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September 30, 2009
Wi-Fi Alliance certifies first 802.11n products; Apple iPad likely to debut in May; touch-screen VoIP phone from snom with Wi-Fi; New iPhone/touch app tracks concert dates based on playlist, location; FON's 802.11n router can tweet; Aruba announces new low-priced 802.11n AP; Skype most popular mobile VoIP app; and more.
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced this morning that it has begun product testing for its new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n program. It comes on the heels of the ratification of a final 802.11n standard by the IEEE, and it replaces the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 802.11n draft 2.0 program, which began in 2007.
The current program adds testing for some optional features, which are now more widely available in Wi-Fi equipment, such as multi-stream n.
The first seven devices to become Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n in the new testing program are as follows:
- Atheros XSPAN® Dual-band, Dual-concurrent 2.4/5GHz, Gigabit Reference Platform for AP/Routers, Full MIMO configuration
- Broadcom Intensifi XLR Dual-Band 802.11n Router Reference Design
- Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
- Marvell Smart Wi-Fi 802.11n 3x3 450 Mbps Dual-Band Access Point
- Ralink 3x3 AP
- Broadcom Intensifi Dual-Band 802.11n Client Reference Design
Atheros XSPAN® Dual-band 2.4/5GHz PCIe MiniCard for Computing Designs, Full MIMO Configuration
In anticipation of demand for Wi-Fi Certifications, TÜVRheinland of North America, one of only two Wi-Fi Alliance-authorized testing laboratories in the U.S., issued a press release today stating that it has added resources.
The exponential growth of wireless products is only going to continue, said Sarb Shelopal, Telecom Division Manager for TUVRheinland in the release. Because we were one of the first labs qualified by the Wi-Fi Alliance to perform this testing and have two strategically located testing facilities right here in the Silicon Valley, we are fully prepared to meet the needs of Wi-Fi Alliance members when they come to us for debugging, pre-testing, and certification.
Among the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED test bed products are the Broadcom BCM94718 and BCM943224 dual band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) router and client reference designs. These (and the other products listed above) are the products against which other 802.11n products will be tested to guarantee their interoperability.
Now that the standard has been ratified, and the final certification is in place, we expect that 802.11n deployments will grow significantly across all segments, and Broadcom is in an ideal position to lead the industry and drive the transition to the new Wi-Fi standard, said Rahul Patel, Sr. Director of Broadcom's WLAN Connectivity Business in a press release today. Our Intensi-fi platform has emerged as the industrys premier 802.11n technolo
The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to announce the full details of the standard on Oct. 1 at an organizational meeting in Seoul, Korea.
We'll be running more in-depth coverage of the new certification programs later this week. In the meantime, learn more about 802.11n with these stories:
- 802.11n: Ratified at Last
- Wi-Fi Alliance Expands WPA2, Anticipates 802.11n
VeriWave's WaveAgent Tackles On-site 802.11n Interoperability Testing
September 29, 2009
On Monday, Jeremy Horowitz, Editor-in-Chief of iLounge, reported that a reliable anonymous source had forked over ten new details about the rumored-to-exist "iPad" tablet device. First on the list? Confirmation of the rumored name, "iPad."
An early version was apparently designed with a 7" screen, but it turend out to be too small. The latest version has a 10.7 screen. Much better. It will, according to Horowitz's source--who he says was right about iPhone 3GS, among other things--run on iPhone OS.
If these rumors are true, then the iPad will look like an iPhone 3G. It will come in two different variations: one with 3G networking capabilities, and one without 3G networking capabilities. Think of the 3G version as a bigscreen iPhone 3GS, and the non-3G version as a bigscreen iPod touch, says Horowitz.
There was no mention of Wi-Fi, but how could it not have Wi-Fi? What would be the point of a tablet that only uses 3G, we wonder? Especially since, according to Horowitz's source, "It is designed to expand the iPhone and iPod touch media concept to its next potential level: as a slate-like replacement for books and magazines, plus all of the media, gaming, app, and Web functionality of the iPhone and iPod touch."
Horowitz reports that the iPad is not meant to compete with netbooks. Could this be the first exampled wave of the "smartbooks" we've heard so much about? Says, Horowitz, "Its an iPhone OS media player and light communication device."
Projected announce date is specific, January 19, 2010, with street date in May or June.
Pending a final green light from Steve Jobs, there appears to be an 80% chance Apple iPad will come to fruition.
September 28, 2009
VoIP handset maker snom technology AG introduced a new model (870) for the enterprise this summer, which has caught our eye.
The Berlin-based SIP phone developer sees the 870 "as the platform of the future, because of the intuitive touch screen technology and Wi-Fi capabilities," says Mike Storella, snom director of business development.
Introduced July 16, the 870 features a touch-screen "dashboard" for a number of enterprise applications, along with a Wi-Fi connection and G.722 wideband HD voice.
The 4x3-inch color touch-screen will let companies use a drag-and-drop interface to create conference calls or transfer calls.
An integrated XML browser also permits add-on applications, ranging from a camera monitor to viewing online business data.
More details at our sister site, EnterpriseVoIPPlanet.com.
September 24, 2009
Music-loving iPhone and iPod touch owners may be pleased to learn of a new app released this week at the Apple App Store, which makes it harder to miss concerts. The app, Concertimatic, scans a user's playlist and checks it against a series of Web-based concert listings to alert users when bands are playing nearby.
It apparently delivers a chronological list of concerts, "tailored specifically for you."
The app's default is your home location, but this setting can be changed--handy if you are traveling and want to see who's playing while you're in another city. The search radius can also be set from one mile--in case you really only want to see bands down the block--up to 200 miles for the diehard fan (or the rural among us).
"I'm very excited about this new app. After six months of developing and testing, this new tool will mean that you will never again say, 'If I had known that they were coming through town, I'd have gone!'" said Duncan King, founder of Concertimatic in a press release Tuesday. "This simple tool, made possible by the new 3.0 OS, allows you to worry about one less thing. Up until now, there hasn't been an app like this that reads your playlist and tells you in a matter of seconds when those bands are coming--all for less than a dollar."
Concertimatic was developed by InfoBridge.
Aruba Networks's new AP-105 may be just the ticket for enterprises and even small businesses that have been waiting for 802.11n ratification and equipment price drops. Read our news story here.
Those wacky European free Wi-Fi proponents at FON announced today the latest version of their La Fonera router (not free). In keeping with its populist mentality, FONs Fonera 2.0n ($99) is built with an eye toward utilizing social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr. Read the full news here.
September 22, 2009
Kineto Wireless today announced what it says is "the industrys first mobile VoIP application specifically developed for mobile operators, enabling them to leverage their existing voice network infrastructure to offer a customizable and competitive mobile VoIP service."
Kinetos Mobile VoIP Application is the first designed specifically for mobile operators, which uses their existing voice infrastructure to address the growing threat of over-the-top competitive telecom services, such as Skype, Google Voice, Truphone, and others, said Mark Powell, vice president and general manager of Kinetos Client Business Unit and co-founder in a press release September 22nd. This new product helps operators create and brand their own Wi-Fi calling service to meet subscriber demands for mobile VoIP.
Kinetos Mobile VoIP Application is designed to run on major mobile OSs, including iPhone, Android, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. The application can be branded by mobile operators and distributed to their subscribers through application stores.
A YouGov survey conducted in late August/early September 2009 commissioned by Kineto of 2,255 adults in the UK showed that 39 percent who have downloaded a mobile VoIP application use it for low-cost international calling; 19 percent use it to bypass international roaming charges when traveling. 84 percent of survey respondents who have downloaded a mobile VoIP application have selected Skype.
More details are available at the Kineto Web site.
A new company launching today aims to help mobile developers create smartphone widgets that bridge the gap between Web and native applications.
Developers can use the WidgetPad platform to create hybrid Web-based mobile applications using standard Web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS3, and JavaScript and distribute them as stand-alone applications to smartphone app stores.
The new platform is offered in a collaborative, open source environment that will allow developers to freely share source code and ideas.
By taking advantage of emerging new standards, such as HTML 5, WidgetPad takes the complexity out of creating native applications and eliminates the need to learn platform-specific APIs. Read the full story at InternetNews.com.
September 21, 2009
The HP Mini 5101 is an impressive little machine, even if Wi-Fi is not its strongest suit. Its by no means a desktop replacement, but thats not what netbooks are meant to be. Read our full review here.
At long last, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has ratified the 802.11n standard. In a press release quietly issued late in the day on Friday, September 11th, the IEEE announced that its Standards Board had ratified the IEEE 802.11n-2009 amendment, defining mechanisms that provide significantly improved data rates and ranges for wireless local area networks (WLANs).
The news came as no surprise to vendors and industry watchers, as the IEEE had been open about its September timetable for ratification.
The finalized standard, which includes a 560-page 802.11n amendment, makes good on its promise of backwards-compatibility with earlier drafts and also adds some new capabilities.
Read the full news story here.
Motivated largely by the sizable demand for wireless connectivity in netbooks, Atheros today announced that it has developed the industrys first 1-stream 802.11n and Bluetooth combo solution on a Half MiniCard for the PC market. The AR9002WB-1NGB features Atheros Align 11n 1-stream technology and Atheros ROCm Bluetooth for PCs.
When we look at the netbook market, and 802.11n and Bluetooth attach rates, they are fairly significant. Netbooks are all about Internet connectivity. Theres a 100% attach rate on Wi-Fi for netbooks, Teresa Liou, senior product marketing manager at Atheros told Wi-Fi Planet. If you look at the Bluetooth attach rate, the rate today is around 40% for 2009. If you look at the next couple of years, that will grow significantly.
The AR9002WB-1NGB includes the AR9285 single-chip 1-stresam 11n PCIe solution, already shipping in millions of PCs worldwide. Atheros reports that currently, seven of the top ten PC OEMs are shipping notebooks, netbooks, and all-in-one desktops featuring Atheros Align technology.
Read the full news story here.
At the Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 in Paris last week, Broadcom Corporation announced another in its expanding lineup of combo chips. The BCM6362 is the first chip to combine Broadcoms ADSL2+ and 802.11n Wi-Fi technologies, as well as Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and voice over IP (VoIP) for IADs and high-end residential gateways.
Demand for wireless gateways is expected to represent 73 percent of the ADSL market by 2013, according to DellOro Group.
Read the full news story here.
Our own Wi-Fi Guru, Aaron Weiss, reviewed an all-in-one printer with Wi-Fi capabilities for SmallBusinessComputing.com back in April. Read the full review of the Lexmark X7675 All-in-One Inkjet Printer here.
September 10, 2009
Popular subscription music service, Rhapsody, has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod touches. This is the first time Apple has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices in the United States.
The initial download will be free for seven days, after which point new subscribers will be charged $14.99 per month. Current Rhapsody To Go subscribers will be able to use the new app right away without an extra charge.
An improvement on Rhapsody To Go, which allows users to load songs onto their Windows Media Player-enabled phones and digital music players when connected to a computer for later playback, the new app also enables subscribers to buy songs from the iTunes store; Rhapsody maker, RealNetworks, will get a share of the revenue from these sales.
With the new app, users can queue up any of the eight million songs in Rhapsody's catalog and create custom playlists that will stream to their iPod touch or iPhone, as long as the user is receiving a cellular signal or is in a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Music files will be streamed at 64 kbps, which is not as high as the 256 kbps for songs offered on iTunes; however, using less bandwidth should create smoother transfer.
An AP story in The New York Times Thursday has a few more details.
The Epson Stylus NX515 ($109.99 with instant rebate) is a multifunction device (MFD) that prints, scans, and copies. It features built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet, a 2.5-inch tilt LCD screen, image enhancement tools, and uses the same standard ink for both documents and photos. It supports printing and scanning over a wireless network, and lets users share the printer among multiple computers.Wi-Fi capability
The Stylus NX515 has built-in 802.11b/g, and is compatible with 802.11n. Users can also connect a standard Ethernet cable for wired networking. To test its Wi-Fi capability, wee located the printer about 15 feet away in another room across from our office, and printed and scanned with no problems. We also found that the NX515 printed just as fast over a wireless connection as it did with the wired connection.Our verdict
Overall, we liked the Epson Stylus NX515. We were impressed with its print quality and performance. It produced nice-looking, quality photos and documents at a fast speed. One minor negative is that unlike the Artisans limited two-year warranty, the NX515 only comes with a limited one-year warranty, which includes telephone and e-mail support. But for its current price tag of $109.99 (after a $40 rebate) and its Wi-Fi capability, we found that the Epson Stylus NX515 is an excellent buy for the price.
Sometimes you come to the realization that the equipment you have isn't quite up to the task at hand. A good example (albeit fictional) is in "Jaws," when Chief Brody tells shark-hunting fisherman Quint, "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Similarly, when you want to access a distant Wi-Fi network or one with an otherwise feeble footprint, you can't always count on a notebooks internal wireless adapter and antenna to find it or pull in enough of a signal to make for a usable connection.
The Wi-Fire Wi-Fi adapter from hField Technologies can greatly improve the ability of a notebook--or a desktop, for that matter--to find and make use of evanescent Wi-Fi signals. We first reviewed the Wi-Fire over a year ago, but theres now a new iteration (the third generation, model HFWFG200)--a more refined version of the previous design, which it replaces. Considerably more compact than its slab-sided predecessor--hField says the new model is 40% smaller and 30% lighter--at $59, the new Wi-Fire also rings up $20 less expensive.
The Wi-Fire is a USB-based 802.11b/g adapter (alas, the Wi-Fire's Atheros AR5007UG chipset doesn't do 802.11n) paired with a high-gain directional antenna and compatible with Windows, Mac, or Linux systems. (Windows and Mac OS X drivers are included in the box, while Linux software can be downloaded here.)
Network management software falls into the must-have category for medium-to-large firms, but for smaller ones, its typically in the nice to have, but cant afford category. Spiceworks 4 is network management software that any size firm can afford, mainly because its free.
The advertising-supported software gives resource-constrained smaller firms the capability to inventory and manage network devices like PCs, servers, printers and the like. (Dont be turned off by the ads, because its not as bad as it sounds more details on this later.) Read our full review here.
The makeover of Google's mobile app store, Android Market, continues as the search giant is expected to expand payment options beyond its own online transaction service called "Checkout."
Google is planning several updates for the Android Market to coincide with the imminent release of Android 1.6, though a company spokesman declined to comment on when that will happen.
Still, the search giant is working to address some recent gripes from developers, the most recent being that sales are hampered by requiring a Checkout account to buy an app.
"We announced several Android Market updates that will be coming with Android 1.6," said a Google spokesperson. "The main focus is to provide more tools for developers to showcase their apps. We've also made significant changes to the user interface to make it easier for users to find both paid and free applications. We are currently exploring additional payment options to make it easier for users to purchase applications."
For the full story at InternetNews.com, click here.
Microsoft plans to give broadcasters a peek at the next version of its Silverlight streaming media technology this week as company executives show their wares at a major global media show.
Silverlight 4 will add native multicast support, as well as offline digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft said in a statement Tuesday. The glimpse of Silverlight 4 will come at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC), which starts Friday in Amsterdam. The DRM support will come via Microsoft's PlayReady technology.
Also on the list of show and tell technologies at the conference will be Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services 3.0, which is due to ship within 30 days, the statement said. Media Services 3.0 will provide interactive HD-quality Live Smooth Streaming video (up to 1080p) to Silverlight-based media players.
Microsoft launched Silverlight 3, the company's response to Adobe's Flash and AIR technologies, as well as JavaFX from Sun Microsystems, in mid-July at a gala, invitation-only bash in San Francisco.
More details at InternetNews.com.
Enterprise social networking firm Socialtext decided to release a mobile version of its services because "work is increasingly mobile." Socialtext Mobile, out Wednesday, offers similar functionality to the desktop version, including Twitter-like microblogging, Activity Streams, and Workplaces for collaboration.
Rather than develop for specific platforms, the browser-based Socialtext Mobile is accessible across different mobile devices. BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android devices are all supported in this week's beta release.
"Not doing multiple platform versions is less of a burden on IT," said Socialtext Chairman and co-founder Ross Mayfield. "I look at this as a new way of accessing our tools, not necessarily new functionality. We have architected to develop these types of things, like mobile, relatively quickly and part of the value here should be broader accessibility."
More details at InternetNews.com.
September 9, 2009
Steve Jobs made a definitive return today as he presented news of iPod upgrades from Apple at the company's "It's only rock and roll" event today. Looking somewhat gaunt in his signature black turtelneck, the CEO, who underwent a liver transplant five months ago, announced Apple's news--and made an appeal to listeners to become organ donors.
"I now have the liver of a mid-20s person who died in a car crash and was generous enough to donate their organs," Jobs added. "I wouldn't be here without such generosity, so I hope all of us can be as generous and elect to be organ donors."
Of particular interest to us, of course, is the new iPod touch ($199, 8GB), which is now both faster and lower cost than its most recent predecessor.
The latest iPod touch enjoys a processor upgrade, and offers OpenGL support, as well as iPhone OS 3.1. Still no camera or mic for this iPod, though.
Apple's lowered the price to $199 for the 8GB model, $299 for 32GB, and $399 at 54GB. Existing iPod touch users can update to the latest iPhone OS 3.1 software for $4.95. iPod touch owners who already have the 3.0 software get the 3.1 software update for free, however.
"At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to Apple's revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing in a press release Wednesday. "You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry's best mobile Web browser, and a great game player, all in this super-thin beautiful enclosure."
More details from Apple here and here.
Other, non-Wi-Fi-related iPod news is covered by our sister site, iPhoneGuide.com here.
Palm today introduced the Pixi, the second handset powered by the company's webOS mobile software, as an entry-level QWERTY smartphone that will run on Sprint's network.
While the Pixi is slated to go on sale in the fourth quarter, Palm did not disclose further details of when the unit will ship, nor its price.
The diminutive follow-up to the Pre measures a bit more than two inches wide and four inches long, and is less than a half-inch thick. The 3.5-ounce Pixi boasts a full keyboard, 8GB of internal storage, a 2-megapixel camera, 2.63-inch multitouch screen with 320x400 resolution, GPS, Bluetooth, and accelerometer.
The model runs on Qualcomm's MSM7627 chipset, and, sadly, lacks Wi-Fi.
For more details, visit InternetNews.com.
September 8, 2009
Thanks to Ruckus Wireless and Consolidated Communications, home users in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Illinois now have the option of IPTV over their Wi-Fi networks.
Ruckus announced today that Consolidated Communications, a U.S. incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), is deploying the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi multimedia system as its in-home connectivity standard, enabling wireless IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) for its subscribers. Consolidated Communications includes the Ruckus MediaFlex gear at no additional charge as part of its Digital Video Service.
Smarter Wi-Fi solutions deliver three important benefits: it [sic] accelerates new service and revenue opportunities, cuts in half the time and cost associated with traditional cabling required to enable television services, and gives our customers the freedom, flexibility, and control theyve always wanted, said J.J. Hollie, product manager for Digital Video Services at Consolidated Communications in a Ruckus press release. Historically, because of range and reliability issues, using Wi-Fi wasnt even really considered a valid alternative. But thats all changed.
According to market research firm, iSuppli, IPTV is on track to grow 56 percent in 2009 to reach 33.3 million subscribers worldwide, up from 21.3 million in 2008. By 2010, iSuppli estimates that IPTV will be in use by 52 million subscribers growing to more than 115 million by 2013. Most of those IPTV subscribers remain outside the U.S., however.
When it comes to IPTV, theres no question that the U.S. has lagged. It is getting here, bit by bit, but in order for it to really take off not only does it have to be innovative, it must come with a lower opex for carriers and service providers to deliver and install it, said Jeff Heynen, senior research analyst at Infonetics in a Ruckus release. The MediaFlex products provide both. IPTV subscribers have the flexibility to view HD video anywhere throughout their homes while suppliers benefit from shorter installation times and fewer truck rolls.
Consolidated Communications delivers its Basic, Select, and Expanded IPTV services over its ADSL 2+ network using MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compression. It offers Broadband speeds up to 35 Mbps to support standard definition streams, delivered at data rates of 3 Mbps, and high definition streams, delivered at 7 Mbps.For more on IPTV over Wi-Fi, read:
- IPTV Growing Rapidly
- Ruckus Wireless IPTV in OK Homes
- Noise Free Wi-Fi IPTV
- Ruckus Releases 802.11n HD IPTV System
September 3, 2009
Netbooks are beginning to really eat away at the notebook market and are showing their greatest strength outside the U.S., according to a new report by market researcher DisplaySearch, a subsidiary of NPD Group.
Read the full story here.
September 1, 2009
HiveOS 3.4 Performance Sentinel and Airtime Boost to help admins track and ensure WLAN compliance based on per-user throughput targets.Read the full story here.


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As we have noted before, virtualization and cloud computing are forcing a reinvention of the operations management business on two fronts. The first front is that virtualization and cloud computing introduce new requirements that legacy solutions do not meet and they break legacy products rendering them worse than useless (because the consume resources and money and add no value). The second front is that successful operations management vendors like Veeam, Xangati, VMTurbo, Zenoss, PHD Virtual, SolarWinds, Reflex Systems, VKernel, and VMware have all made it much easier to try and buy operations management solutions leading to a new business model for operations management vendors that makes the existing legacy way of selling enterprise systems management software completely unattractive to customers and irrelevant.
The VKernel vOperations Suite Announcement
Today, VKernel, now a subsidiary of Quest announced that the functionality of what used to be the Quest vFloglight product line, will now be brought into the VKernel vOperations product line and sold in the easy to try (download it) and easy to buy basis that has been the foundation of VKernel's success in the marketplace.
The new vOperations Suite is built around two broad product lines: vOPS Server and vOPS Storage.
vOPS Server focuses on server management with three editions:
- Explorer (Free) – Designed to assess the health of a virtualized environment, the Explorer Edition immediately identifies VMs, hosts and datastores that are suffering performance, capacity and efficiency issues. Users can upgrade to a free trial of the Standard Edition to remediate any issues identified with the click of a button.
- Standard ($549/socket) – An easy to install, rapid time to value application that works "out-of-the-box" to provide virtual server performance analysis, capacity management, optimization and chargeback. vOPS Server Standard Edition(formerly VKernel vOPS) will detect issues in VMs, identify root cause and provide remediation steps that can be automatically implemented.
- Enterprise ($799/socket) – Adds the former Quest Software vFoglight product on to the Standard Edition. Enterprise allows data centers to extend near real-time monitoring into applications such as SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange, the guest OS and non-virtualized servers. The Enterprise edition is vastly scalable and can manage tens of thousands of VMs in a single pane of glass. This edition allows for VM administrators to obtain support tailored to unique requirements with configurability that includes the ability to extend the product's feature set.
vOPS Storage, the second half of the vOperations Suite, is available in two editions:
- Monitor ($499/socket) – For VM administrators who require deep visibility into the SAN or are also the storage administrators, vOPS Storage – Monitor visualizes the topology from VM to disk. Formerly vFoglight Storage, this solution displays every hardware piece in the SAN and how each connects to other components, highlighting where issues are present and what is causing them.
- vOptimizer ($299/socket) – The former Quest Software vOptimizer Pro detects VMs that are running out of disk space, are over-allocated in storage or have misaligned disk block partitions. All of these issues can then be instantly remediated with automation capabilities.
Implications of the vOperations Suite Announcement
First of all, hat's off to Quest Software for thinking creatively and out of the box. Traditionally when a big vendor buys a small vendor the small vendor's company name goes away, and the products get integrated into the big vendor's product line, marketing process and sales process. With this strategy, Quest has turned that process on its head leading to a "the guppy ate the whale" scenario. Instead of the VKernel products becoming part of the vFloglight product line and being sold and marketed in the way that vFoglight was sold and marketed, Quest did something very different and very smart. Someone at Quest obviously saw the traction that vendors like Veeam, Xangati, VMTurbo, Zenoss, PHD Virtual, SolarWinds, Reflex Systems, VKernel, and VMware have been getting in the virtualization market and saw the lack of traction that legacy vendors like IBM, HP, CA, and BMC have been getting in this market and decided to embrace selling software to virtualization customers in the way that those customers have shown a clear preference to purchase such software.
This is a hugely significant step for the operations management industry because it now means that three large publicly traded management software vendors (VMware, SolarWinds, and Quest Software) have all now voted for the easy to try and easy to buy model. The leading management vendors from a customer base perspective in the management business are Quest Software, Veeam, VMware and SolarWinds, all of whom use this model. It is probably now safe to say that the legacy way of selling software to the virtualization and cloud markets is as dead as legacy products are in these markets.
All of which is very good for customers. There is no substitute for seeing a product work in your environment, in production, for enough time to assess its strengths and weaknesses before actually buying it. This is immensely superior to the old process of seeing whose products conform to a checklist (even if they do not actually work in practice), getting a couple of free rounds of golf, buying it and then spending years and a small fortune trying to make it work.
Quest Software has turned the acquisition integration process on its head by integrating vFoglight with the vKernel vOperations Suite. This is one more feather in the cap of the "easy to try and easy to buy" model of selling operations software into the virtualization market, and one more arrow through the heart of the legacy process of selling operations software to the enterprise systems management and network operations teams. VKernel (Quest) now has the ability to bring substantial depth and breadth of functionality to both existing and new customers. A new chapter in the operations management industry has begun.


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(KMOV.com) – An article of clothing has some judges asking people to leave the courthouse for dressing inappropriately.
Shorts have been banned from the St. Louis County Courthouse. But according to courthouse administrator Paul Fox, short shorts are causing issues.
Associate Circuit Judge Mary Schroeder requested that signs be put up to remind visitors that any shorts are too casual for the courtroom.
Those who show up wearing shorts will either be asked to go home or the judge will say something. Judge Schroeder makes visitors wait until the end of the docket.
"Some might not know better. Some might not care. Some might not even think about it. It may just be what they have to wear," said a resident about the issue.
Not all visitors know what to wear because they have not necessarily met with an attorney beforehand.
"If you're coming to court with short shorts or t-shirts that have dirty words on them, you're probably not putting your best foot forward," said Paul Fox.
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While we may have become accustomed to the authoritarian excesses of campus politics, some incidents still have the ability to shock us. There was a particularly maddening incident at University College London last week, when the student council pushed through a motion endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, with little support from the student body.
The motion, which passed by 14 votes to four, called for UCL's students' union, UCLU, to 'work with students to publish a report on academic, corporate and economic links between the university and companies or institutions that participate in or are complicit in Israeli violations of international law'. What's more, UCLU will stop stocking or advertising Israeli products.
The day before the vote, members of the UCLU Friends of Palestine Society dressed as IDF soldiers and set up mock checkpoints on campus, dubbing it the 'Palestinian Experience'.
I spoke to a Jewish UCL first year called Isaac. Though Isaac was previously not engaged in the issue, he is angered by the union's actions. 'I don't care what the agenda is', he says. 'You can't force-feed 30,000 [students] a political stance that is so contested – it's undemocratic and unfair.'
A petition was launched in the wake of the vote, calling for the motion to be debated by the wider student body at a general assembly. 'We need this to happen because [the union] needs to let people have their say', Isaac says. 'The fact that the UCLU Debating Society opposed the motion the night before just shows that the student body is not in parallel with what the union believes. The union has been very crafty about it.'


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If you haven't taken the plunge to buy Heaven Meets Earth over the last year, I've put it up on Noisetrade for free. In return, you can help promote the album through your social networks, chose to give me a "tip," or both. Whatever it means to you.
Man, I'm giving away all sorts of stuff!
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Discipline is something I do not look forward to nor do I set back and hope a rule will be broken. That takes way to much time and causes one to walk on egg shells….
My observation in the lifestyle most Discipline or punishment is in a physical form and consist of pain and leaving black and blue marks , how ever I believe something that is looked over when others speak of being punished is aftercare.
Being punished the different forms , the main of course which is most commonly used is physical, which I have used in the past , but my way of thinking if a rule or protocol is broken 99% of the time it was a mistake. So I sit down and talk so I can find out what happened. Did something come up , or was it forgotten? The next question is what can be done to prevent it from happening again , what steps are going to be taking to make sure it does not happen again?
Some different ways besides physical , would be verbal , talking and seeing what happened. taking something away , taking a privilege away , confinement, you get the idea. Beating someone is not always the answer although if you read enough blogs or talk with others this seems to be the trend today.
If a submissive or slave is breaking rules on a daily basis there is a problem, a lack of attention or maybe the training.
I met a Baby girl at a local function I know the Dom well, and while outside I could hear the displeasure in her voice. She had just moved from Main down to Florida and the end result was not good he ended up putting her out on the street.
A friend of mine sent me a text and asked me to call him so we could figure out what happened and what we could do. We did find her a place to stay but she had already made arrangements to fly home with the help of her parents.
Why was it her fault ? Number one she did not do her homework , she did not Vet him prior to moving down meaning she did not contact anyone to see if he was who he said he was, as it turned out he was not.. She took his word on everything , only to sell everything she owned moved and found out soon afterward everything was a lie.
I tried to reach out to him after she contacted me and asked why he was kicking her out? He just stated she was not for him, and when I asked if he was just going to put her out his answer was yes.
The texting was going good until I asked him what steps he had taken in training her , and the conversation went dead. This just proved he had no clue, nor did he care about putting the work into the relationship to make it work.
I think when it comes to our lifestyle Discipline in someways are over played , many see discipline as a daily ritual , see it as needed in order to be in a relationship.
Just a few and the first and most popular is the physical part the spanking, the beating, the leaving bruises as a reminder a show of Authority showing who is in charge.
Self punishment which I always found funny, that is something I never took part in and I find it to be Ego driven and someone who is full of their own shit.
Taking a privilege away something the submissive or slave enjoys, be it TV , a girls night out, their ipad something one cherishes. Free time giving during the day , down time, I have found this to be very effective.
Then talking , communication sitting down one on one and find out what happened , why was a rule broken ? There are times when it cant be helped, and at times things need to be looked over.
As Dominants you spend so much of your time building an awesome relationship why would one take the time to beat someone so precious, someone who is suppose to mean the world to you.
Those who do not have a clue spend much of their time talking down to the sub or slave, degrading and humiliating. This is to keep someone at a very low self esteem, and unless they are able to communicate with others, they do not know any better..


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The 8 best accidental kisses that make you wish you were clumsier
The accidental kiss is probably one of the more ridiculous and frustrating types of Kdrama kisses. I know my first reaction when it happens in a drama is "Come on! Really?" However, if I got to hang around Jang Geun Suk or Lee Min Ho, I wouldn't mind being a little clumsier in the hopes of being able to kiss one of these fine gentlemen!
Below are 8 accidental kisses that will make you wish you were more clumsy! Or at least wish things like this actually happened in real life...
Oh god, I love this scene. Kissing Lee Hong Ki is definitely the best outcome of tripping in high heels I can imagine.
Park Shin Hye is the queen of awkward kissing situations, but this is definitely the best accidental kiss scene!
3. Hana Yori Dango
Hana Yori Dango was the first Asian drama I ever saw and my first exposure to the famed accidental or trip kiss situation, so of course I had to include it on this list. This is definitely a kiss scene I will remember forever!
Definitely one of my favorite accidental kisses. This one is really not due to Cheon Song Yi or Do Min Joon being particularly clumsy, but rather fate brought them together! It really is a nice scene!
I'm really not sure how this one happened...it is quiet a complicated series of events involving bikes and a hockey goal and really must have required some amazing clumsy skills to pull off!
6. My Girl
This is a great trip kiss that starts off as an almost kiss and then because she was so clumsy turned into an accidental kiss. The perfect accidental kiss fake out!
Okay, maybe this is the one K-drama accidental kiss example that makes you never want to be in this situation, considering that shortly after Go Mi Nam falls and kisses Tae Kyung she proceeds to throw up on his mouth. Gross. But let's just pretend that never happened and enjoy the look of shock and awe as the two lock lips! Everything turned out okay in the end!
Ahhh, the rare man-on-man accidental kiss scene! Definitely a favorite!
What do you think? Are accidental kisses just crazy or crazy awesome? Let us know in the comments below!
Watch the cute romance unfold in Murphy's Law of Love:
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It's not a total departure from Rag & Bone though. David Neville, who co-founded the label alongside business partner Marcus Wainwright 14 years ago, told Business of Fashion that he wants to pursue other opportunities. Neville will keep his seat on the board of directors and remain a shareholder of the successful brand, while Wainwright will become the label's sole CEO.
Thanks to the mentorship of Theory CEO Andrew Rosen, who came on board as Rag & Bone's third partner in 2006, the British-born design duo have propelled the American brand into a hugely lucrative empire. Operating 22 Rag & Bone stores in the US, plus one in London, Rag & Bone's 2016 revenue is estimated to sit at $300 million in 2016 - that's a lot of skinny jeans and Newbury boots.
The brand's cult-status boots, cool-girl denim and ready-to-wear are known and loved worldwide, so it's a pretty major move to step away from a business while in its prime. That said, Neville is keen to take on new challenges. "I'm looking at investing in some fashion brands in the same way Andrew did with us all those years ago," he said to BoF. "I find it exciting to go in and talk to some of these young brands about where they are and what they're trying to achieve. I would love be able to give them some guidance the same way Andrew did with us back in 2006."


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Published: 2010/07/20
Trey Anastasio Performs The Songs of Amanda Green
Last night in New York City, Birdland hosted an event entitled "The Songs of Amanda Green." Green balances a career as an actress (appearing in such shows as Wonderful Town and AVENUE Q) with that of a songwriter (she wrote lyrics to the musical High Fidelity and is now working on the show Bring It On which is in development). She has also started working with Trey Anastasio (they co wrote "Burn That Bridge," seen above). Last night Anastasio made a guest appearance at her Birland show (a photo gallery appears at Playbill.com). There the Phish guitarist joined such Broadway regulars as Jen Colella, Ann Harada, Andy Karl and Howard McGillin in a presentation of her music.


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It's slippery, skittish, and speedy – chronic illness can lie relatively quiet for a time and then pounce on you from seemingly nowhere. One day, one moment, you might be forging ahead on steps toward a goal: Tapering medication, finishing rehab, returning to work, or getting back into your social activities. Then, Wham! Illness moves the goal out of reach. Again!
Or, perhaps you do not have an illness or pain that makes firm goals tough to achieve. Perhaps you have people in your life that are always interrupting your progress, or a boss who moves the "goalpost." Or, perhaps your life is so busy with other responsibilities that you simply do not have the time to see your way clear to that cherished goal so you set another and another, until you have myriad goals but no way to accomplish even one of them.
How can you set goals when they keep moving? How can you see one thing through, beginning to middle to end?
Over the past few years, I've found a few things that have helped me. Oh, goals still get sidelined or changed. But these are strong helps, even when emergencies arise:
o Keep a journal. On the days when you can make progress, make it. Write down what you've done. If you're interrupted for any reason, revisit your notes as soon as you can so you can pick up where you left off.
o Set a strong foundation. If you cannot accomplish smaller tasks, you will have trouble sticking with an over-arching goal. Look upon the "smaller stuff" as the material with which you set a strong foundation of achievement that will support you in your bigger efforts.
o Do not look upon setbacks as failures. Rather, they are opportunities to reset your priorities and, when you can, mile-markers on the way back to the goal journey. Jot down lessons learned in your journal and take the lessons to heart.
o Learn your tolerance for flexibility and learn to use the time-honored word "No" as you need it. If we're all things to all people, we won't be able to do what we, as individuals, need to accomplish. If you're foundering at sea, if your life is so full of things that take you off course that you're frustrated and lost, call a personal "time out." Breathe. Pray. And regroup your resources so that you can move ahead as God wants you to.
Blessings for the day,


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The Deutsch creative team, writer Mark Koelfgen and art director Tuesday Poliak, found animated characters to be the perfect vehicle for their dark humor. They note that details like the gopher's gynecomastia (that's breasts on men) or animal porn would have been much more difficult, even taboo, with live-action. "We wanted to be bold and brazen, and you can get away with a lot more in animation," says Poliak. Koelfgen agrees. "We love stuff like the Sick and Twisted Animation Festival. Animation in this country is underutilized; it's not synonymous with cool advertising."
In fact, one spot takes direct aim at America's idea of "cool advertising." The animals sit in their junky apartment and discuss the extreme sports feats that their Elements drinks are inspiring, including paragliding behind an aircraft carrier and rappelling down a national monument. Then they look at each other and sigh, returning to their sedentary activities.
"Animation is so often used to leverage this utopian socialism to children. We wanted to turn it on its head," says Poliak. So far, the spots will only run on MTV, where such a view is likely to be readily accepted. Poliak and Koelfgen are not expecting everyone to warm to the acerbic humor, though. "When we sent it to distributors, we put on a warning label: if you're over 25, you're not going to get this," laughs Koelfgen.
Client: Snapple Agency: Deutsch CD: Kathy Delaney AD: Tuesday Poliak CW: Mark Koelfgen Agency Producer: Nicole Lundy Production Company: Passion Pictures, London Company Animator: John Robertson/Tim Sanpher


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Name: Major
Author: MITSUDA Takuya (Story and Art)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Shounen, Sports
Magazine: Shuukan Shounen Sunday
Year: 1994
Summary: Shigeharu Honda is a Japanese League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Momoko Hoshino, Goro's schoolteacher, is the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro's mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.Won the 41st Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.
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|2015, January 15
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Today Workshare announced the acquisition of IdeaPlane, an enterprise social network built specifically for highly regulated industries. This deal will provide Workshare customers with a complete collaboration and communication solution by integrating IdeaPlane's easy-to-use, secure and compliant social networking features into Workshare's collaboration platform.
Built in partnership with one of the world's largest investment banks and launched earlier this year, IdeaPlane's customizable social networking platform can be rapidly and securely deployed across regulated organizations. IdeaPlane will enhance the Workshare platform with robust social networking features, including status updates; the promotion of important events, news and content; email notifications and the creation of open, closed and secret groups. Enterprise administration features allow companies to comprehensively manage and moderate the network.
This acquisition makes strategic sense for us given both companies' focus on customers for whom security, compliance and control are paramount. We have a shared vision for the application of social tools in the enterprise and we have platforms that can be integrated into one unified solution to realize that vision.
IdeaPlane's integration into the Workshare product portfolio allows us to meet our customer requirements for ultra-secure social networks that maintain the integrity of data and IP security mandates set by an organization. Our combined platform will allow organizations to monitor, manage and closely control the social network being used within their organizations while facilitating collaboration and the exchange of information and ideas.


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Hi, readers & users!
If you go to this page:
http://enigmaprotector.com/en/aboutvb.html ,
you can read, in part:
"With Enigma Virtual Box, you can virtualize any types of files, dynamic libraries (*.dll), ActiveX/COM objects (*.dll, *.ocx), video and music files (*.avi, *.mp3), text files (*.txt, *.doc), etc."
My question is, is it possible to virtualize dll files only without ending up with an .exe that bundles everything? I am not sure, but I believe that this is not possible with "Enigma Virtual Box"; if that is the case, would it be then possible to unpack the resulting .exe (that bundles everything), and get from there the virtualized dll files?
Thank you,
Carlos Albert
Disco Makberto
P.S.: Just in case, if you know of any software that can virtualize dll files only, please be so kind to post to the forum (:


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THE First Minister did not breach the Scottish Ministerial Code with his stance on legal advice over an independent Scotland's future in Europe, a report has found.
Independent adviser Sir David Bell investigated claims that Alex Salmond broke the code of conduct.
Sir David today reported that Salmond had acted in accordance with the code. But he has requested that the Scottish Government consider revising parts of the code which relate to legal advice.
He wrote to the First Minister: "I have not found you, or the Scottish Government, to have breached the Ministerial Code.
"I have, though, recommended that the Scottish Government considers revising those parts of the code relating to legal advice."
Salmond referred himself to an independent panel of advisers last October after a row erupted over the issue.
Earlier that month, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed in the chamber that the SNP administration had only recently commissioned specific advice on Scotland's position in the Europe.
Opposition politicians said the Government's apparent confidence on continued EU entry created the impression that advice already existed.
Sir David examined five separate grounds of complaint from Labour MEP Catherine Stihler. In each case, he found that Salmond and the Scottish Government had acted in accordance with the code.
However, he concluded that he had commented at various points in the report on the "muddled and potentially confusing nature" of Salmond's responses to journalist Andrew Neil during an interview about the legal advice issue.
Sir David also commented on the lack of clarity in relation to provisions on law officers and legal advice contained in the code.
He said the problems lay within the code itself and stated the current lack of clarity was unsatisfactory.
Sir David added: "More clearly drafted provisions would help ministers explain their position to the Parliament, the media and the public on those occasions when, quite properly, they are not able to reveal or disclose information."
Responding to the report, Salmond said: "I would like to thank Sir David for his very thorough and detailed report, the findings of which clearly demonstrate that there was no breach of the Ministerial Code on this matter.
"I welcome the report, which demonstrates that I and the rest of the Scottish Government acted entirely in accordance with the Scottish Ministerial Code.
"Sir David also recommends that the Scottish Government considers whether the section of its Ministerial Code relating to legal advice provided to ministers should be redrafted to make it clearer.
"That is a recommendation I am happy to accept and work will now be taken forward by Government officials with that aim in mind.
"This has been the sixth complaint to be referred to the independent panel of advisers I introduced in 2008 to rule on these matters.
"I am delighted that each complaint has been dismissed and the advisers concluded my ministers and I have acted entirely properly at all times."
Stihler had previously submitted a Freedom of Information request to try to ascertain what advice, if any, had been given to the Scottish Government over an independent Scotland's position in the EU.
Ministers took the case to the Court of Session to try to prevent the release of any information.
The legal challenge was dropped by ministers after Sturgeon's statement to Holyrood confirmed there was no existing specific advice.
Opposition leaders accused Salmond of appointing his own judge and jury, and highlighted Sir David's comments that the First Minister had been "muddled and potentially confusing" in responding to questions during his BBC interview with Neil.
Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said: "'Muddled, incomplete and confused' is harsh, damning criticism in the moderated language of civil servants.
"Alex Salmond bragged that he has been cleared by his own committee but Sir David Bell's words tell a different story.
"He clearly misled over whether he had legal advice on an independent Scotland's place in the EU and was caught red-handed."
Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "This was a sham process to brush off legitimate questions about the First Minister's conduct.
"Alex Salmond was caught out and in response resorted to appointing the judge and jury for his own trial."
She added: "This whole system needs to be looked at. Never again should the First Minister be able to orchestrate his own inquiry into his own wrongdoing.
"Mr Salmond might think this puts him in the clear but actually he comes out of it with even less credibility than he had before."


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University of Cincinnati | Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design
With a fierce passion for design and a strong desire to make the world a more beautiful place, Katelyn Younger is an inspirational Graphic Designer. A Bearcat by education, Katelyn received her BS in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati. Her love for traveling and exploring new surroundings combined with a passion to learn about the interaction between natural and urban landscapes is Katelyn's primary source of inspiration. This reflects in her daily work and has led her to have an exciting and fulfilling career in Graphic Design.
Outside of work, Katelyn's most passionate hobby is indulging her taste buds in culinary delights. She pursues new restaurants around town with a fervor and loves to experience a myriad of cuisines and flavors. Like a true Cincinnatian, Katelyn enjoys the numerous beautiful parks throughout the city with her husband and two children (one furry and one human) but her favorite spot is Krohn's Conservatory. Her profound sense of design is a great asset to the MSA team.


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium ovenproof saute pan set over medium heat. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook until just starting to brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the pan to the oven and cook until just tender, 5 minutes. Set aside and keep warm for a later use.
In a 4-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Add the guanciale and cook until crispy. Remove the guanciale with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels, and reserve the rendered fat in the saucepan.
Discard all but 3 tablespoons of the rendered guanciale fat and heat the saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the shallots, garlic, thyme, some crushed red pepper and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat if the garlic starts to brown.
Add the rice and cook, stirring constantly, to lightly toast, 2 minutes. Increase the heat to medium, add the wine and cook until it mostly evaporates. Add 1 cup of the Capon Mushroom Stock and cook, stirring until the liquid is absorbed. Add another 1 cup of the stock and increase the heat to a gentle bubble (the agitation helps release the starch as the rice cooks). Add another 1 cup of the stock and continue to cook, stirring. To see if it's time to add more stock, drag a spoon through the rice; if liquid doesn't immediately fill in the space, it's time to add more. Continue cooking, adding stock as needed, up to 8 cups, until the risotto looks creamy but the rice is still al dente, about 18 minutes.
Remove the risotto from the heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and the butter, and mix, then add in the cheese. Taste and adjust the salt. Divide the risotto into serving dishes and top with Brussels sprouts, crispy guanciale and the chopped chives to serve.
Place the bones in a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to a simmer, skimming off the scum that comes to the surface. Add the celery, onions, carrots and garlic. Return to a boil, and then reduce the heat to a simmer for 4 to 6 hours, breaking up the bones and skimming the fat throughout.
Add the rosemary and thyme in the last hour of cooking. Add the dried porcini and steep for the last 15 minutes of cooking. Strain the stock into a large bowl set over an ice bath and reserve. Yield: 4 to 5 quarts.
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The Parent Trap
You've heard of the "overscheduled child," no doubt. Family therpist William Doherty is one of the people you can thank for putting a name to that thoroughly modern problem and bringing it into the public lexicon. Watch out, because Doherty has now taken aim at consumer values creeping into family life as well as marriage.


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John Plaice wrote:
> A user's sophistication has nothing to do with the communications
> infrastructure of a country, which, in the case of Georgia, is
> quite limited. The proposal below is ridiculous.
I would have thought that starting half of the paragraphs in a
4-paragraph posting with "this is only a partial solution..." would have
been sufficient qualification. Apparently I was too subtle.
There are a *lot* of people in a *lot* of countries who would love to
have access to the conference but can't afford to attend in person,
including many from developed countries. The problem is not limited to
one Georgian, but includes most of my professional software-localizer
friends here in the US and, I assume, most of their peers in Korea,
Thailand, Israel, etc.--all places with at least some web access. There
are also many unicoders with no web access at all, of course. That's why
it would only be a "partial solution".
Their bosses expect them to decide what to do about unicode, and sending
them to Germany is not in the budget. Many, but by no means all,
unicoders have at least some web access. Even in countries with a poor
communications infrastructure overall, there are often "watering holes"
of access at national universities and/or some government offices. The
unicoders, because they tend to be sophisticated computer users, are
more likely to be found around those watering holes than the poets or
the doctors, making a web-based solution likely to succeed for a larger
percentage of unicoders worldwide than for poets worldwide. Putting
conference information on the web would, therefore, be a partial
solution. It wouldn't reach everyone, but it *would* reach a lot of
people. Nothing more was claimed.
The only thing that may be ridiculous about the proposal is the degree
of resources it would require versus the resources currently available.
That is why I'm suggesting just taking it one step at a time, perhaps
beginning with bulleted summaries of each presentation, then adding the
proceedings in HTML format, then the slides plus audio in Shockwave
format.... If there are sponsors for the conference itself, there may be
a way to devote a portion of the sponsorship resources to putting more
and more of the conferences' content on the web. That would be extremely
useful, even if it is just a partial solution.
__Glen Perkins__
Glen C. Perkins <gperkins@netcomcom> wrote:
> There is no substitute for physical attendance by certain national
> representatives, so this is only a partial solution, but I think it
> would be a great goal to work toward putting as much of the conference
> on the web as possible. The sponsors of the conference might consider
> devoting a portion of their resources to using the medium being
> discussed--computers--as a medium.
> It could begin with the conference proceedings in HTML format, then
> slides and summaries of the talks could be provided, and at some point
> the presentations themselves (preferably in Shockwave format to create a
> navigable sync'ed combination of slides and audio) could be made
> available as archives.
> Carrying the conference live via RealAudio could also allow questions to
> be accepted via email during the Q&A sessions, an increasingly popular
> format that even some radio talk shows have begun to adopt. These
> questions, sometimes submitted in advance, would be perused by a
> moderator who would then pose the good ones (or questions representing
> common themes) to the speaker.
> Again, this is only a partial solution, especially because those
> countries having the hardest time sending representatives also tend to
> be those having the hardest time accessing the Internet. Even so, unlike
> conferences on literature, drug policy, or medicine, those interested in
> the details presented at Unicode conferences are nearly all
> sophisticated computer users. It seems to me that the Internet is a
> superb medium if your goal is to convey information to the most
> sophisticated computer users in as many of the world's countries as
> possible.
> __Glen Perkins__
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There are a number of ways of finding out the number of observations (also known as records or rows) in a SAS data set and, while they are documented in a number of different places, I have decided to collect them together in one place. At the very least, it means that I can find them again.
First up is the most basic and least efficient method: read the whole data set and increment a counter a pick up its last value. The END option allows you to find the last value of count without recourse to FIRST.x/LAST.x logic.
data _null_;
set test end=eof;
if eof then call symput("nobs",count);
The next option is a more succinct SQL variation on the same idea. The colon prefix denotes a macro variable whose value is to be assigned in the SELECT statement; there should be no surprise as to what the COUNT(*) does…
proc sql noprint;
select count(*) into :nobs from test;
Continuing the SQL theme, accessing the dictionary tables is another route to the same end and has the advantage of needing to access the actual data set in question. You may have an efficiency saving when you are testing large datasets but you are still reading some data here.
proc sql noprint;
select nobs into :nobs from dictionary.tables where libname="WORK" and memname="TEST";
The most efficient way to do the trick is just to access the data set header. Here's the data step way to do it:
data _null_;
if 0 then set test nobs=nobs;
call symputx("nobs",nobs);
The IF/STOP logic stops the data set read in its tracks so that only the header is accessed, saving the time otherwise used to read the data from data set. Using the SYMPUTX routine avoids the need to explicitly code a numeric to character transformation; it's a SAS 9 feature, though.
I'll finish with the most succinct and efficient way of all: the use of macro and SCL functions. It's my preferred option and you don't need a SAS/AF licence to do it either.
%let dsid=%sysfunc(open(work.test,in));
%let nobs=%sysfunc(attrn(&dsid,nobs));
%if &dsid > 0 %then %let rc=%sysfunc(close(&dsid));
The first line opens the data set and the last one closes it; this is needed because you are not using data step or SCL and so could leave a data set open, causing problems later. The second line is what captures the number of observations from the header of the data set using the SCL ATTRN function called by %SYSFUNC.


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By CHRIS TALBOTT
AP Music Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
For a guy who sang so many sad songs, George Jones left behind a lot of laughs.
There was more humor than sadness at Jones' funeral Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House as thousands gathered in Nashville–some arriving hours before sunrise–to pay their respects to the man whose voice has defined country music for more than half a century.
Friend after friend related stories of Jones' kindness, his love for his widow, Nancy, who's credited with helping him survive his personal demons later in life, and the funny little moments that will stick with them always.
Barbara Mandrell remembered the kindnesses he gave a scared 13-year-old girl just getting her start in the business. Former first lady Laura Bush remembered dumping quarter after quarter into the jukebox to hear "The Race Is On." Wynonna Judd remembered his perfect hair and his friendship. And Vince Gill remembered the man who gave him the nickname "Sweet Pea," a moniker he wasn't sure he liked at first but now treasures.
The nearly 3-hour memorial was attended by several major country stars and political figures. Nancy Jones sat flanked by Bush and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam spoke, as did former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. CBS host Bob Schieffer recalled a 2009 interview with Jones where the singer's true personality seemed to show through.
Each of the stars who performed had a personal connection to Jones. Randy Travis, who was anointed a traditional country voice by Jones, sang "Amazing Grace," a song Jones had once put his own personal stamp upon.
Paisley remembered Jones allowing him to house his first horse on the Jones family farm and the visits the two would have, then sang "Me & Jesus." Kid Rock asked Nancy Jones to imagine Jones was actually singing as he performed "Best of Me," before checking himself to the delight of the crowd.
But it may have been Charlie Daniels who summed up Jones best in a long, beautifully rendered tribute. He noted Jones was probably the most imitated country singer of all time.
The funeral was broadcast live on cable music television channels CMT and GAC and–in a nod to simpler times when Jones was at his biggest–on all local television networks.
The Beaumont, Texas, native was in the midst of a farewell tour that was to have wrapped up with an all-star salute in November in Nashville when he died. He postponed two performances two weeks ago and entered the hospital with a fever and irregular blood pressure. He'd been ill off and on over the previous year.
Jones' pure, matchless baritone defined the sound of country music for a half century, and his death brought universal reaction from the music community and fans. Known for hits like "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," "White Lightning" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which Alan Jackson used to close the memorial, Jones had No. 1s in four decades from the 1950s to the 1980s and "Possum" remained a popular figure in Music City until his death.
Paisley said even though Jones has passed on, his legacy is still there, ready to inspire. He urged young viewers who might be tuning in to check out Jones' music.
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Thinking for Yourself
A Conference in Honour of Professor Robert Manne
In the course of a controversy with Gershom Scholem over her book Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt wrote: "I have great confidence in Lessing's selbstdenken (thinking for oneself) for which no ideology, no public opinion, and no 'convictions' can ever be a substitute." In a similar fashion, George Orwell, in his essays, deplored the conformity of politically-engaged intellectuals and their tendency to hunt in packs. Arendt and Orwell had a profound influence on Robert Manne at the beginning of his adult life. During his almost four decades as a university researcher and teacher and public intellectual he has been involved in a series of bitterly contested controversies concerning the interpretation of the Holocaust, the nature of Communism, the Cold War, social democracy and its neo-liberal critics, the dispossession of the indigenous population of Australia, multiculturalism, the state's responsibility for asylum seekers and, most recently, the politics of climate change. This conference will revisit and review many of these public questions with original papers from several thinkers Manne has worked or argued with, and whom he presently most admires. At its centre will be the core value of intellectual engagement and independence—or of thinking for oneself.
The conference, organised by La Trobe's School of Social Sciences and Communications, will examine a number of themes and issues that have been integral to Robert Manne's intellectual work. They include: the Cold War and intellectuals, the Public Intellectual and Universities, the Public Intellectual and Publishing,Twentieth Century European History, Indigenous Politics and History, Australian Political Culture and Multiculturalism and Contemporary politics.
Date and Location:
Thursday 28 February and Friday 1 March 2013
John Scott Meeting House
Bundoora Campus
Download the latest version of the program [DOCX 52KB].
Keynote speakers:
The conference features keynote addresses by Professor Pat Dodson and Professor Raimond Gaita. The conference also incorporates a special Ideas and Society event featuring Professor Manne in conversation with Professor Mick Dodson around the topic Indigenous politics: Reflections on the stolen generations report, the Northern Territory 'Intervention', and the constitutional referendum.
Other confirmed speakers include:
- David Manne, Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre
- Professor Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, ANU
- Associate Professor Mark McKenna, Department of History University of Sydney
- Dr Carmen Lawrence, Winthrop Professor at the School of Psychology UWA
- Professor Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
- Professor Ghassan Hage Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne
- Professor Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths University of London
- Greenpeace Australia CEO David Ritter
- Professor Dennis Altman, Director - Institute for Human Security
- Journalist and social philosopher Anne Manne,
- Professor Martin Krygier, Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory a the University of NSW
- Dr Gwenda Tavan, senior lecturer in Politics at La Trobe University
- Associate Professor David McKnight, Senior Research Fellow at the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of NSW
- Journalist and author Mark Aarons
To register your interest please contact Bree Ahrens (email@example.com).
Further Information
Information for participants: Information about the conference, including the programme, will be added to this site as it becomes available.
Speakers should submit a 200 word abstract by 21 January 2013.
Any queries about the conference should be directed to Bree Ahrens (firstname.lastname@example.com).