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MarketsandMarkets Presents Hardware Encryption Market Forecast up to $166.67 Billion by 2018 http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html
According to the new market research report " Hardware Encryption Market - By Algorithms (AES, RSA), Architectures (FPGA, ASIC), Products (Hard Disk Drives, USB Drives and In-Line Encryptors), Applications, Verticals and Geography – Analysis & Forecast (2013 – 2018)" , the total market is expected to reach roughly $166.67 billion by 2018, growing at an explosive CAGR of 62.17% for the period of 2013 to 2018. Browse >> 126 market data tables 58 figures 337 pagesand in-depth TOC on "Hardware Encryption Market" http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html Early buyers will receive 10% customization of reports.
Encryption of data is a process of converting it into a form, where it becomes unintelligible to any person without access to a key/password to decrypt the data. The two forms of encryption that exist currently are the hardware-based encryption and software based encryption. The major difference between hardware encryption and software encryption is that in hardware encryption, the encryption and decryption processes are done by a dedicated processor on the hardware encrypted device. In software encryption, the resources of the device on which the software is installed, are used for the encrypting and decrypting the data. This makes hardware encryption much faster. Another advantage of hardware encryption is that the cryptographic key is stored in a separate inaccessible portion of memory storage, thus making it more secure than software encryption. http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html
Currently the cost of adding hardware encryption capability to storage products is still slightly high ($ 20-30, on an average). Also, the flooding in Thailand and the earthquake in Japan in 2011 pushed the prices of all hard disk drives up in 2012. This was mainly because all the top players in the digital storage industry have manufacturing plants in the APAC region, especially in Thailand. Thus a demand-supply imbalance caused a drastic rise in the average selling price of hard disk drives in 2012. Such external factors have delayed the adoption and wide spread deployment of hardware encrypted products. The hardware encryption market is on the road to recovery and the product prices are starting to come down again and this is driving the market forward. The global hardware encryption market revenue is expected to reach $14.86 billion by end of 2013. It is also expected to grow to $166.67 billion in 2018 at a CAGR of 62.17%. Similarly, volumes are estimated to grow from roughly 59.76 million units to 691.79 million units in 2018 at a CAGR of 63.20%. http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html
This growth is heralded by the consumer electronics applications market for hardware encryption products. The hardware encryption applications in the Military Defense and Aerospace (MDA) applications sector is also expected to grow rapidly in the coming five years. The Total addressable market (TAM) revenue for hardware encrypted hard disk drives is estimated to grow from $48.57 billion in 2013 to $146.37 billion in 2018. Thus, the market penetration of hardware encrypted HDDs into this TAM stands at 20.07% in 2013 and is expected to grow to 69.05% by 2018. The rapid adoption of hardware encryption is expected in the near future. The TAM revenue for hardware encrypted USB drives is estimated to grow from $6.82 billion in 2013 to $19.14 billion in 2018. The market penetration of hardware encrypted USB drives into this TAM stands at 33.17% in 2013 and is expected to grow to 63.81% by 2018. The TAMs have been calculated by the addition of the TAMs for each of the respective application markets. http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html
When geographical markets North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Rest of the World are considered, APAC has the major share in the market with expected revenue of roughly $5.15 billion in 2013. The CAGR of the market's primary base - APAC, for the period 2013 to 2018 is calculated to be 58.40%. Europe and North America are the fastest growing regions, with expected CAGRs of 64.03% and 63.69% respectively from 2013 to 2018, due to the major growth spurts expected in the consumer electronics sector in the developing countries in this region. The major players in this market are Seagate Technology PLC (U.S.), Toshiba Corporation (Japan), Western Digital Corporation (U.S.), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (South Korea), Micron Technology, Inc. (U.S.), SanDisk Corporation (U.S.), Kingston Technology Corporation (U.S.), Imation Corporation (U.S.) and so on. http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/hardware-based-encryption-systems-market-1115.html
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Cyclist Memorials: The Andrew Project
Image credit: Graham Hill
For a number of weeks the walls, hoardings, abandoned windows and parking receipt machines of Toronto have been covered with enigmatic posters of a young man, labelled "Andrew." It turns out they are a kind of transatlantic memorial to a dead bicyclist, Andrew Mackenzie Hull, architect and film-maker, killed in London in a bicycle accident in May.
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David Topping writes in the Torontoist:
The posters were made by Shaan Syed, an artist and Hull's long-time partner. Hull, a filmmaker among other things, had been finishing a thriller called Siren in London, [UK] where the two lived together, when he died.
Syed explains the purpose of the project to Torontoist:
"As an artist it seemed a natural way for me to pay tribute to Andrew, but also to raise questions around ideas of absence versus presence," Syed told Torontoist. "The project is indeed a direct tribute to Andrew and a performance or exercise in public grieving, yet the tribute is so much more as well. It's a tribute to a punk DIY mentality, to a questioning of advertising and the image. It's a rejection of clarity, information, and answers, and an embracing of ambiguity and the idea of not knowing." (That's regardless, he explains later, of whether some people now know who the "Andrew" is, and who put his face around Toronto.) "It's an experiment in memory, time, and permanence. It's an examination of geography and gentrification, vandalism and beautification. It's a celebration of city textures and derelict back alleys. In all of this, for me it is a tribute. "
Cyclist memorials are usually more anonymous, such as the Ghost Bikes that have become common in urban centers. The Andrew Project is everywhere, and it is tough.
More in Torontoist.
More on Andrew Hull in the Globe and Mail
Cyclist Memorials:
Taking Back the Streets: Cyclist Memorials
Ghost Bikes: A Memorial to Cyclists : TreeHugger
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HEADING into the shopping frenzy of Thanksgiving week, Kohl's is featuring one of its collection celebrities, Jennifer Lopez, in a social media campaign involving a series of commercials that will air during the American Music Awards on Sunday.
The campaign, called "Choose Your Own Black Friday," shows Ms. Lopez preparing for her performance on the awards show and will let viewers use Twitter to vote in real time on the outcomes of her route to the stage. Beginning on Thursday, a social media campaign will try to build anticipation for Ms. Lopez's adventure and draw viewers to the accompanying website, getjenniferthere.com, which will serve as an additional place where viewers can vote.
The series of commercials begins when Ms. Lopez's limousine gets caught in a traffic jam, as a text from her manager asking where she is prompts her to jump through the sun roof to escape traffic and arrive at the show on time.
She is confronted with two options — run over the roof top of every car on the road — in sleek stilettos no less — or hitch a ride with a man on a moped who happens to be driving through the traffic. Viewers get to choose her route, by voting via Twitter using the hashtag #JLoHitch for the moped option or #JLoRoofRun. The votes will determine the next commercial that airs during the show.
Subsequent videos allow viewers to choose whether Ms. Lopez should climb through a tunnel (#JLoTunnel) or create an explosive device to escape being locked in a control room (#JLoJailBreak). Another spot asks viewers to choose whether Ms. Lopez uses the paparazzi to help her get to her dressing room (#JLoUseThem) or whether she hides from them (#JLoLoseThem).
Throughout the spots, Ms. Lopez plugs Kohl's and various items from her clothing and accessories collection at Kohl's, including a line of jewelry called JLove that will also have its debut this week.
"I want people at their Thanksgiving dinner saying, 'Wow did you see what Kohl's did?' " said Michelle Gass, the chief customer officer at Kohl's. "It's not just traditional broadcast anymore. It's thinking about how the world is engaging with and consuming media today. It's entertainment meets engagement."
Votes will be tallied during the awards show and the chosen spots will be broadcast during the commercial breaks. After the final commercial, Ms. Lopez will perform at the awards show.
Ms. Lopez has had a longstanding relationship with Kohl's. In 2011 she announced a clothing collection under her name that included intimate apparel, active wear, accessories and home décor.
"We're always trying to think of new and interesting things to do that involve the consumer," Ms. Lopez said. "Everything is so interactive these days that you have to find new ways to connect with who you want to connect with."
Ms. Lopez described the commercials as "little action comedy moments that are based in reality."
"I can't tell you how many times I've been going to an awards show and gotten stuck in traffic," she said.
Kohl's worked with the advertising agency Peterson Milla Hooks to create the campaign featuring Ms. Lopez as well as additional holiday-themed television commercials. One spot, called "Surprise," aired nationally on Nov. 11 and features a young couple decorating the apartment of an elderly neighbor in her absence, using Christmas decorations from Kohl's. A second holiday spot will be revealed on Sunday.
"The brand message is very much using the emotion of the holidays, giving gifts or having family over, doing charitable things or being conscious of the world around us," said Ryan G. Boekelheide, an account director at Peterson Milla Hooks.
Ms. Gass, who was a senior executive at Starbucks before coming to Kohl's, said that in addition to advertising, the retailer had been expanding its product lines to include categories like beauty, toys and electronics with brands like Beats by Dre and Sony. According to data from Kantar Media, a unit of WPP, Kohl's spent $357 million on marketing and advertising in 2012, including $129.2 million in the fourth quarter alone. The company is expected to increase the amount it spent on Black Friday marketing last year by 20 percent in 2013.
Geri Wang, the president of sales at ABC, said the effort was a first for the network. "It's the first time for us working with a client in real time on how the creative is being portrayed inside a live show, completely controlled by the biggest fans and the Kohl's customer base." Ms. Wang added that the network was having "much more creative conversations" with their clients about more ambitious and integrated forms of advertising and marketing.


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Leveraging Emerging Barcode Scanner Trends
One trend that I've been seeing with barcode scanner manufacturers is offering end-users the ability to affordably upgrade devices to enable PDF and 2D bar code scanning—at the time of purchase or as scanning needs evolve. How is this achieved without having to purchase additional hardware (i.e. new barcode scanners)?
By providing licensing options and "locking" certain features, manufacturers can control the out-of-the-box feature set of their hardware offerings. For example, both Janam and Honeywell provide barcode readers at a certain, lower price point. These readers are for typical scanning applications that require simple 1D bar code functionality. If a year or so goes by and a particular end user's requirements change due to growth or picking up a new customer who now requires 2D barcode scanning, that end user can continue to use their existing scanners---but they will pay a fee for licensing that will "unlock" or upgrade to the 2D feature as the need arises.
This new trend results in lower manufacturing costs, a reduction in inventory and number of products, and hence a reduction in marketing costs. In short, it cuts out some redundancies and increases profits. Of course, the other side of the coin has the potential of decreasing profits over the long run—the licensing option will almost certainly result in less hardware purchases from some end-users, who may have otherwise simply upgraded to new hardware.
What about the possible ramifications for end users? When requirements change and the need to upgrade arises, will end users be grateful that they only have to pay for licensing to unlock features, or will they feel they've already made the purchase, and are being taken advantage of? I suppose this depends on the end-user, their perception of their existing hardware, and the actual cost of upgrading vs. paying to unlock features.
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Speaker Notes: These recommendations are advisory in nature and informational in content.
It is not a new standard or regulation and do not create any new legal obligations nor alters existing obligations created by OSHA standards or the OSH Act.
Pursuant to the OSH Act, employers must comply with safety and health standards and regulations issued and enforced either by OSHA or by an OSHA-approved State Plan.
These "state plan states" may have standards that address workplace violence. Employers are responsible for following the standards in the states where they have worksites.
Appendix C of the recommendations provides a summary of existing State Plan standards addressing workplace violence. In addition, the Act's General Duty Clause, Section 5 (a)(1), requires employers to provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or physical harm.
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Listening to Dewey Redman. Not Joshua, but his father, Dewey, the better jazz man of the two, playing a set recorded live in London.
Dewey, unfortunately is not as well known in America, even though he is considerably the better artist, as he was forced to spend almost his entire career in Europe and not allowed to play in the US. This was back in the day when jazz players would lose their cabaret license if they played in Europe and not be allowed back into the United States to play. Oh, you could get back in, to see your relatives or something. But not play or record.
Of course, white musicians and singers playing in symphonies and opera companies during this time were allowed to tour anywhere and without any impact [other than extremely positive effects on their status and career] on their right to play in the United States.
Of course it was a level playing field. Sure. All equal before the law. One nation under God with justice and equality for all. Amen. Sure, sure, tell us all about it.
Some never came back, but stayed in Europe even after things got straightened out a bit. Dewey is playing this set in 1996. Not that long ago, jazz-history-wise. Some, like Ornette Coleman, just happened to play some of their best stuff in Europe before wildly appreciative crowds and often better pay.
Dewey sounds great by the way [Dewey Redoman in London, recorded October 1996, distributed on Palmetto Jazz] and, without irony, is playing in his own integrated quartet [Dewey Redman on tenor sax, Cameron Brown on bass, Rita Marcotulli on piano, Matt Wilson on drums]..


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In a small volume of lectures published nearly thirty-five years ago, I had the temerity to suggest that the American statesmen of the turn of the twentieth century were unduly legalistic and moralistic in their judgment of the actions of other governments. This seemed to be an approach that carried them away from the sterner requirements of political realism and caused their statements and actions, however impressive to the domestic political audience, to lose effectiveness in the international arena.
These observations were doubtless brought forward too cryptically and thus invited a wide variety of interpretations, not excluding the thesis that I had advocated an amoral, or even immoral, foreign policy for this country. There have since been demands, particularly from the younger generation, that I should make clearer my views on the relationship of moral considerations to American foreign policy. The challenge is a fair one and deserves a response.
Certain distinctions should be made before one wanders farther into this thicket of problems.
First of all, the conduct of diplomacy is the responsibility of governments. For purely practical reasons, this is unavoidable and inalterable. This responsibility is not diminished by the fact that government, in formulating foreign policy, may choose to be influenced by private opinion. What we are talking about, therefore, when we attempt to relate moral considerations to foreign policy, is the behavior of governments, not of individuals or entire peoples.
Second, let us recognize that the functions, commitments and moral obligations of governments are not the same as those of the individual. Government is an agent, not a principal. Its primary obligation is to the interests of the national society it represents, not to the moral impulses that individual elements of that society may experience. No more than the attorney vis-à-vis the client, nor the doctor vis-à-vis the patient, can government attempt to insert itself into the consciences of those whose interests it represents.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
31 Days: Letting Go of Beige
I've already told you that prior to moving in I fancied this rental house my secret-hideaway vacation condo. I'm finding that it lives up to the hype, at least in some regards. It's quiet here (no home phone!) and it's small. And foreign. We feel tucked in and inspired to pick up a book.
I also believed that I would willingly embrace the fleetingness of this house. I would resist the urge to make it "me". I wouldn't care one bit that no one thought my digs were swoony. I would rise above it all. I'd prove to myself that I could.
Then we moved in, and my very first day I waged battle against The Beige. It's all beige, all the time, people. (And when it's not beige, it's swiney pink.)
I can do many things, it seems. I can wash dishes every night in the slow-draining sink. I can vacuum the kitchen and the mud room yet dust mop the bedrooms. I can step around puddles from leaky pipes.
I cannot bear the beige.
There's nothing pin-worthy happening up in this hood. You won't be impressed when you stop by and you don't have to pretend to be - it won't hurt my feelings.
As for me, I'm still busy learning. Today's lesson? When life hands you a beige rental, just sprinkle on a little confetti. You'll be fine.
*For the rest of the Letting Go series, click here.
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I may need to apply this to my current abode, especially seeing as how we're going on year five here.ReplyDelete
Perfect picture of Rubes.
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 9:22 PM
That was greatReplyDelete
Well at least it is temporary! I have MIA for awhile dealing with my mom's illness and death, so will have to go catch up on you! Good girl sprinkling in color! TraciReplyDelete
amen! a little confetti does the trick! our last apartment was cream and brown. gag. thank jesus for my fiestaware, linens and a sense of humor;)ReplyDelete
loving you, praying, too. xo
Now you have me REALLY curious. I mean where's that white table? Did it stay with the house??? Sprinkle confetti on top LOVE it!ReplyDelete
I don't know "Small Town Joy" or what her abode situations are, but I could have written the same comment... only year six. I need some confetti! :)ReplyDelete
Soo funny!ReplyDelete
I like what you've done!
And..good LAWD, Miss Ruby is gorgeous!
Looks like the new pad agrees with her!
Eh, I hate beige. It's the color of weakness.ReplyDelete
Every day you inspire me.ReplyDelete
Even on beige days.
love the confetti lesson. Isn't everything better with confetti ?!ReplyDelete
my house fits right in with this beige-ness. too bad i can't blame it on the "it's just a rental" thing. ; )ReplyDelete
I feel for you...I wouldn't want to live in a beige world either. Keep the confetti coming on!ReplyDelete
So happy you worked it all out.Lovin the confetti~Cheers KimReplyDelete
I've just sat here hanging out with you tonight, getting caught up in all that your family is up to these days. I am in a heap of puddled tears, not because I'm sad for you but because the love of Jesus, and the way He orchestrates lives and hearts is just so beautiful that it sometimes catches me off guard and I realize that I've forgotten that it's only. ever. about. Him. Thank you for bearing your heart here, for showing us the colors of faith, even the beige parts, and for taking us along on your journey of obedient surrender.ReplyDelete
Much love your way tonight, friend. <3
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Yay for confetti!ReplyDelete
Seriously... would you like me to send you some actual confetti? I would be happy to :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM
Kind of like our lives. When we get a beige kind of life we have put on a smile and and try our best to break up the dreary.ReplyDelete
I love it--sprinkle on some confetti! That's seriously some great advice for today!ReplyDelete
Yo go girl...linens, embroidery hoop art...whatever it takes to make it your own!ReplyDelete
Too many of us fall into the same trap that "Small Town Joy" and "Amanda @ Wandering" have done...live life in a "temporary" state without the benefit of beauty!
Beauty and rental property are not mutually exclusive! :) You can live in temporary digs and make them your own! Sounds like you're well on your way!!!
pretty much everything you're writing, i'm like "yep, that's me" "yep, that's me"...my new townhouse is so NEW! it's so opposite of my old "old" house. i feel like i've lost ALL decorating mojo. nothing. nada. not inspired at all. blech. :(ReplyDelete
I'm with you, girl. Sprinkle away! A little splash of color goes a long way.ReplyDelete
I had to go back one more time to smile at that cute picture of Miss Ruby. Adorable.
Such an adorable picture of Ruby!ReplyDelete


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Yoga is your only medicine, the best medicine that one could have.
A conversation this morning reminded me of all that I used to do to exercise, then left it all for good and have been healed ever since: gym, kickboxing, running…I feel very fortunate to have found my holistic and wholesome yoga practice in its entirety, and not what many in the western world believe yoga to be.
People believe in gyms and all the workout they do to keep in shape. I don't any more and this change has served me really well and I am grateful.
Many treat yoga as something external; to somehow go through a powerful and intense yoga asana practice all the time for that is how they can get a workout forgetting that our body and mind need a wholesome practice where not only the body is engaged but the mind, the heart and the soul as well. I am always amazed at some who practice yogasana with a serious face, and no laughter in their eyes. For them it is a 'workout' and nothing beyond that.
We need to practice yogasana the way it is meant to be: nutrition for the entire being.
We need gentle, and we need strengthening and we need intense and we need powerful – yes we need it all. And even more than that, if the yoga you practice has not transformed the very way you percieve life, you have not been practicing what is truly yoga. If it has left you with a mean attitude, talking bad about others and saying and doing things behind others back in ways that leaves a bad taste in the mouth, then you have not practiced yoga! If a yoga school has not been able to change your perspectives either because it does not have an authentic yoga practice or because you left it for that is not what you could merge with, then you are not practicing authentic yoga. It is a dishonor to even call such a practice "yoga".
Just because someone can do some advanced yoga asanas does not mean that they are practicing yoga; it is much more than that – it is how you conduct your life moment to moment. It is learning to love others. It is learning to forgive others. It is learning to accept others for who they are. It is learning to guide yourself and others in the right direction. It is also learning to understand that change will happen only when the time is right and that in the process you need to continue to be your authentic self.
Let authentic yoga be your only medicine.
Practice all the 8 limbs of yoga and then you know that you are practicing authentic yoga.
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In probably the most shocking twist of events for the Miami Heat thus far (and they have had one heck of a season), guard Dwyane Wade may not end up being a Heat lifer after all.
According to various reports, Wade and the Miami organization have reached an impasse regarding his future contract.
Last year, instead of taking his guaranteed $41.6 million, he opted out of his final two years and agreed to a new two-year, $31 million deal. This included a player option for next season, for $16.1 million.
Wade also alluded to testing out the negation-waters in 2016, when the team salary cap is expected to rise from $67 million to $89; therefore, many people believed the superstar would opt-in this summer.
However, now it appears as though he will be opting out.
Rumor has it that the 33-year-old is looking for a max, 3-year contract. And although he would like it to be with the Heat (he has called South Beach home for the last 12 years), he is open to looking elsewhere if an agreement cannot be reached.
There is no question that Wade has given his all to Miami. From helping win the championship in 2006, to bringing over LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the veteran should have no problem getting whatever he wants. But unfortunately, things are not so simple.
The Heat are currently looking to re-sign Goran Dragic (who too, has expressed desire to stick around). Couple that with the likelihood that Hassan Whiteside will expect an impressive payday, Bosh's approximate $23.6 million a year and McRoberts' owed $5.8 million and well…Miami no longer has any room to revamp the team.
On top of financial issues, there is also Wade's health to keep in mind. Although he showed glimpses of "Flash" last season ,and has been keeping in shape this summer, there are still concerns. Besides just his age (I mean, Ray Allen anyone?), Wade has reoccurring injuries. And while they may not be career, or even season-ending, they bring about inconsistency. The Heat may not want to put everything on the line for a guy that physically cannot bring his A-game, every night.
If you ask me, the solution to all this would be giving him a fortune for one year, and reevaluating the situation after that. This way, Wade is the highest paid player on the roster (as deserved), but has not taken away Miami's financial wiggle room.
Wade has until late June to figure out if he will opt out of his player option for this upcoming season. After all Heat Nation has been through this year, we can only pray that this matter is resolved in such a way that brings Wade back.


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Countering the Critics of Democracy Promotion
For some time now, democracy promotion has been under concentrated attack from authoritarian sources ranging from Robert Mugabe and Vladimir Putin to the leaders of Venezuela. More recently, criticism has spread to the democratic world, with the United States front and center. To some degree, the growing impulse for a less ambitious U.S. democracy policy reflects an understandable, if misplaced, disillusionment with developments in Egypt and the Arab world generally. Increasingly, however, the doubters are calling for an across-the-board retreat that would encompass the likes of Russia and China as well as Egypt and Libya. And joining the traditional critics from the "realist" camp are an assertive new group of libertarian isolationists who have gained influence within the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, the leading authoritarians remain firmly on message. They portray foreign assistance to local reformers as a Trojan horse for violent revolution. They hold up every breach of democratic norms in the leading free societies—particularly the United States—as proof that all countries are equal in their democratic deficits. They are quick to label nonviolent dissidents as terrorists, insisting that all governments should join hands against such "extremism."
Clearly, these are difficult times for those who believe that democracy, with all its complexities and imperfections, is far and away the most humane and successful form of government. But a bit of historical perspective should remind us that today's authoritarians, while more sophisticated than the Politburo chiefs and junta leaders of the past, are at the same time less confident and more vulnerable than their predecessors. The very idea of democracy promotion once seemed preposterous in totalitarian environments where there were no elections, no opposition parties, a totally censored press, vast numbers of political prisoners, and complete state control over civil society. Today, opportunities for democratic gains are apparent throughout the world, even in such hard cases as Cuba and Belarus. But the march toward freedom will move forward only if those who have experienced democracy's benefits refuse to succumb to the arguments of isolationism and retreat.
Here are a few things for democracy's advocates to bear in mind as they engage in the debate over the future course of the struggle:
- Don't accept the "who are we to judge" argument: In promoting democracy, governments and activists are not imposing their own self-righteous judgments on unwilling foreign societies. In fact, the most powerful statements in support of freedom and human rights have been made by those who have endured oppression: Sakharov, Wałęsa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mandela. In every instance, the heroes of the freedom struggle—including today's lesser-known figures—have appealed to the United States, Europe, and other democratic societies for solidarity and help. They are our allies. They are under fire. They deserve our assistance.
- Remind the skeptics of what you support: The basics of democratic governance are straightforward: honest elections, freedom of speech and the press, rule of law (meaning a judiciary that is independent of political domination), an end to torture and persecution, the protection of minority and women's rights. Governments endowed with the legitimacy that comes from true popular consent do not fear these values. Leaders who raise the specter of coups and infiltration when confronted by a reform movement, who conflate modest political openings with Iraq-style invasions under the tainted rubric of "regime change," are betraying the unease of illegitimate rulers throughout history. The undeniable fact is that authoritarian systems, by their nature and structure, cannot uphold basic human rights like those listed above. Given such a regime, change is both necessary and desirable, and history has shown again and again—from Poland to Taiwan—that it need not be accompanied by war or calamity.
- Reject the consistency trap: A former U.S. senator recently chastised critics of Russia for—hold your breath—ignoring the failings of China! This is faulty thinking on several fronts: First, advocates of global democracy are altogether aware of China's role as the world's most economically successful dictatorship and devote considerable attention to its authoritarian innovations. Second, democracy advocates quite rightly pick and choose their targets of the moment based on opportunities for change, whether repression is hardening or easing, the harshness of a given crackdown, and so forth. A statement critical of Zimbabwe need not invariably be accompanied by one directed at Saudi Arabia. Third, the consistency argument ranks among the trustiest dodges of dictators as they seek to change the subject from their own abuses to the alleged deficiencies of other states, usually the homelands of their foreign critics. We expect such tactics from dictators; we should push back aggressively when similar formulations are advanced by prominent figures in the democracies.
- Criticize, but don't apologize for, the United States: The United States is complicated, its democracy is imperfect, and it is going through a period in which political polarization prevails. Activists working in other countries should not hesitate to acknowledge America's problems and criticize Washington's errors. But they should also remember that the United States is home to genuinely competing parties, an independent judiciary, an aggressive press, and thousands of civil society organizations whose missions touch on every social problem and every democratic defect, from prison conditions and undocumented workers to violence against women and political corruption. There is even an association for the defense of national security whistle-blowers. Democracy does not produce infallibility, it simply provides a society with the means for peaceful self-correction. Moreover, on the international stage, good deeds can be performed by sinners as well as saints. Where the spread of freedom is in the balance, America, despite its faults, is one of the very few countries with the power and predisposition to push events in the right direction.
- Rebuff the sovereignty argument: While a measure of hypocrisy is inevitable in diplomatic affairs, there are limits. Vladimir Putin, who invokes sovereignty when confronted by foreign criticism over domestic repression, is currently engaged in an aggressive assault on the sovereignty of neighboring countries that have decided to orient their economies toward the EU. China's regime is bullying its neighbors over territory and has increasingly gone beyond its borders to silence inconvenient critics. The Syrian government is likely responsible for the murder of political figures and journalists in Lebanon who sought to free their country from foreign domination. We are entering a realm in which autocrats assume the right to decide what qualifies as sovereignty and what does not. It is worth asking these rulers for their credentials as the supposed representatives of their sovereign people. They will have nothing to show but rigged elections and squatters' rights.
- Remember, it's the autocrats who are worried: The internal divisions that beset the world's democracies today are loudly and publicly declared. But even as the United States experiences legislative gridlock and Europe falters over a strategy for economic recovery, their democratic institutions remain strong and their futures bright. Reform advocates seek more democracy, not less. Meanwhile, China regularly issues instructions on what can and cannot be written or said, dismisses professors for independent thinking, and jails internet users for questioning official narratives. In Venezuela, massive power outages and a breakdown in law and order are blamed on spies and saboteurs. Russian officials threaten opposition candidates with jail and seek to drum up popular support by scapegoating minorities. These actions suggest an intense fear of open debate and a recognition that the idea of freedom is more powerful than the evasions and deceits on which their rule is based.
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I see it :)
this was a lot of fun... look mum no computer yet a Soundplane ! :)
any news on further development on the Soundplane software, in particular the touch tracker? are you likely to be looking over that code base any time soon?
Ive been doing some more work on MEC, my project which provides a standalone solution for the Soundplane (and Eigenharp), basically turning things like rPI/BBB into 'intelligent dongles' , so the Soundplane can be more like 'a standalone instrument' rather than a computer controller.
currently works with Eigenharps and Soundplane, and connecting too MPE devices (im using the Axoloti to make it computer independent :))
if your back into 'Soundplane' mode, it'd be great to discuss a few thoughts i have. as Im getting a little bit too much latency with the Soundplane due to the CPU requirements of the touch tracker.
so not sure if I can get some performance gains, or really need to move to something more powerful, the O-Driod C2 is quite a tempting candidate, given the rPI3 wont work.
anyway, I know, not much point in discussing unless your actively looking at the Soundplane software... since I think its quite a while since you were look at that code base.
Finally, I've got it finished..... and wow, it was worth the effort!
I use the Bela Salt as a means to allow the Soundplane to be connected to decode its protocol...
Ive made it so that there are custom layouts, and options like playing in fourths, quantised fully and partial, or none.
I was also inspired by the Intellijel Planar, so Im using the CV inputs to you can directly modulate the soundplane touch position.....
also as the Bela has audio in/out, Im using it as a kind of VCA controlled directly by touch (using Z, but also a mode where it can do x/y cross fade :) )
anyway, here's me playing it for the first time....
youtube link
I'll probably do a follow up video that goes into a bit of details, as its really shows how the soundplane could be the 'ultimate' eurorack control surface :)
my software is my Github for those interested, it could be no doubt adapted for other platforms).
I hope Randy does not mind me posting this here,
I think its very relevant to the Soundplane community,
as a small community I hope Soundplane musicians will appreciate being part of a broader community.
If you have Soundplane, or other expressive controller/instrument.
please come and join us, and help spread the word so we can form a community around these wonderful instruments.
Today, we are launching a new community forum for musicians interested in expressive electronic instruments and controllers.
PolyExpression's aim is to form a community of all musicians using the wide variety of expressive electronic instruments that exist today (and tomorrow).
Excellent communities exist already for each instrument, maintained by the manufacture, these are perfect for support.
This community differs as it is independent from instrument / manufacturer, a place where all these musicians can come together in one place, to share their enthusiasm for adding expression to electronic music using this uniquely wonderful instruments.
Whilst these instruments are each unique, and we want to celebrate this too, there are also many topics, issues and inspiration that are shared between them. These range from their goals, workflows, sound design and to more "mundane" topics like software and hardware issues.
Together we hope we can share these experiences with a broader range of musicians, and learn and be inspired by each other.
Please come and join us, help us build a community that shares its love for Polyphonic Expression in electronic music.
this video was a challenge for the AE modular,
but I use Aalto for both the Eigenharp part, and also the Soundplane, so lots of Madrona Labs work in this :)
(click on image to play, if my markdown-fu is correct ;) ... dont think this forum supports embedded videos?)
any news on this? release at superbooth ? ... my rack is waiting for this now :)
lol - just noticed, first post on this was nearly 4 years ago... doesn't time fly!
yes, Ive had it working in various forms on Linux, both desktop and rPI, and yeah on the mac it was under VMware.
this was the libusb implementation in the madronalabs repo.
Ive not done much recently with it, as I was waiting for Randy to complete the 'reworked' tracker, but now that's done and released - I do plan to come back to it asap.
all plugins updated , and soundplane release too, feels like xmas - hope to get to play with it all over the weekend :)
thank you for your hard work, and continued developments... looking forward to sumu
btw: is the all the code for the soundplane release in GitHub... as its now released/stable, I could look to doing my small derivatives :)
perhaps an interesting market for rPI3 :) (so ARM)
particularly, if you make it standalone... Im increasingly using rPI headless.
recently did a port of monome norns to rPI + Push2, feels like a complete instrument
something along these lines with Aalto, and soundplane support, would be tremendous.
ok, Push2 is not going to entice many, but we could be creative in this area... my Orac 1.1 for example is going to support remote display, so use your iPhone/iPad , or anything that you can create a UI in that uses OSC.
so this is a direction im heading anyway...
but still, Id probably even buy a Norns, if you basically used if as a hardware platform for your Synths and Soundplane support :)
@rsdio , agreed, I tend to mostly use Z straight into a vca , so you can play the envelope.
And I don't see that changing in eurorack :)
it might be nice if Z could be switched between pressure and (note on)velocity
will the firmware be user upgradeable, handy if any bugs become apparent etc.
(and open sourced?!)
really looking forward to this, if you need early adopters/testers, Id love to help out.
(im definitely going to need more oscillators/filters and vcas :) )
cool... look forward to meeting you, Im Berlin bound tomorrow :)
Ive now booked my tickets for superbooth too... so will see you there :)
the issue with VCV rack is that they should have diverged from the 'physical world' for polyphony... i.e. where modules and cables could be polyphonic.. like they can in Reaktor (not blocks) and a few other software modulars (e.g. P900)
having used Reaktor Blocks with MPE, the novelty of wiring up multiple voices soon becomes pretty tedious.
one of those times, where the software version should be not restricted in the same way as eurorack.
(anyway this is why I didn't bother creating a T3D or MPE module, like I did for Blocks/Reaktor)
I checked Kaivo 1.3.2 with L10 , and it was fine too
when you lose the sound - does the little oscilloscope show anything?
Kaivo working fine for me in Live 10.
Im using Live 10.0.1b10, macOS 10.13.2, both VST and AU (64bit), latest kaivo (1.3.0 ?)
cool, much better :)
had a play over the last few days, and the tracker does feel better and in particular the top and bottom rows are much more reliable... i can now use them, before I found them too likely to trigger the row above - so this is excellent.
a couple of small bugs:
first, now only 3123 works , if you select another port (e.g. 3) in aalto etc, then SP app shows the new port (aalto(3) , but when you select it, you dont get any sound, and in fact its still sending OSC messages on 3123
second, i think your sending empty osc packets continuously?
(or the frame bundle has a bunch of empty messages)
if you do an oscdump you will see
/t3d/frm ii 10209708 65590
/t3d/frm ii 10209724 65590
/t3d/frm ii 10209740 65590
ok, the OSC kind of works ;)
but you have something odd going on with the port offset....
the default for t3d is 3123, but you seem to be using 3125?
anyway the upshot is, is you need to set the osc offset in Aalto to 2 to work.
(using aalto 1.8.0, Kaivo 1.3.0)
from logs, look like you are connecting from 3125 onwards, and created an inbound socket for 3124... not looked for why this is yet :)
(also default in the dropdown appears to use 3125)
perhaps a simple change to move 0 back to 3123, and perhaps move your input port if required to 3122.
Starting Soundplane...
SoundplaneModel: listening for OSC on port 3124...
MLOSCListener: trying listen on port 3124...
MLOSCListener::listenToOSC: created receive socket on port 3124.
initializing pthread attributes...
creating listener thread...
MLOSCListener running socket.
SoundplaneOSCOutput: trying connect to ports starting at 3125
connected to port 3125
connected to port 3126
connected to port 3127
connected to port 3128
connected to port 3129
connected to port 3130
connected to port 3131
connected to port 3132
connected to port 3133
connected to port 3134
connected to port 3135
connected to port 3136
connected to port 3137
connected to port 3138
connected to port 3139
connected to port 3140
btw: any chance you could move the forum software over to Discourse, it really is much better forum software... and formatting options (for code) are much better ;)
anyway, this was just a quick sanity check... will hopefully have time to sit down for some quality time with the soundplane (on 1.7.0) later today :)
he he, i know how that goes ;)
what was the issue with the kernel panics? when i looked at this (on eigend) it was due to completion events being returned to a process that had been stopped/killed ... so all i could do was to ensure the process closed cleanly.
did you find another fix?
Have you had a chance to fix1.6 yet? I'd love to move to it, and also look at porting my code to it.
Thanks Mark
ah, those are the pesky kind of bugs...
hope the fix is not too difficult.
oops, bad news... the OSC t3d output seems to be broken...
its not working with Aalto properly, and when i look at the underlying osc message I can see its hanging on to notes that have been released, and its transmitting all 16 touches on every update.
ive tried resetting to factory defaults , recalibating, changing touches, rotate - all make no difference.
note: the touches display looks absolutely fine, so seems to be OSC.
note2: though ive not tested MPE... so could be interface between the touch model and the outputs.
Im going to have to rollback, or rather reinstall 1.5 for now :(
ooh, great news, can't wait to try this...
thanks for the continued development.
look forward to digging into the source again in the new year.
unfortunately, all my macs are on 10.12 now, soon going to be testing 10.13
one thing, apple change the usb stack significantly on 10.11...
but for my development, the issues i encountered were the other way - things working on 10.10, started crashing on 10.11+ ( they have been slowly improving). that said, i didn't have to alter anything (other than ensuring the apps closed down the usb connection correctly).
sorry, not helpful, but perhaps useful to know why 10.10 is likely to be different to 10.12 (and probably 10.11/10.13)
is the code base now stable, and in GitHub? or are you still working on it?
are the changes done for the embedded/eurorack system?
if its not under going significant changes, Id like to update my fork, to bring in some of my changes (midi/note offset visualisation)...
and also use if for rPI etc (will be interesting to see performance impact on non-desktop systems)
works fine here ... macOS 10.12.6 :)
@Sanne.... this works as expected for me in Live 9.7.4 / Mac OS X.
i.e. in arrangement , start record, it tracks all changes, when you switch presets it records the new values, and subsequent changes...
and no need to hit rearm automation.
(it works identical in Aalto as for other plugins e.g. u-he diva/ace )
one thing you do need to be careful of, is when you do playback, you must start aalto in the same state as you did when recording ... which Randy in his OP alluded too.
you can achieve this in one of two ways
- use a program change on the recorded clip (MIDI Programs folder)
- when you start recording, switch to your starting preset (and hence save all automation values)
as fars as I see this achieves what you want... i.e. start recording, select preset, alter values to get a nice sound, repeat many times... then use playback, and find the place you liked... stop, and hit 'save preset as'
note: when you do playback it will NOT change preset name, this is because ableton is as such recording the preset change, just recording the values of the preset.
... btw: i didnt try changing presets via Program change messages, Id assume that would be recorded. (though you'd have to be careful between sessions to NOT change your program ordering )
@randy, I dont think aalto needs to track changes, surely this is exactly what DAWs do with automation, why replicate the functionality... the only thing id prefer, is an easier/quicker way to assign program changes. perhaps just assign to existing presets into different banks/programs #. (rather than copying presets around)
ideally what Id like is...
a) updated Aalto with more voices but apart from that the same.
b) a completely new instrument, kind of similar to Aalto ,but not Aalto 2, that would not need to be patch compatible i.e. not limited/shackled to what Aalto does already (so well)
(u-he are doing this with Zebra 3, they already have said it will not be compatible with Zebra ... I think they said they will allow imports of patches, but they may/will sound different)
I do agree about Kaivo, I don't use it as much as I thought I would (and no where near as much as Aalto) because its resonance peaks are really hard to contain... I find its quite a small zone of usability, perhaps within only an octave. (pitch can wander too, but I think thats part of the beast)
anyway, Id love to see another out n out synth from ML...
also perhaps we can skip the sequencer, so we can have a bit more UI real estate for voice control... I know alot use the sequencer, but is it not easier to just use the sequencing/automation facilities already present in every daw (or use a MIDI sequencer VST)
if I want to build, is the 'embedded' branch, the latest and greatest? and are all the necessary changes to madronalib already checked in?
also do you know if the cpu load has dropped with the new tracker?
generally, thinking about updating my fork, to get my midi goodies... and also the mec repo, so I can test it again on my bela.
so I got distracted and left the SP turned on for about an hour or so, untouched - when I came back there were lots of green patches in the middle...I had to turn it to 0.20 to get rid of them all.
but then by chance, I decided to hit 'recalibrate' ... and they all disappeared, even when turned down to 0.10 .. is this what you would expect?
this is all great news :)
if you can improve the boundaries, that will make a huge difference for me, in the previous version I rarely used the top/bottom rows, as I couldn't be 100% sure it'd trigger the correct note.
when doing the boundaries, perhaps you can also work out (or even estimate) the useable area of the top and bottom row, so that why can be scaled to that...
e.g. if 50% of the top row perhaps its better, to have Y run 0..1 over that 50%?
another observation, so you talked about x/y and turning up to x10, and then using lo thresh to get rid of green patches... so I did this (though even without , I wasn't getting false triggers) , I turned it up to about 0.12-0.13 (default of 0.10).. and they disappeared, but noticed after about 5 minutes of playing, they seem to be appearing again, so turned it to .14, gone, then a few minutes, .15 etc...
but got distracted, turned off the SP/SP app... can back after a while, and noticed I could turned it down to .12/3 again
always the green patches in the same area (centre, most played/worn ? ... I couldn't really figure if this was a 'software' issue, or if the surface is 'warming up', perhaps not returning to the 'same point'
( as I said, it wasn't causing any false triggers, I was merely following your instructions above-- so perhaps this is expected, nothing to 'worry' about)


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IBS is indeed irritable, often causing a great deal of discomfort and distress. But the good news is that the syndrome does not cause permanent harm to the intestines, it doesn't lead to intestinal bleeding and it doesn't cause cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases (such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis). Moreover, if you have IBS, you may not suffer all the time — some people can go for weeks or months with no symptoms. Others may experience symptoms daily. Also, it is possible — by paying attention to the triggers of your symptoms — that you can modify your diet, make lifestyle changes to reduce stress and use medication to reduce these symptoms.
Depression and anxiety disorders can aggravate IBS, and some research indicates that the syndrome may be more common among people who were abused as children. But psychological factors notwithstanding, the symptoms are real and have a physiological basis. While stress may aggravate IBS symptoms, other factors — particularly colon motility and sensitivity of the nerves in the colon — play an important role. (Colon motility — the contraction of intestinal muscles and movement of its contents — is controlled by nerves and hormones.)
While there is no cure, you often can control symptoms through diet, stress management and prescription drugs. IBS is rarely debilitating, but in some cases, it restricts the ability to attend school or social functions, go to work or even travel short distances.
The colon, or large intestine, is about six feet long. Its primary function is to absorb water and salts from digestive products that enter from the small intestine. About two quarts of liquid matter enter the colon from the small intestine each day; it can remain there for days until most of the fluid and salts are absorbed. The leftover matter — the stool — then passes through the colon by a pattern of movements to the left side of the colon, where it is stored until a bowel movement occurs.
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Dora was playing outside and riding her bike when, out of nowhere, she ran into something and got knocked off of her bike. Now she's covered in scrapes and bruises, and needs to make an appointment with the doctor. She's nervous to go to her appointment because all of the doctor's instruments are a bit intimidating. He has sharp knives and pointy needles that make Dora very uneasy. Will you hold Dora's hand and give her the confidence she needs to face her fears and go to the doctor? Browse the selection of tools and choose the one you want to begin with in this fun online doctor game for girls. Then follow the instructions to patch Dora up so that she can get back on her bike and go back out and play with her friends once more!


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Plantago major
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plantago major (broadleaf plantain, white man's foot, or greater plantain) is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The plant is native to most of Europe and northern and central Asia, but has widely naturalised elsewhere in the world.
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago
Species: P. major
Binomial name: Plantago major
Plantago major is one of the most abundant and widely distributed medicinal crops in the world. A poultice of the leaves can be applied to wounds, stings, and sores in order to facilitate healing and prevent infection. The active chemical constituents are aucubin (an anti-microbial agent), allantoin (which stimulates cellular growth and tissue regeneration), and mucilage (which reduces pain and discomfort). Plantain has astringent properties, and a tea made from the leaves can be ingested to treat diarrhea and soothe raw internal membranes.
Broadleaf plantain is also a highly nutritious wild edible, that is high in calcium and vitamins A, C, and K. The young, tender leaves can be eaten raw, and the older, stringier leaves can be boiled in stews and eaten. Plantago major is an herbaceous perennial plant with a rosette of leaves 15–30 cm in diameter.
Each leaf is oval-shaped, 5–20 cm long and 4–9 cm broad, rarely up to 30 cm long and 17 cm broad, with an acute apex and a smooth margin; there are five to nine conspicuous veins. The flowers are small, greenish-brown with purple stamens, produced in a dense spike 5–15 cm long on top of a stem 13–15 cm tall (rarely to 700 cm tall).
Plantain is wind-pollinated, and propagates primarily by seeds, which are held on the long, narrow spikes which rise well above the foliage.Each plant can produce up to 20,000 seeds, which are very small and oval-shaped, with a bitter taste.
Plantago major grows in lawns and fields, along roadsides, and in other areas that have been disturbed by humans. It does particularly well in compacted or disturbed soils. It is believed to be one of the first plants to reach North America after European colonisation. Reportedly brought to the Americas by Puritan colonizers, plantain[which?] was known among some Native American peoples by the common name "white man's footprint", because it thrived in the disturbed and damaged ecosystems surrounding European settlements. The ability of plantain to survive frequent trampling and colonize compacted soils makes it important for soil rehabilitation. Its roots break up hardpan surfaces, while simultaneously holding together the soil to prevent erosion.
The seeds of plantain are a common contaminant in cereal grain and other crop seeds. As a result, it now has a worldwide distribution as a naturalised species and often a weed.
The leaves are edible as a salad green when young and tender, but they quickly become tough and fibrous as they get older. The older leaves can be cooked in stews. The leaves contain calcium and other minerals, with 100 grams of plantain containing approximately the same amount of vitamin A as a large carrot. The seeds are so small that they are tedious to gather, but they can be ground into a flour substitute or extender.
Medicinal use:
Plantain is found all over the world, and is one of the most abundant and accessible medicinal herbs. It contains many bioactive compounds, including allantoin, aucubin, ursolic acid, flavonoids, and asperuloside. Scientific studies have shown that plantain extract has a wide range of biological effects, including "wound healing activity, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, weak antibiotic, immuno modulating and antiulcerogenic activity".
For millennia, poultices of plantain leaves have been applied to wounds, sores, and stings to promote healing. (The clown Costard cries out for a plantain after cutting his shin in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.) The active constituents are the anti-microbial compound aucubin, the cell-growth promoter allantoin, a large amount of soothing mucilage, flavonoids, caffeic acid derivatives, and alcohols in the wax on the leaf surface. The root of plantain was also traditionally used to treat wounds, as well as to treat fever and respiratory infections.
Due to its astringent properties, a tea of plantain leaves can be ingested to treat diarrhea or dysentery. Due to the high vitamin and mineral content, plantain tea simultaneously replenishes the nutrients lost as a result of diarrhea. Adding fresh plantain seeds or flower heads to a tea will act as an effective lubricating and bulking laxative and soothe raw, sore throats.
When ingested, the aucubin in plantain leaves leads to increased uric acid excretion from the kidneys, and may be useful in treating gout.
Other uses:
The sinews from the mature plant are very pliable and tough, and can be used in survival situations to make small cords, fishing line, sutures, or braiding.
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I remember the day my eldest son (1o years old at the time) came home from school and announced he NEEDED a cellphone. He argued that all the kids in his class owned a cellphone and he was the only one without one. The nail in the coffin was his best friend just got one too. I'm not one to follow parenting trends on when things are acceptable for my children, but this one made me pause. I believe that age isn't as important a kid's maturity level. Things like their ability to follow rules, their sense of responsibility and their need to for a cellphone are bigger factors in the decision.
A cellphone is a BIG DEAL. It's not a house key that can be easily replaced when lost or a debit card that can be cancelled, but rather you are handing them a communication device that allows them to speak to the world and even WORSE, allows the world to see them. A text, picture or video may seem like a harmless joke but once on the internet it is ALWAYS there. Friends, family and future bosses have access to this information and it can make or break job interview or life decision. Parents need to consider why they believe their child needs a cellphone and if they are really responsible and respectful enough to handle one.
The decision was finally made for me when my son found himself in a compromising situation.
My family consists of two working parents and three children between the ages 11 and 6. In order to minimize childcare, we work opposite shifts to ensure a parent is home for the children most of the time. Occasionally, we elicit the help from friends and family. This past summer, my oldest child had set up a play date with a friend in the beaches. Like passing ships, neither Mom and Dad were able to drop him off so a family friend offered. DS11 made the arrangements ,the family friend dropped him off and it turned out nobody was home. My son had misunderstood his friend on what time he should arrive and ended up sitting on their front steps for 45 minutes alone. He was in an area of town he wasn't familiar with, there was no telephones near by and he had no way to call for help. Thankfully, this story has a happy ending and his friend arrive home, but the alternative is terrifying.
Having a cellphone would have greatly benefited my son in this situation. He could have called one of his parents, followed up with his friend or the worst case scenario called for help. I didn't like that I had placed my son in this helpless situation. I'm sure it will never happen again, but I want to arm my children with a way to contact me when ever they need.
After flip flopping sides and agonizing over this decision for hours, we decided that although we felt our children didn't require their own cellphones at the present time, they did need to be able to reach us when ever they wanted. With the disappearance of phone booths, the only viable option is a cellphone. Roger's has a great program up to assist with easing kids into the cellphone process. We opted to take the Pay as You Go. It gave us the flexibility to bring our own phone or buy a new one and change the plan based on our needs. We loved that we would only get what we paid for and there would be no surprise bills or hidden charges. With kids, this was important because it set strict boundaries for our kids, but allowed us to top it up if we felt it was needed.
As we introduce our children to the world of cellphones, we want to make it clear that it is primarily a communication device. Smartphones are loaded with games and apps that turn the phone into tablet and we didn't want our children to focus on this. I know eventually they will crave a phone that uses facebook, snapchat and all of those other apps, but for now, I want them to respect the phone. As a result, we purchased Roger's s Text and Talk program which allows you to make phone calls or unlimited text, picture and video messaging.