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I've been meaning to do this for the longest time. Start a podcast.
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- My love for audio (and Radio): I started off with radio while straight out of school- though obviously at a very amateurish level. Somehow never picked up. And to think of it, I thought I had all the qualities to be on radio – except for the voice, the delivery and the intonation. (You know how it is- Life is not fair- true talent never wins…and all that.) But now that the Internet makes it possible to satisfy my urges of vocal gratification, I can relive that dream- about 12 years later than I should have- and subject you to my thoughts in manifestations other than text
- A peculiar learning from this was that earlier I thought blogging takes too much time. Voice can be faster. Just record your voice and put it up there. Right? WRONG. I could have written 10 posts (or more) in the time that it took me to being this out. And to say that usually my posts are not hurried- is a gross understatement.
Either which ways- here is the first podcast episode (or webisode) -at the beginning of this post- just press play. About 12 minutes – quite squeezable when you are in the mood for information snacking.
I have always thought that podcasts and blogs need to be monetized- in a way that is appropriate. I think one major hurdle to achieve that objective is marketers ignorance. Another one is the content creators incapacity to market themselves well. But that is another story. The main issue is the lack of standards and ignorance. Chicken and egg situation actually. Usually problems like this wait for 'scale' to be solved. Marketers scramble for answers only when the right scale is achieved.
While on the topic of Social Media Channels like blogs and podcasts, the traditional metrics of reach and frequency won't work, and more often than not, you will have to justify by qualitative metrics at best. So here I attempt to highlight the right metrics for marketers. And hope that user generated content is monetized in a way that it is worthy of.
There actually is going to be a series of webisodes on this one topic- three to be exact. Following which, we will have other topics- hopefully some suggested by you.
To take a perspective- I am going to analyze three of my favorite podcast channels from back home in Singapore.
I analyze them on the basis of their web weightage (Page Rank), blog buzz (inbound links from other blogs), Buzz within the podcast channel (Comment to webisode post ratio), frequency of posts, and average time per podcast. Of course I will be covering some qualitative criterion as well.
Not perfect. But in the absence of many other criterion- should give you a reasonably good insight rather than go by gut feel. Or worse- scrap spending on this media at all- because there are no parameters or justifications.
In the first podcast of this series- I cover Tech65- a technology podcast/videocast from Singapore by a bunch of young lads. Some details and how they fare on each of the above highlighted parameters.
Do let me know what are the other things that interest you- in case you are marketer or a content creator. Meanwhile, I get down to creating some more content and putting in more distribution channels for the podcast. Can only get better with time. Till then- Enjoy!
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The Battle of New York 2013 lived up to the hype!
In a late-season game before a packed and raucous Nassau Coliseum that had all the flavor of a playoff contest, the Rangers came away with two points and an all important W.
Against a hungry Islanders team that clearly outplayed them for most of the night, the Blueshirts showed some moxie and won the game in OT.
Workhorse defenseman Dan Girardi scored the game winner at 3:11 of the extra session. In his own zone, Michael Del Zotto hit Derick Brassard with a break out pass. Brassard and the Rangers skated into the Isles zone three on three and as Thomas Hickey and Josh Bailey both converged on Brassard, the center sent a nifty back hand sauce to Girardi on the right wing. The defenseman took the pass at the faceoff dot and skated in on Nabokov flipping a perfect shot over the Isles goalie's shoulder for the game winner.
The Isles were the faster club and had the clear advantage in scoring chances throughout the match. The goaltenders on both sides were excellent. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 19 of the 20 shots the Rangers fired at him and Henrik Lundqvist was a perfect 29 of 29, thwarting many more good scoring chances than his counterpart, including a huge save on a Matt Moulson change-up and a sick glove save on a Jon Tavares snipe.
This game was similar to the type of road playoff games the Rangers may find themselves in if they play well enough to make the tournament. The checking was tight and chances were limited. Hank did his part and if the Rangers had any kind of power play, they would have won this game in regulation. The Blueshirts power play (0-4) on the PP and now a measly 16% on the season will make or break the Rangers down the stretch drive and in the playoffs. This is squarely on the coach and his staff. The Rangers must find a power play.
There were some huge positives in the contest. One moment that stood out came during the waning seconds of the first period. As the horn sounded, Carl Hagelin chased the puck into the corner he was met by a Lubomir Visnovsky hit after the period ended. Typically, the punchless 2013 NYR would have let the bump go unanswered and head to locker room. But Ryan Callahan saw fit to give Visnovsky a shot and chirp that those type of hits are unacceptable against the Rangers. That is exactly what a captain should do in those situations. That type of snarl has been missing all year from all the NYR, but it was clearly back against the Isles.
The Blueshirts will also need Rick Nash to be better. Nash looked slow and tired last night an understandable condition given the fact that he has been carrying the Rangers offense on his back all year. They will also need Brad Richards to emerge from the Witness Protection program or wherever he has been hiding. Last night was the perfect opportunity for B-Rich to regain his clutch form, but he came up small yet again as he has for pretty much all of the 2013 campaign.
Henrik Lundqvist held his clutch form and is getting better as the season heads down the final stretch. His stellar performance, shutting out the Isles in such a big spot, could be the catalyst that spurs the Rangers (whose remaining schedule is very favorable) into the playoffs and makes them believe they can do some damage in the tourney. The Islanders were the better team, and the Rangers won the game. That is huge for the NYR psyche and hopefully has a huge carryover effect as they move forward.


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Over the years, many teachers, parents and school administrators have raised concerns about the number of standardized tests Virginia students must endure over their K-12 career. By the time this year's high school seniors graduate, most will have taken more than 30 standardized tests.
While it's important to find measuring sticks for both teachers and students, requiring them to spend huge chunks of time cramming for standardized tests each year certainly isn't optimal. Most veteran educators say preparing for standardized tests like the SOL take away precious class time and costs large school districts like Fairfax millions of dollars that would be better spent improving instruction.
Fortunately, test-related changes may be coming.
Last November, the Fairfax County School Board passed a resolution calling for testing reform, joining a growing movement in school boards across the state pushing for an overhaul of the Standards of Learning assessments. The resolution, which was approved unanimously, asked the state General Assembly and Board of Education to re-examine the assessment system, which currently requires each student to take 34 SOL exams between grades three and 11.
Picking up on that theme, Virginia Dels. Tag Greason (R-Loudoun) and Robert Krupicka Jr. (D-Alexandria) introduced bills last week that would cut the number of tests students would take from 34 to 26 while empowering local school boards to explore different ways of assessing student, teacher and school performance.
There are sure to be more than a few twists and turns on the long road to standardized test reform, but the ball moved forward last week.
"SOL tests have their purpose, but with 34 tests and all the practice tests, our schools have become testing sweat shops." Krupicka said in a statement. "Replacing selected SOL tests with authentic and project based assessments gives teachers flexibility in the classroom, allows the public to be sure content is being taught, while allowing for learning assessment that more accurately and comprehensively measure student learning."
Krupicka's statement adequately sums up dozens of conversations we've had with parents and teachers in Fairfax County over the past decade.
For many, one of the biggest knocks on the current system is that standardized tests don't always measure learning accurately. Standardized tests, with their hit-or-miss multiple choice format, make it difficult for students to express themselves. More than a few educators — including those in Fairfax County — have advocated for assessments that are open-ended.
Another criticism is that the stakes are too high, creating a high-pressure school environment where fear often trumps learning. Nobody wins when the test score of a third-grade student can cost a teacher or administrator their job.
That pressure leads to other issues, including teachers who "teach to the test" and spend an inordinate amount of the 180-day school year studying for tests or actually taking them. It probably isn't a stretch to say the average student in Fairfax County spends between 20 and 25 days a year taking tests. That's too much.
At the end of the day, the world is changing. Sticking with a familiar strategy in a dynamic world might be easier, but it isn't doing much for our students, teachers or school system.
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AboutThis exhibition draws on the artist's research into public space and the paradox of creation through destruction. Their starting point was the media coverage generated by Barry Flanagan's Cambridge Piece for The City Sculpture Project (1972). Contemporary reports included not just criticism of the work's aesthetic value, but details of its vandalism, destruction and removal just one month after being installed. The artists have considered whether it is possible or even desirable to âvandal proof' public art, and how acts of vandalism might be appropriated as extreme abstraction or performative action. The works created during the residency bring together multiple references including art history and the built environment; descriptions of the vandalised and knocked-over conical forms of Flanagan's Cambridge Piece find a relationship with damaged street bollards, and the Bloors have made sculptures based on these and other familiar standardised elements of the everyday urban landscape. Rejecting the functionality of their source the works become formal sculpture that playfully reference Modernism. The context of Flat Time House has further informed the artist's area of research with works acknowledging both domestic space and the legacy of John Latham. Focusing on material and aesthetic aspects of Latham's practice the artists combine them with further points of departure, indirectly appropriating his work for their own canvas and spray paint sculptures. The Bloors' presentation considers the playful creative potential of vandalism in relation to the nostalgic fetishisation of the post-war urban landscape, the wider modernist project itself and the architectural language of regeneration in today's Peckham, all filtered through a personal take on the works of Flanagan and Latham.
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ABU DHABI: The share of renewables in the global energy mix has increased over the past decade to more than 15 percent but doubts remain over whether a 2030 target of 30 percent is achievable, delegates to an international conference said Wednesday.
Fossil fuels still account for 80 percent of world energy use, threatening efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are blamed for global warming, delegates said.
"The shift toward low carbon energy has started," the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christina Figueres, told the World Future Energy Summit. "But it is not happening at the scale or speed required."
The secretary-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Adnan Amin, told the conference that if nothing was done, "we will have a 9-percent gap" on the 2030 target.
"We have to bridge this gap and we can," said Amin, referring to an action plan released by the agency Monday.
Based on the Global Futures Report 2013 by the Paris-based Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, renewable energy currently accounts for about 17 to 18 percent of the world energy mix.
Fossil fuels – oil, natural gas and coal – still account for a massive 80 percent while nuclear energy accounts for around 2-3 percent.
The report, based on interviews with 170 specialists, gave a wide range of projections for future renewables use.
The most conservative was that the share of renewables would not exceed 20 percent by 2050. Other specialists predicted a share of between 30 and 45 percent, while the most optimistic said clean energy could make up anywhere between 50 and 95 percent.
At present, renewables account for at least 20 percent of the energy mix in at least 30 countries, and around 120 countries have various types of policy targets, the report said.
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Recipe: Thai Grilled Steak Salad
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Call me crazy, but when the weather heats up, I don't feel like eating big hunks of meat. Slow and sluggish might work for winter when everyone is half-hibernating anyway, but in the summer, salads like this are what I want to eat — full of freshness and crunch, with a salty-tart lime dressing and just the right amount of juicy grilled steak.
This is my take on the classic Thai salad yam neua, which is the dish I suggest to friends who are looking to escape from the usual pad thai rut at Thai restaurants. The dressing, a mixture of lime juice and fish sauce, looks thin and plain when mixed, but it is actually a puckery, umami bomb that transforms salad into more than just...salad.
Traditional yam neua is usually more about the beef than the accompanying vegetables. But I use the meat as more of a garnish, which is a great way to make the most of good-quality — and typically more expensive — grass-fed beef.
Don't let lack out outdoor space keep you away from this recipe; I grill my steaks on a grill pan indoors. Let your pan get very hot before throwing on the steaks, open some windows to let out the inevitable smoke, and you'll be rewarded with beef that is crusty on the outside and almost as good as outdoor-grilled.
Thai Grilled Steak Salad
1 1/2 pounds rib eye steak
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 small head lettuce
1/2 cup mint leaves
1/2 cup cilantro leaves
1 cucumber, thinly sliced
1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
Vegetable oil
Season the steak with salt and set aside. Heat a gas or charcoal grill or grill pan over high heat until very hot. Brush the steak with oil and grill to desired doneness, about 4-5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for at least 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, fish sauce and sugar.
Tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Roughly tear the mint and cilantro and add to the bowl. Add the cucumber, tomatoes and red onion.
Trim away any excess fat from the steak and thinly slice across the grain. Pour the accumulated juices into the lime-fish sauce dressing and mix. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of dressing over the lettuce mixture and toss. Taste a lettuce leaf and add more dressing if needed. Divide the salad between four plates and top each serving with the sliced steak. Drizzle a little more dressing over the steak before serving. (There will most likely be some dressing left over.)
Additional Notes:
• Feel free to add 1 or 2 minced chilies (Thai bird's eye or serrano) to the dressing if you want some heat.
Related: Smart Tip: Don't Grill a Cold Steak
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To: Nicole Carlson <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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> Hi Pete
> May I bend your ear for a Latex question?
> Suppose I have a list.
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What types of pathogens can be found in water provided by groundwater systems?
Groundwater that is susceptible to fecal contamination may contain harmful viruses or bacteria. Viral pathogens found in GWSs may include enteric viruses such as Echovirus, Hepatitis A and E, Rotavirus and Noroviruses (i.e., Norwalk-like viruses) and enteric bacterial pathogens such as Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157:H7), Salmonella species, Shigella species, and Vibrio cholerae. Ingestion of these pathogens can cause gastroenteritis or, in certain rare cases, serious illnesses such as meningitis, hepatitis, or myocarditis. Health implications in sensitive subpopulations may be severe (e.g., hemolytic uremic syndrome) and may cause death.
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What causes contamination of groundwater?
Viral and bacterial pathogens are present in human and animal feces, which can, in turn, contaminate drinking water. Fecal contamination can reach groundwater sources, including drinking water wells, from failed septic systems, leaking sewer lines, and by passing through the soil and large cracks in the ground. Fecal contamination from the surface may also get into a drinking water well along its casing or through cracks if the well is not properly constructed, protected, or maintained.
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Does this rule address private water wells? If not, how does EPA help protect them?
This rule does not address private wells because they are not under the jurisdiction of the Safe Drinking Water Act and are therefore not subject to TCEQ regulation. TCEQ has provided outreach material to states and homeowners to help them understand how to manage individual wells. TCEQ recommends that well owners periodically test their water for microbial and chemical contaminants and properly maintain their well. Information is available on EPA's Private Wells Web site.
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What are the basic requirements of the rule?
The risk-targeting strategy incorporated into the rule provides for:
- regular sanitary surveys of public water systems to look for significant deficiencies in key operational areas;
- triggered source water monitoring when a system identifies a positive sample during its Total Coliform Rule monitoring and assessment monitoring targeted at high-risk systems;
- implementation of corrective actions by groundwater systems with a significant deficiency or evidence of source water fecal contamination to reduce the risk of contamination; and,
- compliance monitoring for systems that are sufficiently disinfecting drinking water to ensure that the treatment is effective at removing pathogens.
What is a sanitary survey?
A sanitary survey is review conducted by the state that looks at critical components of a public water system. At TCEQ, the Regional staff perform Comprehensive Compliance Investigations to meet the EPA's sanitary survey requirement. The sanitary survey provisions in this rule build on existing state programs established under the 1989 Total Coliform Rule and the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and give states the authority to define eight specific components that must be reviewed during a survey (to the extent that they apply to the individual water system being surveyed):
- source:
- treatment;
- distribution system;
- finished water storage;
- pumps, pump facilities, and controls;
- monitoring, reporting, and data verification;
- system management and operation; and
- operator compliance with state requirements.
What is a significant deficiency?
Significant deficiencies cause, or have the potential to cause, the introduction of contamination into water delivered to customers. This could include defects in design, operation, or maintenance of the source, treatment or distribution systems. They could also be represented by the failure or malfunction of those systems. The TCEQ has identified some of the following significant deficiencies that will be addressed during the Comprehensive Compliance Investigations. The TCEQ will ultimately determine whether or not a deficiency is to be considered "significant". Please note that this list does not represent all possible significant deficiencies.
- No well site shall be located within 50 feet of a tile or concrete sanitary sewer, sewerage appurtenance, septic tank, storm sewer, or cemetery; or within 150 feet of a septic tank perforated drainfield.
- All groundwater must be disinfected prior to distribution. The point of the application must be ahead of the water storage tank.
- Disinfection equipment shall have a capacity of at least 50% greater than the highest expected dosage to be applied at any time.
- Exposure of the water to the atmosphere shall provide for subsequent disinfection ahead of storage tanks, shall prevent foreign materials from the water, and aerators shall be screened.
Distribution System:
- Accurate testing equipment must be used by the water system.
- Disinfection equipment shall maintain:
- free chlorine residual of 0.2 mg/L: OR
- chloramines residual of 0.5 mg/L
Finished Water Storage
- No PWS storage tank shall be located within 500 feet of any municipal or industrial sewage treatment plant or any land which is sprayed irrigated with treated sewage effluent or sludge disposal.
Pumps, Pump Facilities, and Controls:
- Upon well completion, or after a well has been reworked, the well shall be disinfected in accordance with current AWWA standards, except that the disinfection shall remain in the well for at least six hours.
- Service connections that require booster pumps taking suction from the public water system must be equipped with automatic pressure cut-off devices ensuring pumping units are inoperative at less than 20 psi.
Monitoring, Reporting, and Data Verification:
- The following records shall be retained for at least five years:
- Microbiological analyses.
- Invalidated fecal indicator samples.
System Management and Operation:
- Emergency power, elevated storage, or interconnect with another system required for systems which serve more than 250 connections.
Operator Compliance:
- Ground water systems shall meet the following requirements:
- No more than 250 connections must employ an operator with a Class D or higher license.
- Between 250 and 1000 connections must employ an operator with a Class C or higher groundwater license.
- More than 1000 connections must employ two or more Class C or higher groundwater licensed operators and they must work 16 hours per month at the PWS.
What are the monitoring provisions?
If a system receives notice of a total Coliform-positive distribution system sample collected under the Total Coliform Rule (TCR), it must take a source water sample within 24 hours. The system does not have to take a source water sample if the state can determine that the positive sample was due to an issue in the distribution system and not the source. TCEQ may require immediate corrective action to address contamination at those sites.
For those systems that already treat drinking water to at least 99.99 percent (4-log) inactivation or removal of viruses, the rule requires regular compliance monitoring to ensure that the treatment technology installed is reliably inactivating/removing contaminants.
There are basically three monitoring options for systems to use under the GWR:
- Systems can claim 4-Log treatment by providing a CT Study for approval by the TCEQ and then maintain 4-Log treatment through daily or continuous residual monitoring (depending on population) and documenting this using the GWMOR form.
- Systems can perform representative triggered source monitoring outlined in a TCEQ approved triggered source monitoring plan (TSMP). The TSMP can reduce the required triggered source samples by identifying representative sources.
- Checklist D: Wells Representing Coliform monitoring Locations in the Distribution System
- Checklist H: Wells Representative of Other Wells in the same Hydrogeologic Setting
- Triggered Source Monitoring Plan Chapter 2, How to Develop a Monitoring Plan
send triggered source monitoring plans to:
Triggered Source Monitoring Plans
Drinking Water Protection Team MC - 155
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: 512/239-4691
Fax: 512/239-6050
Options 1 and 2 require TCEQ approval. Under option 3, systems do not have any required action until a coliform positive is collected in the distribution system.
The GWR also gives states the option to require systems that do not provide sufficient disinfection treatment that achieves 99.99 percent inactivation of viruses to conduct assessment source water monitoring at any time. TCEQ may evaluate the need for assessment source water monitoring on a case by case basis. The following risk factors will be considered in targeting high-risk systems:
- wells in karst, fractured bedrock, gravel, or other sensitive aquifers;
- wells in shallow unconfined aquifers
- wells in aquifers with thin or no soil cover;
- presence of potential sources of fecal contamination;
- depth and location of the groundwater source; and
- wells previously identified as having been fecally contaminated.
What are the corrective actions a groundwater system must implement?
When a system has a significant deficiency or a fecal indicator-positive groundwater source sample (either by the initial triggered sample, or positive repeat sample, as determined by the state), TCEQ will require the groundwater system to implement one or more of the following corrective action options:
- correct all significant deficiencies (e.g., repairs to well pads and sanitary seals, repairs to piping tanks and treatment equipment, control of cross-connections);
- provide an alternate source of water (e.g., new well, connection to another PWS);
- eliminate the source of contamination (e.g., remove point sources, relocate pipelines and waste disposal, redirect drainage or run-off, provide or fix existing fencing or housing of the wellhead); or
- provide treatment that reliably achieves at least 4-log treatment of viruses (using inactivation, removal, or a state-approved combination of 4-log virus inactivation and removal).
- well disinfection in accordance with American Water Works Association procedures link to AWWA C654-03, Disinfection of Wells
- a state-specified period of source monitoring
What are the deadlines for completing actions required by the rule?
The compliance date for triggered monitoring (and associated corrective actions) and compliance monitoring is December 1, 2009. TCEQ must complete the initial round of sanitary surveys by December 31, 2014 for community water systems that are identified by TCEQ as outstanding performers and noncommuntiy water systems.
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Where can I access documents related to the Ground Water Rule?
TCEQ is in the process of developing a guidance manual to help water systems comply with the Ground Water Rule. The following links are to other forms associated with the Ground Water Rule:
- TCEQ Microbial Monitoring Forms
- Language for Public Notification of Drinking Water Contaminants
- EPA's Compliance Help page
- RG-384, How to Develop a Monitoring Plan for a Public Water System
- Presentations from AWWA Ground Water Rule Webcast on August 17, 2009:
- Ground Water Rule Overview
- Source Considerations and Source Water Protection
- Significant Defeciencies
- Triggered Source Monitoring
- Ground Water Rule Things to Consider
- CT Studies
- Corrective Actions
- Public Notice and Consumer Confidence Reports
- Reporting, Recordkeeping and Compliance
- Ground Water Rule: The Utility's Perspective


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Next month Dell will begin phasing out four of its popular XPS gaming systems, in favor of the high-end PCs that are part of its recently acquired Alienware PC line. The surprising move is part of its continued turnaround efforts--along with an expected design overhaul in its Inspiron line-- after slipping behind rival HP in overall PC sales and struggling to achieve profits in consumer PCs, the Wall Street Journal reports. With the focus on the Alienware line, Dell says that a combined gaming design and development unit will focus on the seven current Alienware models, which has lost some "mojo," according to one analyst. Dell also noted that the gaming market, which focuses machines with high-end processors and GPUs priced at nearly three times the price of the average consumer PC, is strategically important because gamers' purchasing decisions influence other PC buyers.
Microsoft is launching a mystery device nicknamed "Lips" as part of a gaming event tomorrow, says a rumor reportedly confirmed by 8Bit Joystick. Nicknamed "Lips," the device is expected to be a voice communication add-on for the Xbox 360 but is unlikely to be a typical headset, which is either packed into higher-end Xbox models as a wired headset or sold separately for wireless versions. Speculation has the device offering some level of voice recognition or else a dedicated microphone for music games.
The Magnavox and Sylvania brands are already selling a Blu-ray player that breaks past the $300 price range, according to tips passed along by Blu-ray.com forum members. Made by Japanese company Funai, the Magnavox NB500MG9 and Sylvania NB500SL9 have both been found selling at Wal-Mart stores for $298, or a full $100 less than Sony's PlayStation 3 and other more common players.
SK Telecom has no plans to merge Helio with Virgin Mobile to create a major new carrier, the Korean company says. SKT spokeswoman Mina Ryu rejects reports of discussions and claims there aren't "any sort of talks" to either merge its Helio brand with Virgin or else buy out Virgin directly. The rumors are "groundless," Ryu says.
AMD on Monday sought to push the limits of its high-end processors and launched new quad-core versions of the Opteron HE processor. All five new entries consume an average of just 55 watts, or much less than the 75 and 105 watts of power used by existing Opterons and less than some of their Intel Xeon equivalents. The cooler-running chips allow the system to run in both smaller workstation PCs as well as blades and rackmount servers, where many Opterons are often too hot for the tight spaces.
Sony Ericsson is patenting a system that would tie songs to specific locations, says a new filing within the US. Proposed technology for a "location dependent music search" would use GPS or a similar mapping method to determine the phone's location and promptly find music associated with the area, whether on the device or on an Internet server. The feature would let users cue songs they associate with favorite areas or download songs from local artists.
Creative expanded its lineup to the underserved notebook audience with the Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1. The USB device is claimed as the first to both boost audio quality and output in full 5.1-channel surround sound; Dolby and DTS movies, as well as games that support surround through DirectSound or OpenAL, automatically have their video processed and split across a speaker setup. Compressed audio is also cleaned up through the Crystalizer hardware that Creative says restores lost details.
For anyone who needs a low-cost smartphone that still offers advanced features, take a look at the Samsung BlackJack II smartphone. The BlackJack II may lack fancy features found in more expensive smartphones, such as a touchscreen, but its still more than functional. Since the BlackJack II uses Windows Mobile, it's especially handy for synchronizing data with a Windows PC (but less desirable for Mac users).
Catering to a niche of mobile pros, Eurocom today updated the PHANTOM-X to give the 17-inch desktop replacement its first quad-core workstation chip. The notebook is rebranded as a mobile server a 2.8GHz Xeon in place of its normal Core 2 Quad and Extreme processors to help handle professional-grade loads. The Canadian company also spins its multi-drive hard disk setup as a business option and lets users team up as many as three drives for up to 1.5TB of space in a RAID stripe or mirror. The larger bulk of the notebook also allows up to 8GB of memory.
Artificial limitations are being imposed on some forthcoming low-cost Windows PCs, according to documents Microsoft has sent to PC builders. Although the company plans to offer a sharp discount to ultra-low cost PC (ULPC) builders on the price of Windows XP Home, in order to foster the adoption of Windows over Linux on devices like the Eee PC, vendors are being asked to limit screen size to 10.2 inches, and hard drives to 80GB. Furthermore, no qualifying ULPCs with XP will be allowed to have a touchscreen, more than 1GB of RAM, or anything better than a single-core processor running at 1GHz, except for certain chips like Intel's Atom N270.
Japanese electronics giants JVC and Kenwood have announced plans to merge, Reuters reports. The two companies will come together under a holding company on October 1st, in what they say is an attempt to fight price competition, as well as increasing costs in development. Even together the companies' sales for the financial year ending March 31st would only have been 823.7 billion yen ($8 billion), less than a tenth of those for Panasonic owner Matsushita, which made approximately 9 trillion yen (over $87 billion).
As promised, ASUS' Eee PC 900 micro notebook today went on sale in the US. The 8.9-inch computer's specifications remain the same and take the Eee slightly further upscale with a sharper 1024x600 resolution, a basic multi-touch trackpad, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Versions hold either 12GB of flash storage on Windows XP models or else 20GB on versions with the less expensive Linux operating system, though either can accept SD and SDHC cards. Launch models continue to use a 900MHz Celeron M processor rather than the Intel Atom planned for later editions.
XM expects its proposed merger with Sirius to be approved by the summer, the satellite radio provider said today during a conference call discussing its latest quarterly results. President and chief executive Nate Davis now claims that the winter 2008 quarter is XM's last "as a standalone company" and goes so far as to drop its financial guidance for the upcoming quarter, saying the prediction won't apply to a unified company. Recent government steps to greenlight the deal are signs approval is close, according to Davis.
Vita Audio this morning revealed plans to take iPod stereos upscale through the R4. Where most tabletop units stand out, the R4 is said to blend in as a piece of high-end audio equipment and offers the sound to match with 2.1-channel, 80-watt speaker system that adds bass lacking in most such audio systems. Its iPod dock is its central feature, but the device also serves as a DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radio that catches digital stations in the UK and pulls RDS data from analog FM channels. A CD player supports both raw audio and MP3 or WMA tracks.
AT&T will be the first to carry the BlackBerry Bold when it goes on sale this summer, the company confirmed today. Company official John Kampfe says the provider will be the "only" one in the US to offer the phone and will carry the Bold in the summer. As it's the only model to support WCDMA, it will also be the only BlackBerry to roam properly in Japan, Korea, and other countries that don't support either regular CDMA or GSM phone calls.
Sanyo on Monday bolstered its projector lineup with two X series portable LCD projectors. Both the XC50 and XC55 are built to be bright with 2,600 and 3,100 lumens of brightness respectively, giving them enough clarity to be useful without a dark room. Either is also built to be easy to run and lock down; an active maintenance filter lets owners easily swap in a new filter without dismantling the projector, while a security bar permits anyone to easily tie the unit to a table with a cable lock.
Eye-Fi this morning rolled out two new SD camera cards that alternately expand and curb the limit of their wireless technology. The Eye-Fi Explore builds in support for map positioning using Skyhook's triangulation of Wi-Fi hotspots and will automatically geotag photos saved to the camera wherever the card can identify its location; it also gets free access for one year with Wayport-owned wireless access points, including all McDonald's restaurants. The 2GB card works with any SD-compatible camera and ships on June 6th for $129.
Research in Motion today continued a string of announcements for its Wireless Enterprise Symposium with word that it will start offering Microsoft's key Windows Live services on its smartphones. Both Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger will be available from the software and will only require a single sign-in to access both services when they sign in. The BlackBerry's trademark "push" technology will apply to Hotmail and will deliver mail almost in real-time to the phone, complete with full HTML and an optional separate inbox; Live Messenger in turn will have the same multi-chat and emoticon options as with other clients.
Sprint this morning reported its results for the first quarter of 2008 and has revealed continued severe losses in its cellular business. The carrier says its net revenue declined nine percent year-over-year to $9.3 billion and that it lost a total 1.09 million wireless customers in the most recent period. The company says the poor results were "expected" but that it's continuing to rework its strategy, including more focused advertising, cost reductions, and larger strategic decisions. Its news last week of a team-up with Clearwire for nationwide WiMAX also points to a turnaround, according to the company.
Research in Motion early Monday confirmed rumors with the launch of the BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital pool meant to rival the iFund for the iPhone. The $150 million pool eclipses the $100 million for the Apple device but shares the same goal of spurring growth in app development: promising young companies at any stage of development for their BlackBerry software can apply for capital to help their apps reach completion.
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It is distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic, mostly in moderately deep water. On the North American coast it is regularly found southward to Cape Cod and occasionally off New Jersey. Its maximum range covers most of the North Atlantic, including the waters around Iceland and the Norwegian coast.
It is normally found in water deeper than sixty feet (20 m), and practically always is taken over rough bottoms where rocks, ledges, or gravel are common. Good fishing areas are usually much more limited than is the case with cod, haddock, or pollock. It is an offshore fish and rarely is one taken in a harbor.
Cusk are primarily fished on the North American North Atlantic coastal shelf near the American state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes.
In the Gulf of Maine, cusk are chiefly taken on hook and line. Line trawls account for most of the commercial catch off the New England coast, and most of them are caught during the winter and spring. The commercial catch individuals run between 1 and 2 feet long (30–60 cm), and average about 5 pounds (2 kg). It is an excellent food fish. It is marketed as fresh or frozen fillets; a part of the catch is smoked.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) considers this species Threatened based on a 2003 Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment. The status report identified that catches of cusk in the DFO summer bottom trawl survey had declined by roughly 90% from 1970 to the late 1990s . A landings limit of 1000 mt was put in place in 1999 in the 4X North American Fisheries Organization (NAFO) area and was further restricted to 750 t and expanded to include the 4VWX5Z NAFO areas in 2003. Cusk are still commonly caught as bycatch in the longline and lobster fisheries and can be found in supermarkets in Atlantic Canada despite its Threatened status.


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Consumers may find it easier than ever to get in touch with local businesses through using Google on a smartphone.
People considering selling an old mobile could be tempted to put the cash that they receive towards a new smartphone handset.
Searching for local businesses and restaurants may be one thing that users would regularly use their mobile internet for, but rather than wanting to track down the website for the company they could prefer to find a phone number.
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|About the Book: Learning to Think Mathematically with the Rekenrek
This 50-page book provides teachers with the theoretical basis and practical knowledge to use a powerful mathematical model called the Rekenrek (also known as the Arithmetic Rack). The book helps teachers build on the remarkable intuitions and informal reasoning of students as they learn to see numbers within other numbers, to recognize powerful combinations of five and ten, to develop a rich sense of numbers between 0-20, to build a powerful set of intuitive strategies for addition and subtraction, and to memorize addition and subtraction facts with meaning.
The book begins with a thorough explanation of the background and rationale for using the Rekenrek. Teachers learn what makes the Rekenrek unique among other mathematical models and manipulatives, and how they make use of its innovative structure to foster student understanding and confidence with number operations.
There are 18 distinct lesson plans and activities in the book, ranging in both topic and grade level appropriateness. Students begin the book by engaging in activities that will help them develop cardinality -- the recognition of the one-to-one correspondence between the number of objects in a set, and the numeral we use to denote that grouping of objects. The book concludes with a series of four lessons that elaborate the connections between the Rekenrek and Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI), perhaps the most important framework for developing meaning and proficiency in addition and subtraction known to mathematics educators. In between, students learn how to partition numbers, use groups of five and ten strategically, recognize doubles, and develop numerous simple, yet effective, strategies to help them complete addition and subtraction problems both accurately, and with meaning.
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Product Development Quality Engineer - Chicago, IL
Purpose: Ensure new products contain robust designs, consistent manufacturing, and deliver trouble-free operation to our customers via the effective execution of quality planning activities throughout the development cycle.
Job Responsibilities:
- Active Product Development team member with the responsibility of driving quality planning activities during the development cycle, supply chain process, and assembly factories.
- Demonstrate a creative approach to problem-solving and data analysis, including the use of root cause and statistical tools.
- Ensure completeness of production qualification, including testing and manufacturing capability verification.
- Collaborate with global factories and supply chain to ensure quality plans are effectively implemented into production.
- Coach team members on quality planning activities and help to expand quality responsibility throughout the organization.
- B.S. in Engineering required.
- Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience required
- Demonstrated knowledge of the product development, quality planning, testing, manufacturing processes, and measurement methods.
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- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to partner effectively with global team members in Europe and Asia.
- Familiarity with the bicycle industry highly valued.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%.
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