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Posted on: September 24th, 2015Sections → Food → Restaurant Review
I won't lie to you – we knocked off the entire bread basket because the butter was so incredible that we just couldn't stop eating it.
Posted on: September 20th, 2015Sections → Food
"Every dish that comes out, eight people take out their phones to take pictures of it," said Kornblum.
Posted on: September 20th, 2015Sections → Jewess Press → Daily Living
Posted on: September 20th, 2015Sections → Food → From The Wine Cellar
By Rachel Gross The New York Times called it 'not merely good but brilliant.' For the Daily Telegraph (UK,) it created an 'experience contemporary and aspirational.' The last glass is 'as fresh as the first' promises the Washington Post. What is this revolution overtaking the wine drinking world? Wine on tap. We're all used to […]
Posted on: September 11th, 2015Sections → Food
While I have yet to figure out where to put all these amazing volumes, I am astonished by the culinary inspiration that seems to jump off many a page and the apparently unending creativity that gives each of us the opportunity to experiment as never before.
Posted on: September 7th, 2015Sections → Food → From The Wine Cellar
Reviving the long standing tradition of wine making in the JUDEAN HILLS
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Bringing your own sandwich to a restaurant would appear as the height of chutzpah, but not any more—at least not at Lunchbox...
Posted on: September 1st, 2015Sections → Food → Recipes
Last year, OneFamily published a cookbook in Hebrew featuring the bereaved mothers' recipes.
Posted on: September 1st, 2015Sections → Food → Recipes
Excerpted from The Apple Cookbook (c) Olwen Woodier. Photography by (c) Leigh Beisch Photography with Food Stylist Robyn Valarik. Used with permission of Storey Publishing.
Posted on: August 19th, 2015Sections → Food
It is well known that serving olives with alcoholic drinks enhances their flavor, but you have to know what you're doing.
Posted on: August 13th, 2015Sections → Food → Restaurant Review
In the few short months since its opening, Pescada has made a name for itself and the restaurant was full, with a nice mix of people on the Monday night that we were there.
Posted on: August 11th, 2015Sections → Food
Who better than an Israeli farmer would know how to pick a quality fruit or a vegetable?
Posted on: July 19th, 2015News & Views → Business and Economy
This red seaweed tastes like bacon when cooked, or so we've been told...
Posted on: July 12th, 2015News & Views → Business and Economy
Noting that 7/11 (2015) fell on Shabbat this year, some 7-Eleven stores extended their free Slurpee tradition for an additional day.
Posted on: July 10th, 2015Sections → Magazine → Potpourri
Both books place an emphasis on creativity, finding new and exciting ways to tempt the palate...
Posted on: June 30th, 2015Sections → Magazine → Potpourri
The Silver Platter has it all: gorgeous photography, oodles of useful tips and, more importantly, incredible recipes that you will find yourself making again and again.
Posted on: June 22nd, 2015Sections → Magazine → Potpourri
While there are those who insist they need full-color photos to be truly entranced by a recipe, I suggest you get over that particular requirement because the written word here will draw you in and cause you to salivate as you peruse the recipes scattered throughout The Well-Spiced Life (Israel Book Shop).
Posted on: June 16th, 2015Sections → Food → Recipes
Now that mustard ranks as the #1 condiment in the US and has risen to acclaim as an edible accompaniment to favorite dishes, only the tastiest brown mustard and white mustard seeds are grown and harvested for mass productions.
Posted on: May 21st, 2015Sections → Magazine → Potpourri
Our goal here is to offer you recipes that you can make on Yom Tov with ingredients you might just have in the house. Enjoy and chag sameach!
Posted on: May 19th, 2015Sections → Magazine → Potpourri
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|Jul 27, 2006
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|Mar 8, 2004
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|Mar 8, 2004
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|Joaquin Sufuentes
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The present invention relates generally to a method and system for enabling personal area networks for matching, alerting, queuing, gaming and commerce transactions between devices and people within radio frequency proximity, and coupled with services provided over wide area communications networks, including broadcast as well as two way communications.
In today's mobile society, people often circulate rapidly within environments and have little to no time to either meet people with common interests, be alerted to potentially hazardous situations, benefit from being in certain places at certain times (situational games) or gain access to digital content available through personal area networks or extranets (including broadcasts). The amount of information which people would have to interchange with each other to find commonalities of tastes, opinions, likes and dislikes, means that most often people are more likely to walk past each other, past a store, past a street vendor, past a street performer), etc., then to stop and engage that person or enter that establishment. And yet every missed connection, for lack of time, is a missed opportunity to benefit from meeting someone. Likewise not every connection or environment people travel in is safe or beneficial. Knowing when to discern a good connection from a bad situation need not always be left to chance.
By enabling people with valued added content on the devices they travel with now and those they will travel with in the future; such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), pagers, AM/FM radios, music players, key fobs, watches, video playback devices, laptops, etc; the current invention can turn public encounters and environments into safer places to meet, learn, and transact commerce and gaming opportunities.
The utility embodied in the current invention will allow people to meet when circulating within radio frequency proximity to each other while carrying their enabled devices which will emit a noise, visual or tactile cue when a matching profile on another person's device is detected. One embodiment of the current invention housed on a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone is a particularly compelling device to perform the systematic check for matching characteristics. This mutual acknowledgment in public settings can embolden people to stop, meet, and greet to find the source of their commonality, whether searching for a relationship, business opportunity, a subject matter enthusiast or to join a forming group. The current invention also allows for the quick exchange of information if time does not allow for further discussion.
Likewise, the current invention is useful in warning of impending hazards when alerts from other users, known offenders with beacons or stationary devices broadcast alerts to other devices in the immediate vicinity. One example of the alert capability is illustrated by the need to know where sex offenders are housed in a community. Sometimes they are provided a global positioning system (GPS) bracelet to gage their geographic movements. If the bracelet were provided an RF broadcast chip (such as Bluetooth or Wifi) then it could anonymously broadcast alerts to neighboring devices so that people in areas where the offender commuted would be more vigilant when their mobile device (such as cell phone, PDA or laptop) sounded a proximity alert. In this case, the current invention would allow for anonymity for the offender, yet heightened awareness by others. Additionally, a construction company could place RF broadcast devices near construction sites to warn people to be vigilant as they approach scaffolding, digging or a demolition site.
Another form of helpful alert which the current invention speaks to is that of announcing a position in a queue. For a user of the invention waiting for a seat at a restaurant, the software application on the mobile device, or applet, can communicate the number of people in his or her party to a fixed device (such as a credit card authorization modem, or other wireless enabled device) on the premises. Then once the table is available the premise device can signal the personal unit (cellphone, PDA, etc) used by the customer, that the table is ready. The same functionality can work in queue management for amusement parks to help eliminate the need for lines and increase circulation within the park. To notify customers that have moved outside the personal devices' radio range of queue positions, the personal device will optimally have a wide area network connection, such as GSM/GPRS, CDMA, paging, etc, as well as a personal area RF capability, such as Bluetooth, Wifi, etc.
Promoting fun associations is also a function of the current invention. The same system and apparatus which affords people the opportunity to meet or be on alert, also can transact gaming tokens which can serve as a lottery or prize competition. One of the most basic games played as a child is tag. The same game adapted to the electronic age can serve not only to entertain but create a gaming culture and brand awareness promotions for corporations. In the gaming component of the current invention a token is passed, or launched, to a mobile device which then gets passed onto another applet on another participating device, and so on, until the token reaches the number of hops it was encoded for and alerts the winner. All along the way, each tagged individual may be alerted, or not to the fact that he or she holds the token. A form of the game may be fun to track via a geographic map on the web, wherein a token can send a message back to a server to announce its general position without the user knowing that he or she has it. In this instance of the game, a token may be launched in New York and be tracked making it's way across the country as the token is switched off via many user devices. The applet which holds and passes the token may be sold like a lottery ticket for an individual user to gain a chance at holding the token. The game may also be played in one site or venue, by having fixed devices recover tags from people who are exiting the boundaries of the site and recirculating them to people entering or already in the site. States or countries may launch lotteries in this format. Corporations or individuals may provide prizes. The gaming utility of the current invention can serve to foster circulation of people within a site or venue, and create a new method to promote products or marketing campaigns.
Another opportunity for the utility of the current invention to be realized is in the transaction of commerce within personal area networks and wide area networks. Within personal networks, those which are formed in an ad hoc fashion as a person travels in public locations, passers by or street vendors may advertise or promote content for sale, such as pictures, music, videos, ringtones, etc that they or their devices hold and can dispense. If a user using the matching applet describes the type of content, or product, he or she would like to be alerted to, when a match is found of someone offering it in the local area, the two parties can meet. If the potential buyer approves of the content or product, the product can be transferred to the buyer (or in case of digital content by copying or transferring with the digital rights) from the seller. The payment may be made by the buyer's applet sending the seller a wide area network payment, such as Visa, MC, Paypal, etc, or exchanging a local area token with a pin code to the seller, who can then synchronize it later via the web to have his account credited.
In the example of broadcast content for purchase, the user is listening to a radio broadcast on his portable device, in which case he chooses to purchase the song to retain in the memory or storage of his device. Via one-click in the applet of the current invention, a transaction may be initiated between the listener (now the buyer) of the content and the broadcaster or service provider. A payment transaction is created with the broadcaster, or third party handling the content to be sold, and once payment is confirmed the buyer receives a digital stream to the device he used to purchase the content. In the case of digital radio the stream may be sent via excess spectrum afforded to the digital radio operator, which broadcasts it to all users in the service area, but only those who have purchased the song would receive the key to decrypt and store the content. This same operation would work for digital television broadcasts of programs to personal video playback devices. Additionally, the wide area network capability can be used to download the content, but it might take much longer on certain networks (such as GSM/GPRS, CDMA, or paging networks).
The method and system of the current invention allow a flexible framework to match people with people and with content; alert them of hazards, queue placement, and other topics; the current invention afford users gaming opportunities; and provide for commercial transactions of digital content.
The utility of the current invention speaks to a system which can be enabled in a variety of mobile devices currently available today, by combining minimal processing of application instruction sets, with capacity for storing small datasets, a radio unit with standardized protocols to communicate to other devices in radio proximity and a radio unit to provide wider area connectivity for access to system resources from financial institutions and other service providers. These components optimized for low power consumption and controlled by a small software application or applet can extend extraordinary functionality to people's lives.
People will be able to take their mobile phones, which already possess some of the device requirements of the present invention, load an applet and begin meeting people with similar likes and dislikes, hobbies, career goals, and social habits. An applet on a mobile phone can constantly scan its surroundings using Bluetooth today, and Wifi tomorrow, and Zigbee or another low power standard in the future. Scanning the surrounding area allows the applet to discover similarly capable devices and people. A user could enter a field on the applet requesting a dinner companion for the evening, and as he walks through town, a similarly minded person has the date for the evening symbolically listed as open. Both devices announce their match to their owners. The device owners take it from there. If they are out of sight, the applet would open a voice session for the two people to speak.
In a further embodiment of the utility of the current invention, an applet may be configured to scan for alerts in the vicinity. Construction sites may use stationary devices on construction barriers (since they have batteries on the lights already) to warn people in radio proximity. Police organizations may use applets on bracelets for sex offenders released to the community. Electronic radio beacons announce the alert to people in the vicinity with the scanning applet enabled on their mobile phones. The user with the beacon would remain anonymous while people in the vicinity would be more vigilant.
Another embodiment of the current invention speaks to the gaming opportunities inherent in a system which can pass tokens from person to person as in a virtual game of tag. The token would circulate until it was activated from a service provider to notify a winner, or until he had reached a pre-defined number of hops from device to device. Across a wide geography, audiences would be able to follow the progress of the token via the web. In closed settings a token could be launched to get people to circulate within an amusement park, casino, or other entertainment venue. Stationary devices at the doors would assure no token left the premises until it tagged a winner.
A further embodiment speaks to the need for queue management in restaurants, amusement parks, and areas where people frequently encounter wait times for service. In a restaurant, the patrons use their mobile applet to upload contact information to a queue manager device. The patron subsequently receives a call, page, e-mail, whatever their preference when the table is ready. Additionally, placing two or more queue manager applets in stationary devices around the restaurant allows for tracking of people flow by the triangulation of the mobile device to the stationary devices. An algorithm allows the applet to offer very precise wait times for new customers entering a restaurant.
Another embodiment of the current invention addresses the need for creating opportunities for commercial transactions in personal areas. Just as posting a car for sale on well traveled roads would more than likely lead to a sale, so to would circulating around a city with an applet announcing ask-offer products and services to passersby, without interrupting anyone. If a seller's offer met a buyer's ask, they would be notified and a conversation would ensue. Symbolic characterization of data works better in this instance than keyword matching. Ultimately, the applet allows for contact information to be exchanged automatically for further conversation between a buyer and seller, or a transaction payment to be initiated across a wide area communication channel, such a paging, SMS, or GPRS.
Another option for commerce transaction utilizing the utility of the current invention, is in the purchase of digital content. With an AM/FM radio, MP3 player, personal video player, etc incorporating a commerce applet and wide area connectivity, content that came to the device via a broadcast or stream would be available purchase with the push of a single button. The transaction would be confirmed over a data network, such as paging service, and the content broadcast over an available frequency to all users who purchased the content. Decryption and use are managed by a key sent to the device upon payment confirmation over the data network.
The current invention teaches to a system and method for creating value enhanced personal area networks and commerce enhanced wide are communications.
The novel features which are characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to organization and operation together with further objects and advantages thereof may best be understood by references to the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
A scan session 26 initiates to identify the applet services enabled. For this flowchart example no specific is advocated, any order is for illustrative purposes only, and the scan order may be user defined. When a match enabled applet is detected 30, a session to compare compatibility datasets 32 initiates. The percentage match for the data exchanged is derived by taking the total criteria scanned and dividing into the number of criteria which match on each system. The match percentage is compared to the minimum match threshold defined by each user 34. If user 1 has a 50% match threshold and user 2 a threshold of 70%, then no match notification is made to either user by the applet unless the matched criteria is over the 70% threshold. If the match criteria percentage is below the minimum threshold 36, the applet functionality scan continues 50. If minimum threshold is exceeded both applets announce a match 38 using the audio-visual-tactile cues defined by the each user. After announcement of the match, each user is asked if they want to exchange contact information 40. The contact information to exchange is user defined. The utility of having the data exchanged automatically, at a press of a button is assumed to occur after both parties meet and speak. The utility of the current invention allows users, in a hurry, on their way to appointments to exchange contact data quickly for later conversation. If users decide to exchange contact information 42, the applets exchange the pre-defined user data 44. Then the applets store the unique applet identifier 46 of each other for a user defined period of time to avoid having another match occur in a short period of time.
Scan session 26 continues to define applet functionality by scanning for the alert enablement 50. If the beacon detected is from an alert applet conveying information, the information is immediately processed and displayed for the user 52, through visual-audio-tactile cues. Further to the utility of the current invention, the applet and system will allow for a prompt to the user when the apparatus is in use for another purpose, such as, but not limited to a voice call, game playing, picture-taking, etc. A user acknowledgment 54 to the system via a keypad touch, triggers the applet identifier from the alerting applet to be stored to the receiving applet database. The applet identifier is stored for a user defined period of time 56 to avoid repetitive alerts within a short interval.
Scan session 26 continues to define applet functionality by scanning for gaming enablement 58. Identifying eligibility of the receiving applet 60 for a specific game is important as there may be many games occurring in one geographic area. An applet will also have a community gaming space available for non-closed, non-restricted audiences. The applet confirms a pass along of a gaming token or the receipt of a gaming token 62. When an applet receives a new gaming token it un-encrypts, opens and processes the instruction set 64 within the token. A primary instruction may be to send a positioning update to a server on the internet in order to track the progress of the token. A web site with a progress map would elicit excitement from people when a token arrives in their neighborhood. Additionally, the token may have a counter which relates when it announces the winning hop 66, or it may take the cue from the central server to which the applet reports geographic positioning. If the user on the subsequent hop wins 66, visual-audio-tactile cues from the apparatus would inform the user and the applet would notify a internet connected server to announce the winner, if the server had not been used to perform the incremental count. No win designation from processing the instruction set would lead the applet to continue to scan for other enabled services 26.
Scan sessions discovering a queue enabled applet 70, on a hospitality device, prompt the user of the mobile apparatus to enter a space number 72, signifying the number of people in the party. The user applet transmits the space number to the queue manager applet in the hospitality device and is returned an approximate wait time 74. The user may approve the wait time 76 and submit contact information 78 to the queue manager applet or not approve and exit the area. If approved by the user, the user applet then sends preferred contact information to the queue manager 78 and awaits further contact. The contact information shared with the queue manager will in the preferred embodiment of the current invention be a contact mechanism via a wide area communication connection, such as, but not limited to a mobile phone number for the apparatus on which the applet resides, a pager number to another device or the apparatus on which the applet resides, an e-mail address for a user device or the apparatus on which the applet resides. The queue manager subsequently notifies the user via the contact information when space is available 80. The queue manager apparatus as taught by the current invention would ideally have an automated mechanism for tracking space availability, for queues in amusement parks and other large venues, or a screen and touchpad for interface to a person at smaller venues, such as a restaurant, salon, shopping area, and so forth.
Scan sessions which encounter a commerce enabled applet 82, establish a connection and commence an offer versus ask comparison 84. Each applet containing user defined fields for ask versus offered products and services would compare criteria based on keyword or predefined choices. An applet signals the user of the apparatus that an ask-offer match is made 86 using audio-visual-tactile cues. An applet then offers the ability to exchange contact information for further conversation, or create a payment transaction 88 for a product or service. The payment option being chosen 90 leads to an option to create an instant payment transaction or a payment token 92 which may be synchronized at a future date to receive payment. An immediate payment transaction signals the seller applet to send routing information for the seller's payment clearinghouse to the buyer applet 94. The payment clearinghouse may be, but is not limited to a bank, credit card provider, PayPal, or other on-line billing service. The buyer's applet takes the payment routing information and after the buyer enters an amount to the applet, sends a payment processing request to the seller's clearinghouse 96 over the wide area communication infrastructure. The seller receives a confirmation from the clearinghouse over the wide area connection 98. Subsequently the product or service; digital or other medium, is transacted 100. If the buyer or seller does not have an apparatus as defined by the current invention, with wide area connectivity, then the buyer can send an encrypted payment token with the amount and a personal identification code encrypted to the seller 102, and the seller's apparatus having later been connected to wide area by a wire or the personal area communications module can then send the token to the clearinghouse 104 for processing and credit to the seller's account 106. If only contact information is exchanged 90, then the process for exchanging the user-defined contact information is similar to the match applet information exchange across applets 44. Applet beacon announcement resume after a power optimized waiting period has transpired from the last scan, transaction completion or beacon alert 108.
A preferred embodiment of the current invention speaks to a system for matching people within radio frequency proximity utilizing keyword and symbolic question-response comparisons. An applet utilized for matching a user to other users in radio proximity would have data populated via a direct interface on the apparatus wherein the applet resides, or via an interface with a computer program, such as, but not limited to: html, java, and visual basic, wherein a user would respond to multiple-choice questions posed by the system. User responses to the questions would be downloaded to the apparatus in conjunction with the applet or after the applet is resident on the apparatus.
In a preferred embodiment of the current invention the database of match criteria would store symbolic information allowing for broad geographic, cultural and ethnic applicability for comparison criteria. As an example; questions would include a favorite color, favorite food, favorite book, favorite vacation destination, etc. The symbolic question and response characteristics would be selected for ease of interrelation from user to user, or region to region, language to language, or culture to culture. Symbolic interrelation speaks to the utility of the current embodiment, as a single applet and interface will enable a plurality users, varying in age, culture, ethnicity, race, and with other socially distinguishing features.
A symbolic question-response mechanism utilizes similar questions with multiple-choice answers that may be similar in context though not exact in response. Responses are then mapped one to the other by the similarity of their context, through a numeric value or key word contained by the applet.
As an example, the following are three questions with their multiple-choice responses:
The questions are constructed similarly though the responses vary culturally, ethnically, geographically or due to other social characteristics; the questions and responses, when mapped to a common variable, can then be normalized and compared. The following is an example of symbolic response standardization:
1) What is your favorite Question Mapped: Favorite: 1, Food: 10 food? a. French Fries Response Mapped: Fried food: 12 b. Ice Cream Response Mapped: Dessert food: 15 c. Steak Response Mapped: Red Meat food: 13 d. Salad Response Mapped: Raw Vegetable/Fruit: 19 2) What is your favorite Question Mapped: Favorite: 1, Food: 10 food? a. Pot Stickers Response Mapped: Fried food: 12 b. Mango Pudding Response Mapped: Dessert food: 15 c. Mongolian Beef Response Mapped: Red Meat food: 13 d. Green Papaya Response Mapped: Raw Vegetable/Fruit: 19 3) Que comida prefieres? Question Mapped: Prefieres: 1, Comida: 10 a. Papas fritas Response Mapped: Fried food: 12 b. Helado Response Mapped: Dessert food: 15 c. Biste Response Mapped: Red Meat food: 13 d. Ensalada Response Mapped: Raw Vegetable/Fruit: 19
Symbolic response mapping is applicable to matching users based on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to: professional interests, hobbies, sports and social issues.
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|Cfph, Llc
|Multi-process communication regarding gaming information
|Dec 30, 2013
|Apr 28, 2015
|Marvell World Trade Ltd.
|Ad-hoc simple configuration
|May 3, 2013
|Jul 14, 2015
|Gaming system and method employing a player-selected feature for a play of a game or using the player-selected feature to modify another feature for a subsequent play of the game
|Mar 27, 2001
|Oct 3, 2002
|International Game Technology
|Interactive game playing preferences
|Jun 2, 2006
|Sep 28, 2006
|In-room game promotion and demonstration method and system
|Mar 28, 2006
|Oct 4, 2007
|The Regents Of The University Of California
|Platform for seamless multi-device interactive digital content
|Dec 31, 2007
|Jul 2, 2009
|Deisher Michael E
|Handheld device association via shared vibration
|Jan 9, 2008
|Jul 9, 2009
|Microsoft Corporation
|Proximity authentication
|Jun 23, 2009
|Dec 31, 2009
|Q-Matic Ab
|Solution for queue handling
|Jan 21, 2010
|Alcatel- Lucent
|User device for gesture based exchange of information, methods for gesture based exchange of information between a plurality of user devices, and related devices and systems
|Jan 14, 2009
|Jul 21, 2011
|Sjoerd Aben
|Navigation apparatus and method
|Nov 9, 2011
|Mar 1, 2012
|Manyworlds, Inc.
|Explanatory People Matching System and Method
|Sep 21, 2010
|Mar 22, 2012
|Dan Waylonis
|Ad Wallet
|Aug 23, 2012
|dBay Inc.
|Pin-based payment confirmation
|Mar 14, 2013
|Sep 18, 2014
|Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
|Systems and methods for monitoring activity within retail environments using network audit tokens
|Jul 18, 2008
|Jan 20, 2010
|Alcatel, Lucent
|User device for gesture based exchange of information, methods for gesture based exchange of information between a plurality of user devices, and related devices and systems
|Dec 4, 2006
|Jun 7, 2007
|Karl Erik Jansson
|Personal transmitter/receiver
|Jul 16, 2009
|Jan 21, 2010
|Alcatel Lucent
|User device for gesture based exchange of information, method for gesture based exchange of information between a plurality of user devices, and related devices and systems
|Mar 27, 2012
|Oct 4, 2012
|Ebay, Inc.
|Transactions via a user device in the proximity of a seller
|Mar 27, 2012
|May 1, 2014
|Ebay Inc.
|Transactions via a user device in the proximity of a seller
|U.S. Classification
|463/40, 463/42
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|Cooperative Classification
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Today In WTF: Woman Breastfeeds Her Husband's Monkeys
I am happy to say that this DID NOT happen in Florida. But, it's still WTF worthy. As is the case whenever a woman feeds a non-human animal from her teet.
Jiao Xinzhen, the 27-year-old wife of one of China's top professional monkey trainers, regularly breastfeeds the animals. And enjoys it.
And speaking of children, the couple adopted one of the monkeys as a "playmate" for their son. She should talk to the woman who breastfeeds the family dog. [Daily Mail UK]
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Earned Assets Resource Network
|This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (June 2011)
|Non Profit
|San Francisco, California
Key people
|Co-founders are F. Warren Hellman, California State Senator Mark Leno, Bob Friedman, former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco County Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, Saundra Hernandez, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation and Ben Mangan, EARN's current President and CEO, is also a co-founder of the organization.
EARN, a California-based non-profit organization, is a service provider, policy advocate and research-based innovator that champions upward economic mobility and wealth creation for low-wage workers and their families. As the leading provider of microsavings accounts to low-wage American workers, EARN provides families with the tools to achieve wealth-building goals such as saving for college, buying a first home, or starting a small business.
The organization's research arm, the EARN Research Institute, evaluates the impact of EARN's work and publishes original data, sharing lessons learned and best practices. EARN uses this applied research and direct service experience to change the financial services landscape and champion public policies. According to the organization's website, "EARN's ultimate vision is that millions of well-informed, low-wage American families will achieve financial success through proven strategies, fair public policy, and their own hard work."
- 1 History
- 2 Microsavings Products
- 3 Research
- 4 Policy and Innovation
- 5 Funders
- 6 References
EARN was founded in 2001 by a group of prominent individuals and organizations, including financier F. Warren Hellman, California State Senator Mark Leno, Bob Friedman, former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and San Francisco County Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg, and Saundra Hernandez, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation. Ben Mangan, EARN's current President and CEO, is also a co-founder of the organization.
The organization was the 2005 winner of the Fast Company Magazine/Monitor Group Social Capitalist of the Year Award[1] and was named one of the ten finalists for the Amazon.com Non Profit Innovation Award[2] that same year. In 2008, EARN was among the winners of the Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.[3]
EARN's work has been featured in national media outlets including TIME Magazine,[4] the New York Times,[5] the Wall Street Journal,[6] and NPR.[7] The organization has been singled out for praise by former San Francisco Mayor and current California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.[8]
Microsavings Products[edit]
EARN gives families the tools to build wealth and achieve life-changing goals such as saving for college, buying a first home, or starting a small business. Since 2001, the organization has helped tens of thousands of low-wage families through innovative financial products including matched savings accounts, checking accounts for the unbanked, and financial coaching.
Matched Savings[edit]
Since 2002, EARN's flagship microsavings Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) have helped thousands of participants collectively save and invest more than $6.2 million. Averaging less than $20,000 in annual income, EARN families save approximately 4.4% of their income each month, which is held in escrow accounts and used to help participants reach their asset goals. EARN supports its microsavings accounts with free personal finance workshops conducted in English, Spanish, and Cantonese to encourage better savings habits.
Financial Coaching[edit]
EARN's Wealthcare Program offers comprehensive, one-on-one financial coaching and planning services to help clients analyze their current financial situation, set financial goals, and make concrete strides toward realizing those goals. Wealthcare clients are paired with a financial coach who meets with them monthly (in-person or by phone) over the course of one year.
EARN's Wealthcare Program is open to both Savers and Alumni who meet the eligibility requirements. In order to be eligible, clicents must be working or self-employed, meet certain annual household income requirements, and be able to meet minimum monthly payments for debt obligations.
In 2010, the organization launched the EARN Research Institute, which evaluates the impact of EARN's work and publishes original data, sharing lessons learned and best practices. EARN uses this unique grounding in rigorous research and direct service experience to transform the financial services landscape and to champion effective public policies.
Major Papers[edit]
The EARN Research Institute released three major papers in 2010. The first, "The Missing Link: Financial Self-Efficacy's Critical Role in Financial Capability," discusses EARN's findings on the roles of financial knowledge and financial self-efficacy in creating economic prosperity for low-income Americans. The second, "Behavioral Models for Driving Prosperity for Low Income People: A Statistical Assessment of Savings and Behavioral Change," provides strong evidence that participation in EARN's matched savings program strengthens participants' healthy relationships with money. The third, "More than Half of American Families Do Not Have a Financial Safety Net," shares results from EARN's latest nationwide poll, which revealed that the majority of US households across all income brackets do not feel they could meet their basic financial needs if income was disrupted for three months or more.
EARN is currently devoting additional attention and resources to the growing education debt crisis. In 2011, the EARN Research Institute held a briefing on its latest paper, "Marin County's Growing Education Debt Problem: EARN Research Findings and Recommendations for Action." The report offers compelling new data on the landscape of education debt as it relates to economic mobility and offers tangible policy recommendations to leaders at the local, state, and federal level.
Policy and Innovation[edit]
EARN has advocated for fair public policy since its inception. In 2003, the organization launched a policy and research initiative called APIC. Two years later, APIC hosted California's first statewide asset policy symposium. In 2006, two California bills co-sponsored by APIC were signed into law.
In 2008, EARN, in partnership with the San Francisco Federal Reserve, sponsored a Homeownership Symposium which focused on sound and responsible homeownership strategies for the new economic climate. In December 2009, EARN and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco co-sponsored a working policy meeting on affordable homeownership.
In 2010, EARN began developing a statewide coalition of public, private and nonprofit leaders who are committed to increasing asset-building opportunities for working families. The ongoing coalition serves as a policy voice for asset-building legislative, regulatory and electoral initiatives in the state.
Independently and with partners, EARN tests product and programmatic innovations that help demonstrate feasible and sound policy solutions to support the financial success of low-wage workers and their families.
Bank On San Francisco[edit]
In 2007, EARN became a founding member and current managing partner of Bank On San Francisco, the first comprehensive program in the United States to serve the "unbanked," those who live without access to mainstream financial institutions and are forced to rely on expensive check-cashing services.
The initiative has been led by EARN, San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Through this unique public-private partnership, local community organizations, banks, and credit unions are encouraged to offer low-cost, starter, checking and savings accounts so that individuals can begin saving, build a credit history, and invest in their future. EARN has played a key role in the development and delivery of Bank on San Francisco through coordinating financial management training provided by banks; arranging additional training as needed; and getting the word out to the community, both directly and through EARN's network of partners.
Bank On USA[edit]
As Bank on San Francisco's nonprofit managing partner, EARN is serving as an advisor to the Obama Administration as the Administration proceeds with a national rollout of Bank On USA. President Obama has allocated $50 million in the 2011 fiscal year budget to scale this program nationally.
Kindergarten to College[edit]
In 2010, EARN partnered with the City of San Francisco and CFED on an ambitious Kindergarten to College (K2C) children's savings accounts program, with pilot implementation beginning in spring 2010. EARN will match the savings of every low-income family participating in the pilot program.
Designed to promote savings and economic mobility, children's savings accounts are universal, long-term, asset-building accounts established for children with public seed money that grows over time with additional deposits and earnings. San Francisco's K2C initiative promises to open a college savings account for every child entering kindergarten in the City's public schools, with an opening deposit of $50 from the City of San Francisco. EARN, the program's non-profit sponsor, has committed to provide a "bump" of $100 to match the savings of the first group of 1,200 low-income students (those who are eligible for free or reduced-priced public school lunch).
In 2010, EARN and HelloWallet, a newly launched personal financial services website, joined then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to improve the financial fitness of San Francisco residents.
Through this initiative, San Francisco will become the first city in the nation to deploy HelloWallet's revolutionary online financial guidance and management tool, with training provided by EARN. Other program participants include the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Francisco Public Utility Commission, and the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
EARN's funders include Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Citigroup Foundation, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the F. B. Heron Foundation, Ford Foundation, Levi Strauss Foundation, Tipping Point Community, and Wells Fargo.
- ^ http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2005
- ^ http://www.noticias.info/asp/PrintingVersionNot.asp?NOT=85118
- ^ http://www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml;jsessionid=VC4ML3KEYKF0JLAQBQ4CGXD5AAAACI2F?id=222700020
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2026894,00.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/business/yourmoney/13cost.html
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875604575281211876850400.html?mod=WSJ_Technology_RIGHTBottomSBHeadLines
- ^ http://www.npr.org/2011/09/16/140438649/new-programs-aim-to-close-the-wealth-gap
- ^ Comments from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom: "EARN has proven that when government, businesses and community groups come together to invest in the city's working poor, they have the potential to succeed beyond anyone's expectations."


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Typically, I wake up each morning thinking of at least one topic that I want to write about. This morning nothing really struck me. Throughout the exciting day that is my life as a job seeker, a few ideas popped into my mind, though nothing that I wanted to write an entire post about. Therefore, I present you with my mental hodgepodge.
You are soooo very welcome.
Nick came down with a head cold last week and gave it to me.
Now he avoids me like the plague because he's afraid that he'll somehow contract it again. Not only is that ridiculous given the basic nature of human immunity, we also use the same toothbrush!
I have a new delicious beverage to feed my newfound Stevia obsession. I shall call it Easy Peasy Fresh-Squeezy Stevia Lemonade.
Stir everything with a spoon and muddle the lemon peel to release some of the essential oils. HOLY-refreshing-YUM.
I have a job interview for a Wellness and Nutrition Coach job tomorrow for a small start up company and have no idea what to wear. Typically, I go with the dress to impress attitude and overdress. I even wear heels – gasp!
I finished Tana French's Faithful Place this morning and then read Rip Esselstyn's Engine 2 Diet in the span of three hours. Great book, wonderful recipes, and I totally agree with a lot of the recommendations. Somehow reading about a completely vegan diet made me decide to eat sausage pizza for dinner!
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Interview: Polo on the Green & Blue Jean Fundraiser
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The Center for Prevention of Abuse has been helping victims of abuse for decades. The center's biggest fundraiser, the annual Duck Race, will celebrate its 25th year next Saturday and this year here are new events to celebrate that milestone.
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ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the spine and brain. While there is no cure, progress is being made toward a cure.
Peoria residents celebrate National Night Out Against Crime
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Interview: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" opened last Friday at the Eastlight Theater. This is the regional premiere of the musical, centered around the adventures of a flying car.
Raising awareness of ALS: The 2nd Annual ALS awareness Walk in Emden
PEORIA, Ill -- Raising awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as ALS. Click on the video link to view more.
Interview: St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Mirror Run
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Bernheim's mission to connect people with nature extends far beyond the gates of Bernheim. Some days it's maintaining a green roof in Louisville. Other days, it's participating in community events and education programs. And this week it was along Interstate-65. That's right. Bernheim horticulturalists, staff and volunteers spent a cold Thursday … [Read more]
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ColorFest: Where Pumpkins Roll and Fly
ColorFest, Bernheim's annual celebration of fall, is this weekend - October 18-19. It's 2 days of affordable family fun surrounded by fall's spectacular beauty with hands-on nature activities, great food, distinctive crafts by Kentucky artists, a mud pie kitchen, a hay maze, live music and many more autumn activities. New this year is the Pumpkin … [Read more]
Research Blog Series: False Hellebore Populations Increase
Kelly Vowels is the Bernheim Forest Research Biologist. As a part of her research, she surveys and monitors the wildlife and plant species in the natural areas of Bernheim. One of the many species she monitors is False Hellebore, a native perennial. Her studies have shown that as parts of Bernheim are restored with native plants and the invasive … [Read more]
Earth Measure helps to 'shape' art in nature program
This week marks the 1 year anniversary of the public opening of Earth Measure, the limestone scultpure created by Louisville artist, Matt Weir, in honor of Barry Bingham Jr's life and service. Bingham, the former publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times, was a long time Bernheim Trustee who left an indelible mark on the … [Read more]
Former Bernheim Artist in Residence, Ray K. Metzker dies, at the age of 83
Ray K. Metzker was a daring and brilliant photographer who challenged the notions of black and white photography. Metzker was able to capture images of people on the urban streets of American cities and create photographs of "everyman" while doing so with the eye of an artist. He manipulated images, often creating abstraction and modernist motifs … [Read more]
Walnut Preparing for Winter
This year has been an amazing "mast" year. Mast is a term biologists give to hard nuts and fleshy fruits that are produced in differing abundance from year to year. Here are two photos of a lone walnut that sits just outside of the big prairie as it drops its leaves and nuts in preparation for winter. The top photo is from September 12th and the … [Read more]


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July 19, 2009 8:55 by Dana El Baltaji
The media industry in this region has been criticized for failing to cover important, though sensitive stories. Journalists abroad and readers worldwide have accused the English-language media in the GCC of being government mouthpieces for their host countries.
Readers and journalists in the region, however, are acutely aware of imposed media blackouts, when journalists are warned against reporting on specific stories that hit the region, in spite of widespread coverage of the same stories aboard.
Journalists throughout the GCC are threatened with fines, prison terms and deportation if they report on sensitive issues. Unfortunately, those threats have garnered a culture of self-censorship; journalists would rather toe-the-line than risk having their lives ruined.
Given the limitations, how does one rate the quality of journalism in the region? Should readers factor in government control over content and coverage when rating the industry, or is it irrelevant?
Furthermore, are journalists in the GCC failing to find innovative ways to report on sensitive subjects without getting into trouble? In short, are English-language reporters making excuses for their lack of journalistic skills by blaming the government for their scanty stories?
We don't know the answers to those questions. What we do know, however, is that a majority of our readers are unhappy with journalism in the region.
According to our poll, 39 percent of Kipp's readers believe the quality of English-language journalism in the GCC is "terrible." They claim that "you can't believe anything you read." Meanwhile, another 39 percent of our voters said the quality of journalism is "not bad, but it needs a lot of work."
But not everyone feels let down by the media; 17 percent of Kipp's readers say they're doing a "good job."
And finally, 5 percent of our voters claim they're illiterate. We can recommend a private tutor if you need one; provided you read this article.
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Oopsie! How ironic is it that this article has a typo!
"coverage of the same stories >aboard<."
Darn that spell-check!
I enjoy reading your articles on GCC journalism, Dana. You're only human
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I've tried your solution (script + event-optins policy) and it works fine! Thanks!
But I have a little bit complicated case, I have two ISP and the the traffic from LAN
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Well, I've setup the Filter Based Forwarding defining two routing-instances
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So it is working well. The drawback of this configuration is that it works and recover from ISP1/2 to ISP2/1 only if the
physical interface goes down. But I have the firewall connected via ethernet to the CPE router of the ISPx and the ethernet never goes down. So if the WAN link is down the only way to test it is to use "ping server", a host in the network cloud of the ISP.
Your script instead is fine because if the "ping server" (the rpm target address) is down it install the default route on the second ISP.
The main problem is that I have in routing table three routing instances inet.0, routing-table-ISP1 and routing-table-ISP2; if the "ping server" of the ISP2 goes down I've to change the default route of the routing-table-ISP2 and not the inet.0. Is this possible to do?
Furthermore I need to use two "ping server" one for each ISP in order to swap to the other ISP if the relative "ping server" is down.
Could you help me to find a solution?
Thank you in advance
01-20-2011 10:14 AM - edited 01-20-2011 10:22 AM
I'll try to give you a hint :-)
In order to monitor two hosts reachable through different routing-instances I think you will have to configure two distinct rpm probe, like this:
[edit services rpm] admin@router# show probe ISP-1 { test ping-ISP-1 { target address 126.96.36.199; probe-count 10; probe-interval 1; test-interval 400; routing-instance routing-table-ISP1; } } probe ISP-2 { test ping-ISP-2 { target address 188.8.131.52; probe-count 10; probe-interval 1; test-interval 400; routing-instance routing-table-ISP2; } }
Then you will have to edit the script, to modify the configuration under the specific routing instance.You can use an if statement to match the probe name, and then you can define the configuration change like this:
var $int = <configuration> {
<routing-instances> {
<instance> {
<name> "routing-table-ISP1";
<interfaces> {
<interface> {
<name> $if;
call jcs:load-configuration($connection = $con, $configuration = $int);
I hope this helps, let me know if you need further claritification.
Hi Mattia,
thanks for your help. I've used some of your hints and now it works.
In attachment a brief configuration extract.
I've edited the watch-default-route.slax script and I've set up the script
for ISP1 and ISP2 and edited in order to check configuration of routing instances.
Now it works, when the pingserver 1 goes down in the routing instances ISP1 the default
route goes to ISP2 in the routing instances ISP1 and vice-versa (when pingserver to ISP2 goes down, the default goes to ISP1 in the
routing instances ISP2).
Thanks again!
Hi dugolotti,
could you please post your modified watch-default-ISP1.slax script? I'm working on the same problem right now, but the script can't detect the inactive route on the routing-instance. Deactivation of the qualified-next-hop is working fine.
Here's the part out of my code:
/* Retrieve the current configuration for the static route */
var $configuration-rpc = {
<get-configuration database="committed"> {
<configuration> {
<routing-instances> {
<instance> {
<name> "HTTP-Redirect";
var $current = jcs:invoke( $configuration-rpc );
/* Grab the routing-options static node to make further location paths shorter */
var $static = $current/routing-options/static;
/* Is the route currently inactive? */
var $inactive = $static/route[name == "0.0.0.0/0"]/qualified-next-hop[name == $next-hop]/@inactive;
the value for inactive seems to be always empty, although the route itself is inactive.
show configuration routing-instances HTTP-Redirect routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0
qualified-next-hop 192.168.25.249 {
preference 100;
inactive: qualified-next-hop 192.168.24.113;
Hi, following you can find the script I've used.
I hope it will help you to solve your problem.
Please tell me if you need further informations.
Hi dugolotti,
thanks for your reply. I've compared your scripts with mine and saw that my declaration of $static was wrong. Now I've changed it to
var $static = $current/routing-instances/instance[name == "HTTP-Redirect"]/routing-options/static;
and it's working fine.
Thanks again,
Hi, I'm trying to use the enable-primary-nexthop.slax and enable-alternate-nexthop.slax.
My problem is When the ping is failed goes down the enable-alternate script is become active is work, but when the ping is successful the interface keep disable.
Please help me
05-31-2011 10:46 AM - edited 05-31-2011 10:49 AM
ccall wrote:
In that case, change your 0/0 static route config to this:
route 0.0.0.0/0 {
qualified-next-hop 192.168.0.113;
qualified-next-hop 10.10.20.3 {
preference 200;
And your event-options config to this:
event-options {
policy test-failed {
events PING_TEST_FAILED;
within 240 events [ PING_TEST_COMPLETED KERNEL SYSTEM ];
attributes-match {
ping_test_failed.test-owner matches icmp-ping-probe;
ping_test_failed.test-name matches ping-probe-test;
ping_test_completed.test-owner matches icmp-ping-probe;
ping_test_completed.test-name matches ping-probe-test;
SYSTEM.message matches "Starting of initial processes complete";
KERNEL.message matches "event-processing \(PID.*\)started";
then {
event-script watch-default-route.slax {
arguments {
next-hop 192.168.0.113;
policy test-completed {
events PING_TEST_COMPLETED;
within 240 events [ PING_TEST_FAILED KERNEL SYSTEM ];
attributes-match {
ping_test_completed.test-owner matches icmp-ping-probe;
ping_test_completed.test-name matches ping-probe-test;
ping_test_failed.test-owner matches icmp-ping-probe;
ping_test_failed.test-name matches ping-probe-test;
SYSTEM.message matches "Starting of initial processes complete";
KERNEL.message matches "event-processing \(PID .*\) started";
then {
event-script watch-default-route.slax {
arguments {
next-hop 192.168.0.113;
event-script {
file watch-default-route.slax;
And then copy the attached event script to your /var/db/scripts/event directory.
I have implemented CCALL's script and parameters and left the RPM config as stated in the original config. The problem is that I am not using the default route - I am using this script for WAN backup VPN connectivity. When a T1 at a remote site fails the qualified next hop kicks in - but at the HQ office it still trys to send out the original path - so I tried this watch script and replaced all the 0.0.0.0/0 and the 0/0 routes to 172.17.35.1/24 and it does not seem to be working. Any ideas - I cant seem to figure out if the RPM probes are working correctly or not either. Is there a way to see if the script actually kicks off?
Hello, you can see wether an event script has started enabling traceoptions under the event-options event-script configuration hierachy, as explained here.
Then you can type show log escript.log to see the logged data.
If you notice that the script is not being kicked, you should make sure that the event-policy is triggering it. So you will have to configure traceoptions under event-policy hierarchy as well.
By inspecting this files you should be able to understand what is happening. Let me know what you find!
Ok I got the script working finally! Thanks a TON
1 last problem -
When the route to a WAN site fails over to the higher weighted Qualified next hop - obviously the pings succeed. So after the alloted timer or event value - the script adds back the primary route because it thinks the route is good now. (Since I am watching the same IP address for both parts of the script)
Any ideas on how to fix that?
HI, i think you have 2 options (both of them involve editing the rpm probe):
1- Use the IP address of the next-hop towards the ISP that you are monitoring as the target of the rpm probe, instead of using a remote site.
2- Under the rpm probe configuration, specify the nex-hop interface on the primary route as the destination-interface.
I have this working for one of the remote sites (i changed the scripts and probes to monitor a remote office) the problem is that with this script the process does not seem repeatable because of the KERNEL messages etc...
Is there a way to change the RPM/Script to make it possible to use this on multiple sites?
This script with my modifications works better for me - for whatever reason the original enable-alternate/primary-nexthop.slax scripts never make any changes to my static routing tables - although I do see the scripts kick off in esctipts.log
Any help is appreciated.
Has anyone got the script working with firmware version 11.2? I just updated to version 11.2R4.3 and it seems the script isn't working anymore.
I was using the script with 2 ISPs (without different routing instances)
For now I'll go back to using 10.4. But if anyone has a solutions, please let me know!
Sorry, but somebody can explain for me about event PING_TEST_FAILED, the default event on Junos ? What does it do ? And when/how can we use it ?
From event context, I see alot of default event, but I don't know how to use it.


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1. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm968026 Oct 12, 2012 11:08 AM (in response to 905944)I see this on occasion, but only because I have multiple JDKs on my beagle. Usually it is because I compile and app with 1.7 and try to run it with 1.6.
Do you have JAVA_HOME set by any chance ? If it is set, it should point to
using the install path from the guide.
2. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 12, 2012 11:11 AM (in response to 968026)Yep, I set JAVA_HOME and it points to the EA JDK (and I only have one JDK installed).
3. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm968026 Oct 12, 2012 2:02 PM (in response to 905944)The Angstrom image that came with my board does not have the GLES drivers installed on it. Perhaps yours is a newer image.
If you don't have/etc/init.d/pvr-init you probably don't have the drivers.
If you do have the drivers, running /usr/bin/SGX/demos/Raw/OGLES2Water is a good way to make sure they work, though I think I would have a second ssh into the beagle to kill it rather than hitting reset like the doc says.
I (re)downloaded the preview and the apps, unpacked them both in the same dir, and then did a
cd javafx-samples-8.0.0-ea
../jdk1.7.0_10/bin/java -Djavafx.platform=eglfb -cp ../jdk1.7.0_10/jre/lib/jfxrt.jar:BouncingBalls.jar balls/Main
and now have balls bouncing on my screen.
BTW - using -jar with bouncing balls will give you a headless setup error.
Perhaps you could share your error message.
4. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 12, 2012 3:34 PM (in response to 968026)Will check for the gles drivers tomorrow, it seems to be something like that...
5. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 13, 2012 6:40 AM (in response to 968026)Ok, I manually installed all packages that are mentioned on the Oracle JavaFX embedded page and now I get the following error message when I try to run the BouncingBalls demo:
root@beagleboard:~/javafx-samples-8.0.0-ea# /opt/jdk1.7.0_10/bin/java -Djavafx.p
latform=eglfb -cp /opt/jdk1.7.0_10/jre/lib/jfxrt.jar:BouncingBalls.jar com.javaf
eglInitialize failed!ES2Pipeline: OpenGL ES 2.0 embedded device detected
Graphics Device initialization failed for : es2
Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer.getInstance(QuantumRenderer.java:271)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.init(QuantumToolkit.java:261)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:190)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:120)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:163)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:47)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:115)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing QuantumRenderer: no suitable pipeline found
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.init(QuantumRenderer.java:76)
at com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumRenderer$PipelineRunnable.run(QuantumRenderer.java:97)
... 1 more
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.javafx.main.Main.launchApp(Main.java:698)
at com.javafx.main.Main.main(Main.java:871)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: No toolkit found
at com.sun.javafx.tk.Toolkit.getToolkit(Toolkit.java:202)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.startup(PlatformImpl.java:120)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:163)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.access$000(LauncherImpl.java:47)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$1.run(LauncherImpl.java:115)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
6. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 13, 2012 7:52 AM (in response to 968026)Running the OGLES2Water demo leads to the following error message:
root@beagleboard:/usr/bin/SGX/demos/Raw# ./OGLES2Water
Exit message has been set to: "PVRShell: Unable to initialise EGL
PVRShell: EGL Error (EGL_BAD_ALLOC)
InitAPI failed!
PVRShell: Unable to initialise EGL
So it seems to be related to the ogl drivers...
7. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm968026 Oct 13, 2012 8:25 AM (in response to 905944)I am sorry to say this is one of the annoyances of the Beagle, getting the SGX drivers to work correctly.
Do you have /etc/init.d/pvr-init ? I would expect that to be there given you have the demo.
We had problems with the init path not recognizing a rev of the GPU but only on certain boards, requiring a manual tweak of the startup code (based on hints in community forums).
The first thing I would try is
root@beagleboard:~# /etc/init.d/pvr-init restart
Stopping PVR
Starting PVR
and look for errors. You should also end up with something like this:
root@beagleboard:~# cat /etc/powervr-esrev
which tells pvr which rev of binary blob to use. If I remove that file...
root@beagleboard:~# rm /etc/powervr-esrev
root@beagleboard:~# /etc/init.d/pvr-init restart
Stopping PVR
Starting PVR
Starting SGX fixup for ES5.x
you get an extra line in the startup as it caches the value for next time.
Hope that helps as it pretty much is what I know about getting the drivers to work.
8. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 13, 2012 9:15 AM (in response to 968026)Ok, will try that later today...x-fingers that it will help...
thanx for your help... :)
10. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 18, 2012 12:36 PM (in response to 968026)yes indeed, I'm now able to run JavaFX and all the opengl demos on my beagleboard. To solve the problem you have to modify the following file...
and replace the following line:
sed -e 's/0x00005C00/OMAP3503/' -e 's/0x00001C00/OMAP3515/' -e 's/
0x00004C00/OMAP3525/' -e 's/0x00000C00/OMAP3530/'
with the following line:
sed -e 's/0x00005C00/OMAP3503/' -e 's/0x00001C00/OMAP3515/' -e 's/
0x00004C00/OMAP3525/' -e 's/0x00000C00/OMAP3530/' -e 's/0x00000E00/
Thanx anyway for your help,
11. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm968026 Oct 18, 2012 12:42 PM (in response to 905944)Ahh that looks familiar. I am glad you made it past the system setup. I am really happy that you are running JFX :-)
12. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm846410 Oct 19, 2012 3:18 AM (in response to 905944)Unfortunately I have the same problems as described here. If I follow the instructions in the tutorial, I get the following error messages during first angström boot-up: /etc/init.d/populate-volatile.sh: eval: line 1: can't create /dev/tty0: Permissi
on denied. After google-in' a while it turns out that this issue is related to systemvinit process, which was not configured correctly within the narcissus build. I tried some other configurations using systemd but without success.
Finally, to bring up a working angstrom distribution i downloaded a prebuild demo image from http://downloads.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/Angstrom-TI-GNOME-image-eglibc-ipk-v2012.01-core-beagleboard-2012.01.11.img.gz and installed the required libgles-omap3 stuff via opkg. I disabled the GNOME startup using: systemctl disable gdm.service and did the modifications that are mentioned here, including proper dvi mode, /etc/init.d/pvr-init restart, rm /etc/powervr-esrev, change /usr/bin/cputype etc.
In the end, I was unsuccessful. I would ask gerrit whether it is possible to provide us with a working image?
13. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm905944 Oct 19, 2012 3:35 AM (in response to 846410)Hi there,
Please find the image I used for this on my dropbox: http://t.co/GfPCOhuj
But be aware that this based on 2011.03 which means it won't have proper support for attached touchscreens.
At the moment I'm trying to setup the system based on 2012.05 which should support touchscreens but I'm not there yet.
With the image above I was able to run JavaFX applications on my BeagleBoard xM, so feel free to download and use it.
14. Re: JavaFX on BeagleBoard xm846410 Oct 19, 2012 7:53 AM (in response to 905944)Hey Gerrit, your image works like a charm =). I've installed the preview and finally i'm able to run the demos. I'm looking forward to your new work, please let me know when you got a new image. If you need any help just tell me, I'm always glad to help. Thanks again for your contribution.


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As we enter Christmas Week, the air is getting thick with anxiety and trepidation. You hear all around you the words "Holiday Stress". These words are touted around the water cooler, in the newspaper and on the Evening News, as an outbreak of the latest disease. Let's address the idea of "stress". Stress is defined here as : "Emphasis" importance or significance attached to a thing. It goes on to describe this "stress" as "a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism". The most integral definition I found was the mechanical one: "An action that causes strain or deformation".
Wow! Holiday "Stress" is it really that bad? Are we really wanting to attach such a detrimental label on an occasion that brings families together to celebrate a Holiday? Let's break this down.
In America, we spend the months of November and December fretting and anticipating the idea of gathering with friends and family, exchanging gifts, listening to music, spending time at events, having conversations and experiencing the joy that is Christmas. Why should this bring "stress"? The answer is pretty simple.
We anticipate the worst outcome. "Oh my God, I have to go to the Mall. It's going to be packed, I'm going to have to park in Guam, it will take forever, I will spend too much and they won't even like what I get anyway." Tell me you are not putting this thought out there! You know you are!
It's really not that bad. If we just stop and not take this so personally we might get through unscathed and shockingly enough "ENJOY" the season. Let's take it issue by issue:
Shopping: There are several issues within this one small task. Traffic, Parking, Crowds, Long Lines & Item availability. My ideas are simple. First, please be organized. Know what you need before you even start out. Know what your looking for a list helps. Perusing the sale pages helps too. That's a great start.
The Drive: Take a moment as you get in the car. Sit in the drivers seat, before you put on your seat belt, and take a deep breath, eyes closed. Prepare your mind, Prepare your heart. Take one step at a time. Address only what is right in front of you at the moment. After the deep breath, say out loud to yourself and anyone who may be with you. (yes the child in the car seat and the teenager and most definitely the growling spouse) I (we) am going to enjoy this ride. I am going to get to where I am going easily and find a front parking space. Affirm this. Make a point of knowing in your mind exactly what you ARE going to do. This sets you up for success, as in anything else your universe takes your direction. Then put your favorite music on the radio. Strap in and glide to your destination without incident. The most important part of this is that you BELIEVE this. Know it is true. I can tell you from experience it most definitely works. I do it every time I leave my house.
The Store: Ok, you are now sitting in your front parking space amazed...but smiling. As you park, turn off your car (so the person cursing you behind you knows he should have had a better attitude before he left home), Take another deep breath, be grateful say thank you then affirm for the next step. "I am going to greet everyone I see with a smile. Everyone I come in contact with will be pleasant and happy to assist me. I will find everything I need and get out in a timely fashion." Smile and believe this to be true. Get out of your car and walk into the store. Smile. It's Christmas! A few things to be mindful of: Be careful of your
expectations of the people who work in the stores. Smile always, be pleasant. It will be refreshing to the employee and you will get better results. Ignore the environment. Feel bad for those who are not enjoying their experience. Feel good for yourself. Feel good that you can and will have a pleasant experience. It is YOUR choice. Make it a good one. Lastly, When you are done and sitting in your car smiling with amazement, say THANK YOU. Now affirming for the drive home should be a breeze!
Family Gatherings, The Relatives and
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Here's a thought: Life in general is an experience lived by individuals. Each person lives their life through their own view. People live in their own world, in their own story. They invest all their faith in that story, and that story is truth for them, but it's a relative truth, because it's not truth for you. If you can see that all their opinions about you really concern the character who lives in their perception, not in yours it would be harder to take anything they say personally. The "you" they are judging in your name is a character they have created with their perceptions of interactions with you. Whatever people think of you is really about the image they have of you, and that image isn't you. No matter which way you look at it, People are going to think what they think. Even with your best intentions at hand, you cannot change another person. So, in this vain, Enjoy your life for YOU. Do what You feel is right, and do the best you know how to do. Nobody can expect more of you. If they do, they were expecting more than they should have, and it's on them. Not your issue.
The Bottom Line: Enjoying the Holidays is a choice as in everything else. Don't put expectations on yourself. Just enjoy the moment. If you expect to enjoy them you will! Just as if you expect to hate it You will! Just make the right choice. You are only responsible for your experience.
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