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Skype founders unveil Spotify clone
Streaming music. iPhone app. Recommendations. Zzzz
Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have unveiled their latest venture, Rdio, for specially invited beta testers.
It ticks most of the boxes for a generic 'access model' music service: streaming music, a buy option, a 'cloud' locker service for your songs, mobile clients for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, and integration with social networks Facebook and Twitter. Are you still awake? Good - there's also a subscription plan, which will be available for between $5 and $10 a month.
It's a crowded market, with Rhapsody and Pandora well established in the US, and more recent players such as We7 and Spotify have entered the market. Google and Apple are tipped to enter the space too.
The founders believe they can differentiate themselves through Rdio's social networking features. But the opposite is probably true: every service now has social networking features. A more persuasive differentiator might be 'Think For Yourself', where you can make up your own mind, based on the music, and free from unwanted opinion.
According to reports, it's backed by Friis and Zennstrom's own venture capital fund, and is a much more modest affair than their last venture, employing around 23 staff. They picked up the Rdio.com domain name for a mere $5,000.
Their last venture, Joost, employed 150 staff when it was unveiled. The P2P TV company hyped what it called a farm of "Long Tail Servers", but it desperately needed professional content, and TV companies weren't impressed by the advertising pitch. Joost officially went titsup last October.
Zennstrom and Friis rose to notoriety thanks to Kazaa, a poor knock off of Gnutella, written by Estonians and bought in. They founded Skype in 2003, wrapping open protocols in a proprietary offering, and sold it to eBay two years later for $2.6bn. The pair bagged $530m from the deal.
eBay later acknowledged it massively overpaid for the company; it could have connected buyers and sellers using free VoIP calls for a fraction of the cost. eBay divested itself of the acquisition, but before it could get rid of the albatross completely there was another unpleasant surprise.
eBay had forgotten to license the core proprietary technology it thought it had acquired in the deal. Zennstrom and Friis sued successfully last year.®


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Carton::Doc::FAQ(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Carton::Doc::FAQ(3pm) |
Carton::Doc::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
It looks useful, but what is the use case of this tool?¶
The particular problem that carton is trying to address is this:
You develop a Perl-based application, possibly but not limited to webapps, with dozens of CPAN module dependencies. You install these modules on your development machine, and describe these dependencies in your cpanfile.
Now you get a production environment, either on PaaS provider or some VPS, you install the dependencies using "cpanm --installdeps ." and it will pull all the latest releases from CPAN as of today and everything just works.
A few weeks later, your application becomes more popular, and you think you need another machine to serve more requests. You set up another machine with vanilla perl installation and install the dependencies the same way. That will pull the latest releases from CPAN on that date, rather than the same as what you have today.
And that is the problem. It's not likely that everything just breaks one day, but there's always a chance that one of the dependencies breaks an API compatibility, or just uploaded a buggy version to CPAN on that particular day.
Carton allows you to lock these dependencies into a version controlled system, so that every time you deploy from a checkout, it is guaranteed that all the same versions are installed into the local environment.
How is this different from Pinto or CPAN::Mini::Inject?¶
carton definitely shares the goal with these private CPAN repository management tool. But the main difference is that rather than creating an actual CPAN-like repository that works with any CPAN clients, Carton provides a way to install specific versions of distributions from CPAN, or any CPAN-like mirrors (as well as git repositories in the future version of Carton).
Existing tools are designed to work with CPAN clients such as CPAN or CPANPLUS, and have accomplished that by working around the CPAN mirror structure.
carton internally does the same thing, but its user interface is centered around the installer, by implementing a wrapper for cpanm, so you can use the same commands in the development mode and deployment mode.
Carton automatically maintains the cpanfile.snapshot file, which is meant to be version controlled, inside your application directory. You don't need a separate database, a directory or a web server to maintain tarballs outside your application. The cpanfile.snapshot file can always be generated with "carton install" command, and "carton install" on another machine can use the version in the snapshot.
I already use Pinto to create DarkPAN mirror. Can I use Carton with this?¶
Yes, by specifying Pinto mirror as your Carton mirror, you can take a snapshot of your dependencies including your private modules on Pinto, or whatever DarkPAN mirror.
I'm already using perlbrew and local::lib. Can I use carton with this?¶
If you're using local::lib already with perlbrew perl, possibly with the new "perlbrew lib" command, that's great! There are multiple benefits over using perlbrew and local::lib for development and use Carton for deployment.
The best practice and workflow to get your perl environment as clean as possible with lots of modules installed for quick development would be this:
- Install fresh perl using perlbrew. The version must be the same against the version you'll run on the production environment.
- Once the installation is done, use "perlbrew
lib" command to create a new local lib environment (let's call
it devel) and always use the library as a default environment.
Install as many modules as you would like into the devel library
This ensures to have a vanilla "perl" library path as clean as possible.
- When you build a new project that you want to manage dependencies via
Carton, turn off the devel local::lib and create a new one, like
myapp. Install Carton and all of its dependencies to the
myapp local::lib path. Then run "carton
install" like you normally do.
Because devel and myapp are isolated, the modules you installed into devel doesn't affect the process when carton builds the dependency tree for your new project at all. This could often be critical when you have a conditional dependency in your tree, like Any::Moose.
I'm using perlbrew, but "carton install" uses system perl, how to fix?¶
The issue is most likelly caused by a initial bad install of "cpanm" or "carton" or both, that ended up with a shebang line pointed to the (wrong) system perl.
- Re-install Carton on you perlbrew environment
- Run "cpanm -f Carton". This will force-install Carton, and because your "cpanm" is now using the correct "perl", the same will happen with "carton".
Make sure the shebang (the first line) of your "carton" script points to the right perl path, rather than "/usr/bin/perl".
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Philadelphia, PA – Brandon Jennings poured in a season-high 33 points as the Milwaukee Bucks topped the Philadelphia 76ers, 105-96, on Monday at Wells Fargo Center.
Jennings added eight assists and five rebounds, while Monta Ellis finished with 18 points, seven assists and five boards for the Bucks, who improved to 3-0 on the road this season. Mike Dunleavy contributed 13 points and five boards in the victory.
"Our pick-and-roll game was really working tonight," Jennings said. "Me and Monta were able to get into our flow a little bit quicker tonight. We were just taking what the defense gave us."
Jrue Holiday paced the Sixers with 25 points and six assists, but turned the ball over eight times, while Jason Richardson returned to the lineup after missing four games with an ankle sprain and dropped 20 points.
Dorell Wright donated 14 points and Thaddeus Young added 11 points and seven rebounds in the setback.
"We did some good things but Jennings was just fabulous tonight," Sixers coach Doug Collins said. "We weren't able to overcome out mistakes. We just couldn't finish it out."
Milwaukee got off to an incredibly hot start, sinking its first eight shots from the floor en route to a 17-10 lead with 7:14 left in the quarter.
The Sixers answered with an 8-2 spurt to cut the deficit to 19-18, but the Bucks fired back with the next seven straight, building the lead back to 26-18, with 3:29 on the clock.
A jumper by Larry Sanders gave the Bucks a 10-point margin and they led by eight after one quarter.
Wright capped a 19-9 Philadelphia run with a 3-pointer to give the Sixers a 45-43 lead with 5:02 to play in the first half.
The game went back and forth for the next few minutes before the Bucks closed the half with a 14-2 run to lead 62-50.
A technical free throw by Jennings gave the Bucks their largest lead of the game, 75-59, but the Sixers fought back to tie the game at 83 with a 24-8 run to close the stanza.
Jennings drained a deep three early in the fourth quarter to give Milwaukee a 92-89 lead, and the Bucks put the game away with a 9-4 push, capped by a back-breaking Dunleavy trey with 2:45 to play.
Game Notes
Milwaukee won in Philadelphia for the first time since April 10, 2010 ... The Sixers had a three-game winning streak snapped ... Earlier on Monday, the Sixers announced that center Andrew Bynum would be unlikely to see game action until January due to a bone bruise in his right knee ... Philadelphia shot just 4-of-21 from the field in the fourth quarter ... The Bucks dominated in the paint, outscoring the Sixers, 42-24 ... Milwaukee ruled the glass, outrebounding Philadelphia, 48-31.


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Witnesses have described their horror after a 13-year-old girl was hit by a lorry in Catford and died this morning (July 16).
Emergency services were called to reports of a lorry in collision with a pedestrian on Brownhill Road near the junction with Stainton Road at around 7.35am.
Police and London Ambulance Service attended the scene and a 13-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
News Shopper has spoken to several eye-witnesses to the accident, though large parts of their accounts are too distressing to print.
Dad-of-three John Lowe, 34, said: "I heard a really loud bang, I rushed out and there was a girl lying on the floor and her pencil case and schoolbag were on the floor."
He says he called emergency services but they were already on their way.
Witnesses say the girl was on or near a zebra crossing and there were other schoolchildren around.
Mr Lowe said: "That crossing is really dangerous."
Robyn Spencer, 22, said: "I was getting ready for work and I heard this loud scream. Like a high-pitched scream. It was awful.
"My dad put a blanket over her for her dignity."
She said she went to offer first aid but it was too late.
Deborah Barrett, 35, was getting her two-year-old daughter ready for school when the accident happened just outside her house.
She said: "You could hear the screeching and screaming and stuff.
"It wasn't pleasant at all."
She went on: "I know it's a zebra crossing but they really need a set of lights there too.
"Because it's such a busy road as well as cars you've got lorries because it's the road to everywhere.
"This is the second accident in six months and sadly this one is fatal.
"What's made things worse is they've removed the barriers from either side of the crossing. I think it's ridiculous."
The A205 road has reopened after being closed in both directions between the Catford Gyratory and Verdant Lane.
The male driver of the lorry stopped at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He was taken into custody at a south London police station.
The Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Catford Traffic Garage is investigating.
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You've seen more new Strats in the last 20 years than Simon Cowell has auditioned hopeful starlets. When it comes to the guitars, however, there are no embarrassed downward glances, much less any mouth-grasping gasps at the sheer awfulness on display: Fender's 'bad' days are over.
Yet just as He Of High Trousers can spot the spark that elevates the exceptional from the mediocre, so it's obvious to any serious Strat fan that the new range of American Vintage models elevates things yet again. Here we examine the '56. Case open, olfactory and visual senses in overdrive, exactly what do we have here?
To some people (weird, unhappy people), all Strats look the same. Others (ahem) suffer nightmares about incorrectly contoured bodies, the wrong number of pickguard screws, wrong logos and - shiver - a 22nd fret.
Solace for the afflicted comes first here in the to-die-for curves and radii of the '56 body - a fine example of How It Should Be for the most elegant and ergonomic guitar design of all time.
The simple Two-Colour Sunburst over a lightweight, plain-looking alder body looks utterly timeless on the '56. If you go for Aged White Blonde, the body will be ash, whose grain is usually more striking. The colour options are limited throughout the whole range, so we hope that Fender might offer alternative custom-colour runs over coming years.
The new all-nitrocellulose 'Flash Coat' lacquer from Fender is a significant step on from some nitro finishes of recent times. It still feels like lacquer, that is to say 'stickier' than modern polyurethane or polyester, but not over-soft like a lot of new Gibsons.
It's also not mirror-flat like some modern finishes, but we'll take it just as it is. Our experience is that thin, well applied nitrocellulose finishes enable classic guitars to sing better than thicker poly finishes.
The colour tint on the maple neck is minimal, too, so it doesn't look like it's been on the fake tan as it would with Fender's Classic Series instruments, leaving an unsightly, anaemic mark should you suffer a chip.
Every indication says that it's going to age gracefully, but as we've found out to our cost during the review process, this guitar does mark, chip and dent with alarming ease.
We found some obvious lateral movement with the '56's neck joint; something to which many Strats are prone. Playing a few licks, the top string feels too close to the edge of the 'board at the upper frets. Sight the neck, suspicions confirmed, so it's a firm hand on the upper horn, tug upwards on the neck.
One scary-to-the-uninitiated clunk later, it's perfectly aligned, just as many Strats before it. It'd be better to not have to do this, no matter how much you've learned to live with it over the years.
The feel, however, is pure bliss. Fender's sales sheets down the decades would indicate that, ultimately, more people like smaller neck profiles than big ones. Thus, the first and second issue American Vintage instruments (early 1980s, late 1990s) didn't feature the full girth and tapers of the true vintage necks.
Thankfully as far as we're concerned, Fender has completely reshaped the neck to better reflect the original guitar. The '56 is thick (23mm at the 1st fret, 25.5 at the 12th), slightly V'd and full in the palm - all of which will have a positive effect on the tone, in our experience. We really do like the taper on it, too - the increase in thickness as you go up the neck really adds to the authentic feel.
The fingerboard edges are beautifully 'rolled'. Plenty of manufacturers do this as it simulates years of playing up and down the neck by gently sanding off the edges. If you're a fan of old guitars, it's hard to see how you wouldn't prefer this to a new square-edged 'board.
The playing radius is vintage-style 184mm (7.25 inches), which by today's standards is very curvy. Coupled with small frets it means the eyebrows-to-the-sky moment as bigger bends choke out.
It's worth remembering that big string bends were far from the norm, certainly in the 1950s. So, raise up the action a little, put a bit more relief in the neck and now we're cooking. Some people can't deal with it. Others - SRV, Mike Stern, Matt Schofield - insist(ed) on setting up their guitars like this.
It might seem like yet another tiny detail, but this guitar has a proper bone nut, too. In our opinion, all these details add up visually and tonally.
For instance, beneath the pick guard, the '56 is unshielded. The '54 to '59 single-ply guards never went green, and it's interesting to note that Fender is using something on the '56 that looks more like the old, pre-1957 ABS material (often referred to as Bakelite), which was being phased out around that time. In any case, it all looks right here, from edge bevels and screw types, to sizes and positions.
Fender has played it straight down the vintage line with the bridge, all the way down to newly tooled saddles complete with 'PAT.PEND.' stamps. Similarly, the team has taken it to the nth degree with pickups, too, by finding and analysing originals to recreate them anew and the '56 uses Alnico III magnets with Heavy Formvar wire.
Even the tone caps are new and period correct, with authentic-looking 'ZNW1P1' 0.1 microfarad 'brown phonebook' caps.
It's a moot point in the face of such efforts, but lots of players choose a lower value cap for more subtle tone changes. Fender can't really win - whatever it does, somebody will want something different!
There is a meaty fullness and depth of tone in a vintage-style Strat with all the right bits, that is pretty much non-existent in the entry-level models. Bridge pickups don't sound puny, the in-between sounds don't fall away to nothing, and so it is here.
We've tried every combination of Strat spec and materials over the years, and it seems that the thin finishes, correctly selected timbers, the right hardware and electronics genuinely do all play their small yet crucially important roles in getting that classic, big-but-clear sound. Take any one of them away, and the Strat starts sounding not necessarily worse, but different.
The '56 certainly has the most mid-driving, old-school Strat sound of all of the new American Vintage models. The fat, single-piece maple neck and 'board may have something to do with that - rosewood tends to have a different midrange character - but the pickups were also more urgent-sounding on the early guitars, something that Fender has done well to recreate here.
You could play anything from The Shadows, through The Beatles, Hendrix, David Gilmour, SRV and plenty more besides on this guitar, but the more interesting observation is how universally grown up and convincing it sounds in any classic Strat environment, not least when compared with any number of Fender's similar looking guitars for far lower prices.
On a personal note, this writer has played an American Vintage Strat as his number-one guitar, from new, for over a decade. Having changed the pickups in that guitar, we can say we'd feel no need whatsoever to do it in with this model. And we have to concede that the neck feels better, too: grr.


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The beautiful spring weather has made me reflect on the springtimes of my childhood.
We spent a lot of time outdoors year round. In the winter, Mama would make sure I was bundled up with a warm shirt, an undershirt and my jacket fully zipped.
I seemed to have lots of sticky zippers and Mama would rub them with a bar of soap to make them work better.
But then came spring and we could shed our jackets and dig out the short-sleeved shirts.
Spring also brought out the innovative side of me and the boys I hung around with.
We would go down to Mrs. Bessie Morrow's dime store and buy a pack of playing cards and some clothespins. If we had enough money, we would buy a pack of balloons.
We would clamp the cards with a clothespin so they would flap against the spokes of our bicycle tires. We would occasionally do the same thing with a balloon, which made an even louder noise.
We were constantly oiling our bikes thinking that more oil would translate into faster speeds, the ultimate goal of any boy.
Occasionally, a salesman would leave some decals advertising things like STP Oil Treatment at Jim Paul Shepherd's gas station. We would apply them to our bikes thinking they were rather cool.
There was a contraption that my dad owned that I think was designed to give a burst of air to dislodge a drain clog. It had a pump like a bicycle pump, only it held the air in a cylinder tank.
Being a childhood rocket scientist, I was convinced that if I pumped it fully and held it under my arm while riding my bike, releasing the air would propel me to speeds not seen before on the sidewalks of Hightower Trail. It did not.
We didn't exactly go Dumpster diving. In fact, I'm not sure if any business in Social Circle had anything besides a bunch of trash cans. But occasionally, in the alleys behind the downtown business district, someone would discard some wooden crating that was used to ship merchandise.
A wooden crate had so much potential. I remember a fully intact crate that we carted home in a red wagon. It became a jail, a fort, and when it finally fell apart it became pieces of a bridge to get our metal trucks across a ditch. We played with it for months.
There was also an effort to see what we could pull with our bicycles.
We had an old mower deck without an engine. Using a bunch of rope, I tied that thing to the back of my bike and pulled it around.
Trailing the old mower deck did not accomplish anything, except giving me the satisfaction that I could do it.
Spring is my favorite season and this is my annual lament that a lot of parents are not stimulating their children's imaginations by letting them play with a box or a rope or some broken down old piece of junk in the garage.
Imagination is not something purchased in one of those impossible to open plastic packages from the big box store.
Harris Blackwood is the author of "When Old Mowers Die." His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sprint paid Apple $20 billion for 30.5 million iPhone units over the next four years as part of its deal with Apple to carry the coveted smartphone, reports the Wall Street Journal. It's a massive gamble for Sprint, which sits in a precarious third place behind AT&T and Verizon Wireless, as the company will not turn a profit on the deal for years, even if things go as well as possible.
Rumors have long pointed to Sprint landing the iPhone this year, but few details about the deal have leaked into the press.
As if a $20 billion payment to Apple isn't enough Sprint-iPhone news, a new rumor pushes the possibilities even further. According to BGR's Jonathan Gellar, Sprint may be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone 5, until next year. No, not the iPhone 4S, which is also said to be announced on Tuesday, but the actual iPhone 5, the "tear drop" device that will run on Sprint's 4G WiMax network. AT&T and Verizon will carry the iPhone 4S immediately, and begin to carry an 4G LTE-compatible iPhone 5 early in 2012, Gellar speculates.
Gellar's assessment is based upon information from a source he describes as "incredibly solid." An iPhone 5 exclusivity deal would explain not only the reason why Sprint agreed to pay Apple $20 billion, he says, but also the reason why Apple would allow only Sprint to carry the iPhone 5 during the lucrative holiday season.
If you ask us, a Sprint-exclusive iPhone 5 seems incredibly unlikely. Of course, anything's possible. But it would be very un-Apple-like to release its most-sought after iPhone ever only on Sprint (for now). There could easily be information to which we aren't yet privy that could better explain why this deal would make sense for Apple. For now, however, we're going to have to take this rumor with a hefty helping of salt. Fortunately, we'll be able to wash it all down with the full scoop tomorrow, when Apple reveals its actual plans.
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Comment #1 Friday, December 1, 2006 8:06 AM
Comment #2 Friday, December 1, 2006 8:12 AM
Just Unzip it, and run!!
Comment #6 Friday, December 1, 2006 12:35 PM
Since I dont do a lot of animated things (except talk!!) it was really hard to make that work. But now that i know how.. Look out!!
Comment #8 Friday, December 1, 2006 1:45 PM
(except talk!!) |
Look out!! |
DLing this one right now!! Hope it plays nice w/Island Dog's Santa and sleigh, been running that since he put it up!
David, thanks for all you put into this place! Animations?! From you, they've gotta be innovative!
[edit: "Works Forever!?!
{edit II: This is really sweet! My daughter's gonna fall all over this one! Thanks for the cheer! Plays well, too!}
Comment #9 Friday, December 1, 2006 3:01 PM
EDIT: In an attempt to make a joke I made myself look like a jerk. The offending comment has been removed.
David, I apologize for being an ass. I was wrong and I'm sorry.
Comment #10 Friday, December 1, 2006 3:06 PM
Comment #11 Friday, December 1, 2006 4:15 PM
The Globe was designed by Stardock, the snow (as stated above) is mine.
Comment #15 Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:51 AM
Thanks Dave...... cool gadget!
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A film permit is required to conduct a film, video or still photography shoot on a public right-of-way or other public property in the City of Miramar.
The City of Miramar's Office of Marketing and Communications reviews and approves or declines all film permit requests; however, the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward Office of Film & Entertainment now processes all film permit applications. It liaises with City of Miramar to facilitate production needs, ensure compliance with City regulations, and provide important information to help keep film projects on schedule and on budget. The Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward Office of Film & Entertainment also provides guidelines, details, restrictions and recommendations for film permits.
A film permit requires a Certificate of Insurance (COI) which includes the following details:
The certificate holder is:
City of Miramar
2300 Civic Center Place
Miramar, Florida 33025
Source: GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE/BROWARD OFFICE OF FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT
- The name of the insurance production company.
- The name of the insurance company.
- A policy which provides at least $1,000,000 of Comprehensive General Liability for each instance of claim and 2,000,000 of General Agreggate Insurance.
- If the company is using company owned vehicles, $300,000 Automobile Liability.
- The statutory limits for workers compensation and employers liability.
- The policy number and dates of policy coverage, including expiration date.
- The following clause must be included verbatim under "Description of operations/locations/vehicles/restrictions/special items.": FOR GENERAL LIABILITY ONLY: THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER IS NOTED AS ADDITIONAL INSURED WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAMED INSURED.
The certificate holder is:
City of Miramar
2300 Civic Center Place
Miramar, Florida 33025
Source: GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE/BROWARD OFFICE OF FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT
Film permits in Broward County are free. Quick link to Film Permit Request Form.
Depending on the size, scope and location of the proposed production, the City of Miramar may require applicants to pay fees consisting of:
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Credit card pointers for today's college kids
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College is also the first time many apply for a credit card. Although at this point in life, it's important for people to begin building their credit histories, it's just as important for them to carefully consider the variety of credit card options before committing to a card. All cards are definitely not equal, and college students should look for cards that will help them start building a solid credit foundation.
So how can college kids find a card that's fit for them? Consider the following tips.
* Steer clear of cards with annual fees. Some credit cards charge annual fees, regardless of whether or not a consumer ever makes a single purchase. Since many cards' interest rates are similar, try to find one that doesn't charge annual fees.
* Find the best annual percentage rate. While interest rates are often similar, some cards have a better annual percentage rate, or APR. As attractive as low interest rates can be, be especially cautious with cards that promise zero percent interest for the first six or 12 months after signing. That's because such cards typically have very high APRs. This isn't a monthly fee, but rather a finance charge referred to as an annual rate. For college kids, whom history suggests struggle to pay their balances in full each month, a high APR could add considerably to the cost of having a credit card.
* Don't overdo it with credit cards. A 2009 report from Sallie Mae titled "How Undergraduate Students Use Credit Cards" found that half of college undergraduates had four or more credit cards in 2008. No college student needs that many credit cards. If at all possible, college kids should stick to one card and one card only. The card should only be used to help build a credit history and in the case of an emergency. Students who need four cards are either finding themselves in far too many emergency situations or harming themselves by charging too many purchases to plastic.
* Be skeptical of reward cards. In theory, reward cards are excellent. The more a consumer purchases, the more rewards points they accrue. Those reward points can then be used toward a host of things, including airline miles. However, college kids typically do not make much money, and reward cards are really only beneficial to people who charge a lot of their purchases. Such people can typically afford to do so, whereas the average college kid cannot. Reward cards are better suited for men and women with full-time jobs and not so ideal for college kids without steady streams of income.
* Don't be late. If payments are not made online, they should be mailed at least a week in advance of the due date. A history of late payments can quickly mar a credit report. Even if only the minimum payment is possible, make sure that payment is made on time.
* Borrow from Mom and Dad, not the credit card company. Credit card companies will lend cash to their customers. These loans are called cash advances. But unlike borrowing from Mom and Dad, accepting a cash advance from a credit card company typically comes with a heavy interest rate, making it much more worthwhile to call home instead of taking a cash advance.
Getting a credit card is an important step for young people. Students should just be careful the credit card ends up building a solid credit foundation instead of digging a significant financial hole.
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New allegations of an old scandal suggest that Herman Cain has hit the political big time.
Over the weekend, Politico reported that in the 1990s, while Cain was head of the National Restaurant Association, at least two female employees complained to co-workers and higher-ups about what they said was his inappropriate behavior. (One of the women confirmed the accuracy of the Politico account to NPR.) Cain denies the accusations.
As Cain is a politician who has never been elected to, or held, a high political office, his learning curve must be near vertical. A more time-tested candidate might have faced these allegations earlier and perhaps been more adept at dealing with the situation.
Regardless of what happens next, the Republican presidential candidate is in the spotlight and the country is getting a sharper-focused idea of who Cain really is and how he handles obstacles in his way.
"This sort of scandal would end the career of many a politician," Dana Milbank writes in The Washington Post. "But the usual rules don't apply to Herman Cain. He survives gaffes and scandal the way he beat colon cancer — and whatever doesn't kill him makes him stronger."
So far, Cain has overcome a cavalcade of skeptics and naysayers.
Back in March, the White House Bulletin observed that Cain, a never-before-elected politician, is "hardly on anyone's 'A' list." In May a columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote that Cain "is not a legitimate candidate for president." In July the news editor at Salon lumped Cain in with "other flashes in the pan" and said Cain had been "completely eclipsed" by Michele Bachmann.
But in September Cain told a crowd: "Just because somebody has never held high public office, some people are spreading the nasty rumor that Herman Cain can't win. Well, let me tell you what, that may be what they think, but the American people have a different idea."
He was, as it turns out, delivering a victory speech to members of the Republican Party of Florida where he had just defeated ostensible front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Perry in a straw poll.
Since then Cain's campaign has gained steam and staffers and lots of money. The Journal-Constitution reports that the cash is rolling in at a rate of $1 million a week. In a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, Cain is the favorite among likely Republican voters, leading Romney 25 percent to 21 percent. And on Saturday Cain came out on top of all the Republican candidates in a Des Moines Register pollof voters likely to participate in the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3.
During the early stages of the 2012 presidential campaign, Cain has been disrespected, discounted, hooted at, laughed about, ribbed, ridiculed and written off. But he is still standing.
And yet, there is one major hurdle of history that Cain may not be able to overcome in his run for the White House: In presidential elections, Americans rarely elect someone who has never held public office.
Facing The Odds
In 235 years of American politics, only a few presidential nominees of major political parties have been never-before-elected politicians. Most of those have been leaders in the military. (Please see box.)
Though William Howard Taft was appointed to various vaunted offices — such as solicitor general and secretary of war — his successful campaign for president in 1908 was his first popular election. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover also ran for president as the Republican nominee in 1928 — without previous campaign experience — and won.
Cain has juggled many jobs in his career, including restaurant-chain executive, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and radio talk show host. But he has never held public office — though he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 and for the U.S. Senate in 2004 — and has never been a military leader.
On many fronts, Cain's top-of-the-pack status is bucking traditions. As Nate Silver points out in The New York Times: Cain has no endorsements from key Republican officials and he hasn't hired well-known advisers.
Given that there is so much anti-Washington sentiment in the air, there is no telling how the election will unfold. But even without this week's revelations, the odds are against Cain.
Herman And Wendell
Kyle Kondik, an analyst for the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, has studied the successes and failures of "non-politician politicians" in America's past. He says that the candidate of yesteryear who most resembles Cain is superlawyer Wendell Willkie, nominated by the Republican Party in 1940.
The nomination of Willkie, Kondik says, "came in a much different era from now, when the votes of primary voters hardly mattered at all: There were 3.2 million of them in 1940s Republican primaries, and only 21,000 cast their votes for Willkie. Willkie won the nomination in 1940 thanks in large part to the desires of internationalist eastern Republicans, such as publishing titans Ogden Reid of the New York Herald Tribune and Henry Luce of Time magazine."
When all the ballots were counted, Willkie had lost. He received 44.8 percent of the popular vote and 82 electoral votes. He carried 10 states.
Like Willkie, Cain is a wealthy businessman who believes that the federal government has grown too big and powerful, Madison says. "Willkie's leadership in public utilities gave him more opportunity to develop his skills, connections, and thoughts than perhaps Cain has had."
Willkie "was far more of a dark horse," Madison says. "A Democrat until 1939, he had never run for office before 1940. Cain has campaigned earlier and is better known in some party circles than Willkie was at this point."
At this juncture, in the fall of 1939, Willkie was not even a candidate, Madison says, and "not on the national radar. "
By early 1940, however, Willkie did have strong and wealthy supporters providing money and advice — as does Cain, Madison says.
Both Cain and Willkie benefited from lukewarm public enthusiasm for their fellow Republican candidates, Madison says. In 1939, the leading Republican contenders were Sen. Robert A. Taft, attorney Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg. "All seemed by policy and personality unappealing to many voters," Madison says. "This 'none of the above' situation makes a dark horse possible."
In fact, Madison says, we may not have even seen the true Willkie-type candidate yet. "There is lots of time for change before the Republican nomination." The party's national convention will be in Tampa, Fla., in August.
And, Madison adds, "Willkie was not a professional politician and sometimes made statements that were not popular, the kind of 'missteps' that professional politicians abhor."
In the end, though, analyst Kondik is not sure whether Cain has what it takes.
Herman Cain, Kondik says, "seems to be a 'placeholder' candidate."
Cain may still be standing because most Republicans don't like the field of candidates all that much, Kondik says. "So they're sticking with the sunny, outgoing Cain. But I ultimately don't see him being all that viable. We'll see. If he won the nomination it would be truly historic."
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The decreased incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States seen in 2002 and 2003 did not extend to women of African ancestry, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in San Diego.
Breast cancer incidence rates in U.S. women over 50 declined sharply during 2002 and 2003. But this decline, the researchers report, was confined to Caucasians.
For Caucasian women aged 50 to 69, the rate of invasive breast cancer, which was stable from 2000 to mid-2002, decreased by more than two percent every three months during the second half of 2002 and all of 2003, then stabilized in 2004. For African Americans there was virtually no change.
"The benefit was not equal across racial groups," said Dezheng Huo, PhD, research associate (assistant professor) of health studies at the University of Chicago Medical Center. "Only Caucasians saw this reduced incidence of invasive cancers."
In mid-2002, many women who had been taking replacement hormones stopped taking them in response to the Women's Health Initiative trial, which showed that the supplements increased coronary heart disease and breast cancer risk.
Saturation of screening may also account for part of the decline. Screening mammogram use increased substantially during the 1990s, which temporarily raised the rates of new cancer diagnosis. But mammography use stabilized and then slightly decreased after 2000.
Much of the racial disparity, the researchers suspect, may have resulted from differences in biology. "We suspect," Huo said, "that the widespread discontinuation of menopausal hormone use had a greater effect on Caucasians."
African Americans are less likely to use hormone replacement therapy and less likely to develop breast cancers that are receptive to estrogen, Huo said, so they were harmed less by taking hormones and benefited less by discontinuing them.
African Americans had "a similar magnitude of reduction in hormone therapy use," he added, "yet it did not lead to any benefit, suggesting that genetic variations in estrogen and progesterone metabolism may play a role in how women of African ancestry respond to hormonal therapies. Alternatively, the causes of breast cancer may vary in different populations."
Almost 80 percent of breast cancers in Caucasians are estrogen receptor positive, a type of tumor that depends on estrogen to grow, said Huo, compared to about 60 percent in African Americans. That proportion drops to about 30 percent among Nigerian women.
For this study, the researchers looked at rates of breast cancers that were invasive as well as breast cancer in situ--early lesions that have not invaded surrounding tissues--in women aged 50 to 69. They used data from 17 large cancer registries, covering about 26 percent of the U.S. populations.
They found that the incidence rate of invasive breast cancers for Caucasians declined soon after April 2002, when many women stopped taking replacement hormones after studies showed that HRT increased cancer risk. Invasive cancer rates for Caucasian women fell from about 86 cases per quarter per 100,000 women in mid-2002, to about 74 per 100,000 by the end of 2003.
African American women had fewer invasive cancers, about 71 per 100,000 per quarter, but their numbers did not decline in 2002-2003. Rates for Asian women, lower still, declined slightly, but stayed in the mid-60s per 100,000. Native American invasive breast cancer rates remained quite low, about 33 per 100,000, but did not decline.
Rates for early, non-invasive breast cancers, did not follow the same patterns. They remained nearly steady for all ethnic groups, except Asian women, for whom the rates increased from 2000 to mid-2002 then slowly declined, probably because of slowly growing use of mammography in this population.
"The finding that the rate of invasive breast cancer, but not in situ cancer, decreased "suggests that estrogen serves as a promoter rather than an initiator of breast cancer," say the study authors.
The research was supported by Breast Cancer SPORE grant from the National Cancer Institute. Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, of the University of Chicago Medical Center, also participated in the study.
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Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold-rush : the PC vendor boasting the fastest boot-up and shutdown times.
ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktop PCs for businesses will boot Windows 7 up to 56 per cent faster than when loading XP or Vista, says Lenovo.
Meanwhile, IdeaPad and IdeaCentre consumer PCs certified for "Windows 7 Lenovo Enhanced Experience" will load 33 per cent faster and shutdown 50 per cent faster than non-certified-but-otherwise-identical hardware.
In some cases, said Howard Locker, director of new technology at the Chinese PC maker, told Computerworld , "we went from a 1 minute boot-up to 30 seconds, and took shutdown from 20 seconds down to 10."
Locker, who also holds the title of "master inventor" at Lenovo, credits this "unbelievable job" to three years of engineering work by Lenovo's Velocity team, in close collaboration with Microsoft Corp., during which the two vendors literally "timed every single driver and app."
Some specific things Lenovo did to fine-tune Windows 7:
- Fixed the drivers of on-board hardware components that were cumulatively causing massive delays. For instance, Lenovo discovered a driver for a "popular wireless device" had been written to pass worst-condition certification specs and thus would grab 4 MB of continuous memory from the system in 4 KB chunks, said Locker. That added five seconds to the time it took for a PC to go to sleep. After getting the third-party vendor to fix the driver, Lenovo cut the driver's overhead to just 200 milliseconds, Locker said.
- Tweaked the BIOS phase of startup to temporarily hide some devices from Windows 7, so that the OS only loads the drivers after the boot is finished.
- Tweaked Windows 7 to delay the loading of non-essential services and applications until after startup. Those include automatic-updating apps for Adobe and Microsoft, or even Windows features. While users can try to fiddle with Windows themselves , Locker warns that do-it-yourselfers likely won't achieve the same improvements.
- Rewrote its power manager to be easier to use. It also includes an extra chip in its notebooks to more precisely measure the remaining battery life than Windows 7's, and help you "stretch" it out as long as possible.
Independent analyst Jack Gold applauded Lenovo's work with Windows 7, saying that customers were fed up with Windows' slow boot-up time even before Apple Inc. and Google Inc. used it as a talking point to score points against Microsoft.
"It was Vista that screwed it all up, as boot-ups took twice as long as XP," Gold said. "It was just ugly."
It's not clear, however, that Lenovo has done more work than its rival PC vendors or is merely "branding it better," he said.
"HP does this, Toshiba and Dell, too," he said.
And what about the tendency of Windows to slow down over time as applications, hardware and service packs are added to it? Lenovo will try to stem that by keeping its Velocity team in North Carolina busy testing drivers of popular devices against Windows 7 and its hardware, Locker said.
With Windows 7, "Windows rot is less of a problem than in past versions," Locker said. "But only time will tell."
Lenovo says the Enhanced Experience label also connotes other guarantees. For example, IdeaPad and IdeaCentre PCs with the sticker will be able to output stutter-free HD video up to 1080p HD quality, and support Microsoft's DirectX 10 APU for advanced gaming and graphic features.
Certain Enhanced Experience tablet and notebook PCs will also support Lenovo's recently-introduced SimpleTap multi-touch technology , which recognizes up to four fingers at a time. That potentially enables more complicated and precise touchscreen commands than conventional two-finger multi-touch.
Despite Lenovo's embrace of multi-touch, Locker said that Lenovo's iconic red TrackPoint, debuted 17 years ago and available on all ThinkPads, probably won't go away anytime soon.
"The TrackPoint has a lot more precision, and you don't have to move your hands off the keyboard," he said. "People still really love it."


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Natural Surveillance
"See and be seen" is the overall goal when it comes to CPTED and natural surveillance. A person is less likely to commit a crime if they think someone will see them do it. Lighting and landscape play an important role in CPTED.
Natural Access Control
Natural Access Control is more than a high block wall topped with barbed wire. CPTED utilizes the use of walkways, fences, lighting, signage and landscape to clearly guide people and vehicles to and from the proper entrances. The goal with this CPTED principle is not necessarily to keep intruders out, but to direct the flow of people while decreasing the opportunity for crime.
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Creating or extending a "sphere of influence" by utilizing physical designs such as pavement treatments, landscaping and signage that enable users of an area to develop a sense of proprietorship over it is the goal of this CPTED principle. Public areas are clearly distinguished from private ones. Potential trespassers perceive this control and are thereby discouraged.
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DSDP/TM/Committer Phone Meeting 18-Oct-2006
Meeting Title: | TM Committer Phone Meeting |
Date & Time: | Wednesday Oct 18, 2006 at 8.00am San Francisco / 10.00am Rochester / 11.00am Toronto / 4.00pm London / 5.00pm Salzburg |
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DaveD to start conference call - please dial in using the numbers above. Skype fallback dial-in - only if less than 5 participants: martin.oberhuber, ddykstal (or david_dykstal), david-k-mcknight, kushal.munir, javier.montalvoorus, tedatteddotnet, and uwe.stieber. DaveD will start Skype chat just prior to call.
- IBM - Dave Dykstal, Dave McKnight, Kushal Munir
- Symbian - Javier Montalvo Orús
- Wind River - Martin Oberhuber, Ted Williams, Uwe Stieber (not present), Michael Scharf
- Our top goals
- Grow the Communities - active users and adopters --> tutorial, docs, mailinglist help
- Get the APIs Right --> enable public API discussion --> ISV docs, Wiki API discussion, [api] bugzilla's
- Get our Processes in place --> JUnit, nightly builds, infocenter, update site
- Latest News
- Martin -- RSE 1.0 Testing round 2
- DaveD -- Fixing bugs - concentrating on migrating fixes from IBM previous release
- DaveM -- bug queue is large, but perhaps can manage
- Kushal -- ditto, fixed several bugs
- Javier -- fixed FTP bugs, continuing to work on the few that remain
- Ted -- nothing to report
- Uwe --
- Michael -- presented at Eclipse Summit Europe
- Other News --
- Top Priorities this week:
- #1 - Hi-priority bugfixing
- Deciding a schedule for the Release
- Weekly release candidates each Friday (10/20, 10/27), release as soon as we have a "go" from all committers. Oct.20 will not be final release candidate.
- Shooting for Oct.27 for final release candidate & fixing all hi-pri bugs. One more build may be required on Nov.4 after testing.
- Exit criteria: all P1/P2 bugs fixed; defer bugs to a service release.
- Discussed pros and cons of an early release.
- Upcoming Work
- New bugs: REVIEW Assigned to Inbox, Status NEW
- Open bugs: P1, P2 bugs, API bugs, Open with Patch,
- Our biggest problems right now
- Drag&Drop
- Events/Updates/Refresh; Dirty Editors
- New bugs: REVIEW Assigned to Inbox, Status NEW
- Communications
- Missing / Incomplete Copyrights - fixes look good, please use UTF-8 as character set for projects
- Code Ownership - DSDP/TM/Code Ownership - DaveD to edit (for self).
- Questions from ESE RSE Demo - DaveM to comment on these at some point
- File locking? No locking mechanism yet. May include synchronize perspective in future releases. RSE will detect remote file changes, though.
- How do you write agents?
- Is there any tools support for writing agents? Not yet. TPTP?
- Any standardization of agents between projects? Not to our knowledge. TPTP?
- Can I share a connection with a debugger? Yes, but you will need to build some smarts in to support this.
- If the connection to the target system is lost, can I continue editing, reconnect, and then synchronize?
- Change Requests
- "Remote Shell" -> "RSE Shell" ? Implications for other views? Decided against doing this for now since this can be quite disruptive to documentation. Not sure "RSE Shell" is the right term.
- Vacations, Holidays etc.
- Martin - 1 more week until Oct.23; public holidays Oct 26, Nov 1-2
- DaveD taking Oct 20 off
- Free discussion -- feelings, comments, critics
- EclipseCon 2007 coming in March. Call for Papers has been issued. Martin (and perhaps DaveM) will submit proposal for 2 hour tutorial.
Action Items
- Last Meeting Action Items
- DaveD - Edit Code Ownership. Hi-Pri bugs.
- DaveM - Meet Kushal for Dirty Editors. Hi-pri bugs
- Kushal - Meet DaveM for Dirty Editors; Hi-pri bugs; Encoding bugs?
- Martin - Create empty project plan; TM FAQ on the Wiki; Hi-pri bugs; Do RC builds; Send community note on release schedule.
- Javier - FTP bugs; Hook up with Scott Lewis once SD is committed and works
- Ted - Terminalview; Document the build process
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Somos un Pueblo Unido compiled a list of immigrant facts and fiction. Here's a sampling of what the organization put together. Most immigrants come to this country legally. True. There are over 33 million immigrants in the US. About 75 percent of the immigrants who are not naturalized citizens in this country are Legal Permanent Residents and have a visa. Of the 25 percent that are undocumented, about 40 percent entered the country legally and overstayed their temporary visas. (US Census and DHS yearbook) Immigrants don't pay taxes. False . All immigrants contribute to this country's tax base. They pay income, property, sales and other taxes. Contrary to popular belief, undocumented immigrants also pay income taxes, as evidenced by the SSA's "earnings suspense file" (taxes that couldn't be matched to workers' names and Social Security numbers). This pot increased by $20 billion in the 1990's. (Cato Institute, Urban Institute, SSA) It is illegal for undocumented immigrants to work in this country.False. Although undocumented immigrants are not legally authorized to live here, they are not violating any law by working in this country. Since 1986, it has been illegal for employers to hire them. Native-born Hispanics in New Mexico by and large support immigration and immigrants' rights.True. Although there has been no major polling of Hispanics' views regarding recent Latino immigrants, New Mexico, with a high Hispanic population of 43.6 percent, has historically boasted the most progressive policies in the country for undocumented immigrants. Hispanic politicians and policy-makers at the local and state level have generally spearheaded or voted in favor of policies aiming to protect and benefit immigrants—with little to no opposition from their constituents. International migration is primarily caused by the lack of economic development in migrants' home countries and because of wage disparities.False . International migrants do not originate in the world's poorest nations, but in those that are developing and growing. The initiation of economic development in migrants' home countries and the structural changes it triggers, causes increased migration to occur. Moreover, although wage disparities do constitute one factor in migrants' decision to emigrate, households generally use international migration as a tool to overcome failed, missing or nascent markets for insurance, capital, and credit at home. (Douglas S. Massey, 2002, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration )


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Click video to watch an overview of the 2010 VRF1200F. Honda's longstanding legacy of trend-setting machines contains one bright shining star after another, enough to populate the entire sky. Among this host of stellar bodies, however, shines one of the best and brightest machines ever to spring from the Honda clan: the VFR series of motorcycles. Immediately upon its debut in 1983, the VF750F Interceptor wielded more than enough bright-think technology to rewrite the rules in the sport bike class, and its leading-edge performance made it an immediate hit with riders and the motorcycling press.
This modern liquid-cooled V-4 engine and rectangular-section frame and race-bred chassis--startling innovations back in the day--literally advanced the state of the art in both horsepower and handling. Over the ensuing decades, these forward steps and more to follow gave the VFR spectacular credentials that led to accomplishments beyond count, including AMA and World Superbike championships, as well as best-in-class awards and top-10 honors gathered up year after year from all directions within the enthusiast press. It's no wonder that the VFR in its many iterations developed a firm standing as one of the most-beloved motorcycles ever to set a tire to pavement.
During the course of a lifespan that stretches more than a quarter-century, the VFR ushered new technology to the marketplace as it was developed. In fact, during the 1990s, VFR development sprinted so far forward Honda split its V-4 line in two as the racing-oriented RC30 and RC45 advanced in concept and execution to win ever-greater glory on tracks the world over, while the VFR/Interceptor evolved into the preeminent street-going sport bike for those who enjoy the challenge of the road and the thrill of giving their bike a thorough workout, whether over short distances or the long haul.
Now this heritage of innovation within Honda's V-4 lineup enters the next generation of new technology and uncompromising rider benefits--with the 2010 VFR1200F. Here in the VFR1200F, we fully recognize Honda's V-4 heritage and VFR tradition, but it has been re-created in astonishingly original form through the fusion of advanced concepts imported from the MotoGP world and other cutting-edge environments. Net result: a sport motorcycle created for the sheer joy of riding, a machine custom tailored for experienced hands who ride hard, ride long, ride far and ride often.
Advanced Technology
* Honda MotoGP engine technology and architecture
* Light and compact 1237cc liquid-cooled 76-degree V-4
* Unique cylinder layout with rear two cylinders located innermost on the crankshaft; front cylinders located outboard
* Symmetrically Coupled Phase-shift Crankshaft uses 28-degree crankpin offset to eliminate primary engine vibration
* Asymmetrical exhaust lengths between front and rear cylinders
* Throttle By Wire
* Lightweight and compact Unicam® valvetrain
* Continuous oil pressure monitoring
* Optional dual-clutch automatic transmission featuring manual mode and automatic mode with D and S modes and paddle-style shifters
* Honda slipper clutch in manual-shift model
* GP technology layer-concept aero fairing
* Honda Pro Arm® single-sided swingarm with single shock
* Next-generation shaft drive system with offset pivot point and sliding constant-velocity joint
* New controls with smoother and more precise tactile feel
* New-technology seat construction
At the heart of the VFR1200F rests a light and compact 1237cc liquid-cooled 76-degree V-4 engine that draws directly from Honda's V-4 RC212V MotoGP technology. Mass centralization plays a key role throughout this design, and as a result the VFR1200F incorporates a unique cylinder layout placing the rear two cylinders inboard in the center of the crankshaft, while the front cylinders are located outboard. Such a configuration narrows the rear cylinder head substantially as well as the entire rear section of the engine, right at the key rider/motorcycle interface--the seating area. Because the engine boasts remarkably slim dimensions, especially at the rear cylinders--overall, it's more compact than the engine from the 781cc Interceptor--the entire chassis and seating area of this 1237cc machine features a distinctly narrowed profile. These pronounced, wasp-waisted ergonomics allow the rider to sit down in the bike rather than feeling perched atop the machine, and as another benefit the rider has a shorter reach down to the ground when bringing the bike to a stop.
The VFR1200F engine also incorporates a special high-strength Symmetrically Coupled Phase-shift Crankshaft that features a 28-degree crankpin offset that works in concert with the 76-degree Vee angle to essentially negate primary engine vibration for smooth running. And because the powerplant now has perfect primary balance, the need for a balance shaft is eliminated, which allows for a more compact engine and also yields a weight savings of nearly 3 pounds. To accentuate the V-4 feel of the VFR1200F, a unique ignition sequence of 104 degrees-256 degrees-104 degrees-256 degrees between cylinder firings highlights the distinctive VFR beat. Another design element that adds to the VFR1200F's distinctive feel can be found in the exhaust system: note that the head pipes for the two front cylinders carry a substantially longer length than the headers for the rear cylinders, a Honda first. This asymmetrical pipe length alters the tuning of the exhaust pulses to create a unique power delivery, an intriguing blend of V-4 torque and aggressive in-line rush. And make no mistake: the VFR1200F delivers Honda's famous V-4 power in spades, as more than 90 percent of peak engine torque kicks in at a mere 4000 rpm, giving this machine incredible roll-on acceleration in every gear.
A great deal of credit for the VFR1200F's compact engine size and prodigious power output must go to the Unicam valvetrain, a Honda-exclusive system that first debuted on the championship-winning CRF450R motocross machine. A single overhead camshaft directly actuates two intake valves per cylinder while integrating roller rocker arms with screw-type adjusters to actuate two exhaust valves per cylinder. This Unicam technology saves weight and space over a comparable dual-overhead-camshaft design while still maintaining a five-digit redline of 10,200 rpm. As another benefit, this Unicam setup allows for a very flat combustion chamber for a quicker, more efficient burn.
Another concept carried over from MotoGP design and first offered to the public with Honda's CRF® motocross line is the application of a sealed crankcase system that maintains a mild negative pressure to minimize mechanical pumping or "windage" losses. This system also provides the advantages of a dry sump design (decreased oil churning losses) without the separate oil tank. A scavenging pump pulls oil and gasses out of the crank chamber, and this reduction in atmospheric pressure reduces resistance as the reciprocating engine elements--crankshaft, pistons and connecting rods--move. Net result: extra power, enhanced throttle response and improved fuel efficiency. The VFR1200F also incorporates a new, more sophisticated constant oil-pressure monitoring system that has the ability to read a range of variations in oil pressure within a safe operating zone, not just report the presence of minimal oil pressure or no pressure.
The new VFR1200F sports another first for Honda among its numerous technical credentials; the use of a Throttle By Wire (TBW) system. With the throttle valve layout in the Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM-FI) system now freed from the restrictions imposed by a mechanically linked/actuated throttle-grip system, the VFR1200F's TBW setup can be made more compact and lighter than conventional cable-operated systems. In addition, this setup incorporates an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to process information from rider throttle control input, engine speed via a crankshaft position sensor, manifold absolute pressure, gear position, vehicle speed, engine coolant and intake air temperatures, and throttle position help the TBW system to return an even more accurate throttle response in a manner that is more sensitive to rider inputs--large or small--compared to a mechanically linked system, yet with fuel delivery that is smoother and more precise than would be otherwise possible.
The end benefit for the rider is an unprecedented level of control and feel through the throttle, a true next-generation, more direct level of connectivity with the machine that heightens the riding experience. In addition, the VFR1200F's TBW system eliminates the need for the Idle Air Control Valve used in other Honda PGM-FI systems to deliver a consistent idle; TBW simply delivers more sensitive and accurate fuel metering response to rider input compared to mechanically linked PGM-F1 systems regardless of riding conditions. From where the rider sits, TBW works virtually invisibly to improve engine responsiveness and operation, provide a more linear and well-connected throttle feeling, and also improve fuel efficiency.
As befitting of a super-sophisticated sport machine, the VFR1200F can be had with a standard six-speed manual gearbox or with the option of an impressively new piece of technology for motorcycles, Honda's Dual Clutch Transmission, the world's first fully automatic motorcycle dual clutch transmission for large-displacement sport bikes. This new transmission offers riders the enjoyment of full sport riding capabilities along with easy and seamless operation, while also delivering fuel efficiency equal to or better than a conventional manual transmission. To respond to rider demands throughout a broad range of conditions and situations, the transmission offers three operating modes: two full-auto modes (D-mode for regular operation and S-mode for sporty riding), and a six-speed gear-select mode for full rider control via a paddle-shifter-type setup that delivers the same shifting response as a manual transmission. For more details, see the attached technical description of this innovative Honda Dual Clutch Transmission.
In keeping with its serious sporting abilities, the conventional manual-shift VFR1200F comes equipped with a slipper clutch mechanism. This system acts like other Honda slipper clutch systems to moderate the effect of deceleration torque (or "back torque") on the rear wheel during aggressive corner entries with heavy engine braking, thereby allowing engine braking to slow the bike without causing the rear tire to chatter. It's an elegantly simple way to lend the assistance of a slipper clutch to sport riders with a minimum of weight and complexity.
Along with the VFR1200F's substantial sporting prowess come additional high-tech features that create a riding experience laden with many sophisticated touches. Case in point: the VFR1200F incorporates four dampers within the engine and drivetrain to smooth power delivery: a clutch damper, final damper, cam damper and tornado damper all work in concert to create smooth power delivery without losing that connected feel between throttle and contact patch.
The VFR1200F rolling chassis centers on a four-piece aluminum twin-spar diamond configuration frame that is both lightweight and rigid. The swingarm and driveshaft lengths are optimized without extending the overall length of the motorcycle through the use of another clever and sophisticated touch: the output shaft is placed below the transmission countershaft to create a more compact engine and allow for a longer swingarm without extending the total wheelbase--a move that enhances both handling and traction without resorting to dimensions beyond the moderate 60.8-inch wheelbase.
Honda's distinctive single-sided Pro-Arm swingarm is placed within a wide-span frame swingarm pivot area for increased chassis rigidity, and the swingarm pivot sits in an offset position above the driveshaft. This highly developed shaft drive system features a drive shaft that passes below the swingarm pivot. This allows a wider swingarm pivot/frame mounting structure resulting in greater strength and rigidity. A sliding constant velocity (CV) joint compensates for drive shaft length variations throughout the rear wheel's arc of travel. Thanks to this new configuration and the rigidity of the pivot structure, the new shaft drive system enhances cornering ability, high-speed handling and traction capability compared to prior-generation shaft drives.
The VFR1200F's single-sided Pro-Arm® swingarm system incorporates a single Pro-Link® gas-charged shock that includes a handy, easy-to-alter remote spring preload adjuster, and the shock is also adjustable for rebound damping. The shock delivers 5.1 inches of wheel travel, while up front the 43mm inverted cartridge fork delivers 4.7 inches of travel and also offers spring preload adjustability. All together, this combination of adjustability in the suspension at both ends give the VFR1200F a broad range of application, be it hard sport riding, more casual long-distance trips or two-up adventuring.
The VFR1200F also features sophisticated brake technology that complements its sporting abilities. Powerful new six-piston front calipers act on large 320mm floating discs and the two-piston rear caliper works against a 276mm disc. Honda's Combined Braking System (CBS) creates the optimal balance of front and rear braking forces. With this particular CBS setup, actuation of the front brake lever activates all pistons in the right-side caliper, and four pistons on the left side; the other two pistons are actuated when the rear brake is applied. However, to maintain equal braking force when the front brake is applied, those right-side pistons measure 25mm in diameter while in the left caliper the pistons measure 27mm and 30mm in diameter. In this case, asymmetrical brake pistons equal balanced braking loads--another bit of forward thinking that makes the VFR1200F so advanced. Also, the addition of a compact and lightweight ABS supports both the motorcycle's exceptional sports riding potential and its long-distance proficiency.
A balance of positive and negative bodywork surfaces gives the VFR1200F a light, open look while also creating a profile that slices through the wind with the least possible resistance. In addition to this modern, cutting-edge look comes a number of distinct benefits. Closer inspection reveals that Honda's designers and engineers worked together to utilize this uniquely attractive shape to also generate optimal airflow and maximize heat management. The fairing design incorporates two layers that harness flowing air to gain several dynamic advantages. Air entering between the layers and through two oval-shaped spaces in the front of the fairing is channeled to enhance the bike's handling at higher speeds and cool the engine, and air is also deflected around the rider's legs for a cooler, more comfortable ride.
Engine cooling is optimized by effectively increasing the speed of the airflow before it reaches the radiators by channeling it through tapered apertures. An additional vent in the side of the bodywork directs air downwards for engine cooling. And the hot, exhausted air is channeled away from the rider for greater comfort. Further ducting and heat shielding technology channel heat away from the rider's environment, thus improving comfort for both the rider and passenger.
For decades, Honda products have stood out among the crowd thanks to a distinctively high level of fit and finish, but the 2010 VFR1200F raises the stakes even higher than ever before in the arena of quality control. A high attention to detail and quality is evident everywhere, but take special notice of where the front cowl and body are fused together, creating one smooth, unified, aerodynamic surface. This incredibly tight and precise fit comes courtesy of a new generation of rectangular-shaped fasteners that locate body panels within two dimensions for a fit that is tighter than would otherwise be possible with conventional fasteners. And of course the very latest production technologies used at the new Kumamoto Plant in Japan where the VFR1200F is built contribute to the bike's exceptional fit and finish. It's classic Honda attention to detail, but at its newest and finest.
Note also that new Honda technology is at work in the seat. Here you'll see shaping and forming details like never before, thanks to a new process that literally bonds the seat cover (which has a special, tactile surface) to the seat foam. Net result: exquisite control to shape every part of the seat for improved ergonomics as well as the ability to execute intricate patterns.
More attention to detail has been showered upon key components of the VFR1200F that interact with the rider's fingertips through new premium control elements. Here Honda's engineers have developed next-generation switches and controls for the VFR1200F that return a smoother and more precise feel when actuated; the tactile response feels more direct than ever before.
From the finest details to the grandest application of racetrack technology, the 2010 VFR1200F comes laden with innovation upon innovation, a machine that once again changes the state of the motorcycling art. In each case, however, the target of these benefits remains the same: The rider. The VFR1200F brings to motorcycling enthusiasts a unique blend of elegant sophistication and hard-core sport performance never before offered to the riding public. Such a unique and lofty mission serves as the perfect target for the 2010 V-4 VFR1200F, a machine that traces its deep and rich V-4 heritage to a true revolution in sport bike design, and one that is bound to repeat the sport-altering history of its famed forebears.


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October 26, 2012
K-State Made: Student organization and local business team up to sell student-made goods
Submitted by Communications & Marketing
A Manhattan bookstore and a Kansas State University student organization are betting on the ingenuity of the university's students with their joint venture called K-State Made.
The partnership between Varney's Bookstore and the university's Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, or CEO, creates an avenue for products made by Kansas State University students, faculty and staff to be sold through Varney's.
"If K-State students make it, K-State Made can sell it," said Josh Kirk, student director of K-State Made. "K-State Made wants to provide a portal for students to sell the great products that they produce, to give them the chance they wouldn't get anywhere else."
Kirk is a senior in entrepreneurship from Shawnee.
All products sold by K-State Made will go through a selection process that includes a meeting with Kirk and a presentation to the K-State Made staff. Products available will range from artwork to furniture, including jewelry and photography.
"It is important to promote individual entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in the arts as part of our strategy for spreading entrepreneurial thinking across the Kansas State campus," said Jeff Hornsby, director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration. "The students at K-State Made are doing a tremendous job at promoting Kansas State University, its students and their work through entrepreneurship."
K-State Made products will be sold online at www.varneys.com/KStateMade and at the K-State Student Union Bookstore and Varney's in Aggieville. Students selected to have their products sold through K-State Made receive 70 percent of the sales of their product. The staff at Varney's is guiding students through the retail process.
"We want to provide an opportunity for students to learn about the realities of retail without all of the risks," said Brittany Johnson from the marketing department for Varney's.
A kickoff ceremony for the partnership will be 3:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the K-State Student Union courtyard near the Union Bookstore, which is operated by Varney's.
In addition to Kirk, K-State Made staff includes:
Kyle Robinson, senior in fine arts, Hutchinson; Lane Porter, senior in fine arts, McPherson; Abbey Brown, senior in entrepreneurship, Topeka; and Maddy Irvine, freshman in hotel and restaurant management, Wichita.
For more information and to submit products for K-State Made consideration, contact Kirk at 913-752-7313 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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