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A Brief History

The history of the Erie Philharmonic began on November 30, 1913, when the Erie Symphonic Orchestra, a 50 piece ensemble under the direction of Franz Kohler, presented a concert of “Sacred Music.”  The title notwithstanding, the concert was entirely symphonic and was enthusiastically received by the Erie audience.  Kohler, who had been concertmaster and first violinist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1897-1911, conducted the orchestra until 1916 when his health failed.

In 1920, following a lapse of four years and the end of World War I, the orchestra was reorganized under the direction of Henry Bethuel Vincent.  As music director for one season, Vincent revised the orchestra under the sanction of the American Federation of Musicians so that professional and amateur musicians played together.

Under the baton of John R. Metcalf, from 1931 to 1947, the orchestra reached a new level of support from the community.  The Erie Philharmonic Society was created to sponsor the orchestra, and in 1947 all members of the orchestra were paid union scale wages.  The orchestra also became a charter member of the American Symphony Orchestra League in 1942.

Fritz Mahler (a nephew of Gustav Mahler) was appointed music director in 1947 and performed the orchestra’s first pops concert in 1948.  In 1950, the Erie Philharmonic sponsored its first important commission, Peter Mennin’s (Erie native) “Concerto for Orchestra,” which has established itself in the orchestral repertoire. The Erie Philharmonic Chorus began its great tradition in October of 1952, singing choruses from "La Traviata" under the direction of Fritz Mahler.

In 1953, Music Director James Sample and President William Schuster established the Erie Junior Philharmonic, which today still serves as an important part of the Philharmonic’s educational activities.  After Sample, the orchestra continued its artistic achievements under the batons of John Gosling (1967-76), Harold Bauer (1974-76), Walter Hendl (1976-90), Eiji Oue (1990-96), Peter Bay (1996-99), and Hugh Keelan (2000-06).

In the summer of 2007, Daniel Meyer was named the 12th Music Director of the Erie Philharmonic.  The 2016-17 season marks the 103rd Season of the Erie Philharmonic.

Archive Recordings

March 1962

January 1961

October 1960

February 1959

January 1959

April 1958

November 1957

October 1957

Archive Publications

U.S. State Department Recordings

Past Presidents

(L-R) Doug Murphy 1994-96, Deb Murphy 2008-11, Charlie Ingram 2013-15, Blossom McBrier 1961-63, Tom Vicary 2000-02, Thomas Hagen 1971-72, Music Director Daniel Meyer, Wally Knox 1991-94, John Baldwin 1996-98, Sandra Jarecki 1986-89, Bruce Kern II 2004-06, Dan Zimmerman 2015-2017

Warner Theatre Archive Photos

Historical Timeline

  • 1913 November 30 - First concert by Erie Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Franz Kohler, at Colonial Theatre on Peach St. before audience of 750.
  • 1914 April 19 - First concert at Park Theatre on Perry Square, featuring world premiere performance of the Henry Vincent “Suite.”
  • 1916 February 20 - Final concert of the Erie Symphony Orchestra
  • 1921 January 30 - First concert of the re-organized Erie Second Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Henry Vincent at Academy High School.
  • 1921 February 8 - First concert of the First Philharmonic, conducted by Eugene Haesener at the Central Presbyterian Church, Corner of 10th and Sassafras St.
  • 1922 December 10 - Erie Battalion offers to broadcast symphony concerts by radiophone over its transmitting station WOAV.
  • 1926 May 2 - Final performance of the Second Symphony Orchestra
  • 1932 February 7 - First concert by the Second Philharmonic conducted by John Metcalf at Strong Vincent High School.
  • 1937 January 12 - Premiere performance in Erie of Rimsky-Korsakov symphonic suite “Scheherazade.”
  • 1941 November 6 - Erie Philharmonic disbanded for duration of World War II.
  • 1947 September 23 - Erie Philharmonic Incorporated
  • 1948 April 5 - Western Hemisphere premiere performance of the Serge Prokofiev “Symphonic Suite, 1941.”
  • 1948 April 19 - First “Pops” concert.
  • 1949 December 6 - Western Hemisphere premiere performance of the Gustav Mahler “Symphony No. 10 (Unfinished).”
  • 1953 December 8 - First annual symphonic performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” with recently organized Erie Philharmonic Chorus.
  • 1956 April 25 - First public appearance of the Erie Junior Philharmonic
  • 1958 October 21 - First concert at Technical Memorial High School
  • 1963 October 22 - Philharmonic launches 50th anniversary season, playing the first of six commissioned works.
  • 1967 October 16 - John Gosling conducts his first Opening Night Concert
  • 1968 January 18 - First out-of-town performance by Philharmonic at Allegheny College
  • 1973 October 17 - Debut of conductor Harold Bauer with Philharmonic
  • 1974 October 8 - First concert at the Warner Theatre
  • 1976 October 5 - Walter Hendl makes his debut as orchestral director of Erie Philharmonic
  • 1977 November 10 - First D’Angelo Young Artists Competition winner plays with the orchestra
  • 1989 November 11 - World premier performance of Albert Glinsky’s “A Throne of the Third Heaven.”
  • 1990 September 22 - Opening Night with Eiji Oue conducting his first concert as the Philharmonic’s Music Director
  • 1993 February 13 - Premiere performance in Erie of the Libby Larsen “Marimba Concerto: After Hampton.”
  • 1993 March 13 - World premiere performance of the Albert Glinsky “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.”
  • 1996 April 13 - Peter Bay conducted his first concert with the Erie Philharmonic
  • 2000 July 1 - Hugh Keelan is named Music Director and Conductor of the Erie Philharmonic
  • 2007 September 27 - Daniel Meyer makes his debut as Conductor and Music Director of the Erie Philharmonic
  • 2013 - the orchestra celebrates its 100th Anniversary
  • 2016 - launching of the orchestra's Beethoven 4/4 Festival, which includes a residency from legendary pianist Emanuel Ax

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Fritz Mahler 1947-1953


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Sunday, September 9, 2012

‘A Stand in the Sinai’: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary

  • Follow-up to CNN’s award-winning documentary ‘Death in the Desert’ which uncovered the shocking trade of organ trafficking in the Sinai Desert
  • Progress discovered in Sinai Peninsula since last year’s original
TX: Friday 21 September at 2130 BST

African refugees, mostly from Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, face a dangerous journey crossing Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as they seek a better life in Israel.
As reported in last year’s award-winning CNN Freedom Project documentary ‘Death in the Desert’, the reality that awaits these migrants is often slavery, rape, imprisonment and torture.
In ‘Death in the Desert’, CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen uncovered evidence that many of these refugees trying to reach Israel had fallen into the hands of human traffickers in the Sinai. These traffickers then tortured the refugees, and in some cases harvested their organs for sale on the black market, leaving many of their victims to die.
In 2012, in ‘A Stand in the Sinai: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary’, Pleitgen returns to the Sinai and finds a different reality now awaits the constant flow of African refugees. He speaks to Bedouin tribal leaders who say they are now working to battle human trafficking in the region, offering medical support and safe havens for these refugees.
Bedouin Sheikh Mohammed Abu Billal tells Pleitgen these refugees usually come to him with “signs of torture and rape, dressed in rags and starved…methods of oppression to exploit them for money. The burden is heavy on me, but it is a responsibility called upon us by Islam…that is why I spend my money to harbour them and bring happiness to their hearts at any cost,” says Sheikh Mohammed.
“When the CNN Freedom Project first discovered the atrocities taking place in the Sinai, it was not enough to do a standalone report,” says Tony Maddox, Executive vice president and managing director of CNN International. “Fred’s continued commitment to this story speaks to the Freedom Project’s core mission: that is to uncover stories of modern-day slavery, bring them to light, raise awareness and hopefully contribute to effective change.”
Earlier this year, the U.S.-based Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. recognised ‘Death in the Desert’ with the prestigious Tom Renner Award for its investigative coverage of organised crime or other criminal acts, citing the CNN team’s “great personal risk in crossing the dangerous badlands of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula to expose a network of human trafficking and organ sales.”

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Monday, June 30, 2008

I can't get enough sleep lately. I just looked at my computer clock and it is 11:15pm. WHY OH WHY am I awake right now? Why can't I just go to bed?! I seriously can't seem to get to sleep before 11:00 at all anymore, and that doesn't bode well for my 5:00am wake-up calls.

There is a lot I want to post about, but I'll end on a positive.

Tonight I gave each of my dogs a sock that I had worn during the Urban Assault. The bottoms of each sock were black, even after undergoing a hard core wash cycle. There was no saving them, so I offered one each to Olive and Violet, who both quickly became completely territorial yet completely amused. I have never seen 2 happier dogs in my life. Olive laid on her back, her 2 front paws outstretched, and threw the sock from paw to paw, pausing only to catch it in her mouth and shake it all around. It's the little things... in this case, a dirty sock. :)

Shutting down in 3...2...1... Goodnight!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Sober Psychobabble

I just want to say that I am seriously tired of hearing myself talk lately. I seem to be spouting out the most random psychobabble ever. I stop myself halfway through and think, "am I really saying this out loud?" and yet I can't stop talking.

This is nothing like Dionn's "Drunk Psychobabble" which usually makes sense. (Or at least has a strange persuasiveness about it.)

Nope, it's just nonsense. So... please feel free to call me out now. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
-the meaning of life,
-things dating back to your childhood,
-the past versus the future, and
-anything in which i use the words "extraordinary! possibilities!"

Consider yourself warned.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Urban Assault Pictures

Michelle not only served as secret spy, but she served as our official photographer & GMW promoter at Urban Assault. She rocks! And the pics....

Pre Race: Austin Duathletes Represent!
Kerry & me with the JBs. As if the ever stood a chance against us!
Here is the first wave at the start. The second secret clue, which led us the Austin Nature Center. REI: BMX Jousting. Somehow we were pros at this.
This bike was just a bit small!
Here is what the finish looks like... It felt awesome!
After Kerry & I calmed down, we reconfirmed how awesome we are together. Second place, baby!!! Go Team S.L.O.W. aka Grease Monkey Girls!!!
Free Keen Shoes - about $100. Bragging rights - priceless!!
The Kong Concepts Street Team rocked it! Go Grease Monkey Wipes!!!
What an awesome race.... Thanks again, Michelle (on the streets) & Mike (on his couch).

Monday, June 23, 2008

(Channeling my inner Kerry...) "Take a good look, because this is the last time you'll see me 'til the finish line."

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Urban Assault Race Report

From last year's Urban Assault Race Report:

"Female only team... Looks like you're... Fourth." UGH!!! Rather than be excited, Lulu and I were pissed. We wanted second (or third). Not that we're competitive or anything! :)

I love Urban Assault. This is such a fantastic way to get in a good ride, bond with my dear friend Kerry, put my Austin map skills to good use and strive for top placing. I was more nervous this year than last year since I knew what to expect; I also didn't feel as prepared as last year. But I did know that the only way we'd have a chance to win this thing was to truly act like we were going to win it. And so we did.
Trash talking started Thursday night. Then came the "visualisation exercises" where Kerry & I acted out our win for Charlie. Yesterday we told Josh that we were so excited to get the red cruiser bikes (the grand prize). Last night we advertised how awesome we were. (By the way, this new "I'm a Badass/Trash Talker" is completely Kerry's influence over me!)
Anyway, on to the race. We arrived around 7:30 - racked our bikes in a good spot - chatted with friends - then lined up in the first wave for our 8:10ish start. The horn blows, mass chaos insues as hundreds of people, most in cloppy bike shoes, run under First Street to transition. Upon getting our bikes, I got stuck in a mass bottleneck of letting people out... finally get on my bike and Kerry and I are off. Things are feeling good.
First Stop: Rogue Equipment on East 5th
This was American Gladiators as Roguers wearing inner tubes tried to prevent us, also in inner tubes, from getting 4 balls from a basket. Trey tried to run into me, but I just yelled "Trey? WTF!" Then Steve tried to get me, to which I yelled "Sisson! Stop it, damn it!" By this point, the brilliant Kerry had already gotten four balls and we were done. Theme for the day: Kerry rocks at checkpoints.
Second Stop: Secret Checkpoint on 43rd/Duval
We were looking for some weird looking dude, and I pulled up to a homeless guy on a park bench asking if he was the clue. He was not. Oops. Around the corner we find a guy in a tutu, afro and fairy wings. His clue: Find the bike shop closest to the "Hi How Are You" wall.
Third Stop: Ozone on Guadalupe
Charlie & Coop were here to cheer us on, as well as Michelle. There was a line, but not nearly like last year. We waited for about 5 minutes before attempting to pick up bottle caps while wearing oven mitts and getting sprayed with water guns. Again, Kerry rocked this challenge. She is skilled with the bottle caps... who knew? ;) This took a while, but by the time we left, the line was already twice as long as when we had arrived. This went so much better than last year.
Fourth Stop: Secret Checkpoint at Austin Bikes
Kerry takes a pic and sends it to Mike, Dionn & Tim. Apparently it isn't a good pic. Doh. Michelle is just standing there saying, "I don't know. Sorry." That's when we start getting bitchy. (Sorry Michelle!) We don't wait around, though, and we take off back towards 24th Street.
Fifth Stop: Pease Park
We drop our bikes near the road, run into the park, and proceed to walk on small kegs to a faraway cone. I was awful... I fell over the minute I stepped on. I threw off my shoes and proceeded to go very slowly down to the cone and back. Then we head to the human wheelbarrow, where I hold myself up on a handcycle, wrap my legs around Kerry's hips, and she pushes me around. I'm sure the pictures here will be just lovely. Once I figured out how to position myself, this wasn't too bad at all. Two obstacles in one, done. We run towards our bikes. I then run past my bike because I didn't recognize it. Granted, it was only one of two there. I think I was starting to lose it here.
Sixth Stop: REI
After taking our awesome little shortcut on the trails, we are greeted with BMX bikes. Kerry is supposed to ride while I balance myself and use a joust to pick up rings on cones. I can't even coorinate myself onto the back of the bike, so we switch. Somehow I'm able to ride it, and Kerry is a pro at the joust. We're done in seconds, again get frustrated at Michelle because she doesn't know the clue (sorry!) and then head off down 6th street.
Seventh Stop: Rowing Docks on Stratford
This checkpoint rocked!!!! We had to jump in town lake (with a life jacket) and swim out and back around a bouy. With a keg. Hell yeah!! I swam side stroke, while Kerry clipped hers to her back. We rocked it. Kerry got slightly distracted by an open cooler, but overall this was a quick and easy checkpoint.
Eight Stop: Austin Nature Center on Stratford
At this point, our clue solving team had figured out the third clue. I got a little lost here navigating through the center, but again - Kerry is a pro and we arrive to get our next and last clue.
Ninth Stop: Bicycle Sport Shop on Lamar
We'd already decided that Kerry is better at bike handling skills, so she gets on a bike and throws newspapers at me while I try to catch them in a box. We screw this up for a few laps, but then she calms down and throws like a champ. Since the TV show Downtown is filming, I have to try and look good, and I start catching like a champ. Then I make stupid gestures at the camera. This was a fun one.
Tenth Stop: Jack & Adams on Barton Springs
I suck at Bike Limbo. That's all there is too it. And again, Kerry is a champ. We had to ride our bikes under a short limbo pole without it falling off. Kerry does it in one try. It takes me four, and I am getting very frustrated at this point. Looking back, this is the part where we were the bitchiest of all. Kerry is frustrated that we can't get the secret clue info out, I am yelling on the phone at Mike, Kerry is yelling at me to calm down, and we all yell at Michelle. (Another theme for the day!) We tell Michelle to take care of it, and head off down Riverside. This had to be one of Kerry's most brilliant moments, because only about a hundred feet down Riverside (a great re-route), does she figure out our final secret clue and we are able to renavigate in seconds. Serious moment of brilliance here!
Eleventh Stop: Pure Austin on 5th
I lose Kerry. Oops. And then I can't find the checkpoint. I think Kerry was shouting more expletives at me than I ever want to know. "This is why we #%(*#% stay together, ERIN!" Uh, sorry!
Twelth Stop: Jo's on South Congress
After some annoying detours around Congress and realization that our legs are nearly dead, we arrive to ride miniature bikes back and forth across the parking lot. And I mean mini. Somehow we manage, get our last bead and take off. Here is where I almost ran into a car and pulled a very death-defying halt. Why, oh why, did that stupid car not GO when the light turned green!? Oh well, we hit the green lights back to Runtex and all was well...
Final Stop: Runtex Riverside
Kerry had this idea to bypass the horseshoe and enter transition where we exited. It was closed. So we threw our bikes over the fence, and Kerry actually hoisted me over. I was too short to climb, so I grabbed on to her and she pulled me through. There were only a few bikes in transition, so I was feeling good - mad that we didn't win, but good that we were finishing well. I asked a volunteer, "first female team?" and got "I think so!" Yes!! Took off our bike shoes, "ran" in our socks back to Runtex, rode tricycles through a course, climbed up the inflatable tower, down a slide into a pool, then threw our bag of beads onto the table.
"Put them on the chain!!" Ah! We struggled to put the beads on the chain. Our hands were shaking... and then... the next female team came from no where and layed down their completed chain. Seriously. That then made us... that's right...second. And this is where we let out a giant "F*#$!!!" (And then a "I'm sorry" because there were tons of kids around. Again, doh!!)
So, we got second place female team. After some venting and stomping and yelling, we congratulated the winners and then decided to go home and shower/change. We were trying to get in the mindset that second was good. Reframe... reframe!!
After showering and getting some water (I was parched; both my bottles had fallen out before checkpoint one, we both felt a lot better. Our friends who we'd bet with sent us a text message and said, "where are you? Beers getting cold." I responded with a, "You're done already? Woah!" Hehe... tricky! The best part was walking up to them post race completely showered and changed and seeing their faces of "Oh." :)
Anyway, we ended up winning a free pair of shoes from Keen and some socks. We also got to promote Grease Monkey when we went on stage. And we still have something to strive for next year... The pressure is on, first place female next year! And those winner cruisers still look mighty appealing.
Thanks to our team on the street and behind their computers. Sorry we were so bitchy. :) Of course, I personally couldn't have placed so well or had so much fun if not for Kerry. Yet again, we made an awesome team.
1300 People. Second Place Female. Ninth Overall. Not bad for a Sunday morning. :)

Friday, June 20, 2008

I have been waiting and waiting to post about this. It is such a huge part of my life, and I wanted to make a really awesome announcement on my blog. I think I didn't say anything because I didn't fully believe it was real... or I didn't want to say anything until we had some type of proof that this was more than just a (time & energy consuming) evening project.

But today.... I can say that WE DID IT. Kerry, Tim & I started a new company called Kong Concepts, and our first product is here. Not only are they here, but they are in a retail store. They are being sold online. And they are being promoted all over the country!

I AM SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE GREASE MONKEY WIPES!!!!!!!!!!! These are individually packaged degreasing hand wipes that are perfect for cleaning up when you get dirty from a ride.

I am too excited to type everything up right now... so I'll let the links do the work.

WE ARE SELLING IN JACK & ADAMS!!!!!! Check out our BLOG!!!!!

I will be posting much more soon... and asking for help, too... but now you know my big news!! :)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Kill the Curls!

There is certainly something very empowering about making a change in your life. Whether big or small, taking steps (or even just one step) in a new direction often takes a lot of courage. But the payoff is usually worth it.

About a month ago, I decided to make a change. Guys who read my blog - feel free to stop reading now. :) A month ago, I decided to permanently straighten my hair. No more curls anymore!!! I hated my curly hair. There was maybe one day a month when I could make it look okay, but otherwise it was just a nuisance. The fact that I had to schedule workouts around how much time it would take to brush the tangles out of my hair was pretty absurd. Considering I often shower twice a day, my hair really does become an issue.

I also felt really self-conscious about it. I like things that are neat and orderly, and as anyone with curly hair knows - having an uncontrollable mane on top of your head does not make one feel very neat and orderly!

So... I took the plunge and killed the curls. I am happy to say that I could not be more thrilled. I no longer have to blowdry my hair! And if I do, it hardly takes any time at all. Second to Lasik, this was the best thing I have ever done to change something about myself. It was scary, but I am so glad I did it.

See.... straight hair!! YAY!!!!!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Dork I am. But I am a Trinkie Dork. :)

By the way, what's my deal with BLUE lately. Hmmmmmmm..... ;) Hmmmmmmmmm......

I Tried...

Today I remembered to check my Danskin pictures. I'm not trying to revisit bad memories, I promise. I am merely commenting on my photos.

As much as I hate these pictures, I certainly can tell a lot about my race. Here I am looking at my watch after the swim. I can feel my disappointment at my time oozing from this picture. Seriously, why didn't it occur to me that the swim was long?!
Oh wait, I'm on my bike. I'm happy again. Of course. ;)
Oh no, I have to run now. At least I'm not walking like the lady behind me! In typical Erin fashion, my arms are flailing all over the place here. (The more I'm photographed and videotaped, the more I realize that I have very little control over my arms. I'm serious, watch me swim. It's very entertaining. As long as you're not me.)
I tried to smile, honestly. But again, it just wasn't happening for me. I usually attempt some type of goofy gesture during a race... and this was my lame attempt. Hook 'Em! ;)

And finally, I've come a long way in the past 3 years. When I took this picture at the finishline of my first tri, I had no idea what was in store for me. I'm glad to say that it has been a blast. And it's only just beginning.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

On hold...

Haha, this Garfield Minus Garfield rocks. It perfectly describes the afternoon... I have been on hold with CCR for quite some time now, trying to figure out why my company is registered twice to be a government vendor. The government is tricky... they won't let you press "0" and bypass all the the talking and the menus. No, they make you listen to every stinking option possible before you can move on. It's like online defensive driving. What should take 5 minutes is dragged out unnecessarily just because. Grrrrr!!!
At least I wisened up about 15 minutes ago and put the call on speakerphone, rather than cricking my neck with the phone wedged to my head. I knew I should have used the girl's room before I called. In fact, I'm kind of surprised the government doesn't play sounds of running water for their hold music... Yet...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Nothing Half About It...

Just got this in an email from one of my clients. I thought it was pretty insightful.

"There’s nothing ½ about the Longhorn Half Iron.

Swimming 1.2 miles, then Biking 56 miles, and put some frosting on the cake with a little Run for 13.1 miles.

I bet you won’t be just ½ tired afterwards.

You have 115 days to go! : )

Monday, June 09, 2008

And... reframe!

I ended up having a very nice Sunday. After the race, D & I had a great lunch; then I ran errands, caught up with Katie, went to the library, took a nap and met up with people at Wahoo's before the Cure concert. I loved the concert... The music was great, the energy was great and the venue was great. Once we eventually found a spot where we weren't experiencing ponytail whiplash or Rod Stewart's obnoxious twin, I had no complaints.

So, about this reframing. I just want to get it in writing before I go to sleep. (Which I need to do quick, it's almost 1:00am!)

Today's race was actually pretty good. I swam fine and biked great. I had poor nutrition and a poor mental running attitude, but I can work on that stuff. This time last year, I mentally gave up on training and started a very long off season. This year, I'm just getting started. That's pretty cool!

However, the 2 coolest things that happened today regarding Danskin. First, I ran into a colleague of mine who was cheering for her sister. She introduced me to her mom as, "Erin - the one who inspired us to get into all of this." I love being an inspiration when possible.

And speaking of inspiration, I am so proud of my dad!!! Today he decided to honor & support me by doing the same bike and swim distances at the gym. He biked 12 miles then did a 5k on the treadmill. I'm so proud of him!!! I've mentioned before how my dad has turned into a gym rat/athlete, and I couldn't be prouder. He won't admit it yet, but someday we'll be doing a half marathon together. I feel it.

Anyway, reframing begins... now! Good morning, Monday!

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Danskin Report

I debated ignoring that this race happened, and thus not posting anything about it. But since I just did a mini recap in an email to some friends, I thought I'd cut & paste. Here it is.

I had a few issues. First, the swim course was long so I was really discouraged by my time when I saw it. That was demotivating.

Two, I didn't actually get to inflate my tires, and I was nervous about the bike and the hills, so I didn't fully push it there either.

Three, I gave up once I came back to T2. I walked (a long way) to my rack, then sat down before I started to "run." Which is a loose term, as my pace was a phenomenal 9:50. Yes, that's right. A 9:50. And that includes all of the many times I walked, and reflects my frustration at all the people with "27" on their calves running past me after I had killed them on the bike. (2nd best in my AG) F%$&ers. I hate running. Ugh. (By the way, if Stephanie hadn't run with me up the hill, I would have walked the last 1/2 mile. Pathetic!! Thanks for pulling me, Steph.)

Fourth, I had a bad song in my head. "Friday I'm in Love." That is not a motivational fast song. I tried to get "Down Together" by Roger Clyne into my head, but it wasn't happening.

Finally, I didn't eat. Or drink. Oops. Apparently you need energy to get through one of these things. Doh.

Final results: 14/291 in my age group & 103/2592 overall. I missed being in the top 100 by seconds. UGH!!!! The good news... I have lots of room to grow. And I took 11 minutes off my first Danskin time.

I'm ridiculously tired now for having raced just a sprint tri. Yet, I'm leaving to go get new running shoes at Rogue. Running shoes. Go figure.

*Picture Update!*

D & Me before the race. Look, I was practicing smiling!! :)

This summed up how I felt about the race. Rather than bike downhill to get my flipflops post race, I just left my bike in the middle of the road. D just laughed at me, saying that this scene perfectly reflected my mood.

Friday, June 06, 2008

Danskin, for real this time...

Thanks for all the comments on my Danskin post. Honestly, it was kind of a joke and I probably should have written it more like it happened:

"I don't wanna do Danskin. I am so tired and my heart isn't in it."
"That's okay, just focus on doing one thing really well. Kick butt at just one thing. Like the swim, or your transitions, or... smiling. Hahaha."
"Okay, thanks a lot. Your advice is to focus on smiling?!"
"Yeah! Or, you could focus on frowning. Just kick butt at it!"

Anyway, I repeated the conversation after a miserable swim in Barton Springs and an even more horrid 4 mile run. (Seriously, I think crawling might have been a faster means of getting around the lake than my running this morning.) I signed up for Danskin excited to see how I've progressed since 2005. This was my very first triathlon, and at the time - I was thrilled with my performance.

I've put too many hours, too much effort, too much money (!) and too much energy into training not to have improved significantly. But again, I'm just not feeling it. Other than today, I have skipped every bike and run workout this week. I'd much prefer to sleep. I have been so tired and unmotivated. I'm trying to change my attitude about racing, but it's not working.

By the way, I started Crossfit at Rogue this week. It's kicking my butt. Two mornings of endless squats, lunges, plyometrics, sprints, etc... - my body is NOT used to that whatsoever. Smart thing to do the week before a race, right?!

So, time to REFRAME!!! I am officially relieving myself of the pressure to kick ass on Sunday. I'm going to have fun out there. I'm going to enjoy how far I've come, relish the memory of my first triathlon and support the other women out there. For that, I am excited about Sunday. This is going to be fun.

Bring on the smiles!

Nice work, Google!

I was so excited to see this image for today's Google logo. I usually don't pay much attention to how it changes every day, but this one instantly caught my eye. You can't miss that little girl (Infanta Margarita), and then the painter looking out us. It's Diego Velasquez's Las Meninas, of course!

HOW COOL IS THIS? I have spent so many hours studying this painting. I loved debating about the king and queen in the background, whether they are looking in a mirror, or reflected in the canvas... All of figures in this painting are fascinating to study (especially the dwarfs and the mastiff), and Velazquez himself was fascinating. Then there's the discussion about reality versus illusion, and then Velazquez showing the Order of Santiago... I could go on and on.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my excitement about this. Carry on!

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

I'm doing the Danskin Triathlon on Sunday.

It's been a hard week, I'm exhausted, and I don't really want to race. "A friend" with a lot of widsom told me just to focus on one thing. So I'm going to focus on....

Smiling. A lot. (Or frowning. If that's how the day looks.)

Yes, that's it. I hope to install the basket and ribbons on my bike later this afternoon. Wish me luck!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

At Work...

Some people use their webcams for good, others for evil, and some... (a very few, I suspect) use them to entertain their friends during the day. Check out what Kerry & I have been up... we call them the Cubicle Chronicles.

And, in case you ever wondered what I look like when I work at the office... here I am! I know, I look so excited!!! I usually have my body twisted in some strange contortion, and the space heater is always blasting at my feet.

(I know this blog post is lame. I have much more to write about, but I am really lazy. Sorry!)

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Adventure Quest

Yesterday was the second annual AAFAME Adventure Quest. Two years ago, this race was just an idea between my friend Robert (also the AAFAME president) and me as a way to do a new community services event. We talked about doing a 5K, but decided instead to do an amazing race/urban assault event because it focused on fitness but was also fun. We also wanted to take advantage of our unique ability to access most of the buildings downtown. (I am lucky to have a job where I can work on events like this; most of the committee are current/potential clients, but I feel instead like I get to work with my really good friends.)
Fast forward to yesterday, and I'm thrilled to report that our second race was a huge success. We doubled the number of participating teams, added some awesome new checkpoints to the course and most importantly, raised over $7,000 for the Angleheart Children's Shelter.
All of this is great, of course, but personally I was most impressed with the support I received from my friends yesterday. I counted 14 of them out there, either racing or volunteering or just coming out to support the event. All of them are very busy, with training or work or their kids... but they still came out. I am so appreciative. Thank you, guys.
By the way, a big congrats to Nedra & Mike, who (even after running 12 miles) took first place!


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What a day!

Well, it started out with me finding out my cell phone had something wrong with it. I opened the cell phone and couldnt see anything on the screen. I pressed the numbers and those were still working so I dialed my house and it rang... so, I thought everything was all good.

I brought Chris to his surgery for his hand and dropped him off and told him to give them the number to my cell phone because I had some errands to run for tomorrow (today! ACK!) ... so, I called my mom to let her know I had dropped Chris off for his appointment and well... she couldn't hear me!!!! ACK!!!! Guess I wasnt going to do my errands and had to go get a new phone! Well.. since I had bought the cell phone not long ago when I had lost my old one (and have since found it) I was not due to get an upgrade and would have to pay the retail price for a phone. I have the old phone but I needed a phone that worked in case the hospital called me to pick Chris up. The old phone was dead as a doornail! Ugh. So, I had them assign a new number to my old phone and I will use it for emergency situations for the girls if I end up having to leave them somewhere like girl scouts or something. Soccer? Who knows. They are getting older and schedules are becoming more ridiculous with the extracurricular activities and what not. So. I got another phone. It actually has one of those text keyboard thingies. I dont know what kind of keyboard it has but. Whatever. My sister stopped by and I was at the bookstore with the kiddies. I told her to stay put and I would be home in 10 minutes to visit with her. I got to my house and no sooner was I here and they called (on the NEW cell phone) for me to pick up Chris! It was wonderful that she was able to stay with the kiddies while I went and got Chris. Thank you Alison!

So... anyways. I come home and next thing I know, I thought Hudson let out a green cloud... then we saw the poop tracks all over the house. Because Kiley has been guilty of it before, I thought she was trying to hide the fact she had tracked the poo because she suddenly was in her socked feet! Nope. No poop. OK... looks like the pup dropped a turd at the end of the hall and it got tracked around. Oh my god. I had been down the hallway. I assumed I couldnt have tracked poo because I had not been in the backyard to gain the prize of poo shoes. OMG. IT WAS ME. I had managed to step in the lost turd at the end of the hallway in the darkness. YUCK! So, my poor hubby and his broken hand sat in the girls room and watched animal planet while I steam cleaned my living room and hallway! YUCKO! Ah well...

Then... I go shopping with the 3 girls while the baby sleeps and that is just not even cool when it is the day before the 4th and I have just had too much caffeine. I felt so anxious. Guess I shouldnt have so much!

I come home and we carry on the rest of the evening. The kids painted pet rocks with the neighbors and then we go out for an awesome dinner at applebees. Our new Taco Bell opened and the line has just been INCREDIBLE all night. How have they NOT run out of food yet??? I am sure they done have any nachos left. There is no way!

I come home and the girls decide to watch Michael Jackson's Dangerous (at the 2:11 mark on that video)while I am giving the baby a bath. He was covered in dinner and bubbles. Kiley gave him bubbles in the car. Yeah. That is all I have to say. Chris freaked out as we were going over the Bridge from New London because he saw something and it shocked him! I was laughing SO hard because I knew at that point the baby had gotten the bubbles... one floated up in front of his face. LOL LOL .. . you had to be there.. I told him it was the dope from his surgery.

So, as I am sitting in the bathroom with the baby in the tub.. Kiley comes in and is re-enacting the Dangerous video and I am ROLLING... I get the old digital camera of mine which has been sitting on the table for a good number of days and THE SCREEN DOESNT WORK! WHAT THE HECK? Did we have some kind of surge run through the house and TOAST my Camera AND my cell phone? Oh, and the cell phone.. the BATTERY Was wet!?!??! THE BRAND NEW ONE that JUST came in the mail, I had opened the phone and it had made this white streakish stuff on the screen. Thought the new battery just went kaput.... so, I plugged it in... how did it get wet between the new battery going in and me charging it?!?!?!? GEESH!

back to the camera... I made a little film of Kiley... I dont know if it worked. I could still hear the camera making the noises it should make but I dont know yet if it recorded her impersonation of MJ. What I do know is it is risque... omg. HILARIOUS.... she even talked like him...

I would share it if CPS wouldn't come get me! LOL!

Now I need to go to bed. I am almost done with Breaking Dawn.

  1. Sounds like a funny video! That is quite a bunch of stuff going on to deal with!!!! Happy 4th!

  2. You seriously need to get insurance for your cell phones ;). We pay $6 extra a month for each phone to have insurance. If we lose it, drop it down the stairs, drop it in the toilet, or anything happens to it we either get it fixed or replaced for free. A few years ago right after getting Joe's brand new phone he slipped on a wet floor at work and landed on his behind with his phone in his back pocket. It broke the screen and we ended up getting the phone completely replaced free of charge. It wouldn't have cost us anything anyways because Joe would have made work pay for it since there was no wet floor sign up, but still it was nice to not have to go through that fight with his work to get his phone replaced. So I highly recommend looking into insurance for your phones. With kids around especially it surely has to come in handy. And it's gotta be cheaper than having to keep replacing the phone, right?


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Microchip AN678 RFID Coil Design

I worked through some of the formulas in this datasheet, plugging in 100 turns, 66mm, 30 gauge to see what it would come up with for inductance, ideal # of turns, and capacitor value, to see if they would match the 1nf & 100 turn values specified in scanlime's blog entry. I wrote a simple java program to calculate the values for me after not finding what I thought I was looking for on various online antenna calculators (they seemed to be all too complicated).

I found this interesting note along the way which I had not seen elsewhere:  "... For copper wire, the loss is approximated by the DC resistance of the coil, if the wire radius is greater than cm. At 125 kHz, the critical radius is 0.019 cm. This is equivalent to #26 gauge wire. Therefore, for minimal loss, wire gauge numbers of greater than #26 should be avoided if coil Q is to be maximized....".

So, #26 gauge wire next time!

Unfortunately my program isn't putting out believeable numbers yet, so I have more work to do.

In the meantime, I also discovered this other datasheet for a neat little 0.32 cent RFID chip (the  Philips Hi Tag-S) that has a good description of the details of the encoding methods used starting in Section 7.3 (including our manchester, for future reference)

Hi-Tag S Datasheet

And here's another good discussion of the antenna design and coupling (different frequencies, same concepts and formulas).

Design Examples for
13.56MHz and 900 MHz RFID Antenna

I played with the open source 4NEC2 Antenna Modeler & Analyzer for a while trying the helical generator, but it kept blowing up at simulation time with my RFID design, complaining that the antenna was connected to ground at the end (duh, this is what the tutorial shows, I don't get it!).

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Capturing Cutter Protocol files

As part of learning about HPGL and DMPL plotter protocols recently, I wanted to see some actual samples of code sent to various types machines by any cutting application like MTC or SignCut.

Here's how I did it (in windows):

1) Download and install Eltima Software RS232 Logger and Virtual Serial Port Driver. Unfortunately, although the logger is free software, the VSPD is only a 14 day trial version. You probably can get all the samples you need in just a day or two

2) Using the Virtual Serial Port Driver, create a new pair of virtual serial ports, we'll call them COM1 and COM2.

3) Start the RS232 Data Logger, select COM2, set the baud rate the same as your cutting software will use, and set flow control to None. Select your output file name and click Start logging.

4) Go into your cutting software (MTC, SignCut, etc), configure the cutter type you are interested in (Black Cat, US Cutter, etc...), and set the port to COM1. Make the cut. The software should finish very quickly.

5) Stop the data logger to make sure the file content is flushed, and you are done!

Here is a sample of DMPL code for a test file sent by MTC.

;:H A L0 ECN U U8158,9620;D8167,9620;D8167,9630;D8150,9630;[...];D8463,7116;U0,0;!PG;

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Pen Fills with Eagle

While further developing my printed-circuit-board method, I inadvertently figured out how to do filled shapes with the pen using the free version of "Eagle" PCB design software.

Here's how.

1) You'll need to have Eagle (free version is fine), Inkscape, and Make-the-Cut all installed and available. I use Gimp for editing and converting file formats.

2) Open the desired image in Gimp (or other image editor) and save it out as a BMP format image, with as few colors as possible. A 1-bit monochrome with no dithering is best, like line art. (you set this via Image->Mode->Indexed... in Gimp)

3) Start up Eagle, and do a New->Board.

4) Do File->Run, and run the script "import-bmp.ulp". This will be located in the ulp subfolder of your Eagle installation directory. It will prompt you to browse to your BMP file and open it. Keep your bitmap size modest, 300 DPI or less, more just slows everything down. If you have a black-on-white drawing, select White only and click OK. Click the DPI radio button under Format, and set your DPI value; it will set the Scale factor for you automatically. Click OK.

5. It will think and popup window saying "Accept Script?", click "Run script".

6. Your bitmap should now appear in blue in the Eagle Board window. Save your project, then Run File->CAM Processor.

7. Select Output Device HPGL. Deselect all layers except #200 "200bmp". You'll have to scroll down to find it. Click "File" and browse to your desired output file location and name. Be sure to give the file a ".plt" extension which indicates the HPGL file type. Set the Pen Diameter to the actual width of the line your pen produces. 1 mil = 1/1000 inch. A ballpoint pen tip ranges from about 20-50 mils. Click "Process Job". This will render your .plt file.

8. Start up Inkscape, do File->Import... and import your .plt file. This can take a little time. If the application freezes, give it some time.

9. Eventually, your image will appear in Inkscape, already selected. Click "Edit->Copy".

10. Switch to Make-the-Cut, now do "Paste-in-Place". Voila!

Note, depending on how large the filled areas are, and the diameter of the pen, it might take quite a while to calculate when you click the "Cut Project With..." button. (the example image has 65000 points). Fortunately, since the fills are done using mostly horizontal and vertical lines, the machine can run pretty fast.

Here are another couple screenshots to show the pattern closeup. If you wanted a grid you would tell Eagle that the pen is wider than actual.

This method should work really well with engraving tips..

MTC reported this image was about 11000 cutting points which really seems pretty modest to me. I haven't tried actually printing one this big yet. If you (in MTC), right click on the imported image, and do Shape Magic->Advanced->View Path Detail... and scroll down through the path segments with the cursor key, you'll see the path taken is pretty sensible and doesn't waste a lot of time scrolling wildly all over the place.

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Cricut/Eagle resolution test image

I created a circuit in Eagle to test the resolution and fills using a fine tip pen in the Cricut.

The pen itself is a 0.01 inch diameter permanent marker, shortened to fit the machine. The test image is made of three identical copies of a diagram. The diagram contains some sample SMD and through-hole pads, as well as traces in 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, and 0.07 inch widths.

The legend reads "10mil pen, 20mil pen" and "30 mil pen" to indicate the pen size as given to the Eagle CAM processor function, but the entire drawing is rendered using the 10 mil pen in order to see which circuit will have proper fills with no white lines inside.

The results prove to me that the best fills do indeed result when the pen size is accurately set in the Eagle CAM processor. When the pen in smaller than Eagle thinks, it doesn't lay down enough lines to completely fill the solid traces. The TQFP and SMD resistor pads look nearly usable, even the horizontal jitter is almost nonexistent near the middle of the page. (Maybe the duct tape pen mount absorbs vibration better than my custom metal pen holder?) The worst flaw just seems to be incomplete coverage in the diagonals of the largest (0.07 inch) traces, which should be easily retouchable by hand.

Here's the workflow:

1) Create the board in Eagle

2) Run the CAM processor, select output device HPGL, layers Vias, Pads, Top or Bottom, and Holes.

3) Start a new drawing in Inkscape. Import the HPGL file into Inkscape. Select the imported circuit diagram, and click "Copy".

4) Mount the pen in the Cricut tool holder.

5) Start Make-the-Cut, and do "Paste in Place" (ctrl-shift-V) to paste without resizing. Arrange as needed and then cut to the machine.

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more cricut pcbs: the sharpie method

Last night at the Hackerspace I tried a new way (to me) of doing PCBs on the Cricut. So far it looks like the most promising yet.

This time instead of trying to scratch off an etch resist, I'm directly drawing it on using a plain old mini Sharpie pen like a plotter would. I understand the Stadtler Lumicolor pen is also recommended.

I just now discovered this link that shows exactly what I need to try next as far as the pen goes: PCB Plotting

First I create the circuit design in Eagle:

-Then, in Eagle, run File->CAM Processor.
-Select Output Device EPS
-Click File and select your output file path.
-Don't worry about the offset and page size.
-Select the "Pads", "Bottom" or "Top", and "Vias" (it will complain if "Vias" is not selected).
-Click "Mirror" if you are doing the bottom layer.
-Click "Process Job," this will write the output file.

-Install a copy of Ghostscript & GSView, and run "ps2pdf [options] input.[e]ps output.pdf" to convert the EPS file from Eagle to a vector PDF.
-Fire up Make-the-Cut, and do "File->Import->Vector PDF File", leave "Import Strokes and Fills" selected, select your PDF file and click "Open".
-Select the imported image and click "Ctrl-B" to Break the circuit up into its pieces.
-Deselect all, then click on each of the four border lines and delete.
-Select all, and click "Ctrl-J' to Join the circuit back up into a single piece.
-Position the circuit on the cutting pad as needed.

-Load up your Sharpie in the tool holder and print a test piece on paper to verify positioning.
-Load up your copper in the machine. If you're running anything thicker than 0.01 you may need to raise the pen in the holder. I use double-stick tape or at least a fresh spritz of spray-tack.
-Print your design. I don't know how many coats are necessary, but I am doing two coats, one after the other. Don't use Multicut for this!!! It does each line multiple times immediately instead of doing the whole pattern completely and repeating it: This causes the pen to dissolve the previous coat and move it around a little.
-(optional) Put the board into the toaster oven just briefly to make sure the ink is fully dry.

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PCB process update

I tested a few different etch-resists over the weekend with good luck, but the process itself still needs improvement before the boards will be usable.

The three resists I tried were Johnson "One-Step No Buff" floor wax, Krylon purple spray paint, and black Lacquer spray paint.

I made three test pieces of PCB material, one using each coating, then scratched each one manually with a nail, and etched. The wax was applied by pouring a thin stream over the top of the metal and propping it up at an angle on a paper towel to let the excess run off.

After etching, the floor wax was a clear failure, the coating was just too thin and failed over about half the surface. The purple Krylon seems like it worked well, as did the black Lacquer. Clear paint looks awesome but its hard to tell when you've sprayed enough on.

Also, one thicker coat seems to work better than two thin coats like you might normally use.

I still have a couple of problems to solve before the process will be more useful however: I need a wider scratch mark, and there's an annoying jitter in the tool during the first quarter or third inch of motion on the X-axis.

After making the test pieces, I scratched a full-size test piece using the matte black Lacquer.

Edit: Unfortunately, the etched scratches still do not completely separate the areas of copper, resulting in 100% shortage across the board surface.

Clearly I need to find a better resist and tool usage combination. The fine parallel lines still resolve clearly, but are also not fully clean. They are also not close enough to merge when etched. I think a softer resist might be desirable, so now I'm thinking .. what about melting a very thin layer of candle wax onto the surface with a hair dryer and then scratch wax but not metal with something pointy but not sharp, like a tooth pick?

Also, much hotter etchant may work better as well (this most recent board was done at room temperature and appears to be incompletely etched before the resist started to fade. Previously I used a double ziplock bag with a few TSP of etchant in a hot water bath with good results.

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PCBs on the Cricut

I've created this writeup on my current Cricut PCB process, and posted to the hackerspace Wiki.

I make PCBs on the Cricut by the following process:

1. Design a one-sided board in Eagle. Export the trace and pad layers only to a monochrome PNG file. 150 dpi seems to work well so far.

2. Using GIMP, add a fine outline around all traces.

Here's how:

- select the entire background color (black) with the "Select by Color Tool". - Do a "Select->Shrink" and shrink the selection by 1 pixel. - Fill the entire selection with the trace color (white) using the Bucket Fill tool. Make sure you have "Fill whole selection" set. - "Select->Shrink" by 1 pixel again. - Fill the entire selection with the background color (black). - Finally, save out your image as a PNG file.

3. Import the GIMP image into whatever software you are using to drive the Cricut (such as Make-the-Cut). In Make-the-Cut, I use the following settings for the highest accuracy tracing: Threshold 180, Resample x5, Smoothing 0, Optimize 0. If you use a PNG image it should import to the correct size. I have had trouble with other image formats becoming larger or smaller when importing.

4. I highly recommend using a fine-point pen tool to draw a preview test of your design on paper to check for sizing and other issues before potentially ruining expensive copper.

5. Prepare your PCB material. I am currently using super thin 0.015 single sided FR4, but the machine should be able to handle thicker materials, as long as your tool holder and tool can still clear the work piece. For an etch resist, I put on a single thick coating of spray paint as my etch resist, but plan to try Future floor wax next.

Information about using Future floor wax as etch resist.

5. Load some kind of "scratching" tool in the Cricut. My current preference is a deck screw or a sharpened nail. (The scribing tool is a bit too fine and can result in bridging). You can use a custom tool holder or just masking or packing or other "hard" tape. Pay careful attention and set the installed height of the tool high enough to make sure it won't drag across your work piece while "up".

6. Finally, use the Cricut to scratch your design into the prepared PCB, and etch. I have been experimenting with different settings for pressure and multicut, but currently I like "high" pressure, multicut x2.

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PCBs on the Cricut!

One of the first things it seems like every interested hacker asks me about the Cricut is, "how can we get it to do PCBs?" Well, I've finally done it!

I created a single-sided circuit design in Eagle, using 50 mil traces, then exported just the pads and traces as a monochrome PNG file.

Next, I sprayed a coat of clear spraypaint on some single-sided 0.01" PCB material and let it dry well. (Next time I will use two coats)

Finally, I imported my design into MTC using pixel trace and used my scribing tool to scratch the design onto the PCB (multicut 2, pressure high). This removed the spray paint around the edges of my traces. After it was done, I used a toothbrush to brush the removed-paint-bits off the board.

Finally, I etched with a few tablespoons of ferric chloride in a double-bagged-ziplock immersed in hot water. The whole etching process took less than ten minutes. Aside from some unwanted specks where my one coat of spray paint was a bit light, the result looks perfect!

Obviously I still have to do more work to make this board functional, I'll report back when I have more to show.

EDIT 3/13: I tried drilling the board and soldering up one of the oscillators, and it turned out that there were a couple of shorts in my etched diagonal lines where some "jaggies" were really close together. Also I discovered that the "donuts" need to be larger in diameter to leave more solder pad remaining after drilling the hole, especially the ones for the 555 chip.

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Fluorescent Cards

I discovered several of the gel pen colors in my set are brightly fluorescent.

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So, here goes this: Today was not a good day.

I've had a few bad days so far, but it's rare that I have a day so bad that I feel horrible about myself when I go home. Usually, the feeling bad about myself floats in my emotional soup for a few minutes, but it sublimes into the air with the rest of the barely perceptible emotions before I leave for the day. Not today.

Today we had to call parents, had to separate students, had to do pretty much everything you don't want to have to do in order to get the class under control. Though none of this actually happened during my lessons, it still stuck with me because I'm still a contributing member of the teaching team (motto: We educate young minds so you don't have to, you complete failure of a parent). Being a part of a teaching team means that I'm not really "responsible" for what occurs when I'm not at the front of the class teaching, but it effectively means that I'm "hugely, positively, definitely responsible" for making sure the students are behaving when the other teacher is teaching.

This hasn't really presented a problem until today. Today was a bad day, as I have previously stated, but it was a bad day in many, many ways.

We were learning about Scientific Notation today, i.e. changing large numbers with lots of digits into fewer-digit numbers multiplied by a power of ten (292,000,000 = 2.92 x 10^8). This isn't a difficult lesson, especially considering that we worked on square roots yesterday and they understood that about as well as your average Papua New Guinean understands the electoral college. Today was supposed to be a break for everyone, since the lessons should have been easy and both the students and we would be able to work through it quickly.

First hour, the hour I taught, went that way. We got through the lesson (barely...need better time management skillz), and I thought everything was working well.

Second hour started auspiciously. All of the students were able to do the warm-up problems, even the ones who are perpetually having trouble. One wonderful little wallaby, a girl with learning disabilities who usually quits after the problems get too difficult, was able to push through and finish the warm-up as well as pay attention during instruction. Two other students, however, decided that they didn't want to learn that day. These prickly little pineapples kept their heads on their desks, no matter how many times we tried to adjust their attitude. One of them understood the lesson, which made it difficult to discipline her, but the other had absolutely no clue how to change a problem to/from scientific notation.

The student who understood kept putting her head down on her desk and looking askance at the board in order to technically be "looking at the board" but in reality just sitting with her head on her desk. The student who didn't understand wouldn't even make the effort to work on problems. This was a quandary.

When a student is insolent, the teacher has a few choices. One choice is to just let it go, to allow the student to get her way, and to keep pushing the class (other than her) forward. This option is probably the worst, since it allows the student to dictate the attitude of the class and the acceptable level of defiance. Another option is to hound the student until he/she gives in to your will as teacher. This method can get boring for both the student and the teacher, since both of them are fighting so hard to actually get their way that they are completely tired of the game by the end. The last option, at least in this discussion of various options, is the teacher immediately and completely bending the will of the student to her own. This requires the teacher to be in absolute control in the classroom and for the classroom to have norms established that make students feel uncomfortable if they don't conform. It's funny, I'm a huge fan of individuality, but I realize the need for conformity when it comes to behavioral norms in the classroom. There's just no conceivable way to keep control if all of the students are enforcing their own ideas about normative behavior upon the classroom.

Well, the teacher in charge of the class attempted to do option 3 on our prickly pineapple. That...did not go well. The student whined, complained, got angry, got more insolent, and finally got a trip out to the hall for all her trouble. While in the hall, she got the wonderful opportunity to talk to her mom at work, which I'm sure is what every student wants. And every mom, for that matter: it must be fun to get a call during your work day telling you how completely unmanageable your child is. Fun, fun stuff.

Since this post is getting long, I'll attempt to distill what happened in the final class period into a short paragraph or two.

Two girls in the back refused to listen. They didn't pay attention, then got mad at me because we made it a requirement that they finish the problems on the board in order for them to leave the classroom for the day. I told them that if they had listened, they'd have no trouble completing the problems (and, honestly, they wouldn't have. The problems took most students about 1 minute, if that).

After I took the time to explain how to do scientific notation to one of them, I attempted to explain it to the other one. She was having none of it. I told her she couldn't leave until we finished the problems, and I got her to finish one of the two sets. The bell rang, and she still hadn't completed the second set of problems. I told her that we'd work together to get it done, and that's when she started weeping.

I'm not heartless. Seeing a tiny, thirteen year old girl cry basically made me feel like an ogre of some variety (possibly one who lives under a bridge--yes, I know trolls usually live under bridges, but my capacity for imagination was a little skewed: there was a vulnerable child crying, and I was the presumptive cause). This girl, as I'd learned earlier in the summer, has ADHD, learning disabilities, and she no longer takes her meds. This girl is a mess, and I made her cry. I let her go without doing the problems. I have a feeling that will come back to bite me.

The big bad wolf is alive and well.


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Since its 2006 inception, the London Ontario Live Arts (LOLA) festival has built a reputation on innovative programming and constant growth. For LOLA 2009, it took a giant leap forward by adding a second stage.

The Heineken TransMedia Stage featured performers established in visual art and music, showcasing their multidisciplinary performances. The Rogers Main Stage was home to artists who explored composition, but in a more traditional pop/indie sensibility. Performances were staggered, giving the audience the chance to toggle between the two.

London, ON's A Horse and His Boy, who've just released their debut, kicked off LOLA and proved Canada is going to hear a lot of them soon. Bruce Peninsula followed, and while scheduled too early, delivered an intense, vocal-driven vintage sound. Closing the first night was Akron/Family, who have sonically floored LOLA audiences both times they've played the festival. This time, they were flanked by members of Slaraffenland, who came all the way from Copenhagen and had already impressed earlier in the evening. Their cerebral performance aptly punctuated the evening.

Of note on the TransMedia stage Friday was the legendary Nihilist Spasm Band, who in spite of their years still manage to push boundaries, challenging listeners to deconstruct convention in music.

It seemed odd that LOLA is four years old and the Don Wright Faculty of Music (UWO) were involved for the first time. The four percussionists and six pianists certainly were not out of place starting Saturday and led into the next act Canaille, a jazz ensemble from Toronto. Over on the TransMedia stage, Polar Bear's Leafcutter John added wonderful aural landscapes to the sun-soaked listeners.

The main stage then saw the likes Elfin Saddle, down to a two-piece, still mystify with their brand of spooky, Japanese folk. Straight from the UK, avant-jazz artists Polar Bear were nothing short of amazing.

Brooklyn's Growing laid down a thick electro beat that drew everyone in the park to a dusk-lit dance at the TransMedia stage, setting the tone with the appropriate amount of anticipation for the jewel in the LOLA '09 crown: Final Fantasy. As in LOLA '07, Owen Pallett again overloaded the bandshell with people, floored by his lush vocal layers. The festival closed with Ann Arbor, MI's NOMO, whose sax-driven groove carried on after the soundboard was cut - the band played on out in the audience.

With the scale and trajectory of LOLA, the '09 edition of the festival served notice that it only desires to get better. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who attended to disagree that it didn't do just that.


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