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eso9008 — Photo Release
Sweet Dreams, Halley!
26 July 1990
Famous Comet Halley, now receding from the Sun after its perihelion passage in early 1986, has recently entered into a state of hibernation which will last until shortly before the next passage in 2062.
This is main result of an extensive series of observations at the European Southern Observatory in late February 1990, during which the comet was imaged with an extremely sensitive CCD camera attached to the Danish 1.5 m telescope at La Silla. At this time Halley was 11.6 AU (1735 million km) and 12.5 AU (1870 million km) from the Earth and the Sun, respectively, that is well outside the orbit of the giant planet Saturn.
To see the faint light from the distant object, exposures totalling 980 min (16 hrs 20 min) were obtained. The ``negative'' picture shown here is a composite of 23 frames, each individually cleaned. The image of Halley at the centre is pointlike; the straight lines are trails of stars and galaxies in the field, because the telescope was set to follow the comet's motion. The mean, visual brightness of Halley during the observing period was 24.4 magnitude and brightness variations of 1.3 magnitude were seen.
The measured magnitude is about 0.3 mag brighter than what would be expected from Halley's nucleus alone, an avocado-shaped, 15 km long "dirty snowball'', consisting of a variety of ices and dust. The brightness variations are caused by the tumbling motion of this nucleus, whereby the amount of reflected sunlight depends on the changing profile seen from the Earth.
Of particular interest is the fact that the extended coma (i.e. the dust cloud around the nucleus), which was observed with the same telescope in 1989 at heliocentric distance 10.1 AU, has now completely disappeared. In fact, no coma is visible at the 29 mag/sq.arcsec surface brightness level (this level corresponds to 1500 times less than the sky background emission!).
It is therefore fairly certain that the release of dust from the nucleus must have ceased somewhere between 10.1 and 12.5 AU heliocentric distance. The former coma has now dispersed into the surrounding space and it is no longer being replenished by dust from the nucleus. In order words, Halley seems to have entered a long period of hibernation which is likely to last until about mid-2061 when it again comes within about 5 AU from the Sun and will again be awakened by the sunlight.
Still, an accurate evaluation of the seemingly point-like image seen on this picture indicates that it is somewhat elongated in the direction opposite to the Sun. Together with the extra light observed, this could mean that a very low level of activity is still present and that there may still be some dust in the immediate neighbourhood of the nucleus.
Technical information: Composite frame of 23 individual exposures in Johnson-V, obtained during Feb. 21 - 24, 1990. Mean seeing: 1.3 arcsec. Frame size 84 x 84 pix2, or 39 x 39 arcsec. Image processing with the IHAP system at the ESO Headquarters. North is up and East is to the left. Observer: R.M.West (ESO).
Richard West
Garching, Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6276
Email: email@example.com
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|Comet 1P/Halley
|Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet
|Danish 1.54-metre telescope


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Simon Kirwan Donaldson
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Cambridge, England
BiographySimon Donaldson's secondary school education was at Sevenoaks School in Kent which he attended from 1970 to 1975. He then entered Pembroke College, Cambridge where he studied until 1980, receiving his B.A. in 1979. One of his tutors at Cambridge described him as a very good student but certainly not the top student in his year.
In 1980 Donaldson began postgraduate work at Worcester College, Oxford, first under Nigel Hitchen's supervision and later under Atiyah's supervision. Atiyah writes in [2]:-
In 1982, when he was a second-year graduate student, Simon Donaldson proved a result that stunned the mathematical world.This result was published by Donaldson in a paper Self-dual connections and the topology of smooth 4-manifolds which appeared in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society in 1983. Atiyah continues his description of Donaldson's work [2]:-
Together with the important work of Michael Freedman ..., Donaldson's result implied that there are "exotic" 4-spaces, i.e. 4-dimensional differentiable manifolds which are topologically but not differentiably equivalent to the standard Euclidean 4-space . What makes this result so surprising is that is the only value for which such exotic -spaces exist. These exotic 4-spaces have the remarkable property that (unlike ) they contain compact sets which cannot be contained inside any differentiably embedded 3-sphere !After being awarded his doctorate from Oxford in 1983, Donaldson was appointed a Junior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He spent the academic year 1983-84 at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. After returning to Oxford he was appointed Wallis Professor of Mathematics in 1985, before moving to Imperial College, London in 1999.
Donaldson has received many honours for his work. He received the Junior Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society in 1985. In the following year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and, also in 1986, he received a Fields Medal at the International Congress at Berkeley. In 1991 Donaldson received the William Hopkins Prize from the Cambridge Philosophical Society and, the following year, the Royal Medal from the Royal Society. He was awarded the London Mathematical Society's Polya prize in 1999 and more recently, the 2006 King Faisal Prize. He also received the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1994:-
... for his fundamental investigations in four-dimensional geometry through application of instantons, in particular his discovery of new differential invariants ...Atiyah describes the contribution which led to Donaldson's award of a Fields Medal in [2]. He sums up Donaldson's contribution:-
When Donaldson produced his first few results on 4-manifolds, the ideas were so new and foreign to geometers and topologists that they merely gazed in bewildered admiration. Slowly the message has gotten across and now Donaldson's ideas are beginning to be used by others in a variety of ways. ... Donaldson has opened up an entirely new area; unexpected and mysterious phenomena about the geometry of 4-dimensions have been discovered. Moreover the methods are new and extremely subtle, using difficult nonlinear partial differential equations. On the other hand, this theory is firmly in the mainstream of mathematics, having intimate links with the past, incorporating ideas from theoretical physics, and tying in beautifully with algebraic geometry.The article [3] is very interesting and provides both a collection of reminiscences by Donaldson on how he came to make his major discoveries while a graduate student at Oxford and also a survey of areas which he has worked on in recent years. Donaldson writes in [3] that nearly all his work has all come under the headings:-
(1) Differential geometry of holomorphic vector bundles.and he relates his contribution to that of many others in the field.
(2) Applications of gauge theory to 4-manifold topology.
(2) Applications of gauge theory to 4-manifold topology.
Donaldson's work in summed up by R Stern in [6]:-
In 1982 Simon Donaldson began a rich geometrical journey that is leading us to an exciting conclusion to this century. He has created an entirely new and exciting area of research through which much of mathematics passes and which continues to yield mysterious and unexpected phenomena about the topology and geometry of smooth 4-manifolds.Donaldson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2000. In February 2006 he was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for science for:-
... seminal contributions to theories which have strengthened the links between mathematics and physics, and helped provide a rigorous foundation for physical theories giving a very good description of the laws of matter at the sub-nuclear level.In April 2008, he was awarded the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics from Northwestern University. The Prize was given for his:-
... groundbreaking work in four-dimensional topology, symplectic geometry and gauge theory, and for his remarkable use of ideas from physics to advance pure mathematics.John Franks, the Chair of Mathematics at Northwestern University, gave more details of Donaldson's contributions which led to the award:-
Donaldson's breakthrough work developed new techniques in the geometry of four-manifolds and the study of their smooth structures. His methods have been described as extremely subtle, using difficult nonlinear partial differential equations. Using instantons, solutions to the equations of Yang-Mills gauge theory, he gained important insight into the structure of closed four-manifolds. Gauge theory techniques also enabled him to show the existence of four-manifolds with no smooth structure and others with infinitely many. His work has provided the seminal steps for the work of others in study of four-manifolds.In 2009 Donaldson, together with Clifford H Taubes, was awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences. The Committee who made the award wrote that Donaldson and Taubes:-
... are the two geometers who have transformed the whole subject by pioneering techniques and ideas originating in theoretical physics, including quantum theory [and] have totally changed our geometrical understanding of space and time.Donaldson was knighted in 2012.
References (show)
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Kirwan-Donaldson
- M Atiyah, On the work of Simon Donaldson, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berkeley, 1986 1 (Providence, RI, 1987), 3-6.
- S Donaldson, Remarks on gauge theory, complex geometry and 4-manifold topology, in M Atiyah and D Iagolnitzer (eds.), Fields Medallists Lectures (Singapore, 1997), 384-403.
- M Furuta, The contributions of Simon Kirwan Donaldson (Japanese), Sugaku 39 (1) (1987), 16-25.
- J Mi, The work of mathematicians awarded the Fields Medal in 1983 and 1986 (Chinese), J. Northwest Univ. 19 (1) (1989), 103-104.
- R Stern, and G Tian, Donaldson and Yau receive Crafoord prize, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 41 (7) (1994), 794-796.
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Other pages about Simon Donaldson:
Other websites about Simon Donaldson:
Honours (show)
Honours awarded to Simon Donaldson
- Lecturer at the EMS
- Bowen Lecturer 1997-98
- LMS Whitehead Prize 1984
- BMC morning speaker 1986
- Speaker at International Congress 1986
- Fields Medal 1986
- Fellow of the Royal Society 1986
- Royal Society Royal Medal winner 1992
- LMS Pólya Prize 1999
- BMC plenary speaker 2000
- Shaw Prize 2009
- International Congress Speaker 2018
- Wolf Prize 2020
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Sunday, July 19, 2015
Maintaining Your Cool in the Heat
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Stay cool Bentley! ;)ReplyDelete
You are just as cool as Joe Cool!ReplyDelete
How on earth do you get Bentley to look so darn cute in EVERY single picture? He's awesome (and you are too as the photographer!)ReplyDelete
I agree... and you look as cool as an ice cube... that's pawsom... 4 paws from france for hot couture when it is hot outside :o)ReplyDelete
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And you're definitely rocking the cool, Bentley!ReplyDelete
I watched this on FB yesterday. It's a fantastic demonstration. Eight minutes - does anyone ever get out of the store, even with only 1 item, in 8 minutes? So glad you shared this and hope many people see it all over the place and it makes them think.ReplyDelete
I too saw this on FB yesterday. Glad more people are bringing this to the general publics attention (though I still wonder why it continues to be an issue-you'd think common sense would tell people it's a bad idea to leave your dog in the car). Thanks for sharing-hope you all stay cool. P.S. Love the shades.ReplyDelete
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I guess I am kinda lucky. Mum usually only takes me out early in the morning because of the heat. She realizes that the asphalt gets too hot for my little paws, and I don't like wearing booties!!! Right now she does not have a car and unless she goes somewhere in the wheelchair, she uses a paratransit van, which is air conditioned (of course, here in Tucson) and she does not take me in the middle of the day because I have to stand around on the asphalt while the driver is getting her on and off the ramp, etc. If she does take me, she has the driver put me on the van first (apparently Cody was very good when mum let go of the leash and would run up the stairs into the van -- mum is afraid I will do one of my bolts when she lets me go!!). Getting off is harder, cos the driver has to hold my leash while she gets on the ramp and comes down. I really don't mind not going with her when it is hot -- I usually get a good treat when she leaves. Keep posting this info.ReplyDelete
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FIRRun002, pedestalrun006; temp see attachment in pedestalrun006
room temp
Something triggered a emergency break. HWRun012 only last 1-10k event has to be discarded.
Apparently every problem can be attributed to a misalignment problem. The telescope has troubles with heavily misaligned DUTs. Was resolved by creating different gear-files for each run with pretty precise coordinates of the DUT position calculated for the telescope coordinate system.
Additionally one has to watch out for misaligned planes of the telescope itself. It was required to allow for more than 2mm offset for the telescope planes behind the DUTs. This can be easily checked by looking at the PreAligner plots in the -hitmaker-histo.root file.
It look something like this:
and not like this:
There are two planes, one fixed upstream and one fixed downstream.
CIS3WII_6 upstream and CIS2WI_IBL2 downstream.
They are configured using the pc in H6B which can be accessed via microsoft remote desktop from the network 192.168.5.x using the ip 192.168.5.6.
The configuration files can be found in the folder "E:\ConfigurationCMS\" on the server and are named after the modules.
Only one of the FEI4 detectors can be used at a time since they are of different generations (FEI4A and FEI4B) which can't be used at the same time with the available USB board. vnc
The configuration for EUDAQ needs to be adapted for the used module by changing the name of the configuration file.
SkipConfiguration = no
UseSingleBoardConfig = no
boards = 230
modules[230] = 1
config_file = E:\ConfigurationCMS\CIS3_W11_06_thr1600_7to21ke_modified.cfg.root
#config_file = E:\ConfigurationCMS\CIS2_W02_IBL1_thr1600_7to14_modified.cfg.root
fpga_firmware = E:\icwiki_svn\USBPixI4\host\tags\release-5.3\config\usbpixi4.bit
lvl1_delay = 16
tlu_trigger_data_delay = 10
In my experience switching between the planes also requires a restart of the USBPix DAQ because apparently something is not working with the reload of a different config file afterwards. I had the phenomenon that the DAQ responded like it was working but the datastream was empty. Therefore always check the online monitor for hitmaps.
FIR filer and ADC delay with all sensor and telescope.
telescope n-side switched.
FIR filer and ADC delay with all sensor and telescope.
Telescope alignment
FIR filer and ADC delay for long sixlet cal run.
PedestalRun001, FIRRun001, room temp
telescope n-side switched.
In order to correct the position change the
room temp, FIRRun001, pedestal run 003
CE. pedestal run 003. Fir run 002. Room temp
room temp, FIRRun002, pedestalrun003, taget FW
FIRRun002, pedestalrun005, room temp
Target BW: beam spot at ~ (0 p, 0 n)
FIRRun002, room temp, pedestalrun005,
layout: same as HW 005
target: -z, pos 6 (strip: p-0, n-0);
NOTE: results shown in the attachments has been evaluated with cmc containing 128 strip
room temp, FIRRun002, PedestalRun005, room temp
target: FW, pos 8 (p-0, n-0)
target: FW, pos 9 (p-0, n-128*4)
FIRRun002, PedestalRun006 (temp enty)
target: BW, pos 1
cooled (see attachment)
FIRRun002, PedestalRun006
target: -Z, pos 2
target: CE, pos 2
cooling box emergency break ... ie about the last 1-10 k not useable.
target: CE, pos 3
cooling box emergency break ... ie about the last 1-10 k not useable.
cooled (see attachment) in - 20,5 out -7,8
target: fw, pos 4
cooled (see attachment) in - 21 out -18
target: fw, pos 8
cooled (see attachment) in --21.24 out -18-54
target: fw, pos 9
cooled (see attachment) in -21.24 out -18.54
cooling supply emty at ~24:00 ie first 30k is cooled.
target: BW, pos 5
room temp
FIRRun002, PedestalRun007, Calibrationrun003
FIRRun004, PedestalRun008
telescope alignment
temp: in -23 out -20
taget: BW
taget: BW, pos 5
temp: attachment (in 1st col, out 2nd col)
taget: CE, pos 7
taget: -z, pos 6
taget: ce, pos 3
L3 rotated.
taget: bw, pos 1
L3 rotated.
taget: CE, pos 1
L3 rotated.
taget: FW, pos 4
L3 rotated.
taget: CE, pos 3
wo L3 and L4
taget: CE, pos 3
wo L3 and L4
taget: bw, pos 1
Hardware run with FEI4, Telescope and FW&BW Modules
Pos 10: x= 136.08mm, y=68.9 mm (narrow side down)
Bilder: Hitmap FE-I4 und Correlation zw. Mimosa und FE-I4
RUN WITH SVD3, telescope and FEI4
EUDET Run 61
Mimosa Threshold 6
Pos 2: x=69.3 mm, y=79 mm (Hits in APV 3-4 und 8-9 in p-Seite und 13 und 18 in n-Seite)
EUDET Run 62
Pos 3: x=38.6 mm, y=84 mm
EUDET Run 63
Pos 4: x=130.7 mm, y=84 mm
EUDET Run 64
Pos 5: x=30.5 mm, y= 99.74 mm (wide side top)
EUDET Run 68
Pos 8: x=136.08 mm, y= 79 mm (narrow side center)
EUDET Run 71
Pos 1: x=100 mm, y=79 mm (Hits in APV 3 und 8-9 in p-Seite und 14 und 17 in n-Seite )
Downstream FEI4 used
EUDET Run 73
Pos 7: x= 30.5 mm, y= 79 mm (wide side center)
Upstream FEI4 used, checking if alignment change helped
EUDET Run 74
Upstream FEI4 used
target: CE, pos 7 (p-0, n-0)
Trying to get a nice plot of the beam profile by only using the PMTs 1 and 3 (horizontal) see http://elog.hephy.at/testbeam-SPS2015/66 for details.
Producer.TLU Config Change:
Trying to get a nice plot of the beam profile by only using the and 3 (horizontal) see http://elog.hephy.at/testbeam-SPS2015/66 for details.
L3 sensor at position x: 105, y: 47 hitting apvs: 2&3 on p-side and apv 3 on n-side
L3 sensor at position x: 115, y: 47 hitting apvs: 2&3 on p-side and apv 3&4 on n-side
L3 sensor at position x: 115, y: 57 hitting apvs: 1&2 on p-side and apv 3&4 on n-side
Set mimosa threshold to 5 and recorded with FEI4 upstream
L3 already in sensor but not yet configured.
Probably to noisy to help much
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FirRun001, room temp
telescope n-side switched.
firrun003, room temp
update pedestal values for room temp sixlet runs.
Readjust after cooling box.
room temp, firrun002
Cooled, Temp see attachment
Room temp, fir002
Room temp, fir004
temp: in -22 out -18,
cooled pedestal vaules for long sixlet cal
room temp
Information concerning the SVD3 setup during a beam test
In the beam area setup the whole crate and the power supply with the usual spider cable and the two Keithly 2410 high voltage supplies. Monitoring of the 2410 happens via a NI MAX interface that connects to the GPIB-Ethernet interface and needs to be configured there. The IP and password are noted on the device. The software can be found on heros in medialib/LONGTERM/longterm R3.1_doubleSided as a normal *.vi file.
Default adresses 16 and 17 as defined in labview, need to figure out on site which is which, if the voltage selected (e.g. 100V) is applied as +50/-50 or if it is applied as +100/-100 before connecting the cables.
Take a run without dut as well to check the telescope integrity. Without dut in beamline!!!!!
room temp max subevent at 2. with lat = 96
lat = 97 to a greater range of lat scan
lat = 98
pedestalrun 003
room temp
pedestalrun 008
max frame pos = 0. frame
lvl = 20, 30
lat = 95
sam = 20
grp = 8
max frame pos = 0. frame
lvl = 20, 30
lat = 96
sam = 20
grp = 8
max frame pos = 1-2-3. frame n side still shifted
lvl = 20, 30
lat = 97
sam = 20
grp = 8
max frame pos = 1-2-3. frame n side still shifted
lvl = 20, 30
lat = 98
sam = 20
grp = 8
pedestalrun 008
max frame pos = 1-2-3. frame n side still shifted
lvl = 15, 35
lat = 96
sam = 50
grp = 8
cooled until about 400k after that room temp
pedestalrun 009
sixlet calibration run with only ladders
lvl = 0, 255
lat = 97
sam = 50
grp = 8
TLU DuT interface:
Telescope alone
Telescope in combination with SVD3
a working version of the EUDET online monitor (which works also with the FE-I4) is at the following location
~/BELLETEST/eudaq-neu/build/monitors/onlinemon$ ./OnlineMon.exe -sc 0 -f /home/telescope/eudaq/data/run000060.raw
Threshold 6
Testrun to see how the telescope behaves without a DUT to test if there is an increased amount of multiple scattering after the aluminum planes of the FW and BW module.
This time with the upstream FEI4 plane
Trying to get a nice plot of the beam profile by only using the vertical PMTs (number 0 and 2) see http://elog.hephy.at/testbeam-SPS2015/66 for details.
Trying to get a nice plot of the beam profile by only using the vertical PMT 0 (upstream vertical, the long one) see http://elog.hephy.at/testbeam-SPS2015/66 for details.
Coordinate system:
pos x-Direction = Jura side
pos y-Direction = Down
Zero-point is in the top right corner in Beam direction
absolute Position of PI Stages:
Pos 6: x=136.08 mm, y= 91.49 mm (narrow side top)
Pos 9: x=30.5 mm, y= 60.67 mm (wide side down)
x-Achse: positiv Richtung Saleve (counting room)
y-Achse: positiv Richtung UNTEN!!
position of laddertestbox xy stages:
Rev. Pos (BWD Sensor, BWD, Oben) x= 82.3, y=110.6
Mitte Sensor:
Pos 1: (mitte BWD sensor): x=144.74, y=80.8
Pos 2: (mitte Origami -z): x=269.62, y=80.8
Pos 3: (mitte Origami ce): x=394.42, y=80.8
Pos 4 (mitte FWD Micron Sensor): x=517, y=80.8
Pos 5 (Ecke BWD sensor): x=92.3, y=105.6
Pos 6 (Ecke Origami -z): x=217.18, y=105.6
Pos 7 (Ecke Origami ce): x=342.06, y=105.6
Pos 8 (Ecke FWD sensor): x=467,62, y=56,3
Pos 9 (Ecke FWD sensor): x=568,33 y=64,48
120GeV hadrons, beam config H6A.BELLE.003
Calibration Run with +- 50V Bias with higher compliance since the p-side draws more current than expected (23muA by the MAMBO)
Table: 100:70
Bias: +-50V
600 pedestal
0 offset (at the beginning)
Started APVDAQ and waited till 600 were taken then started EUDAQ
EUDAQ Run 21
Mimosa Thresholds lvl 6
Run to confirm trigger delay
EUDAQ Run 24
Mimosa Thresholds lvl 7
Testrun with the FEI4 working for the first time.
Lessons learned about the configuration:
EnableDUTVeto needs to be set for the FEI4 to allow it to work
HandShakeMode needs to be enabled for the FEI4 as well
"Enable RJ45 input during scans" needs to be enabled for the USB-controller
TLU Run 46
Threshold 8b
Offset 601
FIRST GOOD RUN WITH SVD3 plus telescope
EUDET Run 49
Mimosa Threshold 7
Offset APVDAQ-TLU Event number: 601
Pos 1: x=100 mm, y=79 mm (Hits in APV 3 und 8-9 in p-Seite und 14 und 17 in n-Seite)
RUN WITH SVD3 plus telescope
EUDET Run 50
EUDET Run 51
EUDET Run 52
Pos 4: x=130.7 mm, y=84 mm (hits auf APV 2 und (bisschen) 3, (bisschen) 8 und 9, 15 und 16
EUDET Run 53
EUDET Run 54
Pos 6: x=136.08 mm, y= 91.49 mm (narrow side top)
EUDET Run 55
EUDET Run 56
EUDET Run 57
EUDET Run 58


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Happy New Year! {Atlanta, Johns Creek, Alpharetta, Lawrenceville, Surrounding Areas – Senior Portrait Photographer}January 1, 2013
I just wanted to Thank all of my wonderful clients, friends, family and everyone else who made 2012 such a wonderful year.
I used to try to do a year end top 10, but I gave up that because I could never narrow it down. I still can't, so here are just a FEW favorites from this year:
I hope that 2013 brings each of you many more magical memories! :)
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1-3 December 2009
Malang (Java), Indonesia
Joint expert meeting organised by the ILO and the OECD
Since September 2008, the global economic and financial crisis has reverberated across all sectors and geographic regions, with much of the effect still emerging. While no country has been spared from the effects of the crisis, each country will be affected differently at the different stages.
Some countries have described the crisis occurring in three stages in developing countries; first with the collapse of highly traded industries, then with the drying up of private capital flows and a decline in remittance transfers back to developing countries, and finally with a more general domestic economic slowdown due to reduced consumption.
The diverse impact of the crisis has been quite evident in Asia. Countries whose economies have been heavily reliant on the export of basic commodities and manufactured goods have borne the brunt of the economic slowdown, to date. On the other hand, countries with robust domestic economies, sound fiscal positions, excess reserves and large domestic markets have been able to weather the shock better.
Rationale for joint OECD-ILO expert meeting
In recognition of the complex form that these strategies must take in order to support a sustainable and equitable recovery, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the OECD are working together to help government institutions and other agencies to share their experiences and engage in a process of mutual learning.
This expert meeting was taking part as part of the joint OECD-ILO initiative on Employment and Skills Strategies in South East Asia (ESSSA) and under the broader cooperation between ASEAN and the ILO. It was also intended as a follow up to the ILO Global Jobs Pact and its implications at the regional, national and local level.
Discussions were supported by the results of joint work by ILO and OECD carried out under ESSSA, such as background research on national and local initiatives and the results of a dedicated survey on employment and skills development policies in the region, and by other work to provide guidance on ways to rebuild sustainable employment at the local level.
Download the tenative agenda here.
The overall aim of the meeting was strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis.
Specifically, the meeting contributed to:
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The meeting was informal and the participants represented themselves and not their country.
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Summer Reading: Red Auerbach On & Off the Court
Today's book review is Red Auerbach On and Off the Court by Red Auerbach with Joe Fitzgerald, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985. This book is pure Auerbach. It's Red on basketball, recalling the times he first saw Bill Russell and Larry Bird; describing the less talented athletes who got the utmost out of their abilities, and came to be known as Celtic-type players; and blasting the coaches who insist on calling every play and dominating every game. But it's also Red on how to deal with drugs in sports; on heroes and celebrities, and why we have so many of the latter and so few of the former; and on the dangers in any kind of business that follow from losing sight of what the customers want. On and Off the Court is more than just a basketball book. It is the philosophy and reflections of an extraordinary man who just happened to be the most successful sports executive who ever lived.
Here's an excerpt from the book where Red talks about what it means to be a Celtic. Red had ubuntu down long before Doc introduced the word to the '07-'08 season. First is Red's speech welcoming a new player and then he goes into a story about Charlie Scott becoming a Celtic.
Although this book was written back in 1985, it is still true today as well. The Celtics have always had ubuntu as a motto, they just didn't know the word for it. And we have players like KG, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce who are willing to sacrifice their own stats and games for the good of the team. If you want to know what being a Celtic means or what makes this franchise special, you'll find that ane more in this fascinating book.
Don't forget to visit the Celtics Green boards.
Here's an excerpt from the book where Red talks about what it means to be a Celtic. Red had ubuntu down long before Doc introduced the word to the '07-'08 season. First is Red's speech welcoming a new player and then he goes into a story about Charlie Scott becoming a Celtic.
"Have you ever seen our team play? Then you know we expect certain things from our guys. We've won championships, and we hope to win a lot more, but to be a champion you have got to act like a champion, on and off the court. You've got to have a certain feeling about yourself and about the team, and you've got to be willing to pay the price.
"We're smart enough to know when you're loafing, when you're giving us false hustle, and if we ever see that we'll get rid of you because we won't have the room or time to go into the whys and wherefores.
"But if you have the desire, and if you show the proper attitude, you'll find all kinds of help here, not only from the coaches and me, but from all of your teammates as well. Because they want to win, and if they can help you to improve, they'll also be helping the team to improve. That's the concept we go by here. You'll be aware of it right away.
"You'll never see a player on the Celtics bawling out a teammate. You'll never see a Celtic throwing a towel or jacket in disgust when he is taken out of a game. That crap is selfishness and we don't buy it here. The name of our game is unity.
"If you start with us and do your job, you more than likely will finish with us. We've had more players start and finish with us than the rest of the league combined. We've helped our guys get jobs when their playing days were over. We've helped them not to squander their money. When you leave here, you're prepared to face the future.
"Now if we're willing to take this kind of interest in you, what are you going to do? Go out there and go through the motions? Rely solely on your natural abilities, rather than going out there and working like a dog? Or are you going to make it your business to become a Celtic? That's what we want. We want you to become a Celtic."
Charlie Scott became a Celtic. A lot of people thought he never would, but I wasn't one of them. He'd been a big scorer most of his career, a one on one guy, and some folks wondered if he could fit into the Celtics' style of play when he came to us in 1975. He was almost 28 then. Let me tell you a story about Charlie.
In the fifth game of our championship series with Phoenix that year - Charlie was called out on fouls, some of which were really questionable. We won that night, but as soon as I walked into our locker room, before the press arrived, Tommy Heinsohn pulled me aside. "Will you talk to Charlie?" he said. "He's ready to explode."
And he was. They'd given the kid six fouls and a technical, and he was so upset he was shaking.
I grabbed him by both arms. "Charlie," I said, softly. "You've had a great year. You've done everything we've asked you to do, but now you're ready to blow your stack..."
He started to interrupt me. I squeezed his arms tighter. "Listen. Let me tell you something. I was worse than you are now, on many occasions, but I didn't have someone to grab me and stop me like I'm doing to you. And so I did a lot of crazy things. But I'm stopping you now. I want you to show me what you're made of. I want you to grit your teeth, take a quick shower, then get the hell out of here without saying a word to anyone. Just dress and go. Quickly."
I dropped his arms. He looked at me for a minute, then went straight to the shower room, came out a minute later, jumped into his clothes and left. He never said a word.
In the next game he scored 25 points, played fabulously, and we won the championship. As soon as the final horn sounded he came running to me, tossed his arms around me and gave me a kiss. He knew what it was all about and so did I. The rest of the players knew, too, although nobody else did.
In my eyes and in the eyes of his teammates, Charlie had disciplined himself for the good of the ballclub, and now he'd just helped us win the biggest game of the year. Each one of us had total respect for what he had done. He'd come to Boston with a bad rap, but there was no doubt in anyone's mind now.
Charlie Scott had handled himself like a man. He'd become a Celtic.
Oh, I know some people think that's a lot of bull. That's what Paul Silas though, too, when he came to us in 1972. But the next year, in the spring of
74, we won it all. Wayne Embry, one of our old guys from the end of the Russell era, was GM of the Bucks that season. It was us against Milwaukee in the final round, and now it had all come down to Game 7 on a Sunday afternoon out there.
Here's what Embry told a reporter after it was all over, "I felt then, and I still feel now, that we had the better ballclub. And I know our guys have just as much pride as the Boston guys do. I felt we were going to win - and yet, as I sat in my office that morning, I just couldn't relax. I kept saying to myself: If we were playing anybody else but the Celtics... If it had been any other team I'd have been down there taking ring sizes! But I knew the character of John Havlicek and those guys. I knew if they were down by 20 points with 3 minutes left, they'd never give up. There's a lot if the old Celtics in them. Whatever that intangible is, it must be inherent."
Later, after we'd won, I was standing in our locker room when Silas walked over and put his arm around me.
"Red," he said, "I want to tell you something. When I first got here I thought all that stuff about tradition and so on was a lot of BS. But I know better now. It's real all right, and I'm awfully proud to be a part of it." It was real. And it's still real today.
Although this book was written back in 1985, it is still true today as well. The Celtics have always had ubuntu as a motto, they just didn't know the word for it. And we have players like KG, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce who are willing to sacrifice their own stats and games for the good of the team. If you want to know what being a Celtic means or what makes this franchise special, you'll find that ane more in this fascinating book.
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Exploits for several million Microsoft servers posted
This oughta be a blast....
Several exploits have been developed for a buffer overflow vulnerability in servers running IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, which we reported on Tuesday.
The vulnerability exists in the .printer ISAPI (Internet Server Application Programming Interface) filter (C:\WINNT\System32\msw3prt.dll), which enables Web-based control of networked printers, due to an unchecked buffer in msw3prt.dll.
A malicious HTTP .print request containing approximately 420 bytes in the 'Host:' field enables execution of arbitrary code, and if handled right will yield system-level access on the target machine.
Microsoft has posted a patch, which it 'strongly urges' admins to install; but the number of machines running IIS on Win2k is so immense (several million at least) that cracking unpatched victims will be like shooting fish in a barrel.
With that in mind, computer enthusiast dark spyrit has put together jill.c, "an exploit code that will give you a remote command shell, reverse telnet style, on a vulnerable host. This exploit code takes advantage of a vulnerability in IIS that allows remote attacker to overflow one of IIS's internal buffers causing it to execute arbitrary code."
From Wanderley Abreu we have a memory-leak exploit called webexplt.pl; and from Ryan Permeh of eEye Digital Security, which discovered the vulnerability, we have a non-malicious exploit called iishack2000.c, which creates a file in the root of drive C imploring unpatched innocents to fix their systems. ®
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Ai Weiwei is one of China's most famous contemprary artists, as well as a vocal critic of human rights abuses (which has led to his house arrest). A show of some of his more famous works of art is currently showing at the Art Gallery of Ontario (well worth seeing), plus a version of one of his more famous works - Forever Bicycles - has been built in Nathan Philips Square in front of Toronto City Hall.
Made of interconnected bicycles manufactured by the Chinese-based Forever Bicycle company - a record 3144 in this case - it is an incredible structure. The sculpture is in place until October 27th (as is the full exhibition at the AGO). If you get a chance, drop by Nathan Philips Square. We have some photos below.
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Having just crossed seven years since the untimely passing of J Dilla due to lupus-related medical complications, his thorough list of productions lives in the hearts of long-established fans and late adapters who jumped aboard once the afterlife greatly bolstered his legend. Much like the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac, unreleased and unheard recordings have kept his spirit alive, additionally exposing his quiet genius rather than simply capitalizing off of prior acclaim. The unfortunate byproduct and cost of more fandom has been the varying controversies splitting his home town of Detroit and those closest to him, all clinging to the past or out to further their own agendas with Dilla's name attached. Has his death become a gift and a curse with the newfound appreciation for his innovative dedication accompanied by ugly business strife?
Genesis: J Dilla's Rise And His Early Posthumous Catalogue
At a pivotal moment when the so-called "jiggy" era threatened to poison minds with luxurious tales of materialism and wasteful living, J Dilla played a considerable role in the good fight to retain the grit of Hip Hop. Where his own crew Slum Village would go on to put an alternative spin on the idea of a progressive approach with the brash yet smooth Fantastic, Vol. 2, his beats breathed life into the likes of veterans including A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, and The Pharcyde, in turn captivating rookies. Going on to forge a great creative relationship with Common on the albums Like Water For Chocolate and Electric Circus as a part of the Questlove helmed Soulquarians crew, Dilla's versatility flourished as his solo debut Welcome 2 Detroit and Jaylib's Champion Sound (a collaborative effort with Madlib) boosted his presence within the underground.
Once irreversible illness set in, Dilla's final opus, Donuts preceded his earthly demise by a mere three days, almost instantly elevating his status to that of an infamous deity. The advent of the Internet's piracy age turned the next few years into a frenzy with rarities, bootlegged beat tapes, reissues, and endless homages from peers and vulturous ambulance chasers. All of the above created a sudden, mad rush for his wealth of undiscovered and previously ignored music. This hoopla included a leak of the formerly shelved Jay Stay Paid (originally scheduled to come out on MCA Records), Ruff Draft being taken from its vinyl format to CD, The Shining (unfinished and completed by the closely-affiliated Karriem Riggins), Jay Love Japan and Yancey Boys, a project with Dilla's beats given to younger brother Illa J. These albums had notable features such as Blu, Miguel, Havoc, Black Thought and Pharoahe Monch amongst others, and the general praise they received was a sign of respect for the recently deceased.
Hold Tight: What To Make Of Slum Village After Dilla's Passing
In the wake of Dilla's absence, Slum Village's T3 carried the group's name by aligning with a rotating assortment of familial solo acts under the unit he formerly shared with Dilla and Baatin. A clash with the aggressive battle rapping Elzhi led to his exodus from SV in 2010 just a year after Baatin became the second of Slum's original members to pass away, leaving the group's perception in the minds of some in utter disarray.
"Here's the thing about Slum Village and about Dilla," T3 said, while speaking to the responsibility of taking charge. "Being that we're the first of our kind from Detroit, and a lot of people supported us on the come up, everybody feels entitled to have an opinion about how things are supposed to be done. It's a lot of pressure on me keeping the Slum Village name going. I understand criticism, and I've definitely dealt with a lot. We're gonna get that…that's the music business. To be frank, it's only about 30 of us who made it out of The D successfully, there's not a bunch of us like New York or LA or the South. It's about 10 of us, so that makes everybody feel like they have a say so."
Perhaps his intent here is to resurrect the feeling of what he helped build nearly two decades ago, but some fans and some who were near and dear to the group's beginnings have deemed this staunch insistence opportunistic, self-serving and ultimately damaging to the original brand. To me, Slum Village now feels restructured, and I would consider Dirty Slums 2 less than stellar.
Stakes Is High: The Partnership Of Ma Dukes And Jonathan Taylor
One of the more bizarre aspects of this circus has surrounded the battle for Dilla's estate and legal rights towards using his name and likeness. Former executor Arthur Erik found himself at odds with Dilla's mother, Maureen Yancey (aka "Ma Dukes") in a tug of war, as he attempted to clamp down on money being earned from side projects that could have financially benefitted the family. Left in debt from her son's medical bills, Mrs. Yancey and Dilla's surviving kin could generate no income from his music. The nasty squabble resulted in a January 2010 announcement on j-dilla.com making probate attorney Alex Borden administrator in charge. With this change also came the establishment of the J Dilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that has gone through a world of upheaval since its inception, setting out to provide funding for music education and Hip Hop academia in particular.
Another business with ties to all things Dilla has been the Yancey Media Group, run by CEO Jonathan Taylor with Ma Dukes as a senior officer. With its own informational site at officialjdilla.com, Taylor's company has been the target of the greatest backlash, seen by some to be scraping the bins to cash in on the already exhausted trend of posthumous merchandise sold to anyone interested in the prolific producer's catalog. Nearly the only openly vocal naysayer, Dilla's close friend Detroit ambassador DJ House Shoes aired out his grievances with Taylor, Mrs. Yancey and their Rebirth Of Detroit LP in an interview with HipHopDX last June.
"Basically the cat that put that shit together, Jonathan Taylor, is a joker," offered House Shoes—never one to mince words. "I gave him a list of cats that should be on the record and left it that. I said, 'As y'all record these songs, send them to me and let me help A&R the shit, because I know what Dilla would have wanted to go down.' He was like, 'Nah, dont worry about that, I got this.' I sent him a zip file with 20 beats, he called the next day asking for five more beats, and I sent five more. I gave you the 20 hottest joints, and you made a disposable-ass mixtape out of it. There's definitely been more than a few people that shouldn't be involved, and if Dilla was still here he never would have done no Rebirth Of Detroit album. If you're gonna be doing shit with Dilla's music, the number one most important factor is staying true to what he would have done."
Speaking to Ma Dukes' involvement, Shoes said "My mother knows I make music, but she don't know a damn thing else besides that. If I leave this earth tomorrow, I don't want her in charge of any of that shit, I want all my boys who I fucked with on a regular basis and my core circle to be in charge, because they have a strong knowledge of the music that I have on deck. They know how I would like that shit to be presented to the world."
A more current development to set off alarms with House Shoes and others was her selling pieces from Dilla's record collection online, presumably to help make ends meet as her bottom line has little regard for potentially offending those who take issue with her actions.
"I trust what Mrs. Yancey is doing," added T3, who has gone on the record running contrary to the opinion of Shoes, staying diplomatic and loyal to the family's choices. "Illa J is a big part of those decisions, and now so is Frank Nitt (of Frank-N-Dank, a duo who often worked close with Dilla). I just try to stay out of it unless they ask me for certain things, because I'm always here to help. I feel like there's still a lot of music to be heard. There's still joints out there that I know of that nobody has heard; he still has music because he did so much work. Sometimes it takes time to get it all the way together—especially when you're working independently by yourself. But I'm not mad at how things are being done right now. I like [Music From] The Lost Scrolls (a just released EP), I like the way they presented that record. If people ask me personally, I'm not upset about any of it. I'm not a part of it, but I definitely support it and I'm here to support them in whatever way they need me."
Only One Can Win: Lucrative Business Versus Considering Dilla's Legacy
As somewhat of a diehard Dilla fanatic, I've taken many of the later works as an insult to the man's passion and musical gift. Much like my approach to commercial radio, I made the conscious decision to not hear the Rebirth Of Detroit LP considering the drama involved, and I have yet to backtrack here. Though a fair critic would lend an open ear before taking a stance, I couldn't stomach the thought of a legend's heart and soul being tampered with unwittingly. Rappers have compromised their sound as far back as Big Daddy Kane's A Taste Of Chocolate album, but Kane chose to switch his style up on his own volition. Biggie made "Juicy" (albeit likely under duress), but his feel good rags to riches story and its formerly ingrained beat were decisions he stood by to build momentum for his debut. The song performed well and received far greater consideration than Born Again and Duets: The Final Chapter—both desperate attempts to squeeze whatever support Bad Boy could out of fans.
If the Yancey Media Group and other corporations limited themselves to selling special editions, box sets of material actually made by Dilla and the like, the well would eventually run dry. But the visions of one James Yancey would be accurately reflected throughout time. What we're left with is a following of newer converts and older diehards surely confused as to the authenticity of the latest available Dilla products, united through love of the art and divided in their fervor for seemingly pieced-together leftovers. Annual celebrations include Detroit's Dilla Day and parties in New York, Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities. These reflect ongoing respect for all he accomplished while here, and give a number of sources inspiration to churn out material so as to carry the torch and get paid in the process.
No matter how different their philosophies, Ma Dukes, T3 and House Shoes (playing a role in the just announced Dilla LP The Diary, rumored to be quite similar to the aforementioned Jay Stay Paid bootleg) share the common cause of vested interests in Dilla's craft, each with their own interpretation and spin on what newly packaged music from him should or would sound like. This proves the continual battle of creativity versus commerce rages on, sometimes leaving primary composers and authors helpless to potential mismanagement in the distribution of their blueprints. The pertinent questions here remain, whose end goals are rooted in respecting the memory of a loved one as opposed to the selfish pursuit of profit? Is it in fact disrespectful to reinterpret Dilla's sound? And how much longer will Hip Hop support ventures that the artists weren't able to sign off on?
Jesse Fairfax has contributed to HipHopDX since February 2012. He lives in Los Angeles and is the founder of GoInRadio.com. Follow him on Twitter via @goinradiodotcom.


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Medication Madness: How Psychiatric Drugs Cause Violence, Suicide, and Crime
Medication spellbinding has four basic effects.
First, people taking psychiatric drugs rarely realize how much the drugs are impairing them mentally or emotionally. They often do not recognize that they've become irrational, depressed, angry, or even euphoric since beginning the medication.
Second, if they do realize that they are having painful emotional feelings, medication spellbinding causes them to blame their feelings on something other than the drug. They may get angry at their husbands, wives or children, and become abusive. Or they might blame themselves and become suicidal. Often they confuse the harmful drug effect with their emotional problems and attribute their emotional distress to "mental illness."
Third, medication spellbinding makes some people feel that they are doing better than ever when in reality they are doing much worse than ever. In one case, a man who was high on a combination of an antidepressant and a tranquilizer happily went on a daylight robbery spree in his hometown wearing no disguise. Another otherwise ethical citizen happily embezzled money while documenting the details in easily accessible company computer files. Both men thought they were on top of the world.
Fourth, some people become so medication spellbound that they lose control of themselves and perpetrate horrendously destructive actions. My book opens with the story an otherwise kind and gentle man who became agitated on an antidepressant and drove his car into a policeman to knock him down to get his gun to try to kill himself. In another case, a ten-year-old boy with no history of depression hung himself after taking a prescription stimulant for ADHD. He documented the dreadful unfolding events while speaking in a robotic monotone into his computer.
Particularly striking to me, of those who have survived, none of the people I have evaluated has ever perpetrated again after stopping the offending medication. There has been zero recidivism in the cases I have evaluated and who have stopped taking the medication.
Similar effects can occur from alcohol and street drugs. When a person's drunk, he might think he's the life of the party when he's the death of it. And of course, alcohol and street drug intoxication are associated with a great deal of crime and violence. But there is a difference between the effects of taking alcohol or other drugs on your own and taking drugs prescribed by a physician. Most people believe that their doctor would never give them anything that could make them violent, suicidal, or just plain crazy. Often the doctor reassures the unwitting patient that he needs to take more of the drug that's driving him over the edge.
The law in most states recognizes the difference between taking an intoxicating substance on your own and being prescribed one by a physician. If you do something irresponsible under the influence of alcohol or an illegal drug, the law is likely to hold you responsible. It is called a voluntary intoxication. You should have known better than to get intoxicated and you should have foreseen the consequences. But if you've been prescribed a drug, especially without being given any warnings about the risks, that's called an involuntary intoxication. You're not aware of the risks and dangers; you're simply following your doctor's prescription by taking something that's supposed to help you. The law looks more sympathetically on involuntary intoxications. Many states allow for a defense of not guilty because of an involuntary intoxication.
It's important to understand that all psychoactive substances impair higher brain function and with that they impair judgment. People who are a little tipsy on alcohol or a little high on marijuana may experience it as enjoyable. Similarly, people who take psychiatric drugs may experience relief from emotional anesthesia or an artificial high on an antidepressant, tranquilizer, or stimulant. Or they may get some relief from the lobotomizing effect of an antipsychotic drug or the blunting impact of a mood stabilizer. In every case, the seeming improvement is a manifestation of brain dysfunction, and judgment is always impaired.
I am not critical of the occasional and responsible use of legal recreational drugs like alcohol. But I do not believe that a drug can help people solve their personal problems. Psychiatric drugs — like all psychoactive substances — work by impairing brain function, and when we're under stress and have problems to solve we need a fully functioning brain and mind. We need to be able to take complete responsibility for ourselves and to think through our problems with rational clarity. All psychiatric drugs impair those higher mental functions.
Instead of mind-altering drugs, we need courage, determination, self-discipline, and sound principles to face and overcome our personal problems. Counseling and therapy can help many people, but the contest is not between psychiatric drugs and psychotherapy — it is between drugs and all of the many ways in which people learn to overcome emotional suffering and to triumph in life, including love, family life, devotion to the community, principled living, and spirituality.
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Review: HP's Elite x3 is too much smartphone, not enough PC
We've seen this 'one device for everything' movie before, and it ends just as badly this time
Imagine being able to carry around your PC in your pocket, using it as a smartphone by itself and as a full-fledged PC when connected to a display, keyboard, and mouse. For people who work on the road or in multiple locations, that sounds like nirvana. Ditto for shift workers, from call centers to retail associates, where you have more employees than terminals at any given time.
That's exactly what HP's $799 Elite x3 with Desk Dock claims to be: a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone that transforms into a full PC when you connect it to desktop peripherals, whether via a dock or wirelessly. But the Elite x3 isn't a full PC, because of Windows and Office choices that Microsoft has made -- and it can't be one. Thus, the Elite x3 falls short of its core promise. Plus, it's an awkward smartphone you won't want to carry around.
The PC industry and the mobile industry are both trying to figure out how to evolve, with PC and tablet sales declining, and smartphone sales stabilizing. Innovation for those various form factors has also stalled, causing Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others to rethink these devices as a continuum of clients called omnidevice.
The Microsoft Surface Pro, Apple iPad Pro, Google Pixel-C, and other tabtops are one example of this experimental evolution. So too is Google's enabling of Chromebooks to run Android apps, and its rumored ultimate merger of Android and Chrome OS -- as are mobilelike laptops like Apple's MacBook 12 and the array of 2-in-1 hybrid Windows laptops out there.
The Elite x3 joins this parade -- but it's not a new idea. Motorola tried a similar move five years ago in the form of its Atrix Android smartphone, which you plugged into a Motorola Lapdock laptop-style dock and could then run both native Android apps and the desktop Firefox browser (for websites, not PC apps). Sadly, the Atrix and Lapdock were an awkward, limited combination. Android apps didn't scale up to take full advantage of the laptop's screen, for example.
This isn't the Windows or Office you're looking for
The Elite x3, by contrast, does scale up mobile apps using Window 10 Mobile's Continuum feature, so those Windows 10 Mobile apps look and feel like native desktop Windows apps when you're using an external display. iOS can't do that, nor can Android -- the best you get on those operating systems are apps that self-configure for a smartphone or tablet screen, but not for external displays.
Here's the rub: You're running Windows 10 Mobile apps, not real Windows apps. Not only are there very few such apps -- the only browser, for example, is Microsoft's Edge -- but the ones that exist can't do what real Windows desktop apps can do.
Look no further than Microsoft's own Office apps. At first, you'll be impressed that, when you run Word or Excel from that docked Elite x3, you get a desktoplike full screen. Sure, the Windows 10 Start menu is replaced by the smartphone's home screen, but that's fine. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Edge all look like the real thing.
Except they're not the real thing. You soon realize that you're not running the Windows desktop you expect and probably need. Office for Windows Mobile is much, much less capable than the Windows 10 Office version, much less capable than the MacOS Office version, and even less capable than the iPad Office version. (It's about a match to the native Office for Android version and to the Office Online browser versions.) The same holds true for Outlook, where the functionality suffers from the same limitations Microsoft has imposed on all platforms but standard Windows.
Thus, your Elite x3 lets you touch up and revise Office documents, but that's about it. Forget about serious document creation and formatting -- no style creation, for example. It's simpler to stick with a laptop if you need full Office on the go or to use iOS or Android mobile devices (and get access to their much larger business app libraries).
Did I mention how very few native business apps are available for Windows Mobile?
You'll also quickly realize you don't get the full Windows capabilities such as taskbar widgets. You are running Windows Mobile, not Windows. This is not HP's fault, but Microsoft's. Microsoft has not ported the full Windows to mobile devices running on the ubiquitous ARM processor, merely a subset. HP can't fix that; it can only decide if it should build products on what Microsoft has made available.
Yes, the Elite x3's ability to show a full-screen app on an external display is cool, as is its ability to provide access to keyboards and mice. But that cool factor is not worth running a crippled subset of Windows apps.
Nor is the full-screen app display as cool as it might be. For example, if you directly launch an app on your Elite X3, then enable external-display control, the app running on the phone is not moved to the external display. Instead, you have to separately launch the app from the external display's Start menu. That's an unintuitive UI choice, though it does let you run one app on the smartphone and another on the external display.
When you enable external-display control, the Elite x3 functions as a trackpad for the external display, similar to how Apple's Remote app lets you control an Apple TV for iTunes playback. As with the Apple Remote app, the experience is initially awkward and unnatural, though it works if you find yourself mouseless when working on the big screen. It gets easier over time, as you mentally map the touchscreen's virtual canvas to the external display's screen real estate.
The high-cost workaround for app access
You can access the full Windows apps (for which you have licenses, of course) if you pay for HP's subscription-based Workspace service, which is basically a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) where the real clients run on HP's cloud and users access them remotely. You can also use other VDI systems. But what a wasteful way to get the real Office and other Windows apps.
VDI can be slow and requires a strong broadband connection, which is not always available to mobile users. In the case of Workspace, HP manages the back end, so it won't be as painful as deploying on-premises VDI, but it's still another link in a chain to monitor and manage.
Also, the virtual desktop is separate from the local device. Although this serves to keep corporate documents from leaving your back-end servers, it creates a confusing duality of local versus remote work. HP Workspace allows users to connect to corporate Dropbox accounts (Google Drive and Box access is in beta), to which they could then be permitted to access directly from the Elite x3 smartphone for mobile usage. Oddly, HP Workspace doesn't support the Microsoft OneDrive or SharePoint services that a Windows-centric organization is likely to have in place.
Because HP Workspace doesn't function unless the Elite x3 is docked to an external display, it's only useful for scenarios where users will assuredly be working at a Desk Dock-equipped office. Other VDI systems can run apps on a smartphone screen; if your users work on the go and you want to keep some apps restricted to the back end, HP Workspace isn't the right choice.
Rather than mess with the overhead and complexity of VDI, it's typically better to issue users a Windows laptop or MacBook, which also ensures your users have all the capabilities they need, when they need them, on devices you manage like your others.
The Elite x3's management challenge
Speaking of management, that's another area where the Elite x3 is overly complicated. Here again, the fault is Microsoft's, not HP's. Windows 10 Mobile isn't managed the same way as real Windows 10 PCs typically are: via System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) or similar tool. Instead, you manage it via Microsoft's Intune or an enterprise mobility management (EMM) suite as if it were an iOS or Android device.
You can use SCCM to manage Intune and, in turn, manage the Elite X3, but that's a complex setup. Or you can manage the Elite x3 directly via your favorite EMM tool, without SCCM at all, again as if it were an iOS or Android device -- as long as your mobile team is prepared to manage these pseudo-Windows devices.
I do believe that PCs and mobile devices are on a path to joint, universal management, and if you're exploring Windows 10-based EMM for Surface Pros and the like, you might as well add Elite x3s to the mix. But you'll be at the bleeding edge for the next few years, as will your users. Deploy accordingly. Remember: A Surface Pro can be managed by both the old-school SCCM approach and the new-school EMM approach; the Elite x3 only by the EMM approach.
The confusing peripherals game
The Elite x3's hardware ecosystem is also complex to manage because you will either need a dock and compatible hardware at each location, compatible wireless equipment, or a combination of the two.
The HP Desk Dock, included in a $799 Elite X3 bundle, has a full-size DisplayPort (which only newer displays support), one USB-C port, two USB 2 (Type A) ports, and an Ethernet port. For people who work at multiple locations, you'll want multiple docks, but HP hasn't yet said whether it will sell the Desk Docks separately and, if so, at what price. (You can buy an Elite x3 without the Desk Dock for $699, but you're merely getting a Windows 10 Mobile smartphone for use as a standalone device.)
HP also plans to sell the Lap Dock that is like the old Motorola Lapdock: Use a cable to tether your Elite X3 to it and you have a functioning Windows Mobile laptop computer. Note that its ports differ from the Desk Dock: There are two USB-C ports and one MicroHDMI port (not common on displays, so you'll need an adapter), plus built-in 802.11ac Wi-Fi. HP says a bundle of the Elite x3, the Desk Dock, and Lap Dock will cost $1,299. There's no word as to whether the Lap Dock will be available for separate purchase as well.
You don't need a Desk Dock or Lap Dock to connect the Elite x3 to peripherals. You can use a USB-C adapter for your display's VGA, HDMI, or other input. (HP sells a USB-C-to-VGA adapter for $19, but nothing for HDMI, DisplayPort, MiniDisplayPort, or DVI video ports, all of which are newer than the still nearly universal VGA.) Or you can use Wi-Fi to drive a display with Miracast (WiDi) wireless connectivity built-in or with a Miracast receiver attached. (Such a Miracast display is most likely to be a TV.)
The Elite x3 also supports Bluetooth keyboards and mice. But be warned that Windows 10 Mobile is pretty stupid about Bluetooth devices, so you'll get a list filled mainly with ones named "Accessory." They could be computers, smartphones, headsets, keyboards, mice, earbuds, or headphones. Some will be more clearly named; my Apple Magic Mouse showed up as Mouse, for example. Even then, in an office with lots of Bluetooth devices, you won't know which "Mouse" is yours.
Users at a minimum will definitely need to carry adapter cables for displays. Because Bluetooth keyboards and mice are not standard-issue outside Mac environments, users may want to carry those devices or a spare Desk Dock when they travel. They could buy a Lap Dock, but then why not issue them a laptop in the first place? It will cost less and provide more capability.
The smartphone designed for the Hulk
As a smartphone, the Elite x3 is a beast. It's too large -- 16 percent larger than a Galaxy Note 5 and 9 percent larger than a iPhone 7 Plus, the leading phablets -- to be used single-handedly, so you'll need both hands free to work with it. It's also heavy: 6.8 ounces, or 14 percent heavier than the Note 5 and 8 percent heavier than the iPhone 7 Plus. The HP Elite x3 should be the size of the iPhone 7 or Galaxy S7 to be used widely as a smartphone; phablets are popular but still not the main preference of users.
Otherwise, it's a nice device, with a good (6-inch) screen and good battery life, plus support for Qi contact charging. The Elite x3 is an unlocked GSM phone, so it works on AT&T and T-Mobile networks in the United States, both 3G and LTE. (Verizon and Sprint users are left out in the cold.)
The Elite x3 comes with a fingerprint sensor that can enter your unlock password for you, though you may not notice its existence for two reasons: It's on the back of the device, and Windows 10 Mobile doesn't ask you to set it up.
To use the fingerprint reader, you need to have the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update (aka Windows 10 Mobile version 1607) installed. To set it up, you don't go to the Update & Security screen in Settings as you'd expect, but instead you must go to the Personalization screen. There, tap Lock Screen and scroll down until you see Sign-in Options, tap Sign-in Options, and scroll down until you see the Fingerprint section. Then follow the setup prompts. (Given how obscure this path is, it's almost as if Microsoft doesn't want you to use this feature.)
The fingerprint reader works fine once set up -- you can easily access it when docked to unlock your Elite x3.
HP Elite x3 with Desk Dock
The Elite x3 fails at the apparently quixotic quest of a pocketable PC that works well as both a smartphone and, when docked, as a PC. The fault lies mainly with the limitations of Windows 10 Mobile and its Office apps, but HP's peripherals disarray and oversized Elite x3 smartphone don't help.
- Supports both wired and wireless connectivity to displays and other peripherals.
- Its Windows 10 Mobile operating system can't perform like the full Windows 10.
- The Office apps for Windows 10 Mobile are not very capable, and there are few business apps at all for Windows 10 Mobile.
- The mix of peripherals for the Elite X3 is confusing.
- The smartphone is both very big and very heavy, making it difficult to use on the go.


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At the beginning of the year, fans mourned the loss of The Office after it was taken off of Netflix, but luckily, it only transferred platforms and all episodes can now be streamed on Peacock. While the show has gone up and down in popularity, there are certain things that fans of the show will never forget and most of them fall within the cold opens of the show.
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We've been reading a lot of good books, been to some training, and read some very interesting blog posts and news articles recently. Here are the ones that made this week's Friday Five from PreppingToSurvive: Spy agencies have access to your financial records, NYPD plans to track every vehicle as it enters or leaves Manhattan, adding herbs to your garden, a box cutter is the becomes the weapon of choice for a deranged man, and the IRS claims authority to read private communications without warrant.
IRS Claims Authority to Read Emails without Warrant
In documents acquired by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) through the Freedom of Information Act, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claims that auditors do not need to seek judicial approval or warrants to read people's private emails, text messages, or other forms of electronic communications because there is not an "expectation of privacy." From The Hill.
NYPD to Track Movement of Individual Vehicles
In a story reminiscent of the former Soviet Union's repressive and invasive security measures, the New York Police Department as unveiled a plan to use license plate readers to track vehicles as they enter and leave Manhattan. The information can purportedly be used after a terrorist event. From The Huffington Post.
Mass Stabbings at Texas College
A deranged man with a box-cutter like weapon randomly attacked other students at Lone Star College near Houston, Texas, earlier this week. During the spree, 14 people were injured; four of them seriously. Fortunately, other students rushed the man, subduing him until police could arrive on the scene minutes later. From FoxNews.
Growing Herbs at Home
Many preppers and homesteaders strive to become as self-sufficient as possible. We want to rely on the fragile system as little as possible; we don't want to be at the mercy of the supply chain and the disruptions that could cause barren shelves. So, we stock up and learn to grow our own food. Just as we've recommended that you stock up on barbecue sauce, salad dressings, and spices to bring variety to your post-TEOTWAWKI diet, growing your own herbs is a way to become self-sufficient at it. Here's an overview of the herbs you can grow. From Savvy Gardener.
Spy Agencies Have Access to Your Finances
You can't make this stuff up. Here's a quote straight for respected news agency Reuters. "The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters." From Reuters.


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Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson
The wife of Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in what many people believe was a suspicious car crash last week, has vowed to "take down whoever did this," according to the man who released an email in which Hastings told friends he was being harassed by the government.
Staff Sergeant Joseph Biggs, who yesterday told Fox News that Hastings was working on "the biggest story yet" about the CIA before his untimely death, was responsible for releasing an email Hastings wrote 15 hours before his car crash in which the journalist stated he was "onto a big story" and needed "to go off the rada[r] for a bit."
Biggs tweeted that the reason he released the email was because Hastings' other friends and colleagues who received it were "too scared" to do so.
After the email was released, Hastings' wife Elise Jordan thanked Biggs and vowed to "take down whoever did this," according to Biggs.
Biggs, who met Hastings when he was an embedded journalist in Afghanistan in 2008, added, "I won't let a man die in vein [sic] because I'm too scared of what will happen to me. If I sent that email to Mike he wouldn't rest, he would fight."
In his interview with Fox News yesterday, Biggs also said that Hastings "drove like a grandma" and that it was totally out of character for him to be speeding in the early hours of the morning.
Earlier this week, former counter-terror czar under two different presidents Richard Clarke told the Huffington Post that the fatal crash of Hastings' Mercedes C250 Coupe was "consistent with a car cyber attack."
Hastings had made numerous powerful enemies as a result of his exposure of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal in 2010, receiving several death threats in the process.
According to Hastings' colleague Cenk Uygur, the writer was, "incredibly tense and very worried, and was concerned that the government was looking in on his material," and also a "nervous wreck" in response to the surveillance of journalists revealed by the AP phone tapping scandal and the NSA PRISM scandal.
BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith added that Hastings had told friends and family "he was concerned that he was under investigation."
Another close friend who wishes to remain anonymous said that Hastings was "very paranoid that he was being watched by the FBI."
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.


text: Carnegie Mellon Enters Online MBA Market by: John A. Byrne on December 11, 2012 | 1,932 Views December 11, 2012 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University today (Dec. 10) said it would offer a new online and in-person MBA program starting in the fall of 2013. Tepper joins the Kenan-Flagler Business School and Indiana University's Kelley School as the top-ranked schools with online options. The 32-month program will feature 15 so-called "access weekends" on Tepper's main campus in Pittsburgh as well as New York and Silicon Valley where students will meet face to face with professors. Those in-person sessions will be used to begin and end the online courses will be run two at a time in seven-week intervals. Each live course is expected to meet once per week for 90 minutes online. During the Internet sessions, students will be able to see their professors and classmates. The school said that although current trends suggest increasingly larger online classes, Tepper's FlexMBA approach would deliver the MBA program to sections of just 20 to 30 students. "The new FlexMBA model draws on our school's experience earned over nearly two decades of successful graduate-level distance-learning programs and combines that knowledge with our expertise in traditional full- and part-time MBA education," said Michael Trick, senior associate dean for education at the Tepper School, in a statement. "Maintaining quality and consistency across all our MBA delivery platforms is paramount. The flexibility of the FlexMBA format makes it convenient for students anywhere in North America to access our curriculum and faculty." The school said that its access weekends will offer three full days of lectures, testing, group development and presentations, career services, and access to alumni and corporate programs from within the region. The weekly online class for each course will provide the opportunity for students to interact with the faculty to clarify and strengthen their command of the weekly material and apply it to relevant business situations through case discussions. "Going forward, we plan to maintain an adaptive open architecture for the delivery technologies that the program uses, so that we can take advantage of new online technologies as they are developed," Trick added. "The integration of new technologies and channels to offer this flexibility in delivering our MBA, while maintaining a high level of interactivity is a credit to a committee of thoughtful faculty members with input from all facets of our school community." The school said that admission requirements for the FlexMBA program remain the same as for the Tepper School's full- and part-time MBA programs. The Tepper School is now accepting applications for the new Flex MBA program. Comments or questions about this article? Email us.


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Today's Secret Ingredient for Friday Foodie Fix is plums. I have loved plums since I was a kid. The dark sweet plums were always a summer treat. Plums can be round or oval and 1 to 3 inches. They can be yellow, green, red, purple, and indigo blue. Fresh plums are available May through October so eat up now. Plums are very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. They are also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A and Vitamin K, and a very good source of Vitamin C. Don't forget most of their calories do come from natural sugars. At only 30 calories each you may be wondering why you don't eat them everyday.
One week at the farmers market I found both red and purple plums. They were amazing. I put them together for a wonderful plum sauce with a kick. Well it actually had too much of a kick. For some reason I thought 2 chocolate habaneros were better than one. My oldest son and I liked it but my husband doesn't like food that hot. The only way to really cool it down would be to add some sour cream which would change the sauce completely.
Plum Sauce
1/2 onion and 1 clove garlic diced and softened by cooking in 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp oil.
Add that to your VitaMix along with 1-2 dozen organic plums (seed removed) 1 chocolate or regular habaneros (remove seeds and membranes-could start with 1/2 pepper), juice of 1 lime, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp clove, 1 TB honey, and salt. Blend until smooth and return to saucepan.
Taste to see if you have a good balance. You can add more honey, salt or spices. If you want to add more heat with the pepper, add some back to the VitaMix along with the pepper to blend, then return to saucepan. If you don't have a VitaMix you can use a really good blender.
Now it's your turn to share what you do with your plums? Do you cook with them or just use them raw? Do they bring back memories? I hope you will share your stories and your recipes.
Next week's Secret Ingredient is ……Honey.
As promised here is a listing of the upcoming Secret Ingredients!
September 24- Honey
October 1- Tomatillos
October 8- Thyme
October 15- Grapes
October 22- Balsamic Vinegar
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A particular type of consumer enjoys stories with plots, characters, and imagery that allow them to get lost in the narrative, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
"Stories have the power to change people's behavior," write authors Tom van Laer (ESCP Europe Business School), Ko de Ruyter (Maastricht University), Luca M. Visconti (ESCP Europe Business School), and Martin Wetzels (Maastricht University). "Contemporary examples include the persuasive power of Latin American telenovelas, which influence family planning choices and enrollment in adult literacy programs, as well as Internet users sharing written stories, photos, and videos about themselves and their market experiences."
The authors wanted to understand what kinds of stories allowed consumers to mentally enter a story, a phenomenon called "narrative transportation." They also wondered which kinds of consumers were more likely to identify with the narratives. They reviewed articles written in five different languages that dealt with the theme of narrative transportation and tested consumer reactions to those stories.
They found that consumers were most likely to engage with realistic stories with identifiable characters and plots that easily lead to mental imagery. They also identified five characteristics that made participants more able to be transported: familiarity, attention, ability to fantasize, higher education, and female gender.
"Consumers who are 'transported' are changed by their experience. People who lose themselves in a story accept the story is true and relate to the characters," the authors write. "As the Hopi proverb goes, 'The one who tells the story rules the world,' and now we know how."
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After trying to help Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished, nearly feral eleven-year-old boy living in the Montana wilderness, social worker Pete Snow comes face-to-face with the boy's profoundly disturbed father, Jeremiah. With courage and caution, Pete slowly earns a measure of trust from this paranoid survivalist itching for a final conflict that will signal the coming End Times.
But as Pete's own family spins out of control, Pearl's activities spark the full-blown interest of the FBI, putting Pete at the center of a massive manhunt from which no one will emerge unscathed.
In this shattering and iconic American novel, Smith Henderson explores the complexities of freedom, community, grace, suspicion, and anarchy, brilliantly depicting our nation's disquieting and violent contradictions. Fourth of July Creek is an unforgettable, unflinching debut that marks the arrival of a major literary talent.


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In the debate about where Idaho Democrats go from here, Dave Neiwert provides a great starting point at Crooks and Liars [emphasis added].
The profile of the kind of candidate Democrats should be seeking as they work to return to full power in Congress should be someone modeled after a politician like Cecil Andrus rather than a Walt Minnick: A proud liberal who was skilled at explaining and standing up for liberal positions and policies to rural and suburban audiences because he understood that, at the bottom, these are common-sense positions -- and, if explained and marketed to voters that way, will win voters over to supporting Democratic positions instead of regurgitating Fox propaganda talking points, which is about all Republicans are capable of these days.
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I decided to break these up by Mattel, Flair & Sababa. Sababa now produces the special edition UNOs that you see in the tins.
It seems they have them for virtually everything! A slew of new editions are popping up all the time.
Hope you find one that catches your eye! I saw some at Barnes & Noble and Entertainment Earth also sells them.
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