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Once a jazz bar called the Melody Room and then a club called the Central, the Viper Room has been an institution of the music scene long before opening in 1993.
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Foreign & Domestic
Come for the $1 oysters, stay for the one-of-a-kind seasonal delicacies. Meet the Chef/Owner of Foreign & Domestic, a neighborhood joint where French haute cuisine meets Midwestern comfort food.
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Fr. Frank's statement on the passing of Baby Joseph (September 28, 2011)
Baby Joseph: A Life Worth Living
"The summary of the work you did for the family
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Joseph's family fought the Canadian medical establishment from October to
March 2011 to help their child breathe. Moe and Sana Maraachli were refused
a tracheotomy for their son, and were told that because their baby has a
fatal neurological disease, that further treatment would be "futile."
Working with many others, we at Priests for Life arranged to have the baby
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With the final installment of the Harry Potter films releasing soon, some people who have not seen the previous movies may want to catch up. If you want to be part of the excitement surrounding Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, here is an overview of the previous parts, so that you will not be confused.
In the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, we meet Harry Potter. Harry is an orphan who finds out on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard. He leaves for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he meets his two best friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He also discovers that he is no ordinary wizard – he is the most famous person in the wizarding world.
When Harry Potter was a year old, his parents were murdered by Lord Voldemort, the most evil Dark wizard of all time. Somehow, when Voldemort attempted killing Harry, his killing spell was reversed, and Voldemort was thought to be killed. After the Dark Lord's disappearance, his followers (the Death Eaters) fell from power. Everyone thought the difficult times were over.
But when Harry arrives at Hogwarts, he encounters Voldemort several times. Though he begins as a faint spirit, Voldemort gains strength and power through the films. In the third movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he regains his loyal servant, Peter Pettigrew. By the fourth, Goblet of Fire, he has restored his body; in the fifth, Order of the Phoenix, he has begun to come after Harry in earnest. By the sixth, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Voldemort has infiltrated the magical government and begun to wreak havoc upon the world again.
Throughout Harry's stay at Hogwarts, he finds a mentor in Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster and the most powerful good wizard in the world. In the sixth movie, Dumbledore explains to Harry how Voldemort managed to survive for so long. According to Dumbledore, Voldemort created Horcruxes, which are pieces of one's soul. Horcruxes are only formed when a person literally loses a part of his soul, which he accomplishes by murdering.
Dumbledore believes Voldemort has created six Horcruxes, and that the last part of his soul resides in his current body. In order to vanquish Voldemort, Harry must find and destroy each Horcrux, and then defeat the Dark Lord. Though he believed Dumbledore would be able to help in the search, the headmaster is killed in Half Blood Prince by Professor Snape, the double agent with unknown allegiances.
Unbeknownst to him at the time, Harry has already destroyed one Horcrux in Voldemort's school diary, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (the second film). Dumbledore has also already found and destroyed one. So, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows installment concerns the hunt for the final Horcruxes. Harry and his friends find and destroy one in the first part. Now, in the second part, they must discover the rest and defeat Voldemort for good.
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Clues is a brief memoir of
Marvin Cohen, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He chronicles the strange events that lead
him to believe that the government or some other sinister organization is
persecuting him and is surreptitiously drugging him. What makes the book particularly striking is its ability to
convey the logic behind the fears of paranoia and to help the reader understand
the experience. Cohen starts out living
in Boston's North End working at a computer software company. He describes in short chapters a series of
seven "clues" that suggest to him that he is the victim of some kind
of intrigue, such as odd comments people make to him as he passes them in the
street or strong sexual feelings that suddenly strike him.
As Cohen is well aware, there is
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brief appendices that set out some of his current theories to justify his
fears. These include ideas about
antipsychiatry, the political ambitions of China and Russia, and secret
services. As Cohen himself says,
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Epistemologically, it can be hard
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but rather their pragmatic consequences.
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brings the issue of when beliefs are paranoid into sharp relief.)
So while Clues is a very
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Note: This is a long post – but it needs to be since I am trying to set the context for the discussion. Hopefully you will like it.
The headings are
a) Synopsis
b) Background
c) What is inside a mobile phone?
d) Comparisons to the early PC value chain
e) Existing strategies of handset vendors
f) Android
g) Crossing the chasm
h) Conclusions
Recently, two developments have focused the spotlight on Android. Firstly, Verizon's adoption of LIMO foundation Linux in preference to Android and secondly a report says that Linux will capture 20 percent of the high end mobile market by 2013 (mainly due to Android).
Both these developments view Android in context of the current ecosystem.
Techcrunch does a good comparison within the existing framework and that's good
However, disruptive services like Android (and the iPhone) cannot be viewed only in context of the existing framework. They are game changers and can best be analysed in context of the crossing the chasm viewpoint from Geoffrey Moore.
Here is a synopsis:
Just like in the PC industry, both hardware and software components of mobile devices are being standardized. The device (both hardware and software) becomes malleable i.e. conceptually a kind of 'putty'/ clay. Once that happens (and as we see below – it is already happening), the value chain changes completely. Android is likely to contribute significantly to this trend – and consequently the primary beneficiaries of Android will not the existing players but a new set of as yet undefined customers OR players in the existing value chain – for example SIM card vendors – who may avail opportunities to develop new capabilities and acquire new customers aka crossing the chasm
When the iPhone was launched, I posted a long article which was called The iPhone is extraordinary not because of its UI but because it's the tail wagging the dog .
In a nutshell, the success (or otherwise) of the iPhone has to be viewed in terms of whether it can change the existing industry value chain.
To the surprise of most people, including me, the iPhone HAS indeed succeeded in changing the existing industry value chain by providing a product/service that people want. While the long term prospects for the iPhone are unclear, the fact remains that the iPhone has succeeded in changing sacrosanct industry practices (for instance in changing the billing relationship )
So .. what about Android?
Is Android just a Linux consortium?
Linux consortia have been around a plenty and prominent ones include LIMO, LIPS and others. In fact, many companies, will hedge their bets by joining as many such consortia as possible mainly for defensive and strategic reasons. So, if Android is viewed as 'yet another Linux consortium' – it is not a big deal in itself.
Is Android about free/cost savings?
Again .. thats only part of the story ..
Historically, the deployment of Linux on the Mobile device has been motivated by the need to save cost but Android is more than cost savings.
However, speaking of cost savings ..
Linux on mobile devices is an expensive proposition when viewed on a 'like for like' basis with operating systems like Symbian. The value proposition of Linux on Mobile devices is not based on reducing the cost of the Operating system per se – but rather in reducing the cost of the whole BOM (Bill of materials) for a mobile device including its IPR costs. This means the ability for OEMs/ device manufacturers to 'mix and match' software elements of the Operating system with the goal of reducing the combined cost of software and hardware is a greater driving factor for Linux on Mobile devices than the cost of Linux itself. (Note: We will use the term OEM – Original equipment manufacturers – to refer to device manufacturers like Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc) .
And Android of course, is more than Linux on mobile devices.
Android has some elements of cost reduction (in that the stack is provided for OEMs to take up and productise into new mobile devices). But it is more about new services (wherein lies the differentiation as we will see below).
Currently, applications and services are not differentiators for mobile devices (which is a far cry from what industry consultants will want us to believe! ). Inspite of all the industry efforts, the only two common elements across most handsets worldwide are: voice and SMS. Most people still buy devices on looks – as Nokia found out much to their surprise when they got caught in the clamshell vs. candybar wars
Consequently, despite all the talk – prior to the iPhone – the Mobile Web and other services were not differentiating factors for the public.
We show below how this status quo is changing and is creating opportunities for new players (not just Android). We explore the following areas with this background
a) Changes in the device value chain leading to opportunities for new players
b) The importance of services and applications in future
c) Long tail applications and developer support
d) Personalization and customization of handsets beyond ringtones and other cosmetics
e) Crossing the chasm – new entrants may try to go for a segment not currently served by the industry players.
Daft as this question sounds, we need to first understand what is a phone/mobile device.
The Mobile Handset Industry in Transition by Jamie L. Anderson & Martin E. Jonsson has a very good explanation and I have used it in this section.
Essentially, a phone comprises of three components (Integrated circuits).
The Radio Frequency Circuit (RF): sends and receives voice or data signals to the mobile phone.
The Mixed Signal Circuit: converts the signals from digital to analog and vice versa
The Baseband Circuit (BB): The BB is the phone processor where both the application software and the communication software is managed.
Unlike the application software, the communication software needs to operate in real time. In entry level phones, the Real Time Critical Operating System (RTOS), manages both the functions. In smartphones, there are two operating systems – one for the communications and the other for the applications. Microsoft and Symbian are examples of application operating. Android addresses the smartphone market.
In hardware terms, the handset industry today can be compared to PC industry in the 1980. At that time, the PC manufacturers were vertically integrated. As the industry evolved, the vertical integration model was broken.
For instance, if we compare the handset industry to the early PC industry
a) Hardware innovations in themselves do not provide differentiation. Hardware quickly becomes commoditised.
b) Barriers to entry are reduced. The software and the hardware each become increasingly modularized. This leads to new entrants who can enter the marketplace – just like in the PC industry with lower barriers to entry.
c) Systems integration becomes a core competency and supply chain efficiency will decide the winners and the losers
d) As variable costs rather than fixed costs become more relevant, economies of scale may not be the dominant factor i.e. it may be possible for new players to enter the market who can be profitable even if they sell a smaller number of handsets.
e) 'Softer' components like brand, customer service, customization, applications and services are likely to be a more important source of differentiation as hardware differentiators are harmonized.
f) First mover advantage is likely to be short lived in this world. If one vendor introduces an X Megapixel camera, others will follow suit. This is again reminiscent of the PC industry with almost every manufacturer talking about faster processing speed, greater memory etc. customers will quickly learn this.
To some extent, we are already seeing the first manifestations of this trend. For instance:
a) OEMs are tending to outsource components of the phone to specialized companies called ODMs (Original design manufacturers).
b) For phones, the user interface component and the operating system components are decoupling (for example UIQ and S60 with Symbian). The implication here being – the core OS is bog standard. Differentiation comes from within the user interface which needs to be separate from the OS
c) Both software and hardware is becoming modularized. This explains the rise of Linux in the first place as we discussed above since its modularized architecture lends itself to the 'mix and match' in comparison to the more monolithic operating systems. It also explains why device manufacturers like Nokia are working with Linux but are not a member of any Linux consortia i.e. they see the value of Linux in itself
d) Since IPR is a variable cost, the significance of IPR is also relevant in the Linux context and especially the Android context Open source vs. Open Standards – complementing or competing?
The strategies of existing handset manufacturers are dictated by the existing industry structure. In Breaking up the handset value chain Jamie Anderson and Martin Zander describe the industry structure in terms of three paradigms which we will also use here.
1. The semiconductor paradigm :
Is the domain of the semiconductor companies such as Texas instruments, Infineon etc. Here, cost reduction is the key driving factor. Hence, economies of scale, Moore's law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law (Gordon not Geoffrey!) and economies of scale are important. Other than cost reduction, there is little scope for differentiation in this paradigm.
2. The telecom paradigm
The telecom paradigm is the domain of the OEMs like Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc. The buyers in sector are the Telecoms operators and there is a constant tradeoff between new requirements vs. the cost of production. Here, the volumes matter but the features matter as well!
3. The computing paradigm
The features in the computing paradigm are driven by the PC industry and by convergence with the PC/Web. Here, the application, operating system and other services are the main drivers.
Knowing the above, here is the existing scenario in the handset value chain
Firstly, the OEMs ..
a) Nokia is the undisputed market leader – with excellent supply chain capabilities and great execution which lead it to dominate both the low end and the high end segments(smartphones)
b) Handset growth continues in Asia and Asia will be a key market anyway. Nokia dominates this market through a combination of factors
c) Nokia continues to excel on the computing paradigm – for instance its emphasis on Mobile Ajax, Mobile Widgets, acquisition of Navteq and its belief that it is an Internet company
d) While Nokia focuses on scale and convergence, Sony Ericsson focuses on handsets that do 'one thing well'. They also have considerable success with this strategy.
e) Samsung and LG have a broad strategy. Considering Nokia's historical weakness in the USA and the willingness of Samsung and LG to customize handsets according to the Operator's wishes – they do well in America.
f) Motorola .. Did many things wrong post RAZR. But from our standpoint, Motorola was focused on technology and not enough on the features, services and aesthetics of a device. As Dean Bubley says in his usual skeptical viewpoint – and I paraphrase .. If it were possible for Motorola to port Fortran on phones .. they would try! Which kind of sums up Motorola's strategy.
Next, the other players and related developments
a) The semiconductor vendors continue to suffer from the same trends that affect them with cost being their primary differentiation. The chipset vendors need at least 2.5B$ of sales to cover their R and D expenses. (Arete consulting). It is already in consolidation mode with existing players like TI, freescale, Infinion etc being affected.
b) ODMs may move up the value chain. In a first of its kind , Taiwanese ODM BenQ mobile moved up the value chain by acquiring the assets of Siemens but ultimately itself went into administration.
c) Qualcomm focused on the chipset for CDMA giving up their handset ambitions
d) Reflecting the significance attached to the modular nature of Linux as discussed above, we see the emergence of a whole raft of Linux integration vendors such as Windriver.
e) ODMs like HTC continue to focus on technical excellence and are focused on devices like the HTC touch, Android and Windows
f) MSM – Mobile software management is a key development and one to watch. MSM relates to deep customization of handset software at all stages of the lifecycle (not just post production). Technologies like FOTA (firmware over the air update) are a part of MSM. Andreas has a good post about this What if handset features could shape and evolve with the user? the user side of mobile software management
And then the iPhone came along and shook up the ecosystem. The billing relationship was changed and the handsets were no longer subsidised. The customers still continued to buy the iPhone. For the first time, the Mobile Web became a differentiating factor. Develops were important. Developers had a chance to make money. Advanced features of devices like search were used for the first time.
It is in this backdrop that Android makes an entrance .. and I hope you have been following this article so far .. It was necessary to set all this context before we discuss Android.
So, knowing the above, what can we say about Android
a) Firstly, Android is a computer and not a phone . It has no IMS stack and hence leaves the network layer applications for the Operator. (No SIP/IMS stack for Android )
b) As hardware and software become commoditised, the Android offers a cheaper 'software toolkit' for to build devices.
c) Increasingly differentiation will be based on brand and softer elements like customer service. Android works well with this trend
d) The software layer has been well thought out in a holistic manner – especially its integration with the Web. For instance, photos can be accessed from online services (and not just from the phone's memory). XMPP protocol can be used to send data to other Android applications(handset capability exchange)
e) As services become important, so do developers!
When we think of all the above factors, the only certain thing is: there is considerable flux in the handset value chain and that the past will be substantially different from the future. Hence, a new entrant will probably choose a battlefield where it can serve a segment of the market which may be underserved today. This is the philosophy behind Geoffrey Moore's seminal book Crossing the chasm which says ..
A company should focus on a single market, a beachhead, win domination over a small specific market and use it as a springboard to adjacent extended markets to win. .
The 'springboard' is a market segment that is ignored or underserved by the existing players
Consequently, the question should be:
Who benefits from the introduction of an entire open source software stack?
There are many possibilities of new entrants to the device value chain given the existing flux in the value chain. For instance:
• Chipset vendors who may aspire to become OEMs
• ODMs who may venture into OEM territory;
• Operators who may want to assemble their own devices
• SIM card vendors who may want to build their own device,
• Brands who have been burnt by the MVNO trend – but will see the possibility to create new devices
• Wimax vendors looking for wimax devices and so on ..
These new categories will become the 'beachhead' from which Android may start. Thus, Android attempts to solve a problem which can be best understood when viewed across the value chain within a historical context especially keeping the trend of commoditization in view. A whole bunch of new manufacturers start up in the mobile phone business – mainly because they can!! A 'long tail' of handset manufacturers if you will!
To recap again ..
Just like the PC industry, both hardware and software components of mobile devices are being standardized. The device (both hardware and software) becomes malleable i.e. conceptually a kind of 'putty'/ clay. Once that happens (and as we see below – it is already happening), the value chain changes completely. Android is likely to contribute significantly to this trend – and consequently the primary beneficiaries of Android will not the existing players but a new set of as yet undefined customers OR players in the existing value chain – for example SIM card vendors – who may avail opportunities to develop new capabilities and acquire new customers aka crossing the chasm
The timing for both iPhone and Android is good – there is considerable disillusionment in the industry at the moment and the customers's appetite has been whetted by the success of the iPhone – opening opportunities for new players.
As usual, comments welcome and thanks for reading this to the end!
Changed to : Who benefits from the introduction of an entire open source software stack? – Thanks Andreas / Visionmobile


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Can anyone point out some good reference to understand how Paul Cohen proved that the continuum hypothesis is independent of ZFC? I know he used the so called forcing technique to construct two different models of ZFC, but I don't quite understand how.
$\begingroup$ See the three sources listed here: mathoverflow.net/questions/124011/… and feel free to contact me by email if you would like more sources. $\endgroup$ – Benjamin Dickman Jul 7 '13 at 11:09
Raymond Smullyan and Melvin Fitting wrote a long (but very readable) monograph, called "Set theory and the continuum problem" (Oxford Logic Guides, 34. Oxford Science Publications. The Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, New York, 1996. xiv+288 pp. ISBN: 0-19-852395-5) which starts from the very beginning, introducing the von Neumann-Bernays-Godel "class-set" formalism, establishing all the basic properties, etc. culminating in a complete, self-contained exposition of Cohen's result and the basics of forcing.
There are three parts. The first part is foundational. The second is an exposition of Godel's relative consistency result, which says that the continuum hypothesis is consistent with NBG (or ZFC if you prefer). The third is about forcing, and Cohen's result.
In very, very broad outline, the point of Godel's argument is to exhibit a "model" of class-set theory with as few sets as possible: the only sets are those that are absolutely required to be there by some application of the axioms. Each set therefore carries with it a formula which requires it to exist. There are so few objects in this model that the continuum hypothesis is seen to be true because every element of the continuum that is required to exist is required by some explicit "reason", and the reasons can be enumerated.
The point of forcing is to show that one can build a new model in which there are many more objects, by adding new objects when there is no explicit reason why they can't exist (i.e. they are "forced" to exist) and keeping careful track of how many such objects you can add without reaching a contradiction. Certain tools (eg "compactness") are required to be able to add infinitely many new objects in this way.
It's not easy to describe in a non-technical way. One good first source is the article "Forcing for Dummies" by Chow, available here. For more details, Cohen's book "Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis" is pretty readable.
EDIT : I forgot - Chow has an enhanced version of Forcing for Dummies entitled "A beginner's guide to forcing", available here.
Before you settle down for anything have a look at J. L. Bell's "Boolean-valued models and independence proofs in set theory". I don't know this book, but several others of the same author, and he always writes in a very clear and very well motivated style - marvellous!
Three non-standard sources (just as a complement):
I liked Rosser's "Simplified Independence Proofs" - there you get a detailed proof of the independence, with an intuitive basic idea, but without (or a different variant of) forcing (although he includes some remarks on what Cohen's forcing has to do with his method). This method was invented in 1966 by Scott and Solovay.
You will probably have other things to do than start going through a whole different theory, but there is a topos theoretic point of view on forcing, explained here, which ultimately lets forcing lose some of its mystery.
A more set-theoretic and less categorical predecessor of the topos view can be found in Vopenka's articles (the first one from 1965!), see the list here. This is somehow intermediate between the topos view and Scott & Solovay's Boolean algebra view.
Cohen's own book is reasonable. And short. Not as slick as the re-tellings, but perhaps more insight into the thought processes...
P. J. Cohen, Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis
now available from Dover for under $10, and surely in your university library as well.
Cohen's original articles are available online:
and here:
If you want to look at the original. They are both rather short.
I like Kunen (Set Theory, an introduction to independence proofs) myself. I did read parts of Bell's book, using Boolean models, but the more modern way Kunen works is like you'd read it in more modern works. So if you are interested in doing research along those lines, and/or reading modern papers on forcing, check it out.


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One of the world's most beautiful and historic countries, there are a million reasons to visit Germany. Going on Germany tours is the best way to experience the culture, from the hustle and bustle of Oktoberfest to the striking solemnity of Heidelberg castle. Whether you are interested in eating your way across the country or learning more about the incredible history, Germany luxury tours have something for everyone.
Berlin Wall:
While it stood, the Berlin Wall was a symbol of division. Looming from 1961 to 1989, it divided not only East and West Germany, but also two major political factions that teetered on the brink of warfare. When it fell, however, it represented something new - unity, even in the face of great odds. Today, visitors can tour the Berlin Wall, walking along the cobblestones that trace along the route it once stood. They can talk with guides, take pictures and learn more about just how momentous the Fall of the Berlin Wall was not just for the country, but for the world.
Art History:
A big part of German History is its art, which has had an enduring impact on the Western canon. While Germany as a single unified country is a relatively new development, the area itself has been producing stunning works of visual beauty for centuries. From the medieval art of Charlemagne to conceptualism after the second World War, there is much to see and learn.
Oktoberfest is virtually synonymous with Germany. As the world's largest Volksfest (a beer festival and traveling fair) it has attracted visitors far and wide to come and revel. It traces its roots back to the early 19th century, when it began as a royal wedding and agricultural celebration.
While there are many such festivals around the world, the largest and most expansive is Oktoberfest Munich, which sees more than six million revelers every year. Held over the course of 16 days, it combines an acknowledgement of history with a celebration of modernity.
Today, it is a fair that promotes people, fun and beer. Oktoberfest costumes reflect the spirit of tradition, and many of those who dress in historic garb take part in a traditional parade with riflemen.
Of course, what would Oktoberfest tours be without beer? Only local beers can be served during the gathering, and even those have to adhere to strict guidelines. These high standards mean that for beer-lovers, there are few better places in the world to be than at Oktoberfest. Currently, six breweries are able to produce beer for it: Augustiner-Bräu, Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu, Löwenbräu, Paulaner, Spatenbräu and Staatliches Hofbräu-München.
Neuschwanstein Castle:
Lovers of luxury are well-advised to try a German castles tour, which provides access to some of the best and most enduring architecture the country has to offer. Looking for what to do in Germany? Look no further than Nueschwanstein Castle, a Romanesque revival palace that sits on a rugged hill in Bavaria. Built by Ludwig II, it reflects his royal touch, including decorations based on the operas of Richard Wagner.
Heidelberg Castle:
Among the best German castles is Heidelberg Castle which has a castle structure that dates all the way back to 1214. While it is currently unrenovated, it is one of the most important structures to understanding the architecture and design of the Renaissance. It was a particular favorite of Victor Hugo, who upon seeing it wrote, "This Heidelberg Castle, the residence of the counts Palatine, who were answerable only to kings, emperors, and popes, and was of too much significance to bend to their whims, but couldn't raise his head without coming into conflict with them, and that is because, in my opinion, that the Heidelberg Castle has always taken up some position of opposition towards the powerful."
German Beers:
Beer is a defining part of German culture, so one of the best ways to get to know the country is to sit down in a German beer garden, begin ordering, and enjoy. Germany ranks in the top five in the world in both production and consumption, so you can be sure that the brewers there know their business. Local law has preserved many traditions, meaning that each sip is also a way to go back in time. Ayinger and Riegele are both considered some of the best in their respective styles, but it's hard to go wrong with any German beer.
Beer pairs well with food, and much of the best German beer lends itself to being enjoyed with bratwurst. A meaty, juicy, sausage, it can be smooth or spicy depending on the preparation and the region - there are dozens of different variations. What it always is is tasty, often served with a crusty rye bread and sauerkraut. Just the ticket for a meal to go along with a pint!
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While the country is rightfully celebrated for its beers, German wine regions are producing some excellent vintages as well. The Rhine Valley produces a wide variety of wines, including sweet and semi-sweet whites, reds, and sparklings. Riesling is the benchmark grapes, but various vineyards also use kerner, bacchus, trollinger, domina, and more.
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General Status
- Native Installer Support contributed by Stefan Dirsch
- Repackaged by Flavio Stanchina
OpenSuSE 11.0 & 11.1 The Easy Way
- There is a one click installer available [1] for both of these OS's, this will give you access to a working ATi driver however it may not be the latest one available.
EDIT: This is currently not working. ATi Repository is down for OpenSUSE.
OpenSuSE 11.0 & 11.1 With The Latest Driver
You can easily install the latest versions of the ATi driver on OpenSuSE 11.0+.
- Download The Latest ATi Driver.
- Log in as Root using su
- Install some dependencies with: zypper in kernel-source gcc make patch (I think, this needs more documentation & explanation in and of itself)
- Install the ATi Driver with: sh ./ati-driver-installer-VERSION.run
- Configure X to use the ATi Driver with: aticonfig --initial -f
- Configure sax2 to use the driver with sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx Test May Crash the computer, Press Save
- Exit the root account with exit
- Reboot the computer. You can restart X by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace twice however rebooting is more reliable
Method 1 (Building RPM Files)
- Install 'kernel-source' and C++ compiler ('gcc') and tools selection in yast.
- Get the rpm that matches the SUSE X server on your system (XFree86 4.3 or X.Org 6.8) instead of the ATI driver installer from [2] This step needs revision. ATI site doesn't have rpms for latest driver.
- init 3
- install the driver package (e.g. rpm -Uvh fglrx64_6_8_0-8.24.8-1.x86_64.rpm)
- configure your X server using ati-xconfig
note: this is not the way described in the READMEs, but it's the way that worked best for me and others. Especially if sax and/or your X server crash when using the ATI driver installer's package (due to missing symbols in fglrx_drv.o)
GUIDE: ATI Installer HOWTO for SUSE/Novell users
YET ANOTHER Installation Guide:
Generally following this guide should help most of you: http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/suse-101-ati-drivers-installation/
What follows is a slightly simplified version that I've used numerous times without fail.
1. BACKUP your current
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file, preferably to your home directory. Now change to a command shell by hitting Ctrl-Alt-F1.
2. Remove any previous versions of the ATI driver by either
If you have installed a previous ATI driver version without using RPM packages (or if you don't know if you have or not), type the following:
cd /usr/share/ati sh ./fglrx-uninstall.sh
Otherwise, and even if you've done the above type the following,
rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep fglrx)
3. Change the directory containing the downloaded ati-driver...run file.
4. Change the permissions of the driver file to executable by typing the following:
chmod +x ./ati-driver...
Use the tab button to complete the rest of the ati-driver... file name.
5. Create a SUSE RPM (info is for 32 bit version) from the file by typing
./ati-driver-installer-*.run --buildpkg SuSE/SUSE101-IA32
6. Install the created fglrx... file by typing
rpm -ivh fglrx_...(hit tab again to get full name)...
7. The following command will update your library cache, you're recommended to run it:
8. Now run the ati config commands:
aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
9. Now run the Sax2 setup.
sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx
You may wish to alter the refresh rates and DPI info with this, otherwise just hit save. DO NOT hit the test button, it regually crashes my machine when i do...
10. Reboot you machine. Do not use the reboot command, again this messes my machine up on the next boot for whatever reason... try
shutdown -h now
11. Boot up again, and check the new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, compare it to your old one, and make any changes if you know what you're doing.
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Story highlights
- People routinely reject and show bias against creative ideas, Amanda Enayati says
- Poll of CEOs: Creativity is the single most important leadership trait for success
- People reject creativity because of uncertainly -- but it's needed to help us through uncertainty
- Innovator: Build confidence by treating fear of creativity like a phobia of heights or snakes
Creativity has taken center stage in recent years, with a slew of books, articles and TED talks extolling the virtues of imagination and exhorting young and old to go out and exercise their creative muscle.
In a 2010 IBM poll of CEOs worldwide, creativity was identified as the single most important leadership trait for success, enabling businesses to rise above an increasingly complex environment.
The future belongs to "creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers," declared author Daniel Pink in the introduction to his best-selling book "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future."
Creativity also matters to our emotional well-being as we find our way in an uncertain, rapidly shifting world. Imagination underpins our ability to remain resilient during difficult and stressful times since creative people tend to be more tolerant of ambiguity and better able to come back from defeat.
And yet, despite its growing importance, creativity suffers from an odd sort of paradox. According to psychologist and Wharton management professor Jennifer Mueller, research shows that even as people explicitly aspire to creativity and strongly endorse it as a fundamental driving force of positive change, they routinely reject creative ideas and show an implicit bias against them under conditions of uncertainty. Subjects in Mueller's study also exhibited a failure to see or acknowledge creativity, even when directly presented with it.
It would appear that we suffer from a bias against creativity. But we are in denial about it, possibly because of what it may say about us.
"Because there is such a strong social norm to endorse creativity, and people also feel authentic positive attitudes toward creativity, people may be reluctant to admit that they do not want creativity; hence, the bias against creativity may be particularly slippery to diagnose," Mueller and her colleagues suggest.
Why the bias?
"Creativity is doing something differently than you've done before," says Beau Lotto, a neuroscientist and founder of Lottolab, a hybrid art studio and science lab. From an evolutionary standpoint, uncertainty was a bad thing. "If you weren't sure that there was a tiger in front of you, by the time you were sure it was too late," Lotto observes. "Our brains thus evolved to take uncertainty and make it certain."
Mueller says, "We are intolerant of uncertainty in general. The more creative something is, the more novel it is. And the more novel it is, the greater the uncertainty we are likely to have about its feasibility."
These negative associations tend to be unacknowledged, and there is evidence that they are unconscious, as in the case of executives who demand creativity but continue to reject creative ideas.
Herein, however, lies the dilemma: Creativity is what we need to help us get through times of greatest uncertainty and difficulty. And it's exactly during those times, perhaps when we need it most, that we are least likely to embrace creativity.
Imagination scares us because it demands a foray into the unknown. "But only by going into a space of uncertainty can we do anything new," Lotto says. "That is a tremendous challenge, isn't it?"
Another reason for the bias against creativity may be the perception that something can either be creative or practical, but that much more rarely can it be both. Many (and perhaps even most) people hold the belief that for every success story such as Steve Jobs, the "patron saint of the creative class," there are thousands (or more) chronically unemployed and underemployed "artists."
This belief gives rise to a duality, where practical and creative endeavors lead largely separate existences -- one slogged at during the workweek and the other indulged on nights and weekends, or dismissed as a luxury.
The creativity versus practicality dissonance also manifested in aspects of Mueller's research. She refers to the two separate mind-sets of the "why" people and the "how" people.
People focused on "why" tend to frame the world in more abstract ways. In general, they don't tend to have feasibility concerns. Those who are in a "how" mind-set, however, are so focused on feasibility that they are likely to overlook or dismiss creative ideas.
"Most boardrooms are all 'how,' and the 'why' is crushed," Mueller says. "This is why Steve Jobs was so remarkable. He had a solid grasp of the 'why' and was also able to overcome objections to the 'how.' He was able to overcome the reality distortion field."
The folly of seeking certainty
There are a number of problems with our obsession with creating certainty, and the most important is that certainty does not exist.
"Certainty is an illusion! A delusion!" Lotto says.
Or, as Clint Eastwood once said: "If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster."
The second problem is that the more we seek to create tools to make life predictable -- from packaged foods to Starbucks, GPS devices to smartphones, Yelp to Trip Advisor -- the more we diminish aspects of our brains capable of dealing with the unexpected.
"Technology is an amazing empowerment and a huge disablement," says Laura Richardson, principal designer at frog design. "We are losing our capacity for resilience."
Richardson is a big believer in the "MacGyver" manifesto. (MacGyver, of course, was the ever-resourceful television character who was able to solve complex problems with duct tape, paper clips and any other material he found handy.)
"I remember being locked out of the house once when I was growing up," Richardson says. "I found an old ruler, somehow prodded up the window latch and got in. It was an amazing sense of accomplishment."
She says some of our best stories are about those times when we were forced into something and had to use ingenuity to find our way out.
Richardson says she believes that the future favors the flexible. She quotes MAKE magazine founding editor Dale Dougherty, honored by the White House as a Champion of Change, who wrote: "Our future security lies in knowing what we are capable of creating and how we can adapt to change by being resourceful."
Becoming comfortable with uncertainty
Is it possible to overcome our inclination toward the predictable?
Mueller notes an important exception to our avoidance of the unknown. Research shows that the framing of uncertainty changes the way people react.
"We don't mind uncertainty when it's associated with something positive, like hope," she says. "Frame something positively, and people will behave differently."
David Kelley, founder of the design firm IDEO, observes, "Creativity is being comfortable with having ideas and not fearing being judged when you put your ideas out there."
Kelley, recognized as one of America's leading design innovators, is passionate about democratizing creativity by helping people develop creative confidence.
He's not, however, teaching people how to be creative. "They are inherently creative," Kelley says. "All we are doing is taking away the blocks."
Those blocks form early, according to Kelley. Though young children are naturally and unabashedly creative, they either opt out of thinking of themselves as creative or have it hammered out of them in elementary school. "A kind of atrophy sets in, when they start to trust their analytical minds but not their intuitive minds."
Removing those blocks has a great deal to do with fear. He suggests approaching the fear of creativity the same way you would approach any other kind of phobia, such as the fear of heights or snakes.
Kelley finds that creative confidence carries over into other aspects of people's lives -- in the way they solve problems, sing karaoke, throw dinner parties. "Once you have done something dangerous and succeeded, you try it in other places. And you begin to learn how to synthesize your experience and intuition to make complex and important decisions."
With the challenges we are facing, we need to rethink what creativity means, Richardson says. We need to expand what we mean by creative. Creativity is not just about painting or drawing or art. It is about problem-solving. It's the flexibility of your mind, the ability to see things that no one can see and envision something entirely different. We are creating the future, bringing about change. And there is something incredibly empowering about that.


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Three Shinafu or Linden Bark Cloth Panels
March 2, 2012
I love shinafu which is cloth woven from fibers gleaned from the inner bark of the linden tree. And I recognize how precious it is–of the bast fibers woven in Japan, shina was less produced than hemp or ramie, and carries with it a feeling of rural life.In Japan it is also recognized as being valuable and shinafu is always pricier than hemp or ramie cloth.Shinafu has a distinctive copper colored cast and a very wiry fiber: rarely was it used for clothing. It's just too scratchy. But because the fibers are tough, it made excellent work items.A colleague in Japan offered me these panels which I bought: I was really happy to have them. When I received them and had a look, it was clear to me that these are undone tsunobukuro, or horn bags. Horn bags are so called because they are fashioned in such a way that they appear to have two "horns" at the top of the bag.And you can tell that these panels were made in the twentieth century. Look below and you can see the script in romaji or Western writing, "No. something-or-other."I suppose whomever brought these pieces to market thought they'd be more interesting as panels than as horn bags. I kind of wish they were left as horn bags, but I'm really glad to have them. I'm always on the look out for shinafu.Nice, huh?
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Until about 140 million years ago, dinosaurs had been munching their way through a uniformly green plant world. What happened then is one of evolution's greatest success stories, heralding a new kind of ecological relationship that would transform the planet: The first flowers appeared, competing for the attention of animals to visit them and distribute their pollen to other flowers to ensure the plant's propagation.
The myriad of ways in which flowers attract pollinators have been studied since the beginning of biology, and few ecological relationships between organisms are as well understood as those between plants and their pollinators.
Despite decades of research, a team led by Martin von Arx, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Goggy Davidowitz in the University of Arizona department of entomology, now has discovered a previously unknown sensory channel that is used in plant-animal interactions.
The white-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata), the most common species of hawkmoth in North America, can detect minuscule differences in humidity when hovering near a flower that tells it if there is enough nectar inside to warrant a visit.
The findings constitute the first documented case of a pollinator using humidity as a direct cue in its foraging behavior and are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study, "Floral humidity as a reliable sensory cue for profitability assessment by nectar-foraging hawkmoths," is co-authored by Davidowitz and Joaquín Goyret and Robert Raguso at the department of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where the work was carried out.
"Traditionally, most research on plant-pollinator interactions has focused on static cues like floral scent, color or shape," von Arx said. "All this time, evaporation from nectar was right under our noses, but few people ever looked. We were able to show that the insects actually perceive this cue, and it allows them to directly assess the reward that they might get from the flower."
Unlike previously recognized cues used by pollinators such as flower size, shape or color, which don't necessarily reveal anything about the actual nectar levels waiting inside, the humidity evaporating from the flower's nectar provides an "honest" signal to a potential visitor. Scent, for example, is independent of nectar, which is odorless in most plants, whereas the fragrance usually is produced by the petals.
"We were always intrigued by this question," von Arx said. "Given that the known cues like flower shape and color are independent of the abundance of nectar, we were wondering if there is some other cue the insects might use. You would expect natural selection to favor an ability to sense a cue that is directly linked to the nectar reward."
To a hawkmoth setting out at dusk to search for nectar-bearing flowers of one of its favorite plants, the tufted evening primrose (Oenothera cespitosa), being able to quickly tell whether a flower is worth visiting, can make the difference between life and death.
Hovering in front of a flower while probing it with its long proboscis - the moth's "tongue" - is one of the most energetically costly modes of flight, von Arx explained. And once the insect plunges its head deep inside to reach all of the nectar, it is very vulnerable to predators such as bats.
"The metabolic cost of hovering in hawkmoths is more than 100 times that of a moth at rest," said Davidowitz. "This is the most costly mode of locomotion ever measured. An individual hawkmoth may spend 5-10 seconds evaluating whether a flower has nectar, multiply that by hundreds of flowers visited a night, and the moth is expending a huge amount of energy searching for nectar that may not be there. The energy saved by avoiding such behavior can go into making more eggs. For a moth that lives only about a week, that is a very big deal."
Add to that the "Black Friday" effect: fierce competition for limited supplies while they last.
"Imagine: As soon as the sun sets, all the hawkmoths fly around flower patches in the desert," von Arx said. "These flowers open within minutes of each other, and as soon as they do, the moths go there. A big flower patch or a plant with multiple flowers might attract many moths at the same time, so it's very important for an individual to pick the most profitable one very quickly."
The research group first measured humidity levels around a nectar-bearing flower by enclosing primrose plants in a sealed container and scanning the air inside with highly sensitive humidity measuring devices called hygrometers. They found that humidity just above the opening flower was slightly higher than ambient levels, caused partly by a plume of water vapor emanating from the flower's nectar tube.
To study whether and how moths respond to the humidity evaporating from nectar stores, the research team put artificial flowers - to exclude any other potential signal other than humidity levels - in a flight cage large enough for the moths to fly about freely.
Even though none of the artificial flowers had nectar, the moths would preferentially hover and extend their proboscis into those that had slightly elevated humidity compared with those that matched the humidity around them. The animals were able to sense if humidity near a flower was elevated as little as 4 percent above ambient humidity in the flight cage, despite of the turbulence generated by many moths hovering about.
"It was really exciting to see their high sensitivity to humidity in that they can perceive such a minute amount of difference in such a dynamic environment," von Arx said.
The results help researchers better understand the ecological relationships between flowers and their pollinators, especially in arid environments such as the Southwestern U.S.
Even though most plant-pollinator relationships are mutually beneficial - the plant rewarding the pollinator's help with food - their interests are conflicting.
"Speaking in evolutionary terms, the flower wants to be visited by a pollinator, but it doesn't want to invest too much because sacrificing resources and energy to make nectar is expensive," von Arx explained. "Often, plants are dishonest in their advertising, by presenting attractive flowers with no nectar."
But under certain circumstances, especially in desert environments, where water is scarce, it is beneficial for a flower to be honest, the researchers believe.
"If you're one of only a few flowers and there are lots of pollinators out there, you don't have to be honest about how much nectar you have because they'll visit anyway," von Arx said. "But if you want the attention of just a few, you really have to go all out. So by saying, 'Hey, come here, I have lots of nectar,' you're giving a faithful signal about an actual benefit that the pollinators can perceive and evaluate."
"I think in this case we showed that honesty makes sense in this system, because plants pollinated by hawkmoths are often pollinator-limited, and this signal, especially in the desert environment, is very potent."
According to von Arx, relative humidity plays an important role in the insect world and has been associated with choosing a suitable habitat but never was studied in the context of foraging for nectar. For example, neurobiological experiments revealed that cockroaches are able to detect humidity changes of a fraction of a percent.
"As creatures who use vision and olfaction, humans think in odors and shape, and color," von Arx said. "We are biased by what we can perceive. We know that moths have hygroreceptors on the tips of their antennae, but they remain a mystery for the most part. We know a lot about olfactory receptors, mechanoreceptors and vision. The insect eye has been studied in and out. But hygroreception? We still don't really know how that actually works."
Funding for this research project came from the National Science Foundation, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Johnson & Johnson Corporation


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