Select Quotes from Biography of Steve Jobs
“My job is to say when something sucks rather than sugarcoat it.”
“Expect good people to do great things, and they will”
“People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
“This company is in shambles, and I don’t have time to wet-nurse the board. So I need all of you to resign. Or else I’m going to resign and not come back on Monday.”
“”Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other people’s ideas.” Speaking of Bill Gates
“I love it when you can bring really great design and simple capability to something that doesn’t cost much”
“If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.”
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USI hosts first FIRST LEGO League tournament in Southwest Indiana
The University of Southern Indiana’s Southwest Indiana STEM (SwiSTEM) Resource Center will host the first FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Southwest Indiana Qualifying Tournament for grades four to eight from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, November 19, in University Center East at USI. Thirteen teams of children age 9 to 14 from throughout southern Indiana will compete.
FIRST LEGO League is a robotics program designed to get children excited about science and technology and teach them valuable employment and life skills. Teams, composed of up to 10 children with at least one adult coach, can also be associated with a pre-existing club or organization, homeschooled, or just be a group of friends.
Teams program an autonomous robot using the LEGO Mindstorms robot set to score points on a thematic playing surface (rather than a three-dimensional obstacle course) and create an innovative solution to a problem as part of their research project. Check out the FLL Youtube page to view teams in action.
A qualifying tournament for FLL has never been held in southwest Indiana.
Although the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will play an important role in this competition, it is not to be confused with the USI Robotics Competition, which has been sponsored by the student chapter of the ASME at USI since 2008. That competition, which also utilizes LEGO Mindstorms robots, is held in the spring.
For more information contact Allison Grabert, SwiSTEM Center interim director, at afgrabert@usi.edu or 812/228-5019.
McMullan Delivers Keynote, Accepts Top Prize at Indiana Authors Award Dinner
Margaret McMullan, a University of Evansville professor of creative writing and the Melvin M. Peterson Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing, delivered the keynote address at the Indiana Authors Award Dinner on Saturday, October 29, at Indianapolis’ Central Library. McMullan, the author of six novels, also accepted the National Author award at the event.
In July, McMullan was named the winner of the top prize in the 2011 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award program. This annual award recognizes the contributions of Hoosier authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation.
McMullan won the National Author category, which recognizes a writer who has Indiana ties but whose work is known and read throughout the country. The award includes a $10,000 prize.
“I am so honored to be named this year’s national recipient of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award,†McMullan said. “I moved to Indiana about 21 years ago to teach at the University of Evansville, and I’ve grown to love this state, its people, and its strong literary heritage. I feel privileged and humbled to be a part of it.â€
This spring, nominations for the Indiana Authors Award were submitted in the categories of National Author, Regional Author, and Emerging Author. From the pool of nominees, McMullan was selected as the National Author award winner by a 10-member, statewide award panel.
A recipient of a 2010 NEA Fellowship in literature and a 2010 Fulbright at the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary, McMullan is the author of six award-winning novels. Her latest book, Sources of Light, is an American Library Association 2011 Best Book for Young Adults and a Chicago Public Library Teen Selection. Actors from Indianapolis’ Young Actors Theatre performed excerpts from Sources of Light at the Indiana Authors Award Dinner. Margaret’s work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, National Geographic for Kids, Southern Accents, and The Sun, among other journals and anthologies.
The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award is a program of the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation and is funded through the Glick Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
To learn more about the Indiana Authors Award, please click here.
IS IT TRUE? October 31, 2011
IS IT TRUE? October 31, 2011
IS IT TRUE that Evansville is well known for being resistance to change and that the first UE Aces game produced one of the funniest resistance to change stories yet?…that some out of towners who usually met up with their Evansville friends in the Roberts Stadium parking lot and then go to their seats together were discussion where and how to do the same?…that after much confusion and discussion they agreed to just meet at the Roberts Stadium parking lot like they always have and drive in one car to the Ford Center downtown?…that of all the new things that the Ford Center offered the $6 beer is the one they remembered as though getting hosed for a beer at a ball game was just invented in Evansville last Saturday?…that the trick of hosing people for food and drinks is an old trick mastered by every stadium and movie theatre in America?…that we do wonder where the best tailgate parties in downtown Evansville will be?…that perhaps we could add some public “Cornhole†space?…that was a joke that only Harrisburg, PA would take serious and consider issuing some “Cornhole Revenue Bonds†to pay for it?
IS IT TRUE that of all the money that has been spent in downtown Evansville the sidewalk improvements and the decorator streetlights really do add some attractiveness?…that giant flower pots that are attended to and kept fresh will do the same?…that this writer put forth an idea in 2007 to convert those big gun barrel ashtrays to flower urns and to start enforcing litter laws to improve the appearance of downtown Evansville?…that it was shot down like a dog in the street by the powers that be?…that the cost would have been in the low 4 figure range and the money could have been raised?…that the City of Evansville was not willing to water the plants?…that by drilling a couple of holes in the ashtrays and making a fiberglass bezel to fit over the top of the ugly ashtrays that an attractive urn with good drainage would be the result?…that it can still be done?
IS IT TRUE that changing the direction of all of the streets does not seem to have made any difference at all?…that the only difference thus far is parallel parking on Main Street now is done into a space on ones right as opposed to ones left?…that we hope the reversals were free because it is no improvement?…that it is no damage either so live and let live?
IS IT TRUE that Halloween like much American life has been neutered to the point that it hardly seems to be worth the effort?…that Halloween was always a chance to burn off energy and have some fun by making mischief?…that Halloween used to start at dusk and now it “officially†finishes at dusk all in the name of safety?…that kids used to scare each other, toss water balloons, soap windows when no candy was offered, and occasionally toss eggs all in good fun?…that the very words “trick or treat†meant “give me a treat or you will get trickedâ€?…that life in the well controlled spin zone is not nearly as interesting as it was when kids could be kids a couple of times a year?
IS IT TRUE that the members of Occupy Wall Street who dress up like zombies and march around will be right at home today?…that they will be even more at home tomorrow in communities like New York where there are large “Dia de los Muertos†(Day of the Dead) celebrations?…that Dia de los Muertos is actually a much misunderstood celebration that’s true purpose is to “Celebrate Life by Honoring the Deadâ€?…that this is one more thing that this guy misses about living in California?
Human Lemmings
Human Lemmings
From: DavidIcke.com “that aspires to expose the dreamworld that most people believe is real”
Lemmings are small rodents who have been known to follow each other as they charge to their deaths into raging rivers or off of cliffs. Lemminghood is an innate psychological phenomenon, present in most mammals and observable in common people as well the most sophisticated and educated elites. Lemminghood is not an intellectual phenomenon – it is psychological.
As such, no socio-economic class is immune to its strangulating effect. A grant-seeking university scientist can be a lemming just as much as a fashion obsessed teen-age girl. One blindly follows the latest trendy theory while the other blindly follows the latest trendy clothing style. What’s the difference? Neither can resist the force of nature.
The power to fit in with one’s social peers can be irresistible. To a human lemming, the logic behind an opinion doesn’t count as much as the power and popularity behind an opinion.
Man, like lemming, behaves collectively. And it could be no other way. Naturally, the individual must be equipped with this trait. Otherwise, the smallest steps toward civilization could never have been made. Lemminghood is a survival trait, an inborn instinct in the majority of people. However, as with all natural phenomena, this tendency can be manipulated and used for harmful purposes.
It is this lemming effect which enables entire segments of a society to lose their sense of judgment all at the same time.
For lemmings, denial is a basic psychological defense mechanism used to not only shield themselves from unpleasant realities, but also to reassure themselves that they will still fit within the acceptable range of opinion held by their peer group. Lemmings are absolutely terrified at the thought of being labeled as an “extremist” or a “conspiracy theorist.”
At all costs, their beliefs must always be on the “right” side of the issue and conform within the boundaries of their lemming peers. Lemmings simply cannot bear the burden of responsibility, or the discomfort, which comes with thinking independently. They’ll resist any efforts to change their misguided beliefs with all their mental energy.
We can try to open their closed minds and free them from their self-imposed blindness, but it’s not easy fighting the force of human nature. The chains of ideological conformity have too strong of a grip, and breaking them is a difficult task. With the limited resources at our disposal, it is next to impossible to compete with the media lemming-masters. Nevertheless, some of us must make the meager attempt, and thus lay the foundation upon which the truth might one day rise again.
IS IT TRUE? October 30, 2011 (Pinky Shakes and Best Friends for Life)
IS IT TRUE? October 30, 2011
IS IT TRUE that the Evansville Zoo has been drawing lots of attention lately as a potential tourism magnet?…that our Evansville Zoo has made great strides and invested into several very nice attractions since losing its accreditation back at the turn of the century?…that today Evansville has what most anyone would consider to be a very nice regional zoo?…that the million person metropolises that surround Evansville all have bigger and better funded zoos?…that getting someone to drive from St. Louis that enjoys a FREE world renowned zoo to come down to Evansville seems rather ludicrous?…that if Evansville is to capitalize on our zoo as a tourism magnet that it needs to be directed at day trips for people within an hour’s drive and especially on getting the people of Evansville and the immediate tri-state area to check it out?…that a couple of years ago that the baby jaguars captured everyone’s imagination and kids from Evansville were making weekly visits to check on “their†jaguars?…that the success and sustainability of the Evansville Zoo is pretty much dependent on the visits, donations, and interests of the people of Evansville?
IS IT TRUE that there are now direct flights to Las Vegas being offered out of the Owensboro Airport?…that direct flights to Orlando are also offered from Owensboro and that the flights are price competitive with Southwest Airlines?…that two of the most visited places by tri-staters for vacations are Orlando and Las Vegas?…that someone in Owensboro seems to have figured that out an found a solution that works for people from Evansville, Owensboro, and the entire tri-state area?…that the parking lot at the Owensboro Airport is full of Indiana license plates?
IS IT TRUE that there seems to be lots of shuffling in the personnel and the employment opportunities within the City of Evansville?…that the department that appears to be going through lots of opening up of opportunities is the department of water and sewers?…that it will be very interesting to see how many people who were placed in their jobs by the Weinzapfel Administration will be making lateral moves within the City of Evansville during the next 62 days?
IS IT TRUE that tomorrow October 31, 2011 is “do or die†day for City Centre Properties LLC’s latest extension to show the Evansville Redevelopment Commission the money so that the project down at the McCurdy can actually start taking shape?…that the CCO Mole Nation tells us that there are no applications for permits that have been filed to begin construction?…that permits will need to be filed to even start demolition?…that we are most looking forward to a solid set of documents that substantiates that this project will be going forward?
IS IT TRUE that Courier Indianapolis based writer Eric Bradner quoted a comment in the CP last week that stated “Before it was Winnecke’s experience versus Davis’s drive to overhaul the old machine, now it’s Machine vs. underdogâ€?…that the author of that quote most certainly bears a Mole Number?…that the event that prompted this statement was the “best friends for life†pact signed by 23 Vanderburgh County Democrats in support of Councilwoman Connie Robinson’s endorsement of Republican Lloyd Winnecke for Mayor of Evansville?…that we wonder if “The 23†did pinky shakes and wrote about their pact in their diaries before going to sleep?