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Globe and Mail: Canada lacks law that defines, protects trade secrets
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A "brilliant" idea (?)
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Events in SOA
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Why IPv6 Matters
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text: CVS Caremark is focused on developing programs to help improve medication adherence. The study described here helps improve the industry's overall understanding of medication adherence and enables CVS Caremark to develop more targeted, measureable programs to address the underlying behaviors that contribute to nonadherence. CVS Caremark plans to use these research results along with other key information to identify, develop and pilot breakthrough interventions that will help improve medication adherence for the patients we support. The company is currently evaluating and piloting a number of interventions ranging from model development and prediction of adherence behaviors; to the use of medication reminder devices to help combat forgetfulness and improved labeling to address health literacy difficulties; to digital interventions that engage patients to encourage adherence.CVS Caremark has been supporting a multi-year research collaboration with Brigham and Women's Hospital to better understand patient behavior, particularly around medication adherence. Annual excess health care costs due to medication non-adherence in the U.S. have been estimated to be as much as $290 billion. About CVS CaremarkCVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company in the United States. Through the company's more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores; its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more than 60 million plan members; and its retail health clinic system, the largest in the nation with more than 800 MinuteClinic locations, it is a market leader in mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, retail clinics, and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. As a pharmacy innovation company with an unmatched breadth of capabilities, CVS Caremark continually strives to improve health and lower costs by developing new approaches such as its unique Pharmacy Advisor program that helps people with chronic diseases such as diabetes obtain and stay on their medications. Find more information about how CVS Caremark is reinventing pharmacy for better health at info.cvscaremark.com. Media Contact: Christine Cramer CVS Caremark (401)770 3317 email@example.com

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This model of the Klingon D-7 Battlecruiser is a direct descendant of the actual filming model. It is the same size (28 inches) and is identical to the filming model-- because the master I used was from a mold of the actual filming model!
The blue rectangles seen in the photo above are vinyl painting masks. These are used to either provide a painted white backing for the Klingon symbol decal, or that marking can be created in paint by using the appropriate masks. Both the masks and the decal sheet are provided in the kit.
The only item not provided in the kit is the rod that supports the model from the stand. The diameter, length and type of material is left to the modeler to determine because the choices are many. This model had no lights in it when it appeared in the series, so I have not engineered the kit to accomodate that. However, to save weight, the Primary Hull and Bridge sections are hollow. A brass tube is cast into the neck for support.


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The award-winning children's author Meg Rosoff's reimagining of God as a sex-mad teenage boy in her new novel There Is No Dog has proved unpalatable for a Christian independent school, which cancelled an event with the author because of the "blasphemous" nature of the book, her publisher said.
Rosoff had been booked to appear at the Bath boarding and day school Monkton Combe this week, as part of the Bath festival of children's literature. But her publisher Puffin said the school pulled out of the event after reading her novel, telling festival organisers that their objections centred on its "blasphemous" and "unsuitable nature". Puffin added that the Emirates Airline festival of literature in Dubai also withdrew an invitation to Rosoff to speak at its 2012 festival after reading the novel and feeling it was "unsuitable" for their audience, and publicity director Adele Minchin said that "a number" of other schools had also declined offers for Rosoff to speak to their pupils about There is No Dog "because they felt it was too controversial a subject matter to expose their pupils to".
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Incoming Vice President Joe Biden on a trip to Iraq promised its government that Barack Obama will proceed in a gradual fashion to withdraw US troops in order to avoid creating any military issues for Iraq leaders. Biden visited the Kirkuk region where he urged the squabbling Kurdish and government representatives to resolve issues pertaining to the place of the oil-wealthy city in the Iraq nation. The Kurds want it to become part of their semi-autonomous region while the Maliki government will not surrender control of an area that promises to bea rich source of oil revenue in the coming years.
Regardless of whether American troops leave in 2010 or 2011 there will be unresolved issues remaining in Iraq pertaining to control of oil in the nation. The Kurds do not trust either Shiites or Sunnis to control them, given their experiences under Saddam Hussein. There is trouble brewing at the OK Corral and America will be unable to head off the shooting that eventually will erupt.


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Crystal structures of highly constrained substrate and hydrolysis products bound to HIV-1 Protease. Implications for the catalytic mechanism
Tyndall, Joel D. A., Pattenden, Leonard Keith, Reid, Robert, Hu, Shu-Hong, Alewood, Dianne, Alewood, Paul, Walsh, Terence Patrick, Fairlie, David P., & Martin, Jennifer (2008) Crystal structures of highly constrained substrate and hydrolysis products bound to HIV-1 Protease. Implications for the catalytic mechanism. Biochemistry, 47(12), pp. 3736-3744.
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HIV-1 protease is a key target in treating HIV infection and AIDS, with 10 inhibitors used clinically. Here we used an unusual hexapeptide substrate, containing two macrocyclic tripeptides constrained to mimic a strand conformation, linked by a scissile peptide bond, to probe the structural mechanism of proteolysis. The substrate has been cocrystallized with catalytically active synthetic HIV-1 protease and an inactive isosteric (D25N) mutant, and three-dimensional structures were determined (1.60 Å). The structure of the inactive HIVPR(D25N)/substrate complex shows an intact substrate molecule in a single orientation that perfectly mimics the binding of conventional peptide ligands of HIVPR. The structure of the active HIVPR/product complex shows two monocyclic hydrolysis products trapped in the active site, revealing two molecules of the N-terminal monocyclic product bound adjacent to one another, one molecule occupying the nonprime site, as expected, and the other monocycle binding in the prime site in the reverse orientation. The results suggest that both hydrolysis products are released from the active site upon cleavage and then rebind to the enzyme. These structures reveal that N-terminal binding of ligands is preferred, that the C-terminal site is more flexible, and that HIVPR can recognize substrate shape rather than just sequence alone. The product complex reveals three carboxylic acids in an almost planar orientation, indicating an unusual hexagonal homodromic complex between three carboxylic acids. The data presented herein regarding orientation of catalytic aspartates support the cleavage mechanism proposed by Northrop. The results imply strategies for design of inhibitors targeting the N-terminal side of the cleavage site or taking advantage of the flexibility in the protease domain that accommodates substrate/inhibitor segments C-terminal to the cleavage site.
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i was stranded on interstate 20 hitch hikeing from my home state of arizona. i called mrs charolette and asked her for help i explained my sutiation .after a few minutes speaking to her she told me she would be happy to help me.i told her where i was at and mrs charolette wingard sent a man to pick me up .the ministry took me in and helped me with my dehydration . i have been here for a year and a half and i love it here .i had the best christmas here in my intire life and im 46 .this ministrt does more then the goverment has ever done . the golden rule at this ministry is to learn about jesus as i have done and to find work where you keep your money to get on your feet . this ministry does not ask you for a dime . alls they ask is to follow the rules and to work on getting on your feet . i am now the chef here at this ministry .and cook for every one here . it is a wonderful place and mr roy wingard and mrs charolette wingard are true heroes to me in my book . they truly a blessing to those in need.
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B. Nektar Meadery was founded in 2006 by Brad and Kerri Dahlhofer, with the help of their good friend Paul Zimmerman. Brad has been an avid homebrewer since 1998, making beers, meads, ciders and wine for his own enjoyment. When Brad and Kerri got married in 2005, he made a mead to toast with at their wedding and received great reviews from the guests. Jokingly, he said that he'd someday open a meadery. Paul, a long-time friend and fellow homebrewer, soon began making meads along with Brad in the Dahlhofers' basement. Their meads quickly began winning awards at homebrewing competitions. In the summer of 2006, Kerri was laid-off from her job. While sipping a glass of vanilla cinnamon mead made by Brad, she thought, "why not try to sell this?" It was then that the three decided to take their mead making to the next level. In the spring of 2008, Brad too fell victim to layoffs, and the three worked night and day to prepare for their opening. After nearly two years since its inception, B. Nektar finally opened it's doors on August 2, 2008 (National Mead Day). Since their opening, B. Nektar has been featured in the media by big names such as Hour Magazine (Detroit), The Detroit News, Metro Times, Channel 4 News, WJR Radio, and many others. Keep an eye (and an ear) out for interviews and even articles written by Brad. B. Nektar makes meads that extend beyond the traditional honey wine. With so many varieties of honey, how could we not? We let our imaginations guide us. Sign-up for our newsletter to find out about upcoming releases.


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About MeHi my Name is Maili and my ethnicity is Chinese and Spanish. I am on this site because I have always wanted/dreamed to be a model. Someone once told me "You go to school for your back up plan, not your dream". So I am here now to try and accomplish that dream. I have some experience and I am a fast learner and I love to try new things. I lean towards the alternative style but I can pull off many looks. I can look normal and I do smile. I have a love for corsets, platform boots, tattoos and animals and work well with most. I don't mind rolling in dirt, getting covered in paint, or oil, or whatever other thing to get a good image. I am very easy and fun to work with!
I have a very big goth/ alternative wardrobe that I would love to use for some photographs, But if you have some sort of theme to a photo shoot let me know and I can better put an outfit together for it. I have quite a few costumes as well such as a nurse, dark fairy and Alice in wonderland.
I love to travel and I will happily travel anywhere if expenses are paid for (even if the shoot itself is TF). I go to Spain every few years to visit family so I know my way around airports! :D NOTE: If I am traveling far I would like an escort with me, preferably my own.
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Bytes by MSDN: Thomas Lewis and Clark Sell discuss HTML5
Check out this lively HTML5 discussion between two Microsoft Evangelists, Clark Sell and Thomas Lewis. HTML5 is the next major update to the W3C HTML specification providing a standard structure for presenting content on the web. Thomas and Clark agree that the state of web development is evolving. In fact, HTML5 is at the center of Internet Explorer 9, with extensive support for web standards like HTML5, CSS3, Canvas, SVG, and more. Thomas suggests learning more by visiting BeautyOfTheWeb.com and tearing apart some HTML5 apps that can be found on the site!
About Thomas Lewis
Thomas Lewis is an HTML5 & IE9 Evangelist at Microsoft. Previously he was the Director for MIX Online, a website for web developers and designers. When he is not advocating the brutality of HTML5 & IE9, he is chasing his passion for design, good coffee, death metal and his pets.
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Clark Sell | Senior Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Corp. Name a role in the software industry, and Clark has probably played it. He started as a Y2K tester and has since worked as a developer, lead, "build monkey," solutions architect and product manager. His professional sweet spot however, lies in designing and building software solutions that make life easier – there's no chance for boredom and constant opportunities for growth. Clark is MCSD certified and received top Microsoft honors with the Circle of Excellence Award. He's a graduate of Western Illinois University and before joining Microsoft in 2005, he served as a solutions architect at Allstate Insurance Company. As a senior developer evangelist and Visual Studio team system ranger, Clark brings a good dose of humor and a zest for life to the podium. You can hear Clark's technical musings on "The Smackdown" at DeveloperSmackdown.com and The Thirsty Developer podcast – or find him getting grease under his nails in the garage. Clark's a muscle car fanatic who's currently finishing a body-off restoration of his 1970 Chevrolet Camaro while driving his 1968 Camaro SS. You can also take a look at what Clark's been up to on his blog.
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A lot of things are going on in Congo with the work at Lusekele. There is great potential to impact Bandundu region for Christ through the agricultural and literacy/ women's programs and the credibility, which comes with years of dedicated sacrificial work. There is a tremendous spiritual battle raging as those who practice witchcraft work their powers of evil to discredit God's work. It is nearly impossible to give you an accurate picture in five or six short prayer paragraphs/sentences.
An affordable pump (appropriate pump for Lusekele's needs) still
has not arrived at Lusekele after a year (almost two) of effort to find one and get it delivered. It is now dry season. It is needed.
* Pray that necessary contact can be made to bring this endeavor to a rapid conclusion.
In many villages the manioc mosaic has devastated the main staple
crop in most areas. Eight thousand eight hundred families in 87 villages have received disease resistant varieties. In one area local leaders accused successful people of witchcraft. A trial by poison was done and six people including an extension agent died. Village tradition says failure, in this case bad crops, results from not doing things the way the ancestors did it.
* Pray that villagers will see that God is more powerful than the ancestors and witchcraft and their hearts will be transformed into the heart of Christ.
Lusekele has unexpectedly been asked to participate in a round table in August to find solutions (and implement them) to agricultural problems in Bandundu region. They are there as a player with valuable experience and insight gained through years of patient sacrificial work.
* Pray that Christian leaders from Lusekele, with the help of the Holy Spirit, will have the opportunity to influence regional policy and the focus of international aid to agriculture in the region.
Miriam has introduced Moringa and Neem trees to Vanga area women as
solutions to certain nutritional and medical problems. Fifteen thousand palm seeds are to be distributed in September.
* Pray that the local populations will have a more abundant life both physically and spiritually as they adopt new practices even when the culture says that they should follow traditional ways.
Pastor Mozart Mulama came to Vanga less than a year ago following a
pastor that left the church in disarray. In this area the fear of witchcraft and evil spirits are common. The tensions are separating believers and discouraging everyone.
* Pray that Pastor Mozart and others can calm the situation, confront the hysterical fear of witchcraft and get people to focus on our security in God's hands.
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i had 4 runs inder speed limit. wide open road, no traffic and lots of traffic lights.
I let him go first and I didn't launch but I wasn't pulling him till 80kph when i had to slow down for next light.
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NBC's David Gregory on Sunday did his darnedest to get Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say Israel has had no better friend in the White House than President Obama.
As the "Meet the Press" host continued to force the issue, Netanyahu finally said, "David, you're trying to throw me under the bus of American politics. And guess what, I'm not going to be thrown there" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DAVID GREGORY, HOST: Back in 2002, you said Israel has had no better friend in the White House than George W. Bush. Would you say the same about President Obama?
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: They've all been great friends of Israel. You know why?
MR. GREGORY: You said, "No better friend in the White House than George W. Bush."
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: When did I say that?
MR. GREGORY: 2002 on this program.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: OK. Well, they keep moving. They keep adding new people to--you know, that's the peculiar thing about our system, the leaders, the leaders keep changing.
MR. GREGORY: So George W. Bush and President Obama are equivalent in your mind.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: God, I'm not going...
MR. GREGORY: I'm asking--no, but I'm asking you a serious question.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: I'm not going to start ranking. I'll tell you what, they're all...
MR. GREGORY: You did rank. But, Prime Minister, you did rank. And you said that America was behind you; and, in fact, this has been a frosty relationship between this administration and your administration. And the reality is that there's politics in this country and a presidential campaign. Just this week, you had Mitt Romney, a Republican, say of Obama that he threw Israel under the bus. Rick Perry described Obama's Middle East policy as naive, arrogant, misguided and dangerous. Do you disagree with those statements?
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: David, you're trying to throw me under the bus of American politics. And guess what, I'm not going to be thrown there. So I'll tell you what...
MR. GREGORY: You didn't mind disagreeing with President Clinton's analysis this week about the Middle East.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Sure.
MR. GREGORY: Do you disagree with these Republican candidates?
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PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: I think the important thing to understand is this, and, and this is the truth about America, Israel enjoys tremendous bipartisan support, tremendous. And, and, and, you know, you just have to walk around the breadth and length of this country, it's--or fly, it's a big country--and everywhere you go, you see this tremendous, tremendous sympathy and affinity for Israel. This is what, I think, is one of the great blessings that Israel has in the, in the 21st century. So--and I think that bipartisan support is expressed by any person who happens to be the president of the United States...
MR. GREGORY: Are you concerned that partisanship is being injected into this?
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: ...including President Obama. Every one of the U.S. presidents represents and acts on the tremendous innate friendship of the American people to Israel. And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, "Thank you, America." And we're friends of America, and we're the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East.
So why did Gregory think it was important to act as the Obama administration's emissary to improve relations between the White House and one of America's strongest allies?
Is it possible he's concerned that Jewish support for Obama is plummeting, and he felt he needed to get Netanyahu on the record as saying something positive about the President that could reverse this?
As NewsBusters previously reported, Gregory told GOP strategist Alex Castellanos last Sunday, "Republicans have been talking about the Jewish vote going Republican for a long time. It never happens."
Was Gregory a week later trying to help make that a self-fulfilling prophecy?
You have to admit that irrespective of his declining poll numbers, it must be a great comfort for Obama to know that he's got friends like the host of "Meet the Press" always looking out for him.


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Michela is the first resident taxonomist of Actiniaria (sea anemones) in Australia. This title doesn't come with a ceremonial sash, but it should.
Photographed by Dr Julian Finn on a recent dive trip to Nelson Bay, New South Wales, this sea anemone is taking on a shrimp feast to rival that of an Aussie BBQ.
A sea anemone, Phlyctenanthus australis, chowing down on a Hinge-back Shrimp, Rhynchocinetes serratus. There's also a photobombing chiton in the background. Image: Julian FinnSource: Museum Victoria
Little has been documented about the diets of sea anemones, particularly in Australia. These chance encounters and images help us understand these predominately sedentary animals (although, they can set a cracking pace if they so desire) and what role they play in the marine ecosystem.
Sea anemones are opportunistic feeders that catch whatever food passes by. Prey is ensnared and then immobilised with specialised stinging cells (nematocysts) found in the tissue of sea anemones.
There are many different types of nematocysts and each has its own function; some are sticky for catching prey, some poisonous, others are used in self-defence. When feeding, the anemone extrudes its mouth and throat (actinopharynx) over the prey, sometimes completely enclosing it. The sea anemone then crushes and digests the food in the throat, which also acts as the gullet. Food waste is then ejected back out the mouth, which doubles as the anus.
Not all sea anemones are totally reliant on eating; some have a symbiosis with zooxanthellae (microscopic algae) that live in their tissues, and the sea anemone can use nutrients created by the photosynthesising algae.
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"We want to see everything."
So writes porn producer and director Erika Lust in Good Porn: A Woman's Guide.
Not turned on by mainstream porn, Ms. Lust (née Hallquist) decided to make her own: There was Five Hot Stories for Her, which won movie of the year at the 2008 Feminist Porn Awards in Toronto, and Barcelona Sex Project (2008), an experimental documentary that followed locals around the Spanish city and finished with them candidly masturbating.
"We have the same right as men to get ourselves off," writes the Stockholm native, to "well-made films that include sexually explicit content."
Ms. Lust's first book, translated into eight languages and published in North America last month by Seal Press, looks at male- versus female-made porn, its history and lingo, as well as sensual indie art house movies, seventies sexploitation films and Gonzo porn, which involves the participation of the director.
The 33-year-old political science major, who is six months pregnant with her second child, spoke with The Globe and Mail from Barcelona.
You write that women looking at pictures of sex "freaks a lot of men out." Really?
It is still the case, but it's changing all the time. From a historical perspective, it's obvious that porn was created for men, by men. Almost every time you watch a film, you can see that the woman is the vehicle for his orgasm. We haven't liked it as much because it hasn't been as attractive to us. But there's a general idea in society that women like reading erotic novels and having softer sex, that we aren't as visual as men, that we don't like to look at people having sex. It's like soccer: There's a general assumption that we don't like it very much.
Maybe women would watch more porn if the actors looked more like soccer players.
That's a good point. When I look at the actors in porn movies, I don't find them attractive.
You lay out the types in your book: "Mafia dons, pimps, drug lords, arms dealers, bazillionaires, or sickly muscled sex machines hung like a horse."
The men behind the camera work with stereotypes – strong, tough guys. But me and my friends would rather have a more simple guy, a neighbour type, the type we meet on a normal night, a man we can speak with.
You write that women want realistic settings, "modern apartments" equipped with Macs – not tacky, opulent mansions and yachts.
Mainstream porn directors' aesthetic values are not too elaborate. It's a very kitschy ambience. They don't work with the interiors. They don't even care about something so important to us as the bed linens.
So women want ambience? I thought you wrote that women aren't into candles and flower petals.
We don't need the fireplace or the champagne and the chocolate and the strawberries. I don't think that's what we want, but when we watch a film, many of us want it to look good.
The ratty old couch isn't doing it for you?
Exactly. What happens to me is that I keep looking at that couch and I don't concentrate on what is happening: "It's such an ugly place! Why are they doing it here?"
You also complain about the ridiculous scenarios in mainstream porn, like the girl who comes home to find her boyfriend canoodling with her best friend and happily hops into bed with them.
It's not like I need a two-hour introduction, but I need some context as to who these people are. In advertising, they create a story in 20 seconds. It just seems like [the mainstream directors]don't really care.
In your 2004 short film The Good Girl, you toy with the pizza delivery boy scenario, except the girl pays for her pizza and offers the guy a "post-coital slice." Why is it so important that she pay for her pizza with money, not acrobatics?
If you don't have your own money then you aren't free to choose in life. One of the clichés that I really didn't like was this girl who always ends up paying with her body. I really needed her to pay for it and invite him in to have a piece.
Do women in female-made porn have jobs?
In Life Love Lust, there's a story of a couple working in a restaurant: He's the chef and she's a waitress. There's a story of a fortysomething executive meeting a younger man. I have stories where you realize in the storyline that the women have kids.
You blast mainstream porn's "cheesy sets, awful styling and makeup, insipid music, laughable performances (with sound editing that was even worse), and amateurish cinematography." Female pornographers often get hung up on production values. Why?
I think it has to do with our generation. We grew up with TV in the background and images with high production values.
Men grew up with that too.
I have a feeling they're concentrating on the technical sex. We kind of want it to be in a context.
Do men like the porn you make?
Yes, many, many men – they write me almost every day. I get such cute e-mails from them saying that they find my movies beautiful and so much more natural. Many are happy because it's the first time they can share it with their girlfriends. I see that because I have a store online and many men come, buy and then send movies to their girlfriends.
Do you think mainstream porn has changed the way some people are having sex?
I see this as a problem with young people turning to pornography to learn about sex. They aren't critics of what they are seeing. If this same young man would watch one of my movies, he would get another idea of what sex is all about. We've said for years with porn that it doesn't affect us, that it's something only a small number of men are watching. But pornography has taken a major step into culture as a discourse that explains femininity and masculinity. I think it's important that women start to participate in this discourse, because men aren't going to explain our experience.
There seems to be a sense that female-made porn is "too fuzzy." What do you make of that?
If you go back to when women started making erotic movies, they were into a softer approach. I think in the last 10 years we've definitely seen women make movies with more direct approaches. The movies made today are definitely not the fuzzy, erotic kind of illusions.
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The impact of the Malaysian code on corporate governance: compliance, institutional investors and stock performance
Wahab, Effiezal, How, Janice, & Verhoeven, Peter (2007) The impact of the Malaysian code on corporate governance: compliance, institutional investors and stock performance. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 3(2), pp. 1-36.
In 2001, the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG) became an integral part of the Bursa Malaysia Listing Rules, which requires all listed firms to disclose the extent of compliance with the MCCG. Our panel analysis of 440 firms from 1999 to 2002 finds that corporate governance reform in Malaysia has been successful, with a significant improvement in governance practices. The relationship between ownership by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and corporate governance has strengthened during the period subsequent to the reform, in line with the lead role taken by the EPF in establishing the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group. The implementation of MCCG has had a substantial effect on shareholders' wealth, increasing stock prices by an average of about 4.8%. Although there is no evidence that politically connected firms perform better, political connections do have a significantly negative effect on corporate governance, which is mitigated by institutional ownership.
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The staff were very friendly. Communication was an issue as the staff could not follow English very well.
Welcoming family, right across from the beach, secluded yet central.
close to beach and chimaera, clean, air conditioning, own bathroom, provided breakfast, other meals if wanted, laid back owner thought there would be more young people (20-40yrs), only saw families there and one young couple


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By Richard Clarke
Nicklas Bendtner admitted Barcelona were simply the better team at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night.
The Danish striker gave Arsenal a surprise lead in the 18th minute of their Champions League Quarter-Final second leg but, after that, Lionel Messi took over.
The Argentinean had hit a hat-trick by half-time and added a sublime fourth just before the end.
It was deep disappointment to Arsenal and Bendtner but, afterwards, the 22-year-old was prepared to take comfort from the quality of opposition they had faced.
"We made a great start and it was very important in the five minutes after we scored that we were tight," he said. "But in the end, if you look at the whole game they were a better team and deserved to win."
"Messi scored four fantastic goals and is a phenomenal player in a great team.
"At the moment, I would say he is the best player in the world.
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A three year-old at my six year-old's school is ill with meningococcal. There is a general panic -- (not a whole lot of compassion for this poor family) -- and the school and authorities are prescribing a course of antibiotics for everyone.
Now, I am not as afraid of contagion (daughter is not in her class -- and even if...) as much as I am afraid of a bunch of kids with lowered immunity and resistance festering together at school.
Am I wrong about that? Won't everyone's taking a course of antibiotics actually increase the risk of it spreading? If yes, can you provide a link?
I live in Brazil, Men C is on the schedule here for 3, 6, 9 months I believe (for private pay, not free state given vax). I didn't get it for my daughter at those times, but haven't ruled out anything in future either...
There is an outbreak in a different state recently, I was reading about it, but I am unclear if it was B or C, (there is no vaccine for B strain).
Prophylactic antibiotics is the standard course for anyone close to an infected individual. Personally, I would be way more afraid of Meningococcal than any issues with antibiotics.
From what i have heard and read, prescribing antibtx to all is standard. and the vax doesn't cover all strains of it either.
They were fully vaccinated! Both of the students from Lehigh had two of the vaccines before starting college.
The vaccine is pretty effective, but no vaccine is 100%. The abx is commonly prescribed to individuals with known exposure as a backup, and because the vaccine doesn't cover all strains. Meningitis is very scary. I hope the child recovers well.
It's hard to find a link to refute a generic concern about antibiotics. I understand why you would want to lay your concern to rest, though, and I think it's important. Can you explain your concern about what the antibiotics might do? If I know why you think antibiotics might increase the risk of the disease spreading, it will be easier to find you information.
Personally I don't like the idea of antibiotics as a preventative....they were designed to fight infection, not ward it off. Oral antibiotics wreak havoc on the digestive system by indescriminately killing off ALL bacteria - good and bad. Unfortunately the bad bacteria is much quicker to recolonize than the good stuff, so you're left with digestive issues and that can lead to later infection. A healthy tract can ward off bad bacteria, an unhealthy one cannot. I won't take antibiotics unless my Dr can tell me what bacteria I have, none of this "oh you have a sniffle let me give you what I THINK will fix it" and I certainly wouldn't give any antibiotics to my daughter for the same reasons. I'm a fan of boosting the immune system - megadose vit c, b complex, zinc, and herbal or homeopathic remedies.
I don't like antibiotic overuse either, but meningitis trumps that. Prophylactic antibiotics for people who have been exposed to dangerous infections do cut infection rates, and meningitis is a BIG DEAL. It infects your brain. I would rather deal with the temporary impacts of the abx than the potential lifelong consequences of the meningitis (or death, which it also causes).
Meningococcal is a BIG deal, especially in the speed the disease progresses, and it has a pretty high rate of mortality/serious long term issues. I think in this case, preventative antibiotics are more than warranted for people with close personal contact. You can always take steps during/after antibiotics to recolonize with good bacteria/boost immune system in other ways.
I give my kids (and myself) live culture yogurt when we have to do abx. You can also get probiotics at the health food store, but I prefer yogurt. We usually get plain yogurt and sweeten it with maple syrup, which my kids think is a HUGE treat. In my experience, it's very effective - no diarrhea.
A number of supplements also cause diarrhea in megadoses - vitamin C is well known for it, but vitamin B can toot - and that can wipe out your gut flora too. High doses of zinc can cause fever, coughing, stomach pain, and fatigue, according to WebMD. All of that would be worthwhile if they protected you from meningitis, but they don't. There's no need for the meningitis bacteria to go through your gut to infect your brain.
I wouldn't hesitate giving the abx....just give heavy doses of probiotics in between.
A very close friend almost lost her husband just a few months ago to meningitis (though it was the pneumicoccal form) He had a stroke while fighting the infection, was in ICU with a 50/50 chance of surviving, and a 50/50 chance of long term disability (he does have some lasting side effects) It was horrifying hearing her/her husbands experience.Turns out when the husband came home with a walker, he was chatting with someone who was on his way to visit a family who lost a 10 year old to meningitis.
I knew another relative of a friend (mother with 3 young kids) who got meningitis recently (again the P form) and went into multiple organ failure -still don't know what has happened to her.
Because it was the P form, abx were not necessary for them, but they wouldn't have thought twice.
I'm not big on the scare factor of many of the standard "scare stories" but this one is for real.
If your child got sick (and you suspected meningitis), they would need a lumbar puncture to confirm diagnosis and they would start on abx until the results got back anyway.
I don't know the stats on how effective preventitive abx are or if it's a drug resistant strain, or if weakening the system makes it easier to catch it of course that could make things more confusing -
My friends family were treated like they were dirty and contagious for weeks after, I hope that poor family has some support, and the child recovers well.
I'm sorry you guys are faced with this decision too - it would really stress me out.
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El Paso Coliseum to host Oktoberfest in September
EL PASO, Texas - The bulk of the German Air Force has left Fort Bliss, but El Pasoans will still get a chance to enjoy Oktoberfest – two of them in fact.
The El Paso Sports Commission announced Thursday it will host what it calls the authentic El Paso Oktoberfest.
It will take place Sept. 12-14 at the El Paso County Coliseum and will feature German beer and food, as well as a polka band.
The event will feature authentic Paulaner Wiesn Beer, which is especially brewed for the Oktoberfest in Munich, authentic beer steins made in Germany, German Food, Souvenirs and original Oktoberfest music.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 12. Single day general admission tickets will be $27 and $25 for all military.
Tickets will be available at the El Paso County Coliseum Box Office, at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at (800) 745-3000, or at any Ticketmaster outlet including all Wal-Mart locations. Tickets will also be available at the German Store Office (Mr. Kaiser) located on Pleasanton Road, Bldg. 516A, Fort Bliss, 79916. VIP Tables/Tickets can be reserved only by calling the El Paso County Coliseum Box Office at (915) 534-4229.
Music for the festival will be headlined by two-time Grammy nominated and Grammy award winning Polka musician Alex Meixner who will lead his band through the performances.
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All areas will have designated seating with easily accessible bar and food booths.
General Admission single day tickets will include admission into the festival and a souvenir beer stein.
VIP tickets will include admittance into the festival, a souvenir beer stein filled with Paulaner beer, authentic German dinner, VIP parking and exclusive bar. The designated VIP tent will have its own bar and food area. It is the only area were tables are reservable, a table comes with 8 VIP tickets.
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when I was at the BMW palace today, I asked the Service guy did my car, 2007 335i Convertable have a security system, he looked up the VIN number and his answer no, but it was wired for one he said, At only 700.00 I can have it installed, and I bet that doesn't include installation, My question, I bet the car cost $50,000 or there abouts new, Why wouldnt a security system be a standard on these high priced cars?
I have a 2010 toyota 4Runner limited and a security system is standard, and as a matter of fact every 4 runner I have owned from 1996, 2003 and the current 2010, the security system was standard,
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You an do it way more cheaply if you can DIY it.
The kit is under 300 bucks from tischer BMW and you can either code it
your self or find one of the many people that do coding to enable it.
The only way that your car is going to be stolen is with a flatbed. Your alarm wouldnt do anything to prevent that.
They did have a few stolen cars with dummy fobs in Europe, I think. If its not in the states yet, probably will be soon.....
I had a 3-series stolen in Europe (probably dummy fob). Bought a 3-series over here, no alarm. I just don't believe anybody does anything about a car alarm going off...
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I don't know why, but "larceny of a bicycle" just seems funny to me.
This is a discussion on Security Guard shot in armed robbery attempt within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; News : Gun found in security guard shooting (Roanoke Rapids, NC) un found in security guard shooting by Kris Smith Daily Herald News Editor ROANOKE ...
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ROANOKE RAPIDS We believe this is the gun used in the shooting at the mill Saturday night, said Roanoke Rapids Police Capt. Andy Jackson.
The suspect, Andrew Bell, 17, of Roanoke Rapids, turned himself in late Tuesday night.
The weapon was found Thursday morning by a resident on Monroe Street. Police were called and the gun was seized and taken into evidence.
Police described the weapon as a Jennings .22-caliber, semi-automatic handgun. When found it was loaded with three bullets.
While members of Roanoke Rapids Police A Squad were on routine patrol Monday, a person matching the description of the suspect wanted in the Saturday night shooting of a security guard near the old Bibb Plant Mill was spotted. Officers observed the suspect with a small caliber handgun in his waistband. Bell ran, a chase ensued and Bell escaped capture by police, explained Roanoke Rapids Police Deputy Chief Adam Bondarek.
The original incident occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday when an on-duty security guard in the area of 13th Street and the old mill parking lot was approached by a male on an orange bicycle demanding his wallet, Bondarek stated, adding the suspect then pulled a small caliber handgun from his person and fired at the security guard at close range, striking him one time.
The security guard is listed in good condition.
Bell is charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, fleeing the police and larceny of a bicycle.
Bell was jailed on a $50,000 bond with a Dec. 19 court date.
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I don't know why, but "larceny of a bicycle" just seems funny to me.
Here we go again...
The thug uses a gun in a serious crime and he's out on bond. Next we will find him failing to appear and out commiting more crimes.
The local citizens will find more gun laws because of this dirtbag.
If liberals really want to reduce gun violence, keep dirtbags like this locked up until trial time and then put them away for a looooooong time...gun crime problem solved.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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maybe if it was a more serious wound
he would prob be charged with attempted
murder? should still be charged with that
firing any gun at someone can kill.
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How we behave as gun owners is important. Posturing and threatening does not serve us well in the public eye.
Why no Federal charges for the firearms violations? Isn't our government serious about reducing gun crimes?
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Declining bond yields and rising stock prices are telling two different stories, only this time it's possible that both may be right.
Treasury yields have fallen to 2013 lows and to levels normally associated with substantial growth scares. The 10-year note edged higher to just 1.64 percent Thursday, despite the kind of big stock market rally that usually pushes yields higher as traders exit safe-haven positions.
Stocks, meanwhile, continue to soar to record highs as the market rides a wave of central bank liquidity, and the advantage of being viewed as a safer bet than other risk assets around the globe.
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In normal circumstances, investors would be betting that one side is right.
These, however, are not normal circumstances.
The bond market probably is right about an economic slowdown.
Gross domestic product for the first quarter came in at a worse-than-expected 2.5 percent, and most economists are bracing for a second quarter that will be closer to 1 percent.
Jobs and manufacturing data have been weakening as well, and the latest import numbers show falling demand among U.S. consumers.
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Equities, though, continue to get a bid as the Federal Reserve pumps $85 billion of liquidity a month into the system through its purchases of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.
Confused? Don't feel bad.
So are investors who, instead of fleeing bonds for equities this year as many predicted for the "Great Rotation" trade, have pulled money from cash accounts and pumped money into both fixed income and stocks.
"This is what financial repression is. You don't have a choice," said Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Annuities. "You play with the cards you're dealt. You can't be academic about it or debate that it should be this way or that way."
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Krosby reasons that the economic-market cross currents are one of the principal factors keeping retail investors out of the market.
While investors have come back to the market some this year- trading volume is down just 1 percent-equity mutual funds lost $7.3 billion last week, the first negative flow in two months.
Krosby said it's all about liquidity, and as long as the Fed keeps creating money, investors will have to stay in the market, albeit with a high level of caution. Fixed income opportunities abound, she said, and can be found in other places than government debt.
"We're not telling clients not to participate," Krosby said. "Just keep your eyes open."
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Your grandfather probably remembers looking up at night and seeing the sky split by a translucent band of white light.
That's the Milky Way, the galaxy in which the Earth is located. But unless you live in a remote area, chances are you've never seen it.
Astronomers say "light pollution" from cities is making it increasingly difficult to see objects in the night sky, even in rural communities. But over the next two weeks, you'll have an opportunity to do something about the problem.
Robert Webb, a naturalist and astronomer at Elachee Nature Science Center, is inviting residents to take part in the international GLOBE at Night event, scheduled for Monday through March 8.
"It's a citizen science project, kind of like the bird count," he said.
Last weekend, people all over North America participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, submitting online checklists of birds seen in their neighborhoods.
Now, Webb is asking people to count stars.
GLOBE participants will simply go outside on a cloud-free night and count the number of stars they see within the "hourglass" formation of the constellation Orion.
The fewer stars they can see, the greater is the level of light pollution at their location. Observations will be sent in from all over the world to the project's Web site, www.globe.gov/GaN, giving atmospheric scientists a picture of light pollution around the planet.
Last year, 8,491 observations were submitted from 60 countries. The program's sponsors, which include NASA and the National Science Foundation, hope to double that number this year.
Webb said all the details on how to participate can be found online. But he'll also be offering a free kickoff event tonight from 7 to 8:30 at Elachee.
"First we'll do a little talk about light and how it affects people and animals," he said.
Excessive nighttime light isn't merely an annoyance. It can harm wildlife by confusing their perceptions of night and day, causing animals to alter their reproductive and feeding behaviors.
After a discussion about light pollution, Webb will use visual aids to demonstrate how to count the stars in Orion.
"Then I'll show people how to use the computer to find their latitude and longitude," he said.
In order for an observation to be meaningful, scientists have to know exactly where the person was when they were counting stars. The GLOBE Web page has a link to a site where you can calculate your geographic position.
Webb will also show people how to enter their data online. For those who can't attend tonight's session, he has compiled all the instructions in a pdf file.
Weather permitting, he'll then take participants outside to practice counting stars. But they can't start doing official observations until Monday.
Webb recommends finding the darkest area of your yard and "standing out there for at least 10 minutes to let your eyes adjust (to the darkness)."Another tip: At night, you can see better with your peripheral vision than by looking straight ahead. Webb said you'll see more stars if you look to the side of Orion rather than directly at it.
He believes if light pollution obscures our view of the night sky, we've lost another important connection to the natural world.
"A lot of people may not care, but it's part of our human history," he said.
Some communities, especially in the desert Southwest, have passed ordinances to preserve the darkness of the night sky. These laws usually require outdoor lighting to be directed only toward the area it's intended to illuminate, rather than sending a lot of glare up into space.
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The uses of satire : unorthodox news, cultural chaos and the interrogation of power
Harrington, Stephen (2012) The uses of satire : unorthodox news, cultural chaos and the interrogation of power. Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, 13(1), pp. 38-52.
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This article focuses on the satirical Australian show The Chaser's War on Everything, and uses it to critically assess the potential political and social ramifications of what McNair (2006) has called 'cultural chaos'. Drawing upon and analysing several examples from this particular program, alongside interviews with its production team and qualitative audience research, this article argues that this TV show's engagement with politicians and political issues, in a way that departs from the conventions of traditional journalism, offers a significant opportunity for the interrogation of power. The program's use of often bizarre and unexpected comedic confrontation allows it to present a perhaps more authentic image of political agents than is often cultivated in mainstream journalism. This suggests therefore that the shift from homogeneity to heterogeneity in the news media – which McNair (2006) sees as a key feature of cultural chaos – presents a significant challenge to those who wish to retain control over what the public sees and understands about the political world, and is a development which should be viewed in positive terms.
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Utah parents may soon receive letters from schools warning of a whooping cough "outbreak."
It's been an unusual year for the bacterial infection, with more than 1,100 cases in the state, almost double last year's count. In response, leaders of the state's 12 health districts, along with the Utah Department of Health, recently created guidelines on how to deal with the spread at schools and day cares.
The state has defined an "outbreak" as two or more cases within the same school or child care center within 20 days of each other. In some cases, unimmunized staff and children may be sent home.
"What we're trying to do is help parents of school-aged children understand very clearly what the process is, what we do, why we do it: To make sure we protect children from exposure and [to stop] the disease from spreading," said Gary House, director of the Weber-Morgan Health Department.
The primary goal is to reduce the disease and death of infants less than 1 year old. They are the most vulnerable because they aren't fully immunized. The DTaP vaccine series is typically given at 2, 4 and 6 months of age with boosters around 15 months and between ages 4 and 6.
Utah data shows infants have been hit hardest: Their rate of having pertussis is five times higher than the state rate, which is itself five times higher than the national rate.
Another goal is to reduce the amount of disease among all people, who could unknowingly pass it on to infants. The highly contagious disease starts as cold-like symptoms, such as a runny nose and an occasional cough that gradually becomes severe. Breathing may become so difficult that children may make a high-pitched whooping sound to get in air. They can also vomit from coughing.
Once a school or child-care center has two or more cases within 20 days, schools will likely send a letter to parents whose children have been exposed to the bacteria warning them to watch for signs of pertussis, to ensure their children are immunized and to keep sick children home.
School staff will be asked to report to the school nurse students who have a persistent cough, along with other symptoms such as vomiting or cold-like symptoms. Those sick students would be excluded from school until they take appropriate antibiotics for five days, or for 21 days to cover the incubation period if they decide not to take the drugs, or with a doctor's note showing they don't have pertussis.
Even students and staff who are not sick could be sent home. Those who are not immunized may be eight times more likely to develop pertussis than those who are vaccinated, according to the state health department. And they could also infect others. While the pertussis vaccines are required to enter kindergarten and 7th grade, parents can seek exemptions.
If there are two cases at a daycare that serves infants, unimmunized staff and children will have to stay home for the 21 days or until they take antibiotics as a prophylactic.
That will also happen among students and staff when there's a whooping cough outbreak in a classroom or club, sports or other small-group setting.
When the disease is more widespread found in multiple classrooms or groups all unimmunized students and staff could be sent home if more than 15 percent of the school has not been immunized.
Students would be able to return two weeks after being vaccinated.
House said health officials have some flexibility when using the guidelines, but the goal is to be consistent across the state. "We're going to try to follow them as much as possible," he said.
Preparing for pertussis
Utah state health officials have defined a pertussis "outbreak" as two or more cases within the same school or child care center within 20 days of each other.
Warning letters
Schools with an outbreak will likely alert parents of exposed children to watch for symptoms, ensure their children are immunized and keep sick kids home.
Sick students
Students who have a persistent cough and other symptoms of pertussis will be excluded from school until they:
Take appropriate antibiotics for five days, or,
Stay out of school for 21 days to cover the incubation period, or,
Provide a doctor's note showing they don't have pertussis.
Sent home
Unimmunized staff and children may be sent home, for 21 days or until they take antibiotics, when:
There are two cases at a day care center that serves infants.
There is an outbreak in small setting, such as one classroom or a club.
The disease is widespread and more than 15 percent of the school has not been immunized.


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Telepresence As Global Conference -- It's Almost Like Being There.
Posted by Ted Schadler on December 14, 2009
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I had the chance to join 50 other people at a telepresence event last week. This one took place in real-time using Cisco's TelePresence rooms. (Okay, full disclosure, it was a Cisco industry analyst event held on December 9th.)
(This is a long post, so for those looking for key lessons and gotchas, just scroll now to the bottom.)
For those of you who've been asleep for the last 4 years as first HP and then Cisco followed by LifeSize, Polycom, RADVISION, Tandberg, and Teliris demonstrated the like-being-there experience of telepresence, it's pretty amazing stuff. Video conferencing with near face-time quality. You can in fact see the whites of their eyes.
Companies like P&G, GE, and Dreamworks are using telepresence technology to slash executive travel and give technical staff the tools to collaborate across massive distances with almost the same experience as being there (save the ability to shake hands, share a meal, and have a side conversation).
I first experienced telepresence in 2004 at HP's Corvallis, OR, lab, and it blew me away back then. It's only gotten better. (Colleague Claire Schooley has calculated the ROI of telepresence for those thinking about this technology.)
Back to this telepresence event:
- Cisco used 12 telepresence rooms in at eight cities: Boston, New York, San Jose, Toronto, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Bedfont outside London.
- At least 50 people joined from across 9 time zones. (Yes, some people had to get up early or stay at work through suppertime. So cry me a river.)
- The quality of the communication was very high. It was like sitting across a conference room table from CFO Frank Calderoni, SVP Chuck Robbins, and sales VP Carl Weise for two hours. And each of the 50 attendees had the same intimate, conversational experience. Try doing that in a large conference hall.
- Best of all, I didn't have to get on an airplane. And neither did 50 other people. We slept in our own beds, hugged our own families, and saved the hours or days it would have taken to get to the event.
It was a fabulous experience, something that I'm sure will grow only more important over the next decade.
Now, some gotchas and lessons learned:
- A single telepresence room is useless. Same as a single fax machine. And 2 rooms or even 5 rooms is almost as useless to most employees. You need dozens of rooms or end points for a network effect to kick in. (Just do the math. Hint: The value is exponential.) Now you know why Cisco bought Tandberg to add customers and cheaper products and why I'm so excited about desktop video conferencing. More "end points" is more better. (Cisco has the luxury of 666 rooms in 45 countries. No other companies do.)
- Smile, you may be on Candid Camera. With 12 rooms in the conference, it was typically the speaker and one or two other rooms on display. But which other rooms? Turns out it may be yours. So watch out how you're coming across. (One time, it was me, caught in the camera's unrelenting eye and displayed in technicolor agony for all to see as I conducted a side conversation with a colleague. On mute, thankfully. But I wasn't the only one. Several others failed to realize that they were scratching their nose or staring blankly into space.)
- Partner and customer collaboration is the next conferencing cliff to climb. Cisco knows this and is working with carriers like AT&T, Tata, and BT Conferencing to host "business exchanges" so video conferencing with customers gets easier. (By the way: Tandberg knows this, too, which is why it has also been building out a business exchange.)
- Desktop video conferencing will accelerate the benefits of telepresence. For two reasons: 1) The network effect really starts to kick in. 2) Normal people can participate, not just C-staff. I've seen Tandberg's demoes on this, and it's impressive. A high-end Webcam brings a person working at home into sharp focus on a 60" telepresence screen. Almost like being there.
- We're just getting going here. The ways in which telepresence can be used will only multiply. Technical reviews, customer conversations, public events, telecommuting support, and so on. Forrester, for example, is going to host our Business Technology "lean technology" event using telepresenceon January 22nd across five US cities. Love to have you join us.
I'm planning a report in the spring on the Business Value Of Video. I'd love to hear your stories.
re: Telepresence As Global Conference -- It's Almost Like Being
Comment from Shanley Stern Gravel (not verified) on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 12:09
Hello, this is Shanley Stern Gravel, Marketing Director at Teliris. While it continues to be important to see telepresence as top-of-mind in the analyst sector, I noticed in this particular write up that HP and then Cisco were credited with launching the first telepresence systems! It was actually Teliris way back in 1999 that deployed the first commercially viable telepresence solution, and those same rooms are still in use today at Lazard. It is important to note that Teliris was not only the first to market, but continues to be in the forefront of telepresence innovation.
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Comment from Ted Schadler on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 19:15
Shanley:Thanks for weighing in. My first experience with telepresence was with HP, but I'm glad to learn that Teliris was a pioneer in this market. With your long history in this market, it must be gratifying to see the market for telepresence gaining critical mass and heating up.Ted
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Comment from Guillaume (not verified) on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 12:32
Telepresence may be usefull for very few uses, as you need to get exact human impressions from your remote partners (or for some medicals diagnotics cases)...Telepresence rooms are also very expensive for this very single cases.... except for high management ?But what remote meeting attendee really need is the sharing of the data, on which they are able to work... and to discuss about. Also webconferencing, shortly resume. From the ROI side, this is the ebst invest a company can make on e-collaboration.
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Comment from Ted Schadler on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 13:23
Thanks for your comment on Web conferencing. I couldn't agree more that firms will get more by conference-enabling every worker than they will by building a handful of telepresence rooms for executives only. (Just did a post on IBM's new Sametime 8.5 release to say more.)But it's not an either/or decision for most firms: It's a "both" decision. Both are required to lay the collaboration infrastructure for higher individual, team, and business productivity.Ted
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Comment from null on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 17:12
Now that you have seen how far teleconferencing has progressed, Ted, I think you would be amazed to see how the technology is impacting healthcare through Telemedicine. As the communications manager for GlobalMedia of Scottsdale, Arizona, I invite you and others to visit our Web site, www.globalmedia.com. Not only can doctors see their patients and speak to them, but they can also listen to their hearts, look into their ears and throats, check moles and skin lesions, with the use of our unique TotalExam camera. But the use of the equipment and the technology is expanding nearly exponentially.One physician who is the head of pathology at a Phoenix hospital is physically located in an area of the hospital that used to require a five minute walk to and from the path lab. Now, a lab assistant puts the frozen section on a slide, uses GlobalMedia's Cap-Sure to capture a high-resolution, full-color image, and then teleconferences with the pathologist who is able to view the image in his office. This saves a significant chunk of time for the pathologist each day, and provides a quicker path lab response to the treating physicians.Even though H1N1 hasn't been as serious (yet) as first expected, there was concern about people who presented with flu-like conditions mixing with other patients in emergency room settings. The GlobalMedia Telemedicine products allow physicians to "see" patients in a different area of the hospital without exposing others to a potentially infectious disease. The mobile telemedicine carts even have anti-microbial table tops that resist bacteria.We have a growing shortage of physicians in the U.S. In the future, your doctor's office may not be as close as a few miles away. Finding one in the same town or city may not be possible. VA hospital administrators are already moving to a telemedicine solution to treat veterans with disabilities in remote areas, saving them a lengthy trip to see a physician at the hospital.Law enforcement operations that we take for granted are feeling the effects of governmental budget squeezes. Would you be surprised that some counties in the United States do not have trained investigators to investigate alleged child abuse? If not investigated properly, the evidence (bruises, lesions, etc.) heals and the perpetrator may elude the criminal justice system. One state is preparing to use GlobalMedia products to allow specialized child abuse investigators and medical experts to have rapid access to a potential victim in counties where they have no such personnel. The telemedicine equipment can capture images of the injuries and preserve the evidence in a digital repository.True, an increasing number of businesses are recognizing the value of telepresence to their operations. But imagine the savings in money, time and inconvenience as we devise its many other uses.
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Comment from Ted Schadler on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 10:01
Roger,Thanks for sharing this interesting offering. I think that with enough bandwidth and the right video conferencing codecs, end points, and particularly control systems, we will see dozens or hundreds of other opportunities to bring experts to the scene in highly efficient ways.The door that opened with radiologists Down Under after lunch doing midnight assessments here is revealing a world of possibilities.I'd love to hear more from a customer.Ted
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