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Mon 7 Mar 2011
Happy (Ethical/Sustainable) Bacon Week
Posted by Tammi Jonas under agriculture, ethical, farming, food
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It's Australian Bacon Week, an initiative of Australian Pork, which is a producers' owned company promoting the interests of the pork industry in Australia. As a pretty committed bacon eater, I, like many others, read about this with some level of Pavlovian response. But then my mouth went dry as I considered how much pork is likely to be consumed in a mere week, and how much of it will be from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). My reservations grew when @SimonThomsen tweeted:
Roughly 1 million pigs were imported, mostly from Europe, for more than 70% of bacon consumed in Australia #AustBaconWeek
That's a lot of imported bacon, and at a guess I'd say not much of it comes from free range pigs. Our family has been eating only free range or 'bred free range' pork for a number of years now, and yet I know many people find it difficult to source. On the question of 'bred free range' (or as the industry has agreed to call it, 'outdoor bred'), just quickly, I think there's a fair bit of diversity in what that means on different farms, but it's defined by the RSPCA to mean that sows give birth outside instead of in sow stalls (which are now banned in Tasmania), and the pigs are subsequently moved inside. There was an excellent article on SBS Food last year about the distinction, which also covers the growing movement to raise rare breeds as well as an overview of the different cuts.
(NB The list below no longer includes outdoor bred farms. 26/3/2013)
For home, I only buy certified free range (or 'happy pigs'), but when out, I will occasionally eat outdoor bred pork as well. Does this mean we eat less pork? Well, yes and no. We try to limit our meat intake so that on any given day we're unlikely to have meat in two meals and we enjoy meat-free days three or four times a week. However, because where we live we have good access to free range pork, our pork intake has surpassed chicken, beef and lamb (and in fact fish as well, as we run the minefield of unsustainable fish available).
We basically follow Peter Singer's argument that if everyone simply ate less meat and only ate that which is ethically, sustainably grown, we wouldn't be in the mess we are with agro-industry and impending major food security issues. @evcricket has also written on Chooks, Ethics and Animal Stewardship that you might like to check out.
Some folks over on the twitterz were asking where to source free range pork, so I thought I'd compile a list of those I know. If you know of others, or want to let me know I got the classification wrong on free v bred free range, please add them in the comments and I'll make corrections. Some of these are farms, some retailers:
- Bundarra Berkshire (actually in NSW, but sells mostly into VIC)
- Farmer's Larder
- Fernleigh Free Range
- Gippsland Pastured Meat
- Greenvale Farm
- Gypsy Pig
- Jonai Farms
- King Valley Free Range
- McIvor Farm: Old Breed Pork
- Pacdon Park
- Springfield Pork
- Taranaki Farm
- Wooragee Quality Free Range Pork
- Yarra Valley Free Range Pork
South Australia
New South Wales
- Burrawong Gaian (sold at Hudson Meats & The Swansea Butcher Newcastle)
- Pasture Perfect Pork
- Bundarra Berkshires
- Melanda Park
- Ormiston Free Range Pork
- Esk River Pork (sold through Urban Food Market)
- Graze and Flavour
- Limerick Free Range
- Gooralie Free Range Pork
- Tillari Trotters Free Range Pork
- Backa Gourmet Foods
Western Australia
- Benara Farm
- Spencers Brook Farm
- Killara Open Range Pork (sold through WA Exclusive Meats)
Related posts:
- Happy 'Free Range' Holiday
- Vegans and Ethical Omnivores, Unite!
- An ethical approach to food
- A Happy Day at Polyface Farms
- Between ecotarianism and ethotarianism is conviviality.
20 Responses to " Happy (Ethical/Sustainable) Bacon Week "
I found our pork guy by emailing the Free Range Pork Farmers Association and asking for members close to where I live. They have a list at http://www.australianpigfarmers.com.au/where_to_buy_free_range_pork
New to Twitterz is @gaianpoultry available from @Hudsonmeats in Sydney. They breed free range Tamworth, Wessex Saddleback, Berkshire and Large Black pigs.
I've eaten Mount Gnomon pork; it's exquisite, very clean tasting.
Also look at Mountain Creek Farm http://www.mountaincreekfarm.com.au – Wessex Saddleback
You inspired me to do an alt.milk post!
Hi Tam, nice one. The tip of the proverbial iceberg. I had read that most of the legs of pork for hams we consume at Christmas come from Canada and Denmark.
Here in Tas there were a few free range pork pinoneers who generally raised a few rare breeds.
IMO one of the biggests hurdles for these producers is the large fat content on their pigs. I later learned that though some breeds can have more fat on them, in the end it comes down to the diet as to how much they pack on.
Now we are seeing less importance placed on the rare breed angle and more on the diet and conditions of how the pigs are raised. In fact some are farming the very conventional breeds free range with excellent results. -
One more from nsw http://pastureperfectpork.wordpress.com
Gerard's Nicholls Rivulet Organic Farm near Cygnet http://organicfoodfarm.com.au/ grows free range Berkshire.
I had some of the bacon the other day & enjoyed it, though I will ask him to slice it thicker next time. High fat – but renders beautifully & tastes great.
Hiya Tammois,
In Canberra we've got Bundawarrah Free-Range
http://www.bundawarrah.com.auAvailable through the Griffith Butchery
http://www.griffithbutchery.com.au/index.htmlI bought a whole pig from them once, and it eventually looked like this:
I think I'm going to buy a whole belly from them this weekend and do a rolled roast. I'll report back.
I also buy from The Gypsy Pig –
Bronwyn and Michael Cowan embraced them to save the rare-breed large black pig and many breeding pigs including the Wessex Saddleback found at farms around Australia come from her stock.
http://www.thegypsypig.com.au/Andrew's Choice, a butcher in Yarraville make a wonderful bacon using an old recipe. They source slow raised pork from near Bendigo. Their smallgoods are also available from Brewsters Butchers.
http://www.andrewschoice.com.au/about.html -
After eating Black Pig bacon, I cannot go back to 'regular' bacon. Black Pig bacon is smokey and salty and crisps wonderfully. 'Regular' bacon can taste fishy or smelly and is difficult to crisp, and besides, if the pigs are going to be slaughtered for my benefit, I'd like to think they had a happy time of it.
I get it from the local Stirling Foodland but your butcher can order it in.
There is Gooralie free range pork in Qld, based in Goondiwindi and I understand they're one of only two pork producers with RSPCA endorsement (I think the other is in Victoria?). The Superbutcher sells their produce and I think they have Youtube vids of the farm, which is nice. http://www.gooraliefreerangepork.com.au/
http://www.superbutcher.com.au/Backa (with the thingo over the c, so it's like Batch-ka) Gourmet Foods in Qld make smallgoods using free range pork which they source from small-scale, local pig farms. I spoke to the dude who makes & sells their wares at the Rocklea Markets every Saturday and he told me they only go through around 5 pigs a week.
firstname.lastname@example.com's also now possible to buy products like ham and fresh cuts made from wild boar.
Another in NSW is Bangalow Sweet Pork, they are a middleman, predictably in Bangalow near Byron Bay, who contract local producers, mostly black breeds, to produce to their specs, and BSP markets the product.Great products!!.
Pity APL ignores the fringes of the industry, as the levies paid by this group are very small, too small for attention. However, this is where all the good, innovative stuff is happening. The future is not mass market, but the great specialist product of various types operating in niches.
Have a feeling Pasture Perfect have gone into recievership, which is a disaster, the product was superb. -
Great idea. At this stage we have 'yard' pigs, that we are in the process of 'free ranging', after we get our paddock fenced. Our sows farrow in the sow stalls, then all go outdoors after about 3 weeks. We do sides of pork, delivered to the doors of Bundaberg families, as well as a service to Brisbane families.
Mob 0439 898 867 / firstname.lastname@example.com -
I have met Belle from Tillari Trotters Free Range pork – they only use tamworth pigs and i understand their pigs are always outside 100% of the time. They sell at Brisbane markets but live somewhere west of Warwick.
Their email is http://www.tamworthpigs.com.au
Hey Tammi,
If you are ever in our neck of the woods – please let us know so we can organise for you to come out and meet our 'tammies' they dont have their own blog but i am sure they will oink to you! nice to see someone who cares about how pigs are kept!
Hey tammi – congrats on getting the pigs. It is a wonderful but at times challenging experience. Let me know how you feel about bred free range once you have finished your first pigs. I am not a fan of bred free range when it is marketed in a manner that allows people to believe what they are eating is free range – when it is anything but. We had our audit done this week for free range accreditation so just waiting for the paper work now. Have a wonderful sunday!
I note some comments being unsure of the value of rare breeds and suggesting that commercial pigs can be as sucessful. Whilst I believe that any free-range pig raised appropriately will taste better than one farmed under factory conditions, the value of the biodiversity provided by rare breeds should not be under estimated. I believe the Large Black breed to produce the finest tasting pork in the world judging by the many comments I have had about our product. The qualities needed by an outdoor sow are amply met by the Large Black but will only remain so if they are bred pure. Whilst many people profess to be 'saving' rare breeds by breeding them, they do nothing for the breed without a pedigree. The homogenisation of genetics by intorducing into the breeding pen pigs of unknown background eventually leads to the homogenisation of taste.
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Bent wood rings address this problem. Made from very thin layers of wood wrapped with the grain running all the way around the ring (instead of across or through), these rings can stand up to quite a bit of pressure without cracking or breaking.
I gave Josh wood this past father's day. Woodcraft sold various turning blanks of exotic hardwoods, and we had a lot of fun turning rings on his tiny micro lathe. I still prefer the look of wood rings made from a solid piece of wood with the grain running through the ring. Some exotic woods hold up quite well, but some do not. We began looking into ways to make our rings more durable and read about bent wood rings.
There wasn't a whole lot of information out there as to how exactly to make the rings. After a fair amount of experimentation, I've come up with a method that works for us. We don't make wood rings any more (our passion for making them lasted about a month before our attention spans expired and we moved on to the next interest), but I wanted to share the method with others.
I also sometimes put a bent wood interior inside a solid wood ring to make it stronger. It would be impossible to use some woods for rings (like figured satinwood) without some type of serious strengthening. I haven't included directions for that in this instructable, but they're not too hard to figure out once you know the basics.
I'll also show you how to add a crushed stone inlay.
Some people are now choosing bent wood rings for wedding or engagement rings. They can be pricey from some retailers. They might take a little bit of practice if you want perfect rings, but the technique is simple and the materials are cheap.
Step 1: Form the ring shape
wood veneer
a straightedge
a thin, sharp blade
something to hold and boil water
something finger sized to wrap the wood around
masking tape, rubber band, or velcro cable tie to hold wrapped wood in place
various grits of sandpaper
dremel (optional)
If you're adding a crushed stone inlay, you'll also need:
stone to crush
a hammer and anvil or some other device for crushing stone
a toothpick or other small, disposable implement to mix and apply epoxy
a metal file
We bought a sample pack of wood veneer at the local woodworking supply store. It cost $20 and contains more than 20 pieces of veneer, enough to make hundreds of rings. Some types of veneer don't bend very well at all. I had the most success with thin, tight-grained pieces of veneer with the grain running the long way. I'm sure the more difficult woods could be used if they were sanded much thinner. I didn't bother, though. I can use that veneer for something else.
Using a straight edge as a guide, slice your piece of veneer into a long, thin strip. I've found it works better if I use many light strokes instead of trying to cut through the veneer in one pass. Sometimes the blade tries to veer away from the straight edge along the irregular grain. Lighter strokes helps combat that.
Using a dremel with a sanding tip or regular sandpaper, sand down the ends of the strip. You'll want them very thin. If you don't sand them down, a kink will form in the wood as you wrap it. It'll look out of place and will make it difficult to get a tight wrap. It's also easier to hide the seam when the end is thinned down.
If you want to do a crushed stone inlay, slice two thin strips of veneer to fit over the base strip of veneer with enough space between the thin strips for the stone inlay. On the ring in the picture, I simply sliced out the middle of a strip of veneer on one end of the strip, leaving the other end intact so I could wrap the base and overlay of the ring with just one piece. I'm lazy like that. Please look at the picture for reference. I wanted the groove for the inlay deep enough, so I left the thinner strips longer than the base portion.
Some people steam their wood. Some wrap it in wet paper towels and place it in the microwave. Boiling the strips in a pot of water works best for me. Different woods take different amounts of time to get flexible enough. I boil mine for roughly 10 minutes. They're usually bendable by then.
I've discovered that a copper pipe is roughly the right size to make rings for my middle or index fingers. We have a stepped ring mandrel somewhere that I could use, but I can't find it. I've also learned that a AA battery is the right size to make a ring for my 3 year old.
When the wood is sufficiently flexible, remove it from the boiling water using tongs. It cools quickly, so it shouldn't burn you by the time you get back to the table. Wrap it tightly around the round item of your choice and secure it with masking tape, a rubber band, or whatever you can find.
If you're making a ring with one color on the inside and one on the outside, only wrap the inner portion at this time. Leave the veneer for the outside in the pot for now. If you're making a ring with a stone inlay, make sure to wrap the base part of the ring (the solid portion of the strip) first if it's in once piece. If the thin strips are separate pieces of veneer, leave those in the pot for now.
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Also, once you discover a nice coating of dry superglue on your fingers, nothing takes it off like 80-grit. You break it up with the paper (and instantly get the sensitivity back) then after an hour or so the micro-sized chunks have fallen off of their own accord.
P.S. Once glued these things stop resembling wood in terms of stiffness to weight. More like FRP. I imagine a bamboo ring (bamboo is already as good as some kinds of aluminium in this regard) would be simply incredible...
Also, I'm having a lot of trouble with my veneer. I bought mahogany and after boiling it, it's still splitting really bad. Like to the point I can't bend the ring. I was thinking about maybe bending a larger radius, letting it dry, then boiling again and bend it to a smaller radius gradually. Does anyone have thoughts on this?
I was using pine before for this project, and it bends really nice, however I'm worried about it not being durable. I like the look of mahogany an since it's a harder wood I thought it would be more durable. Maybe I should look for a softer wood?
Some woods like mahogany are a pain. If you find it splitting, you'll have to sand it down very very very very thin. Of course, if you do that, you'll need several long strips to wrap around to make a ring that's as thick as the others.
Even the softer woods end up being pretty durable in these; the cellular structure being wrapped in a spiral and impregnated with superglue really adds incredible strength to the rings.
I figured out a solution that I'm sure will work on any type of wood.
If the wood is splitting, boil it, then wrap it to a large radius. This might be the radius of a coffee mug if need be.
Use a large metal hose clamp as a clamp to keep it in place. Let it dry.
Once it's dry, it will hold the shape if taken out of the hose clamp.
Bend it to a smaller radius while dry, but don't force it too much or it will split (you'll know what the limit is.)
Tighten the clamp to the new radius and boil it again.
Repeat until you get the desired radius.
Once you get the radius down, roll tin foil very tightly to the size of the inside diameter (which should be slightly smaller than the finger) and roll the ring around it. Clamp it, and boil it again. This will make the ring have a uniform bend that you can't get with just the hose clamp.
I did this with the mahogany, and it worked awesome. The bend is more uniform than previous ones too. I know it's a lot more work, but I wanted to use a dark hard wood, and I like the holographic proporties of mahogany so for me, this is worth it.
Also a good source for veneers is Constantines. I happen to live near them and I bought an assortment of veneers for less than twenty bucks that will let you retire on wooden rings.
Anyway, I was successful making my wife's wedding ring using the method I mentioned above.
Gorilla glue worked really well too. It does expand, but if you have the ring wrapped around the aluminum foil on the inside, and then have a small wrap of foil around the outside, and then hose clamp that bad boy till it dries, all the glue squishes out the sides and it's brown so it makes a sort of wood filler. Then you just file and sand off the excess.
I have an instructable on how i make brush applicators for cyanoacrylate bottles. Essentially it can turn the bottle into a paintbrush. I know you don't have large areas to cover on your rings, but you may still find it useful.
I finally got all the supplies (just not a lot of CA)...
Out of curiosity, as I have learned from another ring guide (can't remember where) that used maps as the supply (the maps were run through a paper shredder and then coiled, and painted in three sections- outside, inside, sides), you can "paint" with resin if you have cheap brushes you are willing to part with and are careful. After a few layers the rings would supposedly stay together and be hard as resin. Do you think this method would work over wood?
I found that sockets that I had around the shop (3/8 metric and english deepwell socket sets) are a wide variety of outer diameter sizes and are great for forming rings. With an 3/8 socket to 1/4" hex adapter you can put the socket into a cordless drill and quickly sand and micromesh the spinning ring.
I jury-rigged a holder for the ring out of a torx-driver, sandpaper and tape, chucked it. I used this setup for sanding as well, which really does a good job. What I noticed was that the ring would stick on the sandpaper fairly well. So I stuck the ring up there, put a dab of CA glue on it, and let her spin. Then I used a microfiber cloth to spread it around, and a few minutes later lightly sand it and apply a different coat.
For the inside, I taped the cloth around the torx-driver (with tape underneath to prevent it sticking), put a dab of glue on THAT and put the ring around that.
WORD OF CAUTION: Do not use actual cotton, either swabs or cloth, to spread CA glue. Cyanoacrylate reacts with cotton while curing by producing heat, and can spontaneously combust.
1.Just cut the wood a bit wider than the width u want for your ring.
2. try to cut wood as thinnest as possible, max 1 cm or else it will be harder.
3. with the 1 cm thick wood and the desired width mark the sides of the wood to about 2-3mm.
4. now it the most tedious part. using a sharp blade trim down the edge of your wood. ONLY THE EDGE until it becomes like rounded and make sure to not crap the 2-3mm area.
5. now trim down the rounded area.
6. after it nearly as thin as 2-3 mm, to make it more thinner, sand it down or place ur blade perpendicular to the wood, and start to scrap of the layer of the wood with a slight force n pressure but not too much.
it is easier to just buy a veener, but I think by making the whole process myself, its a lot of satisfaction. owh, BTW, wood that us tooo dry or old split easily. still do able though. thanks supersoftdrink for providing this tutorial, all this time i just make a solid wood ring :).
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text: This easy craft--decorating votive candleholders--offers an hour's worth of activity and a winter's worth of light and warmth. To make one, your child can cut or tear pieces of colored tissue paper, then glue them to a glass jar or candleholder to make the design he likes (a brush makes applying the white glue easier). Overlapping the different colors creates a stained-glass effect that's especially pretty. After the design dries, put a votive candle in each holder and light it for a warm and cheery dinner hour.


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I been having some weird thoughts lately. about space and time. Where and when you are define who you are. You don't believe me? It's cool, I like to deny it too, but I am here in a quiet suburb, using technology, with food in the fridge, a car I drive, a degree I went into debt for, but my life, this material life, contained in this space is a thousand times better than those who are running away from the war in East of Congo.
I can easily imagine their fear, their loss, their hunger, thirst, confusion and strong belief that God and the entire world has forsaken them because I used to be one of them. 12 years ago, and yet it feels like yesterday.
Time: there's a 10 hours difference between where I live and Congo, everything I do is 10 hours late to them. It takes 3 days to get there and a couple of grands.
BUT as much as I want to say that I share their pain and suffering, I know I can't. Even if I was to go there, I wouldn't be any different than these NGO workers, who bring a drop to an empty bucket and return to their comfy homes after awhile to tell their brave tales in the midst of misery.
I know I have changed. This space and time in America have changed me. It's not just material comfort, it's also the fact that I can talk about 5 to 10 years plan. I love it. I hate it.
I have come to the realization that yes all I want is to bring a drop in the bucket. I don't care if that drop is enough or all that's needed, but I believe that one drop is all it takes sometimes. I know myself to be cursed with idealism, so I cure myself with news from around the world and despite whatever is going on, one life saved is worth a 3 day trip and a couple of grands.


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NGE >> The Arts >> Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Historic Preservation >> Architecture: Design >> Antebellum Period, 1783-1860 >> Horace King (1807-1885) |
Horace King (1807-1885) Horace King was the most respected bridge builder in west Georgia, Alabama, and northeast Mississippi from the 1830s until the 1880s. He constructed massive town lattice truss bridges over nearly every major river from the Oconee in Georgia to the Tombigbee in Mississippi and at nearly every crossing of the Chattahoochee River from Carroll County to Fort Gaines. Slave Artisan Born as a slave of African, European, and Native American (Catawba) ancestry in Chesterfield District,
John Godwin allowed King and his other slaves a great degree of freedom, and in 1846 he freed King, perhaps to protect this valuable asset from his creditors. King might have simply bought his freedom, but the relationship between the former master and slave remained the same. After Godwin's death in 1859, King erected a monument over his grave that declared "the love and gratitude he felt for his lost friend and former master." Free Artisan In the mid-1850s King built Moore's Bridge, over the Chattahoochee River between Newnan and Carrollton, and accepted stock in the enterprise as payment. King's wife, Frances Gould Thomas (1825-64), a free black woman whom he married in 1839, and their five children are believed to have moved to this site, perhaps by 1858. There they tended the bridge and farmed until 1864, when the Union cavalry burned the span. During this period King moved freely about the South, apparently maintaining a home at Moore's Bridge and one in Girard. The
During Reconstruction King became a reluctant Republican politician, serving twice as member of the Alabama House of Representatives, though he rarely occupied his seat during the initial year of his first term. Instead of politics he was busy rebuilding wagon and railroad bridges, grist and textile mills, cotton warehouses, and public buildings. Although he should have earned a large income, he actually experienced some economic reverses, perhaps because he accepted municipal and corporate bonds or over speculated as a contractor, or simply because of the depressed economic condition of the region. In 1872 King and his family moved to LaGrange, where he continued to design and construct bridges, stores, houses, and college buildings until his death, on May 28, 1885. Obituaries praising his building skills appeared in the Atlanta, LaGrange, and Columbus newspapers. Legacy King's children—Washington W. (1843-1910), Marshall Ney (1844-79), John Thomas (1846-1926), Annie Elizabeth (1848-1919), and George (1850-99)—continued the work of the King Brothers Bridge Company. They built bridges and various structures in LaGrange, Atlanta, and east Alabama. John T. King served as a trustee for Clark College (later Clark Atlanta University) from the 1890s until the 1920s and was one of the contractors who built the Negro Building at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895. For more than a century the achievements of King have been well known in the Lower Chattahoochee River Valley. Local writers and chambers of commerce proudly proclaim their Horace King bridges or buildings even when there is little or no real historical evidence to verify many of the claims. King's legendary status stems from three factors: he was an excellent bridge builder, the best in the region; he forged a career that was unique for a man of color; and his experience appeared to embody slavery at its best, a kinder and gentler form of servitude. Slavery must not really be that bad, local historians implied, if this slave erected a monument to his master. In this way King unwittingly became an apologist for slavery. In recent years he has been cited as a black Confederate, an African American who supported the Southern cause. If his Unionist testimony reflected his true opinion, however, King shunned any association with the Confederacy. In 2004 the Horace King Overlook, a deck attached to the historic Bridge House at RiverFront Park in Albany, was dedicated in King's honor. The overlook's structure includes a miniature replica of one of King's covered bridges. Suggested Reading Rev. F. L. Cherry, "Horace King," in "The History of Opelika and Her Agricultural Tributary Territory," Alabama Historical Quarterly 15, no. 2 (1953): 178-339, and nos. 3, 4 (1953): 383-537. Thomas L. French Jr. and Edward L. French, "Horace King, Bridge Builder," Alabama Heritage 11 (winter 1989), 35-47. John S. Lupold and Thomas L. French Jr., Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2004). John S. Lupold, Columbus Thomas L. French Jr., Columbus Updated 11/16/2007 |
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Statistical independence
In probability theory, to say that two events are independent, intuitively means that the occurrence of one event makes it neither more nor less probable that the other occurs. For example:
- The event of getting a 6 the first time a die is rolled and the event of getting a 6 the second time are independent.
- By contrast, the event of getting a 6 the first time a die is rolled and the event that the sum of the numbers seen on the first and second trials is 8 are dependent.
- If two cards are drawn with replacement from a deck of cards, the event of drawing a red card on the first trial and that of drawing a red card on the second trial are independent.
- By contrast, if two cards are drawn without replacement from a deck of cards, the event of drawing a red card on the first trial and that of drawing a red card on the second trial are dependent.
Similarly, two random variables are independent if the conditional probability distribution of either given the observed value of the other is the same as if the other's value had not been observed.
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Independent events
The standard definition says:
- Two events A and B are independent if and only if Pr(A ∩ B) = Pr(A)Pr(B).
Here A ∩ B is the intersection of A and B, that is, it is the event that both events A and B occur.
More generally, any collection of events -- possibly more than just two of them -- are mutually independent if and only if for any finite subset A1, ..., An of the collection we have
- <math>\Pr(A_1 \cap \cdots \cap A_n)=\Pr(A_1)\,\cdots\,\Pr(A_n). \!\,</math>
This is called the multiplication rule for independent events.
If two events A and B are independent, then the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the unconditional (or marginal) probability of A, that is,
- <math>\Pr(A\mid B)=\Pr(A). \!\,</math>
There are at least two reasons why this statement is not taken to be the definition of independence: (1) the two events A and B do not play symmetrical roles in this statement, and (2) problems arise with this statement when events of probability 0 are involved.
When one recalls that the conditional probability Pr(A | B) is given by
- <math>\Pr(A\mid B)={\Pr(A \cap B) \over \Pr(B)}, \!\,</math> (so long as Pr(B) ≠ 0 )
one sees that the statement above is equivalent to
- <math>\Pr(A \cap B)=\Pr(A)\Pr(B) \!\,</math>
which is the standard definition given above.
Note that independence does not have the same meaning as it does in the vernacular. For example an event is independent of itself if and only if
- <math>\Pr(A) = \Pr(A \cap A) = \Pr(A)\Pr(A).</math>
That is, if its probability is one or zero. Thus if an event or its complement almost surely occurs, it is independent of itself. For example, if event A is choosing any number but 0.5 from a uniform distribution on the unit interval, A is independent of itself, even though, tautologically, A fully determines A.
Independent random variables
What is defined above is independence of events. In this section we treat independence of random variables. If X is a real-valued random variable and a is a number then the event {X ≤ a} is the set of outcomes that correspond to X being less than or equal to a. As these are sets of outcomes that have probabilities, it makes sense to referring to events of this sort being independent of other events of this sort.
Two random variables X and Y are independent if and only if for any numbers a and b the events {X ≤ a} (the outcomes where X being less than or equal to a) and {Y ≤ b} are independent events as defined above. Similarly an arbitrary collection of random variables -- possible more than just two of them -- is independent precisely if for any finite collection X1, ..., Xn and any finite set of numbers a1, ..., an, the events {X1 ≤ a1},..., {Xn ≤ an} are independent events as defined above.
The measure-theoretically inclined may prefer to substitute events {X ∈ A} for events {X ≤ a} in the above definition, where A is any Borel set. That definition is exactly equivalent to the one above when the values of the random variables are real numbers. It has the advantage of working also for complex-valued random variables or for random variables taking values in any topological space.
If any two of a collection of random variables are independent, they may nonetheless fail to be mutually independent; this is called pairwise independence.
If X and Y are independent, then the expectation operator E has the nice property
and for the variance we have
- var(X + Y) = var(X) + var(Y),
so the covariance cov(X,Y) is zero. (The converse of these, i.e. the proposition that if two random variables have a covariance of 0 they must be independent, is not true. See uncorrelated.)
Furthermore, random variables X and Y with distribution functions FX(x) and FY(y), and probability densities fX(x) and fY(y), are independent if and only if the combined random variable (X,Y) has a joint distribution
- <math>F_{X,Y}(x,y) = F_X(x) F_Y(y),</math>
or equivalently, a joint density
- <math>f_{X,Y}(x,y) = f_X(x) f_Y(y).</math>
Similar expressions characterise independence more generally for more than two random variables.
Conditionally independent random variables
Main article: Conditional independence
Intuitively, two random variables X and Y are conditionally independent given Z if, once Z is known, the value of Y does not add any additional information about X. For instance, two measurements X and Y of the same underlying quantity Z are not independent, but they are conditionally independent given Z (unless the errors in the two measurements are somehow connected).
The formal definition of conditional independence is based on the idea of conditional distributions. If X, Y, and Z are discrete random variables, then we define X and Y to be conditionally independent given Z if
- P(X ≤x, Y ≤y | Z = z) = P(X ≤x | Z = z) · P(Y ≤ y | Z = z)
for all x, y and z such that P(Z ≤ z) > 0. On the other hand, if the random variables are continuous and have a joint probability density function p, then X and Y are conditionally independent given Z if
- pXY|Z(x, y | z) = pX|Z(x | z) · pY|Z(y | z)
for all real numbers x, y and z such that pZ(z) > 0.
If X and Y are conditionally independent given Z, then
- P(X = x | Y = y, Z = z) = P(X = x | Z = z)
for any x, y and z with P(Z = z) > 0. That is, the conditional distribution for X given Y and Z is the same as that given Z alone. A similar equation holds for the conditional probability density functions in the continuous case.
Independence can be seen as a special kind of conditional independence, since probability can be seen as a kind of conditional probability given no events.
See also
Further reading
- Kirby Faciane (2006). Statistics for Empirical and Quantitative Finance. H.C. Baird: Philadelphia. ISBN 0-9788208-9-4.de:Stochastische Unabhängigkeitit:Indipendenza stocastica
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Last week, I wrote of the dangers of nostalgia in modern living in relation to the reunion of At The Drive-In. It is a testament to Leonard Cohen that I could never shoehorn in such finger wagging into a review about one of his gigs, although that is unlikely to stop me trying to shoehorn in finger wagging about something else. Stay tuned for what exactly that might be.
The reason is that even after a near half century, Cohen has proven himself to still be frighteningly relevant to his audience, particularly his Irish one, thanks to a schedule of writing and touring that is as regular now as it was ever at any other time in his career.
This relevancy comes in part from the sheer weight of his music and lyrics. Steeped in the writings of literary heavyweights like Lorca, Whitman and Yeats, his canon speaks to universal themes of sex, death, longing and societal turmoil. Some things never go out of style.
For instance, before launching into 'Democracy' at last Tuesday's gig in Kilmainham, a song he wrote around the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the supposed triumph of liberal democracy, he explains that this is not an endorsement of anyone in the US presidential elections. This is despite it being written a good ten years ago.
And it is the universality of his work which has allowed him to connect with tonight's audience, as the response to many of his songs suggests that his works have played as large a part in the lives and households of many others as they have in my own. The revering hush which characterises most of the evening is punctuated by the sighs at the personal favourites such as 'Famous Blue Raincoat' or 'So Long Marianne'.
But, this is still a Dublin crowd and the silences are also framed by uproarious shows of appreciation, which are now finely honed after four separate stints in as many years: The roar of approval during 'Tower of Song' when Cohen explains he was "born with the gift of a golden voice" in tones which are deliberately even more gravelly then usual. The catcalls and leers when he promises to "examine every inch of you" on 'I'm Your Man'. The spontaneous dancing in the aisles during 'Take This Waltz'.
For their part, Cohen and his band have honed a tight show, which flies by despite it's three and a half hours running time. Opener 'Dance Me To The End of Love' transitions into 'The Future', with some cartwheels from backing vocalists the Webb sisters after the line "white girls dancing".
Throughout the show Cohen is never anything less than 100% gracious and generous to band and audience. Over the course of the night he introduces each band member at least three times, each time taking off his hat, holding it to his chest and stooping his already bent form towards them with a bow. It is well practiced enough that it is part of the theatrics and yet there is never any question of it seeming insincere.
This is mainly because of the considerable collective musical talent that Cohen has collected about him. From the haunting vocals of the Webb sisters to the astounding intro to 'Who by Fire' by Javier Mas on the bandurria, there is ample opportunity for the audience to get the message that Cohen is a ringleader not the sole focus of the night.
This was never more evident than during Sharon Robinson's rendition of 'Alexandra Leaving', a song she co-wrote with Cohen with her performance drawing a standing ovation from the crowd.
So whilst anyone else would be tempted to just let the work speaks for itself, it seems the Canadian septugnarian is fully committed to ringing every last drop from live performance. His patient and deliberative style he brings to everything he does means he is now probably the most vital of the great songwriters to emerge from the twenty century.
It is difficult to recall a moment where he has rushed to the zeitgeist, bar an appearance on Miami Vice. There have been no rash political endorsements (Young) or horror stories of egotistical live shows (Dylan) or attempts to recapture old triumphs (Simon). The songs from his new album Old Ideas fit comfortably alongside those from his first.
After anthemic performances of 'Hallelujah' and 'Take This Waltz', he skips off stage, soon to return for an encore of 'First We Take Manhattan' and 'So Long Marianne'. During the latter he tells us "you sing so beautifully" and allows the swaying crowd to take over. There is a brief pretence towards departing before 'Famous Blue Raincoat', which he signs off with "sincerely, a friend".
Final song 'Closing Time' should probably be played at the end of any night out, given it vividly captures the odd mixture of desperation ("it's partner won and partner lost, and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops") and resignation ("I raise a glass to the awful truth which you can't reveal to the ears of youth") which characterises that hour of the night as well as much of life itself.
Unfortunately for a crowd that appeared nowhere near ready to depart, aside from a scattering of people desperate to beat the traffic, a final bound off stage from the great man tells us that it truly is closing time. Reports from the preceding shows were equally glowing and despite playing for a near 50 hours in recent years, Ireland appears not to have gotten just enough of the "little jew who wrote the bible" just yet.
Lee Daly
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WPCentral Poll: Lumia 900 and Titan II owners, what were you using before Windows Phone?
Is that brand new Nokia Lumia 900 or HTC Titan II your first Windows Phone? If so, what phone were you using before making the move to your Windows Phone? And we won't limit it to those who have just purchased tier first Windows Phone.
Feel free to sound off in the comments as to why you moved to Windows Phone. Was it the stylish tiles, stable operating system, or did the design of the particular phone jump out at you.
There are 93 comments. Sign in to commentDaSchnee says:
Where is the Maemo 5 option? :)
pizzalovinhulk says:
UrbanaSax says:
I had a LG Traxx.
pizzalovinhulk says:
Then last year on April 29 2011 I got focus Samsung love it still now I got a cyan lumia 900 :P
pizzalovinhulk says:
Then wen I get my upgrade next year im getn a wp8 phone
DeWize1 says:
Had a Razr 2 :D then had my Microsoft enthusiast/ employee hype me up all about WP7 before anyone else even knew of its existence, and almost immediately after the release got myself an HTC Surround. Now I'm pushing hard for a Lumia 900, its so gorgeous......
RenatoFontes says:
So... where is the Windows Phone option?
ThePKReddy says:
It should have a Windows Mobile option. But it does ask what platform prior to Windows Phone, not Lumia
TheOHouse says:
Yeah, I was windows phone the last two years and windows mobile four years prior.
jfa1 says:
I still have my focus 1.3 before that a tilt2 a pure a treo pro a treo 750 a treo 650 and a treo 600
BobcatRidge says:
One sunny day I went and traded in my HTC Trophy for a shiny new glossy white Lumia 9.....Oh crap, I've got to stop day dreaming on Friday afternoons.....
mdscj4 says:
I used a Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless for 2 years before switching to the Windows Phone 7 platform. I first found out about the platform from Microsoft evangelist Paul Thurrott. I loved the simple, flowing design that seemed to flow through the phone. Metro UI hooked me, even back when it was called "Windows Phone 7 Series". I do not seem myself going back anytime soon.
MadSci2 says:
a little thing called Windows Mobile. Ever heard of it?
damielrohie says:
I second that, but it should include Windows Mobile Stock or Windows Mobile Cooked :D
burnethanol#wp says:
Same here. HTC Touch Pro -> HTC Touch Pro 2 -> LG Quantum -> Samsung Focus S -> Cyan Nokia Lumia 900.
Ruslan.al says:
Very good poll!
We are also missing Windows Mobile 5/6/6.5
Would be interested to see a similar poll but not only Lumia 900 - any Windows Phones
MannyGonzalez says:
I had a sidekick 2 and 3, then the HTC Surround
LCARS says:
iPhone -> Samsung Focus 1st Gen -> Nokia Lumia 900. Love everything about the OS.
LDragon2000 says:
I had a Samsung focus and I broke it. Had my old iPhone 4 till I got the Lumia 900.
silviubosoteanu says:
Sony Ericsson k770i and LG chocolate
ur2sweet says:
Samsung Focus
Ordeith says:
Windows phone should be on that list. Some of us stayed in the ecosystem.
mmoses1978 says:
I was using HD2 dual boot Android and WP7. But not I love my HD7 and hoping T-mobile get Lumia 900
purevibz says:
I can't vote because I was using first the HTC 8100, tilt, tilt2, tytn, tytn2, I even had the motorola MPX200...and you don't have windows mobile there, just saying.
OakLines says:
Windows Mobile - 6.5 - with REAL multi-tasking!
alien8 says:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1-still much better than any Windows Phone because of Windows mobile OS. IT experts don't like very limited OS, Windows phone OS is for kids and people who don't need anything complex. I was forced to buy new phone but I don't like iOS (because everyone got it), neither some Android. I got it because nobody ever heard about Windows phone...
cdbstl76 says:
Really!? You got it just because you thought you would be different, but you don't like it? Am I missing your message here?
gorebashd says:
Have Samsung Focus, before that Samsung Link. Really want Lumia 900, but wp8 will be out when my contract expires
jkercado says:
Samsung Focus.
Jeff Kibuule says:
Apparently, according to his poll, no one had a Windows Phone before the Lumia 900/Titan II. Oversight?
MediaCastleX says:
Well they were all beta phones...right? =P
cdbstl76 says:
First sentence says, if one of these is your first windows phone
WinampLlama says:
Palm Pre -> HP/Palm Veer -> HP/Palm Pre 3 -> Nokia Lumia 800
My only real grips with WP is the awkward handling of webOS-style card multitasking, lack of notification light, and no Touchstone inductive charger. The app support and build quality almost make up for it :)
pixxels says:
Palm Centro -> palm pre -> lumia 900. I miss a few things, but the app support is nice. I really like Surfcube 3D browser. It supports swipes! :)
mab664 says:
Blackberry pearl
Unicornageddon says:
Currently using a Dell Venue Pro. Previously a feverish Nokia feature phone devotee. When I found out that Nokia was going to make Windows Phones, well, you can probably imagine my excitement.
When the proposed Lumia PureView is announced, I'll follow it to whichever carrier it heads to.
As an aside, should the stars align and Nokia makes a lime green Lumia PureView handset, then I'll be able to die a happy man. That would be good, as I'm fairly sure my head would explode from pure excitement.
peebeeandjay says:
I finally retired my first-gen iPhone to get the L900. As in the 2007 one. I can't believe an initial version of any tech lasted so well for 5 years. This was what I was waiting for, and it seems absolutely fantastic.
mango.lover says:
The Verizon Trophy. Still using it, actually. I have 1 month left of my VZW contract...
weepatc says:
Xperia X1, HD2, HD7 & now HTC Titan. Was gonna go for a Lumia as I'm due an upgrade but I'm gonna wait for an Apollo device, see what's available on 3rd Gen Windowsphone.
idrewpage says:
the update worked without a hitch. It should be noted that the update can be loaded for us Mac users with the Windows Phone for Mac Connector. I do notice a difference. I don't have LTE in central PA, but my wi-fi used to disconnect and reconnect when I locked the phone. It doesn't now. It stays connected all the time. Good job Nokia. I didn't have any battery issues, so I am unsure about that. I don't notice any difference in the camera.
ejlee072006 says:
MediaCastleX says:
I had a really meager W490 flip-phone (is that still insensitive to say?) which irritated me until I jumped onboard to an HD7! I'm on a Lumia 710 now and in a holding pattern till either the 900 becomes available elsewhere, another color or mayhaps even a next Gen device for the 8??? =P
HadDaddy says:
Samsung Galaxy Note
goldenboyx92 says:
IPhone 4S
Lucas says:
Was using HTC trophy.
PolishHitta says:
I had a blackberry storm, htc Imagio, and Motorola Droid. All of those were unlocked and rooted due to insufficient speed and limits. My HTC Trophy has NEVER froze or crashed on me, and I still didn't find the need to root it.
burnethanol#wp says:
This is a very telling statement. ;-)
al.cantara says:
my very first comment... had an hd7 since it came out and was loyal to tmo for 15 yrs. loved my hd7. Now I'm w/ att and head-over-heels in love w/ the Titan II.
clockworksnarf says:
Jailbroken iPhone 3GS, Jailbroken iPhone 4, Jailbroken iPad 2
I am extremely pleased with WP7 Mango, it's really responsive and the interface is unlike anything I have ever used.
briesenbeck says:
iPhone 4
EMajor75 says:
Last June I purchased the Samsung Focus in which I still love that phone. I'm now the proud owner of the Nokia Lumia 900 in black!
jdep1 says:
I been a windows guy had a tmobile wing, touch pro 2, HD 2, & jump to Android HTC sensation bc windows 7 didn't offer much but once mango hit I got a Nokia lumia 710 wasn't a good phone for me upgraded to the Samsung focus s & now the Nokia lumia 900
narbytrout says:
Just finished up my contract with a Motorola Droid X... Now I got a super smooth LUMIA 900!
trazer says:
HD7S to Titan II, but i also carry a Galaxy S2 also. WP in my pocket and SGS2 on my side. No choice as there are no accessories for the Titan II yet or I'd swap them around to show some WP love lol.
sanjlogan says:
I have been using WP since HTC launched HD7 bit now using Radar4G. I love WP in other words i can't live without it cuz live tiles, OS and many more functions those really got me into it. Love u WP!!! Now i m ready to buy WP8 so eager to....
the5thtech says:
IPhone 4s... And happier with Lumia 900
hambone855 says:
HTC titan hated it laggy as shit much happier with the Nokia
jbjtkbw00#AC says:
Droid Bionic. I'm very proud to be a new WinPhan!
kevm14 says:
Where is the Windows Mobile option?
cckgz4 says:
I had a MyTouch 4G (which still has service). Now the Nokia L900
Flagz says:
A House Phone. ZING
botuvenkatesh says:
htc sensation 4g
ZeFf74 says:
Gladly gave up my iPhone4
fatclue_98 says:
Just came from a Pre 3 into a LG Quantum as my first WP7 phone. I'm on a DVP now and couldn't be happier. I'm very impressed with this MS product. I miss the true multi-tasking of webOS and I especially miss the swipes and gesture area but the build quality, the usable apps and the Office Hub have made me forget webOS. I still have an old HP Glisten in my bag for the BT PAN capability that only Windows Mobile 5, 6 & 6.5 had. Wi-fi tethering is nice and all, but BT uses so much less power and the speeds are basically the same. I have a Sprint iPhone 4S from my company and I HATE it with a passion. The perfect WP7.5 phone would have the gesture area and multi-tasking from webOS and the BT tethering from WM6.5.
vincentw56 says:
There is no where to put WinMo (Windows Mobile).
ShahinTr says:
Samsung F700 > Samsung G600 > Nokia 5800 > HTC Hero > iPhone 4 > HTC Desire HD (worst decision I made in my life, horrible phone) > iPhone 4 > Nokia Lumia 800
xpxp2002 says:
I used a Motorola Q9h, so where is the Windows Mobile option?
matiu_00 says:
I've been using my trusted HD7 since the day it went on sale at Tmobile almost two years ago. I nixed my contract so I could sign a new one with ATT in preparation for the Lumia 900. But then the Smoked By Windows Phone challenge came up. I took an old BlackBerry to the Mall of America and now I'm writing this on a shiny, new, off-contract Titan. Now I can by Nokia's WP8 offering as soon as it comes out at contract price. Thank you Microsoft! P.S. I did the right thing and passed my HD7 on to a disgruntled Android user and made a WP convert in the process.
jimski says:
Geez guys. How soon you forget. You do realize that some poeple may still be using Windows Mobile, the grandaddy of all smartphones.
konsol says:
XDA MINI, XDA ORBIT, HTC DIAMOND, HTC HD, HTC HD2, HTC HD7, SAMSUNG OMNIA 7, SONYERICSSON XPERIA ARC, HTC HD7, HTC TITAN, SAMSUNG GALAXY S2, and now the Best of all: NOKIA LUMIA 800
zigzagr says:
Still using my Samsung Focus as an extra phone. Actually my wife has been using it on long drives for voice command and dialing since her brand new Samsung Android phone doesn't have it. Now she wants my phone.
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Just upgraded to an iPhone 4s a month ago. Was always interested to know how well winphone will collaborate with the enterprise emails and workflow. Went in to att yesterday and got a lumia 900 black! Chucked away the iPhone 4s to my wife. I don't know why anyone would stay with the iPhone! Winphone is the smartest and most enterprised phone OS I have used. Love Microsoft for making this great product. And love Nokia for creating such a simple yet functional piece of ART! All that we need now is great apps to get onboard and this OS will beat Android in the next 2 years hands down!
funkyGeneral says:
I had my Samsung Omnia WM6.1. I replaced the digitizer 3 times and the screen twice just to keep it alive until the end of my contract. I now have the 800. I couldn't bring myself to get an iPhone, they are just so common. And i didn't like the Android interface. WP was just so obvious, and the Nokia phones are so pretty..... Now all I want to see is a WP version of Pleco
chucky78 says:
I had two Windows Mobile HTC phones in the past before getting the Surround 7 on launch day in Canada at Telus. I've never mentioned this before but I was the first one in Canada to buy a Windows Phone 7 LMAO! I personally couldn't believe it because others had gone in prior to the tiny lineup that was there that morning at the Eaton Centre in Toronto. I guess they were looking for the LG Optimus 7 which was delayed for a few weeks which is what I heard them saying in line. I had the Microsoft people come up and congratulate me and took my pic with the Surround 7 and Free Xbox 360 in hand. Like I said I couldn't believe it! Personally I stuck with Windows because I loved the phone and because of Windows Live. We've had cloud service before it was even called a cloud and dare I say first and get no recognition for it. I love when I logged in on WP7 the first time and all my contacts were there that I stored years before.
mikeguinnes says:
I was using a palm pre, running webOS. Was fantastic but got no support, then Leo appotheker went insane at HP. Now I have HTC Mozart and can't wait for my upgrade to get a Lumia handset.
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manmeetvirdi says:
Sony erricsson k790i-- Nokia 5230 -- Lumia 710.
This phone has got all I want. Bluetooth transfer is the only concern.
Intially wanted iPhone but its damn costly over here in India. Its about 850 USD. But now I have no qualms about not having it. Lumia 900 is not available in India.
paulm187 says:
I'm surprised that the majority are ex-iphone users. Why no option for Windows Mobile? I had a windows mobile 6 and a Blackberry for work.
WinFan1 says:
Some crappy Samsung then I went to iPhone 2g then g1 then I went to nexus 1 then mytouch 4g then I fell in love with WP when I got my hd7 then money probe so switched to bb bold 9700 then went to prepaid carrier LG optimus v then went back to mobile with hd7 then got iPhone 4 then got htc radar 4g then got the lumia 710 4g the finally my lumia 900 :)
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Ps I made 2 converts and working on a third
frankguillenjr says:
Had a Galaxy S2 for a month but didn't like Android and was bored with the iPhone so I just picked up a Focus S on October 2011.
frankguillenjr says:
Blackberry 8900>iPhone 3GS>iPhone 4>Galaxy S2>Focus S as my primary phone and iPhone 4S as a secondary phone.
leoment says:
my phone history is: Nokia 1260, various dumbphones including a K800i (I was a Sony Ericsson fan), Cingular 8525, Nokia e71x, LG Quantum, and now a Nokia Lumia 900 :D
Every couple of years I always ventured back to Nokia - amazing hardware, consistently!
TreizFaction says:
HP Veer
anglirich says:
LG v350, waited for Verizon to offer trophy, took toooooooo loong so I hooked up with mobile and HTC's HD7. Lovin' it.
Unless there is another phone with a kickstand in the back, I will keep this for a long time!
alias3800 says:
64gb iPhone 4S.. Yeah. I did it.
kevinrstruck says:
HTC Inspire which I loved and still like but sick of Android and the constant lag and 4 hour battery life. Really liking the Lumia 900 and the OS is fantastic.
BrownieSanFrijolTaco says:
what would present company say to an HTC wizard running windows mobile 5>Samsung Focus (1st Gen)?
MattDell says:
Nokia E73...Have always thought they were the most aesthetically pleasing and most durable. Saw Lumia 710, knew it had me
angelcos says:
iPhone 3GS & now htc TITAN.. It's very easy to use!
diplomat696 says:
Just convered the wife from bb torch 9800 to Lumia 900 and she loves it. Plus got mother in law her 1st smartphone L900 also. I am still using my trusty Samsung focus that I got on launch day :)
Verizon Hopeful says:
I'm sure this has been pointed out prior (didn't want to read 91 messages) but this poll is horribly deficient, because it's missing Windows Mobile! That's a sin for this web site! I used Windows Mobile before my current HTC Trophy.
SlottyVX says:
nokia n95 to 96 to 97 then htc desire, from there to HD7 x2 (first one went swimming) now Lumia 900. its such a sexy phone !!


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By Kurt Marko
We've seen this sort of disruption before, when browser-based applications upset the client-server application apple cart--and its associated big-dollar software licensing business model. Just ask Microsoft and Oracle how that works out for the bottom line. So when planning new apps, remember that collaboration is no longer something your target audience does as a distinct activity, relegated to its own application niche. Instead, collaboration is an integral feature people now (or soon will) expect from every application. Whether writing a memo, editing and organizing a photo album, or reading a news feed, we want the ability to content with friends and colleagues and let them comment on and mark up our work. Much as graphical operating systems that endowed every application with the clipboard and native OS network APIs let us seamlessly embed a Web browser or email client, today's collaboration-aware applications must embrace the Facebook/blog site paradigm by incorporating comment streams, multiparty editing, and shared task lists and calendars and like buttons.
Lately I've written about the many collaboration platforms that seek to extend the power of social networks and online collaboration to business tasks and work streams. While the sheer multitude of these products (I run through many in these stories: Facebook In A Shirt And Tie, How To Make SharePoint More Social, and Microsoft, Google Struggle With New Face Of Collaboration) is testament to the business model, a prime example of how extensively social collaboration is pervading the general application milieu came after a demonstration of Mindjet Connect, a SaaS version of the quintessential mind-mapping application MindManager. It's a perfect example of software making the leap from thick desktop application to Web 2.0, and an accompanying embrace of collaborative work.
Mind mapping has moved from solitary academic exercise to popular enterprise tool used to capture and organize ideas for everything from corporate strategy to new products--an evolution that prompted Mindjet to venture into the world of SaaS and online collaboration. Mindjet's transformation play illustrates the larger trend. "Mindjet Connect takes visual mapping, puts it into the cloud, and makes it collaborative," says CEO Scott Raskin, who argues that mind mapping through Mindjet Connect complements other task-based social collaboration software. This view explains his company's recent acquisition of Cohuman, an enterprise-focused collaboration site akin to Asana or Do.com that never gained much traction and needed a lifeline.
Raskin's goal is to build an integrated, end-to-end "collaborative work management" suite. As he and his team surveyed the collaboration landscape, he says they found many products designed around project management but nothing that provided "an easy-to-use environment that lets you capture thoughts on what you're trying to accomplish."
This "what" vs. "how" dichotomy is key. Mindjet Connect addresses the initial brainstorming and goal-forming phases of new projects. Cohuman, which is still a separate product but will be fully integrated, addresses the project planning, management, and team communication phases "in a way that keeps people coordinated that's not email-based or blog-based," says Raskin, who sees adding mind mapping to the project management toolkit as a way to address a key shortcoming of other social task management products--documenting why we're doing what we're doing; that is, how the task even got into the project plan. Pairing a traditionally solitary or, at best, tightly controlled, creative activity like refining and organizing ideas with the wide-open turmoil typical of collaborative task management seems antithetical. Yet they're not oil and water, but ham and eggs … a symbiotic combination where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Mindjet's newfound collaboration religion is emblematic of how social collaboration is reshaping the application ecosystem. Google, with its online productivity suite, reset expectations as to how simply and seamlessly collaboration can be integrated into traditional office applications, forcing Microsoft to follow suit with Office 365. But these are just the most visible examples of the "collaborification" of applications. As one software vendor after another rushes to repurpose thick applications as online services, a key differentiator is the ability to easily collaborate, whether via Web forms and structured documents (Acrobat.com) or video (WeVideo). This integration of collaboration into virtually all application genres doesn't bode well for point products and services--no one wants to add yet another information stream to the daily email/calendar/RSS, Twitter/Facebook/Google Plus monitoring ritual. App builders need to bake collaboration right in. So what's stopping us?
One problem is integrating collaborative applications with a social network. The ad hoc nature of email and phone networks is one of their best features; I can mail, message, or call anyone once I know the address. It's not quite so simple with online collaboration, where I typically need to invite people into my social network and force them to go through the tedium of creating an account. Thus, it's encouraging that Cohuman and Podio now support federated login schemes like OpenID, thus allowing users to sign in with a Google (or Google Apps) account in much the way many websites use a Twitter or Facebook ID for personalization, instead of a separate account.
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Humidify your own personal space for the ultimate healthier breathing environment$19.99