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4.7 and Radials East Coast Championship 10-11th June GRSC
The NB Sailsports sponsored East Coast Championships will be held at Georges River 16′ Sailing Club (Sanoni Ave, Sandringham) on the Queen's Birthday long weekend 10-11 June 2017.
This event is open to Laser 4.7 and Radial sailors of any age as well as Opti and 420′s.
The Notice of Race is available HERE. Online entries can be placed on the NSW Opti web site HERE.
For more information there is a brief for the event HERE.
In an effort to encourage a few more registrations to come through before the weekend, the late fee of $100 on this occasion will not be applied if there are any late entries ahead of the weekend for this regatta. We are currently at around 85 boats all up in total across all classes. Would be great to hit the 100 mark!
Results of Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik Holland
Results from the Grade 1 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Holland are HERE.
There were 100 competitors in the Men's and 68 in the Women's.
Well done to Matthew Wearn 3rd and Mitchell Kennedy 4th who were joined by Finn Alexander in the medal race to finish 8th. Not bad with three Aussies in the top 10.
There were 5 Australians in the Women's event with Zoe Thompson best placed at 37th. DBSC's Marlena Berzins sailed her absolute best with some great results to come out with 60 out of 68 Competitors in the Women's fleet.
Finn's quote from the seat in the A380 on his way home:
" The medal race was intense, to say the least… with the tip 10 best sailors in the world put against each other on a super short course close to shore, it was bound to be a close race. The points were really close, so my plan was to sail the race like any other… The Start went really well and was popped out on the leeward end and ended up crossing most of the fleet… The race went so quickly, a total blur, and was really tricky to find the time to look around and get into the Rhythm of the race… with heaps of boats around, the waves were really choppy and messy (just like Double Bay) so downwinds were quick and require a high degree of precision. I finished 7th in the medal race, overtaking the Cypriot Pavlos Kontides (2012 Olympic Silver medalist) on the final downwind. I secured 8th overall and I am really happy with that result."
NSW & ACT Laser Events for Next Season 2017/18
Following is a list of Laser events in NSW & ACT for next season 2017/18.
|Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Winter Series
|RSYS Sydney
|28 May – 27 August 2017
|East Coast Championship Laser 4.7 Radials OPTI's 420′s
|Georges River SC
|10-11 June 2017
|NSW State Youth Championship
|South Lake Macquarie ASC
|30 Sept – 2 October 2017
|NSW/ACT Laser Coast Championship
|Gosford SC
|21-22 October 2017
|NSW/ACT Laser State Open & Masters Championship
|Double Bay SC
|18-19 Nov 2017
|ACT Territory Youth Championship
|Canberra YC
|25 November 2017
|NSW/ACT Metropolitan Championship
|Drummoyne SC
|17-18 March 2018
Masters sailors please note that we have now combined the Open and Masters States to be held at Double Bay 18-19th November 2017. Our traditional February Masters would be very close to, and detract from, the National Masters at Mooloolaba 9-12 February 2018.
The full list of known events including World and National Championships is on the Events Page.
If you have open invitation or inter-club events which you would like us to include on the list please send us a message HERE.
A printable (pdf) summary of the full list of Laser events is HERE.
Laser Sandwich
Laser sailors will go to great lengths to get their boats to regattas to enjoy the racing.
The photo here was taken at the 2017 Adelaide Nationals. It shows a sterling effort.
If anyone has a photo of a larger Laser sandwich we will be happy to publish same or perhaps to create a new Guinness Records classification for the endeavour.
Photos to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Never to be outdone Matthew Blakey reports that 9 Kiwi Laser sailors transported their boats from Melbourne to Adelaide for the 2003-2004 Nationals in the configuration below.
It is a bit hard to see all the boats but we know Kiwis can count and as there are eight Laser sailors in the photo we are assuming that the 9th was the photographer so 9 is the current Laser sandwich record.
Our European travelling Laser representative Jeff Loosemore sent this hard to beat contribution to the how many Lasers can be packed on a trailer competition.
This is the Spanish team's Laser trailer complete with 19 Lasers in Gydnia Poland for the Laser Masters Europeans 2015.
Laser legend Mike Mills with wife Jan has sold, serviced and transported way to many Lasers to count. Mike has a good memory and has called for the video ref on the New Zealand effort above while offering his own in the message below.
Great to see one of my old trailers still being put to good use. Jan and I used to load them on our own and they were road legal. The Kiwi effort from 2003 -2004 did get booked for being too wide, so does it count?
From memory our best and biggest load was 25 boats on a semi that brought boats to Royal Brighton for the World Cup, I think in about 2006 . This was hand loaded and unloaded.
These were before I was working for PSA when we did move quite a few boats.
I was always too busy to take any photos.
Michael & Jan Mills
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Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Winter Series
Mike Lee advises that the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron are running their winter series again this year.
Laser sailors are welcome to compete.
There four race days for the series:
- May 28
- June 18
- July 30
- August 27
Racing starts at 930AM each day with up to three races each day (no race after 1130AM).
The sailing instructions are HERE and you can enter online HERE.
Opening of Entries for Laser World Standard & Masters
Applications for entry will open Tuesday, 4 April 2017 at 00:01 Central US time for the 2017 ILCA World Standard and Masters Championship regattas.
You are encouraged to complete an entry application as soon as possible after it becomes available. Please be aware that if you do not apply by 16 May 2017, you may have little chance of receiving an entry offer.
The links below will take you to the event information sites with access to applications and additional information about each championship, including the Notice of Race and the district entry allocations.
2017 ILCA Laser Standard Men's World Championship
- Dates: Tuesday, 12 September – Tuesday, 19 September 2017
- Venue: Split, Croatia
- Click HERE for Laser Standard Men World Championship Information & Application
2017 ILCA Laser Masters World Championships
- Dates: Thursday, 21 September – Saturday, 30 September 2017
- Venue: Split, Croatia
- Click HERE for Laser Masters World Championship Information & Application
A word to the wise from our Masters Rep Rob Lowndes follows:
I don't know how many entries will be allowed but last I heard it will be limited by the amount of rigging space which seems a shame. It will be the usual thing with limited acceptances to start with. Our ALCA ranking policy will apply (http://www.lasersdownunder.com/masters-policy/). It could be quite a while before we know if, for the first time ever, all Aussies who want to go will not get in! So remember first in, best dressed…..
Metropolitan Championship DBSC Results
Final results for the Metropolitan Championship are HERE.
Metropolitan Championship Double Bay SC 18-19th March
The Laser Metros are on next weekend at Double Bay Sailing Club.
This is always a great event with lots of entries (130 last time). This regatta will also be a great warm up for the Laser State Championship which DBSC will be hosting in November.
The Notice of Race is HERE and the Sailing Instructions are attached and are available to download HERE.
You can enter online HERE (cost is $60 or $30 if you are under 21). Beach entries will be accepted up to 11.30am on Saturday 18th March with payment by cash, Visa or Master card.
For sailors rigging at other clubs we will again have sign on and off by SMS available – just send an SMS to 0477 647 537 with the boat number/s and the words "sign on" and "sign off" (SIs 22.4 applies).
DBSC has arranged car parking at the Double Bay Public School just across Steyne Park from the club – entry is off William Street. Cost is $20 for the weekend going to the school's P&C. Otherwise limited on street parking can be found but it may be a long walk away. Be warned the local parking police are quite vigilant so observation of the parking restriction signs is recommended.
Trailers can be parked on the grassed area near the club. Access for this trailer parking will be via Ocean Avenue where it meets the bay, and not Bay Street. Google map is HERE.
DBSC Commodore Luke Parker has the following message for Laser sailors:
On behalf of all at DBSC, I'd encourage Laser sailors from far and wide to join us at the 2017 NSW Laser Metropolitan Championships. DBSC hosted the Regatta in 2015 and it was a great success. We're determined to repeat that performance next weekend.
We'll be racing on Sydney Harbour, not far from the Bridge, the City, the Harbour Islands and Fort Denison. It's a spectacular and challenging place to race. Of course, we won't have the harbour to ourselves, but we'll be positioning courses to make the most of the prevailing winds with consideration of other traffic.
Our change rooms have ample hot water, you'll get a DBSC engraved mug (guaranteed to become a collector's item) and the canteen will be stocked. We have a $2 sausage sizzle after racing on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday. What more could you want?
We look forward to racing with you on 18 and 19 March.
Entries for Laser World Radial Championships
Applications for entry will open Thursday, 16 March 2017 at 00:01 Central US time for the following ILCA World Championship regattas:
- 2017 ILCA Laser Radial Youth World Championships
- 2017 ILCA Laser Radial Women's World Championship
- 2017 ILCA Laser Radial Men's World Championship
For all events, The deadline for receiving paid applications for initial allocation of places is 25 April 2017 at 23:59 Central US Time.
Note: Central US Time is 16 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time and 17 hours behind Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
You are encouraged to complete an entry application as soon as possible after it becomes available. Please be aware that if you do not apply by 25 April 2017, you may have little chance of receiving an entry offer.
The links below will take you to the event information sites with access to applications and additional information about each championship, including the Notice of Race and the district entry allocations.
2017 ILCA Laser Radial Youth World Championships
- Dates: Friday, 11 August – Friday, 18 August 2017
- Venue: Medemblik, Netherlands
- Click HERE for Laser Radial Youth World Championship Information & Application
2017 ILCA Laser Radial Women's World Championship
- Dates: Saturday, 19 August – Saturday, 26 August 2017
- Venue: Medemblik, Netherlands
- Click HERE for Laser Radial Women's World Championship Information & Application
2017 ILCA Laser Radial Men's World Championship
- Dates: Saturday, 19 August – Saturday, 26 August 2017
- Venue: Medemblik, Netherlands
- Click HERE for Laser Radial Men's World Championship Information & Application
Results State Masters at Great Lakes
A great roll up of 114 Masters Lasers sailors enjoyed and endured, in equal measure, the State Masters at Great Lakes Sailing Club on Wallis Lake Forster over the weekend.
Three fronts swept over the venue over the weekend – fortunately none of them during the racing. As it was conditions were pretty challenging on Saturday with an around 20 knot NE and then after the three races a 2 mile work back home into a freshening 20 to 25 knot breeze. None of this dulled the enjoyment of the roast dinner and ales provided from the Great Lakes Sailing Club in the evening.
On Sunday, after a powerful overnight storm, the wind was SW and 5 to 15 knots. The conditions were tricky and the weed kept sailors busy with the centreboard lift and rudder sweep routine.
The competition was pretty intense as expected with four Laser Masters World Champions in attendance. There was none the less the usual good spirit with all rules issues sorted out on the water.
The final results are HERE. The fleet results are HERE.
John Basden took some nice photos on Day 1 which you can see HERE.
Thanks to the Great Lakes Sailing Club and RO Andrew McLachlan and his team for their fabulous organisation of the event.
State Masters Great Lakes 18-19th February 2017
The next Laser Masters extravaganza is the State Masters which this season will be at Great Lakes Sailing Club located in the Booti Booti National Park at 4859 The Lakes Way Forster. The Google map location is HERE.
This is always a popular venue with great open water on Wallis Lake and no Manly Ferries or sundry stink boats to distract us from the sailing.
There is camping at the Club and ample accommodation nearby and at Forster/Tuncurry. (Booking.com Trivago AirB&B Wotif).
The event will be run to the usual six race, two day format on the weekend of 18-19th February. The Notice of Race is HERE . The Sailing Instructions are HERE.
You can enter online HERE or up until 11.30am on Saturday 18th February at the Club.
You can see who has entered to date HERE.
The State Masters will be precede by the usual Masters Golf Tournament on Friday 17th February.
At Wallis Lake we have played the Tuncurry course in the past but due to popular demand this year's event will be played at the Forster course in Strand Street. First tee time 1:00pm, cost $33 and cheaper if we get more players. $40 for a cart, and you can book one at 02 6554 6167.
Please SMS Rob Lowndes at 0419 266 257 if you will be playing.
Remember, it is an Ambrose event so no worries if you are not a golfer of any repute! Just come for the fun and get there by noon for a bite to eat before playing.
Masters sailors don't miss it!
Applications for ILCA 4.7 Youth and Laser Under 21 World Championships Open on 15 February
Applications for entry for two 2017 ILCA Laser World Championships will open Wednesday, 15 February:
- 2017 ILCA Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships
- 2017 ILCA Laser Under-21 World Championships
Information about the ILCA Laser World Championships can be found through the ILCA Events Page HERE.
If you don't apply by the 28 March 2017 application deadline you may have little chance to receive an entry offer for these events.
World Sailing Proposal to Remove Rule 42 in Big Events
World Sailing WS is the recently renamed world peak sailing administration body previously called ISAF. They do lots of really good stuff for sailing apart from producing the Racing Rules and updating them every four years. They have however recently come up with a proposal which we think would be very bad for Laser sailing.
WS have a proposal to get rid of Rule 42 for all WS Championships and the Olympics. Now most Olympic classes already allow pumping, ooching, skulling and repeated tacks and jibes to propel a boat which Rule 42 prevents. Lasers do not and we believe it should stay this way. It is our view that this proposed change as it inevitably trickles down from international to national, state, interclub and ultimately club events will be quite negative for Laser sailing generally. If you want to see what sailing without Rule 42 looks like have a look at the short video clip from the Rio Olympics HERE.
The main motivation for this change by World Sailing WS is said to be to "increase athleticism and competitiveness on downwind legs". Others suggest that their focus is on making the sport more exciting for spectators and hence more marketable.
The Australian Laser Class Association and the International Laser Class Asociation are lobbying to have this proposition thrown out. It was recently very narrowly not adopted by the WS Council but it will most likely be submitted again for voting in November 2017.
If you are interested you can see our letter on the subject to Australian Sailing and their reply HERE.
Applications Open for NSW Youth Sailing Team
Applications are now open (until 1st March) for this year's 2017 NSW Youth Sailing Team.
The YST provides squad based coaching support for selected sailors from designated junior and youth classes which include Laser 4.7 and Radial.
Coaching will be conducted by State Performance Coaches targeting the development of skills required to perform at national level and be in consideration for a State Sailing Performance Program SSPP (NSWIS) Scholarship in the future.
The minimum contact days for Laser sailors in the program is 50.
More information about the program is HERE and applications can be made HERE.
Congratulations Tom Burton for OAM Award
Congratulations to Tom Burton following his award of an Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Australia Day.
Tom was joined by 21 other Olympic Athletes recognised in the Australia Day awards.


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February 21, 2019 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
18th February 2011
Moody's view is reported here by the Financial Times.
The reform of the tri-party repurchase market, due to roll out this June, could mean we will not see a repeat of runs that led to Bear Stearns being sold for a mere fistful of dollars and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Contagion from Lehmans provoked a series of global problems including in the UK as banks lost faith in their ability to pay each other back and in the collateral they were using to back any loans.
Under tri-party repurchase, one institution lends money for a short period of time and receives securities pledged as collateral, with a big US clearing bank – there are currently only two – Bank of New York and JP Morgan Chase – acting as custodian.
In the old system, banks unwound all outstanding repurchase trades each day, but this meant the clearing banks ended up extending trillions of dollars in credit to dealers.
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Idaho asks appeals court to uphold ban on spying at farms
By GENE JOHNSON
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SEATTLE (AP) – Idaho asked a federal appeals court Friday to reinstate its ban on spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses after a lower court judge sided with animal rights activists who said the ban violated free speech rights.
Idaho lawmakers in 2014 made it a criminal offense to enter agricultural facilities by misrepresentation to gain access to records or to make undercover audio or video recordings.
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In the new 111th Congress, the Democratic Senate with its slim majority, in its first order of business this year advanced legislation Sunday that would protect more than 2 million acres of wilderness in nine states, the largest expansion of wilderness protection in 25 years. (Details at Bloomberg.com)
Plan to Set Aside More Wilderness Land Advances in U.S. Senate
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Interview mit Martin Riches
Das Gespräch mit Martin Riches fand am 16. Dezember 2008 in seiner Privatwohnung in Berlin-Charlottenburg statt.
Interview & Abschrift: Björn Gottstein.
Why did you start constructing machines in the first place?
My name is Martin Riches. I am English and I have been living in Berlin for about 40 years perhaps. And in about 1980 I was invited by a friend of mine, Eberhard Blum, to take part in a concert, a flute concert, and there was quite a large budget, and he stressed it that I should do something, maybe make some sort of machine. And I thought to myself, well, why not make a flute playing machine. And this was my first music machine. I should mention the concert was dedicated to Theobald Böhm, the inventor of the modern flute. Anyway, I built the machine, and at that time, this was about 1980, it was a bit before one generally had access to computers. So I had to program this in some way and what I used was a transparent music band, which is rather like a pianola role, except that the notes are drawn with a felt tip pen. So this was my first adventure in mechanical music. Then later on I went on to make an organ, automatic organ, this was already driven by a computer. I made two talking machines. Now these machines that speak in the same way we do, with air, air and resonators. So I made two of those. And in-between whiles I have been making objects which really don't have so much to do with music, music machines. But I come back to music machines all the time. It is largely a question of opportunity. And quite often that is a question of the budget, because they take quite a long time to make; and you really can't do them speculatively.
When I think about making a flute machine, I would imagine that the flute with its flaps is itself it not a problem, because it's very much mechanical. But I can imagine that constructing the lips could be difficult.
I should say first of all that it was quite difficult to make the flute, because I had to make it specially to be played by a machine rather than a human being. It's an alto flute. Now the lips, I cheated. This was my first music machine, so I thought I would make things very simple for myself. It only plays in one octave which means that the lips don't move at all. It's a cross flute, a travers flute. So the lips are arranged as the lips of a life flute player, in right angles to the flute. It's not like a blockflute.
So does the part air is blown through look like lips?
It looks a little bit like lips, except that is made out of brass.
Do you have to do a lot of research or can you rely on books when you start building a machine like this?
Well, in this particular case, the case of the flute machine, I read the book that was written by Theobald Böhm. On the construction of flutes. So everything I know about flutes is based on this book. Which is very thorough, right from the beginning, starting with the tube and then all the way, calculating the acoustics on the length, the diameter, the position of the holes, this was all done for me. So I had a head start. Otherwise with other instruments I had to do quite a bit of research.
The most complex machines are probably your talking machines. I can imagine that is very difficult to construct resonant spaces that are similar to the human resonances.
Yes, by I did a lot research. And there is a lot of information about the shapes we make inside our mouths when we speak. Our first talking machine was rather like an organ. In fact, it was an organ that I had built before and I took all of my organ pipes out and I replaced them by voice pipes. Now I can't give you a little demonstration of this. I don't have the machine here; it is with a composer, Roland Pfrengle, who is working with it at the moment, who is writing a piece around it. But what I can do on the table top here, I can give you a demonstration of the various pipes, how it works. I have some leftovers. Whenever you make a project like this, there are so many pieces which don't get used. So I can demonstrate some of these. 11605 I have in front of me hand bellows (pumpt) and I place on the exhaust of these hand bellows a reed. I will demonstrate the sound of a reed by itself. (Quakgeräusch) So that is the sound of the vocal chords. Now, I get to add a resonator to it, this filters the sound of the reed and turns it into speech sound. So this is going to say something like "ah", "ho". ("Ah"-Klang). Again the reed. (Quakgeräusch) With resonator on it. ("Ah"-Klang) And now a different resonator. This is a nasal sound. So "mh", "mh". ("Mh"-Klang) This resonator has a nose added to it. And then there is another vowel sound. This is something like "eh". ("Eh"-Klang) There is always the question how to make the consonants. Well they are done with a specialised kind of whistle.
So consonants do not need a reed.
When we says "s", or "t" we are not using our vocal chords. We are making hissing sounds. And the machine does it the same way. In the meantime I built another speaking machine which is called motor mouth, and this machine is much more like a human being. It doesn't have a series of pipes, it just has a mouth that moves.
Looking at the shape of the resonators: it is the space that our tongue creates in our mouth?.
Yes. This is in "ah". Your tongue is there, (zeigt Zungestellung) your tongue goes to the back. And this is more like an "ee", your tongue goes to the front. If you say "ee" you can feel your tongue touch the teeth.
And the motor mouth: it has teeth and lips?
Yes, it has teeth, it has lips, it has a nose, it has that mysterious little flap at the back of the nose which connects the nose to the mouth. And it has vocal chords, which can change pitch.
And there is a contraction inside the mouth?
The tongue moves backwards and forwards, and on the tip of the tongue there is this extra bit which makes the constrictions.
So you don't need to add sound by sound by sound to spell a word, because it all comes out of the same source.
Yes, it looks like a robot. It's metallic with some rubber damping on it, for the acoustics. But basically it looks like a robot.
Your don't disguise your machines much.
No, not at all. I try to make them so you can see and understand what is going on. That is one of my main points, I think.
So you are not interested in baffling the listener or stun the listener, but explaining how things work? Is it pedagogical in that way?
I am not so very interested in the pedagogic aspects, but I think when you see one of these machines you get quite an Aha-Erlebnis, an aha-feeling.
You mentioned making the flute machine around 1980. They machines you make, the things they do, there are other machines that do similar things: voice computers on the telephone for example. Why make them from wood?
Well, I am not trying to compete with electronic firms. In fact, I never use loudspeakers, or hardly ever. I like, and I am not saying this in any particular green way, I just like these natural materials but also metal, because you can see what is going on. One of these telephone voices is totally uninteresting, it is just a couple of transistors on a printed socket board and you can't see anything at all. So I am very interested in the visual aspect.
Whereas people in the 18th century disguised there automatons.
Also I must say that with this talking machine I was fairly in the field. Of course, there were people who were way ahead in the field, who were doing things at the end of the 18th century, the earliest, very earliest talking machines, but more recently, since we have computers, there has been a new awakening of interest in mechanical talking machines. And this is not for communication purposes, this is pure research. Very enjoyable I must say.
It is interesting that the moment the computer comes along, mechanical things are of interest again.
I am sometimes forced almost to use a computer, especially to drive a talking machine. It can be done mechanically, but it would take a terrible amount of effort. And I don't know if I want to spend many, many years doing it. They already take a couple of years to make, using a computer. But sometimes, most recently, I have been talking on a machine with a Japanese composer, Miwa Masihiro, and he came to me ... I should mention that he is an algorithmic composer, which is very close to where my head is. And he wanted me to make a machine, which would play according to a formula. And this I was able to do. He called it The Thinking Machine. This was rather a grand name for a simple device, but it does in some way think. It was called The Thinking Machine because we had to get our budget together very quickly. And we thought thinking machine which would really hit the committee very hard and make them pay off. That was the reason. (lacht)
You have also made walking machines. Would you want to reconstruct the whole human body at some point?
A human body with all its funtions. I think it would take to long. It is a nice idea but I would have to think about the time it takes to do such a thing and I don't think it is really worth my while. There are many people making very fine robots. So I leave that to them.
When you look at the work of people from the past, that is similar to yours, do you sometimes feel that you have distant relatives? I am thinking of the famous duck and the writing machine.
My main heros are Jacques de Vaucanson who made the fabulous duck and the flute player. And also I very much admire the work of Wolfang van Kempelen. What's good about both of these people is that they wrote. Especially Kempelen. He wrote exactly what he did and he tries to encourage other people to make a speech synthesizer. So he gave an exact description of his own speech synthesizer, which was built at the end of the 18th century. And he did this in the hope that people would follow him and try to improve on it. A generous gesture.
A scientific approach, making available all of your data, instead of exploiting an idea in order to make money off it.
I am mainly interested in the research. It is wonderful to have a challenge of about the right size, which one thinks one can deal with and then one can follow it through. This is maybe why I am not interested in making complete human beings. It is just too much.
Have you ever failed?
I have got one project which I can never complete. It sits in my work room but I can't complete it. It does have to do the human being, but I don't really want to talk about it, because it is a work in progress.
I would like to talk more about your predecessors. You mentioned Wolfgang van Kempelen as being somebody whose work is related to you. Yet I would think that their whole "Weltbild" was different from yours. The genius of the machine versus the experience of industrialisation. How does what you do differ?
Well, of course I am standing on their shoulders. But I think both Vaucanson and Kempelen were thoroughly modern people. I mean they are much more modern than some people living today. They were really high tech, they were completely high tech. They were really advanced. They thought in a completely technological way. And that is very refreshing to read these books from so long ago with such modern ideas in them.
It is the beginning of modernity, something the end of which we are maybe just experiencing now.
I think if Vaucanson had taken his flute player or his duck to Spain he would have probably been questioned by the inquisition which was still running, I believe, at that time.
Besides that there is always the idea of the homunculus, of Frankenstein's monster, of creating an artificial life. But if I understand you correctly, this part of it doesn't interest you.
It is a very Romantic idea of course. And this idea came at the beginning of the Romantic movement. That is where it comes from. I am not so interested in this.
So it is not about the god-like gesture.
I sometimes feel a little bit like god, when something really works out well. But this is just common to all artists, I think, to make something and see that it works.
Earlier you talked about a serinette you made. What is a serinette and why did you make one?
A serinette in the 18th century was an instrument that was used to teach canaries to sing. It had this little organ about the size of a very large cigar box, and had a handle on the side, little pipes, and you sat in front of your canary's cage and played the same tune over and over and over again, until the canary picks it up. I wanted to make something which could be used in a concert. So I had built what is basically the world's largest serinette. Has a much more powerful voice, has much more windpower, but the pitch of the pipes is the same, in canary range. And with my friend Alex Kolkowski we did a concert with life canaries on stage. And when they heard the sounds of this machine, they would be jumping around in their cage and suddenly they hear these sounds and suddenly they would go completely crazy and start tweeting like mad because of course they thought there was another canary. And this concert was giving in Berlin. It was quite complex, other instruments were involved like violins, a string quartet, but they all geared to reacting and interacting with these twenty live canaries.
This was done at MaerzMusik.
Yes, in Sophiensäle.
I missed it at the time. What was the tune you taught the canaries.
Oh, all the tunes, all the music it played were interpretations of canary song. Of course, canaries don't usually sing menuetts when they are in their cage, they have their own songs. And so my composer friend, Alex, he went to the home of the trainer of these canaries, and he made recordings of their songs, their natural songs, and then we transcribed them for the machine. So we were playing the canaries their own music which is perhaps why they liked it so much.
But they weren't learning anything.
They weren't learning anything new.
Actually they taught you their songs.
But I have transcribed some traditional pieces for serinette. Baroque menuetts and other 18th century pieces.
One other composer that is very important for you is Tom Johnson.
Yes, certainly, I have worked with Tom Johnson for many years. I think as with Masahiro Miwa we have something in common. We like this rationality. So he is a rational composer, and it is very pleasant for me to translate his work for my machines. We have given many concerts together and he has written many pieces for my installations.
That sounds plausible.
About eight years ago I had the idea ... normally when I make a machine, the valve or whatever it is, is operated by an electromagnet which is connected to a computer. And I had the idea, why not just have the computer switch an electric light on and off. And then, instead of this mechanical activator, you would take a real life human being as an activator. So Tom Johnson and I collaborated on a piece called Do It Yourself. Where there were eight players without any musical experience. Each player was confronted by an electric light bulb connected to a computer. And they had a tubular bell, each one a different note, each player a different note, and when the light went on, they struck the bell. And this played a nine-voice canon for eight people.
A nine-voice canon for eight people.
Yes, it is very difficult and you have to look at the score to see how it is done. It is a question of the voices. So it is a nine-voice canon with eight instruments or eight notes.
So instead of training machines to become better human beings you are training human beings to become better machines.
It is a funny feeling. Of course, I had to try this out by myself to see if it would actually work. I don't play a musical instrument. And it was very pleasant for me to be in an ensemble and suddenly be able to stand on the stage and perform, without any musical skill, all you need is lots of concentration.
What are these film rolls, that are lying over here?
They are for the flute playing machine.
I see.
This is a very, very fast glissando. This bar is the air, and these others are the notes. Here you have a trill as you can easily see.
One tone stays put whereas the other opens and closes ...
... while the air is played continuously.
You make these films yourselves?
By hand?
By hand. I get a score from the composer and then I sit at the kitchen table and I draw it. It is the same with all instruments: you have to learn the pieces. But once the machine has learned it, it has learned it for good. It doesn't have to practice any more.
Except for a drop of oil now and then.
A little oil, yes.


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The ferry returned to its namesake port later in the evening, where representatives from the on-board system manufacturer were working with the Coast Guard and Steamship Authority engineers to inspect and test the on-board system, according to the statement. On Friday, the vessel will sail for the Steamship Authority's maintenance facility in Fairhaven for more work.
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print this out.. go over it wire color verses connector pin first... i clipped the image above so you can just check it one at a time from the image below..this seems to be the corrected version..
Hi wayne, you will not believe this one.I ordered a new ECM, got it. did the ECM test #7, every thing tested good. put in the prom turn the key on, smoked the prom and the ECM. To cut this short. The new ECM where the prom goes was in backwards. Factory defect.What are the odds. Trying to get them to give me a new ECM and a prom free, will have to wait and see.
contact cardone tech supportthey offer some PROMs that were removed from the cores they bought..you still have the old ECM...please post all the numbers and letters or an image...if the PROM socket was replaced and soldered in backwards///what burned???? did the prom blow top blow off.. when you have a burn like that..its really important.. look at the last 3 or 4 posts i made.. i found some slightly different info.. check each circuit with the ECM unplugged.. you can even check the system with the PROM removed..so you don't take a chance with the hard to find proms..if you call the local junk yards.. ask for a brain box with the 122 part number you have.. usually the last 3 or 4 digits.. some of them will also have them listed by prom letters..i seem to recall you might be in the bay area..check dorris auto wrecking in hayward..
thanks wayne. It didn't blow off the top, but it did melt the center. looks like a finger print on top of the PROM. Cardone gave me a new ECM. waiting on a PROM. meanwhile I'll check out all the circuits.
hmm... seems there are aftermarket proms available for the 81'shypertech and jet both seem to have 4 available for the 81 model 5.7s..not a lot of description on just what they *** delay the TCC engagement... increase primary fuel flow at WOT..or.. increase spark timing and fuel flow..since the primaries are the only thing controlled.. still might get you up and running ...
HI WAYNE.got the hypertech street runner chip. could not find a stock prom. for 81 corvette. I ran chart 7, every thing was good. started up vet.ran it around the block, cod 21 and 23 came up. reset ECM, still got cod 21 and 23. throttle position and m/c solenoid- mix control.I have a rebuilt carb. what should I do next?
i will get you so info later tonight..is there any chance. that you might provide me with the original ECU and PROM number... so i can see if any of my junk yard friends around her have one. they have WALLS full of used ECMs..
on the TPS sensor... A is 5 volts reference voltageB is signal return to the ECMC is reference ground. TPS sensor adjustment and testing from wellshttp://www.wellsve.com/custom_searches/pdf/instruction_sheets/990700569.pdfthanks.. i have been looking for that chart.. i had one and it blew away one day.. oh... your TPS voltage setting.. choke wide open.. throttle closed after verifying its not on fast idle. 0.56 volts measured between B and ***the connector for the TPS is part Number 260 from wells or az.
thanks I will give that a try. the prom is still at cardone. this vet. is a stick.
a friend needed to check his antilock brakes and bought a older scan tool that had the proper cartridge for it. cheeper than the cartridge by itself. it also included a PROM ID manual.. there are six proms shown.. does not show what options and which is for manual transmission cars.. these first part numbers are from an aftermarket info manualthese all use the 1224810 computer 81 5.7 vin L chevroletFO6079, 1224855, 6/80 release, updated yes. production use, OD8118 historyFP6088, 1224828, 5/80 release, updated yes. production , OF8133 history.HK5675, 1223829, 5/80 release, not updated, production use, final release,KT6428, 1224857 6/80 release, not updated, production use, final release.OD8118, 1225480, 5/81 release, not updated, running change, final release, OF8133, 1225431, 5/81 release, NOT updated, running change, final release.. it sure looks like you will want either the OD8118 or the OF8133 for a factory prom.. those part numbers lead me to this page...
so.. the automatic cars came withOH8114, 1225432, california cars automaticOD8118, 1225430, federal automatic CF5839, 1224869 Manual trans california 1st designOJ8104, 1225433 manual trans california 2nd designFN6084, 1225310 manual trans federal 1st designOK8108, 1225434 manual trans federal 2nd design.hmm.. slightly different that what the aftermarket posted..
oh.. here is an old post of mine on adjusting the E4MC and E4ME carbs..including a happy reply from someone it helped.. if you are using the E4ME feedback quadrajet carb and going from 305 to 350... you need to find a real 350 carb... they all look alike... only the part numbers and jets are differnt.i have hurd that the last iron block cad with the 6.0 feedback carb jets and metering rods can be used on hotter 350s and still use the feedback carb......i think it was a 1981 deville california emission...it has been a while since i took one of those carbs apart... i used to live and breath rebuilding q jets on normal cars..i would imagine that if you had the proper ajusting tools and a scan tool or dwell meter you should be able to ream the primary jets out a tiny bit at a time until it is tuneable... be aware that it took a 7 million dollar flow bench almost 20 minutes a carb to let the computer to ajust those carbs to run good and pass emission... tools needed... torx bit sets... 1 inch fuel nut wrench, idle mixture screw flexable tools(2), float height dipstick.(this goes down the bowl vent to measure the amount of float height on one side and amount of travel on the mixture solenoid plunger in another hole through the carb top...4/32 max travel... lean mixture setting tool, (this goes under the solenoid lever to ajust the stop height) a tool to ajust the rich stop from the top.... another for the throttle position sensor height... and a tool with a j hook to set the air bleed in the top cover...thexton makes most of them.. and most autoparts stores have the idle mixture screw flex tools in stock... EDIT.. sorry.. they are ALMOST Impossible to get these carb tools now.. wait... this is complacated... it is hard... .... this is not... it only takes some practice and understanding of what is going on.... since the primarys needles are commanded to bounce up and down at 10 cycles per second... the computer can command them to stay up longer for a richer mixture or down longer for a lean mixture... you can raise or lower the height of the needles travel to ajust the fuel mixture a bit to take up for worn motors... there is a green connector near the carb usually on a green wire that is not connected to anything..that can be hooked up to a old style dwell meter set to six cylinder scale to read the amount of dwell the computer is commanding the carb to ***with the idle mix screws set at 4 or 4-1/4 turns out each... warm the motor till operating temp ... (192/195F thermostat please) read the idle dwell readings.. should be 28 to 35 degrees... bring the motor up to 2500 rpms... and the dwell should be 35 to 40 degrees of dwell... you can raise the lean limit screw through the top of the carb... a double d tool not the air bleed with a screwdriver... the air bleed is for fine tuning..this is like balancing on a ball... a little here and a little there... and since you are changing the displacment it is going to be way harder... which is why i think the orignal 350 carb or the 368/6.0L cad jets...if you need more info let me know... i will be watching... i would think that most of the better carb shops will have a proper jetted feedback carb that should bolt on without too much ajusting.. as long as you have installed all the necessory sensors...and feedback carbs will not run well with any exhaust leaks before the oxygen sensor... fools the computer into thinking the mixture is beyond it aibility to control..... oh ... and be sure that all the computer grounds are properly installed... clean and tight.... they all come out of the computer harness.....and for others... the harness comes out with the motor... get under the passenger side of the dash... unhook the ecm... the connector to the dash side.. and the u shapped plastic lock on the plastic elbow...the harness pushes straight out through the hole in the firewall.... lets you get all the ground wires on tight .. some are on the back of the heads.. and hard to get too...the computer should work.... and .. when the 305's were properly tuned and the feedback carb ajusted they could pull down 22 to 23 mpg if you kept your foot out of it... i don't know what a properly built 350+ would *** just don't go crazy in the cam department... feedback carbs like a lot of vacuum… Ive changed my secondaries to CK rods . .When I did the other mods.Just for the hell of it becuase I can never leave things be. LOLI always had what felt to be a lean idle miss and it would only go away when I set the idle mixture screws to 4 turns .But I always thought that was to much. Even at 3 3/4 turns I would have a miss. Ive gone over all my vacuum hoses and no leaks . Even sprayed starter fluid by throttle shaft bushings and no leaks there.So this morning I set mixture screw at 4 turns and adjusted dwell to 32 - 35 . I usually watch my gas guage move while driving around town ( it usually moves fast) . Now it has not moved at all around town today . Maybe just a needle with on the fuel guage . I dont smell any gas and tail pipes arent black with soot.No more miss in the engine.I Hope it stays this way .
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The Washington Capitals fell to their worst loss since 2011 in an 8-2 thrashing against the Philadelphia Flyers.
By Glynn Cosker – DCpuckDrop Managing Editor
The last time the Washington Capitals allowed eight goals in a regulation NHL game was January 25, 2006. Tonight, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, they let in eight during one of the club's worst performances in recent memory. In short, the Capitals made an average Flyers team look really good.
Hopes were high after the Capitals outplayed the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Friday night, but this game in Philly was a dud – practically from the offset. There may be some pundits who will point to the Capitals having to play back-to-back nights on the road and four games in six days as the reason for tonight's messy showing, but the buck (and the puck) stops with the whole organization – especially its veteran core players who are well-accustomed to a busy NHL schedule.
Capitals Defensive Problem
The Capitals officially now have a defensive problem. Their best blue-liner is out for at least 10 games because – regardless of how injured he is – the Capitals' super-tight salary cap space meant that in order to bring up a player from the Hershey Bears, Matt Niskanen had to go out on injured reserve, and that triggers the lengthy absence for him. Head Coach Barry Trotz and the entire club must now figure out a way to get some synergy and cohesiveness into the defense – and quickly. The Caps have enjoyed a fairly healthy team in recent years, but there is now a gaping hole in front of the goaltender that must be filled in a hurry. With respect to the team's current young-gun D-men, they won't cut it in the long run this season. Losing Nate Schmidt, Kevin Shattenkirk and Karl Alzner – all at once – was as devastating as it was necessary. What happened tonight is an illustration of things to come unless a solution is found fast.
Capitals: All Around Poor Performance
Brought up from the Bears to replace Niskanen was 22-year-old Madison Bowey – who looked a little shell-shocked at times in his NHL debut. He was outpaced by the Flyers' forwards on occasion – especially on Philadelphia's third goal when Jakub Voracek sailed past him to slot the puck to a waiting Wayne Simmonds; Bowey also gave the puck away in the build-up to the Flyers' fourth goal. Philadelphia – at home and in control of the on-ice match-ups – ruthlessly exposed the rookie third defensive pairing of Bowey and Christian Djoos – who have a combined two NHL games on their resumes.
However, Bowey, or any other defenseman, should not become the scapegoat; the whole team looked drowsy and passive at times. Capitals' goaltender Philipp Grubauer got little help from anybody as the puck was poorly cleared from in front of him – if it was cleared at all. One might jump to the conclusion that it was simply a bad day at the office, and the Capitals should 'burn the tape,' lick their wounds and move on to Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. That's a fair analysis, but Trotz should make the team study the tape first. There were missed assignments, standing-still moments, and a team-wide lack of energy and determination. The Flyer's top line of Voracek, Claude Giroux and Sean Couturier exploited weaknesses in the Capitals' back-check and defense to combine for 10 points.
Ovechkin, Kuznetsov and Oshie Have A Bad Night
Among the mire, there were a few bright spots for the Washington Capitals, including Jakub Vrana and Devante Smith-Pelly. Vrana skated all over the ice and also scored his second goal of the season, while Smith-Pelly stepped up and leveled four shots on target (a rare occurrence on the night). Vrana also had four shots. Another player who showed up was Brett Connolly. In fact, he was the Caps' most invested forward in both skating speed and hitting; he registered a team-high five hits.
However, the Capitals' on-fire players, Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and T. J. Oshie fizzled out in Philadelphia. Ovechkin and Kuznetsov each took home a minus-four plus/minus rating, while Oshie was held at a zero plus/minus rating. Nicklas Backstrom's contribution was the Capitals' second goal – which was the only highlight worth watching a second time. The Capitals took a full eight minutes to record their first shot in the second period and tallied 23 shots on the night. The Flyers had 37 shots and were stronger in every department on the ice.
Ultimately, this game was a major wake-up call for the Washington Capitals. It showed, almost embarrassingly, that the team cannot rely on its offensive firepower, because when the top-six has a bad night, they can no longer rely on a firing-on-all-cylinders defense. It's just not there anymore and likely won't be there for some time.


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Sunday, 22nd April - Titanic 10K and London Marathon - Report
Sunday, 22nd April saw Inishowen athletes in Belfast and London for the Titanic 10k and the London Marathon. Seamus Mc Daid was the sole representitive in Belfast for the popular 10k event, and with a field of 2,500, a fantastic atmospher was felt about the course. Seamus crossed the line in 44.47.
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Wednesday, 18th April - Furey Insurances 5K Series - Race 1 (Bay Road) - Results and Report
Wednesday, 18th April saw the first race of the Furey Insurances 5k series, which doubled as the Northern Ireland 5k Championship. A number of our athletes ran the National 10k in Dublin a few days prior, affecting the club turnout at the Bay Road. With the weather good on the evening and vocal support on the course, a proper test of racing was on the cards. As expected, Scott Rankin, Declan Reed and Emmet McGinty took the early lead. It was Declan Reed who broke out of the trio to become 5K Champion 2012 in a time of 15.11. Inishowen AC had fourteen athletes on the start line and some good performances were had. Declan Caldwell was the first Inishowen athlete over the line in 17.59, with Gerard Doherty close behind in 18.16, followed by:
Shane Doherty - 19.05
Ronan Whoriskey - 19.18
Frankie Lavelle - 19.22
Michael Harkin - 20.29
Francis Doherty - 21.22
Seamus Mc Daid - 21.31
Denise Doherty - 22.37
Grainne Gallagher - 22.59
Ruth Doherty - 22.59
Tayna Farren - 24.27
Marie O'Donnell - 24.51
Ursula Lynch - 25.08
Mary McHale - 25.48
Sunday, 15th April - Great Ireland Run - Results & Report
Fifteen Inishowen AC athletes made the journey to Phoenix Park, Dublin for the annual Great Ireland Run, which doubled as the National 10K Championship. Over 11,000 athletes were at the start line, including some of the world's best such as current Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, Kenisa Bekele, taking part in his first Irish event in 10 years...he didn't dissapoint, with a superb display of running to destroy the field in a new course record time, which is also the fastest 10k time on the road worldwide this year - 27.49. The inishowen squad were delighted to be involved in the same event as the great man.
Read more: Sunday, 15th April - Great Ireland Run - Results & Report
Saturday, 31st March - Omagh Half Marathon - Results & Report
Inishowen AC were in Omagh on Saturday, 31st March to compete in the annual Omagh Half Marathon. A strong team of twenty-nine Inishowen AC runners, the biggest club participation on the day, made the journey to mid-Ulster. It was encouraging to see so many from the Fit4Life programme competing, some of whom were racing over the distance for the first time. Overall, 1500 runners took part in the race and it was a visiting athlete from Dublin, former National Marathon champion Sergiu Ciobanu, who destroyed the elite field in a time of 64.08, which was a near four minutes ahead of second place finisher, Stephen Duncan of Omagh Harriers.
Finnbar Gallagher was the in-form Inishowen athlete on the day with a 1.23.41, followed by Buncrana athlete, Christian Mc Ginley who finished strongly in a time of 1.24.35. Helena Crossan continued her good form with a 1.26 finish to get on the podium as winner of the Masters Ladies race. She was also third female finisher overall.
Read more: Saturday, 31st March - Omagh Half Marathon - Results & Report
Friday, 23rd March - Strong Performances at Finn Valley and Larne
The weekend of Friday, 23rd March saw race action in Finn Valley and Larne, and Inishowen AC was represented at both venues. Six Inishowen Fit4Life ladies made the trip to Finn Valley on Friday night for the third race in the 5k series. Tracy Harley continued her good form with a 22.16 finish. Denise Doherty was very close behind and was also credited with a 22.16 finish. Other Inishowen AC finishers were:
Grainne Gallagher - 22.47
Ruth Doherty - 23.15
Marie O'Donnell - 25.02
Sonya Mc Grory - 26.29
Helena Crossan and Finbarr Gallagher made the journey to Larne for the annual Half Marathon. They both had good runs in difficult conditions, with Finbarr finishing in 1.25.27 and Helena finishing in 1.26.07. The results bode well for the upcoming Omagh Half Marathon on Saturday, 31st March.
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JFD wins £193m significant Indian Navy Submarine Rescue contract
JFD, the leading global subsea operations and engineering company and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, today announced that it has been awarded a £193m contract by the Indian Navy for the provision and long term support of its submarine rescue capability.
The contract includes the design, build and supply of two complete submarine rescue systems, and a 25-year all inclusive annual maintenance contract. This further enhances JFD's worldwide submarine rescue service presence following last year's announcement of the award of a £12.1m contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for operation of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). With this additional contract, JFD will be delivering submarine rescue services to 6 of the most advanced navies in the world confirming the company's leadership in this elite niche.
JFD will provide two complete fly-away submarine rescue systems, including Deep Search and Rescue Vehicles (DSRV), Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) equipment, Transfer Under Pressure (TUP) systems, and all logistics and support equipment required to operate the service. The equipment will be designed, manufactured, integrated and tested by JFD prior to shipping to India for final commissioning and trials.
The service support will be managed in country by a team of experienced JFD engineers. Over the life of the contract, the JFD team will train local teams of engineers to maintain the systems, employing the knowledge it has gained through years of operating world-class submarine rescue services with navies across the world and creating an indigenous expert submarine rescue capability. The service contract allows JFD to share best practice, expertise and commonality of approach, which will serve to benefit the entire global submarine community.
The twin Indian systems draw on JFD's extensive experience of manufacturing and operating submarine rescue systems and will be JFD's first third-generation rescue systems. The innovative system designs and tightly integrated components will ensure Time-to-First-Rescue - the time measured between deployment of the system and commencement of the rescue itself- is minimised. The systems are heavily optimised for ease of transport and speed of mobilisation to a Vessel of Opportunity. These advancements demonstrate JFD's commitment to continual improvement of the operational capability of its submarine rescue services worldwide and serve to increase the likelihood of a successful rescue operation.
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What personalisation means to me and my team. Part one
As Max Bygraves would say I want to tell you a Story!
When I was 25, yes it seems another life, I got my first job with Scope or as we knew it then the Spastics Society.
As a consequence of this, they asked me to move out of the residential home I was living in. It was arranged, that I would receive support from CSVs, Community Service Volunteers, and so I moved into my first flat. Unfortunately for me, the CSV I was paired with turned out to be a psychopath. In the first week, I was out with friends in the pub when he made a pass at one of my friends. She sympathetically turned him down which resulted in him going ballistic. We had to rush home and barricade ourselves into my flat. That night was probably one of the longest nights of my life as the four of us stayed awake all night while he was banging on the door, demanding to get in and have his say.
The next morning, we managed to contact my social worker who came hurrying across, contacted the police, and had him sectioned. This, of course, left us in a dilemma: I could not return to the residential home without losing my job, so an alternative plan had to be hatched. It would have been quite easy both for myself and my social worker for me to go back into another residential home setting, but he had the foresight to see that this was an opportunity that if I missed this time I may not get a second chance. Between us, we discussed the options and he formulated the plan of bringing in a nursing agency to provide me with twenty-four hour care, which he then put forward to his manager. This they agreed to do. Remember, this was back in the eighties, and I was one of the first, if not the first, person to receive 24-hour care paid by Birmingham social services. The result of this is that I now live independently, employing my own staff, run my own business, and last year was one of the first wheelchair users, I think, to stand for parliament. I talk more about this experience in part two of this post.
The moral of this story is that if I had not had the support and the foresight of David Hatton, my social worker, and also the courage to take that step into the unknown, I do not know where my life would have led. In my case, not a step, of course, but a SPM, small purposeful movement. This, I think, shows the foresight of hope over fear, and the first essences of per sonalisation, because David saw me as an individual, rather than just another case on his workload.
I am very lucky to have been given somebody like David who was himself a wheelchair user and I think this had an influence on how we managed the situation. He also gave me the encouragement to take a step forward rather than retreating given the traumatic events of the previous night. In doing so, he gave me the opportunity and encouragement to see my potential and take the opportunities to view and reach for my horizons. Or as we like to say, he gave me hope.


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FSI International (FSII) fsii tripped in its second quarter, reporting a larger-than-expected loss for the period. The Minneapolis-based company said its net loss was $7.6 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with a loss of $4.6 million, or 20 cents a share in the year ago period. That's less than the First Call estimated loss of 15 cents. Revenue for the second quarter was $33 million, down from the year-ago quarter of $59.4 million. FSI said it experienced a delay in expected orders as well as manufacturing slowdowns in the quarter. See press release. In addition, Motorola (MOT) MSI, +0.57% Semiconductor Products sector said it placed a $4 million order with FSI for its chemical delivery equipment and control monitoring systems. See press release. FSI is a supplier of processing equipment used to manufacture semiconductors. Shares of the company slid 3/16 to 7 3/16, ahead of the news.
3Com coms earnings better than expected
3Com's stock may see applause from Wall Street Wednesday. The company posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and announced a planned buyback of as many as 10 million shares. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based maker of networking equipment, as well as the PalmPilot personal digital assistant, said its pro forma net income was $89.6 million, or 24 cents a share, vs. $7.4 million, or 2 cents, in the year-ago third quarter. The median estimate from analysts surveyed by First Call called for the company to earn 23 cents a share in the period. 3Com's (COMS) coms revenue for the quarter was $1.4 billion, compared with $1.3 billion in the year-ago quarter.See press release. 3Com shares fell 5/8 to close at 23 5/8 ahead of the news.
Computer Network CMNT, +0.00% stock seen as "buy"
Computer Network Technology (CMNT) CMNT, +0.00% stock got a boost after Bear Stearns initiated coverage Monday on the company with a "buy" rating. In a research note, Bear Stearns Analysts Andrew J. Neff, Shaw Wu and William Bean said Computer Network Technology is a "major player in the emerging storage area networking business." This is a a segment they anticipate to double each year for the next three years. Bear Stearns' 1999 estimate for the company is 50 cents a share, compared with a First Call consensus of 49 cents a share. In 2000, the analysts expect Computer Network Technology to earn 75 cents, over the First Call consensus estimate of 73 cents a share. The 12-month price outlook on the stock is $18 to $20 a share.
Shares of the company rose 1 11/16, or 15 percent, to 12 11/16. The Minneapolis-based Computer Network Technology is a manufacturer of wide networking hardware products.
"We see potential for an acceleration in overall revenue and earnings growth as these three businesses [storage area network, enterprise application integration, and consulting services] become more important contributors over the next four to six months," the analysts said. Bear Stearns sees the enterprise application integration and consulting services business doubling in 1999.
Analysts' forecasts steady on Intel INTC, -0.18%
Analysts maintained their outlook on semiconductor giant Intel Tuesday. Merrill Lynch Analyst Joseph A. Osha reiterated his near-term "accumulate" and long-term "buy" ratings on Intel (INTC) INTC, -0.18% . He said the recent weakness in Intel shares may have been driven by unit volume concerns. His estimates for the first quarter and full year match the First Call consensus of $1.10 and $4.68, respectively.
Everen Securities said it's "comfortable" with its calculations of $1.09 for the first quarter, $4.60 for 1999 and $5.50 for 2000. The median prediction from analysts surveyed by First Call expect the company to earn $5.46 a share in 2000.
Likewise, SG Cowen reiterated its "neutral" rating on Intel, and said since the company has started shipping its 433MHz Celeron processors, it may "raise the bar" for rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) AMD, +0.50% . SG Cowen said AMD is having trouble keeping up with the Intel processor's speed. Intel shares were down 9/16 to 114 9/16.
Tech stocks PSE, +0.43% have tough day
Texas Instruments (TXN) TXN, +0.51% shares fell 9 1/2 to 91 1/4. Analysts at Everen Securities, who had projected sales growth as high as 6 percent, said that the company's first quarter growth will probably be closer to 4 percent "due to softer sales in the disk drive market."
Shares of Cabletron Systems (CS) CS, +1.12% dropped 1 3/16 to 8 7/8 after the computer networking products maker reported plans to cut its workforce and outsource manufacturing operations in a restructuring. The company also posted fourth-quarter earnings ahead of analysts' estimates. See full story. Other tech stock felt the day's sting. Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HWP) hwp slid 1 13/16 to 67 3/16 and IBM (IBM) IBM, -0.49% stock lost 1 5/8 to 165 38. Dell (DELL) DELL, +0.94% led the down again, with the stock dropping 2 3/16 to 35 11/16.
VLSI vlsi changes stance, wants talks with Philips PHG, +0.01%
VLSI Technology (VLSI) vlsi said it will now talk with Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics (PHG) PHG, +0.01% and set a record date of April 1 for the consent solicitation. See press release. Philips had offered a $17 a share bid for the chip maker. VLSI had opposed the offer just last week. See full story. Shares of VLSI fell 5/8 to 19 1/16, while conglomerate Philips took a harder hit at 2 11/16 to 77 1/4.