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Input Devices

Ask Slashdot: Best Webcam To Augment Impaired Vision? 63

mynamestolen writes "In order to read paper-based books many visually impaired people want to attach a webcam to a computer and attach the computer to a TV. Some Electronic Magnifiers are purpose-built to provide a similar solution. Different organisations around the world (such as in the UK) have help pages. But I have not been able to find a guide to set up my own system. So I'm asking Slashdot readers how to go about it. What is the best camera to use if I want to hold the camera in my hand and point it at book or magazine? What parameters should I adjust, either in the software or on the camera? Depth of view, refresh rates, contrast, color balance and resolution might be key problems. My system is Linux and getting drivers for a good camera might also be a problem."

Firefox OS Smartphones Arriving For Developers 124

Nerval's Lobster writes "For quite some time Mozilla has been working on Firefox OS, a lightweight mobile OS built in HTML5. Now it's whipped the curtain back from the first developer preview phones. The developer preview phones are unlocked, requiring the user insert their own SIM card. If those specs seem a little underpowered compared to other smartphones on the market, it's because Firefox OS is intended for lower-end smartphones; target markets include developing countries such as Brazil and China. (The first developer preview phones will be available in February.) The Firefox OS (once known as 'Boot to Gecko') is based on a handful of open APIs. The actual interface is highly reminiscent of Google Android and Apple iOS, with grids of icons linked to applications." The specs really aren't that bad; reader sfcrazy points out that they include the usual features baked into medium- and high-end phones these days: Wifi N, light and proximity sensors, and an accelerometer (though no mention of NFC).

How Facebook Will Power Graph Search 26

Nerval's Lobster writes "Last week, Facebook announced Graph Search, a system for searching the social network's vast collection of users, photos, and 'Liked' interests. But how will Facebook power it? The Disaggregated Rack, which will separate compute, RAM, storage, and caching functions in order to remain flexible in the face of Graph Search's changing needs. By breaking up resources and scaling them independently of each other, Facebook can scale without needing to constantly open up new servers and upgrade new hardware."

Will "Group Hug" Commoditize the Hardware Market? 72

Will the Open Compute Project’s Common Slot specification and Facebook’s Group Hug board commoditize the data center hardware market even further? Analyst opinions vary widely, indicating that time and additional development work may be necessary before any sort of consensus is reached. At the Open Compute Summit last week, Frank Frankovsky, director of hardware design and supply chain operations at Facebook, announced both the Open Slot specification and Facebook’s prototype Open Slot board, known as “Group Hug.” Group Hug’s premise is simple: disaggregate the CPU in a way that allows virtually any processor to be linked to the motherboard. This has never been done before with a CPU, which has traditionally required its own socket, its own chipset, and thus its own motherboard. Group Hug is designed to accommodate CPUs from AMD, Intel, and even ARM vendors such as Applied Micro and Calxeda.

Swiss Federal Lab Claims New World Record For Solar Cell Efficiency 177

Zothecula writes "Scientists based at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have set a new efficiency record for thin-film copper indium gallium (di)selenid (or CIGS) based solar cells on flexible polymer foils, reaching an efficiency of 20.4 percent. This is an increase from a previous record of 18.7 percent set by the team back in 2011."

Kim Dotcom's Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours 211

Kim Dotcom's new "Mega" cloud service appears to be a hit. According to Dotcom over 1 million have signed up for their free 50 gigabytes of storage. Although that is about 1% of the Dropbox user base, it's not a bad start. From the article: "Mega quickly jumped up to around 100,000 users within an hour or so of the site's official launch. A few hours after that, Mega had ballooned up to approximately a quarter of a million users. Demand was great enough to knock Mega offline for a number of users attempting to either connect up or sign up for new accounts, and Mega's availability remains spotty as of this articles' writing."

Intel To Help Stephen Hawking Communicate Faster 133

hypnosec writes "Stephen Hawking's ability to communicate has been deteriorating over the years and as it stands, he is only able to communicate at the rate of 1 word per minute. Intel CTO Justin Rattner has revealed that they are working on an interface that will boost the scientist's speech to up to 10 words per minute. Beyond twitching his cheek, Hawking is also capable of other voluntary facial expressions which can be tapped to achieve faster communications with the help of a better character interface and a better word predictor."

Wikimedia Moving Main Data Center To Ashburn, Virginia 59

hydrofix writes "The Wikimedia Foundation is preparing for the transition of its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia. The current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC. Since 2004, Wikimedia sites have been hosted in the main data center in Tampa, Florida, a location chosen for its proximity to Jimmy Wales at the time. In 2009, the Wikimedia Foundation's Technical Operations team started to look for other locations with better network connectivity and more clement weather. Located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, Ashburn offers faster and more reliable connectivity than Tampa, and usually fewer hurricanes."

Kim Dotcom's 'Mega' Storage Site Arrives 314

An anonymous reader writes "After months of hype riding the coattails of the MegaUpload controversy, Kim Dotcom's new cloud storage site, Mega, is finally going live. After being available to early adopters briefly, it's now open to the public with 50GB of free storage and end-to-end encryption. Several outlets have posted early hands-on reports for the service, including Ars Technica and The Next Web. In an interview, Dotcom spoke about how Mega's encryption scheme benefits both the users and the company: 'The Mega business plan will be a distributed model, with hundreds of companies large and small, around the world, hosting files. A hosting company can be huge or it can own just two or three servers Dotcom says—just as long as it's located outside the U.S. "Each file will be kept with at least two different hosters, [in] at least two different locations," said Dotcom. "That's a great added benefit for us because you can work with the smallest, most unreliable [hosting] companies. It doesn't matter because they can't do anything with that data." More than 1000 hosts answered a request for expressions of interest on the Mega home page. Dotcom says several hundred will be active partners within months.' On top of that, the way it's designed will protect Mega from legal problems: 'It's all about the plausible deniability. Mega doesn't know what you're uploading. ... Mega isn't so much securing your files for you as it is securing itself from your files. If Mega just takes down all the DMCAed links, it will have a 100 percent copyrighted material takedown record as far as its own knowledge is concerned. It literally can't know about cases that aren't actively pointed out to it, complete with file decryption keys.'"
Desktops (Apple)

Ibex Virtual Reality Desktop Beta For Mac Released 52

New submitter Hesh writes "Ibex, the first cross-platform VR desktop of its kind, was previously released for Linux, and has finally been updated to work on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Running at a silky smooth 60fps, it is nearing final release and awaiting delivery of the developer Oculus Rift kits for final integration testing. A Windows version may be released in time. The source can be found on bitbucket for the Linux version and iPhone orientation sensor client while the Mac source is to follow soon at the same location."
Hardware Hacking

The 3D Un-Printer 91

An anonymous reader writes "3D printing is on its way toward becoming ubiquitous. Of course, if you have such a printer and want to print something, you need raw materials — the plastic filament that's fed into the machine. It's also likely that while you're learning the ropes, you'll print a bunch of terrible attempts at objects, and end up having to throw them out. Now, Wired is reporting on a device aiming to solve both of those problems. Tyler McNaney's 'Filabot' will break down failed projects as well as many other plastic items from traditional manufacturers, turning them into a filament you can then feed through a 3D printer. 'So far the plastics that work are HDPE, LDPE, ABS, NYLON. More to come on the different types that work.' McNaney sees it as a 'closed-loop recycling system on your desk.' The Filabot's Kickstarter campaign succeeded easily in 2012, and now he and his team are getting ready to launch."

Google Declares War On the Password 480

An anonymous reader writes "Wired reports on a research paper from Google employees about the future of authentication on the web. 'Along with many in the industry, we feel passwords and simple bearer tokens such as cookies are no longer sufficient to keep users safe,' the authors write. Their plan involves authenticating just once, to a single device, and then using that to unlock all of your other accounts. "We'd like your smartphone or smartcard-embedded finger ring to authorize a new computer via a tap on the computer, even in situations in which your phone might be without cellular connectivity." Recognizing that this isn't something they can accomplish on their own, they've gone ahead and created a device-based authentication protocol that is 'independent of Google, requires no special software to work — aside from a web browser that supports the login standard — and which prevents web sites from using this technology to track users.'"

Belgium Plans Artificial Island To Store Wind Power 242

bmcage writes "Belgium wants to build an artificial energy storage island within 5 years. The island will store excess energy produced at night from the offshore wind farms already present in the North-Sea. From the article: 'Belgium is planning to build a doughnut-shaped island in the North Sea that will store wind energy by pumping water out of a hollow in the middle, as it looks for ways to lessen its reliance on nuclear power. One of the biggest problems with electricity is that it is difficult to store and the issue is exaggerated in the case of renewable energy from wind or sun because it is intermittent depending on the weather. "We have a lot of energy from the wind mills and sometimes it just gets lost because there isn't enough demand for the electricity," said a spokeswoman for Belgium's North Sea minister Johan Vande Lanotte.'"

Driver Update Addresses Radeon Frame Latency Issues 108

crookedvulture writes "AMD has begun addressing the Radeon frame latency spikes covered previously on Slashdot. A new beta driver is due out next week, and it dramatically smooths the uneven frame times exhibited by certain Radeon graphics processors. The driver only tackles performance issues in a few games, but more fixes are on the way. In the games that have been addressed, the new driver delivers more consistent frame times and smoother gameplay without having much of an impact on the minimum or average FPS numbers. Those traditional FPS metrics clearly do a poor job of quantifying the fluidity of in-game action. Surprisingly, it seems AMD was largely relying on those metrics when testing drivers internally. The company has now pledged to pay more attention to frame latencies to ensure that these kinds of issues don't crop up again."

VIA Unveils $79 Rock and $99 Paper ARM PCs 158

Don't yet have one of those million Raspberry Pis, but you're in the market for a tiny, cheap ARM computer? An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from "VIA has decided it's time to update the APC (ARM PC) board with new components and the choice of two configurations. The new systems are called APC Rock and APC Paper. The hardware spec for both boards is exactly the same except for the fact the Rock ships with a VGA port whereas the Paper doesn't. The Rock also costs $20 less at $79, whereas the Paper is $99. The reason for the price difference is the fact that the Paper ships with a rather novel case whereas the Rock is a bare board. The Paper's case is made from recycled cardboard attached to an aluminum chassis to help with strength, meaning it will keep the dust off the components and make it easier to carry while keeping weight to a minimum."

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On 12 March 2015, British member of parliament John McDonnell MP tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) No.868 regarding detention and treatment of the Hares Boys. Here is the text in full:

That this House notes that 15 March 2015, Mothering Sunday in the UK, marks the second anniversary of the arrest of five 16-year-old Palestinian boys from the village of Hares; condemns their having been dragged out of their homes at 3am by Israeli soldiers with attack dogs, taken without explanation to an adult prison, denied lawyers, tortured physically and psychologically and each put in solitary confinement until they allegedly confessed to crimes they did not commit such as stone-throwing and attempted murder; further condemns this breach of Israeli law, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Article 76 of the 4th Geneva Convention; and calls on the Government to honour Ms Um Fadi, who spoke in the House at a public meeting in 2014, and the other mothers and families of the five boys who have campaigned tirelessly for their release by doing all it can to get the Israeli government to return the boys to their families without further delay.

We thank Mr John McDonnell MP for his concern and work for justice, as we thank all other MPs who signed the motion. We need more MP signatures, however, for this document to gather more power in the British Parliament.

Please, if you possess a British passport, consider contacting your MP and asking them to sign it. Here’s a draft version: Contact MP but please feel free to write your own, or just ask your MP to sign the EDM 868.

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Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
New England Warrior Health and Fitness Program Staff

Ryan Vanderweit, CSCS

Ryan Vanderweit is a 2013 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology. Prior to his education, Ryan served in the United States Army. He enlisted right from high school in 2002, completing basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia. In 2003 Ryan deployed to Mosul, Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) as an Indirect Infantry Mortarman. During his enlistment, Ryan was also promoted the rank of Sergeant. He went on to graduate from the Louis F. Garland Fire Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX and serve as a Unit Fitness Coordinator and a Firefighter for the Army National Guard from 2006-2009 at Camp Navajo, AZ.

Ryan is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist – National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a certified personal Trainer – American College of Sports Medicine. Currently serves as the Program Coordinator and Strength and Conditioning Coach for the New England Warrior Health and Fitness Program.
Nicole Chenard, MS, RD, LDN

Nicole earned her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Simmons College. She went on to earn her master’s degree in Applied Nutrition with a concentration in Fitness from Northeastern University. Between undergraduate school and graduate school, Nicole completed one year of service under the auspices of AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Nicole is the Clinical Dietitian for the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital's Home Base Program and is the daughter of a retired US Army 1st Sergeant.


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Today more women are using power chairs to stay active and get away from walkers and wheelchairs. Whether it’s due to an injury, disease or surgery, the use of power chairs has increased steadily, and as more women use these helpful medical devices, the demand for convenient accessories grows. While power chairs are certainly helpful in allowing women to move about, the devices themselves are not exactly designed for style. At HDS Medallion® we saw an opportunity to give women who use power chairs a functional and fashionable accessory that would add style and much needed practicality to their daily lives.

Charlotte Rose Pink Mobility Bag for Power ScootersThe HDS Medallion Designer Carryall Bags are designed to give women who use power chairs a handy and stylish purse that easily attaches to the medical mobility device’s arm and gives them easy access to their medical information, medications and personal belongings. The majority of today’s power chair bags and other medical device pouches are drab in appearance and design. They look like an offshoot of backpacks with their canvas material and utilitarian styling.  Men don't mind them, but women care about how they look.

When HDS Medallion designs its designer power chair bags, we factor fashion into our designs in the strong belief that women should never have to lose their sense of style, regardless of circumstances. During our research and field studies, we paid special attention to the gripes of women who use walkers and power chairs when they told us how frustrated they were in not finding any type of walker accessory or power chair accessory that looked decent or acted like that fashion staple, the purse. Everything on the market only made them feel even more disabled or worse, older.

With this in mind we carefully designed the HDS Medallion carryall bags to be both functional and fashionable so women could maintain their independent nature and individual style when using a medical mobility device like a power chair. By using stylish carryall bags, women who use power chairs have an accessory that reflects their strong sense of fashion and character. Being disabled doesn’t mean sacrificing what makes you unique. With a great selection (35+) of HDS Medallion walker bags and
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Great for a Mother’s Day, a birthday or another holiday gift or when Mom or Grandma is entering assisted a living center or nursing home, our HDS Medallion Designer Carryall Bags are perfect gifts for women who use mobility devices. Featuring vibrant floral patterns or sassy zebra striped designs among more than a dozen styles with high quality fabrics and trims, our walker bags are just the thing for women who refuse to let a disability hamper their flair for fashion.

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It’s a Shame You Don’t Burn Calories

Darn, but his voice is changing YET AGAIN!

Geesh, I’ve had a tough week. I hate to complain because I am aware that my frustrations in no way compare to what some folks are going through right now.

I mean, everyone in my family is relatively healthy; we’re employed; doing well in school; have connections with people we care about… but let’s face it –

We can still have a tough week in spite of how well things may be going generally.

Part of the reason I enjoy connecting with people through their blogs, Facebook, email and SKYPE is because it can serve as a sobering reminder just how well I have it!

Hearing Loss Can “Suck”

I do hate to admit when a “bad week” is because of the fact that I have a hearing loss. After all, I make a great effort each and every day to live my life as a positive role model, proactive advocate, and enthusiastic recipient of a cochlear implant. But ya know? Sometimes I’m going to have a bad week because of problems I encounter as the result of being deaf.

1. My son’s voice is changing – – AGAIN. Like it could get any deeper? I noticed this last week that it has become more difficult for me to understand my son’s voice again simply because it is so much deeper. I have a mapping appointment at Johns Hopkins Listening Center in May. Do I drag the kiddo with me so that my programs can be tweaked to hear him better? Or, because I’m “so darn independent”, simply tell my audiologist that I’m having difficulty with deeper voices and let her “tweak” based on what the computer tells her to do?

Honestly I inwardly “grimace” when I’m trying to have a conversation with him. I have to actually be face-to-face in order to lip read some as that voice of his just DISAPPEARS in some lower octave that I’m unable to hear. You’d think I’d burn calories as I must intently concentrate and fixate on the conversation.

2. My wonderful husband is having allergy problems like many in the mid-Atlantic states are having this year. It seems pollen is at an all-time high, breaking records across the state. (How exactly does one measure pollen I wonder?) I do know that our cars and porch are always covered in a coat of fine particle yellow dust! For some reason, this year it has really “done a number” on my husband’s voice. Some days (especially in the morning) he actually HAS no voice! It can be very frustrating trying to talk to someone whose voice cuts in and out! Normally, I can be in a different room and carry on a conversation with the man! (Thanks to the Nucleus Freedom!) But this week, I can be looking right at him and some of the words just sort of disappear into space. How can something SO HARD – intently concentrating and trying to understand conversation – be so exhausting? Honestly I’ve been going to bed with a mushy brain.

So yeah… most days I embrace the fact that because of invisible disabilities I live life a little differently, but certainly with an attitude of gratitude. This week? Not so much.

That’s OK, too ya know! We are not always going to be accepting or appreciative of having to do things a little differently. A short list of hearing loss belly-aches?

1. Having to PUT your “ears” on each and every day before being able to hear that first sound of the morning.

2. Having to change batteries to “hear again”… and they never die at an opportune moment!

3. Having to fumble and juggle THREE Size 13 batteries to start with!

4. Not being able to hear myself sing in the shower. As memory serves I am pretty darn good at it!

5. Not being able to run out in the rain and splash and play while HEARING.

But ya know? My list of jaw-dropping, heart-warming, deeply perceptive acknowledgments of what I CAN hear is much longer!

Denise Portis

© 2010 Personal Hearing Loss Journal

2 thoughts on “It’s a Shame You Don’t Burn Calories

  1. It must be something in the air… I’ve had a bad week too and found myself having mini pity parties and “belly aching”. But you are right, Facebook is a good reminder to me too of just how well I have it! I’ve often heard that if the world got together and threw all their problems in a pile and got to take another problem, we’d grab ours back quick! I hope you get everything figured out with Chris’ voice!!!

  2. Denise,

    I’m kind of giggling to myself… in sympathy. Hoping you can hear the compassion in my voice, while I’m welcoming you to the “club” or the “family” of having-a-bad-day.

    Good luck with the mapping,

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July 14, 2015

On the September 2015 Visit to the USA of Pope Francis, Part II...

I hope he stays away from the USA come September.

I don't want him here...not now. I don't want him making a fool of himself and the Catholic Church, catering as he has been elsewhere to the modern world - and a mostly socialist one at that. He and his trip will do nothing for the USA but provide fodder for the 24 hour news cycle.

He will be lauded and applauded; he will be fawned and fondled over. Catholic youth will rush to get a selfie portrait. He will undoubtedly get photo ops from faithful Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. At a photo op with the press, He will most likely be handed an "abortionfix", a crucifix made from abortion instruments in the shape of a cross upon which hangs the Corpus of Christ, smile benignly and mutter something that sounds vaguely like "Who am I to judge?".

On his "Smell the Sheep With Jorge Tour" to the poor areas of New York and Washington, DC, with Cardinals Timothy Dolan and Donald Wuerl in tow, he will stop and shake hands with the homeless and the helpless, bewailing their lack of monetary relief from the likes of the Koch Brothers, Donald Trump and the Republican members of Congress. Later on, during his walk down Michigan Avenue, he will invite some homeless men and women to serve Mass and be EMHC's at the Papal Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

I grow weary of the man... Not of the Office of the man, mind, but of THE MAN. I would take a bullet for him any day, come to his aid if he were accosted on the street, even change the tire on his Papal VW Bug-mobile. But I cringe every time I see his smiling face blaring (yes, blaring...not glaring) at me in the news.  He is quick to:

  • meet world leaders who like nothing of what he represents of Catholicism, and bewails the gutting of Mother Earth by greedy corporations (and nothing on the gutting of the priesthood of the past 50 years)
  • bemoan the plight of the poor put there by mean and selfish rich people, but then goes on multiple World Tours staining Mother Earth with his carbon footprint (but would never stain his Papacy by saying a Tridentine Papal Mass)
  • surround himself with clerics of questionable moral character who openly wish to change Catholic Doctrine, and then vilify mainstream Catholics who hold fast to the traditions of the Church, like praying Rosaries for his intentions (but would never vilify those who cater to his vision of Catholicism)

Yes, I grow weary of Pope Francis, THE MAN.

I rather wish he would just pick up the phone, dial up His Excellency Bernard Fellay and invite him to come dine with him. They will, over dinner, come to an agreement on the reconciliation with the SSPX and announce same at an after dinner impromptu press conference.

Or perhaps even do what I wrote of last February...

But, as he won't do any of what he should, I truly wish he would just stay-the-hell home.

Maybe he can write an Encyclical on The Restoration of the Tridentine Mass or a Papal Bull on The Necessity For All Clerics To Wear the Cassock, or even a Papal Bull on The Wonders and Glories of Devotion to Mary, the Mother of God.

Or, better still (and something that would cement forever his place in Catholic and World history), in fulfillment of Our Lady of Fatima's directive, Consecrate Russia to Her Immaculate Heart in union with all the Bishops of the World, thereby correcting immediately all that he has spoken out against since his election to the Chair of Peter.

And he won't even have to leave Rome to enjoy the perpetual notoriety that would bring to him and his Papacy...

                          Oratio pro summo Pontifice

V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro N.

R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius. [Ps 40:3]

Pater Noster, Ave Maria.

Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum N., quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo, quibus praeest, proficere: ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi credito, perveniat sempiternam. Per Christum, Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Copyright 2015 David Heath - All Rights Reserved


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Monaco Grand Prix – Race

I’m still not a fan of this race – the Monaco circuit is too tight and overtaking is virtually impossible. Sure it’s a historic spectacle (this is the 70th Monaco Grand Prix), but it’s not suitable for modern F1 racing. OK, gripe over; on with the show!

As I said in my notes from Practice, my GridBids picks are: SV, JB, LH, FA & MS.

Applying the penalties to the outcome of Qualifying, the provisional grid: MW, NR, LH, RG, FA, MS*, FM, KR, SV, NH, KK, JB, BS, PRe, DR, JV, HK, VP, TG, PRo, CP, NK, SP*, PM* (*MS & PM had penalties; SP didn’t set a time but should be allowed to race).

Air temperature 22°C, track 35°C, wind 2m/s; forecast is for rain about 30mins into the race

MW leads everyone away on the formation lap; RG slow to move off
The front 8 are on the option (super-soft) tyres, as are most of the field; just SV, KK, JB, PRe, VP & PRo on primes (soft compound)
The grid forms up, ready for the lights to go out

01/78: MS hit RG even before the first corner; RG spins but fortunately everyone misses him
PM is off –

02: MW, NR, LH, FA, FM, SV, KR, MS, NH, BS (JB down to P14)
Waved yellows as marshals are on the track, trying to move RG’s car off the circuit – very dangerous for them
Safety Car has been deployed
PRo into the pits – no rear wing on his HRT!
KK pits too

Replay of the start shows RG was squeezed and MS was already partially alongside
When RG spins he’s clipped by a Sauber (KK?) which causes JB to avoid him
PRo has already lost his rear wing as they pass RG

03[SC]: Radio from LH asking what happened with his launch (off the grid) – “went nowhere”
Retirements in the first 2 laps: RG, PM, PRo
Radio from LH asking team to check his tyre pressures after he drove through debris in turn 1; team say they’re OK
MW fastest lap 1:53.554 … but that’s behind the SC
SC in at end of this lap
FA attacking LH already

04: VP pits
KK f/lap 1:29.493

05/78: MW, NR, LH, FA, FM, SV, KR, MS, NH, BS; retirements: RG, PM, PRo
MW f/lap 1:22.852

06: MW f/lap 1:22.205
David Coulthard points out there’s only 2 places where there’s a risk of a pass
VP f/lap 1:21.603 – apart from the leader, he’s the only one in clean air

07: MW f/lap 1:21.323
KK pits – 2nd stop

08: MW f/lap 1:21.146
Cars being investigated for shortcutting Turn 1 on lap 1 … yeah, they were avoiding a spinning car!
KK still in the pits

09: MW f/lap 1:20.969
FM close behind his teammate – he either needs to pass FA or back off

10/78: MW, NR, LH, FA, FM, SV, KR, MS, NH, BS; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK
Race control say no further action for those who cut Turn 1 on Lap 1

11: MW f/lap 1:20.760

12: MW f/lap 1:20.441

14: MW f/lap 1:20.202
BBC interview RG: “strange to see everyone facing me”

15/78: MW f/lap 1:20.122
SP f/lap 1:19.974
No-one has actually made a pass other than during the chaos in lap 1 – JV passed SP but he cut a corner and had to give the position back

16: MW f/lap 1:19.601

17: MW has a 2sec lap lead over NR
NK struggles to get his Force India around the hairpin
VP pits – 2nd stop – he’s pushed into the garage

18: FA f/lap 1:19.348

20/78: MW, NR, LH, FA, FM, SV, KR, MS, NH, BS; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP
FA f/lap 1:19.190 – opening a gap over his teammate

21: FA f/lap 1:19.165

22: Still expecting rain soon

23: Car 1 (SV) missed the apex of Turn 9(?)

24: Mercedes crew were in the pit lane but neither driver stopped

25/78: Radio for JB telling him some option runners ahead beginning to struggle

26: Radio for NR – possible light rain in 4 minutes
JV f/lap 1:19.013

27: MS still harrying KR for P7 but there’s nowhere to pass
JV f/lap 1:19.013
KR beginning to form a train behind him
Radio for KR says rain’s coming within 5 laps so stay out

28: NR pits from P2 – rejoins P6

29: Takes half a look coming out of the tunnel
The KR train runs from P7 through to P13
FA is right on the tail of LH

30/78: MW pits from P1 – rejoins P4
LH pits too – out in P6
KR, NH, BS all pit

31: FA pits – rejoins P5, well ahead of LH – he’s gained a position
HK, TG pit too

32: FM pits – rejoins behind MS, losing a place

33: SV leads, yet to pit
Radio for SV still says rain about 5 mins away
MW cut the chicane but didn’t gain advantage so will probably just get a warning

35/78: MS pits from P6; rejoins P10, behind JB

36: NK moves off-line to let MW lap him
NH f/lap 1:18.423

38: Radio for JB warning him it’s starting to rain
Drive-through penalty for car 15 (SP) – late pit entry and impeding car 9 (KR)

39/78 = half distance; SV, MW, NR, FA, LH, FM, DR, JB, MS, JV; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP
SV locks up as he brakes for Turn 1
JB pits; option tyres; rejoins alongside HK; HK just gets the advantage and the Caterham goes ahead of the McLaren

40: Only SV & DR yet to pit; rain still expected / starting to spit
SP serves his drive-through penalty

41: SV has a 16sec lead over teammate MW – needs about 20sec for his stop
DR pits; just SV yet to stop

42: SV still leading on prime tyres – so much for the Pirelli’s not lasting 🙂
Radio for FM telling him to close up on LH, as they expect SV to rejoin around there, once he pits

43: Still just a few spots in pit lane but clouds getting darker, says BBC

44: JB still being held up by HK
Radio from LH claiming someone’s dropping things from the pit lane!!
SP dives down the inside of CP but cuts the chicane and will have to give the place back

45/78: SV, MW, NR, FA, LH, FM, MS, JV, PRe, NH; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP

46: Red Bull pit crew scurry into action

47: SV pits from P1; rejoins inches ahead of LH

48: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, MS, JV, PRe, NH
Rain eased up; don’t expect more rain during race

49: SP f/lap 1:18.085

50/78: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, MS, JV, PRe, NH; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP
MS locks up and slides through the chicane
SP (P17) f/lap 1:17.461

51: SP f/lap 1:17.296

53: Radio for FM telling him to look after his tyres

54: Yellow flags as TG loses an end plate

55/78: Race control: debris on track at Turn 14 (that’s TG’s end plate)
TG pits

56: Yellow flags still out for the debris
Finally cleared

57: Radio for LH, passing along the “look after your tyres” message for FM
Still haven’t seen anyone pass on track 🙁

59: MW has a 1.9sec lead over NR
HK still fending off JB, who now has DR and SP on his tail

60/78: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, MS, JV, PRe, NH; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP
Radio from MS saying he has “a problem” with the car; engineer says they can see it too in the telemetry

62: JV passes MS for P7 – that’s the first real pass! Well, MS has a problem and left the door wide open for him

63: Radio for MW warning him of spots of rain in turn 5 – “nothing much”

64: PRe and NH (the Force India pair) have caught MS – MS lets them pass easily

65/78: MS pits – team push him into the garage
JB looks down the outside of HK but there’s no room to pass – almost contact

66: NR just 1sec behind MW

67: Yellow flag – why? Timing chart shows CP has stopped but not seen him on TV
DR pits – he’s pushed into his garage too

69: MW now has a train behind him – NR, FA, SV, LH, FM

70/78: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, JV, PRe, NH, KR; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP, MS, CP, DR
Incident involving cars 7 (MS) and 10 (RG) will be investigated after the race – they must mean Lap 1 because that was when RG went out – odd it’s taken the stewards so long to announce this
Spots of rain still forming on the on-board camera lens

71: Will the teams risk not stopping for inters?
JV pits for inters

72: Yellow flag in Turn 1 – SP spun in escape road after being shut out by HK
JB pits

73: Turn 1 incident involving cars 15 (SP) and 20 (HK) will be investigated after the race
HK slow to yield to the front runners
JB still in the pits

74: HK elbows SP across the chicane – will SP be penalised for cutting or HK for pushing him?

75/78: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, PRe, NH, KR, BS; retirements: RG, PM, PRo, KK, VP, MS, CP, DR, JB
BBC say it’s drying out again
HK pits for new nose cone
JV, on inters, is off the pace – could have been a great move if it was still raining

76: Radio for LH saying there could be more rain before the end of the race
MW still holding up NR, FA, SV, LH & FM

77: NK pits – that’s a late stop

78/78 = final lap: MW just has to hold everyone off for one last lap

MW takes the chequered flag – that’s 6 different winners in the first 6 races of this season; his 2nd victory at Monaco

Provisional result: MW, NR, FA, SV, LH, FM, PRe, NH, KR, BS; SP, JV, HK, TG, NK.

Outstanding investigations:

  • Incident involving cars 7 (MS) and 10 (RG) at the start of the race
  • Turn 1 incident involving cars 15 (SP) and 20 (HK) – lap 72

So how did my GridBids picks do? SV=P4, JB=DNF, LH=P5, FA=P3 & MS=DNF.


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The Lady From Dubuque – Review

Edward Albee is not for the faint of heart.  You would not take in a matinee of his, expecting a light and frothy afternoon.  What you will get is a beautifully crafted peek into the human spirit. Those spirits are fighting for their lives in The Lady From Dubuque (Signature Theatre.)

Set in a suburban home, the play takes place over the course of one night and the following day.  The play (directed by David Esbjornson) opens on three couples playing a party game that involves the (oft repeated) phrase; “Who am I?”  The hosts Sam (Michael Hayden) and Jo (Laila Robins) bear a passing resemblance to another Albee couple; George and Martha.  In this case however, Sam is weakened by the kryptonite of his wife’s terminal disease.  Jo is biting, but not nearly to the degree to which she is entitled.  Their friends are mostly silly.  Edgar (Thomas Jay Ryan) and Lucinda (Catherine Curtin) are that special blend of vapid and shrill that makes some people phobic of the suburbs.  Fred (C.J. Wilson) and his girlfriend (Tricia Paoloccio) are at least interesting by virtue of his vulgarity and her preening.  There’s a reason these people all drink.

A bit past the midway of the first act, Jo rapidly deteriorates in (literal) gut wrenching pain.  It is difficult to watch the exquisite portrayal.  When Edgar demands that Jo, writhing in agony on the floor, get up and go apologize to his wife, Lucinda for an insult, it is almost too much to witness.  But then he points out what is so true it can not be discounted; his wife did not cause Jo’s pain, but Jo had caused Lucinda’s.  As Jo struggles to her feet, she is living rather than dying.  It is her last act of physicality.  The first act ends with a cresendo of agonizing wails and the appearance of an otherworldly figure; Elizabeth (Jane Alexander) and a dashing escort; Oscar (Peter Francis James.)

The tone of the second act is decidedly more physical, combative and high stakes.  Sam is frightened by the arrival of Elizabeth, who claims to be Jo’s mother.  His hysteria heightens and results in him being restrained (and ‘put to sleep’ with a strategic touch by Oscar.)  While he cannot articulate it, Sam knows who these people really are and why they are there.  The reality of death is simply far too painful for him to realize.

The rhythm and banter of Albee’s dialogue is a perfect conduit for this allegory.  His characters are so raw and real they create a platform for the surrealism that could feel forced or twee.  This play was not well received in 1980.  Death rarely is.  The only sticking point, for this audience member, was the treatment of race.  Much is made of Oscar’s “blackness” and the transition from superfluous racial humor to minstrel is rapid and unpleasant.  No doubt there is a dramatic intent, it just alluded me.

This is a flawless and beautiful production and should be seen by many.

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Guest Post on Glitter & Ganache: DIY White Bleached Jeans

Happy Wednesday, everyone! I’m guest posting over on Glitter & Ganache today while Tabitha is vacationing in Japan. I’ll be teaching you how to give your wardrobe a makeover by bleaching your jeans white for spring!

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July 2008

Wet day for pedestrians

The weather in New England was awful this week, forcing me to drive through blinding torrential rains to and from teaching in Keene. A sidewalk puddle looks pleasant enough–a mild mirror for the sky–but when you’re driving through pooled water on a poorly drained, tire-grooved highway, that mild mirror offers a perfect surface for hydroplaning.

Dig safe

Keene was spared the worst of last week’s wild weather, and all I have to show for several nerve-wracking commutes are the tense shoulders that come from white-knuckling a steering wheel. Arriving back home after Thursday afternoon’s rain-soaked commute, I felt like I wanted to curl up inside and not leave the house for a week or so. Heavy rain is awful in all senses of the word. On the one hand, it can be “extremely disagreeable or objectionable” to get drenched because you ventured across campus for a quick cup of coffee only to have the skies open along the way, as happened to a handful of students when I gave them a beverage break during class on Thursday; on the other hand, the blinding power of sheets of water falling from the sky and squirting up from other drivers’ tires can seem “exceedingly great” when you’re trying to squint your way through your own windshield and wipers. The thought that mere water can be so damn chilling, blinding, and skid-inducing is enough to “inspir[e] awe” if you’re prone to spots of reverence. Isn’t it remarkable how something as simple as a sudden cloudburst can radically change the direction of both your hydroplaning car and your life itself?

Office window with vine and rain

In keeping with my Thursday afternoon inclination, I’m not going much of anywhere this weekend. J is out of town visiting family, so I’m in charge of tending the menagerie, three dogs and nine cats giving me more than ample reason to stick close to home. A weekend alone with animals and plenty of papers to grade might be some folks’ idea of awful, and I suppose that depends upon your preferred definition of the word. As for me, a weekend alone with animals in a dry house seems more like awesome.

This is my day-late contribution to this week’s Photo Friday theme, Awful.

Emergency phone / you are beautiful

In times of emergency, we can all use a reminder, even if the message is one we’ve already heard from a black-booted stranger.

Great vehicle, even greater bumper sticker

It’s a joke only a Buddhist would get, which made its placement on the bumper of a pickup truck parked this morning at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, RI all the more perfect.

Buddha's birthday, 2007

Mahayana” is the term used by Buddhists from China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Tibet to refer to their particular flavor of practice: the so-called “Great Vehicle.” Calling your own way of spiritual practice “great” is, well, great…except that referring to the “Great Vehicle” of Mahayana Buddhism automatically implies a so-called “Lesser Vehicle”: Hinayana, the pejorative name used by (of course) Mahayana Buddhists to refer to the Theravadan traditions of Thai, Burmese, Sri Lankan, Cambodian, and Laotian Buddhism.

You can get away with joking about Great Vehicles among the Korean-influenced Zen Buddhists at the Providence Zen Center: we all know that the “Great Vehicle” also refers to the Bodhisattva way, which does not discriminate between “greaters” and “lessers” in its endeavor to save all beings from suffering. From a Zen perspective, there is no “great” vehicle, only the One Vehicle that is This Present Moment. Whether you take a pickup truck, car, plane, train, or boat–and whether you’re Thai, Chinese, Cambodian, Japanese, or American–the One Way that’s the High Way is the very moment you’re currently in: no “vehicle” necessary. The moment you wake up and remember you’re Right Here, Now, you’ve already arrived.

Coca Cola mural off Moody Street

What busy person hasn’t longed for the mystic power of bilocation: the ability to be in two places simultaneously? Last night, after taking a break from online teaching tasks to have dinner with friends, I received a call from my credit card company that briefly suggested I’d spontaneously mastered this elusive trick.

Beetle on day lily

Was it true, an American Express customer service representative wanted to know, that I’d charged nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise from Bloomingdales in New York yesterday, or a couple hundred dollars from another women’s clothing store I’d never heard of? Uh, no. I spent the day yesterday checking commas and semicolons in my online College Comp classes’ discussion boards. On Thursday night, it seems, I somehow managed to have dinner with a friend at an Irish pub in Jamaica Plain while “I” also paid for dinner at an Italian restaurant I’ve never heard of somewhere else in Massachusetts. Apparently, the “other half” of my bilocating self has been having quite a social life!

As much as I’d love to be able to go shopping while responding to discussion board posts or eat pasta in one restaurant while quaffing a pint in another, I don’t have such magical powers. As of last night, my compromised American Express account has been closed and I’ll spend the weekend waiting for its replacement to arrive. Somewhere in New York or elsewhere, my alter ego will have to stop her spending spree, at least with my credit card. My brief flirtation with bilocation, it seems, was only a case of mistaken buy-location. Whoever spent part of this week duly stimulating the economy is welcome to continue…but not on my dime.

Parking by permit only

I took this photo two weekends ago, during a morning stroll before going to the Cambridge Zen Center to give Sunday morning consulting interviews. I give consulting interviews–a chance for Zen practitioners to ask one-on-one questions of a Senior Dharma Teacher–about once a month, and I always try to arrive in Cambridge early so I can take a quick walk before ending up at the Zen Center. It’s a chance to clear my head before sitting down to Clear My Head, and it’s a chance for me to take pictures in a place I lived before I had either a blog or a camera.

Wall with ladder

I’ve often noted the conundrum of adjunct teaching. During semesters when you’re under-employed, you have plenty of time but little money. During semesters when you’re teaching a full- or over-load at several different institutions, you have plenty of money but little time. Finding just the right balance of the two precious resources called “money” and “time” seems as impossible as determining both the position and velocity of sub-atomic particles, with some sort of uncertainty principle decreeing you’ll never simultaneously have enough of both.

This summer, I’m in the “plenty of money, not enough time” category. Although I’m never exactly rolling in cash, this summer the institutions where I teach had no problem enrolling my classes–apparently in this tight economy, lots of folks are heading back to school–so I’ve found myself teaching more summer classes than I’d planned on: a full-load of three classes during both summer terms rather than the two classes per term I’d planned on. The result is a summer spiral where it feels like I’m spending my so-called vacation continually moving between classes: one moment teaching in Keene, the next teaching online, the next prepping to teach in Keene again, etc.

Permit only

A surprise influx of fecundity is nothing to complain about: I’ve had more than my share of hungry summers where under-enrolled classes have been canceled and I’ve watched with alarm as months of few or no paychecks have nibbled away my summer savings. Still, I sometimes wish I lived in a more temperate temporal clime where I had world enough and time to enjoy modest windfalls when they come. Instead, I’ll continue to clear my head when and where I can, knowing that while money can be saved, time cannot. In the face of a summer influx of activity, I know hungry months will come, and even in the face of a full summer load, it’s possible to find moments of Enough-ness when a short Sunday walk yields a brimming bushel of the ephemeral world. Given such lovely lushness, I’ll imbibe as I can.

Butterfly on sunflower

Lately I’ve been experimenting with what I call “zoom-macros”: up-close, macro-like shots taken from a distance with my point-and-shoot digicam’s zoom. The first time I took a zoom-macro, I was too lazy to crouch down and stick my camera right in the face of some short flower; another time, I zoomed to take up-close shots of the frost feathers in an overhead tree. When height, unstable terrain, or other challenges prevent you from sticking your camera right up close to what you’re shooting–or when crouching would insert your own shadow between the sun and the very flower you’re trying to photograph–standing back and relying upon your digicam’s zoom is a workable alternative.

The most useful use of a zoom-macro, I’ve found, is in shooting insects, which tend to fly away (or, in the case of bees, sting you) if you stick a digicam in their face. When I bought my new Panasonic Lumix digicam last Christmas, one of the features I coveted was its 10x optical zoom, several steps up from the 6x optical zoom on my previous Lumix. Although I wanted a more powerful zoom primarily for shooting pictures at hockey and basketball games where J and I tend to have almost-nosebleed seats, I was intrigued to see my new camera’s manual recommend the zoom for the other sorts of shots I’d experimented with, advising that photographers employ what they called “tele-macro” for taking up-close shots of insects or wary animals. Here I thought I’d invented (and named) the technique simply because I’d never heard of anyone else doing it!

When it comes to photography, like anything, there’s nothing new under the sun: I’m sure folks have been using zoom lenses to take extreme closeups since those lenses were invented. Still, since I’m not one to actually read a camera manual, I’m still learning (through trial and error) how to use my “new” Lumix more than six months after I bought it. Now that I’ve almost perfected the art of the zoom-macro, I now have a bigger challenge. How do you get a pair of flower-distracted bumblebees to look at you so you can snap their taken-from-a-distance picture?

Bees on purple coneflower

Universal Mother with Lively Child

I’ve walked right under David Moodie’s “Universal Mother with Lively Child” countless times during the almost-seven years I’ve taught at Keene State, and I noticed only this week that the “lively child” has a face: a white-painted eye peering from the center of the multi-colored spiral swaddled in the embracing swirl of a cloud-like and protective “mother.”

Universal Mother with Lively Child

This week, it feels like time has spiraled out of control, Friday arriving right on the heels of Monday. Two days a week, my schedule is pretty much subsumed by the commute to and from Keene from Newton, with a summer school class safely nested between my coming and going. Smack dab in the middle of the week, I’ve been teaching a meditation class at the Zen Center, which requires its own kind of in-the-moment preparation, and in the moments I’m not teaching in Keene or Cambridge, my online classes always seem to require attention.

I’m no Universal Mother, but as a teacher, I can imagine what it’s like to be pulled in multiple directions as various “children” voice their needs and concerns. There’s always someone with a question, or something that needs tending, or a situation that requires attention. When I was a child, I was told that teachers (like mothers?) have eyes in the back of their heads so they can continually watch their charges, but I never imagined that teachers (like mothers?) might sometimes feel the need to keep one eye always open, just in case there’s something going wrong somewhere.

Universal Mother with Lively Child

I guess I like the fact that Moodie’s “lively child” never sleeps, keeping a constant watch over the comings and goings at Keene State College. With her “lively child” on the lookout, maybe the “universal mother” can get a moment or two of shut-eye (or at least enjoy just “hanging out”) knowing her “baby” will let her know as soon as he spots anything amiss in the world below their spiraling embrace.

In keeping with the theme of “time spiraling out of control,” this is my contribution to last week’s Photo Friday theme, Spiral. I tell myself that if I just keep spinning time’s spiral, eventually a “week late” will seem like “right on time.”

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August 16 in history

1513  Battle of Guinegate (Battle of the Spurs) – King Henry VIII of England defeated French Forces.

1777  American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark routed British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington.

1780 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden – The British defeated the Americans.

1792  Maximilien Robespierre presented the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.

1819  Seventeen people died and more than 600 were injured by cavalry charges at the Peterloo Massacre at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester.

1841  U.S. President John Tyler vetoed a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.

1858 U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria.

1859  The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposed the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

1865  Restoration Day in the Dominican Republic which regained its independence after 4 years of fighting against Spanish Annexation.

1868  Arica, Peru (now Chile) was devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. An estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all were killed.

1869  Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguay battalion made up of children was massacred by the Brazilian Army during the War of the Triple Alliance.

1870  Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-La-Tour reulted in a Prussian victory.

1888 T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier, was born (d. 1935).

1896 Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmackn and Dawson Charlie discovered gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

1902 Georgette Heyer, English novelist, was born (d. 1974).

1913  Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admitted its first female students.

1913 Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate, was born (d. 1992).

1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.

1914  World War I: Battle of Cer began.

1920  Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day.

1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opened.

1929  The 1929 Palestine riots in the British Mandate of Palestine between Arabs and Jews.

1930 The first colour sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, was made by Ub Iwerks.

1940 Bruce Beresford, Australian film director, was born.

1940  World War II: The Communist Party was banned in German-occupied Norway.

1941  HMS Mercury, Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School opened at Leydene, near Petersfield, Hampshire, England.

1942  World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappeared on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean.

1944 Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas (CORSO) was formed.

CORSO formed

1944  First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.

1945  An assassination attempt on Japan’s prime minister, Kantaro Suzuki.

1945 – Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, was captured by Soviet troops.

1954  The first edition of Sports Illustrated was published.

1957 Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS), was born.

1960  Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.

1960  Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting three record: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

1962 Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) as drummer for The Beatles.

1964  Vietnam War: A coup d’état replaced Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam.

1966 Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee began investigations of Americans who aided the Viet Cong.

1972 Emily Robison, American country singer (Dixie Chicks), was born.

1972 The Royal Moroccan Air Force fired on, Hassan II of Morocco‘s plane.

1987 A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed on take-off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, killing 155 passengers and crew. The sole survivor was four-year-old Cecelia Cichan.

1989  A solar flare created a geomagnetic storm that affected micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.

1992  In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets dressed in black.

2005  West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashed near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard.

2008 – Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell defended Olympic rowing title at Beijing – winning gold by 1/100th of a second

2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world’s highest residence above ground-level.

2010 – China Overtook Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Economy

2012 – South African police fatally shot 34 miners and wounded 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.

Sourced from NZ History Online & Wikipedia

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Changing Times: Anglers now support Lake Michigan cuts to salmon stocking

Chinook salmon is a predatory fish that feeds on alewives, below. Great Lakes natural resource managers and anglers have come up with a plan to reduce salmon stocking in Lake Michigan by 50 percent in order to avoid depleting the alewives population, which is at an all-time low. File photo: MLive.

By Howard Meyerson

My, how times have changed.

When the Lake Michigan Chinook salmon fishery crashed in 1988 because of bacterial kidney disease brought on by the stress of overstocking, among other things, anglers and charter captains were upset the state wasn’t going to solve the problem by simply putting more fish in the lake.

Today, however, they have a notably different attitude.

Anglers and state fish managers are talking more about sustainability. Better to have a steady and predictable supply of fish. Boom-and-bust cycles are costly to anglers, lakeshore communities and the state.

What is refreshingly different is that anglers, by and large, embrace the multi-state plan to cut Chinook salmon stocking in Lake Michigan by 50 percent in 2013. That plan is the result of more than a year of discussions between anglers and state natural resource managers around the lake. Twenty years ago, they would have screamed bloody murder.

“Two years ago, if they had said this, there would have been a lot of yelling and screaming,” said Bob Munch, a board member for the Southwest Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Steelhead and Salmon Fisherman’s Association, aka “The Michigan Steelheaders.”

“No one likes to get cut back, but we have to look at the long-term effect, and we realize there is a problem.”

The problem, according to state fisheries officials, is that alewives in Lake Michigan are at an all-time low. Chinook salmon eat only alewives. Without them, Chinooks are gone. Too many predators, they say, will crash the system because there isn’t enough to eat.

Lake Michigan states now stock approximately 3.3 million hatchery Chinooks in the lake. Northern Michigan streams also contribute an increasing number of naturally reproduced Chinooks. Those wild fish now make up about 56 percent of the catch, according to state research. Those fish, however, create added pressure on the limited forage base of alewives.

Lake Michigan fish managers hope to create a predator-prey balance that allows for steadiness in future years.

“The path is laid out for six years,” said Jay Wesley, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist, who has spearheaded Michigan’s part of the multi-state Chinook stocking assessment.

“We can make year-to-year changes if we have to, but we won’t see the effect on prey (alewives) from the change in predator (salmon) numbers for a couple of years.

Michigan stocks 1.68 million hatchery-raised Chinooks each year. Starting next year, it will plant only 559,000 in Lake Michigan, 1.1 million fewer fish, a 66.9 percent reduction. Michigan will take the lion’s share of cuts because of its large contribution of wild salmon from northern streams. Those fish swim all over the lake before they return to spawn. They are caught off any port, Wesley said.

Wisconsin will plant only 724,000 Chinooks, a 37.8 percent reduction from the 1.16 million it stocks now. Illinois, which cut stocking once already, will plant only 230,000, an 8 percent reduction from 250,000 stocked now. Indiana will cut 11.1 percent, from 225,000 to 200,000 fish.

When the ’80s crash came, many felt the state owed them something. Anglers aspired to be commercial charter captains; teachers thought they would supplement their summer income doing the same. Some just purchased a boat and planned to live out their days fishing for 30-pounders.

“Just plant more,” they said when the fishery collapsed.

What largely is sought today is sensible, practical, scientific management to the extent possible. Back then, Chinook salmon largely were a put-and-take fishery. We grew them, stocked them, caught them and planted more. Today, in places, they are becoming established as self-sustaining fishery. That has implications for reducing the number of angler dollars spent on hatchery operations and planting efforts.
And so, anglers and charter captains are talking differently.

“We’re not concerned about the 50 percent. We are concerned about how it will be applied,” said Jim Fenner, past president for the Ludington Charter Boat Association.

Fenner said salmon fishing was “over the top” this summer, one of the best years he had seen since the 1970s. But he and others share a concern about where Michigan’s cuts will come. Rivers that are stocked with Chinooks have an active fall fishery as the mature silver predators congregate near shore off river mouths before migrating upstream to spawn and die.

Those cuts, according to Wesley, “will be across the board. Every port will take a cut.”

The priorities are to maintain broodstock on the Little Manistee River, where the state collects its Chinook salmon eggs. Northern Lower Peninsula ports will take a bigger hit than southern Lower Peninsula ports, but Upper Peninsula ports won’t be cut as much.

“Whether it’s a 50 percent or 60 percent cut, they will all see a pretty high reduction,” Wesley said.

“We’re comfortable with the plan to cut stocking by 50 percent,” said Dennis Eade, the executive director for the Michigan Steelhead and Salmon Fisherman’s Association.

“We wanted a two-year hiatus on stocking. I wanted them to plant zero fish for two years. We support the plan wholeheartedly.

Said simply: That’s as different from the past as it could be.

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That's Entertainment

The Bandwagon is a musical comedy made in 1953 and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan. It is as uplifting and joyful as anything Hollywood ever produced in those days and bears comparison to the great MGM musical made a year earlier, Singing In The Rain.

The film was written by Comden and Green and Alan Jay Lerner (although uncredited), directed by Vincente Minnelli, and produced by Arthur Freed. The film popularized the song "That's Entertainment!", which has become a standard.

Although not a major box-office success the film was well received critically and was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (for Comden and Green). In 1995, The Band Wagon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is currently ranked at number 17 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.

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Fred Astaire plays the singer, dancer and movie star Tony Hunter who is worried that his career might be on the slide.

His good friends Lester and Lily Marton (Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray) have written a comedy show which they believe is perfect for his comeback. Tony agrees and signs up, but the trio's plans are baulked by the director, Jeffrey Cordova (played by Jack Buchanan), who makes significant changes to the basic structure of the show making the light comedy into a dark, melodramatic reinterpretation of the Faust legend, with himself as the Devil.

Tony is also uneasy about the choice of his female costar, star ballerina Gabrielle Gerard (Cyd Charisse). He feels intimidated by her classical background, youth and beauty. Unbeknownst to him, she is just as insecure in his presence, awed by his long stardom. When they first meet they argue fiercely, and then, in the scene where the movie's magic first begins to work, they make up wordlessly in the "Dancing in the Dark" sequence under a full moon in Central Park.

Almost everything that can go wrong in a theatrical production does so. The opening night is a disaster, but Tony persuades Jeffrey to let him convert the production back into what the Martons had originally envisioned. That proves to be a hit on its Broadway opening. Afterwards, Gaby lets Tony know that she has fallen in love with him.

The final part of the movie forsakes any adherence to plot altogether and simply strings together a series of songs and dances, the numbers being performed in the new show. The movie ends with reprises of "By Myself" and "That's Entertainment," with the whole cast joining in on one of Vincente Minnelli's patented grand finales. As befits a musical comedy, Tony and Gaby declare their love for each other and the film's feel good factor is complete.

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Tony Hunter - Fred Astaire

He wasn't particularly handsome, nor did he have a singing voice comparable to so many of the romantic crooners of his day. But Astaire didn't need those standbys -- he could dance like no one else. George Balanchine and Rudolph Nureyev rated him the greatest dancer of the twentieth century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of film and television musicals. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. His films with Ginger Rogers transformed the movie musical forever, and in them he proved that he wasn't just a dancer -- he was a talented light comedian too. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of seventy-six years, during which he made thirty-one musical films.

Gabrielle Gerard - Cyd Charisse

Born in 1922 as Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas Cyd spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at 13. In 1939 she married Nico Charise, her ex-dance teacher. In 1943 she appeared in her first film, Something to Shout About and in 1945 she was hired to dance with Fred Astaire in Ziegfeld Follies (1946), and that uncredited appearance got her a seven-year contract with MGM. She appeared in a number of musicals over the next few years, but it was Singin' in the Rain (1952) with Gene Kelly that made her a star. That was quickly followed the next year by her great performance in The Band Wagon. In the1960's she made appearances on television and performed in a nightclub revue with her second husband, singer Tony Martin.

Astaire paid tribute to Charisse, calling her "beautiful dynamite" and writing: "That Cyd! When you've danced with her you stay danced with."

Oscar Levant ... Lester Marton

Nanette Fabray ... Lily Marton

Jack Buchanan ... Jeffrey Cordova

James Mitchell ... Paul Byrd - choreographer

Robert Gist ... Hal - Cordova's asst.

The protagonist, Tony Hunter, was a heightened portrait of Astaire whose career was in decline in the 1950s. Astaire played an aloof, middle-aged hoofer out of sync with his times.

The inspiration for Jeffrey Cordova was a combination of Orson Welles, George S. Kaufman, and especially the pretentiously pompous actor Jose Ferrer, who had staged himself on Broadway in The Shriek. The real-life model for Hunter's co-star, Gabrielle Gerard, was French ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire, who made her debut in the Danny Kaye vehicle, Hans Christian Andersen.

Cyd Charisse is considered to be Astaire's most sensuous and technically expert partner, and indeed, "Band Wagon" is inconceivable without Charisse. However, casting her was not easy. For years, Charisse just decorated MGM musicals, but she was never entrusted with a starring role. While Band Wagon disclosed her lack of acting abilities, it also showed what a great song-and-dance personality she was. Minnelli later insisted erroneously on casting Charisse as Douglas's seductress in "Two Weeks in Another Town," and fell flat on his face.

For Jeffrey Cordova, the musical's most colorful part, Minnelli's first choice was Clifton Webb, a comedian who began his career as dancer. Webb declined the role due to its small size, but he recommended the British actor Jack Buchanan, who was then virtually unknown to American viewers. Buchanan's wit, energy, and charm made him an ideal foil for Astaire.

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Global Themes with an Indian Outlook – Future of Indian Cinema December 26, 2007

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Sridhar Rangayan with Naseeruddin Shah & Dr.Jabbar Patel

Global Themes with an Indian Outlook – Future of Indian Cinema
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‘Contemporary Indian Cinema – Challenges and Prospects’ was the theme of the second edition of the Open Forum of the 12-IFFK. the panelists were veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah, noted Filmmakers Jabbar Patel, P.T.Kunjumohammed and Sridhar Rangayan, and the moderator was Unnikrishnan B.

Naseeruddin Shah felt that the conundrum of what exactly is ‘Indian’ was the real bone of contention. He stated that contemporary Indian cinema was synonymous with Bollywood and this was not a positive trend. While the films from the other regions of India were isolated he predicted that the fascination with these clichéd ‘song and dance sequences’ would soon die out.

Noted filmmaker Jabbar Patel opined that it was the content of Indian cinema accessible to the world that should be focused on. he added it was the onus of the upcoming filmmakers to create meaningful cinema as against mainstream Bollywood cinema. he said that ‘Middle Cinema’ will continue the new wave generated by parallel cinema earlier on. Parallel cinema lacked genres while gaining expertise on specific themes. Middle cinema will transcend these limitations.

Sridhar Rangayan gave an overview on the struggles of ‘underground’/’queer’ film makers to deal with contemporary themes. Though the digital trends were a boon, he said production and distribution expenses and censorship have curtailed the wings of the new age Indian film makers.

P.T.Kunjumuhammed said how it is an inferior mindset that has caused many a regional film not reaching a global audience.

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Grilled Bread Panzanella & Surf and Turf Kabobs

“Grilling, broiling, barbecuing – whatever you want to call it – is an art, not just a matter of building a fire and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.”
James Beard, Beard on Food

What a beautiful day for grilling once again easy and quick so we can enjoy a little outdoor time and a break from the extreme heat and little or no rain…needless to say I’m still without a vent hood, but hopefully will have a shiny new one in the next week or so with a little cabinet redo and maybe I’ll be back in action before the snow falls, oh I don’t want to say that as we don’t get much snow here! I’ll leave it as soon it will be done I will be happy! So maybe when I return from Colorado I’ll have a new to me cooking zone!

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Prepare Curtis’ panzanella ahead of time and add the grilled bread just before serving. While the directions indicate 25 minutes of prep time I would be hard pressed to spend 10 minutes making this salad then again I only made it for 2-4 people.

*Notes: Alternately grill thick slices of bread first and remember to rub the hot bread with peeled garlic cloves, cut or tear bread and toss into your already prepared panzanella. This recipe easily reduced or increased…this makes a lot so scale back according to your need and it is easy adaptable, change the vinegar to another favorite, skip the arugula as I did because it looked pretty sad and add some fresh oregano and lemon zest. Enjoy!

Panzanella is great alone or with a fantastic side dish to any summer dinner and it screams for a bottle of excellent red wine.

1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 ciabatta loaf or other rustic artisan bread, cut into 1-inch cubes (12 cups)
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pound assorted heirloom tomatoes, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
1 pound fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
3/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup baby arugula
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots ore thinly sliced red onions
wonderful olives of your choice

The garlic oil can be made up to 6 hours ahead, covered and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before using.

Prepare the barbecue for medium-high heat.

Using a large heavy knife, mash the garlic with a pinch of salt into a paste. Transfer the garlic to a small bowl and add 1/2 cup of olive oil in a slow stream, whisking until combined well.

Brush the bread slices with 1/4 cup of the garlic oil. Grill until golden, about 5 minutes per side. Cut the bread into cubes.

Whisk the vinegar into the remaining garlic oil. Season the vinaigrette to taste with salt and pepper.

In a large bowl, toss the grilled bread, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, arugula, and shallots with enough vinaigrette to coat. Let stand 10 to 15 minutes at room temperature to allow the flavors to develop, then toss again just before serving.


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Foreclosure Contagion and REO versus non-REO Sales

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    We examine the real estate owned (REO) discount by using ZIP code-level data on foreclosure rates, distressed and non-distressed sales in Chicago, Illinois. We find significant differences in price between distressed and non-distressed properties in high- versus low-foreclosure rate neighborhoods. We expand this analysis to determine if trends in the REO discount can be explained by trends in foreclosure rates and if this correlation can be used to identify a ¡¥tipping point¡¦ in foreclosure rates. We identify key relationships between trends in the REO discount, the proportion of REO sales to total sales, and sales volume.

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In a Bayesian game some players might receive a noisy signal regarding the specific game actually being played before it starts. We study zero-sum games where each player receives a partial information about his own type and no information about that of the other player and analyze the impact the signals have on the payoffs. It turns out that the functions that evaluate the value of information share two property. The first is Blackwell monotonicity, which means that each player gains from knowing more. The second is concavity on the space of conditional probabilities.

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