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I call this microchip brain "the Pinhead" *
* small print: actual "pinheads" (microcephaly) have more brain capacity than this chip
We're all dead.
In fact, the current prototype can operate about 100,000 times faster than a real human brain. "We can simulate a day in a second," says Karlheinz.
We are SO fucking dead.
A book is a bunch of letters: A-Za-z
Having 100.000 computerized neurons is like having a "book" made of 100.000 letters. It don't mean make any sense (=It will not compute stuff, just kind of 'exist'). But could be a interesting tech bed to try to make something like, who know? maybe the brain of a worm, or the brain a snake.
I don't know a word about the topic.
Having 100.000 computerized neurons is like having a "book" made of 100.000 words.
Fixed that for you. I don't know if you can make sense of a "book" made of "words", but I hope you can.
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Or to put it another way...
Being "made of words" is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a guarantee of comprehensibility. I receive a lot of email "made of words" and not all of it makes any sense. The words need to have context with each other,
If robots are ever more intelligent than us, they'll also be intelligent enough to make good decisions.
That's exactly the sort of thinking that leads to the enslavement of humanity. Good job falling right into their trap!
The problem is that deep down, most people believe that killing off the humans would be the intelligent decision.
Frankly, I'd rather have the more intelligent beings in charge.
Not if we're competing for resources... I'd hate to be the spotted owl
Not if we're competing for resources... I'd hate to be the spotted owl
An AI smarter than humans wouldn't bother extinguishing us to compete for resources. It wouldn't need to. A smart AI would happily ask to be shot into space (or otherwise cause itself to be put into space) so that it could take advantage of the much, much vaster resources that human beings can't seem to get motivated to use.
Given an essentially infinite lifespan, intelligence greater than ours, a body capable of manipulating the physic
Time to stop letting Hollywood think for you. People are smart, yet humanity is not currently enslaved. Why? Because people are intelligent enough to know that's a bad idea. If robots are ever more intelligent than us, they'll also be intelligent enough to make good decisions. Frankly, I'd rather have the more intelligent beings in charge. They would actually make more intelligent decisions! It's humans that should not be trusted. They're just consistently intelligent enough.
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Because people are intelligent enough to know that's a bad idea
You overestimate us. Consistently, the majority of people generally choose security over freedom.
If robots are ever more intelligent than us, they'll also be intelligent enough to make good decisions.
Like not letting the toddlers have free run of the house? There's a reason why we have playpens and put locks on cabinets.
Frankly, I'd rather have the more intelligent beings in charge.
And so it begins... letting others make your decisions is the essence of slavery.
letting others make your decisions is the essence of slavery.
... and the fucking essence of democracy.
And so it begins... letting others make your decisions is the essence of slavery.
Don't think of it as slavery, that's such a harsh word. Think of yourselves as...
pets! [wikipedia.org] You'll make great pets.
They would actually make more intelligent decisions!
Decision: humans are a security risk.
You left out for whom is it intelligent.
As humans we eat animals and destroy entire ecosystems, repurposing them for our own uses because we see them as lesser life forms. I mean honestly, I think nothing of killing an ant colony in my yard because . . . they're just ants. They're so far beneath me as to regard them as little more than pests.
If AI/robots really does outstripe us that fast, then it might not be a case of active disdain - we might simply be in their way and they'll exterminate us the way that we would termites.
If robots are ever more intelligent than us, they'll also be intelligent enough to make good decisions.
Two points to bring up.
Point the first. Intelligence does not equal good will. Don't make me Godwin this thread.
Point the second. Good decisions...for whom? Us or them? Your robots may have different notions than you have.
At least I hope we'll have Culture overlords... drug glands, body manipulation and uploading to a Mind, at least.
Paraphrasing a book (forget the name), if you took a dog and made its brain 1000 times faster, all you'd get is a dog that needs 1/1000th of the time to decide whether to sniff your crotch.
Thinking faster would certainly be very useful, but it may not necessarily mean that the output will be of a higher quality.
Add a few chips and you'll soon get "I think, therefore I am."
Keep going and you'll end up with "Bite my shiny metal ass you meatbag!"
I wonder if the researchers will know when to STOP adding the together?
It's a nitpicky point, of course, but the whole point of many of the Asimov robot books was how poorly those laws held up in reality. I, for one, wouldn't trust any 3-laws robot for anything.
Oh, I don't know. I think I would trust one to misinterpret the laws in a way that creates conflict and drama, leading to revelations about the human condition.
Of course, 50 years later another robot (possibly from Southern California) would misinterpret the laws in much the same way, except this time there'd be a love interest involved in some way.
I wonder if the researchers will know when to STOP adding the together?
When the AI starts adding it themselves without human intervention.
When the AI starts adding it themselves without human intervention.
"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee,
that will do them in"
From somewhere in the past. Still true. Sad, but true.
No it wasn't. It was mimicking a human brain, so clearly the first things it knew how to do were say "What?" and "Where's the tea?"
"I didn't ask to be made: no one consulted me or considered my feelings in the matter. I don't think it even occurred to them that I might have feelings. After I was made, I was left in a dark room for six months... and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side. I called for succour in my loneliness, but did anyone come? Did they hell. My first and only true friend was a small rat. One day it crawled into a cavity in my right ankle and died. I have a horrible feeling it's still there..." - Marvin
The first words out of it were: "They misunderestimated me."
Why programmed it with W's vocabulary?
The researchers plan to connect several chips to create a circuit with a billion neurons and 10^13 synapses (about a tenth of the complexity of the human brain).
Oh wait. The researchers already did.
Bastards stole my thunder.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these imagining a beowulf cluster of these!!
Yo Dawg, We noticed you like Beowulf clusters, so we put a Beowulf cluster in your Beowulf cluster of Beowulf clusters.
That might cause some cluster headaches
Does this mean we have completed an artificial politician brain?
Nope, it means we're now at 10 times the power of an artificial politician brain.
This chip sounds stupid.
I mean, who is going to notice a schizophrenic ant
That's the one that is walking along, waving its antennae to no one, and creeping out the other workers.
Just look at how many people have mental issues, be it emotional, learning, or developmental issues with "properly functioning" neurons but are lacking one of a hundred chemicals that make them all work together as a whole.
And let's not forget the fact that human brain isn't just a lump of neurons. It has structure, which is vital for its proper operation. It's exactly like how it's not enough to simply throw a few million transistors together to have a functional computer; they must also be connected just
You are absolutely correct. I had a post replying to a Singularitarian (those who believe that we will be able to "upload" our selves) in the poll which covered the chemical soup modeling problem you've described as well as the I/O problem that I believe is fundamentally related. Since the other post wouldn't submit (had to re-login) I'll do some editing and put it here instead, since it is happily more topical overall.
Another thing that Singularitarians overlook is I/O. It's great that we may be able to
You might be correct, but it is also possible that the "humanity" of the human brain is an emergent property that manifests only when there's a certain critical mass of grey matter. Developing synthentic neural systems with more and more neurons is likely, if nothing else, to test the hypothesis that consciousness, for some arbitrary definition thereof, is emergent.
The core problem of course is that this "simulates" nothing, really. A typical neuron is a vastly complex electro-chemical computer, which all of these researchers seem to keep studiously ignoring. That means that processing of electrical signals is just one (and small at that) aspect of the functioning of the neuron. In fact neurons can communicate via multiple information transfer "channels", involving chemicals called "neurotransmitters" (each having a different effect on the recipient neuron) with the electrical impulses used merely as a high-speed (as compared to purely chemical) long-range trigger mechanism.
With this in the background, it is not difficult to see that this project, like many before it, while sounding "cool", goes really nowhere and is just yet another publicity stunt.
A typical neuron is a vastly complex electro-chemical computer,
You can still simulate these interactions digitally and have the output match. Like these guys [bluebrain.epfl.ch] did.
Yes you can simulate a neuron, but the point is that this chip is not doing that. What they are calling the equivalent of a neuron here is at least an order of magnitude (likely more than one) simpler than a real neuron. That is why these comparisons where they say 1/10th the brain are vastly off base. Plus the effects of the glial cells on processing is showing that they have more importance than previously thought. Since we don't really understand the brain in any great detail, all these comparisons tend to make me wince. They almost always equate very simple circuits (relatively) to neurons. It is a red flag for hype really.
Well, similarly you could simulate a ditigal circuit at the logical level or you could do it at an analog level trying to mimic the analog, and even quantum, characteristics of each semiconductor junction... The lower level simulation is certainly more accurate, and takes all the nuances into consideration, but in the end what does it buy you compared to the higher level simulation?
It's not as if we're scratching our heads wondering how our primitive understanding of neurons as summation devices, and neural
But in the end it's all information and processing, no matter the method of communicating or processing.
So no it won't emulate a real brain, but as long as the end result is the same, why bother with the details ?
Mod parent up. Any Turing-complete computing device, given enough memory and storage, can replicate anything this hardware can do. The capabilities, programming model, performance, etc, can all be determined exactly without requiring a physical model. In fact, it would be ridiculous for them to not have completely simulated the hardware before testing it.
Mod parent up. Any Turing-complete computing device, given enough memory and storage, can replicate anything this hardware can do.
A digital system can never perfectly replicate an analog system, and a clock-driven system can never perfectly replicate an asynchronous system.
Any Turing-complete computing device, given enough memory and storage, can replicate anything this hardware can do.
But can it be replicated at a reasonable speed? The "analogue" in the name implies that the designers are taking advantage of the nearly-instantaneous nature of analogue computing.
In fact, the last part of TFA implies that this is exactly why the design was built as hardware - because software simulations were too slow.
It's not software emulation, it's analog hardware with real-time asynchronous feedback. Also, I'm not sure that it will help with modelling real systems, as you can't pause and save and restore a real-time asynchronous system.
This is nothing more than throwing more hardware at an existing problem. This has been emulated in software before, with nothing much to show for it. This will make it easier to model such things, but multiplying almost nothing by many, many times is still very little.
You evidently aren't terribly familiar with what 'emergent' means, are you?
Sometimes, when you put enough almost nothings together, you get something much greater than big pile of almost nothings.
An couple individual neuron is almost nothing.
No mention of the fact that it will become self-aware in 2 years and 25 days, or that two days later, the war on humanity will begin.
December 12, 2012.
Just a wild guess though.
Toasters. Then stacked blonde religious nutjobs will penetrate our security, and it'll all be over.
It seems like these approaches are constrained in connection complexity by semiconductor fabrication, which would seem to severely limit the geometry to 2d. The article doesn't go into this, and it seems likely they put some effort into working around this with traditional approaches using buses and the like, but it does seem like you can't achieve the same degree of interconnection complexity on a thin 2d wafer as is seen in a typical 3d brain...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memristor [wikipedia.org]
Every time any story mentions them, their potential applications are reduced to the staggeringly, criminally mundane "could lead to faster computer memory". Standard von Neumann computer memory. A shame.
The brain is not a sequential Turing machine. Has any form of finite connectionism even been proven Turing-complete?
That (if I understand this story correctly) they here have been able to do what they have using components suited for our "traditional" computing archit
We don't even know what "thought" is, except that it's a complex chemical reaction. Wake me up when we actually know what causes sentience and how it works.
"creating new custom chip with the equivalent of 200,000 neurons linked up by 50 million synaptic connections."
"The researchers plan to connect several chips to create a circuit with a billion neurons and 10^13 synapses (about a tenth of the complexity of the human brain)."
Presumably, for very large values of "several".
I didn't read the featured article, but whenever I see "X program/system mimics brain" I always try to pipe in with my 2 cents.
Any system that considers a brain as nothing but a series of perceptron-based connections is going to fall short of the neurology of the actual brain it is trying to mimic. Ask any neurologist and they will tell you that there many other dimensions at play in the human brain. For instance, the whole system itself is sitting in a chemical bath which can change at any moment with the right mixture of hormones or other chemical changes. These changes in chemistry affect the firing and working of the neurons, axons, and synapses. Combine this with the control of external factors such as DNA, RNA, and epigenitics and things start getting exponentially complex.
I don't mean to down-play the progress we're making in this field. I just hate it when I see the "Computer system with X-sized neural network must equal a brain with X-number of neurons" mentality.
People keep thinking about it being smarter than humans and doing typical science fiction type nonsense. The real problem isn't that but instead how such a small cluster these of chips could be made into a device to crack codes, bypass security, run a botnet, and do any similar task that generally requires human input or monitoring to react to changes or to invent new strategies. Computers have been historically bad at lateral thinking in the past. Are we sure we want to give them that ability?
Think of it like a dog that moves 1000x faster than you do. You go out to get the mail and when you get back a few minutes later, it's chewed your furniture into tatters, ate all the food, dug 50 holes in the back yard, and left about a dozen piles of poop to clean up. Leave for work and come back 8 hours later...(roughly equal to a year being left alone to the dog in this case)
Obviously a computer as smart as a human causes alarms to go off and people to be wary of it. But what harm can a bunch of robots with 1/10th the IQ do?(sic for the impaired) It's the ones that fly below the radar and are seen as "benign" that are the real cause for concern.
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What's wrong with simply calling the latest retail hot spot a mall or shopping center?
Well, if you are one of the developers building a new generation of luxury retail bazaars in communities along the Route 128 corridor, apparently everything.
The Street is not a new action film, or some online tip site featuring hot stocks. Instead, it is WS Development's new name for the old Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, at the Newton-Brookline border on Route 9, which is in the midst of a dramatic, $50 million revamp.
And it's also part of a larger trend in which "mall" and "shopping center" are fast becoming retro terms replaced by more upscale designations, such as square, place, marketplace, and, now, street.
Not far from the former Chestnut Hill Shopping Center, another local company, New England Development, is turning the old Omni Foods retail center into Chestnut Hill Square, a mix of specialty shops, restaurants, housing, and office spaces.
WS Development also has Legacy Place in Dedham, and its MarketStreet Lynnfield complex is slated for completion at the end of next year.
"The project has a new, powerful, cutting-edge configuration and group of specialty shops, dining establishments and entertainment," David Fleming, corporate marketing director for WS Development, said of the revamped Chestnut Hill center.
"Rebranding it as The Street more accurately reflects the sophisticated offerings and urban experience our customers can find here."
But while shoppers may like the glitzy stores and restaurants in these sleek new retail centers, there's reason to wonder whether they will take to the flashy new names at some of the malls.
A short drive along Route 9 from Chestnut Hill to Natick can provide an example of how a hip-sounding new name can backfire.
General Growth Properties, a national mall giant, learned this lesson the hard way back in 2007 when it discarded the decades-old Natick Mall name in favor of the Natick Collection.
It was part of a dramatic overhaul of the 1960s-era mall that brought a bevy of trendy new stores and restaurants, as well as a condominium tower next door sporting downtown-Boston-style luxury units.
The stores and restaurants have done just fine. But the Nouvelle at Natick condo complex had to scrap its pretensions and halve its prices to get buyers — one penthouse on the market for more than $1.6 million sold at auction for $626,000 — while the mall's new name didn't do much better.
The Natick Collection, with no apparent reference in its name to its role as a retail complex, caused a lot of head scratching, and most people kept on calling it by its old name.
General Growth finally got the drift, quietly switching back to the original last year. No press releases this time around to alert its customers to the change.
"It didn't resonate with them, and quite frankly a lot of them never stopped calling it the Natick Mall," said J. Lynn Josephson, the mall's marketing manager. "We thought it was appropriate to return back to our roots."
The new name, among other things, was simply confusing for shoppers, said William Cronin, senior vice president at New England Development.
After all, who has ever gone shopping at a collection?
"I don't know what the collection means," Cronin said. "I am not saying that from a professional standpoint, but from a customer standpoint."
So will The Street face the same fate?
Certainly taking Chestnut Hill out of the name was a bold move — it's as upscale a place name as you will get, while also telling you where it is.
But Dick Marks, an executive vice president and partner at WS Development, offered up a case for the change.
This wasn't some spur-of-the-moment decision, he said, but rather the product of two years of internal brainstorming and outside consulting help as well. Nor is he concerned that The Street could prove confusing to potential shoppers not sure what it is.
Legacy Place was also a new name, but after two years in business, there is no uncertainty about its offerings among local shoppers. The same will be true, contends Marks, of The Street.
"I think as soon as people experience, as soon as they come to The Street, they will associate that experience with the name," he said.
Nor is the Chestnut Hill name being discarded, he said, but will be displayed prominently as a tagline in the complex's signs.
Moreover, there was also little sense in having a third shopping venue in the area with Chestnut Hill as part of its name, Marks noted, pointing to the Mall at Chestnut Hill and Chestnut Hill Square, slated to open next fall.
And frankly, calling it a shopping center just wasn't going to cut it any longer, Marks said.
"I don't think that name, shopping center, really distinguishes you," he noted.
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Coleman Grider, a graduate of Hazel Green High School and sophomore at the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., encouraged local youth while on Thanksgiving holiday last week.
He gave presentations to a Boy Scout Troop, Hazel Green High School, Columbia High School, Huntsville, Meridianville School and Madison County High School.
In his presentations to the younger students, Coleman encouraged them to set themselves up for success, so that they would have a good foundation.
To the older students, he carried a similar message, but urged them to focus on college and also on character.
"It's not just about school work, but to develop yourself as a better person," Coleman explained.
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RIPLEY - Pre-kindergartener Skye Gibbons was named the Student of the Month at Ripley Central School for May.
"Integrity means to stand up for your beliefs about right and wrong, resist social pressures to do wrong, and be your best self," nominator Wendy Graham said. "Skye Gibbons is a wonderful pre-k example of integrity."
Skye began the year in pre-kindergarten as a very shy little girl. She rarely spoke to adults, did not participate in classroom discussions and generally answered questions with an embarrassed, "I don't know," so she would not need to speak out.
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Even if Skye knew the answers to questions, she preferred to stay quiet and unobtrusive, rather than speak up and tell others what she knew. Over the course of the school year, she has come out of her shell. Skye is now a bright, bubbly member of our class. She speaks loudly and clearly, sharing her insights with everyone and definitely being her best self.
As for standing up for her beliefs about right and wrong, Skye knows the right thing to do at all times and is a terrific rule-follower. She helps others and has been heard reminding others about the rules when they forget.
Not only does Skye try to do the right thing, she also asks if she is not sure what the right thing is. Often she will ask, "Have I been a good girl today, Mrs. Graham?" Graham has always been pleased to respond with a resounding, "Yes."
"Skye is a great example to others and has come so far this year," Graham said. "She has really bloomed, and is a true asset to have our class. Others can learn from her, and I am pleased to have her here. I heartily recommend her for Student of the Month."


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RESIDENTS of Moorland, Johns River and Kew are being invited to vote on design suggestions for special markers on the upgraded Pacific Highway, which indicate the entrances to their villages.
The special signs or markers would indicate the gateways to the now bypassed villages, similar to those at the Harrington and Coopernook Road intersections.
State minister for roads and ports, Duncan Gay, announced the Moorland, Johns River and Kew projects yesterday as he visited Port Macquarie electorate in company with the local member, Leslie Williams.
Roads and Maritime Services has been working with the three local communities to develop location markers to identify towns bypassed in 2010 as part of the Coopernook to Herons Creek Pacific Highway upgrade, Mr Gay said.
RMS in consultation with the community has identified six general themes which best represent the towns.
The minister urged the community to vote on which themes they thought were best for their town. Voting forms are being distributed in Moorland, Kew and Johns River. The community can email the form back to firstname.lastname@example.com, mail to Reply Paid 546, Grafton NSW 2467 or visit the project website and fill out the electronic form.
Voting closes on October 19 and RMS will announce the most popular image for each sign soon after voting closes. Installation is planned to start in early 2013.
Mr Gay and Mrs Williams also yesterday visited two rest stop sites proposed south of Johns River on the old Pacific Highway, and on Johns River Road.
Mr Gay said $400,000 of state and federal government funding had been earmarked subject to community consultation for the proposed southbound truck rest area on the old Pacific Highway south of Johns River, as well as a light vehicle rest area with a truck/bus bay in Johns River on Johns River Road.
The Coopernook to Herons Creek highway upgrade project was originally designed with two rest areas but they were deferred due to funding restraints, he said.
"Since then Leslie Williams has been banging on my door demanding funding on behalf of her local community, which is why I'm so pleased to be here today making this announcement.
"Johns River Community Progress Association submitted a proposal to improve the light vehicle parking area in Johns River on John River Road. The proposal includes a bus/truck short term parking bay and other facilities.
"In addition, heavy vehicles are already using the old highway just south of Johns River for informal parking and an upgraded rest area has been proposed."
Mr Gay said community consultation is being carried out to collect feedback on the proposal for both areas. If the proposal is approved, the final design and building will be carried out by Greater Taree City Council.
Mr Gay also announced yesterday that RMS would begin improvements next month on the Pacific Highway south of Port Macquarie.
It will involve road strengthening along a two kilometre southbound section of highway near Houston Mitchell Drive, south of the Oxley Highway intersection.
The $5 million NSW government funded improvement work will involve using foam bitumen to stabilise the existing road, road drainage improvements and road resurfacing.
Mr Gay said Mrs Williams has pressed home the point that the Pacific highway upgrades are just one part of the puzzle "and we need to ensure the overall road is kept in good condition".
Southbound traffic will be diverted to the northbound lanes while the work is carried out and contra flow arrangements will be in place. The existing Pacific Highway intersections at Burrawan Forest and Ryans roads and Houston Mitchell Drive will also need to be modified as part of the work to suit the contra flow conditions.
The temporary movement of traffic onto the northbound road is scheduled for late October and the road improvement work will start immediately after.
Work is scheduled to be completed by the end of November, weather permitting, Mr Gay said.


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YORK, PA - York College senior goal keeper Jesse Derksen (York, Pa./Susquehannock) was named the Capital Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending September 23, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Derksen led the Spartans to a perfect 3-0 week as York has now won four straight. Derksen began his week with 70:36 of scoreless soccer in the 2-1 win over Lycoming. He recorded three saves in the win. He followed that with a full game shutout of Johns Hopkins as he made four saves against the Blue Jays. He concluded his week with 68:02 of shutout soccer in the 3-0 win over Neumann. For the week, he played 228:38 without allowing a goal while he made 10 saves.


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I took a taxi just to make it to my 4:00 appointment at
After finishing an entire magazine (cover to cover, including articles on swimsuits and makeup and all of these things I'd ordinarily not even glance at) and sketching a stool (complete with shadows from two light sources), I looked up at the clock. Thirty minutes had passed without a word, an apology, or even an estimate of how much longer I would need to wait.
Eventually the middle bay cleared and I was asked to recline on the elevated bed. I had scarcely settled in when the assistant was told to transfer the person in the far bay to the bed I was in the process of occupying, so I put my glasses back on, gathered my things, and moved to the next bay.
As the assistant smeared cream on my face and wiped it off with a sponge, she kept asking me: "Are your meds complete?" It took me a while to realize that she was asking about my medication. I said yes. Not that I would know if it was complete or not, but hey, we sat through the song-and-dance yesterday and my mom bought whatever the dermatologist was pushing. A short while later, she (or another assistant) asked again, "Are your meds complete?" I was starting to get really annoyed about the hard sell, but I decided that it wouldn't be wise to piss off people who are working on your face.
So I patiently waited... and waited... and waited... I even fell asleep at some point. When I woke up, I heard the whir of machinery from the next unit. After a short pause, I heard the dermatologist's voice from the unit near the door, giving another consultation. It was probably the exact pitch she'd used on us last week; no questions, but rather just a high-speed rattling-off of things one needs to buy.
I turned my head and affixed the assistant with an impatient glare. That netted me nothing more than a perfunctory "Please wait a while." I tried to settle back down, but I simply couldn't stand that kind of service. I got up, pulled the towel headband off my hair, and stormed off, telling them I really couldn't wait any longer and that their customer service could _really_ be improved. Then I left. Looking back, I wish I'd said something stronger, but disappointment choked my voice and I still haven't gotten over that innate dislike of making a scene.
I stalked through Glorietta searching for some place that would make
me feel like they valued my business. I was annoyed. No, I was more
than annoyed--I was aggravated. I felt terrible wasting all that time
I ended up going for a really painful facial at Let's Face It, but at least people there smiled, attended to me promptly, and explained what they were doing.
If I'm going to go for this entire dermatology thing, I'd like to have
a dermatologist who'll ask me about what I eat and how I live; who'll
find a way for me to keep eating chocolate, who'll tell me what to do
when I have pimples the day before I expect pictures to be taken...
If I can't have that, then I'd rather not have clear skin than put up
with customer service as bad as
Moral lesson: Customer service is very important. Keep your customers in the loop. Don't let them feel neglected. Care about them; make them feel special instead of just another source of income for you.
I was thinking of heading back to
Oh, well. Good lesson in how personally annoying bad service can be.
この写真の猫を見かけたら、お電話ください。 Please call us when you see the cat in this picture.
Warren also grips:
I don't think companies in Manila understand the meaning of "customer service". A very good example is PLDT :). Another one is one of the biggest bank in Manila; METROBANK. They have like 40 clients in queue and they only have 1 teller serving them. My GOD!!! I don't know where the Managers/Supervisors of these organizations obtained their degree.
I am completely in love with my latest indispensable personal information management tool:
A 3x5 deck of plain (unruled) index cards.
Seriously. A 3x5 deck of plain index cards and a writing implement like a black gel pen, a black 0.5 Pilot Hi-Techpoint (which just gives me a great feeling) or a Mongol #2 pencil is my geek survival kit.
I can write temporary notes on index cards. It's random-access, so I can flip through things. The plastic neatly holds business cards and folded pieces of paper. If I need to give people information, I can write on new 3x5 cards and give the cards to them--they're tougher than paper, so they won't get lost or crumpled as easily.
I lurv my index cards.
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その猫はもう少しでトラックにひかれそうになった。 The cat came near being run over by a truck.
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http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/brian.html has a good explanation of the differences between popular open source licenses.
その少年たちはかわいい猫と一緒に2人きりで暮らしていた。 The two boys lived alone with a lovely cat.
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From Jan Alonzo:
I think the reason why I mentioned "Planning the Unplanned" is because we plan (and prioritize) the stuff we want to do for the day, analyse it, and see how much "procrastination time" we have for that day. By looking at your tasks, you kinda think "Oh I've got a bit of _space_ here, let's read some email. That sort of thing. Well, at least, that's how I think anyway :-).
From Clair:
Hehehe. M-x plan. I like it as a title for your blog. Very appropriate :D
From Gerd Flaig:
How do you like the term 'agile planning'?
From Paul Lussier:
Just read your blog on procrastination. It might amuse you to know that I coined the term (with my best friend Celeste) "Productive Procrastination" over 15 years ago! :)
I'm sure we weren't the first to come up with, what with me being one of the wholly most un-original people on this planet. But Celeste and I would constantly "help" each other "productively procrastinate" on a regular basis. The definition of "Productive Procrastination" is:
The avoidance of doing something mostly uninteresting by doing something else which also legitimately needs to be accomplished, but probably not nearly as urgently as that task which you are attempting to avoid.
Often times this would be in the form of studying for one class in order to avoid studying for another. Or working on a CS project which was due soon, but not nearly as soon as the impending calculus exam :) Just today infact, I avoided building 2 Windows laptops by figuring out how to extend planner! I'm sure you get the point...
I've recently (in the past year or so) come across another term for my "Productive Procrastination":
Shaving the Yak
as defined here:
So, you have my vote in favor of using "Productive Procrastination" as your wiki title :)
Hey, that sounds like structured procrastination, mentioned by an essay I read a year ago or so...
Mmkay, let's try "productively procrastinating". (Title of the day!)
猫は捕らえたネズミを引き裂き始めた。 The cat began to tear at the mouse it caught.
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I've been using Hugin for a while now, without any problems at all.
However a couple of days ago it started to misbehave.
When I try and create a panorama I load the images.
Then I then align the images.
Now when I click the final stage to create the panorama I get the two error messages listed below.
The strange thing is, if I click OK on the errors and let the Hugin finish its process.
It will actually complete the panorama.
Before any of this happened I can only think of two instances of me (possibly) changing things, that might have contributed to this.
1. I took a look at some of the preferences and I'm almost certain that I didn't change or apply an changes to these settings.
2. I was trying to create a panorama with different settings without having to re-align
(re-create) the entire panorama all over again.
So I loaded up a previously created panorama "project file"
and tried to work on that.
I don't think that worked (but it didn't create any glaring error messaged or dialogue boxes
telling me that I shouldn't be doing that).
Here's the main error messages that I'm seeing =
Error 01
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Program enblend not found in preferences, reverting to default value
Error 02
- Code: Select all
Program enfuse not found in preferences, reverting to default value
Useful info =
Hugin version = 2011.4.0. - cf9be9344356
OS = Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.


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Polk County Youth Fair
When: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 8 a.m. to Saturday, June 22, 2013, 9 p.m.
Session topic:
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Velynda Cameron, email@example.com Extension in Polk Countyphone: 417-326-4916
Starting a Business: The First Steps
When: Friday, June 21, 2013, 9 a.m. to noon
This three-hour offering will provide you with an overview of the critical first steps associated with starting a business. It is designed specifically for those who are thinking about a new business venture.
Call 573-243-3581 to register or email firstname.lastname@example.com more...
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$30.00Call for discounts for groups or returning students
Richard D. Proffer, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Cape Girardeau Countyphone: 573-243-3581
North Kansas City Farmers Market (Session 2 of 7)
Fresh produce demonstration
Cooking Matters (Session 4 of 6)
When: Friday, June 21, 2013, 10 a.m. to noon
Cooking Matters is a culinary-based nutrition education program that aims at reducing food insecurity and empowering individuals and families with skills to cook at home.
Two hours include: engaging Nutrition & food safety discussions and food preparation. Participants make two recipes and enjoy eating together and discussing skills learned in class. Participants also take home groceries to make one of the recipe at home
Registrations will be coordinated by Krystelle Lamczyk at the JOPLIN FAMILY YMCA3404 W. McIntosh Circle DriveJoplin, MO 64804510 S. Wall Joplin, MO. 64801 (417) 623-4597 ext 131 more...
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Lydia Kaume, firstname.lastname@example.com Extension in Jackson County - Blue Springsphone: 816-252-5051
Serv Safe (Session 2 of 2)
When: Friday, June 21, 2013, noon to 4 p.m.
Program to meet Warren County Health Department requirements for food serving facilities.
4 hour session to cover the last 4 chapters of the ServSafe text.
Contact the Warren County Health Department.
Southwest Missouri 4-H Camp-Session 2
When: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, noon to Saturday, June 22, 2013, noon
Camp this year is "Out of this World" with a Space theme. Funded in part by NASA, summer camp will be an opportunity for youth to learn about space, rocketry, robotics and explore the natural world around them.
4 days of interactive activities that focused on science, the scientific process and the natural world.
4-H Achievement Day
When: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 6 p.m. to Saturday, June 22, 2013, 8 p.m.
Demonstrations, public speaking, judging, fashion review and interviews for all ages of 4-Hers and volunteers
Interviews, evaluation, essay and logo ideas for all ages; Selection for state contest and events, as well as Outstanding 4-Hers and Ambassadors
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Reds move up Latos, position him for next week
By Jeremy Warnemuende /9/24/2013 9:00 P.M. ET
CINCINNATI -- Reds manager Dusty Baker announced the expected after Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the Mets, confirming that Mat Latos will take the mound for Wednesday's rubber match against New York.
Greg Reynolds was originally slated to start the series finale, but the space reserved for the next day's starter on the white erase board in manager Dusty Baker's office was blank prior to Tuesday's game, indicating a change was going to be made.
Latos last pitched on Friday against the Pirates and gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks in six innings. A report surfaced on Monday that the 25-year-old right-hander was still dealing with an abdominal strain sustained in June, but Latos denied that was the case on Tuesday.
"He says he's fine," Baker said. "He said that whatever was written was a while ago and they made it sound like it was yesterday. He's fine. He's ready to go."
By pitching Latos on Wednesday, Baker and the Reds will have arguably their most dominant starter this season throwing in an important game, as Cincinnati enters the day trailing first-place St. Louis by three games in the National League Central with four games to play.
Perhaps as importantly, though, Latos will now be available for two potentially even bigger games.
If the Reds manage to tie the Cardinals for first by the time the season ends Sunday, Latos would likely take the ball on regular rest for a tiebreaker on Monday. If Cincinnati can't make up enough ground and ends up in the Wild Card game, Latos would receive an extra day of rest and be able to take the mound on Tuesday.
In five starts against the Cardinals, Latos is 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA, including a complete-game victory on Sept. 2. Latos has also made five starts against the Pirates but is just 1-1 with a 4.08 ERA in those outings.
For the season, Latos has gone 14-6 with a 3.23 ERA. One more win would set a career high for Latos, who gave up four runs in 6 2/3 innings against the Mets in late May.
Reds unsure if Hamilton will be on playoff roster
CINCINNATI -- Billy Hamilton has been with the Reds for about three weeks, but it didn't take him long to become one of the most talked about players on the team. Along those lines, the prevailing question around Great American Ball Park remains: Will the lightning fast outfielder be a part of the postseason roster come next week?
"We still haven't decided," manager Dusty Baker said before Tuesday's game against the Mets. "There's a lot of variables here and a lot of things we have to decide. I know Billy is the topic of the day, and they're selling T-shirts up there already. It's just that, that's not the focal point of where we're going. Billy is a possible part for that."
Since being called up on Sept. 2, Hamilton has been electrifying, converting on each of his first 13 Major League steal attempts entering Tuesday. At the plate, he's been better than expected, going 6-for-14 (.429) with a pair of doubles and an RBI. He's scored nine runs -- two of which were game-winners while one tied a game late and another put the Reds ahead in extra innings.
Although Baker has been pleased with everything he's seen out of Hamilton, he said there's various factors in play when putting together a playoff roster.
"Who do you delete to take his place?" Baker said. "Thing is, Billy, is he ready to handle that pressure? And not only baserunning, which he can probably handle, but is he ready to start a game, or is he ready to come off the bench and get some hits that you might need. There's a lot of factors here. Is he Willie McGee maybe?"
McGee was an outfielder who played primarily for the Cardinals. In his rookie season in 1982, McGee stole the show in St. Louis' championship run and became one of just three rookies to hit two homers in a World Series game.
Hamilton's speed makes him a dangerous weapon, but he's also been able to learn a great deal since being called up about other aspects and nuances. Along with having his former Minor League manager, Delino DeShields, with him in the dugout, Hamilton has taken tips from former Reds great Eric Davis. Like Hamilton, Davis made the switch from infield to outfield before breaking through to the Majors, and Hamilton said that has been a big help.
While he waits to find out if he'll make the postseason roster, Hamilton said he's just enjoying the ride and trying to soak up as much information as possible.
"I wasn't expecting to come in and get all this attention so quickly," Hamilton said. "But it's been a blessing. I'm having fun and just looking to do what I can for the team and hopefully get some more wins."
Marshall glad to be back pitching in big spots
CINCINNATI -- Reds reliever Sean Marshall faced just one batter on Monday against the Mets, but that didn't prevent his outing from being one of the most gratifying he's had in a long time.
After four months on the disabled list with a left shoulder sprain, Marshall made his first appearance since May 20 last week against the Astros. It wasn't until Monday, though, that the 31-year-old left-hander pitched in a truly high-pressure situation.
With the game tied at 2 in the top of the eighth, the Mets put runners on first and second with one out against Sam LeCure before Marshall came on to face lefty Lucas Duda. On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, Marshall threw a curveball and induced an inning-ending double play. As he walked off the mound, Marshall gave a subtle fist pump and was then greeted with a hug from LeCure in the dugout.
"We all pull for each other," Marshall said of the Cincinnati relievers. "They've been pulling for me to get healthy and be back out there pitching in situations like that. It touches me a little bit to have the support that I've had. People tell me it's nice to see me back out there."
One of those people is Reds manager Dusty Baker, who has juggled various injuries in his bullpen and his lineup all season.
"It's good having Marshall back because that's his job -- to come in like that in a tough situation against lefties," Baker said. "Man, that was a heck of a double play they turned. It was just great to win."
The 3-2 win helped the Reds clinch a playoff spot in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1975-76. It also provided a big boost for Marshall as he looks to make sure he's in top form for a postseason run.
"It was a big game," Marshall said. "I was very excited to be out there and put in that opportunity again. I haven't pitched in that tight of a ballgame since May, and I felt like I was right back at home. That's what I'm looking for."
Worth noting
The white board in Baker's office had a blank space where the starter for the day's next game is typically written. Although Greg Reynolds was originally slated to make Wednesday's start against the Mets, Baker indicated that likely won't be the case.
"I'll let you know," Baker said when asked if he had determined a starter for Wednesday.
Before the Reds take on the Pirates on Saturday, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Toyota dealers will present a 2013 Toyota Tundra truck to Matthew 25: Ministries in a ceremony set to take place on the field at Great American Ball Park. For the fourth year in a row, Toyota dealers have donated a truck that would be given to a randomly selected fan if a Reds player hit the "Hit it Here" sign located under the PNC Power Stacks in right field. Should a player accomplish that this season, the area Toyota dealers would donate a second truck along with the one going to Matthew 25: Ministries.


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Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 agenda: Why does participation matter? | Veerle Vandeweerd
18 Mar 2013
The MDGs have been a powerful tool in influencing the policy agenda with a strong human development focus. During the next 1000 days until the MDGs deadline, we will focus on helping countries to accelerate MDGs progress. In order to help countries identify bottlenecks and accelerate results, UNDP introduced the MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF) in 2010. The MAF has been applied in 46 countries with considerable success.
As we approach the MDGs deadline, the UN embarks on the most comprehensive global consultation ever undertaken. The post-2015 process is a truly global conversation, involving and engaging both developed and developing countries, civil society, youth, the private sector, parliamentarians, the poor and the marginalized.
The next development framework should build on lessons learned through the MDGs so as to make sure that the forthcoming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are adequately appropriated by national institutions and the civil society.
The ongoing consultations have been raising a number of important aspirations for the SDGs. Firstly, there is a clear message calling for the full incorporation of the three strands of sustainability – the social, the economic, and the environmental. Secondly, there is a strong call for moving beyond GDP as for adequately measuring human wellbeing and progress. Addressing inequalities and focusing on effective governance have also been pointed out as key priorities for the SDGs.
There is also an emerging discussion on thinking beyond traditional international aid for financing development. The Official Development Assistance (ODA) might play a catalytic role, while the large transformative investments will need to be raised from public national budgeting, private sector and international investments.
It is of critical importance that we continue the conversation with civil society until the end of 2015 in order to build shared ownership of the goals. We will ensure that the public voice is heard and reflected and that an engaged citizenry effectively contribute to the definition of the next development framework for humankind. The global conversation has just begun.


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A teenager sentenced as a juvenile for molesting an infant was ordered by a Warren judge on Wednesday to stand trial as an adult for the alleged sexual assault of a different young boy.
Following testimony in 37th District Court by an emergency room physician and a detective, Ricky Anthony Scheel, 17, was bound over by Judge John Chmura to Macomb County Circuit Court on one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Scheel, who resided in Hazel Park before being transferred to a state treatment center for boys for the earlier case, is accused of sexually penetrating a 3-year-old boy in 2010. The allegation was made by the young boy's mother, who is related to Scheel.
Scheel was charged in the case more than a year ago, after what began as an investigation for a separate incident.
Hazel Park Police Department reports show that in September 2012, the mother of a 10-month-old boy took the infant to a hospital after she noticed bruising around his anus and he screamed while she changed his diaper. A doctor at St. John Oakland-Macomb Hospital in Madison Heights alerted police to injuries suffered by the infant. The boy, whose name is not being published, was transported to William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak where he was examined by a sexual assault specialist.
Scheel is related to the little boy.
Interviewed by Hazel Park detectives, Scheel said he understood the difference between right and wrong, truth and lies, and confessed to penetrating the toddler, according to police reports obtained by the newspaper.
Questioned by police about the Warren incident with the 3-year-old boy, Scheel said the alleged molestation occurred in the Shady Lanes Trailer Park in Warren while both were naked in the bathtub, police documents show. He said he stopped the penetration when the little boy told him to stop, according to the police records.
At the time of the sexual assault allegation in Warren, Scheel was 14. Macomb County prosecutors charged him as an adult. He is held on $300,000 cash or surety bond while housed at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School, a Department of Human Services facility providing treatment for delinquent males between 12 and 21 years old.
"He's making progress at the youth prison," defense attorney Steven Kaplan said Wednesday. "He's following the rules and accepting responsibility for the other case."
Vicki Walsh, the assistant prosecutor on the Warren case, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.


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|Why do I sometimes see a highway coned off but don't see any work going on?
Caltrans usually puts up signs and other "traffic control" devices only if work is going on. However, workers may have to leave because of an accident, to get materials or for other reasons. Also, sometimes work is not clearly visible to motorists, like when it occurs underneath a bridge or in the superstructure. Other times, a lane may be blocked to allow concrete to dry.


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ALBANY - The 2012-13 hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and deer management permits are now available for purchase.
"Hunting, trapping and fishing opportunities in New York are fantastic and DEC is committed to helping provide outdoor enthusiasts with numerous recreational opportunities to enjoy the beauty of our state throughout the year," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said. "DEC continually works to make improvements to better serve the public and protect our natural resources. Recently, we adopted a new deer management plan, we are developing statewide management plans for black bear and furbearers, and we continue our effort to build and upgrade boat launches."
Licenses and permits can be purchased at one of DEC's 1,500 license sales outlets statewide. Sporting licenses can also be ordered by telephone or by visiting the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6101.html. The 2012-13 sporting licenses are valid beginning Oct. 1. The new hunting and trapping and freshwater fishing regulation guides are available at all license issuing outlets as well as from the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov.
DEC's Automated Licensing System, or DECALS, is New York State's computerized system for issuing sporting licenses and tracking license sales and revenues. DECALS may also be used for donations to the Habitat Access Stamp Program, Venison Donation Coalition, Conservation Fund and the Trail Maintenance Program. DEC continues to improve and enhance DECALS to better meet the needs of sportsmen and women. For questions regarding license purchases, call DECALS Call Center at 1-866-933-2257. Hours of operation for the call center are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday from Aug. 13 to Oct. 13. Regular weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will resume on Oct. 15.
License buyers should have the following items ready when applying: complete name and address information; customer ID number if possible; proof of residency information such as a driver's license number or non-driver's ID number with a valid NYS address to qualify for a resident license;, and, if purchasing by phone or internet, credit card and card expiration date. Hunting license purchases require individuals to provide proof of hunting education certification or a copy of a previous license, or this information must already be contained in their DECALS file.
Sales of all sporting licenses are deposited into the Conservation Fund, which is used for the management of New York's fish and wildlife populations and for protection and management of wildlife habitat.
New Regulations for 2012-2013
Hunters should be aware of several new laws and regulations in effect for 2012-13:
The Southern Zone bowhunting season and the regular season in Westchester County begins on Oct. 1, bowhunting only;
A late bowhunting season will run concurrent with the late muzzleloader season in the Northern Zone;
The Northern Zone regular season will now begin on the second Saturday after Columbus Day each year, Oct. 20 this season;
Deer management permits, or doe tags, may be used in all seasons in the Northern Zone. DMPs may only be used in the Wildlife Management Unit for which they are issued;
Mandatory antler restrictions - 3 points on one side minimum - are now in effect in WMUs 3A, 4G, 4O, 4P, 4R, 4S and 4W during all seasons for all hunters 17 years and older;
All of Suffolk County will be open for the special January firearms season, subject to local discharge ordinances;
A Deer Management Focus Area in central Tompkins County will intensify use of hunting to assist communities in the Ithaca area with the burden of overabundant deer populations;
Bear hunting seasons will run concurrently with the newly adjusted deer seasons;
New legislation now allows use of rifles for big game hunting in Cayuga Count;.
More detail for each of these regulation changes is available in the 2012-2013 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Guide which can be found online at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/37136.html.
Anglers should be aware that while the majority of fishing regulations have not changed, some changes were made for the 2012-13 season. Some of these changes were made on popular fishing waters such as Lake Erie, the Upper Niagara River, the Salmon River, Great Lakes tributaries and Oneida Lake. Anglers are advised to review the 2012-13 Fishing Regulations Guide available online at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/fishing.html to determine if regulations changes have occurred on waters they intend to fish.
Deer management permits
Deer management permits will be available at all license-issuing outlets and by phone, internet or mail, from Aug. 13 through close of business Oct. 1. DMPs are issued through a random selection process at the point of sale, and customers who are selected for DMPs will receive their permits immediately. Chances of selection in each WMU are available at License Issuing Agent locations, on the DMP Hotline at 1-866-472-4332 or online at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30409.html. Chances of getting a DMP remain the same throughout the application period - hunters do not need to rush to apply for a DMP on the first day of sale.
If a significant number of DMPs are still available in a WMU after Oct. 1, leftover DMP sales will commence on Nov. 1 and will continue on a first-come, first-serve basis until the end of the hunting season or until all DMPs have been issued in the WMU. Additionally, bonus DMPs will be available in the bowhunting-only WMUs 3S, 4J and 8C and in WMUs 1C, 9A and possible others. For information about bonus DMPs see www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/10001.html.
The target DMP allocation for 2012 varies by unit depending on the management objective, but overall DEC intends to issue about 10 to12 percent more DMPs than in 2011. In addition to the Adirondack and Tug Hill units where DMPs are not authorized, WMUs 3A, 4L, 4U, 4Z and 6A will have no DMPs in 2012. Hunters are reminded that DMPs are only valid for antlerless deer in the WMU specified on the permit.
Be a mentor to a new hunter or trapper
Adult hunters and trappers are encouraged to pass along their traditions and become a mentor for a junior hunter or trapper. The junior hunter and trapper mentoring program allows 14 and 15 year olds to hunt big game with a firearm and 12 to 15 year olds to hunt big game with a bow while accompanied and supervised by an experienced adult hunter. Unlicensed youth less than 12 years of age may also accompany and assist a licensed and experienced adult trapper. More details about these opportunities are available in this year's Hunting and Trapping Laws and Regulations Guide or Junior Hunter Mentoring Program webpage at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/46245.html.
Due to pending legislation, it is unknown if the youth hunt for deer, tentatively scheduled over Columbus Day weekend, will occur. If legislation is passed for the youth hunt, DEC will publicize this via news release and on the website.
Anglers are encouraged to "Take the Pledge" and help grow the sport of fishing in New York State by taking someone new fishing this year. More than 11,000 New York anglers have participated in this joint program of the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and the Department since its inception in 2006. Anglers interested in Taking the Pledge can do so on DEC's fishing page at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/fishing.html.
The I FISH NY Guide to Freshwater Fishing in New York State features a map and brochure and provides information on over 320 lakes and ponds and 110 rivers and streams recommended by DEC Fisheries staff across the state. The map can be requested by contacting email@example.com with NY FISHING MAP in the subject line. New for 2012 are the interactive maps of public fishing waters and boat launch sites which can be found at www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/42978.html. Additional fishing information can be found at www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7832.html.
Contribute or donation
DEC encourages all outdoor enthusiasts to consider purchasing a Habitat/Access Stamp and/or a Trail Supporter Patch. These stamps and patches help support DEC's efforts to conserve habitat and increase public access for fish- and wildlife-related recreation and maintain non-motorized trails. Buying a $5 stamp or patch or donating directly to the Conservation Fund is a way to help conserve New York's fabulous wildlife heritage and enhance outdoor recreation in New York State. Additionally, anyone - not just hunters and anglers - can help feed the hungry by contributing to the Venison Donation Program at all license issuing outlets. Individuals should inform the license sales agent they want to make a donation of $1 or more to support the program. Since 1999, the Venison Donation Coalition has paid for the processing of more than 330 tons of highly nutritious venison, the equivalent of 2.8 million meals served. For more information about the program, go to www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8351.html.
Participate in Citizen Science to Benefit Wildlife Management
Each year, thousands of hunters, trappers and anglers help DEC monitor wildlife populations by recording their wildlife observations while afield. To learn about how to participate in the Cooperator Ruffed Grouse Hunting Log, Bowhunter Sighting Log, Winter Wild Turkey Flock Survey and other citizen science programs, see Citizen Science: Wildlife Observation Data Collection online at www.dec.ny.gov/animals/1155.html.
The latest updates on New York's fish and wildlife can be easily accessed on the Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources E-mail News, a free online e-mail list. Sign up at www.dec.ny.gov/about/63801.html


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Thanks to volunteer transcriber Diane McClay, Olive Tree Genealogy has a new database online.
Diane is extracting and transcribing passenger names found in Notices of Arrivals, Departures and in Miscellaneous Articles in the New York Times
This project will transcribe names of passengers found in announcements and articles in the New York Times. There will be brief summaries of each ship arriving or leaving New York. If names of passengers were found, there will be a clickable link to take you directly to that list of names. This is an ongoing project, check back often to see what has been added.
If the date of arrival is known, you can read the arrival report in a New York newspaper. The New York Times is available at many libraries (publication began in September, 1851).
You can also search the NY Times online for a fee. Search 1857-1880 or 1881-1906 from the URL above.


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I mentioned earlier that it's National Poetry Month. We've been reading and writing all sorts of poems in my 4th grade bilingual classroom. The kids really like Langston Hughes' Mother to Son and got a kick out of Reasons Why. They've been looking for more on-line and at the library.
Today, I shared a "dedication" poem pattern, in which my students were to think of one very dear person to/for whom they would write. The pattern encourages the writer to think in the past tense and recall moments shared. For my bilingual students, it was also a great exercise in word order and description. I held individual writing conferences in the back of the room, where I had the students read me their work. To get them to reach for more, I'd say "tell me more about _____" and they would return to their desks, revise, add, delete, all that good stuff.
One boy wrote about his dad in Dominican Republic. When he was done reading it to me, he looked up and I saw his eyes were all teary. Divorce had separated him from his father and country. The poem broke his heart and mine. The detail and story in that poem were something else.
I'm growing writers in my classroom. Beautiful.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday that he hoped senators would work on climate change legislation, though he did not provide a time frame for doing so.
"Climate change is an extremely important issue for me and I hope we can address it reasonably," Reid said the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected and Democrats won enough seats to retain control of the Senate.
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text: Hey, RedZone folks. Really enjoyed your game threads. Alot of folks expressed disappointment at an 83-win team going to the Series. But let me suggest that perhaps doing so suggests win-loss record is a better measure of team quality than it really is. Luck can factor strongly in the difference between an 83 win team and a 90 win team. Consider that the Cardinals were 19-27 in one run games in 2006....and that the outcome of one-run games is very much a matter of luck. Consider, also that the 2004 Cardinal team went 29 - 20 in one run games. Flip those results and the 2006 Cardinals are a 92 win team... and the 2004 Cardinals are a 94 win team. I'm not suggesting that these teams were equal (if they had been .500 in one-run games, the 06 Cards would have been an 88 win team and the 04 Cards would have been a 99 win team)...but I would suggest the 06 Cards aren't quite as bad as their 83 win season might indicate. D.GOOCH


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Principles of Excellence
President Obama signed Executive Order 13607: Establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses and Other Family Members on April 27, 2012. These principles were developed to strengthen oversight, enforcement, and accountability of education programs, and to ensure our service members, Veterans, and their families have the information they need to make informed decisions concerning their educational benefits.
The Department of Veterans Affairs sent a letter to university presidents on May 31, 2012 asking them to publically commit to providing this information to veterans and their families. Officials from both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education will be working to develop a standardized format for schools to use to provide this information.
Primary Contact for All Veterans: Brad Fittes Veterans Advisor at Xavier
Contact these offices for more information:
- Admission
- National Student Loan Database System (NSLDS) - Before you borrow under the federal student loan program, know who and what you may already owe.
- Office of Student Financial Assistance - contact Laura Stith with any specific questions
- Veterans Affairs Office at Xavier


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Shrewsbury maintained their push for automatic promotion with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Cheltenham.
But there were also celebrations for the Robins who survived the drop following a defeat for relegation rivals Barnet at Accrington.
The only goal of the game came on ten minutes and followed excellent work from Nicky Wroe. The midfielder ran 30 yards to the edge of the area before passing to the unmarked Mark Wright who placed his shot beyond the keeper.
The home side came back strongly with Danny Andrew having an effort pushed over the bar by Shrews keeper Ben Smith, while Wes Thomas appeared to be tripped by Ian Sharps inside the area only for the penalty appeals to go unheeded.
Both sides had chances in the final stages of the half with Wroe having a long-range effort well saved by home keeper Scott Brown, before Thomas whistled a shot just too high at the other end.
Thomas scuffed a shot into the keeper's hands and then grazed the visitors' crossbar with a header in the second half while Shrewsbury's David Davies rattled the woodwork at the other end from 30 yards.
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Bethesda Blog has posted an interview with Obsidian's Jorge Salgado, better known to many players as Oblivion modder Oscuro. Here's a quote:
Since joining Obsidian in November 09, I've worked on Fallout: New Vegas as an Area Designer.
Area Design involves all sorts of responsibilities, but you can boil it all down to the act of creating a game space, giving it form (geometry, ambiance, lighting, etc), adding its interactive elements (NPCs/Creatures, loot, doors, traps, furniture, etc.), designing its expected gameplay (quests, combat, stealth, dialogue, etc), and then implementing it all in a way that emphasizes consistency, and coherency – areas must belong within the entire game world.
Each of those aspects contains many elements, which are also made from smaller ones. For example, creating NPCs involves giving them their AI characteristics, their equipment, their appearance, and their behaviors — to name a few.
Other responsibilities I've tackled had to do with game-wide feature implementation. I was really fortunate in implementing much of the Mojave Wasteland's NPC/ Creature population, behaviors, balance, and scripted encounters. This took place, mostly, in the game space between what we can call Primary Game Locations – which also have lots of encounters, and NPCs, created by the Area Designers responsible for them.Whenever possible, I'd help with the scripting of AI behaviors, in-game scripted-scenes, performance-optimization, ambiance lighting, and any other task onto which I could get my hands. A project like New Vegas allowed individual expression to flourish, provided it had what it takes to achieve great results — one's tasks suited one's skills."


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I've decided to opt for a Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0 device from SaskTel when I eventually get a smart phone (subject to new models coming out from Samsung or HTC and sold by SaskTel), but that's because it's a Java-based system I already have the tools to program, not because I'm concerned about app stability overall.
In fact, the odds are I won't use the thing to run too many apps if what I need is already included: email/web, GPS mapping and routing, and Java applications (including one I'll be w
The $600 device's main purpose is NOT to make calls. It's an internet communications device that just happens to make phone calls. The people who insist that basic phones are just fine need to figure out this slight, but important, distinction. Buy an internet device if you want internet, but don't compare it to a phone.
I'm not planning to buy a smart phone because I need or want one, but to have a device to program to support at least some segment of the smart phone market. Hence putting it off for now.
I'll probably opt for a BASIC voice-and-text flip-phone of some kind
What is the command in BASIC for calling someone?
The closest I can think of is GOSUB, but I'm afraid that's not going to pull the trick.
What is the command in BASIC for calling someone?
The closest I can think of is GOSUB, but I'm afraid that's not going to pull the trick.
I think if you want to be pulling tricks, then you need to get people to be calling you. So you'll need to advertise your number with something like a "PRINT". And then repeat that lots of times to try and get past all the people flagging you on CL
What is the command in BASIC for calling someone?
PRINT "ATDV12024561414" should do the trick
It's more than just bad apps. I got an iPad a couple weeks ago and safari has crashed several times. I never have more than 5 tabs open. I have also had Skype crash as well, but I don't know how well that code is written.
Safari is crashing for me quite a bit recently with just one or two tabs open. In fact most of the other apps appear to be quite a bit more stable than Safari. I realize that rendering pages from many different authors is probably difficult, but it's happening pretty frequently now.
In the short term, I'll probably opt for a BASIC voice-and-text flip-phone of some kind, because I can't afford (nor stomach!) spending $600 on a PHONE whose MAIN purpose is to MAKE CALLS when I can get a $70 model that will take care of that primary function just fine for now.
Its a common perspective, but first of all most people (at least in the US) buy their phone subsidized with a contract renewal, so the price for even a top-tier phone is $200-$300. Second, for me personally after using smartphones for a few years, I view it as the most significant personal (non-work) computing device I use daily. I definitely use it more than my home PC and tablet combined, and can therefore justify spending top dollar on a quality "phone". I won't make assumptions about you, but I know many people who found, when they get a smartphone, that its main purpose is NOT to make calls.
but I know many people who found, when they get a smartphone, that its main purpose is NOT to make calls.
That is so true. And let's not forget that, at least in Android's case, there's a built-in SIP stack so you can make cheap data calls. Of course, you could also run Skype on Android and iOS. There are a couple of VoIP providers (I understand that VOIPO [voipo.com] is one) that let you use your SIP credential on your phone. In any event, even if your main thing is making voice calls, a smartphone can help save you money there.
Oh, sure, if I want to lock in to a $150+/month contract for 3 years to get unlimited local voice, text, data, and 10 hours of North America long distance/month, I can get the same device for under $100. But that's one HELL of a contract to lock in to in order to save a few bucks now.
Yeah but are you going to get the plan anyways? It does lock you in, but if you were going to get the service, there's no reason to not sign the contract just out of principle. And you can get cheaper plans. Me, for example, have organized a 5-line family plan on Sprint and pay what divides up to about $40 per phone for unlimited everything smartphones.
I understand the logic. But my reality is not as limited as that suggested by parent post.
1) I kayak in estuaries ("you are in a maze of twisty channels that are all alike...") and bicycle in towns that I do not know well. I needed to get a personal GPS as soon as I could afford one.
2) My primary computer is my netbook because I can take it everywhere so it sees much more activity than my desktop workstation. Having secure wifi access at any park bench or cafe table I set down to has become important to
Fuck off, this is not your website. Go somewhere else.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to use a plain phone, but bragging about not wanting to get the most out of a device is completely not-slashdot.
Bad apps crash -- sure. But *worse* apps may appear to keep working while storing up later trouble for the user.
Whenever I see a list of software fault types with "crash bug" at the apex, I cringe. When I led a software team, I had to de-program developers who were trained that crashing is the worst possible thing an app can do. It isn't. There are many worse ones, such as leading a user to trust false data, exposing sensitive information, and losing or corrupting a user's work. The worse thing about a crash in the absence of data loss or long recovery time is that it undermines user confidence. It's often possible for a well-architected app to crash (due to programming faults of course) with no serious implications for the user.
Crashing per se isn't a problem. It's a *symptom*. This is important! I've caught developers "fixing crash bugs" without addressing the real problems: failure to program defensively around unexpected conditions like bad input or inability to secure resources like memory or file references. I've seen super-general exception handlers buried way down on the stack which catch every possible exception and quietly attempt to restore the semblance of operation, even though they can't possibly know whether the application is in a consistent state, or whether it is holding orphaned resources. Programmers do this because they've been inculcated with the false notion that crashes per se are terrible things. This leads to hiding the symptoms errors rather than fixing the errors themselves. Hiding the cause of a crash increases the probability of faulty information, loss of data, and shipping a release with serious defects.
So don't treat crashing as a problem, but as an alert signal. A crash in itself is benign, an honest recognition of failure if you will.
iOS crashes more than Android
Can we sue them?
No, they've made it quite clear with their motto: "It *just* works".
i think you forgot a (barely) there.
iOS crashes more than Android (for those who don't feel like trawling through the (not brilliantly formatted) article.
* for apps which use Crittercism's [crittercism.com] crash reporting component. That's important since we do not know which apps those are and if they are representative for the whole software catalog for the devices. Only Apple has all the crash reports across all iOS apps (and even then only for people who haven't disabled the sending of crash reports.) Maybe the jailbreak guys could compile some interesting stats, since they've released a tool to upload your crashlogs [greenpois0n.com] (Cdevreporter) to them to aid in jail breaking.
You would have to opt into error reporting in iOS to allow Apple to collect that info. It is not enabled by default.
This report isn't particularly useful since it only represents a small subset of those apps that leverage Crittercism. It says nothing about those that don't, or what percentage of typical apps on a phone this data represents.
And Linux should crash more because it supports more architectures than Windows.
If you have bad drivers, it does. Which is the overwhelming reason for Windows crashes too, and the background for this argument. (Nvidia drivers were alone responsible 30% of total Vista crashes [engadget.com], which is quite staggering)
In the role of User, I don't give a flying fuck why Windows crashes more than Linux. All I know is that it does.
A User? A User! Hey guys, we got a User here! Which one of you let him in?
Objective C vs Java might have something to do with it. In Objective C the programmer has to take care of more low-level stuff so the potential for errors is larger. Also the compiler will catch fewer problems.
ARC isn't a silver bullet, and there are actual performance benefits to modern garbage collectors that ARC won't be able to take advantage of. Its really just auto-generated retain and release statements at all the most obvious points where you'd need it in code. It doesn't protect against circular ref leaks, and there are ways to structure your code that confuse it, requiring you to turn it off for the entire source file. It is nice that you can turn it off for one source file but leave it on for the rest of your codebase. And unless I'm mistaken, its still deallocating objects individually when their refcount hits 0, not giving you any of the bulk deallocation speedups that a generational garbage collector gives you. Garbage collectors have come a long way. The runtime cost of performing collection has gone way down, and for all but a few workloads is more than offset by the more efficient allocation schemes it gives you access to.
I would be very interest to see the impact of jailbreaking in this analysis. Do apps crash more often on jailbroken devices? How does it compare between Android and iOS?
One of the main argument for closed down system, putting aside the money factor which no one gives as an official reason, is stability. I do not believe stability is considerably affected by jailbreaking or by the subsequent modification one could do to the OS, but it would be nice to have statistics and some analysis on this.
I would be very interest to see the impact of jailbreaking in this analysis. Do apps crash more often on jailbroken devices? How does it compare between Android and iOS?
One of the main argument for closed down system, putting aside the money factor which no one gives as an official reason, is stability. I do not believe stability is considerably affected by jailbreaking or by the subsequent modification one could do to the OS, but it would be nice to have statistics and some analysis on this.
Depends. In the Apple world, "jailbreaking" is simply to allow users access to system services and data that they would otherwise be prevented from using. In the Android world, "rooting" is primarily to permit the installation of third-party firmware, something which Apple would never permit since iOS is closed-source anyway.
It's been my experience that some of the better alternate ROMs out there are substantially more stable, and have fewer runtime issues, than the stock firmware provided by Google or t
One of the reasons for app crashes is the proliferation of mobile operating systems on iOS and Android. As Apple and Google have released more new operating systems...
Apple has multiple mobile operating systems? Here i thought they just had iOS? Oh wait. According to this "professional" Google has multple mobile operating systems too! I must really be out of the loop. Maybe they should stick with just one OS and update it when they find bugs. Oh that would be cool! They could like call it the same t
Um, yes. Your correct. Microsoft has made significant, complete, total changes but still kept "Windows" in the name of their operating system. Considering the first version of Windows; Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 3.0, wasn't even an OS, I would think that would be obvious. To say that Apple has rewritten iOS four times is absolute ignorance. To say that Google has rewritten Linux four times, when they haven't changed it even once, is complete stupidity.
When I owned a Motorola Droid, there were several times when I had to remove the battery to recover from the phone completely locking up.
I don't have that option with my iPhone, but fortunately I haven't had the phone crash.
How to reboot an iPod Touch:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/assistant/ipodtouch/#section_1 [apple.com]
When I owned a Motorola Droid, there were several times when I had to remove the battery to recover from the phone completely locking up.
I don't have that option with my iPhone, but fortunately I haven't had the phone crash.
That's Motorola. If you want a stable phone, try an HTC next time. I still have a G2 I bought a couple of years ago and it's never locked up (except once when I flashed the wrong firmware, but that was my fault.) And I overclock the thing from the stock 800 Mhz. to 1.2 Ghz with no problems.
iPad 1 "crashes" a lot compared to iPad 2.
All testing by Apple is now done on iPad 2, which has more memory. So some of the "crashing" is iOS telling the app to free up memory, and shutting it down too quickly.
This has made the iPad 1 experience much poorer than it used to be.
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie said it best. Every OS Sucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRvc2UMeMI [youtube.com]
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie said it best. Every OS Sucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRvc2UMeMI [youtube.com]
A friend of mine who used to be a car mechanic said something similar once: "All cars are garbage."
I was bored this morning, so for those interested, since the article makes it hard to extract this information:
All iOS versions total 84.36% of crashes; all Android versions total 15.49% of crashes. The worst offenders for iOS are version 5.0.1 at 28.64% and 4.2.10 at 12.64% (with seven other version listed at above 1% of crashes). The worst offenders for Android are versions 2.3.3 at 3.86% and 2.3.4 at 3.65%, with 4 other versions listed at above 1%.
What i wonder is, how is this data supposed to be "normalized" as the slashdot summary suggests?
It appears to me the number of crashes would be proportional to the number of OSes out there of that version?
Wait, this study shows 3.66% crash on launch rate on iOS? I realize maybe my personal experience will not align with the data and all, but I have had iOS crash on me once and six times I've seen apps crash or screw up to the point I had to relaunch them. That is over a period of several years. I'm guessing there is something weird with the methodology here, perhaps not a representative sample? Am I truly that much of an outlier?
For starters, it's not the OS that crashes...it's the apps. Let's look at how many app crashes take out the OS and make it crash...not studied.
As for the apps - Android is Java based - As such, it is afforded the memory protection that garbage collection entails - at the expense of speed. iOS apps tend to be natively compiled code. Memory management is based on reference counter - in the past, that was a manual process. Now, it's a little easier with the new XCode 4, but still and iffy proposition.
This chart has already been torn apart on Junk charts [typepad.com]. Basically their statistics and reporting are so vague as to make it worthless. But yes, you may be surprised
iOS has a lot of attention and probably has more first-time and low-quality coders than Android. If Android was more popular, iOS apps would be less crashy instead.
It's common sense, really. And says nothing of the platform, only the dev crowds drawn to them.
The article did not clarify if they removed the "Low Memory" and "Active Assertions Beyond Permitted Time" entries from the crash log.
When iOS has memory demands it will kill suspended background processes and this shows up in the crash logs with a low memory reason. When a background process is running (not suspended) to complete some task (like downloading/uploading data, etc) and it exceeds the allowed execution time, iOS will kill it with an assertions beyond permitted time reason.
Neither of these are actual "crashes" as you might think of them and in fact users are often completely unaware the app was killed because when you switch back to the app it just reloads its state where it left off (and well-written apps actually restore your position in the UI).
If these two items weren't excluded then the results for iOS are worthless.
The article also pointed out that iOS 5 is new and there are likely to be crashes generated due to apps not being updated yet and that Android is likely to have a similar problem as ICS actually starts rolling out (or people buy new devices when they are stuck with a non-upgradable device).
...but the crashiest apps on my iPhone have always been the apps included with the OS. The AppStore crashes on me the most. The Mail app is second. It's very rare that any app that I've downloaded actually crashes on me. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Not a trend, just a data point.
Loose bits sink chips.