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Wednesday 4 September, 2013, 09:46 - Spectrum ManagementThe new 700 MHz mobile band (703 - 748 paired with 758 - 803 MHz) is a hot topic amongst spectrum aficionados around the world. It raises a number of technical and political issues which are far from being fully resolved. On the political side, the main battle is between broadcasters (who currently occupy the band) and the mobile community who are keen to brush the broadcasters aside to clear the spectrum for more mobile broadband services. Broadcasters argue that they need more spectrum to cope with high definition and other developments whilst the mobile operators believe that the spectrum has greater value if used for extending broadband capacity and especially, given the good propagation characteristics at 700 MHz, the coverage, of their networks.
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Whilst the political issues are like a pile of tinder dry kindling just waiting for a spark to set them alight, there are technical problems to address as well: The way in which the band is paired means that mobile handsets will be transmitting in the frequencies immediately adjacent to television broadcasts. Television broadcasts using channel 48 (in the Region 1 8 MHz raster) will use frequencies up to 694 MHz. Mobile handsets will use frequencies as low as 703 MHz. This leaves a 9 MHz gap between the two.
Whilst it might seem that the likelihood of a low power (50 milliWatt) transmission from a mobile phone causing interference to reception of a high power (100 kiloWatt) television service is small given the vast (2 million times) difference in transmitter power, the reality is that the mobile handset could be within only a few metres of the television receiver whereas the television transmitter might be tens of kilometers away. The strength of interference from the handset could therefore be orders of magnitude higher than the incoming television signal. Using free space path loss:
- A 50 mW (23 dBm) mobile transmitter 3 metres away produces a field strength of 91 dBuV/m
- A 100 kW (80 dBm) television transmitter 30 kilometers away produces a field strength of 68 dBuV/m
The 9 MHz gap between the mobile transmissions and the television reception is known as a guard-band and is there to give a chance for the television receiver to filter out the unwanted mobile transmissions. There is plenty of work going on to check that this is the case but it will depend on a number of factors that are outside the control of the mobile operators or television broadcasters such as:
- The quality of the television receiver. Those made to a low price may not perform as well in this regard as more expensive receivers.
- The quality of the receiver installation. An old antenna may receive less signal and poor coax will allow more mobile signal to leak into the receiver exacerbating the problems.
- The proximity of the mobile transmitter to the television antenna. In the case where television reception is through a 'rabbit ears' antenna on top of the TV, the distance between the antenna and the mobile could be far less than 3 metres, or even 1 metre.
- The distance of the receiver from the television transmitter. Those close to the transmitter are less likely to suffer interference but those in areas of fringe reception are at much greater risk.
- The use of television signal amplifiers. Such amplifiers can easily overload and stop working when presented with a strong nearby mobile signal.
The rules of spectrum use state that new users should implement their transmitters in such a way as to protect existing, incumbent users from interference and in that respect, the work to ensure that the new mobile services do not cause harmful interference to television services is totally appropriate. But there is another technical issue that needs to be considered, that of interference from the television transmitter into the mobile network.
Consider a mobile base station that is 1 kilometer away from the television transmitter, trying to receive a signal from a mobile handset that is 500 metres away. Let's run the free space path loss equations again:
- A 50 mW (23 dBm) mobile transmitter 500 metres away produces a field strength of 47 dBuV/m
- A 100 kW (80 dBm) television transmitter 1 kilometer away produces a field strength of 98 dBuV/m
Whilst it is possible to develop filters that can provide 50 dB, 60 dB or even more rejection of the television signals, they are costly. Of course not every site requires such an expensive filter: only those close to television transmitters on channel 48 will need them. But whilst television frequency use is not normally very dynamic, as re-planning of networks takes a lot of co-ordination, they do change channel from time-to-time and so knowing which site to fit the filters to cannot be done with complete certainty.
So if the political issues form tinder dry kindling just waiting to be lit, the problems of interference from mobile handsets into television receivers are a bucket of petrol poured on that kindling. It may therefore be that the problems of interference from television transmitters into the mobile network are the spark that gets the fire burning!
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Saturday 31 August, 2013, 15:07 - Spectrum ManagementAccording to an article in the Daily Mail, a funeral taking place in Windsor, direcly under the flightpath for aircraft landing at London Heathrow airport was interrupted by the voice of a stewardess coming over the church's public address PA system saying, "fasten your seatbelts", and, "prepare the doors for landing".
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The article claims that this occured because the 'church's wireless microphone and the plane's radio were on the same frequency'. Radio microphones in the UK operate in a variety of frequency bands. Most commonly they operated between 173.1 to 175 MHz and 863 to 865 MHz, both of which are available on a licence-exempt basis for such purposes. There are other frequencies available but these are subject to the need for a licence and are only normally used for professional programme making and special event (PMSE) uses. Most domestic and everyday business use (including local DJs, schools, hotels and churches) use the licence-exempt channels.
So how could the church's radio microphone be operating on the same frequency as an aircraft? If this is true, there are two possibilities:
- The systems on-board the aircraft used the same licence-exempt frequencies that the church's radio microphone used. Or
- The radio microphone system being used by the church was not on the officially sanctioned frequencies but was operating on frequencies reserved for aeronautical communications.
The CEPT has considered the use of short-range devices on board aircraft and it has concluded that, from the regulatory perspective, such use is allowed under the same conditions provided in the relevant Annex of Recommendation 70-03. For aviation safety aspects, the CEPT is not the right body to address this matter which remains the responsibility of aircraft manufacturers or aircraft owners who should consult with the relevant national or regional aviation bodies before the installation and use of such devices on board aircraft.
So it would not be illegal for an aircraft manufacturer to use licence-exempt wireless microphones on-board their planes. There is also increasing interest in using wireless technology to control the actual flight of the aircraft (the ailerons, flap, engines and so on). Planes using 'fly-by-wireless' technology have already been tested and there are now moves to try and find dedicated spectrum for them to operate in. This negates the need for the usual wiring that is required and saves weight which in turn saves fuel and cost.
Looking at the second possibility, there are radio microphones on the market which operate in the aeronautical communications (VHF) band from 108 to 137 MHz. These devices, commonly imported from China, are available on internet outlets at very low cost (check the frequency range on this microphone for example). They are, of course, completely illegal to use and not only are they subject to the kind of interference from aircraft that would have caused the problem in our church above, but they also have the potential to cause interference to air-to-ground aircraft communications which is stupid and potentially life-threatening. However despite such devices being available, this scenario is much less likely because the stewardess's voice would not be transmitted on the air-to-ground communication frequencies which are for pilot and air traffic controller communications only.
So it seems that it was probably the use of licence-excempt frequencies for short-range audio communications on-board the aircraft that was the culprit. It's worth considering that interference is usually bi-directional, especially where the systems are using similar powers and modulation. So it is just as likely that passengers on-board the aircraft could have been subject to the eulogy being given from the church as vice versa.
Which opens up a completely legal but very naughty set of ruses that anyone with suitable equipment could carry out if particularly bored on, say, a Sunday afternoon. Just stand near the end of the runway at an airport with a completely legal radio microphone operating, most likely, on the 863 to 865 MHz band and pick yourself a channel. As each aircraft comes overhead shout 'Brace, brace, brace' and if the aircraft's on-board wireless audio system happens to be on the same channel as your microphone the passengers are going to go ape. Of course, Wireless Waffle would never condone such activity, but if aircraft manufacturers are going to use licence-exempt frequencies, which are subject to no protection from interference, for on-board communications they are opening themselves up to all manner of prankery. If they choose to use bluetooth to actually control the aircraft itself, heavens only knows what might happen. Perhaps it would be best to stick to using wires or even optic fibre for controlling aircraft.
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Wednesday 24 July, 2013, 07:44 - SatellitesSatellite officionados will no doubt be aware of 'O3b' but to the rest of the world, the launch of their first four satellites probably passed them by. O3b stands for 'other three billion' and is meant to highlight the plight of the significant proportion of the world's population who do not have access to high speed internet connections. O3b's role is to provide a 'backbone in the sky' which will allow places that are remote from terrestrial infrastructure to have high speed connections.
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The idea is not that new. 20 years ago, Teledesic had much the same idea. The two networks share a lot of common features:
- They both use Ka-band spectrum (around 18 and 28 GHz). At these frequencies, even small dishes have very narrow beams, requiring accurate pointing.
- They both use low(er) orbits than the geostationary arc. The lower orbits reduce the time delay normally associated with satellite communications but require that the dishes are able to track the movement of the satellites.
- They both have big-name backers. Microsoft was an investor in Teledesic. Google is an investor in O3b.
Wireless Waffle has discussed the different bands used by satellites before. Ka-Band is the band of choice for new broadband satellites as it's used less than the now almost saturated Ku-Band. The thing is that there are an increasing number of satellites using the band, the majority of which are in geostationary orbits. As the O3b satellites are in a medium earth orbit (MEO), and thus move through the sky when seen from the ground, it is quite feasible that they could end up positioned between a dish on the ground, and a geostationary satellite. In these cases, there is the potential for the O3b satellite to cause interference to the dish on the ground. As there are potentially millions of such dishes, ensuring that the O3b constellation is 'switched off' when it is in a position to cause such interference is an interesting technical challenge.
Then there's the issue that as the satellites appear to move in the sky, ground stations for O3b would require tracking dishes. Much development has been done to try and develop dishes which can track the movement of satellites without the dish itself needing to move. Such dishes would be ideal for use on trains, aircraft or cruise ships to circumvent the need for tracking dishes on moving vehicles. The same idea could be applied to ground stations that are fixed but satellites that move. However this is not the plan for O3b. The plan is to have traditional steerable satellite dishes which track the satellite through the sky. And as it takes time to move a dish around, two will be used with the second picking up a connection from a second satellite as the first dish loses its connection when the satellite passes over the horizon.
Two steerable dishes makes for a complex system and one which will require significant and regular maintenance costs, and maintenance by skilled engineers who are not (currently) likely to be present in large numbers in the kinds of areas that O3b wishes to serve. There is also the question of what happens when the service is handed over from one satellite to another. Such a hand-over could introduce a variable delay in the connection (technically, known as 'jitter'). One solution to this would be to have a buffer to stabilise the connection, but adding a buffer adds a delay and it is precisely to try and reduce delay that the satellites are in a lower orbit to start with. Oops!
Current Ka-band satellite services typically offer connection speeds of around 20 Mbps and use 65 or 80 cm dishes. Delivering 600 Mbps requires a bit more effort and as such the steerable dishes for O3b will each be 4.5 metres in size! At Ka-Band this means they will have a beamwidth of less than 0.2 of a degree, requiring highly accurate tracking. Not to mention the fact that 4.5 metre dishes are large and heavy and take up a lot of space. If you think about the intended market for O3b, which is rural area far from traditional infrastructure of any kind, running two, highly accurate, steerable 4.5 metre dishes is not the kind of technology which would easily blend in with the environment. And where do you get a power source to drive them with?
Putting these technical issues aside for a minute, there is then the question of speed to market. Many of the far flung places that O3b is looking to serve are already beginning to be connected via fibre, whether undersea or overland. Take the Pacific Islands, slowly but surely, these are being connected to the world via subsea fibre. Fiji, Guam and Hawaii have long had connections, but Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis, Samoa and American Samoa are due to be connected via a project called Hawaiki Cable (though it's fair to say that a previous such projects known as SPIN did not materialise). Perhaps O3b has the upper hand here, then again if Hawaiki goes ahead, it will offer connection speeds nearly a thousand times faster than O3b.
Would you pour your hard earned money into O3b shares? Don't decide just yet as there's one other issue we need to talk about... the Van Allen belt. You may have heard of this. It's a region of space above the Earth which is full of particles charged by solar energy but trapped by the Earth's gravity. It is one of the more unfriendly space environments and the O3b satellites flying at just over 8000 km above the Earth will sit right in the middle of it. This gives them around 100 times the dose of radiation that a satellite in geostationary orbit would experience and as a result makes them more susceptible to radiation damage of various kinds. There are currently no commercial satellites (other than O3b) operating in the Van Allen belt.
Of course all these obstacles are worth the effort if the end services can be supplied more cheaply than competing technologies. O3b's pricing is not yet clear but it will have to compete with other Ka-band services such as Inmarsat's Global Xpress. This will give you a connection of up to 50 Mbps for prices purported to be around US$3000 per month. At rates of income in some countries, it would require an awful lot of users to club together to raise that kind of finance. It is therefore to be hoped that O3b can offer a service that is more cost effective. With the cost of the dishes alone likely to be at least US$50000, that seems rather unlikely.
Perhaps a better description of O3b would be 'over 3m big'. Still, it looks as if their dishes will provide good protection against angry dinosaurs!
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Wednesday 12 June, 2013, 11:54 - Amateur RadioOfcom have just opened a consultation on the use of 2310 to 2450 and 3400 to 3475 MHz spectrum band by radio amateurs. To cut a long story relatively short, the Ministry of Defence who are the current occupants and owners of these bands, have decided to release parts of them for new uses, most likely to be LTE mobile broadband networks. The MoD are releasing the spectrum from:
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- 2350 2390 MHz; and
- 3410 3600 MHz.
This would leave UK radio amateurs with a still reasonably healthy allocation at 2.3 GHz comprising 2310 2350 and 2390 2450 MHz, noting that the frequencies above 2400 MHz are shared with WiFi, Bluetooth and other licence exempt devices. At 3.4 GHz, the situation is much worse as the current allocation of 75 MHz, would be reduced to just 10 MHz from 3400 3410 MHz.
The Ofcom consultation document claims that there are only around 200 or so amateurs who are active in these bands and any economist will tell you that upsetting 200 people for the potential benefit of 60 million, no matter how important those 200 people are, is a no-brainer.
But the consultation is not really about the continued use of the bands which are being handed over to commercial users, its more about whether radio amateurs should also be allowed to continue using the other parts of the band. The logic seems to go:
- Once the released chunks of spectrum are given over to new users, any existing use (e.g. MoD, government and programme makers) which was previously in that band, will be concentrated in the remaining pieces of spectrum.
- Whilst, at present, radio amateurs share nicely with existing users, once everyone is forced into less spectrum the potential for interference is commensurately greater.
- Further, as radio amateurs can use high power transmitters, they may also cause interference to the commercial users in the adjacent spectrum.
- As such, it would be easier all round, if the use of the whole of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands, and not just the released bits, were denied to radio amateurs.
Graciously, Ofcom is not proposing such a draconian measure, but is instead suggesting that radio amateurs be given continued access to the remaining portions of the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands but with a reduced notice period of 3 months. The plan would be that if users experience interference from amateurs, Ofcom would terminate amateur use in a 3 month timeframe (instead of the more usual 1 year cut off period). This seems like an eminently reasonable and pragmatic proposal.
Activities such as this, where users are forced to give way to others is commonplace in the radio spectrum and has been termed re-farming as it is akin to a farmer changing the use of his land. Not long ago, Ofcom undertook a similar activity with radiomicrophone users, forcing them out of channel 69 and into channel 38 in the UHF television band to make way for LTE services at 800 MHz. The key difference here, though, is that Ofcom recognised that there was a cost associated with thousands of radiomicrophone users having to buy new equipment, and set up a scheme to fund the replacement of the equipment. The funds were paid for from the dues generated by the sale of the spectrum.
Moving out of the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz amateur bands will incur costs to many radio amateurs, not least those who operate television repeaters within the affected sections. It seems only fair, therefore, that Ofcom (or the MoD) should support radio amateurs by funding the necessary modifications to this equipment, and making the issue of new licences and frequencies as quick and easy as possible. Given how few users there are, this should not be a costly exercise, compared to the sums that will no doubt be raised when the spectrum is sold to commercial market players.
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Ryan Giggs demonstrated his enduring value to Manchester United with the opening goal in a ruthless 2-0 home win over Everton on Sunday that put his side almost out of sight in the Premier League title race.
The 39-year-old Welshman slotted his side in front after 13 minutes to continue his extraordinary feat of having scored in every Premier League season since the competition started 21 years ago.
Robin van Persie was also on target for United before halftime as the leaders took full advantage of champions Manchester City's shock 3-1 defeat at Southampton on Saturday.
With 12 games remaining Alex Ferguson's side have 65 points, 12 more than City, and are closing in on a 20th league title.
"We've got to win our games regardless of what happens with City and if we concentrate on our own games we'll be okay," Ferguson, whose side face a huge Champions League match away to Real Madrid on Wednesday, told Sky Sports.
"I was going to make about seven changes for the game but when I saw yesterday's result I changed that because we knew if we got a result it would put us in a fantastic position."
At the other end of the table, Aston Villa claimed a vital 2-1 home victory over West Ham United to move out of the bottom three, Christian Benteke and Charles N'Zogbia the scorers.
A remarkable 4-4 draw with Everton in the final weeks of last season's title race proved United's undoing as City pipped them on the final day on goal difference.
This time, however, there were no slip-ups from Ferguson's side as they recorded a 10th consecutive home league win.
Despite the proximity of the trip to Madrid, Ferguson resisted any temptation to rest key players - a mark of respect for an Everton side chasing a top-four finish and who beat United on the opening day of the season on Merseyside.
With Real manager Jose Mourinho watching in the stands, United produced a clinical performance, even if leading striker Van Persie was guilty of an astonishing miss early on when he took the ball past Everton keeper Tim Howard but blasted his shot against the outside of the post.
"You have to remember your bad experiences and that was one last year," Ferguson said.
"We showed a steely determination this time."
After Van Persie's miss United did not have to wait long for their opener. The Dutchman picked out Giggs with a pull back and the wily veteran steadied himself before curling a precise shot in off the post.
Everton enjoyed spells of possession but on the stroke of halftime right back Rafael released Van Persie with a clever reverse pass and the Dutchman again rounded Howard before shooting into the empty net despite Johnny Heitinga's desperate attempt to keep the ball out.
Van Persie's goal took his league tally for the season to 19 and he could have reached the 20-mark after the break as United played on the counter-attack.
Ferguson's side never lost control and comfortably contained Everton after the break, although David De Gea was required to make a fine low save after sloppy play by Chris Smalling allowed Nikica Jelavic a rare sight of goal.
With their next five league games all against bottom-half clubs, United could have the title all but wrapped up when they host Manchester City on April 6 but Giggs knows that there is no room for complacency.
"I think we've got enough experience in there but you never take anything for granted," Giggs said. "The strength of the squad should see us through."
Villa's first league win for nearly two months was a welcome relief for manager Paul Lambert whose side climbed above Reading into 17th place, although Ashley Westwood's late own goal meant he had to endure a nail-biting finale.
A turgid opening 45 minutes offered few opportunities for either side although Andreas Weimann somehow missed an open goal for Villa after West ham keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen had failed to gather Benteke's shot.
Benteke was the calmest person in the stadium as he rolled his spot-kick into the net in the 74th minute after Mark Noble was adjudged to have fouled N'Zogbia.
Five minutes later N'Zogbia sent a sweetly-struck free kick curling past Jaaskelainen to give Villa breathing space.
Westwood's own goal revived West Ham and Villa keeper Brad Guzan twice saved his side in stoppage time.
"It's a huge win for us. We have been in positions of being goals up in a few games," said Lambert whose side moved a point above 18th-placed Reading.

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Palacios Hub wins $25,000 grant
June 6, 2014 at 1:06 a.m.
The Palacios Community Hub's youth initiative won a $25,000 grant to improve its community.
To celebrate, the community hub will have a street rally at 5 p.m. Friday at its office, 205 4th St. in Palacios.
The grant is funded by State Farm with assistance from the Rural Literacy Coalition and garnered interest from 40 causes across the United States.
The Palacios Youth Initiative took home the prize by receiving the most votes during a three-week competition on Facebook, according to a news release.
"The Palacios Community Hub's Teen Center will allow teens to engage in positive recreational and educational diversion activities; keeping youth intellectually and physically active and less likely to enter into the criminal justice system," said coordinator Brandi West. "I'm overwhelmed with this exciting accomplishment, which is attributed to the community of Palacios and all the individuals around the globe believing in this worthy cause of housing a teen center."


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Tuesday morning had a bit more life to it - dull and damp but with a bit of a gusty breeze. The full cover of low cloud was still there though, and there was occasional drizzle. The tops of the surrounding hills were still obscured. I didn't really expect any better.
I was a bit less grumpy this time, as sleeping on the torture-rack had been made a tad more tolerable by the padding of spare clothes that I'd stuffed under the mattress.
Breakfast was better. The twat wasn't there yet. Still no porage, but at least the bacon and sausage didn't taste of cheese and salami, and I got first dibs at a fresh batch of fried eggs which were still runny. The self-serve system had been suspended, possibly due to the arrival of a party of schoolkids the previous evening. Hell, there was even white sugar for the tea. Things were looking up!
None of us were up for donning packs and spending the whole day outdoors so we decided to head for one of the Blue John caverns and spend at least part of the day under cover. The hostel staff had recommended Treake Cliff Cavern, so without much delay we went off in convoy in search of Castleton. We found it huddled against a hillside, shying away from a gloomy grey sky, Here's what it looked like from Treake Cliff:
There was plenty to see in the caverns... Crinoidal Limestones, stalactites/stalagmites and other speleothems, Blue John...
For the uninitiated:
- tites fall down;
- mites crawl up;
- bits of Crinoids look like five-sided stony dolly-mixture sweets,
and for those who can't spell or who just like to be contrary:
- Blue John is a form of fluorspar, not of flourspar.
Anyway, here are a few pics, feel free to click them to see the bigger versions. I'll assume that you can figure out what's what. If you have a question please raise your hand and I'll get to you ASAP.
After exiting the caverns we ate lunch under cover near the offices and then went on to Castleton for a walkabout. Parking there is easy - apparently it's OK to just abandon your car in the middle of the carriageway:
We considered strolling up to and around Peveril Castle but we didn't think that the views from the top would justify the walk up and the cost of entry. On a clearer and/or sunny day it would probably have been worth it, but this day we could see clag for free at ground level. We consoled ourselves with some retail therapy and a nosey around the visitors' centre.
We returned early to the hostel and had some chill-time before strolling down to The Devonshire Arms for evening meals. I liked that pub - they had a fine real open fire and the beer and service were top-notch.
Back at the hostel after that we had time for Anna to thrash us at Monopoly before bedtime.
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The former Martin Luther King Housing Development Association is under new management, and that management is about to get some of the input it has said it welcomes.
The Tacoma Avenue Coalition will host a community forum at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 18, that's Wednesday, at the Tacoma Dominican Center, 935 S. Fawcett Avenue.
Jim Anderson, who organized the shelter's transition to Catholic Community Services, will speak about the plans for running the program that has been sometimes troublesone and sometimes troubled.
As its new director, Anderson wants to make Tacoma's largest emergency shelter a better neighbor, and a better host. The building at 1143 Tacoma Avenue South has its main entrance in the back alley.
Guests gathering there for hours with no security have attracted predators and made the alley dangerous and unsightly. Anderson intends to have security, a courtyard, extended hours and a no-loitering policy. That should be better for neighbors and guests.
He's also interested in hearing from the people who, practically speaking, live there. What services do they need? How can they find real housing?
Based on the improvements Anderson implemented when he took over management of CCS's Hospitality Kitchen up the hill, this is a promising development, said Jeanie Peterson.
Peterson, Director of Community Initiatives for Hilltop Action Coalition, is encouraging folks to go to the event.
"This forum should also be informative for those concerned about the homeless population and the issues that people are facing on Tacoma Ave, and even the situation at the jail, library, etc.," she sent out to her vast e-mail list.
For anyone interested in learning effective, responsible and responsive ways to help the most damaged and desperate people in the community, attendance should be mandatory.


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Please don't shoot if this is in the wrong section. I'm pretty sure its not, but I've said that before. I think it should go in this section because its actually an algebraic sum.. right?
Anyway. I've got this problem:
A polygon with sides has a total of diagonals, where and are integers.
Find the values of and .
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Today I gave a presentation to engineering describing the approach that we are taking with our big investment for the year. Overall I think it went very well.
I suspect, however, that some in the audience were less than happy with what I described. It's a break from any approach that's been taken in the past. It's different. It values and emphasizes different parts of the organization. In other words, it's change.
Looking back on the meeting, there was very little other than excited comments from those who liked the approach. Those who I was expecting to not be happy were pretty quiet. Frankly there were a couple questions that I expected from them.
It's no secret that we're trying out a Lean Startup approach. Small projects targeted at a minimum viable project. In some cases that means we don't do everything we could, but we'll do all we have to do - even if it doesn't fit in the current model of how we deliver software. I call that innovation.
But the point is rightly made that the MVP (minimum viable product) isn't the smallest piece of code we can sell, it's the smallest piece of code that will teach us something important. Something that we want to validate or learn.
So I was surprised that no one asked the question "what's the hypothesis you are testing?"
I have an answer for that. So I'm disappointed that I didn't get to trot it out. But I will own that the question is legit.
At the end of the day, I want to know if clients will use mobile devices to do their work. That's a big question. Mobile is cutting edge, but it's new and there are some organizations that aren't ready to go there.
I also want to know if a new metaphor for the application will resonate with organizations. It's an action-oriented metaphor that tries to manage the things any given person needs to do in a day or a period of time. Sounds like it makes sense. But you never know how users will react.
Finally I want to know if a mobile strategy will have an impact on organizations decisions to buy software. I think it will. It think it will have a sexy factor that makes a difference. But that remains to be seen.
If this is going on in your organization, let me suggest that a few well placed questions may help you out.
1) What are you trying to learn?
2) What do you think will happen and how are you going to validate it?
3) If you learn these things, what will you do next?
These are great questions to ask your product manager if they are doing something that seems odd or strange to you. It may be that they are focused on getting the right perspective not the right product (which will come next or later).
There is no magic school that product managers go to in order to learn how to create things that the market wants. Only experimentation and learning. So don't begrudge them the opportunity to do that.
Find a way to align your goals and expectations with what they are trying to do. That will help both of you get where you need to go that much faster.
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In your castles and outposts (this includes the castles in other kingdoms, like Everwinter Glacier, The Burning Sands, Fire Peaks and The Storm Islands) you can set your defenses.
The best defense, is to tailor to your defense to counter what the incoming attacker has sent. That's not the topic of this post. In this tip, I'll explain how to set your defense for when you are offline. The "Best Guess" method to handle most attacks.
First: Do NOT defend all three walls. Pick one (left or right). If you remember from the Courtyard Bonuses tip, you get different bonuses or penalties depending on how many walls you defeat. It is easier to defend a single wall (and hold it) than to defend all three. So try to hold one wall, which will prevent the attacker from get the Courtyard Bonus.
Second: Setup your Unit Distribution to use the 80/20 rule. 80% Melee soldiers, 20% Ranged. The reason for this, is that there are a lot more tools to decrease Ranged Defender effectiveness than to decrease Melee Defender effectiveness. Note: You need to set this for EACH WALL!
Third: Use the best tools you can afford. Some tools cost resources, others cost rubies. The more rubies, the better the tool. Use either the slit/slit/mach rule or the mach/mach/slit rule. These are the "Arrow Slit" and "Murder Hole" tools. If you can't afford Ruby Tools, then use what you can afford (Flaming Arrows and Hurling Rocks). If you have Moats, used the best Moat tool available (usually Fire Moat).
(NOTE: The Murder Hole used to be called machicolation before being renamed).
That's it. This is not a guaranteed "always win" setup. However, it will help keep you safe while offline. As always, keep the best melee/ranged gear on your castellan that you can.
TIP: If you are an active player, you can run your food in the red. By actively attacking player and robber baron, you will loot more food than you consume. This lets you keep more defensive troops in your castle than your food normally supports.


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It is the first ever Interactive eBook and Massively Multiplayer Online game in one that allows the reader/gamer to shape the outcome of the eBook fantasy series through gameplay.
East Orange, NJ (PRWEB) April 26, 2013
New Jersey creative content company PoetCode, producer of the ground-breaking Dynasty of the Magi dual-platform interactive eBook/MMO game franchise, has won three awards at the third annual eLit Awards ceremony this month in New York. The eLit Awards that Dynasty of the Magi received include a gold medal in the "Best Popular Culture" category, a gold medal in the "Best Book Multi-Media Produced" category and a silver medal in the "Best Fantasy/Science Fiction" category.
The 2013 eLit Awards, presented by Jenkins Group Inc., are a global awards program that serve to honor the best of English language digital publishing entertainment. The eLit Awards are committed to celebrating the ever growing market of electronic publishing and highlighting the best in electronic reading entertainment. More than 50 awards categories are offered solely to the electronic book medium.
Previous awards and acclamations that Dynasty of the Magi has received include the "Most Fundable Startup" award at the April 2013 STARTUPALOOZA in New York City and the Publishing Innovations Awards' "Best Transmedia Project of 2012", as well as the "Quality, Excellence, Design" (QED) seal that serves as the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval™" for eBooks.
Dynasty of the Magi was introduced by PoetCode as a trial version for iPad on the App Store in December of 2012. It is the first ever interactive eBook and Massively Multiplayer Online game in one that allows the reader/gamer to shape the outcome of the eBook fantasy series through gameplay. The app is now in the process of being updated based on user feedback and has an expected App Store and Google Play Store release in early summer 2013.
About PoetCode, LLC:
PoetCode, LLC produces the Dynasty of the Magi franchise, an epic 11 installment fantasy game & book adventure that could be described as "Harry Potter in the hood", beginning with the interactive fantasy eBook, Rites of Passage seamlessly integrated with the massive multiplayer online game Words of Power in one new ground breaking iPad app. The DOM Digital Media Franchise was created by PoetCode LLC's founder, Derrick Garvin who over 15 years, developed the Dynasty of the Magi epic fantasy universe, with its own custom magic system, epochs of mystic history, and the new immersive liMMO technology.


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Pew Poll Quantifies the Radical Minority of U.S. Muslims
by David J. Rusin • Sep 6, 2011 at 11:00 am
Four weeks after the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center released its study of Muslim Americans (IW analysis here), the Pew Research Center followed suit by publishing a survey (PDF here) of far greater value due to its broader range of topics, more direct questioning, and extensive demographic cross tabs. Though the media, like Pew, have emphasized the mainstream attitudes of most U.S. Muslims, the data indicate that radical views are held by a small but important minority that cannot be ignored. These and other interesting results are highlighted below:
It is reassuring that most U.S. Muslims hold mainstream views, but history shows that Islamists need not be a majority to be dangerous. The moderate and largely silent masses do not offset a hundred thousand radicals, if not more, who approve of al-Qaeda and serve as potential recruits.
Congressman Peter King, who called Pew's results "disappointing" and reiterated the need for hearings, has the right perspective: "Seventy percent of American Muslims are opposed to al-Qaeda. We are at war with al-Qaeda. One hundred percent should be opposed to al-Qaeda."
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I hold the Arthur Zitrin Chair of Bioethics and am the Director of the Center for Bioethics and Affiliated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University.
I am the author of The Right to Be Loved (Oxford University Press, 2015); Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality (Oxford University Press, 2016); Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2015); and over 50 articles in philosophy and bioethics.
I have given TED and TEDx talks in New York and CERN, Switzerland, and I have been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, the BBC, Harper's Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Scientific American and other media outlets.
I am also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Moral Philosophy, a peer-reviewed international journal of moral, political and legal philosophy and has written on philosophy, morality, bioethics and human rights.
From 2006 to 2009, I was the Deputy Director and James Martin Senior Research Fellow in the Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences in the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University.
I was the Harold T. Shapiro Research Fellow in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University in 2003-2004, and a Greenwall Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University from 2004-2006. I obtained my doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University and graduated magna cum laude with an AB from Princeton University.
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Scented geraniums expand a garden's cooking offerings
Published 4:00 am, Saturday, July 1, 2006
Everyone loves surprises -- at least the good kind. The kitchen garden is full of surprises, and scented geraniums offer the gardener and the cook a bounty of fragrant and delicious ideas.
History: Scented geraniums were so named in the 1600s and have been mistakenly referred to since. Part of the Geraniaceae family, scented geraniums are actually pelargoniums and are grown for their scented leaves, not delicate flowers. There are more than 200 varieties of this lovely plant, all distinctly scented with enticing names such as 'Fringed Apple,' 'Peppermint Lace,' 'Prince of Orange' and 'Rober's Lemon Rose.'
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Originating in South Africa, scented geraniums became popular during the Victorian era when men and women realized that their essential oils could be extracted and added to bath water and other hygiene products. The arduous task of masking one's body odor became a bit easier thanks to the use of rose-scented geraniums. 'Attar of Rose' and other rose-scented varieties became so popular that they were grown in conservatories across Europe and are still grown today for their potently fragrant oils.
Cultivation: Scented geraniums are relatively hardy and can withstand most winters outdoors in the Bay Area. Planted in the ground, most varieties can grow up to 3 feet tall and can be cut back in the winter to keep compact. A better option is to plant them in pots so that their fragrant leaves can be appreciated in a variety of locations. If the risk of a hard frost is possible, the pots can be moved to a warmer area until the danger has passed. With high-quality potting soil, scented geraniums don't need additional feeding throughout the growing season and prefer to dry out a bit between waterings. Full to partial sun is ideal for these unfussy plants, but like others, they can attract pests such as aphids and spider mites when stressed, so regularly monitor watering and exposure.
Because of their medicinal and culinary use, scented geraniums are often categorized as an herb or edible plant and are merchandised with other herbs and edibles. The dizzying number of varieties can turn any casual shopper into a passionate hobbyist searching Web sites and out-of-the-way nurseries for hard-to-find varieties.
Flowers range from white to pink and reddish purple, and their foliage is almost as varied as their fragrance. Leaf surfaces range from smooth to fuzzy to deeply pleated, and edges can be ruffled, laced or gently scalloped. Fragrances are generally grouped into mint, rose, citrus and spicy categories. But, not all of these fragrances are successfully paired in the kitchen. If a variety doesn't smell appealing, then it probably is better off deterring mosquitoes and other pests near an entryway or patio door.
Among the more than 50 rose-scented varieties, the most appealing culinary variety is 'Rober's Lemon Rose.' 'Frensham Lemon' and 'Lime' are good citrus choices. 'Apple' and 'Strawberry' are fun to use in the kitchen and each has a definite identifying scent. Other fruit-scented varieties have enticing names such as 'Apricot' and 'Peach' but have less-forward fragrances. 'Nutmeg' has a mild pine and spicy fragrance and 'Chocolate Mint' has been said to remind one of a popular after-dinner mint. Both 'Nutmeg' and 'Chocolate Mint' are available variegated, which makes a nice contrast when grouped with other scented geraniums. These are popular culinary varieties but there are plenty of others for experimentation.
Preparation: Infusing the leaves' oils in food is the most successful way to flavor foods with a geranium's scent, and one of the easiest ways to do this is with a simple syrup. Measure equal parts granulated sugar and water in a saucepan and, without stirring, place on high heat until sugar dissolves. Reduce temperature and continue to simmer until mixture thickens, about 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add 1 cup cleaned geranium leaves. Allow leaves to steep for up to an hour, remove leaves, and store syrup covered in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Any of the above geraniums can flavor a simple syrup. Simple syrups are used in a lot of drink recipes such as mojitos, margaritas and mint juleps. Lime-scented geraniums would be great with a margarita and any of the mint-scented varieties would pair nicely with a mojito or mint julep. Homemade sorbets and granitas also rely on a simple syrup to sweeten the mixture of fruit and juice. Try 'Apple' or 'Strawberry' geraniums in a simple syrup and use in a fruit-based sorbet or granita recipe.
Flavoring sugars with scented geranium leaves is another way to cook with their subtle scent. Add cleaned and dried 'Nutmeg,' 'Chocolate Mint' or 'Ginger' leaves to light brown muscovado sugar, cover and allow to sit for up to one week. Remove leaves and sprinkle flavored sugar on top of baked goods before they go in the oven. Rose-scented leaves can be treated the same way with granulated sugar and used to sweeten whipping cream and hot tea.
For more cooking ideas, look for "Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums" by Jim Becker, Faye Brawner (Interweave Press, 1996). Becker runs Goodwin Creek Gardens in Oregon, which has scented geraniums available for mail order from www.goodwincreekgardens.com or (800) 846-7359.
Locally, scented geraniums are available at Morning Sun Herb Farm in Vacaville. Their herbs are available at a number of Northern California outlets and farmers' markets. Check www.morningsunherbfarm.com or call (707) 451-9406 to find out where plants are available. The herb farm is open to visitors (check for hours of operation).


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For years i have fed my citrus plants with the suggested citrus summer & winter specialised foods. This summer i have experimented with liquid tomato food, and have now got the best crop of lemons and limes in many years at a fraction of the cost of the specialised food! Also i have not got the dreaded scale insect problem that i have suffered in the past! Obviously this is still under trial but thought it worth sharing this tip!
Thanks joe4eyes it was the rust that threw me, as they were perfectly healthy a few days ago!
Today i've found the leaves on young plant has got mottled yellow tops and the underside is covered in a kind of rust type effect! this has only just appeared, would like to know if this is due to recent heavy rain after dry spell or too cold! Should i lift the plant after removing damaged leaves and overwinter in greenhouse, as hasn't flowered yet?


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Work while you play, play while you work
As I write an early draft of this blog, I am in Dublin, Ireland, at the midpoint of the second week of a two-week holiday. Readers may recognize this blog's headline as the subtitle of the new book I've recently published, Victory Lap Retirement.
It was written with ex-banker Mike Drak, whose blogs have been regularly posted or republished at sister site, Financial Independence Hub.
I believe it was our editor, Karen Milner, who came up with this inspiring subtitle but whoever first articulated it, we all agreed on it once it came up. I often think of it when I'm working and really playing, or vice versa.
For example, right now I'm working on writing this blog while officially "Playing" at being on holiday. The ostensible reason for the trip was to tack on a week's vacation to a business trip my wife took to attend the FIATA 2016 World Congress in Dublin. That's Ruth on the extreme right of the photo, along with colleagues and a spouse at a reception at Dublin's Trinity College.
Such "Work" came at the end of a solid week of being a tourist elsewhere in Ireland, with the couple with whom we've been travelling.
I suggested to them in jest that the job of being a "tourist" would be a tough one if it meant 49 weeks a year, eight hours a day of "touristing," however much it might seem to be a dream job. Come the end of any week of touring historical sites, art galleries and such – much of it on one's feet, either walking or standing – you'd greet the arrival of the weekend and the cessation of tourism for a few days with some relief!
Playing while you Work
So that's an example of working while you play. What of the opposite: Play while you Work? Well, this is quite common as well, as anyone who has used an office computer to sneak a peek at Facebook can well relate to. In fact, Victory Lap Retirement describes the four-hour day that I used to write about when I was fulltime at the Financial Post. While many employers may believe they are getting seven or eight hours a day of productivity from their workers, you could argue that a few hours of that is preliminary or post-work activity that's not really the core activities for which they're being paid.


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Defying God, Humanity Delivers Me No Spatula
Three months ago, I delivered the Word of God: He, in all His Grace and Glory, has determined that I should have a new spatula. In pursuance of His Will, He declared to me that He would reward all those who sent a spatula to me with Eternal Life in Heaven. But He also issued a threat that if no spatulas were delivered to me, the Dow Jones Industrial Average would fall below 8,000 by February of 2009, denying many elderly grandmothers their Florida vacation dividend money.
All the believers who subscribe so heartily in the validity of Pascal's Wager really ought to be sending me a spatula. I mean, really, think of it. They could spend $15 and get me a spatula, then get eternal reward! If I'm wrong, then hey, what's the big deal? They're only out $15. If, on the other hand, they didn't get me a spatula, not only would their 401K plans lose value (more than $15 for Dinesh D'Souza!), but they'd lose Eternal Reward in Heaven, too! Those of you who believe in Pascal's Wager really should have sent me a spatula. It only makes sense, to the extent that Pascal's Wager makes sense.
I shared the Word of God with you all:
But did you listen? No! I have received not one spatula. And look what happened! The Dow Jones Industrial Average did, indeed, fall below 8,000 points this month. It's because of you and your spatular stinginess that this month, Edna Davis of Kamloops is going to have to buy the generic Cheerios that don't taste quite as good.
I hope that guilt weighs heavily enough on your shoulders to motivate you toward kitchen-implement redemption. God tells me that it is not too late. Watch the video, write down my address, and send me your spatula… today!
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Personal flotation devices, or flotation jackets, are rarely ever checked to make sure they're in good condition.
Tennessee boating law requires all boats, regardless of size, to carry a wearable PFD (life jacket) for each person on board. The law does not require those over the age of 12 to wear the PFD, but statistics show that more than 300 people die annually in accidents involving boats 12 to 16 feet in length. Nearly 90 percent of the victims will not be wearing PFDs.
Tennessee boating law requires children 12 and under to wear a personal flotation device while in a boat that is underway. Boats on the water are considered underway except when they are anchored, tied to a bank, or moored at a dock. The law exempts children that are inside living quarters on cruisers or houseboats.
Under the previsions of the law, the operator of the boat has the responsibility to see that children wear their life preserver. It is the boat operator who will be cited for violation of the law if children are observed without a life jacket.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency offers the following tips on selecting and using PFDs:
The "Coast Guard Approved" label should be clearly visible on the life jacket.
Choose a life jacket based on your boating activities (cruising, racing, water-skiing, fishing, ect.) and conditions.
Buy a bright orange or yellow jacket so you will be visible to rescuers in the event of an accident.
Be sure to try your life jacket on and learn how to adjust it for a snug fit.
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Colorado Technology
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Denver, CO
(September 17, 2014) – The annual Colorado
Technology Association APEX Awards dinner celebrates Colorado's outstanding
technology innovators, connectors and leaders who have made important
contributions to the industry in the past year. The awards ceremony will be
held November 5, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center. Since
2001, the Colorado Technology Association has hosted this prestigious event to
bring together the technology community and celebrate the exceptional people,
companies and accomplishments of the year.
Finalists and winners will be recognized as the most
outstanding representatives of the Colorado technology industry at the 14th
annual APEX Awards dinner on November 5th. Winners in
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and Woman in Tech.
2014 APEX Awards Nominees
Company Nominees
Individual Nominees
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Amadeus Consulting
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Vance Brown
Beneath the Ink
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Robert Eggebrecht
bounce. io
Rebecca Flavin
Cardinal Peak
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Commerce Kitchen
Anthony Franco
Connect First
Vanessa Giacoman
ECS Team
Richard Guenther
Sherri Hammons
Sherisse Hawkins
Fiske Planetarium and Science Center
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FullContact, Inc.
Robert Hettmansperger
Tom Higley
Denise Hulce
Carla Johnson
Marina Johnson
Lagrange Systems
Walter Knapp
Nanxi Liu
MWH Global, Inc.
Peter Lynch
My Dealer Service
Geoff Mina
NewCloud Networks
Rob Norris
Njevity, Inc.
Jason Oliver
On3 Software
Jeremy Ostemiller
P2Binvestor Inc.
Nancy Phillips
PlayerLync, Inc.
Brian Pontarelli
Prescient Co.
Kellyn Pot'vin
Quick Left, Inc.
Claire-L. Rutkowski
Secretary of State's Office
Lucy Sanders
Simple Energy
Karen Shoresman-Frame
Sogeti USA, LLC
Elliot Turner
ViaSat Inc.
Zayo Group
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Volunteer judges who narrowed down this list of
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RUFC 'Nothing to do with us, mate'
In a few days Chesterfield will be enjoying an England international game in their new stadium. Why not? Obviously, not full International games but, start with U18`s and I think move up to u21`s. Now you`re talking! See some good names at that level. The stars of tomorrow in North Derbyshire!
Now think how the FA have approached, quite rightly racism in the game. A major figure has faced the court charged with verbally abusing a fellow professional in racist terms.
We have now had immense publicity that has surrounded Rotherham Utd`s journey from near extinction to this magnificent stadium in just a few short years. At the helm is a man that has behaved in a very professional and ambitious manner. A Sheffielder who seems to have taken to Rotherham, firstly with his business in the community and then with the football club. In addition I have no doubt that he`s put his hand in his pocket to fund some of this!
Maybe in his longer term plans he believes that he can bring International football to South Yorkshire yet, in our second game at home we`ve had racism allegations levelled against us and investigations may go on at various levels. If that scuppers any ambition on the football field, we all suffer. In effect progress is stopped by caveman attitudes to the opposition. How will Tony Stewart feel about such high profile adverse publicity? Does he need it?
I would seriously love this football club to get a reputation for giving the opposition a very warm welcome to players and supporters, making it as uncomfortable as possible on the field and then sharing a beer and chat after the game. It happens in other sports, why not football and starting here, now!
Sing songs, be witty but don`t revert to idiocy. As the header says, "Nothing to do with us, mate" but really it has. You never know how it may affect you, the club and the games you want to watch.


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I wanted to let everyone know that I will be participating in the Institute for Intelligent Systems "Speed Date" program this Friday. I was invited to present about the research and projects I am currently working on, so I plan to talk about
- the mMIND project and mobile teaching and learning,
- my research with Dr. Jongpil Cheon in cognitive load theory and interface design and measuring cognitive load, and
- my research in project-based learning and learning artifacts.
Here's the info for the Speed Date. I hope you'll plan to attend:
2nd Speed Date of the Institute for Intelligent Systems
Friday May 4, 4PM-5PM in the Methodist Theater of the FedEx Institute of Technology (ground floor)
Confirmed speakers include Bonny Banerjee (IIS / Electrical & Computer Engineering), Eugene Buder (Communication Science and Disorders), Usef Faghihi and Xiangen Hu (Psychology), Michael Grant (Instructional Design and Technology), Chip Morrison (Center for Research in Educational Policy), Phil Pavlik (IIS / Psychology), Deb Tollefsen (Philosophy)
2012 Student Poster Session of the Institute for Intelligent Systems Student Organization (IISSO)
Friday May 4, 5PM-7PM in the Fogelman Center
(drinks and hors d'oeuvres served)
The IIS speed date is an excellent opportunity to learn about the interdisciplinary research at the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. In one hour you will get a flavor of the various research projects that IIS affiliates are currently involved in. The purpose of the speed date is just that: a matchmaking research opportunity.
The IISSO student poster session will provide another outstanding overview of the interdisciplinary research conducted in the IIS. Students from departments as diverse as Psychology, Computer Science, Engineering, Philosophy, Physics, Education, English, and Communication Science and Disorders will display their research on posters.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Renee Cogar (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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My team and I have done everything grassroots and homegrown that it seems you should have done for a campaign, correct?
i.e - building an e-mail campaign
promo cards printed and distributed
speaking engagements
sponsoring College homecoming
paid social media advertisements as well as self posted
hosting a Kickstarter campaign launch party
blasting over the wire on PRweb
cold pitching niche industry reporters
Presenting at our community's board of governors meeting
Speaking at conventions
and of course speaking out to friends and family - our warm network!
It seems that many people are purposefully not pledging to help... even $1.
It seems that we have done a lot of important and strategic marketing here, but our campaign seems to be at a standstill. Does anyone have any advice? Our product has many applications the can truly help people, especially children with autism, manufacturing workers, subway commuters and the like.
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The German based automaker Volkswagen has recently pulled the wraps off a special edition of the Amarok, during the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, named the Amarok Dark Label Edition.
The new Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label Edition has been officially presented to the public during the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The model in question is actually based on the Amarok Trencline and it's coming with features like the blacked out B-pillars, the tinted rear windows, the smoked taillights, tubular side steps, silver underbody guard, black accents on the rear bumper, on the rollover bar, on the handles and on the mirrors, and 18-inch alloy wheels.
"The Amarok from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles not only impresses with its on-road and off-road capabilities, but also with its visual appearance. The more sporty-elegant image of the special "Dark Label" model now sets the tone with unique visual accents", as Volkswagen says in its official press release.
The cabin of the VW Amarok Dark Label Edition hasn't been left unchanged either and this is now coming with Alcantara upholstery, heated front seats and velour floor mats, or with a Durabed bed liner coating, a multifunction steering wheel or an RCD 310 radio. The model in question is only available as a DoubleCab and it can be combined with any of the engine and drivetrain versions, in RWD or 4WD. Prices for the VW Amarok Dark Label start at 36,271 EUR, for the 103 kW TDI RWD model.


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indiCo LLC is a dedicated, centralized source of business support for higher education institutions and their affiliated college stores, offering valuable research and insights, advanced retail merchandising programs, support for next-generation academic content models, consulting services, counsel to higher education administrators, and leadership on the issues that are critical to the success of independent institutional stores.
Create touch points with campus administration to promote the contribution and value of the independent store on each respective campus.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide store managers with a presentation template that enables them to confidently, and more frequently, share information about the health of the store, its contribution and value to campus, how it benchmarks to industry and retail metrics, and what trends the store is experiencing.
A secondary objective is to share this template with auxiliary-level administrators, providing them with support and encouragement to make these store presentations to the Chief Business Officer.
Establish a cross-organizational task force for proactive actions that create and deliver common messages that promote the value of the independent college store, specifically targeting large commercial enterprises serving the channel; and with particular emphasis on seeking commercial opportunities for independent stores.
The purpose of this initiative is to establish a consistent protocol and point of contact for key trading partners to explore new business models with the independent institutional store. The participating organizations include NACS, indiCo, the Independent College Bookstore Association, the Collegiate Retail Alliance, and Canadian Campus Retail Associates.
Develop specifications for stores to export relevant data to a common data warehouse; and create that database.
This collaboration builds the necessary foundation to begin the collection and aggregation of store transactional data. This includes finalizing work on a standardized class code hierarchy, establishing a plan to maintain it, and developing an implementation strategy that incorporates support and cooperation from the system providers serving independent stores.
Utilize data, within the common data warehouse, to help stores build better business intelligence.
Building upon a platform established by the Collegiate Retail Alliance, indiCo will work collaboratively with the CRA and the ICBA to further develop and refine business intelligence tools and data dashboards that will give independent stores the ability to access meaningful data for benchmarking, trend analysis, and data-based decisions.
Develop a dynamic online portal that provides independent institutional stores with a central connection point to access information, product and technology demonstrations, and implementation strategies of next-generation, technology-based business solutions and content models.
This initiative envisions creating a principal point of access for stores to learn about, plan for, and implement new technology-based business solutions.


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American Institute of Physics. Center for History of Physics. Study of Multi-Institutional Collaborations. Phase III: Ground-Based Astronomy, Materials Science, Heavy-Ion and Nuclear Physics, Medical Physics, and Computer-Mediated Collaborations.
Oral history interviews. Materials science: Crystal Structure of CTA and CTP, 1996-1997.
Interviews include: David Cox (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Eugene McCarron (Dupont Experimental Station), and John Parise (Brookhaven National Laboratory).
A documentation research project to study the complex issues facing the historical documentation of multi-institutional collaborations in physics and allied sciences. Phase III focused on four disciplinary areas of ground-based astronomy, materials science, heavy-ion physics, and medical physics, and a category named computer-mediated collaborations. A materials science project, Crystal Structure of CTA and CTP was a collaboration of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the DuPont Company to determine the structure of a group of curious crystals with potentially useful properties. The crystals were synthesized at DuPont and experimented with at both Stony Brook and Brookhaven using both the National Synchrotron Light Source and the High-Flux Beam Reactor. The only dedicated funding was from DuPont to Stony Brook to hire a postdoc to be responsible for obtaining data using Brookhaven's facilities. The work began in 1993 and the major paper published in 1995, which concluded the collaboration.
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The 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber
When you have the Triumph Bonneville Bobber to ride around, not much else matters. In case you are wondering, yes, it adds to the Bonnie range, but no, it's not just a skin job. The Triumph Bobber gets a new frame and suspension and the 1200cc engine is in a different state of tune, although shared with the Bonneville T120. It is a motorcycle to like at first glance, the stripped-down styling and loads of exquisite detailing makes the Triumph Bobber arguably the best-looking Triumph Bonneville at the moment. We've seen Triumph pretty much master these modern classics, but with the Bonneville Bobber, they've managed to take it a step further.
Among other things, the floating single seat catches your eye first. And apart from looking cool, with its brushed aluminum seat pain, it also manages functionality like allowing for 30mm of adjustment. You can choose to sit further back and lower or closer to the handlebar and slightly higher. Higher, of course, is only a relative description here as you can easily plant both your feet flat on the ground. The flat handlebar is within easy reach from the forward position for most and in case you like to reach out to the bars or are taller, you could slide the seat back. Even the instrument cluster has a little clip, which allows you to adjust the angle of the cluster facing you.
And the headlamp is a more traditional halogen set-up without the LED daytime lamp. Apart form the usual details, the Triumph Bobber gets a hard tall-like styling with the monoshock hidden under the seat and the rear wheel hub has a drum brake-inspired style to it. There are even more touches like the battery box and the rubber dust covers on the front suspension that shows the attention to detail.
Swing a log over and there' some old-school detailing that awaits you. The ignition key sits on the side of the motorcycle just in from of the side boxes to allow minimal clutter around the instrument panel. The switchgear is familiar as it thumbing the starter button to bring the 1200cc parallel-twin to life. What is different is the beat that the engine settles into at idle with the slashed exhausts letting you listen in much closer to the action.
When you look at the Triumph Bobber with its chopped, rigged fenders and long wheelbase with the rear wheel almost sticking out as a separate piece, you expect it to be slow with its dynamics. This one, however, afforded enough confidence to lean over to maximum angle within five minutes of riding it. The low center of gravity and the 16-inch rear wheel make it superbly flickable.
Out on the highway though, the Triumph Bobber gathers pace quickly with the 76 horsepower and 105Nm of torque combining well to provide a fair amount of mid-range grunt. Incidentally, this is also where the soundtrack from the slashed exhaust pipes is the best with enough power on top in case you want to get a move on. Revving the twin 1200cc is pointless as there;s little performance to be extracted. However, get up to triple-digit cruising speeds and engage sixth and you could be pottering along with the engine clocking around 3000rpm. But it was the bit after that, on the narrow roads through some hills that really surprised me.
Moving through second and third corners is a breeze with the Triumph Bobber willing to lean over and change direction at the slightest hint of it. The limited suspension travel on the rear may be a bit of a bother on rough Thai roads. What I could complain about are the brakes that lacked bite, which combined with the easy engine braking to make for a couple of hairy moments around tighter corners going downhill.
In the eyes of the purist, a factory spec Bobber is blasphemy, but then, till a few years back, so was the Cafe Racer. They will tell you how you are supposed to sit in your garage and hack away at bits of unnecessary metal on your motorcycle to make it lighter and tune the engine just so, to make it perkier. Triumph could be fault for making the Bonneville Bobber heavier than the Bonnie, but that's about it. In Thailand, the singular style proposition is likely to make it hard to resist. The Triumph Bonneville Bobber will be available in Thailand for 570,000 THB.


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Although wine and chocolate are popular gifts and are frequently given concurrently, most people view the pairing of wine and chocolate as being more unusual than, say, combining wine and cheese. But the truth is – allowing for some variation in personal taste, of course – just as with cheese, the right kind of wine can serve to bring out the flavors in chocolate, making for a delightfully complementary combination. So which types of chocolate go with which types of wine?
White Chocolate
White chocolate differs from other kinds of chocolate in that it contains cocoa fat, not cocoa. This makes it mellower and more buttery in terms of flavor.
Try pairing white chocolate with sherry, or a Moscato d'Asti or an Orange Muscat. Alternately, port – especially a Rosé port – can add a hint of strawberries to the combination, while a bottle of 2000 Vintage Graham's Port paired with white chocolate can taste delightfully of blueberries and cream.
If you're interested in more contrasting pairings, try a wine like a Zinfandel – the heavier tannic and higher alcoholic content are softened by the creamy, buttery white chocolate. This results in a particularly memorable blend of flavors.
Milk Chocolate
A Pinot Noir or a lighter Merlot can go nicely with milk chocolate; equally, Muscats and dessert wines are particularly good milk chocolate complements. Sparkling wine and champagne are pretty standard favorites when it comes to chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Ultimately, I find that a good Ruby Port makes an excellent companion for milk chocolate. However, an aged Montilla-Moriles paired with milk chocolate can result in a wonderfully caramel-like flavor.
Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolates should not be paired with particularly bitter or non-sweet wines – they go best with wines that have a roasted, robust flavor with perhaps some chocolaty notes. Think Cabernet Sauvignon or Zinfandel.
Your choice of wine may also depend on the level of cocoa solids in the chocolate – if it's around 55%, then a Pinot Noir or a Merlot may go nicely. Consider a Tawny or Vintage Port as well.
Caramel Chocolate
If you dislike sweet wine pairings, perhaps look away now – pretty much all the flavor pairings on this list tend towards the non-bitter. For wines that particularly match the flavor of the caramel, think sherry, or Tawny Port, or a Madeira. For flavors that are a little more complementary, try a Moscato d'Asti, a sweet Demi-Sec champagne, or a Lambrusco.
Nutty Chocolate
Whether you're a fan of peanut butter cups or just a good old bar of hazelnut chocolate – or almonds, or peanuts, or any kind of nut you care to name, frankly – the obvious thing to do is to pick a wine that accentuates the flavor of the nuts. That can be an Amontillado Sherry or an Oloroso Sherry – or Madeira.
Chocolate Mousse
A light chocolate mousse goes well with an equally light wine – something bubbly, if you'd prefer. A good option is a lightly sparkling, low-alcohol semi-sweet Brachetto – sort of like a red Moscato, but with more of a fresh strawberry flavor. You may not want sweetness to the point of being cloying though, so consider a more acidic Birbet from Cascina Ca 'Rossa.
Molten Chocolate Cake
This dessert is pretty much the opposite of mousse – and can therefore handle a more intense wine. A aged and fortified wine goes nicely with the warmth of the molten chocolate and the general richness of the cake – Banyuls is good, or Maury, if you're looking for something a bit less pricey.
As with all flavor combinations, there's something different for anyone – I know people who love a Shiraz with chocolate cake, yet I know people who refuse to combine red wine and chocolate. So what are your favorite wine and chocolate combinations?
Elise Lévêque is a wine lover with a taste for new flavour combinations. She shares her advice on the subject by blogging for Hay Hampers.


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It didn't work like it does on television.
Lawrence resident John Lindsey stood behind the podium in the courtroom and faced the police officer who was on the witness stand. Lindsey was about to launch a strategy to get the officer to change the testimony he had just given.
Lindsey reached deep into the bag of Perry Mason moments.
"You're under oath, and you're telling me this?" Lindsey asked.
But somehow, here in the world of reality, the climactic moment that always appeared in TV land slipped away. The officer simply said "yes."
Oh well, maybe you have to be a real lawyer to pull that one off. A lawyer, Lindsey is not. He's actually Dr. John Lindsey, a Lawrence anesthesiologist. But for about 30 minutes Thursday morning he was acting as his own attorney, defending himself in the city's Municipal Court. Lindsey had decided to fight his speeding tickets by going to trial.
And for anyone else thinking about taking a similar path, Lindsey said it is not that difficult. No reams of legal documents to file or even heavy strategic thinking to do.
"I don't really have any trepidation about it," Lindsey said before his case came up. "I'm just going to explain my side to the judge, and let him make a decision. That will be it."
Tips for success
Jerry Little, the city's lead prosecutor at Municipal Court, said the court has about four to five trials per week, most involving disputes over a speeding, parking or traffic ticket. Little said in the vast majority of those cases, people defend themselves.
People can defend themselves in other cases, though, too. For example, Bill Muggy, owner of the Jayhawk Bookstore, on Thursday defended himself against a violation of the city's sign code. The court basically will let anyone defend themselves, but if the case involves the possibility of jail time, they must sign a waiver acknowledging that they refused the right to counsel.
People who want to take a ticket to trial simply call the prosecutor's office and proclaim their intention. The office sets a trial date. Or people can show up to court on the date indicated on the back of the ticket. At that appearance, the ticket holder may only enter a plea of not guilty. The trial won't happen until a few weeks later.
Once at trial, Little said defendants don't have to worry about knowing all the legal protocol.
"We're fairly lax in following the rules of evidence," Little said. "If you just want to tell your side of the story, we let you do that. We won't make a lot of legal objections. We want to give everybody their day in court. They shouldn't feel intimidated."
Usually, the main part of a person's defense is telling their side of the story. All that involves is being sworn in and telling the judge what you want him to know. But Little reminds people that once you start giving testimony, you've opened yourself up to cross-examination by prosecutors.
Defendants also can ask questions of any witness prosecutors call, such as the police officer who made the traffic stop.
Little's main suggestion for those defending themselves is to write out questions ahead of time to help avoid nervousness or losing a train of thought. And, be sure to ask legitimate questions.
"Saying to an officer 'I really wasn't going 40 mph, was I,' is not going to work," Little said.
One other big tip to remember is that the prosecutor's office must provide you any information they have about the case, if you ask for it. That means defendants should always ask for a copy of the officer's notes, a police report and video of the traffic stop. Several Lawrence police cars now have devices that record video and audio of a traffic stop.
A trial can be worth a person's time. City prosecutors win far more cases than they lose, though the office doesn't keep track of its winning percentage.
"We don't win them all, I can tell you that," Little said. "If I think we might lose, I will try to plea bargain as much as possible."
Make a deal
Ah, plea bargain. Those are two words anyone with a ticket should know. For people who don't want to go to trial, there's plenty of opportunities to make a deal in Municipal Court.
The most popular option in Municipal Court is a practice that prosecutors have of letting people with a reasonably good driving record pay double, triple or quadruple the regular fine - depending on the circumstances - to have a speeding ticket or traffic ticket reduced to a nonmoving violation.
Nonmoving violations don't show up on a driving record, which are used by insurance companies to set premium rates.
Another good piece of information to know is that payment plans are available. Little said people can contact his office about setting up a reasonable time to pay a fine - sometimes a couple of months or more.
"The primary thing is to come in and see us and talk to us," said Little, who said people need to bring a copy of their ticket when talking to a prosecutor. "We generally try to work something out that makes everybody reasonably happy."
But if you are hoping to go to Little's office and simply talk him into dismissing the ticket, that's unlikely. Little said people need to realize how a deal works - both sides give a little.
"If they just come in and want it dismissed, generally my only option is to take it to trial," Little said. "I don't dismiss cases without hearing both sides in a trial."
The worst thing a defendant can do though, Little said, is just hope the ticket goes away or gets lost in the system. Not showing up for a court date usually results in a bench warrant. That means the next time you have contact with the police, you will have to come up with several hundred dollars in bond money to avoid going to county jail for a few days.
"The worst thing they can ever do is not come to court or not call us," Little said. "A little $60 ticket can turn into a $300 ticket in a matter of seconds. Even if you have no money and even if you are as guilty as sin, come to court and we'll work with you."
From doctor to lawyer
As for Dr. Lindsey, his day in court might pay off. He argued that the two speeding tickets he received were unjustified because he was on his way to emergency surgery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Municipal Court Judge Randy McGrath said there was a provision in the law that essentially allows people to break the law if they are doing so to save a life. Usually, McGrath rules immediately after both sides rest their case. But because of the unusual circumstances with Lindsey's tickets, McGrath said he would have to research the law and deliver a written ruling in about a week.
Lindsey said he'll be unhappy if he loses, but said he had no regrets about going through the process.
"I'm still glad I did it," Lindsey said. "I thought I had information that the judge needed to hear."
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In trading on Thursday, shares of Two Harbors Investment Corp (NYSE: TWO) crossed below their last reported book value — defined as common shareholder equity per share — of $11.48, changing hands as low as $11.46 per share. Two Harbors Investment Corp shares are currently trading down about 1.7% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of TWO shares, versus its 50 and 200 day moving averages:
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Looking at the chart above, TWO's low point in its 52 week range is $9.03 per share, with $12.20 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $11.49.
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