More gratitude:
1. God and all who help me make it through the day
2. 2nd 6-week Weekday Classes August 8
3. Picture - Mischa in chest Barb buys for books
4. Picture - Rick in front of Russian tea room in NYC
5. Picture - Central Park
http://www.csuohio.edu/registrar/calendar.html
2008
Spring — May 10
Fall — December 14
2009
Spring — May 16
Fall — December 13
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Gratitude 2008/HH
1. God and all who help me get through a day
2. Last year was a good year with good health and three nice trips - Cancun, Europe, NYC
3. Hope for better policies from HH - meeting Tuesday 8PM
http://www.highlandhts.com/
2. Last year was a good year with good health and three nice trips - Cancun, Europe, NYC
3. Hope for better policies from HH - meeting Tuesday 8PM
http://www.highlandhts.com/
Gratitude AveQ
1. God and all who help me get through a day
2. Possibility of a better country and world due to the election coming up (Huckabee and Obama win Iowa)
3. Avenue Q coming up
http://playhousesquare.org/avenueq/
Ave Q is to be at the Palace with our tickets for Sunday, Jan. 20. We'll have to see how it compares to Sesame Street. :-) I understand it is the story of a recent college grad who comes to NYC with big dreams and little money. The only neighborhood in NYC he can afford is Avenue Q.
2. Possibility of a better country and world due to the election coming up (Huckabee and Obama win Iowa)
3. Avenue Q coming up
http://playhousesquare.org/avenueq/
Ave Q is to be at the Palace with our tickets for Sunday, Jan. 20. We'll have to see how it compares to Sesame Street. :-) I understand it is the story of a recent college grad who comes to NYC with big dreams and little money. The only neighborhood in NYC he can afford is Avenue Q.
01/10 Star STC
01/10 (Thursday) is STC meeting on Managing the Information Behind the Content, presented by Sacha Fedier from STAR Group (http://neostc.org/calendar/20080110.html).
The session is to cover the difference between content management and information management. The emphasis is to be on how to take an information management approach to content management. This would tie into the product information life cycle. The reason to do this is to cut costs for translation and publication as well as increase productivity and decrease time to market. I'm guessing this has to do with reuse.
Jimmy Daddona's (with Italian buffet) in Solon (next to a movie theatre) is the location. 6200 Enterprise Pkway is southeast of Aurora and Cochrane. From 422 (East) go south on Harper/Cochrane. Go left (East) on Aurora and right on Enterprise.
Sacha Fedier is the presenter. He works for STAR Group which provides a single-source information management system.
The session is to cover the difference between content management and information management. The emphasis is to be on how to take an information management approach to content management. This would tie into the product information life cycle. The reason to do this is to cut costs for translation and publication as well as increase productivity and decrease time to market. I'm guessing this has to do with reuse.
Jimmy Daddona's (with Italian buffet) in Solon (next to a movie theatre) is the location. 6200 Enterprise Pkway is southeast of Aurora and Cochrane. From 422 (East) go south on Harper/Cochrane. Go left (East) on Aurora and right on Enterprise.
Sacha Fedier is the presenter. He works for STAR Group which provides a single-source information management system.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
XML/DITA class
Saturday, January 12, is the NEO STC training session on XML/DITA. Bernard Aschwanden, a trainer and consultant with experience in XML-based publishing and XML/DITA implementation is the instructor. The session is to cover how to develop content for export to XML that is consistent with DITA-compliant XML and how Framemaker and XMetal Author can work with content. Some items covered:
* How XML applies to day-to-day writing
* How to create content that is compliant with the XML standards
* How to build an XML and FrameMaker workflow
* How to share content between software tools
* Access to sample files to learn more about DITA on your own time
* Detailed overview of the most commonly used DITA elements
* Extensive slides with background information for all writers
* ROI information for presentation to management
http://neostc.org/calendar/20080112.html - Adobe is to have prizes and Bernard's company, Bright Path Solutions, is to have a free pass to its Framemaker Chautauqua - http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/pages/conf/2008chaut/index.html.
* How XML applies to day-to-day writing
* How to create content that is compliant with the XML standards
* How to build an XML and FrameMaker workflow
* How to share content between software tools
* Access to sample files to learn more about DITA on your own time
* Detailed overview of the most commonly used DITA elements
* Extensive slides with background information for all writers
* ROI information for presentation to management
http://neostc.org/calendar/20080112.html - Adobe is to have prizes and Bernard's company, Bright Path Solutions, is to have a free pass to its Framemaker Chautauqua - http://www.brightpathsolutions.com/pages/conf/2008chaut/index.html.
Gratitude, Moma
1. Again, God and helping me make it to another year and everyone who helps me make it through a day - can't say it enough
2. New Year's Eve visit from Barbie and sparkling peach wine, my first time trying it
3. Recent trip to NY including good weather, temps in the 40s, and helping Sac
4. Chester and Ivy getting good care from nicest neighbors ever
MOMA surprised me. I didn't realize how many famous pieces were there, including Starry, Starry Night and The Village and I, plus the one piece (the largest) from Monet's water lilly collection that was missing from the Cleveland exhibit.
I couldn't get over how beautifully the art was presented. The Monet fit the wall as if the wall was created for the piece, not vice versa. Even with one of the collections where I did not especially like the pieces, it was so beautifully displayed - especially with the use of white space, I couldn't help but like the overall presentation.
Helvetica with its 50th anniversary was also on display. According to the exhibit, it is the first type face to make it into the museum. :-)
2. New Year's Eve visit from Barbie and sparkling peach wine, my first time trying it
3. Recent trip to NY including good weather, temps in the 40s, and helping Sac
4. Chester and Ivy getting good care from nicest neighbors ever
MOMA surprised me. I didn't realize how many famous pieces were there, including Starry, Starry Night and The Village and I, plus the one piece (the largest) from Monet's water lilly collection that was missing from the Cleveland exhibit.
I couldn't get over how beautifully the art was presented. The Monet fit the wall as if the wall was created for the piece, not vice versa. Even with one of the collections where I did not especially like the pieces, it was so beautifully displayed - especially with the use of white space, I couldn't help but like the overall presentation.
Helvetica with its 50th anniversary was also on display. According to the exhibit, it is the first type face to make it into the museum. :-)
More war, peace
This War and Peace is Prokofiev's adaptation of the Tolstoy novel, complete with historical figures such as Napoleon, the tsar (who held a small dog on stage), and Kutusov (who I thought was an especially moving and effective character). This first time seeing the opera and first time at the Met were agreeable experiences. The Met is huge. I know that many people find a smaller theatre more enjoyable. I'm not going to complain.
This was one of the biggest productions ever by the Met with over 60 solo parts. People in line were talking about the running time of over 4 hours and how that would factor in with the metro schedule.
Subtitles were projected on small screens at each seat, which I liked and is something I had not seen before. I am used to subtitles projected from a screen above the stage, which Sacha agreed is the way she had always seen it. Participants included Valery Gergiev and a cast from the Maryinski.
The opera left a strong impression of the strategy of leaving Moscow before Napoleon came and how eventually Napoleon was defeated. The Prokofiev music actually started to grow on me. One scene that really stayed with me was when Natasha Rostova (who is supposed to be 15 in the first act) is taking care of Andrei after he is wounded in battle. Another scene that will be hard to forget is with the inmates from the asylum (former priests) with their crazy movements. The red bird rising from the masses made me think of a pheonix but also the idea that seeds for the future Communist movement started during this war.
This was one of the biggest productions ever by the Met with over 60 solo parts. People in line were talking about the running time of over 4 hours and how that would factor in with the metro schedule.
Subtitles were projected on small screens at each seat, which I liked and is something I had not seen before. I am used to subtitles projected from a screen above the stage, which Sacha agreed is the way she had always seen it. Participants included Valery Gergiev and a cast from the Maryinski.
The opera left a strong impression of the strategy of leaving Moscow before Napoleon came and how eventually Napoleon was defeated. The Prokofiev music actually started to grow on me. One scene that really stayed with me was when Natasha Rostova (who is supposed to be 15 in the first act) is taking care of Andrei after he is wounded in battle. Another scene that will be hard to forget is with the inmates from the asylum (former priests) with their crazy movements. The red bird rising from the masses made me think of a pheonix but also the idea that seeds for the future Communist movement started during this war.
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