Dec

30

My latest read - The Life of Mozart

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Don’t judge this book The Life of Mozart by its cover — especially if this book was published in 1845.

It was a real joy to read Edward Holmes work based around a series of letters by the Mozarts. This is really a must read for anyone wanting to learn more about Mozart’s communication with his family and his amazing life. From touring Europe and the excitement his operas, to his father’s wish not to raise his young children in London — a city lacking the influence of God.
life of mozart

I was amused to learn of a gift given to Mozart by a Polish count in exchange for a composition (when Mozart had “free time”) to feature violin. After a year the Count wrote Mozart asking for his composition…only to receive a reply which indicated Mozart had no free time to compose! The Count’s reply: since Mozart had no problem holding a gift of gold for a year maybe he should consider returning the gift…and surprisingly Mozart did…while he continued to struggle financially with his wife and children.

Another example were two letters written by Mozart at age 22 to his father and sister while he was touring Paris with his Mother. After she suddenly died he wrote a letter home to prepare them for her death. Then four days after she died he wrote a second letter announcing her death…just before he departed Paris for Saulzberg with her body.

Edward Holmes work is wonderful. Please consider at the time (1845) of this release Mozart’s fame was not fully realized. A wonderful book worthy of a second read.

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Dec

16

My latest read - Mozart’s Wife

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“Giddy sugarplum or calculating bitch?”
–Did I miss author Juliet Waldron on Springer?

After a long period of time (maybe a year) when I spent more time listening to Mozart ’s music than reading about his interesting life…the bug to learn more about him bit … so I picked up a couple of books including Mozart’s Wife

In my previous Mozart book post it was great to learn more about him from a scholastic point of view….building upon previous reads….but I came across Mozart’s Wife by Juliet Waldron. Historical fiction and romance?

It has its place…providing a fictional account of Constanze life. Some parts more interesting than others. Not really compelling enough for me. I may consider Anges Selby’s “Constanze, Mozart’s Beloved” but today I picked up Mozart and the Enlightenment (again) and re-read a chapter about his opera Così fan tutte. It is truly a great opera!

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Dec

14

Big News

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baby

Look for our first publication to hit newsstands the first week of June.

We are both thrilled. Mom-to-be is not sleeping much the last couple of weeks…

Dec

8

Internet2 - Milwaukee

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Ship to Shore: Real-Time Science On Board UW-Milwaukee’s Research Vessel Neeskay
December 06, 2006, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Location: CC11 A

Carmen Aguilar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes Water Institute
Gaye-Lynn Clyde, Underwater Educational Services, Diving Unlimited
Russell Cuhel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes Water Institute
Daniel Gross, SWING

UWM researchThis was a great presentation. First both Carmen and Russell spoke at the K20 Advisory Group Monday in Chicago and then were back in Milwaukee for their remote session via Internet2 video conferencing.

The only down side: waters were too cold and waves too high (7ft to 10ft) for an on-boat remote experience. Yet Carmen and Russell provided DVD playback of pre-recorded segments that made up for the weather restrictions.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has built a high speed wireless network into Lake Michigan which permits the Research Vessel Neeskay constant ship to shore communications as far as 16 miles away from the shore.
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Dec

8

Internet2 - Thailand

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Bridging Asia and the U.S.: Distance Learning using Advanced Networks
December 06, 2006, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Location: CC10 A

Suphawadee Ratanamart, King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Manas Sangworasil, King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
Panjai Tantatsanawong, UNINET

I was happy to meet both Panjai Tantatsanawong and Wichan Lertwipatrakul after their session. MIAD has a number of design students from Thailand studying in Milwaukee while sending MIAD Faculty to teach in Thailand since 2002.
thailand1Now as high speed academic networks are bridging Thailand to America on Internet2 new possibilities emerge to benefit MIAD.

We have such a strong impact in design from our Thailand students that this advancement can only benefit our students and the emerging Art communities in both Milwaukee and Thailand via UniNet and Internet2.

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Dec

8

Internet2 - New Members

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I2 new membersAs much as Google’s membership gains the biggest headlines (great by the way) and gets the biggest buzz, I believe OSTN’s membership will be a very important benefit for college students around the country (especially at MIAD) studying and producing video. Exciting times indeed for the production and distribution of film/video for education.

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Dec

8

Internet2 - TeraGrid

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information)
General Session
December 07, 2006, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Location: S100A Grand Ballroom

Charlie Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory
Parvati Dev, Stanford University
RL Bob Morgan, University of Washington
Kevin Morooney, The Pennsylvania State University
George Strawn, National Science Foundation
Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2

Catlett TeraGridCharile Catlett gave a great overview and update to the TeraGrid, a national-scale facility providing “cyberinfrastructure” services. He also hilighted the next big SuperComputer coming to UTexas next year.

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Dec

7

Internet2 - Shedd Aquarium

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The meeting’s Gala Event reception took place Wednesday night at Chicago’s world-class Shedd Aquarium. It was a great event. Some panoramic VRs to follow….when I find time.

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Dec

7

Internet2 - Performing Arts

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Performing Arts Advisory Group (Invitation Only)
December 06, 2006, 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Location: CC23 A

A lot of big news in this session. The one that will capture the imagination of many — the London Symphony Orchestra is now connecting to Ukrena, Europe’s Internet2 and available for new educational and performance based events.

Cleveland is really out in front with a group of performing arts events. The Cleveland Ingenuity Festival has brought many Arts groups together. Milwaukee could benefit from this group, especially with the international film festivals.

NYSERNet is building “Manhattan connects” while Notre Dame is broadcasting theatre performances over Internet2 in China and Italy. This was refreshing to hear and really a call for inspiration.

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Dec

6

Internet2 - OSTN Film Festival

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Internet2 OSTN Film Festival
December 06, 2006, 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Location: CC21 C

The Open Student Television Network OSTN is now an Internet2 affiliate just this week.
This was a great session..and a standing room audience.

This will be a great opportunity for students (as access to tools continues to climb yet pricing continues to drop) opening the door to more and more student artists. This is for the BFA seeking student, not the professional film maker.

Wisconsin is really the great Midwest film resource with the Milwaukee International Film Festival, Madison’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Milwaukee also hosts the European MediaArts Film Festival at MIAD.

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Dec

6

Internet2 - Teach & Learn SIG

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting
Teaching and Learning SIG
December 05, 2006, 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Location: Pullman

Internet2 staff updates:teaching and learning Ann Doyle - Arts & Humanities: European Terena and Ukrena have really moved forward in distance education vs. shared research. HEAnet in Ireland is also emerging in the area of video conferencing.

Science and Engineering Apps updates came from Russ Hobby. Mike McGill also spoke about new Internet2 partnerships in medicine and one new education working group.

James Werle from UWashington and Inernet2 K20 reviewed the K20 Advisory Group.

Outside of a new emerging database, we looked at my graphic design work for the marketing end of the K20 Working Group. Which is now an issue if the text should list the SEGP or use it as a call to action. What do you think:

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Fred Winter reviewed NEH grants in Digital Humanities Initiative:

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Its really an exciting time in new grants that follow the post 9/11 “We the People” project.

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Dec

5

Internet2 - General Session

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information)
General Session
December 05, 2006, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Location: S100A Grand Ballroom
Tim Lance, NYSERNet/University at Albany
Jeff Lehman, Cornell University
Morteza Rahimi, Northwestern University
Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2

I2 General session
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Dec

5

Internet2 - 2nd Life session

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Fall 2006 Internet2 Member Meeting (Live netcast and video on demand information)
Teaching & Learning in Massively Multiplayer Virtual Worlds: Second Life Adventures in Learning
December 05, 2006, 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Location: CC11 B
David Antonacci, University of Kansas Medical Center
Marcus Childress, Emporia State University
Jean Gardner, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library
Randy Stout, Kansas Board of Regents

2ndLife Internet2

Second Life had a new announcement at Internet2 yesterday - Cisco is now providing access to their content in Second Life. Not only is this great for education but a nice nudge to those who may not yet see the emerging movement in this virtual world.

Engaging students in virtual worlds for education is the goal of this session. This is also to push 2nd life as a broad communication for engaging faculty for virtual educational programming.

At first 2nd Life gets in the way of your 1st real life and then your first real life gets in the way of your 2nd life!

Opened to the public in 2003 — now over 2 million real users.  2nd Life is so big Congress is actually looking to tax your accounts in 2nd Life.

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Dec

5

Internet2 - arrival

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Internet2 Fall Conference

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The event will be hilighting some of the new academic driven updates to research networks. The K20 Advisory Committee will be looking to update members on some of the new efforts in K12 and Higher Ed around the globe that benefit education and training. We will be video conferencing to Robert Symberlist (Wales UK) for the UKERNA network in the United Kingdom and from Europe’s TERENA network Valentino Cavalli.

PS - They hacked my name badge….Its just like it sounds:   K A S P R Z A K

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Dec

5

Internet2 - The new Internet2

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Welcome to the newer Internet2 (as of December 5th 2006) At the annual Fall Member Meeting Internet2 unveiled the first major segment of its new advanced network. NYSERNet, the educational network consortium in New York is the first RON to connect at an amazing 100Gigabit per second between New York, Washington and Chicago!

new internet2
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