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April 20, 2018 by willedare
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Today's post is inspired by the act of collaboration.
Theater is all about collaboration — as are many forms of music.
I have been part of a musical collaboration with singer Bobbi Carrey for almost 20 years.
The song at the beginning of this blog post — "If I Loved You" — was written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers for their musical Carousel.
Both Hammerstein and Rodgers had achieved tremendous success working with other collaborators before they joined forces during WWII to create the musical Oklahoma!
Following the triumph of Oklahoma! they rose to new heights, co-creating a new musical every couple of years — interspersed with producing plays and musicals (such as Annie Get Your Gun) created by others.
And as their extraordinary list of hit shows — including South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song and The Sound of Music — expanded, they also devoted a considerable amount of time to overseeing touring companies, movie adaptations, and revivals of their work.
It was an extraordinary creative and business collaboration — the fruits of which will continue to be harvested and celebrated for decades to come!
Collaboration can be a mysterious process — and theirs was not without its challenges.
But they persevered, remained respectful of each other's gifts, and left an astounding body of work for the rest of us to savor for decades to come.
Pianist/composer/engineer/producer Doug Hammer, singer Bobbi Carrey and I recorded "If I Loved You" — one of their most beautiful ballads — for a CD we put together with exquisite arrangement input (both vocal and instrumental) from Michael Callahan.
Mike wrote the cello part on this recording of "If I Loved You," for example.
My collaboration with Bobbi, too, has included a variety of challenges — and we have also respectfully persevered
Right now, due to a variety of factors, our collaboration is in a fallow period.
Mike is busy being a music professor at Michigan State as well as an enthusiastic husband and father.
Doug's career as a composer, producer and touring musician — in addition to being a devoted husband and father of two terrific sons — has meant that he is less available to perform with singers (although regular readers/listeners of this blog know that he is still willing to make music together in his wonderful home studio on the north shore of Boston).
Bobbi was working for a while in various parts of Asia — with a home base in Kuala Lumpur.
And I — now that I am making a very modest living as a singer, songwriter and teacher — am (somewhat paradoxically) less available to collaborate with Bobbi than when I had a full-time, non-musical day job.
Blessedly, recording technology exists so that all of the collaboration we did together has not evaporated without a trace.
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Here's a version of "The Little Things You Do Together" that we recorded with Doug playing piano plus a playful string arrangement by Mike.
Stephen Sondheim wrote it for the musical Company, and it paints a slightly different picture of love and marriage (another type of collaboration) than one might find in a Rodgers & Hammerstein show.
I have loved this song ever since my parents bought the cast album — which I listened to again and again and again as a child.
Sondheim knew both Rodgers and Hammerstein very well, having been unofficially adopted into the Hammerstein family when he was a teenager.
Hammerstein became a role model and mentor for Sondheim as he, too, devoted himself to musical theater and songwriting.
And after Hammerstein died, Sondheim even collaborated as a lyricist with Richard Rodgers on a show called Do I Hear A Waltz? — along with one of Sondheim's collaborators from West Side Story, librettist Arthur Laurents.
As someone who writes songs, I am always curious to learn more about the lives, practices, and habits of other songwriters.
I forget where I read it (maybe in one of Laurents' great memoirs? or one of Sondheim's terrific books about his own creative process?) but I was surprised to learn that Sondheim — with Laurents' approval and support — transformed chunks of the dialogue which Laurents wrote for early drafts of the West Side Story libretto into lyrics for certain songs in West Side Story.
And Laurents did not ask for co-credit on the lyrics for these songs,
It was simply part of their generous and respectful collaborative process.
Now Sondheim continues to support, nurture, encourage and inspire new generations of musical-theater-lovers. librettists, songwriters, and performers.
Thank you to Sondheim and Laurents and Rodgers and Hammerstein — and all of their scenic, costuming, choreographic, lighting, casting, directorial, production, and performance collaborators — for leaving us an extraordinary body of songs and shows and ideas.
Thank you to Bobbi Carrey, Doug Hammer, Mike Callahan, Jon Lupfer (who did the final mix of our CD at Q Division), Jonathan Wyner (who mastered our CD at M Works), and the musicians who played on it — Mark Carlsen (bass), Jane Hemenway (violin), Mike Monaghan (tenor sax and flute), Gene Roma (drums, percussion), Johann Soults (cello), and Kenny Wenzel (trombone).
Thank you to the internet for the photos of Rodgers, Hammerstein, Sondheim, Callahan, and Hammer.
Thank you to Paul Forlenza for the photos of Bobbi and me.
And thank YOU for reading and listening to this post!
What have YOUR experiences with collaboration taught you?
Posted in collaboration, Interconnectedness, Songwriting, Uncategorized	| Tagged bobbi carrey, Carousel, collaboration, Company, doug hammer, Gene Roma, If I Loved You, Jane Hemenway, Johann Soults, Jon Lupfer, Jonathan Wyner, Kenny Wenzel, M Works, Mark Carlsen, michael callahan, mike callahan, Mike Monaghan, Musical Theater, musical theatre, Oscar Hammerstein, Q Division, Richard Rodgers, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Little Things You Do Together, Will McMillan, WillEDare, William D. McMillan, William Darrow McMillan, William McMillan | 26 Comments
January 11, 2018 by willedare
https://amusicalifeonplanetearth.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/07-cant-buy-me-love.m4a
I was looking through a list of past gigs on my web site recently and was surprised to realize that almost 15 years has passed since I was part of a vocal quartet called At The Movies.
Three of us — Nina Vansuch, Michael Ricca and I — had attended a week-long cabaret symposium at the O'Neill Theater Center on the Connecticut coast of Long Island Sound in the summer of 1999.
Our teachers included musical luminaries such as Margaret Whiting and Julie Wilson along with Broadway actress Sally Mayes and a slew of other generous (and mostly inspiring) experts from the worlds of musical theater, jazz and cabaret.
We came back to Boston fired up and ready to sing.
I don't remember who had the idea that we three would join forces — maybe Nina and/or Michael and/or Brian will weigh in some day with THEIR memories of how we got started using the comments section at the end of this blog post.
I'm pretty sure, however, that it was Nina who brought another wonderful singer AND pianist AND arranger — Brian Patton — into the mix.
For four years we met after work — usually at Nina's place in Belmont or Brian's place in Jamaica Plain — to eat dinner and make song choices and work on arrangements and write patter and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
I remember many delicious meals cooked by Nina — and also a lot of patience from Brian as we fine-tuned our harmonies.
I had forgotten, however, how much publicity we got.
Thankfully Nina scanned some of it and included it on her web site.
Gradually we added some outside eyes and ears to our creative process, bouncing rough drafts of performances off local directors and working for a while with a warm and loving choreographer/director named Marla Blakey who lived on Martha's Vineyard.
At one point in her career Marla had worked in this capacity with Bette Midler and also with the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.
So we were honored and excited to learn from her AND to hear some of her stories about how show business unfolds behind the scenes…
As you can see from the media clippings and hear from the recordings I have included in this blog post, we had a lot of fun together.
Most — or maybe all — of our great photographs were taken by a very talented friend of Nina's named David Caras.
You can visit his web site by clicking here if you are curious to see more of his work.
After we had sold out Scullers Jazz Club (thank you for booking us, Fred Taylor!) a couple of times, we decided to record a CD, which can still be purchased at CD Baby by clicking here.
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We recorded it at Doug Hammer's studio north of Boston along with additional musicians Gene Roma (drums), Chris Rathbun (bass), and Spartaco John "Sparkie" Miele (saxophone).
In addition to the songs I have included in this blog post, you can find other songs from our CD — "Journey To The Past," "Wives & Lovers," and "That'll Do" — in the right hand column of this blog.
My memory is also hazy as to why we decided to focus on songs written for or performed in movies…
There are so many great songs in existence — just waiting to be sung! — that we probably knew that it would be wise to narrow our focus a bit.
It may also have been related to Michael's somewhat savante-like knowledge of movie history.
We performed at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (where I then worked) and also at the Boston Public Library as part of First Night; participated in John O'Neil's wonderful CabaretFests in Provincetown, MA, Newburyport, MA, and Newfound Lake, NH (thank you, John!); traveled to perform in Providence, RI at the Hi-Hat Club (thank you, Ida Zecco!) and to NYC at a club called Arci's Place (thank you, Erv Raible — may you rest in peace!) I think our last gig may have been in Quincy for John McDonald (thank you, John!)
One thing I came to appreciate as a result of being part of At The Movies is that an audience doesn't just enjoy the music when they go to a concert.
Most of us also enjoy observing the relationships we see in action on stage — both the planned and the spontaneous interactions that unfold during a performance.
After four years of working and playing — and dining — together, however, our creative collaboration came to an end.
But thanks to the digital magic of zeros and ones, the songs we recorded at Doug Hammer's studio for our CD Reel One live on…
And I was able to find these media clippings on Nina's web site (thank you, Nina!)
Perhaps someday we will dig our harmony practice cassettes out of the basement and do a few more shows together.
Until then it is fun to listen and remember…
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November 9, 2016 by willedare
Let Me Be Strong (again)
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I shared this song by Barbara Baig a couple of years ago in a blog post.
Today I found myself thinking about it a lot.
Many people in the USA are very happy today.
I honor their sense of excitement and accomplishment.
Many people in the USA are very surprised and scared and shocked today, too.
I honor these feelings as well.
I don't know what comes next, but I am pretty sure that the effects of yesterday's election will ripple for weeks and months and years to come — not just here in the US but all over our planet.
I dearly hope that the horrible coincidence of learning the results of our election with the anniversary of Kristallnacht is just that…a horrible coincidence and not an uncanny foreshadowing of what may lie ahead in our not-very-united-states.
It is very sobering to read about Kristallnacht in Wikipedia.
As soon as we start viewing — and scapegoating — fellow human beings as "other," we are heading down a very unhappy and slippery slope…
I was very glad that jazz pianist Joe Reid and I were booked to perform our hour-long program of songs co-written by Harold Arlen this afternoon at a retirement community in Newton.
We all needed to sing together — beautiful, timeless songs which touched our hearts and connected us with each other.
Not surprisingly, one song moved us to tears — "Over the Rainbow," which Mr. Arlen wrote with Yip Harburg in 1938 for MGM's masterpiece, The Wizard of Oz.
Filming for The Wizard Of Oz began on October 13 1938.
A month later Kristallnacht occurred in Germany, Austria and parts of Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic.
The emotional resonance of "Over The Rainbow" — written by two American-born, fully assimilated Jewish songwriters for a movie produced by a Jewish-owned film company — cannot have gone un-noticed at the time.
No wonder so many of us are still moved to tears by it, almost 80 years after it was written.
I love "Let Me Be Strong," too.
Barbara Baig wrote it when she lived in Somerville, MA and was an active member of the Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (BACA).
I recorded it many years ago with Doug Hammer on piano at his wonderful Dreamworld studio in Lynn, MA, plus Gene Roma on drums and Chris Rathbun on bass.
Thank you, Barbara, for writing this song.
May all of our hearts remain open in the days and weeks to come… as we move through our joys and our fears here on planet earth.
Let us be strong.
Thank you to Pixabay for the photos.
And thank you to anyone who reads and listens to this blog post!
Posted in Healing, Interconnectedness, Music Together, Singing, Songwriting, The Entertainment Industry, The Human Heart, Uncategorized, Universal Heart	| Tagged a musical life, BACA, Barbara Baig, Boston Association of Cabaret Artists, Chris Rathbun, collaboration, doug hammer, Gene Roma, Harold Arlen, Joe Reid, Kristallnacht, Let Me Be Strong, MGM, music, Music Together, Over The Rainbow, performing, Pianist, planet earth, power of music, singing, Song, The Wizard of Oz, Will McMillan, WillEDare, William D. McMillan, Yip Harburg | 10 Comments


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Inspiral Carpets and Sunset Sons to play at Emirates Old Trafford Summer Live
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package com.kanasinfo.utils;

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

public final class StringKit {

    /**
     * 转换成String,如果为null,返回""
     */
    public static String toString(Object object) {
        return toString(object, "");
    }

    /**
     * 转换成String,如果为null,返回defaultVal
     */
    public static String toString(Object object, String defaultVal) {
        if (object == null)
            return defaultVal;
        if ("null".equalsIgnoreCase(object.toString()))
            return defaultVal;
        if (StringUtils.isBlank(object.toString()))
            return defaultVal;
        if(object instanceof Number)
            return NumberFormat.getInstance().format(object).replace(",", "");
        return object.toString();
    }

    /**
     * 比较俩对象转换成字符串后是否相等。null eq ""
     */
    public static boolean equals(Object object1, Object object2) {
        String str1 = toString(object1, "");
        String str2 = toString(object2, "");

        return str1.equals(str2);
    }

    /**
     * 转换成int类型
     */
    public static Integer toInt(Object object) {
        String value = toString(object, "0");
        String str = StringUtils.contains(value, ".") ? value.substring(0, value.indexOf(".")) : value;
        int intgeo = Integer.parseInt(str);
        return intgeo;
    }

    /**
     * 转换成double类型
     * @param object
     * @return
     */
    public static Double toDouble(Object object){
        return Double.parseDouble(toString(object, "0"));
    }

    /**
     * 转换成Long类型
     * @param object
     * @return
     */
    public static Long toLong(Object object){
        return Long.parseLong(toString(object, "0"));
    }

    public static List<Long> toLongs(List<String> list) {
        List<Long> longs = new ArrayList<Long>();
        for (String str : list) {
            longs.add(toLong(str));
        }
        return longs;
    }

    public static List<String> toStrings(List<? extends Object> list){
        List<String> strings = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (Object obj : list) {
            strings.add(toString(obj));
        }
        return strings;
    }
    /**
     * 格式化Double值,返回String
     */
    public static String formatNumber(Number d, int scale) {
        if (d == null)
            return null;
        return String.format("%." + scale + "f", Double.parseDouble(d.toString()));
    }

    /**
     */
    public static String formatNumber(Number d, int length, int scale) {
        return formatNumber(d, length, scale, null);
    }

    public static String formatNumber(Number d, int length, int scale, String defaultValue) {
        if (d == null)
            return defaultValue;
        String value = formatNumber(d, scale); // 22.000000
        length = length + (scale > 0 ? 1 : 0);
        if (value.length() > length) {
            System.out.println("数值:" + value + "超出长度:" + length);
        }
        return StringUtils.right(value, length);
    }

    /**
     * 由于Java是基于Unicode编码的,因此,一个汉字的长度为1,而不是2。
     * 但有时需要以字节单位获得字符串的长度。例如,"123abc长城"按字节长度计算是10,而按Unicode计算长度是8。
     * 为了获得10,需要从头扫描根据字符的Ascii来获得具体的长度。如果是标准的字符,Ascii的范围是0至255,
     * 如果是汉字或其他全角字符,Ascii会大于255。
     * 因此,可以编写如下的方法来获得以字节为单位的字符串长度。
     */
    public static int getWordCount(String s) {
        if(StringUtils.isBlank(s))
            return 0;
        int length = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            int ascii = Character.codePointAt(s, i);
            if (ascii >= 0 && ascii <= 255)
                length++;
            else
                length += 2;

        }
        return length;

    }

    /**
     * 基本原理是将字符串中所有的非标准字符(双字节字符)替换成两个标准字符(**,或其他的也可以)。
     * 这样就可以直接例用length方法获得字符串的字节长度了
     */
    public static int getWordCountRegex(String s) {
        if(StringUtils.isBlank(s))
            return 0;
        s = s.replaceAll("[^\\x00-\\xff]", "**");
        int length = s.length();
        return length;
    }

    /**
     * 按特定的编码格式获取长度
     */
    public static int getWordCountCode(String str, String code) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        if(StringUtils.isBlank(str))
            return 0;
        return str.getBytes(code).length;
    }

    /**
     * 从左向右截取字符串,ascii取1,Unicode取2
     * @param str
     * @param length
     * @return
     */
    public static String left(String str, int length){
        if(StringUtils.isBlank(str))
            return str;
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i< str.length(); i++) {
            if(length >= getWordCount(StringUtils.substring(str, 0, i+1))){
                sb.append(str.charAt(i));
            }else{
                break;
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public static boolean isBlank(String string) {
        return StringUtils.isBlank(string) || "null".equalsIgnoreCase(string);
    }

    public static boolean isNotBlank(String string) {
        return !isBlank(string);
    }

    /**
     * 生成随机盐值
     */
    public static String generateRandomSalt(){
        return new String(Base64.encodeBase64(RandomStringUtils.random(8).getBytes()));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance();
        System.out.println(format.format(10000000000000d).replace(",", ""));
    }

    /**
     * 分割字符串并转换为数值数组
     * @param value
     * @return
     */
    public static int[] splitToInt(String value) {
        return splitToInt(value, ",");
    }

    /**
     * 获取一定长度的随机字符串
     * @param length 指定字符串长度
     * @return 一定长度的字符串
     */
    public static String generateRandomStrByLength(int length) {
        String base = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
        Random random = new Random();
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            int number = random.nextInt(base.length());
            sb.append(base.charAt(number));
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * 分割字符串并转换为数值数组
     * @param value
     * @return
     */
    public static int[] splitToInt(String value, String split) {
        String[] arr = StringUtils.split(value,split);
        int[] intArr = new int[arr.length];
        for (int i = 0; i< arr.length; i++) {
            intArr[i] = Integer.parseInt(arr[i]);
        }
        return intArr;
    }

}

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Other than his killer looks, what is it that Jimmy Sheirgill always carries with him?
Debonair Jimmy Sheirgill has been a heartthrob of both Hindi and Punjabi film industry for years now, and the secret certainly lies in his courteous, gracious and sophisticated charm besides, of course his marvelous acting skills.
He has always carried himself with utmost graciousness and charm, but guess what? That's not the only thing that he carries with himself all the way long!
There's also his 'signature' Coffee Mug which has been with him through the thick & thin and can be seen in his many interviews. And no, it's not someone special who gifted it to him. It's something that he bought himself!
"It's a Starbucks Cup which I've had with me for a long time now, and whenever it breaks, I buy the same again," smiles Jimmy Sheirgill while interacting with the team of iampunjaabi.com.
Here's a sneak-peak into the classic Jimmy Sheirgill's hand-picked mug!
(Still from an interview of Jimmy Sheirgill with Bollywoodhungama.com)
(A still from Jimmy Sheirgill's interview with Missmalini.com)
(During Daana Paani promotions in Chandigarh)
(From Jimmy Sheirgill's Instagram)


Homes for sale in Palmetto that serve Arbor Springs Elementary School.
There is currenly one home that serve Arbor Springs Elementary School in Palmetto with a price of $300,000. For availability or more information about homes for sale in the Arbor Springs Elementary School district call REI Group: Wade Lester at 770-486-1191 .


It's a new kind of music app. It allows music artists to post original music samples, and share with fans throughout social media! Our special 1-minute format is perfect for easy sharing and re-sharing everywhere on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, texting, email, and more...and it's FREE!
Here is where you can discover the newest artists (and Grammy Winners!), and you can actually play a big role in building their careers! By sharing & applauding tracks in the app, you can push your favorites up to become the TopTracks!
You could get more exposure here in a week, then through years of playing gigs. All you have to do is upload a track and start sharing. The more you share, and fans re-share, the more fans will discover you. All music styles work. And you keep control over what you post and when. There is no exclusive contract to sign, and you always own your work. We don't sell your music, but we can sure help it be discovered!
TopTrack has allowed my music to instantly reach a global fan base I wouldn't have considered achievable so quickly with such a user friendly format. The app works hand-in-glove with all my social media channels and, put simply, it works for artists and for music lovers alike.
A unique platform for artists to get their music out to a wide net of music lovers, industry reps, and fellow musicians.
TopTrack leads the way in the new frontier of music outlets, platforms, & social media tools for artists & bands to gain insight to their music. As a recording & full time touring artist (in addition to being in the business & working on the business side for 16 years), for the first time I've been able to get insightful stats for tracks, in addition to just charted music & getting connected to fan feedback. Never before have I seen this kind of insight accessible to indie & unsigned artists & bands! It's like a Purevolume meets Radio / Single testing in addition to being able to widen your audience. TopTrack is advanced, smart, valuable, and an asset to artists who are building their own careers & acting out the roll of label / self release, self management & self branding!


IPL 2019 Live Cricket Score Streaming Online, RR vs KXIP Live Cricket Score: Steve Smith is the obvious headliner in this fixture. The former Australian captain will be playing his first IPL match since 2017 and it will also be the first time he plays for the Rajasthan Royals since 2015. If he is able to hit the ground running the way David Warner did on Sunday, RR will be a formidable side to beat.
But another sub-plot is that we will see Ravichandran Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane take the spotlight again. Both are castaways from India's limited overs setup and while finding a spot in the World Cup squad may be near to impossible, these Rahane and Ashwin might feel like they have a point to prove.


"Wonder Woman" exceeded Hollywood's expectations at the Box Office to become the biggest domestic opening for a female director ever. Directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot under Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment "Wonder Woman" was aimed to make $95 million in North America and upward of $100 million internationally, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Wonder Woman has always been one of the top superheroes on the DC Comics.However, it took a long time for Hollywood to give us the superhero movie we wanted. Just seeing how women and girls around the world are celebrating having a strong female superhero is breathtaking.


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Characteristics - The 95C is an excellent choice for players who want a diameter smaller than a Bach 12C for concert band, jazz ensemble, and commercial lead. Inner Diameter = 0.95 Inches (24.13 mm). Throat = .250 inches (6.35 mm) for strong players wanting less resistance.


Welcome to Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa, the ultimate retreat set in in the stunning Oxfordshire country side.
Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa consists of 52 deluxe bedrooms furnished to a high standard with a number of themed designs and views over the golf course or into our designer courtyard. Our hotel's location to nearby Bicester Village, Blenheim Palace and the historic university city of Oxford makes us the perfect choice for Oxfordshire leisure breaks.
The Forest of Wellbeing Spa hosts a number of luxurious spa facilities with a 20 metre indoor swimming pool, hydrotherapy spa and sauna and steam chamber. A state of the art gym with amazing views over the 18 hole golf course. The spa aims to replenish and revitalise your inner self and melt away the stresses and strains of everyday life.


This is a 24h take-home exam.
The basic exam question is available now, but the papers you are asked to analyse will be made available only at 17:00 on Sunday, 14 November 2004.
The papers will be available electronically via this WWW page. Email Gernot if you need hardcopies so we can try to arrange something.
The total exam is worth 35 marks.
You will lose 3.5 marks for each hour, or part thereof, your submission is late.
You are not to get any help from anyone on the exam. You should not talk to anyone else about the exam from the time you receive the full details until you submit your solution.
Submit a hardcopy by the deadline (17:00 on Monday, 15 November 2004). It must be accompanied by the signed certification of sole authorship. It must be submitted to Gernot Heiser, Kevin Elphinstone, Charles Gray, or Daniel Potts in person. In addition, you must submit an electronic version within three days of the end of the exam.
Submit an electronic copy, via the give system, by the deadline, and submit a hardcopy, including the signed certification of sole authorship, within two working days of the end of the exam.
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work, and I have not received any help whatsoever.
See the GPG Example for how to use GPG for signing and check that you've got it right.
In the cases where a paper submission is also required (cases 1 and 2 above), the electronic submission, when printed on a CSE printer, must appear exactly as the submitted hardcopy.
The submission must be made via the give system, mark name "exam".
If using give, check you can submit your exam (or any exam report) well before the deadline. We will have little sympathy for submission issues if you raise them five minutes before the deadline.
If using PDF, make sure that you only use Type-1 fonts, as others are unprintable on some printers. LaTeX users can ensure the use of Type-1 fonts by producing a PostScript file with the command dvips -Pwww -o file.ps file and then converting this to PDF.
Familiarise yourself with PGP (or GPG). We will not provide tutorials on this, it's up to you. Get yourself a public key if you don't have one. Follow the recommended safeguards to keep it secure. It will be like your normal signature!
See Gernot or Kevin with your key and proof of identity. He will then sign your key.
This signed key can then be used to sign your exam. (Feel free to get others to sign your key as well.) If you get your key signed after the exam, make sure that it is the same key as used for signing the exam.
Make sure that PGP or GPG is installed on the system you are going to use to write your exam, and that you can use it reliably. If you stuff up, it's your own problem.
What problem is it trying to address?
How well does it address the issue?
How well do they motivate the value of solving the problem. Is the problem a real problem?
How does it relate to other work? Does it reference relevant other work (as far as you can tell), does it do the other work justice?
How technically sound is it? Does their argumentation, the presented data convince you? Should they have been looking at other issues?
How good/deep is their analysis?
How easy would it be to reproduce their results?
How general are their results? Can they be applied to other systems? Did we learn some general truth?
These are only hints, I am not asking you to explicitly answer all these for each paper. However, you may find those questions helpful in critically analysing the papers. Imagine you are a reviewer for a conference to which the papers have been submitted, and you are to judge their contribution to the field.
Note that all papers are in fact published (and therefore cannot be all that bad :-) In order to get an idea of what program committees at top systems conferences are looking for, have a look at this classic!
You are to submit a report which summarises for each paper the basic ideas behind their work. You are to give a critique of the technical merits, achievements and shortcomings (if any). The papers are not directly related, so you don't have to compare them.
I am intentionally not specifying a length limit. However, I strongly encourage you to be concise. Lengthy submissions will almost certainly be unfocussed and waffly. I cannot imagine a decent job in excess of 3000 words, and would imagine that a very good submission would stay well below 2000 words total. If your report gets longer than this you should step back and try to focus.
Note: In order to help us to perform an unbiased assessment of your report, we would appreciate if you do not put your name on the report itself, only your student ID. Of course, your name must appear on the certificate that is attached to the report. However, as long as this certificate is on a separate page, we can assess the reports without looking at names.
You may find it useful to look at the 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 exams, and the sample reports provided there.
Last modified: 04 Nov 2004.


Once held six, and at time of induction, still held four records, yards rushing in career of 1,570; rushing attempts of 414; touchdowns 29 in career and 16 in one season.
Most valuable player as sophomore and junior; all ECAC as junior when he led the nation in touchdowns scored.
Earned medical degree after bachelor's degree.


Dr. Alan Scarrow is Mercy Springfield Communities' second physician president.
In the face of industry challenges brought on by the Affordable Care Act, an aging population and a looming doctor shortage, Dr. Alan Scarrow takes the helm of Mercy's local operations.
On Jan. 26, the St. Louis-based hospital system formally announced 12-year neurosurgeon and clinic leader Scarrow as president of Mercy Springfield Communities. In the role, Scarrow manages a footprint of hospitals and clinics in Springfield and surrounding communities, including Aurora, Rolla, Mountain View and Berryville, Ark.
Scarrow is aware of the headwinds as he leads an area operation that generated around $1 billion in 2014 revenue and employed nearly 10,000 people.
With Medicaid expansion taking place in other states, but not on the horizon in Missouri, many rural health systems are poised for shrinking reimbursements. It's a changing landscape that led Skaggs Regional Medical Center to merge with CoxHealth a little over two years ago and could mean similar partnership opportunities for Mercy.
Scarrow, previously the president of Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities, has worked as chairman of neurosurgery and president of Mercy Clinic Virtual Care since he came to the system in 2003. He completed his medical and law degrees from Case Western Reserve University and his neurosurgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where he met his wife, Dr. Meera Scarrow, a Mercy OB-GYN who also holds a law degree. In their spare time, the Scarrows run a beef cattle farm and sell their Ozarks Natural Foods brand at Farmers Market of the Ozarks.
Scarrow took over for Jon Swope, who had filled in as interim president since Dr. Robert Steele moved to Little Rock, Ark., in May to take a job as chief strategy officer for Arkansas Children's Hospital. Scarrow said he has been working under a new organizational structure he helped create last fall.
"A lot of the senior leadership started sitting down and saying, 'OK, let's look at our history here. We've been an integrated health system since about 1996, so we've been in this game a long time. And we've grown this hospital and clinic [operations] in silos.' We had separate administrations, and it began to feel like, in many ways, we were beginning to trip on our own feet," Scarrow said. "Our industry is changing at a very rapid pace. And if the industry is changing faster than we are, then the end is in sight for us.
In early November, Scarrow said Mercy modified its administrative structure to integrate clinical services with hospital operations. He said the 18 vice presidents charged with leading Mercy Springfield Communities are more unified in working across systems that largely had operated independently.
As a board member for Mercy Springfield Communities, SRC Holdings Corp. President and CEO Jack Stack was involved in the process to secure Steele's successor. He said Scarrow is realistic about the challenges and can learn from his mistakes.
Among the challenges Scarrow faces is a potential doctor shortage.
In 2013, the Association of American Medical Colleges projected the health care industry would need 91,500 new doctors by 2020 and 130,600 by 2025 to keep pace with demand. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job prospects for physicians and surgeons is projected to grow 18 percent from 2012 to 2022, faster than the average for all occupations.
Scarrow said it's not clear how the health system will attract and retain the best doctors amid health care reforms that demand lower costs. But the integrated approach is the broader path. Scarrow said administrators would closely watch the relationships between costs, patient outcomes and experiences, and complications.


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The Wheel – June 19, 2019
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President Waqar inducts his wife Maria, the First Lady of Rotary Club of Stockton, as a new member. The First Lady of the Club could not help but join after being involved with President Waqar this past couple of years. Maria has been a teacher for 19 years and will be teaching 3rd grade next year.
President Waqar inducts Harry Shergill as a new member. Harry invited us all to his daughter's graduation party this Saturday – food and drinks on him! 11500 N. Alpine Rd., Stockton near Eight Mile Rd. at 5:00pm.
Steve Reid, next to him is his wife Jennifer and daughter Penelope. Steve returns to the club and now works for California School Boards Association as a Public Affairs representative.
President Waqar inducts Khaksar Ahmad as a new member. Khaksar is the owner and broker of Reliance Real Estate, Inc. and living in Stockton for the last 17 years.
"The Rotary Club of Stockton Begins the 2nd Century of Service to the Stockton Community"
Call to Order and Welcome! President Waqar Rizvi welcomed members and guests to the Rotary Club of Stockton meeting and acknowledged the club for its 105 years of service to the community. "I am happy to announce that we will be indicting 4 new members today to the Rotary Club of Stockton."
Pledge of Allegiance & Four Way Test – Hal Monroe.
Song – Past-President Michael Blower used lowest common denominator to arrive at his choice of "The Alphabet Song" (English version)
Thought For The Day – Lynndee Riley, Assistant Editor and note taker extraordinaire, encouraged all to pay their respects and teach their families about the Vietnam War as the traveling half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be displayed at Weber Point starting at 3pm, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Free and open to the public, the Moving Wall will be open 24 hours a day staffed by Veterans and civilian volunteers who will assist in locating names, accompanying individuals or families to the Wall, and helping with taking a "rubbing" of a name. Find information about the ribbon cutting and special program at 10:00am on Saturday here: https://www.visitstockton.org/events/the-moving-wall/
Head Table – Mary Summerville, our speaker; Cathy Wooten, introducing our speaker; and President Waqar Rizvi.
COG Club – Coordinator: Farah Khwaja. Greeter: Farah Khwaja; Mic1: Karyn Johnson & Mic 2: Basel Karabala; Credit card: Beto Beas; Attendance, Jonni Redrick & John Salaices. Sergeant At Arms Team: John Salaices (Coordinator).
Birthdays This Week – Rob Gross (17th), Kevin Kauffman (17th), Amy Scriven (18th), and Dale Drury (21st). The club sang Happy Birthday to all.
Club Service & District Calendar for 2018-2019 – Click HERE for the latest list! Don't miss out on some great activities.
Club Announcements
NBA Finals Raffle Winner – Past-President Kuy Ky announced Marcela Gracewski chose the lucky square to win the NBA Finals Paul Harris Raffle!
Nominations for Speakers – Chad Sublet & Brian Lafferty are accepting nominations for the 36 great speakers that the Programs Committee is responsible to procure for next year. chad@vervenetworks.net brianlaffertyesq@yahoo.com
Foundation Goal – Paul Harris Matching Points – At last week's meeting, the club raised $4,600 for the Rotary International Foundation. At today's meeting, Dennis Cochran donated $150 that he earned from a small graffiti removal job for Past-President Kuy; Kuy matched it with $150 and money started falling out of pockets again:
Chad Sublet – $150
Zachary Downs – $100
Steve Bestolarides – $100
Linda Guinn- $100
Hero's Park
Heroes Park Cleanup and Dedication – Saturday, June 22nd: Clean up @ 8:30am – Bring weed trimers and other garden tools. Sunday, June 23rd, 12 Noon, Dedication.
Advertise in the Wheel – You will have the opportunity to again advertise your business, hobby, profession or nonprofit in The Wheel this coming Rotary year which starts July 1st. These ads will take the format of a business card and will be approximately 2-1/2 by 1″. Cost will be $300 for a rotary year – a very reasonable cost to get your name in front of an elite group every week and make a contribution to our club at the same time. EXTRA! For $75 for the whole year we will link your ad to your website! Contact Graham Tweedy for more details. ( flyer )
Rotary International Convention – The convention will be from June 6th to June 10th of 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Past-President Bob Blower reminds us all that the Rotary Convention is only 4 days. There are so many things to do on the islands, plan to stay for a couple of weeks!
Celebrate 30 years of Women in Rotary – Rotary District 5220 celebrates 30 years of Women in Rotary, Sunday, June 23, 2019, 2 pm – 4 pm, Roselle Winery, 9599 N. HWY 99, Stockton, Hors d'oeuvre and Beverages, $40: https://ismyrotaryclub.com/register/registerme.cfm?eventid=77425349
Use That Credit Card at The Meeting – You may now pay for lunch, raffle tickets (minimum Credit Card Purchase of $5.00) and other purchase at the Club meetings with a credit Card.
Potential Members – To encourage Club members to bring a potential member to the Wednesday meetings the Rotary Club of Stockton will pay for the 1st meal of a potential member brought by a Club member.
Know Your Rotarian
"Know Your Rotarian" is a weekly feature President Waqar is introducing to better acquaint you with your fellow Rotarians.
Dan Wright
Dan Wright is a midwestern transplant. He was raised in Madison, Wisconsin and attended elementary and high school there before enrolling in the University of Wisconsin, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education in1981.
In early 1983, Dan relocated to Managua, Nicaragua in Central America for his first teaching job. It was during this period when he met his future wife, Grace, and subsequently became fluent in Spanish. They were married in June 1984 and set up residence in Managua. In August of 1985, Dan and Grace again relocated; this time to the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas, where he worked as a bilingual teacher and officiated middle and high school basketball games.
In 1988, the family relocated to California, where Dan took a job as a mathematics teacher in the Los Angeles area. It was in Los Angeles where Dan first began taking on leaderships roles, serving as the president of his local teachers' union and completing coursework in educational administration. He received his Master of Arts from California State University, Los Angeles in 1991. After receiving his Masters, Dan began a search for work in school administration, and, in 1993, found it in northern California. He and his wife relocated again; this time to Stockton, California, where Dan began a 25-year career in Stockton Unified School District (SUSD). At SUSD, Dan would work in various administrative positions. He has been an assistant principal (Montezuma Elementary, Hamilton Middle School), principal (Commodore Stockton Skills School, Harrison Elementary School), and central office administrator (Director of Educational Services, Director of Career-Technical Education, Assistant Superintendent, Acting Deputy Superintendent, and Acting Superintendent). In 2014, Dan began his political career when he applied for the vacant Stockton City Council seat for District 2, which was created by the resignation of Kathy Miler who had been elected to the County Board of Supervisors in November of that year. Dan was selected to replace Council Member Miller and was sworn in at the first meeting of the 2015 session. He was elected to a full four-year term in November 2016 and in 2019 was nominated and approved as Vice Mayor. As a Council Member and Vice Mayor, Dan has focused primarily on financial stability, public safety, and economic development. The area's homelessness and blight crises have also taken on growing importance for him over the last few years. As a former educator, he remains gravely concerned over low literacy rates in the city and serves as board member for Read to Me, Stockton, a local literacy non-profit.
Dan's wife is a business analyst for SUSD, and they have two children. Their son Miller is a UC Merced graduate and has worked as a curriculum specialist for McGraw Hill in Orange County. Their daughter Madison graduated recently from UC Santa Cruz and is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University.
Dan has been attending Stockton Rotary meetings as a guest since 2015 and became a member in 2017. He considers Rotary membership a natural extension of his other work in public service.
Wright was appointed to the City Council in January 2015 to complete the term vacated by Council Member Kathy Miller, who was elected to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.
Wright was named Vice Mayor in January 2019.
Wright's priorities for his term on the Council are to:
Ensure financial stability following the approval of the City's bankruptcy exit plan,
Increase public safety,
Increase Stockton's workforce development and employment opportunities, and
Support early literacy programs and preschool opportunities for children.
Speaker: Mary M. Sumerville
Subject: How Technology and Experiential Learning Are Transforming Libraries
Introduced By: Cathy Wooton
Cathy Wooton introduced the "delightful and well-educated" Mary M. Somerville, University Librarian for University of the Pacific Libraries which includes campuses in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Stockton, California.
Renovation demolition began in December of 2019 for the Stockton campus library. The project is planned to be completed by January of 2020. The trend for libraries is to move from housing knowledge to making knowledge.
Now that the building is housing only about 40% of the content, less of the building has to be a dark, protected repository, so the new library will feature beautiful skylights for natural light. Of special interest to community members may be the new virtual reality technology which will offer immersive experiences as diverse as a trip to Yosemite or a trip back in time to Stockton's Little Manila.
The Rotary Club of Stockton played an important role in funding the virtual reality projects as well as the most viewed documentary in this region last year, "George Moscone: A Legacy of Change", produced by University of the Pacific Professor of Communication Teresa Bergman with research and production assistance by Pacific undergraduate and graduate students. It was directed by Nat Katzman and narrated by Peter Coyote. https://www.pbs.org/video/moscone-a-legacy-of-change-hlozkc/
Next Meeting: June 26, 2019
Evening Meeting – KICK OUT
5:00 pm: Cocktails/Social
5:30 pm: Buffet dinner
6:00 pm: Meeting begins
Four Way Test
Presidents Thank You's
6:10 pm: Kick-out Program (Michael Blower & Cast)
6:50 pm: Presentation of Pins:
Past President Waqar
President Melanie
President-Elect Gary Frush
7:00 pm: Adjourn Meeting
03 – DARK – NO MEETING
10 – Dustin Thoms, "Stockton Kings"
17 – TBD
31 – Evening Meeting, "Family Game Night"
07 – Lange Luntao, "Stockton Scholars"
14 – Jose Nuno, "Visionary Home Builders Services – Overview"
28 – District Governor Jim Pierce, "Rotary District 5220"
June Birthdays…
Doug Wilhoit – June 5th*
Dane Solberg – June 9th
Kris Blower – June 10th
Susan Drake – June 14th
James Nance – June 15th
Joe Ambriz – June 15th
Rob Gross – June 17th
Kevin Kauffman – June 17th Amy Scriven – June 18th
Dale Drury – June 21st
Bill Hosie – June 25th
Ort Lofthus – June 29th
* = Meeting Day – Wish them a Happy Birthday!
Special thank you to everyone who contributed to The Wheel…
Editor, Eric Duran. Special thanks this week to Lynndee Riley, Assistant Editor and note taker extraordinaire; Karyn Johnson for photos; and to Jerry Smith, Club Secretary and Chief Checker!
Attn: Jerry Smith, Club Secretary
1024 W. Robinhood Dr. Suite 5
secretary@stocktonrotary.org
Rotary International President
District 5220 Governor
Judy Lovett
Stockton Rotary Club President
Waqar Rizvi
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Well, to resolve that particular problem, this month I've put together a pirate ship map that any peg legged terror of the ocean waves can be proud of. After some feedback on my previous ship map pack, this one comes in a number of formats. The pack contains 2 maps of the full ship, one with the ship underway with sails billowing and the other with the ship resting at the harbour quay. In addition, the pack contains fully detailed maps of all three interior deck levels, with captain's table, storage and crew hammocks.
In addition to the fully rendered maps, the set includes pngs of the ship if you want to fight mobile ship battles in a vtt, or composite your own map with the ship moored on new and unexplored shores. This should allow you to use this ship map as the base for your players to explore any new and exotic places – or as the home of a recurring pirate threat. All the accoutrements of the ship come as separate objects too – from the ballista and gangplank down to the crates and barrels below decks, and right up to the full rigging of the ship as a separate object (to allow you to show/hide the sails for deck combat, or for high stakes sword fights a-top the mizen mast.
Three distinct maps – overall ship in sail, overall ship moored and the three levels of inner deck. Each map is provided with all bells and whistles (grid and objects), without grid, and without grid and without any objects (no ballista, tables, chairs, crates, doors and so on). The jpgs are sized at 100px per grid for poster printing or use in vtts.
A large chunk of pngs with transparent backgrounds – crates, barrels, hammocks, doors, table, chairs, ballista, furled and open sails, full ship in sail and with furled sails, and a separate png for the ship's wake.
Maptool files for the three maps, with all objects placed separately (yes, you can rotate all the ballista to take aim at an escaping smuggler), with vision blocking implemented.
All of that comes in at $4.99 and should give your players, or your recurring pirate scourge, a comprehensive base of operations whatever strange seas they might explore.
You can check out the full pack on RPGNow and Paizo.


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This season has gone a lot of places, but it hasn't really given us any indication of where it is going in its season finale. The title of the finale, however, is similar to the last title with Josh's name, except this title has Nathaniel's name. In "Josh is Irrelevant" Rebecca accepted her diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and decided to work toward being better. Now, "Nathaniel is Irrelevant."
S3E13 "Nathaniel is Irrelevant."
Earlier this season, Rebecca admitted to Josh a lot of things that she had done since moving to West Covina. However, her motive then was revenge. Now, Rebecca also plans to admit things she did since moving to West Covina that people don't know about, but the reason this time is the guilt she feels. She makes lists, and gives them to Paula, Josh, and Nathaniel. While Josh and Nathaniel get angry about some of the things on their list, what Rebecca truly cares about is Paula, who is very hurt when she reads that Rebecca lied about Trent having dirt on her. Paula lashes out at Rebecca, and it's absolutely heartbreaking. While we understand completely why Rebecca did the things she did, she also keeps lying to Paula.
Without Paula by her side, when danger lands in Rebecca's lap, she doesn't know how to fight it. Trent has returned to West Covina, and he is now early season 3 Rebecca, specifically where she was at in the horror movie episode, which he makes obvious when he calls himself "a scary, scary sexy man." Not knowing what Trent has in store, Rebecca turns to Paula, but Paula is done helping her. Paula listening to the voicemail from Rebecca on repeat is an intense scene, as her feelings of hurt and betrayal are what prevail, but she struggles internally with the fact that this is where she would normally come to save Rebecca.
Nathaniel doesn't seem to be having quite as good of a time as he should at his party for him and Mona moving in together, where there is a hilarious quote from George about Rebecca: "After everything she did for you that you didn't ask for, that stupid bitch." However, things are about to get a whole lot worse at the party. Rebecca discovers Trent's plan, that he is going to kill Nathaniel. Rebecca races to the party, where she sees Trent holding a knife over Nathaniel, and pushes him over the edge of the balcony. The bad things that Rebecca has done have now lead her to do something worse.
Rebecca gets arrested, and Nathaniel is going to represent her in court. The penultimate act of the episode ends with his plan: pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. It's the perfect thing for the show to come back to, will Rebecca represent herself as "crazy," and it causes the conflict of is what Rebecca did her fault or not. Nathaniel tries to convince her it isn't, but when Rebecca sees Paula in the courtroom, she recognizes that she chose to deceive Paula, it was her choice. So, Rebecca decides to take responsibility for her actions, the complete opposite of the last time she was on trial. Rebecca's speech at the end of the episode is incredibly impactful, and Rachel Bloom's performance is absolutely outstanding.
In the sub-plot of the episode, Heather is a week away from giving birth at the start, and it's really funny when there is a crowd in the room at the doctor's appointment, and how Heather obviously only wanted Hector there. When it comes time for Heather to actually give birth, there are a lot of funny jokes rooted in the limited and often ignorant male perspectives of childbirth, as Darryl doesn't think that Heather would want to start of the drugs, and he is surprised at how the experience differs from what he has scene on television. Also, Heather thanking the doctor after demanding the drugs was hilarious, and shows why Heather is great.
When Darryl and Heather talk about who they want to have around when she gives birth, and it's really funny when they debate whether having the whole group there would be a "group hang" or "having a few people over." Heather decides to get to the bottom of this, and Darryl admits how much he misses White Josh. After the birth, White Josh arrives at the hospital, to share a sweet scene with Darryl. I'm very glad that these two are at least friends again. Also, the fact that Darryl wanted to name the baby a horrible name combining Heather and Rebecca was funny.
And now for my thoughts on the songs of the episode...
"The Miracle of Birth": Like in the first season, the season finale has a song early in the episode sung by Paula in a hospital. I thought that was a funny coincidence. Paula's joyfulness contrasted with the pain and misery she describes is enjoyable, and I really liked the reactions from everyone.
"Nothing Is Ever Anyone's Fault": The style choice for this song was excellent, and I really liked how this was the way that the episode brought to the front the conflict of whether or not people are responsible for their actions. Nathaniel and Rebecca tracing the history of the reasons for everyone's bad choices back to the big bang was the funniest part of the song, it got a huge laugh out of me.
While I was uncertain coming into the episode, this ended up being an outstanding one. It was engaging throughout, and the subplot provided some great comedy, while the main story focused on Rebecca taking responsibility for her actions. I am both afraid and excited for the fourth season, which is certain to happen, and very likely to be the final season, as creators Aline Brosh McKenna and Rachel Bloom have indicated, but not yet confirmed.
What did you think of "Nathaniel is Irrelevant"? Leave your thoughts in the comments!
Author : Hunter Vogt
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It is a month(ish) already since we started the Bug Squad (call to join the team through the Symbian Developer Forums). I am pretty pleased with the participation so far and also with how much the Symbian team is learning from this programme.
I think the participation numbers tell an insightful story: The forum entry received 1,087 reads and we twittered our mailing list link to +1K followers. This resulted in 45 people subscribed to the mailing list (including about 5 symbian staff) . Since then , 7 squad members have scored points for contributing to the bug squad efforts.
Clearly, it helps if you have inside knowledge. Hence, initiatives like Wild Ducks have proven how much more efficient is to use informal networks to find people with the common itches to scratch.
To provide recognition and track participation of squad members we created a kudos system that awards points (Gold Coins) to participants based on their activity. There were good reasons to choose "Gold Coins" as our currency. First they are not too formal or lofty, second "Gold" has an international association with "value". So there you are… not just a random decision.
Squad members progress through different experience levels (not unlike a RPG). Each member starts as a "White Gecko Level", reaching the "Yellow Gecko" Level with 9 gold coins and "Black Gecko" with 81 coins.
Leo Zheng is the first member to reach the "Yellow Gecko" level, and others a very close to join him. We would like to see at least five members reach this stage by the end of June!
Bug 2238 :* 1 Gold coin for *Dejan Benedik* for provided the log files for this bug.
Bug 2316: Tyson Key gets 1 Gold coin for identifying this bug and reporting it in the Bug tracker.
Bugs 1751 : Leo Zheng gets 3 Gold coins for providing a patch for this bug.
Bug 2295: This bug was triaged by *Richard Gunn* and *Dejan Benedik* and both get a Gold coin each for their efforts.
Members who take an active part in a Test Day get 1 Gold coin each, so Martin J, Richard Gunn, Irfan, Dejan and Tyson Key all get a gold coin.
Enhancements: Irfan contributed a very detailed document on possible usability enhancements (2 Gold Coins).
Bug 1692: Leo confirmed this bug was no longer valid and the bug is now marked 'Resolved-Invalid' (1 Gold coin).
Bug 1705: Leo provided a fix for this defect and the patch has already been reviewed and accepted by the PkO (3 Gold coins).
Bug 1726: Leo provided a fix for this defect and the patch has already been reviewed and accepted by the PkO (3 Gold coins).
Bug 1838: Tyson managed to replicate this bug and also provided additional logs (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2409: Richard Gunn identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin) and Tyson provided additional logs (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2410: Richard Gunn identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2416: Dejan identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2417: Dejan identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2427: Irfan identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin).
Bug 2428: Irfan identified and filed this bug (1 Gold coin).
Previous Post Contributions: 130+ fixes and counting!


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IOF target fishing boats in Sudania region, north of Gaza
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On Tuesday morning, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened heavy fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Sudania area, north of Gaza City.
Local sources reported that the gunboats fired indiscriminately at the fishermen's boats. There were no reported injuries.
This is the third time Israeli Occupation Naval Forces have opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the coats of Gaza in the past three weeks.
These attacks have been ongoing since the fire truce between Israeli occupation authorities and Hamas in Gaza, following the 51-day attack on Gaza which killed over 2,200 people.


The Brewer family held their annual Coffee Morning at West Lyng Farm near Taunton on the 1st June. David Brewer said "We've been holding this annual event for over 10 years now. This year the total raised was over £1,400."
Customers at Esso On The Run garage, Wellington Rd, Taunton, have always been encouraged to put spare cash in the SURE collection pots at the tills. By the end of May this year nearly £2000 has been raised. The Esso bosses announced we could hold a charity day for a specific charity, Chris Patterson had no hesitation to nominate SURE and to organise staff to wear fancy dress and to make the customers smile. Thanks to their very kind customers digging deep over £500 was raised. Pictured are Roy, Rob, Chris, Teresa, Dawn and Ash.
Organised by Louise Wright and Kim Trump, it was a fun evening, many enjoyed the pamper sessions and the fabulous raffle prizes. Some just enjoyed the wine and strawberries and cream.
A very big thank you to both Management and staff who dedicated their evening to the event.
The generosity and local support has shown itself in the support it gives to SURE £617.00 is a wonderful donation. Thank you.
A well attended Horse Race Night held at the Holywell Inn on 6th April resulted in a cheque for £1,250 being presented to S.U.R.E. In the picture are, from the left, Vic (Victor Bigg) the landlord at the Holywell Inn, Vicky Gordon of S.U.R.E. and Gerald Brewer the organiser of the evenings event.
The event held at North Petherton Community Centre on Saturday 20th April 2013, 6-00pm-10-30pm, raised £194 for S.U.R.E. Described in the event poster as "A Magical Event all proceeds go to Raise a Smile for Harry & The Beacon Centre which are both Cancer Charities. The event included alternative therapists..people giving readings... as well as a variety of stalls.
This is a ticket and Adult only event £2-50 per Ticket.
At the Beacon Centre on 17th April 2013 Sarah Trott of the Harlequin Carnival Club Ilminster presented Roy Hole of S.U.R.E. with a cheque for £200.00 raised by the HARLEQUIN carnival club from various fundraising activities.
As a way of making money for charity, a collection of photos of Pegasus Court, Taunton residents was displayed and everyone was invited to suggest who they grew up to be. It was thought that all it entailed was to convert the dimples into wrinkles and colour the hair to grey and it would be no problem. Obviously it was not that easy. The best result had only six correct answers and they wished to remain anonymous. Three tied for second place so a tie break was introduced. This took the form of famous people as babies. This eliminated one but the other two had the same number of correct answers. Fortunately there were two prizes so they were able to have a prize each.
Since the time when the photos were taken some of those sweet and innocent children were no longer recognisable. We hope that too many were not offended by this when nobody was able to spot them..
Altogether the entry forms and the raffle raised over £100 for The Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment, a local charity which was instrumental in bringing radiotherapy equipment to the local hospital and saving all those tedious journeys to Bristol. Now the money is used to improve facilities.
Vicky Gordon of S.U.R.E. The inset picture is Heather, our Manager when she was young and sweet!
Flowers International of Eastover Bridgwater recently held a very successful and well attended Flower Demonstration, they also kindly incorporated a raffle into the event, for the local cancer charity S.U.R.E. and raised an impressive £130.00.
Our thanks go to Flowers International and their customers for this welcome donation.
As Christmas was approaching, we were looking to purchase a tree for our entrance hall.
It was recommended that we spoke with Mr Herbert, one of our neighbours in Kingston St Mary, as he raises money by providing Christmas Trees in return for donations to SURE. He supplied us with an absolutely beautiful tree which filled the School with Christmas spirit. As a School we felt we would like to do more for the charity. The children here at Taunton School International Middle School held a special Christmas Competition where they paid '£1 a go' to guess the number of baubles, the height and the cost of the Christmas tree.
We also opened our doors to the local community for a Christmas Celebration Morning. Our newly formed Funky Music Group sang a few Christmassy tunes and donations were collected.
Vicky Gordon, Publicity Coordinator for SURE, very kindly came on behalf of the Charity and talked to the children during assembly. She explained in more detail how the money raised was allocated and how the next project, a synergy imaging system, will enhance specific treatment areas of the body. The School's Prefects and Form Captains presented the cheque for £150 to Vicky Gordon in the grounds of The Grange in Kingston St Mary.


In honor of the State of Israel's 63rd Independence Day, the IDF will hold its annual events and will open several IDF bases to the general public. On Monday and Tuesday, May 10th-11th 2011, select bases of the Israeli Navy, Air Force and Ground Forces will be open for visitors, and the Israeli Navy and Air Force will hold special events.
The Israeli Navy base in Eilat will open on the eve of Independence Day (Monday), between 20:00 and Midnight.
The Israeli Navy base in Haifa will open on Independence Day (Tuesday), between 09:30 and 15:00.
The Israeli Navy base in Ashdod will open on Independence Day (Tuesday), between 09:30 and 15:00.
The Ashdod and Haifa Israeli Navy bases will hold exhibitions of weaponry uncovered onboard smuggling vessels by the Israel Navy.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) bases in Ramat David, Tel Nof and the IAF Technological College in Haifa will open on Independence Day (Tuesday), between 09:00 and 14:00. The bases will hold exhibits of past and present IAF aircraft, IAF weaponry and search and rescue equipment. Fast food stalls and activities for children will also be offered. At the Ramat David base, takeoffs and landings of the AS565 Panther Helicopter, dog training shows and search and rescue demonstrations will be available to watch throughout the day. At the IAF Technological College in Haifa, there will be a performance by the base's entertainment group, a fire extinguishing demonstration, a demonstration of the AS565 Panther Helicopter and additional activities for children.
An air force demonstration of historical IAF piston engine aircraft from the 1950's.
A performance by the IAF entertainment group and dance company.
Activities for children, including having their picture taken wearing a flight suit and helmet as a souvenir.
Guided tours, flight and aerial combat simulation theatre and more.
Entrance to the museum entails a fee.
In addition, IDF parking lots will be opened throughout Independence Day, between 09:00 and 14:00.
In the north: Hatzor Ha'Glilit, Kiryat Shmona, Shlomi, Nahariya, Ma'alot, Nazareth Illit, Katzrin, Daliyat al-Karmel and the Golani Junction.
In the south: Metzudat Yoav, Dimona, Sderot, Netivot, Ofakim, Rahat, Meitar, Lehavin and Omer.
In central Israel: Efrat, Neve Tzuf, Beit El, Beit Aryeh, Oranit, Kiryat Arba, Ariel, the Jordan Valley, Beit She'an, Teqoa, Umm Safa reservation, Ma'ale Efraim, Ma'ale Adumim, latrun and Givat Ha'Tachmoshet.
Weapons exhibits will be displayed at Givat Ha'Tachmoshet, Yo'av Fortress and the Golani Junction. In Latrun, an exhibition featuring several IDF forces will be displayed.
As part of the IDF's celebrations for Israel's Independence Day, a navy showcase will take place along the country's shores. The sea demonstration will consist of various naval vessels, including missile ships, security vessels, Naval Commando vessels and the AS565 Panther Helicopter (used for naval patrol). In addition to the naval showcase taking place in the Mediterranean Sea, a navy display take place in the bay of Eilat between the hours of 11:00-12:00 and between the hours 14:00-15:00.
Over the course of the day's events, IAF airplanes and helicopters will hold several demonstrations in the nation's skies. One helicopter demonstration will be composed of three CH53 Sicorsky Helicopters, another demonstration will include three Hercules airplanes and a combat airplane demonstration will be composed of a Boeing 707 plane, three F015I fighter jets, five F-16I fighter jets, five F-16 fighter jets and three Gulfstream V airplanes. In addition, a helicopter display will take place above the residence of the President of Israel and an aerobatic display will fly over the country.
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A gene on chromosome 2q33-q34 that encodes a protein belonging to the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family which, once activated by proteolytic processing, plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis, as well as various stages of embryological development. CASP10 is an initiator-type caspase which is activated by, and interacts with, upstream adaptor molecules through CARD and DED protein–protein interaction domains. It cleaves and activates caspase-3, -4, -6, -7, -8 and -9, is recruited to Fas- and TNFR-1 receptors in a FADD-dependent manner, and may participate in the granzyme B apoptotic pathways. It is expressed in most tissues. CASP10 is also a less preferred gene symbol for what is now designated PPIG, see there.
Defects in CASP10 have been linked to gastric cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type 2A.