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Signals in your noise can really mess up a design. They can impact communication performance or even cause you to fail EMC tests. Understanding what's in the noise is becoming a more important part of designing products and wireless systems in the new digital age. For the detection, quantification, and classification of noise, we cannot rely on old tools and methods to give the insight needed to understand the hidden behavior of noise. The techniques used to detect noise and present information need a fresh new look. Modern analyzers and display technologies are now available to better detect and represent the types of noise that can impact EMI design and compliance, wireless communication systems, or in some cases show the mere existence of wireless devices.
In this column I will consider two of the most challenging problems in noise behavior: impulse noise and coexisting signals within noise. We will give some modern examples of how a new technique for examining noise can give you the necessary insight to avoid potential design or performance problems.
Impulse and tonal noise
Impulse noise has typically been related to a category of acoustic disturbance that occurs instantaneously (bursted). Characterized by sharp noises, this kind of noise can be traced to a multitude of phenomena in audio circuits: poor digital synchronization in recording, electromagnetic interference (from the vacuum cleaner), or if you are old enough to remember, scratches on the surface of the vinyl record.
Impulse noise is not limited to audio distortion. Software defined radios can often trace impulse noise to software errors in coding or filtering. Errors, when filtered, amplified, and transmitted, can generate blasts of energy around a wanted transmission. As it is broadband by its nature, impulse noise can impact adjacent receivers across a broad spectrum in a wireless design.
Impulse noise from electric motors in hybrid cars can create significant design challenges for the onboard electronics. The conducted and radiated noise from the electric motors can also impact the reliability of electronics that have not been designed to meet the immunity requirements necessary to function in this new environment.
Even some modern communication systems, like Ultra-wideband (UWB) WiMedia can resemble impulse noise. Bursting on and off in packets of 10's of microseconds in bands of 500 MHz and changing frequency in around 70 nanoseconds.
Tonal noise can best be described as one or more continuous signals that does not appear to change frequency or amplitude over time. A continuous wave (CW) or sine wave signal is an example of tonal noise. Tonal noise is narrowband and can appear as a single or multiple spikes ("picket fence") on a swept spectrum sweep.
A traditional swept spectrum analyzer is less than ideal for the discovery and detection of impulse noise. While relying on a narrow resolution bandwidth envelope detector that is swept across a frequency, only the energy of the impulse that is present at the point in time of the sweep can be detected and displayed on the resultant trace. Have you ever seen "picket fences" on the display of a spectrum analyzer dancing across the display (see figure 1)? Did you ever change the sweep rate or resolution bandwidth and notice a change in the signal (change in amplitude or dancing in the other direction)? (See figure 2). If so, you had just experienced the challenge of trying to measure impulse noise with a traditional spectrum analyzer. If you tried to analyze the signal based purely on the captured waveform without changing sweep rates or resolution bandwidths, you might waste time chasing down what appears to be a multi-tone signal. Figures 1 and 2 show the resultant display of an Ultra-wideband signal with two different sweep rates in 1MHz resolution bandwidth. Looks more like a comb generator!
Figure 1) Impulse noise behavior looks like a "picket fence" dancing across the display from left to right
Figure 2) Now the signal looks different and moves across the display in the opposite direction
The swept tuned spectrum analyzer architecture does not provide a reliable way to discover the existence of this kind of transient signal, thus contributing to the long time and effort required to troubleshoot many modern RF signals. In addition to missing momentary bursted signals, the spectrum of impulse signals such as those used in modern communications and EMI may be misrepresented as well. Swept spectrum analyzer architectures cannot represent the occupied spectrum of a broadband impulse without repetitive sweeps and using the MAXHOLD trace information. Even using MAXHOLD, you still don't know that it is not a multi-tone signal that changes frequency unless you are a skilled user of a swept spectrum analyzer.
Discrete Fourier Transform, DFT, based analyzers have the ability to represent a broad spectrum of signals instantaneously. By time-sampling a passband of spectrum and performing a rapid DFT on the sample data, the entire spectrum energy of an impulse signal can be displayed within a band of interest. DFT based analyzers can show the true spectrum of impulse energy and tonal energy at the same time!
Real-time display technology is now available to represent the spectrum information at a rate of over 48,000 times a second. This is fast enough to capture and display bursts of energy happening in the 10's of microseconds. With this display technology, we can now provide tools to control the persistence and proportionality of a signal. As signals can turn on and off faster than the human eye can perceive, a persistence control enables a control on the duration or fade of the signal to allow the eye to detect events that would otherwise be too short to see. This provides insight to signals that are tough to isolate.
Proportionality allows us to grade (color grade) the occurrence of signals. In the figure 3, a temperature proportional scale is used to represent the frequency of occurrence. Red coloring represents the high proportionality of occurrence while blue coloring represents a lower (cooler) proportionality of occurrence.
As the UWB signal is an impulse type communication, we expect to see a low proportionality of the signal over a broad spectrum. This is shown in figure 3 on the left two thirds of the display. However, by analyzing the noise, pay particular attention to the part of the display circled on the left-hand side of Figure 3. This UWB device has a low level tonal emission signal within the sideband of the impulse spectrum that is on all the time. Notice the red (high proportionality) of the signal above the noise threshold, and the discontinuity in the baseline noise of the measurement system. This is not so obvious looking at Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 3) DFT analyzer with real-time display of UWB signal quickly demonstrates broadband nature of signal and discovers other noise products.
Discovering low level signals rising out of the noise and being able to rapidly distinguish between impulse and tonal noise are an essential capabilities for classifying noise. A tonal emission could eventually cause a product to fail a transmitter emission mask is the variables are not controlled or understood. If you take two spectrum analyzers with the same resolution bandwidths and RF performance, the noise behavior of the DFT analyzer will show you signal behavior in the noise 10-20 dB before you can see the signal in the noise of the swept spectrum analyzer.
Coexisting signals
Signals often coexist in the frequency domain. An example in the unlicensed ISM band is the coexistence of Wireless LAN and Bluetooth.
Figure 4) – Picture of coexistent technologies of Bluetooth and Wireless LAN
While often referred to as looking at signals-within-signals, unless you look at the specific band over time, the human eye is not fast enough to determine whether a Bluetooth signal, hopping frequencies at a rate of about 659 us is colliding with a Wireless LAN signal that might be on for 10 ms. However, a real-time display like that shown in Figure 4 can provide immediate insight to potential problems of coexistent wireless technologies. To see the occupied spectrum over time, you must view a Spectrogram.
An example of a coexisting noise in most every electronic device can be the unintentional radiated emissions, or EMI. Modern EMI suppression techniques make extensive use of clock dithering, or spread spectrum clocking. System clocks can typically withstand a few fractions of a percent of intentional slewing without impacting timing performance. At the same time, the resultant spectral emissions are greatly reduced within a specific occupied spectrum and the unintended radiated emissions can be spread over a broad spectrum.
Figure 5) – The PEAK trace (BLUE) and AVERAGE trace (YELLOW) of a dithered clock unintentionally radiating from a board.
Figure 5 shows a typical display that might be able to be seen using a traditional spectrum analyzer. With MAXHOLD, we can see the PEAK signal of interest over a specific span. Using a second trace to AVERAGE the signal, we notice an expected improvement for this particular measurement.
But, what's really there?
Figure 6) Real-time proportional display of dithered clock and other emissions
Using real-time display technology, we can quickly and clearly see the other host of clock signals from other undithered sources hidden beneath the dithered clock spectrum. As these signals are predominately tonal emissions, note the red proportionality for the signals circled in Figure 6 and the fact that no signals appear beneath the red tones (the signals don't go away!), these signals are not likely to benefit from standard detector methods like the Quasi-peak detector used for many EMI measurements.
Figure 6 can simultaneously display the broadband dithered signal and the tonal emissions coexisting because the signals do not always occupy the same frequency at the same time. From a design perspective, understanding the power contribution of from all the radiated sources is essential to proper EMC design. You now have a tool to discover coexisting signals quickly.
To understand how the signals behave over time, it is necessary to observe the spectrogram display. The spectrogram display shows the Frequency vs Time Vs Amplitude where the frequency is represented on the x-axis and time on the y-axis. The power is expressed by a color intensity chart similar to the proportionality grading of the real-time spectrum display.
As you can see in Figure 7, while the dithered signal varies in frequency over time, the two tonal signals do not. At the points of transition where the tonal signals and the dithered signal occupy the same frequency, the power of those events increases as does the intensity of the spectrogram color grade scale.
Figure 7) Real-time display and spectrogram of the same signal
Modern DFT-based spectrum analyzers can now detect and present the true spectrum behavior vital to the design, development, and implementation of wireless communication. Determining whether a signal is impulse noise or a tonal signal, or whether there are signals-within-signals are now intuitively obvious to the causal observer.
The days of having to be an instrument guru to figure out what you are actually seeing can be put behind us. The real-time display technology can accurately represent signals with live viewing. Interpreting the signals in the noise is simplified.
If I think about how much time I wasted in the EMI lab trying to decode those strange signals that appeared on my swept spectrum analyzer, I would be embarrassed to tell my boss why it took so long. The time and cost would have been better spent getting the proper tool for the job.
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Is Miley Cyrus Cutting Herself?
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Miley Cyrus is looking great these days in between her pilates work-outs, but close-up photos of her wrists have raised serious concerns. The photo above of Miley walking her dog on April 2 looks like she has scratches on left wrist that could be scars from self-mutilation. We really hope that's not the case.
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The rural economy continued to improve in June, although bankers expect the flooding to have negative impacts and the local economy and tourism. Farmland prices remain strong and well above growth neutral, but the farmland price index dropped to its lowest level since October of last year.
The overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) increased to 56.0 from 54.9 in May, according to the survey of bank CEOs in a 10-state region. June's reading marks the eighth straight month the index is above growth neutral 50.0, but slightly below the reading of 59.4 last May.
"The Rural Mainstreet economy is expanding, I expect flooding and weather related issues to slow growth in the months ahead," said Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, co-author of the report.
Farmland prices remain above growth neutral for the 17th straight month, but the farmland index continued to slip to 62.0 from May's 75.0. Bankers are concerned that a large drop in commodity prices could have a negative effect on farmland values and one-third of respondents noted that outsiders were the primary buyers for farmland.
Bankers also expressed concern regarding the impact of the Missouri River flooding on the economy. Larry Winum, president of Glenwood State Bank, noted, "The current and potential flooding problems will certainly have an adverse economic impact on sectors of agriculture, business, and on our communities along the Missouri River. A sad situation for a lot of people."
The farm equipment sales index declined slightly to 63.1 from 65.9 in May, but still well above growth neutral. "We are beginning to see some of the air exiting the farmland price bubble. In my judgment, this is not a bad outcome. A significant upturn in the value of the dollar stemming from the European debt crisis could drive the dollar higher and agricultural commodity prices lower. This would weaken farm income growth and take even more of the air from the bubbles we have been seeing in farmland and farm equipment sales," said Goss.
Loan volumes increased in June to 59.0 from a reading of 55.5 in May and checking deposits improved to 59.7 from 58.2 in May, although certificate of deposits decreased to 41.7 in June from 44.6. Bankers also noted they are concerned about farm production, inputs, and land prices, but this is fairly typical at this point in the production cycle.
The rural economy continues to add jobs for the seventh straight month, but the jobs index declined to 51.5 in June from May's 54.2. "The pace of job growth for the Rural Mainstreet economy is more than double that of the urban areas of the region. While the growth is still less than what you normally see in a recovery, it has been trending up for most of 2011," said Goss.
Rural bankers continue to expect sustainable growth over the next six months in the rural economy, although the economic confidence index decreased to 55.3 in June from May's reading of 63.7. "Even though confidence remains fairly robust, flooding and other weather related issues in areas of the region eroded confidence among some of the bankers," noted Goss.
The Rural Mainstreet Survey is a snapshot of the rural economy covering 10 states, focusing on roughly 200 rural communities with an average population of 1,300. The survey respondents include community bank presidents and CEOs located in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
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Not all of Lynd Ward's wood engravings were done for books - he did on occasion work for advertising and editorial clients.
One memorable late 1940s series of ads was commissioned by the U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company and resulted in Ward's inclusion in the 1947 and '48 NY Art Director's Annuals.
Ward also worked in other media besides wood engraving. That labour intensive process wasn't always ideal for every assignment - nor was Ward averse to working in paint, pencil and ink. Here are a few early 1950s pieces by Lynd Ward from Collier's magazine.
Ward said, "Although I have a special fondness for wood engraving, I would not want to limit myself to that one medium alone."
"Working in materials such as watercolor, oil, lithography and brush drawing in black and white has an important effect on my work in wood when I return to it after a sojourn with a less obdurate medium."
"It is partly a matter of side-tracking the human tendency to fall into ruts - in the way we think, in the way we solve our problems of both subject matter and rendering."
"It is also a matter, I believe, of being challenged to try to get in wood some of the freer qualities of the more easily manipulated materials."
Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Lynd Ward on "side-tracking the human tendency to fall into ruts"
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- Remo9:56 AM
I remember seeing this stuff and much preferring it to his somewhat portentous {sub- Masreel) work.ReplyDelete
ps.Is the new posting system supposed to be an improvement?
Nice post.so good.Christian Louboutin like it very much.ReplyDelete
As a surveyor the top pic makes me nervous. Shooting a line on a rickety platform with a helicopter pushing wind at the instrument is good for about 5 minutes of error at least. I have the guys books on my amazon wish list. Years ago my keyboardist got a copy of the one with the artist and the pen. Blew me away. Pun intended?ReplyDelete
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By Eric Brown, BodyWorkBiz.com
I know that you're reading this on the AnyMeeting blog, so I don't have to tell you about all the great reasons to host webinars.
Whether it's to generate leads and build your list, promote your products or services, or sell your expertise, webinars are an effective way to connect in a personal and powerful way with a targeted audience. But sometimes the process of getting sufficient numbers of people to your broadcast can be a daunting one:
- You may not have a large network of contacts
- You may not have the resources to reach the people you want to connect with
- You may be an expert in your field, but you may not be great at marketing or selling
The bottom line: You need help getting audience members in your virtual seats.
Whatever your situation may be, the easiest way to overcome those obstacles and to get the viewers you need is by partnering with an individual or organization who already has a relationship with your target audience.
You can leverage your partner's resources in a variety of ways to ensure your success. They've invested a great deal of time and money to develop and build a relationship a large network of customers, members, employees or volunteers. By partnering you can leverage those existing relationships and borrow the trust and reputation your partner has with their network. You don't have to start from scratch.
Just because you're leveraging their resources doesn't mean that you're using or taking advantage of your partner. The secret to a successful partnership, also called a joint venture, is ensuring that everyone involved comes away a winner: You, your partner and their network. There has to be value for all three parties.
Let me give you an example of how this works. A number of years ago I was working at developing leads for a web-based project. To grow our list fast, I looked at partnering with a large industry association. This association had an annual conference and I knew that the number of attendees had been dropping, so I offered to help them by hosting broadcasts of some of their top speakers. These broadcasts would be offered for free to their entire membership and they would give the association members a chance to get a taste for the topics covered. It also allowed some of their top presenters to showcase their knowledge with the goal of whetting the members' appetite for more at the live event.
I offered to take care of all the logistics with the presenters and take care of the entire production of the webinars. All the association had to do was send several emails to their members. The emails promoted this free webinar series. Members could hear and even interact with some of the top industry experts at no cost. If someone wanted to attend all they needed to do is fill out a form with their name and email address and they were immediately sent the webinar details through an autoresponder.
The results: After just four one-hour webinars I had built an email list of over 3,000 people, all of who were prime prospects for my other offerings.
I did not have to send the promotional emails. I did not have to prepare the presentations or develop educational materials. The time I invested was minimal. All it cost was a couple hundred dollars to set up a small website and a small monthly fee for an autoresponder.
Everybody walked away happy. The association got some great promotion for their convention, the presenters got wider exposure, the association members got to hear experts they would not normally have an opportunity to hear and I grew my prospect list in a really big way.
So next time you decide to offer a webinar, think about utilizing partnerships to help ensure your success. Think about the individuals or groups that already have relationships with the people you want to reach and come up with ways to partner where everyone can walk away a winner.
What organizations could you partner with for your webinar? Share your ideas in the comments.


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| 14.6°C Belfast
The trial of public relations guru Max Clifford is "haunted by the spectre of Jimmy Savile", his barrister has said.
Richard Horwell QC said the publicist had admitted having affairs but his "sex life and adulterous relationships are not on trial", as he delivered his closing speech at London's Southwark Crown Court.
Clifford, 71, is accused of 11 counts of indecent assault against seven girls and women - all of which he denies.
Referring to the late Radio 1 DJ - who died before sexual abuse allegations against him came to light - Mr Horwell said: "This trial has been haunted by the spectre of Jimmy Savile.
"The Jimmy Savile effect cannot be ignored.
"Why are wealthy celebrities the subject of these accusations?
"Why do the prosecution have to portray women as lacking in resolve and irrational when they plainly are not?
"Why does the defendant always have to be a predator when the evidence indicates he is not?"
Mr Horwell told the jury that the prosecution in the trial had been "obsessed with Mr Clifford's sex life".
"Yes, it was not conventional, whatever that might mean," he said.
"But his sex life and adulterous relationships are not on trial here.
"He liked sex. He had a number of sexual partners.
"He worked in an environment where most people were having affairs and that way of life seemed normal.
"He told you the sex he had had always been consensual.
"If Mr Clifford was this Olympic-standard sexual athlete, having sex with any woman of his choosing, what on earth was he doing troubling himself with unattractive and forced sexual liaisons in his tiny office, in his car, in a taxi? It doesn't make sense, does it?"
Mr Horwell said it amounted to "grubby voyeurism".
"It's fifth-rate fiction that not even Mills and Boon would countenance," he said.
The suggestion that women in the 1970s and '80s were "subordinate" would have feminist Emmeline Pankhurst "turning in her grave", the barrister added.
Referring to Clifford's 2005 autobiography, Mr Horwell said: "A man who is ashamed of his past, with something to hide, is hardly likely to have an autobiography released which exposed his past life and affairs. Where is the sense in that?"
Mr Horwell said the accusers had "enjoyed anonymity" throughout the trial and faced no financial cost.
Meanwhile, Clifford's name had been "published in newspapers and on television screens across the land" as he faced "many months of misery", the lawyer said.
"Hardly a level playing field," said Mr Horwell.
Wearing a light blue blazer and white shirt, Clifford, from Hersham in Surrey, listened from the dock with the aid of a hearing loop.
Earlier, prosecutor Rosina Cottage QC finished her closing speech, describing Clifford as a "master in the art of intimidation and manipulation".
She said: "In every case his actions were sudden, unexpected and, frankly, in some cases so bizarre you may think these young women and girls have no idea how to react."
Ms Cottage said Clifford was a "risk-taker" and had an "arrogant confidence he could get away with almost anything".
"He has managed to portray himself in different ways to different ways to different people but don't be fooled," she told the jury.
Mr Horwell said an allegation that Clifford abused one of his alleged victims in his yellow Jaguar car "borders on lunacy".
"That's not risk-taking," he said.
"That's demanding to be noticed and demanding to be arrested."
The barrister said it was "not surprising" that Clifford suspected an anonymous letter from the woman years later "may have been blackmail".
He told the jury: "If Mr Clifford had abused (the woman), he is hardly likely to have shown the letter to his daughter Louise and wife Joan.
"If he had been guilty he would have destroyed that letter and it would never have seen the light of day again."
The evidence of one woman in the case that Clifford's penis is "freakishly small" and two and a half inches when erect is "inexplicable", Mr Horwell said.
The jury has previously heard that a doctor has measured Clifford's penis at five and a quarter inches when flaccid.
Mr Horwell said: "The only explanation for this part of (the woman's) evidence is she can never have seen Mr Clifford's erect penis."
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What's New in Irish Whiskey
New brands and bottles you should know.
Are you drinking more Irish whiskey these days? Someone definitely is: the category had an astounding 18% increase in sales last year—it's up nearly 400% since 2002. While much of this growth has come from well-established brands, we're eagerly awaiting whiskeys from a new wave of craft Irish distilleries which are just starting to become available.
Today we'll take a look at some of the latest whiskeys from the Emerald Isle to land on our shores. Have you tried these bottles?
2 Gingers
Founded by Kieran Folliard, an Irish transplant to Minneapolis, 2 Gingers started out as a young, unpretentious company seeking to make whiskey drinkers out of everyone. Kieran's mother and aunt lent their faces to the bottle (and inspiration to the name). With distribution initially limited to Minnesota, 2 Gingers quickly became the second best selling Irish whiskey behind Jameson. Originally contract-distilled at the Cooley distillery, the brand was purchased in late 2012 by Beam, Inc., shortly after they purchased the Cooley distillery (and renamed it the Kilbeggan distillery). The easy-going whiskey is now available nationwide.
Double distilled and aged four years (a year over the minimum required for Irish whiskey), it's not the most complex or assertive of whiskeys. There's a grainy freshness to the smell, with hints of vanilla and peach. The flavor's a bit unstructured, with spices and citrus clashing for attention. It finishes sweet with a slight bite. Overall, 2 Gingers is the cream soda of Irish whiskeys. While it isn't the best for sipping straight, it blends insanely well with—you guessed it—ginger ale.
Available in most major markets and online for about $20 per 750 mL bottle.
Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey
Is it possible to be both an upstart and a traditionalist? If so, the leading contender in the Irish whiskey world must certainly be the Teeling Whiskey Company. The brainchild of Jack Teeling (son of John Teeling, founder of the Cooley Distillery), the TWC is an effort to bring Dublin whiskey back to the world. With roots tracing back to 1782, they're currently deep in the process of getting their Dublin distillery online. In the meantime, they've been able to come out with a handful of independent bottlings and limited releases. The Teeling Small Batch is the first to be available stateside, and it's a whopper of a whiskey.
The Small Batch is a blended whiskey, made with 35% malt whiskey (100% malted barley) and 65% grain whiskey (95% maize and 5% malted barley). It's released without an age statement, but Teeling says the casks usually fall between 4 to 7 years old. After blending, the whiskey gets aged in casks formerly used for Flor de Caña rum for 4 to 6 months. Ever seen Irish whiskey aged in rum casks before? We're pretty sure it's a first.
Bottled without chill filtration at a robust 92 proof, Teeling Small Batch is a standout. Sweet caramel, cinnamon, and a whiff of rummy molasses take the lead. You might have a moment of confusion: Is this really Irish whiskey? But before long, the grain asserts itself. Finishing with a touch of citrus and snappy spices, it's compellingly spicy, creamy, and Irish in the end. This is a meticulously crafted whiskey that's beguiling in its subtle new twist. If this release is any indication of things to come, we can expect great things from the TWC.
Available April 1 in major markets at around $40 per 750 mL bottle.
Green Spot
A legendary (and famously difficult to find) whiskey, the Green Spot probably needs no introduction. With a history dating back almost a century, it is, for many, the textbook Irish whiskey. There's no age statement, but it's purportedly vatted from 7 to 10 year old 100% single pot still whiskeys, then aged in bourbon and sherry casks. We're thrilled to have this stunner finally available in the US.
Fresh, fruity, impossibly smooth, with a hint of nuttiness from the sherry casks, it rolls over the tongue like liquid gold. Although not bold, smoky, or overly assertive, it's a ray of sunshine in a glass. This release comes none too soon, as the bottle I was barely able to track down on my last Irish sojourn has run dry. Race to the store to get yours!
Available March 1 in most major markets at around $50 per 750 mL bottle.
Redbreast 21
One of the latest releases from the Irish Distillers out of the Midleton distillery, the Redbreast 21 has a high end pedigree. Like the other releases in the Redbreast line (12 year, 12 year cask strength, and 15 year), this is a triple-distilled single pot still whiskey: a blend of malted and unmalted barley mash distilled in a pot still. It's bottled at 92 proof and not chill filtered, but unlike its younger brethren, the 21 is rumored to include some seriously ancient stocks of whiskey (up to 28 years old.)
The flavor profile is close to its relatives: an intensely fruity scent (think apples, dates, and bananas), and oaky vanilla flavor on the palate. What really stands out from the younger expressions is the expertly balanced sherry influence, and the huge, oily body. Complex but crowd-pleasing, this was the winner of Whisky Advocate's Irish Whiskey of the Year for a reason.
Available March 1 in most major markets at about $250 per 750 mL bottle.
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Serious Science with an Approach Built for Today's Students Smith'sOrganic Chemistrycontinues to breathe new life into the organic chemistry world. This student and instructor reviewed, new 2nd edition presents information in the form of bulleted lists and tables, with minimal use of text paragraphs. Janice Smith saw a great need for stepped-out worked examples; incorporated biological, medicinal, and environmental applications; and has built an art program that has yet to be seen in organic chemistry! Highlighting the art program are micro-to-macro art pieces that visually guide students to conceptually understand organic chemistry. Smith:Organic Chemistryis the text you need to see before making your organic chemistry decision.Janice Smith is the author of 'Organic Chemistry', published 2007 under ISBN 9780073327495 and ISBN 0073327492.[read more]
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Can Ads Change the World?
Amy Peterson:
The cynical ads of the '80s didn't ask viewers to feel anything — instead, they recognized our awareness of corporations' attempts to sell to us, and they pitched parody, inviting us in on the joke. Viewers could all pretend that they were so cool they'd been jaded about stuff since they were, like, four.
But advertising geared towards Millennials, who value passion, sincerity, and social justice, is a whole new ball game.
Jesus loved the enthusiast
Ray Ortlund shares a great quote from Hugh Martin's The Seven Letters: Christ's Message to His Church.
Kindle deals for Christian readers
First, a couple of freebies that end today:
- Crucify! Why the Crowds Killed Jesus by Timothy Stoner—FREE (note: I haven't read this, but it seems interesting…)
- Be Daring (Acts 13-28): Put Your Faith Where the Action Is by Warren Wiersbe—FREE
Everyday Theology, my short eBook geared toward new believers, is also free through Saturday. Finally, The Promises of God by R.C. Sproul is $1.99 and God's Love and Pleasing God (also by Sproul) are $2.99 each.
Jack discovers a hilarious book
Laughing babies are what YouTube was made for:
HT: Mike Leake
9 Terrible Habits You Need to Stop Immediately
Best-selling author Tim Ferriss has some ideas. In a recent short podcast he offered nine suggestions of bad work habits that many entrepreneurs and others desperately need to eliminate (chances are you are doing at least a couple of these–I'm personally massively guilty of two and five), so there is almost certainly something here that can boost your output.
Don't overwhelm yourself, Ferriss says. Just tackle one or two at a time, eliminating counterproductive habits step by step, and eventually you'll reclaim impressive amounts of time and energy.
HT: Denny Burk
Our unrealistic view of death
This an older article, but one worth reading (and written by a doctor, too):
To hear that the average U.S. life expectancy was 47 years in 1900 and 78 years as of 2007, you might conclude that there weren't a lot of old people in the old days — and that modern medicine invented old age. But average life expectancy is heavily skewed by childhood deaths, and infant mortality rates were high back then. In 1900, the U.S. infant mortality rate was approximately 100 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2000, the rate was 6.89 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.
The bulk of that decline came in the first half of the century, from simple public health measures such as improved sanitation and nutrition, not open heart surgery, MRIs or sophisticated medicines. Similarly, better obstetrical education and safer deliveries in that same period also led to steep declines in maternal mortality, so that by 1950, average life expectancy had catapulted to 68 years.
Is There a Case for Racial Reparations?
Alan Noble:
They don't seriously think we're going to pay them back for the slavery that took place a hundred and fifty years ago, do they? This was my thought when I first heard of the reparations movement as a teen, watching a speech from black leaders making their case on CSPAN. I understood that slavery was a terrible period in our country's history, but these guys were about a hundred and fifty years late with these demands for reparations. I knew I was watching the ravings of a fringe minority, one that did not really have a chance of being heard by mainstream America. As bad as slavery was, there was neither the ability nor the will to "fix" our errors, I thought. And to a large extent, my initial conclusions about the reparations movement were accurate. So fringe and unreasonable was their mission that I don't think I heard the idea seriously brought up again until a few weeks ago in Ta-Nehisi Coates's much-discussed feature for The Atlantic called "The Case for Reparations." But after reading Coates's powerful and enlightening piece, it's hard for me to imagine not demanding reparations of some kind or another for the hundreds of years of government-sanctioned abuse suffered by blacks in our country.


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In the relentless pursuit of tone, we often review the kinds of gear that many wouldn't consider a major element in the construction of a killer sound, but as gearheads it's part of our credo that great tone means taking nothing for granted—whether it's a part of the signal chain whose job is to improve performance without being heard, a device to make everything easier, or just an upgrade to squeeze the very last bit of tone goodness from the rig, these enhancers have earned our admiration.
|Lehle Sunday Driver
One of the newest devices from Germany's wizard of switchery, the Sunday Driver (Augus 2009) is a compact preamp that operates as either a buffer or a booster. Struck by the difference it made in the clarity and definition of his signal, reviewer Brian Barr had this to say: "At first, I couldn't believe my ears, so I plugged my guitar directly into the amp. To my surprise, the notes just sounded dead by comparison with the unmodified signal boost provided by the Sunday Driver." Although he lamented the lack of a footswitch to toggle between the two modes, he had no problem with the lack of a bypass. After hearing what it can do, he concluded, "there would be no reason to turn it off."
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|Lehle D.Loop SGoS
A member of Burkhard Georg Lehle's second generation of switchers (SGoS), the D.Loop (August 2009) impressed us with its silent performance and supremel ease of use. Fully MIDI compatible and syncable with other Lehle switchers, the D.Loop also provides In/Out and two separate Send/Returns, three separate, fully programmable switches and a buffer with +12dB of boost. Reviewer Brian Barr found it so versatile and easy to program as to be "an indispensible switcher for any guitarist's pedalboard setup."
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|Floyd Upgrade "Big Block" Floyd Rose Tremolo
Noting the resurgence of the hot-rod guitar, and with it the Floyd Rose tremolo system's return to popularity, we took a look at Adam Reiver's Floyd-enhancing "Big Block" (February 2009), a 42mm tremolo sustain block made of high-grade bell brass. Calling it the "best upgrade you can add to a Floyd-equipped guitar," reviewer Gerry Ganaden found it installed without great difficulty and required only a few minor adjustments—and the results were impressive: greater volume and more pronounced sustain and resonance, as well as a more articulate, less trebly tone. Those results made it an easy-to-recommend enhancement for anyone looking to get more out of a Floyd-equipped hot rod.
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Rheumatic Diseases
Rheumatic diseases often occur with local or systemic lesions of the joints and connective tissue. Rheumatologist deals with the following diseases:
• Rheumatic heart disease; • Systemic scleroderma; • Rheumatic fever; • Arthritis; • Vasculitis; • Systemic lupus erythematosus; • Osteoporosis; • Ankylosing spondylitis; • Polymyalgia rheumatica; • Raynaud's phenomenon; • Polymyositis, dermatomyositis; • Deforming osteoarthritis; • Erythema nodosum.
The most common ones:
When to see a Specialist
The unifying factor for all rheumatological diseases are the inflammatory processes and the weakening of the immune system. There are a number of signs at a constant (for 1-2 weeks) the presence of which is an urgent need to consult a physician-rheumatologist:
Tips Rheumatologist
Prevention consists in varied and balanced diet, a physically active lifestyle, avoiding prolonged overcooling harsh and heavy physical exertion and injury.
Is necessary to watch for posture and proper fit, to carry out the correction of flat feet, to engage in a special exercise to strengthen the muscles and ligaments, swimming. Is necessary to monitor the body weight, regular alternation of loading and unloading joints.
During the working day should be avoided fixed positions, often moving. In spring and winter, do not be amiss to take vitamins and amino acid complexes. With regard to the food, then there are a lot of advice. It is necessary to reduce the consumption of vegetable oils and margarine, as they can enhance the inflammation of the joints. In the food need to be included vegetable juices - carrot, celery, cabbage.
Separately it is necessary draw on the recommendations of Rheumatology, which must adhere the patients with rheumatic diseases:
Currently, there are so many folk recipes from rheumatic diseases, but remember that need to defeat the disease at an early stage, otherwise the disease will become chronic, and every year more and more will be hitting the joints and body systems, leading to disability. Do not postpone your visit to the rheumatologist - take care of your health.


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I didn't see a thread on here discussing this book. I see that the current Potter and Potter auction has this listed, along with Serial Lessons. I also see that they're both still available new from Kaufmann & Co. Are these different editions?
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Those are my editions in the auction. The deluxe edition of Stanyon's Serial Lessons in Conjuring, in the auction, is sold out long ago. I don't even think we have the regular edition any more.
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This site was uncovered from just one clue - a tiny rib bone in the lower righthand corner. The site extends further to the right, and most of the lines of bones extend further into the hill horizontally. In addition, it looks like each horizontal fin spine is roughly the same distance apart - increasing the likelihood that this is all from a single Dimetrodon.
Since the original discovery of this site on Tuesday, the area producing bones has roughly quadrupled in size. Today at the Amy site, Chris, Kathleen and Kathy uncovered 2 new full Dimetrodon fin spines, each of which is continuing into the face of the hill; two new partial fin spines that look like they will be complete when fully excavated; another tooth from the mystery animal that we theorize to be Dimetrodon loomisi, the "cheetah of Dimetrodons"; a small vertebra; and this:
Multiple vertebra and a fin spine that Kathleen and Kathy unearthed today at the Amy site.
Because they keep finding teeth with roots - indicating that they were lost after death and not while eating - the team suspects they may have a jaw somewhere in the Amy hill. It's exciting, but you have to reign it in sometimes - as Kathleen said, "It's a learning experience. You have to be patient. You're desperate to clear off all the dirt, so you can see the whole bone, but the dirt is often what is holding the bone together."
This image shows the spine running across the top of the picture above, as it is being uncovered.
In one instance today, Chris found two lines of fin spine bones criss crossing each other, meaning the team won't be able to uncover the lower line of bones until they get it into the lab - which could be weeks, or even months away, depending on how soon they can return to work on the site. It can be maddening - but always exciting.
Neal, Shirley and Kim Beck dig into The Site That Wasn't. Towards the end of the day, Kim did locate some tiny Xenacanthus teeth, a tiny vertebra, a bunch of fish scales, a few little amphibian limb bones and skull fragments and shark cartilage.
Of course, Shirley insists that they did find something: "We found places where there aren't any fossils. That's valuable information. It's very useful for mapping the site as a whole."
David mixes the plaster to soak the burlap and spread over the jacket. It's a delicate art - you have to get each of the ingredianets just right. Too much salt - and it dries before you can get it on. Too little, and you're stuck with a soggy jacket.
They're adding fresh burlap, which is coated in plaster, and reinforcing that with...more plaster. According to David, "this is going to be the tiger tank of the plaster-jacket world." They may also add wooden boards for extra support, and they're currently debating the best way to get this 350-pound behemoth out of the site - which is at the bottom of the hill.
Johnny and David work on wrapping the Spine site with plaster. In person, you can see all the textured burlap peeking through - it makes the jacket look kind of like a mummified block.
Tomorrow they'll undertake the massive task of flipping this monster over. They also headed into town for a visit with another of Kim Beck's science classes.
SHS students Shelby Martin and Shelby Winter check out arthopod tracks found on local sandstone.
Tomorrow, they're expecting lots more of the Dimetrodon to pop out of the Aimee hillside. Check back tomorrow to see how this site continues to come together.


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LAURA'S LOVE ADVICE: How To Handle Running Into An Ex While Out With Your New Man, Like Jessica Did With Nick
Jessica Simpson was out with her new love Eric Johnson when she accidentally dined at the same spot as her ex-hubby Nick Lachey and HIS GF Vanessa Minnillo. Here's how you can survive the awkward situation!
It's one of the most potentially awkward situations of all time: you run into your ex while out with your new man. Chances are, both men have seen you naked. Add in the fact that your former BF has his new girlfriend out with him, toss in some slight, lingering jealousy stemming from past ownership on your part and you've got one serious recipe for disaster.
Although everyone involved seemed to be in good shape when they left LA's Red O restaurant on Oct. 21, we don't know exactly how Jessica Simpson handled introducing her new man, Eric Johnson, to ex-husband Nick Lachey (who was out with his longtime girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo) when the couples accidentally decided to dine at the same place last night.
Chances are, given that Jessica and Nick divorced in 2006 after four years of marriage, this situation was more civil than a recent break-up would have been. Regardless of how sticky the situation may seem, here's what you need to do to make the great ex-run in more bearable!
- #1: DO NOT AVOID. Go up, say hi, be cordial. Ever heard the expression "kill with kindness?" Well, do that.
- #2: BE COOL. I've always really appreciated when an ex's new GF has sent over a drink or a shot while we're at the same establishment. It implies that — even though she may not be OK with the situation — she's trying (or pretending) to be. An A for effort!
- #3: MINIMAL EFFORT GOES A LONG WAY. There's no need to sit and chat for ages, to ask your groups to meld or even to say goodbye. Keep it short, sweet and get the heck out of there. There's also no need to backtrack and say goodbye when exiting the restaurant — simply wave on your way out. You've survived.
Tell me, HollywoodLifers, how YOU would deal with such a potentially awkward situation. Has this ever happened to you before? Was it awful or are you OK?


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What makes yawning so contagious? Empathy, as it turns out, causes us to respond to a friend's boredom. Children as young as two can display the basic capacity to understand how others feel, and respond accordingly, and several studies have indicated that this trait is so ingrained that we even respond to computer-generated animations, cartoons, and puppets.
Empathy isn't only limited to humans. The chimpanzee and many of our other primate relatives are fully capable of processing complex emotions and behaviors. Chimps can also learn new abilities by watching their peers' actions and copying them. Matthew Campbell, a post-doctoral fellow at Emory University who studies primate behavior, and his colleagues wanted to see whether chimps identify with computer animations the same way they do with expressions from real-life animals. The (perhaps) surprising answer: yes, they do. The results are reported in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
You may be wondering why scientists are so interested in finding out whether or not chimps respond to computer-animated stimuli. It turns out to be a practicality issue. To study the full range of behaviors in primates, researchers need to be able to replicate them, which they do by filming real-life examples. But therein lies the problem.
Scientists need to have reproducibility in their experiments so that other scientists, working independently, can repeat them later on. Few things are less reproducible than complex animal behaviors. Scientists are also interested in obtaining examples of "impossible" behaviors, which the authors define as "behaviors not in the repertoire of the subjects or species." While these could yield crucial new insights into animal cognition, emotion, and behavior, they are, by definition, impossible to generate, much less replicate.
A computer program that recreates behaviors and expressions would therefore allow researchers to circumvent these nagging issues. A study done last year concluded that chimps interpret computer animations in the same way that they did real images, but Campbell and his co-authors wanted to determine whether the chimps would also respond to the animations. They chose to test their response to animated yawns for two reasons: contagious yawning is involuntary, and the behavior has been observed in chimps before.
The authors made 24 chimps watch three-dimensional computer animations of chimpanzees yawning or controls where they were just moving their mouths. The soundless animations were presented from several different viewing angles and perspectives and lasted 10 seconds each. The 10 second animation clips were then assembled into 15 minute long yawn and control videos.
To put the chimps at ease while viewing the videos, they were tested in pairs chosen for compatibility. Half of the subjects watched the yawn video first while the other half started with the control video. Their responses to the animations were evaluated for the number of yawns and the amount of time they spent watching the monitor.
Overall, the subjects yawned much more often in response to the yawn video than they did to the control video. Contagious yawning in chimps, as in humans, thus seems to occur as an act of subconscious identification rather than as an act of purposeful imitation. However, they spent roughly equal amounts of time looking at each video, suggesting that one stimulus was not more compelling than other.
Repeated viewings didn't change the number of yawns induced, so the authors concluded that boredom on the part of the chimps did not bias their results. (The number of yawns during the control video did go up as its novelty wore off, though.)
The authors are currently investigating whether animated yawns produce a greater or lesser response than real-life yawns. In the next phase of their experiment, they also plan on separating the chimps before making them watch the videos in order to ensure that one isn't simply imitating another's actions.
The obvious way to expand on these results is to determine how many other animals, primates or otherwise, respond to computer animations. If this technique can be applied to a range of other mammals, it could open the door to many innovative experiments in cognitive and behavioral science, and teach us something new about ourselves in the process.
Proc. R. Soc. B, 2009. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1087
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Deflation , then inflation and currently a whole bunch of de-leaverageing going on in this crazy economy, which I hear from the majority with crystal balls, that is only going to get worse as a recession or a depression .
Heard some packers had dropped their offering prices......... hadn't noticed any downward pricing going on the store shelf's,to the contrary , prices were actually going up there.
A Canadian honey broker recently had a offer out for 1.50 Canadian,picked up in your yard, drums lost , for 10 loads, alot of phone calls later the order was filled and she is working on another order for the same price,I hear. Canadian dollar was trading around 1.25 US. That may be GOOD PRICE at present market conditions........ but I doubt it.I don't think supply and demand have entered the big picture yet.Other Current Canadian offers were 1.40. UK honey is selling at up to £2.30 per pound in BULK- source Bee -L.
Maybe that supply and demand won't enter the pic if the packers get there way.
I must remind myself that honey is not one of those necessity foods like bread and milk and that I don't need to be quite as greedy as some of those wall street folks


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The Keynesian and Monetarist clowns in Japan are going all out in Japan with pledges to ignore debt caps and implement "bold monetary policy".
Please consider Japan signals rise in borrowing.
Japan's new finance minister has signalled that the government will borrow to boost the struggling economy, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a "crisis beating" cabinet on Wednesday.
At a press conference following his appointment as finance chief, Taro Aso announced he would issue bonds and lift a cap on new debt for the 2012 fiscal year.
"We will not stick to the debt cap of Y44tn ($514bn) [for the year through to March]," Mr Aso said. The debt limitation was introduced by the previous Democratic party administration, which was defeated in a landslide by Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic party two weeks ago.
Mr Abe on Wednesday unveiled a cabinet of close allies and policy experts to push his agenda of economic recovery, just hours after being formally appointed as the country's seventh prime minister in six years.
He has vowed to create a "crisis beating government" to tackle the deflation that has dogged Japan for more than a decade and also the strong yen. Mr Abe said he had instructed his cabinet to do their utmost to achieve economic recovery and reconstruction after last year's devestating earthquake, and to ensure national security.
"I will direct the energies of my entire cabinet towards implementing bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth strategy that encourages private investment, and aim to achieve results with these three pillars," Mr Abe said.
He has pledged to reflate the economy through fiscal stimulus and monetary easing. He has also called on the Bank of Japan to carry out "unlimited" easing and warned that the central bank risks losing its independence – through legislative changes – if it does not introduce a 2 per cent inflation target.
Nature and Origin of Japan's Crisis
Japan's crisis is not deflation as the economic illiterates suggest. Rather, Japan's problem is a debt-to-GDP ratio of 230%, caused by economic illiterates attempting to defeat deflation.
Mad, Mad World
It's a mad, mad world with monetarist fools in complete control of the Fed, the Bank of England, and the ECB.
If prime minister Shinzo Abe gets his way (and I suggest he will), Japan will lead the way with fiscal lunacy and the Bank of Japan will follow suit with massive monetary recklessness.
The Yen is at a two-year low in response to these events, and a currency crisis is now baked in the cake. Exact timing is all that's left in doubt.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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Magic Bullets
For several years now, I've been using the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) as my primary translation. At the risk of offering an overly simplistic evaluation, I find it offers good, readable English while still preserving much of the wording and structure of the underlying Greek and Hebrew.
Another thing I like about the HCSB is that, in addition to footnotes and cross-references, it includes relatively inconspicuous bullets in front of terms which are likely to need a little explanation. In the print editions, you can look up these bulleted terms in an alphabetized listing of "Bullet Notes," but in Accordance, these bullets are automatically linked to the included HCSB Bullets module. Hover over one of these "magic bullets," and you'll see a brief explanation of the accompanying term in the Instant Details box.
For example, in yesterday's post I wrote about reading Psalm 83 with my family. The superscription of that psalm says that it is a psalm of Asaph, and the name Asaph is bulleted. By hovering over the bullet, I get a quick reminder that Asaph was appointed by David "to oversee the music used in worship at the Temple" and that eleven other psalms are attributed to him.
Other bulleted terms in Psalm 83 include "Selah," "Yahweh," and "Most High." In each case, the bullet notes are clear, concise, and extremely helpful.
Now, if you prefer another translation, you can always look up terms like these by triple-clicking them, or by selecting them and choosing a resource to consult in the Resource palette, or by right-clicking and choosing a resource from the contextual menu. Any of these methods will look up the selected word in the chosen resource. Still, it's nice that the HCSB anticipates the terms you're most likely to look up, and the "magic bullets" give you more info without even having to click.
The HCSB (and other English Bibles) are currently on sale for just $19.99, and a version of the HCSB tagged with Strong's numbers can be purchased for just $39.99.
By the way, the HCSB was actually developed with the help of Accordance. To find out more about the contribution Accordance made to this translation, open the HCSB Notes module and search the English Content field for "Accordance."
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this is funny...
i was explaining to someone yesterday how much i liked the translation (print edition) but found the bullet dots annoying when reading the text...
David Lang
Ah, but there's another advantage of the Accordance edition over a print Bible. In Accordance, you can hide superscript characters and the bullets will disappear. You can even still hover over the invisible bullet and see the bullet note. Of course, you wouldn't know there was a bullet there to hover over.
David Voth
The NVI (Spanish) Bible has a glossary for words marked with an asterics. However, I've noticed in Accordance that the words are marked with an asterics, but they don't link to anything. Do you know what the case is there?


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So its nearly a week since the event in Athens closed and I've had enough time to gather my thoughts, and write up some of the sessions, so it is time to summarise the 3 days which I spent there.
To put the conference into perspective I think we need to understand the market and past 12 months of EMC CM&A.
ECM Market
SharePoint continues to be the young pretender breaking into the market. They have no doubt increased their market share in the past 12 months, no figures to back this up unfortunately, and the release of SharePoint 2010 will be a major milestone in the marketplace in the next 12 months as it increases its DM and EDRM functionality. IBM and FileNet continue to be a confused product and player in the market, the traditional strength of BPM in the product is diluted by the integration into IBM and the Process Server product. OpenText remain strong and their relationship with SAP will see them continue to play strong in this area, whilst some of their SharePoint and Microsoft products are attractive. Their big strength though is their solution focus and they are very good at going to market with solutions which focus on business value. Adobe are making a strong play in the market with their forms product and the tie up with Alfresco is certainly interesting. The Open Source market will continue to grow.
Where does this leave EMC CM&A?
I believe they are still strong, going into Athens I believed they were in a strong position, coming out I believe the steps they are taking will ensure they remain a leader.
Momentum Summary
The messages I came away from Momentum with were the three new groups within CM&A:
– Information Governance
– Information Access
– Process
Of the three I see Process as being the one which can lead EMC to success, with Governance not being far behind. Why?
Information Access – of the three groups I believe this one will be impacted most by SharePoint 2010. Organisations will become less likely to look to another product to manage their documents when SharePoint can be considered good enough. When it comes to collaboration SharePoint is strong, no doubt about that, yes it has flaws but it is a product which does a job well. At Momentum 2008 EMC's message was all about Centerstage; this year I did not get much of a feel for that (although I did spend more time on xCP sessions). Plus Centerstage has been delayed a number of times, I just think it will be a hard sell to push this as a Collaboration play within an organisation who are remotely interested in SharePoint.
Information Governance – the acquisition of Kazeon could be key to the success of this group. EMC can now deliver a compelling message about managing records in-situ, finding information to assist in meeting compliance needs and also about moving information to the appropriate storage tier. eDiscovery has been banded around in the market a lot in the past 2 years but I see this becoming more and more prevalent as organisations begin to act on the risk threats they perceive.
Process – as I said above, this one caught my eye the most. I went into the conference unconvinced about xCP, and to be honest version 1.0 is still nothing more than a collection of products, no matter what the marketing hype. However the ambitions which EMC have for this could really start to drive some opportunities. As I said above OpenText are very good at selling business solutions, the xCP programme where partners and EMC develop business solutions together, will put EMC in a position to challenge OpenText on a level playing field, except the BPM capability of Documentum is greater than that of OpenText. Also by moving the xCP platform onto the Centerstage paradigm it will enable more composite solutions to be built as this is much more aligned with Portals. From personal experience the ability to show Documentum information/content alongside other important information is something customers do wish for and the solution until now has been to bespoke this using a Portal solution or something similar. Also by improving some of the underlying architecture to support things such as relational objects will make developing these applications so much easier and instead allow us as SI's to focus on the business value of the solution rather than how we relate a vehicle to a claim.
Was it worth attending the event?
Yes, definitely. Again this was an excellent networking event and I have made a number of contacts which I will work with over the coming weeks and months. Its also nice to catch up with some old faces such as Andrew, it would be great if Pie could find his way to europe one year although it could be said that I need to get stateside at some time. There is a lot more which goes on at these events than the presentations and these sometime become as important as the session. I enjoyed the news on xCP and will just have to be patient for this to be realised, if EMC can execute the plans in this area successfully, and importantly, in a timely fashion then I can see the product set breaking out of the pure EDRM mould and starting to play in areas of business where they have sometimes struggled.


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The decision to contact the police can be stressful and you might be worried or concerned about its implications.
If you would like advice or support, there are many people who can help.
Connect Gwent is a service that is working to ensure that victims of crime receive the support, information and guidance that they need in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.
They will tell you what to expect from Gwent Police and give contacts for other agencies in the Criminal Justice System that you can contact for free advice, practical information or emotional support.
You are entitled to make a complaint if you do not receive the information and services you are entitled to, and to receive a full response in relation to that complaint.
You can call Gwent Police on 101 for any non-emergency incidents such as minor traffic collisions, criminal damage or about an issue affecting your community and is in use across England, Scotland and Wales. The number is designed to make it easier for you to contact police wherever you are in the country. 101 replaces previous non-emergency numbers but calls will still be answered in the same police Force Control Room by trained, experienced call handlers. Remember, always call 999 in an emergency or if you witness a crime taking place.
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