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Egypt Rioters Storm Muslim Brotherhood Complex
WSJ reporter Matt Bradley reports from Cairo on a second day of massive demonstrations. Opponents of president Mohammed Morsi have set a Tuesday 5:00 PM deadline for him to step down. Photo: AP
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Stompbox Real Sensors
Lab 2: Controlling an Effect with Real Sensors
Designed by Edgar Berdahl
Due on Wednesday, July 20th at 9AM
Install the lab software
Power Connections
- In order to run circuits on the breadboard, you need to get power to it. The Arduino gets 5V from the USB connection, so in this section you will make the 5V accessible to the breadboard.
- Make sure that your Arduino is mounted at the very end of the breadboard with the higher-numbered rows, as shown in the following picture. In that case, the GND and 5V pins will end up in the 19th row. (Otherwise if your Arduino isn't mounted this way, you simply won't be able to rely on the row numbers, but you can still figure out how to wire things up!)
- Recall first that that holes in the solderless bread board are wired together as shown:
- Using short jumpers, connect the GND row to the blue "GND" bus on the breadboard, and connect the 5V row to the red "power" bus on the breadboard.
- Connect the "GND" and "power" busses from both sides of the breadboard together as shown.
Viewed from further away, your breadboard should now look like the following:
First Circuit: Potentiometer
Now you will build the following voltage divider circuit, to connect one potentiometer to analog input A0.
For some help on placing the wires, please see the following picture. In order to ensure the correct orientation, ensure that the text on the potentiometer is facing away from the Arduino (see also oblique picture in next section).
Add A Second Potentiometer
Now connect a second potentiometer to analog input A3 using the same voltage divider circuit.
Again, ensure that the text on the potentiometer is facing *away* from the Arduino (see the red boxes in the following figure):
Add A Button
Most stomp boxes have a button, so we include that as well according to the following circuit:
The corresponding picture of the bread board is shown below:
Add An LED
Finally, we add an LED for fun and to help with debugging.
Putting it all Together
- Create a new effect whose parameters are adjustable by the potentiometers and button.
- Think about the result
- do the controls allow the entire space of parameters to be explored?
- is it easy to choose any desired set of parameters?
- does the effect sound good?
- does it have dynamics?
- would you want to use it live?
- If not, what is missing still?
Appendix: Install Stompbox Firmware onto your Arduino Nano
If this wasn't already completed for you before starting the lab, then you must do it yourself!
- Change to the ~/stompbox directory by typing cd ~/stompbox at the console.
- From the terminal, run the command arduino & to start up the Arduino software.
- From the menu Tools|Board choose Arduino Duemilanove or Nano w/ 328
- From the menu Tools|Serial port choose /dev/ttyUSB0
- Open the sketch ~/stompbox/simple-stompbox/FirmataAllInputs_ExceptOnePWMOut/FirmataAllInputs_ExceptOnePWMOut.pde
- Press the Verify button.
- Check the Arduino messages window to make sure that you have successfully installed the firmware. (Usually, it will say something like Done compiling and Binary sketch size ...)
Important Note
Some small amount of the text and images here was taken from prior laboratory exercises for the course Music 250A. We regret that we do not know who contributed these elements, but these people are likely to include Wendy Ju, Bill Verplank, Michael Gurevich, and possibly more.

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WACO, Texas — A former Santa Maria resident who was wanted for allegedly raping a woman five years ago is in custody at a County Jail in Texas.
Matthew Allen Salcido, 28, was arrested on Monday by U.S. Marshals Service deputies at his residence in Waco, Texas.
Salcido was wanted by the Santa Maria Police Department for multiple felony counts of rape, which allegedly occurred in 2009 in the Santa Maria area.
The arrest followed a lengthy investigation by several agencies and was prompted by new information regarding his whereabouts obtained by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department's Felony Fugitives Unit. Detectives learned that Salcido was possibly living in Waco.
On Monday, U.S. Marshals Service deputies in Waco were requested to check the updated location for Salcido. They were advised that database checks revealed new information on the whereabouts of Salcido's family members.
Deputies obtained information that showed Salcido was working at a local electronics store in Waco. Further investigation revealed Salcido was living with his wife under her name at an apartment in Waco.
U.S. Marshals Service deputies conducted about two hours of surveillance on the apartment with no sign of Salcido.
About 7 p.m., they observed Salcido peeking his head out the front door. Salcido exited the front door and unknowingly walked up on U.S. Marshals Service deputies. He was taken into custody after a brief struggle.
Information suggested his wife was not aware of the serious nature of his warrants. Salcido was booked into the McLennan County jail and is awaiting extradition back to California to answer to his charges.
— Kelly Hoover is a public information specialist for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department.


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You have non-Qt browser alternatives already, as long as you don't mind quadrupling your resource useage.
In reality, Opera is as much a Qt app as Firefox is a Gtk app. They make superficial use of the toolkits, but rely heavily on their own custom interfaces.
Which, come to think of it, does make it all the more remarkable that Opera is such a small, efficient app. compared to other non-standard-toolkit browsers... :O
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ATLANTA – The No. 12 Georgia College men's tennis team (1-0) dominated the Morehouse College Tigers (0-1) Saturday, 9-0.
Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) and Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) teamed up in first doubles and beat Michael Cutresis and Michael Thomas, 8-1. Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Tyler Franks (Greensboro, Ga.) defeated Tory Martin and Jordan Bailey, 8-4. That is the closest Morehouse would come to a victory all afternoon as Robert Angelucci (Acworth, Ga.) and Tobias Rausch (Mannheim, Germany) toppled Khia Hall and Noah Terry, 8-0.
National No. 16 in singles, Leborgne played at number one and defeated Martin 6-1, 6-1. Bernardes downed Morehouse's Mario Ecung 6-0, 6-1.
The Bobcats next seven sets would consist of shutouts. Wadstein shutout Cutresis 6-0, 6-0 and Rausch answered the bell toppling Dewayne Dixon 6-0, 6-0. Franks shut-out Thomas in straight sets 6-0, 6-0. The last match of the day was Wictor Andersson (Karlskoga, Sweden). He put a stop to the Tiger's James Presley 6-0, 6-1.
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Building on the success of the 2013 IP Conference series, ALB held its inaugural Japan IP Conference on April 15, 2014, attracting more than 100 of Japan's leading senior counsel, brand protection experts, IP managers and litigators to the heart of Tokyo's Akasaka business district. Supported by Thomson Reuters IP & Science, Baker & McKenzie, UBIC, the Asia-Pacific IP Association, the Roppongi Bar Association, the Japan In-House Counsel Network and the American Chamber of Commerce Japan, the event conveyed ALB's continued presence in Japan as an international media and knowledge platform bridging local, regional and global expertise.
Aligned with the Japan Patent Office's (JPO) objective of "achieving the world's fastest and highest quality IP system," Commissioner Hideo Hato opened the conference explaining how international IP harmonization initiatives are embedded into the government's Japan Revitalizations Strategy and the subsequent strengthening of the Design, Trademark and the Patent Attorney Acts.
The stretch of government keynotes continued with a presentation from one of ALB's most loyal supporters, Director-General Peter Cheung of the HK IP Department. Cheung gave an update on the IP exchange initiative, reiterating the important collaboration efforts with government and industry leaders in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and across the region. He surprised delegates by concluding his speech with an impromptu song on IP monetization, hinting on his next career move after his impending retirement from the public sector this month.
The World IP Organization's (WIPO) Japan representative Masaki Okamoto offered delegates an insight into Japan's significant contribution to WIPO's global services such as the free patent search system PATENTSCOPE or the CASE initiative, enabling the safe exchange of search and examination documentation related to patent applications. With the launch of the GREEN and Research projects, WIPO is also pioneering IP management as a means to sustainability and healthcare development.
WIPO's inter-governmental guidelines were well complemented by the subsequent industry case studies. Toyotaka Abe showed that Microsoft, as an owner of a large pool of patent rights, is the perfect example of how market leadership can be sustained in the technology field with the creation of clear IP transaction guidelines covering IP licensing, purchase and sale as well as the transfer of IP rights.
Another interesting group of sessions followed featuring government, industry and academic standpoints surrounding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) licensing. Professor Shuya Hayashi of Nagoya University pointed out the anti-competitive impact of patent hold-ups and royalty stacking using the Apple vs. Samsung case and advised against injunctive relief in case of FRAND litigation. Qualcomm's vice-president of Patents, George Whitten, in turn, provided an overview of the ICT industry, arguing that while the issue exists, there is no substantial empirical evidence of the aforementioned patent infringements, neither of their adverse economic effects.
Commissioner Hiroyuki Odagiri of the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has gave a detailed rundown on JFTC`s extensive work in reconciling reasonable IP monetization and innovation with fair competition practices. JFTC has pioneered the standardization of patent pool arrangements, guarding the fragile benefits of standard-setting including quicker product commercialization and customer convenience, while acting on antitrust concerns, the type of issues voiced by Whitten and Hayashi. This has been evidenced by JFTC's numerous enforcement actions including the cases of the Pachinko Manufacturing Patent Pool's, Hokkaido Shimbun Press', Microsoft's and Qualcomm's monopolistic activities as well as the IP merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Group and the Osaka Stock Exchange.
Following a morning dominated by discussions surrounding hard IP, the afternoon focused on soft IP matters with an overarching theme of brand protection and anti-counterfeiting. In the digital piracy panel discussion, KT Ang of IFPI Asia gave an overview of the challenges faced by the global entertainment industry and the various counter piracy methods available to including advertising, litigation and website blocking. Joe Welch of 21st Century Fox took this one step further, arguing that the obsolete "notice and take-down" approach should be strengthened with the blocking of "overseas egregious rogue (pirate) sites" and downgrading and delisting penalties imposed by search engines. Using the examples of the EU and the cases of The Pirate Bay and Grooves hark, both Ang and Welch agreed that right holders should be able to apply for injunctive relief, essentially requiring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to take blocking action without exposing them to liability to infringement. Yoichiro Hata of the Recording Industry Association of Japan showed an even higher standard adopted by Japan with the Amended Copyright Law, which effectively criminalizes the act of downloading music and/or motion pictures with knowledge of the illegal nature of the source and legal pay-for alternatives.


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- Mercedes recently revealed its all-new 2013 SL-Class, which will arrive in dealerships this spring.
- Will soon be joined by AMG variants.
- Features new technology that decreases weight and boosts fuel economy
After revealing a series of official photos over the last few weeks, Mercedes finally rolled out its all-new 2013 SL-Class at this year's North American International Auto show in Detroit. Featuring new styling inside and out, the redesigned SL-Class offers revised engines and a series of technologically advanced new features designed to help differentiate the brand's flagship convertible in an increasingly crowded market segment.
The SL's most striking update is to its exterior, which was completely overhauled The convertible's front end features more striking, aggressive lines, while its side profile offers a more chiseled, muscular look. New tail lights and a new rear bumper help the sixth-generation SL stand out from its predecessor, which debuted as a 2003 model.
Inside, the 2013 SL-Class also offers a host of changes, from air vents inspired by the SLS AMG supercar to a more vertical center stack with revised controls. But perhaps the most exciting new feature is overhead, where the SL-Class includes Mercedes' innovative Magic Sky Control system. Designed to allow occupants an open-air experience even in poor weather conditions, the system can change the convertible roof's transparency, going from clear to shaded with the push of a button.
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NEW YORK, NY – Last Wednesday, President Obama took photos with 130 foreign dignitaries. A blogger noticed something interesting about Obama's smile…
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week. The White House put 135 photos up of the couple with foreign dignitaries on the official State Department's Flickr account.
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Punisher: War Zone (UK - BD)
Marcus brings his neon lights and his skull t-shirt to the 3rd Punisher outing
In the third reboot of the Punisher in as many movies, we catch up with Frank Castle (now played by Ray Stevenson) continuing his never-ending war on crime. The Punisher takes down Gaitano Cesare's mob family and is in the process of putting their highest earner Billy Russoti (Dominic West) into a glass recycling crusher when he winds up killing an undercover cop. This weighs heavily on Frank and he's ready to walk away from his life as the Punisher. That is, until Russoti returns, now under the guise of the horrifically disfigured 'Jigsaw', and threatens the lives of the dead cop's widow (Julie Benz) and her child.
Historically I couldn't really care less about the Punisher as a character. I read a handful of the comics, enjoyed a few of his cameos in other titles and generally saw the character as a bit of a one trick pony with very little scope for expansion. The first Lundgren movie adaptation was never a big highlight in my action film watching, and even though I really enjoyed the Tom Jane outing a few years back, it was never a movie that I rushed back to watch. This new outing follows that pattern, though I have to say there is an awful lot to enjoy about it.
The opening mob take down is more than enough to pull any action lover into the fun. The brutality of the shootings as well as the knife play and even the cool use of a chair leg ramps up the Marvel movie violence to a whole new level. In fact the action throughout the entire movie treads wonderfully along that line of entertaining brutal violence, always causing a grin or a "that was awesome!" response, as opposed to feeling the brutality of the acts. Seriously, I don't know how a point blank shotgun blast to the face can be fun, but somehow within the realms of Punisher: War Zone, you just go with it.
As for the cast, there's plenty to like here and not always for the reasons you'd expect. Dominic West as Jigsaw is borderline ludicrous, but somehow it works. For starters, I don't think even West knows what his accent is (I think he's going for New Yorker, but I can't be sure) and it proves to be entertainment in itself, but somehow through all of the over-the-topness of his character, there's a real sense of fun, especially when he gets in that messed-up Jigsaw make-up. To add even more to the ludicrous nature of the bad guys here, Jigsaw is joined by his brother Loony Bin Jim played by Doug Hutchison, who has always played a convincing nut job and excels here, going for the wildly over the top mental case. With the combination of these two, goofing around with a cocky swagger, I couldn't really help but enjoy, even though every fibre of my superhero movie DNA is telling me to hate it.
As for the big guy, Ray Stevenson's take on the Punisher is the best yet. I really liked his depiction of a broken man doing what he thinks is right and his struggle of after accidentally killing a cop was real enough to hook you into this character's plight. He also looks pretty damn convincing taking the bad guys down Punisher style—which is fifty percent of what it takes to get this character right. Hell, using an impaled guy's head to break his fall from a high drop was just infinitely cool. There's that entertaining violence again.
As for the movie itself, I didn't care for the style they were going for, even if it was replicating the look of the comics. They have the darkness down and even make it feel quite gritty in places but the over use of neon lighting almost becomes a study unto itself. Everything is neon lit, and I mean everything. Railings down to a subway station, train tunnels, sides of buildings, insides of a sealed toy chest, abandoned buildings. Everything is bright green, blue or gold and generally I felt it cheapened the overall effect, even though it was done with the best intentions.
As a final note, if you aren't considering watching this one, there's one thing that could and should lure you in: the free runners. Now, if like me the mere sight of a free runner in a movie boils your blood because of how much of a cliché it's become (with the funky costumes and the 'cool' music that comes with it) then you need to watch this movie. I won't spoil it, but director Lexi Alexander uses these free runners wonderfully almost as a punch line to a joke. They turn up, you'll hate their stereotypical presence, and then the Punisher crosses their paths. I don't want to ruin the surprise but it's almost worth the price of admission alone.
As I mentioned before, the use of bright colours within the frame make for a quite a neon experience, especially when placed against some solid deep blacks (though not quite Batman and Robin neon thankfully). All of this stands up incredibly well throughout the entire movie and makes for a very pleasing HD experience.
Skin textures are all filled with detail, every scar, pore and fleck of stubble is captured incredibly well and while these details are only really shown off in the close ups, many of the locations still have a sharp appearance, that is when they're not bathed in darkness.
As for grain, it's really only there to stylise the image, think the Saw sequels and you'll get an idea. Bright lights, deep blacks and that atmospheric layer of grain, it makes for a gritty feel to the proceedings and it's works wonders for The Punisher: War Zone.
I totally agree with Gabe in his recent review, on this one: some of the sound effects here are crazy. Gun blasts, blood sprays and crashes are all comic book over the top (the strongest and silliest one being when they take the bandages off of Jigsaw's face). You'd think they were stripping wallpaper with the goo-ey shredding filling the speakers, but bizarrely the removed bandages are totally clean.
Generally the track is strong, with a nice bit of bass, plenty going on in all of the speakers and really what you'd expect from this sort of outing. My only negative point is I thought the score was woefully out of place. It's a solid superhero theme, but had no place in this movie and was another awkward choice in the overall style of the movie.
The commentary from director Lexi Alexander and cinematographer Steve Gainer is fun, informative and technical on both film making and on the comics that influenced the movie. Lexi has lots of great, funny stories and enjoys discussing the subject of the humorous violence in the movie.
'The Making Of Punisher: War Zone' (09:02 HD) is a little too short to be considered more than an EPK, but all involved sell their passion for making this as authentic to the comic books as possible and it's good to hear Ray Stevenson's take on his understanding of the character.
'Training for The Punisher' (05:47 HD) shows the weapons training, military procedures and role play that Ray Stevenson went through to get into the role and 'Weapons of the Punisher' (04:39 HD) shows the multitude of different weapons used in the movie.
'Meet Jigsaw' (03:34 HD) focuses on the make-up effects for the character and the ideas behind it, while 'Creating the Look of The Punisher' (02:46 HD) gives the briefest of looks at the colours chosen for the scenes and what they reflect.
Finally, trailers included are Blu-ray is High Definition, Terminator Salvation, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The International, and Quarantine.
This new Punisher movie looks and sounds great in HD, but the extras are a little fluffy, although the commentary is a good one. I'm not exactly sure what makes this that bit better that the likes of Max Payne or Hitman, but this new Punisher outing is a hell of a lot of fun and even though it runs out of steam way before its closing scenes, I can't say that I didn't enjoy it.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 Spanish, English ADS 5.1, Dolby True HD 5.1 Russian
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Swedish, Hindi, Lituanian, Norwegian, Ukranian, Commentary Subtitles
Extras: Director/Cinematographer Commentary, 'Training to Become the Punisher', 'The Making of Punisher: War Zone', 'Creating the Look of Puniser War Zone', 'Meet Jigsaw', 'Weapons of the Punisher', Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Lexi Alexander
Cast: Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison, Wayne Knight, Colin Salmon, Ray Stevenson
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama and Thriller
Length: 102 minutes
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This does tend to misrepresent negative film. The "negative" aspect of such film is not a function of any decisions on the part of the manufacturer. It is a function of the materials. Now this fact of nature does require, in the absence of alternative techniques (such as reversal), that a print is required in order to obtain a positive image.MovieStuff wrote:With the exception of color negative, there hasn't been an improvement in image quality for 8mm in decades and, ironically, color negative on 8mm requires digital transfer to be viable.
Now making a print, because you have to make a print (whether film or digital), is only one of the reasons you might want to (or need to) make a print. But there are other reasons as well. For example, you might want to complete the work as a print for multiple distribution purposes. Or a digital print may be required for digital distribution channels. And in this context, choosing negative film (or manufacturers providing such film) is a good idea.
It is only in that context where film vs digital debates have become heated to the point that one feels compelled to swear some sort of allegiance to one over the other. "Your either with us or against us". But this an entirely artificial choice. In reality there is no need whatsoever to make such a choice.
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Lily Cole by Koray Birand for Harper's Bazaar Turkey October 2011
I just had to post this.. My favorite doll faced ginger is back!
She, along with Gemma Ward, was my first absolute model obsession. Seeing her again in a high fashion editorial is so nice! xx
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- AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Admittedly I hadn't seen Lily Cole in anything but for Rimmel and was never too impressed by her, but this shoot is stunning!ReplyDelete
What gorgeous shots, I love the aspect of the city in it too - that yellow coat is gorgeous, I really haven't seen Lily in many shoots recently!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the comment! Please keep in touch! I love these shots. She looks gorgeous! These shots just scream high style!ReplyDelete
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Statue of Lewis & Clark on the St. Lewis waterfront north of the Gateway Arch.
"The Captains' Return, At noon on September 23 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition ended on the St. Louis riverfront after a journey along the Missouri River to its headwaters, a passage of the Rocky Mountains, and a descent to the Pacific Coast via the Columbia River. Returning by roughly the same route, they arrived in St. Louis after two years, four months and nine days of exploring the lands and encountering the peoples of the American West." Text from monument.
This statue is located to the south of the Eads bridge.
"The Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is named for its designer and builder, James B. Eads. When completed in 1874, the Eads Bridge was the longest arch bridge in the world, with an overall length of 6,442 feet (1,964 m).
The ribbed steel arch spans were considered daring, as was the use of steel as a primary structural material: it was the first such use of true steel in a major bridge project. The Eads Bridge was also the first bridge to be built using cantilever support methods exclusively, and one of the first to make use of pneumatic caissons.
The Eads Bridge caissons, still among the deepest ever sunk, were responsible for one of the first major outbreaks of "caisson disease" (also known as "the bends" or decompression sickness). Fifteen workers died, two other workers were permanently disabled, and 77 were severely afflicted."
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eads_Bridge for more information about the Eads bridge.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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One of the main differences between the Kurobox and the Kurobox HG is the Ethernet controller. The Kurobox has a ADMtek AN983B 10/100 Ethernet controller, while the Kurobox HG has a Realtek RTL8110S-32 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller.
ADMtek AN983B
- Integrated 10Base-T and 100Base-TX PHY
- High Performance DMA architecture
- Early Tx/Rx Interrupt and Burst Tx packet Interrupt to reduce CPU utilization
- Supports Wake-on-LAN and remote wakeup (Magic Packet, Link Change, and Microsoft Wake-up frame)
- IEEE 802.3 10Base-T compliant
- IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX compliant
- Supports IEEE 802.3u 10 Mb/s and 100Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation
- Supports IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
- ACPI and PCI Power Management Rev 1.1 compliant
- PC99 Wake on LAN support
- Provides 10, 100, Link, and Duplex LEDs
- Provides an interface to both the 93C46 and 93C66 EEPROMs
Realtek RTL8110S-32
- Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
- Auto-Negotiation with Next page capability
- Supports PCI 2.2, 32bit, 33/66MHz
- Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 06:53 AM
Celebrate Tommy's birthday in retro style! Or something...
As a tribute to Tommy, I decided to cover her entire "Ready?" single in 8-bit style, and I'm releasing it just in time for her birthday this year, which is part of her namesake. I also threw in a really old mix I put together years ago of Tommy's original vocals on "Ready?" mixed with an old MIDI I made of the song back in 2005. Its not the cleanest mix, but I enjoy listening to it, so I thought I'd throw it in as a bonus with the single. This may send some of you back on a trip to the past, since this single is about 7 years old now, but its still one of my favorites. Have fun and enjoy!
Ready? (8-bit)
GIMME ALL OF YOUR LOVE !! (8-bit)
Ready? (8-bit Instrumental)
Ready? (MIDI Mix)
Download the whole single.
I'm also throwing a lot of it up on YouTube:
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GIMME ALL OF YOUR LOVE !! (8-bit)
Ready? (MIDI Mix)
Posted 07 February 2012 - 12:56 PM
Awesome. It feels strange at first to hear her heavenly songs without the pop rock guitar leading them, but they're still great songs and it's a good precursor to her upcoming self-cover album.
Posted 07 February 2012 - 05:30 PM
Man, Gimme All Your Love is a major blast to the past! The execution of these is great, but these songs are also perfect choices for a chiptune style. There's variety in each song that pushes them beyond 1:1 remakes. Definitely favorited.
As for the MIDI style... I just can't stand those default MIDI instruments. Sorry, man.
As for the MIDI style... I just can't stand those default MIDI instruments. Sorry, man.


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Why not just abolish the NSA?
Notice that all the public discussion about the NSA's super-secret, massive surveillance scheme assumes that the NSA has become a permanent part of American life. The debate revolves around what restrictions, if any, should be placed on the NSA's authority to spy on people.
But the real question that Americans should be debating is: Why not simply abolish the NSA?
The NSA was brought into existence as part of the national-security state apparatus that was engrafted onto our constitutional order to fight the Cold War against America's World War II partner and ally, the Soviet Union. This apparatus brought a fundamental change in our constitutional order and it was done without even the semblance of a constitutional amendment. (See my 12-part series, The Evil of the National-Security State.)
But the Cold War is over. It ended more than a decade ago. Why do we need a gigantic, super-secret, Cold War-era spy agency in our midst?
NSA proponents say that despite the end of the Cold War, the NSA is still necessary to "keep us safe."
Really? Safe from what? Safe from the dangers that the two other major components of the national-security state — the military and the CIA — produce through their policies and programs overseas! At the risk of belaboring the obvious, that's quite a racket.
Recall that immediately after the 9/11 attacks, the first thing that national-security state officials said was that the terrorists were motivated by hatred for America's "freedom and values."
That was palpable nonsense. The real motive was rooted in anger and hatred over the horrific things that the U.S. government had been doing to people in the Middle East, especially since the end of the Cold War, when the national-security state lost its official enemy — communism — the enemy that had been used to justify the existence and expansion of the national-security state for some 40 years.
The anger and hatred that was inducing foreigners to join the terrorist ranks was the last thing that U.S. officials wanted Americans to focus upon. If Americans figured out that it was U.S. foreign policy at the hands of the national-security state that was responsible for the constant threat of terrorism, then they might begin asking critical questions: Why not end foreign aid and foreign interventionism? Why not dismantle America's vast military empire, the military-industrial-congressional complex, and the CIA, along with the NSA? Why not limit the U.S. government to the defense of the country, much like the Swiss government does for Switzerland?
The most important question that Americans need to be asking themselves is: Does the national-security state have any role in a free society?
The Founding Fathers certainly didn't think so. Their deep antipathy to standing armies was, in fact, based on the grave threat to freedom and economic prosperity that standing armies present. Moreover, given their fervent opposition to meddling in the affairs of other countries, they would never have countenanced a super-secret paramilitary organization like the CIA. And given their ardent commitment to liberty and privacy, our Founding Fathers certainly would never have permitted a super-secret spy agency like the NSA to exist in our country.
Anyway, what good does the NSA do at this point? How can it honestly purport to "keep us safe" with a massive surveillance scheme that everyone concedes isn't going to catch any terrorists, given that terrorists are not going to be using emails and cell phones to organize their plans. All that the NSA is left with is a massive surveillance scheme that keeps track of the American people but not terrorists.
When the Cold War ended, Americans had a grand opportunity to bring an end to the Cold War national-security state apparatus. Now that the United States has ended its occupation of Iraq and is ending its occupation of Afghanistan, that opportunity is once again presenting itself. What better time to seize that the opportunity, in order to restore a peaceful, harmonious, free, and prosperous society to our land?
Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He was born and raised in Laredo, Texas, and received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. He also was an adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, where he taught law and economics. In 1987, Mr. Hornberger left the practice of law to become director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education.


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SUNRISE, FL--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2012) - Bioheart, Inc. (OTCQB: BHRT) today announced that they have agreed to extend the license agreement with Airspeed for four separate Bioheart patents. The patents include methods of electrical stimulation and biological pacing, which are marketed under the MyoStim™ product line. Airspeed holds exclusive rights to these patents and all products associated with the patents and pays Bioheart milestone payments and royalties based on future sales of products. MyoStim is pursuing initial safety and efficacy trials in both wound care and heart failure using the Wound Healing and Regeneration Accelerator units (MWHA-1).
Mike Tomas, President and CEO, said, "Bioheart is currently focused on our core assets for heart failure patients and is enthusiastic about Airspeeds ability to bring Bioheart's electrical stimulation technologies to market."
Alan Remen, Airspeed Holdings' Managing Director and MyoStim's Co-Founder and CEO, said, "This technology may help to stimulate the body's own bio-electric 'homing' signal to recruit stem cells to the site of injury and grow new blood vessels, which can be an effective therapy for critical wounds and heart failure."
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* Delegates at Ethiopia talks meet mediators, but not each other
* Fighting reported outside Jonglei state capital
* More than 1,000 people killed since start of violence (Updates with U.S. evacuations in paragraphs 14-15)
By Carl Odera and Aaron Maasho
JUBA/ADDIS ABABA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - South Sudan's government and rebels finally began talks to end weeks of bloodletting on Friday after days of delay as the United States ordered out more of its embassy staff.
However, there was no face-to-face meeting, and fighting was reported near the key town of Bor, suggesting that a halt to clashes between President Salva Kiir's SPLA government forces and rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar is still a long way off.
Neighbouring countries fear that the fighting, which quickly spread out from the capital Juba last month along ethnic faultlines, could destabilise East Africa, and the regional IGAD grouping is mediating the peace talks in Ethiopia.
The talks had been scheduled to begin in Addis Ababa on Jan. 1, and made a slow start on Friday.
"Both delegations are meeting the mediators separately," said Dina Mufti, a spokesman for Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry. "We hope to bring both sides into face-to-face talks soon."
Meanwhile the SPLA said its troops were fighting rebels 24 km (14 miles) south of rebel-controlled Bor, the capital of the vast Jonglei state and site of an ethnic massacre in 1991.
Bor lies 190 km (118 miles) to the north of Juba and has changed hands three times since the unrest began.
"The rebels will be flushed out of Bor any time," SPLA spokesman Philip Aguer said.
Rebel spokesman Moses Ruai Lat, based in the northern state of Unity, said it was the government forces who were on the back foot and his advancing comrades were already "close" to Juba.
More than a thousand people have been killed and 200,000 driven from their homes in three weeks of fighting that has raised the spectre of a civil war pitting Kiir's ethnic Dinkas against Machar's Nuer.
The United States has been withdrawing non-essential embassy staff since mid-December and said Friday it was evacuating more.
It also urged all American citizens to leave South Sudan - a country the size of France estimated to hold the third largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, but desperately poor and short of infrastructure.
"We are not suspending our operations. We are just minimising our presence," said Susan Page, the U.S. ambassador.
More than 440 U.S. officials and private citizens have been evacuated on charter flights and military aircraft, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in Washinton. The United States has also flown out 750 citizens of 27 other countries.
The Pentagon sent two KC-130 aircraft to pick up approximately 20 U.S. diplomatic personnel from the embassy in Juba, said Army Colonel Steve Warren, a spokesman. One landed and the other one circled nearby in case it was needed.
An emergency message to U.S. citizens on the embassy's website said the move was due to a "deteriorating security situation". It said there would be an evacuation flight on Friday arranged by the U.S. State Department.
Kiir has accused his long-term political rival Machar, whom he sacked in July, of starting the fighting in a bid to seize power. Machar denies the claim.
Mediators say Kiir's government and the rebels loyal to Machar have agreed in principle to a ceasefire, but there is no agreement on a starting date and some diplomats say both sides still seem more intent on manoeuvring for military advantage.
The United Nations said it was planning for the number of displaced people to double in the next three months. (Additional reporting by Richard Lough in Nairobi and Tom Miles in Geneva, Doina Chiacu and David Alexander in Washington; Writing by Richard Lough; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Andrew Hay)
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It's no secret how I feel about homebirth (loved my experience with it and fully support a woman's right to it in a healthy pregnancy) and why I chose it for my second birth and this upcoming one (a pretty traumatic hospital birth—due mostly to feeling like even my simplest wishes were disregarded and ending up with numerous interventions as a result). I know that a lot of women feel that they have very positive birth experiences in hospitals, and I'm happy for them—but it's not something I ever want to subject myself to again unless there is a medically necessary reason, and a large part of my negative hospital birth experience was because of a particularly callous nursing staff. Don't get me wrong—I have tremendous respect for nursing as a profession and know that there are many, many phenomenal nurses out there (we worked with a number of them while my mom was being treated for breast cancer, and I'm grateful for the excellent, compassionate care they provided)—but there are also a number of them (as in any profession) who have, maybe, gotten so used to doing things in a particular way that it's very hard for them to consider other methods of accomplishing the same task. A recent FB post by Scrubs magazine (for nurses) asking, "Nurses! We wanna know: What is the most ridiculous birth plan you've ever heard? We'll publish the best answers in a future article!" has been getting moms around the web fired up about attitudes toward and treatment of laboring moms.
Some nurses weighed in with comments like:
- The people who come to the hospital and won't let you do anything to them. No saline lock, no vitals, no vag exam, no fetal monitoring. NOTHING! I feel like asking them "Why didn't you just stay home?"
- It involved an African birthing swing. Unfortunately there are no trees on L&D to hold it up.
- Giving birth in a pool of dolphins yes I understand they are sweet creatures but they stillll animals
- The greater the detail in a birth plan, the greater the likelihood of a stat C/section...
- got to love the cookie cutter ones off the internet... i don't want an IV I don't want this I don't want that.. should have done a home birth then... birthplan= every intervention available will need to be done.. its Karma
- Sad to say but every birth plan I ever saw was ridiculous! Not to mention it was always a curse that led to a c-section!
Which led some other nurses and plenty of moms to chime in with responses like:
- I am absolutely appalled that Scrubs Magazine would post something asking for nurses to ridicule and demean patients! This is the reason women feel the need to write a birth plan--because they KNOW they will not be respected. Shame [sic] on you!!!
- Birth is a sacred and holy event to some.mothers. when is the plan for the greatest moment in a woman's life ridiculous? And maybe the no exam no fetal monitoring weirdos couldn't stay home for some reason? Maybe they couldn't find a midwife or don't have adequate home support? Just because they don't want intervention doesn't mean they don't want needed and justifiable medical intervention available? (All the more reason to normalize homebirth/unassisted.childbirth since folks don't want to treat laboring moms humanely)
- I can not believe that this huge thread demeaning patients exists. While I may not agree with every decision a client of mine makes, it is NOT my place to judge her, it is my job to support her and do my best to help her meet her goals. Just something to think about...
- maybe if birth plans were respected and the patients feelings were validated "those women" wouldnt end up with ao many complications. while my plan wasnt in writing, i made my wishes known, and then overheard my nurse badmouthing me in the hall. all over a heplock. fortunately they switched her with someone more supportive and i went on to have a beautiful natural birth. but it truly is a shame that we have to fight for it with someone that views us as cattle.
- What is unusual is to hinder a completely normal physiological process by making a woman lie on her back hooked to wires and monitors, doing uneccessary exams and other interventions, stripping her of her voice, not allowing her to eat, drink, or move as she pleases, then separating mom and baby immediately after birth, which can cause all sorts of issues. THAT is what is unusual. MANY things mentioned here as "ridiculous" is actually how NORMAL birth should be.
- I had a birth plan with my second. I did not curse myself to c-section by having a birth plan. I had a wonderful med-free, intervention free VBAC. But I also had supportive nurses. Connection? I think so!
- This is what's wrong with a big part of the medical community. So sad to see women put down because they try to have a voice. Thank god I never had to deal with nurses like some of you when I had my first, I would've left the hospital!
- I would have hated to have nurses like some of the women posting on here. I'm thankful for doctors and nurses who respected my wishes and let me labor in a quiet room, dim lights, music playing, let me walk around and bounce on my birth ball, and only checked me when I asked them to. When they checked our vitals, we were stress free and perfect. Everything went exactly how I wanted to and that's hugely related to having a great support team. I even had the nurses and on call doctor talking about how awesome I did my entire stay there...the on call doctor even called my doctor and told her all about it! It CAN be done and it's beautiful. Nurses need to learn more about it. I had some tell me I wasn't "allowed" to move around before I went in...they truly have no clue!!!!
- if there are things in the plan that are truly unsafe (not just things you are uncomfortable with) then that should be discussed in a patient and understanding way with the parents, they deserve to know why you cannot follow heir wishes, and they deserve to be respected throughout the process. no matter how "ridiculous" you think they are being. they are still people, and they are supposed to be experiencing something beautiful, just like all the "normal" people that let you do whatever you want.
- I will share what my "ridiculous" birth plan entailed, and was subsequently ridiculed by my doctor. I wanted the unreasonable ability to walk during labor (gasp!), not be offered pain relief unless I asked about it (so stupid!), and that hospital-policy-breaking intermittent fetal monitoring (life threatening!). I also wanted to be able to have water instead of ice chips (completely insane!), delay cord clamping (ridiculous!) and wanted to breastfeed my baby immediately after the birth before anything else was done to her (complete idiocy!). All was stated in a "in the event of labor progressing normally" viewpoint. But alas, my ridiculousness was laughed at and I took my business elsewhere. I got on board with those trendy Amish... Had all 4 of my babies at home (shocking!!). As a worker in the birth field, this is excellent information to put in the hands of those I come in contact with. Your willingness to ridicule a woman/couple for having the audacity to want a voice in the most important event in their lives is discouraging to say the least.
- I hope that every medical "professional" who responds with their story gets fired. Because you have just COMPLETELY missed the point of your job. You are a boil on the face of humanity.
- WOW. I had a birth plan (actually called it "birth preferences") with both my previous delivers. First ended in c-section due to Dr giving me too much pit. No fetal distress, just worried he had overdone it. Second was a beautiful VBAC in a different, supportive hospital, with an an amazing nurse who respected my wishes and sat with me for 4 hours while I pushed my asynclitic baby out! I'm due any day with my third, will be delivering at the same hospital and have a simple, 1 page, bullet style, birth preferences sheet typed up. This hospital ENCOURAGES women to have a preference sheet. Yes, some women come in completely uneducated about birth, but don't punish those of us who come in informed and prepared.
- This posted question and answers are appalling. You are professional and if this how you treat people, get out. Putting an IV in someone without consent, coerced vag exams, procedures etc. Its called medical rape. In the ER, I would lose my job and license if I did any of these things to a competent person. You will be sued. You deserve to be punished. It is just a matter of time. TAKE DOWN THIS THREAD.
The magazine eventually commented in the same thread that it would like to re-phrase the question from "ridiculous" to "unusual," but that hasn't silenced its critics. While it might be easy to just chalk this up to a social media misstep, unfortunately, I think that it's part of a more systemic problem that leads medical staff to view pregnant and laboring women as opponents and vice versa. While obviously a hospital isn't going to provide a pool of dolphins in which to birth, what's so wrong about a laboring mom wanting to have to ask for pain relief instead of having it pushed on her or requesting intermittent fetal monitoring (like I did—and was denied because of "hospital policy" which as it turns out was a bald-faced lie by my less-than-awesome nurse) instead of continuous monitoring, to allow her to walk around to help labor progress instead of getting strapped into a bed on her back? There's no question that birth plans need to be viewed by expectant parents as what they hope or wish for—not a guarantee of what's to come, as there may be reasons why certain requests can't be honored—but to ridicule and ignore those women for wanting the best possible birth experience is downright callous, unprofessional and in some cases even dangerous.
Did you have a birth plan for a hospital birth? What did it request—and was any or all of it honored? Please share below in the comments!
Edited to add: the editors of Scrubs magazine have since apologized, pulled the offending post, and announced their intentions to do a more in-depth look into birth plans on Scrubsmag.com. They're now inviting feedback from nurses about the "importance of birth plans and respecting parents' wishes." Kudos to all who spoke up about the original post and to the magazine editors who listened.


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Linking Angry Birds With Neuroscience
Helsinki Business Hub have brought Finnish gaming developers together with neuroscientists to see why games can be so addictive. As the price of technology declines, 'neurogaming' is taking off and could have benefits for gamers and scientists alike. Photo: AP
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'Dancing With the Stars': Guilty pleasures, mishaps
Because of the third presidential debate, Dancing With the Stars divided the usual Monday two-hour performance show into two nights.
Monday night's episode featured four couples dancing to their favorite "guilty pleasure" songs, while the other four couples performed a freestyle team dance in the ballroom for judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.
But the big question was: How is Melissa Rycroft?
The reality TV star, 29, was rushed to the hospital on Sunday after falling and hurting her head and neck during rehearsals. The show replayed the accident, showing Rycroft rubbing her neck and being taken away on a stretcher in an ambulance with sirens blaring. "The sneaker kinda got stuck and her neck cracked," partner Tony Dovolani said in a taped segment.
She appeared to be just fine on the show. "It was a herniated disc in my upper neck," she explained to host Tom Bergeron, and added that she was "officially cleared to dance."
Here's how the show unfolded:
Gilles Marini explained why Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You is his guilty-pleasure pick. The song came out when he was 15 years old and that was "the first time I had a great time with ladies." Oooo. So he wanted his rumba to be "clean, beautiful and breathtaking." Fans started applauding the sexiness of it after only a few steps. Bruno: "That was not a dance; that was master class theater." He added, "one of the best performances I've seen." Carrie Ann got so excited she fell right off her chair. Gilles helped her up and gave her a hug, but she was laughing the whole time. "I'm OK!" Len called it a "blockbuster" and quibbled about partner Peta Murgatroyd lifting her leg up a lot. "Up it went!" Scores: 10, 9.5, 10 = 29.5.
Emmitt Smith wore bright red and chose Copacabana to showcase his party attitude with a samba with pro partner Cheryl Burke. The audience was up and clapping from the start of the number. "Well done!" said Len. Bruno said, "The samba is actually very difficult. You made it look easy." Carrie Ann said he has the "samba swagger!" Brooke Burke-Charvet teased him about listening to Barry Manilow in the locker room when he was in the NFL. Scores: 9.5, 9.5, 10 = 29.
Kirstie Alley picked Mrs. Robinson, "and I'm the boy toy," said her partner Maks Chmerkovskiy. She was shown crying during Sunday's rehearsal when she still hadn't mastered her quickstep. On the dance floor, they seemed to pull it off just fine. Carrie Anne said it was her best dance ever, "excellent" except for one little "boo boo." Len also thought it was her "best dance." Bruno said she "delivered it ... looked great... well done." Scores: 8.5, 8.5, 8.5 = 25.5.
Kelly Monaco had to juggle her soap opera schedule with learning two dances this week, so we saw her struggling with partner Val Chmerkovskiy during the week. By struggling, we mean she was gloomy and sweaty and couldn't learn the steps. "The choreography's getting lost in my small little brain," she told Val, after telling him the best thing he could do for her would be to "wait for me in my dressing room." Wink, wink. But on the floor, she and Val danced a sassy samba to Cher Lloyd's pop hit Want U Back. Len Goodman said there were "elements" he really liked, but it was a "tad on the raunchy side." Bruno quibbled a bit about her samba "bounce." Carrie Ann felt she was "uncertain," adding that it wasn't Kelly's best. Scores: 8, 8, 8.5 = 24.5.
Derek Hough's team, which included his partner Shawn Johnson, Sabrina Bryan and Louis Van Amstel, Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff, along with Rycroft and Dovolani, danced a vigorous freestyle to Call Me Maybe as football players and cheerleaders. Their routine included all sorts of acrobatics and head-flipping, and Rycroft did it all. After the dance, Brooke asked her how her neck was and she said, "It's really numb right now." But she smiled through it. Their scores: 9.5, 10, 10 = 29.5. Each team member will add 29.5 to their individual score on Tuesday night.


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Consensus Report
International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness (2007)Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
More than $400 billion worth of products rely on innovations in chemistry. Chemical engineering, as an academic discipline and profession, has enabled this achievement. In response to growing concerns over the future of the discipline, the National Science Foundation asked the National Research Council to conduct an in-depth benchmarking analysis to gauge the standing of the U.S. chemical engineering enterprise in the world, based on measures including numbers of published papers, citations, trends in degrees conferred, patent productivity, and awards. The analysis found that the U.S. publishes more papers than any other single nation, and that 73 of the 100 most cited papers in chemical engineering literature during the period 2000-2006 came from the United States. The report concludes that the United States is presently, and is expected to remain, among the world's leaders in all subareas of chemical engineering research, especially in biocatalysis and protein engineering; cellular and metabolic engineering; systems, computational, and synthetic biology; nanostructured materials; fossil energy and extraction and processing; non-fossil energy, and green engineering. However, U.S. leadership in some classical and emerging subareas will be strongly challenged. For example, Japan and other Asian countries are particularly competitive in materials-oriented research, and Europe is very competitive in the bio-related research.
Key Messages
- A strong manufacturing base, culture, and system of innovation, and the excellence and flexibility of the education and research enterprise have been and still are the major determinants of U.S. leadership in chemical engineering.
- Many factors could significantly affect the position of the U.S., and these include shifting funding priorities by federal agencies, reductions in industrial support of academic research in the United State, and decreases in talented foreign graduate students, among others.
- The United States is presently, and is expected to remain, among the world's leaders in all subareas of chemical engineering research, with clear leadership in several subareas.
- U.S. leadership in the core areas of transport processes; separations; catalysis; kinetics and reaction engineering; process development and design; and dynamics, control, and operational optimization is now shared with Europe and in some cases Japan, as shown by decreases in U.S. journal articles and citations.


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