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Smart, small and well connected mobile devices have been around for some time, but the way they have spread into everyday life and across all levels of employees in the working environment is changing working practices.
At one time only a handful of early adopters and hardened road-warriors would want to work remotely, now, according to recent Quocirca research, around a third of UK companies have more than 50% of their staff working remotely at some point during the working week. This is no longer an easy to identify select few, but a broad cross section of the work force, each with different aspirations, motivations and support needs.
The shift in the tools they are using is equally significant. Most are well aware of the consumer technology options available, and have their preferred devices, which they would like to bring and use at work – not only for working, but also for keeping in touch with their personal lives. Already over three quarters of UK companies allow personal devices to be used at work for certain employees, with a third of this number pretty much permitting it across the organisation.
This growing BYOD (bring your own device) trend, coupled with the different user interaction experience made possible by the latest generation of tablets and touch screens means that many are willing (sometimes delighted) to ditch the keyboard and the implied need to sit down to access their IT. 'Work' is not only no longer the macro environment that must be commuted to in order to conduct business, it is also no longer the micro environment oriented around a fixed desk and chair. Initially the laptop and now the mobile phone and tablet have removed the shackles of the desktop computer, fixed phone and stack of in/out trays.
The most visible challenges this brings to the organisation are often discussed and primarily revolve around security, management and support within the corporate culture and of course, the cost. But there are hidden issues with the network infrastructure, which will surface under this increasing pressure from employee expectations.
While no longer quite so dependent on office and desks, employees do have an increasing reliance on the network. It has to deliver service, wherever the employee happens to be; corridors, coffee shops or home. According to the latest mobile workforce survey by iPass, almost three quarters of employees will feel annoyed, frustrated or angry if they cannot connect to the network.
Even when they can make a connection their employer's private network, expectations of the user experience have been inflated by services received on the consumer side. At one time connectivity itself might have been sufficient, but now it is only the foundation at the base of a Maslow-like hierarchy of network needs that the network needs to deliver from the core data centre right to the edge. These are the demands of network dependent applications for throughput, capacity, assurance of delivery with a seamless, simple and effective user experience.
The decline of the desk and growth in mobile working exert even further pressure on the network. Remote and virtual teams of employees need to digitally communicate more than ever and share even richer content. Unified communications, which make it easier to involve more participants, switch media and threads of interaction and incorporate visual elements – application sharing and video – increases the impact on the capability of the network.
Not all network traffic is equal, at least from a business perspective, and organisations will increasingly find themselves having to dynamically tune and adjust to meet the ebb and flow of demands of users, their diverse devices and applications. It is no longer sufficient to think of the network as low value plumbing, but as a smart conduit that inspires employees and invigorates the business.
The network is not the computer (as Sun once stated) or the business (as Cisco declared), but is just as strategic an investment as other elements of IT.


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NuWallet Updates Digital Wallet App to Support Apple iPads and Android Tablets; and Releases Integration Toolkit for Zen-Cart
DALLAS, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NuWallet, Inc., a mobile payment and personal information management application provider, has released their latest update to the NuWallet digital wallet App which expands usage and distribution of the app to both Apple iPads and Android-based tablets, in addition to Apple and Android-based smart-phones.
The application serves as a comprehensive, secure and private consumer digital wallet for mobile devices. The NuWallet solution provides complete flexibility for on-line payment and shipping options, as well as secure storage of a consumer's private and personal information (i.e., Insurance information, Bank Accounts, Passwords, etc.), all in a simple and easy-to-manage application.
In this latest release, NuWallet has included a pre-tested integration toolkit for theZen-Cart, open source, shopping cart platform; adding to their existing tool kits for osCommerce and General-Use integration instruction set enabling e-commerce merchants to leverage the NuWallet mobile payment transaction process.
The NuWallet digital wallet app is proven to cut the mobile checkout process from minutes to just a few seconds by securely transferring the user's billing and shipping information into the merchant's checkout page, making for a much more convenient and pleasurable shopping experience. A key benefit of the app is the potential to significantly reduce payment input errors and the associated transaction fees caused by these data errors, which not only frustrate the customer, but also increase the likelihood of shopper abandonment.
"NuWallet has delivered an universal consumer application that reaches across the two most significant mobile-device platforms, and provides a straight-forward and secure process for enabling on-line merchants to create a positive consumer experience with all the security and personal privacy expected by the on-line mobile consumer", said George Hendrix, President of NuWallet. "The NuWallet solution is payment-type neutral, making it easier and faster for the consumer to make an on-line purchase with their choice of payment option at that moment", he said.
Merchants and/or their e-commerce technology provider can simply add basic script code to their on-line shopping cart's checkout page, while remaining fully compatible with their current back-end payment processing solution. With the expanding support of multiple shopping cart platforms and the reach of both Apple and Android mobile phones and tablet devices, NuWallet is the enabling technology for the transition to mobile based consumers.
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DeKALB – DeKalb and Sycamore officials welcomed Douglas Baker, the incoming president of Northern Illinois University, with open arms at a ceremony Wednesday.
Baker was unanimously selected Tuesday by the NIU Board of Trustees to succeed John Peters as NIU president. He is currently an executive vice president at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.
DeKalb Mayor Kris Povlsen said he felt a connection with Baker when he interviewed him as part of a community panel last month.
"He has the ability to connect with individuals and people that he meets with," Povlsen said. "There's a sincerity, a genuineness, that's as impressive as the experience he brings with him."
Baker told the assembled leaders Wednesday that it's impossible to move the region forward without a strong sense of community. His audience at DeKalb City Hall included local government officials, and candidates for elected office.
During his time at Idaho, Baker said he has had regular meetings with community leaders.
"If we have a divisive community or culture, and we're not heading the same direction, or we're not having ... good conversations around hard things, that's not good," Baker said. "We need to build that sense of trust and respect ... and there are a variety of ways to do it."
Sycamore City Manager Brian Gregory said he hoped to keep building the relationship between NIU, DeKalb and Sycamore. Gregory noted that Sycamore is home to many NIU teachers, staff members, and alumni.
"We'll see where there are opportunities for partnerships," Gregory said. "I'm confident with the vision he's laid out, his administration will welcome that."


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The #Unionmember Advantage in 140 Characters or Less:
Anika Noni Rose, RJ Mitte, Rosanne Cash, Pam Grier, Candace Cameron Bure, Christopher Gorham
and Other Celebs Speak Out for Workers during Labor Day Tweet-a-Thon
This Labor Day, actors, America's athletes, recording artists, Broadway performers, and broadcasters made it clear that they have one thing in common: they're proud to be union members. In 140 characters or less, these high-profile tweeters came together with other union members and workers' rights supporters from across the country to celebrate the role unions play in creating fair workplaces—and a fair economy.
Thousands of tweets were sent by union members and their supporters throughout the weekend about what it means to be a #unionmember on the field, the set, or the factory floor—creating 13.5 million impressions on millions of Twitter users.
Athletes and celebrities who participated in this year's Tweet-a-Thon include:
"Make It or Break It" star Candace Cameron Bure (@CandacecBure); "Covert Affairs" star Christopher Gorham (@Chris_Gorham); actress Gabrielle Carteris (@TheGabrielle_C) of "Beverly Hills, 90210" fame; television, film and Broadway veteran Peter Gallagher (@PeterGallagher); "Jackie Brown" and "Foxy Brown" star Pam Grier (@PamGrier); star of "Melissa & Joey" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" Melissa Joan Hart (@MellyJHart); stand-up comic Loni Love (@LoniLove); "Breaking Bad" star RJ Mitte (@RjMitte); "Dream Girls" star Anika Noni Rose (@AnikaNoniRose); legendary star of "Happy Days" Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real); and comedian, writer and co-creator of "The Daily Show" Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead).
Toronto's Jose Bautista (@JoeyBats19), Tampa's Evan Longoria (@evan3longoria), Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP); Tampa's David Price (@davidprice14); Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins (@JimmyRollins11); and Texas' C.J. Wilson (@str8edgeracer).
Denver Bronco Brian Dawkins (@BrianDawkins); St. Louis Ram Steven Jackson (@sj39); Dallas Cowboy Felix Jones (@felixjones28); Denver Bronco Von Miller (@MillerLite40); Buffalo Bill Kirk Morrison (@kirkmorrison); San Diego Charger Takeo Spikes (@TakeoSpikes51); and Washington Redskin Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth).
Recording artist Rosanne Cash (@RosanneCash); American punk rock band the Dropkick Murphys (@dropkickmurphys); American punk/electronica band Le Tigre (@letigreworld); and lead guitarist for the Foo Fighters Chris Shiflett (@ChrisShiflett71).
High-profile tweets from this weekend include:
"Make It or Break It" star Candace Cameron Bure (@CandacecBure)
I'm proud to be a #unionmember! Enjoy your labor day weekend. Giving a shout out to my union #sagmember
Television, film and Broadway star Peter Gallagher (@PeterGallagher)
Happy Labor Day! #UnionMember #SAGMember. Thanks to all who built SAG, our union, can't IMAGINE what life/work would be without you!
"Community" star Yvette Nicole Brown (@YvettenBrown)
I am PROUD to be a union member! @ScreenActors @AFTRA! Happy Labor Day weekend, everybody! @araw #unionmember http://umem.us
Recording artist Rosanne Cash (@RosanneCash)
This weekend, lots of union tweets for Labor Day. I'm a proud member of three unions. #aftramember #unionmember #AFTRA #AFM #SAG
Actor and "Pretty Little Liars" star Chad Lowe (@ichadlowe)
Happy #LaborDay! Remember this country was built on the backs of Labor! And I am proudly pro union!
"That '70s Show" star Kurtwood Smith (@tahitismith)
I've been a member of a performers union since '66 still proud .. still grateful! #aeamember #sagmember #aftramember #unionmember
American punk rock band the Dropkick Murphys (@dropkickmurphys)
How are you spending #LaborDay? Don't forget to thank a local #unionmember for their hard work this year.
Toronto right fielder & MLB home run champion Jose Bautista (@JoeyBats19)
Thanks to the @MLB_PLAYERS and all of those who paved the way so we can have our voices heard in our workplace #unionmember
Bengals quarterback Bruce Gradkowski (@bgradkowski5)
A level playing field is important in every workplace not just the #NFL. Proud to be a #unionmember this #LaborDay weekend! Please RT!
Rams running back Steven Jackson (@sj39)
As the holiday wknd approaches #LaborDay I support workers' rights and I'm proud to be a #unionmember of @NFLPA.
Falcons tight end Reggie Kelly (@ReggieKelly82)
Happy #LaborDay weekend to all #NFL fans, be safe. Praying 4 those with jobs & those who looking. I'm happy 2 be a #unionmember of @NFLPA
Stand-up comic Loni Love (@LoniLove)
Proud to be a #unionmember #actor of #sag and #aftra. Without actor unions some would be working 20 hour days with no rights #tweet-a-thon
Texas pitcher C.J. Wilson (@str8edgeracer)
Labor Day weekend is always a reminder of how lucky I am to be a #UnionMember - thanks to all the players before me that laid the groundwork
Colorado left fielder Eric Young, Jr. (@EYJr)
As a player, I have a voice in Major League Baseball. Being a #unionmember gives me that voice.
The annual Labor Day Tweet-a-Thon is a joint project of workers' rights group American Rights at Work, the MLBPA, the NFLPA, and the country's leading entertainment unions, Actors' Equity, AFTRA, SAG, and WGAE.
For more information and a complete roundup of celebrity #unionmember tweets, visit http://www.unionmember.org.
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Aston-martin Banks Exhaust Systems
Stock exhaust systems are designed simply to provide a conduit for spent gases to move from your engine to your tailpipe - no more, no less. On the other hand, aftermarket Aston-Martin Banks Exhaust Systems are engineered to maximize your engine's exhaust flow, giving you: serious horsepower and torque gains, distinctive growling exhaust tone and improved fuel economy. The problem with the factory installed exhaust systems is that they are not optimized for the best possible flow. Auto manufacturers spend much more time thinking about the shape and placement of your air vents than they do planning your exhaust pipes. An aftermarket make exhaust system will harness the potential power that your engine is wasting because of its inefficient stock exhaust.
When it comes to the improvements in the performance aftermarket exhaust systems can get you 1 or 2% overall increase in fuel economy. With an aftermarket make exhaust system you will not only feel the power increase but you will also hear it thundering and rolling around you. Nothing quite improves your vehicle's presence as a throaty, rumbling exhaust system. When you hear each and every piston firing in rapid succession, you truly comprehend the unbridled force lurking under your hood. Naturally, when you plan any upgrade to your exhaust system you must take care not to disturb existing emissions control equipment, no matter how tempting that would be.
Therefore a "cat-back" exhaust system is your best choice for your make as it would allow you to put large-diameter exhaust pipes and low-restriction performance mufflers into your exhaust system without harming the catalytic converter. With this type of system installed you would be maintaining your make within legal limits while receiving more torque and horsepower, less exhaust back-pressure, and a sportier sound.


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As entertainment and strictly as a documentary, I thought the FAB FIVE movie on ESPN last night was really good.
As a Michigan fan, I'll say what I've always said about the Fab Five: their "legacy" is one of destroying the program. Period. The reason simply making the tournament this year is such a big deal for our once proud program is a direct result of the carnage left behind by the Fab Five, who never won anything during their days at Michigan.
Furthermore, watching these guys a) show no remorse for what happened to the program as a result of their "legacy" - and even "blaming" Michigan to some extent and b) hearing them continually talk about about the money they weren't making as college athletes, was appalling and tells me not much has changed.
Put it this way, if you change the colors on the jerseys in that doc to Green and White or Scarlet and Gray, Michigan message boards - and probably this blog - would be filled with M fans today ripping them.
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Investors may want to examine some technical indicators when studying a stock. Currently, the 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) for Force Commodities Ltd (4CE.AX) is sitting at 23.18. CCI is an indicator used in technical analysis that was designed by Donald Lambert. Although it was originally intended for commodity traders to help identify the start and finish of market trends, it is frequently used to analyze stocks as well. A CCI reading closer to +100 may indicate more buying (possibly overbought) and a reading closer to -100 may indicate more selling (possibly oversold).
The 14-day ADX for Force Commodities Ltd (4CE.AX) is currently sitting at 45.22. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would indicate a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would signal a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would indicate an extremely strong trend. The ADX is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder used to determine the strength of a trend. The ADX is often used along with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of the trend.
Moving average indicators are used widely for stock analysis. Many traders will use a combination of moving averages with different time frames to help review stock trend direction. One of the more popular combinations is to use the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Investors may use the 200-day MA to help smooth out the data a get a clearer long-term picture. They may look to the 50-day or 20-day to get a better grasp of what is going on with the stock in the near-term. Narrowing in on Moving Averages, the 200-day for Force Commodities Ltd (4CE.AX) is at 0.03, the 50-day is 0.04, and the 7-day is resting at 0.05. The RSI is computed based on the speed and direction of a stock's price movement. The RSI is considered to be an internal strength indicator, not to be confused with relative strength which is compared to other stocks and indices. The RSI value will always move between 0 and 100. One of the most popular time frames using RSI is the 14-day. The 14-day RSI is presently standing at 56.39, the 7-day sits at 54.23, and the 3-day is resting at 55.95.
Investors may be watching other technical indicators such as the Williams Percent Range or Williams %R. The Williams %R is a momentum indicator that helps measure oversold and overbought levels. This indicator compares the closing price of a stock in relation to the highs and lows over a certain time period. A common look back period is 14 days. Force Commodities Ltd (4CE.AX)'s Williams %R presently stands at -50.00. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would indicate an overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would indicate an oversold situation.
Typically bull markets are times when investors may be willing to be a bit more speculative with stock selection. Managing risk is generally at the forefront of many strategies. Investors trying to shift the odds in their favor may be searching for the perfect balance and diversification to help mitigate the risk and enjoy healthier profits. With so many different stocks to choose from, it may take a while to zoom in or a particular set. Investors will also be watching the next wave of economic data to get a better sense of how the overall economy is fairing. With so much noise in the markets, it may be necessary to narrow the gaze in order to set the table for success. Investors may be on the lookout for the major catalyst that either keeps the bulls charging into the second half the year, or wakes up the sleeping bears.


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Ian Clark's On Hockey: Monarchs' Cliche stays positive despite lossesBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 05. 2013 10:00PM
Losses don't sit well with the Manchester Monarchs.
The locker room is quiet. There is no music blaring, no smiles. And no player takes it harder than captain Marc-Andre Cliche.
Now in his sixth season with Manchester and second as captain, Cliche wears the "C" with pride and carries the fortunes of his team heavily on rugged shoulders.
"It's been a hard year on him from a leadership standpoint with so many youthful skill players (on the team)," said Monarchs head coach Mark Morris. "He's used to having the (John) Zeilers and rugged guys that play the way that he's accustomed to be there with him in the leadership roles."
There are precious few veterans on the Manchester team. Assistant captains Andrew Campbell, Thomas Hickey and Rich Clune, along with David Meckler are the only other players who have been with the team for an extended time.
The Monarchs are a young team loaded with talented scorers that are rookies and second-year players.
They can score, but they also for the most part don't contribute much in the grit department. The corners, penalty killing, blocking shots, playing through pain. In short, the dirty work.
This falls to the captain and the captain does it all without complaint.
"He sees way more ice than he probably should. We lean on him in every capacity," Morris said. "He'll play hurt. He's been a warrior throughout his career for us."
Defense is always the last piece to fall in place for young players.
"It's been a struggle because he's trying to get those young players to realize the value of defense and what it takes to win in this league at this level," Morris said. "Especially now with other talented players here from the NHL (during the lockout)."
Late lapses in defense have resulted in numerous losses for the Monarchs, who played at St. John's Saturday night. One-goal leads or tied games have gone to the other team time and again and those sting Cliche.
"It's been frustrating for all the older guys. We know we're supposed to set an example and bring the team in the right direction," Cliche said. "Losing games the way we've been losing lately is so frustrating."
A second round draft pick by the New York Rangers in 2005, Cliche came to the Los Angeles Kings organization in a trade that sent notorious bad boy Sean Avery to New York in 2007.
Cliche has toiled in the AHL for 317 AHL games, second most in Monarchs franchise history to Meckler. He has been rewarded with just one NHL game, a lone glimpse at the top level back in 2010.
In many other organizations, Cliche would be a fourth line energy guy and penalty killer in the NHL.
And just when L.A. had taken notice, as Kings general manager Dean Lombardi mentioned Cliche as a player on the cusp earlier this season, the NHL has been out of commission.
But Cliche keeps grinding it out. Skating his shift and then some. His outlook for the season echoes his outlook on his career.
"We've got to stay positive," Cliche said. "We've got to move forward."
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The lights are on
More and more rumors begin to surface as we move closer to E3 this coming June.
Earlier this year, reports from Kotaku said the next Xbox will use a Blu-ray drive and lock out used games to some extent. Other reports said the hardware will mirror a PowerPC CPU married to a modified ATI Southern Islands 7000 series GPU.
However, a source told MCV the next Xbox is foregoing an optical disc drive entirely and is set for launch next holiday. Additionally, reports from last month say the next PlayStation console is codenamed Orbis and is also coming next holiday.
Today, VG247 reports the next Xbox will not only use a Blu-ray drive, it also requires a constant internet connection as an anti-piracy measure. They also say Kinect will come standard with the console. The website additionally says Sony wants to launch the next PlayStation ahead of Microsoft's console.
"Sony are completely in the belief that they have the jump on Microsoft this time," the source said. "You should be watching the timing of next year's E3 keynotes, and who's going to go first."
As for the Wii U, Nintendo is set to re-debut the console this E3. The website WiiUDaily says it obtained an internal memo from a Japanese retailer that states a potential release date for the console is November 18, 2012.
The date, assuming it's real, would line up with Nintendo's other product release windows, including the original Wii, which launched on November 19, 2006.
Both Microsoft and Sony have publicly stated there are no plans to show off new hardware at E3 2012.
I really hope a lot of these rumours for the next PlayStation and Xbox are not true, even the release window.
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Bring a covered dish or drop a donation in the basket. Attendees are asked to bring their own place settings. Entertainment will follow the pot luck, with the monthly meeting held after. Bingo will follow the meeting.


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That title was harsher than I intended...Let me start by saying that I have really and truly lovely coworkers. I am also in the latter stages of my first pregnancy at a slightly advanced age and am having a number of issues. Because folks can see me hobbling down the hall (mostly to get water, because I'm so darn thirsty!), I get a cascade of "are you alright, are you okay, need anything," etc. Because I get up about once an hour, I'm really tired of it. I also need to walk around to help with some of my issues. Frankly, I'm trying not to think about my issues and would really prefer if folks just left me alone. Any thoughts or suggestions?As an aside, I was also the OP on the refusing the baby shower thread -- it sorted itself out well, as a coworker who is also pregnant had a baby shower and folks were pleased with that. Word got around through a trusted coworker that baby showers are "not my thing," which everyone understood.
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The lights are on
If you checked the site earlier this morning, you learned that the long-dormant The Last Guardian is back in the news. It seems that we may be seeing its first official appearance in quite some time next week, and it got us thinking of the long road it's taken to get here.
June 2009 – The Last Guardian debuts via a trailer at E3.
September 2010 – New trailer debuts, and holiday 2011 release is announced
September 2010 - Fumito Ueda speaks at a TGS panel, providing details about the game
March 2011 - New gameplay details emerge
April 2011 – Ueda announces that the intended 2011 release date has been delayed
December 2011 – Confusion abounds when GameStop sends automated call stating that pre-orders have been canceled
December 2011 – Ueda departs from Team Ico, but will stay on the project as a contractor
December 2011 – Executive producer Yoshifusa Hayama leaves the project
February 2012 – Sony's Shuhei Yoshida reassures gamers that the game is still going to see release
February 2012 – Sony Santa Monica enlisted to help with development
May 2012 – Sony stays tight-lipped about the game's status, but says it's still in development
June 2012 – No details about the game are revealed at E3
August 2012 – Gamers panic about SCEA abandoning The Last Guardian's trademark, but it's a false alarm
February 2013 – Ueda (now a contributor) gives vague update on the game
June 2013 – The Last Guardian pops up on official E3 site
Fans of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus have been looking forward to Team Ico's upcoming title for some time, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that we'll learn more next week. For a look back at what the game is all about, click to the next page to read former Game Informer editor Annette Gonzalez's lengthy feature from our November 2010 issue.


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He has been feted as a noble visionary who liberated America's slaves and assailed as a die-hard racist and hypocrite. He has been hailed as the folksy embodiment of the Common Man, and both denounced and praised as a man of cold, calculating reason. He has been psychoanalyzed as a womanizer, a homosexual and a depressive. He has been accused of being passive and indecisive, canny and opportunistic, blasphemous and bigoted. In short, he has been deified, debunked, demonized and deconstructed: Honest Abe has become Abe of a Thousand Faces.She's reviewing Michael Lind's new book, "What Lincoln Believed," which she calls "a not terribly original book" with "a rather glib and unsatisfying conclusion." Lind's Lincoln is a big racist:
Mr. Lind describes Lincoln as "a lifelong segregationist and opponent of black social equality," and a "white supremacist" with a "low opinion of black intellectual abilities."
Mr. Lind rejects the notion of Lincoln's capacity for growth promoted by other historians, who have argued that this quality enabled the 16th president to transcend the racist environment of his youth. Instead, he writes that Lincoln "seems to have gone to his grave without imagining any amendments to the Constitution beyond the abolition of slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment eradicated Black Laws by preventing the restriction of black migration by individual states. However, Lincoln apparently did not envision a constitutional amendment like the Fourteenth that would create national citizenship."
If Lincoln had lived, Mr. Lind goes on, "slavery would have been abolished in every state, but the states would have retained their discretion to deny citizenship to blacks. Lincoln was willing to let the states deny the suffrage to black citizens; at most, he would 'suggest' that black citizens be subject to literacy tests and property qualifications."...
As Mr. Lind tells it, Lincoln drew a sharp distinction between abstract natural rights and practical civil rights: the first, Lincoln believed, were possessed by all human beings, while the second, in Mr. Lind's words, "were and should be limited to whites only."
"While Lincoln, like most of his white contemporaries, believed that blacks were inferior to whites," Mr. Lind writes, "he passionately rejected the idea that whites had the right to rule blacks - either as slaves or as the subjects of white colonial empires. Lincoln wanted a white-only American republic...."
The "glib and unsatisfying conclusion" is that, despite all this racism, Lincoln believed in democracy and -- in Lind's words -- "was sincere and consistent in hoping that Latin Americans, Africans and Asians, as well as Europeans, would one day live under republican governments of their own."


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Analysts believe Apple may still have time to modify the iPhone to tighten its locks before the phone is launched in Europe.
Since some European countries, such as Finland, do not allow the sale of phones that are locked to a provider, and many of the other countries have regulations that require operators to unlock the phones they sell on request, or after a certain (usually pretty short) amount of time, wouldn't Apple need to use the time they have t
I bought a computer and have the right to modify it and subsequently turn around and sell it? Amazing!
What will I do with this new-found freedom?
The issue isn't necessarily as simple as that. While I do think the DMCA is mostly crap to begin with, it's what the country is currently abiding by so it's what we have to look at.
Experts believe that AT&T and Apple will point to the DMCA's section 1201, stating that "no person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
Apple did take technological measures to assure their business agreement with AT&T was fulfilled and they do have technological measures to assure their device is not tampered with so there is actually quite a bit of room on Apple and AT&T's side for debate.
The article does make a good point though that this is si
The article does make a good point though that this is similar to car stereo manufacturers purposely producing stereos that would only work with their cars and preventing others from making such stereos. Because the carmaker was the only manufacturer of the stereo, they could charge whatever they wanted because of their forced monopoly in the market.
The case is similar because of the control circumvention, but one point the article did not point out is that case is also very different because there is no forced monopoly.
The car was the initial base cost and the stereo (when it breaks or needs replacement) was an uncompetitive and forced monopoly. In the case of AT&T, the iPhone is the base cost, but you still are given competitive rates. If AT&T began charging much more than usual rates strictly for iPhone customers, then the case would be identical, but because of other offerings it does not produce the same monopoly. If this were any other phone but the iPhone with network circumvention nobody would even care (I know because almost all phones are only made to run on one network.) Some may also argue this to be a bad business decision and plan to "liberate Apple from themselves" by hacking the iPhone, but if they made a bad decision, the best way to let them know is to not invest in their product which is already being done looking at iPhone sales.
Nevertheless, I think this case may be more of a nail-biter than most slashdotters would like to think.
I don't think this case will actually be prosecuted. I think a cease and desist letter or three would be sent, perhaps even a website take down demand but nothing much beyond that. It seems to me that there is a precedent for modification here that would polarize a whole lot more than just locked down cell phones or related technology's. What about GM telling me I can't pimp my ride? What about any other modification that expands or changes a product from the original manufacturers intention.
The DMCA prohibits circumventing technological measures that protect a copyrighted work from unauthorized duplication, not measures that protect a business agreement from becoming unprofitable.
ha haSo will Apple and AT&T's legal action deter hackers? Hardly. Individual users are already allowed to unlock their own phones under an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that the U.S. Copyright Office issued last November.
Wrong. Apple sells iPhones (through their website and retail locations). The phone isn't activated at the time of sale (it's done at home with iTunes). AT&T announced 146k activations when Apple announced 270k iphones sold. You do the math.
If not, I'll just wait for one of the Chinese knockoffs to appear at my local shopping mall in Beijing.
What constitutes a "proper" knock-off?
They've done blatant ripoffs of the Nintendo DS [youtube.com] and the PSP [youtube.com]. I'd assume you're looking for a higher quality "clone" than those things
Microsoft hasn't earned anything in about a decade.
Oh, come on. Toolbars have got to be worth something.
However, manufacturers have managed to prevent you from modding your game console after you own it, or at least prevent other people from selling you mod chips and modding services, so now it's murky.
Wouldn't Ford love to only have you put Genuine Ford Advantage replacement parts in your car? They can't. Nor can they force you to only buy Ford approved gasoline from licensed dealers.
Yet Apple can't prevent you from putting non-iTMS purchased music into your iPod -- although that's probably because you'd never have bought the iPod if you couldn't rip your own albums and play them in it.
So what can, and cannot, Apple and AT&T do here? Besides scaring off potential unlockers, whatever the courts are willing to allow them to get away with. Clearly these days, there is no bright shining line of what's allowed, and what isn't.
Loan your new CD to your friend to listen to and the RIAA probably won't come knocking. Let him get the tracks through KaZaA and you may have an ugly time of it. Nobody knows the real rules any longer!
Genuine Ford Advantage
Dear driver, you might be using a counterfeit engine. Contact Ford immediately to verify that your engine is indeed a real one, and not some piece of cardboard with "VROOM" written on it. Keep your credit card handy. You will have to wait at least 5 seconds every time you want to start your car, and every now and then your windshield wipers will pop up into view to remind you that your honestly purchased car may not contain a true Ford engine.
To me, this seems like an issue that could be an important legal precedent, but that, in practice, should be a non-issue for individual users. Realistically, why should Apple care, considering that this is unlikely ever to get popular? The percentage of people modding their iphones like this is likely to be about as big as the percentage of people buying a mac so they can run Yellow Dog Linux. To make that percentage even smaller, Apple can announce that they refuse to give you support if you modify the pho
This product is not "merely" a phone, and the success of conventional unlocking techniques can't be relied upon indefinitely. Just look at the multitude of copy-protection (i.e. anti-interoperability) techniques that various industries are legally allowed to implement (even legitimized by laws like DMCA) and you will get some whiff of the disgusting things that Apple could put into a software update.
Sure, workarounds for these things will happen, but it won't exactly be easy, and it'll keep the users who take advantage of them at a disadvantage for purposes of (legitimate) software maintenance.
There's considerable precedent for the law allowing phone owners to use their phones however they wish, so I don't think that is worth worrying about.
If you want to worry about phones, the real issue is that you don't know what they're doing. [com.com] I think that phones are going to become THE poster-child for the risks of proprietary software, in a way that makes concerns about desktop operating systems, printer drivers, etc, seem trivial and superficial. The need for open and trustworthy phones is extreme, even if Joe Schmoe doesn't get it yet -- and the government is helping us quite a bit these days, in revealing that urgency.
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Plandai Chief Executive Officer Roger Duffield commented, "As a management team, we felt it necessary to differentiate the purely pharmaceutical operations from our farming, production and nutraceutical business. Taking our Phytofare™ extracts and seeking FDA clearance to market them to treat specific diseases brings unique challenges and requires an entirely different focus. The creation of Phyto Pharmacare, which will operate under a license from Plandai, enables that division to focus on specific drug targets and take our products through the various stages of clinical trials and FDA approval."
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Mr. Duffield explained, "Malaria is one of great plagues that still kills way too many people, most of whom are children and the elderly located in some of the poorest and most remote areas of the world where access to life-saving medicine is either unaffordable or unavailable. With drug-resistant strains of the parasite now spreading across Asia, we could soon be facing a pandemic. The catechins found in green tea are well documented for their anti-malarial properties, but low human bioavailability (absorption) has limited its effectiveness as a drug. We believe that the high bioavailability of our Phytofare™ extract will finally yield a suitable drug for treating not only malaria but also other blood-borne parasitic infections."
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It is important to know and recognize the warning signs of pediatric sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which if not treated in minutes, can result in cardiac death.
In a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), "Pediatric Sudden Cardiac Arrest," in the April 2012 Pediatrics (published online on March 26), the AAP provides guidance to pediatricians on underlying cardiac conditions that may predispose youth to SCA.
Symptoms in patients with structural/functional or electrical disorders are common before SCA, and can include dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, and/or seizure. Although SCA can occur at very young ages and at rest, athletic participation increases the risk for those with underlying cardiac disorders.
It is estimated that as many as 2,000 young adults under the age of 25 will die of SCA each year, though the actual number is not totally clear. This also points to the need for a SCA registry in order to gain a better understanding of some of the nuances with regard to SCA. However, because many cardiac disorders are known to be genetic, the evaluation of family members, even if asymptomatic, is a critical step in the overall diagnosis of disorders predisposing to pediatric and young adult SCA.
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Lenovo To Take Over Packard Bell
Its shares, which have seesawed since the firm released a strong set of quarterly earnings, stood 2 percent higher on Wednesday in a stronger market after the firm revealed it hoped to buy rival Packard Bell to strengthen its European operation.
If successful, the deal would allow the Chinese giant to quickly grab market share in a region where it is ranked sixth and barely profitable, while it continues to digest and revive a global PC business bought from IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in 2005.
But it could expose the firm to an intense battle for consumers with the likes of Dell Inc (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Hewlett Packard (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and aggressive Acer Inc (2353.TW: Quote, Profile, Research).
"It's like a cardiac stimulant. It will help Lenovo to guarantee growth, especially in Europe," said JP Morgan analyst Charles Guo. "And it should help them maintain their global No. 3 PC vendor position."
Lenovo, just starting to turn around its U.S. operations, said on Tuesday it was in exclusive talks to buy PC maker Packard Bell BV -- which IDC estimates ranks ninth in global PC sales with 2 percent market share -- from owner John Hui.
One of a handful of Chinese companies trying to forge a global brand by investing abroad, it dropped to fourth globally in the first three months of 2007 but reclaimed the No. 3 spot from Acer a quarter later, riding an upswell of corporate demand.
To drive sales to consumers, the company now plans to launch a range of notebooks in January and desktops in March or April.
Most analysts would not be drawn so soon on Packard Bell's price tag or on the bottom-line impact if a deal goes through.
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We believe that mere movement is life, and that the more velocity it has, the more it expresses vitality.Rabindranath Tagore
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.Herman Hesse
In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of its simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.Dag Hammarskjold
City life is millions of people being lonesome together.Henry David Thoreau
A large city cannot be experientially known; its life is too manifold for any individual to be able to participate in it.Aldous Huxley
The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.Charles Baudelaire
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury--to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for every one, best for both the body and the mind.Albert Einstein
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.Dalai Lama
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.Charles Dudley Warner
A lot of words in English confuse the idea of life and electricity, like the word livewire.Laurie Anderson
An individual's self-concept is the core of his personality. It affects every aspect of human behavior: the ability to learn, the capacity to grow and change. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success in life.Dr. Joyce Brothers
City life is millions of people being lonesome together.Henry David Thoreau
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." "In God's wildness lies the hope of the world - the great fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness." "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." "Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to hear the wind and little else, see the stars and the galaxies, smell the pine trees, feel the cold water, touch the sky and the ground at the same time, listen to coyotes, eat the fresh snow, walk across the desert sands, and realize why its good to go outside of the city and the suburbs. Fortunately, there is wilderness just outside the limits of the cities and the suburbs in most of the United States, especially in the West."John Muir
For there are some people who can live without wild things about them and the earth beneath their feet, and some who cannot. To those of us who, in a city, are always aware of the abused and abased earth below the pavement, walking on the grass, watching the flight of birds, or finding the first spring dandelion are the rights as old and unalienable as the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We belong to no cult. We are not Nature Lovers. We don't love nature any more than we love breathing. Nature is simply something indispensable, like air and light and water, that we accept as necessary to living, and the nearer we can get to it the happier we are.Louise Dickinson Rich†
Possessions, outward success, publicity, LUXURY -- to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mindAlbert Einstein
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.Dalai Lama
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trustHenry David Thoreau
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.Katherine F. Gerould
The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, Seek simplicity and distrust itAlfred North Whitehead
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your lifeWinston Churchill
The universal Law of Attraction states that we draw to us those people, events, and circumstances that match our inner state of being. In other words, we attract experiences that are consistent with our beliefs. If we believe that there is plenty of love in the world and we are worthy of giving and receiving that love, we will attract a different quality of relationships than someone who believes in scarcity or feels unworthy of happiness. If we believe the world is a loving and friendly place, then most of the time that will be our experience. If we believe the world is a chaotic, stressful, and fearful place, then eventually that will become our reality. So, believing and knowing that your soulmate is out there is a critical first step in the formula for manifesting him or her into your life.Arielle Ford


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On The Hill Receives Arline Custer Memorial Award
On the Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College, written by Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman, received the 2012 Arline Custer Memorial Award for books from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC). The award was presented on Oct. 27 in Richmond, Va.
On the Hill follows the origins of Hamilton College and its interaction with local, regional and national history. The book details the college's inception by the Reverend Samuel Kirkland in 1793, to its N.Y. State charter in 1812, to its status as a top liberal arts college in the modern day. Isserman follows many of the faculty and students who have lived at Hamilton and created its vibrant community. On the Hill is the first history of Hamilton College written since 1962, and honors the school's bicentennial.
The Arline Custer Award for books honors the best books – typically archives, monographs, narratives and other reference works – written or compiled across Virginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The books must include historical information written well, impeccably researched, and presented clearly. Past winners include MICA: Making History/Making Art, published 2010 by Maryland Institute College of Arts and written by Douglas L. Frost, and The Good Education of Youth, published by Oak Noll Press and University of Pennsylvania Libraries 2009 and written by John H. Pollack.
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By Brendan Conway
A tough day for precious-metals investors just got tougher. The release of the January meeting minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy committee show that — How about that! — members of the Fed share many of the same worries that drive investors to own gold.
Namely, that it could be hard to reel in all this liquidity, which itself may end up contributing to instability in financial markets. See the excerpt from Dow Jones Newswires below.
The irony for precious-metals investors is that this may mean the Fed will curb its expansionary monetary policy sooner than expected. So, traders are driving the price of gold and related assets even lower.
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is at session lows, falling 2.3%. iShares Silver Trust (SLV) isn't getting a break either, off 3.5%. Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) is down 3.8% and Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is down 4.1%.
DJ FOMC Minutes: Several Officials Say Fed Should Be Ready to Vary Pace of Asset Purchases
–FOMC Minutes: Pace of asset purchases could change with economic outlook, evaluation of purchases
–FOMC: One official wants to vary purchases "incrementally" from meeting to meeting
–FOMC: A number say Fed might taper, end purchases before job market substantially improved
By Victoria McGrane
Federal Reserve officials expressed growing unease with the central bank's easy-money policies at its latest policy meeting and some suggested the Fed might need to pull them back before the job market is fully back to normal.
Minutes released Wednesday of the Fed's Jan. 29-30 policy meeting showed that officials worried the central bank's easy-money policies could lead to instability in financial markets and might be hard to pull back in the future. The Fed plans to evaluate how the programs are doing at its next meeting March 19 and 20.
Several officials said that the Fed should be prepared to vary the pace of its asset purchases, depending on how the economy performs and its analysis of the costs and benefits of the program, according to the minutes. Some Fed officials suggested the Fed may need to alter its stated course to continue the bond-buying programs until the job market improves "substantially," a threshold it hasn't defined.
"A number of participants stated that an ongoing evaluation of the efficacy, costs, and risks of asset purchases might well lead the Committee to taper or end its purchases before it judged that a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market had occurred," the minutes stated. The minutes don't identify participants by name, or specify how many officials expressed a particular view beyond terms such as "a few" or "several." …


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If you can't get a bank loan, is an SBA (Small Business Administration) loan the answer?
Five years ago, Kristin Heaton Peabody needed $236,000 to start Hiatus Spa, while Lauren Milligan needed $25,000 to boost her eight-year-old business, ResuMAYDAY.
Both applied for SBA loans. They each submitted a business plan, three years of P&Ls and personal and federal income tax returns, and more.
Kristin's loan required a 20% capital injection, for which she cashed out $30,000 from her 401K; her partners contributed another $30,000. But, the longer-term financing and smaller down payments made it worthwhile. Last year, they took out another SBA loan to expand from Dallas to Austin.
Lauren, however, turned down her SBA loan ("prime plus one or two points" plus monthly processing fees) and opted instead for a second home equity line of credit (prime with no extra points and a tax deduction).
Not everyone has home equity, but Lauren encourages business owners to look into other options, like personal loans, before going the SBA route. "When they're your only solution it's great," she says. "But you may find other routes that will be simpler and less expensive."
Take the money and run. Have you looked into business or SBA loans?
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"In a Library Journal item posted today, reporter Michael Kelley writes that Random House—one of the so-called Big Six publishers, don't forget—has made a rather stunning proclamation in regards to their sales of e-books to libraries. The following quotes are the words of Skip Dye, Random House's vice president of library and academic marketing and sales, who participated in two recent interviews with Kelly:
"When libraries buy their RH, Inc. ebooks from authorized library wholesalers," says Skip Dye, Random House's vice president of library and academic marketing and sales, "it is our position that they own them."
"This is our business model: we sell copies of our ebooks to an approved list of library wholesalers, and those wholesalers are supposed to resell them to libraries. In our view, this purchase constitutes ownership of the book by the library. It is not a license."
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Where to go from here...
For the next 2 weeks, I'm sort of in a holding pattern in terms of confirming my race schedule. The reason being is I've entered the Massanutten Mountain 100 miler lottery, and the results won't be posted until Dec. 12. I'm hoping to get into that race and avenge my DNF from this past May. Once I find out if I'm in/out, the rest of my schedule will fall into place. I really want to be able to focus 100% on this race if I get in. With relatively easy access to the course from DC, I'll be sure to get out there an hammer those trails until they're as familiar as the roof of my mouth. I really really really want to get back out there and erase the bad feelings I have from dropping last time.
If I don't get into Massanutten, I'll most likely set up a completely different training/racing schedule and focus on the Virginia 24 Hour Run for Cancer in April (date TBA). This run has obvious charitable appeal to me, and I'm hoping I'll be able to use the results to qualify for the 2010 24 Hour National Team. Since the course is only about 3 hours from DC, I'll also be able to check it out and ensure another Ultra Centric course fiasco doesn't occur. If it turns out that the Virgina course isn't certified/applicable for qualifying (I'm not sure who to check with, but I'll figure it out), I might end up heading out to the Cornbelt 24 Hour run in Iowa to qualify there. Obviously I'd rather stay local, but I'll go where I need to in order to achieve this goal.
Regardless of what my focus race is for the spring, I'll be mixing in some shorter races into my training schedule for sure. In March I'll be doing something I honestly didn't think I'd ever do again when I toe the line at the National Marathon here in DC. The reason I'm running this "regular" marathon is simply to log an official qualifying time for the Boston Marathon in 2010 - I'll need that Boston number to pull off my big charity event for that year. The plan right now is to run the marathon course 4 times in an row, with the last time being in the official race. More details will obviously follow, but first things first, I'll use the National Marathon course as a convenient qualifier since the course runs literally 1 block from my house.
I'm also hoping to get into the Bull Run 50 miler in April, but if that lottery doesn't work out for me, I'll be happy to volunteer on race day with my fellow VHTRC members. On that note, I'm also looking forward to offering up my pacing/crewing skills at a couple other races this spring. If I don't get into Massanutten as a runner, I'll certainly volunteer to pace/crew for anyone who needs me. I know that course well enough to help out any level runner out there. Depending on my schedule, I hope to offer up my pacing services for the Umstead 100 miler as well since I won't be running it myself this year.
All in all, I'm getting pretty excited for the Spring already...but until those Massanutten lottery results are posted, I have no option but to be just as excited for another slice of pie. Mmm!
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- WVmtnrunr said...
Good luck in the lottery. I tossed my name into the hat as well. We might have to meet up for a trainer on the course if we're both "lucky".
-- Adam
- December 1, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Dan Rose said...
I'll probably plan a half-dozen training trips out there if I get in. I'll definitely keep you posted on those dates as I'd love the company.
If I don't get in, I'll be happy to pace/crew for you if you need the help. Not much room for improvement on a 3rd place finish for you, but I'd love to be part of the team that helped push you even higher up in the standings. You've definitely got the talent and heart to win this thing!
- December 1, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- WVmtnrunr said...
Thanks Dan. I hope we both are running the race.
I've enjoyed following your running this year and your blog. You've had some AMAZING accomplishments. I can't wait to see what lies ahead.
-- Adam
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I just received an email notice and flyer from the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The notice read:
The Center for Okinawan Studies Lecture Series resumes with a talk by Dr. Alfred Yama Kina on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 3 pm in Moore Hall 319. Dr. Kina received his PhD in folklore studies from Indiana University in 2006. He will be speaking about his observations/experiences living in Shuri, the old capital of the kingdom of Ryukyu. Please see the attached flyer for details.Here is a link to the flyer (pdf format).
I am going to try to attend. Dr. Kina is also a licensed Okinawan dance instructor, and studied in Hawaii with Kikue Kaneshiro.
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Negative. Kinect a regular camera and an IR range camera. The IR range camera can figure out the depth based on IR returns, but it can't see anything from any additional angles making it just as fixed as stereoscopy.
Nor can the camera in the article. They keep talking about "being able to see the scene from any point", but that's a load of bullshit. All they've done is combined a 360 camera array (what Street View does) with stereoscopic vision (what regular 2-camera 3D does) to get a 360 view with depth information. So now you can look around in a scene in 3D, but you can't change your position. The camera still sees the scene only from one viewpoint, it's just that it has a full hemispherical field of view plus depth/3D info. Cool? Yes, but hardly a breakthrough, and definitely nothing like what they claim it does.
If the camera can't see something because it is obscured by another object, then it can't see it, period. The camera has a bit more info due to the use of multiple lenses somewhat offset from each other, but that's just like regular stereoscopic vision, and your viewpoint is still severely limitedd. You can do a better job of 3D scene reconstruction with three or four Kinects in different places than with this, since then you can actually obtain several perspectives simultaneously and merge them into a more complete 3D model of the scene.
Seriously, Slashdot can't handle the degree sign either? That's ISO-8859-1 for fuck's sake, not even one of the weirder Unicode characters.
Doesn't work with HTML codes [ascii.cl] either, I tried writing it as ° and as ° and it didn't work with either one
"Nor can the camera in the article."
Nor does the article discuss how the "3D" images are to be viewed, beyond a very vague "...which is no longer limiting thanks to the 3D reconstruction."
Holograms? Those stupid-fucking glasses? A planetarium (that would actually make the most sense)?
Ah, but you see, the Kinects *know* what pattern to expect (they correlate with a known pattern) and ignore extraneous data, so in practice the interference between two or three kinects is minimal and only results in a few scattered small "holes" (that you fill in with data from the other device). I didn't think it would work at first, but, in fact, it does.
So not only is the camera not genuine, it also is not a genuine story.
the camera has a bit more info due to the use of multiple lenses somewhat offset from each other, but that's just like regular stereoscopic vision, and your viewpoint is still severely limitedd.
It doesn't have to be like regular steroscopic vision. The clever bit wouldn't be so much in the camera positions.
It would be in the image/scene processing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9793272-39.html [cnet.com]
See the video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu31XWUxSkA [youtube.com]
Based on both videos, Adobe's tech looks more impressive to me. And they did that years before.
If you placed sevral of these in a stadium with high end figial camers you could emulate a full #D experience. Sure you could hife spots if you wished, but for enterprainment and mapping it would be pretty awesome. Of course the software would have to be able to handle the input from multiple locations and corrlate the data between them, but syill yjay would be amazing.
Where do you get the idea that having a bunch of camera looking outward from a single point will be any more effective at doing 3D than 2 cameras set up to do stereoscopy? (let's assume no other differences here)
This thing can't magically look around corners just because it's looking outward at different angles.
(and yes, I know that this thing is using software to compute the distance of objects, but that isn't anything new. We've been able to do the same thing with two images for a long time)
Have you seen the video of two Kinects rendering a 3d object? as long as one sees it then you have some of the 3d info.
Kinect is not exactly a ranging camera, it is based on structured light processing. There are 3 types of classifications in 3D cameras -
1. Stereoscopic - the most prevalent kind, meant for human vision
2. Time of flight - these are true IR ranging cameras that get depth information from the time the light takes to reflect off the object. Mostly used for machine vision since it provides true depth numerically for each pixel.
3. Structured light - The shine a patterned light out and analyze the way the light di
What about the 2-kinects video where the scene was shown from the viewpoint of a non-existant camera located somewhere between the two kinects?
What about the 2-kinects video where the scene was shown from the viewpoint of a non-existant camera located somewhere between the two kinects?
Synthesizing depth information from the differences in simultaneous stereographic images sufficient to produce images from any point between the cameras that took the stereographic images is something that was done in software (and available in lots of consumer packaged software, though I don't think any of it was particularly popular) long before Kinect (I first saw
Not by default. But it can be arranged [youtube.com].
One of the major problems with today's 3d technology is that the brain of the viewer is used to a specific distance between the eyes. If the distance between the camera lenses of a 3d camera is not the same as the distance between the eyes, your brain will generate a distorted depth image (to shallow, too deep) and you might end up with a major headache (as some experiences). Not to mention that tele/wide lenses causes additional problems of the same nature. To represent a movie that was correct and natural
of Stereoscopic....it's polyscopic? I dunno...this still seems like more of the same.
Unless it's doing a lot of moving around, it's just stereoscopic on steroids. If it stays in a fixed position, even though it has more than two cameras, all the objects are at fixed points. Until it can accurately judge the height, width and depth of an object without faking it in reconstruction, or making an educated guess - it's just more of the same. Humans suffer from the same limitations, but they fix this by moving the viewpoint around until a coherent 3D image is constructed.
Unless you have cameras
I never knew I was using such worthless vision capabilities until now.
I do hope to upgrade to the far superior bug eyes which will allow me truly see in three dimensions.
I do hope to upgrade to the far superior bug eyes which will allow me truly see in three dimensions.
Wouldn't that really require a phased array?
Yeah I can't see any difference between this and a fish-eye lens with a lat/long transform applied to it.
Two Canon 5Ds with 8mm lenses a foot apart would be considerably more effective and cover the same FOV.
The summary and article make it seem like this is some revolutionary *3D* device. It isn't. What it does to create 3D imagery has been around for a long long time (done in software, perhaps on a dedicated chip). The only newsworthy thing about this is that it can do very large panoramas.
...you still have your work cut out for you, blade runner.
We should use the appropriate terminology: light fields. A traditional camera captures a point sample of a light field: you see a correct image from 1 point of view. A hologram captures a 2D planar sample of a light field: you see a correct image from any perspective that looks through the film (as if it's a window). To capture a volume sample of a lightfield is not really possible (at least, not at the same instant in time), since that requires having a sensor be placed everywhere in the volume, and of
Does anybody know what the problem with true holographic cameras is? High power pulse lasers are available. What would the requirements be for a sensor to record the interference pattern?
It sounds like this is a combination of the Kinect and the Google Street View or yellowBird [yellowbird...eality.com] camera. It had to read the article and watch the video twice, because initially it sounded like they were promising more than this could do. Turning a town or campus into a 3D model for a game sounds quite doable; you just need to move the camera around a ton as it records. As for getting a different perspective at a concert, he said you need several cameras. If you have a lot, then yeah, I can see a smooth perspecti
TFA gets it wrong, too... Sure, it may be great for immersive experiences, but it doesn't even address the question of 3D. For that, we are still stuck with holograms.
I'd mod you up if I had mod points. So I can only dump my comments mired with frustration here.
Of course, what the shit is 360 degrees here? On a plane you have 360 degrees. You can draw them on a simple exercise book from your school days. Though, those so-called scientists, being engineers, ought to know the basics of undergrad engineering: a sphere has 4 times pi. And their camera doesn't. Look at the photo of the original article, it is a hemisphere. No way to see the nadir of the 'dark' half. In princi
Bullshit. This is not genuine 3D. This is just stereovision using a lot of cameras demonstrated by a guy with a 'orrible french accent that talks a lot about what could be done but in fact they do not even come close to what this other guy built in a fraction of the time using a MS Kinect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-w7UXCAUJE [youtube.com]
That video also makes it very clear why the fantasies of the french guy will never come true. At least not with that camera.
this is bad advertisement. And timothy ought not have posted it.
As someone who has worked in stereoscopic research, there is nothing new to it in this 'development'. Except, of course, maybe the brute force real-time stitching of the images. The idea to arrange a multitude of cameras on a half-sphere has grown a beard over decades.
Worse, there is not much of a difference between a traditional '3D'-view (which isn't, actually, 3D), and this arrangement. A quarter century ago some chaps had a somewhat functio
this is bad advertisement. And timothy ought not have posted it.
Right. It's 3D from stereoscopy, not a depth camera. The baseline between imagers is small, so it won't have much depth resolution for distant objects. Note that while the video shows outdoor scenes, it doesn't show depth information for them.
Now the Advanced Scientific Concepts flash LIDAR [advancedsc...ncepts.com] is a real time of flight depth camera, a 128 x 128 pixel LIDAR. With a real time of flight device, depth resolution stays constant with distance, as
This is inverse 3D... instead of what we want to see from all the possible points of view, we have what is around the camera.in a plain view
I prefer the approach of the cameras surrounding the action in the first Trinity scene in Matrix.
It seems to me that 3 flying cameras surrounding the scene should be able to capture practically any scene in 3D (4D, really, including time - though time might be a fractional dimension since it seems to move only forward).
This news is 2 weeks old. I saw this very same video on youtube while I was searching for 3d cameras some two weeks ago. Was just curious as to what format the 3d cameras, if there are any, were storing their images in...
I have been waiting for 3d cameras to arrive for a long time now. Was imagining something that will probably shoot some kind of lasers may be, into the scene and capture the depth of the objects that I point to and reconstruct the scene in 3d. I don't think the camera in this video is porta
This was done years ago with two 360 degree panorama cams. The two spherical panoramic images gave reasonably convincing 3D imaging for a field of view of at least 160 degrees. This means you could dart your eyes anywhere in this field of view with acceptable results. To render subjects outside of this field of view, you had to reformat the subject at a particular area to match the two images well enough to allow viewing. This allowed viewing out to a FOV of nearly 180 degrees. Two pics. A bit of simple sof
Because all the camera focal points are approximately at the same location, the images can be stitched together in software to create a full hemispherical view. This is essentially the same type of snapshot that is used in Google street view, and allows you to look in different directions.
In order to change position, however, requires depth information. Because the focal points are not EXACTLY at the same location, it is theoretically possible to estimate depth, although the practical reality is that the
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The 2013 Capitol Christmas Tree, an 88-foot-tall Engelmann spruce from Colville National Forest in northeast Washington State, is lifted from a flat bed truck as it arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The tree will be decorated with over 5,000 homemade ornaments and lit in early December. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS