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Canadian Consumer & Veterinarian Contact: Nestlé Purina PetCare: 1-866-884-8387
Media Contact: Bill Salzman: 314-982-3806; or Keith Schopp: 314-982-2577
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Posted in 2012 Recalls & Alerts, Purina	Tagged canned Cat food, Cat food, Commercial Pet Food, low Thiamine, nestle purina, Pet Food, Pet Foods, Purina, Recalls	Nestle-Purina, Royal Canin and Hill’s busted for price-fixing in Europe
Posted in Hills, Purina, Royal Canin	Tagged Commercial Pet Food, Dog Food, europe, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Hills, nestle purina, Pet Food, Pet Foods, Pets, Price fixing, Purina, Royal Canin	ALERT ! Purina One Lamb and Rice
I just received a phone call from someone locally here in Virginia Beach. In the last two weeks she has gone to 4 stores looking for ANY SIZE Purina One Lamb and Rice!
She has been to Wal-mart (twice in a ten day period), Food Lions (once), Farm Fresh.(once)
The shelves are ALL BARE of ANY SIZE Purina One Lamb and Rice~ And, Wal-mart has had trucks come into deliver other formulas but no Lamb and Rice in any size
There is nothing on the Purina Site and I have received nothing in my alerts~~
Apparently the stores are being quiet about it, although an employee of Wal-mart when asked, said, perhaps? it is a voluntary recall !
I would suggest that anyone who uses this food call Purina and inquire so what ever is going on can be brought to light ~~
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Posted in Purina	Tagged Commercial Pet Food, Dog Food, Lamb and Rice, Pet Food, Pet Food Alert, Purina, Purina One lamb and Rice	Woman asking questions about Friskies Cat Food after her cat died
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New Port Richey, Florida — A New Port Richey woman is asking questions about Friskies Cat Food after her cat died after she started feeding it to the feline.
Kim Herget says she cries every night and is grieving over her five-year-old cat, Smokey. She says after feeding Friskies to her cat for several days, her pet got sick. Herget says she took her pet to the vet, where it was diagnosed with acute kidney failure.
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Posted in Purina	2008-09-20 Purina Beneful Infested W/Fly Larvae, Maggots
Purina Isn’t Bothered By Dog Food Infested With Fly Larvae, Maggots
Christina’s two dogs fell ill after eating Purina Beneful infested with maggots and fly larvae. After taking her dogs to the vet, Christina called Purina for an explanation, only to be told: “As soon as our food leaves our factory, it is no longer our responsibility.”
My husband and I found live maggots and larva in a bag of Purina Beneful last week. I bought it at a Petsmart in Kitchener last Sunday, and opened it on Wednesday. I had already fed our two labs two meals of the infested food before realizing there were numerous maggots and fly larva. When I called to speak with Purina about this the response I got as…”as soon as our food leaves our factory, it’s no longer our problem.” …disappointing.
I then brought this up with Petsmart’s main office, who claims it is not their responsibility either.
My husband and I are furious…our dogs have been sick for 4 days now…they have chronic diarrhea and are not themselves.
CTV picked up the story, but Purina didn’t seem interested in talking to them either:
Read Full Article: http://consumerist.com/2008/09/purina-isnt-bothered-by-dog-food-infested-with-fly-larvae-maggots.html
Posted in Purina	Tagged Dog Food, fly larvae, maggots, Purina, purina beneful	2008-09-12-Beneful Pulled From Shelves in VA-Mite Contamination
SOURCE: http://www.myfoxhamptonroads.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7422725&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 (Link is Dead Now)
Purina Beneful Pulled From Shelves in VA-Mite Contamination
« on: September 12, 2008, 07:19:08 PM »
Dog food pulled from shelves September 12, 2008
My Fox Hampton Roads VA
“A Newport News woman contacted MyFox Hampton Roads after she learned her dog food was contaminated with Grain Mites.
“MyFox Hampton Roads has been investigating this story for two weeks. On Friday, we confirmed Care-a-Lot Pet Supply along Oyster Point Road in Newport News pulled their supply of Beneful Dry Dog Food.
“Vicki Lemay’s cupboards are bare. They have been for two weeks. For 14 days, her family has been eating in restaurants.
“About two weeks ago she noticed dust on her coffee pot near the dog food she stored in her kitchen. When the dust wouldn’t go away after three days of cleaning, she took a closer look.
“”I started staring at it and realized they were moving,” says Vicki.
“She tracked the source of the moving bugs back to her bag of dry Beneful Dog food.
“”There were literally thousands in the dog food and all in my pantry, just everywhere in my kitchen,” says Vicki.
“While her daughter played with the dogs, Vicki contacted Purina, the manufacturer of Beneful.
“The company sent an exterminator to her home who said her dog food and kitchen were infested with grain mites.
“MyFox Hampton Roads learned the bugs are microscopic and leave behind a residue that looks like saw dust. Unfortunately for Vicki, research shows they are very hard to get rid of.
“Vicki also learned the hard way, “It could give you flu like symptoms, maybe a stomach ache, but you won’t get deathly ill or anything from it.”
“She says she experienced stomach problems and so did one of her dogs.
“MyFox Hampton Roads discussed this problem with Purina spokesman, Keith Shoop. He tells us “We’re slightly puzzled, but infestation in grain based foods can happen anytime after our products leave our manufacturing facility.”
“He also says, “Infestation can occur, but it’s a relatively small percentage of the number of products that we produce. We take these problems very seriously and work with the consumer to try and identify what the problem is.”
“Vicki admits, the Purina officials she’s been speaking to have been very kind and helpful. She says they offered to pay for all expenses she incurs during this problem with the grain mites. They told her to keep all of her receipts and they’ll reimburse her, according to Vicki.
“In the meantime, Denise Clarke, Vice President of Care A Lot Pet Supply says, “We are not planning to put the product back on our shelves until we know 100% that the problem has been rectified with Purina and we do believe the problem will be straightened out.”
FACT SHEET ON MITES FROM PENN STATE:
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Clarence Shaw - Wikipedia
Clarence Eugene Shaw
August 17, 1973(1973-08-17) (aged 47)
Clarence Eugene Shaw, sometimes credited as Gene Shaw (June 16, 1926 in Detroit – August 17, 1973 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Shaw played piano and trombone as a child. He began playing trumpet around 1946 after hearing Dizzy Gillespie's Hot House while recovering from injuries sustained in the Army. He attended the Detroit Institute of Music and studied under Barry Harris, and played locally with Lester Young, Wardell Gray, and Lucky Thompson.[citation needed]
He moved to New York City in 1956 and soon after began playing with Charles Mingus's Jazz Workshop in 1957. Among his credits with Mingus is Tijuana Moods.[citation needed] Later that year he destroyed his instrument and quit music over a fight with Mingus. He did not return to playing until 1962, after which time he formed his own ensemble. He retired again in 1964 and returned to music once more in 1968.[citation needed]
"Marj", The third track on his solo debut album Break Through was written for his wife Marjorie Belle Wilson of Kentucky. He is survived by children Keven Jean Shaw, Stacey Leah Shaw, and Lion Shaw.
Breakthrough (Argo Records, 1962)
Debut in Blue (Argo, 1963)
Carnival Sketches (Argo, 1964)
Gary W. Kennedy, "Clarence Shaw". New Grove Dictionary of Jazz online.
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Running with Longlegs: Happy Belated Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Happy Belated Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I am a day late with this but feel it is still important to point out this out...
One of San Francisco's cherished literary icons -- poet, painter and City Lights publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday.
Back when I first moved to San Francisco I had the pleasure of speaking with Ferlinghetti. I was doing a spot for something, I am not sure for what, but I wanted to use a quote from a Ferlinghetti poem so I called him asking for permission. I was a expecting to speak to an agent, assistant or some other minion but got the poet laurette himself. What a joy.
Ferlinghetti is now hard at work trying to transform a small block of Vallejo Street in historic North Beach into what would be called the Piazza Saint Francis, an Italian-style piazza, with inscriptions on the paving stones from up to 30 or 40 authors, mostly poets.
North Beach is an ideal place to do this, not just because of its Italian flare. The neighborhood consistently shows some of the highest pedestrian counts in the city, yet lacks a lot of usable public space.
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thejoyfilledrunner: We are all runners
Many times runners won't admit to being a "runner" because they don't feel they look like one. Well... what does a runner look like anyway? I consider myself a runner but I certainly don't fit the stereotype. I am not rail thin and my legs certainly aren't long. I don't let that stop me though, and I hope you won't either. I pray you will, instead, choose to see yourself as God sees you... wonderfully made! No matter what shape, size or weight you are, if you have the items listed below then... Congratulations! You look like a runner.
1. Legs - Legs that propel you down the road or path (whether assisted or not) are the first part of your runner’s body. It doesn’t matter if they’re long and lean or strong and muscular. It doesn’t matter if your thighs rub together or not. It especially does not matter if you require the use of prosthetics. You HAVE a runner’s body.
2. Lungs- Do your lungs pump oxygen throughout your body? Have you either perfected your breathing pattern while you run or are working towards it? This vital process is foremost necessary to live, but the productivity with which it occurs helps you become an efficient runner, therefore giving you a runner’s body.
3. Brain- Your brain functions to send and receive signals all over your body. It starts with telling one foot to lift and move, and then the other foot follows. Next, a more extraordinary thing happens, and a stronger signal is sent over and over again telling your runner’s body to keep pushing: don’t give up; you’re getting stronger; you can do this; you will succeed.
4. Heart- Gene Hackman’s line in The Replacements says it all: “You’ve got to have heart. Miles and miles of heart.” So, most importantly, does your heart tell you that you’re a runner? Your heart is what tells you that you have a runner’s body.
http://runhaven.com/2014/11/07/runners-body/
1 Samuel 16:7 tells us this, "The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." So, whether you have a 7 minute pace or a 15 minute pace, are 200 pounds or 105 pounds... if you have legs, lungs, a brain and a heart, you are a runner. And if you have a heart for Jesus too, you are a Christian runner.
Heavenly Father, help us to see ourselves as you see us....fearfully and wonderfully made. Help us to celebrate our differences and embrace them as different ways to glorify You. Help us to run the good race knowing full well that we are Christian runners no matter how the world views us. May we lift up your name with every breath and every step we take and give you all the praise when we cross the finish line.
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You did a great job! This depresses me though - I my scrapping so darned much :-( Looking at your fancy room just makes me want to stomp... lol... Oh well, I am taking tons of pictures to scrap when I get home, right? Lovely work lady lu.


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9780993776717: This Dark Sheltering Forest (Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure) (Volume 2) - AbeBooks - Magi Nams: 099377671X
Magi Nams This Dark Sheltering Forest (Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure) (Volume 2)
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This Dark Sheltering Forest (Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure) (Volume 2)
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Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure
Explore New Zealand's spectacular landscapes with an award-winning nature writer.
This Dark Sheltering Forest is Book 2 in the trilogy, Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure, a captivating chronicle of a family's travel dream fulfilled in a land of volcanoes, giant trees, and endangered flightless birds. As a writer, naturalist, and homeschooling parent, Magi Nams had dreamed of travelling with her family to far-away countries to hike through landscapes inhabited by exotic animals and plants. In the summer of 2000, her dream came true when she, her scientist husband, Vilis, and two sons, Dainis and Janis, left their home in Canada to spend ten months in New Zealand.
In This Dark Sheltering Forest, the Nams drive north from their base in Lincoln, South Island, to Owhango, on North Island's Central Volcanic Plateau. En route, they hike scenic Kaikoura Peninsula Track, where a southern fur seal makes no bones about scaring Vilis out of its personal space, and colonies of breeding gulls emit high-decibel cacophonies. At a research site near Owhango, the adventurous Canadians drive quads over muddy, pitted tracks in Tongariro Forest, dodging danger as they trap stoats, the subject of Vilis's scientific research. Long hours in the outdoors introduce Dainis and Janis to the challenges of field research, and the entire family to the lush, cluttered beauty of a New Zealand rainforest. Thunderstorms pound down onto the forest almost daily, and wild cries of kiwi, New Zealand's avian icon, split the nights.
During time off, the family tramps over an active volcano on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the best one-day hike in New Zealand. They snorkel among electric-blue fishes in Goat Island Marine Reserve, spot glow-worms in Waipu Caves, and walk among New Zealand's most endangered birds on Tiritiri Matangi Island. In Waipoua Forest, they gaze in awe at some of the largest trees on earth, and at Cape Reinga, New Zealand's most northerly point, watch the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea churn into each other's embrace beyond the headland where Maori souls are said to slip into the sea for the journey to their ancestral homeland. Before returning to South Island, the Nams explore gaudy geothermal wonderlands that rest on the fiery guts of the earth.
Along the way, Magi Nams reflects on character revelations that spring from travelling, working, and playing together as a family, and the impact of invasive species on the ecology of New Zealand's fragile native ecosystems.
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carmen's kitch: Dad's Cajun Deep Fried Turkey
Dad's Cajun Deep Fried Turkey
Spending the holidays with family is just the best. This year we stayed up late playing Mafia and Trivial Pursuit, completed a 1000 piece puzzle, and played Euchre while sipping on Wisconsin beer and ginger bombs. We enjoyed fresh perch fried up in my Grandma Shirley's famous beer batter, and the McLean family favorite Green Bay chili from Chili John's served over spaghetti noodles. This year will be remembered as the Thanksgiving we we didn't eat the turkey, as Thursday evening we were all so full after eating chili that we rescheduled the feast until Friday afternoon!
Despite all the delicious food that was served up, my dad completely stole the show with his deep fried turkey. For many of us (including myself), it was the first time we tried deep fried turkey, and I really don't think we will ever go back. This is the South, people.
Dad gave me permission to share his recipe. You start out my injecting the turkey with a jar of Cajun butter. After that, rub the turkey down with Emeril's Essence seasoning.
Prepare the turkey pot by heating up 5 gallons of peanut oil. Cook the turkey for 3½
minutes per pound, until it reaches 170 to 180 degrees F. We cooked our 14 pound turkey for 50 minutes and it was perfect.
Allow the turkey to rest for 15 minutes in a large brown paper bag, then carve and watch while the turkey is gobbled up by your family!
1 jar Cajun injector (we used creole butter)
1 bottle Emeril's Essence
Large stock pot with propane heater
Fill the stock pot with peanut oil and heat the oil to between 350 and 360 degrees. Fill the syringe and inject turkey in the breast and thigh area, as well as the back, wings, and legs. You will have to fill the syringe several times. Generously rub Emeril's Essence seasoning all over the turkey (about 1/4 cup).
Place the turkey in the basket of the stockpot and lower it into the oil. Cook the turkey for 3½ minutes per pound, until internal temperature reached 170 to 180 degrees on an instant read thermometer. Carefully lift the basket out of the hot oil. Using long handled forks, transfer the turkey to a large brown paper bag and let it stand for 15 minutes before removing it to carve.
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US8101955B2 - PLCC package with a reflector cup surrounded by an encapsulant - Google Patents
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In an embodiment, the invention provides a PLCC package comprising first and second lead frames, a plastic structural body, a light source, an encapsulant, and an optical lens. The first lead frame comprises two tongues and a reflector cup. The first and second lead frames are attached to the plastic structural body. The light source is mounted and electrically connected at the bottom of the inside of the reflector cup. The light source is also electrically connected to the second lead frame by a wire bond. The reflector cup is surrounded on at least four sides by the encapsulant, the encapsulant having a domed portion that functions as the optical lens, the encapsulant being an integral single piece structure.
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) have many advantages over conventional light sources, such as incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lamps. These advantages include longer operating life, lower power consumption and smaller size. Consequently, conventional light sources are increasingly being replaced with LEDs in traditional lighting applications. As an example, LEDs are currently being used in flashlights, traffic signal lights, automotive taillights and display devices.
FIG. 1 is an isometric drawing of a first lead frame and second lead frame in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
The drawings and description, in general, disclose a PLCC package 400 containing a reflector cup 202 in which four sides (210, 212, 106 and 208) of the reflector cup 202 are covered in an encapsulant 606. The encapsulant 606 has a domed portion that functions as an optical lens 402; the encapsulant 606 being an integral single piece structure. In one exemplary embodiment, the reflector cup 202 is fashioned, for example by stamping, on a first lead frame 102. The first lead frame 102 is attached to a plastic structural body 302 via first 204 and second 206 tongues. A second lead frame 104 is also attached to the plastic structural body 302. In this embodiment, a light source 602, for example an LED, is physically and electrically connected at the bottom of the reflector cup 202. A laser may also be used as a light source 602. In this exemplary embodiment, a wire bond 604 is connected to the light source 602 and the second lead frame 104.
20. The device of claim 18 wherein the encapsulant includes a material selected from a group consisting of epoxy, silicone, a hybrid of silicone and epoxy, amorphous polyamide resin or fluorocarbon, glass and plastic.
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COMING UP Sal Richards with Rosina. Jan. 30 and 31. Tickets: $25 and $30.
PARK CABARET ''Legends in Concert,'' impersonations of Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Garth Brooks, Richie Valens and Ann-Margret. Today and next Sunday at 7:30 and 10 P.M.; Monday through Thursday at 3:30 and 7:30 P.M.; Saturday at 8 and 10:30 P.M. Tickets: $15 to $25.
COMING UP Don Knotts in ''Norman, Is That You?'' Jan. 27 to Feb. 25. Tickets: $20 plus one drink. Connie Stevens. Feb. 13 to 15. Tickets: $25 plus one drink.
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Prabhu Ramachandran: September 2008
Taking my previous benchmark a little further I decided to see how well iterating over a Python list of doubles compares with using NumPy arrays. Here is an extremely simple example that implements the sum function in Cython and compares the result with NumPy's sum method.
Here is the Cython code:
# --- csum.pyx ---
def csum(list array):
cdef int i, N=len(array)
cdef double x, s=0.0
Here is a setup.py to build it:
# --- setup.py ---
setup(cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},
ext_modules = [Extension("csum", ["csum.pyx"])])
To time it in IPython I created a simple file called test.ipy like so:
# --- test.ipy ---
import csum
for i in [10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000, 100000000, 250000000]:
print 'N =', i
a = numpy.linspace(0, 1, i)
print "Cython:",
%timeit csum.csum(b)
print "NumPy:",
I run it using IPython and here are the results (formatted a little):
N         Cython       NumPy
10          534 ns       10.1 micros
100         1.76 micros  10.8 micros
1000        15.3 micros  19.3
10000       150 micros   101 micros
100000      1.75 ms      933 micros
1000000     19.7 ms       9.24 ms
10000000    198 ms        92.1 ms
25000000    499 ms       231 ms
This was done on a P4 3 Ghz machine and clearly lists do quite well. At small sizes they outperform NumPy and at really large sizes they are about twice as slow. This is very good considering how general lists are.
Posted by Prabhu Ramachandran at 2:52 PM 6 comments:
Labels: cython, numpy
In April 2008 there was a thread on the scipy-dev list regarding the inclusion of Cython code in SciPy. In that thread, I mentioned a particular use case of interest to me -- creating and manipulating an array of objects (rather than arrays of elementary data types) and being able to do that with Cython easily and efficiently.
The problem I was considering is a simple one. I create a list of "Vortex" objects and compute (naively) the velocity of a collection of these particles on one another. This is an O(N^2) computation since every particle influences every other. The idea was to create simple OO code to be able to perform these computations. Here is an outline of the Python code for doing this:
class Vortex(object):
def __init__(self, pos=0.0, strength=1.0):
def eval_velocity(self, pos):
return -1j*self.strength/(2*pi*(pos - self.position))
class VortexManager(object):
def __init__(self, vortices=None):
# vortices is a list of vortex objects.
self.vortices = vortices
def set(self, pos, str):
for va in self.vortices:
vel = complex(0, 0)
for vb in self.vortices:
if va is vb:
vel += vb.eval_velocity(va.position)
va.velocity = vel
Very straightforward code. Now, back in April I implemented this in pure Python, C++ and wrapped the C++ code to Python using SWIG. I also implemented it in D and wrapped that using PyD. I found that D was about 1.7 times slower than C++. C++ was about 300-400 times faster than the pure Python version.
I attended Robert Bradshaw's Cython tutorial at SciPy08 and really liked it. About 10 days ago I finally found the time to create a Cython version and the winner is ...
I've put up all of the code here. To use the code, untar the tarball and do the following:
$ cd cpython_d_cpp
This requires SWIG, numpy and Cython to build. If you have PyD installed it will build the PyD extension also. To test the performance do this:
$ python test_perf.py
This produces the following output for me on a P4 (3 Ghz):
dee(4000): 1.87730193138
(1411.53285812+1411.53285812j) (945.091286479+945.091286479j)
swig(4000): 1.10782289505
cython(4000): 1.15034103394
Pure Python(200): 1.14771318436
# N SWIG Cython Ratio
1000 0.071 0.069 0.967
2000 0.283 0.274 0.968
3000 0.638 0.619 0.970
4000 1.135 1.100 0.970
5000 1.767 1.720 0.973
6000 2.517 2.473 0.983
7000 3.474 3.370 0.970
8000 4.541 4.403 0.970
9000 5.698 5.575 0.978
10000 7.000 6.879 0.983
The first few numbers just test one single case of 4000 particles. D is slower than both C++ and Cython. Python is dog slow (or donkey slow as I like to say it)! For some reason I was getting segfaults when I tried to test the D wrapper for more than 3000 particles. On my Macbook the Cython version is actually 30% faster than the C++ version and on a Sempron 2800 Cython is about 25% slower. So different machines produce different numbers. However, C++ and Cython are both in the same ballpark.
What I loved about the Cython code is that I use a Python list to manage the Vortex objects. This shows that we can use the normal Python containers to manage objects. This is extremely convenient. This isn't very surprising either since Python containers are also heavily optimized. "cython -a" was a huge help when getting things done. For more details on the Cython code look at the tarball.
Clearly, if you are building code from scratch and need speed, Cython is an excellent option. For this I really must congratulate the Cython and Pyrex developers.
Posted by Prabhu Ramachandran at 11:01 PM 6 comments:
Labels: c++, cython, D, performance, python, swig
Finally, I've managed to upload the screencast I posted last about on blogger.
If you are on a Mac or on Windows and downloaded the file I put up earlier, you might need to install the theora component from here.
I have no idea how it will eventually show up with the processing that goes into it. Depending on how this goes I'll put up new screencasts either here or perhaps at Showmedo. Anyways, here it is:
Posted by Prabhu Ramachandran at 2:14 AM No comments:
Labels: mayavi, screencast
Here is a screencast (16 Mb Ogg Theora) of some of the new Mayavi2 features in the 3.x series.
http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/tmp/videos/mayavi2-3-screencast.avi
Its an ogg theora video. This is my first screencast so its going to be a little rough. There is too much noise in the sound recording and I'll try and fix that next time. BTW, I used the excellent istanbul for the video recording. I recorded the sound track separately and mixed the two with a gst script I got from here.
I was unable to upload this video on this blog because the IITB network at this time is unbelievably slow. If you know of another place I should consider uploading the video or would like to host the video elsewhere please let me know. Feel free to download it and host it elsewhere.
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e-learning | ICT4D @ Tulane
Information Design, ICT Development, and Education
The Internet is a rich resource. In the past decade, information design, the practice of presenting information in a way that fosters efficient and effective understanding of it and access to it, in the United States has progressed to a point where anyone with access to the Internet can immerse themselves in an educational rich dimension. However, the effectiveness in this progression is dependent on the information actually reaching the user. This past week in class, we read the International Telecommunication Union’s annual report that measured the information societies in 155 different countries across countries currently classified as developed, developing, and undeveloped. The report used three variables to create an index for ICT development: ICT use, ICT access, and ICT skills. Prior to reading this report, I had narrowly considered the impediments to ICT access to be solely physical, political, and economic- mainly what ICT use and ICT access encompass. However, having ICT skills as the third variable, allowed me to think about how important other, more social factors, like education is in the equation of ICT and development.
In reading the report, I was unimpressed by the United State’s ranking as 15th on the ICT Development Index (p. 21). The importance of lessening the digital divide here in the United States, especially here in New Orleans, has a greater implication now that I have taken education into account when thinking of ICT and development. The report holds that education is an important factor in a country’s ICT development, and consequently that ICT development and education is an important factor in the overall development of a country. That is why the intersection of ICT access and education is so significant.
There is a wealth of information available to the web user. Over the past decade, there has been a shift in the field of information design to create user interfaces that are simple and accessible, alleviating barriers to knowledge that have existed in the past. Web sites like TED talks and Khan Academy provide entry into a world of expert knowledge that would not have been commonly accessible to the majority of the population in years past. You no longer have to be accepted into ultra exclusive and expensive universities to have access to the quality of information that their students are exposed to. Models like Academic Earth and Stamford U allow classes from the world’s most prestigious colleges like Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, Harvard, NYU, Oxford, Princeton, Rice, UC Berkeley, and Yale to be accessed by anyone with Internet. In my opinion, the importance of providing such access to these academic resources, in way of ICT development, is greater today because of the growing amount of information that is now available through the Internet. These resources have the potential to enhance the quality of education available to the American person, contributing to a better-educated population and therefore, contributing to the development of the country it self.
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Technology for the People, By the People
By hgalante
I think that this class reinforced ideas of grassroots initiatives being the most effective very well. From talking about ideology in comparing ICT4D 1.0 and 2.0, to discussing existing and past programs we have touched on what makes an ICT truly sustainable. This is a concept that we learn in other International Development classes, but it has been mainly theoretical and being able to analyze something like One Laptop Per Child in depth gave us the ability to grasp how to assess ICT4D projects with regard to actual need, impact on the ground level, and sustainability. I know that I experienced this in explicit detail when preparing for my sector project and in general, we could go on and on about failed projects because of lack of needs assessment, but I think this class really helped to objectively expose some ways these flawed projects could become more effective.
A lot of the time when criticisms are made about development projects the criticism part is the only thing remembered. However, I feel that if your goal is to truly improve a field such as this more attention is dedicated to providing alternatives. This class presented examples of flawed technologies, and also successful ones, and took a “constructive criticism” perspective not just the identification of practices hindering the field. One example reflecting this include the class analyzing Kenya’s m-Pesa program (a wildly successful monetary exchange technology) and being pushed to deconstruct how and why this technology succeeded. Another example included the class talking about how to improve [not so] successful ICT initiatives created after Hurricane Sandy. Basically, I thought this class objectively analyzed projects really well and I think that’s really important in order to be a leader in this field.
Leave a comment	| tags: digital divide, e-learning, education, ICT, ICT4D, OLPC	| posted in Case Studies, Social Media, Theory & Framework, Tulane IDEV Students
ICT’s During Natural Disasters
In her article , over a year ago, Suzanne Choney suggested different ways to utilize the ICT’s at your fingertips during Hurricane Irene. The article is fairly informative, explaining how to take advantage of facebook, what Twitter accounts to subscribe to, and which Federal Department websites to regularly check. This is all well and good, but as Ms. Cohen put it on Thursday “we need to stop focusing on the next new shiny technology and really start bringing some value to people in need through our ICT use.” This is a great point because while the average Joe is more excited about the new Angry Birds app coming out, there are much more impactful technologies we could be initiating. One class member suggested that these disaster time services should be provided to everyone with a mobile phone – not just smart phones, and potentially provided without internet access. This is a great idea, especially considering how quickly the internet goes when a hurricane hits. Choney provides some very beneficial services, including the American Red Cross facebook page, the Dept. of Homeland Security homepage, and the @NotifyNYC Twitter page. These are all incredible resources, but when you take into account the reach they effect without a clear internet connection they lose a lot of their value.
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ICT Savvy Universities in East Africa
Within the education sector, ICTs are used to access information from many different mediums. This can be accessed from computers, laptops, mobile phones, e-readers, radio, etcetera. In East Africa, a recent list of universities has been announced, ranking the best “ICT Savvy” institutions in the region. Five Kenyan universities were among those top 100 establishments. Universities in Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania were highly ranked as well.
The Top Universities:
Makerere University of Uganda
Busitema University of Uganda
School of Finance and Banking of Rwanda
African Virtual University of Kenya
The various universities were measured based on “how universities have complied with ICT in terms of embracing technology for both students and lecturers.” Between April and October 2012, a survey was created in determining which higher education institutions made the cut regarding ICT use in teaching and enhancing education. Face-to-face questionnaires were conducted in determining these factors. The universities that best met the practices of management, development, and sustenance of university education worldwide made the list.
What is interesting to note is that these universities in East Africa are keeping up with international universities in embracing ICT facilities. Kenya, in particular, has heavily invested in ICT compared to other African universities. Hopefully this spreads to include many more universities in time to come. This is exciting news within the education sector for ICTs.
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In his article, Matthew Shaer notes the difficulties many countries in Africa have with brain drain. An estimated 20,000 professionals leave Africa each year to look for jobs in countries that are more economically successful. In an attempt to combat this brain drain, e-learning initiatives are being started to help connect students with the rest of the world while keeping their feet on the ground in Africa. “Since 1997, the Nairobi, Kenya–based African Virtual University has worked to improve access to web-based learning in sub-Saharan Africa,” and this will provide students all across that region with the type of resources the wish to find in the countries they are emigrating to. The courses provide a model called the “webinar,” which connects students and teachers through video and audio. These classes are intimate closely overseen so the teaching provided is as effective as possible.
There are some, like Conrad Coyanda-Parkzes, CEO of a telecom company called AccessPoint, who argue against these initiatives claiming that they are a band-aid solution to a very deeply rooted problem. Coyanda-Parkzes claims, “I don’t see enough lobbying for the basic stuff—electricity, the roads.” This is a great point, but at the end of the day, these students are experiencing and learning, which is something they have never done before – and that is what matters.
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BRIDGEit in Tanzania
By gwendroff
Bridgeit is an ICT initiative (specifically mEducation), which aims to, increase the quality of education specifically mathematics, science, and life skills in primary school though the use of mobile phones and television. Teachers are provided with access to a digital catalogue of short educational videos. They are also provided with a Nokia mobile phone, which they use to download these videos (via a server). The mobile phone is connected to a television in the classroom, so that the videos can be broadcasted for the class to view. Additionally, the videos come with interactive lesson plans for the teachers to follow, which address key concepts/ideas that the video introduces (erumi). Some of the schools were focused on just mathematics and science, while others were focused on mathematics, science, and life skills.
What is interesting to note about this project is that the education aspect of it does not focus on the mobile phone like those in the past; the mobile phone is just the medium in which the educational video is downloaded through. The main aspect of technology here is the television where the students watch the educational video.
Another interesting part of this program is that its implementers worked in collaboration with the Tanzanian government, as well as community organizations. By involving respected community members in the research process of the initiative, this project adhered to the human centered design toolkit’s phase “hear.” Additionally, because of government involvement this is a more dynamic approach to the legitimate implementation and sustainability ICT’s in Tanzania’s education sector, which was a main goal of their ICT policy.
An Evaluation was done for the first year. Overall, test scores of students in BridgeIT and BridgeIT + Life Skills in both math and science increased. Some other results that came back from the attitude questionnaires indicated that teachers received a lot of support from various outlets. Although the above results came back positive, there also were negative results: the teachers had decreased satisfaction with their jobs, and the students initially thought the video content was boring. But when students became more accustomed to the video learning, they found that the videos increased their understanding of math and science (Enge &Kjell).
Although I believe a proper evaluation was conducted, it did not mention anything about infrastructure in terms of electricity with this program (main problem in Tanzania), which was a main component of it. Additionally, it did not mention anything about what happened when the mobile phones were broken, or if there was a problem with theft.
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Can a Magic Laptop Solve Education Problems for the Poor?
We have gleaned from Warschauer and Ames’s work- Can One Laptop per Child Save the World’s poor? the complexity of such initiatives. “It is not the computer that brings benefit, “but rather the social and technical support that surrounds the computer that makes the difference.” (44)
The OLPC deployments that simply tried to hand out laptops have failed because they ignored local contexts and discounted the importance of curriculum and ongoing social, as well as technical support and training. This seems to reflect a larger pattern in technology and development, in which new technologies generate excitement and optimism to be eventually deconstructed by disappointing realities.
The OPLC computers were offered as a type of prescription to developing communities, while not all of the symptoms had been adequately assessed. Mark Warschauer and Morgan Ames remind us “the effort to improve education around the world through better use of digital media is a long term one that is still at an early stage” (47). It is important to focus on the past project failures in order to better the deployment of similar initiatives.
But where do we go from here? Technology must be content-appropriate, coincide with socio-culture norms, be integrated with the community, provide services that will fit needs, and take into account other components like transportation, and continue to incentivize stakeholder participation.
In lieu of the educational potential of ICT4D projects, I would like to share the work of Rob Van Son, The Question is not Whether, but how ICT can be Useful in Education.
Son guides us through the aims of educational spending and further considers much of the criticisms encountered in Warschauer and Ames’s work. One section of Son’s work, which focused on targeting teacher productivity addresses the use of ICTs in terms of the potential for information distribution in general. We must consider how information is distributed, and in what context. Son also asks, can ICT4E actually work in the developing world?
“Critics of investments in ICT4E can point to monumental failures in introducing technology to aid in development. In each individual case, the reasons for failure are complex and intricate. Generalizing, even over-generalizing, it can be said that all the really hard problems of humanity have at their root social problems. Economic, agricultural, industrial, and technological solutions are all only effective if they are also able to solve some of these social problems. The problems of under-development and failing education are not different” -Rob Van Son
Technology, like any other proposed solution will only work if it is seen as integral to the social structure.
But we are also left to consider a critical idea–when it comes to education, can anything replace human relationships, culture, and context?
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It's hard but do it anyway. You will be happy you did! So will the other person!
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This time of year it seems everyone loves me. I get emails that say, Dear friend, "We have missed you", "Come back", "Because you are so special", "It has been way too long since you last visited"...
Yep...retailers. Retailers haven't missed me...retailers just want me to shop. They missed my money.
What if we wrote someone an email that said...
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"Beloved, let us love another, for love is from God and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God."
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of EVIL...10/27/14
We all need money, that is how we survive in this world. Money, the currency we use, is not the culprit. Think about how one word can change something so much! The love of money is the root. 1Timothy 6:3-10These are the things you are to teach and insist on. 3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4 they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5 and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor who contracted Ebola, said that if he lived or if he died he wanted to give God all of the glory. At his news conference as he was being released from the hospital Dr. Brantly said, "Above all, I am forever thankful to God for sparing my life and am glad for any attention my sickness has attracted to the plight of West Africa in the midst of this epidemic."
Romans 8:28..."And we know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
What peace there is to know that God is in charge. For years I tried to rule and reign over my life, thinking that I was in charge. I never had peace. I always worried because that is all I knew. Once I was saved by God I understood the meaning of true peace through trusting God.
...It is a very warm day today. Breezy, sunny and somewhat quiet at this moment. Off in the distance I hear a train. Birds are chirping and birds are flying. The Hummingbirds are very busy right now...flying and chattering, each one trying to keep the other from getting a drink from the feeder. There is plenty of sugar water for every Hummingbird and if they ran out of sugar water I would make more. The Hummingbirds don't know that I put the sugar water there and they don't know that I will make more for them. They don't understand that I will take care of them. We are like that aren't we? God said he would never leave us or forsake us and He has told us not to worry. God will always answer our prayers according to His will. Do we believe that with all of our hearts?
Matthew 6:25-26“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
I read something today that is spot on..."Not going to church because of the "hypocrites" is like not going to the gym because of "out of shape people." Our relationship with God is not triangular. That is to say our relationship is not between God, ourselves and another person/people. Our relationship is, or should be, only about ourselves and God. A direct line. So I exhort you, as God has proclaimed in His Word, to keep your eyes off man and on Jesus. Keep your eyes on Him who is faithful and on Him in whom you can always trust!
So, you head out on your vacation and you get a flat tire. You don't have a spare you call for repair and you are told your car will be ready to hit the road again in the next 30 minutes. Great! We take the person at their word. Somehow they are delayed and it takes 45 minutes to repair the tire. In that 15 minutes that you wait for your car to once again be road worthy do you ever think, "My tire will never get repaired! I'm never going to get my car back! I'll never be able to go on vacation!" Of course not you just wait.You are on a scheduled flight to see your family. Bad weather has caused a delay and all flights are cancelled. The airline makes an announcement that they are sorry for the delay but all flights will resume when the weather clears. We trust that the airlines will resume all flights when the weather changes. We never once think the weather won't change we know that eventually the weather will improve and we will board the plane. Do we once say, " I will never get to see my family! The weather will never change! I'll be stuck at the terminal forever!" Of course not you just trust that the airline will resume all flights. It's night time and you arrive home. The house is dark. You flip on the light switch and expect the lights to come on so you can see. Do you once think that while you were gone the electric company moved and they no longer provide electricity for you? Do you flip the switch and expect the electricity not to illuminate your way? Do you ever wonder and say, "Will the lights ever come on again? My house is always going to be dark at night! I'll never be able to watch television again!" Of course not.But sometimes we are like these examples. If we pray and God doesn't answer our prayers quickly we get impatient. We wouldn't leave our cars in the shop if the car wasn't ready "on time" and hitch hike, but we stop waiting for God to answer our prayers and we try to rush the situation. We wouldn't try to walk or run to our destination if the airlines cancelled flights we would be patient. Yet, when God delays situations in our lives we are not patient...we just can't seem to wait for the next flight. We trust that the electricity will turn on when we flip the light switch...so why can't we just trust in the LORD?
and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3: 5-6
and spirit of the antichrist...When confronted with lies about the Word of God can you discern the lies from the truth? Some who profess to be Christians cannot. The Bible says, "Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God." Or in other words...they are the antichrist. Does that mean that if someone believes something else contrary to the Word of God they have the spirit of the antichrist? What do you think?
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.1John 4:4-6
Yes...the tongue is wicked, but I believe the problem begins in the heart. The tongue is just a vehicle for the condition of the heart! How's your heart?

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Schools in 3 Areas Open for Classes - The Washington Post
Schools in 3 Areas Open for Classes
Here is a summary of what will and will not be open today in the wake of this week's storms:
D.C. public schools will be open. Loudoun County schools will open one hour late. Howard County schools will open two hours late for grades 1-12, but there will be no kindergarten classes. Schools in Anne Arundel, Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery, Prince George's, and Prince William counties will be closed, as will schools in the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church.
The federal government will be open with liberal leave policy in effect.
The District government, as well as local governments in suburban Maryland and Virginia, will resume normal operations. Maryland and Virginia state governments will also be open, as will federal and local courts in the metropolitan area.
Metro buses and subways plan to run normal schedules today. Metro officials warned that riders on the Orange Line may experience delays between the Stadium-Armory and New Carrollton stations.
Dulles International, Baltimore-Washington International and National airports will continue normal operations.
Amtrak trains and Greyhound, Continental and Trailways bus companies expect to run normal schedules.
The universities of Maryland and D.C. and George Washington University will operate on normal schedules. Law school classes at Georgetown University will not begin until 10 a.m., but otherwise Georgetown schedules will be normal. Classes at George Mason University are canceled, but libraries and offices will be open until 5 p.m. Northern Virginia Community College will run normal schedules. Prince George's CommunityCollege will be closed.
Parking restrictions, including time limits, will be enforced in the downtown area. Cars parked on snow emergency routes or streets where parking is prohibited during rush hours must be moved by 11 a.m. today.
Trash collections will resume today in Arlington and Montgomery counties and tomorrow in Fairfax County. Prince George's County will resume trash collections Monday, but may make some refuse pickups Saturday if weather permits. In the District. trash normally collected on Tuesdays will be collected today.
The D.C. Board of Elections has extended the filing deadline for the special elections to fill two council seats one day until 5 p.m. Friday.

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