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I know, I know its way past Saturday and I promised to write this by 6pm Saturday, but the iBurst link we were using at Barcamp misbehaved and afterwards I have been either offline or otherwise occupied :).
If I had to sum up Barcamp, I'd say WOW! Although not that often, I have attended forums with great ideas and great personalities. What made Barcamp different though was the passion behind these ideas and personalities. Each presenter who came on stage was intense in his (sadly there were no 'her' presentations) presentation. Kiania, the MC, had to work hard to make sure there was enough time for everyone to speak.
Starting off Barcamp was Josiah Mugambi with a Bugatti Veyron presentation. This is one presentation I was really looking forward too but sadly I never made it on time. Apart from some LMS preparation of GEC brochures I spent almost 15 minutes looking for parking (I'm going to be a green from now on - walking is good :-) )
I did make it on time for AFRICADOTNET.net by Edgar Okioga. Apart from myself Edgar must have been the most Microsoftian barcamper in attendance. He did surprise us though by giving out free copies of MSDN Community Distribution CDs marked "Please copy and distribute". Who'd have ever thought?
Kamau Gichigi Ph.D was next with Equal Opportunity Manufacturing and this was one presentation I wish had been allowed more time. He's an engineer so there was a lot of techno-jargon which flew by me, but a business incubator for manufacturers did stick and I'm keenly looking forward to seeing how it develops. The idea is called .... IDEA. Kamau mentioned that a website is in the works but I no URL was given, I will track him down and see if I can get it.
JKUAT seems to be really serious about their IT programs. There were two great presentations that showed ingenuity of the students. The first was from Nick titled "Software Defined Radio". Nick is a self confessed techie and although I grasped the general idea, TLAs were in plenty.
We then had Ashok who talked about Bungeni, an open-source parliamentary system. I really was intrigued by his project since it mirrored a lot of the work I had done on LawsofKenya.com. What really impressed me though was the fact that it is open-source and designed to bring the common mwananchi into the parliamentary process.
Felix Kiptum of Mama Mikes was next with a talk on the Long Tail Economics of Abundance. a really interesting theory on how technology has made it possible to produce products in few numbers and still have a sustainable business.
At this point I was called to attend to some pressing business outside the barcamp and I missed David's and Riyaz presentations on Residential Networks and Skunkworks, but I'll be attending the Skunkworks meetings so I'll be giving you the low down on these two.
I made it back to hear Ted Muganda's presentation on Stocks Kenya. Amazing story and really made me think about how Stephen and I started SoftLaw. We didn't really have any idea how big it would become when we started, but as it went on it got a life of its own. Stocks
Next was a really inspiring presentation from another JKUAT student. This time it was about
a LAN/WAN that students had built for themselves between their residential halls. Totally financed by the students the network has encouraged content development e.g. a dating service for the students, and is financially self-sustainable. From the presentation it sounded also like a "wiki" network where any person could add a node or a subnet. Internet service is provided over the network through a prepaid billing system accessed on the intranet. Lots of potential exists and I'll definitely be researching more into this. Credit also to Moi University who have implemented a similar setup. Great challenge to University of Nairobi, although they have access to probably the best resources, their counterparts around the country are leaps and bounds ahead in terms of innovation.
Next up was .... (drum rolls) ... Harry Karanja. Just before I got up I was told to try and keep it within 10 minutes. That was going to be tough, I had to talk about LawsofKenya.com, Genius Executive Centre and this blog in 10 minutes! Luckily most of the stuff I would have talked about: website startups, Kenyan laws, and business incubators had been mentioned by previous speakers. I gave a summary of LawsofKenya and GEC with a Harry Karanja angle and saved sometime to talk about IdeaPool. IdeaPool was a forum that me and seven (Karis, Mibuari, Meg, Stacy, P.King, Andrew & Irene) of my pals/workmates (from Strathmore) started back in 2001. Mostly it was about meeting at Java House cafe on Muindi Mbingu on Saturday afternoons and stuffing ourselves with confectioneries. But we also had big ideas, like volunteering to teach secondary school students about IT and entrepreneurship. Sadly IdeaPool never really picked up steam, and I guess one major reason was the inability to bring more people on board. This is one reason I really loved the barcamp experience. Barcamp also demonstrated that with the internet especially wikis and blogs such forums have access to a much larger audience. I'm hoping that Barcamp will be all that IdeaPool aspired.
As barcamp came to an end, I felt like we had only scratched the surface of the ideas and opportunities existent. Kiania, rightly said that it is a great time for technological innovation in Kenya with the current political leadership (Mutahi Kagwe and his PS Bitange Ndemo). I agree and you can be sure that I will be right in the thick of things!


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Thursday, July 19, 2007
A Glimmer Of "RPM2Nite" Appears On ESPN
Normally, Thursdays are a bit slow on the "NASCAR news" beat. This week, things are even slower with the NEXTEL Cup Series taking the weekend off. This "Thursday vacuum" has always led ESPN2's daily racing show, NASCAR Now, to struggle in figuring out what to talk about, and even who should do the talking. Viewers have seen a "veritable plethora" of talking heads visiting this show to talk about everything under the sun.
Yesterday, The Daly Planet documented the fact that ESPN News anchor Ryan Burr had hosted an outstanding fast-paced episode of NASCAR Now on Wednesday. What fans and viewers could not know was that on Thursday, Burr was about to host the best produced and most polished episode of this series since it began in February.
The sad case of Aaron Fike led this telecast, and Burr used Detroit News veteran Motorsports Reporter Angelique Chengelis for all the details. Chengelis and Burr work well, and these two professionals laid-out the problems and challenges that Fike will be dealing with over the coming months. Chengelis has been solid as a "hard news" source and always speaks in clear terms about these types of difficult issues. This segment of NASCAR Now had all the credibility of Baseball Tonight or Outside The Lines and is exactly what fans have been looking for from the network.
With the Busch Series race at Gateway on ESPN2, Burr did a preview of the event and the led to an interview with IndyCar's Sam Hornish Junior. Burr let Hornish describe his own feelings about NASCAR, and then critique his own performance in his part-time Busch Series role. Hornish gave the impression that NASCAR certainly is on his list for 2008. He hedged his bets by saying things next year would be mostly fifty-fifty between NASCAR and IndyCar. This interview is a great cross-over for ESPN and ABC, who now carry both the top two NASCAR Series, and the entire IndyCar schedule.
Continuing to touch base on the Aaron Fike story, Burr brought in NASCAR veteran Jack Sprague, who is a full-time driver in the Craftsman Truck Series this season. Burr took the time to ask Sprague about his own interest in the sport, and what he has left to accomplish. His answer was honest and heartfelt. Moving to the story of Aaron Fike, Sprague wasted no time in ridiculing the "young kids" of today by comparing his own meager beginnings with the apparent disrespect that some of the young drivers have for their fellow competitors and the sport.
"You had the golden spoon in your hand...and you dropped it" said Sprague of Fike and his alleged drug use. Sprague continued to emphasize the hard road that most drivers of his era took to "get up" to the biggest series in the sport. Burr got Sprague to endorse random drug testing in the Truck Series, and also the permanent ban of anyone for even violating the drug policy one time. Strong stuff.
For once, Tim Cowlishaw of Around The Horn fame was concise and on-target with his weekly "driver pick'em" segment. He had good information to make his picks, and explained his reasons without hype or hysteria. Even Cowlishaw seemed to be picking up on the new vibe of this show. He was actually entertaining.
Since February, ESPN2 has struggled to deal with the "bi-polar" personality of this one series. Sometimes oriented to news, sometimes loaded with hype, and sometimes just absolutely terrible, NASCAR Now seems to have gotten on-track with "hard news" leading into an interview, then a solid feature, and finally a closing segment referencing the upcoming event and the miscellaneous news and notes.
ESPN's other top shows thrive by being consistent. Although the stories themselves change every day, the "body" of the show and the personalities presenting it do not. NASCAR Now should be considered in the same breath as NFL Live and Pardon the Interruption. It should have the same credibility in viewers minds as thirty minutes of the ESPN News Network.
Thursday, NASCAR Now finally accomplished every goal set out for it by the network. No hype, no innuendo, and no ineptitude. This program sparkled from start-to-finish and will hopefully serve as the model for the thirty minute mid-week shows for the rest of the season. If this happens, ESPN may have finally put their mark on the NASCAR brand in the same way they have affected Major League Baseball and other professional sports.
On behalf of NASCAR fans nationwide, I would ask ESPN...could we have more of that please?
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8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I like Angelique Chengelis' contributions to the show, but could ESPN get her some help keeping that whisp of bangs from falling in her eye about every 2 seconds? She keeps shaking it off, and it falls right back.
The first time I saw it, I thought it was just a fluke. But I notice it every time she is on. Drives me crazy, and I don't know how she can stand it.
- July 20, 2007 at 12:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
wow. sounds like a show I'd consider watching.
If it's that kind of show for 2 weeks straight, then it has a chance of becoming a trend instead of a fluke.
One final thought:
"No hype, no innuendo, and no ineptitude."
More plainly: "No Erik"
was that mean?
- July 20, 2007 at 8:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'sm sorry but.... does anyone actualy watch this show besides you? I tune in every few days hoping that it will be good. BUT NO! each time you get let down with the same ESPN Hype O'Rama crap. Commentators that have no idea what NASACR is or was. What happened? ESPN had set the standard years ago on what a NASCAR show was and how Races should be covered. I was one of the many that said "Yes!' When I heard that ESPN would be brodcasting the Races again. But Whoa, dude what happened? All I get now is the same Garbage that Fox and TNT and NBC pushed down our throats. Oh how I wish RPM Tonignt was back on the air, Good stories good coverage. BUT NO what we get is Garbage Garbage Garbage. "Hey wait, whats that strgange noise I hear." Oh its just Benny and Neil, spinging in their graves. The Sad thing is, the "New ESPN NASCAR Team" i.e. Stick and Ball'rs won't understand that last comment. ESPN has the most tallented Race brodacster ever in their mists but every week they religate hime to Pit Reporter or worse. Allen Bestwick can call a race like nobody, If you don't think so just listen to some of the Old MRN Broadcasts, He could make a race between 2 old ladies with walkers sound exciting. He knows his stuff. Unfortuantaly ESPN gives us talking heads that know nothing about Raceing or Nascar. I feel bad for Andy, Dr. Jerry and Rusty, they are surrounded my poor production staff, poor camaera work and just plain poor people in the back office, Each week they call the Busch races like Deers caught in the head lights.
Oh and one last rant, Brent Musberger? give me a brake, where did they dig this relic up from? Hey Brent stick to basketball and football, at least people are use to you making a fool of your self there. How wish somebody would deliver us a Good Race Broadcast and a good Daily NASCAR Show. At least their is still Claire B on XM. The last shining refuge for NASCAR Fans.
- July 20, 2007 at 9:45 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Ron, that might be a nominee for "Rant of the Year!" Please keep them coming.
- July 20, 2007 at 10:07 AM
- The Loose Wheel said...
I have to agree with Ron on the major let down that ESPN's return has been. Although I understand because after 7 or 8 years the same people that made ESPN's NASCAR coverage great aren't still doing the same thing or have went their separate ways.
As for NASCAR coverage, SIRIUS has done a great job putting their package together. I hardly turn on the t.v. unless it is race day.
- July 20, 2007 at 11:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
I can tell you why we get the same garbage on the ESPN coverage as we got on Fox. It's because it's the same producer, Neil Goldberg.
The sad thing is, he was also the guy who was the producer back in the '80's when ESPN was broadcasting the racing then.
I'm not sure what happened to him when he went to Fox, but his work hasn't been anywhere near as good as his original tour of duty at ESPN.
- July 20, 2007 at 12:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Maybe Neil Goldberg suffers from the same ailment Brian France does, egotitis.
- July 20, 2007 at 3:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Credibility across the board is in short supply anymore at ESPN as demonstrated by its latest dog segment on SPORTSCENTER - What NOW, Bow Wow - but Erik K. on NASCAR NOW does bring it to its lowest.
- July 20, 2007 at 6:16 PM


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Whose best interests? Editor of the Reformer:
I attended the Feb. 16 meeting on wind energy in Grafton. Speakers were divided into two panels -- those in favor of rapid build out of industrial wind in Vermont, and those with reservations about this activity. In the ensuing debate, it emerged that the two sides were also divided on a core question: Should we always trust those with political and economic power to make the best decisions for us all?
First, the panel of wind developers and their proponents voiced robust support for their own decisions and those of the Public Service Board. Their manner was jolly, forceful, indeed, almost manic. We were relieved and delighted to hear that they are really great people, and that all their decisions are for our own good. Their efforts bring about nearly perfect protection of everything that needs protecting when wind turbines come to our town. I, for one, was relieved to learn that our dear world is in such righteous hands.
Then, a panel whose expertise lay in physics, government, and community organization expressed reservations. Certain themes emerged: We need to question the assertions of the wind developers and their political backers, especially given the enormous profits at stake; we must find in ourselves the competence to research their claims, look at data, draw our own conclusions; and we can understand complicated stuff. "Question Authority" they seemed to say, echoing distant, more hopeful, times.
So now I'm torn. It is really hard to understand stuff and make my own decisions. And wouldn't it be so much nicer to believe in those dear, enthusiastic developers, even if most of the stuff they said didn't make any sense?
So let me exhort the people of this great state to be joyful in the knowledge that our true protectors, Green Mountain Power, Iberdrola, Peter Shumlin, David Blittersdorf, and the Illuminati of the Public Service Board, are in full command of our future. They have only our best interests at heart. And I know because they tell me so.
Nancy Tips,
Windham, Feb. 19
Where's my law dictionary?
Editor of the Reformer:
I find it very difficult to understand what has happened with the renovation project of the Rockingham Free Public Library and the lawsuit the sub-contractors have initiated to recover what is owed them. I am afraid the article by Domenic Poli in the Feb. 20 issue does very little to clarify the situation.
The following sentence, for example, makes no sense at all to the ordinary reader: "The town also is accused of unjust enrichment/restitution, promissory estoppel/detrimental reliance, perfection of contractor's lien and negligence/negligent misrepresentation."
Wouldn't it be better to describe the situation in simple, easily understood language, and leave the technical ramifications to those who have to deal with them?
Robert Deacon,
Bellows Falls, Feb. 20
Vote for Spoon
Editor of the Reformer:
If elected to the Brattleboro Selectboard, Ben Spoon Agave will bring positive energy and an intelligent perspective to the governing body of our town.
Spoon started on the Traffic Safety Committee fifteen years ago, and has continued serving, as a Representative Town Meeting Member for 12 years; on the Development Review Board for six years; the Planning Commission for six years, including as chair; as member and chair of the Charter Revision Committee for three-and-a-half years; and a year on the Board of Civil Authority. For the past four years, Spoon Agave has been on the Town Finance Committee. Spoon is also a former Selectboard member.
Although it is good practice for a new candidate to start with a one-year term, past history has shown that an untried candidate winning a three-year seat can be a mistake that we get stuck with, regardless of their connections or good-sounding campaign promises.
Ben Spoon Agave's extensive experience with town government makes him an especially knowledgeable candidate. He is accessible: easy to talk to. What I really like about Spoon is that he is a straight talker. Spoon Agave is not someone who will sit quietly accepting nonsense just because it is easy to go along. He has the diplomatic skills to speak truthfully without hurting someone's feelings.
I feel confident that, if elected, Ben Spoon Agave will bring a good balance of thought, insight, and the ability to listen collaboratively to others which will benefit our town in both the short run and for the future.
Steven K-Brooks,
Brattleboro, Feb. 19
You have a right to know
Editor of the Reformer:
There are several schools of thought regarding genetically engineered foods (also referred to as GMOs or GE foods). But regardless of your position on the matter, the facts remain that even as far back as 10 years ago, 90 percent of Vermonters who were polled by UVM's Center for Rural Studies supported labeling products that include genetically engineered foods.
Take heart. There is a bill (H. 122) in this current Vermont legislative session, proposed by 50 legislators, including several of our own local representatives, that would provide consumers with information about whether or nor the foods they buy and feed to their families have been produced using genetic engineering technologies. In this bill, GE raw agricultural commodities would be labeled "genetically engineered" on the packaging or on the bin or shelf where it is sold. Processed foods would be labeled "partially produced with genetic engineering" on the package.
Vermont alone may not have the political clout to make this change across the nation, but leadership can certainly come from our little state. To learn more, please attend the free VT Right to Know Citizen Forum at the Marlboro Grad Center today at 6:30 p.m., one of five forums statewide. This forum is co-sponsored by the Brattleboro Food Co-op, the Putney Food Co-op, and Post-Oil Solutions.
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Former road foreman wants your vote
Editor of the Reformer:
I am a candidate for the open seat on the select board in the town of Londonderry.
I have lived my whole life in the Weston-Londonderry area and currently own, along with my sons, Wayne's Auto and Lawn Care in Londonderry. The redemption center and a field mowing business is located there as well.
For those of you who do not know me (I could not make it to candidate night as I was on a wrecker call and was stuck in Middlebury), perhaps we met on the town road somewhere as I worked for the town road crew for several years and was road foreman the last few years, stepping down last fall to help the boys with our family business which has grown to a point where I was needed there.
I feel that I am especially qualified for the position because when you are road foreman you get involved in a lot of different aspects of the town. Budgets, town equipment, town building and all the infrastructures of different divisions of the town. I have also spent time at the recycling center and transfer station as the road crew helps maintain some of their equipment. As road foreman I have attended many board meetings, with the weeks report on salt use, sand use, issues with vehicles, fuel use for the trucks plus all the town buildings and transfer station.
I would appreciate your support on Town Meeting Day.
You can always stop by the garage (redemption center) or call me at 802 824 4430 with any questions.
Wayne Blanchard,
Londonderry, Feb. 22
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Edward Sang on his tables
Edward Sang's most remarkable achievement is his massive unpublished compilation of 26- and 15-place logarithmic, trigonometric and astronomical tables, filling 47 manuscript volumes. Compiled over forty years, latterly with assistance from his two daughters Flora and Jane, these perhaps surpass in accuracy the (also unpublished) French Cadastre tables of 1801. They were gifted to the nation in 1907 by Anna and Flora Sang. The following general account was drawn up in November 1890 by Dr Edward Sang himself:-
These computations were designed and undertaken with the view to the change from the ancient subdivision of the quadrant to the decimal system, a change long desired, and destined inevitably to be made. One hundred years ago it was on the very point of being completed. Mathematicians were then engaged in the introduction of the decimal system into every branch of calculation and measurement; but for the introduction of this new system into the measurement of angles, it was necessary to have a new trigonometrical canon. The French Government deputed M Prony, with a large army of computers, to compile this new canon, and astronomers awaited with impatience the advent of this indispensable preparative. Laplace had, in anticipation, reduced all his data in the Mécanique Céleste to the new system, and instruments had been graduated suitably.
We can hardly doubt but that if this new canon had then been published, the decimal graduation of the quadrant would have been very generally adopted even at the beginning of the present century; by the end of the first decade of this century it might indeed have been universally adopted. But the new trigonometrical tables, though magniloquently described, never made their appearance ; and thus for something like seventy years the progress of the sciences thereon depending has been impeded.
Very few are old enough to remember the disappointment felt throughout the scientific world. About 1815, in our school, the boys were exercised in computing short tables of logarithms and of sines and tangents, in order to gain the right to use Hutton's seven-place tables; and well do I recollect the almost awe with which we listened to descriptions of the extent and value of the renowned Cadastre Tables.
In 1819 the British Government, at the instigation of Gilbert Davies, M. P., approached the French Government with a proposal to share the expense of publishing the Cadastre Tables, and a commission was appointed to consider the matter. The negotiations, however, fell through, for reasons which were never very publicly made known; but in the session 1820-21 the rumour was current amongst us students of mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, that the English Commissioners were dissatisfied of the soundness of the calculations - and so it was that the idea of an entire recalculation came into my mind.
In the year 1848, encouraged by the acquisition of a copy of that admirable work, Burckhardt's Table des Diviseurs up to three million, the idea took a concrete shape in my mind, and I resolved to systematise the work which before I had carried on in a desultory way. Necessarily the first step was to construct a table of logarithms sufficiently extensive to satisfy all the wants of computers in trigonometry and astronomy; and having many times felt the inconvenience of the loss of the details of the calculations made on separate papers, I resolved to record from the very beginning every important step. This plan of operation has many conveniences - it enables us to retrace and examine every case of doubt, and also to take advantage, in new calculations, of anything in the previous work which may happen to be applicable.
For all the ordinary operations of surveying and practical astronomy five-place logarithms, as M Lalande has stated, are perfectly sufficient; and for the higher branches of astronomy and geodetics the usual seven-place tables are enough. But for the purpose of constructing new working tables it becomes necessary to carry the actual work further, both in the extent of the arguments and in the number of decimal places, and therefore I determined on the formation of a table of logarithms to nine places for all numbers up to one million. But again, in order that such a table be true to the ninth place, the actual calculation must be carried still further - and to meet the cases in which the doubtful figures from, say, 4997 to 5003 might occur in one million of cases, it became prudent to carry the accuracy even to the fifteenth place. And this limit of accuracy was further defined by the circumstance that there the differences of the third order just disappear. Even then it may happen that the doubt as to the figures which are to be rejected may not be cleared up, and it follows that a still more minute criterion should be at hand for use, and therefore the order of the work came to be as follows.
In the first place, the computations of the logarithms of all numbers up to ten thousand, to twenty-eight (for twenty-five) places, was undertaken. At the outset each logarithm of a prime number was computed twice, but as the work proceeded, it was judged advisable to have three distinct computations of each. The whole of this work is distinctly recorded and indexed, so that every step in reference to any given number can at once be traced out.
The idea was entertained of this work being ultimately extended to one hundred thousand, and the logarithms of the composite numbers from ten to twenty thousand were computed, spaces being left for those of intermediate prime numbers.
By the addition of the logarithms thus obtained, those of the great majority of composite numbers from the limit one hundred thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand were computed, and the intervals were filled up by help of second differences. In this part of the work I was aided by my daughters. But, in all such separate additions, we are liable to sporadic errors, and in order to guard against these the whole of this work was redone by the use of the last two figures of the second differences; and thereafter the calculations were made by short interpolations of second differences an the way to three hundred and seventy thousand. Necessarily, on account of the occurrence of the minute final errors, the last, or fifteenth, figures cannot be trusted to within one or two units; and after a very severe examination of the whole, it was found that in a very few instances this accumulation of last-place inaccuracy extended even to five units; and thus we are warranted in expecting that no last-place error will be found reaching so far as to a unit in the fourteenth place - a degree of accuracy far, very far, beyond what can ever be required in any practical matter.
In the compilation of the trigonometrical canon the same precautions were taken for securing the accuracy of the results. In the usual way, by means of the extraction of the square root, the quadrant was divided into ten equal parts, and the sines of these computed to thirty-three, for thirty places. These again were bisected thrice, thus giving the sine of each eightieth part of the quadrant; all the steps of the process being recorded.
The quinquesection of these parts was effected by help of the method of the solution of equations of all orders, published by me in 1829; and the computation of the multiples of those parts was effected by the use of the usual formula for second differences. A table of the multiples of 2 ver. 00c 25' [note that Sang is using 1c to denote the 100th part of a right angle] was made to facilitate the work, and the sines, first differences, and second differences were recorded in such a way as to enable one instantly to examine the accuracy. The same method of quinquesection was again repeated, and the computation of the canon to each fifth minute was effected by help of a table of one thousand multiples of 2 ver. 00c 05', the record being given to thirty-three places, the verification being examined at every fifth place. In this work there is no likelihood of a single error having escaped notice.
For the third time this method of quinquesection was applied in order to obtain the sines of arcs to a single minute. A table of one thousand multiples of 2 ver. 00c 01' was computed to thirty-three places, but in the actual canon it was judged proper to curtail these, and the calculations were restricted to eighteen decimals on the scroll paper. In the actual canon as transcribed, only fifteen places are given. In all cases the function, its first difference, and its second difference are given in position ready for instantaneous examination; and the whole is expected to be free of error excepting in the rare cases where the rejected figures are 500 - these cases being duly noted.
For the computation of the canon of logarithmic sines the obvious process is to compute each one of its terms from the actual sine, by help of the table of logarithms; but this process does not possess the great advantage of self-verification, and attempts have been made to obtain a better one. Formulae indeed have been given for the computation of the logarithmic sine without the intervention of the sine itself, but when we come to apply these formulae to actual business we find that they imply a much greater amount of labour than the natural process does; and, after all, they are only applicable to the separate individual cases.
Napier, as is well known, arranged his computations of the logarithms from the actual sines in such a way as to lessen by one-half the amount of the labour. Napier's arrangement was therefore followed, and the work was begun from the sine of 100c down to 50c . The calculations were made by help of the fifteen-place table of logarithms from 100,000 to 370,000. If this table had been continued up to the whole million, the labour would have been greatly diminished, but we had to bring the numbers to within the actual range of our table by halving or doubling as the case might be. The results were then tested by first, second, and third differences, and in not a few cases the computation had to be redone, for the sake of some minute difference among the last figures. The log sines for the other half of the quadrant, that is from 50c to 0c , were deduced from the preceding by the use of first differences alone. The log tangents from 50c down to 0c were also deduced directly by help of the first differences alone. In this way the series of fundamental tables needed for the new system has been completed, so far as the limit of minutes goes.
While that work was in progress, a circumstance occurred which temporarily changed the order of procedure. Kepler's celebrated problem has ever since his time exercised mathematicians, and, sharing the ambition of many others, I also sought often, and in vain, for an easy solution of it. Accident brought it again before me, and this time, considering not the relations of the lines connected with it, but the relations of the areas concerned, an exceedingly simple solution was found. In order to give effect to this method it was necessary to compute a table of the areas of circular segments in terms of the whole area of the circle. That again rendered it necessary to calculate the sines measured in parts of the quadrant as a unit, instead of in parts of the radius, as usual. This computation was effected by using the multiples of twice the versed sine formerly employed. From this again the canon of circular segments for each minute of the whole circumference was readily deduced. The mean anomaly of a planet may be deduced from its angle of position, or as it is generally called, its excentric anomaly, by simple additions and subtractions of these circular segments. The converse problem is very easily resolved, particularly when the first estimate is a tolerably close one. In order to be able promptly to make this first estimate sufficiently near in every possible case, a table of mean anomalies from degree to degree of the angular position, and also from degree to degree of the angle of excentricity of the orbit, has been computed according to the decimal system.
The change to this system is inevitable. Each new discovery, each improvement in the art of observing, intensifies the need for the change, at the same time that each augmentation of our stock of data arranged in the ancient way adds to the difficulties. How much the change is needed may be estimated by an inspection of the Nautical Almanac. Every page in it cries out aloud in distress, 'Give us decimals.' For the sun's meridian passage, the usual difference columns are suppressed, and those titled 'var. in 1 hour' are substituted; and similarly for the moon's hourly place a column titled 'var. in 10m' is given; while for the interpolation of lunar distances, proportional logarithms of the difference are given. While artisans and physicists are using the ten-millionth part of the earth's quadrant as their unit of linear measure, astronomers are still subdividing the quadrant into 90, 60, 60, and 100 parts. The labour of interpolation is unnecessarily doubled at the very least, and that heavy burden is laid on the shoulders of all the daily users of the ephemeris. The trouble attending the reduction of observations tends to lead the navigator to shun the making of observations. The matter is not merely of national, it is of cosmopolitan interest - and this continuous waste of labour has much need to be ended.
The collection of computations above described contains all that is essentially needed for the change of system, as far as the trigonometrical department is concerned; the great desideratum being the Canon of Logarithmic Sines and Tangents. In addition to the results being accurate to a degree far beyond what can ever be needed in practical matters, it contains what no work of the kind has contained before, a complete and clear record of all the steps by which those results were reached. Thus we are enabled at once to verify, or, if necessary, to correct the record, so making it a standard for all time.
For these reasons it is proposed that the entire collection be acquired by, and preserved in, some official library, so as to be accessible to all interested in such matters; so that future computers may be enabled to extend the work without the need of recomputing what has been already done; and also so that those extracts which are judged to be expedient may be published.
Seeing that the Logarithmic Canon is useful in all manner of calculations, the printing Of the table of nine-place logarithms might be advantageously proceeded with at once. The publication of the corresponding Canon of Logarithmic Sines and Tangents would only be advisable in the expectation of its early adoption by astronomers.
But land-surveyors, when transporting the theodolite from one station to another, have to compute the new azimuth from the previously observed one. This is easily done by adding or subtracting 180c ; yet in the hurry of business this occasionally gives rise to mistakes. On the other hand, with 400c on the azimuth circle, we should only have to add or subtract 200c , thus almost obviating the chance of a mistake. Hence the surveyor would be greatly benefited by the immediate publication of a five-place trigonometrical canon, arranged in the decimal way.
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Lantz Wheeler is in his fourth year as an assistant coach for the Lipscomb Bisons baseball team.
Wheeler's primary area is pitching. The Bisons pitching staff has either led or been ranked among the top three in virtually every category the past two seasons in the Atlantic Sun.
In 2007 the staff was ranked in the top 50 in the country with a 4.24 earned run average. In 2006 the staff was ranked in the top 25 in strikeouts with 421. In the 2006 and 2007 seasons Bisons players have been named "Pitcher of the Week" in the Atlantic Sun seven times, tops in the conference. The staff has also included several All-Conference performers. In 2007 Rex Brothers was named 2007 Freshman of the Year in the A-Sun.
Prior to joining the Lipscomb coaching staff Wheeler served as the pitching coach at St. Catherine College, a junior college in St. Catherine, Ky., from 2003-2005. His pitching staffs at St. Catherine posted the lowest ERA in NJCAA Division II in 2004 and 2005. Their combined record during those two seasons was 87-18.
Wheeler played for both Paducah Community College in Paducah, Ky., and Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. He graduated from Morehead in 1998 with a B.S. degree in Exercise Science.
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Still, the good news is that it's also one of the best games on Wii, full-stop. It's not quite in the same league as Super Mario Galaxy or the Metroid Prime Trilogy, but it's definitely good enough to make dusting off the little console worthwhile.
Let's get the tricky explanations out of the way right now. First, Red Steel 2 is set in a vaguely futuristic/post-apocalyptic Western world, which just happens to be populated with Oriental architecture, a primarily Japanese cast and warring Samurai clans. While you might be gunning down outlaws or facing a showdown in the saloon, the outlaws will be Mad Max rejects covered in Yakuza tattoos, and the saloon will have a weird mix of Eastern and Western styles and 21st century tech. None of this is explained, so you'll just have to take it at face value. You're an outlaw samurai, the city is in trouble, your clan has gone AWOL and you have a job to do. Get used to it.
Second, Red Steel 2 might look like an FPS, but in this game your six-shooter won't get as much use as your samurai sword. Here's where MotionPlus comes in (there are solus and bundled versions of the game). While you're exploring the maps you use the Wii's Nunchuk to move forwards and backwards and strafe, and the remote to move your view, aim and shoot. Close in on an enemy, however, and the auto-lock kicks in and the trusty remote becomes the handle of your virtual katana.
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Slashing horizontally or vertically will trigger the expected attack, as will thrusting forwards. You can block with a press of the A button, but strong attacks need you to block with the remote tilted in the right position. Red Steel might not offer true 1:1 tracking, but it's definitely close enough to feel convincing, and the ferocity of your strikes in the real world is reflected in the world in-game. In fact, this is arguably the game's biggest downfall: it demands so much effort that your shoulders might only take an hour or so of play at a time.
Up to a point this works amazingly well, and even more so once the game starts to teach you more advanced techniques, that have you scooping enemies into the air with a powerful, button-assisted upward swing, then diving after them to finish them before they hit the ground. At first, the levels seem sparsely populated and delivered in piecemeal chunks, but after a while you begin to see the sense of the pacing, and the way Red Steel 2 puts together explosive little scuffles that use different combinations of enemies to test and grow your fighting skills.
Enemies are distinctive and well-designed, and the cool comic-book visuals - similar to Borderlands in style - make for one of the Wii's best-looking games. In fact, some of the scenery is gorgeous. What's more, the levels get less and less linear as time goes on, with side-quests and bonus objectives to complete on top of the main story missions.
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Gregory in Seattle says
Brilliant, as usual.
tbp1 says
Damn, I love Mr. Deity. He always manages to get his—very serious—points across succinctly and clearly, and they're funny, to boot.
ChasCPeterson says
I want to sit over there with Charlie and Lucy.
(and, uh, Peppermint Patty, and Schroeder…)
ladyh42 says
I could listen to Richard Milners voice all day
Nerdette says
As a Lepidopterist, yes, gods yes, the terror of parasitism (though hyper-parasitism is really cool – when those Braconiid wasp larvae spin their external pupae, some Pteromaliid wasps will lay their eggs in the pupae – ah, evolution).
Though calling larvae dumb is a bit cruel, too.
Felix says
A toast to the new guy who got an endless supply of JW Black upstairs.
I miss him.
kreativekaos says
Anyone know anything about the 'continuing illness' referred to at the end of this installment of Mr. Deity????? Is it just a part of his latest 'schtick', or is he having a problem of some sort???
JohnnieCanuck says
Nerdette @5
That probably was intended as 'unable to speak' rather than stupid. My guess is that they were adding some colour to his speech since it is more common in England and moreso in centuries past. It's what is meant by 'dumb animal' or 'dumb brute' or 'deaf and dumb'.
The unfounded assumption that the reason a person hasn't learned to speak is because of a low IQ rather than their deafness is where the pejorative meaning of dumb comes from. So much so that the word must now be replaced with 'speech-impaired' to avoid offense.
Larvae clearly have sufficient brain capability for their requirements, to date. Evolutionarily speaking, that is.
randay says
A caterpillar munching away on a leaf is already horrorific. Plants have feelings too.
collectedanimal says
Naturalists are Unnatural! Hehehe! Love it.
LykeX says
Plants have feelings too.
Bah, those dumb plants.


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You said that I was the only one
It took some time and now I know
That you're the proverbial...
(Son of a bitch now)
Messin' with me wasn't wise, boy
Cos I've been around for too long
And now you're gonna pay for those lies, boy
I'm gonna put you back down
(Where you belong, boy)
* I'm gonna eat you up, spit you out
And run you right into the ground
I'm gonna wind you up, turn you on
And burn all your bridges right down
I'm gonna eat you up, spit you out
You'll wish you'd never come around
I'm gonna wind you up, turn you on
And run you right out of this town
You're such a fool to believe in
That I let you two-time on me
And I know all about your deceivin'
I'm paying back just you
(Just wait and see now)
You thought you took me for a ride, boy
I was only a part of your game
But you're nothing more than a wise boy
You'll never do it again
(You messed up big)
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I'm gonna, I'm gonna
I'm gonna, I'm gonna yeah
I'm gonna... (x7)
I'm gonna eat you up, spit you out
And run you right out of this town
Eat you up, spit you out...
Wind you up, turn you on...
Now I'm not a girl to hurt easy
Cos I was brought up to be tough
And what you've done to me doesn't please me
You better watch out because...
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We never have any luck celebrating Valentine's Day. Perhaps it's the nature of our relationship-that we emphasized on they daily choices rather than a big celebration on one day of the year. Or perhaps I just cannot justify how much flowers costs and think it is much more worthy spending it on something else. In fact, AR bought me a swarovski crystal rose because he said given my practical nature, I would enjoy a rose that never die instead. Besides, he figured that he probably saved more from not buying me roses on Valentine's Day. He was right. A rose from the garden also suffice. In all honesty, to wake up smelling a fresh stalk of rose from our garden that he deliberately woke up earlier to cut was more meaningful than a big bulky bunch of store bought flowers.
I recalled when we first started dating, he gave me a puzzle mat for Valentine's Day. He was traveling then, and called me to tell me that there was a present hiding underneath his bed, and that I have to pulled it out. Not the most romantic because he forgot to clean the dust under his bed!!!! And I bet our housemates was wondering why I was in his room looking underneath his bed. How suspicious that must have looked. In later years, we seem to spend Valentine's Day separately due to different commitments like being overseas at the same time or having family members visiting.
More recently, we opted to write each other cards and notes to remind ourselves how privileged is that to have one another. Even through arguing the little things like how busy our schedules are, how we manage our money to why we tend not to "listen" to each other-probably due to tiredness. Often, we learned the hard way that, regardless of whatever we said or did, we do we have goodwill towards each other. Valentine's Day is about us respecting and loving one another. The cycle that never should end.
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Hanley relishes first shot at postseason
ATLANTA -- Hanley Ramirez has been around the game for long enough to understand, fully, how special it is to play in a postseason.
It's not that other players don't appreciate it. But when you've been playing in the big leagues for nearly a decade and you've never even once sniffed the playoffs, well, there may be a little more pep in your step when it's time for those first pregame introductions that are saved only for Opening Day, the All-Star Game and opening postseason games such as the Dodgers' 6-1 victory over the Braves in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday.
"It's on another level," he said. "The energy from the first pitch, every pitch counts. Every pitch, It's an unbelievable feeling."
Ramirez is only 29, but he's already in his ninth season in the big leagues. He debuted, briefly, for the Red Sox in 2005 before beginning a six-year run with the Marlins, during which his team reached the postseason exactly zero times.
He was traded to the Dodgers in the middle of the 2012 season and now is part of a team that has, judging by payroll, pitching and personnel, an overwhelmingly good chance to still be playing three weeks from now. Ramirez, mostly healthy and hitting third in a dangerous Dodgers lineup, appreciates the opportunity he has to be part of something extraordinary.
"There's a lot of energy," he said. "But at the same time, you have to control your emotions and get it done and do your job."
Injuries limited Ramirez to just 86 games during the regular season. When he did play, however, he was a lightning rod. He had 105 hits in just 304 at-bats and knocked 20 home runs, which for a lot of players is a full season's worth.
Among players with 300 or more at-bats, Ramirez led the Majors with a .638 slugging percentage and ranked second with a .348 batting average. He was seventh with a .402 on-base percentage.
Earlier in the year, however, he was just one of many on an injury-ravaged Dodgers roster. Today, he marvels at what the club has overcome and still has to work through, seeing that it is still not at full force and won't be through the postseason.
"It's unbelievable, what we went through the beginning of the year," Ramirez said. "I got hurt, [Matt] Kemp got hurt, but we had a couple of guys step it up for us. [Nick] Punto, [Scott] Van Slyke. ... We've just got to go with whatever we have and don't think about that."
Whatever they "have" appears to be plenty. The Dodgers logged 11 hits and jumped out to an early lead in Game 1, giving the Braves few opportunities to climb into a contest L.A. won handily. Ramirez recorded one hit -- a double off Jordan Walden in the sixth that drove in a run -- and admitted he pushed through slight discomfort on one groundout that may have tugged at his hamstring.
"Everybody knows that I'm not 100 percent, but at the same time you try not to think about that," he said. "In the middle of a game you're just trying to do your job and help the team win at the end of the night."
The postseason is without question a time when nagging injuries, muted pain and annoying discomfort are all pushed aside as non-issues. What may force a player to the disabled list in June, even for precautionary reasons, is usually not enough to keep a player down in October. Compete for a World Series ring first; save the healing for the offseason. That's what winters are for.
Ramirez should know. How long did it take to get to his first postseason? Exactly 1,095 regular-season games. That's a lot of not-so-meaningful games played in September.
He's watched ex-teammates and friends play in the postseason, but asked very few questions about their experiences. He figured he'd wait and just hope to live it himself someday.
"The less thinking, the better for me," he said. "I don't like to think too much. Pitch by pitch, out by out, inning by inning. ... Keep everything slow."
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I find it startling that we started linking the fact of being open-minded to having a western mentality. Who said that being open-minded means we should have a western mentality? It seems like it's a trend now to show how open-minded we are by picking on Islam and attacking some Islamic aspects to sound cool and hip and open-minded, we thrive to measure up to the American standards of being open-minded. Its mind boggling to read, hear and meet people whether in Gaza, Palestine or the Arabic world talking about how much they are very proud of being "Western" and "open-minded" and how being religious is so "Two thousand and late" or so "1990s". Really? Are you for real?
I was born and raised in Europe; I came to Gaza to a whole new culture. I knew I was Muslim but I didn't learn more about my religion till I came here. I am proud of my blended culture and proud of being Muslim and liberal. I am too open-minded for my own sake which usually puts me in trouble; I am usually accused of either being too liberal or less religious. Both are untrue.
I find myself torn between defending liberal people who choose to be Muslim yet open minded (like girls who are good Muslims but choose not to wear Hijab yet) and in the same time defending religious people who are often accused of being narrow minded, too religious, terrorists ….etc. Women who wear Hijab in the western world are often harassed, slandered and sometimes dangerously attacked like Marwa Al Sherbini (Egyptian woman who was attacked by a German douchebag just because she was wearing Hijab and he later stabbed her to death when she decided to take him to court). Some European countries placed ban on Niqab which made many of Muslim women's lives hellish and hard.
In the Arab world, women who decided not to wear Hijab yet are often attacked, slandered and harassed. People give themselves the right to judge them and call them many things including: "hookers, sluts and bitches" just because they aren't covering their heads and they claim that they are doing it because they honor Islam. Well news flash: Islam never asked you to judge, attack and slander people for any reason even if its defending because its not really an "Islamic" act. Islam asks us to respect everyone and all religions. I don't see people pressuring men for not praying or fasting yet they feel so powerful about pressuring women to wear Hijab.
The western media and governments got so worked up to blame, frame and put shame on Islam for every wrong thing in their countries to cover up their corruption. Islam, Muslims and Arabs became a target. This shows how powerful Islam is and how powerful Muslims are which pushed those directions to focus on deforming Islam's image. Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance whether you wanna believe it or not.
Ofcourse, some Arabs and Muslims contributed a great deal in deforming Islam's image. Let me not talk about people elsewhere, let me talk about what I saw with my own eyes. I see some shameful Gazan youth who believe that its very cool and western to degrade Islam so they can get publicity or a trip to a foreign country or an invitation to a conference….. etc. How hideous is that? I see foreign organizations and INGOs in Gaza trying their best to focus on how Hamas is using Islam to oppress people and how some girls in Gaza are forced to wear Hijab and how frustrating is that? Seriously? You left all the bad things happening in Gaza and the suffocating siege imposed on us and suddenly you wanna do the community good by "liberating" Gazan girls from wearing Hijab?
I am not with Hamas nor am I defending it. Hamas has its bad and good sides just like Fatah and all other Palestinian factions. But if I say that our biggest problem in Gaza is Hijab then I would be the most disgusting guy on earth. I personally know some of the most powerful, independent, clever, educated, cultured, influential and inspiring girls in Gaza whom I was honored to know and meet. I never really cared whether they are veiled or not. Some are veiled and some are not but they are equally brilliant. Hijab doesn't stand in the way for those who wear it or don't.
What is really pathetic is seeing how some foreign organizations and journalists using Gaza just to attack Islam. I see them writing about religious oppression in Gaza (which doesn't exist) and how they cant move without wearing Hijab. Come to Gaza and you will see foreign journalists moving freely even if they are wearing a jeans and a T-shirt, you will see veiled and non-veiled girls and you will see that not only do women have freedom but they are also a force to be reckoned with. Women actually wear Jeans and T-shirts in Gaza and I don't find that so shocking. Let me just share how sick I got when I saw the Anti-Niqab protests in Europe, European women were degrading Hijab in every way possible including wearing Niqab over a bikini and even wearing nothing but Niqab. How disgusting and idiotic.
I laughed my heart out when I read about Aliaa Magdi, the Egyptian thing, who saw that she should share her naked photos to show her revolutionary side. She called it the new "Naked Revolution". She -somehow- decided to link revolution with naked art and claimed that freedom of speech must enable Arabs of sharing their naked photos. No thanks, I will pass. What the hell is wrong with her? What on earth is the link between revolution and nudity? I have no respect for her or her boyfriend who likes to always link sex to everything on earth. They are disgusting and lame and they will do anything for fame.
Oh yeah and lets talk about the honor killing. I don't support honor killing in any way, shape or form. I am against violence and I do admit that we heard and still hear about some horrifying stories about honor killing in the Arab world. Some stories are not justified and others show how the girl was killed because of a misunderstanding. But lets not forget that crimes exist all around the world. So westerns don't kill? A western man never murdered his wife\sister\mother\daughter\girlfriend\neighbor…etc for no apparent reason? America has the highest crime rates and yet I never saw it being attacked for "Western" honor killing. Some of the crimes there are much more awful than the Arab honor killing cases. I am not justifying the notorious phenomenon of honor killing in the Arab world; I am just saying lets condemn it internationally so we can be fair to the victims and to ourselves.
Women have been always taking a part in Gazan community. They are equally active, educated and employed if you compare them to men. They have the freedom of movement too. The phenomenon of early marriage has reduced greatly because Gazans are more aware now. Majority of young women are getting married due to love stories and freedom of choice. Women are seeking and occupying high positions in the employment field becoming even higher than men sometimes.
Its fascinating to see how Gaza is evolving and growing in every aspect yet we still see foreign and local attempts to keep us busy with dilemmas from the stone age. We moved on so its time for others to move on and embrace our growth. Its also shameful to see some young Gazans falling in this trap which is deforming the very productive image of Gaza's bright youth.
So consider me boring for the saying the truth but I don't wish to be invited to a European country or praised by an American journalist or supported by France just to attack Islam or Gaza. I would rather stay here and raise my voice and say: "We are way hip, cool and advanced than you think; believe or see".
Why do Muslims and Arabs have to always try hard to fit in and be accepting? Why doesn't the world embrace us like we embrace it? Why do they want us to become something else? Why do they want us to become like them? Why do they want us to degrade our culture and religion to gain their respect? Why are we always pressured to justify ourselves?
My last advice or message: Please let's stop judging each other. Its 2011 for god's sake. People are categorized by being good or bad not by wearing Hijab or not. Not all women wearing Hijab are angels and not all women not wearing Hijab are right. Live and let live. Give love to receive love and lets embrace each other with our differences, imperfections and different perspectives.
From Gaza with love, less judgment and a huge hug,
Follow me on Twitter: @Omar_Gaza


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There's no arguing that women in the U.S. are very lucky when it comes to health care during child birth. Even for women who do not have health insurance, there are provisions in place that cover prenatal care and child birth for pregnant women, so complications during child birth are generally low. But a new survey has found that while these complications are still relatively rare, their numbers are on the rise.
According to data gathered by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,) the rate of serious complications such as heart attack, stroke, severe bleeding and kidney failure during or after childbirth roughly doubled for women in the U.S. between 1998 and 2009.
In the latest year studied, 2008-2009, there were 129 cases of severe complications for every 10,000 women who delivered in a hospital. This represents a 75 percent increase in cases from a decade earlier. In addition, birth complications that occurred after delivery but during a women's hospital stay also rose by 114 percent from the previous decade to 29 cases for every 10,000 women.
Why the increase? CDC researchers speculate that there are probably a number of reasons. For starters, many women are delaying child birth and having children when they are older, leading to a greater risk for complications. And women who already have a pre-existing condition such as heart disease or a heart defect and might not have been able to conceive decades ago, are now living longer and having babies.
Still, the CDC was quick to point out that they don't want women to be scared of child birth as the numbers are still incredibly low in this country. More than 4 million women give birth in the U.S. each year, and this study found about 590,000 cases of severe complications over 11 years.
Compare these numbers to those on Every Mother Counts website that find that up to 15 percent of all women who give birth around the world suffer life-threatening complications during childbirth, and it's fair to say that we are very lucky in this country indeed.
Source: Reuters


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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
35 comments:
Whoa. I'm so happy I'm almost speechless. Maybe except for YAY!!!!!!! This really made my day...week...month. Congrats!
Now all we need is a Blu-ray set of Season 1 sometime next year. :)
- Oct 7, 2008, 1:58:00 AM
- ant159 said...
congrats kurt, we knew your writing and this ultra talented cast knew no limit...thanks for this gift that we watch every wednesday...you keep writing and being yourself and we'll keep riding with you..check it we need more big otto and lets make ryan hurst a regular...
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:09:00 AM
- Unknown said...
KUrt may I say a BIG congratz to you and all your people who have worked so hard on this series. You guys deserve praise for your excellent work and we're damn proud to be a part of this 'movement' as you say. Keep cranking it out and we'll keep turning it in and bringing others to see it.
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:55:00 AM
Congrats on the second season!Is it time to celebrate with a new scoot yet? I know Harley has a few V Rods sitting around as well as some cool new springers as well lol
- Oct 7, 2008, 3:59:00 AM
I saw yesterday (via IGN) that SOA was picked up. Good job with that. I hope the show continues until you want to stop doing it. Now all Fox needs to do is renew Terminator, and we'll be all set. But, congrats none the less.
- Oct 7, 2008, 4:59:00 AM
Congratulations to you and your awesome cast and crew, Kurt! You have the best show on TV this season! I especially love the dark humor and the brotherhood feeling of the "Sons"!
- Oct 7, 2008, 5:39:00 AM
- Anton said...
This is great news. Are we going to see Posters and shirts and such soon? Im so happy this is great news. We are talking about doing a Sons night at the Hookah bar, when the DvD comes out, just so we can get more people hooked on the show. GREAT NEWS!!!
- Oct 7, 2008, 6:18:00 AM
- Unknown said...
There is a huge following of fans on the FX site. From the first episode the community has blown up! We all are very excited about more episodes coming! All of us have small comment and suggestions, but in all we just love the show. What I would really like to see is Opie get back with the mc, the baby come home, Tara and Jax finally hook up, and Gemma finally revealing more hints to her secrets! But, the show is great, you have alot of support and faithful fans! If there is anything we can do to help keep this show alive, just let us know! Thanks!
- Oct 7, 2008, 7:09:00 AM
- Kaz_NEETS said...
Congratulations to Kurt and the cast/crew of SoA.
And thanks FX.
Awesome news Kurt, I knew it would happen.
- Oct 7, 2008, 7:51:00 AM
- lil cinnamongrrl said...
Congratulations on being picked up for a second season! I'm loving the story lines and the acting is awesome!
Like other fans I'm trying to do my part and spread the word about SOA (started the Sons of Anarchy Groupies at www.myyearbook.com). Thanks for doing your part and creating a show that so totally grabs one's attention, that you can't help but watch the every episode twice!
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:13:00 AM
- HARLEYVJ said...
awesome bro as a fellow jersey boy i am so happy for you and i cant stop thinking about this show it is awesome soa forever
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:43:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Congrats gang, keep up the great work! Looking forward to the longevity of the show and I will be purchasing each season on DVD. Thanks for pointing TV programing in a new and creative direction.
- Oct 7, 2008, 11:47:00 AM
Excellent news! Glad to see that F/X continues to recognize strong scripts and quality writing, as well as great performances from the entire cast of SOA. Congrats Kurt for creating a dynamic show that is unlike anything else on TV today!
- Oct 7, 2008, 1:27:00 PM
- Cosmo's human said...
Mazel Tov! I am so very happy for you and the future of SoA. This is really a great day for you and the actors and staff of SoA. Keep up the good work. I'm a fan forever.
- Oct 7, 2008, 4:29:00 PM
- Ruv Draba said...
Fantastic result, Kurt. Congratulations! Word of mouth recommendation is surely the highest and most sincere form of public acclaim.
I very much look forward to seeing Season 1 on DVD when it finally comes to Australia.
Meanwhile, write on!
- Oct 7, 2008, 5:31:00 PM
Congratulations!! This is well deserved and I look forward to seeing lots more of this outstanding show.
- Oct 7, 2008, 6:59:00 PM
I am so psyched. I find myself making SOA appointment TV when everything else is tivo'd. It's completely addictive. Great job.
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:07:00 PM
I am absolutely thrilled that the show will be around for another season...and many more, hopefully. I decided to watch the first episode because I'm a Charlie Hunnam fan, but the entire cast blew me away. Terrific ensemble acting, great scripts, great direction...this show has it all. Congratulations, Kurt!
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:48:00 PM
- Outsider said...
Keep Throwin' Down Kurt...It IS to be DUG!
- Oct 7, 2008, 9:24:00 PM
- Max Barber, A Thief In The Light said...
You did it, man. You created the best hour of TV on the god forsaken tube. I'm so happy I'll get to see more SOA next season. Wow. Just good times, man. You deserve awards, big ones. CONFUCKINGGRATS!!!!
- Oct 8, 2008, 5:14:00 PM
I'm so glad to watch a bunch of great actors given a juicy and a meaningful television series.
The roles are tailor made for the actors. Katey Sagal is awesome as Gemma.
Kurt, you've given me a reason to stay home and watch television on Wedneday nights. FX has the best shows this season. Congrats...and keep up the great writing.
- Oct 9, 2008, 11:42:00 AM
Congrats on being picked up. It is such a pleasure to watch great acting and listen to awesome dialogue.
It's nice to know that at least one TV station is not polluting the small screen with a buch of cheap reality shows.
- Oct 9, 2008, 11:57:00 AM
This is the best news I've had in weeks! I initially tuned into SoA to give Ron Perlman a chance to delight me---and became a solid fan of the entire cast and crew within the first twenty minutes of the pilot episode. Thank you for some excellent writing, directing, acting, set design and more!
- Oct 9, 2008, 2:56:00 PM
The show is amazing! I love it, I called my girlfriends and now they love it. Thank you for bringing this show to the air!!
We LOVE JAX!!
- Oct 9, 2008, 5:54:00 PM
Hey, that female AFT agent with the hard nipples, nice touch. So, who's gonna do her the cop or Jax?
The stalker, well, several of us are waiting to see what devilish demise the club will cook up for him. He is a great actor, Like I said before, any actor can make you hate them is on top of their game.
Didn't think it was gonna make it. In fact, when i heard about it, I groaned. But, Wild Hog's it ain't. great mix of humor, violence an biker stuff.
One thing. We keep seeing warnings about nudity, but........common Kurt, if you can show a guy with dynamite in his ass, or another guy getting his balls cut off, surely a flash of some of those sweet things running around ain't to much to ask for. I mean, common, were bikers here, we don't like on bra shots alone ya know.
Congrats, look forward to seeing more.
- Oct 9, 2008, 11:44:00 PM
- Leonard Chang said...
Congratulations. Great news!
- Oct 12, 2008, 7:30:00 AM
- robynl said...
wtg kurt.
i love that it was renewed for season 2. i love the show. and for every showing all 3 tvs are tuned in. i was married to a biker for 5 years and the show is just about right. was wondering if we can have more info on john teller. why isnt johns pic on the wall with the others. also would love to know more on how jemma went from teller to morrow. also seems jax should remember more on john then the does. cant wait to get more of the show. and cant wait till the dvd comes out for season 1. i hope soa goes on for a long time. you have a wonderful show going on here.
- Oct 12, 2008, 10:57:00 PM
- Brian Holbrook said...
You deserve every bit of this man. This show is a grower with legs (or wheels). I can't wait for season 2, and 3, and 4, etc...
Katey was a brilliant choice and she chews scenery like a pit bull on a T-bone...but in a good way.
- Oct 12, 2008, 11:23:00 PM
- kystorms said...
I am totally loving this show, end to end. And as a Jericho Fan, I can sure tell you how damned loyal I will be to this show! Thanks for bringing great scripts our way.
- Oct 15, 2008, 9:11:00 AM
Yay!! My husband and I DVR this every week and watch it when we can! LOVE it!! And Charlie H is so hot, I loved him in Abandon too! ;)
- Oct 16, 2008, 2:22:00 PM
- LVbikers said...
Thanks for a great show; it appeals to us bikers over 50 and finally a show that does; don't know why we are overlooked, (we used to have the most money to spend)!!! Thank you Kurt and best of luck.
- Oct 16, 2008, 4:39:00 PM
- michael froton said...
THIS IS TRULY GREAT NEWS!! I love the show. You'll be needen some more hoods for other chapters, geting out of prison. One sure would love to know to be casted for that. I would even repaint my scoot for that 2 Indians.
Keep up the great work
Biker Mike as known in Humbolt
- Oct 22, 2008, 12:12:00 PM
- Terri Lorah said...
Congrats on a second season. Now you can continue to do what you love and that is write. There are only a few shows we watch and this is one of them.
- Oct 22, 2008, 9:43:00 PM
- JMRinguet said...
Got on the SOA train a bit late but now I'm in for the long haul for that season 2 (and 3 following it). Best show on TV right now (well that and The Shield).
I will be spreading the word!
Kurt rules!
- Oct 23, 2008, 2:44:00 AM
- Steve Berg said...
Love the show from the first episode, and what a great season finale. I ride, so that was my initial interest in the show, but the storyline(s) made me tune in every week. There are so many directions that the show could go in season two that I can't wait for it to start!
- Nov 26, 2008, 8:51:00 PM


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Mirror, mirror on the wall, where's the best innovation region of all?
To answer that question the Milken Institute has created an online report that examines 393 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada. The database then ranks the top 50 regions in terms of employment, sales and number of business establishments in 19 different industries ranging from software to computing to medical technologies.
The San Jose metropolitan area comes in first in those aggregate ranking by virtue of its industrial leadership across a broad range of industries, including computers, semiconductors, data processing, and a variety of Web services.
The San Francisco metropolitan area, which includes San Mateo County, took 10th place for its software publishing, online services and biotechnology industries. Metropolitan Oakland, which includes much of the East Bay, ranked 16th with concentrations in fields such as software and biotech.
The Milken report allows online users to see how the regions rank in each of the 19 different inductrial areas. The hottest spot in North America for magnetic and optical media turns out to be Huntsville, Alabama. Atlanta comes out tops in telecomunications, while Minneapolis emerges as the Mecca of medical equipment.


text: Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins and guitarist Mike Lewis grew up together in the Cardiff satellite town of Pontypridd. They began blending musical genres as members of the band Public Disturbance. Watkins was a drummer at the time, but he moved to vocals when the pair first started experimenting as Lozt Prophetz. Watkins and Lewis flirted with ska and hip-hop at first, then came to an aggressive style of rock that mixed together their longtime love of metal and pop. They also changed the spelling to Lostprophets and added Lee Gaze (guitar), Stuart Richardson (bass), and Mike Chiplin (drums) to the lineup. After Lostprophets' demo was featured in Kerrang! magazine, U.K. independent label Visible Noise offered them an album deal in 2000. That year's The Fake Sound of Progress was recorded over the course of a week for roughly $4,000. Hitting the road to promote the album, the band played support slots with Linea 77, Taproot, Pitchshifter, Linkin Park, and the Deftones, and a huge show at the 2001 Reading Festival helped the fan base grow. Keyboardist Jamie Oliver joined the band to expand its sound, and Sony signed the band in the U.S., releasing a different version of The Fake Sound of Progress in 2001, one that had been remixed and "retooled" by famed producer Michael Barbiero. A North American tour followed. The album's successor, 2004's Start Something, proved that all the gigging had paid off. It debuted at number five on the U.K. charts and reached number 33 on the Billboard Top 200 despite having been leaked early on the Internet. More touring followed, including a sold-out show at the giant Cardiff International Arena and a main-stage performance at the 2004 Reading Festival. In 2005 the bandmembers were considering different producers for their third effort before deciding on Bob Rock, the man responsible for Metallica's self-titled "Black Album." Drummer Chiplin departed so Rock and the band recruited drummer Josh Freese -- who had worked with A Perfect Circle, Rob Zombie, and many others -- for recording sessions. The completed album, Liberation Transmission, was released at the beginning of summer 2006. The Betrayed arrived in 2010, followed by the group's fifth studio album, Weapons, in 2012. ~ David Jeffries


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New JC Penney cards!
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New JC Penney cards!
I was surprised to spot 5 new cards when I was shopping at JC Penney's yesterday. By now, most of you fellow Penney's shoppers have heard of their "Fair and Square" way of doing pricing, etc...well, the new cards are all in the shape of a SQUARE! I didn't have a chance to wander throughout the rest of the store to check if they had more new designs besides the 5 that I spotted at the register where I was at.
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I was able to find 4 of them the other day. You said 5 -- could you describe all 5 since it doesn't appear they have been posted as yet, so I can discover the one I'm missing ?? Thanks, Jack
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All 5 can be found on the company's website!
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cool! I looked at them and I've never seen a gift card like them. But really, they're square so that's cool.
p.s. I have A LOT of gift cards. Mostly from Kohl's, JCP, walmart, and Target. I have two baggies, both have at least 30. Guess how many!
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