The Air New Zealand Board has agreed upon a test to assess each of its directors against specific criteria to determine whether they are in a position to exercise independent judgement. For details, see the Board Charter document above.
An independent director is one whom the Board affirmatively determines has no material relationship with Air New Zealand (either directly or as a partner, a substantial security holder or officer of an organisation that has a relationship with the Company) that could reasonably influence their judgement and decision making as a director. Directors are required to notify the Board of all relevant information which may affect their independence.
A majority of directors of Air New Zealand's Board and Audit Committee are independent directors, including the Chairman.
The Board is responsible for nominating members to the Board and for filling vacancies on the Board that may occur between annual meetings. In considering potential directors to commend to shareholders, the Board seeks to identify candidates with appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to contribute to effective direction of the Company, who can exercise an independent and informed judgement on matters which come to the Board and who are free of any business or other relationship that may interfere with the exercise of that individual judgement.
The Chairman and Deputy Chairman are selected by the full Board.


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Creating a Child Friendly Bird Bath.
Guest Post by: Stacy Tornio
Stacy Tornio is an editor at Birds & Blooms magazine. She is a gardener, nature lover, birder, children's writer and author of Project Garden! Here at the Dandelion Wrangler we love activities that get kids outside and into nature! That's why we're thrilled to host Stacy's guest post today, as she features a project from her new book! With spring break just around the corner I know we'll be testing out some of her simple and creative crafts and activities for kids in the garden. To get your hands on a free copy, make sure to enter her contest here.
Having birds, butterflies and other critters in your backyard adds life to the garden. In the February chapter of Project Garden, I have several projects related to birds, including a couple of birdbaths, a bird feeder and a birdhouse made from a balloon and string. This birdbath project is quick, easy and fun. Best of all, it doesn't cost much, and you can make it in less than 15 minutes! Here's how:
- Birdbath base
- Bowl
- Colorful stickers
- The hardest part of this project is just finding the right combination of base and top. For this project, I had a small wastebasket that I wasn't using anymore. So then I went hunting to local thrift stores for the right top. I recommend looking for colorful pieces because it'll look great against the flowers in your garden.
- Once you find the right top, make sure it's not too deep. Birds won't use a bath that is too deep. Also, you might consider adding a couple of rocks to the water so the birds have a place to perch.
- If you need to secure the top to the base, do so with wire or string.
- Now it's time to decorate! I used stickers, but you can also adorn your bath with beads, wire or anything else.
- Fill with water. Make sure to refresh water every few days.
Try to make a vow to add at least one food, water and shelter source to your backyard for the birds this season. You'll be amazed at the difference a few pieces can make.


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