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When word went around that a mob had sexually assaulted CBS correspondent and CPJ board member Lara Logan in Cairo's Tahrir Square in February 2011, the media jumped on the specifics: Why was the press release about her assault so precise? Why did it say the attack was "brutal" and "sexual"? What people didn't know was that Logan was more than satisfied with CBS' wording, and relieved that the information was finally public. Waiting a few days, she recently told CPJ, was painful. She was ready to speak immediately, to let the world know that her sexual assault was an attack not just on her body but also on the press, and that she would not only survive it but continue her work, unbroken.
"Your silence is like denial," Logan said, adding that CBS had delayed the news release to allow her to physically recover a little and fly to the United States. She said that she never considered concealing what had happened from her viewers and that she could not have asked for more from her employer. "The single most important thing a company can do is stand behind a journalist," she said. "If my boss had questioned what I was wearing, that would have broken me."
Logan's assault was not entirely unusual--CPJ uncovered a number of serious sexual assaults or rapes of journalists in its June report "The Silencing Crime"--but her disclosure and her employer's supportive response were. Since that attack, awareness and sensitivity to sexual violence against journalists have increased in the news industry, with managers in particular expressing a desire to provide help to reporters and photographers on assignment, a CPJ follow-up survey has found. Still, for the most part, the profession lacks training programs that address the risks in a meaningful way.
Of more than 50 local and international journalists CPJ interviewed for "The Silencing Crime," more than a dozen said they had experienced rape or other violent sexual assault, such as digital penetration or sodomy with an object. The majority of international correspondents reported having been repeatedly groped while working. But most of the journalists told CPJ that they had chosen not to tell their editors or go public about the sexual assaults, and of the few who did speak up, all but one said they had been met with censure, such as being pulled from an assignment or being told to remain quiet.
"I think it's difficult for us to talk about this stuff because we don't want to look like we're weak, or whiners," ProPublica reporter Kim Barker told CPJ in May. "The tendency of bosses is to want someone who knows what to do and doesn't need hand-holding."
Logan told CPJ that she had experienced sexual violence in the course of her reporting before--in one instance, a man had violently grabbed her breasts in Afghanistan--but the extreme nature of the 2011 attack led her to speak out.
With the lack of communication between journalists who don't disclose sexual assaults and newsroom leaders who do not ask directly about a delicate or taboo subject, both sides have been in the dark about what to do next. But since Logan spoke out, and since New York Times photographer Lynsey Addario went public about her own sexual assault in Libya in March, some journalists, particularly editors who directly manage reporters and photographers, say they are interested in opening up the conversation or trying new approaches.
Jamie Wellford, Newsweek's photo editor, works with at least a dozen journalists around the world who are often on dangerous assignments. He said he believed that "most people would be pretty forward about telling me" if they had been sexually assaulted. After a lengthy conversation with CPJ, Wellford said he realized that he had never asked his photographers directly whether they had ever been sexually assaulted but that he was ready to do so now because there would be great value in having the information.
"It's extremely important when you put people in a world of chaos and disorder that they speak about their experience," he said. "It's important to know so you can orient yourself how to put your people in the field. It's so chaotic out there."
MaryAnne Golon, a photo editor at Time magazine for 24 years until she left as director of photography in 2008, told CPJ that, having been close to many of her photographers over the years, she understands why journalists keep sexual assault a secret in their professional lives.
"I'm like their den mother," said Golon. "I'm the one who sets up the sat phone. I had a firsthand notion of what they had to go through in the field." Female journalists have told Golon about several "horrific experiences" in places such as Kuwait and Israel, she said. She recalled urging one journalist who was particularly traumatized after being groped to tell her editors what had happened. "I said, 'This needs to get publicized.' She said, 'It won't be by me.' People are afraid of what it does to their own reputation rather than seeing the bigger picture."
Golon, like Wellford, said there should be more open discussion of sexual assault. "What could happen, and what should happen, is particularly wealthy, big media organizations should be required to give these people training," Golon said. "It should include that kind of sexual assault training. They should understand that this is a real possibility. There are steps that need to be taken when they come back. News outlets don't even want to talk about [post-traumatic stress disorder], much less sexual assault."
Prashant Rao, Baghdad deputy bureau chief for Agence France-Presse, told CPJ that he felt unsure of what he should do if one of his journalists was sexually assaulted. "Particular training on this would of course be useful, because, I must confess, I have little to no idea how I would handle such instances or advise colleagues on how to avoid/prevent them," Rao wrote in an email.
CPJ's informal survey of international news organizations found only limited efforts to implement training that specifically addresses sexual assault. Only NBC said it was moving ahead with designing a specific curriculum. (Local news outlets, meanwhile, face additional challenges in addressing sexual assault, with intense cultural barriers in many countries keeping reporters from disclosing rapes or attacks.)
Since May, when NBC's vice president for worldwide news-gathering, David Verdi, told CPJ that the network would implement training on how to prevent and deal with sexual assault, the network has created and run a pilot course in conjunction with a consulting social worker who works with the military on post-traumatic stress.
"We felt there was a hole in that training, and we needed to fill that hole," said Tracey Leaf, director of human resources for NBC Universal and NBC News, who described the process of creating a course as "very challenging" because there is no model from which to draw. "Right now I feel like I'm shooting arrows into the dark, to be honest," Leaf said. It's not like creating a training session on finance for your staff, she said. "We didn't have a buy-off-the-shelf for this one." NBC's training includes safety tips and a discussion on how to identify post-traumatic stress disorder, Leaf said, as well as medical advice and tools. Rape kits that include the morning-after pill and a pricey HIV blocker will be prescribed to any journalist who requests them.
As for the fear that disclosure of sexual assault will result in being pulled off a story, Leaf said that at NBC's pilot training, Verdi told the journalists: "Your assignment would never be compromised because of this. We want to help you, but we would never stop you from going into the field again because of it."
But training alone would not have prevented what happened to Logan, said Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of Logan's program, "60 Minutes." He likened her attack to being hit by a tsunami, saying that she was "lucky to be alive." Though Logan and her crew were accompanied by a security specialist on the night of the attack--the crew had been roughed up a week earlier--the situation demanded greater support, Fager said. "We will never, ever, send a reporter into a situation like that again without significant security. And if we do not think we can provide enough security to feel safe? Then we will not cover the story."
When attacks do occur, Logan said, journalists in the field should be able to count on their managers for support. "They need to know they're not going to be questioned, they're not going to be blamed, they're not going to be discriminated against," she said. "They have to know that. You're talking about something very bare here. You're talking about something completely vulnerable."
Lauren Wolfe is the director of Women Under Siege, a project on sexualized violence and conflict at the Women's Media Center. While CPJ's senior editor, she wrote the CPJ report, "The Silencing Crime: Sexual Violence and Journalists." Previously, she was a researcher on two New York Times books on the 9/11 attacks.
Editor's note: The original text of this piece was corrected to reflect that Prashant Rao is deputy Baghdad bureau chief, not bureau chief, for AFP.


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The Broken Shore
Australia is the land down under, where summer is in the winter (or perhaps winter is in the summer) and water drains counter-clockwise. Australians and Americans, while sharing the same language, often seem to end up using those words in far different ways. But one thing that citizens of the two nations have in common is their love of the well-written mystery novel. THE BROKEN SHORE by Australian writer Peter Temple is far more than a great mystery novel --- it is a great novel, period.
Peter Temple is the author of eight previous crime novels and a five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award, Australia's major prize for crime fiction. While his books have been published previously in the United States, THE BROKEN SHORE marks his first association with Farrar, Straus & Giroux, the publisher of many acclaimed writers. Temple fits well with a group that includes Scott Turow, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Franzen and Richard Powers. Like those authors, Temple's writing extends beyond the milieu of his characters and his context. Audiences will find this to be an outstanding and riveting mystery novel, but Temple's ability with words makes it one that will stay with readers long after the final page has been turned.
Joe Cashin is a big-city homicide detective recovering from a work-related injury. His convalescence has returned him to the coastal area of South Australia where he was raised. His expertise is called upon by local authorities to investigate the robbery and beating death of Charles Bourgoyne, a wealthy and prominent resident of the community. Suspicion focuses on three aboriginal teenagers when they're apprehended attempting to sell some of the beaten man's property. Two of the suspects are shot and killed at the end of a police chase. It appears that the entire case will be closed, but Detective Cashin is unwilling to accept this outcome.
Cashin seems to be an Australian version of Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly's independent Los Angeles homicide detective. Like Bosch, Cashin is a complex man who can be both kind and irascible. The novel opens as Cashin befriends a "swaggie," an Australian homeless person whom he chooses not to arrest. Bosch listens to jazz to help him think, while Cashin uses opera scores for that purpose. Cashin is currently reading the novels of Joseph Conrad; he doesn't know why he has chosen Conrad, but something in the writer's background makes him the current author of choice for the detective. Cashin is a feisty cynic but at the same time can be sympathetic to society's underdogs. He is the police establishment's greatest fear, a man who will not accept the verdict of his police superiors that seeks to truncate an investigation before it has come to a just and complete conclusion.
Underlying the question of who shot Charles Bourgoyne are important topics: police corruption, racial politics and issues surrounding the all-too common clash between those favoring land development and those championing environmental concerns. Through it all, Temple paints a vivid and entertaining picture of complex characters in the land down under.
Some readers may find the Australian idioms somewhat confusing. Temple does include a glossary of terms in the back of the book; though helpful, it is not required to enjoy this brilliant work of literature. THE BROKEN SHORE is an unforgettable read that just may become one of the summer's big sensations.
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Dear Amy: I'm a 13-year-old boy, and I'm gay. I was wondering what advice you could give me on coming out to my parents. I don't know what to do or how to do it.
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Dear Lost: I shared your letter with Michael LaSala, who is a psychotherapist, professor at Rutgers University and author of the book "Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child" (2010, Columbia University Press). LaSala is also gay and works with young people who are facing this challenge.
We both want to offer you our warmest support. It is a triumph to really know who you are, and you deserve credit for wanting to be your authentic and true self and to share this with your parents and others.
Coming out is a process, however, and you should prepare yourself as well as you can. LaSala suggests pondering some important questions:
"What are you hoping for in coming out to your folks?"
"What is the most realistic or likely outcome, and are you prepared for it? If your parents are part of a gay-intolerant religious or cultural tradition, or if you've heard them talk negatively about gay people, that tells you that even though they love you, they will have a tough time with this."
"Will they ask you to leave the house? You need to think about this possibility. Do you have a place to stay? Do you have a network of friends, family members, teachers and other adults you can turn to for emotional support?"
This is an adjustment for everyone, and even if your parents accept and enfold you (as we hope they will), you (and they) should be equipped with resources.
Look up these websites, and do some research (you can then share them with your parents):
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: pflag.org. Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network: glsen.org. The Trevor Project: trevorproject.org. (The Trevor Project runs a hotline staffed with counselors. Keep this number on hand: 866-488-7386.)
You should start this conversation by choosing a good time, sitting down with your parents and saying, "Mom and Dad, I have something important to talk about."
Dear Amy: My son, who is 19, has been dating a girl for two years. He is very much in love, but this relationship has created problems in our family.
Her family is financially fortunate, whereas we struggle just to get by. Recently my husband lost his job, and this has made our lives even harder. The girlfriend and her family feel my son isn't good enough for her.
He hasn't the means to buy prom tickets, holiday gifts, etc., but he gives all he has. He has even paid for her dinners and will watch her eat while he eats nothing.
It is breaking my heart seeing him feel "less than." We've raised him to believe love is all that matters. Were we wrong?
— Upset Mother
Dear Upset: If "love is all that matters," then the real lesson is for your son. He needs to learn what love really is.
It is not lovely to eat a meal while your boyfriend has nothing. It is not lovely to expect (or demand) gifts and prom tickets when there are no means to acquire them. It is oh so not lovely to be in a relationship in which you feel "less than."
It is beautiful to be loved just as you are. Your son should be making his way in the world with someone who will cheer him on and inspire him to great heights, not deplete and depress him. If this relationship is perpetually holding him back, you should urge him to leave it.
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The wedding is about the bride, not about one guest's food intolerance!
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Lt. Gov. Robert J. Duffy was in Buffalo Wednesday to help launch Roswell Park Cancer Institute's new Center for Personalized Medicine.
Researchers in the center are trying to decipher patients' genes, with the idea that better tests and treatments can be targeted to their genetic abnormalities.
"I'm confident that it will result in a better, more effective and more appropriate patient care in Western New York for patients with cancer and many other diseases," Roswell President Donald L. Trump said.
The project, located in Roswell Park's Center for Genetics & Pharmacology on Virginia Street, received $5.1 million from the state in 2011 to help spur economic development.
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The Magic Misfits: The Second Story
From award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris comes the magical second book in the New York Times bestselling Magic Misfits series–with even more tricks up its sleeve.
Growing up in an orphanage, Leila was bullied for being different. She turned her hardship into skill by becoming an escape artist–a valuable trait when you belong to a group of magical best friends. But when a famous psychic comes to town, Leila and her pals can't escape the big mystery heading their way. Whether chasing mad monkeys or banishing ghosts from haunted hotels, these six friends will do their best to keep their home of Mineral Wells safe–but can they protect themselves?
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lawcompli.com is about the regulatory side of law - and in particular about the changes imposed on law firms by regulatory bodies. We are seeking to bring all law professionals to one website, and then provide them with all relevant happenings in the field of legal compliance and regulation. Our visitors will range from very small "high street" law firms to international companies with multi million pound turnovers. They want to be "wowed" by what they see.
lawyers and those that run law firms (practice or business managers). They want to see clearly the information on offer. They want to be tempted to look further on the premise that the content is as good as the website.
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interposed in some way on the pictures we would like the words:
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Perhaps one of those on each of the 3 pictures. The word could be permanently on the graphic, or appear a second or two later and then fade out.
Now what about the pictures themselves? They must have a regulation/law theme. No courtroom scenes, no wigs and gowns, no gavels. We are looking for top quality stuff here.
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Arsenal came back from a 4-0 first half deficit and beat Reading in today's Capital One Cup match 7-5 in extra time. The madcap affair featured the Royals skating to the early 4-0 lead thanks in part to a Laurent Koscielny own goal, only to finally get on the board in added time of the first half. That goal was by Theo Walcott, who'd add two more-the first six minutes into added time at the end of regulation and forcing extra time.
As if that wasn't strange enough, Arsenal's first goal in extra time wouldn't hold up as Pavel Pogrebnyak scored for Reading in the 115th minute and setting up what everyone believed would be a penalty shootout. Except Arsenal had two more goals in them, both coming in the added time of extra time.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
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Your child develops attention and memory skills by following the magic ball and figuring out which cup it lands under.
Your child develops memorization skills by remembering where the shoes are placed within the game.
Your child develops memorization skills by seeing a photo of a lady and then copying her outfit.
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Your child develops fine motor skills catching apples and oranges in his/her bucket.
Your child develops creative skills by designing a doll house.
Your child develops spatial reasoning by first choosing the puzzle he/she wants and then visualizes the outcome of the puzzle.
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This is an excerpt from Jump Rope Training, Second Edition by Buddy Lee.
The bounce step and the alternate-foot step are two basic jump rope techniques that help you develop the proficiency you need in order to improve your fitness and sports performance. These techniques also improve your overall conditioning and create the muscle memory that is required for you to master the complex movements of other jump rope techniques.
These two basic techniques reinforce proper jump rope training form: maintaining an upright posture with your head squarely above your shoulders and your eyes facing ahead (which helps you maintain balance); beginning your jump when the rope reaches the top of your head; and becoming aware of the stretch–shortening cycle that is a critical part of each jump.
The bounce and alternate-foot step also serve as the best techniques for establishing your training baselines and testing your conditioning and proficiency.
The bounce step is simple and effective. To perform it, you repeatedly jump off of both feet while maintaining a jump height that just clears the rope. You should time the swing of the rope while jumping with both feet.
1. Jump with your feet together.
2. Jump just high enough to clear the rope (no more than 3/4 inch [1.9 cm] from the jumping surface) by pushing from the balls of your feet while slightly bending your knees and flexing your ankles.
3. Land lightly on the balls of your feet.
4. Stay on the balls of your feet and repeat steps 2 and 3.
This movement is similar to the bounce step. Instead of jumping with two feet, however, alternate jumping with one foot at a time, as if you were running in place.
1. Jump by lifting your knees forward without kicking your feet backward (kicking your feet behind you while executing this technique can cause your feet to catch the rope). You may raise your nonjumping foot a little higher than an inch (2.5 cm) from the jumping surface.
2. Swing the rope around and jump over it with one foot; on the second turn of the rope, jump over it with your other foot.
3. Continue alternating your feet (lifting your knees as if you were jogging in place) at a slow pace until you establish a comfortable jumping rhythm.
4. Count only the jumps with your right foot, then multiply by two to calculate your total number of jumps per set.
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Green with envy: Bullfrogs are everywhere at SNA patron party
Oh, Jeremiah.
There you were on Wednesday night: Wrapped around people's necks, affixed to their neckties, garnishing the signature cocktail. No wonder you wound up under the table as the party drew to a close.
To explain: Three Dog Night is going to perform at Saturday Night Alive on March 3, and one of the group's best-known songs, "Joy to the World," opens with the line: "Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine …" And the lyric was all that Sharon Whiton Gelt needed for inspiration when it came time to figure out how to decorate Augusta in the Westin Denver Downtown for the party thanking SNA's top-tier supporters. Her co-chairs were Susan Stiff and Travis Faust.
"I went to the Oriental Trading Company website, typed in 'frog items' and was amazed at how many frog things there were," she said. So she ordered plush frogs, finger-puppet frogs, frog-shaped lollipops, frog boas, and frog-green sunglasses. Gummy-candy frogs were the garnish for the signature cocktail, a vodka martini whose green tint came from a splash of Midori liqueur.
It didn't take long for guests to warm up to the toy amphibians.
Lois Paul took the frog that attorney Jack Fitzgibbons had stuffed into his suitcoat pocket and fastened it to his necktie. Then she shaped the frog into a yoga pose. Ryta Sondergard, who is chairing Saturday Night Alive with her husband, Steven, and Peter and Janet Swinburn, had one of the frog boas draped around her shoulders. And numerous others put the frog finger-puppets to decorative uses.
The word "dog" also figured into the festivities. The bartender wore a hat with dog ears on it; desserts included dog bone-shaped cookies.
Saturday Night Alive is a benefit for Arts in Education, a Denver Center for the Performing Arts outreach program that introduces schoolchildren from throughout Colorado to the performing arts. It begins at 6 p.m. March 3 with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction in the lobby of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. Dinner at 8 in the Seawell Grand Ballroom is followed by the Three Dog Night concert in The Stage Theatre. The evening wraps up with desserts and dancing back in the Seawell Ballroom.
It is very close to being sold out; check with Linda Mitchell, 303-446-4812, for ticket availability.
The evening's merrymakers also included DCPA chairman Dan Richie and trustee Joy Burns; Denver Center Theatre Company artistic director Kent Thompson; Denver Center Alliance president Jill Behr; sculptor Ed Dwight, whose "After Hours" is one of the items in the silent auction; auction chair Jamie Angelich; retired judge Bob Fullerton and wife Beverlee Henry; Judi Wolf; Howard Farkas; gallery owner Bobbi Walker; Paul Heitzenrater; Dutchess Scheitler; Edna Chang-Grant; Stephanie Odak; Eva and Dr. Denis Lanier; Terri Fisher; Adrienne Fitzgibbons; Lawrence French and Gregory Sargowicki; Kristina Davidson; Linda Goto; Susan Troyan; Stan and Sarah Sena; and attorney Craig Fleishman, who would be taking off for Portland the next day to help his mother celebrate her 90th birthday.
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Fig 1 – LRO Color Shaded Relief map of moon – Silverlight 5 XNA with Kinect interface
Silverlight 5 was released after a short delay, at the end of last week.
Just prior to exiting stage left, Silverlight, along with all plugins, shares a last aria. The spotlight now shifts abruptly to a new diva, mobile html5. Backstage the enterprise awaits with a bouquet of roses. Their concourse will linger long into the late evening of 2021.
The Last Hurrah?
Kinect devices continue to generate a lot of hacking interest. With the release of an official Microsoft Kinect beta SDK for Windows, things get even more interesting. Unfortunately, Kinect and the web aren't exactly ideal partners. It's not that web browsers wouldn't benefit by moving beyond the venerable mouse/keyboard events. After all, look at the way mobile touch, voice, inertia, gyro, accelerometer, gps . . . have all suddenly become base features in mobile browsing. The reason Kinect isn't part of the sensor event farmyard may be just a lack of portability and an 'i' prefix. Shrinking a Kinect doesn't work too well as stereoscopic imagery needs a degree of separation in a Newtonian world.
[The promised advent of NearMode (50cm range) offers some tantalizing visions of 3D voxel UIs. Future mobile devices could potentially take advantage of the human body's bi-lateral symmetry. Simply cut the device in two and mount one half on each shoulder, but that isn't the state of hardware at present. ]
Fig 2 – a not so subtle fashion statement OmniTouch
For the present, experimenting with Kinect control of a Silverlight web app requires a relatively static configuration and a three-step process: the Kinect out there, beyond the stage lights, and the web app over here, close at hand, with a software piece in the middle. The Kinect SDK, which roughly corresponds to our visual and auditory cortex, amplifies and simplifies a flood of raw sensory input to extract bits of "actionable meaning." The beta Kinect SDK gives us device drivers and APIs in managed code. However, as these APIs have not been compiled for use with Silverlight runtime, a Silverlight client will by necessity be one step further removed.
Microsoft includes some rich sample code as part of the Kinect SDK download. In addition there are a couple of very helpful blog posts by David Catuhe and a codeplex project, kinect toolbox.
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The approach for using Kinect for this experimental map interface is to use the GestureViewer code from Kinect Toolbox to capture some primitive commands arising from sensory input. The command repertoire is minimal including four compass direction swipes, and two circular gestures for zooming, circle clockwise zoom in, and circle counter clockwise zoom out. Voice commands are pretty much a freebie, so I've added a few to the mix. Since GestureViewer toolbox includes a learning template based gesture module, you can capture just about any gesture desired. I'm choosing to keep this simple.
Step 2:
Once gesture recognition for these 6 commands is available, step 2 is handing commands off to a Silverlight client. In this project I used a socket service running on a separate thread. As gestures are detected they are pushed out to local port 4530 on a tcp socket service. There are other approaches that may be better with final release of Silverlight 5.
Step 3:
The Silverlight client listens on port 4530, reading command strings that show up. Once read, the command can then be translated into appropriate actions for our Map Controller.
Fig 3 – Kinect to Silverlight architecture
Full Moon Rising
But first, instead of the mundane, let's look at something a bit extraterrestrial, a more fitting client for such "extraordinary" UI talents. NASA has been very busy collecting large amounts of fascinating data on our nearby planetary neighbors. One data set that was recently released by ASU, stitches together a comprehensive lunar relief map with beautiful color shading. Wow what if the moon really looked like this!
Fig 4 – ASU LRO Color Shaded Relief map of moon
In addition to our ASU moon USGS has published a set of imagery for Mars, Venus, Mercury, as well as some Saturn and Jupiter moons. Finally, JPL thoughtfully shares a couple of WMS services and some imagery of the other planets:
This type of data wants to be 3D so I've brushed off code from a previous post, NASA Neo 3D XNA, and adapted it for planetary data, minus the population bump map. However, bump maps for depicting terrain relief are still a must have. A useful tool for generating bump or normal imagery from color relief is SSBump Generator v5.3 . The result using this tool is an image that encodes relative elevation of the moon's surface. This is added to the XNA rendering pipeline to combine a surface texture with the color relief imagery, where it can then be applied to a simplified spherical model.
Fig 5 – part of normal map from ASU Moon Color Relief imagery
The result is seen in the MoonViewer client with the added benefit of immediate mode GPU rendering that allows smooth rotation and zoom.
The other planets and moons have somewhat less data available, but still benefit from the XNA treatment. Only Earth, Moon, Mars, Ganymede, and Io have data affording bump map relief.
I also added a quick WMS 2D viewer html using OpenLayers against the JPL WMS servers to take a look at lunar landing sites. Default OpenLayers isn't especially pretty, but it takes less than 20 lines of js to get a zoomable viewer with landing locations. I would have preferred the elegance of Leaflet.js, but EPSG:4326 isn't supported in L.TileLayer.WMS(). MapProxy promises a way to proxy in the planet data as EPSG:3857 tiles for Leaflet consumption, but OpenLayers offers a simpler path.
Fig 6 – OpenLayer WMS viewer showing lunar landing sites
Now that the Viewer is in place it's time to take a test drive. Here is a ClickOnce installer for GestureViewer modified to work with the Silverlight Socket service: http://184.108.40.206/MoonKinect/
Recall that this is a Beta SDK, so in addition to a Kinect prerequisite, there are some additional runtime installs required:
Using the Kinect SDK Beta
Download Kinect SDK Beta 2:
Be sure to look at the system requirements and the installation instructions further down the page. This is Beta still, and requires a few pieces. The release SDK is rumored to be available the first part of 2012.
You may have to download some additional software as well as the Kinect SDK:
- DirectX latest version: Runtime for Microsoft DirectX® 9
- For Speech:
• Microsoft Speech Platform Runtime, version 10.2 – select 32-bit if you are running 32-bit Windows. If you have 64-bit Windows, we suggest that you install both the 32-bit and 64-bit runtime.
• Kinect for Windows Language Pack, version 0.9
Finally, we are making use of port 4530 for the Socket Service. It is likely that you will need to open this port in your local firewall.
As you can see this is not exactly user friendly installation, but the reward is seeing Kinect control of a mapping environment. If you are hesitant to go through all of this install trouble, here is a video link that will give you an idea of the results.
YouTube video demonstration of Kinect Gestures
Voice commands using the Kinect are very simple to add so this version adds a few.
Here is the listing of available commands:
public void SocketCommand(string current) { switch (command) { // Kinect voice commands case "mercury-on": { MercuryRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "venus-on": { VenusRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "earth-on": { EarthRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "moon-on": { MoonRB.IsChecked = true; break;} case "mars-on": { MarsRB.IsChecked = true; break;} case "marsrelief-on": { MarsreliefRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "jupiter-on": { JupiterRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "saturn-on": { SaturnRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "uranus-on": { UranusRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "neptune-on": { NeptuneRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "pluto-on": { PlutoRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "callisto-on": { CallistoRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "io-on": { IoRB.IsChecked = true;break;} case "europa-on": {EuropaRB.IsChecked = true; break;} case "ganymede-on": { GanymedeRB.IsChecked = true; break;} case "cassini-on": { CassiniRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "dione-on": { DioneRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "enceladus-on": { EnceladusRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "iapetus-on": { IapetusRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "tethys-on": { TethysRB.IsChecked = true; break; } case "moon-2d": { MoonRB.IsChecked = true; Uri uri = Application.Current.Host.Source; System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri(uri.Scheme + "://" + uri.DnsSafeHost + ":" + uri.Port + "/MoonViewer/Moon.html"), "_blank"); break; } case "mars-2d": { MarsRB.IsChecked = true; Uri uri = Application.Current.Host.Source; System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri(uri.Scheme + "://" + uri.DnsSafeHost + ":" + uri.Port + "/MoonViewer/Mars.html"), "_blank"); break; } case "nasaneo": { EarthRB.IsChecked = true; System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri("http://126.96.36.199/NASANeo/"), "_blank"); break; } case "rotate-east": { RotationSpeedSlider.Value += 1.0; tbMessage.Text = "rotate east"; break; } case "rotate-west": { RotationSpeedSlider.Value -= 1.0; tbMessage.Text = "rotate west"; break; } case "rotate-off": { RotationSpeedSlider.Value = 0.0; tbMessage.Text = "rotate off"; break; } case "reset": { RotationSpeedSlider.Value = 0.0; orbitX = 0; orbitY = 0; tbMessage.Text = "reset view"; break; } //Kinect Swipe algorithmic commands case "swipetoleft": { orbitY += Microsoft.Xna.Framework.MathHelper.ToRadians(15); tbMessage.Text = "orbit left"; break; } case "swipetoright": { orbitY -= Microsoft.Xna.Framework.MathHelper.ToRadians(15); tbMessage.Text = "orbit right"; break; } case "swipeup": { orbitX += Microsoft.Xna.Framework.MathHelper.ToRadians(15); tbMessage.Text = "orbit up"; break; } case "swipedown": { orbitX -= Microsoft.Xna.Framework.MathHelper.ToRadians(15); tbMessage.Text = "orbit down"; break; } //Kinect gesture template commands case "circle": { if (scene.Camera.Position.Z > 0.75f) { scene.Camera.Position += zoomInVector * 5; } tbMessage.Text = "zoomin"; break; } case "circle2": { scene.Camera.Position += zoomOutVector * 5; tbMessage.Text = "zoomout"; break; } } }
Possible Extensions
After posting this code, I added an experimental stretch vector control for zooming and 2 axis twisting of planets. These are activated by voice: 'vector twist', 'vector zoom', and 'vector off.' The Map control side of gesture commands could also benefit from some easing function animations. Another avenue of investigation would be some type of pointer intersection using a ray to indicate planet surface locations for events.
Even though Kinect browser control is not prime time material yet, it is a lot of experimental fun! The MoonViewer control experiment is relatively primitive. Cursor movement and click using posture detection and hand tracking is also feasible, but fine movement is still a challenge. Two hand vector controlling for 3D scenes is also promising and integrates very well with SL5 XNA immediate mode graphics.
Kinect 2.0 and NearMode will offer additional granularity. Instead of large swipe gestures, finger level manipulation should be possible. Think of 3D voxel space manipulation of subsurface geology, or thumb and forefinger vector3 twisting of LiDAR objects, and you get an idea where this could go.
The merger of TV and internet holds promise for both whole body and NearMode Kinect interfaces. Researchers are also adapting Kinect technology for mobile as illustrated by OmniTouch.
. . . and naturally, lip reading ought to boost the Karaoke crowd (could help lip synching pop singers and politicians as well).
Fig 7 – Jupiter Moon Io


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The tourist information centre shares space with 2 bookshops, Bluebell, new bestsellers and gifts and Dales and Lakes, second-hand collectors books.
Alston Local Links situated in Alston Town Hall provides library, tourist information and access to Council services. In 2009 the staff won 'Tourism team of the year' at the Cumbria Tourism Awards.
To help find and give out information on various aspects to visitors as well as locals. Booking accommodation locally and other areas. Selling maps and looks on the Lake District.
Situated a minutes walk away from Windermere train station and only a mile and half away from the lake shores of Windermere.
Our service is provided by a dedicated group of volunteers who are here to assist with friendly informed help and advice for residents and visitors alike.
Situated at the heart of Ambleside, we are much more than just a tourist information centre. In 2007 Ambleside tourist information centre merged with the Post Office to provide visitors and locals with two vital services.
Ullswater Tourist Information Centre is situated in the main car park, Beckside, in Glenridding close to the shores of Ullswater. The refurbished centre now benefits from multi-media displays.
Gateway Tourist Information Centre providing an extensive range of information and services to people visiting Penrith, The Eden Valley and the surrounding region.
Discover the finest places to eat, sleep and enjoy along Cumbria's Western lake District Coast. Copeland's new Visitor Information point (or VIP for short) will point you towards the finest experiences that the area has to offer.
Set in the heart of the old Lakeland village under the towering crags of Coniston Old Man and close to Coniston Water, the tourist information centre is a superb "shop window" for Coniston and its surroundings. Purpose built by The Lake
In the centre of Keswick and with a recently refurbished community room, the Moot Hall is the perfect choice for coffee mornings, training venue, slide shows, business meetings, charity and fundraising events and exhibitions.
Come and visit us in the Tourist Information Centre for postcards, Ordnance Survey Maps, walking and cycling leaflets and books, local interest books, accommodation brochures for UK destinations, plus ideas for trips to local attractions.
We offer a free local accommodation booking service to personal callers and operate the nationwide book-a-bed-ahead.
Ulverston now has a Visitor Information Point, which is staffed by friendly volunteers Thursday, Friday and Saturday. When it is not staffed information is available for visitors to pick up. The market hall is however closed on Wednesdays.
Kirkby Stephen
The ancient market town of Kirkby Stephen in the Upper Eden Valley enjoys an enviable position between the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks.
If you are looking for ideas for a weekend break or just planning a day out, you can be sure of a friendly service and inspirational ideas from Carlisle's dedicated tourist information staff.


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One thing I love about InStyle Magazine is that they take items from the Summer and give you ways to incorporate them into your Fall wardrobe.
Here are some of my favorite looks for fall that will be sure to use some of those staples from the summer.
1. Blush Blazer.
Dang it, I just returned mine!
2. Denim Jacket.
*Group sigh of relief*
Yes, bust it out ladies. This versatile piece that you've likely had for YEARS is back in full force (Or did it ever leave?)
3. Lace Tees
This girl *loves* lace and crochet detailed tops. Layer it with a jacket, dark denim, and a fall hued scarf and you've got yourself a winning combination.
4. Printed Maxi Skirt
Again, layer it up y'all! Maxi skirts are easily transitioning into the fall. Just put on a pair of boots and a cardi and you're good to go. I especially love Olivia Palermo's look on the right with a blazer.
5. High-waisted black shorts.
I will not be participating in this look.
6. Tunic
Yeah, you know the one. That floral print one you bought when the slightest hint of warm weather came about. Layer it and pair with a pair of booties and you've got a perfect and feminine look for fall.
What's your favorite fall style? Can you see yourself rocking any of the above looks?


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Water provider wins "Best of the Best" at AWWA's Annual Conference and Exposition
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced that the Louisville, Ky., Water Company won its annual "Best of the Best" water taste test. The event, comprised of North American winners of regional water-tasting competitions, was held at the AWWA's Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08) in Atlanta.
The Louisville Water Company has provided water to residents of Louisville and surrounding areas since 1860. The agency previously won AWWA's Kentucky/Tennessee Section tasting competition to earn a berth in the event.
Second place in the competition was awarded to the Mal Paso Filtration Plant in Puerto Rico. The water utility of nearby Blythe, Ga., earned third place.
Other "Best of the Best" participants in the competition included: city of Aurora, Ill.; Jordon Valley Water Conservation District, Utah; Ames Water Treatment Plant, Iowa; city of Emporia, Kan.; Edwardsburg Municipal Water, Michigan; city of Albany, N.Y.; City of High Point, N.C.; Grand Forks Water Utility, N.D.; Medford Water Commission, Ore.; city of Clarksville, Texas; Western Virginia Water Authority, Va.; and La Crosse Water Utility, Wis.
An esteemed judging panel rated each water system on their flavor characteristics. Judges included Meridith Ford, dining critic for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Gil Kulers, a certified wine educator and contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Adam Murphy, CBS 46 News consumer investigator; Stephen Booth, chair of the AWWA's Taste and Odor Committee; and Linda Schweitzer, associate professor of chemistry and environmental science at Oakland University in Michigan.
This is the fourth year the national competition has been held. The previous winners are the Oklahoma City Water and Wastewater Utility (2007) and Illinois American Water, Champaign District (2006 and 2005).


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The boys over at the blue oval are beating their chests after a successful summer of blockbuster product placements. But, we can't help but detect a bit of desperation in their release. After all, if the product placements, which they undoubtedly paid big bucks for, had been successful, would they really have felt the need to remind us of them? Ford starts by explaining the basic premise of product placement, "Think of what the 1982 film, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, did for Reese's pieces." But the X-Files wasn't E.T. and the vehicles we remember from The Dark Knight were either exotic and Italian or capable of crashing through walls. Don't worry though, because right after explaining the Reese's pieces analogy, Ford is clear their product placement is nothing like that.
"While no one is drawing comparisons between the integration of Ford Expeditions in The Dark Knight and the Reese's Pieces in E.T., the idea behind the marketing strategy remains the same."
We're so confused. Anyway, the list of vehicles Ford was able to place in movies and the way they were used reads like a list of mundane, everyday events: Dana Scully commutes in a Taurus, other government agents drive Expeditions; the incompetent henchmen at the beginning of The Dark Knight keep their dogs in Expeditions. Ford: the vehicle of choice for minor characters in need of everyday transportation. Ford goes on to justify the reasons why its more exciting products weren't appropriate for cameo appearances. For instance, the Ford Edge was deemed "too refined" for The Dark Knight. The company even goes so far as to explain the appearance of Expeditions in the X-Files, "The filmmakers wanted to be true to reality, the government and the FBI do run Expeditions in their fleets." Of course, all this is small beans next to the lesbian surf cop extravaganza that is Knight Rider the TV series and that GT500KR. Or, you know, the GM commercial masquerading as the biggest blockbuster of last summer and next summer: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. The full press release follows:
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 27, 2008 – A little more than a month after its debut, the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," has already become the second highest-grossing film of all time – and an all-star opportunity for Ford Motor Company. "The Joker's henchmen drive black Ford Expeditions in the opening scene of the movie – which takes place in a dark parking garage – and if you think about the millions of people who will see 'The Dark Knight,' the level of exposure for the Ford brand is incredible," said Brian Daly, senior vice president, JWT, Team Detroit, who is a member of Ford Global Brand Entertainment (FGBE), the Ford office in Beverly Hills that works to "cast" Ford-branded vehicles in movies, television and other entertainment media. Think of what the 1982 film, "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," did for Reese's pieces, says Michael Bernacchi, professor of Marketing at the University of Detroit Mercy. "When 'E.T.' premiered and that little creature started gobbling up candy, Reese's Pieces got a lot of fanfare and sales went way up," he said. "That may have begun the modern day and age of product placement." While no one is drawing comparisons between the integration of Ford Expeditions in "The Dark Knight" and the Reese's Pieces in "E.T.," the idea behind the marketing strategy remains the same. "The reason why we do this is to benefit from what I call the 'halo effect' of entertainment," said Daly. "We're constantly looking for ways to present our vehicles in a way that's going to enhance the image of the brand through its association with a cool media vehicle." For Ford's Global Brand Entertainment team, however, successful product placement is not just about getting as many vehicles as possible into movies and television shows. "You have to respect the brand and the messages it's trying to convey," said Al Uzielli, senior advisor to FGBE. "We will turn down big potential opportunities in movies and television if we feel that it is not the right fit for our vehicles because our main objective is to protect the brand." What constitutes "the right fit?" Daly says it's a matter of marrying the right brand with the right role. "In the case of 'The Dark Knight,' the opening scene is kind of menacing, and producers were looking for a vehicle that would fit in well with that," he said. "It wouldn't have made sense for the Joker's thugs to be driving F-150 pickup trucks in the city, for example, and the look of the Ford Edge was a little too refined. A black Expedition looks pretty tough." Producers also were interested in a luxury vehicle for a small cameo appearance. "We knew that the release of 'The Dark Knight' was going to coincide with the launch of the new 2009 Lincoln MKS, so we gave them a sneak preview of the vehicle, and they liked it," said Daly, adding that he had to give producers a pre-production version of the MKS because at the time of filming, the vehicle had not yet gone into full production. FGBE also worked with the film producers on another summer movie, "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," to find the right vehicle for the lead character of Dana Scully. "Scully works as a doctor in a hospital that's not necessarily where the rich go. She's a real genuine physician who's looking after her patients and trying to find solutions for them where there seem to be none," he said. "She is cutting-edge but also very real, which is why we felt that the Ford Taurus made sense as a vehicle for her." Ford Expeditions were chosen for the FBI agents. "The filmmakers wanted to be true to reality," said Daly. "The government and the FBI do run Expeditions in their fleets, and the producers liked the strength that the vehicles convey." In addition to being able to keenly identify which cars are best suited for which characters, Uzielli says Ford's success with product placement is largely dependent on developing strong relationships with Hollywood's top filmmakers. "What we try to do is become a partner with the creative people we work with," he said. "They respect what we're trying to do, which is to protect and promote the Ford brand, and in turn, we are attentive to their needs." Sometimes that means going the extra mile to help the production staff solve transportation issues and reduce costs. For example, FGBE provided "The X-Files" movie stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson with Escape Hybrids to use back and forth to the set in Vancouver, Canada. "Fox has a green initiative going, and they were trying to keep their sets as green as possible," he said. "So we offered them the Escape Hybrids to drive behind the scenes." Because there was a lot of gunfire in the garage scene in "The Dark Knight," FGBE provided producers with extra quarter panels and doors so that they could "shoot up" the car and then "re-shoot" the scene. Ford's Global Brand Entertainment team has established itself as a leader in the arena of product placement. For the third straight year, Ford topped all other brands — and not just automotive – to win brandchannel.com's 2008 "brandcameo Award for Overall Product Placement," appearing in 30 of the 52 number one films at the U.S. box office from Jan. 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Ford also won the "Scene Stealer Award," given to the brand that took the spotlight from its human co-stars, for the placement of the Ford Mustang in the 2007 hit "I am Legend." "When you see how Will Smith looked ripping through New York City in that Mustang, that was really hot, and it made him look really cool," said Daly. "And being associated with Will Smith made Ford look really cool."


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