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SOUTH BEND -- Jack Swarbrick stood in the back of the media room Saturday night, soaking in Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis' dissection of the new hiccup on his résumé and looking every bit like a man who was winning a lemon-eating contest. And in the end, this is the face that matters.
Around Swarbrick, Notre Dame's second-year athletic director, swirls more indifference than outrage as a response to the Irish (6-3) plummeting from No. 19 in the country to three measly points in the latest Associated Press poll with their 23-21 thud against Navy, Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.
And for a coach whose job status suddenly becomes the national media's flavor of the week, you'd much prefer the smell of tar and feathers to the stench of apathy.
It's almost as if the fan base, at least the loudest fringe of it, has stopped debating whether Weis should return to coach the Irish in 2010 and instead moved on to the argument about precisely which coach should replace him.
If the pressure is squeezing Weis, he certainly isn't taking it out on the rest of the world. Sunday he was classy, poised, pragmatic and ... in full spin cycle.
"I mean, is the glass half full or is the glass half empty?" he said.
Either way, there's something floating in it that needs to be addressed.
The fixation with the bottom line - Is 9-3 the magic number? 8-4? Or was it 10-2? - misses some important points in sizing up Weis' future. The size of the contract buyout is even less relevant.
It starts with some fundamental questions that will frame whatever ND's win-loss ratio looks like on Nov. 29, the day after the regular-season finale at now-25th-ranked Stanford.
Is Weis more than a brilliant offensive mind?
Weis is doing everything at Notre Dame that his past suggested he could do proficiently. He develops elite quarterbacks. He concocts offenses that pile up the yards. He can call offensive plays adeptly at ground level, in the press box and probably from the parking lot.
But what must be answered definitively over the last three games of the regular season, starting Saturday night at No. 8 Pittsburgh (8-1), is: Is Weis a manager or a leader?
"The whole theme this week is going to be about accountability and dependability," Weis said. "I can authoritatively get in front of these guys and say, "OK, we want to talk about what happened,' and just go through the game.
"Without being just totally condescending and demeaning, let them know that -- 'You want to know why you lose? Here's why you lose,' and go right down the list. It's always easy because I always start with me."
It also needs to end with Weis, even when it comes to the defense. And, perhaps at this point of the five-year Weis Era, especially with the defense.
The biggest reason ND's offense has had to be so perfect, why there is so little margin for error in every game except against the Washington States of the world, is that the defense has never evolved into BCS caliber, not even in BCS years.
Through nine games in 2009, the Irish rank 67th in rush defense, 85th in pass-efficiency defense, 79th in total defense, 49th in scoring defense.
The high-water mark in Weis' five seasons was the 45-22-39-42 rankings of last season. And Weis promptly flipped Jon Tenuta into the defensive driver's seat, a move that seemed sound at the time, for a less-experienced Corwin Brown.
What do the defenses of the top 10 teams in the AP poll look like?
No. 1 Florida is 13-1-2-1, No. 2 Texas 1-5-1-8, No. 3 Alabama 2-3-4-6, No. 4 TCU 7-7-3-5, even No. 8 Pitt 26-49-21-19. The only top-ranked team whose defensive numbers mimic ND's is No. 7 Georgia Tech (49-98-53-67).
Ironically, Tenuta produced consistent top 25 defenses at Georgia Tech. So why not now at ND?
That's Weis' job to get to the bottom of and to fix.
Is Weis making Year 2 missteps in Year 5?
Navy second-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo probably was quoted in more papers Saturday than he has been in his entire career with the suggestion that, essentially, that the Mids had a decided schematic advantage offensively over ND's defense.
More specifically, he suggested that the Mids expected Notre Dame would use the same strategy that hamstrung Navy's offense in 2008, so the Mids' coaches simply tweaked their offense. And Irish nose tackle Ian Williams, point blank, said ND got outschemed.
"I think that question was presented to Ian and it was also presented to (safety, defensive captain) Kyle McCarthy," Weis responded Sunday. "And from what I understand, Kyle McCarthy's answer was quite different. He said it had nothing to do with the scheme.
"So there's a reason one guy's a captain and one guy's not."
But Williams wasn't the only Irish defensive player who at least hinted at schematic flaws early in the game that were later corrected.
Weis defended the defense as only having given up 21 points (the offense gave up two on a safety). But playing Navy isn't just about points. It's about tempo and possession time. The Mids rolled up 404 yards and held the ball more than 32 minutes.
ND's defense looked overmatched in falling behind 14-0 to Navy, which is like falling behind 28-0 to just about any other team, given the limited offensive possessions the Mids' ball-hogging leaves.
Ultimately, Navy was able to play its game and have the Irish offense under duress the entire day, which comes down to coaching.
If this wasn't a crisis of a third defensive coordinator in five years for Weis, it would be easier for the head coach to distance himself from this kind of left turn. But at this stage of the game, it's just as much Weis' problem.
Is this as good as it gets?
There are still three regular-season games left to play and perhaps a bowl game too, and the snap shot could change dramatically by the end of the month.
But, regardless, the gnawing question mucking up the background will be: If you have the nation's third-most efficient passer, two receivers who will likely finish 1-2 in every career receiving category, a future NFL tight end, competent running backs and offensive linemen and you might get a bid for to the Gator Bowl, how are you going to climb higher when the stars aren't as perfectly aligned?
When Swarbrick broke his short silence early last December, announcing Weis would return for a fifth season, his decision took heavily into account who he thought Weis could become.
Now it's more about who Weis is. And what Weis has to show immediately is the ability to reverse the trend of eight losses in his last 11 November games. He has to show he's capable of beating a team that will bring the goal posts down - even if it's at someone else's stadium.
He has to show that all this strong, consistent recruiting and evolution from NFL CEO into college coach is going to lead to something special, starting with moving back into the same sentences with, yes, new national bullies TCU, Boise State and Cincinnati.
"Right until the end of the game, the players were playing hard, right until the very last play." Weis offered as evidence the Irish aren't moving in the wrong direction.
That's a feather in your cap when you're 3-9. It's expected when you're 6-3. And much, much more.
- Weis said Sunday backup quarterback Dayne Crist's season-ending knee surgery Friday went much better than expected.
"Usually when you have an ACL, you get residual damage along with that," Weis said. "But it was as clear as could be there was no cartilage (damage), no (additional) ligament (damage), no (broken) bones. It was a freak pop of the ACL. It took about an hour to fix. The prognosis was very good and probably (means) a time frame faster than we normally would have expected."
Crist, injured Oct. 31 against Washington State, was originally expected to be out four to six months.
- The x-rays on starting tight end Kyle Rudolph's left shoulder Sunday were negative, but Weis wasn't clear yet about the sophomore's availability for Saturday night's matchup at No. 8 Pitt.
- Freshman running back Theo Riddick managed to be ND's leading rusher Saturday in a game in which the Irish ran a season-low 20 times for a season-low 60 yards while stuck in catch-up mode for almost the entire game.
Riddick had 35 of those yards on seven carries.
"It's tough to ignore what he does with the ball in his hands," Weis said. "He's not just shaking and baking, but he's running with power for a guy his size (5-10, 195), and he's running with elusiveness and toughness. I think you're going to see a lot more of him."
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15. December 2017
Silver imports by India, one of the world's top buyers, may keep rising next year after bouncing back this year from a four-year low in 2016, boosted by weak prices.
Overseas purchases are estimated at as high as 5,500 metric tons in 2017 and may rise to about 6,000 tons next year, surging from 3,000 tons in 2016, according to Chirag Sheth, an analyst at London-based Metals Focus Ltd., an independent precious-metals research firm.
"We are surprised by the recovery," said Sheth, who had expected a contraction in purchases at the start of the year. Shipments rose amid a rush to import more silver ahead of the implementation of the new goods and services tax in July, he said.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the book credited with launching the modern environmentalist movement. Carson famously warned man-made chemicals, particularly pesticides, were a significant threat to human health.
In a new study published late last month, Angela Logomasini, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, argues history has proven Rachel Carson wrong. Agrochemicals have not caused the ills Carson predicted, the study finds, and it is her legacy that now poses a global risk both to food supply and the environment.
According to Logomasini:
- The incidence of pesticide-related health problems is low. When the Centers for Disease Control investigated the health effects of widespread spraying to control mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus during 1999-2002, they found only two cases of definite health impacts and 25 probable cases.
- Agrochemicals help defend against the spread of disease. DDT, which many governments banned after the publication of Silent Spring, had been used to control the spread of malaria, which now kills more than 1 million people annually. In Burkina Faso, applications of pesticides to livestock now help prevent transmission of trypanosomiasis—a potentially fatal disease spread by tsetse flies.
- Agrochemicals enable farmers to grow more crops per acre for longer periods, increasing global food supply. Russian farmers have increased marketable yields on apple orchards by as much as 90 percent after beginning pesticide applications. In Zimbabwe, farmers were able to grow tomatoes during rainy seasons by using fungicides.
- The use of pesticides actually has had environmental benefits. Because pesticides allow farmers to grow more per acre, less land is needed by the agricultural industry to supply the global market. The rate of deforestation is now declining, and reforestation has begun in several countries.
Despite study findings that support benefits of agrochemicals, many follow Rachel Carson's legacy. "As a result," Logomasini writes, "regulatory trends around the world have supplanted wise management with heavy regulations and product bans."
The world population continues to grow. For a variety of reasons, including bad weather and changing trade policies, the rate of food production has declined. Now is the time to employ all the tools of modern farming to ensure a growing food supply, Logomasini finds, but policy trends are moving the opposite way.
"The cost and risks associated with bureaucratic regulations alone dampens the market for innovative new products, diminishes the supply of pest control options for farmers, and reduces their efficiency. The result is lower food production, higher food prices and fewer environmental benefits," Logomasini says.
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The Long Awaited 54th Podcast
By Jack Dignan
It's been quite a while, my friends. Quite a while indeed. Over the course of the holidays I was having a break from podcasting, but I have finally returned and it's quite a special podcast. Not only do I recount the year that was 2015, but I also have another big announcement to make. Remember when Chris and Liam were announced as writers? Well, another person has joined the Director's Cut Movies team. Find out all about them in this week's podcast, as well as details on this upcoming year. It's a podcast you're not going to want to miss. You're welcome.
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The He Is Risen! Craft Class $25
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Dr. Drew Pinsky Contacted McCready After Boyfriend's Suicide
(CNN) – Dr. Drew Pinsky said he contacted McCready last month after her boyfriend's death.
"When I heard she was struggling, I did reach out to her and urged her to go to take care of herself, get in a facility if she felt she needed," said Pinsky, who hosts a program on CNN's sister network HLN.
"Her biggest fear was the stigma of doing so and what people would think if she, God forbid, took care of herself. And this to me is the most distressing part of this story. She is a lovely woman, we have lost her, and it didn't have to go down like this."
On one episode of the show, McCready performed "I'm Still Here," dedicating it to the other cast members, who included Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss and Mackenzie Phillips.
"When I was writing this song, I was in jail," the singer said tearfully. "I never knew it, but I was writing for all of you."
More: Mindy McCready Dead At 37; Death Called A Suicide
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The University is revising the way it conducts the student mentor scheme. Under the new arrangement, you will be assigned an Academic Mentor who will remain your Mentor for the whole time you study in any particular programme at APU. The role of your Academic Mentor is as follows:
- Your Mentor will guide, assist and motivate you in
your academic and professional development.
- Your Academic Mentor will provide you with general
academic support and advice and refer you to student support services and
operational support services if needed.
- S/he will contact you if you are not making satisfactory
progress in your studies or if your attendance is poor, and will link you to
other academic staff, including the Programme Leader and Head of School if
- Your Academic Mentor will also be your Internship
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Academic Mentor will provide you with advice as you plan for professional
You are expected to see your Mentor at least once per semester.
To assist you to make contact with your Academic Mentor, the Lecturer Consultation Hours system has been revised to allow you to specify that you are requesting a meeting with your Academic Mentor.
Please make regular contact with your Mentor. S/he will assist you greatly, especially in your first year as you adapt to university life, and in your final year, as you prepare for professional life.
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Why Work Onboard?
There are many reasons to work onboard, but here are the reasons most often quoted by acupuncturists who work with The Onboard Spa by Steiner.
1) The ability to practice acupuncture without investing in the overhead normally associated with starting a practice.
2) You get a jumpstart on your student loans. With no overhead on board you will be better positioned to get ahead on your student loans. You have virtually no living expenses – food and boarding are all factored in.
3) Cruise line guests come from all over the world and many have not been exposed to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which gives the onboard acupuncturists an opportunity to educate the public about TCM and how it can improve their quality of life.
4) As guests are on vacation they have the time to explore new treatments and ideas. This means that generally speaking, acupuncturists working onboard a cruise ship can be extremely busy. Results are often seen immediately as the guests are more relaxed while on vacation – so healing is greatly improved in this environment.
5) Even though acupuncturists are part of a much larger spa team, running your column onboard is very much like running your own business. You will give talks and seminars and have the opportunity to introduce as many guests to acupuncture as possible on any given day.
6) The working environment onboard luxury cruise ships is extremely clean and professional making it much easier for you to gain the confidence of guests.
7) Less down time: as you live and work onboard the cruise ship you don't have to factor in travel time to and from work. No cleaning, no grocery shopping, no everyday mundane activities.
8) An obvious huge perk is travel. Depending on your itinerary you could explore the islands of the Caribbean, the Alaskan glaciers or even the Mediterranean.
9) Meet and mix with the diverse cultures as embodied by the crew and the guests. Make friends from all over the world.
10) Save money. You are in unique position where you could actually save every penny you make as your fundamental needs are taken care of.


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|"White Sheds", mixed media on canvas, 16" x 20"
Coulter describes her process this way: I usually have some theme or inspiration in my mind before beginning a piece, and then being by gluing, with an archival glue, some remnants from my daily life - receipt from a restaurant, a page torn from an old book, etc and let it dry. Then I start with a few charcoal pencil lines to lightly sketch in a landscape scene. This gives me a start but no telling where the painting will go from there. I then begin putting paint on, I add a few drips, I add more paper, more paint, and on it goes! I have been very pleased with the results I've achieved - I find the whole process is encouraging, creative, and inspiring!
View Coulter's mixed media work in her exhibition "Bits and Pieces", on now at the Visual Arts Alberta Gallery. Showing alongside Coulter is the photographic work of Jean-Rene Leblanc in "Presentification of Paradise". Both shows are up until December 6, 2014.
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If you own a business, and you provide employee retirement benefits, you need to ensure that any person who has control over the retirement accounts be bonded through a fiduciary bond. The fiduciary bond protects your employees against losses, and mismanagement, that could affect their retirement accounts. If you're not sure what fiduciary bonds are, here's some basic information that will help you understand the process: Fiduciary Bonds Protect Against Fraud and Dishonest Dealings
1 September 2017
If you've broken the law and have learned that there's a warrant out for your arrest, you typically have two options. One choice is to do your best to avoid detection by the police, while the other is to turn yourself into the authorities. The former option may seem preferable, but living while you look over your shoulder can be highly stressful. It can often be a better idea to turn yourself in.
10 March 2017
Owning your own business can be like a dream come true. You're your own boss, you make the rules, and you get to spend your days doing something that you love. However, a hefty tax bill – or worse, an IRS audit – can turn that dream into a nightmare pretty quickly. Unless you're in the business of doing taxes, you're probably not a tax expert yourself. That's OK, most people aren't.
7 September 2016
The quintessential question many people who are arrested eventually ask is whether they should use the bail schedules to get out of jail immediately or wait to see if a judge will set bail at a lower amount. Despite how simple this question may seem, there isn't always a clear answer for it, because each person's situation is different. Here are three things to consider which may help you determine the best option for you.
28 July 2016
There are not too many things that carry as much weight in your adult life as your credit score. It may impact everything from a major purchase to whether or not you are able to purchase auto insurance. Fortunately, if you have had a few dings to your credit score, they can be fixed, and one of the ways you can do this is through the use of a personal loan.
20 July 2016
When opening a new boutique store, it's important to reach out to the customers and community to showcase your goods and everything you have to offer. One of the best ways to do this is on Small Business Saturday. The annual shopping day occurs on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and is promoted all over the United States. In the months leading up to the event, your business can prepare to showcase your goods and the handle the needs of extra shoppers.
11 July 2016
Gold is a commodity, which means its value changes from day to day. If you have some old gold jewelry you no longer want and are considering selling it for cash, you may want to wait for a time when the price is high. If you watch the gold market, you will get a good idea when the right time to sell may be. In addition, knowing the value of the items you own can also help you make sure you get the best price for your gold jewelry.
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Saketh Myneni gets ready to shoulder more responsibility next year
After five years on the international tour, Saketh Myneni believes he has enough 'tennis mileage' to make the next step, play on the bigger stage
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In the middle of a stuffy August New York night, an Indian star was rising.
Even though Saketh Myneni was not one of the marquee acts at the US Open, he had found quite a following in one week. The tennis player had won three qualifying rounds without dropping a set and was attempting to become only the third Indian man to win a round at the US Open after Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman.
He was serving for the match at 5-3 in the fifth set against Jiri Vesely in the first round. His fans, in bright mood and bright yellow T-shirts, with "Saki Squad" printed on them, had grown in number during the week and were roaring their support.
That's when the cramps struck.
"My quads really tightened up," Myneni recalled during the KPTI-MSLTA Challenger event in Pune in the last week of October. "It was really humid and after such a long match, I was cramping. I could barely stand, but my only thought was that I wanted to finish the match, the first main draw match of my life, and walk out (of the court) on my own feet."
Myneni lost his serve, and eventually lost the set 5-7 and the match 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 5-7 after battling for 3 hours and 47 minutes.
Sitting in the air-conditioned players' lounge at the Challenger event, in which he lost in the quarter-finals, Myneni talks about his most successful year on the tour with a fixed smile. An ice pack rests on his shoulder. "Ice is my best friend currently," he says.
Are the rigours of the long season taking a toll on his body? "Not really," says the 29-year-old. "I have constantly played with these niggles, pretty much from the beginning of the year."
He had started 2016 ranked 170 on the ATP, and peaked at 137 in September. He played the qualifying events of all four Grand Slams for the first time in his pro-career, and made the main draw at the US Open. He also made his Davis Cup singles debut against South Korea in July and played all three days against Spain in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off in September.
"I've had a great time," he says. "The shoulder has been a problem for some time now, but it kind of helped me focus better. It helped me play within my limitations. Sometimes on court you have too many options, too many shots to choose from. But because I was restricted, I knew I could hit the ball in only one particular way, so the focus was on the execution.
"I haven't really played on clay that much, especially not European clay, so playing the French Open qualifiers was a great experience. But New York felt like home."
Myneni, born in Vuyyuru in Andhra Pradesh, got the first real taste of top-flight sport when he went on a tennis scholarship to the University of Alabama. As a lean teenager, who was still growing into his 6ft, 4 inches, Myneni honed his athletic pursuits there.
The summers were spent teaching tennis at the Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. That's where most of his "Saki Squad"—who have been doing the rounds at Flushing Meadows since 2015—come from. All through his four years at the university, Myneni says, not once did he go back to India. It prepared him for the tough, lonely life on the pro circuit.
But going to college meant he missed out on some crucial years on the tour. He turned pro in 2011, at 24.
"It does feel sometimes like I'm catching up," he says. "But the fact is I haven't had as much match time as players the same age. I never did the junior circuit. I wanted to play a Futures event in India after coming back from the US (in 2011), but for that I needed a national ranking. I managed to get a wild card into the Nationals, after S.P. Mishra (the former Indian non-playing Davis Cup captain) put in a word for me, and then reached the semi-finals."
Just like that, Myneni had arrived on the national stage. After five years on the international tour, he believes he has enough "tennis mileage" to make the next step, play on the bigger stage. Getting enough points by December to make the cut for the Australian Open qualifiers is a priority, even if it means playing with the shoulder injury.
"Once you enter a tournament, you can't think of the injury," he stresses. "Once you're in, you're in."
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The State Liberals are calling for the Weatherill Government to scrap planned funding changes to vocational training under the WorkReady program in South Australia and start again.
The call was made at a meeting of angry and bewildered private training providers who will be driven out of business by the Weatherill Government's new training funding arrangements under the WorkReady program.
"Businesses will close, jobs will be lost and training outcomes will decline as a result of the Weatherill Government's decision to favour TAFE SA over private training providers," said Shadow Minister for Employment, Skills and Training, David Pisoni.
At present private vocational training providers deliver about 46% of the 134,900 subsidised training places in South Australia with TAFE SA responsible for the remaining 54%.
Under the new WorkReady scheme the Weatherill Government will allocate 46,000 out of 51,000 places. These arrangements reserve more than 90 per cent of subsidised training places for TAFE SA.
"The Weatherill Government's funding restrictions will drive private RTOs to the wall, costing jobs and reducing the quality and quantity of vocational training in South Australia," said Mr David Pisoni.
"A recent ACIL Allen evaluation of vocational training in South Australia found courses run by TAFE SA were approximately 2.5 times higher than private RTOs.
"Concentrating vocational training places in the much more expensive TAFE SA courses will greatly reduce the number of training places available for young people.
"With the highest unemployment on the mainland, South Australia can't afford to narrow the pathways to employment.
"This decision highlights the importance of the Parliamentary inquiry the State Liberals have proposed into vocational training in South Australia.
"I urge all cross-bench members of the Upper House to support this independent inquiry into the mess the Weatherill Government has created of the vocational training sector."


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Department of Mechanical Engineering,Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Department of Psychology,Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Engineering and Product Development Pillar,Singapore University of Technology and Design,Singapore, 138682Republic of Singapore
The authors make the assumption that the algorithm produces valid results from a computational standpoint, as confirmed by the synthetic data analyses performed by Kemp and Tenenbaum. Due to the fact that the algorithm itself was unchanged, this is a valid assumption.
Contributed by Design Theory and Methodology Committee of ASME for publication in the Journal of Mechanical Design. Manuscript received May 14, 2012; final manuscript received January 2, 2013; published online February 20, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Bernard Yannou.
This work presents a methodology for discovering structure in design repository databases, toward the ultimate goal of stimulating designers through design-by-analogy. Using a Bayesian model combined with latent semantic analysis (LSA) for discovering structural form in data, an exploration of inherent structural forms, based on the content and similarity of design data, is undertaken to gain useful insights into the nature of the design space. In this work, the approach is applied to uncover structure in the U.S. patent database. More specifically, the functional content and surface content of the patents are processed and mapped separately, yielding structures that have the potential to develop a better understanding of the functional and surface similarity of patents. Structures created with this methodology yield spaces of patents that are meaningfully arranged into labeled clusters, and labeled regions, based on their functional similarity or surface content similarity. Examples show that cross-domain associations and transfer of knowledge based on functional similarity can be extracted from the function based structures, and even from the surface content based structures as well. The comparison of different structural form types is shown to yield different insights into the arrangement of the space, the interrelationships between the patents, and the information within the patents that is attended to—enabling multiple representations of the same space to be easily accessible for design inspiration purposes. In addition, the placement of a design problem in the space effectively points to the most relevant cluster of patents in the space as an effective starting point of stimulation. These results provide a basis for automated discovery of cross-domain analogy, among other implications for creating a computational design stimulation tool.
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MIIT(Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China) said Chinese 3G mobile phone user increased 10.08 million people in this month, and its user totally reached 202.639 million people as of September.
And they said the share of 3G user number by each career as follows.
As of September, China Mobile have 75.595 million 3G users, and China Unicom have 66.863 million 3G users, and China Telecom have 60.181 million users. As I said before, 3G market in China is still in the situation of competitive.
MIIT also said that smartphone shipment is rapidly increasing, the total its shipment was 172 million units as of September, and its number is increasing 183.4% compared to the previous year. In addition according to them, 83.2% of smartphone shipment was Android devices.
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With her body still recovering from last year's cancer treatments, Leigh Tressman is determined to be independent. Despite the interference from her overprotective brother, physical frustrations, and spiritual dilemmas— not to mention the ever expanding line of young men ready to fall in love with her— Leigh discovers what it actually means to stand on her own and learns that love can be found in unexpected but delightful places
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Perry Yung: Shakuhachi maker, musician
Hi, I'm Perry Yung. Welcome! I first discovered the shakuhachi flute while performing in New York City as an actor in Ellen Stewart's Oedipus the King. Night after night, the subtle sound grew to become all encompassing. Soon, I started making the flute as it was impossible to buy a shakuhachi in the pre-internet days of 1994. Time passed and eight years later got a grant to live in Japan to study traditionally with some of the best makers and players in the world. The shakuhachi changed my life in ways that words can not describe. My goal is to help you with a flute that can open that door as it is a beautiful world on the other side. Come on in!
Those interested in my acting work (TV, film and stage) can see what I'm up to at my actors blog. - https://perryyung.wordpress.com/
My work with this special instrument ranges from crafting and repairing of traditional flutes to performing in theater, recording for film and with contemporary music, most notably with the renown composer Vangelis (Doha, Qatar 2011). In 2002, I received the Japan-US Friendship Commission Artist Fellowship which enabled me to travel throughout Japan to meet with some of the most renown shakuhachi makers and players. I was introduced to my main shakuhachi making and playing sensei, Kinya Sogawa, through my New York City shakuhachi teacher, Ralph Samuelson. I was awarded an Asian Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in 2014 to travel to Japan to for research of antique shakuhachi instruments and music
With Great Jones Repertory Group, Celebrating Ellen Stewart, 2010
I graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor's of Fine Art degree. I was first introduced to the shakuhachi through Yukio Tsuji and Genji Ito, two resident musicians of La Mama E.T.C. Shortly after, I studied traditional music under Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin, Brain Ritchie and Ralph Samuelson before going to Japan to start my Japan/US Friendship artist residency. I studied making and playing in the Dokyoku style of Watazumi under Kinya Sogawa in Saitama, Japan and in order to gain a wider, unbiased understanding of shakuhachi making, I began studying other styles of shakuhachi music - Jin Nyodo style under Keisuki Zenyoji (Jin Nyodo's godson), Goro Yamaguchi (Chikumeisha Kinko) under Christopher Blasdel and contemporary techniques with Akikazu Nakamura (Katsuya Yokoyama, Berklee College). For shakuhachi making, I visited the workshops of Tom Deaver, John Neptune, Motofumi Tatekawa and the Kitahara family of Seikado. I also attended workshops in Japan and the US with master Kifu Mitsuhashi and did several private intensive lessons with Riley Lee to study the Chikuho Notation system. And as part of my on-going studies, I continue to expand and hone my understanding of the shakuhachi by studying the Myoan Honkyoku music with Nancy Beckman (Fukumoto Kyoan and Yoshimura Fuan, the 39th and 40th heads of Meianji - Myoan Temple). These days, Ralph Samuelson is my main teacher but I am greatly indebted to all my wonderful, generous teachers whom I honor by spreading the shakuhachi with inclusion.
Performing aburanuki (oil removal) on newly harvested bamboo with Kinya in 2003
My performance work takes precedent but I take shakuhachi commissions and repair work daily. Here are two Yung Professional JIARI shakuhachi and a vintage Kinko Ryu instrument.
Mixing Japanese urushi Lacquer.
I undertake all aspects of traditional shakuhachi making and repair and use traditional Japanese materials such as authentic Japanese Madake bamboo from Japan, Water Buffalo Horn, Ivory (reclaimed) and authentic urushi lacquer (not cashew or synthetic American paints called lacquer). Using traditional materials and techniques are required for some things, but sometimes contemporary glues can be better since these have improved over the last 30 years. The best objective choices are made for the instruments and they receive my utmost attention and the best treatment.
I have been an invited guest artist to teach shakuhachi making workshops in traditional shakuhachi music settings such as Michael Chikuzen Gould's shakuhachi camps, in zen centers - The Zen Center of New York City (Fire Lotus Branch) and Zen Mountain Monastery (Mountains and Rivers Order): https://zmm.mro.org/teacher/perry-yung/, museums - Tibetan Museum, New York and in institutions of higher learning - University of Massachusetts, Smith College, Washington College and Three Rivers Community College (to name a few).
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At Michael Gould's Chikuzen Ro Camp 2007
Playing the shakuhachi can be divided into two main approaches - the musical and the spiritual (for some, they are the same). Working in zen centers have helped me fuse both traditional music performance and spiritual practice. For me, there is no wrong way to play the shakuhachi. Whether one wants to sit and breath deeply with a natural bamboo flute, or perform in an ensemble at Carnegie hall with a fine-tuned instrument, there is an appropriate flute and teacher for the situation.
Participants of my Crafting of Pure Sound Workshop at Zen Mountain Monastery. July, 2012.
Since returning from Japan in 2003, I found myself using the shakuhachi in my workshops as a tool that helps to discover the individual voice. These days, people have come to me specifically to learn how to play the shakuhachi music. I use traditional Honkyoku music (solo shakuhachi music of the Komuso Monks) as a starting point for understanding the power and benefits of deep breathing. My philosophy is influenced by both the professional, musical world, creative activity and the personal spiritual journey. There is no mystery, just learning good form that will lead to a good sound and provide a fulfilling path one can explore for a lifetime of musical and spiritual enrichment.
At the core of my art practice is the mission to make society a better place, to leave this world better than I found it. On a utilitarian level, I have been donating to UNICEF since 1980. Throughout the years with the help of eBay, hundreds of shakuhachi players, musicians, zen practitioners and plain folks worldwide have joined me. I invite you to join us in helping to make a difference in the lives of the world's most underprivileged children. A deep breath with positive visualization can go along way.
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I have just finished Dale Allison's latest book, Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History. It is a great book and I'll hopefully write two or three posts reflecting on elements of it. First, I'd like to briefly discuss parts of the last three paragraphs of the book, as for me they were the most significant.
We should be grateful, then, that the so-called historical Jesus is only one of numerous theological resources, and far from the most important. Consider the present volume, which, if the author is any good at introspection, is much more the product of historical curiosity and professional habits of mind than of theological aspirations. Even if, let us say, a Christian reader is cheered by my case that Jesus had an exalted self-conception, christological reflection is much more than what the first-century Jesus is likely to have thought or said about himself. Would that it were so easy. Christology must wrestle with Paul, study the Cappadocians, engage modern philosophy, and do much else besides...To do history is not to do theology.I won't comment much on this quote except to say that I think it's largely right. To borrow a metaphor from NT Wright, I want to do theology with all of the pieces of the puzzle on the table. That assuredly includes the pieces that result from historical study, even if they're a minority of the pieces. However that does not get us all (or even most) of the way there. We need to remember (as I've written before) that ultimately the Jesus of the church is the Jesus of the canonical gospels, not the Jesus of modern historical reconstructions. So what role does history play in the task of theology? I'll discuss that next time. But for now I'd like to express my appreciation for the work of Dale Allison. I've always found his historical work to be a helpful aid for theological reflection.
Although I have no desire to contract the circle of my readers, it seems to me both vain and inane that a book such as this can contribute to our knowledge of God, or that it should draw much attention from the theologians. Even though the quest has served many of us a s a wake-up call from our dogmatic slumbers, it is no substitute for constructive theology. It can be, at best, only prologue.
While it may be an "emotional necessity to exalt the problem to which one wants to devote a lifetime," and while I am proudly a historian, I must confess that history is not what matters most. If my deathbed finds me alert and not overly racked with pain, I will then be preoccupied with how I have witnessed and embodied faith, hope, and charity. I will not be fretting over the historicity of this or that part of the Bible (462).


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Macedonia Post has issued the stamp series depicted the pet animal, Parrot on year 2010. The issued stamps consist of 2 stamps with nominal value 20, and 40.
Parrots are popular as pets due to their sociable and affectionate nature, intelligence, bright colours, and ability to imitate human voices.The domesticated Budgerigar, a small parrot, is the most popular of all pet bird species.
Pet parrots may be kept in a cage or aviary; though generally, tame parrots should be allowed out regularly on a stand or gym. Depending on locality, parrots may be either wild caught or be captive bred, though in most areas without native parrots, pet parrots are captive bred.
Parrot species that are commonly kept as pets include conures, macaws, Amazons, cockatoos, African Greys, lovebirds, cockatiels, Budgerigars, Eclectus, Caiques, parakeets, Pionus and Poicephalus. Species vary in their temperament, noise level, talking ability, cuddliness with people, and care needs, although how a parrot has been raised usually greatly affects its personality.
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CHOC Children's Foundation
Position Title:
Senior Associate Director Major Gifts
Orange County California
Organization Profile:
Since 1964, CHOC Children's has been steadfastly committed to providing the highest quality medical care to children. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, our regional pediatric healthcare network includes a state-of-the-art 279-bed main hospital facility in the City of Orange, and a hospital-within-a-hospital in Mission Viejo. CHOC also offers many primary and specialty care clinics, more than 100 additional programs and services, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence – The CHOC Children's Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes.
CHOC Mission:
To nurture, advance and protect the health and well being of children. That's why at CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange and CHOC Children's at Mission Hospital, we are dedicated to working cooperatively—assisting and enriching existing services as well as developing programs to benefit the families of Orange County. Over two million children across four counties count on CHOC to be here when they need us most—regardless of their family's ability to pay.
CHOC is the first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children in Orange County. Since opening its doors, CHOC has led the way in many areas of pediatric health care.
Position Summary:
Responsible for the identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors capable of giving gifts of $50,000 or more. Manage a portfolio of 100 + prospects and will be responsible for achieving an annual fundraising goal of $3M+ within a three year timeframe.
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- Identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major, leadership and transformational level gifts to achieve an annual fundraising goal of $3M+.
- Manage a portfolio of 100+ prospects/donors using a comprehensive moves management model. Responsible for 80+ face-to-face moves annually and promptly document all activity with donors/prospects using the Foundation's database system.
- Develop and implement appropriate, personalized cultivation and solicitation strategies that are in-line with organizational objectives and match donor's interests.
- Partner with Board Members, Physicians and other hospital and volunteer leaders to identify, educate, solicit and steward donors. Solicit estate and planned gifts in partnership with the Assistant Vice President and the Planned Giving Team.
- Implement and manage volunteer committees and ensure the successful recruitment of the highest level of community leaders.
- Plan and execute major gift events and receptions.
- Develop written proposals, presentation and Case for Support documents. Develop and execute personalized, meaningful and timely stewardship and activities.
Reporting Relationship:
- Reporting directly to the Assistant Vice President, Individual Giving
- Education
- A bachelor's degree.
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- A proven track record of 5 or more years of successful fundraising at the major gifts level.
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This gorgeous lady is made by Georgia Piotter who has also sewn her a red satin vampire dress in which she looks stunning.
Fiona McDonald makes dolls, puppets, paintings and sculpture. She takes inspiration from old children's books and illustrations. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and won several awards. Fiona is also the author of eleven non-fiction books, mostly popular history and one children's novel.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Babes in the Wool
This gorgeous lady is made by Georgia Piotter who has also sewn her a red satin vampire dress in which she looks stunning.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The second day of summer
Great fun to do, I hope they ask me again.
Friday, November 12, 2010
November is upon us
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Etsy shop has one item
I've listed something on Etsy. I'm offering customised versions of my Babes. I've got some other ideas going too. Have just finished this for Isabel:
It's a pea pearls brooch.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Etsy shop and Knitted Queen Anne Style dolls
This is my first attempt , the poor naked thing. I think I will dress her in fabric clothes rather than knitted.
I am now making a second version who will be dressed in black as she is in mourning. I will post her up when she is ready along with this lady when she has some finery on.
Izannah Walker style cloth dolls
I have also been looking at some cloth dolls I did some time ago. They are painted to look like early cloth dolls, Izannah Walker inspired dolls. Izannah was a 19th centruy cloth doll maker in America. She patented her dolls I believe.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Still October
Anime boy
October already
Have finished the manuscript for Textiles: a history to be published next year by Pen & Sword, or rather their imprint, Remember When.
Have sent off my sample knitted vampire to Search Press (got to keep her under wraps). Knitted Fairies has been proofed, can't wait for it to come out, the pictures are beautiful.
Gorgeous, isn't she?
What else have I been doing? Oh yes, I am putting in a proposal to do do a PhD in Creative Practise at UNE, Armidale. I'm so excited about this, hope the idea is accepted. Waiting for more feed back and that is always a mixture of excitement and nervousness.
Drawings: another pen drawing in progress:
Monday, August 16, 2010
Pen Drawings
Here is a doodle in progress. I love playing, fiddling with things when I'm listening or talking. I find it hard for my fingers to do nothing. I thought I would experiement with doodling. I saw some wonderful examples on You tube. Perhaps I will do a how-to-doodle book.
Book Launch
fantastic turn out, the gallery was packed. Thank you everyone who came and celebrated the launch of my first two books. Let's hope there are many more to come.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Catch up post
I really enjoyed working in the black and white medium.
Going through some old folios the other day I found a pen drawing of Little Red Riding Hood and an ancient one of Goblin Market.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Babes in the Wool
Search Press, UK, have my knitted fairies book as coming out in April and my Aliens in June.
Babes is listed on Amazon and Creative Authors (my literary agents: www.creativeauthors.co.uk ) has links to it.


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Two City Charter amendment issues, submitted by Council, round out this municipal election ballot.
Issue 1A would change the makeup of the nine-member City Council. Effective in 2013, instead of five at-large members and four district representatives, the group would include six district reps and only three at-larges.
We fully agree with the concept of adding districts, but it was obvious when Council considered the issue that one detail had been overlooked. In this election, we're choosing five at-large Council members, all of whom thought they were signing up to run for a four-year term. But that wouldn't work with only three at-large positions as of 2013.
The answer, included within the 228-word ballot description, is that the top three vote-getters would serve four years, while those finishing fourth and fifth would get just two years.
This isn't fair, because it wouldn't give those two sitting Councilors enough time to prove themselves, or any guarantee of where they might fall in a realignment of districts. There's also the matter of changing the rules after people went to the trouble of running for office, enduring a campaign and actually winning Council seats.
We would fully support a future proposal to create more districts — even eight with just one at-large would be fine with us — but it would have to be structured to allow anyone elected to serve the full term they sought at the start. That would mean waiting until 2013, with the issue to take effect in 2015.
Vote NO.
Issue 1B clarifies some language in the strong-mayor proposal that was approved last November. This clarification states: "The Mayor shall have the right to attend and be heard at any meeting of Council and may recommend to the Council for adoption such measures as the Mayor may deem necessary or expedient."
As it stands now, the strong mayor would not be compelled to attend City Council meetings, and actually would not be a voting Council member as in the past. A Council president would run the meetings. With this adjustment, the mayor still would not have a vote, but would be able to attend and participate.
The leading mayoral candidates agree, and we concur, that the strong mayor needs to have as positive a working relationship as possible with the new Council, and vice versa. This encourages more public interaction, and should give the public more chances to address both at the same time.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Grow taller even when you are sleeping
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Sleep is defined as a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost. Hence, that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli.
During deep sleep, growth hormone produced by your pituitary gland is released into your blood stream. It travels through your body and causes the thickening and lengthening of your bones which can help increase your height. Therefore, you should achieve "deep level" sleep on a daily basis in order to coordinate your exercise efforts and proper diet to increase your chances of growing taller.
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Thank U Sydney' Bus
Media Release
December 2017
thank u sydney1500 muffins take a seat on morning commute as Transit Systems thanks 50 million passengers
Nearly 50,000,000 commuters have taken a trip on a Transit Systems bus since it commenced operations in Western Sydney in 2013 and to celebrate - and say thank you - they are giving out hundreds of muffins to peak hour passengers.
A dedicated double storey "Thank U Sydney" bus will go into special service on Wednesday 6 December, with 500 muffins being handed out to commuters on buses and at bus stops during peak hour throughout the Contract 3 Region, which includes Liverpool, Fairfield and Holroyd regions.
Transit Systems CEO Clint Feuerherdt thanked passengers for their patronage and support.
"We continually strive to improve services for our customers, delivering a better passenger experience for commuters, and a more cost-effective solution for the government.
"We are proud to reach the 50M passenger milestone and celebrate the moment with people who use our service everyday.
"We'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hopefully the muffin is a pleasant surprise on an otherwise ordinary day," he said.
Transit Systems has continually innovated and improved services in the contract region, delivering 65 brand new buses, introducing double decker buses on the T-80 and improving timetabling and connections.
Under the management of Transit Systems, the T80 service between Parramatta and Liverpool has become Sydney's first bus rapid transport route, operating a 5 minute frequency service during peak periods. It also runs the state's only large-scale fully air-conditioned and wheel chair accessible fleet. They also boast the youngest fleet, with the average bus age coming in below any other region.
Since 2013 Transit Systems has experienced a 12 per cent increase in overall customer satisfaction (between 2012 and 2016), with patronage on the T80 also increasing by a massive 29% to date.
Commuters can also take a free ride on the company's on-demand service, Bridj, currently being trialled by the Transport for NSW in Wetherill Park. Bridj connects with T-80 stations including Hassall, Horsley Park and Prairiewood, with free travel available until 29 December. The service will operate between 5am – 6:30pm Monday - Friday.


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
bob heavens
Here are a few choice drawings from the back of many Bob Evans placemats. Luckily I had a spot behind the counter where I could draw undetected. Helped to pass long slow days.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Liquid sun
Thought I would post these portraits I did for a family friend over break. He is a professor at OSU and he is writing arcticles about the sun being liquid. It is much too complicated for me to undertand, but apparantly there are miscalculations tracing back.The few photographs of these old school astrophysicists are copyrighted so I got to do the illustrations. James Jeans is on the left and the other is Sir Arthur Eddington. heres a link to his site.
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A year older this week (note the period instead of an exclamation mark. Partly because I woke up with a BAD BACK on my birthday. Determined to feel older I guess.
Here's a random post of some goodies from my fun week.
I snagged some flowers bound for the trash from my friend's daughter's wedding that The Girl and I helped with last weekend. They brightened my counter for much of the week!
My birthday linens, which go with my Christmas linens. I'm not one of those people who doesn't want 'house stuff' for gifts!
My kids made me cream puffs! The Girl did the pastry, and Monkey stirred the pudding for almost an hour. Beautiful and yummy!
My visiting teachers are craftier than yours. ;) (This 'card' was actually flat in the envelope and popped open!)
Not pictured: out to lunch with a friend, and another friend's AMAZING caramel brownie concoctions that were delivered WARM. Dude. (So many treats this week!) And a few other surprises. Spoiled!
I actually like when some gifts come late (or are ordered with gift cards) because I had little surprises for a few days after my actual birthday!
Now it's off to movie night, and I believe my family is taking me out to dinner tomorrow, since this week was so busy. Yay, it just keeps coming! :)