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Showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided concentration.
How do you feel when you are trying to explain something to someone, and they pay little or no attention to you? It can be extremely frustrating, can't it? Whether it is life-or-death information or simple instructions for cleaning a messy room, whether you are talking to someone with great authority or no authority at all - to be ignored in any degree hurts! We all have value and should respect each other, remembering that there is a time for talking and a time for listening.
Attentiveness involves aiming one's concentration toward another, waiting on that one, and taking hold of what we receive with expectation of benefit. Attentiveness is a discipline for maximizing our information gain by improving the quality of our observation skills. Patiently listen to others and look for value in their words, their motive for sharing, and the concepts behind their ideas.
In 1744, George Washington learned a valuable secret for character development. He learned to exercise personal character with short, specific applications - including several practical ideas for attentiveness. At the age of 14, Washington diligently wrote down 110 rules under the title "Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation." These rules were drawn from an English translation of a French book of maxims and were intended as practical instructions for developing good character. "In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet" is one of the examples of the applications.
In developing attentiveness, take counsel from Washington's example. Do not shuffle papers or read while someone is trying to speak to you. Avoid fidgeting and other distracting habits. It is often these things that cause offense and distraction to others. Be aware of your mannerisms and what they might communicate.
Attentiveness is "showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided concentration." Drawing attention from others to oneself is an expression of disrespect. Sarcasm and critical comments, in particular, draw attention to oneself at the expense of others. Give others your full attention when they "have the floor." Be considerate of their words even after they have finished speaking. By being a good listener to others, you will earn the right to be heard when you have something to say.
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As it turns out, Interpol's pleas for
help in searching for the "swirly-faced" child molester have met
with success: Canadian national Christopher Neil – the man behind the
Photoshop filter – was found and arrested in Thailand, on
suspicion of sex crimes against young boys.
According to local police reports, Neil had been in Thailand for not more than
a week, abruptly leaving his teaching position in South Korea immediately after
his picture was broadcast worldwide. He was spotted by airport security cameras
in Thailand, sporting a shaved head and glasses. To quote Reuters, the search for Neil was "a manhunt to rival [the] search
for JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect Mark Karr."
Thailand issued a warrant for Neil's arrest, based on accusations that he paid
for oral sex from two Thai teenagers, who were aged 9 and 14 at the time. A
trace was executed on Neil's boyfriend's cell phone, and he was pinpointed to a
remote province called Nakhon Ratchasima, about 150 miles northeast of Bangkok
and "well off the normal tourist trail." The two had been travelling around to
different provinces and were "probably on the run," said tourist police chief
Chuchart Suwannakom.
Interpol was originally apprehensive about posting the unscrambled photographs
online, partly because it would signal to other crooks that they were capable
of descrambling the swirl pattern – and possibly other obfuscation techniques –
and partly out of respect for the perpetrator's family and privacy. However, it
was decided that the need to find him outweighed these concerns, and so his
image was posted online a little over a week ago. The response was nothing
short of torrential: over 200 different responses were received within the
first 12 hours of the posting.
It appears that this case is closed, as Interpol has mountains of photographic
evidence against the suspect. If convicted, Neil faces up to 20 years in a Thai
prison, notwithstanding additional punishment from his home country of Canada,
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Posted 08 June 2010 - 04:21 PM
The Cast -
Aaron - ADP
Hi Everyone -
Anna and I have arrived in Orlando todayand Kim will be joining us later this week. It seems like it has been a while since we've been to the parks. Our last trip was over New Years, and after that trip ended I felt a little burned-out from the parks. We had visited the parks quite a bit in 2009 and I thought I needed a long break. However, around April, I was feeling the need to get back to the theme park capital of the world. Now, I'm crawling up the walls waiting to get back to Central Florida. Finally tomorrow is the day.
Anna and I will be in Orlando for 2 weeks; 10 days at Disney World, possibly 1 day at Kennedy Space Center and 4 days at Universal. We've got quite a bit planned including the Hoop-De-Doo Review, Catching some of the Summer Nightastic events, Star Wars Weekend 4, and the grand opening of Harry Potter.
Anna and I are giving the Disney Dining Plan a whirl again. We are staying at AKLV and during our stay we have 4 nights worth of dining plan. The last time we did the Dining Plan we felt it was too much food, but I figure for 4 nights we should be able to handle it. The ADRs we have planned include Chef Mickey's, Cape May Clam Bake, Mama Melrose, and the Tusker House character breakfast. Once Kim arrives we are going off the Dining Plan and using our Tables in Wonderland 20% discount. Other ADRs we have scheduled are the Hoop De Doo Review, Ohana, Teppan Edo, and Mama Dellas at Portifino Bay. We may make some other reservations along the way.
We're hopeful to see some of our friends during our visit. If anyone wants to meet-up while we're in Orlando please send me a message and we can get together. Our Star Wars Weekends parade meet is this Saturday. Please feel free to join us. Information can be found under the trip planning forum.
I should mention most of what I'll be posting in this trip report will be photos and possibly some video. Through my IPhone I'll be able to post live photos during our day in this thread. In other words, most of the photos you will see in this trip report will be live, up to the second photos with captions and descriptions of what is happening in the parks and resorts. I'll even post what the lines and craziness looks like at the WWoHP grand opening.....It should be every bit of crazy too. :laughing:
We are headed to the Magic Kingdom for MEP and the Summer Nightastic firworks spectacular. So get ready for a lot of photos and info from Orlando. "See you real soon!"
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Our room view.
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But my back is killing me! Darn chairs.
Time for the Laugh Floor. Hey Roz!!!
Posted 08 June 2010 - 10:22 PM
A beautiful night in Tomorrowland!
Posted 08 June 2010 - 10:23 PM
Posted 08 June 2010 - 10:23 PM
We've arrived. Although our flight was delayed today 2 plus hours because of mechanical issues we made it to Orlando. Check-in at AKLV was less than 2 minutes long even without resort online check-in.
Anna and I had a great time at the Magic Kingdom tonight. Watching the Main St. Electrical Parade with her for the first time was a real treat. The weather was spectacular. There was a slight breeze and temperatures were very tolerable. Guests were all excited about the parade. Tonight was the first time I heard a loud applause and chanting before the start of a parade. Main St. was truly an electric atmosphere for this parade. As far as I can tell the MSEP floats are better than Spectro, but I still like the Spectro music much better than MSEP.
For those of you on the dining plan I've found a great snack credit. The ice cream sandwich at the Main St. Bakery is awesome. 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream sandwiched by your choice of 2 giant cookies. Cookies to choose from are oatmeal rasin, sugar, or chocolate chip. Awesome! I wish I would have taken a picture of it, but i got to ahead of myself and started eating it before I thought about the picture. I'm sure another one is in our future.
We used our first quick service credit at Pecos Bill. I tried the 1/3lb angus burger. It was okay, but nothing spectacular; however, piling on the mushrooms and pickles made it taste better. The cheddar cheese sauce tasted great with the fries. To me, Pecos Bill and Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe are the 2 best quick service restaurants at the Magic Kingdom.
Anna did get her joke we texted in to the Laugh Floor read during the show. Pretty awesome!
Tomorrow we plan on waking up early and going to Hollywood Studios for morning EMH. The park opens at 8:00AM to resort guests. We hope to get a couple spins at Toy Story Mania. Once we've done TSM we'll head over to Starring Rolls for breakfast. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to head over to the Kidani Village fitness center for a workout followed by a swim at the Kidani pool. Tomorrow evening we have an ADR at Chef Mickey's and then it's over to EPCOT.
More photos and info tomorrow.
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Cast Member pin trading
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Time for some breakfast.
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Tower picture
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Check it out! Donald Duck is wearing a Birthday Button! Today is his 76th Birthday.
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Spaceship Earth. The future
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Another great day of weather. We arrived at DHS before the park opened and I was amazed at the size of the crowd in line waiting to get into the park. I had to check myself to see if today was a Star Wars Weekend day.
TSM was a lot of fun and we enjoyed the new game which replaced Bo Peeps Balloon Pop. The principal of the game is the same; popping balloons, but with different characters.
Getting out of the park early (around Noon) was a good call. The park was getting hot and crowded. The workout was nice and Anna participated quite a bit. It was nice to have her there to keep me company.
We spent some time in the best arcade on property at the Contemporary Resort. Dinner at Chef Mickey's was ok. It seems to me some of the variety on the buffet has been removed. There are not as many choices as there used to be. The characters were great though. Very interactive, upbeat and willing to do anything to make your time with them enjoyable. The food itself wasn't bad, but certainly nothing spectacular.
We didn't spend a lot of time at EPCOT tonight. We rode Spaceship Earth and played a few games of Power City in the post show area. Afterwards we walked through World Showcase and rode Donald. Another night of fantastic weather.
Tomorrow morning we are headed to the Animal Kingdom. We are dining at the Tusker House character breakfast. We'll probably ride Kilamanjaro Safaris and Expedition Everest. In the afternoon we'll make a trip to Downtown Disney for some shopping. As for tomorrow night we may spend it poolside here at Jambo House.
More to come!
Posted 10 June 2010 - 06:39 AM
We are headed out the door soon to the Animal Kingdom for a character breakfast at the Tusker House. Afterwards we'll catch a few rides and then head back to our room for some R & R. We may head to Downtown Disney this afternoon. We've discussed our evening plans and because I run a Democracy we've voted to go to the Magic Kingdom. I do have the tie-breaking votes in all situations though. :laughing: We haven't seen the Summer Nightastic fireworks yet so we are going to stay to check them out.
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Have you read Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future by Harriet A. Washington; or Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine by John Abramnson; or Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenburg; or Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients by Roy Moynihan and Alan Cassels; or The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It by Marcia Angell; or The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine by James Le Fanu?
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Much of the buzz surrounding the automotive industry has centered on the dire financial straits the big three have found themselves in and electric/hybrid vehicles. Going more unnoticed is the new technology that automakers like Ford are integrating into their vehicles to make them safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
We have all sat, watched, and waited while someone tried in vain to parallel park their vehicle. Starting in mid-2009, an option for the Lincoln MKS Sedan and MKT crossover will be a new system Ford calls Active Park Assist. The system uses a series of ultrasonic sensors arrayed at the corners of the vehicles to sense the position of the vehicle in relation to others around it.
Working in conjunction with the sensors, an Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) system activates to position the vehicle for parallel parking. The system will calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into the parking spot autonomously.
"With the touch of a button, Lincoln MKS and MKT drivers can parallel park quickly, easily and safely without ever touching the steering wheel," said Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of Global Product Development. "This is another example of exclusive Ford smart technology, such as Ford SYNC, that makes the driving experience easier and more enjoyable for our customers."
Ford says that its ultrasonic sensor based system is much more effective than similar parking assist systems that use cameras like Lexus vehicles feature. The Parking Assist system takes care of the steering control for the car, but the driver is required to shift gears and control throttle and braking.
A visual and/or audible interface keeps the driver aware of the proximity of other cars, objects, and people and will change the instructions as needed to safely park the vehicle. At any time, the driver can interrupt the parking assist system by grabbing the steering wheel.
Ford says that there is more to the EPAS system than simply offering help when parallel parking the vehicle. The EPAS system is said to improve fuel economy by up to 5% and reduce CO2 emissions at the same time. Steering performance is enhanced when compared to hydraulic systems in use on most cars today according to Ford. The automaker says it plans to fit 90% of its production vehicles with the EPAS system by 2012.
Ford's Ali Jammoul said in a statement, "As we use advanced technology like Electric Power Assisted Steering to improve the fuel efficiency across our vehicle lineup, we have the opportunity to introduce new comfort and convenience innovations like Active Parking Assist. This is technology not for the sake of technology, but technology designed to meet the needs and wants of customers."
This technology will be offering in conjunction with other Ford safety systems on some of the company's vehicles. Other systems include the Blind Spot Identification System. Ford unveiled its Collision Warning with Brake Support system in October of 2008. Ford isn't clear on if the Collision Warning System will be offered alongside the other technologies for parking and blind spot detection.


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Now Apple has filed an equally
trademark complaint against Woolworths, Australia's largest
retailer. Woolworths innocently redesigned their logo in the
shape of a 'W' that also looked like a piece of produce. That
turned out to be a potentially costly mistake as Apple's legal team
quickly seized on the fact that the company's green logo bore a faint
resemblance to an apple fruit.
Apple Inc. believes that it has
obtained complete trademark rights to any fruit logos even vaguely
apple-themed, despite there being numerous "apple"-named
and branded corporations, such as The Beatles' Apple Corp., that
existed long before Apple Computer (later to become Apple Inc.) sold
its first computer.
When it comes to the Australian logo, the
logo is a mix of dark and light green and is painted in artistic
swaths, bearing little resemblance to Apple's iconic insignia in
size, color, or shape.
Woolworths filed for the trademark in
August of last year. The new logo now adorns the company's
trucks, stores and products. Replacing it would likely cost in
the millions, to take a conservative guess. Nonetheless, Apple
is insisting that IP Australia, Australia's government regulators,
bow to its will and deny the trademark (Woolworths' new trademark has not yet been approved).
It is possible
that Woolworths and Apple could compete in the consumer electronics
or computer market, as one of the retailer's chains of stores (Big W) sells a variety of electronics,
akin to Walmart or Target in the U.S. However, the vast
majority of consumers should face little confusion in differentiating
the Woolworths logo from Apple's. Nonetheless, Apple believes
the Australian retailer's logo will damage its brand.
Hulsbosch, the artist who designed the new logo, says it isn't even
an apple necessarily, and points out that the company's literature
never called it an "apple". He says Apple Inc. is
taking its legal aggression "to the extreme." He
adds, "Based on this logic, they would have to take action
against every fruitseller."
Trademark lawyer, Trevor
Choy, though, says he sees nothing wrong with Apple trying to
proactively legally challenge any company with an apple fruit-related logo.
He states, "They are just covering off any eventualities.
This is often the prelude to settling [the matter]. I doubt it'll go
all the way unless, of course, Woolworths decides that they want to
go into computers … I doubt Apple expects to win."
is also actively actively litigating in the form of complaints or lawsuits against music festival promoter,
Poison Apple, which has applied to trademark an apple with a bite out
of it atop crossed bones; and Adults Only, a pornography channel
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Hurricane Sandy, last year's Midwest drought and cuts in government spending have all led to deterioration in small business credit quality and a rise in delinquent debt.
According to Experian/Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index released Wednesday, small firms struggled to pay down delinquent debt in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Balances less than 60 days past due rose nearly 20% in the quarter, overshadowing a slight decline in those considered severely delinquent, which is defined as more than 90 days past due, Experian said.
Additionally, nearly all of the increase seen in delinquent debt was a result of firms falling behind on payments on which they were previously current, according to the index.
Findings from the report also showed that small business credit quality deteriorated considerably in the fourth quarter, due to a rise in delinquent debt and a slowdown in personal income growth pulling retail sales lower and hurting small business revenues.
"Small business credit quality weakened at the end of last year, as the Midwest drought, Superstorm Sandy and cuts in government spending weighed on the economy," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. "Small businesses continue to struggle to meet their financial obligations."
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The iPhone is hard to escape. Love it or hate it, the little device has invaded pop culture in a big way. While most people might not know the ins and outs of the tech industry and its latest products, they know the iPhone -- it has reached household name status.
At a recent developers forum, Intel employees publically insulted the iPhone, saying, "Any sort of application that requires any horse power at all and the iPhone struggles."
While Intel was quick to clarify that its comments were purely criticism of competitor ARM who makes the iPhone's CPU, the comments had already achieved a degree of notoriety. Now Microsoft is fanning the iPhone flames of animosity with its own comments.
Robbie Bach, Microsoft's Chief Officer of the crucial $8B USD Entertainment & Devices Division which includes the Xbox 360 business and the Windows Mobile phone business, was asked about his reaction to Apple's wildly successful quarter in which it saw the sale of 6.9 million iPhones. These sales had surpassed analyst expectations by a couple million units, despite the fact that the analysts are typically very bullish when it comes to Apple sales.
Mr. Bach, without much prodding, proceeded to follow Intel's example and toss a bit more sand in Apple's eyes. He said, "Apple had a big launch of a new product, and they launched at scale in a lot of new countries with a lot of new [wireless] operators. This quarter, RIM is having its big launch, and at some point we'll have our big launch. We'll have to see where things normalize," referring to the new RIM Blackberry Bold, set to launch November 4 (which does not feature a Windows OS).
He continued, "Does AT&T like having iPhone on its network? Sure. But they want to have balance in that ecosystem, where there's three or four big partners. That's why we're so attractive to them—because we work with Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, LG, HTC, Motorola. Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is a cool device. But it's not about choice."
The comments by Bach are lighting up the blog community who already holds strong opinions on the iPhone's value. However, more than anything they hark back to the classic playground-esque feud that Microsoft and Apple have carried out over the years, one that is mirrored in their commercials. Microsoft has always argued that its products are great because they provide choices, while Apple's products are weak because they offer no choice. Apple argues the opposite -- its products are exclusive so the quality and design is higher, while Microsoft is a messy conglomeration.
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Little known to most, Intel Corp. (INTC)
actively supports a rival architecture to x86. Built on the Explicitly
Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) reduced instruction
set computing (RISC) architecture, Intel's Itanium CPUs fulfill a variety of
niche needs from high-end medical data processing to financial sector
applications. The architecture's inherently parallel design makes a
perfect fit for certain kinds of applications and has led to consistent,
low-volume sales for Intel.
Lately, however, enthusiasm for the task of
supporting Itanium has waned and several
software partners have jumped ship, including Oracle Corp. (ORCL).
Most recently, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
and Red Hat, Inc. (RHT)
announced that they would be killing support for Itanium in future versions of
their operating systems.
With no clear OS provider lined up, some have
speculated that Intel may preemptively kill Itanium and focus efforts on its
Xeon line.
But in the wake of its most recent Xeon launch,
Kirk Skaugen, VP and general manager for Intel's Data Center group, commented at a
press conference, "Instead of Itanium at the top and Xeon at the bottom of
the lineup, we're going to have them side by side."
I. An Inglorious History
Whereas the Xeon line -- the direct server
counterpart to Intel's consumer PC chips -- was widely lauded, Itanium was
negatively received since its launch.
Intel had originally hoped
for Itanium to replace x86 as its parallel-optimized, 64-bit addressable
But the project just didn't turn out well.
When Intel released its first Itanium design, codenamed Merced in
2001, it only mustered half the performance of Intel's mainline consumer/server
architecture of the time, Pentium 4. And according to some reports, x86
emulation tools were so poor that the chip performed like a 100 MHz
first-generation Pentium processor.
Undeterred, Intel mustered onward. Firmly
behind it was the world's largest computer maker, Hewlett-Packard, Comp. (HPQ).
Not only did HP build Itanium systems and try to push them in the
corporate IT ecosystem, but it also began to co-develop the chips with Intel.
The first joint design was the "Itanium
2" codenamed McKinley, released in 2002, built at 180 nm.
In 2003 Intel released a 130 nm Itanium 2, codenamed Madison.
Then it began to make big claims in 2005 about a
design called Tukwila, which would not only pack four cores but
would also replace Itanium's bus. At the time Intel's first generation
PC-side Core architecture (codenamed Conroe/Merom) was still a year away, so
this claim sounded pretty exciting.
But 2007 rolled around and the chip never came.
In 2006 Intel had released the chip Itanium
9000 Series, codenamed Montecito and in 2007, rather than the
promised Tukwila, it delivered the Itanium
9100 Series, code-named Montvale.
Sales reflected this poor performance. In
2007 8.4 million x86 servers were sold, but only 55,000 Itanium servers
shipped, according to Gartner, Inc. This was bad, even for RISC-servers,
which shipped 417,000 units in total.
While exact numbers are sketchy at best, due to
lack of official reporting, it is estimated that Itanium was heavily outsold by
Sun Microsystems (now owned by Oracle) SPARC chips and International Business
Machines' (IBM)
POWER architecture.
In February 2010 Tukwila finally
landed, officially branded the Itanium
9300 Series. Three years late, the processor still sported some
tempting features like double-device data correction to prevent
memory corruption. These features made it a promise buy for
mission-critical applications.
But for the mass market, Tukwila was
late to the party and lacked the performance to truly impress
Famous tech news figure John C.
Dvorak wrote in 2009, "[Itanium] continues to be one of
the great fiascos of the last 50 years" in his piece "How the
Itanium Killed the Computer Industry."
II. Tukwila v. Xeon
With the launch
of Intel's latest "EX" Xeon processor line, a 32 nm die shrink of
Nehalem codenamed Westmere-EX, Xeon had a new chip that could match
the memory bandwidth of Tukwila.
A 4-core Itanium processor clocked at 1.73 GHz
costs $3,838 USD per chip in quantities of 1,000, while the newly released
10-core 2.4 GHz Xeon E7-2870 costs $4,227 USD, in quantities of 1,000 (note:
due to the different architectures, the clock speeds are not directly
Given the comparable price it's hard to see the
merits of Itanium, which packs less cores, other than from an error-correction/mission-critical
standpoint. Given the vanishing software support for the platform, the picture
becomes even dimmer for the platform.
Intel is promising a cheery outlook for the
future of Itanium. Mr. Skaugen bragged that the next generation Itanium
core, codenamed Poulson, would bring 8 cores built at 32 nm and
more than double the performance of the Itanium 9300 Series.
And an even more distant chip, codenamed Kittson is also
reportedly being worked on.
The problem is that even Westmere-EX is
a questionable proposition. Given the availability of 12-core
Opteron 6168 chips for $750/USD, the much more expensive 10-core E7-2870
becomes a tenuous buy.
And even among Intel processors, the E7-2870's
higher cost per core count is cause for pause, given that there are far cheaper Sandy
Bridge-based quad-core Xeon chips (the recently released E3 Series).
The situation is complicated slightly by the fact that some software is
still licensed on a per-chip basis, meaning that the E7 chips would yield a net savings if you
look exclusively at Intel's offerings.
Given the switch of many software vendors to
per-core (rather than per-chip) licensing, the E7 may find less traction,
though, than its E3 series brethren.
And the situation is even worse for Tukwila,
which is even more expensive and by Intel's own admission trails the E3 and E7
series in performance.
III. Intel and HP -- Resigned to go Down With
the Ship?
Given the poor outlook, it seems pretty incredible
that Intel would continue to devote resources to the eternally disappointing
Itanium project. The project recently observed its 10-year anniversary,
but given how Intel's ever-shrinking sales predictions continue to overestimate
the Itanium 's dismal real-world sales, it was hardly cause for the chipmaker
to celebrate.
With the SPARC and POWER RISC-style architectures
deeply entrenched and a hungry
ARM coalition waiting in the ranks Itanium's future is not bright.
But Intel has clearly stated that it remains loyal
to its post and will stand by the platform for years to come -- even if it
continues to sink.


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The picture became increasingly dismal for Microsoft
over the course of 2009, though. According to market research
firm Gartner, Windows Mobile's marketshare now stands
at 7.9 percent. Apparently its competitors ate its lunch as
Apple's (OS X) share rose to 17.1 percent and RIM also grew
significantly, now at 20.8 percent.
That's disappointing
considering that Microsoft was one of the first players to enter the
market with its Windows CE, released in 1996, which went on to form
the foundation Windows Mobile. One of the main problems has
been the iPhone, which launched in the summer of 2007 and has since
seen two compelling hardware updates, the first bumping it up to 3G
and the second delivering a faster processor. States Ross
Rubin, an NPD Group consumer technology analyst, "It was really
the iPhone that came out full-bore for a consumer perspective.
We saw app development focus on consumer applications like social
networking and games.... Particularly with Apple's retail presence
and advantages in that market, through design and so forth, that's
where Microsoft's main challenge lies."
Raven Zachary, a
technology analyst and owner of iPhone app development house Small
Society comments on Microsoft's missed opportunity in the smartphone
market, "It was theirs to lose and they lost it. They had
everything they needed to execute, to do the right kinds of carrier
deals to create an app store, create visual voice mail, touchscreens
and so on. They've been in this space since the beginning."
problem has been the segmented hardware. RIM doesn't overly
rely on media to sell; rather it sells itself with a strong suite of
proprietary business tools. Apple, meanwhile has a single basic
hardware design (with some variations between its three generations)
allowing an App to easily work on any of its phones. Windows
Mobile phones, however, include handsets from HTC, LG, Samsung, and
others -- in other words developers have to deal with the headache of
creating multiple versions of a single app to reach the entire
audience. At least Microsoft is not alone in this plight --
segmentation has also become an emerging problem for Google's Android
Another problem has been the slow pace of updates.
With the launch of Windows 7, many heard that Windows Mobile 7 was
soon forthcoming. However, Microsoft instead released
Windows Mobile 6.5, a stopgap solution. Windows Mobile 7,
codenamed "Photon", has been bumped back to 2010.
That delay has caused many buyers to simply not upgrade -- or more
likely, pick a Blackberry or iPhone instead.
Microsoft isn't
out of the game just yet. Just as Apple looked to be on its way
out of the PC market, but managed a turnaround, Microsoft still can
hope to right the ship and dig out a nice niche of marketshare for
itself. Forthcoming proprietary
phones may play an important role in that. However, the
trouble signs remain for Microsoft and if doesn't take strong action,
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researcher from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology has joined forces with a
group of scientists to create a grandiose computer project capable of
simulating everything we know.
Dirk Helbing, chairman of the FuturICT
project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, along
with a team of scientists, have begun to collaborate on an Earth
project that could change how we see the world -- literally.
computer project has been nicknamed the Living
Earth Simulator (LES), and the idea behind it is to simulate
everything on Earth, such as the spread of diseases, congestion on
roads, international financial transactions and weather patterns. The
project is aimed to epitomize both human and environmental actions
that shape our world.
until now, technology like the Large Hadron Collider, which is a
particle accelerator created by Cern, has been one of the only Earth
projects that provides a larger perspective of the universe. But
Helbing argues that projects like the Large
Hadron Collider do not provide enough information about our
own planet, and that we need an accelerator that combines different
branches of knowledge about Earth alone.
the hidden laws and processes underlying societies constitutes the
most pressing scientific grand challenge of our century," said
and his team are looking to feed this computer
system a "mammoth" amount of data, and then teach
it how to understand what all the data means so it can interpret
changes and patterns. Every piece of data involving activity on Earth
will have to be logged into the simulator, and this simulator will be
powered by supercomputers that can crunch these numbers on a large
scale. According to Helbing, "much of the data is already being
generated." They are already currently using more than 70 online
data sources such as Google Maps and Wikipedia.
integrating a monstrous amount of data into the simulator, Helbing
and his team will use the knowledge of computer scientists, social
scientists and engineers to build a framework to convert this data
into models that mimic what is happening on Earth at that moment.
next step is to help the simulator understand what all the data and
models mean. According to Helbing, the supercomputers will be able to
do this over time. With semantic web technology, researchers will be
able to encode the data alongside a description of the data, which
helps the simulator to better understand exactly what it is reading.
This not only applies to environmental, financial, or medical data,
but human behavior as well.
problems we have today - including social and economic instabilities,
wars,disease spreading
- are related to human behavior, but there is apparently a serious
lack of understanding regarding how society and the economy work,"
said Helbing.
the simulator will follow human behavior, it will also "strip
out" any information in its data that relates directly to the
person so that no personal information is leaked or shared. An
approach to carrying out such an amount of economic and social data
still needs to be agreed upon by researchers, but once they cross
that threshold, supercomputers will
be built to suit this particular task as well.
noted that generating the amount of computational power to run the
LES will be challenging, but will in no way halt the project.
Researchers working for the FuturICT project hope the LES will lead
to better methods of measuring the state of society, which could
further help with environmental,
health and educational problems.
and sociology have consistently failed to produce theories with
strong predictive powers over the last century, despite lots of data
gathering," said Helbing. "I'm skeptical that larger data
sets will mark a big change. It's not that we don't know enough about
a lot of the problems the world faces, from climate
change to extreme poverty, it's that we don't take any
action on the information we do have."
Helbing also says that the technology that will be used for the LES
will only become available in the coming decade, meaning that it will
be able to produce models and images as well as learn data in a whole
new way, which will ultimately help researchers and world leaders
develop new methods of improving societal issues.
the past years, it has for example become obvious that we need better
indicators than the gross national product to judge societal
development and well-being," said Helbing.


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Bargs had 184 point on the season so far.
On 180 shots.
Bargs had 184 point on the season so far.
On 180 shots.
add some of these
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#TradeBargnani #Don'tplay2pointguardsinthefourthquarterunlessyouw anttogetbuttraped #AndrewBynumisadumbass #Whycan'twewinafuckinggame?
Its fairly obvious that with the Laker's collective age and susceptibility to injuries, they need a PG who can slow the pace and play half court set. They need a PG who will not dominate the ball, and yet be able to hold the ball long enough to set plays or find the open man. A PG who can sustain the pick and roll when Nash is on the bench (cough, Amir). A PG who can bring down the ball, find Kobe and let him do his thing, much like with Bargnani and Bosh.
I just saw Calderon raise his hand up in the corner.
Could we trade Bargnani and Kleiza for Gasol and Sacre (Sacre is a huge gamble but better if we get something in return with Gasol) ?
Bargnani's play vs philly was disgusting.
Its like he just gave up at the half. Absolutely no effort. Such Lazy ball handling.
Looking a little better, if you forget about the 2 rebounds.
#tradeBargnani #freeRaptorfansAndrea Bargnani
Bargnani may have surpassed Boozer in the unpopularity contest. He's shooting 37 percent, his free throws have dropped off, and he has somehow regressed on the boards and as a help defender. The cries to dump Bargnani get louder with each late-game Toronto collapse, the latest of which featured Jrue Holiday blowing by Bargnani on a switch and hitting Jason Richardson for a clutch 3.
But the Raptors scored at a bottom-three rate without Bargnani last season, and a big man with legit 3-point range that can be deployed at high volumes is enormously valuable simply for floor spacing.
Which brings us back to context and defense. Bargnani's a liability on the latter front, outside of some decent one-on-one post defense, and the context is changing in Toronto. Kyle Lowry is a borderline All-Star who can penetrate the defense, and DeMar DeRozan, flashing an improved post game, can at least tread water as a no. 1 option in Lowry's injury-related absence. Jonas Valanciunas will get better down low. Bargnani's contract is amnesty-eligible, and he has two years left after this one at a relatively affordable price.
Have you tweeted today?
#tradeBargnani #freeRaptorfans
You know what's going to happen, right? Bargnani will eventually drop a very efficient 35 points and 8 boards, combined with passable defense one night, and the puffed out chests of fans will come out in full force.
The saga continues.....
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Principal Investigator(s): Kaplan, George A., California Department of Health Services. Human Population Laboratory
This collection provides a 30-year follow-up with respondents from Alameda County who were originally interviewed in 1965 for the first wave of the Health and Ways of Living Study. The purpose of the survey was to explore the influences of health practices and social relationships on the physical and mental health of a typical sample of the population. The first wave of the study, HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1965 PANEL: [ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA] (ICPSR 6688), collected information for 6,928 respondents (including approximately 500 women aged 65 years and older) on chronic health conditions, health behaviors, social involvements, and psychological characteristics. The second wave, the 1974 panel (ALAMEDA COUNTY [CALIFORNIA] HEALTH AND WAYS OF LIVING STUDY, 1974 PANEL [ICPSR 6838]), collected information from 4,864 of the original respondents. The third and fourth waves (1994 and 1995 panels, respectively), provided in this collection, explore some new topics. The third wave provides a follow-up of 2,729 original 1965 and 1974 respondents and examines health behaviors such as alcohol consumption and smoking habits, along with social activities. Also included is information on health conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, hormone replacement, and mental illness. Another central topic investigated is activities of daily living (including self-care such as dressing, eating, and shopping), along with use of free time and level of involvement in social, recreational, religious, and environmental groups. The fourth wave is a follow-up to the 1994 panel, and contains 2,569 cases. This wave examines changes in functional abilities such as self-care activities, employment, involvement in community activities, visiting friends/family, and use of free time since 1994.
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text: I think that the Raptor's Brian Colangelo should send to the league office the replay of the incident of Tyler Hansbrough throwing Jonas Valanciunas to the floor. It warrants a suspension; amazing that not one official saw this happen and not even a foul let alone a flagrant foul called. The officials seem to look the other way when it comes to calling fouls on the other team. This has got to stop!!! How does a poor team ever get any better when all the calls seem to go against them!! Send the film Brian suspend Tyler Hansbrough!!!


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Whistleblower CEO Balko Files Suit Claiming Board Retaliation
A whistleblower lawsuit filed Feb. 27 in New York District Court claims a former CEO of the $145 million Ukrainian National FCU suffered discrimination and retaliation so severe it caused her to suffer a heart attack and default on her mortgage loan.
Plaintiff Christine Balko claims in the suit that the New York-based credit union's board – in particular, long-time volunteer Vsevolod Salenko – objected to her reporting of federal regulatory violations to the NCUA and retaliated against her.
The rift allegedly began with Balko reporting board election bylaw and protocol violations, the purchase of prohibited investments and the misappropriation of funds by a branch manager in May 2009, according to court documents. Those documents charge that report triggered an NCUA audit that revealed an inadequate governance model, lowered the credit union's CAMEL rating to a 4, earned it the troubled condition label and produced a Letter of Understanding from the regulator to correct findings.
Salenko, who has served as a volunteer at the credit union for more than 46 years, allegedly opposed a new NCUA-mandated governance model that stripped board members of their operational titles and duties, according to Balko.
According to the suit, by year-end, Balko's position was eliminated and a new CEO was hired. However, Balko soon rejoined the credit union and was additionally elected to the board in March 2010.
The suit claimed infighting escalated in early 2012 after loan documents allegedly concealed a renegotiated business loan rate for a board member who was a co-signer, and also concealed that the loan would put the credit union over its 12.25% business loan to assets cap. Balko maintained she presented the loan for board approval without realizing the documents were incomplete; Salenko, serving as chairman of the supervisory committee, allegedly seized upon the action, claiming Balko had misled the board and calling for an investigation.
Balko claims she suffered a heart attack because she became so distressed about the investigation. A day later, on March 10,Balko charged Salenko (seen left) called a special board meeting that resulted in her termination. Balko was still recovering in an intensive care unit and unable to attend the meeting or answer the charges.
After losing her job, Balko claims she fell behind on her mortgage payments and credit union staff offered her a modification per NCUA guidance. Balko accepted the modification, but before the offer closed, a Salenko-led board rescinded the workout at a June 2012 board meeting.
Salenko and other volunteers named in the suit remain on the credit union's board and supervisory committee, according to its website. Natalia Pachashynska, accused in the suit of violating NCUA regulations and credit union bylaws while a branch manager, is now the credit union's CEO according to NCUA records and the credit union's website.
For its part, the Ukrainian National's financials appear to be in order. As of Dec. 31, the credit reported net worth of 9.48%, loan losses below peer and a $213,000 net profit.
Balko is seeking recovery of unpaid compensation, a mortgage modification, compensatory damages and punitive damages. –email@example.com


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May 6, 2013
|Auxiliary Bishop Mark Seitz of Dallas was named the seventh bishop of El Paso May 6.
EL PASO — Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Mark J. Seitz of Dallas as the seventh bishop of El Paso.
The appointment was announced May 6 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Bishop Seitz, 59, succeeds Bishop Armando Ochoa, who was named bishop of Fresno, California, in December 2011.
Bishop Seitz was born in Milwaukee on Jan. 10, 1954. He attended the University of Dallas where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy in 1976, and master's degrees in divinity (1980) and theology (1982). He also earned a master's degree in liturgical studies from St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1985. He was ordained a priest for the Dallas Diocese on May 17, 1980.
Bishop Seitz' ssignments after ordination included parochial vicar at Good Shepherd Parish in Garland, 1980-85; adjunct professor at the University of Dallas, 1985-94; spiritual director for Hoy Trinity Seminary, 1986-1987; vice-rector of Holy Trinity Seminary, 1987-93; pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Waxahachie, 1993-2003; and pastor of St. Rita Parish in Dallas, 2003-10.
In 2004, Pope John Paul II named him a prelate of honor, carrying the title "monsignor." He was ordained a bishop April 27, 2010 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dallas.
"I happily congratulate Bishop Mark Seitz and applaud the decision of our Holy Father to appoint him to lead the Catholic faithful in this important border diocese," said Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas in a press release expressing his support. "Bishop Seitz' ability to speak Spanish will be a tremendous asset, but he also possesses a prayerful, pastoral manner, keen theological insight, and deep devotion to our Church. His years as a hard-working pastor in the Diocese of Dallas will serve him well as he leads his new diocese, and I wish him many blessings in this new chapter of his ministry. I know he will be a tremendous blessing to the people of the Diocese of El Paso."
At a gathering May 6 in Martyrs of America Hall at the El Paso Diocese's St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Bishop Seitz expressed thanks to Pope Francis for "calling me to serve this special diocese (of El Paso) especially at the time it marks its centennial" as he was introduced to clergy and diocesan staff and members of the local press.
"I know the Lord will supply my defects and God will use me as his instrument" in serving the people of diverse cultures in his new diocese, the bishop said.
Speaking as the new ordinary of a diocese that had been without a bishop for 16 months Bishop Seitz said it is his "intention and desire to serve the entire community with a preferential love for the poor."
"I will do my best by living simply," he said.
He made a special point of expressing hope that he could "help bring consolation to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse."
Bishop Seitz thanked Bishop Ochoa, who had continued as apostolic administrator of the diocese, for his warm welcome and assistance, saying Bishop Ochoa's leadership is a "model I can build on."
In response to questions from the local press, he said he would work hard to encourage more vocations to the priesthood in the diocese. Bishop Seitz said he hoped to lead the faithful in serving as examples of Christ-centered life so they could encourage those who have fallen away from the Church in recent years to return to their faith.
He told a student at the diocese's Cathedral High School that he was looking to youth of the diocese as a great resource of vigor and enthusiasm "to lead the way in showing us how to live in unity and love."
The Diocese of El Paso, established in 1914 covers 26,686 miles in 10 counties and has a population of 686,037 Catholics.
EL PASO — Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Mark J. Seitz of Dallas as the seventh bishop of El Paso. The appointment was announced May 6 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States.


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data isn't the most reliable form of market research, but when collected in
sufficient quantities it can provide some interesting insight. ComScore
has cobbled together its latest phone survey report, which queried over
30,000 U.S. phone customers over the age of 13.
The study reports that among the surveyed users with a smartphone, the
number of users of Google, Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating
system has sharply risen. In April Android held a 36.4
percent market share, three months later it's risen to 41.8.
By contrast Apple, Inc. (AAPL) largely held steady
managing an anemic 1 percent gain, rising from 26 percent to 27 percent over
the same period. Meanwhile Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Waterloo,
Ontario-Based Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM), and Finnish phone maker
Nokia Oyj.'s (HEL:NOK1V) soon-to-be-defunct Symbian OS all shed market
share, with RIM's 4 percent drop being the most severe.
RIM's losses ostensibly came due to the company's failure to match Apple
in customer brand loyalty, Google in device
selection, and both rivals in app selection. RIM does offer industry-leading
secured business solutions, such as encrypted email. However, to the
average consumer, the utility of those services may be minimal.
The phone maker has also lagged in hardware. Earlier this month, it
did at last unveil a single competitive offering -- the high-resolution touch screen BlackBerry Torch 9860. However, the
device will not launch until October in the U.S. (on AT&T, Inc. (T)).
In terms of overall phone sales (both smart phone and non-smart phone),
the rankings remained unchanged with Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (SEO:005930) on
top, LG Electronics (SEO:066570) in second, Google's recently acquired Motorola unit in third, Apple in fourth, and RIM in fifth.
Both Samsung and Apple, buoyed by strong smart phone sales, saw 1+
percent growth in overall phone sales. Meanwhile Motorola sank by 1.5
The study also revealed that all types of smart phone use, including
gaming, internet browsing, music listening, and social networking continues to


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Dell had to perform the walk of shame
for the past weekafter the announcement that it was recalling
4.1 million
batteries due to a possible fire risk. At least Dell can now
take comfort
in knowing that some of the heat that it is receiving will be tranof
the heat will no longer be on it -- Apple is now joining
in with a recall
of 1.8 million notebook batteries.
As is the case with the Dell
batteries recalled, Apple's notebook
batteries were also manufactured
by Sony. The recall doesn't affect the newer Intel-based
notebooks, but
does include the 12" iBook G4, 12" PowerBook G4 and 15"
PowerBook G4. Apple cites nine reports of batteries overheating and has
that it has received two reports of minor burns and reports of property
due to the faulty batteries.
Apple is requesting that customers
dial (800) 275-2273 or
visit http://depot.info.apple.com/batteryexchange/index.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow
to request a replacement battery. Listed
below are the notebooks affected by the recall:
Computer model name
Battery model number
Battery serial numbers
12-inch iBook G4
ZZ338 through ZZ427
3K429 through 3K611
6C510 through 6C626
12-inch PowerBook G4
ZZ411 through ZZ427
3K428 through 3K611
15-inch PowerBook G4
A1078 and A1148
3K425 through 3K601
6N530 through 6N551


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Gaucher disease is a rare disease. It causes the abnormal storage of fatty substances. These fatty substances build up in the bones, liver, lungs, spleen and occasionally the brain. There are 3 types of Gaucher disease:
- Type I—most common, found widely in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent
- Type II—rare, rapidly progressive form
- Type III—rare, most cases found in Japan and Scandinavia
Gaucher disease is a genetic disease. A faulty gene limits the amount of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. The enzyme normally breaks down a fat called glucocerebroside. There is not enough of the enzyme to break down all of this specific fat. As a result, it builds up in the spleen, liver, lungs, bones, and brain.
Risk Factors
A family history of Gaucher is the only known factor that increases the chance of Gaucher.
Symptoms vary across the 3 types of Gaucher disease. In general, the later the onset of symptoms, the less likely that symptoms will be severe.
Type I symptoms may include:
- Fatigue
- Easy bruising
- Slow or stunted growth in children
- Intestinal problems like abdominal swelling
- Trouble breathing
- Seizures
- Vision problems
- Developmental delays
Types II and III also have additional symptoms.
In type II, rigidity and seizures may appear within the first few months of life. Dementia and intellectual disabilities may appear later. This type is usually fatal by the age of 3.
In type III, the primary symptom is a slowly progressive neurologic disease. This can include seizures and mental retardation. Other symptoms are similar to type I and may appear in early childhood. People with type III Gaucher who survive through adolescence may survive until their 30s or 40s.
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your child's bodily fluids and tissue may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Tissue biopsy
- Urine tests
There is no treatment for the severe neurologic symptoms that may occur with type II and type III Gaucher.
Treatment options for type I Gaucher include:
Certain medications can be used to replace the missing enzyme. This enzyme replacement therapy will be given through regular infusions. This therapy can help reduce abnormalities in the bone, decrease liver and spleen size, and reverse some abnormal blood counts.
Medications that reduce the amount of fatty acids in the blood may be effective for people who cannot tolerate enzyme replacement therapy.
Medications may also be given for bone pain and to relieve bone crises.
Bone Marrow Transplant
A bone marrow transplant is used only in those with severe neurological symptoms.
A splenectomy is the surgical removal of the spleen. An enlarged spleen may need to be removed because it can lead to other health problems.
There is no known way to prevent Gaucher disease. If you have Gaucher disease or have a family history of the disorder, you can talk to a genetic counselor. They can help determine the risk of Gaucher disease in your offspring.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Kari Kassir, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
- Update Date: 05/11/2013 -