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(CNN) -- Kelly Ann Collins works in a cave. At least that's what she calls her home office, where she does the majority of her work.
Collins, a self-employed marketing and public relations strategist in her 30s, values the quiet home work zone that she yearned for when she worked in a traditional office setting.
"For me, it was really challenging working in an office, because you have people walking, stopping by, knocking on your door and bringing you birthday cake," she said. "There's always something going on."
Given her experience, it's perhaps not surprising that Collins disagreed with Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to implement a company policy saying employees can no longer work from home.
A memo circulated by Jackie Reses, Yahoo's executive vice president of people and development, said "communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side" and "speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home."
"I do not know what she is talking about, because I don't think speed and quality of work are affected by working from home," Collins said of Mayer's policy change. "Has she not been to a water cooler? You can hardly get away from a water cooler at work. I am 100% about working from home and staying away from distractions."
When she worked in an office, Collins found, she was most productive from 5 until 10 p.m., when her co-workers had left for the day. She thinks the workplace has become too social and distracting.
Always be accessible
But just because Collins works from home each day doesn't mean she lacks social skills. She spends her mornings writing speeches, drafting press releases, updating social media and developing marketing plans. In the afternoons, she goes out and meets with clients face-to-face.
"I think one good idea is to go in for meetings, go in for team bonding events, but just work from home," she said. "It's easy."
And whether she's out at a coffee shop or at home in her "cave," Collins is always accessible via Google chat.
"During work hours, make sure you are logged onto your favorite chat tools," she writes in an iReport. "For example, if you are on a tight deadline and someone is asking you a not-so-important question, then you may choose to either ignore your chat window or inform your coworker that you will be available in a few minutes."
Through social networks and other chat tools, people can screen a conversation when deciding whether it's worth their time, she explains. But Collins says no matter what, telecommuters should always stay accessible.
"Remember: If your clients forget you're there, then they might forget to write your checks, too," she writes.
Establish a routine
Dylan Mason, 40, works from the West Coast for an East Coast company as a software developer.
Mason enjoys the freedom that comes with working from home. He can research new ideas and test them out at home without interruptions.
"I think the key to staying fresh in your job is to have the freedom to explore new ideas," he said. "A lot of workplaces allow for this to certain degrees, but telecommuting can allow for greater and longer engagement when coming up with new ideas."
Like many places, Mason and his colleagues use e-mail, teleconferences and instant messaging to stay connected. These modes of communication help co-workers keep in touch but can also be distracting. Mason says to watch out for the "distraction creep."
"Distractions of any sort can pull you out of a 'flow' mode, and if you are prone to distraction, then working from home can be very challenging," Mason said.
In order to prevent interruptions, Mason says, people must establish a regimented routine that is work-conducive by separating the personal office from the rest of the home and avoiding noisy coffee shops.
Take a personality test
Telecommuting is not for everyone; it's better suited for introverts, Mason says.
"If you are forced into telecommuting and are an extrovert, then seriously consider a new job," he said.
Mason suggests a person take a personality test to determine whether they're an introvert or an extrovert before making the decision to work from home.
"Introverts can naturally draw energy from being solitary and this (I think) is the most important factor," he writes in an iReport.
Mason says that if a person is an extrovert and enjoys social activities, loneliness will set in, and be a big challenge when telecommuting. For extroverted people who say they would love to get out of the company office, they might have a difficult time adjusting to working from home.
"You might be surprised to learn that all those personal interactions, although distracting (and unpleasant) at times, are really what make you feel part of a group," he writes.
Build trust
Jim Johnson, 57, does not miss the "office politics" that are often prevalent in the workplace. He now works from home as a mortgage origination systems consultant.
Johnson says people working from home need to earn the trust of their clients and colleagues by avoiding gossip and keeping co-workers and clients informed.
"The whole system works on trust," he said. "Always do your best to understand your customers' and co-workers' viewpoints before you communicate with them. Don't make rash promises you can't keep, and do everything in your power to keep those promises you make."
Johnson often corresponds with colleagues and clients using e-mail, but he knows where to draw the line.
"Keep all shareholders informed, but don't 'shotgun' your messages to everyone," he said. "If you do, your messages will be ignored."
Keep communication concise and work-related, he says. To earn the trust of colleagues, Johnson emphasizes the importance of keeping a written record of all conversations and correspondence.
"Document everything and use the very best desktop search tools you can to quickly retrieve and resend things," he said. "It will save you from a whole lot of 'he said/she said' trust breakers."
Make sure you have a voice
Cara Case, 25, works as a human resources representative for a small tech firm that requires her to travel. Since her company allows employees to telecommute, she alternates one week at her home in San Francisco and one week in Seattle.
Her biggest fear of working from home: being out of sight, out of mind.
"I don't want anyone to forget I'm there and maybe pass over my opinion on a project or a decision," she said.
To stay assertive and ensure that she has a voice in the company, Case makes more of an effort to speak up by keeping her cell phone on all day and communicating with colleagues through instant messenger.
But because of this, Case struggles with keeping her personal and professional lives separate. She is constantly in contact with co-workers, but she says it's important to know when to turn off the computer and hang up the phone.
"Don't let people at work abuse the fact that you are working at home," she said. "Your time is just as valuable as theirs, and there needs to be a work/life balance, or you will resent your work."
Case spends an equal amount of time at the company office as she spends working at home, but she accomplishes more when she works by herself without distractions.
"When I'm at home, I'm focused," she said. "I would even go as far as saying I get more done at home than I do in the office."
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First, I want to be crystal clear, the following does not apply to the Wikis themselves, solely to the forums here.
Someone once said, "It's time to leave the party, honey. We've had a lovely visit, but all good things must come to an end."
This forum was founded about 5 years ago. It was based on the need for the DSouls community to have a place to gather, discuss, and share ideas about the game they were ever so passionate about. We all have fond memories of the time we've spent here, and to be honest, some not so fond memories. All said, though, it was a fantastic party. Today, however, is a different world then it was 5 years ago.
Whether we like it or not, the social landscape of the internet has evolved and internet forums as we once knew them are slowly being replaced. With things like reddit and twitter, it is simply impossible to provide the level of interaction that those provide. They not only do it for niche games, they are able to do them across all the interests that people have, and all under one account. You need not re-establish your reputation at each forum, as your reputation follows with you. Some may argue whether that is a good thing or a bad thing, but regardless it is the way the social media landscape is moving.
No one need be concerned about the Wikis as those will continue to be developed for each new game that comes out in the "Souls" universe. Those are still heavily utilized, and have always seen far more traffic then the forums. It's easy to think that since only a few contribute to the wiki they aren't heavily utilized, but the data does not support that. The fact is that most out there consume information; they don't provide it. That is just the nature of humans.
The activity here is dwindled to the point where whole sections of the forums have not had a post in months. The posts that do happen are limited to only a few participants and most of those seem to be moderators. I know some will be upset by this decision, but there simply is not enough participation to continue down this road. The board would require a major overhaul to get it up to the latest version, and it'd be easier to replace it completely. However, that would still require a lot of effort and there are simply too few users left.
For all of those who have participated here at the forums, for the invaluable assistance the moderators (past and present) have given, I am truly grateful. I won't single individuals out, because I will forget someone and they will be somewhat hurt. Just know that I appreciate all the work everyone poured into this community. The support I've seen from this community is awe inspiring and quite humbling. I will always cherish this experience and I thank all of you for allowing me to have it.
The forums will be placed in read-only mode starting the end of November this year. They will remain in that state for an indefinite period of time.
I'm allowing anyone to post in this thread, to say your goodbyes and share your thoughts if you so wish.
tl;dr -- I'm putting the forums in read-only mode at the end of November. It's been a great ride, but it is time for the ride to come to an end. I love all of you and cherish the time we've spent! The wikis will still be maintained, and new ones will be developed for each new game that comes out related to the "Souls" theme. Good night, all.


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The Conservative Party of Canada isn't kowtowing to american business interests?
I think my brain just had a core dump.
Well its about time the Conservatives got on the right side of this. The Liberals are whores to the American media companies. The Conservatives SHOULD have been rational about this but they got in bed with the same people who will TURN ON THEM EVERY ELECTION. The Media companies are ultimately Liberal stooges. Still, it remains to be seen if this is simply lip service or if this is something else.
Political fortunes are low, and so the risky somewhat-anti-populist business has to be shelved. But the media companies still have money, and so after the next election, when once again the contributors' favours are to be repaid, they'll be pulled back off the shelf no matter who wins. Just you wait.
But the media companies still have money, and so after the next election, when once again the contributors' favours are to be repaid, they'll be pulled back off the shelf no matter who wins. Just you wait.
Do you know about the restrictions on campaign contributions [elections.ca] in Canada at the federal level?
Any individual who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada may make these contributions:
- up to $1,000 in total in any calendar year to a particular registered party
- up to $1,000 in total in any calendar year to the registered associations, nomination contestants and candidates of a particular registered party
- up to $1,000 in total to a candidate for a particular election who does not represent a registered political party
- up to $1,000 in total to the contestants in a particular leadership contest
The Act provides for maximum contribution limits of $1,000, subject to an inflation adjustment on April 1 of each year. On January 1, 2007, the contribution limits were adjusted by the April 1, 2006, inflation factor and therefore established at $1,100.
So if you want to "buy off" a party or candidate, you can give only $1,100 to the political party and $1,100, in total, distributed among the candidates to whom you want to donate for that party. A "leadership contest" is held, at most, every few years within a party to choose a party leader.
The following are ineligible contributions, either monetary or non-monetary:
- contributions from individuals who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- contributions from corporations
- contributions from trade unions
- contributions from unincorporated associations
- contributions in excess of the contribution limits set out in the Act
I added the emphasis in this quotation. So I'm not sure what "favours" the media companies, with all their money, can use to get repaid. I'm sure that bribery can and does happen on occasion, but the amount that the parties spend in elections is also monitored and reported, so I'm not sure how such "favours" could swing an election enough to need to be repaid. Federal politics in Canada aren't like in the US, where some forms of bribery are legal and common.
I seem to remember some cases where corporations got gave "bonuses" to their employees, which they then turned around and donated to political parties.
A pleasant side effect of Canada fractured, regionalized politics and it's inability to elect a majority government any more is that as soon as someone tries to cash in a political favor, it's ammunition the opposition parties (plural!) can use to threaten an election and alter the balance of power. There's an actual incentive to call out the ruling party on unpopular special-interest gimmies! And since parties receive a few pennies a year of funding for every vote they get, every voter matters.
Canada consistently gets better, more innovative, progressive and balanced policies during minority governments despite how much they all whine that they can't get anything done without a majority.
Well its about time the Conservatives got on the right side of this. The Liberals are whores to the American media companies. The Conservatives SHOULD have been rational about this but they got in bed with the same people who will TURN ON THEM EVERY ELECTION. The Media companies are ultimately Liberal stooges. Still, it remains to be seen if this is simply lip service or if this is something else.
You mean you have two big parties which are not equally bad? Canada can't be that wierd.
Vote for the Liberals and you get what you have in the USA, Obama appointing every single judge from the RIAA. So, until the Liberals outright say "no" to a DMCA type law, whatever they bring in will be far worse.
whoever modded my post flamebait has a bug up their butt for the Liberal party.
Vote for the Liberals and you get what you have in the USA, Obama appointing every single judge from the RIAA.
Umm, sorry what? How in the world will voting for the Liberals give the US president the ability to appoint Canadian judges?
And even if it was possible, how the hell would he appoint Americans to the Canadian Judiciary?
And why would he do that when he hasn't done it in the USA? (You know, where he actually *does* have the power to do that.)
I only used that as an example of what Obama is doing in the USA. The Liberals are the same type of corrupt
Keep in mind, "left-leaning" is also a relative term. From what I can tell, our Conservatives are about as left as Obama, and maybe a bit further. Now that the Reform party's gone, there furthest-right party is arguably as left as the "Leftist" President.
"The Liberals are whores to the American media companies. The Conservatives SHOULD have been rational about this but they got in bed with the same people who will TURN ON THEM EVERY ELECTION. The Media companies are ultimately Liberal stooges."
Huh? The American media ignores Canada pretty much all the time. Occasionally they'll do a story on waiting lists and why socialized medicine is such a horrible idea. The private Canadian media largely supported the Conservatives in the last election. Both national ne
Canadians need an election AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
We need to exercise democracy and first get the conservative nut wings out of government. These guys are an embarrassment to anybody with any sort of real education in Canada. That is step one, only then we can work on other parties such as the liberals (who have been going to the dark side as of late).
As of late????? The Liberals are worse. If the CRIA asks them to jump, they escape the earths gravity.
Actually, the Liberals seems to be coming around on tech issues. They just last week released a statement in support of 'net neutrality.
Unless Canadians are way smarter than the people in my country, elections don't change jack. Your politicians, as well as mine, are a shame to anyone with an eduction that goes beyond "count to 100", but appearantly there ain't too many people who managed to get such an education.
People are more easily cowed, scared and conned into following a "strong leader" that promises easy solutions for nontrivial problems. Sure, the solutions don't work, but fortunately he doesn't even implement what he promises. Then
The Prime Minister is apologizing for some hack in Alberta who recently made these comments.
Premier says apology punishment enough after Alberta MLA's comments
"In his blog, Elniski offered advice to junior high school girls. He suggested that a girl wear a smile when entering a room, and that men don't want to hear about that "treated equal" stuff."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/06/23/edmonton-elniski-stelmach.html?ref=rss [www.cbc.ca]
In response my flamebait is a result of people up on politics who are OU
The Prime Minister is apologizing for some hack in Alberta who recently made these comments.
Premier says apology punishment enough after Alberta MLA's comments
"In his blog,
The Prime Minister (Stephen Harper) and the Premier of Alberta (Ed Stelmach) are two different people.
I think the second part of his comment was offensive.
Although I agree with the other poster, shouldn't people smile
Disclaimer: I'm from Alberta. I'm not too impressed with Stelmach, and Harper's been ok but I have a pretty blase feeling from him. We need someone more dynamic running Canada (this, coming from a Conservative).
Also Albertan, and yes, I think Stelmach was a bad choice. He's basically treading water. He's almost acting like a placeholder. Someone just to kill time between the dynasties of "King Ralph" and whoever comes next, and he's afraid to do anything that'll make their job difficult. Harper, eh, he's doing a fine enough job. Nothing I really disagree with, nothing I'm wildly enthusiastic about (other than the lower GST, that was nice).
Actually the lower GST was a stupid idea whose only purpose was to buy off votes. It only really benefits the rich. If Harper had truly wanted to lower the tax burden in a meaningful way he would have reduced income taxes. This would have helped lower and middle income families much more than the GST cut did for the same cost in tax revenue. Unfortunately cutting the GST sounds so much better in sound bites during an election.
Have you actually looked at a tax form? There's 50 bajillion different credits and deductions you can get if you're lower/middle class. I haven't paid any income tax in 4 years. And we all know the rich find loopholes to lower their tax burden as well. If we closed up more of those loopholes, then I'd be fine with doing away with income tax (it's a relatively recent invention anyways). But considering no one's actually made significant (or really, insignificant) tax cuts, I'll fucking take them where I can
Yes I've looked at a tax form.
It's exactly because of these bagillion tax loop holes that the GST shouldn't have been cut. It's much harder to avoid paying the GST meaning the rich (or anyone for that matter) can't get out of it. As such it provides a much more stable income stream to the government (on the order of $5 billion per percentage point) which is fairly recession proof (something that would have been nice given the current economy).
Now having said that, I never claimed I don't like the tax cuts.
If you think a conservative is going to get voted out in Alberta, you ought to lay off whatever you're on.
Also, MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) and premiers are the provincial government, which in Alberta's case has been the provincial "progressive" conservative party since 1971. MPs (Members of Parliament) and the prime minister are the federal governent.
thinking about it more, perhaps this is a preemptive strike on a potential pirate party as seen gaining traction in the EU.
One sorry TWO delegates is hardly "traction"
It is when they're helping you push your car out of a snow rut.
One sorry TWO delegates is hardly "traction"
They're the two *cabinet ministers* who have been behind this farce. I can't imagine what would change their minds. My solitary vow never to vote for the Conservatives specifically because of draconian copyright changes surely wasn't enough. Perhaps other voters hold the same position while the Conservatives are sagging in the polls and the Liberals could topple the minority Conservative government at any time.
Maybe it was the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications meeting that Geist was speaking with?
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I can't imagine what would change their minds.
I threatened to send the negatives to the newspapers
Keep in mind, if an election was forced, whoever was seen to have forced it would be completely destroyed. Polls show that something on the order of 70% of Canadians are against another election any time soon.
Offtopic: the underline on your subject line makes it look like a happy cat. That's kind-of cool.
However It would be a good idea to keep up on the events that can influence their own reelections and how they are perceived by the public.
As I understand it (I am American and in Texas, far from Canada) Canada has some really bad setup of restrictions on media already since most of it is imported from the US, as well as some tax on blank media since it COULD be used for illegal copies and such, and I would assume there is more BS like that.
Hey, it could be worse, Celine Dion could still be in fashion. Or Shatner could decide to make another CD.
Or Shatner could decide to make another CD.
You sick, twisted bastard!
I don't know whether to run away screaming hysterically, or to salute your twistedness!
I think I'll just settle for another beer...eh?!
Americans hear Canadian bands in disproportionate amounts too.
What we get that's different here is Canadian films in disproportionate amounts.
Our TV/Radio has some rules about a certain amount of Canadian content.
Does that mean that you get to watch this gem [imdb.com] often?
as well as some tax on blank media since it COULD be used for illegal copies and such, and I would assume there is more BS like that.
Yeah, we pay ~$0.20 per CD in tax. However, we don't have courts awarding record companies $2m from a single citizen who shared 24 songs. Not sure which BS I would rather subscribe to.
As I understand it (I am American and in Texas, far from Canada) Canada has some really bad setup of restrictions on media already since most of it is imported from the US
This is "bad" depending on your perspective. Bad for American media companies that want free access to the Canadian market, good for nationalist Canadians that fear cultural assimilation from the behemoth to the south. One could argue that we would not have such a vibrant music scene producing bands like Arcade Fire (ironically the lead singer is an American from Texas!) if not for these protectionist measures.
While our current conservative government in many ways is just an offshoot of the republican pa
We have to look at this in the context of whats going on in the Canadian parliament. They are a minority government and they don't want to necessarily do anything stupid that would alienate half the population. So they have decided to not go forward with that legislation. They may decide to go ahead anyways. Right now they are consulting not with the public but with so called most successful CEO's in industry. Which means that they are just going tow the party line and not do anything all that innovative. So put your faith in the snakes that are the Canadian politicians. They are bigger liars then George W Bush.
I also wonder what's going on behind the scenes. It seems that a lot of things are going through internationally as "treaties", as has been mentioned in many US-centric articles. Perhaps there's no need for such legislation if it's already been pushed through as "confidential" treaty clauses...
Which is a shame, as it should be 'checks and balances' not 'bounced checks'.
"we already only have a minority government so we're just going to lay low a bit and not piss people off"
It is nice to see democracy working the way it should. Normaly they'd just bribe other parties until they get a majority, and then piss people off.
I'm still exceedingly pissed that they managed to get the Canadian media outlets to go along with their line that, in our Westminster-style parliamentary system, attempting to form a coalition government was, some how, a usurpation of they system.
We all generally know what ACTA is and who is largely behind it. It seems increasingly, we see more stories of government bodies moving away from enhanced copyright assault techniques targeting individual users, abusers and consumers. ACTA is still "secret" so we may never hear about what is going on in the negotiations, but could these laws and failures to enact laws be a sign of what may not happen? This could be significant, after all [sarcasm] ACTA is a matter of national security [/sarcasm].
A) Trying to avoid an election
B) Trying to cozy up to voters before an election.
C) If they win the election they will try and ram the stuff through again.
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The Three Rivers Athletic Conference will move to an open conference with no divisions beginning with the 2015-16 school year.
When the Three Rivers opened its doors for expansion to take in Hall, Princeton, St. Bede, Orion, Sherrard and Rockridge this school year, original plans called for the league to play with North-South divisions for all sports but football in 2013-14 and move to an East-West alignment for two years. Then it would make a lasting decision.
This decision, which passed by 9-6 vote in the recent conference meeting of school officials, has accelerated the plans for league alignment. The four local schools had a split decision with Bureau Valley and St. Bede in favor and Hall and Princeton opposed.
The move did not come without some strong opposition. Morrison principal Scott Vance informed the league if the move should pass Morrison would begin to explore other conference options.
Vance cited four reasons to Morrison's disapproval, which their school board discussed in open session.
• Negative impact on academics with increased travel time.
• Student safety with longer trips during winter months.
• Decrease in the opportunity for conference championships with the new alignment.
• Increase in cost due to longer trips.
Hall and Princeton sided with Morrison expressing similar concerns.
Hall superintendant Mike Struna said he voted no, but told fellow conference officials Hall would fully support whatever decision was made.
Struna was concerned about long travels on school nights, citing seven bus trips over an hour. In an East-West format, Hall would not have those trips, he said. Struna also expressed concerns some parents would not be able to see their kids play, citing an example of having only two parents make one trip this year.
Princeton principal Andy Berlinski also expressed concerns with late night travels for students and long distances.
"We had to travel near Hannibal, Mo., to play football (in the West Central Conference). We didn't want to travel like that again when we could play teams in our division like Hall, Bureau Valley, Kewanee and St. Bede that are 15 minutes away," Berlinski said.
SBA athletic director Tom McGunnigal, however, was happy to see the conference become one.
"As a coach and athletic director, I'm in favor of it," he said. "It just seemed to be right, playing everyone, seeing everybody. I like the idea of playing everybody one time. It will unify everybody, and no one will feel excluded or secluded."
McGunnigal said it will be nice to have a true conference champion and not "splitting things up."
Bureau Valley was also in full support of the move, athletic director Jeff Ohlson said.
"This is a great thing for our conference. The passage of this vote allows us for conference to move forward in unison making it one of the best small conferences in the state," Ohlson said. "The conference will battle test its schools and allow them to perform successfully in the postseason. As a coach, it will allow teams and players to play a lot of completion within the conference schedule, and allow your team to be ready for the post season."
Ohlson said the alignment as one will provide for long standing rivalries to continue and allow for the development of new ones.
Hall athletic director Eric Bryant Jr. agreed that as a coach and an AD, the move is "going to be good for our teams from a competition standpoint."
McGunnigal said football will continue to play in the North-South format for the foreseeable future. With divisions, each team will play six conference games and three crossovers each year. Some of the crossover games will change by a two-year rotation.
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First! (using photonic circuits).
Or some crap like that.
The summary (taken from the first article) implies that these new diodes are going to supersede LEDs, but they have completely different purposes. LEDs make lights, these things don't.
furthermore, they may want to rethink the name if "diode for light" is going to become DFL [urbandictionary.com]
Hopefully it's dfl on their list of names.
The whole system could be made using standard microchip manufacturing machinery, Ross says. "It simplifies making an all-optical chip," she says. The design of the circuit can be produced "just like an integrated-circuit person can design a whole microprocessor. Now, you can do an integrated optical circuit." That could make it much easier to commercialize than a system based on different materials, Ross says. "A silicon platform is what you want to use," she says, because "there's a huge infrastructure for silicon processing. Everyone knows how to process silicon. That means they can set about developing the chip without having to worry about new fabrication techniques."
It is good to see someone is coming up with an innovation that can "actually" be introduced. Seems like I read about new innovations every day on slashdot that never get off the ground because completely new manufacturing processes need to be created. Hopefully this will actually make it because it requires fewer changes by manufacturers (which can be significant barriers to innovation).
manufacturers (which can be significant barriers to innovation).
They certainly can be!
Does this mean a light transistor is coming soon?
I am wondering if there is any material that acts as a mirror and can be switched from reflective to transparent electronically? I assume there is not or you wouldn't have devices like MEMS displays. I'm thinking if you had such a material it would be essentially a light transistor.
Well we currently have devices that can become opaque or transparent depending on signal.
Also, couldn't metamaterials technically be used in this way?
That EM blackhole that was created could be turned in to a one-way channel for light instead of just an infinite spiral to absorption
Reflective could be a mirror that punts it back through another channel that comes out at the same input, shift mirror to allow it through.
Of course, that involves mechanical stuff (even if incredibly tiny), but the use of photon
Just because you can use it to store data doesn't mean it will make a good processor any time soon.
how long does it take to switch states. That's why flash ram is not used in primary memory.
Light transistors? Not exactly as you describe, that I'm aware... But things that fit a more general description of "light transistor" do exist. They're basically optical ring resonators, but add some standard silicon doping and bias it, you can change the refractive index to stop the resonance. I'm not exactly up on my photonics, but I think in theory you could couple the ring resonator to another pathway which would ultimately go to the display, with the applied voltage controlling whether or not the s
I'd like to be able to reflect something back and forth, essentially keeping it in a holding pattern until such time as I wanted to release it through one side. The length of time of course would be very very short, and the switching time from transparent to reflective would need to be fast.
I am wondering if there is any material that acts as a mirror and can be switched from reflective to transparent electronically? I assume there is not or you wouldn't have devices like MEMS displays
Maybe a DLP mirror system ?
Yeah, thats the MEMS I was referring to. I was wonder if there was a purely solid state way of doing it.
Could someone with expertise in the topic tell me:
My reading of the summary says that they claim that is opaque in one direction and transparent in the other.
Consider the following thought experiment:
Assume that this material works the same way for far-infrared as it does for visible light.
In a well insulated cylinder place a sheet of this material across the interior of the cylinder so that light can pass to the left, but not to the right.
Now the material in the right end of the cylinder is emmitting infra-red radiation. It can pass through the material.
Could someone with expertise in the topic tell me:
From TFA:
Basically, it's now possible, with regular chip-fab tools, to create an integrated silicon circuit with optical, rather than electronic, interconnects — both internally, and between other chips.
TFA makes it confusing by bringing up blinking lights used to convey various status to humans via light, which does not appear to be related.
In the near term, though, garnet-on-silicon chips are likely to be used in networking — first in backbone routers, which are physically huge and very power hungry because of the current size of optical switching hardware, and then hopefully at home and in the office (100Gbps home networks!)
It's all in the poorly written article.
So what did you want to achieve by quoting the parts of the article I was asking about?
It's not a Light Emitting Diode, it's basically a Light Diode. Light can only pass through in one direction. The way this is normally done is by rotating the polarization of light through two polarizers. [wikipedia.org] Any light of the wrong polarization cannot return back to the light source. This is usually used to protect laser sources and their modulators from return loss reflections in fiber optic systems that make use of polarization maintaining fibers.
Anyway, a 'true' optical transistor can be fashioned out of this if coupled with an optically controlled gain medium. If you have optical transistors, you can create optical NOR or NAND gates, and all basic logic functions can be created solely from these gates.
Just skimming the actual Nature paper itself, it appears they've basically created an optical isolator on a planar optical waveguide circuit.
To answer your last question: no.
You'd be better off with black construction paper for that.
If I make a sphere out of this, will it act like a black hole?
No. Black hole studies typically utilize Dark Emitting Arsenic Diodes, (DEADs), not Light Emitting Diodes, (LEDs.)
DEADs don't really emit darkness, but rather just absorb light. The more current that's applied, the more light they absorb.
Originally developed by the Department of Defense for use as a type of energy absorbing material coating, (e.g. a laser weapon shield).
As laser research produced more and more powerful lasers, DEADS were tuned to absorb a more powerful beam but of a narrower frequency ran
Well, much of the leaking in traditional electronic transistors is due to quantum mechanical effects, which would still apply to photonic devices. (With differences arising from such things as spin.) Some people are using evanescent fields from thin fibre lines to actually couple the signals in the line to other devices.
You surely leak light by the same mechanisms you leak electrons (tunneling), it is just that with light we are used to it, but still don't have a useful workaround. Optical elements also disperse light in a way that is quite similar to a conductor dispersing elecrons, and they also absorb the light (what have no equivalent for electrons).
The biggest advantage of an optical device is that it can act on several signals at once, in a SIMD way.
It doesn't go off and start talking about LEDs and WDM which just confuses the issue.
http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/optical-computing-diode-1123.html [mit.edu]
Not if it's a real photonic circuit. Of course, we don't have many of those right now. A few telescopes, but not the ones with photon amplifiers. A few microscopes, but not many of them, either. Mainly the only current "photonic circuits" are experimental. (To be photonic rather than just optical you need to have light intentionally modifying the signal that other light carries. Usually this only happens by accident, and degrades the signal.)
Most of the things that we have that approach photonics are
We get at least one of these overhyped materials science articles each month. This time, someone has figured out how to deposit a garnet layer in a wafer fab. This is blown up into "photonic computing real soon now". It's not.
There's a lot of work in progress (PowerPoint) [ucdavis.edu] on optical on-chip interconnects. This is not "photonic computing". It's clusters of CPUs with a network of optical interconnects, all on one IC. The CPUs are still made of transistors. IBM has a very active research program [ibm.com] in this ar
This could be great for long term, non volatile data storage, I suppose, but unless they develop an efficient method of changing the state (i.e., which direction is opaque), I can't see this being much use for processing in general.
On the plus side, maybe we'll finally get to see those data cubes/crystals that popular SF books are always referring to...:-)
The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court


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Former dictator Saddam Hussein met with a lawyer Thursday for the first time since his capture a year ago, officials said. Insurgents, meanwhile, killed three paramilitary police and a government official in Baghdad.
Saddam's meeting in his cell with a member of his legal team came as the Iraqi government is gearing up to begin the trials of some of Saddam's top deputies next week, ahead of the country's elections in January.
Saddam and the lawyer, an Iraqi, met for four hours at the undisclosed location where the ousted leader is being detained, said Ziad al-Khasawneh, head of the legal team hired by Saddam's wife.
"He was in good health and his morale was high and very strong," al-Khasawneh said, speaking in Jordan. "He looked much better that his earlier public appearance when he arraigned a few months ago." Al-Khasawneh would not identify the lawyer.
A U.S. military official familiar with the case confirmed that Saddam met with a lawyer in his cell and that the visit was the first made by an attorney to the former Iraqi dictator, who was captured a year ago Monday. He provided no further details.
Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced on Tuesday that war crimes trials against Iraq's former Baath Party leaders will begin next week. Saddam won't be among those to appear in court, officials said.
One official said Ali Hassan al-Majid, the former general known as "Chemical Ali" for his use of chemical weapons, will be the first among 12 former regime members to appear at the initial investigative court hearing next week.
Few of the top regime officials have been able to meet with lawyers. Defense attorneys have complained about not having access to their clients, saying that any proceedings held under those conditions would be seen as political show trials.
Many have speculated that Allawi's surprise announcement was linked to the start of campaigning for the Jan. 30 vote for Iraq's new 275-member National Assembly, in which he is running for office at the head of a coalition list.
Militants continued their campaign to derail the vote by mounting a series of attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere.
Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Qassim Mehawi, deputy head of the Communications Ministry, as he was heading to work, police said. Eight of Mehawi's bodyguards were injured and hospitalized.
Government officials are frequent targets of the insurgents, who accuse them of collaborating with the Americans.
In western Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near a passing SUV, badly damaging the vehicle, police said. After the blast, gunmen opened up on the survivors with automatic fire, killing a foreigner and wounding two others, Al-Khadra police commissioner Ali Hussein Al-Hamadani said.
There was no immediate information on their nationality.
Three Iraqi National Guardsmen died and six others were injured when another roadside bomb exploded in western Baghdad as their pickup truck was driving by, al-Hamadani said.
On Wednesday, insurgents attacked two U.S. patrols in separate attacks in Baghdad. Twelve hand grenades were thrown at troops in central Baghdad, injuring one soldier, while a roadside bomb struck another patrol, causing no casualties.
Another U.S. soldier was wounded when the tank he was in struck a mine near Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, a spokesman said.
U.S. and Iraqi security forces raided the Baghdad home of two Egyptian employees of an Iraqi mobile phone company belonging to Egypt's telecommunications giant Orascom, said Dina Abu Neda, a spokeswoman for Orascom Telecom.
Abu Neda said the U.S. and Iraqi forces also confiscated thousands of dollars from the home of the men, who provided security services. "We don't know why they were detained, it came as a big surprise to us," Abu Neda said.
In the northern city of Kirkuk, several thousand Arab residents rallied Thursday in front of the governor's office to demand that the elections be postponed.
The protesters said they were worried that a campaign to return displaced Kurds to the city, where Saddam's regime drove out many Kurds and replaced them with Arabs from other areas, would alter Kirkuk's ethnic mix.
In the central Iraqi city of Karbala, about 1,000 people, many holding black banners of mourning, marched in a funeral procession for those killed in Wednesday evening's bomb blast at the western gate of the gold-domed Imam Hussein Shrine, according to police spokesman Rahman Mashawy.
Eight people died and 40 were wounded by the explosion near one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. They included a prominent Shiite cleric, Sheik Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalayee.
In another development, a senior U.S. commander said Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may now be operating out of Baghdad, after leaving his former safe haven in the rebel-held city of Fallujah ahead of last month's U.S.-led offensive to retake that city.
"Baghdad would be the most likely area," said Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, who added that al-Zarqawi can operate "pretty safely" in the capital.
Al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq group is believed to be leading a brutal campaign of hostage-takings, beheadings and bombings.


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IRVING, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America said Wednesday it needed more time before deciding whether to move away from its divisive policy of excluding gays as scouts or adult leaders. A decision was pushed back to the group's annual meeting in May.
The scouting organization last week said it was considering allowing troops to decide whether to allow gay membership. It would be the latest step in the national debate over gay rights in the U.S., where some states allow gay marriage and the Supreme Court in March will consider questions over married gay couples' equal rights to federal benefits.
President Barack Obama — Scouting's honorary president — has spoken in favour of admitting gay scouts. Others, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, an Eagle Scout, opposed it. Concerns have been raised about addressing issues related to sexuality among groups of boys, some of whom haven't reached puberty.
Under intense pressure from both sides, the BSA board met behind closed doors Wednesday. It became clear that the proposed change would be unacceptable to large numbers of Scouting families and advocacy groups on the left and right.
Gay-rights supporters said no Scout units should be allowed to exclude gays, while some conservatives, including religious leaders whose churches sponsor troops, warned of mass defections if the ban was eased.
About 70 per cent of all Scout units are sponsored by religious denominations, including many by conservative faiths that have supported the ban, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mormons' Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Michael Purdy, a Mormon church spokesman, said the BSA "acted wisely in delaying its decision until all voices can be heard on this important moral issue."
Shortly after the delay was announced, conservative supporters of the ban held a rally and prayer vigil Wednesday at the headquarters, carrying signs reading, "Don't Invite Sin Into the Camp," and "The only voice that matters is God!"
Early reaction to the delay from gay-rights supporters was harshly critical of the BSA.
"A Scout is supposed to be brave, and the Boy Scouts failed to be brave today," said Jennifer Tyrrell, a mother ousted from her post as a Cub Scout volunteer because she's a lesbian.
Brad Hankins, campaign director of Scouts for Equality, said the delay would have a direct impact on young men already in the scouting movement.
"By postponing this decision, thousands of currently active Scouts still remain uncertain about their future in the program and are shamed into silence," Hankins said. "We understand that this change is a huge paradigm shift for some, but this isn't a religious issue. It's simply one of human morality, and that is something common to all faiths."
The BSA board faces several choices, none of which is likely to quell the controversy. Not changing the policy would go against the public wishes of two high-profile board members — Ernst & Young CEO James Turley and AT&T Inc. CEO Randall Stephenson — who run companies with nondiscrimination policies and have said they would work from within to change the Scouts' policy.
"In the past two weeks, Scouting has received an outpouring of feedback from the American public," said the BSA's national spokesman, Deron Smith.
Smith said the executive board "concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy." The board will prepare a resolution to be voted on by the 1,400 voting members of the national council, he said.
One protester, Maggie Wright, 67, said she was disappointed that the movement didn't decide straight away to maintain the ban. She said she has two grandsons who are active in the scouting movement, one aged 11, and she is concerned about homosexuals teaching the young men.
"We're not condoning or hating," she said.


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A student chef from Doncaster is set to serve up success - after landing a job at one of the world's swankiest hotels.
Doncaster College student Shila Ghale, a catering and hospitality student, has secured a four week placement at The Ritz in London.
The sought after placement will see first year student, Shila, 22 who lives in Intake with her parents, working in The Ritz's professional kitchen and gaining experience of working in a high pressure environment whilst living in London.
To secure the placement Shila had to use her initiative and gain 40 hours work experience in her own time with local hospitality businesses.
Some of the placements she secured included Blyth's Charnwood Hotel, Doncaster Racecourse and Martyn's Famous Fish at Doncaster's Fish Market.
Michelle Jackson, BTEC Level 4 catering and hospitality programme leader, said: "Shila is a determined individual who has shown promise and initiative from the outset of the course.
"The opportunity to spend four weeks working in an environment such as the Ritz is a fantastic chance for Shila to gain industry experience."


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It was bout this time last year when area residents found out there'd be no Toys for Tots in Levy County.
The Tri-Counties Toys for Tots that had been handling the effort to get toys to children during the holidays had been scaled back to just Dixie County, and locals in Levy County had to step up to help fill the need that continues to grow every year.
But representatives with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program want the folks in Levy and Gilchrist counties to know the program is on its way back.
"This year we are excited to bring back Toys for Tots to our area and expect a great campaign," wrote Bryan Chrisp, coordinator for the program, in a letter Oct. 28.
"We are asking you to help welcome back this wonderful service to our community. We are starting as a brand new campaign and need all the assistance we can (get) ...."
"We're basically laying the groundwork for the future," said Marine Corp Reservist Frank Mathis in an interview Wednesday. "We're having to reinvent the wheel here."
Mathis, a member of the Marine Corps League Detachment 1018, said he's been busy securing drop-off locations for toys and now has more than a dozen in the Chiefland area.
"We've had a good response from businesses and citizens," Mathis said, but the organization is still looking for help, either through cash or toy donations or in acting as a drop-off location.
Chrisp said Thursday the program is also in need of people willing to help in the coordination of the effort.
"We're looking for sponsorship, volunteers and, of course, toys, toys, toys," Chrisp said.
All of this is important, Mathis said, because many children get nothing during the holidays.
"We're just trying to bring a little bit of enlightenment for the children. I just want to make some kids happy."
To help or for more information, contact Bryan Chrisp at 352-215-3434 or Frank Mathis at 904-669-4524.
Donations can be made online at toysfortots.org, though to keep online donations in the Gilchrist or Levy counties area, according to Chrisp, be sure to donate to the Newberry campaign. Donations to the Chiefland campaign online will go to Dixie County.
Toy's for donations should not be wrapped and should be new and still in their packages.
Drop-off locations in Chiefland thus far:
• R & C Mobile Home and RV Supply
• Sears
• The Chiefland Citizen Newspaper
• The Chamber of Commerce (coming soon)
• Chiefland City Hall
• Scoggins Chevrolet
• Chiefland Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram
• White Ford Co.
• Tri-County Chiropractic
• Deek's Restaurant
• Central Florida Electric Coop
• Dollar General (on Highway 24, just outside of Cedar Key)
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1998 Heathcote Mail Shiraz
Victoria, Australia
This is the wine I brought home more bottles of than any other on our last trip to Australia. It wasn't thick, it wasn't severely extracted, it didn't exceed 14% alcohol--it was just elegant, bright and balanced, with a good bit of minerality. The winery's an old mail station on the road north to Bendigo and 1850's gold rush country (any Californian whose ever been around the Sutter Creek area of California's similarly timed gold rush will arrive in this part of Australia and go, "this ISN'T California? Bite me!"), hence the name. Anyway, it's still bright and balanced with a good bit of minerality. In fact, it's hardly budged from where it was five years ago when I bought it. I'm going to try to forget I own the rest of them for a long, long time.
1997 Morin-Her Chinon
Loire Valley, France
I believe Kriss Reed left this bottle at my So Cal house in anticipation of a Cab Franc tasting. He'd gone to some lengths to procure it, having been impressed with a bottle he had elsewhere. But when I moved, it moved with me, and then I left it alone because it was, after all, someone else's bottle, something I didn't question until last night when I was looking for something that wouldn't be too heavy for a lighter, mediterranean style dinner. Too bad I waited so long. It must have perfectly in the moment when Kriss tasted it, but it's faded since. The fruit's gone and there's little but acid and a shadow of a cab franc nose here.


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Not sure if you noticed it but Sonny Bill Williams, at his Roosters press conference this week, had a face like someone licking cat pee off nettles.
That, more than anything else, has converted me to the point of view that maybe we should bury the hatchet with SBW. I speak as one of the legion of sports fans who have never quite taken him to heart in spite of his outstanding ability; those who never quite got past the way he quit the Bulldogs; his management team's preponderance for one-year contracts (which does not inspire belief in his commitment and which increases the perception that he's only in it for the money) and, oh yes ... the feeling that he's only in it for the money.
Williams was not enjoying himself at his press conference. He is a divisive enough figure here in New Zealand but in Australia, it seems, the division seems only to be whether he is a jerk or a total jerk.
But he fronted up. The Australian media were all over him like pigeons on a dropped chip. But he was there and, with disarming honesty, he said he was only there because he had to be. He discharged his responsibilities and did so in a manner which suggested that he has grown up.
He answered most questions simply, honestly and humbly. The Aussie media didn't like him sidestepping awkward queries like whether he felt he should apologise to Bulldogs supporters for walking out unannounced on the club back in 2008, 48 hours before they were due to play the Dragons, helping to keep the club in a funk which saw them finish bottom of the NRL that year.
Williams chose the tactic of concentrating on the future rather than "negatives". That resulted in some headlines squawking that he had stopped short of apologising to Bulldogs fans, many of whom hold a grudge harder and longer than H Beatty Chadwick, the wealthy American lawyer who went to jail in 1995 for 14 years for contempt of court rather than pay his ex-wife any alimony.
But just a moment. What's this? "It's definitely not the way I should have come out and done things," Williams said. "I was a little bit upset with myself that I didn't apologise to the boys. If I had my time over again, I would have rung every single player in the team. I know a lot of the boys were let down by my actions. At the time, I thought if I did ring some of them, knowing how they were like, knowing how passionate they were about the club, they wouldn't understand, so I thought it's better left unsaid. I'd definitely change that.
"I didn't apologise to the fans [when I walked out] and I guess that's what I want to do. Especially to the Bulldogs fans, the young kids that really looked up to me, I just want to say I'm sorry for all the heartache and the problems I've caused."
Sounds like an apology to me. It was delivered in 2009, on The Footy Show, when he first returned to Australia after his walk-out. Should he apologise every week, maybe?
In case we have forgotten, here's what prompted Williams to go:
He thought his previous deal didn't reflect his 'standing'. He wanted to be consulted on the appointment of new players and the assistant coach. His contract didn't alter for form, inflation or his status as a superstar. He didn't have annual leave, superannuation or fringe benefit tax provisions. His A$400,000 deal didn't leave him with much more than A$200,000 after tax. He didn't like being asked by the Bulldogs to front the media after some off-field issues and say he had "an alcohol problem".
There were rumbles he was miffed after being talked into a long-term contract which undervalued him - but little wonder he got the "Money Bill" nickname. But does he really deserve it still? The sobriquet was plastered all over a photo of Williams when Channel Seven did their piece on him in the news this week. To them, he was still a snotty 22-year-old.
But here's the reality: He is earning at the Roosters about a quarter of what he could be had he stayed with Toulon. He's earning less than if he'd stayed with the Chiefs and All Blacks.
Most of us did a Tui billboard when he said he was returning to league because of a handshake agreement with Roosters chairman Nick Politis. But it seems that is indeed the case.
Okay, he is keeping on his boxing which nets him large sums of money, no doubt keeping the "Money Bill" cynics sipping on their cocktail of furniture polish, lemon juice and envy. But I never minded his boxing nor the money it earned. It was the deadbeat opponents that made it look a rip-off - but he is addressing that by taking on boxers of the ilk of Francois Botha.
He spoke from the heart when asked at the press conference whether he had missed rugby league in his five years away. A lot, he said, when he first went to rugby but he had really enjoyed his time there, playing for "some great teams" - mentioning the All Blacks' World Cup win and the Chiefs' journey to Super Rugby winners this season as "special".
That's tantamount to saying that he'll be back to rugby after his season with the Roosters is over. He didn't say that to a room full of sycophants and fans. It was delivered to a hard-bitten bunch of Aussie journos, some of whom he knew would be writing about him with as much bile as if he'd offered them barbecued wombat with cream of bulldog sauce.
As ever with Sonny Bill, we'll have to wait and see whether he manages to pull off the trifecta of Rugby World Cup, Rugby League World Cup and some kind of crown from boxing's appalling mix of organisations, belts and "world" titles.
He deflected questions about all that but he is a showman - is there any match in either code so anticipated as the Roosters versus the Bulldogs next year? Don't think so.
In a previous column, I wrote that Williams may achieve such goals as the above trifecta but still would not achieve greatness unless he managed to stem the perception that he likes the pay more than the play. He seems well on the way towards that.


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The dollar (NYBOT:DXZ13) rose to an almost seven-week high after a gauge of service industries climbed more than forecast in October, adding to the case for the Federal Reserve to taper monthly bond purchases.
The euro dropped against the yen (FOREX:EURJPY) after European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said the economic recovery is "still very green" before the bank's policy meeting this week. Japan's currency appreciated versus most of its 16 most-traded counterparts as the Bank of Japan's governor said efforts to dispel the country's deflation are succeeding. Brazil's real fell against all major peers.
The dollar rally "continued with fairly decent readings on the Institute for Supply Management" non-manufacturing index, Fabian Eliasson, head of U.S. currency sales in New York at Mizuho Financial Group Inc., said in a phone interview. "Overall, the market turned a little bit dollar positive."
The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against 10 major currencies, rose 0.3% to 1,015.86 at 3:31 p.m. New York time after touching 1,016.64. The index reached 1,017 yesterday, the highest since Sept. 18.
The yen rose 0.3% to 132.81 per euro after appreciating to 132.37, the strongest level since Oct. 10. Japan's currency was little changed at 98.56 per dollar. The euro dropped 0.3% to $1.3475 after sliding to $1.3442 yesterday, the weakest since Sept. 18.
Real, Rand
The real declined to the weakest versus the greenback since Sept. 11 as Brazil central-bank President Alexandre Tombini said policy makers must be "especially vigilant" on inflation. The real depreciated 1.9% to 2.2890 per U.S. dollar after touching 2.2939, and has depreciated 2.2% this month, the most among major currencies.
South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on concern labor disputes at platinum mines will weigh on the nation's current-account deficit.
The rand dropped 1.1% to 10.2422 per dollar, bringing its decline this month to 1.9%.
The pound advanced for a fifth day against the euro after U.K. services output accelerated to the fastest in 16 years. Sterling gained 0.8% to 83.96 pence per euro after appreciating to 83.92 pence, the strongest since Oct. 3. The U.K. currency advanced 0.5% to $1.6048.
Yen Support
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told reporters in Osaka today that inflation expectations are gradually rising and that it's too early to debate an exit strategy.
"The optimistic outlook may signal to markets that no additional easing is likely at this time, and that is supportive of the yen," said Eric Viloria, a senior currency strategist at Gain Capital Group LLC in New York.
The euro slid 1.4% in the past week, the worst performer after Sweden's krona of 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes as a report on Oct. 31 showed the region's annual inflation rate unexpectedly fell last month. The dollar added 0.8% and the yen rose 0.4%.
"The pressure is piling on the hawks to cut," Sebastien Galy, a senior foreign-exchange strategist at Societe Generale SA in New York, said of the ECB, which will announce its decision Nov. 7.
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achieved enough detection performance at more than 40x speed with the improvement
of the electric circuit for the detection of disarrangement
of the servo pickup. When a disarrangement of this servo is detected at
high speed
recording conditions, the drive stops the recording immediately and restarts
recording at a lower recording speed.
always monitors the condition of the focus and tracking servos and stops
the recording when it detects the change in rapid servo conditions,
whence it restarts recording at the stop position after the servo
condition has recovered.
generic name for Flexible Speed and Flexible Strategy. 'FlexSS-BP'technology
automatically selects the optimum recording speed for each disc, because some
CDs cannot stand high speed recording with a high recording power.
Flexible Speed
When a drive determines that it is barely tracking the placed
disc correctly because of the variations between discs, and it determines
that the disc
cannot withstand a high power laser at high speed recording, the drive
selects a suitable recording speed for the disc and continues to record.
Flexible Strategy
It measures and evaluates the recording condition of recorded area at switching
Developed by SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., a high density recording technology
that doubles the recording capacity of conventional CD-R media (700MB).
- Specifications
DVD 130ms and CD 100
DVD-ROM: Max. 12X (Single)
DVD-ROM: Max. 8X (Double)
DVD-Video: 12X
CD-R: Max. 40X
CD-RW: Max. 40X
CD-ROM: Max. 40X
CD-DA: Max 40X
CD-Video: Max 4X
HD-BURN: Max. 78X
Operating Temprature: 5°C to 45 °C
Storage Temprature -30°C to 60°C
are the drive's main specs as given by NeroInfoTool and DVDInfoPro:
The drive also uses the RPC II region control, allowing a user
to change the drive's region at most 5 times. There is a region free firmware available
at "The Dangerous Brothers" website.
- Retail package
retail package includes the Optorite DD1203, a quick installation
guide, mounting screws and a sound cable. Software included are Nero v6
OEM version and Sonic MyDVD. A pleasant surprise is the inclusion of an
alternative black bezel.
On the front, there are on the tray the DVD-R/RW, DVD+RW and compact
disc rewritable logos. The activity led is below the emergency eject
hole. On the right there are the play/skip and stop/eject buttons, while
there's also a volume adjust on the left next to the headphones jack. The
front bezel can be changed with the included
black as was previously mentioned, or left white, as is out of the box. Note
that both are included in the retail package.
On the rear panel you can see the analogue and digital outputs (SPDIF), the
IDE connector
and the power input.
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty.
For reference reasons, we post the following pictures. You can click on the mainboard
picture for a higher resolution image:
- Installation
The drive was installed as secondary master and WindowsXP recognized
it as "OPTORITE DVD RW DD1203".
The drive arrived with firmware v110E.
After all tests finished a newer firmware revision (v1.20E)
was released.
Below is a picture from Nero Burning Rom, showing the drive's specs.
We will compare the Optorite drive with the LiteOn SOHW-1213S
and Plextor PX-712A, since the drives have similar DVD/CD recording
- Testing software
In order to perform our tests we used:


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Riverbed Technology is looking to shake up how businesses manage and distribute data over WANs with its new Granite technology, which consolidates edge applications, servers and storage to the data center while making data available to remote users as if it were local.
Granite features a core physical or virtual appliance in the data center connected to a service running on Riverbed's Steelhead EX WAN optimization appliance to give users at the edge of the enterprise the feeling of working locally across thousands of miles, said Miles Kelly, Riverbed senior director of product marketing.
"Granite grabs the data from the data center's Windows servers, aggregates it, and then presents it to edge devices where it is treated as if it were local data," Kelly said. "IT loves it. Data is managed at the data center, but users don't know it."
[Related: Fast Times At Riverbed: Ten Years In, Can It Maintain Momentum?]
Granite is definitely a disruptive technology, one that can cut the cost of managing distributed environments by 50 percent over three years, Kelly said. "For the first time, it allows organizations to decouple the storage from the compute," he said.
Riverbed Granite consists of two primary parts.
One of those parts, Granite Core, is a physical or virtual server sitting in a data center that sweeps all the data on Windows servers and stores them on reliable storage arrays from companies such as EMC, NetApp and Dell EqualLogic, where it is managed centrally. Arrays from those three vendors are already certified with Granite, but in actuality, any arrays will work, Kelly said.
The other part is Granite Edge, a service that runs on a Riverbed Steelhead EX WAN optimization appliance in branch offices. Granite Edge also can be purchased as a stand-alone appliance.
When combined, Granite Core serves data from the data center to servers in remote offices via Granite Edge with high enough performance that users don't realize they are working with data located up to thousands of miles away, Kelly said.
The result is that the amount of data a company manages is cut significantly by bringing it to a centrally managed location, eliminating multiple copies of data at the edge, Kelly said. Kelly, quoting data from research firm Forrester Research, said that more than 50 percent of an enterprise's data typically sits at the edge, leading to "data creep."
NEXT: Getting Rid Of That 'Data Creep'


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Life & Disability Insurance
Please note: Each type of life & disability insurance is different for faculty, mpp, confidential, and staff. Please select your appropriate employee type.
The CSU provides you with basic coverage for Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Term Life and Long Term Disability Insurance.
For more information, refer to the Your HR Representatives and contact your Benefits Service Representative.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Long Term Disability
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To the editor:
When you think of promoting tourism to The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel, advertising, marketing and public relations efforts might come to mind. While those are all important, you'd be forgetting one vital tool: training for our frontline hospitality workers to provide top-notch customer service. No one can more directly impact tourism than these men and women, which is why I encourage all tourism industry partners to enroll team members in the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau's Guests First Training Program.
Guests First is so important because it emphasizes making sure all touch points with visitors to The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel leave with a positive impression. Whether it's a taxi driver, rental car agent, restaurant hostess or front desk agent, each interaction with visitors is an opportunity to impact their decision to come back and to recommend us to friends and family. If every touch point is a positive one, we greatly increase the chance they will come back again and again.
The next round of Guests First training began Nov. 27. The two-and-a-half-hour, non-traditional, interactive sessions are free to tourism partners and will include sessions for frontline workers on guest basics, making positive impressions, resolving less than perfect situations and providing exceptional customer service. There's also a session for supervisors and managers, too, on how to reinforce the training in the workplace. Details on each of the seven models are available online by clicking here.
Pre-registration is required due to space limitations, and the deadline to register for any session is three days prior. For dates, times and topics or to register for a class, click here.
Also, new this year is a chance for employees to springboard from Guests First training to earn a prestigious certification. The VCB is the first destination management organization in the country to partner with the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute to help tourism industry employees earn the Certified Guest Service Professional (CGSP) certification. After local hospitality employees complete the seven-module Guests First program, they can take the CGSP final exam. Participants who pass the exam earn the CGSP certification.
I really believe in the importance of the Guests First training and hope you will take advantage of the opportunity. The more employees we enroll in Guests First, the more we can positively impact return visitation to our destination. I encourage you to sign up your team members today. If you need additional information, contact Christine Davlin at email@example.com or 338-3500.
Tamara Pigott
Executive director
Lee VCB


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Service Center Metals recently celebrated 10 years of doing business in Prince George County, Va. The ceremony, attended by Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, included a ground-breaking celebration for a second plant at the SouthPoint Business Park location.
Service Center Metals was founded in 2002 by three former Reynolds Metals executives to produce aluminum extruded products. As its name implies, Service Center Metals has chosen to focus exclusively on a unique niche—service center customers.
After weathering the ups and downs of the last 10 years, the company now boasts more than 120 employees and $145 million in revenue. Since its opening, Service Center Metals has produced more than 635 million pounds of extrusions.
The company's expansion includes a compact remelt plant that will be located adjacent to its extrusion plant. Currently, Service Center Metals must ship its aluminum scrap to and from a third-party provider to be remelted. Bringing this process in-house will allow the company to better recycle its scrap materials, as well as serve its customers more quickly and in an environmentally-friendly way.
As a home-grown manufacturing company, Service Center Metals is a strong example of the success entrepreneurs experience when they start a business in the Commonwealth. To learn more about Virginia's innovative business environment, click here.
Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling (left center) joins company and local officials at the Service Center Metals ground-breaking ceremony in Prince George County, Va.
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A woman who attempted to use pepper spray as a defense mechanism Wednesday evening was robbed at a car wash on South Main Street, according to a report from Lexington Police.
A woman who attempted to use pepper spray as a defense mechanism Wednesday evening was robbed at a car wash on South Main Street, according to a report from Lexington Police.
The 45-year-old victim reported at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday that she was robbed at the car wash at 1450 S. Main St. She told police a man approached her asking for a dollar.
The woman denied the male and he insisted, the report stated. She reached into her pocket to retrieve her pepper spray. The pepper spray and $40 in cash fell to the ground. Lexington Police Officer C.S. Giordano noted in his report that the suspect grabbed the woman's right pants pocket, and turned the victim around reaching into her pocket and taking the remaining cash.
The report explained the suspect then grabbed the cash on the ground before walking away toward Helen Caple Apartments. The suspect was described as a bald African-American male, between the ages of 38-42 and between 160-170 pounds. He had a scruffy beard wearing a multi-color button-down short-sleeve shirt and dark blue jeans. He ranged in the height of 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall.
"It's still under investigation," LPD Det. Lt. Michael Hunt said. "We are unsure of a motive in this case other than the robbery with the cash."
Police said the total amount of money stolen was $200. The woman was not injured, and the incident is being investigated as a common law robbery. Hunt said he wasn't aware of any surveillance video regarding the incident at this time.
No suspect had been identified as of late Friday morning. Hunt encourages anyone with information to contact Lexington Area Crimestoppers at 243-2400.
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Chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer
Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of drugs to treat cancer. The drugs can be swallowed in pill form, or they can be injected by needle into a vein or muscle. To treat testicular cancer, the drugs are usually given into a vein. Chemo is systemic therapy. This means that the drug travels throughout the body to reach and destroy the cancer cells. Chemo is an effective way to destroy any cancer cells that break off from the main tumor and travel to lymph nodes or distant organs.
Chemo is often used to cure testicular cancer when it has spread outside the testicle or to decrease the risk of cancer coming back after the testicle is removed. It is not used to treat cancer that is only in the testicle.
Doctors give chemotherapy in cycles, with each period of treatment followed by a rest period to allow the body time to recover. Chemo cycles generally last about 3 to 4 weeks. The main drugs used to treat testicular cancer are:
- Cisplatin
- Etoposide (VP-16)
- Bleomycin
- Ifosfamide (Ifex®)
- Paclitaxel (Taxol®)
- Vinblastine
Using 2 or more chemo drugs is often more effective than using any single drug. The chemotherapy regimens most commonly used as the initial treatment for testicular cancer are:
- BEP (or PEB): bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin
- EP: etoposide and cisplatin (also known as EP)
- VIP: VP-16 (etoposide) or vinblastine plus ifosfamide and cisplatin
Some doctors use more intensive regimens for patients with high-risk disease, and may suggest a different combination of chemotherapy drugs or even a stem cell transplant (see next section).
Possible side effects
Chemo drugs attack cells that are dividing quickly, which is why they work against cancer cells. But other cells in the body, such as those in the bone marrow (where new blood cells are made), the lining of the mouth and intestines, and the hair follicles, also divide quickly. These cells are also likely to be affected by chemo, which can lead to certain side effects.
The side effects of chemo depend on the type and dose of drugs used and how long they are given. These side effects can include:
- Hair loss
- Mouth sores
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Increased chance of infections (from having too few white blood cells)
- Easy bruising or bleeding (from having too few blood platelets)
- Fatigue (extreme tiredness, often from having too few red blood cells)
Some of the drugs used to treat testicular cancer can have other side effects. For example:
- Cisplatin and ifosfamide can cause kidney damage. This can be lessened by giving lots of fluids (usually into a vein – IV) before and after these drugs are given.
- Cisplatin, etoposide, paclitaxel, and vinblastine can damage nerves (known as neuropathy). This can lead to numbness or tingling sensations in the hands or feet, and sensitivity to cold or heat. In most cases, this improves once treatment is stopped, but it may last a long time in some people.
- Cisplatin can also cause loss of hearing (called ototoxicity)
- Bleomycin can damage the lungs, causing shortness of breath and trouble with physical activity.
- Ifosfamide can cause the bladder to bleed (called hemorrhagic cystitis). To prevent this, the patient is given plenty of fluids and the drug mesna is given along with ifosfamide.
Most side effects are short-term and go away after treatment ends, but some can last a long time and may never go away completely. Report any side effects or changes you notice while getting chemo to your medical team so that you can get prompt treatment for them. There are often ways to prevent or lessen side effects. For example, there are drugs to help prevent or reduce nausea and vomiting. In some cases, the doses of the chemo drugs may need to be reduced or treatment may need to be delayed or stopped to prevent the effects from getting worse.
Some of the drugs used to treat testicular cancer can cause long-term side effects. These include some of the things mentioned earlier, like hearing loss and kidney or lung damage. Development of a second cancer (like leukemia) is a very serious but rare side effect of chemo, occurring in less than 1% of testicular cancer patients treated with chemo. People who have had chemo for testicular cancer seem to have a higher risk of heart problems later in life. Several studies have also suggested that chemotherapy can sometimes cause high blood cholesterol to develop over time, which may later require treatment.
For more information about chemotherapy and its side effects, please see Chemotherapy.
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End Days Alert. :rolleyes:Quote:
Academic publisher suspends publication of too Christian encyclopedia
CNA STAFF, Feb 12, 2009 / 03:37 am (CNA).- The scholarly publisher Blackwell is being accused of censorship for suspending the publication of the too Christian Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization and seeking to destroy existing copies pending a full revision of the text. The encyclopedias Editor-in-Chief is filing two lawsuits against the company to require the encyclopedia be published without removing its Christian content, tone and character.
George Thomas Kurian, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (ECC), has circulated a letter protesting Blackwells actions, which he calls a looming crisis in the publication of the work.
According to Kurian, the ECC was completed in 2008 a year ahead of schedule and in four volumes instead of the original three.
It was edited, copyedited, fact checked, proofread and finally approved by Blackwells editorial team, he wrote, saying the completed work was launched at the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature where it received high praise.
Kurian said the EEC was lauded and praised by Miami University Prof. Edwin Yamauchi and Notre Dame Prof. Mark Noll.
According to Kurian, they did so just because there are a dozen references to which they do not subscribe and which ran counter to their philosophy and agenda.
Kurian said that Carpenter and Harkin want to delete words or passages such as Antichrist, Beloved Disciple, Virgin Birth, Resurrection, Evangelism, the chronological markers BC/AD, and any reference with an evangelical tone or a tone citing the uniqueness of Christ and Christianity.
He further claimed that the two objected to historical references to the persecution and massacres of Christians by Muslims, also asking for references favorable to Islam and material denigrating Christianity.
All these I have refused to do, Kurian said.
His letter announced a class action suit against Wiley-Blackwell will be filed on behalf of the ECCs nearly 400 contributors. If successful, the suit will require Wiley-Blackwell to publish the book as originally approved and printed, without change and without censorship of its Christian content, tone and character.
Susan Spilka of Blackwells parent company John Wiley & Sons, Inc. responded to Kurians allegations in a statement, claiming that concern about the content of the ECC had been raised in November 2008 prior to publication. Blackwell stated that the review was prompted by concern for its leading reputation as a publisher of high quality scholarly content.


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It all started when my dad signed me up for the East Henderson volleyball camp the summer before my eighth grade year.
I ended up signing up for Hendersonville's camp, too, that summer, and the one memory I have of that camp was being in Molly Pyles' group for a small drill. It was her job to hit the ball to about three of us in random order, and not only was it daunting but the sting on my arms lasted a few hours.
By the time I got to high school I was more eager for volleyball to start than anything else. After one season of playing volleyball for my middle school (well, if "playing" insinuates that I made the team and sat the bench) and then one season of club volleyball, I was hooked.
I was over the moon that I made the JV team at T.C. Roberson in the fall of 2000, but again, my inexperience must have shown through and I sat the bench for much of the first season (though I felt that I had more heart and love for the game than most of the girls on the court).
My sophomore year we got a new varsity coach, and after summer workouts and then official tryouts, I realized that the transition of a new coach brought a new opportunity for me. I had attended a few camps that summer — including North Carolina's camp in Chapel Hill — and worked hard at refining my skills even more to earn a starting spot on JV that season.
Well, I guess fresh-out-of-college Kristin Loftis (now Kristin Jones) picked up on that. Getting our new 23-year-old coach's attention meant a lot to me because she had just finished up four years of collegiate volleyball at Catawba where she played both defensive specialist and setter, so I knew she knew talent and potential when she saw it.
Instead of starting for JV (which was my goal), she decided that I was ready to join the varsity ranks. She saw something in me that my previous coaches had missed, and she took a chance — she believed in me, and that has left the biggest mark.
Knowing someone had that kind of confidence in me opened me up that much more to giving everything I had to the sport, to the team and to making her proud. But the bigger picture, as I see now, isn't about the sport itself; it's about how those seasons of hard work, discipline, learning how to be a leader and giving 110 percent helped formed me as a person for post-volleyball life.
I did work my way into regular playing time as a defensive specialist my sophomore year, but that didn't come easy and it didn't come without hard work and pushing myself. Coach was hard on me but it was because she wanted to develop the potential she saw — and looking back, I couldn't be more thankful for that.
Coach had her first baby near the end of my senior year of high school and we lost touch for the most part, as I went off to college and she stopped coaching. But our paths have crossed again, and now I'm seeing that "bigger picture" in an entirely new way in her life.
In September she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. When I heard the news, I went through the gamut of emotions, from asking "why" and "how," to feeling sad and somewhat angry, to telling God it wasn't fair. She is only 34 years old, she has led a healthy life and she has a husband and two young children.
We grabbed lunch a few weeks ago to catch up, and other than her hairless head of hair showing the signs of months of chemo treatments, I forgot she was fighting for her life, fighting this cancer that has interrupted plans for where she probably thought she would be at 34 years old.
Coach was the usual smiling, warm and joking person I remember, and it's evident that her philosophies of life from which she coached and taught us on the volleyball court more than nine years ago have carried over to today as she sees this battle through with a strength and optimism that most people don't have even in 80 years of life.
Her former coach, North Henderson's Sue Moon, shared this same sentiment about Kristin with me for a story on Monday:
"Kristin has always been willing to take any challenge. She is fighting cancer with the same tenacity that she played point guard in basketball and setter in volleyball," Moon said. "She never tells me how hard it is. That just shows you the kind of person she is."
Going into my senior year at T.C., which was shaping up to be the most talented team of my four years there, we didn't have a setter. So Coach switched things up and gave me a crash course in setting that summer, and it ended up being my favorite position (other than defense).
After we had lunch together in early January, Coach wrote about that position switch from her perspective in her CaringBride.org journal entry a few days later:
"I moved (Brittany) from defensive specialist to setter in one year... not very fair to her, but she knew the game and had good hands, so tag she was it! She always kept her head on straight even when things got hairy. She always had a smile and an encouraging word. I still have the pep talk she wrote for our (last) playoff game. I will never forget those girls and how much I loved them and loved being their coach for my very favorite sport!"
She might not be in the gym coaching high school girls right now (though I won't stop dropping hints about her getting back into it), but she will forever be the coach that made the biggest impact on my life — and the coach that set the standard for the others that I now come into contact with day-to-day.
Coach, thank you for being an example to so many people. You got this.


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Psych Moments
First day getting adjusted--I am suddenly distracted from a conversation with a biploar patient due to a loud noise. I ask the patient to repeat what she just said. She responds, "Look, I know I have a short attention span, but I'm bipolar. What's your excuse?"
Second day, talking to a patient with schizoaffective disorder. I attempt to assess his ability at abstract thinking by asking him to interpret the saying 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'. Our exchange:
Patient: Stones don't gather moths. Besides moths couldn't lift stones either.
Me: No, moss.
Patient: Oh, that changes everything. That rock is a loser. The moss is the winner.
Me: Why is that?
Patient: The rock couldn't gather any moss so the moss must have gathered all the stones!
[I still don't know how to interpret that one]
Third day, walking up to patient who is rolling their eyes in every direction, " I can't even see my eyes!"
Another patient, when asked if she was Catholic, said, "I'm on the cusp."
A HIV+, 60 year old man diagnosed with shizoaffective disorder that was coming down off a recent crack binge was asked about his goals, "I'm just trying to get a grip on what little years I got left."
4 comments:
- Potrerolcsw said...
Nat, thanks for sharing your psych experiences. I got a good chuckle with whom you've had "conversations".
I am an incoming UCSF MEPN student and currently work with geriatric psych clients, who have also let me in to their internal dialogues. One client believes he is the "King of the Enti", speaks "Kugarat" and has "1000 lesbian wives". It continues to amaze me how "structured" the inner worlds of clients suffering from schizophrenia actually is. He is stable on antipsychotic bi-weekly IM medication, and recognizes the "difference between the 'in-world' and the 'out-world'".
Looking forward to both a challenging and rewarding year.
- May 26, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Hi Nat,
I stumbled upon your blog and it says you included your personal statement that got you into UCSF but I don't see a link to it. Can you point me in the direction of how I could read your statement?
- July 20, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- pharmacy said...
Hi, listen, I'm pretty new on this blogosphere and Internet thing, so I don't know if there's a sort of "subscription" method that I can use in order to receive notifications of your new entries...? Thing is I enjoy reading your blog a lot and I'd like to be up to date with your posts!
- September 6, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- secure tabs said...
this is a ugly situation, you know to that age that pronostique you something like this, well is not something motivating.
- October 10, 2011 at 6:01 AM