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Wow — Its almost time to pack up to go on a vacation. Get the airport stuff done. Yah Yah Yah you know the really boring stuff unless you are like me…everything is medially fun. So I Leave Anchorage and and like 5 hours later I am in Denver. My Mother and Father pick me up from the “airport”. I see Smiley Face cheered to see me . We drove about a million miles it seemed and made it BACK TO HOME. I spent my few starting days chattery like a billowing smoke shaft. Cheering and sharing about my life in a city of wilderness called Anchorage – A city of Champions. The night faded and the dreams begin jaded the moonlight in my heart shone a loud snore before I woke to the shore from a uneasy natural alarm deep inside of me.

Few days of family s-mores of burnt arms and sure, please and thank you. We were camping in a mobile honest delight…. A raging force of the AC blaring its dare to chill the men and women in fear of the sunlight’s hugging lair.

I love the burnt cheesy brats on the stick into the miniature pits of hell.

My tan was fair and hot and sorry…There was nothing left to share.

We pack the blazer full of stuff and back tracked a billion ant steps.

I was back on my computer….playing video game of my teenage sheer bliss.

and one moment please. Clicking trough

A longing to please your earthly desires – I longed to find the one who helped made me!

With info from my Madre I was about to find my bio-padre.

With true prayer – an answer will appear…. Sometime not today, a week or a year — with a humble patience heart it could a person’s lifetime of so far.

Chart is provided by: Link

I am sure by now that global warming is not what they say — I say why not go with your own gut and common sense there? My Folk’s back from the woods in Kansas always ask about the weather. How much light ya’ll gittin there? is the snow gone? is it still snowing? So I decided to look up some of the average light/rain&snowfall/temp chart…as you can see above ya….

The most interesting thing that I am seeing is that the most “change” is in the spring and summer area.
The longer the sun is out the higher the temperature?

Why does it rain more than snow?

Anyway – Today is odd…it is snowing like crazy and Taxes are due tomorrow. Maybe mother nature didn’t do her taxes in Alaska…..

Who Knows!

Here some info about them

Zoetrope

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Not to be confused with Zeotrope.

For other uses, see Zoetrope (disambiguation).

A modern replica of a Victorian zoetrope

A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words ζωή – zoe, "life" and τρόπος – tropos, "turn". It may be taken to mean "wheel of life".

It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. Beneath the slits on the inner surface of the cylinder is a band which has either individual frames from a video/film or images from a set of sequenced drawings or photographs. As the cylinder spins the user looks through the slits at the pictures on the opposite side of the cylinder’s interior. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together so that the user sees a rapid succession of images producing the illusion of motion, the equivalent of a motion picture. Cylindrical zoetropes have the property of causing the images to appear thinner than their actual sizes when viewed in motion through the slits.

Invention

The earliest elementary zoetrope was created in China around 180 AD by the inventor Ting Huan (丁緩). Driven by convection Ting Huan’s device hung over a lamp and was called "The Pipe Which Makes Fantasies Appear".^[1] The rising air turned vanes at the top from which were hung translucent paper or mica panels. Pictures painted on the panels would appear to move if the device is spun at the right speed.^[2][3][4][5]

The modern zoetrope was invented in 1833 by British mathematician William George Horner. He called it the ‘Daedalum’ popularly translated as ‘the wheel of the devil’ though there is no evidence of this etymology. More likely it is a reference the to Greek myth of Daedalus. It didn’t become popular until the 1860s, when it was patented by makers in both England and America. The American developer, William F. Lincoln, named his toy the ‘zoetrope’, which means ‘wheel of life.’

Almost simultaneously similar inventions were made independently in Belgium by Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (Phenakistoscope) and Austria by Simon von Stampfer (Stroboscope).

The zoetrope worked on the same principles as the phenakistiscope, but the pictures were drawn on a strip which could be set around the bottom third of a metal drum, with the slits now cut in the upper section of the drum. The drum was mounted on a spindle so that it could be spun, and viewers looking through the slits would see the cartoon strip form a moving image. The faster the drum is spun, the smoother the image that is produced.

Modern times

William F Lincoln promoted Horner’s device in the United States as a "zoetrope".

The praxinoscope was an improvement on the zoetrope that became popular toward the end of the nineteenth century.

The earliest projected moving images were displayed by using a magic lantern zoetrope. This crude projection of moving images occurred as early as the 1860s. A magic lantern praxinoscope was demonstrated in the 1880s.

Zoetrope development continues into the twenty-first century, primarily with the "Linear zoetrope." A linear zoetrope consists of an opaque linear screen with thin vertical slits in it. Behind each slit is an image, often illuminated. One views the motion-picture by moving past the display.

Linear zoetropes have several differences compared to cylindrical zoetropes that derive from their different geometries. They can have arbitrarily long animations. They also cause images to appear wider than their actual sizes when viewed in motion through the slits.

In September 1980, independent film-maker Bill Brand installed a type of linear zoetrope he called the "Masstransiscope" in an unused subway platform at Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. It consisted of a linear wall with 228 slits in the face. Behind each slit was a hand-painted panel. Riders in subways moving past the display saw a motion-picture within. After falling into a state of disrepair, the "Masstransiscope" was restored in late 2008.^[6]

Joshua Spodek, as an astrophysics graduate student, conceived of and led the development of a class of linear zoetropes that saw the first commercial success of a zoetrope in over a century. A display of his design debuted in September 2001 in a tunnel of the Atlanta subway system and showed an advertisement to riders moving past. That display is internally lit and nearly 300 meters long. Its motion-picture was about twenty seconds long.

His design soon appeared in subway systems elsewhere in North America, Asia, and Europe. Joshua has also participated in a renaissance in zoetrope related art and other noncommercial expression.

A Zoetrope was used in the filming of a music video entitled "My Last Serenade by Killswitch Engage. It features a woman looking through the slits on a Zoetrope while it moves, and as she looks closer, the camera moves through the slits into the Zoetrope where the band is playing the song.

In April 2006, the Washington Metro installed advertising using the zoetrope system between the Metro Center and Gallery Place subway stations.^[7] A similar advertisement was installed on the PATH train in New Jersey, between the World Trade Center and Exchange Place stations.

A similar zoetrope-type advertisement appeared at about the same time on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system between the Embarcadero and Montgomery stations, which could be viewed by commuters travelling in either direction. The BART ads are still visible at the present time, however the ads are infrequently changed and oftentimes a particular ad may remain up for several months before being replaced.

The Ghibli Museum hosts a zoetrope using 3D figures on a rotating disk. Rather than slits or mirrors, a strobing LED is used. The animation on this zoetrope is inspired by My Neighbour Totoro.

Pixar created a zoetrope inspired by Ghibli‘s for its 20th anniversary celebration at the Museum of Modern Art, featuring characters from Toy Story. The exhibit is currently on display at Disney’s California Adventure, sister park to Disneyland. The Zoetrope was on display with Pixar’s 20 Years of Animation exhibit at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI) from 28 June to 14 October 2007^[8], and was later (April-September 2008) shown at the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, South Korea.

In 2007 an image of a zoetrope, where a futuristic city with flying cars was viewed through the shape of a number two, was unveiled as one of BBC Two’s new idents.

In 2009 the E4 drama program Skins released silent preview clips of Series 4 to coincide with their Mash Up competition. One of the clips featured the character Emily Fitch, looking into a zoetrope.

Blue Man Group uses a zoetrope at the Las Vegas show as well as at the Sharp Aquos Theater at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL.

In November 2009, Timothy Adam Abad, and his family (1) created the "Weebatron", the first center perspective 3D zoetrope. The "Weebatron" was unveiled at the "Weebleworld -music and arts festival" in Pomona, California. (1)Joseph Abad Jr, Joseph Abad Sr, Barbara Abad, Jonathan Abad, Mara Abad, Nathan Abad, Kenneth Abad, Christine Abad. ^{[9] [10]}

World record

The BRAVIA-drome at Venaria, in Northern Italy

In 2008 Sony built a 10 meter wide, 10 tonne zoetrope, called the BRAVIA-drome, to promote their motion interpolation technology. Sixty-four images of the Brazilian footballer Kaká were used to demonstrate that with increased frame rate (rotation rate of the zoetrope), there is increased smoothness of motion.^[11] This has been declared the largest zoetrope in the world by Guinness World Records.^[12][13]

See also

• Electrotachyscope
• Flip book
• Phenakistoscope
• Praxinoscope
• Strobe light
• Tachometer
• Thaumatrope
• Zoopraxiscope

References

1. ^ "Article". http://books.google.com/books?id=oJ9nayZZ2oEC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=%22the+Pipe+Which+Makes+Fantasies+Appear%22&source=bl&ots=9ctq4sCv4a&sig=2wSWw8GK5ZDUqskl1LJdM-p7dmU&hl=en&ei=mcGaS9GtMYfUsgPd_vB9&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Pipe%20Which%20Makes%20Fantasies%20Appear%22&f=false.
2. ^ Ronan, Colin A; Joseph Needham (1985). The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31536-0.
3. ^ Dulac, Nicolas; André Gaudreault (2004). "Heads or Tails: The Emergence of a New Cultural Series, from the Phenakisticope to the Cinematograph". Invisible Culture: A Journal for Visual Culture. The University of Rochester. http://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture/Issue_8/dulac_gaudreault.html#1. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
4. ^ History of Media, University of Minnesota, accessed May 13 2006
5. ^ "Zoetrope". Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. 2005. http://courses.ncssm.edu/GALLERY/collections/toys/html/exhibit10.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-13.
6. ^ Artist’s Website, Masstransiscope page: http://www.bboptics.com/masstransiscope.html
7. ^ Metro begins testing new tunnel ads, NBC4, April 4, 2006
8. ^ http://www.acmi.net.au/pixar.aspx
9. ^ http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=4219741&albumId=2779659
10. ^ http://weebatron.com/
11. ^ www.motionflow.eu
12. ^ Murph, Darren (2008-12-21). "Sony sets Guinness World Record with BRAVIA-drome". Engadgethd.com. http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/12/21/sony-sets-guinness-world-record-with-bravia-drome. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
13. ^ "Sony Creates World’s Largest Zoetrope". PopSci.com.au. 2009-02-18. http://www.popsci.com.au/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2009-02/sony-creates-world%E2%80%99s-largest-zoetrope. Retrieved 2009-02-18.

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The list is super long so I just screenshot some of them
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I find this article very interesting and it fits well what I
believe in far as a successful business. 

What makes a successful business person? Business people who are tops in their field have a lot in common, and art professionals can learn a lot from their successes and strategies

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I have to say that I am very grateful to live in city where the word “melting-pot” is reached agreeable upon many people. Anchorage, The largest city on the Last Frontier – Nicely tucked into a space that only you and I can understand by map or plane. The uniqueness of this city is far from static, more specially, the culture aspect. In general, most people would say mixing cultures is the norm – In America, People from all sorts of lands come to be free and live the American dream.

The majority of things I like are the results of exploration of cultures. When I was younger, I was introduced to Mexican food. My next door neighbors were matured older adults from Mexico. I learned so much from them. Learning to speak Spanish, understanding the culture and allowing me to teach them more English slang.

When I was ten, sadly the culture for me changed to a more limited flair for me because I moved into a different town (much smaller town). I have no regrets however but I believe the change was a sub-culture within it. Where was the exchange of differences? I certainly was not open to the fact that our town was one flavored race. I hope I am not I am offending anyone, but when a small town becomes one culture all-round it can become stale (cultural speaking). I believe that the town has changed a little since then but it truly does make an impact on a child when they grow up.

I often think about mixing paint together – Its part of my artist background in me I assume. Just think about the place you live in. What type canvas is it? The people around you, what media/medium are you?

I think the positive experience that I received as a child created some sort of yearning for change in my life. When I went to college I was re-introduced to culture melting again, it wasn’t truly melting together, still this was sub-cultured with separation. The town was much bigger but still had a degree of ghetto-ism. I have to admit that any place you live in or where ever you visit there will always be separation. When I decided to further my goals somewhere else. I landed a place where I truly saw and became part of the melting pot. Anchorage is that place, I understood my place and the cultures started to kindled together in my head.

I was taken away from this experience this weekend when I had some food at the mall. Mexican food created by Asians? I was curious so I had to try it. They mixed the cultures together other than our Americanized versions. Asian style Mexican food? I have to admit – it was different but I enjoyed it. I had a spicy chicken burrito with Asian flavors. Rice and beans to go with it.

have you ever experienced any of these events in your life? If so, make a comment here at techone.us or send me a tweet.

I got this message and wondered what is that?

So like a geek like me, I always Google the issues I have and most of the time – I will get the results I am wanting. Lucky me – It was a simple fix.

Here’s how to reset your Outlook Navigation Panels

Start -> Run -> Outlook /resetnavpane

So If that don’t work – the post suggest to re-create your profile.

Here the post credit

According to Jamier L. Scott. (2002)^[1], “Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance the level of customer satisfaction – that is, the feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation.”

I was not thrilled today opening my email …. Subject line stating:  “Thank you for your recent inquire”. I was like…Hmm some sort of scam spammer wanting money from some blankly country. I was interested and wanted to know who this is. I opened it and stared at the company logo….It looked familar. Hmm… I opened the attached .pdf… and then a light came over me.

I remember when I was researching services and products: collaboration tools for all staff. I wanted a portal/email/calendar/room booking all in one based on Microsoft Active Directory Authentication or LDAP type Authentication: which Authenticates all of our staff users thus saves us time and effort creating user/pass systems. The company offered this great web-based portal system that offered all of the things I needed. I wanted to view the demo…..I had to fill out the form and I waited and waited, after about few days… I gave up. Six Months Later I recieve an email.

Hello Brian,

Just recently you requested information about our product — Rendezvous.

Do you still have an interest in learning more about the capabilities of our browser based meeting room management solution? If so, we would be delighted to set up a time for you and your team to view a web demo of Rendezvous.

Also, if you have any questions at this time, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
NFS Hospitality Corporation
xxxxxx@nfs-hospitality.com
(xxx) xxx-xxxxx
www.myrendezvous.net

I was really shocked….are you kidding me? After a half of a year to respond do you think you would just let it go? I responded rather quickly and boldly with my business emotion turned on.

Thank you for your reply.

It seems though we are living in 2009. It took over couple months to just receive a request demo account to view your product. I believe that is very unacceptable. What would people say or more like your boss for an example: spent the time to fill-out your Inquiry form and waited over x of time. I hope I my just one of few that has fallen between the cracks of customer service. Pamela, I understand your probably not at fault in this ordeal but I highly mention the issue with your supervisor and find ways to improve your company’s front appearance. Please Forward this copy to your manager and I request a demo of this product immediately. I expect a formal email from your manager also.

Kindly and Highly in Regards,

Brian A. Butters, MOS
Technical Systems Administrator

I was rather disappointed at a management side of view. Customer Service is mainly your storefront view. If you have an entry door with grumpy greeters…. do you really want to do business at that store? If I see someone not responding to a client….they are out of line. Its sad to say that many companies are like this….. some managers do not have to sufficient skills to train employees on behalf of Customer Service or Less and Less Hiring Agents fail at checking a future employee to see whether or not the person is truly fit for the job.

I was happy and felt completed when I got a prompt reply though.

Hello Brian.

Thank you for your feedback. I will be sure to forward your message to my supervisor, Natalie Solarez.  She is out of the office this week on holiday.

You can access the Rendezvous Flash Demo by clicking on the following link: www.myrendezvous.net/demo.html

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a LIVE demonstration you can email me at xxxxxx@nfs-hospitality.com or call me on (xxx) xxxx-xxxx.

I look forward to hearing from you and to being of service to you and your team.

Thank you, Brian.

Best regards,

Pam

This is just a few of many of sad but true events in Customer Service. I decided to look into upper manager style to speak with core powers to preach the Gospel of Customer Service and in hopes to helping the business to achieve goals and not just whine about it. But its just funny…. people’s managers are always on vacation when you request to speak with them?

How great is our technology: I am able to create my own types of music on the computer without the need of a expense studio. I know the people in studios know what they are doing but what about the nerd/geek that want to learn on their own? I have been playing around with FL Studio for awile and sometimes…. I feel the need to express myself musically and experimentally. I feel the need to share with people because my oddness might brighten someones day.  I am inventive and surely make someone smile and say… What the?

Heres the Music I made last night:

To embed MP3 on your blog I found this neat blog that showd how to do the dirty work for you.

Enjoy my work! and have a good night!

I have the greatest ideas in the world and yet I still have them. Are ideas powerful? I think they are as powerful as intentions. I struggle with intentions and intend to carryout my duties. I recently watched a TV show called “Horders”. The show is about people hording their living places. What a tragic way to live, it atleast it my assumption they hate living in this type of environment.  Well, I am trying to attempt to relate that with Idea Hoarding. My thoughts are great and lovely… I can spend the rest of my life thinking of ways of helping people. Still after spending my glorious days on earth I remain the same in thinking: thinking of ways of helping people. I gained nothing. When I watched this show, it was so painful to watch to see a grown adult cry over something so useless and not to mention the embarrassment factor involved. But if they had used the item when they bought it and with their intended use I think they would be considered a valuable part of their community but sadly the quick intent became an antique thought. I think I can relate to that mentally in my own struggles. I have  ideas and dreams that I promised myself to do but they are still hanging out in the back-burner. My ideas will soon become clutter in my mind and just be a pile of rubish at the end IF I don’t do it now! I loved this show because it had a good ending. Not only it show the craziness of their homes but the reality of change. The show hired professional organizers to help the owners to declutter and manage the home. The qoute I love the most was “I tended to clean up the house yesterday but I do it tomarrow” the reply was “Well, Yesterday is NOW!”. It stops the mental cycle of I will do it later and doesn’t give you an option of tommarow. So… with the help of family and friends the house was clean. Sharing the help made the differance. Still think about this…. I need to share my ideas and dreams with like minded people. I did and I will continue to get better at turning my ideas and dreams into reality with the help of others. I recently started to write in a pad for my ideas. I started a book called “To inspire a generation”. I manage my time and efforts and in hope of a completed book for sharing with others. It take action with an idea to make it work.