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Reno Air Race Crash
by Ron Rapp on September 20, 2011 in Aviation, Safety • 4 Comments
Some remarkable photographs have emerged from last Friday's tragedy at National Championship Air Races. Several friends of mine were at the event, some as competitors (though none in the Unlimited category) and others as spectators. Between phone calls, texts, Facebook posts, tweets, photos, and video, I've received so many accounts of the crash that I almost feel like I was there.
I wasn't, of course, and I'm glad of that now. I'd imagine there's going to be some post-traumatic stress for the air race community to deal with once things settle down. Let me start off by saying that I don't know what caused the accident, nor does anyone else with absolute certainty. The good news is that the NTSB will puzzle this thing out pretty quickly even if an official report isn't issued until next year. The destruction of the Galloping Ghost was total and complete. Normally that would make the investigation harder. On the plus side, the NTSB was already on site at the time of the crash, the aircraft had data recorders on board, and there was plenty of photographic evidence to compliment the first-hand accounts from witnesses.
Here are but a few of the many images captured of the accident:
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The first image seems to show a missing elevator trim tab. Was this the cause of the crash or simply a piece of a larger accident chain? Who knows.
In layman's terms, the purpose of that tab is to allow control pressures to be equalized and the airplane trimmed so that it flies "hands off". Without a trim tab — or even with it, if the pilot chose not to use it — as airspeed increased, the airplane would want to climb due to increasing lift produced by the wings. The pilot could, of course, just press forward on the stick and hold the airplane level, but that quickly gets tiring. And as the airspeed climbs, it would eventually become impossible to push hard enough to keep the plane from climbing.
At 500 mph, the Mustang's wings were producing a tremendous amount of lift. Fighting that force was the elevator, and the only thing keeping it from slamming to the full up position would be that tab. If it failed, the plane would have pitched up rapidly enough to subject the pilot to 10 or more G's.
Something's missing here: the pilot.
At least, that's what happened to another modified Mustang a few years ago when it lost that tab during a race at Reno. In this photo, taken less than a second before the plane hit the ground, you can see that the pilot appears to be missing from the airplane. Obviously he's there somewhere, but the G forces involved probably forced him down or back in the seat.
Everyone seems to agree that the response from emergency personnel, spectators, competitors, and crew was as good as could be expected, with calm prevailing rather than panic. Still, eleven people are dead as of this writing and even publications like AVweb are asking if the races should be held in future years. Normally the aviation community is of one mind when a piece of our world is threatened, but the feeling in this case is not unanimous in favor of the air races.
I'm not surprised at that. Most of the public (including, sadly, much of the aviation industry) doesn't understand the world of competitive aerobatics too well, either. To most people, competition and airshows are the same thing when, in fact, they are worlds apart in both substance and safety. In fact, in the aftermath of the Reno crash, EAA has posted an article entitled, "An Air Race is Not an Air Show". If you look at it geometrically, there's no way a vehicle can go around a track of any sort and not, at some point, direct a lot of energy toward the crowd. Unless, of course, you place the spectators on the interior of the course, but even that has risks. That's exactly where the competitor will go in case of engine failure.
My thoughts on Reno's future? I'm of the opinion that air racing is important for several reasons. The first is historical. This sport goes back to the dawn of powered flight itself. It wasn't long after the Wright Brothers developed a practical airplane that pilots began racing aircraft. At Reno, the first races were held before World War I. At one time there were air races in cities like New York, Cleveland, Chicago, and even Los Angeles. Those events helped spur the development of aviation and made characters like Roscoe Turner and Jimmie Doolittle household names.
Alas, all those races are gone now. The only real air racing left in the world is the annual event at Reno, and it would be a shame to see that disappear, too. It's interesting to note that Jimmy Doolittle, who achieved considerable success and his initial fame in the world of air racing, became an opponent of the sport in later years. He felt that while it spurred the early development of the airplane, racing outgrew its usefulness once the industry took off and was simply a hazard with no true value.
Unfortunately this is one area where I have to take issue with Doolittle, because I see tremendous value even today in air racing. It stands as a testament to freedom, for one thing. Even the little guy can compete in this sport! He may not end up in the Gold class with a basic aircraft, but Cassutt race planes can be purchased on the used market for less than the price of a typical automobile. I have a former student who participated at Reno for the first time this year in his homebuilt Pitts S-1. What a feeling it must be!
The air races are more than just a good time, though. They add $80 million annually in much-needed economic activity to the Reno area. Hotels, restaurants, casinos, and tourism all benefit from the event. The state of Nevada has an official unemployment rate of nearly 15%. The real number is probably closer to 20%, with God-knows how many more people simple uncounted or badly underemployed.
The most important argument for the National Championship Air Races, however, is that they still advance the technology and capability of aircraft. People tend to focus on the Unlimited or Jet classes because they achieve the highest speeds and make the most noise, but look elsewhere and you'll see amazing developments at Reno, especially among the Sport Class. The NXT, Venture, original Nemesis, and other ground-breaking designs were purpose-built for Reno, and those aircraft have led to aerodynamic and powerplant innovations which will find their way into other airplanes.
In fact, the Sport Class speeds are rapidly closing in on the Unlimiteds. This year a Sport Class racer — a homebuilt Glasair III, no less — averaged nearly 400 mph. If the races continue, I have no doubt the Sport Class will eventually supersede the Sea Furys, Mustangs, and other warbirds. Likewise, you'll see inventive touches among the Formula One and Biplane classes as well. Some ideas work out, some don't. But as they say, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Dick Rutan once said that if it wasn't for the willingness of people to risk death in order to achieve significant things, we'd still be looking at the rump of an ox as we plodded westward.
Yes, there are hazards. People can get hurt or killed, just as they have been at drag races, NASCAR races, boat races, and just about every other sporting event you can think of. Re-read my recent tome on the concept of safety if you want my thoughts on that.
Those who don't know any better assume Reno is just a NASCAR-like airborne high-testosterone zone for beer-swilling red necks, but look in the pits and the stands and you'll find engineers for NASA, Boeing, Lockheed, Scaled Composites, and other leading-edge aerospace outfits. Where else can you try out a new design and really see how fast it will go? Reno is THE test track for aircraft. May it live on for years to come.
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4 comments for "Reno Air Race Crash"
Terry G. Rogers
We are a little company in North Texas that specializes in WWII aircraft. Our restorations include
5 P-51's
1 P-47 N
18 C-47's
1 AD-1
1 YAK 3
1 YAK 11
4 AT-6
We love your comments and wish the rest of the world had the brains to understand what AIR RACING means to the aviation world. Unlike Bill Odem ( who high speed stalled the aircraft, My dad helped build that aircraft) Jimmy died as a result of trim tab flutter( a problem with the P-51 from day one). Voodoo's problem started with a piece of tape that came loose on the bottom of the tab(used as a gap seal). Miss Ashley crashed because of rudder tab flutter (Because of Voodoo's problem the year before , we didn't tape up the tab) (count the number of P-51's that have lost one out on the race course). Jimmy however had more than the pitch up problem, if you look at some of the other pictures you will see that the aircraft shook so hard that it buckled the fus. and broke the tail wheel up lock , also notice that the elevator has broken the carry through at the L/H attach( this can be seen with the L/H elevator in the up position and the R/H in the neutral position, this caused the roll back to the course. With having built the fus of Miss Ashley ( we used parts from The Red Barron and Susie Q), rebuilt Vern Perterson's P-51 ,The Red Barron fus( Sold it after Miss A crashed ) and am building another Lear wing racer, I feel that I know something about the Mustang. I don't know how to express the loss I feel for Jimmy , his family and the others who lost there lives there. I have felt anger to the news media for having the new pilot who thinks that all these aircraft should be in museum's. Sorrow for the loss of another friend at RENO, and hope that this isn't the end of the story of Air Racing. I will proceed with the work on the current racer's (2 Formula One air racers and one Unlimited) and no matter what I will try to set new records in the quest for speed and altitude.
Thanks for the vent
Terry, thanks for your insight into this accident and the challenges of pushing the P-51 to its limits. Your list of restorations is certainly impressive! I come from the aerobatic world, where there is also a lot of misunderstanding among the general public, so I understand the frustration. At least aerobatic competition has events all over the country. With air racing, Reno is literally the last stand.
Racing, especially air racing, is one of those spaces where nearly all of the media turns tabloid on us whenever there's a fatal or a spectacular event. We weren't meant to fly, to go fast, to put our lives at a risk any greater than getting out of bed, crossing with the green and between the white lines. As if. What about football or UFC? Have more thoughts but, my phone's giving a mandatory alarm. So, consider yourselves lucky.
This accident has been in the headlines because of the spectator fatalities. Probably not too many of those in football or UFC.
But I do agree with your sentiment that life has risks and we must live with that fact. Do anything long enough and you'll have an injury or fatality. A quick Google search turned up this page on chess injuries.
It's worth noting that the Reno air races have been going for half a century and to the best of my knowledge this is the first time a spectator has been injured.

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The music database is the most complete section of the site. It is still far from finished and there is a load more detail to go on to the site that is stored in my database. When I have time I will add the extra information.
Feel free to take a look at the music database, it is a database of all my CDs with track information and lyrics for (nearly) all non-live and non-best of albums.
There is also an on line shop that I have developed for my mother's shop. If you feel so inclined, take a look at Rainbow Stamps.
You can no longer look at the shop that I was devloping here as the real thing is now live. Take a look there instead. Click the link on the left or the image.


The only good tax related news are linked to the interiority factor (per example, increasing the ceiling on deduction of retained and reinvested profits) and forest resources.
With regards to property taxes, the expected change in the taxation of real estate is not yet confirmed. However, there is a possibility of the Municipal Tax (IMI) to buildings that are vacant and located in urban pressure areas to be increased.
In terms of Personal Income Tax (IRS) the end of the increase of the number of stages and the reduction of the current hyper-progressivity is not confirmed and probably will not happen.
From companies' point of view the good news come from the increase of the regime related with the investment support and the profit withholding. For companies based in Portugal, there is a possibility for the corporate income tax (IRC) to be reduced, since it will be allowed for such companies to deduct 20% of the wages, subject to the approval of the European Commission.
The budget also includes an increase to the autonomous taxation on car charges.
The effective corporation income tax rate will also rise due to new limitations on the deduction of impairment charges for doubtful accounts. In 2019 no more than 10% deductions will be deductible on credits held on "sister" or "premium" companies held by the same partner, directly or indirectly, and the depreciation of intangible assets acquired from parties related issues. On the other hand, the sectoral, selective and discriminatory contributions remain, whose acceptance has been based on their alleged transience, and there are two new special contributions: one for the conservation of forest resources and another (municipal) for civil protection.
Finally, the expected changes to the transfer pricing rules and the transposition of the Community directive to limit tax avoidance are not confirmed.
Regarding the families there will be an implicit raise of the Personal Income Tax, through the non-update of the grades and deductions.
The portion of family income paid to the Government through taxes will also be elevated, as the budget includes numerous increases to multiplicity taxes: autonomous taxation under the cars, plastic bags, sugar drinks (with exception of the one with a lower sugar level), consumer credit, taxation under the cards and fuel, beyond the common taxes under the tabaco and alcoholic drinks.
The budget includes a 50% discount for five years on the Personal Income Tax for Portuguese living abroad who decide to repatriate, starting from the year of relocation. This is applicable to A and B categories income and to Portuguese that were tax residents in Portugal before 31 December 2015.
Finally, the deadline for submitting personal income tax declarations will be postponed to June. It is worth considering that choosing this option will also result in delays of any tax refunds.


In every organisation, Accounts Payable (A/P) departments are challenged with cutting operating costs, while ensuring invoices are promptly paid and mishandling does not compromise hard-earned business relationships.
According to research, manual A/P processes are costing companies on average £3-£6 per invoice and reducing employee productivity by 50%.
Costs associated with manual document routing, shipping, couriers, storage, etc.
Automated capture of data from multiple different invoice layouts.
Electronic routing to the correct individual reduces the number of mis-routed or mis-placed invoices, saving time in exceptions.
Time savings in matching invoices with purchase orders and contracts.
Improved ability to schedule payments to align with the organisations accounting practice and to optimise cash management.


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Q: JavaScript evaluate XPATH within an element? I am trying to get an element using document.evaluate() but also want to search only within a specific element. So for example:
const element = document.evaluate('.//p', ...); //I want this to return the Hello, World p element

Hello, World!

Is there any way I could pass in the div with id someId into the evaluate to only search within that scope?
I know I could write the whole XPATH like .//div[@id="someId"]/p (Wouldnt work for my case) or do string concatenation but would like to find a cleaner way of doing it like passing the DOM element (or some object it contains) somewhere.

A: This is precisely the purpose of the second argument of document.evaluate():

contextNode specifies the context node for the query (see the XPath specification). It's common to pass document as the context node.

const someId = document.getElementById('someId');

const result = document.evaluate('.//p', someId, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null)

console.log(result.snapshotItem(0)); // Hello, World!
console.log(result.snapshotItem(1)); // null

Hello, World!

Goodbye, World!

A: You can also use document for the contextNode, using the parent id within the query (like you asked). Like this:

const snapshotType = XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE;
const result1 = document.evaluate('.//div[@id="someId"]//p', document, null, snapshotType);

console.log(`result1 contains ${result1.snapshotLength} element, namely`, result1.snapshotItem(0))

//alternatively search for the actual text
const result2 = document.evaluate('.//p[contains(text(), "Hello")]', document, null, snapshotType);

console.log(`result2 contains ${result2.snapshotLength} element, namely`, result2.snapshotItem(0));

// finally, if the element order is fixed, you can take the first one
const result3 = document.evaluate('(.//p)[1]', document, null, snapshotType);
console.log(`result3 contains ${result3.snapshotLength} element, namely`, result3.snapshotItem(0));

Hello, World!

Goodbye, World!

And I left

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Northpoint Commercial Finance is a Bronze Partner for the 2016 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo, according to a news release from the RV Dealers Association.
The Convention/Expo takes place Nov. 7-11 at Bally's in Las Vegas, sponsored by RVDA, RVDA of Canada, and the Mike Molino RV Learning Center.
The 2016 theme is "Gear Up for Success" and the RVDA Convention/Expo Committee is working to provide an array of workshops and networking events that will help dealers build on an expanding market and interest in RVs and RV travel.
"We truly appreciate the opportunity to be included with all of the other great sponsors and are excited about becoming a new bronze partner. We are certainly very pleased with the consistently robust growth of both our U.S. and Canadian floor plan businesses. Our solid commitment to the RV Industry is something we take tremendous pride in because we know this commitment, along with the financial support from the other sponsors, goes a long way in making this upcoming event very special for everyone," Northpoint Vice President of National Accounts Jeff Olander said.


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Azerbaijan creates conditions for Montenegro's investments in various sectors of economy
Diversification of the national economy, implying decrease in energy dependence and the development of the non-oil sector is priority of Azerbaijan's state policy, Head of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) Yusif Abdullayev said at the Azerbaijan-Montenegro Business Forum held in Baku June 25, Trend reports.
Serious measures are being taken in this direction, including in the sphere of encouraging investments and expanding exports, he added. He noted that real steps are being taken in order to increase the share of the non-oil sector in Azerbaijan's GDP.
"AZPROMO is doing a big job of attracting foreign investments in Azerbaijan from Europe, including Montenegro, and in turn, Azerbaijan is creating the necessary conditions for investing in various areas of Montenegro," he said. "The lion's share of Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover accounts for oil and gas; nevertheless, we strive to increase the export volumes of the non-oil segment."
He added that Azerbaijan has an impressive transit potential, the country is a participant and initiator of the implementation of East-West and North-South transport routes.
The creation of the Baku International Sea Trade Port in Alat settlement, 70 kilometers from Baku, plays a significant role in terms of transit of goods, export and import operations, which is evidence of infrastructure development in Azerbaijan, he said.
According to Doing Business 2019 report, Azerbaijan ranks 25th among 190 countries, he noted, adding that compared to 2018, Azerbaijan improved its indicators by more than 30 points.
Azerbaijan has been ranked among the top countries in the field of reforms carried out in various segments of the economy, he said.
As a result of these reforms, a number of bureaucratic delays were eliminated, licenses for entrepreneurs were issued in the country on the basis of the single window principle, and a number of licenses were abolished in order to facilitate doing business in the country, he noted.
During the exports, no duty is required, it is completely exempt from all types of taxes, he added. He noted the importance of export missions, so that Azerbaijan's potential partners abroad invest not only goods, but also services in the country.
"To this end, an institute of trade missions has been created, which function in four directions: in China, Russia, the UAE and Eastern Europe," he said. "Industrial parks have been established in order to invest in Azerbaijan and find local partners. This is while the attitude to a local and a foreign investor is absolutely the same. Our partners can easily repatriate their profits. In a word, Azerbaijan has created optimal conditions for developing the business climate and encouraging the export of foreign investments."
"Accordingly, our partners in Montenegro can also take advantage of this opportunity, they can invest in Azerbaijan and jointly participate in the development of new business promotion mechanisms in the two countries, with subsequent entry into new markets," he added.


AFC Wimbledon Under-18s this morning set off on their trip to Newcastle for tomorrow night's FA Youth Cup tie – and Academy Manager Jeremy Sauer believes the squad will once again do the club proud.
The young Dons continue preparations for the match at St James' Park with a session at Middlesbrough's training ground this afternoon, before heading onto a hotel for an overnight stay.
Speaking before boarding the coach, Jeremy said that interest from supporters in the FA Youth Cup tie has created a unique atmosphere among the squad and academy staff.
"It has been a real buzz since the Watford game," said Jeremy. "It's been unbelievable for the boys. Alfie Egan got himself on the front cover of the match day programme, which was amazing, and Twitter has gone crazy with interest from fans. Some of the boys have even had fans asking them for their autographs! Fans have been congratulating us a lot and there is a buzz about the whole thing. It feels like we are doing the club proud and I know the boys will do exactly the same again tomorrow.
"If you compare us to other Under-18 groups we have a lot of talent, but we've also got a squad with massive spirit. They look after each other, they are responsible, well organised and take ownership of their learning. They are a real together group. For them to have this opportunity to develop a new milestone in the academy's history is spot-on. There's nothing to lose and the boys have prepared well. They will give everything they have got and you just never know what might happen.
Entry prices are just £3 for adults and £1 concessions for the match at Newcastle United.
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Machine learning and AI are everywhere. More and more people are discovering the advantages that learning algorithms can provide – decreasing costs, improving efficiency, eliminating menial tasks, etc. Knowing at least a little bit about how these algorithms work is quickly becoming a necessity.
While the actual ML model construction, training, and evaluation is a topic of numerous courses, talks, and tutorials, one crucial area of working with ML is much less discussed – bringing the trained models to production (also known as operationalization).
There are many ways of accomplishing this, depending on your technological stack of choice. A lot of workflows are currently moving to cloud and it's no surprise machine learning is one of them – having on-demand compute makes scaling demanding machine learning models a breeze.
Microsoft Azure is currently in the process of testing a new set of capabilities for bringing models to production. Seeing this in action at the WeAreDevelopers conference in Vienna, I wanted to get some hands-on experience with it before it goes to general availability. This set of articles is about what I learned along the way.
A customer I'm working for is currently exploring a way of finding and extracting a piece of information from a photo of an official document. I created a small convolutional neural network for this purpose and reached a very good level of accuracy (error below 3px for the localization of the information).
The model was written using python, Keras and Google Tensorflow and was trained in-house (not in the cloud) on a single GPU. When saved to disk, the model is about 1.2 MB.
I wanted to operationalize this model using Azure to see how would the performance be in the wild.
Azure ML Workbench (AMLW), as the name suggests, is a set of tools and libraries for creating, testing, and deploying Azure-based ML models. Since our model is already created and trained, we don't really need the experimentation features and the actual workbench application – for us, the most important part of the toolset is the Azure ML CLI.
This CLI contains the necessary commands and integrations that will allow us to take our pre-trained model, expose it via a web service, package the whole thing into a Docker image, and either test it locally or run it in an Azure Kubernetes cluster for production-grade deployment at scale.
Quite a few steps are required to go from a local model to a Kubernetes-deployed model cluster. I will go over each step in detail and explain the how and why of it.
First things first – in order to follow the steps, we need to install the necessary software. If you make use of Azure Data science virtual machines, all these tools should already be available there so you can skip to the next section.
Since we are going to use Azure, first thing you need is an Azure account. A free one should be sufficient, but if you want to do the Kubernetes deployment, a paid subscription works much better.
In the Azure portal, we create a new Machine Learning Experimentation resource, including a Model Management account. We will need to provide names for various resources – keep these at hand as we will need them later. There is a free tier of the Model Management service that should serve well for testing the process.
After the installation finished, install Docker. Since the final output of the whole process is a docker image, having Docker locally will be help with debugging and testing.
This will display a link for you to follow and enter a registration code displayed in the command line.
If you have more than one Azure subscription available, the tool will ask which one to use. The example command line above will create a new environment called "amlwenv" in the West Europe Azure region and within a resource group called AMLW (it's the same resource group we used for the Experimentation resource above). Provisioning a new environment will take a minute or two.
In this initial part of a series of articles I attempted to introduce the Azure Machine Learning Workbench as a new way of bringing machine learning to production.
We saw how to setup an Azure Machine Learning Experimentation resource and its Model Management account. We also installed the required CLI tools and created a new ML environment we will use for testing the model's service locally and activated it.
In the next part of the series, we will see how to package, describe, containerize, and test the ML service, complete with code examples.


If you are looking planning for a visit to Dubai, don't forget to drop in at the Laguna Waterpark, for a fun-filled day, marked by excitement and adrenaline. Lose yourself in the brand new Laguna Waterpark in Dubai, which has been recently inaugurated in May 2018.
Situated at the heart of La Mer in Dubai, the Laguna Waterpark is a fantastic beach front destination, located between the captivating sea and the gorgeous cityscape.
Inspired by the vibrant neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires in Argentina, the water park offers an amazing spot for tourists to relax with family and friends and contains various attractions for children as well as adults.
The park is famous for the five unique rides that offer you the thrill of adventure. The central Water Slide Tower contains these wonderful rides, which promises a lot of adventure and excitement.
The park boasts of over 130 entertainment spots, including cafes and restaurants along the Dubai waterfront promenade.
The best time to visit the Laguna Waterpark is in the summer months when the water becomes a refreshing break from the scorching heat of the sun.
Thus, the best time to visit the water park is between late February and early October. The park may otherwise be visited throughout the year.
The Laguna Beach Waterpark offers the best holiday experience available in Dubai, as it brings you several activities which you can indulge in with your family and friends.
Hop on an exciting ride in any one of the five unique rides within the park, as the rides in the park are one of a kind in terms of the experience offered by them.
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Haute Dogs and Justin Rudd! are sponsoring a Valentine's contest that will benefit shelter pets in Long Beach. The contest seeks Long Beach-area students (K-12) to create loveable Valentine's Day Cards for the dogs and cats housed at the Long Beach Animal Care Services shelter. Cards from adults are encouraged, too, but will not be judged in the contest.
Cards should be mailed or hand-delivered to Long Beach Animal Care Services, 7700 East Spring Street (MAP) Long Beach, CA 90808, on or before Fri., Feb. 12. Students should place their name, grade level, teacher's name and school name on the very back of the card. Cards will not be returned.
The student who creates the winning card will receive a pizza party for their friends, classroom or group (up to 30 people). Judging will take into consideration the grade level of the student, and will be based on creativity, originality, and first impression. The folded cards should not exceed 5×7, and should not include any particular dog's name. Volunteers will randomly assign a card to an animal. The goal is to get at least one card per animal that will be attached to each pet's kennel through the Valentine's Day weekend.
In addition to the regular shelter hours, the public is invited to come view the cards and their creators, spend time with the animals and "fall in love" during a special Valentine's Day Yappy Hour from 3:00 p.m. t0 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 14 at Long Beach Animal Care Services, 7700 East Spring Street. The Valentine card viewing party will include punch and cookies for human guests and special Valentine's goodies for the shelter animals. Awards will also be announced for the best Valentine's cards.
The Yappy Hour will surely allow visitors to find a four-legged sweetheart to love. The Animals Shelter's regular hours are Wednesday thru Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday thru Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The shelter is closed Monday and Tuesday. Direct any questions to Justin@JustinRudd.com.


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Whatever happened to the teenage dream? In defence of Velvet Goldmine
by Darren Stockford • 30 October 1998
Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes' new film set in the early 1970s' UK glam-rock scene, seems to have polarised opinion amongst rock and movie hacks like no other film in recent memory. The reviews have either been glowing like the brightest star in the galaxy or reeking of musty old second-hand record shops. Oddly, the most scathing reviews have come from the music press, or are at least – as in the case of one popular film mag's review – written by part-time music journalists.
Having finally seen the film myself and fallen in love with almost everything about it – the performances, the story, the music, the look – the music press's failure to get to grips with the movie worries me slightly. Well, it worries me a lot actually – enough for me to have spent the last week seriously mulling over the relationship between fans and press. There's a delicious irony in the music press slagging off Velvet Goldmine – an irony that I'm sure isn't lost on Haynes, its author and director. But we'll come to that a bit later. To begin with, I'd like to tell you why Velvet Goldmine is one of the best rock 'n' roll movies I've ever seen.
Do you remember when you first got into music? It happened for me circa 1980, when my mum and dad bought me a tape recorder (one of those 1970s box-type things with a plug-in mic). My uncle took me round his house, sat me down and played me snippets from nearly every record in his collection. I sat there, nodding or shaking my head depending on whether or not I liked the track. A few days later, I was the proud owner of a box full of Motown tapes: Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, the Commodores. I'd finally got my passport. All I needed now was somewhere to go.
And go somewhere I did. By 1981, music was my life. My mono, multi-play record player and I were inseparable. I'd spend all my spare time (and there's an awful lot of that when you're 11) holed up in my bedroom, recording my own 'radio programmes' and miming to Shakin' Stevens and Stray Cats records. My best friend and I would invent bands and record our own albums. He had Spy, I had Minefield and a solo rock 'n' roller called Andy Moonrock. We'd make up songs, invent instruments (elastic bands, shoe boxes, biscuit tins – you know the kind of thing) and even design album covers. As far as we were concerned, we were rock 'n' roll stars. Life was never going to be the same again. We hoped.
As the years went by, I became fixated on loads of bands and musicians: The Police, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, the Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses, The Beatles, The Wildhearts… Jeez, I'm almost 29 and I still find myself going totally bonkers about bands to the point where I feel completely in awe of everything they do and wish the world would disappear, leaving me and the object of my desire alone to talk about life, love and lunacy. It's said that rock 'n' roll often makes people act in a far-out manner. But my own experience – both as a kid with fantasies of stardust and as an adult struggling to make sense of the world – has taught me that rock 'n' roll simply gives people permission to be themselves. Even if it's just for three minutes. As the movie says, wearing a mask can sometimes be the best way of letting your true identity shine through.
If the essence of Velvet Goldmine can be boiled down to any one thing, it's surely about that sense of liberation. That moment in the middle of a record when you're sent tumbling head first into the bridge; when the hairs on your arm are pointing at the bedroom ceiling and you feel your chest tightening and you just wanna puke; that brief glimpse of 100 per cent pure lucidity when you suddenly see the answers to all of life's problems and know for a fact that the only thing that matters is this exact moment and you just want it to go on forever, and for about 30 seconds it feels like it actually might. Velvet Goldmine, with its sense of loss for a time when "the whole stinking world" seemed to belong to moments like these, nails the whole rock 'n' roll ethos square on the head. To coin a phrase, 18 months of in-your-face glitter is worth a thousand years of dull, grey undercoat.
"But it's fiction!" yell the music press. "It never happened like this at all!" And to them I say, well, that depends whose truth you're looking at. By its very nature, rock 'n' roll creates its own myths. Was Jim Morrison really possessed by the spirit of a native American? Well, no. Would I like him to have been? Yeah, I would, quite honestly. Ideally, rock stars would come from outer space. In their own heads, I'm sure they do. And that's what matters. Wear a decent mask and the 'core you' will come out of hiding to reveal more truths than you ever thought imaginable. The absolute, what-you-see-is-what-you-get truth – that boring, four-guys-on-a-stage-who-play-quite-well truth – has never mattered that much in rock 'n' roll. In Velvet Goldmine, the first thing you see – before Oscar Wilde being delivered to Earth via a flying saucer – is a title card proclaiming: "Although what you are about to see is fiction, it should nevertheless be played at maximum volume." How much plainer could Haynes put it?
But still the critiques come: "But glam wasn't as gay as this movie would like to think!" The film might paint a select picture of the movement, but Brian Slade's yearnings for a "sexual revolution" ring perfectly true. Bowie – the main inspiration behind Slade (played with panache by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) – was the first major rock star to admit that he fancied guys as well as gals. The establishment had only just got used to the concept of free love. Was it really ready to have homosexuality shoved down its throat? As always, it was the kids who understood. Gay, straight or bi, glam allowed you to be yourself, to paint your life in bright colours, the exact colours that matched your thoughts. Is that not the truth?
There are those, of course, who bemoan the fact that the movie is kind of about Ziggy but doesn't lay it all down like a Mojo feature. Yet Haynes never set out to make a Bowie biopic. By mixing fact and fiction, he's produced fantasy, something that represents the whole glam movement far better than a warts 'n' all film about Bowie ever could. I'd argue that every rock movie ever made has been a work of fiction anyway, even those whose authors claim authenticity. Ditto for every rock book. It's all subjective. One man's life-changing event is another man's "so what?". There's a great exchange in Velvet Goldmine when Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor's character) speaking from the vantage point of 1984, tells Arthur (Christian Bale portraying an ex-glam fan turned journalist): "We set out to change the world and ended up… just changing ourselves." "What's wrong with that?" says Arthur. "Nothing!" says Curt. "If you don't look at the world."
Rock 'n' roll as personal revolution. Just about my favourite subject in the world ever. And you wonder why I dig this movie so much?
A lot of reviewers said that they found Velvet Goldmine a difficult film to enjoy because they simply couldn't identify with any of the characters. Yet Arthur, in his '70s guise as a glam fan who ends up getting thrown out of his parents' house for "bringing shame upon" them when he's caught masturbating over a pic of Curt and Brian in a music magazine, surely represents you, me and everyone else whose life has ever been completely turned upside down by music, even if just for brief second. It's hard to avoid an inward cheer when the young Arthur, watching a TV interview with Brian in which he talks about his bisexuality, jumps up and down excitedly and yells at the screen, "that's me, that is!", while his parents looks on disgustedly. And we've all been through scenes like the one where Arthur's friends taunt him over his purchase of one of Brian's records ("… he's a fuckin' poof, that one."). Bale's portrayal of Arthur has been somewhat overlooked in the rush to mention Jonathan Rhys Meyers' Slade and McGregor's Wild, but for me, it's one of the best in the film.
The way that Velvet Goldmine looks and sounds as though it could have actually been made in the period in which most of it is set is remarkable. There's no MTV-style fast-cut editing of live or video material. The stunning set pieces – Brian's tres dandy videos and the Curt Wild gig scenes – look as though they've come straight out of some classic-rock film archive. The way that the camera follows McGregor around, you get the impression that everything was shot very much on the spot. He falls and the camera doesn't immediately fall with him. It races to get the shot a split second later, just as it would if filming a proper gig. McGregor, who performs his own songs in the film, says that much of the movie was one-take stuff. There was apparently little time for rehearsals, which, performance-wise, makes the movie's triumph even more remarkable.
The soundtrack album has rarely left my stereo for the past three weeks, and without a doubt looks set to become one of my favourite LPs of 1998, mixing as it does original '70s faves (Roxy's Virginia Plain, Lou Reed's Satellite Of Love, Steve Harley's Make Me Smile) with faithful covers (Roxy Music, T-Rex, The Stooges, New York Dolls) and new, original glam-style tracks (Pulp, Grant Lee Buffalo and Shudder To Think – who steal the show with the brilliant Hot One and Ballad Of Maxwell Demon).
The music press, of course, have raced to praise the album while condemning the film. That 'delicious irony' I talked about at the beginning? By criticising the film for the reasons I've mentioned – primarily the lack of (what they see as) truth, and non-identification with its characters – these reviewers are acting like the tired old establishment figures that glam itself aimed to sweep away. They're showing themselves up to be people who I can only assume have never got rock 'n' roll; people who've obviously missed out on the life-changing part and have only ever viewed it in terms of four-guys-on-a-stage-who-play-quite-well. Nice tunes. But what was that about personal revolutions? These people are slating one of the best rock 'n' roll movies ever made. Why? Because it's adventurous? Because it dares to dream? Because it's not The Truman Show? Or do they simply not get it? What's not to get, though? Subtext? Jeez, the message behind this movie is dangling over Tower Bridge scrawled in 30-foot high, glowing red neon letters.
It's this simple: rock 'n' roll's about brief moments in time, but it's still a potent, freeing force. It changes people's lives; their way of thinking; their way of being. Maybe not forever… but enough to make you believe it could. And wish it would.
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Q: Inserted array shows in reverse JS I am just starting to learn js and as many (I'm sure) I am facing problems lol. I am trying to copy an array into another array at a designated index location.
I seem to be able to do everything correct but when I log the result, the inserted array shows in reverse and I have no idea why¿?¿?.
Have also tried a .forEach as looping method, but I'm still a bit green to use it right.
This is the code:

function frankenSplice(arr1, arr2, n) {
  let newArr = arr2.slice([]);
  for (let i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) {
    newArr.splice(n, 0, arr1[i]);
    console.log(newArr)
  }
}

frankenSplice([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], 1);

It logs // [ 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6 ] instead of the desired out: [ 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 ]

A: You are inserting the elements at the same index, so after inserting 1 you insert 2 at the same position, shifting back the 1 and all following elements.
Either iterate backwards over arr1 or increment n after each iteration like I have done here.

function frankenSplice(arr1, arr2, n) {
  let newArr = arr2.slice([]);
  for (let i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) {
    newArr.splice(n, 0, arr1[i]);
    console.log(newArr)
    n++; // add this
  }
}

frankenSplice([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], 1);


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Japan: Another woman dies in Pokemon Go related road accident
This is the second incident of death in Japan that has been related to the wildly popular augmented reality game, Pokemon Go.
By Samhati Bhattacharjya
August 27, 2016 18:13 +08
IBTimes UK
A Vietnamese woman died in a fatal road accident in Japan that has been linked to the popular mobile game Pokemon Go, the Japan Times reported on Friday.
Officials said the woman was riding a bicycle when she was hit by a car. The police arrested the driver, who is in his 20s, for causing injury due to negligence. The drive will have to face possible charges of causing death due to negligence.
The driver said he looked away as he was trying to charge his mobile phone. The battery was depleted from playing Pokemon Go.
This is the second incident of death in Japan that has been related to the wildly popular augmented reality game.
On August 25, a woman was killed and another was severely injured by a Japanese truck driver, who was playing Pokemon Go while driving.
The driver initially told the police that he was checking the time on his smartphone but later he admitted that he was playing Pokémon Go.
"I did not have clear sight of the road because I was playing Pokemon Go," the 39-year-old driver told the National Police Agency.
The police said there have been 79 traffic accidents across Japan since the app was launched last month. More than 1,000 traffic infractions involving Pokemon Go players have been recorded so far.
Pokémon Go is a conventional "hide and seek" game where the players have to find virtual characters based on their real-world locations detected through their smartphones.
The authorities worldwide have issued numerous warnings, urging players to be vigilant. They have warned players from walking into oncoming traffic, straying into restricted areas, or becoming victims of crimes.
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I kept working away on my blue blocks. They are looking good. They can not really go together yet in this photo. They are different sizes on one side. They each need one more strip added to make them square.
I have added this to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2018 and the link at Soscrappy.
Lots of 1 1/2 strips of blue fabric is getting used. I had to cut a few more light blues, I was running out. I still have lots of darker blue strips. It also leaves me with short bits at the end. Oh well in the scrap box they go.
I played with how I might lay them out. I might not do any other colours but just use all the blue ones together. Not sure I like the way the quilt is split in 4 rows. I made all my spirals spin the same way. Not sure what I could have done had I done half one way and half the other spinning way.
OK love this lay out. The blocks have all the sides added now. I ended up adding one more strip to each block. Half the blocks have 3 dark strips on the outside. and the other half of blocks have 3 sides with Light on the outside. This way they are square blocks and fit together better. I think these would be a cute baby boy quilt. I have the blocks labeled to sew together like this. I have to put this way for a week or so. I must finish something else.
If I do these again I might have to just make half spin the other way. I will get a different layout.
Love the final layout. They are so many fun ways you could put these together.
Your last layout adds so much more movement in the quilt! Good job!
Love these spiral blocks. Great contrast between the light and dark blues.
Those are such great blocks! The last layout looks like they are dancing!
That's going to be such a pretty quilt!!
These blocks are great. Would it work to turn half of them wrong side up just to get an idea of how it would look with half spun the other way?
These are so gorgeous! I love all of the different scraps you were able to use.
I love these blocks - your design wall looks amazing!
Two last ones look like the Greek Key pattern. Lovely.


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Q: What is limiting the batch requests per sec We have a newly created Azure SQL Server 2014 instance. The specs for the server are as follows

Pretty bare bones, I know. Since this is just a testing server, we have opted to set up the data files on the C:\ drive itself.
We wanted to do some performance testing to see what it would be like compared to an on-premise solution. To do this, we created a database with the following table:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[temptbl_1](
    [seq] [numeric](18, 0) IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [field1] [varchar](50) NOT NULL,
    [field2] [int] NOT NULL,
    [field3] [datetime] NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_temptbl_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
    [seq] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

Then, we ran update stats on the entire db. We then ran the following insert statement to see what kind of results we would get:
insert into dbo.temptbl_1 (field1, field2, field3)
select 'here is a great big string',123456, getdate()
go 10000

The first time we ran it from my local machine's SSMS (2016 preview), and were shocked to see that it took ~9 minutes!
We then ran the query again from the server itself in SSMS, and it took ~2 minutes. This seemed much more plausible. But why is it taking so long from the client?
Watching the activity monitor, I can see while the query is running from my local machine, the batch requests per/sec never goes above 20. Doing the math you can see why this would never finish faster than 8-9 minutes. However when running the query from the server, we can see that the batch requests per/sec go all the way up to 100.
We have tried to read as much as we can, and have looked through settings, and cannot figure out why it seems to be limiting the query from my local machine, but the query from the server it doesn't seem too.
Why does the server seem to be limiting the query from my workstation, but not when run from the server itself?

A: This is just a pure guess (I cannot find anything to support this), but I believe that the reason it is much slower when you perform it on your local box is that it is going through the iteration on your local box.
If you did this as a cursor, I believe this would process everything from SQL and be much faster.
AKA GO 10000 is being iterated 10000 times from your local so it has to worry about the network for each statement as well.


Imagine the crowds cheering on the home team at the Football Club Barcelona's stadium, check out a space dedicated to Argentinean superstar Leo Messi, admire the Club's many trophies, your favorite players' jerseys, and learn about the history of Barcelona's world-renowned soccer club with interactive displays in the museum. There's also an indoor ice-skating rink and a massive FC Barcelona store where fans can buy official jerseys and gear emblazoned with the team's name and colors.
Even if you can't attend a match, you can still imagine the crowds cheering on the home team at the Football Club Barcelona's stadium, admire a shrine to Argentine superstar Leo Messi and learn about the history of Barcelona's world-renowned soccer club with interactive displays in the museum. There's also an indoor ice-skating rink and a massive FC Barcelona store where fans can buy official jerseys and more emblazoned with the team's name and colors.
I've been to Barcelona, walked Las Ramblas, marveled at Gaudi's masterpieces (from La Sagrada Familia to Parc Guell), but the thing that stands above them all is an authentic experience in Camp Nou. Nothing, not tapas nor siesta, is more Spanish than watching a La Liga game is this cathedral of football.
I dare you to visit Camp Nou, take the tour and not become a soccer fan. Barca is more than a team, it is a way of life.


A new set of wheels is a big deal, and when it comes to your family, you want to make sure you're buying something safe, economical and long-lasting. Purchasing a car on your own is daunting, and women, in particular, are often targeted by unscrupulous dealers and salesmen looking to unload faulty or unsellable vehicles. When it's time for a new vehicle, then these are just three simple questions you need to ask to make sure you get a car that's right for you.
Safety is the number-one priority when it comes to purchasing a new car. The latest driver assistance technologies have the potential to save thousands of lives on our roads. Look for technologies such as autonomous emergency braking (AEB), which uses sensors to identify road hazards and can slow and even stop vehicles before a collision; electronic stability control (ESC) which activates when a driver loses control of a car in an accident, and lane-keep assist, which warns drivers when they stray outside their lane. As well as new technologies, vehicles should also include curtain airbags, which will protect you and your children from a side-impact crash and reduce driver death by nearly 40 percent.
Chances are, if you're a busy parent with several children, then your car needs lots of space! Between taking little ones to sports, supermarket shopping, prams and trips away, a hatchback or sedan just isn't going to cut it. As how big the boot space is if it isn't listed, both with the back seats up and down. A 'big' boot with the backseat up is considered anything over 500 litres and should be plenty of space for a busy family. It also pays to look at whether you need a five-seater or seven-seater car. Numerous large SUV models have an optional two seats in the back seat, which is ideal if you sometimes carpool or drive children's friends or relations around but don't necessarily require a van for day-to-day use.
A car may seem cheap up front, but turn out to be a huge expense with a large, inefficient engine. Ask the owner or salesman about its fuel rating. If they're a commercial dealer and don't know, then that's a red flag and suggests they don't know a huge amount about their own cars. You can also check a car's fuel consumption online. Remember that petrol will be an ongoing expense, so if you're tossing up between several models with similar safety features and size requirements, then choose the one with the lowest fuel consumption – this will save you the most money in the long run.
You don't have to learn everything there is to know about cars to when it's time to purchase your next family vehicle. If you're concerned about getting a cost-effective, safe vehicle for your family, then it's worth looking at online websites featuring cars for sale, such as Auto Trader, which will clearly display all the relevant information you need, allowing you to make an informed choice.
Yesterday I made the (roughly) three and a half hour car journey from my home in Hertfordshire to my Dad's in Lancashire, just outside Manchester. Depending on traffic the journey can be much longer, on a good day it can be as little as three but no less.
It's a journey I've made thousands of times before with my children throughout all the different age groups they've been. I usually make the trip by myself as it's one I do often and the OH stays behind to work. The hardest times were when my twins were babies. Those journeys I don't look back on fondly as it's near on impossible to entertain two new babies on a car journey with two other children as well. But I managed, just about.
Now that the children are older (my twins are 4 years old) I consider myself a bit of an expert when it comes to long car journeys, and being the only adult in the car with no one else to really rely upon in terms of helping, it's imperative I have a plan before setting off.
Set off when your kids are getting tired. I think just after lunch is a great time as they've usually been playing all morning so when they've had lunch (another good reason for leaving at this time so they've got a full belly) and they're in the car they will fall asleep, especially if you have young children, but this works with any age. My Teen always falls asleep in the car if we leave at this time.
I know it's not always possible though e.g if you have to be somewhere for a certain time, and if this is the case, wake up your children and get them out of bed extra EARLY, so there is a possibility of sleep, just the motion of the car on the road will hopefully ensure this happens!!
If, like me, you are the only adult in the car, you need to have everything to hand so you can grab things whilst driving! I realise this isn't ideal in terms of safety standards but needs must. Don't make the mistake of taking lots of snacks etc then not being able to reach/grab them when the kids are going crazy for them! This will make you go crazy yourself and you'll have to stop the car. I have a big 7 seater car and it's pointless giving the twins their own bags of things to look after as they are strapped into their car seats and will often drop their bags out of reach, especially if they've slept (this doesn't really apply to older kids who can look after their own stuff). Keep bags near you. I keep them in the middle of the two front seats for easy access or just directly behind this area. Plastic carrier bags are the best too, so you can see items easily at a quick glance!
This goes without saying. Books are an old favourite but have been overtaken somewhat in the popularity stakes by all things electrical, be it tablets, phones, laptops etc. A good tip for these would be to download some new videos, films and games especially for the journey or restrict usage before you go, that way they'll be extremely excited to play with these for hours! And again, for younger children, have a few little toys to hand so you can pass to them on the move!
Some children, my daughter falls into this category, don't like to read or look at screens as they get a little car sick, so music is a good option. Take CD's with music on that THEY like. We have some compilation CD's with some favourite pop songs on that all the children know and we have a sing song! They love this and it's a good, easy time waster. I also find this very entertaining and funny!
I spy and other traditional games can go down well, make the words easily guessable for the younger ones and something that you can see in the car! Frustrations mount if they can't get it right! Other simple games like counting particular cars is fun for the kids, as in ones made this year (we used to like this when we were kids, we looked out for the newest number plates) or just finding cars of the same colour. Counting will help the little ones with their numbers too!
Lastly, if all else fails, stop the car and take a break. Pull into the services and let the kids have a run around. I know it's easy to think that not stopping and getting to the destination faster is the more intelligent option but this is usually a false economy. Do you really want to travel that final leg of the journey in a state of stress and anxiety as the kids go stir crazy?
Then hopefully, the rest of the trip should go smoothly. Fingers crossed.
Motorway driving I'm used to. My parents have always lived in the North, not far from Manchester... it was where I was brought up. Since moving Daan Saarf when I was a young teenager to attend stage school I have travelled up and down the M1 more times than many people have probably had the proverbial hot dinner!!! Obviously in the years when I couldn't drive I was either chauffered by my Dad, or I got the train. Ah... many a happy memory of rushing to Euston station with plenty of luggage trying to catch the inter-city fast train to Manchester Piccadilly (not), although as I got a little older a few of my friends used to travel the same way so it was pretty fun and very grown up we thought!
But I haven't travelled up north by train in many years. Firstly because I can drive and I have a car, but mainly because I have children and the amount of stuff we take when we go visiting is, well, it's ridiculous. Anyone would think we were leaving home. My neighbours must think we're going on a road trip round the world!!
I have a HUGE car too but it still seems to be bursting at the seams by the time I've finished loading it. My children call it a coach but I love it; yes it's a bit of a station wagon but I love all the space inside, my younger children can walk around in it! Times when my car has been in the garage and I've been given a brand new courtesy car, I couldn't wait to get my old car back. Whichever 7 seater I'm given I still feel cramped; the middle seats are practically squashed up against the front ones, the back ones are in the boot which you can't get to unless you open the boot - then there's no boot space. No, those 7 seaters are not designed for big families. They are for average sized families that may have another person in the car occasionally!!
So getting back to the trip. I have a double pushchair for starters which goes into the boot. Then there's the massive suitcase which I try to fit most of my own and the three youngest clothes into. My teen organises himself, which means another huge holdall as well as his Xbox and laptop etc. Then there's the pillows, blankets, toys, dressing gowns, books, paperwork - I always take loads of that as I think I'm going to have plenty of time to sift through it whilst relaxing at home - I still refer to my Dad's house as home - but I never usually get round to it! We usually take a mini picnic too to eat on the way (which ends up being all over the car when we get there). We don't travel light.
Driving up the M1 is like second nature to me. I like to get my foot down and get there as quick as I can. I don't like to stop at the services on the way although if the kids are playing up its a must, but I usually like to do the journey all in one go. It's a journey I love to make. It's somewhere I love to go so it's never a chore.
I like driving on the motorway. Nothing beats a nice clear road ahead (if I'm lucky) on a glorious summer's day, good tunes playing in the background and my beautiful children sleeping around me.... but it's rarely like that for the whole way.
This time wasn't particularly fun. I had planned to set off just after lunch, timing it to perfection so the kids would've just eaten and would fall asleep for most of the way. But I just couldn't for the life of me get out of the house. I seemed to go around in circles looking for things in the places where they ought to be, only they weren't there! Grrr! My disorganisational (that's not a real word by the way) skills really in full flow! I was getting quite angry with myself for not having everything ready the night before.
Meanwhile, my children were making more mess than I've ever seen, left to their own devices whilst I was rushing around like a mad woman. I was slowly losing the will to live.
When we finally left, about 4.30pm, just in time for the rush hour traffic, I obviously needed petrol (of course - only normal, organised people do this the day before) so I headed down to Tesco's to fill up my car. There was a queue. I also noticed that my back tyre was a little flat. Fanbloodytastic! Drove round to the air machine and QUEUED there too!!
What all of this meant was my twins had already fallen asleep as soon as I left the house so therefore would wake up only a short way into the (roughly) three hour drive, resulting in them being ratty, whinging and complaining causing me extreme stress whilst driving!
To be fair though I didn't do too badly. They did sleep most of the way bless them and the motorway was pretty clear. It was lovely. I was lost in thought at times. The journey always make me think of my parents and times gone by.
I've had a few incidents on my various driving trips up north over the years. I've had guys doing moonies at me, I've had lorries trying to kill me, I've had breakdowns and flat tyres, I've had 9 hour journeys where there's been a crash and I've been pulled over by the police!
Still, I guess it's all part of the motoring experience. It doesn't put me off. And now I'm home I'm a having a well deserved rest for a few days (to recover from the drive hehe) before planning some fun, northern days out!


I have been teaching Sunday School at our Unitarian Universalist church and we spent a few sessions studying Dia de los Muertos. I have decided I really like this holiday. It is a way to remember loved ones who are no longer alive but it is colorful and even joyful.
So I created an "ofrenda" with my sons and we put sugar skulls we made and decorated on it and printed out pictures. I realized I didn't have any pictures of Iain easily accessible. :-( If I can find one I'll put it on the altar but if not I have his hat that I always wore.
It's supposed to be the time when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest so our ancestors and loved ones can reach us more easily. I really like that idea because I so wish I could talk to him again.
I just noticed that LiveJournal is purging some accounts?
"Purging of inactive accounts: As noted in news, inactive accounts are systematically being deleted if they have never posted an entry, and have not been logged into in the past 2 years."
Well - it's that time of year. I'm thinking about Iain again as Oct 5 came and went. I've been too busy to feel much of anything besides scared and stressed and overwhelmed as we try to save our home from foreclosure, but then I realized that October is the birthday time for my father and Iain both. I miss them. If the veil between living and dead really does grow thinner around Samhain I would wish to somehow communicate with them. And Steve Arlow too. Strange how the people who touch our lives become a part of us in some way.
As I sit here watching the election results come in, I keep remembering how, four years ago, I watched the results come in, and as things went bad, then worse, I kept thinking of Iain and how much he would have hated to see it.
I wish he were here to see the news tonight. And I think of him as I watch, and wait, and hope.
I am not my son; my son is not me. That is all the insight I have for now.
Child of my body, bone of my bone, apple of my eye.
We heal but never fully I suppose.
"Out of the Darkness" walk for suicide prevention?
I've been thinking for a while about taking part in one of the Out of the Darkness walks to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention , but always seem to miss the dates. There are walks coming up in Ann Arbor (9/16), Lansing (9/15), Metro Detroit (10/7) and elsewhere.
If I were to organize a team in Iain's memory, would any of you be interested in joining me? If so, which of the locations would be best for you - Ann Arbor, Metro Detroit (Kensington Metropark in Milford, near Novi), Lansing, or elsewhere? We could also join an existing team, such as the one sponsored by the U-M Depression Center.
Although it's coming up soon, it doesn't appear to be too late to register, and doing the walk is free.
All current board members are members of Livejournal and have been active in the Intranet community. X-posted to intranet.
I wish this organization had existed back when I was a student.
It has some very good resources on talking to people who are considering suicide, and other useful information for people with mental illnesses and people who love them.
today I was eating a bowl of the soup I made and decided to toss some of the broken pretzels (a casualty of my children's lunches) on top.
Suddenly I was reminded of going to Dominick's with Iain. This was a restaurant where "picofests" were often held. He would order (and after he introduced me to it I ordered it too!) a bowl of the clam chowder and a side of pretzel nuggets. Then he showed me you carefully cut the pretzels in half with your teeth so they made perfect little scoops. You then used them to scoop some of the chowder out.
This was especially wonderful on a cold fall day when we were all eating outside.
It's the little things. I'm on intranet, trying to figure out something that is probably child's play in linux, and I would usually ask Iain. He'd always explain it slowly and with small words so my poseur-geek brain could understand, and he always had that friendly, slightly goofy online presence that always brought a smile to my face.
I type w, and ec is not logged on.
I miss him. And I miss the world that contained him, the world with Iain in it.
The weirdest stuff makes me think of Iain.
Today I was playing a free online version of Lemmings.
We had an Amiga and both of us played Lemmings a lot on the Amiga.
After our divorce when Iain took the Amiga and I eventually bought myself a PC, I got Lemmings for my new PC.
Iain was right - it sucked on PC.
As I sat here playing with it with my son I kept thinking how amused Iain would be to see how excited by it R (7) was. It really makes me sad because if our barely begun renewal of friendship had been able to grow I think Iain would have really enjoyed meeting my kids.
I've been having the weirdest dreams about Iain. It's almost like I am dreaming some alternate future where we stayed married and had sweet romantic moments.
Now, I love my husband. I adore my husband. I respect my husband and am very very happy that I found him. So at first it kind of bothered me that I was having all these dreams with Iain in them. I felt sort of weird about it.
But now I really do almost feel like it is a metaphoric communication. Like it is me dreaming some sort of closure maybe?
Most recently I had one where I was dancing with Iain before anyone else was there at a big con where we were setting things up. Oddly I could picture his face with that dark hair and those amazing eyes very clearly even though I haven't seen him in years.
It's like a usually buried ache. Things remind me. I guess because it is close to his birthday.
I should call mecmom and check in. Today I heard the radio show The Infinite Mind about "Virtual Communities" and naturally I thought of Iain.
We *met* in a virtual community. Well sort of. We met online in "Arbornet" and then met in person at a picofest and began dating.
I just kept thinking of how much I wish we could be friends again and I could call him up or email him and talk about the radio show. I know he'd have had a lot of insight. I miss his laugh and the wonderful way he was so open with his delight.
Damn. It really doesn't get easier does it?
I'm starting to admit that I just still have a little piece of guilt around Iain that I won't give up for a while, possibly a long time, in spite of knowing that it is mostly illogical.
Last night I had this odd dream - I was traveling to a conference, a professional education related conference, in Ann Arbor. My flight got cancelled due to snow and the next one wasn't out til the next day. For some bizarre reason, of all the people I know in A2, Iain picked me up and took me to his house. He apparently had broken up with Jennie and Chris, moved back to A2 and had a HUGE house. You know how weird things are in dreams? Well, he offered to let me take a shower and his bathroom had this HUGE swimming pool in it. So I decided to get in, and a lot of my old Ann Arbor friends were there tlatoani, eviljohn, and others. We were talking a lot. It was really comfortable.
I just wish some of it could be true. I just have this deeply buried and persistent sadness that he is gone. The ultimate in lost chances. Sigh.
I just watched the "Day of the Dead" episode on season 5 of B5. For those who haven't seen it you can read a synopsis here but in short: There is a rare religious celebration honoring the dead and a bunch of people meet up with important dead people from their past.
It really made me think a lot about Iain. Again.
There is a rather nice bit where Garibaldi meets up with this Marine he had a one night almost stand with. (or maybe it was a one night stand, I forget) anyway - they spend a lot of time just talking. And I couldn't help but think that if I could have a night like that with Iain I would give a lot. Just one night, even if I couldn't bring him back just a night to have some closure, tell him how much I really did love him in spite of the way things worked out, and... just try to understand better.
Ah. Well...So I have to have one-sided conversations for now.
The last email I got from Iain. In reply to my checking in because I was afraid a series of "what happened with us" emails, instigated by him, had upset him.
busy and a little scattered.
Sigh. I just re-read them all. I haven't had the heart to but I did. I still can't help but feel guilty while at the same time feeling that there is nothing I could have done and yet wondering if there was. It is a terrible terrible thing to lose someone this way - a friend, a child, a lover, a good person. And the pain seems to dissapear into the background but I don't think it really goes away, certainly not for his family, close friends, and loved ones but even for anyone who knew him I suspect.


Posted on 10/18/2017 09/21/2018 by Jerrid Kalakay, Ph.D.
Whether you have started a new job, moved to a different town, or created a social enterprise, at one time or another we have all felt some sense of being an outsider. In this week's episode, Jerrid and Courtney embrace the role of the outsider and discuss how this position provides the perfect opportunity for innovation. As Jerrid defines it, outsiders in the social entrepreneurship world are people who are not of their industries before their social enterprise endeavors.
A significant benefit of being an outsider is the potential for outside-the-box thinking. Outsiders tend not to have the preconceived notions that more experienced people in the field may possess. Industry insiders are by nature close to their professions and have an intimate view of the inner workings of their jobs. While this closeness reaps its rewards, it may also limit their ability to approach issues within their perspective fields from a fresh point of view. Thus, the need for the outsider.
In the social entrepreneurship world, the outsider is typically met with praise, but sometimes confusion may occur as well. On the one hand, outsiders may generate excitement as they disrupt the status quo and seek to remedy a social ill. On the other hand, the industry insiders may not take them as seriously due to the outsiders' newness to the field. However, as outsiders become successful in their missions and generate profits, they become more respected by those who may have questioned their capabilities.
So, does it take an outsider to solve lofty problems? Maybe not always, but this was certainly the case in social entrepreneurial success stories Clean the World founded by Shawn Siepler and Recycle Across America founded by Mitch Hedlund. The owners of these social enterprises were very much outsiders when they started their respective businesses which may have given them the distance needed to bring their innovative solutions to life.


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Eclectic knot of mourners recalls Novak
By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times - Saturday, August 22, 2009
It's a safe bet that Robert D. Novak would have loved the service for him on a steamy Friday morning at St. Patrick's Church in the heart of the city he loved.
Inside the Catholic church at D and 10th streets Northwest, the atmosphere was dignified and apolitical. A part of the "Prince of Darkness" - a nickname the combative columnist embraced - would have liked the solemnity of the 10 white-robed monsignors, priests and deacons taking their places at the altar as political consultant Jeff Bell - the late Mr. Novak's godfather and friend - and National Review Editor Kate O'Beirne delivered readings of the Mass.
Watching from the front row were Geraldine Novak - the wife of the influential syndicated columnist and TV commentator who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer - son Alex, daughter Zelda and the Novak grandchildren.
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After the Mass came the kind of spontaneous political gabfest that Mr. Novak also would have loved, as friends and admirers of varied backgrounds and all political persuasions spilled out into the street, gathering in knots that grew into clumps and became a nearly solid block of gesticulating and reminiscing humanity.
They did what people who love politics and have just bid a final farewell to a dear friend do - share stories about Mr. Novak's 50-year reporting career and about themselves. There was talk of the late Rowland Evans, who for many years co-wrote with Mr. Novak the "Inside Report" syndicated column that was a combination of hard news, memorable scoops and political analysis.
Despite the heat, no one seemed to want to leave, with memories of Mr. Novak mixing easily with political shop talk.
As the sun beat down, Donna Brazile, a veteran Democratic consultant who managed Vice President Al Gore's 2000 presidential run, laughingly recalled how "Bob and I used to hang round at St. Patrick's a lot, and I'd tell him, 'Bob, God needs another source.' "
Miss Brazile said she constantly ran into Mr. Novak in studio "green rooms" before TV appearances. "Everybody there would be talking to each other, but not Bob. He'd be on the phone to senators, congressmen, White House aides, tracking a story," she said.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, and former Bush While House chief political strategist Karl Rove were among the conservative luminaries amiably jostling each other and Democratic notables for sidewalk space in front of the church.
"Novak cost me an ambassadorship after Nixon had resigned and Ford took over," recalled Pat Buchanan, conservative political commentator and former top aide to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan.
Mr. Buchanan related that then-White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig had offered Mr. Buchanan the ambassador's post to South Africa in the hectic days as President Nixon was preparing to resign in August 1974 and Vice President Ford was preparing to take over.
As Mr. Buchanan recalled, "I'm on a junket to Canada and someone says, 'Are you going to be ambassador to South Africa? Evans and Novak have it.' I picked up the Evans and Novak column and read, 'It may seem impossible to believe but the bloody-nosed gut fighter Pat Buchanan is going to be appointed by Gerald Ford as ambassador to South Africa. Al Haig has slipped it through staff and the State Department.'
"By the time I, got home, the ambassadorship was gone," Mr. Buchanan said.
Reflecting Mr. Novak's legendarily packed Rolodex, Miss Brazile wasn't the only Democrat in the pews at St. Patrick's. Joe Cerrell, a veteran Democratic campaign consultant, flew in from his California home to see Mr. Novak off for the last time. Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC's "Hardball" and formerly an aide to Democratic House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, was also there.
Another Democrat and old Novak friend, New York lawyer Adam Walinsky, a former top aide and speechwriter for Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was there, sharing recollections of old times with Democratic strategist Bob Shrum, who was in from Cape Cod, Mass., with his wife to attend the service.
"There was nothing more fun after a long day than to sit down with Bob Novak and argue about capital-gains taxes, the Fed, the Contras or [any other] topic," Mr. Shrum said. "But nobody ever doubted that we liked each other and that there was a part of us that would stand off in a corner saying, 'You can't take this too seriously.' "
Mr. Novak, the son of Jewish parents, converted to Catholicism a decade ago. Monsignor Peter J. Vaghi, a former pastor at St. Patrick's, offered a remembrance during the Mass, recalling the baptism of both Mr. Novak and his wife.
In his homily, Monsignor Salvatore A. Criscuolo recalled Mr. Novak's final days.
"Three-and-a-half weeks ago, I anointed Bob, and he was in a very bad way, not sure of his surroundings," he recalled. "Then a week later, when I stopped by to give him a blessing, he awoke and very painfully and deliberately made the sign of the cross.
"That was his strength, his faith."


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Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950
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The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950 (abbreviated DSI) is an online repository of bibliographic data about people who illustrated published scientific works from the time of the invention of the printing press, around 1450, until 1950;[1] the latter cut-off chosen with the intention of excluding currently-active illustrators. The database includes those who worked in a variety of fields, including astronomical, botanical, zoological and medical illustration.[1]
The database is hosted by the University of Stuttgart.[1] Content is displayed in English, and is free to access. As of January 2020, the site's homepage states that the database includes over 12,500 illustrators.[2] The site is searchable by 20 fields.[1]
Suggestions for additional entries, or amendments, may be submitted by members of the public, but are subject to editorial review before inclusion.[3]
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An example entry, for Charles Tunnicliffe, may be seen at http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/hi/gnt/dsi2/index.php?table_name=dsi&function=details&where_field=id&where_value=5570
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Lightman, Bernard (2016-02-01). A Companion to the History of Science. John Wiley & Sons. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-118-62075-5.
^ "Home page". Database of Scientific Illustrators. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "Submit a new Entry". Database of Scientific Illustrators. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Further reading [ edit ]
Hentschel, Klaus (2012-10-03). "The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950: Making the Invisible Hands Visible". Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science. 6 (1): 182–191. doi:10.4245/sponge.v6i1.17156.
Hentschel, Klaus; Himmel, Torsten (2018). "Die Stuttgarter Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450-1950 (DSI)". In Peggy Bockwinkel; Beatrice Nickel; Gabriel Viehhauser (eds.). Digital Humanities. Perspektiven der Praxis (in German). Berlin.
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