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The Segway® Personal Transporter (PT) has been evaluated by four independent agencies representing interests from around the world.
Centre for Electric Vehicle Experimentation in Quebec (CEVEQ) Second Phase
Pilot Project for Evaluating the Segway HT in Real Conditions (PDF)
The Second Phase of the two-phase report detailed use of the Segway PT by 143 participants who rode more than 9,000 total kilometers on sidewalks, paths, and roadway shoulders, in three major cities located in the Province of Quebec. The report noted that no incident or serious injury, nor any Segway PT/pedestrian collision or physical interference, was reported during the evaluation. Upon completion the study "Recommendations" indicate that Segway PTs should be allowed to operate on urban pedestrian areas and that such use will have little impact on user safety and still less on the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and other walkway users.
Publish Date: April 2006
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Pilot Project for Evaluating Motorized Personal Transportation Devices (PDF)
The first phase of the two-phase report detailed information discovered during the evaluation of motorized personal transportation devices (MPTD) specifically, the ergonomic, operational and technical aspects of the devices. Findings included that the Segway PT was very stable and gave users a feeling of being in control. Also, Segway PTs compared favorably to other types of devices and were far superior in the area of stability as compared to bicycles and mopeds. Lastly the report noted that the Segway PT could meet a large number of mobility requirements for a broad market, could facilitate transfers to other forms of transportation, and serve as an alternative to automobiles.
Publish date: May 2004
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Segway in Public Spaces (PDF)
The three-month study was conducted by the German government in conjunction with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of the Saarland, Saarbruken Police Department, and Municipal OfGice of Neunkirchen. Results for braking, steering and general handling of the device were very favorable. The study also reports that Segway PTs are best suited for bicycle lanes and pedestrian trafGic areas.
Publish Date: March 2006
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Managing Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) On Nonmotorized Facilities (PDF)
This study researched the use of various personal mobility devices such as electric scooters, powered wheelchairs and Segway PTs on non-motorized infrastructure including sidewalks and bike lanes/paths. Overall the study found that Segway PTs would have medium impact or risk to others (namely pedestrians), the same which was found true of joggers and runners. As a comparison, bicycles were found to have medium to large impact or risk to others.
Publish Date: October 2005
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Characteristics of Emerging Road Users & Their Safety (PDF)
Characteristics of Emerging Road Users & Their Safety (Summary) (PDF)
The study was undertaken to clarify the operational characteristics of both motorized and non-motorized transportation. Data was collected to obtain physical dimensions, turning capabilities, acceleration, speed and stopping distance of these devices. The Segway PT and its rider were found to have the second shortest braking distance, highest sight lines, one of the smallest footprints, and quickest perception reaction time. The Segway PT met or exceeded all recommendations made by the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guide to the Development of Bicycle Facilities.
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If you've ever wondered how surge protector strips are different from plug-in power conditioners, you're not alone. The enormous difference in price makes surge strips especially attractive to many people.
To make matters more confusing, manufacturers of these different devices often don't point out the performance differences, which are significant. If you buy any power protection device (including power strips) without knowing the facts, you may find you've purchased far less protection than you thought. The difference between a plug-in surge protector strip and plug-in power conditioner is more than just price. As you will see, surge strips are capable of providing only rudimentary protection.
Surge strips
The event commonly called a surge is more accurately defined as a high-voltage transient or impulse. Surge strips are designed to divert the impulse away from the sensitive electronic system. That's why the term diverter is more appropriate for this type of protective device.
Plug-in surge strips commonly use one or more of several electronic components, which may include metal oxide varistors (MOVs), silicon avalanche diodes (SADs), and gas tubes. There are differences in how each functions, but the intent is the same (Fig. 1) — to divert a part of the harmful impulse energy away from the computer or system being protected.
All surge strips have a voltage threshold, called a "clamping voltage," at which they begin to conduct. Above that threshold, impulse energy is shunted across the diverter to another pathway — typically the safety ground. When the impulse voltage once again falls below the threshold, the surge strip stops conducting. Surge strips also have a "clamping response" time, which is the time required for the device to respond to an impulse. The amount of energy that a surge strip is capable of handling without being destroyed is also a consideration.
Due to these factors, each type of component typically used in surge strip has unique advantages and disadvantages.
This type of surge diverter component has a high clamping voltage (300V to 500V) but a slow response time. This means that, in best-case scenarios, voltage impulses of less than 500V usually enter the computer system unimpeded. In addition, higher voltage events with very fast rise times may pass by the MOV before it is able to respond. Although MOVs can handle a significant amount of energy, they are physically degraded each time they clamp. This characteristic alters their future performance and ultimately leads to physical failure.
The disadvantages of the MOV have led to the use of the SAD, either in conjunction with the MOV or in standalone applications. Compared to MOVs, SADs have a faster response time and are not subject to the physical degradation that characterizes an MOV design. The overall energy handling ability of the SAD, however, is not as high. An impulse that merely degrades an MOV may also cause outright destruction of the SAD. To overcome this disadvantage, many surge strip manufacturers whose designs use standalone SADs will parallel multiple SADs to increase the overall energy handling capability of the protector. Industry authorities often vigorously debate the effectiveness of this design method.
Gas tubes
These devices have a high clamping voltage but are comparatively slow. However, they handle almost limitless amounts of energy. Some surge strip designs use gas tubes as the final line of "brute force" protection to spare the lives of the other surge diverter components in the presence of a catastrophic power line disturbance. In fact, many designs incorporate paralleled MOVs, SADs, and/or gas tubes in an effort to improve performance by combining the relative strengths of each particular component.
Inherent limitations of surge strips
All surge strips have certain inherent limitations. We've already discussed some of these (clamping voltage, response time, energy handling, etc.), but other factors are equally important.
The impulse shown in Fig. 2 is typical of the type of "ringing" transient often found at the end of a long-branch circuit, where most computer equipment is installed. This ringing is the result of the natural inductive and capacitive reactance found in building wiring. These reactance factors mean that the building wiring will oscillate at a unique frequency when energized by surge current — much the same as a radio transmitter oscillates when its output circuit is energized. While IEEE has found that 100 kHz is a typical ringing frequency for long branch transients, the actual frequency will vary depending on the specific reactance of the wiring. In fact, transient surges actually look more like a single (unipolar) impulse than a ringing one nearer to the electrical service entrance of the building (where little wiring reactance comes into play).
As part of the wiring system when installed, a surge strip interacts with its environment, and branch-circuit impedance becomes a factor in the frequency response and clamping performance of the device. This implication is important: Because branch-circuit impedance varies throughout the system, the performance of the surge strip will vary as well. Furthermore, because these same characteristics affect the frequency, wave shape, and rise time of an impulse at different places within the system, the performance of surge strips often becomes unpredictable. Because the "garden variety" surge strip is subject to all of these limitations, it is realistically best suited for limiting the worst part of a catastrophic electrical impulse.
Functional issues
There are two other functional factors of significant importance: longevity and what happens when a surge strip operates.
Because MOVs and SADs are both electronic components, both are subject to failure from a high-energy impulse. This is true whether they're used singly or in combination. The probability of ultimate failure is the reason why so many surge strip products incorporate an indicator light to signal when the protective elements are no longer functional. In most cases, surge strip components are operating "naked" on the power line, and eventual failure is a foregone conclusion.
What happens when a surge strip operates is a key issue. Where does the surge go, and what are the affects of sending it there? Answers to these questions, along with the inherent functional limitations of the surge strips, are the key differentiating factors between surge strips and plug-in power conditioners.
Plug-in power conditioners
A common question is: "What is a power conditioner?" Simply stated, a power conditioner is any device that provides all the power protection elements needed by the technology it's protecting. Although somewhat broad, this definition does focus our attention on the fact that today's modern systems require different protection than their predecessors.
The linear power supplies used in older generation computers required voltage regulation. Today's' modern systems are powered by switch mode power supplies (SMPS), which are technologically quite different. SMPS are immune to voltage regulation problems but require protection from impulses, power line noise, and, most importantly, neutral-to-ground (N-G) noise voltage.
N-G noise voltage can be disruptive to the operation of a computer because the computer's microprocessor makes logic decisions with reference to a clean, quiet ground. N-G noise voltages disturb this reference, possibly causing lockups, lost data, and unexplainable system failures.
Surge strips function by diverting disturbance energy to ground as we saw in Fig. 1. In the process, they convert a destructive disturbance into a disruptive one. Meanwhile, because the surge strip allows substantial energy to pass on to the computer, the computer itself may still be degraded by the residual surge energy. This explains why in so many instances a user experiencing catastrophic hardware failure will install a surge strip only to find that hardware failures (while fewer) still occur — and that the system now behaves unreliably at times.
A plug-in power conditioner will incorporate three elements: A) a surge diverter; B) an isolation transformer; and C) a power line noise filter (Fig. 3).
This "ABC" approach provides several operational benefits. Isolation transformers permit the bonding of neutral to ground on the transformer secondary. (See The Elegance of Transformers on page 28.) Permitted by the NEC, per Sec. 250.20D, this "separately derived system" eliminates N-G voltages. This means that the surge diverter within the power conditioner can now divert surge energy to ground without creating an N-G disturbance in the process. Because noise filters also function by diverting electromagnetic interference and radio frequency interference to ground in the same manner, combining them with an isolation transformer also enhances their performance.
Due to the limitations already discussed, surge strips can only limit transient impulses to levels of hundreds of volts. Figure 4 illustrates the result of a surge strip responding to a 1,000V impulse injected between phase and neutral on its input. Note how much of the impulse is passed by the surge strip to its output and how much is diverted to ground.
A transformer-based ("ABC" style) plug-in power conditioner allows far less of the disturbance to reach the critical load. Figure 5 shows the same 1,000V impulse injected between phase and neutral at the input to an "ABC"-style plug-in power conditioner. Note that the phase-to-neutral impulse (normal mode) is attenuated to less than 10V while less than 0.5V appears between neutral and ground at the output.
The bottom-line
Power line disturbances can destroy, degrade, and disrupt electronic systems. Plug-in surge strips are only capable of reducing surge energy — not eliminating it. Plug-in power conditioners that include a surge diverter, isolation transformer, and power line noise filter in their design can eliminate system destruction, component degradation, and operation disruption by exhibiting much better control over surge voltages.
Remember that the performance of naked surge strip components in an electrical system is unpredictable. The performance of plug-in power conditioners with an isolation transformer in the same electrical system is predictable and repeatable. Surge strips create N-G voltage. Plug-in power conditioners eliminate it.
Goldin is engineering manager for Powervar, Inc., Waukegan, Ill. He can be reached at [email protected].
Sidebar: The Elegance of Transformers
Transformers are an elegant power quality tool. Their secret is in their unchanging secondary impedance. Surge diverters interact with the impedance of the building wiring in a way that makes their performance unpredictable. Noise filters suffer similar fates. However, when designed to match the fixed secondary impedance of an isolation transformer, their performance is not only predictable, but also controllable and repeatable by design.


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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or * derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be * copied and put under another distribution licence * [including the GNU Public Licence.] */ #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include "../e_os.h" #ifdef NO_CAST int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("No CAST support\n"); return(0); } #else #include <openssl/cast.h> #define FULL_TEST static unsigned char k[16]={ 0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x12,0x34,0x56,0x78, 0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0x34,0x56,0x78,0x9A }; static unsigned char in[8]={ 0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0xAB,0xCD,0xEF}; static int k_len[3]={16,10,5}; static unsigned char c[3][8]={ {0x23,0x8B,0x4F,0xE5,0x84,0x7E,0x44,0xB2}, {0xEB,0x6A,0x71,0x1A,0x2C,0x02,0x27,0x1B}, {0x7A,0xC8,0x16,0xD1,0x6E,0x9B,0x30,0x2E}, }; static unsigned char out[80]; static unsigned char in_a[16]={ 0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x12,0x34,0x56,0x78, 0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0x34,0x56,0x78,0x9A}; static unsigned char in_b[16]={ 0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x12,0x34,0x56,0x78, 0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0x34,0x56,0x78,0x9A}; static unsigned char c_a[16]={ 0xEE,0xA9,0xD0,0xA2,0x49,0xFD,0x3B,0xA6, 0xB3,0x43,0x6F,0xB8,0x9D,0x6D,0xCA,0x92}; static unsigned char c_b[16]={ 0xB2,0xC9,0x5E,0xB0,0x0C,0x31,0xAD,0x71, 0x80,0xAC,0x05,0xB8,0xE8,0x3D,0x69,0x6E}; #if 0 char *text="Hello to all people out there"; static unsigned char cfb_key[16]={ 0xe1,0xf0,0xc3,0xd2,0xa5,0xb4,0x87,0x96, 0x69,0x78,0x4b,0x5a,0x2d,0x3c,0x0f,0x1e, }; static unsigned char cfb_iv[80]={0x34,0x12,0x78,0x56,0xab,0x90,0xef,0xcd}; static unsigned char cfb_buf1[40],cfb_buf2[40],cfb_tmp[8]; #define CFB_TEST_SIZE 24 static unsigned char plain[CFB_TEST_SIZE]= { 0x4e,0x6f,0x77,0x20,0x69,0x73, 0x20,0x74,0x68,0x65,0x20,0x74, 0x69,0x6d,0x65,0x20,0x66,0x6f, 0x72,0x20,0x61,0x6c,0x6c,0x20 }; static unsigned char cfb_cipher64[CFB_TEST_SIZE]={ 0x59,0xD8,0xE2,0x65,0x00,0x58,0x6C,0x3F, 0x2C,0x17,0x25,0xD0,0x1A,0x38,0xB7,0x2A, 0x39,0x61,0x37,0xDC,0x79,0xFB,0x9F,0x45 /* 0xF9,0x78,0x32,0xB5,0x42,0x1A,0x6B,0x38, 0x9A,0x44,0xD6,0x04,0x19,0x43,0xC4,0xD9, 0x3D,0x1E,0xAE,0x47,0xFC,0xCF,0x29,0x0B,*/ }; #endif int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { #ifdef FULL_TEST long l; CAST_KEY key_b; #endif int i,z,err=0; CAST_KEY key; for (z=0; z<3; z++) { CAST_set_key(&key,k_len[z],k); CAST_ecb_encrypt(in,out,&key,CAST_ENCRYPT); if (memcmp(out,&(c[z][0]),8) != 0) { printf("ecb cast error encrypting for keysize %d\n",k_len[z]*8); printf("got :"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",out[i]); printf("\n"); printf("expected:"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",c[z][i]); err=20; printf("\n"); } CAST_ecb_encrypt(out,out,&key,CAST_DECRYPT); if (memcmp(out,in,8) != 0) { printf("ecb cast error decrypting for keysize %d\n",k_len[z]*8); printf("got :"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",out[i]); printf("\n"); printf("expected:"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",in[i]); printf("\n"); err=3; } } if (err == 0) printf("ecb cast5 ok\n"); #ifdef FULL_TEST { unsigned char out_a[16],out_b[16]; static char *hex="0123456789ABCDEF"; printf("This test will take some time...."); fflush(stdout); memcpy(out_a,in_a,sizeof(in_a)); memcpy(out_b,in_b,sizeof(in_b)); i=1; for (l=0; l<1000000L; l++) { CAST_set_key(&key_b,16,out_b); CAST_ecb_encrypt(&(out_a[0]),&(out_a[0]),&key_b,CAST_ENCRYPT); CAST_ecb_encrypt(&(out_a[8]),&(out_a[8]),&key_b,CAST_ENCRYPT); CAST_set_key(&key,16,out_a); CAST_ecb_encrypt(&(out_b[0]),&(out_b[0]),&key,CAST_ENCRYPT); CAST_ecb_encrypt(&(out_b[8]),&(out_b[8]),&key,CAST_ENCRYPT); if ((l & 0xffff) == 0xffff) { printf("%c",hex[i&0x0f]); fflush(stdout); i++; } } if ( (memcmp(out_a,c_a,sizeof(c_a)) != 0) || (memcmp(out_b,c_b,sizeof(c_b)) != 0)) { printf("\n"); printf("Error\n"); printf("A out ="); for (i=0; i<16; i++) printf("%02X ",out_a[i]); printf("\nactual="); for (i=0; i<16; i++) printf("%02X ",c_a[i]); printf("\n"); printf("B out ="); for (i=0; i<16; i++) printf("%02X ",out_b[i]); printf("\nactual="); for (i=0; i<16; i++) printf("%02X ",c_b[i]); printf("\n"); } else printf(" ok\n"); } #endif EXIT(err); return(err); } #endif


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7 reasons to upgrade from Dynamic Tag Management to Adobe Experience Platform Launch.
A new era of tag management.
In 2013, Adobe acquired a tag management system that we branded Dynamic Tag Management (DTM). At the time of the acquisition, DTM served 30 customers. Today, DTM serves more than 3,000 customers.
Over the last few years, it's become an undeniable reality that the proliferation of web-based marketing technology isn't slowing down — it's actually accelerating. As a result, the ecosystem of technologies that marketers rely on to deliver the customer experience is also growing. And legacy tag management systems are not capable of supporting this ecosystem.
The same engineers that built DTM spent almost two years developing a next-generation tag management system capable of supporting and unifying the marketing technology ecosystem. This new tag management system is called Adobe Experience Platform Launch. It's a revolutionary approach to tag management that enables third-party developers to build, maintain, and continuously update their own integrations with Adobe Experience Cloud across a unified platform that enables all those technologies to work together. Leveraging Launch by Adobe's app-store-like interface, enterprises can deploy web apps from Adobe and third-party vendors with ease, define the customer behaviors they want to capture, and determine how that data should be used across their digital marketing tools.
Why switching is the smart move.
Upgrading from DTM to Launch by Adobe is about so much more than just keeping up with the newest technology. Here are seven reasons your enterprise should consider making the switch:
1. FASTER DEPLOYMENT: Extension Catalog
Browse, configure, and deploy marketing technology built and maintained directly by independent software vendors.
With Adobe Experience Platform Launch, you have easy access to the Extensions you need — integrations built and maintained by the technology providers themselves — in one central catalog. These Extensions enable your site to support more web technologies, and the clean user interface helps both IT and marketers configure and deploy those technologies in less time.
2. STRAIGHTFORWARD UPGRADE: Embed Code Link
Linking enables you to redirect your existing DTM embed codes to point to Launch by Adobe.
When Launch by Adobe was nothing more than black scribbles on a whiteboard, there were two non-negotiable requirements:
• Create a tag manager so open that marketing technology providers can build Extensions.
• Enable DTM customers to upgrade without altering their already-in-place embed code.
3. CONSTANT INNOVATION: Third-Party Extensions
Independent software vendors have a virtually self-service way to build, manage, and update their own integrations, which we call Extensions.
Launch by Adobe is the only tag management system that enables marketing technology providers to directly develop and maintain their own integrations. Not only can they alter the user interface of Extensions they built, but they can also add new functionality. For example, marketing technology providers can embed their entire sign-up process or even their SaaS product into their Launch by Adobe Extensions. Now these vendors can dream up new applications, develop new kinds of Extensions, and get their innovation directly into the hands of the enterprises that need them.
4. UNIFIED MARKETING TECHNOLOGY: Rule Builder
Integrate the data and functionality of marketing and ad technologies to unify disparate products.
The rule builder in Launch by Adobe has been completely redesigned to make building and understanding rules easier. And the improvements don't stop there. The rule builder is actually the nexus of all marketing technologies deployed through Launch by Adobe, providing a central hub where you can unify functionality from one marketing technology with functionality from other marketing technologies.
Figures 1 and 2 show how data from Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, and the page itself are being used to embed a specific YouTube video on a specific web page in real time. This cooperation between various marketing technologies is possible through Extensions. Marketing technology providers can inject new data or functionality into any of the four parts of the rule builder: events, conditions, exceptions, and actions. Because Extensions can add functionality directly to the rule builder, various marketing technologies are no longer cobbled together with custom code, but rather fused together by being built on a common platform.
Figure 1. Setting up a rule.
Figure 2. Selecting and configuring the YouTube Extension as the action.
5. AUTOMATED IMPLEMENTATIONS: Open APIs
Automate baseline implementations of one or many technologies.
The common practice for marketing technology providers is to first build the core product, and then develop APIs on top of that product. Launch by Adobe took a different approach and architected the core product around APIs. Every button clicked, every field populated, every functionality added to the user interface is API driven. This means that anything that can be done within the user interface can be done automatically outside of the user interface.
For example, if your company has the same baseline implementation of Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Foresee, BlueKai, Adobe Target, or re-marketing pixels across each of their domains, then when you launch a new domain, you would typically click through the tag management system's user interface to deploy each of these marketing technologies. Launch by Adobe enables you to write scripts that leverage the Launch APIs to automatically deploy these technologies. So a process that took days, weeks, or months can now take seconds.
6. ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING: Component-Based Publishing
Publish only what you intend by bundling the rules, data elements, and Extensions that make up a library.
Launch by Adobe uses libraries to determine what is published to development, staging, and production. These libraries are composed of specific components, including rules, data elements, and Extensions selected by the user. This ability to construct, at the most granular level, which components will be published gives enterprises more control, visibility, and security over what changes make it into the production environment. Launch by Adobe's component-based publishing includes the following:
Cross-user conflict resolution.
Launch by Adobe notifies a user if another user made changes to a rule in a library that they're in the process of publishing.
Launch by Adobe notifies a user if another user made changes to a rule in a library that they're in the process of publishing.
Library builder.
Users with publishing rights can easily find, add, inspect, or delete rules, data elements, and extensions to a library.
Users with publishing rights can easily find, add, inspect, or delete rules, data elements, and extensions to a library.
Four-stage publishing.
The publishing process allows users to move a library through the four-stage publishing process: Development, Submitted, Approved, and Published. If there are any conflicts within any components in any library, the related users are notified.
The publishing process allows users to move a library through the four-stage publishing process: Development, Submitted, Approved, and Published. If there are any conflicts within any components in any library, the related users are notified.
Unlimited development environments.
Launch by Adobe gives IT unlimited instances of both development and staging environments so every deployment to the production environment is a confident one.
Launch by Adobe gives IT unlimited instances of both development and staging environments so every deployment to the production environment is a confident one.
7. COMPLETE CONTROL: Rights Management
Create rights to publish, add Extensions, access Extensions, and perform a host of other tasks, and then give these rights to users.
Using rights management controls, you can create groups that have very specific rights and then add users to that group. Organizing access around rights instead of users gives your organization an easier way to see who has access to what, and make bulk changes if needed. For example, instead of meticulously combing through each user to find out who can publish, Launch by Adobe allows you to click on the publishing right and see everyone who can publish.
The right tools make all the difference.
Adobe Experience Platform Launch represents a whole new way to think about tag management. Re-imagined from the ground up, Launch by Adobe not only delivers a more scalable, flexible way for your organization to support current and future web technologies, but it also makes several other aspects of tag management so much easier, including configuring rules, managing rights, and unifying technologies across your digital ecosystem. While you may be satisfied with the functionality that DTM provides today, tomorrow will bring new technologies and complications that first-generation tag management systems can't support or solve. With Adobe Experience Platform Launch, your enterprise can begin benefitting from a unified web-technology ecosystem right away.
To learn more, visit www.adobe.com/enterprise/cloud-platform/launch.html, or contact your Adobe Customer Success Manager.


text: Samantha Bee and Colbert Report producer Allison Silverman were awesome as per ush on a panel about Political Humor at the New Yorker Festival on Saturday. An audience member asked them a question about whether it is difficult to be a woman in comedy, and Allison responded, "Reading that Christopher Hitchens piece [about how women aren't funny], I didn't get upset at all. It was just an old man yelling at cars from his yard." Later, when asked if she worried that satire made people apathetic about politics, Samantha said she didn't really worry about it. "My potty mouth, my dirty mind, that's what informs me. I only worry about being funny and original." [New Yorker Festival]


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Knut is a small, battery powered, Wi-Fi enabled device that enables you to monitor your valuables using your computer or mobile device.
Knut can be used to:
- Monitor the temperature of your home, aquarium, wine collection, home brewing operation all at the same time
- Monitor the humidity in your basement or cigar collection
- Tell if someone has opened your liquor cabinet or refrigerator door
- Measure how much vibration a package experiences during shipping
- Insure you water your plants
- Thousand more uses that we haven't imagined yet - but you will
Knut is controlled by an app installed on your computer or mobile device. This app will give you direct access to:
- Alerts
- Graphing
- Data collection
This app will be available for most computers (PC, Mac) and mobile devices (iPhone, Android). Knut uses email technology to send and receive data. This allows Knut to have great battery life and will never require subscription fees. To be clear, you will not be bombarded by emails.
Setup Up Is Simple
You can set up Knut using the Knut Interface app or a web page stored in Knut. There you can:
- Give your Knut a name
- Assign your Knut an email address
- Set how frequently your Knut checks its sensors (Time critical sensors such as accelerometers and switches are checked whenever they change)
- Choose acceptable ranges for every sensor connected
- Select your notification preferences (If you would like to receive an email or text message alert if a sensor goes out of the acceptable range)
How It Works
Knut spends the majority of the time asleep. Every so often, Knut wakes up, checks and then records the status of all connected sensors. When the memory in Knut is full, Knut sends its recorded information to a designated email address.
The Knut Interface app periodically checks this email address and stores this data on the computer/mobile device.
When the you would like to see the status of a sensor, the app loads the information which is stored on your device. Because this is simply a system of sending and receiving emails, multiple Knuts and Knut Interfaces can be associated with the same email address.
When the Knut Interface is used on a desktop computer, the Knut Interface can export a spreadsheet file (.CSV) so you can work with this data in any spreadsheet application.
What Knut Can Monitor
Knut has a high accuracy temperature sensor and a battery level sensor built in. If you want to monitor more than just temperature, you can connect an external sensor or multiple sensors using the 3-port hub. Currently we have functional humidity, vibration, door, water proof temperature, and water presence sensors.
We plan to offer more sensors based on your suggestions. If we don't offer the sensor you need, you can always hook up your own sensor using the breakout board.
Our Plan
After 3 years of development and 5 complete redesigns, Knut is almost ready for you. Our shortcoming is our interface applications - and this is where we need your help. We have a functional and almost final iPhone application and other Android and Windows based applications are in the pipeline.
So, Kickstarters, we need your help to make our vision reality.With your help, we will:
- Buy raw materials
- Hire programmers
- Hire a human computer interface specialist
- Finish Android and Windows applications
- Take your input and build a better product
- Get this product into your hands
- Provide basic technical support
Currently, we possess a laser cutter and a pick and place machine. For our prototypes, we have our blank circuit boards made in Oregon and our cases made in California. We cut the necessary holes in our cases with the laser cutter and place the components on bare circuit boards with the pick and place machine. It's a fast and straightforward manufacturing process.
Because of Jay's involvement with sales of electronics, he has extensive experience managing shipment of thousands of items on a daily basis. He also has many close connections with electronic component distributors worldwide, giving us direct access to hard to find and long lead time components.
We think we have a decent manufacturing capability. So, for orders of fewer than 300 Knuts, we will manufacture in-house, at our shop in Boston, MA. We can build up to 30 Knuts in a day, so it would take no more than two weeks for us to manufacture the entire order. For larger orders, we will contract with a Massachusetts-based manufacturer.
Who We Are
Jay graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in Operations Management and went to work in sales in the electronics industry. Jay has always been interested in building things by hand.
After studying Electrical Engineering for two years at Northeastern University, Richard left to start an aquarium construction and maintenance company.
Richard landed a job maintaining the aquarium at Jay's office. They became friends and soon found themselves building a very large aquarium together. This aquarium, with its multiple lighting systems, automatic water changing system, flow switches, water level detection, battery backups, and myriad other features required some kind of control system. They looked for off the shelf solutions, and when they realized that what they needed didn't exist, they built it: a fully automated multi-sensor aquarium controller.
After this controller was built, a friend inquired about a method to monitor the temperature of multiple apartments in a condominium complex. Richard realized that this aquarium controller could be easily adapted for his friend's needs as well as an endless array of other applications. The result is Knut.
Knut Spec Sheet
We want to ship a product that we can call complete. For the technically inclined individual who really wants to know the capabilities of Knut, we have written out a spec sheet. This spec sheet outlines what will be supported in the release of this product. Most of the specifications in this sheet are already functional so it is likely that additional sensors and features will be added to Knut by the time we ship. These additional items may or may not be completely functional.
Dimensions: 2.6" x 1.6" x 1.1" / 66mm x 41mm x 28mm
Knut Interface App:
Knut can be setup and monitored using the "Knut Interface". The Knut interface is available on Windows, Mac OS X, iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad), Android and Windows Mobile.
- Setup of Knut
- Setup of Alerts from Knut
- Automatic graphing of data from sensors connected to Knut
- Remote modification of most of Knut's features and settings
- Exporting CSV files (Windows, Windows Mobile and Mac OS X only)
Knut connects to the internet using commonly available Wi-Fi.Knut supports:
- Speed: 802.11g
- Security: WEP-64, WEP-128, WPA, WPA2. Does NOT currently support WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise.
- Type: Infrastructure, AdHoc
- Range: 100 meters. Obstructions (such as walls) will reduce range.
High accuracy temperature and battery level sensor are integrated into Knut. Serial and Non Serial devices cannot be mixed with the exception of waterproof temperature sensors which can be mixed with 1 non serial sensor. Some sensor devices contain more than one sensor.
- Waterproof Temperature
- Humidity (Contains 2 sensors: Humidity and Temperature)
- 3-Axis Accelerometer (Contains 3 sensors: X axis, Y axis, and Z axis)
- Door switch
- Water presence
- Breakout Board(Simulates 2 sensors. Either can be digital or analog)
Knut communicates using email and requires its own email address to do so. Multiple Knut's can and should be used on the same email address. The user should not interfere with this email address. This email address must support checking email remotely (IMAP or POP3) and sending email remotely (SMTP). SSL support is optional. Most free email accounts support these features.
Knut can send alert emails and text messages.
Knut operates for about a year on two AAA alkaline or lithium batteries using default settings and no external sensors. Battery life can vary from 2 weeks to 10 years based on choices that you make.
- Distance from the Wi-Fi access point
- How often Knut sends emails
- Temperature of Knut (very cold = bad battery life)
- Speed of your internet connection
- Reliability of your internet connection
- What type of sensor is connected
- How many sensors are connected
- How often Knut is set to check sensors
Knut cannot get wet or be exposed to harsh chemicals. The sensor leads of the water presence sensor and the probe tip of the waterproof temperature sensor can be submersed but they cannot be used with strong acids or solvents.
Knut's electronics can handle extremely hot and cold temperatures but standard alkaline batteries lose a significant amount of capacity when cold. We don't recommend using Knut above 55C (131F) or below 0C (32 F) for extended periods of time. If you would like to measure temperature outside of this window, we recommend using the external waterproof temperature sensor. We have successfully tested Knut in a -22C environment but the battery life was significantly reduced.
Funding period
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Preconferences and programs
2009 GODORT / MAGERT Preconference: "All Government Information is Local: Building on a Century of Local and Regional information in Libraries"
Come see this spirited panel discussion about the history and future of local government information resources/services in the library. Learn from experts and practitioners in urban studies who suggest specific ways to cooperate with local governments that serve the library's community in order to get important public information, set up engaged citizen forums to discuss critical issues involving local education, environment, employment, and social policies.
Those lucky enough to snag the one of the remaining seats will join the other pre-conference attendees in an exclusive walking tour sponsored by the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio shortly after the program ends at 1pm. This is a private guided tour by one of the Home and Studio's resident docents and will feature Wright's life, work, and examination of some of the best examples of his architectural treasures in Oak Park, along with a special emphasis on his influence on urban planning.
Many thanks to Lexis/Nexis for the support that makes this program possible!
Date and Time
- Friday, July 10, 2009
- 9:00am - 1:00pm
- The Cheney Mansion
- 220 North Euclid
- Oak Park, IL 60302
- Phone (708) 383-2612
Transportation Information
- John A. Shuler, University of Illinois at Chicago, Bibliographer for Urban Planning
- Charlie Hoch, University of Illinois at Chicago Professor, Urban Planning
- Rana Hutchinson Salzmann, Librarian, Merriam Center Library, American Planning Association
- Joseph Schwieterman, Director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development and professor of public service management at DePaul University
- Davis Schneiderman, Co-Director, Virtual Burnham Initiative
- John Carlo Bertot, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Library & Information Innovation, University of Maryland
Registration Information
- Advance Tickets: Advance: ALA Member, $75; Division/RT Member, $65; Non-Member, $100; Student, $40
- Onsite Tickets: ALA Member, $85; Division/RT Member, $75; Non-Member, $125; Student, $50
- Event Code: GO1
- Register at Annual Registration Form
Previous Years
2009 Program: Gov Doc Kids
- This program will help participants promote government information while engaging K-12 students in learning about history, culture, science and government. Games, interactive activities, teaching aids and lesson plans will be highlighted, along with exciting tools to enhance student learning. We will provide librarians with a collection of free government resources to advance their reference skills and aid in collection development decisions. We will focus on resources available at the Gov Docs Kids Group website, which includes primary source materials and links to U.S. Government Web sites for kids. Please see our websites at http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Gov_Doc_Kids and http://govdocs4children.pbwiki.com/ for more information.
We hope you'll join us for this interesting and informative session!
- Nan Myers - Wichita State University
- Antoinette Satterfield - Kansas State University
- Carmen Orth-Alfie - University of Kansas
- Tom Adamich - Muskingum College (Ohio)/Visiting Librarian Service
- Angelisa Harris - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Date and Time
- Date: 13 July 2009
- Time: 10:30-12:30 PM CDT
- Location: Chicago Hilton (HIL) Boulevard A/B (hotel map)
Previous Years
(6/30/08 note: GPO Regional Library Report moved to GODORT Hot Topics Page)


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Sack Shinde for hurting national interests: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde should be removed for his comment on "Hindu terror" that had hurt national interests, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said Thursday.
Asking Shinde to not cross his limits, Sushma Swaraj said politics can be practised to the extent that it benefits the Congress or even harms the BJP but "should not be taken to a level where national interest is affected".
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, who was addressing a protest rally at Jantar Mantar here, added that the party wanted an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the nation and sack Shinde," she said.
"You have hurt national interest at a time when Pakistan is coming and beheading our soldiers. You are not attacking Pakistan but attacking the main opposition party," she said about the home minister.
"What do you want to tell the world? There might be terror camps in Pakistan, but here the main opposition party runs a terror camp! Do you want to say, terrorists are sitting in parliament? The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha is heading a terror organisation?" she asked.
Shinde had said in Jaipur during the Congress's Chintan Shivir Sunday: "Whether it is BJP or RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), their training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism."
The opposition party was Thursday holding nationwide protests against Shinde's comments.(IANS)


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U.S. intelligence chief bars unauthorized contacts with reporters on all intel-related matters
Employees of U.S. intelligence agencies have been barred from discussing any intelligence-related matter _even if it isn't classified _ with journalists without authorization, according to a new directive by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Intelligence agency employees who violate the policy could suffer career-ending losses of their security clearances or outright termination, and those who disclose classified information might face criminal prosecution, according to the directive, which Clapper signed March 20 but was made public only Monday by Steven Aftergood, who runs the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.
Under the order, only the director or deputy head of an intelligence agency, public affairs officials and those authorized by public affairs officials may have contact with journalists on intelligence-related matters.
The order doesn't distinguish between classified and unclassified matters. It covers a range of intelligence-related information, including, it says, "intelligence sources, methods, activities and judgments."
It includes a sweeping definition of who's a journalist, which it asserts is "any person . . . engaged in the collection, production or dissemination to the public of information in any form related to topics of national security."
The order represents the latest move by the Obama administration to stifle leaks. It bolsters another administration initiative called the Insider Threat Program, which requires federal employees to report co-workers who show any of a broad variety of "high risk" behaviors that might indicate they could be sources of unauthorized releases of classified or unclassified material.
President Barack Obama launched the Insider Threat Program in October 2011 after Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning, then known as Bradley Manning, downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents from a classified computer network and sent them to WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group.
The administration redoubled its crackdown after leaks to news media of classified information about the National Security Agency's top-secret communications data-collection operations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Clapper's new directive "is a response to the same basic anxiety: that intelligence employees might be talking out of school," said Aftergood. "It's what I think is a rather heavy-handed attempt to crack down on unauthorized communications. It doesn't specify that it's limited to classified information and indeed, disclosures of classified information are already prohibited if unauthorized."
"IC employees . . . must obtain authorization for contacts with the media" when it comes to intelligence-related matters, and they "must also report . . . unplanned or unintentional contact with the media on covered matters," the directive says.
Aftergood said Clapper's order could end up hurting the credibility of the U.S. intelligence community by limiting the discussion of events to what's approved by his office. Alternate voices that might call attention to inaccurate or incomplete statements will be smothered or dissuaded from speaking out, Aftergood said.
"Whether because of deception or error or whatever it might be, the authorized official view is not always the right one and it is usually incomplete," Aftergood said.
The U.S. intelligence community already has a substantial record of issuing inaccurate or abbreviated information to the public, from bogus and exaggerated information on whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction to Clapper's misleading testimony to Congress on the collection of Americans' private communications data.


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Courteney Cox Divorce: Court Finalizes Divorce From David Arquette (VIDEO)
Courteney Cox's divorce from David Arquette has now been finalized following their split in October 2010.
Their split came nearly three years ago but the couple did not officially file for divorce until June 2012.
However, despite their break up their split is reported to have been amicable and both tried to conclude the divorce reasonably with the other as soon as possible.
According to People magazine, the Los Angeles Superior Court entered a final judgment for the divorce this week, which officially handed the couple their divorce following 12 years of marriage.
Divorce documents have described that 38 year old Cox, and 41 year old Arquette agreed that they would share joint legal and physical custody of their eight year old daughter, Coco.
In 2010, the pair issued a statement about their decision to separate, saying, "The reason … is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage."
They previously tried to repair their relationship but were unable to work through their problems.
Cox and Arquette married in 1999 and daughter Coco Riley Arquette was born in 2004.
In October 2011, Arquette told radio host and shock jock Howard Stern, "Whoever I'm with has got to accept this relationship: that I love her and she's my best friend. We love each other. We're really dear friends with each other. I know that's hard for people to understand, but you don't have to go into battlegrounds."
The couple was co-executive-produces on ABC's hit series "Cougar Town," which features Cox as a recently divorced single mother. Last year ABC made the decision to release the show to cable channel TBS.
Here is a video from last year after David Arquette filed his divorce papers:


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Another Curmudgeon Says Let Indiewood Hurry Up & Die/
Jim McKay, who once was called by Variety "America's own Ken Loach", responded to my recent email blast and has kindly agreed to go public with it:
"even the A-list auteurs' star-filled agency-backed packages are failing to find US buyers at Cannes"???
I don't see this as cause for alarm, I see this as cause for celebration.
I mean, look at that sentence. What could be more diametrically opposed to small, independent filmmaking than stars, agencies, and packaging?!?
The root of this whole problem goes back to the indie-fication of Hollywood and the fact that small films have found themselves competing with bigger ones for casting, financing, and, worst of all, Oscar recognition. Small films should never have had to compare themselves with these products or compete against them at festivals or in the box office. And yet this is where the "Indie Film" phenomena ultimately landed.
We must stop seeing ourselves through the lens of 1) Hollywood and 2) Indiewood. The first is a system completely outside the realm of what small filmmakers create. The second is actually a non-existent planet that for a small time differentiated itself from Hollywood but is now just a sub-folder. Many of the great American filmmaking veterans, the ones who have spent their careers making small films, exist completely outside these worlds. Rob Nilsson, Jon Jost, Nina Menkes, Victor Nunez, Yvonne Rainer.... Let's start looking at how they do it, comparing the state of things for young filmmakers with the state of things for these makers. We'll probably learn a little about how to create and survive and I bet things will also look a lot more rosy in comparison.....
Let the Cannes/Sundance/Tribeca house burn down.
Or let it just do whatever it's gonna do. But I think we need to stop looking at the bigger system as something that exists in the same universe as films like the ones you listed.
The sky is not falling, the sky is opening up.
We've spent the last ten years eating filet mignon when rice and beans taste just as good. We've been flying first class instead of driving in the van with the band. No shit - steak and warm mixed nuts are lovely. It was nice while it lasted. But things have changed and we can change with them (for most of us, back to the way we always did it in the first place - much more challenging when you start becoming an old fuck like me) or we can just quit or sell out or buy in.
The fact is, now that the economy has crashed people will finally start making films for less money and with less bullshit attached and stop trying to play the Hollywood or, just as bad, Indiewood game. And in the future, just like in the past, really good films will still have a tough time getting made. And getting seen. And making their money back.
But there is one maxim that will never cease to apply: great work will ALWAYS, always find its way. It may not make a lot of money, it may call for extreme or inventive means of distribution, it will almost never be seen by the masses. But great work will continue to be seen and appreciated and maybe now more than ever, the means to spread the word about and gain access to this work is on the brink of discovery.
I know we're saying pretty much the same thing. And I love how you're actually doing something about it. Providing a space for people to share information, taking part in a community.... all this is great and also pretty much all we can do right now as the system makes its seismic shift. While the glass might be half empty of money, I believe it's half full with creativity. Which strikes me as a pretty ridiculously optimistic thing for a cynical guy who hasn't made a feature in 5 years and is coasting into middle-aged curmudgeonhood. And yet, there it is.
keep on keepin' on.


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PC Advisor goes to this year's Gadget Show Live. Here are the key sights from the Gadget Show Live. Visit Digital Home Advisor.
We take in the sights at this year's Gadget Show Live, showcasing the latest in consumer tech.
Based around the Channel Five programme the Gadget Show Live event brings the TV programme to a live event, aiming to allow consumers to see, try and buy the very best in cutting edge technology. Exhibitors including Microsoft, LG, Acer, JVC, Lenovo, Game, Alpine, Orange (EE) and Freesat where at the NEC in Birmingham, and so were we. Here are some of the best sights of the Gadget Show Live 2013. See also: Sony UK TV range for 2013: hands on.


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Where Do Matters Stand? — Paul Craig Roberts
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One 77-year-old's search for the truth: 9/11, election fraud, illegal wars, Wall Street criminality, a stolen nuke, the neocon wars, control of the U.S. government by global corporations, the unjustified assault on Social Security, media complicity, and the "Great Recession" about to become the second Great Depression. "The most important truths are hidden from us by the powerful few who strive to steal the American dream by keeping We the People in the dark."


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Neuropsychologist to discuss concussion awareness on 'Conversations'
On the next episode of "Conversations from Penn State," neuropsychologist Ruben Echemendia will discuss the importance of concussion awareness for both amateur and professional athletes. The show will air at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 16, and 6 p.m. Sunday, June 26, on WPSU-TV. It also will air at noon on Monday, June 20, on the Big Ten Network, and can be viewed at http://conversations.psu.edu/ online.


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- Spanish Grand Prix - Qualifying
Massa and Gutierrez hit with grid penalties
- Race:
- Spanish Grand Prix
- Drivers:
- Esteban Gutiérrez
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- Felipe Massa
- Teams:
- Alfa Romeo
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- Ferrari
Felipe Massa and Esteban Gutierrez have both been slapped with three-place grid penalties ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Both drivers were penalised for impeding competitors and the grid drops will see Massa demoted from sixth to ninth while Gutierrez falls from 16th to 19th.
Gutierrez held up Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus in the final sector of the lap in Q1, and although Raikkonen went on to set a quicker time the stewards deemed that he had been disadvantaged. Massa's misdemeanour came in Q2 when he blocked Mark Webber in turn 12, with the Red Bull venting his frustration by raising his hands from the steering wheel.
Webber is one of the drivers who will benefit from the Massa penalty as he moves from eighth to seventh on the grid.
Massa said he felt the penalty was unfair when the factors surrounding the situation were taken in to account.
"It was not my intention to get in his way and in all honesty, I can't recall having affected his qualifying," Massa said. "When I saw him in the mirrors, I thought I'd get through the corner before letting him by, which was the only course of action at such a narrow point. On top of that, he was on worn tyres at the time and I don't think he was doing a quick lap."


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Justin Newcombe builds a house to keep his young plants safe and warm.
I'm determined this year to really throw myself into the garden and want to get off to a flying start. So I've been on the lookout for a new propagation house. I do have a cold frame which I will also put to good use, but it's really not enough as I also want to house a number of plants in pots during winter. Although there are plenty of propagation houses on the market I've had a plan for a while to build one using clear tarpaulins over a bamboo framing. This may sound a little temporary, but I'm confident I can get a good five years out of it if I spend a bit of time getting things right.
Firstly the floor needs to be solid and I've taken the opportunity to get rid of some old broken concrete. I've also used sleepers, which I ripped in half using a skill saw, as boxing to hold the fill together. The bamboo was collected locally and was free. I was impressed in Asia with the use of bamboo as scaffolding: it can go up tens of floors and is held together using cable ties. I figured a bamboo frame in my backyard would be sturdy enough to go the distance. I built two of the walls on my patio using a hole cutter to create slots for the bamboo, then drilled holes for the cable ties which hold the bamboo in place. I was going to build a light timber framed door and cover it with tarp off cuts and I still might at a later date. My wife joked that if you didn't use this for a propagation house you could use it as an emergency shelter. Perhaps you can keep a copy of this article in your civil defence kit - just to be on the safe side.
Step 1
Prepare a flat area to place your propagation house on. I placed half an old tarp on the ground which will stop weeds growing through the floor.
Step 2
Build timber the edges to the dimensions of the propagation house. I used macrocarpa sleepers cut in half which are 100x100mm then nailed them together and pegged them to the ground using H4 tanalised stakes.
Step 3
Drill holes through the timbers and thread wire through. The wire will hold the bamboo framing in place.
Step 4
Fill the timbers with hard fill. I used broken concrete and then topped it up with fine gravel to make it level.
Step 5
Measure and cut the bamboo framing to the correct lengths and heights then measure and cut the holes for joining the bamboo together. Because the bamboo is all different lengths, the holes will be different sizes each time.
Step 6
Slot the poles together then drill a set of holes through each piece and join them together using cable ties. Brace each wall diagonally both ways.
Step 7
Erect two of the walls, attaching them to the floors using the wire ties. Work your way around the framing, bracing where necessary. I ended up bracing all the walls and the roof diagonally both ways as well as installing a set of rafters to stretch the roof tarp over. I also included two posts for the door.
Step 8
Once the framing is complete attach the tarps, starting with the walls first. I tied the tarp to the framing using cable ties. Attach the roof tarp making sure it wraps right over the wall tarps to make the propagation house weathertight.
Step 9
To make a door, measure the gap between the posts, top and bottom and make a rectangle to fit. Brace the rectangle diagonally and horizontally then wrap in clear tarp.
Use bicycle inner-tube or similar material to attach the door to the framing. The inner-tube also acts as hinging.


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Ex-JPMorgan execs pressed about trading loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing billions of dollars.
The hearing was held a day after the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a scathing report that ascribed widespread blame for $6.2 billion in trading losses to key executives at the firm.
Douglas Braunstein, the former chief financial officer, and Ina Drew, the former chief investment officer overseeing trading strategy, were pressed to explain why bank executives gave federal examiners in April information that significantly understated losses for the first quarter of 2012.
"The number I reported (to the regulators) was the number that was given to me," said Drew, who resigned last spring after the losses became public.
Drew blamed the losses on executives under her watch who failed to control risks out of the London office. She said that undermined her oversight and kept her from preventing the losses.
The report also suggested that CEO Jamie Dimon was aware of the losses in April, even while he played them down publicly. And Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the panel, implied that Dimon set a precedent at the bank for withholding information.
Dimon acknowledged in May 2012 that the firm had lost $2 billion on risky trades out of its London office. The losses have since been revised to more than $6 billion.
After reading the report and hearing executives testify that they didn't know who was responsible for informing regulators, members of the panel questioned whether the nation's biggest bank had become too large to manage.
The "trading culture at JPMorgan … piled on risk, hid losses, disregarded risk limits, manipulated risk models, dodged oversight and misinformed the public," Levin said Friday at the hearing.
On Thursday, JPMorgan acknowledged it made mistakes but rejected any assertions that it concealed losses or risks. A spokesman declined to comment directly on the accusation that Dimon knew of the trading loss in April.
Dimon was not a witness at Friday's hearing.
In April, news reports said a trader in JPMorgan's London office known as "the whale" had taken huge risks that were roiling the markets. Dimon immediately dismissed the reports as a "tempest in a teapot" during a conference call with analysts.
But Dimon acknowledged the losses a month later. And he told a separate Senate committee in June that the bank showed "bad judgment," was "stupid" and "took far too much risk." He also had his compensation last year reduced by 50 percent, as did Braunstein.
After the trading loss came to light, Drew resigned after 30 years with the firm and voluntarily paid back two years of salary.
Drew said Friday that while she doesn't believe she bore personal responsibility for the losses, she decided to step down to make it easier for JPMorgan "to move beyond these issues." Her comments were her first public remarks since leaving the firm.
Braunstein acknowledged that risk models for the trading operation were changed in a way that was improper early last year. The changes made the bank's trading losses appear smaller than they were.
The loss came less than four years after the 2008 financial crisis and hurt the reputation of a bank that had come through the crisis known for taking fewer risks than its competitors. Three employees in the London office were fired — two senior managers and a trader. It also led to Drew's resignation.
The subcommittee report was also critical of the OCC. It said the Treasury agency failed to investigate the trading even when the London operation repeatedly blew through pre-set risk limits and it failed to notice when the unit didn't submit required reports for several months.
The agency acknowledged that there were shortcomings in its oversight of JPMorgan.


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New Zealand Beach Volleyball Nationals boost interest ahead of international series
Auckland, New Zealand, January 13, 2014 - Sam O'Dea and Mike Watson have won the Men's National Beach Volleyball Championship, played at the Mairangi Bay Beach Volleyball Centre over the weekend, while North Harbour's Danielle Quigley teamed with Rotorua's Melissa Ruru to take the women's title.
In mild overcast conditions a small but animated crowd enjoyed two close finals. The New Zealand Beach Championships are the precursor to the International Tour starting next week at the Mairangi Bay.
The women's final saw Daniel Quigley and Melissa Ruru win 2-0 (21-15, 24-22) against the experienced Sonia Dunne/Carli Botes from North Harbour. Ruru and Quigley had earlier beaten 2013 champions Julia Tilley and Shaunna Polley in a close semifinal.
Quigley, a former student of Orewa College won her first National Beach Volleyball title with new partner Ruru, who was named New Zealand Police Sports Woman of the year for 2013.
The men's final saw a power game evolve between Sam O'Dea, defending his 2013 title with new partner Mike Watson. They were up against Sam's younger brother Ben and new partner for the summer Thomas Hartles, from North Harbour.
The O'Dea/Hartles combination hung on to win a torrid first set 21-19, but the score was reversed in an equally tight second set, to take the match to a tie-breaker final set, which the experienced Sam O'Dea/Watson combination took 15-8.
Upcoming events
- North Harbour Open – January 17 to 19, Mairangi Bay Beach Volleyball Centre, Mairangi Bay
- Waikato Open – January 24 to 26, Lake Karapiro Domain, Karapiro
- New Zealand Open – January 31 – February 2, Mt. Maunganui


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2008 :: Floodlit night riding, Bolehills ...
Van headlights and generator powered task lighting was rigged up to light the back straight. Thankfully the clocks have changed and we can ride till 8 from tomorrow!
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Foodservice > Soy Sauce Basics
There's only one way to make the highest quality soy sauce: follow time-honored traditions that have endured centuries.
Discovered in China more than 2,500 years ago, soy sauce is thought to be one of the world's oldest condiments. It has remained a cornerstone of many Asian cuisines. Today, it is increasingly known in the West as a flavoring and flavor-enhancing ingredient for many types of foods.
The traditional brewing of soy sauce is accomplished in three distinct steps: koji-making, brine fermentation and refining.
All seasoned cooks have their secret ingredients they use to add that last, elusive layer of flavor to their dish that brings everything together. Asian chefs have been using traditionally brewed soy sauce in this capacity for over two hundred years, and now the rest of the cooking world is catching on.
At Kikkoman, we've been following the same time-honored traditional brewing process to make soy sauce for more than 300 years. So it should come as no surprise that we're a company with a healthy respect for tradition.
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Monday, September 23, 2013
77 comments
Fashion and beauty goes hand in hand :)
xx Mira
Love the last outfit, it's so original
Gorgeous blouses at first outfits!
Kisses from
The shirt of the first picture is S-U-R-R-E-A-L!
Xoxo! Cory
1 and 3 are beautiful girls!!!
It's the jetlag collection by En Soie!
Love the looks here.
giovana knocks it out of the park once again! :)
P.J.'s, as we used to call them….belong at home. If one insists on wearing them in pubic, after dark would be best. The fad just screams The Emperor's New Clothes.
The woman in red is STUNNING <3
Milan has been stepping up!
Giovanna always looks so elegant and gorgeous!! I love the striped shirt combined with the chain necklace! Beautiful photos!!!
that red dress is fantastic!
Nice photos!!… Stylish & gorgeous!
plaids everywhere – love it !!!
Very beautiful women, im falling for the young lady in the white striped shirt… Each photo shows true STYLE
Wow :)
That red dress is killer! Love the girl in the stripes too :)
love the crossbody bag strap and jewelry in the first shot and the striped top portrait!
kw, ladies in navy
woah, that is one long string of beautiful women
These women are all very stylish. Looking at my wardrobe I think I can use an update from them!
it was a amazing show and great street style <3
The New Art of Fashion
Beautiful looks. Great day.
I love that secondlook with the green/gold jacket and the pouch bag and the killer red dress lady!!!!!
Such beauty around Milan these days :)
I love how D&G inspires so many different looks. my favorite is the sexy red dress! so bold and confident. reminds me of Spain.
The woman in red…daaaaaamn!
In love with the third and the fourth shots!
I love the outfit with the striped shirt!
Love the hair on the first photo
Can't wait to see your pictures from the show. The ones of.last season are still my favorite ! I love so much the dolce's women.
P.S. Giovanna I love you!
Simple yet so well dressed =)
The woman in the third photo…very beautiful face. Her makeup is nicely done.
I know I'm going to flack for this…but, after a certain age, women should wear hose. Not necessarily from looking at these photos, but lately, I've seen photos of women with wrinkled, baggy knees and lumpiness, that just isn't flattering. There are hose out there that are very sheer, and would even out the tone of the legs.
In Toronto it is either too humid (humidex up to 40 degrees) or too cold (wind-chill of -30) with very little time in between to wear hose as you suggest. I do think if people wear their skirts to their knees it does not offend those with your sensibilities. However, I think it would be even better to challenge and perhaps alter what you find beautiful. There is no moral, legal or indeed aesthetic reason for humans of any age to show legs or bare arms.
Stunning girls!
With love,
My Fantabulous World
Woah, all these women are absolutely beautiful !! And, of course, the photos are perfect, but I must say I have a crush on the second one.
Blimey! The woman in red!
Love them all as usual, Italian women rock . The woman in red is great, but I would have liked to see a front shot of the women standing in back of her with the black skirt and braided hair.
Does anyone on earth know why G Battaglia is truly perfect ?
So many great looks. The red dress stands out.
amazing giovanna|
Milan is on top of it's game when it comes to street style. I know the men are as stylist as the women. Let's see some Milan men's style!
Surely shows there is never one way to dress for a fashion show. I vote for Girl #1 – gorgeous hair and looks so cool and comfortable as opposed to Lady in Tight Red Dress who looks good, yes, but very uncomfortable!
Really like the first and 5th looks; those slouchy, slightly oversized shirts look perfect with jeans. And there's something so understatedly sexy about that pairing…
The photos are so beautiful and the girls are all so stylish! Love your blog so much!!
Fantastico, es un autentico espectaculo.
Un beso.
I'm in love with the women whit the red dress.
A real "Icon" of beauty and semplicity..
Does anyone know where the gold sweater on the first pic is from???
It's a russian brand Kukly (đÜĐâđ║đ╗Đő)
How silly this question is…..do you realize ?
I can't stop admiring Giovanna! She is always so elegant.
These looks are great. I love the skirt that combines leopard and plaid…flawless. http://theladyolive.com
Now look, all these ladies are dressed in style.
No weird style crashes or funny/ugly shoes
Been there ,done that.
The stripey topped photo is a stunning portrait.
Amazing photos, thanks so much for sharing!
I love the yellow portfolio in the fifth pic, does anyone know where it is?
The mix of monochromatic patterns and textures in the first picture are mesmerizing!
And Red Dress for the win…
Style & class: see pictures 1 thru 4
Oh my gosh Giovanna. Yet again she makes everyone else look like a teenager in their mothers' clothes (or their dads' pyjamas). I swear waves would part for that woman!
Giovanna, Giovanna, Giovanna, the Woman in Red … she's just so …. ssssigh … I mean, she is JUST so – (grasps for the right adjectives) …. I – …. guh … I mean … (with limp hands, Liz gestures, wordlessly, helplessly, unable to articulate her fanaticism for all things Giovanna ……)
Breton-esque T-Shirt lady is so beautiful and composed.
Red Red Red…..she look so sexy……so powerful
The lady in red….wow.
Wow! Giovanna Battaglia's figure looks even more amazing in this red dress. Love her.
Uh, Giovanna usually knocks me dead, but I do not like her in this. Too tight, too controlled looking.
Thrid shot: Alisson Paradis?
That women in the red dress…. holy s#!t! I would kill for a body (and the dress) like that.
All have differents styles but the lady in red is the most beautiful !
La parenth├Ęse Enchant├ęe
The Mustard clutch, the jeans and shirt work so well. Really well dressed lady
I was wondering if you could share the name of the lady holding the yellow bag. The fifth woman shown. Jeans, blue top, cell phone in hand and sunglasses on. Thank you!!
what is the name of the fifth woman shown? holding the yellow bag.
……. and this is why giovanna is the best. look at them curves!
She is beautiful, the collection is beautiful but why not wearing some nice jewelry as well? I mean you can be stylish and wear diamonds. In all the pictures I do not see any particular piece of jewelry that is as fashionable as the clothes, it's a pitty


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We were blessed with 4 weeks of utter blissful, relaxing and fun-filled days. Now that we are home, we are all pining to go back. It's always nice to be back amongst your own things, but we could easily have stayed for another couple of weeks! The best part - Jaron and I had a bedroom downstairs away from the main living areas of the house and the kids were upstairs with my in-laws and sister-in-law...most mornings we would roll out of bed after 9am to find the kids fed, dressed, beds made and happily playing and we didn't even have to do a thing :) Simple things like that make for a perfect holiday for parents, right?!
So, the holiday started with leaving sunny, blue skies in Tasmania.
The kids were sooooo excited to get going and were amazing little travellers. There was a lot of waiting at the airport in Melbourne and then a 4 hour flight to NZ, but they did a great job and were still chirpy when we arrived at midnight!! We flew a combination of Jetstar and Air New Zealand and if we did it again, would definitley fly Air New Zealand (or Qantas) for the longer flights. We arrived to rain, rain and more rain - in fact, it rained pretty much our whole trip! But that didn't stop us from having lots of fun!!
There was no messing around when we first arrived, the next day we headed out to our very first Polkadots concert! These guys are great - if you haven't heard of them, I guess they could be likened to a Kiwi version of The Wiggles.
Our little sister, Ashleigh is a Polkadots girl - she is a pro dancer and started out back-up dancing for the Polkadots and now is there fill-in when one of the main girls have babies or other business to take care of. Three cool things about the Polkadots... 1. They are all young Mums so know exactly what kids want, 2. Their messages are all about keeping healthy, and 3. They are all members of our Church and have great values, in fact, you can watch a cool video about pink Polkadot Dionne here.
We were especially lucky that Aunty Ash is filling in for one of the Polkadots at the moment and could see her in full action - she was great and the kids are massive fans now!