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Saturday, April 14, 2007

Is Software Engineering a Discipline?

The best software professionals don't think or act like engineers...

Software engineering, more than any other engineering discipline that I can think of, must deal with the human element, and this is not limited to just the end product or results of our work. The human factor is huge in all aspects of what we do, beginning with the initial concept, all the way to the final roll-out.

Figuring out how to forge great results in the midst of chaos is elusive and is a characteristic of a great architect but not a great engineer. Many enterprises struggle with the chaordic balance between perception management and engineering discipline. Unfortunately, both sides will be in a constant struggle to prove their worth when in all reality success is in the mix...

Some folks have told me that the title of Enterprise Architect is boring. Many of my industry peers have been gravitating towards Software Ecologists while I have been noodling putting on my business card the title of Logic Carpenter. The one thing that I won't do is to even acknowledge that there is a thing called computer science as computer philosophy or computer art is more accurate.

This is why software tends to be different than other forms of engineering. A mechanical engineer working on a bridge needs to adhere to certain physical, non-human laws. A software engineer often doesn't have to worry about these limits; instead, folks need to ask themselves "What's the best way to communicate this idea to the next person who will need to understand". it?" Of course, I will struggle with this notion myself as I attempt to convince IT executives that while engineering disciplines are immensely valuable most folks won't find value in it...

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

What's He Building In There?

It's a housing complex specifically designed for musicians. Created by Netherlands-based 24H architecture, each ultra-modern house has a designated music room (centrally located and featuring a skylight). As if that's not enough, the entire complex is super-duper-eco-friendly thanks to a system that recycles heat from a nearby harbor.

Designed specifically for musicians! Why? I have no idea! I bet living there would be like summer music camp. But with fewer bugs.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Guess Who's Back / Tell A Friend

My peace offering is interactive: a tonematrix by André Michelle that lets you create sweet loops. Soothing, sort of inherently-derivative-minimalist - you're not going to get a compositional masterpiece out of the deal, but it's an addicting build-up ease-down process with which you can do no wrong (ie. the customer is always Reich).

Yeah, that happened.

(special thanks to Aaron)

Monday, August 23, 2010

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Never Failed Me Yet

The Portsmouth Sinfonia - formed in 1970, there was one major entrance requirement: you had to either be a non-musician, or pick up an instrument you'd never touched before.
Hilarity ensues! A corollary rule required the musicians to play to the best of their ability (ie. not to play badly intentionally), but that only gets you so far on an unknown instrument, you know? As Dan Visconti at NewMusicBox points out, there's a certain joie de vivre (and, I think, earnestness) that makes this a "laugh with" rather than a "laugh at."

And it's not just the funny; there's some history going on here too. The idea of an ensemble made up of people who don't know how to play their instruments was a nod to Cardew's scratch orchestra and the state of experimental music; Gavin Bryars and Brian Eno were both on board - plus (of course) a select group of amateurs and enthusiasts. By the time it fell apart in 1979, the Portsmouth Sinfonia had played concerts, put out records, and even a film. That is wonderful.

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Monday, August 16, 2010

Weeping Chandelier

It's not often that I post on just-music-that-I'm-listening-to, but I'm crazy about this particular album, and here's why:

1. It's a collaboration between the "world's foremost Death Oompah band," the Tiger Lillies, and the new music lovin' Kronos Quartet.
2. The instrumentation consists of: (1) avant-garde cabaret band (accordion! musical saw! theremin! falsetto vocals! percussion! contra bass!) + (1) string quartet.
3. All of the lyrics are culled from previously unpublished poems given to the band by Mr. Edward Gorey.

(If that's not of some musicological-literary note, I don't know what is.)
Bottom line: released in 2003, The Gorey End is weird and compelling. BOTH. And that is why I've been listening to it on repeat.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

I'll Tape It / Cause I Know You Won't

(National Geographic April 1973; vintage ads)

Ahem ahem: "You want a tape deck that lasts? We'll give you a tape deck that lasts. And lasts. ... Whatever weird instrument your great-grandson will be playing, the Sony TC-377 will capture it."

Weird instruments are the best, guys.

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Music Of My Heart

The Heart Chamber Orchestra might be a little bit of a niche-group.
See here: The twelve musicians hook themselves up to ECG sensors monitoring their heartbeats. That information is fed to a software program designed to generate a score in real time and send it to the laptop screens placed in front of the musicians.

The idea is that the music literally "comes from the heart." KIND OF CHEESY? But also kind of wonderful: I think this would be an amazing (if somewhat style-limited) live performance - the concept, the visuals, the sound...

(Question: I wonder what would happen if one of the musicians had a heart attack?)

Heart Chamber Orchestra from pure on Vimeo.

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Monday, August 9, 2010

And Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect

David Leventi's latest project is entitled "Bjoerling’s Larynx: World Famous Opera Houses": a photo series documenting famous and not-so-famous (but always opulent) theaters. The Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans will display the photos August 7 - September 11, 2010, but you can see them online at the artist's website here.

(via neatorama and pdn)

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The World

From Saeed Kamali Dehghan's Aug. 2, 2010 Guardian article:
"In some of the most extreme comments by a senior regime figure since the 1979 revolution, [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei said: 'Although music is halal, promoting and teaching it is not compatible with the highest values of the sacred regime of the Islamic Republic.'
Khamenei's comments came in response to a request for a ruling by a 21-year-old follower of his, who was thinking of starting music lessons, but wanted to know if they were acceptable according to Islam, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. 'It's better that our dear youth spend their valuable time in learning science and essential and useful skills and fill their time with sport and healthy recreations instead of music,' he said."

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Take A Bow

"Entrada" by Stephen Scott, performed by the Bowed Piano Ensemble of Colorado College.
Ryan Raul Bañagale (one of the original performers, and co-founder of the blog Amusicology - a favorite of mine, not to mention the place I found this video) points out the pretty intense choreography that necessarily goes along with a piece like this. Not to get back on the "some-music-would-be-perceived-differently-if-you-couldn't-see-the-performance" horse again, but: well, yes. Plus: what sounds! And all of them from a grand piano.

(If I had known about this in college, you can bet I would have tried to make it happen. Or at least thought about trying to make it happen before succumbing to comps.)

Monday, August 2, 2010

Chopper City

In my German class this summer, we were asked to present on an influential figure tied to Deutschland - and I chose Stockhausen. Obviously.
My classmates (though wonderful) were perhaps not people, um, steeped in the classical music tradition, and it took a good bit of talking to convince them Stockhausen was even a real person - much less an influential person. On the other hand, part of that was my own fault: shouting "Hubschrauber!" and miming a cello probably wasn't the most coherent way to introduce the Helicopter String Quartet (1995). I was just so excited about it, guys!

Here we are now after the fact, and Ubuweb just posted a documentary showing bits and pieces of "Helikopter Streichquartett" rehearsals and performance with the Arditti Quartet. Four string players in four different helicopters with the music piped down to the audience below - apparently the idea came to Stockhausen in a dream. This documentary is fascinating.

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O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree….a tune that we sing or hum, especially if you’re like me and don’t know all the lyrics. I often wonder if Vern Labbe of Frenchville, a northern Maine tree farmer hums this traditional holiday tune all year long when he’s working around his trees?

One just can’t help themselves to spin that song in their head over and over when walking around his plantation looking for that one perfect Christmas tree.

Labbe has been planting, caring for and cutting down Christmas trees on his farm, for his patrons and putting smiles on their faces, since 1991. In a little niche village, up in the St. John River Valley, in a little town called Frenchville.  One ventures up Church Road (so called because it turns up next to one of the Valley’s many historic Catholic churches, and in a few miles, you see it….Labbe Tree Farm.

Speaking with Vern, he informed us that he purchased the farm back in 1983, planted his first seedlings in 1984 and has been selling Christmas trees to local folk since 1991. That’s 25 years of loving, tender care for his commodity.

Once you’ve chosen the tree, Vern carefully cuts it for you, and with a few trims, you’re on your way to adorning your home with the fresh smell of balsam fir.

A timely article today on the BDN by my friend and long time collegue, Julia Bayly. When I saw her article, I quickly messaged her and stated that creative minds think alike, with her permission, check out her story about the Labbe Tree Farm.

A bit of history on the majestic Balsam Fir Tree. It is native to most of our eastern states and Canada. This evergreen can grow to be as tall as 60+ feet in its lifetime. Most Balsam trees end up being a Christmas tree in our homes but go back many years and balsam resin was used as a cold remedy or as glue for glasses. The wood was milled as framing lumber, and the balsam fir boughs were the preferred mattress when out in nature. For our four legged friends, these majestic trees are oven bowed in a downward formation from snow loading which provides shelter from the elements during the winter months.

Both young and old alike cannot help but feel the spirit of the holidays when going to Labbe’s Tree Farm and coming home with what they know is the ‘perfect’ one for them.

 So to all of you snow lovers out there…time to go get your perfect tree, and bring a bit of the outdoors into your homes and celebrate the wonders of winter.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Top Things to Consider When Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit

If you were involved in a crash or were otherwise injured at no fault of your own, you may wish to file a personal injury lawsuit against the other party. A lawsuit can help you regain lost wages, recover damages and gain peace of mind after a personal injury. Before filing a lawsuit, however. there are several things that you should consider in regard to expenses. After all, you do not want to leave a court case with less money than you had going in.

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When filing a personal injury lawsuit, you will be required to pay a fee for the petition. On average, a filing fee ranges between 10 and 50 dollars. In one payment, this is not much, but various filing fees over the course of an entire trial can stack up to over $1,000. Be sure that the reward of the case is large enough to offset this expense and prior damages.

Time Off from Work

If you have returned to work after an injury, filing a lawsuit against another party will likely mean that you need to take more time off for the trial. This can result in more lost wages, so you need to be absolutely sure that the benefits of the case outweigh this.

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In order to make a solid argument in front of the judge, you will need evidence in the form of medical documents, bills, and police reports. These will cost you money to get copied.

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Willy howe

Of golden cups and fairy hills........ the legend of Willy Howe.

I like it at Willy Howe. It's a lovely place to visit on a sunny summers day. And it has some lovely stories attatched to it too.
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willy howe in winter

First things first.......Willy Howe is a prehistoric barrow on the wolds about 10 miles south of Scarborough in north yorkshire, uk. Its not an enormous hill but it is quite prominent on the flat countryside around, and is a local landmark. It is what is known as a 'round barrow', and classed by the rather unimaginative officialdom of archaeology as a 'burial mound', although 'burial mounds' served as much more than places to bury the dead, being neolithic and bronze age temples where worship and rites took place. (Westminster abbey has burials inside it but it obviously wasn't built as a tomb. Besides which Willy howe apparently had no burials until long after it was built ).
Anyway, It's one of a group known as the 'Great Yorkshire Barrows', and as i said has some very nice legends attached.
The following 2 stories are taken from 'the modern antiquarian'.........
"A countryman went to call on a friend staying in the next village. Late at night he started the return journey and he was rather drunk. Well, suddenly from a nearby mound (I have seen it often; it is about 1/4 m from the village) he heard the voices of people singing, like the members of a Festal banquet. Wondering who would break the silence of the dark night with ceremonial rejoicings in that place, he decided to investigate more closely into this mystery, and, seeing an open door in the side of the mound, he drew near and looked inside; he saw a spacious building, well lit, filled with people reclining at tables, as many men as women, apparently there for a ceremonial meal. Now one of the attendants seeing him standing at the entrance offered him a cup. Taking it, he deliberately refrained from drinking, but threw out the contents, kept the cup, and went off with it at top speed. Uproar broke out at the banquet over this theft of the goblet, and when the guests pursued him, it was through the speed of his beast that he escaped and took refuge in the village with his remarkable booty. In the end this goblet of unknown material, unusual colour, and unfamiliar shape, was bestowed on Henry the Elder, King of the English, and after him it was delivered over to the Queen's brother David of course King of the Scots. It was kept many years in the Treasury of Scotland, and some years ago (as I hear from a reliable source) was transferred to Henry II by William King of the Scots."

one of the fairies who lived in Willy Howe had rather a crush on a local man. She wanted to help him, so she told him that if he came to the top of the Howe early every morning he would find a guinea waiting for him. However, he must never tell anyone where he got his money from. For some time he did exactly as she said, and as his money grew he was able to live comfortably (and finally maybe a bit too comfortably). His friends were surprised and suspicious at his new found wealth, and couldn't understand why he was so secretive about its source. Eventually one night the man could keep his secret no longer and told one of his friends. In the morning he took his friend to the hill to show him the guinea that would be there. Of course there was no money at all. He 'met with a severe punishment' and was beaten up by invisible fists. For ever after that he found he had lost his luck.
A few miles south is Rudston Monolith. It's the tallest standing stone in Britain, and the church in whose cemetery it stands will tell you that the stone got here because it was thrown by the devil to destroy the church, but the devil missed, and there it is. This obviously conveniently tells people that the church was here first, another one of their lies, as the stone was erected around 3600 years ago.

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The early christians built their churches on sites already regarded as sacred to 'take over' the sites as places of worship. Rudston is an obvious example of this. There is another smaller standing stone in the churchyard which is usually over-looked by the casual visitor.
The whole area around Rudston is dotted with ancient remains, all of which have their stories..............(to be continued).
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Earth mysteries

of hags, worms, hollow hills, and meteorites.....................
Forge Valley is a beautiful wooded valley about 5 miles west of Scarborough, famous for its wild garlic in spring, and other wild flowers and ancient woodland, and the lovely River Derwent which flows right through the valley. Tourists flock here in summer and local people come here all year round to walk their dogs etc.
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Forge Valley(my photos)
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Old postcard.

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Forge Valley,by John Atkinson Grimshaw

Here are 2 stories......i dont try to explain them, just tell them as they happened.
Story no. 1.......
Two friends were travelling home to Scarborough by bus one evening just before christmas. It was about 6 p.m. and already quite dark. 5 miles outside Scarborough one of the 2 friends felt very travel sick so they decided to stop the bus and walk the rest of the way home. They decided to walk through forge valley, along the quiet country lane that winds along next to the river for a mile or so and then turns and skirts the woodland for a few miles before reaching the outskirts of Scarborough. By the time they had got to river it was completely dark, and almost impossible to see, but too late to turn back.
After about 10 minutes walking along the road down into the valley they saw a faint glow ahead. As they approached they noticed the glow was coming from the middle of the road up ahead, and as they got closer they saw the glow was surrounding a man, sitting on some kind of stool or chair, holding a fishing rod. They assumed it was someone fishing at night, with a lantern, even though to be sat in the middle of the road seemed quite dangerous, even on a quiet country road. And pointless, as the river just there was about 20 yards away. Anyway, as the 2 approached, they got to about 10 yards from the man when he simply vanished, and the glowing light disappeaed.
Feeling rather spooked to say the least, the 2 friends continued towards home, but about 20 / 30 minutes later, and one or two miles further on, they saw the same strange glow ahead. This time they approached much more carefully and as they neared they realized the glow was actually just off the road to their right, in a small clearing about 5 yards from the road. What they saw was the glowing figure of a man walking away from the road, but what really spooked them was that it was actually only half a man. It was a figure with the top half of his body moving at ground level, and no legs.
Needless to say they ran, and didnt stop running until they could run no further, and then continued home as fast as they could.
Now this may sound like something from Scoobydoo, but for those two people it was anything but funny at the time.
Was the man fishing where the line of the river had been at some time in the past ? Was the other figure walking at what used to be ground level ?

Story no. 2. (my favourite)
Four friends were travelling through forge valley late one night in a van. As they approached a corner the two friends in the front of the van both cried out together. They both told exactly the same story.......Directly in the beam from the headlights they had seen a small man about 2 feet high with curly brown hair, climbing up the grass bank at the side of the road. their descriptions matched each other perfectly. they were obviously both very surprised and certainly not lying about what they had seen. I was one of the people in the back.
This incident took place at exactly the spot where the 'half man' was seen in the story above.

The Old mans mouth.
just near the northern end of Forge Valley you can find the Old Man's Mouth, a beautiful spring where the water flows out of a carved opening into a pool below
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Old Man's Mouth (photo by Romany Soup)

I have no idea how old this is, but it looks fairly ancient. Between here and the river, amongst the trees, you can just find the remains of some old buildings among the trees. I was told this was the site of the old forge from which the valleys name originates. This makes sense as its very close to the crossroads where the road turns off to scarborough in the east and hackness to the north.
Forges were in ancient times traditionally located at crossroads, outside villages, as the smithy was regarded as an otheworldly place, where the smith worked his magic.
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Hagworm Hill.
On the eastern side of forge valley is Irton Moor.
Irton Moor is covered in ancient remains and has many local legends attatched to it. The most prominent part of the moor is the beacon hill, which can be seen from miles around in almost any direction. Hagworm Hill is its name, although the maps now mistakenly show a small barrow next to the beacon as Hagworm hill.
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Hagworm Hill (my photo)

Local children often call this 'the witches hill'.
Various signs of veneration can often still be found on Hagworm hill. A clay figure of a Mother Goddess, obviously made fairly recently, and coloured rags tied in the thorn tree on the summit of the hill. Painted egg shells, and a small stick carved with runes. All these and others have been noticed left on the hill by people who still regard this as a sacred place.

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Standing stone near Hagworm Hill (my photo)
I was also told by a local man that as a child he and his friends believed it was a flying saucer that had crashed many years before and become grown over with trees, and that the aliens still lived inside, though his parents told him this was not true, as it was fairies that lived inside the hill. Each generation has it's own little green men.
 Excavations have shown this hill to be a man-made structure, though they were only exploratory and didnt go very deep. It is most likely a large neolithic barrow, a sacred temple of the stone age people, so somewhere under the trees and soil there probably IS a doorway.

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More recently (victorian ? ) there was a round tower built on the summit called Baron Alberts Tower, which is now completely collapsed, but some signs of it can still be seen.
There are many other neolithic and bronze age remains on Irton Moor. There is also the Irton Moor government spy headqarters, an ugly mass of buildings and microwave towers etc, which spoil the view on a nice day, and add an air of menace on a foggy day.
Tom Graves in his book 'needles of stone' speculated many years ago about the frequent proximety of government installations to ancient sacred sites.
In the late 1960's what looked to observers like quite a large meteor(ite) landed here and started a fire among the trees. It was seen one night as a large ball of fire arcing across the sky and bursting into flames when it hit the ground amongst the nearby trees.

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Beech trees in Forge Valley (photo by Romany Soup)

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Amanita muscaria in forge valley (my photo)

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Cryptozoology and standing stones

................of bogles, bears, and cat troughs.

  The North York Moors is a huge area in the north east of england and one of the least populated areas in the country. It stretches from just north of Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast, inland about 40 miles to sutton bank and north approx 35 miles to Cleveland. Altogether that's about 1300 square miles, believe it or not.
  On a very lonely part of the moors, between Ravenscar and Robin Hoods Bay, is an area called Brow Moor / Fylingdales Moor. It can seem a very desolate place when it's covered in fog or mist but it has a definate atmosphere of mystery and a wonderful sense of the otherworld.
  "It was a country of rolling moors, lonely and dun coloured........in every direction upon these moors there were traces of some vanished race which had passed utterly away, and left as it's record strange monuments of stone".............'the adventure of the devils foot'.....(from 'Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes', by Arthur ConanDoyle) .
   The events in 'The adventure of the devils foot' takes place in Cornwall, but the description would apply equally well to the North York Moors. Antiquities from many periods of the distant past abound here if you know where to look and the myths and stories from times long ago are plentiful and fascinating.
In one of the small wooded valleys which runs down to the sea nearby there's a place called Bogle Hole. A bogle is a kind of goblin from Northern England. Mischievous but not usually malevolent.
Here's a story told by two people i know very well about the bogle.
A few years ago they (a young lady and a young man) had set out to walk along the old disused railway line which runs along the coast from Scarborough to Whitby, and which passes along the edge of the moors and through Bogle Hole. The two friends intended to camp along the way and in the early evening ended up near a disused and deserted old quarry, which was now full of trees and which looked like a nice place to camp. On entering the quarry they were both filled with a strong feeling of disquiet, which as they went further in amongst the trees became a feeling of definate unease, to say the least. They felt they were definately not wanted there, so they quickly left and set off to find somewhere else to sleep. a couple of miles further on, as it was getting dark, they came to another nice wooded spot just below the moors (and, as it turned out, just south of Bogle Hole). So they put up their tent under some trees and about midnight, after sitting under the stars for a couple of hours, they decided to go to sleep. In the tent it was obviously very dark, and about 20 minutes after settling down one of the friends (the lady) woke the other in an agitated state. She said she had sat up intending to go outside for a minute, as you do, and sat in the tent was a small man like creature about 18 inches high, with a bald head and pointy ears, staring at her with a grin on his face. This may sound quite funny now but in the darkness, in the dead of night, on a lonely moor, it is not humourous in any way. Anyway, the little man vanished and wasn't seen again that night. The young man accompanied the young woman outside while she did what she needed to do and eventually they both went to sleep. In the morning, when they both went back outside in the dawn light, they noticed that about 5 feet from the side of the tent was a hole about 2 feet square and of indeterminate depth, but obviously very deep, covered with an old rotten piece of wood, which they had not noticed on the previous evening but which could have proved very nasty had they fallen into it. The couple were not particularly familiar with the area at that time and had no idea they were anywhere near the area known as Bogle Hole.
Anyway, here's a picture of a bogle, (from 'Fairies'... by Alan Lee and Brian Froud).
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Now, as it happens, another story was told to me by a man who worked in the area at the time doing archaeological work. It happened very close to the same spot, or within a half a mile or so at the most, a couple of years later. He was sitting in his van on the old disused railway line drinking a flask of tea, as a heavy fog had come down and a light drizzle was make life thoroughly miserable for him, when in the fog, about 20 yards ahead, he saw a moving shape, which appeared to be about 15 feet high and quite broad, slightly stooped, which the man described as looking somehing like a gigantic bear, or that was the nearest comparable shape that came to mind. He said it lumbered across his line of sight at a distance of about 20 yards, just a shape in the fog, from left to right down the hill in front of him. There was no sound, and the shape disappeared from sight and was not seen again. He left the place immediately, but again, he was at some point between the quarry and the woods of Bogle Hole. Neither he nor i offer any explanation, but if you visited the area mentioned, on a foggy day, you would understand something of the atmosphere the place can sometimes have.

 Among the many ancient remains on these moors are many carved stones which are currently believed to be around 5000 to 6000 years old. They are known by various names, such as as cup and ring stones, rock art, but my favourite local name is 'cat troughs'. Many theories have been suggested over the years as to the meaning / use of the carvings, from star maps, symbols of religious or magical significance etc. As usual the officially accepted 'expert' opinons are the most unimaginative (and least likely, in my view) such as maps showing the easiest route across the moor, avoiding bogs etc. The various symbols carved repeatedly, here and in other areas across britain, have been shown by various researchers to be similar (identical ?) to symbols known as entoptic images, seen in visions and trance states or when under the influence of hallucinogens / hallucinogenic plants (which are not hard to find in these areas, even today). It must also be remembered that this area was thought to be covered in forest at the time these rocks were carved.
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The moors are also scattered with ancient standing stones and stone circles dating from the neolithic era, around 5000 to 6000 years ago. Ancient ritual places of the people who lived here then.
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Standing stones Rigg (my photos). standing stones rigg 'druids circle'

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Ramsdale stone circle

Others are known to have been destroyed over the years, some relatively recently.
But things get found too.......
In the summer of 2003 a huge wildfire burned across the moors for days.
Terrible damage was caused to the animal and plantlife and a huge area was left with little but blackened ash. Many discoveries were made where the heather and peat, which had previously covered the moor, were burned away. One of the most inteesting was what is now called the 'Fylingdales stone' and it's companions, part of a circle including other carved decorative stones which is believed to be part of a ritual centre and obviously just one more part of the wider sacred ritual landscape of these moors...........

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Finally, another topic of interest relating to this area is the number of sightings of big cats (A,B,C's....or 'alien big cats'). The following exaples are all people personally known to me. There are many more.
(It should be noted here for anyone reading this from outside the u.k that there are no native big cats in the uk. the Scottish wild cat is the only one and is just like a large tabby cat, not even the size of a fox).
  A friend (the same one in the bogle incident above, only more recently) was walking at Ravenscar at about 8 a.m. one june morning in 1990 and saw a very large black cat, (about the size of an alsation dog) cross the path in front of him and disappear into the woods.
  Two friends with their 14 year old son saw a large black cat (again about Alsation dog size) in a field about 1 mile south of Ravenscar in october 2003.
  Two friends and their 11 year old were walking their dog in the forest about 3 miles west of Ravenscar in 2002. Their son went into the trees briefly to empty his bladder and came out very distressed because a large black cat had walked towards him through the undergrowth.
  But the most interesting tale is told by two friends who were walking home late one night on the outskirts of Scarborough, coincidentally on the same road which reaches Ravenscar 11 miles to the north, when they saw 2 animals which they at first thought were dogs, wandering around in some trees, on the edge of the main road (the A 171 to whitby). When the 2 animals became aware of the couple they casually ambled across the main road and jumped up on to a garden wall, which was about 4 feet high. The animals were not dogs, or foxes (they were in any case much too big to be foxes), but looked tawny colured in the light of the street lamps. Being a main road this was very well lit. They walked like cats, their long tails hung curled like the typical big cat tail, and when they jumped onto the wall and sat looking across the road they moved just like cats. Without doubt they were very large cats ! casually playing together and totally unafraid.
A village on the same main road, Cloughton, about halfway between Scarborough and Ravenscar, was noted by researchers as being a national hot spot for big cat sightings, and as i said, these stories are just the ones told by people i know personally.

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Druids, eccentrics, and standing stones

..........of druids, follies, and hermits.

  If youre travelling through Yorkshire and you happen to find yourself near the small town of Ripon, head to the north west and the winding lanes should take you gradually up into the hills somewhere near Leighton reservoir, nestled amongst the moors and forests of the yorkshire dales. If you have a good map, (or meet a local who will actually talk to you) you should be able to find your way to the druids temple.
   The druids temple is the best example of a Georgian folly ive ever seen. Wealthy land owners in the 1700's and 1800's had a bit of an obsession for building follies and many of them had a keen interest in antiquities too, which resulted in some fantastic creations, but none so interesting and atmospheric as this lovely place. Ive always had a keen interest in prehistory and megaliths in particular, but knowing this is a 200 year old 'fake' makes it no less fascinating, in fact it has far more atmosphere than many of the neolithic sites ive visited.
What is a fake anyway ? is it 'fake' simply because its not as old as the 'originals' it's meant to emulate ? If so, were neolithic temples fake when they were new ?

   All i know about the history of the druids temple is that it was built over a period of about 50 years between the 1780's and 1830's, and the story goes that it was built by the land owner William Danby to give work to local unemployed labourers. I dont know how true this is, but he was supposedly well liked by his tenants, and opened his land up to public access. Plenty of modern landowners could learn a thing or two from him then.
There is also a story that he agreed to pay an annual fee and food for life to anyone who could live as a hermit in the temple for seven years, speak to no-one, and allow his hair and beard to grow, but the longest anyone lasted was four and a half years. this itself is fairly remarkable considering how wet and cold it can be up in the hills above Masham in winter (and summer).
The temple itself is obviously inspired by Stonehenge and other ancient neolithic temples, which were often thought of as 'druidic'. There are also quite a few smaller additions such as dolmens and standing stones dotted around the area and the whole place is set in and surrounded by mature and very atmospheric conifer forest.
It's not an easy place to find and that adds to the feel of the place. The journey is part of the adventure after all.

A depiction of Merlin the druid, by Alan Lee.

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Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
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earth mysteries and fairies on the north york moors

of giants, mushrooms, and mordor.

Wandering through the hills and forest of northern England, finding Blakey Topping isn't difficult, as it rises from the surrounding landscape like it's been dropped there, which according to legend it has, or rather thrown there.
The story goes like this.......
The great giant Wade was in dispute with another giant and scooped out a handful of earth to throw at his enemy. this great scooping of earth created the nearby gorge known as the Hole of Horcum. Anyway his throw missed and the hill known as Blakey Topping is where it landed.
There is a prehistoric trackway leading from the Hole of Horcum to Blakey Topping known as the Old Wives Way, so maybe thats a clue to what the dispute was about, or maybe he was actually throwing it at his old wife. there is also an ancient holy well / sacred spring not far away called the Old Wives Well, and another ancient trackway called Wades Causeway, so clearly Wade and his wife are inseperable from the local landscape.

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  Wades Causeway is a long stretch of ancient trackway between Malton and Whitby (about 25 miles) which, like so much else, is usually credited as a 'roman' road. this is due to the sad fact that most antiquarian scholars, and indeed most modern archaeologists, could not and cannot get past the idea that nobody could possibly have built such roads BEFORE the romans invaded our land, as it was full of ignorant barbarians. That the existance of ancient temples like those at Avebury and Stonehenge and elsewhere and feats of engineering such as Silbury Hill make a lie of this idea seems to pass most of them by. Anyway, the legend says that Wade built the trackway for his wife to cross the moors to milk her cows.
Wade is reckoned to represent Woden / Odin. Also possibly Wayland the smith from Germanic and Norse mythology. Wades wife is perhaps the ancient Great Goddess.
  The whole landscape around Blakey Topping is a place which emanates an atmosphere of magic and to camp here on a late summer night and watch the stars appear and the moon rise is a wonderful experience. There are the forest covered hills to the south and east and the heather moors rising to the north and west. it's only about 10 miles across the forest to the east before the cliffs fall away into the north sea.
Just below Blakey Topping the moss and lichen covered remains of the neolithic stone circle add to the magic.
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  A note for mycologists and space travellers, the fields around the stone circle produce the biggest crop of psilocybin semilanceata i've ever seen.

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So, the kettle's on the fire and it's time to watch the moon rise.
On a less positive note, just about a mile and a half to the north, there is the Fylingdales early warning station. Looking like nothing so much as the dark tower of Mordor, it ruins the view for miles around. An intrusion from cold war days which should be dismantled as soon as possible.
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Denmark - Anchovy Paste

I was in a contest. I competed in the Canadian Blog Awards under the category of crafts, cooking and other activities. I came in second place and I was very pleasantly surprised. It’s funny. A year ago I never would have thought I would be in a blog competition. I don’t know if Denmark has been in any contests per se but it sure has “won” a lot of recognition.

It ranks as having the world’s highest level of income equality.
It has the best business climate in the world, according to Forbes Magazine.
It’s one of the happiest places in the world based on standards of health, welfare and education.
It’s the second most peaceful nation in the world, after New Zealand.
It’s ranked as the least corrupt country in the world in 2008 Corruption Perception Index.
It’s ranked 10th for the greenest countries to live in the world.
It was the first country in the world to implement an environmental law in 1973.

You notice how the greenest and most peaceful countries rank the highest on the Happiest Country Index? Maybe pollution, greed and war isn’t the way to go – at least if you want to be happy.

The UN summit in Copenhagen seemed a failure this year. While countries debated the news programs like CNN were bringing in “experts” that don’t think we need to be making such a fuss over the environment. Here’s my question: Even if these so-called experts are 1% wrong where does it leave the planet and all of us? Wouldn’t it make sense to err of the side of caution? I know, environmental laws costs money for industry. That’s why I wonder if these “experts” are getting paid to play devil’s advocate.

Maybe we should look to countries that are the happiest. Follow their example. Just a thought.

The night I made our Danish meal I was not in the mood to cook. I wanted something easy. I was delighted when I saw that open-faced sandwiches are very popular in Denmark. It was a snap to make but turned out to be a disaster.

I found a recipe for an open-faced sandwich that was easy peezy. All I had to do was spread butter and anchovy paste on slices of bread (I was supposed to use rye but I used multi-grain) and top them with slices of hard-boiled eggs. To go along with the sandwiches I bought Danish pastries at the bakery. Of course the kids loved the Danishes but absolutely hated the sandwiches. It was the anchovy paste they detested and, I was surprised, because I honestly thought they liked anchovies. After dinner I gave our cat, Lewis, some anchovy paste, thinking he’d go nuts over it, and he wouldn’t touch it. He eats bananas for God’s sake!

A few days later I met a woman from Denmark who told me they don’t eat anchovy paste. My God! Does anyone like anchovy paste!

So I decided to do a redo. I decided to make Frikadeller, Denmark’s national dish. On the day before Christmas I fought the crowds at the grocery store, after finally finding a parking space and almost getting run-over. Frikadeller are pan-fried meat dumplings often served in soups. There are different variations, minced pork, veal or beef. I mixed the pork and beef, which was a suggstion from the woman from Denmark. I served the meatballs with boiled white potatoes, gravy and cooked red cabbage. Everyone loved the meatballs.

Denmark may be one of the happiest countries but I wasn’t too happy to have cooked two meals for one country. But, in the end, I learned a lot about Danish food and anchovy paste.

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1 1/2 cups soft butter
1 1/2 ounces anchovy paste
4 hard-boiled eggs

Spread a slice of rye bread with softened butter, then with anchovy paste. Cut strips of the hard-boiled egg whites to arrange in petal shapes. Filled center with sieved yolks.

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It pays to have a computer when traveling cross country in your minivan camper conversion. Besides running our internet business, and needing to stay in touch, here are just a few things that you can use a computer for when traveling:

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  • Checking out what is around your destination site, and for that we use Google Earth, a free download from Google that gives you both satellite pictures as well as topographical information. After all, you don’t want to stay somewhere that is back to back with a landfill and have rats running around at night!  Nor do you want to park somewhere with a low elevation and then find that the park floods every time it rains!

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  • Saving money on long distance calls, because internet calls are usually free (unless you call a land line).

  • Ordering something that you need that can’t be obtained locally (you can have it shipped to a local physical address, such as your campground office, a UPS Store, or for USPS, you can have it sent to General Delivery at the local post office and then pick it up there).

  • If you can’t get local TV stations, you can look them up and find them on the web, and usually get local news.

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  • If you want to watch a DVD, most laptops also have a DVD drive installed so you can watch movies, and most parks have movie rentals available, sometimes for free.

  • You can look up things about your local area, such as city sites, where you can usually find links to events and things to see, do and eat in the area. And that also includes finding the local grocery stores and hospitals

  • You can use the online white or Yellow pages to look up people and businesses in your area, including restaurants, in case you have a taste for something special. You can also check for gas stations, repair stations, RV stores, and much more, complete with their address and phone number

  • If you need medication, you can see what drug stores are around you and then call ahead to have your prescription waiting for you when you get there.

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  • And if you have an “air card” in your computer, you can do all this from anywhere you can get cell phone coverage, because air cards use the same towers!

OK, does this sound like we would be lost without our computers?  You bet we would, both emotionally and literally!

Anyone who travels without a computer is doing it inefficiently, unsafely, and could be putting their life at risk! That’s how important it is! How many lives could have been saved in campground floods if someone had been paying attention to both the weather and the terrain? How important is it to find an emergency room if someone has a health problem? How important is it to know where the closest drug store is when you lose your insulin kit? How much money can you save by knowing where to buy gas, food and services at the best prices?  I could go on and on… but you get the idea!

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Fecal Matters: Follow Up for Silverdale Waterfront Park, Kitsap County

BEACH Program Update
Resample results at Silverdale Waterfront Park show that bacteria concentrations in marine waters have dropped to normal levels.

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Petroleum, Coal, Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Gasoline, Oil Shale, Tar Sands, etc.

Three Month Oil Drilling Reprieve for Santa Fe County

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What: Santa Fe County Forum on Oil & Gas Drilling in the Galisteo Basin
When: December 6th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: Santa Fe High School Gymnasium, 2100 Yucca St.

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Talking 'bout Texas Tea in Santa Fe, NM

What: Public Information Meeting hosted by Tecton Energy to discuss the company's plans for oil-and-gas drilling in Santa Fe County.
When: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. November 1
Where: Genoveva Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM.

Driving vs. Flying CO2 Emissions

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A NM to CA Road-Trip Comparison

Choosing between traveling by airplane and traveling by car is usually pretty simple. The questions one answers are usually 'How far am I traveling, how much time do I have, how much will a flight cost compared to driving costs, Is there an ocean between me and my destination?' One new factor that some of us are starting to take into account when making travel choices is 'Which mode of travel produces the least CO2?' I've made a direct comparison of two trips between New Mexico and California, one taken by air and the other by car.

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Freakonomics asks What Should We Do About Global Warming?

If you haven't yet read the book Freakonomics, I strongly recommend it. The authors of Freakonomics re-ask and answer many questions that many of us thought were answered. Those freaky questions include:
- Why do people cheat?
- Why do most drug dealers live with their moms?
- Why has crime gone down over the past 30 years?

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One of the terms that is bandied about a lot recently is Carbon Footprint. A person's carbon footprint is the amount of CO2 they are responsible for producing each year. If you intend to live a more sustainable life then reducing your carbon footprint is a good way to measure that. The first question to answer is "What is my carbon footprint." Thanks to the wonders of the Internet can help you measure your CO2 output.

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What is software defined security?

We have been hearing a lot about software defined X and how it can positively impact your business. In fact, Arrow has written several articles and an E-Book about the topic to make sure you understand the business drivers, the technology and what Arrow can do to help you guide your customers in a proactive approach to new IT environments.

In this article, we dive into software defined security. It is a market that you should pay close attention to, because IDC predicts that by 2020, the security solutions market will grow to $50 billion.

SDS can be defined as a type of security model in which the information security in a computing environment is implemented, controlled and managed by security software. It is a software-managed, policy-driven and governed security where most of the security controls, such as intrusion detection, network segmentation and access controls, are automated and monitored through software.

IDC Security Market Growth

SDS is frequently implemented in IT environments that have cloud or virtualization infrastructures. Every time a new device is created in the environment, it is automatically covered and controlled by the already established security policy. This also means that entire environments can be moved to other data centers without affecting the security policies and controls that are in place.

“With SDS, a security policy can follow the person instead of the device — be it a laptop, virtual desktop, tablet or smartphone,” said Davitt Potter, Director, Global Engineering and Technical Services for Arrow Security. “If an employee leaves the office with any of these devices, the same security policies or profiles are in place just as if they were in the office. The employee doesn’t have to rely on a coffee shop or hotel network to provide the security.”

Advantages of Software Defined Security

Organizations are moving to SDS for several reasons, including:

  • Enables consistent and efficient security policies across enterprise networks no matter where resources are located
  • Focuses on the software aspect of security instead of hardware, which allows IT staff to focus on policies instead of keeping machines up and running
  • Facilitates the automation of security with security technologies, such as intrusion prevention, identity/access management, data loss prevention and geolocation, which ultimately saves time and money.

Potential Drawbacks of Software Defined Security

Potter points out that additional IT staff training may be required. “There is a learning curve involved,” said Potter. “Traditionally, IT departments would have specialists in storage, servers, switches and other technologies. With SDS, the specialist becomes a generalist and will need to know about the other equipment and software within the infrastructure.”

Collaboration also needs to take place in order to create and manage security policies. All groups will need to be involved in determining the who, what, when, where and why of policies before SDS can be implemented. “It is so much easier to do it right the first time around,” says Potter. “It does take time, but you will gain a lot of benefits from doing the ground work upfront.”

How to get started

If you aren’t already talking to your traditional data center customers about software defined X, someone else probably is. With its 50+ engineers, Arrow has the resources to support you and enable you to gain entry into this growing market. Arrow engineers are real-world engineers with decades of experience being on the front line of end-user organizations or in supplier roles.

Arrow can also support you with its on-premises technology centers in Denver and Minneapolis, as well as a fully integrated Value-Add Center in Atlanta. Arrow engineers are always happy to assist you on your sales calls and to work with your end users to help them achieve their goals.

If you have any questions about SDX and how Arrow can help you get in the game, please contact your Arrow representative.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in December 2015 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.


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Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics - Principles and Applications

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In the natural world, some agents (investors) employ strategies that provide resources, services, or information, while others (exploiters) gain advantages through these efforts. This behavior coexists and can be observed in many species and at many levels. For example, bacteria depend on the existence of biofilms to synthesize constituent proteins ; cancerous cells employ angiogenesis to feed a tumor ; and parents forgo vaccinating their children yet benefit from herd immunity. Two independent research traditions have developed to analyze this behavior—one couched in evolutionary theory championed by behavioral ecologists, the other in social science concepts advocated by economists. In this book experts from economics, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, public health, and anthropology look for commonalities in understanding and approach.

The contributors consider parasitic strategies in ecological and economic terms ; the governance of natural resources, with insights from “producer-scrounger models,” forest management, and game theory ; human health, discussing therapeutic opportunities, public health economics, and the integration of perspectives ; and behavioral, social, and institutional consequences of exploitation strategies.

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They include the Central Coast Vineyard Team, Paso Robles; Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis; Marrone Bio Innovations, Davis; and Spring Mountain Vineyard, Napa County, according to a news release.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bézier Curves - Programs for TI nSpire, HP 50g

A short definition: a Bézier Curve is a set of parametric equations involving n points:

x(t)=Σ( nCr(n,k) * (1-t)^(n-k) * t^k * x_k) from k=0 to n

y(t)=Σ( nCr(n,k) * (1-t)^(n-k) * t^k * y_k) from k=0 to n

For 0 ≤ t ≤ 1

The curve fits points (x_0, y_0) (when t=0) and (x_n, y_n) (when t=1). The curve approximates the other points.

The degree of the polynomial is n-1.

Bézier curves are used heavily in computer graphics, animation, and font making.

Mike "Pomax" Kamermans provides an awesome primer on Bézier curves.

Béizer Curve Generator - TI nSpire CX
(I am sure this would work with the TI-89 too)

Define LibPub bezier(list)=
© coordinates; Define x (or y)#(t)=bezier(...)
Local n,k
dim(list) - 1 → n
Return Σ( nCr(n,k) * (1-t)^(n-k) * t^k * list[k+1]) from k=0 to n

Save the file, the file name can only be one word. The file must belong to the MyLib folder under the My Documents folder. Please do not forget to refresh the libraries after saving. To refresh, press the doc button, select option 6.

One way to graph a Bézier Curve:

1. Go to, or create a graph screen, or in Scratchpad Graph screen
2. Set to Parametric Mode:

x#(t)=filename\bezier({x coordinates})

y#(t)=filename\bezier({y coordinates})

Set 0 ≤ t ≤ 1

Where # is 1 to 99 and filename is the file that contains the Bezier function.

Bézier Curve for the HP 50g (should work on the 48G and 49G families)

There are two programs in this section. Both are programmed using User RPL.

BEZIER: a curve generator
BEZGRPH: graphs a single Bézier Curve given a list of y coordinates and a list of corresponding x coordinates. BEZIER is required.

Bézier Curve Generator

Level 1: list of coordinates

Program Name: BEZIER
0 'F' STO
1 'T' - N K - ^ *
'T' K ^ *
L K 1 + GET *
'F' STO+
{N L} PURGE >>

Graphing a Single Bézier Curve:

Level 2: list of y coordinates
Level 1: list of x coordinates

Program Name: BEZGRPH
{T 0 1} INDEP

1. The program BEZIER is required.
2. Standard mode (STD) set is used to make labels less obtrusive
3. {T 0 1} INDEP sets T to be the independent variable with the range (0, 1)
Parametric Equations on the HP 50g: XY#(T)=X(T)+i*Y(T)

Draw a Bézier curve about the points (0,3), (1,2), (0,0), (-1,-1), and (4,-4)
List of y coordinates: {3, 2, 0, -1, -4}
List of x coordinates: {0, 1, 0, -1, 4}

x(t) = 4t^4 + 8t^3 - 12t^2 + 4t
y(t) = -5t^4 + 8t^3 - 6t^2 - 4t + 3

TI nSpire CAS CX:

HP 50g:

Hope you enjoyed this blog. Take care as always, Eddie

This tutorial is property of Edward Shore. © 2012

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

An Approach to Plotting Functions in the Complex Plane using Parametric Mode

Graphing functions on the complex plane is not easily handled on a graphing calculator. Few options exist: (1) build a program to build an x-list and a y-list and build a Scatterplot, and (2) use the parametric graphing mode using a numerous amount of paths.

All screen shots are taken with an iPad 2 and a TI nSpire CX CAS calculator.

The complex plane is shown below:

There are pros and cons to each method. The pro of method (1) is that you would get a complete picture of any desired mesh. However, you are also faced with high execution time, even on the best graphing calculators, a lot of RAM usage, and you can usually only use a small area to graph on: for example the interval [-2,2] with 25 point intervals.

Method (2) involves parametric graphing that splits the function into two parts: the real component x(t), and its imaginary component y(t). For any complex function f(z):

x(t) = real(f(z))
y(t) = imag(f(z))

You will either have to separate the real and imaginary components, or if you graphing calculator can handle complex operations, use the real and imag functions.

Caution: If you calcualtor can handle complex numbers, some may not have a built in routine for the trigonometric or advanced operations. This applies to the TI-84 family, and most (if not all) Casio graphing calculators. I list some advanced operations for convenience.

Source: HP-41C Math Pac, Hewlett Packard, 1980?

Let z = x + yi, r = abs(z), θ = arg(z) = angle(z), i = √ -1

ln z = ln r + θ i
a ^ z = e ^ (z ln a)
sin z = sin x cosh y + i cos x sinh y
cos z = cos x cosh y - i sin x sinh y
z ^ n = r ^ n * e ^ ( i n θ )
z ^ ( 1/n ) = r ^ ( 1/n ) * e ^ ( i ( θ / n + ( 2 π k ) / n ) ) , k = 0, 1,...,n - 1
e ^ z = e ^ x * cos y + i * e ^ x * sin y

There is one big obstacle with using the parametric mode. There is only one independent variable, t. So using a set of parametric equations describe only one path.

For example, in graphing sin z set the pair of parametric equations as:
x(t) = real(sin(t + t i))
y(t) = imag(sin(t + t i))

graphs sin z along the path y = x. (x=t, y=t)

In order to get a more complete picture (or really, just more detail), you will have to repeat the pair, but using different paths.

For path y = x, use t + t i (sub x = t, y = t)
For path y = -x, use t - t i (sub x = t, y = -t)
For path y = 2x, use 2t + t i (sub x = t, y = 2t)
For path y = e^x, use e^t + t i (sub x = t, y = e^t)
For path y = ln x, use t + e^t * i (sub x = e^t, y = t)
For path y = x^n, use t + t^n * i (sub x = t, y = t^n)
For path y^n = x, use t^n + t * i (sub x = t^n, y = t)

This method is good if you don't want to program, just want to get a quicker picture (method (2) still takes a lot of effort), or you are working with a monochromatic screen (most graphing calculators) where too much detail can just "paint the screen black".

Below are examples of graphs of complex functions from the use of method (2). Keep in mind that these are not complete graphs but enough to get some idea of what is going on.

Hope you enjoyed this blog. Eddie

This blog is property of Edward Shore. © 2012

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Repeated Applications of Functions

Repeated Functions

If you have ever owned a calculator, chances are you done this: you enter a number and press the square root button many times in a row to see what happens.

For example, you enter say 200. And then you push the square root button. Here are the results for 10 applications of the square root function (to eight decimal places):

Eventually with any positive number, if you press the square root function enough times, you get 1 as a repeated answer.

The following graph shows three functions:

The function in red is the normal square root function.

The function in green shows what happens when the square root function is applied three times to each number.

The function in blue shows what happens when the square root function is applied five times to each number.

Each of the graphs on this blog have been produced using an TI nSpire CAS calculator. All photographs were taken using an iPad 2.

Finding a Closed Form for Repeating the Square Root

If we want to describe what a function would look like when applying the square root n times, we can use a nice, closed, and compact formula.

Let f(x) = √ x = x ^(1/2)

f^n(x) = x ^ 1/2 ^ 1/2 ^ .... ^ 1/2 (n times)
= x ^ (1/ (2^n))
= x ^ (2 ^ -n)

Repeated Sine and Logarithm

Now let's apply common scientific functions and repeat them. First the sine function for x ∈ [-3 π, 3 π].

The graph in blue represents the normal sine function. (x is in radians)

The graph in green is sine repeated 25 times.

The graph in magenta is sine repeated 100 times.

Note with repeated applications of sine, the graph gets more flatter, towards 0, for each point. Could the approximation formula sin x ≈ x have something to do with this?

This next graph shows what happens when you repeatedly apply the natural logarithmic function:

The graph in red is the normal natural logarithmic function.

The graph in green represents the natural logarithm function applied three times.

Something interesting happens with repeating the natural logarithm function. Eventually, you will get a complex number (or an error message on a standard scientific calculator).

Cases in point:

When x=2,
ln 2 = 0.69314718 (to eight decimal places)
ln ln 2 = -0.36651292
ln ln ln 2 = -1.00372150 + π i

When x = 50
ln 50 = 3.91202301 (to eight decimal places)
Repeated applications of the natural logarithm yield:
0.15674305 + π i

I hope you enjoy this blog, until next time,

This blog is property of Edward Shore. © 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012

What a find: An Atari Calculator

I went to the Pasadena City College Swap Meet yesterday, and I found this calculator.

Pictured is the Atari CC 1900 calculator. While it isn't programmable, the calculator features a memory of 32 steps. I picked this up for $5. It looks like this calculator was produced in the 1980s, but I could be wrong on that. Thankfully it runs on two AAA batteries.

This is not the only model of Atari calculators as smaller and solar versions were produced.

Some info about the Atari CC 1900 that I found.

Pasadena City College Flea Market - 1st Sunday of every month

I am looking for a manual.

Take care, Eddie

What to do next?

I think I want to tackle chaos theory or the study of patterns next.

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Terra is an important part of NASA’s Science Mission, helping us better understand and protect our home planet.

OnOct. 28, 2011, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed possible attempts to use radio frequency signals to tamper with the Terra and Landsat 7 Earth observation spacecraft.

 “NASA experienced two suspicious events with the Terra spacecraft in the summer and fall of 2008,” NASA spokesman Trent Perrotto said via e-mail. “We can confirm there was no manipulation of data, no commands were successfully sent to the satellite, and no data was captured. NASA notified the Department of Defense, which is responsible for investigating any attempted interference with satellite operations.”

Similarly, the USGS’s Landsat 7 mapping satellite experienced two “anomalous” radio frequency events during the fall of 2007 and summer of 2008, according to Jon Campbell, a spokesman for that agency. Unauthorized radio signals were detected by satellite but did not interfere with spacecraft operations.

In a telephone interview, Campbell said there was no manipulation or interception of data and no commands were successfully sent to the satellite. USGS didn’t become aware of the first event until the second occurred, prompting the agency to review Landsat 7’s telemetry records, according to Campbell.

Perrotto said, “While we cannot discuss additional details regarding the attempted interference, our satellite operations and associated systems and information are safe and secure. We are complying with the guidance in the National Space Policy to protect our critical space systems and have created a working group to establish and implement an agencywide space protection program.”

According to Campbell, USGS didn’t know the source of the interference, but a forthcoming report to Congress says there is reason to believe it was China. According to a draft of the latest report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, the techniques used in the incidents “appear consistent with authoritative Chinese military writings.”

The congressionally established commission, comprising senior international business and policy experts, prepares annual reports on Chinese military and economic power. The final version of the latest report is expected Nov. 16.

The report said cyber-hackers “achieved all steps required to command” Terra and that the satellite experienced nine or more minutes of attempted interference in the October 2008 incident.

News of the interference attempts was first reported by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Source: Space News

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The Predator UAV is equipped with an electro-optical/infrared sensor system.

The Predator UAV is equipped with an electro-optical/infrared sensor system that vastly improves the operational effectiveness in customs and border protection missions with synthetic aperture radar suitable for flights in darkness and inclement weather. By the end of 2011, the next UAV will be stationed at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station alongside the Guardian UAV, which began service including maritime missions earlier this year.

“That will give us six aircraft on the Southwest border and because of the ops concept and the way we fly them on any given day there could be three or more aircraft in Texas. And they’re routinely now flying nightly not only in the Rio Grande Valley but up through Laredo and up to El Paso,” testified Maj. Gen. Michael Kostelnik, who oversees U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s UAV program, responding to Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-Austin) and Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) during Tuesday’s Homeland Security subcommittee hearing.

McCaul and Cuellar have lead bipartisan efforts to increase the use of technology to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in April, they requested that DHS increase UAV coverage in Texas.

“Technology is part of the long-term solution to securing the border. An additional UAV in Texas will provide both federal and state law enforcement more of the surveillance capabilities they desperately require to get the upper hand on drugs and human trafficking coming north and the guns and cash that fund and arm the drug cartels going south,” McCaul said. “The addition will further allow CBP to receive precise, real time surveillance, allowing the deployment of fewer agents in a specific area, while retaining the ability to deter intrusions.”

Presently, of the four UAVs located on the southern border, three are stationed in Arizona while one, which is classified as a maritime unit, is based in Texas. The Texas UAV, the Guardian, is assigned to the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station to uniquely perform surveillance of both the border region and Gulf of Mexico. Texas, however, shares 1,254 miles of border with Mexico compared with Arizona’s 370- mile boundary.

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British foodie website ruins elotes, according to everyone on the internet

What stuck in the craw of most commenters was the usage of yogurt, feta and Parmesan cheese, paprika, and chives. Heck some people even complained that the corn was supposed to be white instead of yellow.

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