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Freelance technology journalist Alex Cruickshank continues from here. "One of the hardest aspects of teaching is pitching the material at the right level. Although my daughter is one of my students, she's not necessarily representative of the rest of the class in terms of technical knowledge. I can't use her as a benchmark."
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So I have to make an educated guess about how to present the information I'm teaching, since it's never been done before in this school. I suppose that's why national curricula exist, though they too have their drawbacks.
To begin the lesson I asked, "What is the internet?" and got a range of interesting replies, most of which were about the web rather than the internet. It's a difference that many adults would fail to appreciate, but I tried to explain it in terms of infrastructure: railway tracks and trains, that kind of thing.
Too abstract. So then I asked the children to come up with a list of their favourite websites for next week. We'll look at the source code for some of them, then move on to one of the Codecademy web development courses. They're designed for adults, but these children are fast learners and I think they'll be able to cope.
For the rest of the lesson we did some more Scratch work: inputs and variables. Asking questions of the user, then using that information to communicate. "What is your name?" "Hello
, how are you?"
and suchlike. This piqued their interest, with some of the children
generating interactive conversations that were conditional upon the
previous answers: basic Scratch chat-bots.
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FAO lauds Nelson Mandela as champion of right to food
ROME – "We have lost one of the world's passionate defenders of the right to food," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, on learning of the death of Nelson Mandela, former South Africa president.
"As a true champion of human rights, Nelson Mandela understood that the hunger of millions of people was unjust and unsustainable," said the FAO Director-General.
"At FAO, we have been inspired over the years by Mandela's repeated calls to address hunger and the many social and economic ills that either led to hunger or resulted from a lack of access to food in a world of relative plenty," said Graziano da Silva.
"Mandela understood that a hungry man, woman or child could not be truly free. He understood that eliminating hunger was not so much a question of producing more food as it was a matter of making the political commitment to ensure that people had access to the resources and services they needed to buy or produce enough safe and nutritious food."
Since 2009, the United Nations has recognized July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day. Graziano da Silva said it was fitting that the South African government had chosen to highlight food security and nutrition issues in celebrating Mandela's 95th birthday this year, even though the former president and anti-apartheid activist had been too ill to participate.
"Mandela has been an inspiration to me in 30 years of work to improve food security in the world, and he will continue to inspire our work at FAO," Graziano da Silva said.
"We owe him a debt of thanks for speaking out on hunger. More importantly, we owe it to the 842 million people in the world who suffer from chronic hunger to redouble our efforts to eliminate hunger in our lifetimes."


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How the Clover is changing the way we think about coffee.
By Paul Adams
Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 6:58 AM ET
The New York Times used words like "cult object," "majestic," and "titillating"; the Economist called it "ingenious" and "sleek." The subject of these encomiums is, incongruously, a commercial coffee machine—the Clover 1s, an $11,000 device that brews regular coffee (not espresso) one cup at a time. Could the Clover represent that much of an advance in the state of the coffee art? I had to try it for myself.
I convinced the manufacturer, Coffee Equipment Company, to send me a demo model, but they didn't tell me, until the machine was already en route to my apartment, that it requires a fist-sized 30-amp commercial electric outlet. So that option didn't work out: The crated-up machine and a massive grinder sat tantalizingly unused in my building for a week, then went back. Fortunately, David Latourell, a company representative who flew from Seattle to meet with me, had pull at Cafe Grumpy, a Manhattan cafe that owns two of the machines. After hours, as the last customers finished their cups and left, the long-haired, fast-talking Seattleite and I wedged ourselves behind Grumpy's coffee bar, and I had my chance to play with a Clover at last.
The Clover is so eyebrow-raisingly expensive because it's not mass-produced: Each device is built to order by a small Seattle company. It brews coffee like a French press, but it's more dramatic to watch and much more precise. Unlike lesser methods of making coffee, which are no more reliable than their users and can't be counted on to produce the same cup twice, the Clover is equipped with a "PID algorithm" for regulating temperature and "programmable workflow modes" to help micromanage the brewing process. Latourell enumerates six variables that contribute to the taste of brewed coffee—choice of bean, grind, "dose" of coffee, brewing time, temperature, and amount of water. The first three, for better or worse, are in the hands of the barista ("Call me when you get a better grinder!" Latourell half-teases the Grumpy staff)—but the Clover can precisely regulate the last three.
The faceplate of the Clover is reminiscent of a high-end stereo and, with a gleaming stainless-steel surface and blue LED readout, is clearly designed to embody a similar tweaky-geeky aesthetic. A big, black knob allows me to navigate the configuration options and dial in each cup's specifications: I choose 16 ounces of water at 203 degrees Fahrenheit for 44 seconds—relatively brief compared with the few minutes a French press takes.
When I press the "Brew" button, a circular platform sinks down from the top of the machine into a steamy cylindrical operating chamber. I'm sure I'm not the first Clover user to experience a quick flashback to a vivid childhood memory—watching, horrified, as Darth Vader lowers Han Solo into his carbonite freezer. I have just a couple of seconds to pour a measure of coffee into the chamber before the built-in spigot activates and spurts exactly 16 ounces of hot water onto the grounds. The coffee steeps for the programmed 44 seconds, and then, like a French press in reverse, the platform rises, pushing the grounds back up to the surface. As it ascends, a vacuum separates the liquid from the grounds, sucking the brewed coffee down through a micro-perforated filter and into the hidden depths of the machine. By the time the platform returns to its original position (flush with the machine's top), all that's left on it is a tightly compressed puck of wet grounds, which I squeegee into a waste bin. A second press of the master button dispenses the coffee from the front of the machine.
Stationed at the Clover, I spend two hours and a $50 pound of good beans trying to make the coffee sing, to achieve the cup of my dreams.
The first cup has a muddy, dark taste with too much roasted flavor, although the butterscotch richness of the beans comes through. For the second cup, I keep the brewing time and the ratio of water to coffee the same, but I dial the temperature up from 203 degrees to 206 degrees. Immediately there's a difference: This one is far closer to perfect—resonant with floral and citric aromas and round, up-front sweetness—but it lacks a certain substance. I start to pick up the rhapsodic coffee-geek argot, bantering about brightness, notes, extraction. Latourell prescribes a coarser grind for the next cup, explaining to the baristas hovering near us that "counterintuitively, broadening the grind profile adds body!"
But this strategy doesn't seem to work: The third cup, brewed with the same parameters as the second, is thin, with none of the previous transporting scents. I recklessly crank the temperature to 210 degrees, and the coffee that squirts out is dramatically different—it could pass for a different bean. The complex jasmine notes that distinguished the cups so far are gone, replaced by a delicate wininess that reminds me of Kalamata olives. I wonder: Could I brew a cup with the jasmine and the olives side by side?
I'm becoming a Clover addict, just as I feared. It's not the tasty coffee itself that's drawing me in—although that caffeine euphoria certainly colors my mood. It's the joy of tinkering, really delving into the possibilities of a coffee bean in a way I've never considered before. After several more cups, each with their own quirks, it's time to go: The baristas have finished sweeping up around our feet and are clearly eager to leave. But there's one more cup I want to try: I dial in the same settings that produced cup No. 2, the greatest success so far. Forty-four seconds later, there it is, the exact same delicate, floral-scented brew I remember. That's the consistency you pay for.
The immediate consequence of the Clover and its precision isn't necessarily better coffee, but more attention to coffee. By creating this rigorous laboratorylike brewing environment, it encourages cafes to explore the nuances of different beans, where and how they're grown and dried and sorted and roasted. And the attention to nuance gets passed along to the customers: Grumpy's clientele can choose from a coffee menu listing several brews, including the Cruz del Sur, "punchy and bright with pear and green apple," and the San José El Yalú, "complex and crisp with butterscotch, grape, chocolate and plum."
The aspirational comparison of coffee to wine is obvious, and the passionate young Clover virtuosos at Cafe Grumpy indeed remind me of wine enthusiasts; they're seriously invested in their work, nothing like the sullen soy-foamers at Starbucks or even at other independent coffee shops I frequent. On the cafe's blog, barista Ed describes his recent visit to coffee farms in Panama.
For now, Latourell admits that wine may be "50 years ahead of coffee" technologically. "We're just starting to scratch the surface of what can be done with coffee, how we understand it." But that's changing fast. The world of winemaking is wracked by a tension between the old, individualistic ways, in which each wine tastes distinctively of its origin, and the new methods that produce best-selling wines in a uniform "global" style divorced from regional characteristics. The story of coffee is the reverse—until recently, coffees were blended and branded to suit a homogenous popular taste, and only now is there a rising interest in the expression of varietal and regional differences.
Is owning a Clover worth $11,000? Not for the individual—don't be silly. But even a smattering of Clovers in the right hands promises to broaden the way we think about coffee. The very fact that an $11,000 coffee machine is receiving such excited media attention seems like a clear sign that we're headed toward a "third wave" of coffee, an age of terroir, aided by technology that can give different beans the different careful treatments they deserve. In the foretold era, popular dark roasts, which obscure those subtleties, are scorned, and enlightened customers gladly pay exorbitantly for rare brews.
Watching the booming trade at Cafe Grumpy, the change seems inevitable: In certain circles, at least, the generic over-the-counter stimulant Latourell dismissively calls "brown liquid that costs a buck" will give way to increasingly common $10 and $15 cups of recherché coffee. At that rate, a small Clover designed for the home—"of course there's talk of making one," says Latourell—could start to sound like a smart, money-saving purchase.
Paul Adams writes about food and drinks. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
this article was orginally posted on slate.com March 5th 2008
Article URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2185655/
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TONY ABBOTT would spend more on defence hardware partly paid for by cuts to defence bureaucracy, but will not put a time frame on his promise to restore Howard government levels of defence spending.
Having fiercely criticised as ''irresponsible'' the government's $5.5 billion cuts to defence spending over four years, announced in its last budget, the Coalition leader will use a speech to the RSL today to declare that he will also be looking for savings in the defence bureaucracy.
But he will promise that any money saved will be reinvested in greater military capacity.
A return to the 2009 defence white paper's pledge - now broken - of real annual increases in defence spending of 3 per cent would be an ''aspiration'' for a Coalition government, rather than a time-defined promise.
''The priority for new spending would be to give forces on operational deployment the weapons systems, reconnaissance platforms, combat uniforms and fighting vehicles that they need for protection and effectiveness,'' Mr Abbott will say.
The spending on extra equipment would begin with ''immediately starting the processes'' to acquire ''a number'' of unmanned surveillance aircraft ''to be operational along our northern borders''. At the 2010 poll, Mr Abbott promised to buy three Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles for more than $300 million as a frontline weapon in border protection.
Today he will pledge that a new defence white paper, to be finalised within 18 months of a Coalition government's election, would ''consider basing more of our military forces in northern Australia especially resource-rich areas with little or no current military presence''.
With the government's budget cuts raising big questions about the military acquisition promised in the 2009 white paper, Mr Abbott will nominate the same 18-month time frame to decide on the timing of buying joint strike fighters and the new submarines, scheduled to be built in South Australia. He will give no commitments.
''The Coalition is looking for savings in every area of government, including defence bureaucracy,'' he will say, but ''no Coalition government would ever make savings in defence that would compromise our national security interests or reduce the operational capabilities of our defence force''.
He will say the focus on the white paper will ''not be so much on the numbers of ships, planes, military hardware and personnel but on what our armed forces should be able to do and how their operational capacity can better match the tasks they might be expected to perform.''


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News reports are still suggesting the Sci-Fi Channel may split Battlestar Galactica season four into two parts. Not only that, but it turns out there will be more singing, according to Executive Producer Mark Verheiden:
[R]ecently we saw the dailies on a scene that was especially heart-wrenching. In my patented "no spoiler" mode, I will not disclose any info, except to say the scene involves one of our main characters in a very bad place (what else is new?), who then sings, to themselves, an acapella lament to help ease their pain. I got chills (and no, I didn't write the episode!).
Why, gods of Kobol, why? We promise we'll never be mean to the Saggitarons again if you just stop the singing. Image by Mark Tran/FilmMagic
Enough Strike Talk, How About Something Positive? [Famous Verheidens of Filmland]


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Best Firefox fork...
Discussion of third-party/unofficial Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey builds.
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What is the best Firefox fork for when Firefox 57 breaks much needed extensions?
The extensions I use are as follows...
Adblock Plus
I probably don't need to explain these.
Video Downloadhelper
- I am hard of hearing. There is simply nowhere near enough volume in a browser - any browser - for me. I download videos and play them in VLC, with it's life changing volume boost function. I also use a slightly older version of VLC, which has mono playback as hearing fluctuates in each ear....so, a modern VLC add-on is probably no use to me. (Why do so many 'improvements' make life harder for people that rely on accessibility features?)
- White sheet backgrounds hurt my eyes. I am also colour-blind. I have spent a lot of time, blood, sweat and tears styling both Firefox itself and all the websites I use regularly.
Classic Theme Restorer
- Again, for my eyes. I don't really care if tabs are a little bit rounded or square, but, I do care about text being 'washed out', lower contrast and therefore, virtually impossible for me to read. This 'aero' c***p, or whatever it's called these days is impossible for those that are colour blind or have poor eyesight.
Make address bar font size4 bigger
Self explanatory.
I speak as someone that needs - NEEDS - both security and accessibility extensions.
I've been with Firefox since Firefox 3 - and have always called it "MY Firefox", because I see the web the way *I* want it. Mozilla is breaking that. It utterly breaks my heart to say this.
For the time being, when I get my new machine up and running, I'm going with Firefox 52-ESR.
But, I would like to ask, as this is likely not a solution for more than a year, what Firefox forks should I try out that will meet my security and accessibility needs?
Can't help with all but these might get you started.
uBlock is very similar to AdBlockPlus:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... sions/beta
Video download professional -- works with Firefox Ver 57:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... rofession/
~ I'm only here to Pay it Forward. ~
"I often take a very long windy road to my destination. When I arrive I often wonder how I missed the shortcut".
For Stylish, there is Stylus, but it will only work with web pages, not the Firefox UI. Supposed to have a way to import Stylish styles, but I haven't played with it at all. If you have both installed at the same time, you could always copy from Stylish to Stylus by opening each style. A pain if you have many styles.
For other accessibility needs, you may need to explore options available via your OS. Screen magnifier, inverted color schemes, etc. Mozilla is actively taking away the ability to change the Firefox interface (UI) to "prevent people from rendering their browser unusable" or "mischievous extension that may be installed outside the user's knowledge or are broken with new Firefox releases". These are two of the excuses I have seen. I'm sure there are others.
Or, you could start looking at other browsers. Others have mentioned Vivaldi as a nice alternative. I've seen Opera mentioned. Of course, there's SeaMonkey, too. I don't know that a "Firefox fork" has much life expectancy, though I've seen the developer of Waterfox has said he would be giving it a go for as long as he could. I don't have a source for that quote.
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime.
I like poetry, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick.
Please do not PM me for personal support. Keep posts here in the Forums instead and we all learn.
Good question. So far it seems not many are even active anymore. So the choices are little enough
The only one I know of that even updated to FF56 so far is Tete's custom build. Also Lawlietfox and pcxFirefox if they get updated. But these are not much more then custom compiled FF versions.
The only more derived forks that I know of and are still active are Pale Moon and Waterfox. Both claimed to keep supporting XUL addons.
Pale Moon former is already a bit dated since they forked the platform early this year, I don't know how/if they'll be implementing new features from newer FF versions. (For me the lack of virtual tabs and APZ for scrollbar/arrow-key would certainly be a deal breaker if they don't.)
Waterfox so has been a one man custom build, so it remains to be seen how the dev will manage to do this.
The only thing I found resembling a plan is this:
But this is already seven months old, so who knows what he will do.
Forgive me but it's a contradiction in terms to say security is important to you and yet you continue to run an outdated version of Firefox which according to the forum software is version 42 which dates from November 3, 2015,
Are you aware of how many vulnerabitlies can be exploited in FF42? Here's a list of them: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/
I'd recommend you update to FF ESR 52.5 immediately: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
There's no immediate rush to switch to another browser yet since ESR will be supported until June 26, 2018.
As regards other forks of Firefox, most of them are still in their infancy and it's best to wait until the kinks have been ironed out before switching to any of them right now.
Cyberfox is very good and I've got Cybefox Portable on a USB stick.
It's been around for a few years.
Here is a link to the site:
Toady is very respectful of Firefox(and their users) and is the creator/developer of the browser.
The future about this browser isn't 100% clear at the moment. It just might continue on after 2018.
There might be a possibility that another developer might help Toady or take over the development or Toady may decide to continue on with maintaining the browser. It's not 100% clear yet. AFAIK.
As you can see in my UA string when I'm posting this it's based on Firefox 52ESR and also has the option of using Australis when you load it or using CTR. And this is also done with respecting Aris the creator of CTR.
Here's an image of what my Cyberfox looks like.
Note: I mainly use Firefox, SeaMonkey as my main browsers and Cyberfox(on occasion).
Note2: Posted here with Cyberfox browser to show another fork as an example.
SeaMonkey is my favourite browser.
Even while not officially a fork...
The SeaMonkey Council just revealed its plans for the future; core points are plans to migrate to Firefox ESR.
The was in May 2017.
As you can see in the UA string Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.1
It's the one I find myself constantly using on a daily basis.
I ♥ SeaMonkey.
note: to admins/mods of the forums I hope this is not off topic for this thread.
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The little yellow fella that nearly everyone in America and beyond seems to love is back! Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Animation are in pre-production on the live-action/animated feature film "SpongeBob SquarePants 2". The casting director has sent out casting calls for principal actor roles in Los Angeles, New York, as well as in Savannah, Georgia where shooting on the live-action scenes will take place from September 30, 2013 through November 5, 2013. Locations include sound stages in Savannah, locations in the downtown area, and on Tybee Island. Many extras will also be cast for a beach scene in Savannah.
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The death of seven-year old Nixzmary Brown in January, allegedly at the hands of her stepfather, caused the city to re-examine the way it provides children's services, particularly how it responds to abuse and neglect cases. One of the reforms it is putting in place is Childstat, which allows the Administration for Children's Services to monitor its response to child abuse in much the same way that the police department uses Compstat to track its performance in fighting crime.
On June 7, Gotham Gazette held an online chat with Jan Flory, deputy commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services, who was hired in February and has been working on the new program.
Gotham Gazette: Thank you for being with us, Ms. Flory. Can you explain to us what Childstat is and how it works?
Jan Flory: We are taking many steps to strengthen all aspects of child protection in New York City.
ChildStat is a management and accountability tool modeled on Compstat, the New York City Police Department's acclaimed crime fighting program. ChildStat is intended to help Children's Services to strengthen our ability to protect and serve children who are being monitored by the Agency.
During morning-long sessions each week, ACS senior staff will scrutinize statistics from each of the agency's 14 field offices, which are overseen by borough directors. Each site will be reviewed once every 10 weeks, and the ones that are especially problematic will be evaluated more frequently.
The borough directors and deputy directors will answer questions about caseloads, indicated cases that are closed with services, repeated cases of maltreatment, staff levels, etc. ChildStat will also review a sampling of open and closed cases to examine the quality of case practice.
Gotham Gazette: Is it up and running?
Jan Flory: We are doing trial runs this month with each borough beginning tomorrow in Staten Island. The actual ChildStat will begin at the end of the month.
Gotham Gazette: So at the end of June it will be fully operational?
Jan Flory: We will officially begin the process at that time. We are beginning with only a few data indicators which we can access through our systems. As we move forward, we will be adding data indicators every few months.
Gotham Gazette: What do you hope the immediate effect will be? Or will it take a while?
Jan Flory: First, we will all become familiar with both system-wide and unit-specific data which will be used to examine our practice and target needed changes -- probably on more than one level.
Gotham Gazette: How long will it take you to come up with the "needed changes"?
Jan Flory: The full implementation will take some time, much as the experience with the New York Police Department and other cities around the country.
Gotham Gazette: So can you give us a concrete example of what you might learn, and then change?
Jan Flory: It will be dependent on the issues identified. Some changes may be immediate, others may require more systemic changes-such as improvements to our automated systems, training and skill building in child protection practice. For instance, if we learn that some boroughs or zones within a borough have widely different outcomes with cases, the questions are then why, and putting into place targeted interventions.
Gotham Gazette: The New York Post has written that the big thing that makes Compstat effective is that "precinct commanders feel huge pressure if their numbers don't measure up. They can -- and have -- lost their jobs." Do you plan to be so aggressive about holding people personally accountable?
Jan Flory: I believe that we will be looking at accountability on a number of levels -- first is our system and how it supports or does not support excellence in both investigations and critical decisions.
The second level is that sets of data and/or individual case reviews may point out unacceptable work which will be addressed.
Gotham Gazette: We know that other police departments have used things like Compstat. Do other cities have Childstats?
Jan Flory: I am not certain about other child welfare systems using a childstat system. The city of Baltimore has "statted" all city agencies, but child welfare there is a state administered system. We believe this may be a first in our field.
Joe Lamport: After Nixzmary's death, the mayor announced a plan to hire a lot of new case workers and retired detectives at ACS. What's the status of that effort?
Jan Flory: We have hired close to the 525 new workers by the end of June. We will hire 400 new staff in the new fiscal year. New workers have been going through the new worker core training since late last year. Classes go into the field after 4 weeks of training and then receive on the site training over a period of 3 months, progressively receiving new cases.
Gotham Gazette: At the same time, the number of calls you're getting about child abuse has gone up. What does this indicate?
Jan Flory: We believe that it shows a heightened awareness by the community and professionals about the need to alert the child welfare system to children who may be at risk of abuse or neglect.
Gotham Gazette: Do you expect it to stay this way, or is it a surge because of the Nixzmary Brown case?
Jan Flory: It is likely , as every year, that reports may level off during the summer, when school is not in session. We believe that the actual number of reports will continue at a higher level than prior to January.
Concerned_New_Yorker: In addition to Childstat, are there other accountability measurements in place to ensure that children in New York are protected?
Jan Flory: Yes. We do have regular quality assurance reviews of cases done quarterly which show by supervisory unit and borough levels our performance on specific indicators. We are monitoring caseload levels and resources to meet those demands on a weekly basis.
Gotham Gazette: You have set a goal of having 12 cases per caseworker. When do you think you will meet this goal?
Jan Flory: We realistically expect to be there, with new workers able to carry full caseloads, by the end of the year. This depends on the levels of new cases coming in and our projections about those numbers.


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SMS_information_menu.zip (2 KB)
This solution is a simple, fast and automatized way to share
information with customers. The character sent by the customer generates
a constant reply which contains the needed information. All you have to do is to
provide the characters or words the customer can select from and to configure
your system.
To launch SMS information menu via SMS text messages you need to build
your own SMS system. To do so download and install
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway to your computer. This software product will ensure SMS
functionality and operate your SMS system. After the installation you can start
to receive SMS messages from mobiles to your PC and send response messages from
PC to mobiles.
The SMS Gateway forwards SMS messages to the mobile network in two possible ways.
One of the possibilities is GSM
modem connection, it means that one or more GSM modems are attached to the PC
with a datacable and the gateway operates them. Or the SMS gateway connects directly
to the SMS center of a mobile service provider over the Internet. It is called
IP SMS connection.
If a customer sends a message containing the chosen menu number
to a predefined phone number, he will receive a welcome response message
containing the description of the SMS information menu. In the response message
two letters "i" and "e" are mentioned from which the customer can choose. Further
information and options belong to each letter, from which the customer send back
the one, he wants to get response message of. The guide below provides a detailed
description of the system.
After you built your SMS system it will work as follows:
A customer sends an empty message to you. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway processes
this message and its ASP user will check the phone number and its state in the
database. The response to the message is determined by the state of the mobile
phone. Figure 1 demonstrates this process.
Figure 1 - SMS Information Menu
First you need to download and extracted sms_information_menu.zip
file to your computer.
Open MySQL Command Line Client, log in with your password and
create a table using the below script for sms information.
Select the contents of the below and copy it into the MySQL Command Line Client.
(Figure 2)
CREATE TABLE `numbers` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`phonenum` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`state` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
Figure 2 - MySQL Command Line
The downloaded "sms_information_menu.zip" file contains an ASPX
file named "sms_information_menu.aspx". Open this file and search the line
containing the connection string and customize it. Below you can see an example
of customized connection string.
Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=127.0.0.1;
Below you can see the source code of the "sms_information_menu.aspx" file.
You can customize the responses by modifying the following
The "RespForI" and "RespForE" variables determines response messages for the chosen
sub-menus (for example: "e4"). You can customize these response messages as well or
you can add further sub-menus (for example: "e41").
After you customized the ASPX file, start Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
and login with your username and password and create an ASP user.
To do so click on "Add users and applications" and select "ASP" user in the list
and click on "Install". Give the access path of sms_information_menu.aspx file in
the ASP user's configuration form as in Figure 3.
Figure 3 - ASP script file
After configuration, your system is ready to use the SMS
Information Menu.
First time I simulate an incoming message which message data is
empty. You can see the response message to the empty message in Figure 4, as
described in the "RespForEmpty" variable.
Figure 4 - Response to empty SMS
In Figure 5 you can see the response message for letter "i", as
described in the "RespForI" variable's "i" keyword:
Figure 5 - Response to "i"
If I send the number "3" I will get the response for number
"3" at the "i" menu, as described in the "RespForI" variable's "i3" keyword:
Figure 6 - Response to "i3"
In Figure 7 you can see the response message for letter "e", as
described in the "RespForE" variable's "e" keyword:
Figure 7 - Response to "e"
If I send the number "4" I will get the response for number "4"
at the "e" menu, as described in the "RespForE" variable's "e4" keyword:
Figure 8 -Response to "e4"
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Gilles & Peta danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" —Shania Twain
Sabrina & Louis danced a Rumba to the song "Wanted" —Hunter Hayes
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Kirstie & Maks danced a Rumba to the song "Home" —Blake Shelton
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Shawn & Derek, Emmitt & Cheryl, Gilles & Peta, Kelly & Val, Melissa & Tony, Kirstie & Maks, Sabrina & Louis, and Apolo & Karina danced a Group Country-Western (Freestyle) to the songs "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" —Big & Rich and "I Play Chicken with a Train" —Cowboy Troy


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Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast cancer almost eight years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had the disease and/or ovarian cancer, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
The findings, published in Cancer, 1 could have an impact on how women at highest risk for the disease are counseled and even screened in the future, explained Jennifer Litton, MD, assistant professor in MD Anderson's Department of Breast Medical Oncology.
"In our practice, we've noticed that women with a known deleterious BRCA gene mutation are being diagnosed earlier with the disease than their moms or aunts," said Litton, the study's first author. "With this study, we looked at women who had been both treated and had their BRCA testing at MD Anderson to determine if what we were seeing anecdotally was consistent scientifically, a phenomenon known as anticipation."
It's estimated that 5% to 10% of all breast cancers are associated with the BRCA1 or BRCA 2 mutation, both of which are associated with an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancers. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), women with BRCA1 or 2 have a 60% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, compared to a 12% risk for women in the general population.
Given their greater risk, women with known BRCA mutations and/or whose mothers and/or aunts from either side of the family have the mutation are screened beginning at age 25. In 2007, as a complement to mammography, ACS guidelines added Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the surveillance of these women at highest risk, as MRI is thought to catch smaller tumors even earlier. Consideration of prophylactic mastectomies is also a component of their surveillance, said Litton. "Currently, BRCA positive women are counseled to start screening by 25 years, or five to 10 years earlier than their youngest affected family member," she says. "However, our findings show that we may need to continue to follow these trends with future generations, and make changes accordingly in order to best advice and care for women at greatest risk."
For the retrospective study, the researchers identified 132 BRCA positive women with breast cancer who participated in a high-risk protocol through MD Anderson's Clinical Cancer Genetics Program between 2003 and 2009. Reviewing each woman's pedigree (family tree), 106 were found to have a female family member in the previous generation who also had a BRCA-related cancer, either breast or ovarian. Age at diagnosis, location of mutation, and birth year were recorded in both the older (gen1) and younger (gen2) women.
The study found that in gen2, the median age of diagnosis was 42, compared to age 48 in gen1. In comparing generations within a family, the median difference was six years. By using new mathematical models to evaluate for anticipation, the difference in age between generations was 7.9 years.
"These findings are certainly concerning and could have implications on the screening and genetic counseling of these women," Litton said. "In BRCA positive women with breast cancer, we actually might be seeing true anticipation: The phenotype or cancer coming out earlier per generation. This suggests more than the mutation could be involved; perhaps lifestyle and environmental factors are also coming into play."
The research reconfirms that women with BRCA mutations should continue to be screened per the guidelines — mammography, MRI, and consideration of prophylactic surgeries — yet perhaps with increased suspicion and even at an earlier age, said Litton, who notes that the addition of MRI screening may account for some of the change in diagnosis seen in the study.
Further analysis is needed given the relatively small number of women in the cohort and the possibility of recall bias, as the gen2 women were providing their family histories, Litton explained. In the follow-up study, Litton plans to look into biological basis for potential earlier diagnosis.
- Litton J, Ready K, Chen H, et al. Earlier age of onset of BRCA mutation-related cancers in subsequent generations. Cancer 2011. Published online Doi:10.1002/cncr.26284.


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I have always marveled at how young children can grasp God's Word.Their faces beam as their curious minds absorb what they hear.They listen intently as you read passages from the Scriptures.They don't create a philosophical realm around biblical issues but simply receive God's precious Word as it stands. Keeping that premise in mind, I decided to teach my special child the Bible. I would like to share with you some simple strategies that you may find helpful in teaching your special child as well.
- Use an easy-to-read beginner's Bible. Choose one with pictures, easy words, and big letters.
- Make it a habit to read to your child every day. If the story is too long, with too many pages, divide the pages in accordance with your child's needs.
- Always have a quick review of yesterday's story by flipping through the pages and giving short sentences to refresh your child's memory.
- When you read the new story, limit your comprehension questions (with a maximum of three) to cover only factual information. Since every child has a different learning style, you will need to customize your questions to fulfill his needs and to accomplish your purpose for teaching that specific passage from the Bible.
- Teach your child to pray for specific needs. I took pictures of people that we were praying for and filed the pictures in labeled envelopes, one for every day of the week.When my son Andrew learned how to read, I added the prayer request in writing.The combination of a picture and a prayer request served as a valuable visual reminder for him.
- Choose one Bible verse for the week and write it on a long strip of paper. Cut the strip into one or two-word combinations and place the words in order. Read the verse out loud several times; then take out one of the words and see whether your child remembers it. If your child is nonverbal, take out several words and see whether he can put them back in their correct spot. By the end of the week, your child should be able to put the entire verse in order on his own. Keep the words together with a clip, and file the verse in an envelope for future use.
- Teach your child to pray a small prayer that he can repeat out loud, or teach him one through the use of sign language in order to establish the habit of thankfulness.
Even though you may not be able to teach the Bible to your child on a daily basis, he will be hiding God's Word in his heart. By including Bible in your teaching, your home schooling of your special child will take on a new perspective as God rewards you both for building on this most important foundation for life.
For the past three years, Nancy Sadka, Ed.D. (May 1995) has been home schooling her son Andrew, who is classified with communication disorder. In the October 2001 issue of Home School Helper, Nancy shared her story of working with Andrew in order to meet his specific educational needs. She hopes to encourage other home schooling families who have special children. Nancy and her husband, Paul, reside in Greenville, S.C., with Andrew and their older son, Mark.


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HALIFAX – Some of Canada's premiers are expressing support behind a proposal to ship Alberta oil to Eastern Canada as they meet Friday in Halifax to discuss the economy.
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said the idea presents an opportunity to build national energy security, stimulate private investment in the East and expand market opportunities for petroleum producers in the West.
"I think it's a good story for all of us if we do it properly," Selinger said.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter said the project could also boost Atlantic Canada's energy infrastructure, and while the most immediate benefits may be reaped by the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., he is open to discussing the idea further.
"It's hard to know what the business case would be to bring it all the way here, but certainly if there was a proposal I would be more than willing to look at it," Dexter said.
Their comments came after Alberta's Alison Redford and Quebec's Pauline Marois agreed Thursday to set up working groups to examine the possible benefits and environmental effects of the project.
Premier Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island has also expressed his interest discussing the proposed development.
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said Friday the development did little to change her government's opposition to a pipeline running through her province if it doesn't secure greater economic benefits. She said her province has set five conditions in order to allow a pipeline to the Pacific and it isn't budging from that position.
"The world's best spill response on land and on the marine side," she said. "Nothing less than that will meet the expectations of British Columbians."
The latest plan would reverse the flow of an existing pipeline to bring Alberta oil to customers in the eastern half of Canada, and could result in slightly lower gasoline prices in that region. The project is being reviewed by the National Energy Board.
There are actually two proposals to ship western crude to the East, including one by Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) and another by TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP).
The Enbridge proposal involves expanding capacity on some pipes in the Great Lakes region and reversing the flow of another between Montreal and Sarnia, Ont.
Rival TransCanada plans to convert some of its empty natural gas mainline to oil. The company behind the contentious Keystone XL pipeline is looking to sound out customer interest in the East in the new year.


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Associate Professor of Bible
A young Jerry Taylor spent a lot of time wrestling with the same question over and over, "Why me?"
An older Dr. Jerry Taylor finally got his answer.
"I now understand why," he said, sitting in his office in the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry.
Taylor is in his office only because he is researching and writing a book on 10 sermons he has delivered on the theme of prophetic preaching. Otherwise, he would be in a classroom or on a retreat or at his home with a group of students he mentors.
Taylor discovered his "why" through years of questioning - and listening. He wanted to know why he grew up in a home without his biological father. As a youngster in rural Tennessee, he would find a quiet space where he could be alone with his thoughts.
"I spent a lot of time in solitude," he said.
Gradually, the revelation came. He was to become what he is today - a teacher and a mentor to college students and even a father-figure to those who grew up with no father.
"I try to be extra sensitive to those who may have grown up experiencing father-absence in their lives," he said. "I participate in the healing of their souls in that area."
Helping others heal
Kenneth Dinkins, a youth and family ministry major from Toledo, has been on the receiving end of that nurturing. Part of his life was spent without his biological father. His mother remarried when Kenneth was 5, and his stepfather died when Kenneth was a sophomore in high school.
"Dr. Taylor has been sort of that father figure to me," he said.
Kenneth understands his professor's insight into understanding the "why" of his life without his father. Some, like Taylor, feel called to use that experience to help others in similar circumstances.
"You mentor someone, and hopefully they go on to be a resource to someone else," he said.
Like all healing, the process of coming to grips with growing up fatherless can be painful, and it requires patience.
That is especially true of the students who participate with Taylor in a retreat at a monastery in South Texas that requires four days of solitude.
In those four days, participants are totally alone and silent for 23 hours a day, with one hour set aside for "sharing of the fruits of solitude."
Learning peace from solitude
The retreat takes place at Labh Shomea House of Prayer near Sarita, Texas, on the famed King Ranch. Hermits live there year-round and invite others to participate in their way of life for spiritual renewal.
The name "Lebh Shomea" comes from Solomon's response to God in 1 Kings 3:9: "Give your servant lebh shomea (a listening heart) so as to be able to discern."
During the 23 hours of solitude, Taylor's students read two Henri Nouwen books, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life and The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence.
They have writing materials to record thoughts that come from the readings and from sitting and listening to God. Otherwise, they have no outside resources - no cell phone, no IPod, no Internet access, no library.
Taylor invites students on the retreat because he knows the value of solitude and the spiritual healing and development that can come only by sitting quietly and communing with God.
That's the path that led Taylor to where he is today - a man at peace enough with himself to nurture students who may be experiencing the same pains he suffered growing up.
"That's what I feel I'm here to do in addition to my teaching," Taylor said.
His formative years were spent without his biological father, but they weren't void of positive male role models. A stepfather came into his life when he was about 2 years old and remained a part of it until his death in 2002. Five uncles were actively involved in his life, also, and he knows how important their presence was.
One uncle, A.C. Draine, preached occasionally and baptized young Jerry in the Church of Christ the family attended. He also helped his nephew write his first sermon at age 14.
Meeting his biological father
Those years of healthy male relationships and time spent in solitude led Taylor to the point that he was able to meet his biological father for the first time in 1995, when Taylor was 34 and his father was 65.
The year was an eventful one for Taylor. In 1995, he earned his doctor of ministry degree at SMU and his wife, Pat, gave birth to their first child, Alisha.
"All that happened in the same year," Taylor said, shaking his head and chuckling at the thought.
The meeting took place in Flint, Michigan, where Taylor's father lived. It was a cordial meeting, and his father was gracious, Taylor recalled. The timing was providential. His father died the following year, and Taylor was grateful that the two had met.
"I just knew this was something I needed to do for my own internal healing," he said.
And that is where he hopes to lead students who also are growing up without fathers. He wants them to get to the same place he is today - a place of peace, with no animosity. Taylor is grateful that he had reached that point by 1995 and could have a productive, healing meeting with his father.
"I felt I could grant him forgiveness because there was no hostility," he said.
Now at peace, Taylor leads a full and happy life in Abilene. His wife, Pat, works at the north side branch of the Abilene Public Library and is completing her undergraduate degree in health and nutrition at ACU. She will graduate in 2010 and then plans to get a master's degree in library science.
Their oldest child, Alisha, 14, attends Abilene High School, and Jeremiah, 10, is a fifth-grader at Taylor Elementary School.
Teaching, preaching, mentoring and more
Taylor carries a full teaching load at ACU, while finding time to preach, deliver lectures at various conferences, and write. He has a wealth of personal experience to draw from. Born in Covington, Tenn., Taylor grew up in Millington, Tenn.
He was the youngest of three boys, a position he relished.
"I love my position in the family," he said. "You get to watch the others in order to know what to do."
Taylor earned a bachelor's degree in Bible in 1984 from Southwestern Christian College in Terrell, near Dallas. He earned a master of divinity degree in 1988 from Southern Methodist University before adding a doctor of ministry degree from the university in 1995.
Before accepting a position at ACU six years ago, he preached a various places and had a ministry working with the poor in Atlanta. During that time, local college students joined him in forming an inner-city ministry team.
In Abilene, he and his family are members of Highland Church of Christ, where Taylor was a part-time staff member before stepping down to focus on his book.


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Actor had tests to confirm 17-year-old song Inigo was really his
Piolo Pascual had a DNA test done on his son Inigo, now 17-years old, to confirm he really was his son.
The admission was made by his sister Chiqui Gonzales, who was interviewed by E! Channel Asia as part of a special report the entertainment network is doing on Pascual.
But the actor declined to give further details, saying he did not want to complicate things. He also said Inigo was aware from early on that he had asked for the DNA testing.
The younger Pascual's mother is Filipino-American Donabelle Lazaro.
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Wrap Up and ConclusionIt is hard to pass a single judgment on Phenom II given the market it will occupy. Core i7, for the most part, will be above Phenom II's price range leaving Intel's Q9550 ...
Nobody but perhaps an AMD employee could call the original Phenom a success. AMD initially struggled with their TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) errors which they solved with a crudely implemented BIOS patch that crippled CPU performance. Following this error, a B3 revision of Phenom was released which culminated in the 2.6GHz Phenom X4 9950. Since the Phenom X4 launch in the winter of 2007 it has been a rough journey for AMD with the only promising product coming out of their camp being their Radeon HD 4800 series graphics cards.
However, rumors started to surface a few weeks back about the powerhouse that AMD was working up in their labs. With claims of no cold bug, enhanced cache size and performance, and 3GHz launch frequencies, it was not surprising that a few of us were getting antsy. Prior to the Phenom launch we heard very similar yet astounding comments leaking from AMD insiders. So, with a Phenom II X4 940 sitting on my desk, how do these claims stack up?
First off, there is indeed no cold bug and these things just crave cold temperatures albeit with one caveat that will be discussed later. Second, there is no TLB issue resulting in castrated L3 cache so everything is shipshape with the circuits. And last, those 3GHz launch speeds? Very true, and judging from my sample, AMD should be able to release a 3.2GHz or faster Phenom II soon enough.


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Following fellow European iPhone counterpart T-Mobile's move to subsidize the iPhone 8GB when purchased with a a qualifying rate plan, O2 UK has announced that it will be shaving a cool £100 off the retail price of their iPhone 8GB stock. The offer is only valid from April 16 to June 1, and only applies to the 8GB iPhone variant. The iPhone 16GB will still cost £329.
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By Ajai Shukla
New Delhi
The defence ministry has confirmed to Business Standard that the defence trade show, Defexpo India 2016, will be held in Goa, not in Delhi, which hosted the first eight versions of the biennial show.
Defexpo India, which was last held in 2014 at the Pragati Maidan trade fair ground in Delhi, is organised by the defence ministry every alternate year, on even years. On odd years, the ministry organises the Aero India show in Bengaluru. There is no plan to shift future Aero India shows to Goa.
The 9th Land, Naval & Internal Homeland Security Systems Exhibition – 2016, which is the full name of Defexpo India 2016, will be conducted from February 17-20. The Goa government has allocated land to set up exhibition infrastructure at Betul, about 24 kilometres from Margao, in South Goa.
Ministry officials emphasize the show is not being shifted because of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's affiliations with Goa, where he was chief minister before taking over the defence portfolio.
Instead, they say the show is being shifted because the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry body that owns the Pragati Maidan trade complex in Delhi, had warned the defence ministry last year that Pragati Maidan would be unavailable as a new convention centre would be coming up there.
The Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO), which organises the defence ministry trade shows, had then approached the Goa government for land and facilitation to hold the show in Goa.
With the Goa government enthusiastic, the Customs Department confirmed on Tuesday that it would set up the customs infrastructure for clearing display equipment that vendors would be bringing in for the show.
Pragati Maidan offers a 123-acre complex in the heart of Delhi, with more than 61,290 square feet of covered exhibition area in 16 display halls, as well as 10,000 square metres of open display area, according to the ITPO website. In contrast, the Goa government has only offered empty land, on which the DEO intends to set up large tented structures for the duration of the show.
Ministry officials point out that most defence exhibitions worldwide, such as ILA Berlin, operate out of temporary structures, which present a smarter, newer look than Pragati Maidan's tired buildings that have wiring hanging loose in numerous places. The DEO has also complained frequently about a "monkey menace" at Pragati Maidan, and seepage of water into the display buildings when it rains.
DEO officials say the defence ministry has been paying as much as Rs 27-30 crore for a five-day exhibition. Over and above this, it has been paying Rs 4-5 crore each year for repairing Pragati Maidan infrastructure damaged by the movement of tanks and heavy defence equipment.
For all these reasons, in 2012, a joint committee of the defence ministry and the ministry of civil aviation had recommended Goa as an alternative exhibition site.
"The Goa infrastructure will allow relatively free movement of heavy equipment. We also intend to organise, for the first time in Defexpo India 2016, a live demonstration area, where tactical settings can be staged, such as helicopter-mounted assaults by Special Forces soldiers", says a defence ministry official.
The DEO points out that temporary structures provide the flexibility to "grow the show", as more exhibiters want to participate, or to structure their displays in specific ways. "The decision is evoking an enthusiastic response from exhibitors that we have spoken to already. We have already sold out 50 per cent of the display area", says a ministry source.
Even so, vendors that Business Standard contacted worry that moving the show out of Delhi might result in fewer official visitors attending. "In Delhi, we are assured of good attendance from defence ministry, army, navy and air force officials, as well as procurement officials from the police and paramilitary forces. We will have to see how many of them make the trip from Delhi to Goa", says a senior executive from a multinational arms corporation that will be exhibiting during Defexpo India 2016.
Global vendors also wish the dates of the show had been planned with more thought. "We will be attending the International Fleet Review that the navy is organising in Visakhapatnam from February 4-6. If the Defexpo India 2016 had been scheduled from February 8 onwards, instead of February 17, that would have been far more convenient for us", says a vendor.
Defexpo is India's premier land and naval systems show. It is expected to attract more than 400 defence companies, including practically every major vendor. India remains the world's biggest importer of defence equipment and Defexpo 2016 will provide another opportunity for vendors to showcase their equipment for decision-makers.


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I had to stop somewhere after work on the way home, and I'm testing some new stuff out on my mountain bike this week. Actually, just today. I think I found out what I needed to know after one day of use.
On my way out, a guy was on break, standing next to my bike. We talked for a bit while I unlocked it and got things situated. He asked how far I have to ride to get home. I said "Not too far, only 2 miles."
He repeated: "HAH! 'Only' two miles."
I think a lot of people have this recollection of "Running the mile" in gym class more than a decade ago on their high-school 400-meter ovals. When it comes to cycling, they fail to comprehend how oddly efficient it is -- likely because many people haven't ridden a bicycle nor walked very far in quite some time.
I haven't ever sat down to do the math, but I've heard experts say you can travel 4 times faster, 4 times further in the same amount of time given equal effort between cycling and non-mechanized transportation. I didn't break out into Wikipedia mode on this poor fellow, but I did explain that it's faster and easier than walking the two miles before I bid him farewell.
I think this kind of confusion is one of the biggest barriers to getting people out of their cars and onto bikes for short errands.
Monday, August 24, 2009
"Only" two miles
I had to stop somewhere after work on the way home, and I'm testing some new stuff out on my mountain bike this week. Actually, just today. I think I found out what I needed to know after one day of use.
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- Scott Redd said...
That unfortunate with how out of touch we as a society have gotten with how non-motorized transportation can work.
Even walking, it would only take about 1/2 hour to make two miles, but ask someone to walk two miles and they'll likely quote multiple excuses why they can't.
Way to be steady in your role as bike ambassador.
- August 24, 2009 7:00 PM
- Frogman said...
It is MUCH harder to run a mile than to walk it leisurely, and most people haven't actually thought about how far they walk in many situations. Anyone figured out how far they walk on a trip through several shops around a mall?
- August 24, 2009 9:22 PM
- Noah said...
Forget the mall. How about how far they walk from the back 40 at the stadiums? But they can't be bothered to walk 4 blocks for a show at Sprint Center.
- August 24, 2009 9:46 PM
- Matt said...
When I first started commuting daily by bike( a 12 mile round trip) I thought I would be positively RIPPED within a few months.
I had no idea how little effort it took to bike six miles in the morning and six miles in the evening, even with a couple hills. Shoot, within a few weeks, I could do it in my work clothes.
- August 24, 2009 9:55 PM
- TG said...
Yeah, 2 miles isn't much... It's the 20+ "only" miles that get me. I don't ride/walk enough to make 15, let alone more.
I always crack up when I see people driving to the gym and prowling the parking lot for a close space. What's the difference if you're in BFE, you're there to work out, right?
- August 25, 2009 8:50 AM
- shan said...
Ha ha! I second what TG said. My neighborhood Ace Hardware has a Curves right next door. Every single parking spot in front of Curves has a sign stating the spot is reserved for Curves members. That makes me laugh every time I see it.
People at my office think I'm crazy for biking a 20-mile commute. I was right there with them before I started. I thought, "What am I getting myself into?" Goes to show you there is such a disconnect in our culture about cycling as transportation.
- August 25, 2009 9:54 AM
- BluesCat said...
My gym is almost literally across the hall from the locked conference room where I park my bike when I commute to work.
The 8-mile commute on the bike takes about 30 minutes; about 15 minutes in the car. My circuit training takes about 30 minutes. I take a luxurious 15 minute shower at the gym, whether I've biked to work or worked out after the car ride.
So the time works out like this:
Bike: 30 minute ride + 15 minute shower = 45 minutes total
Car: 15 minute drive + 30 minute workout + 15 minute shower = 60 minutes total
I save 15 minutes in the morning by taking the "slower" method of bike commuting.
- August 25, 2009 11:40 AM
- Unknown said...
2 miles is nothing if you have a decent bike. Now if you're one of those people on a crappy bike with a rusty chain, too low seat, and you're riding on sidewalks then it seems quite a bit further. Maybe people also need to realize the difference good equipment can make. This doesn't mean lots of money, just better knowledge.
- August 25, 2009 8:56 PM
- Scott Redd said...
Ironically, I overheard a conversation this morning between two gentlemen.
One told the other: "I live right across the street from the gym. If I make all the traffic lights, I can drive there in 60 seconds."
- August 25, 2009 9:10 PM
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The bicycle is the most efficient form of human transport in the world. Energy is often measured in calories, which we are all familiar with. When you look at food labels, the available energy is actually listed in Kilo Calories (that's 1,000 Calories). The available energy in a gallon of gasoline is 31,070 Kilo Calories. The average person consumes between 30 to 50 Kilo Calories per mile traveled on a bicycle (depending on the load and speed). As you might assume, carrying a heavier load or going faster will burn more calories per mile - just like in your car. Anyway, suppose you are cruising to and from work at a 30 KCal / hour pace. At that speed, you could travel 1,035 miles on the energy in a gallon of gasoline. Given that even today's high tech hybrids generally get 55 miles per gallon, you are using 18 times less energy by riding your bike. Moreover, you are saving resources - far fewer materials are needed to make a bicycle.
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The fastest-growing registered investment advisors in 2012 saw net organic growth rise five times faster than all other firms because they excel at delivering "the client experience" and as a result get more referrals, according to a Schwab Advisor Services benchmarking survey released Wednesday.
Regardless of their size, these fast-growing firms generated an average of 36% more new clients from referrals than all other firms, said Jonathan Beatty (left), senior vice president of Schwab Advisor Services' sales and relationship management, in an interview in New York on Tuesday. In addition, he noted that the top third of RIAs in the survey reported that they were on track to double their assets by 2014.
Of approximately 1,000 RIAs surveyed, the top 20% saw 2012 net organic growth (defined as the change in assets from existing clients, new clients and assets lost to client attrition) of 15% of AUM growth. This compares with 2.9% net organic growth for all other firms in the study with $250 million or more. The top firms reported more referrals than other firms (see chart) whether they managed $250 million to $500 million, $500 million to $1 billion or more than $1 billion.
"These firms have black-belt status at relationship marketing," Beatty said, noting that the fastest growers understand their specific value proposition and ideal client profile, which makes them better able to generate more referrals through strong client and community relationships. "The client experience floats all the way through the system."
The median RIA firm in the Schwab study ended 2012 with $572 million in AUM, an increase of 13.3% over the previous year, while overall revenues grew by 7.1% to $3.4 million in 2012.
Beatty added that revenues should hold about flat this year.
"Based on AUM, we're predicting 7% revenue growth for RIAs in 2013 given normal market conditions," he said.
Investment performance across peer groups accounted for 8.5% of RIAs' growth in 2013, "reflecting sound strategies and a broadly improved market," according to a Schwab statement.
Top 20% Are Better at Getting Referrals
The ability to offer outstanding client experiences to "the right kinds of clients" was a key trend reflected in the survey results, said Schwab Advisor Services.
"RIAs that excel at relationship cultivation benefit more from referrals from existing clients and centers of influence (COI)," according to the published survey results. "Across all peer groups, these fastest-growing firms acquired referrals from COIs at a higher rate than all other firms do from COIs and existing clients combined."
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Although client referrals and COI are a primary channel for RIA growth, according to the study, another theme that emerged was the number of firms looking to achieve growth by mergers or acquisitions.
"Approximately 25% of RIAs in the $100 million to $1 billion AUM segment indicated they are actively seeking to acquire another firm," Schwab Advisor Services reported. "Among firms managing $1 billion or more in AUM, 34% are actively looking to acquire another firm. Among the fastest growing firms, 1 in 5 reported plans to acquire another RIA while 1 in 3 of all other firms is looking to acquire."
Surprisingly, Beatty said that the fastest-growing RIAs were the least interested in acquisitions.
"We see less interest in M&A from the fastest-growing firms because they're having such success from organic growth," he said.
In a statement accompanying the survey results, Beatty noted that a desire to grow was an undeniable trend in the RIA space.
"Although we understand growth is not the strategy of every RIA, we do see the overall industry trend is a disciplined approach to growing and to maximizing financial results," he said. "Interestingly, we see many similarities in the practices and operation of the fastest-growing firms that lead to growth, including attracting and retaining clients through existing client referrals and their centers of influence."
Another surprise in the survey results was the relative lack of advisor interest in technology integration — most RIAs dealt with that hot-button issue in 2011.
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DETROIT (WWJ) — Small cars are leading to big global sales for American carmakers, with Ford's Focus easily beating Toyota's Corolla for the number one spot, and the Chevrolet Cruze also making the top 10 list, ahead of Honda's Civic.
Data from R.L. Polk shows that global Focus registrations jumped 16 percent last year. The Focus was helped by a new plant in China, which allowed Ford to sell more vehicles in the world's largest car market.
"Since its launch in China in late March of last year, Focus sales continue to strengthen, with the car now ranking as the best-selling passenger car in China in 2012 for the first time ever," said Jim Farley, Ford executive vice president, global marketing, sales and service and Lincoln. "With additional manufacturing capacity added last year, we now have a tremendous opportunity to further strengthen our global small car sales in 2013, with sales off to a very strong start already."
Ford has two other vehicles on the top 10 list, the Fiesta and F-series. Farley says having competitive small cars is very important to being competitive globally.
"Focus and Fiesta represent the culmination of our One Ford global product strategy," he said. "Through One Ford, we're able to bring economies of scale and fantastic value to customers all around the world."
There were 81 million cars and trucks sold around the world last year, a new record. That number is expected to grow this year.
The following is a list of the top 10 cars, in terms of global sales as provided by Ford, from Polk registration data:
- Ford Focus (1,020,410 sold in 2012)
- Toyota Corolla (872,774)
- Ford F-Series (785,630)
- Wuling Zhiguang (768,870)
- Toyota Camry (729,793)
- Ford Fiesta (723,130)
- VW Golf (699,148)
- Chevrolet Cruze (661,325)
- Honda Civic (651,159)
- Honda CR-V (624,982)
Wuling is a Chinese brand, which produces vehicles for the domestic China market as part of a joint venture with GM. The Zhiguang is a boxy minivan-style vehicle.
Tastes in European and Asian markets are different than in the United States, where the F-series pickup is perennially the best-selling vehicle, and the Toyota Camry has been the best-selling car.
The global sales race could become more competitive soon, as Honda has just updated its Civic, and an all new Toyota Corolla is coming soon.
Still, analysts say American made compacts have become much more competitive and are much more attractive to buyers in global markets that had been dominated, in years past, by sales of vehicles from Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen.
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