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Manila, January 23, 2014 – Makati Shangri-La, Manila is delighted to partner with Carlo Calma, one of the Philippines' bright young stars in architecture, interior design and visual arts, in an exclusive and inimitable sculpture commissioned specifically for Chinese New Year.
In theme for this year's featured animal sign, the Wooden Horse, Calma has designed a wooden horse sculpture made of wood and golden-brushed laser-cut aluminum panels. The height of the sculpture at its tip measures 2.7 meters, while the circular base measures 2 meters in diameter. The sculpture will be available for viewing at the hotel lobby from January 30, Chinese New Year Eve, to February 9.
In creating the piece, Calma took inspiration from nature, in particular, the wood or forest element, as represented by the sculpture's cellular organic branches symbolizing growth, and a galloping horse in gradient panels to represent movement.
Calma's fascination in the analog and digital is very much apparent in his focus to create textural effects and ephemeral sensations for the body, mind and exterior spaces.
"In creating the Wooden Horse sculpture, I wanted to focus on this branching type of series, which is a cataloguing device of assemblages," said Mr. Calma. "The digitally fabricated architectural sensibility of high intricacy of shadows and light perform as an embroidered growth network of interlacing tubes that can be reassembled to create larger pieces in different scales."
The use of organic natural materials such as wood and aluminum create a distinct message of working with nature in order to create a piece that represents progress, energy, strength, resilience, grace and steadfastness – all traits of the Horse for the year 2014.
"We are quite overjoyed that young and talented visionary, Carlo Calma, has agreed to create a visual centerpiece exclusively for viewing at Makati Shangri-La, Manila in time for Chinese New Year," said Mr. Alain Borgers, Makati Shangri-La's Area Manager and General Manager. "For over two decades, Makati Shangri-La, Manila has established a reputation as a place to see and be seen. Having a sculpture at the iconic and photogenic area of the hotel for a limited period will be a refreshing addition to the hotel's activities for this festive period, and will certainly create a conversation amongst guests who appreciate art in all forms."
Carlo Calma is an architect, interior designer and visual artist. In his early years, he studied painting, sculpture and light design at CaliforniaCollege of Arts & Crafts (CCAC) in the USA, and held a successful one-man show in Posh Salon & Gallery in San Francisco entitled "Eculer Series." He then moved to London, UK, where he lived for eight years and graduated at the prestigious Architectural Association School of Architecture.
He has held a one-man exhibition at Ayala Museum entitled "Grammar of Movement" in 2009, which was an exploration in temporality through layering and gradations that encapsulate different types of trajectories and memory.
Currently, his works are shown in Now Gallery, Makati City. His latest series entitled "Manufactured Landscapes" can be viewed in the 2014 Manila Art Fair. This series focuses once more on his fascination between the analog and the digital – inspired by culturally, socio-driven, everyday scenarios and environment that creates play of shadow and light, and their effect that combines ephemeral and tactile beauty.
For more information on Makati Shangri-La's Chinese New Year festive activities as well as room and dining offers, please download the Chinese New Year digital brochure at www.bit.ly/CNY2014.
In the social media channels, Makati Shangri-La is on Facebook /MakatiShangriLa, Twitter @MakatiShangriLa and Instagram @MakatiShangriLa.
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Nov 7th 2013
Know How... 68
How to Make a Data-Only Phone and Your Own Mobile VPN
Hosted by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
In today's episode, Iyaz shows you how to create a data-only phone, Padre explains mobile VPN solutions and more!
Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
Guests: Iyaz AkhtarIn today's episode, Iyaz shows you how to create a data-only phone, Padre explains mobile VPN solutions and more!
Data-only phoneIyaz hates using cell phones (in particular, the high cost of cell phone plans). For years, he used a combination of a hotspot and an iPod touch with Google Voice. With the Apple iPad, a super-cheap data plan popped up. Verizon only charged $20 for 1GB of data on its LTE network. So, Iyaz had the bright idea of popping an iPad SIM into a regular Verizon LTE phone. This will likely violate Verizon's Terms of Service, so use this tutorial at your own risk.
SIM SIM RevolutionThe theoretical execution for Iyaz is an iPhone 5S with a Verizon iPad SIM. If you're using an iPad 4 or lower, it uses a Micro SIM while iPhone 5S uses nano SIM. Surprisingly, you can cut your larger SIM into a smaller one. Iyaz took his Micro SIM from his iPad 4 and used a SIM cutter tool from Noosy. That SIM was placed into an iPhone 5S. If you cut your SIM, how do you put it back in your iPad? Iyaz picked up a SIM adapter kit for a couple of bucks. If you don't want to cut your SIM, you can always buy a second SIM from somewhere like Amazon. Activate that SIM on an iPad, then chop that card up! If you try to activate a nano SIM in an iPad 4 with the hopes of using that in your iPhone, you'll run into an issue. Activation of a nano SIM in an iPad that uses a Micro SIM will lead to an activation error that tells you to contact Verizon. When you contact Verizon, they'll tell you that the nano SIM you're using is incompatible with your device. iPad Air and iPad mini use nano SIM cards, which streamlines this process.
Did it work?Placing an already activated Verizon iPad SIM into another Verizon LTE phone worked great on a Windows Phone (HTC 8X), an Android phone (Samsung Galaxy SIII), and the iPhone 5S. The device could receive data on the phone using Verizon's network. Phone calls won't work using the regular phone apps on the devices. You'll have to do a workaround for voice calling like Google Hangouts or Skype. Google Voice is a great tool to receive texts. If you don't care about voice calling, data ought to be enough. Take pictures and upload them over the Verizon network!
VPN on your Mobile Devices!
Simple Solutions
VPN Service – ProXPN
- Easy to install. Easy to Use.
- If you know how to download an App and enter a Username/Password, you can use a VPN service like ProXPN.
- On the downside: There's a monthly service fee, it doesn't help you get back into your own network.
Dedicated Security Appliance
- Intermediate difficulty to install and configure. Easy to use.
- If you can download an app and enter username/password, you can use a dedicated Security Appliance.
- This solution can put you behind the firewall of your own network. (You can securely access all the network-attached devices of your network.
- On the downside: EXPENSIVE! – You're still going through your own ISP, so...
Building your own CHEAP VPN with DD-WRT!
Step 1: Get DD-WRT!
- See Episode 3 of KH – Learn how to flash your router with DD-WRT
- You need a DD-WRT compatible router with a version of DD-WRT that has the VPN tab under services.
- If you don't have the VPN tab, update your installation.
- You need some power! If your router is struggling under its standard load, this will most likely put it over the tipping point.
- PLEASE don't do this to your production router. You don't want your connection to the Internet to die when you're doing this project, as you may need to access the Internet to troubleshoot the installation.
Step 2: Document your InstallationToo often our installations go bad because we don't take the time to document your settings. DON'T BE THAT GUY!
- You need your Username/Password
- You need to know the EXTERNAL IP of your Router (192.168.1.201 in our example)
- You need to know the INTERNAL IP of your Router (192.168.200.1 in our example)
- You need to know the INTERNAL DHCP range of your Router
Step 3: Enable the VPN ServerPlease Note! – The DD-WRT VPN Server has been deprecated because of a security flaw, but that flaw takes quite a bit of work to exploit. It's still a good STARTER VPN server, though eventually you'll want to move to OpenVPN.
- Login
- Go to the "Services" tab
- Go to the "VPN" subtab
- There are two boxes, "PPTP Server" and "PPTP Client" – You want to enable "PPTP Server"
- In the "Server IP" box, you want to type the EXERNAL IP of your router
- In the "Client IP(s)" box you want to enter a range of IPs that connecting computer will use. For example, 192.168.200.200-210 – You need use the INTERNAL range of the router.
- The CHAP-Secrets section is where you put Usernames and Passwords
- The Format is ("Username" * "password" *) P
- ut each entry on a new line.
Step 4: Enable the ClientThis will be SLIGHTLY different for each mobile client. I'm going to show off Android and iDevices
Android (4.1 and above)
- Go into Configuration
- "More Networks"
- "+" Add VPN
- Give it a Name
- Type in the Server Address
- Click "Save"
- Click the Connection
- Enter your Username
- Enter your Password
- Click "Connect" – When you see the key in the upper left, you're connected
- Settings
- General
- "Add VPN Configuration"
- Choose "PPTP"
- Give it a name
- Add the Server address
- Add your account
- Add your password
- Enable "Send All Traffic"
- Turn on VPN
Upgrading to SSD!
Step 1: Choose your SSD
Look for Capacity and your Price Point
- Typically you'll see price price linearity between 64-256GB, then jumps between 512GB and 1TB.
- Up to 256GB you'll typically see prices in the $0.50-$1.00 per Gigabyte range, depending on performance.
- After 256GB you can see prices in the $0.75-$2.00 per Gigabyte Range.
- This is more important for laptops than desktops since there is USUALLY only a single slot for HDD/SDD in a laptop. In a Desktop you could run multiple SSDs or SSD/HD combos.
- Padre's "Sweet Spot" is at 256GB
Look for Format:
- MOST SSDs come in the 2.5" format – though the thickness may vary. (Typically 7mm and 9.5mm)
- There are also SSDs in mSATA and PCIe formats, and their performance can be INCREDIBLE, but they're not usually in the realm of the casual upgrade.
- Make sure to CHECK YOUR COMPUTER to see if it's thickness limited.
Look for Speed
- You want SATA 3, which tops out at 6Gbps.
- Speed is important, but not the ONLY thing you should consider.
- You want a SSD with above 450MB/s sustained read/write.
Look for Reliability
- 1 Million MTBF is the norm.
- You want something with wear-leveling.
- The reliability of a SSD isn't determined by the number of hours it can run, but by the number of times it can write to the flash cells in the memory. (The P/E or "Program/Erase" cycle)
- A 3-year warranty is the minimum.
Look for Speed over Time
- This is the big one: All SSDs get slower as their flash cells start to "wear out" – You want a drive that properly "over provisions" their drive, setting aside 7% or more of their total capacity to replace bad and worn cells.
- Look for a drive that tells you its TBW or "Total Bytes Written"
- The Kingston KC300 can do 188TB TBW (Total Bytes Written) before it fails
- Even if you were to write 100GB a day, it would take you roughly 8 years to wear out the drive
Step 2: Clone or Fresh Install?
Both Iyaz and Padre suggest that you do a fresh installation to take full advantage of the speed increase of your new SSD
If you plan on doing a fresh installation
- Finding your original disks or Make Backups from your in-OS Recovery Management software
- Backup data files (not program files)
- If your computer uses WiFi/Ethernet device drivers that are NOT automatically installed with the new OS, make sure to download them ahead of time and have them available on a device that a fresh OS can read. (i.e. USB Flash Drive)
- If you're installing the SSD in a laptop/desktop without an optical drive, either get an external Optical Drive or burn the ISOs into a bootable format on an external hard drive/USB Flash Drive.
If you plan on cloning your installation
- Make sure you buy the "kit" version of whatever SSD you choose. (i.e. The Kingston KC300) – The Kit should include mounting gear, cables, a USB transfer device and software to clone your drive.
- If the total amount of data on the HDD is more than the total storage available on the SSD, you need to remove files from the HDD until you get below the total storage available on the SSD.
- Follow the Instructions on your Kit
Step 3: How much Performance did we get?
PCMark Vantage
Standard Config: 4222
SSD Config: 6729
59% Increase in Performance Scores!
Boot Time:
Standard Config: 1:45
SSD Config: 1:04
Quick Tip
If you want to reuse the HDD you just took out of your laptop/desktop, it's a simple matter to put it into an enclosure and use it as an external hard drive.
- Enclosures with any interface can be had for $10-$200 depending on features
- The VMultra from Velocity Micro offers an USB 3.0 Optical Drive/USB Hub/Card Reader/SATA Enclosure from $99 and up.
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- Enclosures with any interface can be had for $10-$200 depending on features
- The VMultra from Velocity Micro offers an USB 3.0 Optical Drive/USB Hub/Card Reader/SATA Enclosure from $99 and up.

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The Ford automobile and the airplane came on the American scene in 1903. Both were considered technological marvels of the modern age and it wasn't long before inventors sought a way to combine the two and produce a flying car. Although many have tried, no one has been able to come up with a design that has been embraced on a commercial level.
Carl Dietrich, a 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate in aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may be the one to end that streak. He recently won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for his design concept of a flying car. The prize is awarded annually to an MIT senior or graduate student who has created or improved a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a system, or demonstrated remarkable inventiveness in other ways. A panel of MIT alumni and associates, including scientists, technologists, engineers and entrepreneurs, chooses the winner.
A private pilot, Dietrich's design was inspired by the fact that he has found it hard to use a small airplane for personal travel.
"I've never been able to use my private pilot's license to really go anywhere," he says. "If a storm pops up, for example, you have to land and wait it out. You're stuck. One of the big things to sell the design is that the wings fold up when you're on the ground and you have the option of continuing on the ground at highway speed and you don't have to leave part of the airplane behind."
Dietrich acknowledges that this design, dubbed Transition, is not the first to use folding wings. Molt Taylor, a flying car designer who made a splash in the 1950s, created a design that had folding wings. Taylor's car resembled a cross between a two-place golf cart and a VW Beetle. The wings had to be detached manually and placed on a trailer to be towed behind the cab or left at the airport.
With Dietrich's design, the wings will fold with a push of a button and the propeller will disengage. He plans to use a mix of construction techniques to create a machine that will fit in a one-car garage. The design will have a 27-foot wing span (that's 10 feet shorter than a Cessna 172) and will be able to carry 430 pounds.
"Folding wings have been done before with great success," notes Dietrich. "The F-18 has them and they are capable of pulling nine Gs."
The emphasis is on making the design practical and roadable. There are some self-imposed limitations.
"We're trying to take a practical approach and make it fit inside the Light Sport Aircraft category," he continues. "That limits us to 1,320 pounds, so basically we have the weight budget of the space program. For the engine we are baselining using a Rotax 912. We are also putting out a contract for a competitive bid. We will have to custom design the power transfer unit. We are looking at an engine in the 100 horsepower range. We may develop the most highly engineered LSA on the market. We have the resources to throw at it and be practical. We think we can attract pilots like me who will be able to use the design for practical travel."
With the help of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, Dietrich and four other MIT students have launched a start-up company called Terrafugia to further develop the Transition and eventually bring it to market at a price that is accessible to the traveling and business public. The company plans to have a proof of concept model on display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.


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Paylocity IPO Soars, but Some Investors See Trouble
On the IPO market, this could be business-software week.
Six companies that make software that help businesses manage their operations are scheduled to debut this week, according to research firm Renaissance Capital.
Shares of the first to begin trading, payroll and human-resources software firm Paylocity, rose 41% Wednesday. That gives the company, which posted $77 million of revenue and $31,000 in operating profit in the year ended June 30, a market value of nearly $1.2 billion.
This week's crop follows the recent strong debuts of healthcare-software firm Castlight Health, and of Varonis, which helps companies cull and manage information from emails, spreadsheets and video files. Other business-software IPOs are coming, including file-storage startup Box, which was valued at $2 billion in a private financing in December.
Investors have seized on these companies for their growth rates, predictable sales streams and expectations that they are reaching into relatively untapped areas for technology.
But many are unprofitable, and that worries one veteran startup investor. Peter Fenton, a partner at venture-capital firm Benchmark, said investor hunger for fast-growing companies may be pushing business-software companies to ignore profits and spend whatever it takes to grow quickly.
"A lot of these companies are building like capital is free for the foreseeable future," said Fenton, whose firm has invested in business-software startups Zuora, Sailthru, Zendesk, Optimizely and New Relic, among others. "If that changes, you could see all of this come to a screeching halt."
In startup boardrooms, Fenton said he is encouraging companies to keep cash for a rainy day, and to be prepared to shift their priorities if money becomes harder to come by. "I ask the question: if the capital markets change dramatically, how would we be prepared to change that?" Fenton said.
Business-software companies that have gone public since the start of 2013 have been hot tickets, far outperforming other IPOs over the period.
Castlight shares soared 149% Friday on their first day of trading and are now nearly double their IPO price, giving the company a market value of $2.7 billion, despite less than $13 million in revenue and a $62 million loss last year. Giovanni Colella, co-founder and CEO of Castlight, said in a statement that if the company can help businesses better manage their healthcare spending, "we'll provide value across the board."
Deutsche Bank alluded to the popularity of online-centric business-software firms in a research note Wednesday. "Cloud cloud cloud cloud," the firm wrote. "Get used to hearing 'cloud.'"
The companies scheduled to debut this week include a few more-mature companies. A10 Networks, which makes software and hardware for corporate computing centers, had about $142 million in revenue last year, and an operating loss of $22.8 million. Borderfree, provider of software that retailers like J. Crew use to handle international e-commerce transactions, took in $110 million in revenue last year, and posted a small operating loss.
Note: This post has been revised to reflect an updated Paylocity share price, and to include the Deutsche Bank research note.


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- The Best Research Sources?
- Go to your favorite search engine – i.e. Google — and find the company's Website. Most public companies have a section of their Websites dedicated to investor relations and often have their annual reports online and in downloadable form.
- Or go to the Quintessential Directory of Company Career Centers and find the link that takes you directly to the career section of the company's Website.
- Web-Based Secondary Sources:
- Job Search Intelligence — a great salary research tool for job-seekers, with a comprehensive set of questions to provide accurate compensation data. (Currently offering information on 480 occupations, within 560 geographic regions.)
- IRIN — The Investor Relations Information Network: a clearinghouse of annual reports, fact books, and press releases.
- Hoover's Online: once self-proclaimed as "the ultimate source for company information," this Website offers a lot of information — very little for free and most for a fee.
- Canadian Business Resource: offers in-depth information and profiles as well as links to more than 2,600 of Canada's top performing businesses — some for free and some for a fee.
- CorporateInformation — a great resource for researching companies and industries in the United States and around the world. Search for company and industry information — or search by U.S. state or by country to find companies that operate within a specific geographic region. More than 350,000 company profiles. Some Free content for job-seekers.
- Vault.com — well-known for its insider reports on thousands of companies.
- StockMarketYellowPages.com: allows you to search for public companies based upon their descriptions, where you can then follow links to other sources (including Zack's, Hoovers, BigCharts, and more) of key information about the company.
- The Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS): includes the ability to order printed versions of annual reports (for free) and a service titled "Corporate Window," which provides various corporate and financial information for a select group of companies.
- The Forbes 500: a comprehensive database of the 500 largest American public corporations as measured by sales, profits, assets, and market value.
- Forbes Largest Private Companies: an annual ranking of the top private companies in the U.S., including number of employees, sales ranking, and a brief company description.
- The Inc. 500: a listing and short description of the 500 fastest growing privately-held companies in the U.S.
- Better Business Bureau: includes links to companies that are members of the organization.
- Web-Based Company Research Links:
- Allstocks.com's World's Largest Investors Links: where you can find links to all kinds of information about companies and industry analyses.
- Yahoo! Business and Economy: Companies: provides links to company Web sites.
- New York Public Library's Science, Industry, and Business Library: this site is a guide to conducting basic research on U.S. and global companies.
- Thomas J. Long Business & Economics Library: Research assistance into researching companies and industries from the Walter A. Hass School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Non-Profit Organizations & Associations
- Volunteering and Non-Profit Career Resources: includes links to individual organizations as well as directories
- General Professional Organizations and Associations: find links to key resources for finding associations
Key Tools for Conducting Industry Research
- Web-based Industry Research Links:
- Competia — a great tool for job-seeker research, where you'll find research links (to associations, company information, online publications, and more) for more than 40 different industries.
- Fuld & Company: an excellent source of information on a wide range of industries. Subscription service.
- Industry Portals: a nice collection of industry portals for many different industries.
- Print Resources:
- U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. DRI/McGraw-Hill, Standard & Poor's, U.S. Department of Commerce/International Trade Administration. DRI/McGraw-Hill.
- U.S. Industrial Outlook. United States. Bureau of Industrial Economics.
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. Standard and Poor's Corporation.
- Annual Survey of Manufacturers. Statistics for industry groups and industries (including capital expenditures, inventories and supplemental labor, fuel, and electric energy costs). United States. Bureau of the Census.
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services.
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios, by Troy Leo. Prentice-Hall.
- Annual Statement Studies. Robert Morris Associates.
Key Tools for Conducting Country Research for International Job Markets
- Online Country Research Resources:
- CIA World Factbook: detailed snapshots, compiled by the U.S. government, of just about every country in the world.
- CountryReports.org: a great source for finding top-line information about just about every country in the world, including culture, geography, economy, political system, news, maps, and more.
- Country Studies: from the U.S. Library of Congress. These guides cover social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of more than 100 countries throughout the world.
- globalEDGE: a comprehensive global business resource center from the folks at Michigan State University. Key strength are links to further information.
- Global Insight: provides comprehensive economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries available from any source — covering more than 200 countries and spanning more than approximately 170 industries.
- International Business & Technology: a learning portal that provides links to business, communication, import-export, linguistic, legal, marketing, media, monetary, public affairs, research, technology, trade, and travel information at both world and country levels. From BRINT Institute.
- Sperling's BestPlaces.net — where you'll find a wealth of data, statistics, and comparisons about U.S. cities, counties, and foreign countries.
- World Trade Organization: a great source of worldwide business and trade information and trends.
- Global Job-Seeker Print Resources:
- Global/International Job/Career Books — a collection of the most useful books for international job-seekers.
- Geographic-Specific Career and Job Books — a collection of city and region job books.
Key Tools for Conducting Research on People/Individuals
- ZoomInfo — a great tool for researching people. Calls itself a unique summarization search engine that finds, understands and extracts the latest online information about people and companies and instantly delivers it to you in concise and useful summaries. No cost to job-seekers.
Other Key Research Tools/Resources for Job-Seekers
- Other Guides to Researching Companies:
- Researching Companies on the Internet — A Tutorial: presents a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry info on the Web.
- Internet/Web-Based Reference Resources:
- EnhanceMyWriting.com: Internet Reference Resources on the Web: a great place to find resources to get information about companies and industries, with links to libraries and reference material on the Web.
- Business-Related News, Magazines, and Newspapers:
- Barron's Magazine
- Business Week
- Financial Times
- Forbes
- Fortune
- USA Today
- Wall Street Journal
- Media Clearinghouses:
Media Jumpstation: from the folks at Imediafax a search engine to more than 3,000 media.
MediaLinksNow.com: supplying links to the publishers, catalogs, newspapers, industrial, technology, sports, fitness, financial, health magazines and news originations from around the world.
NewsDirectory: providing links to newspapers and media in the U.S. and internationally.
NewsLink: with links to major U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations.


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Mount Rushmore to Re-open Monday
Governor Dennis Daugaard announced Friday that he has reached an agreement with the National Park Service to re-open Mount Rushmore for the duration of the federal government shutdown.
The National Park Service will charge the state $15,200 per day to operate the monument. The monument will re-open Monday morning at 8 a.m. local time at the latest.
Currently, Mount Rushmore is the only National Park to be re-opened under the agreement. Governor Daugaard says the Shrine to Democracy is the attraction most people want to see.
Additionally, the State of South Dakota will not bear the entire cost. Governor Daugaard assembled partners from across South Dakota to "buy a day" of operation of Mount Rushmore. The initial list includes, The Mount Rushmore Society, Rapid City CVB / BID Board, Black Hills Central Reservations, West River Foundation, Lawrence & Schiller, Lantis Enterprises, Inc., Neiman Enterprises, Inc., J. Scull Construction Service, Inc., Avera Health, First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard, MDU Resources, Sanford Health, ISIS Hospitality, Wall Drug, and One anonymous donor.


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Product Highlights
Connect FireWire equipped devices to your system with the FireWire 400 4-Pin to 6-Pin Cable from OWC Other World Computing. This cable can be used with devices such as scanners, printers, memory card readers, digital cameras, and more as long as they have a compatible FireWire port.
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2014 Peugeot 308 2.0 BlueHDi review
* Most expensive engine tested in family hatch * 148bhp diesel has CO2 emissions from 99g/km * Available to buy now, priced from £19,995...
You won't find many 2.0-litre diesel engines that emit less than 100g/km of CO2, but the new Peugeot 308 2.0 BlueHDi is one of them.
We've tested cheaper versions of Peugeot's family hatch, but now it's time to find out whether the most expensive engine in the range can compete with the best rivals from Audi, Skoda and Volkswagen.
With a starting price just shy of £20,000 and CO2 emissions from 99g/km, this 308 will be relatively cheap to run as a company car, but does this engine offer good value for private buyers too?
What's the Peugeot 308 2.0 BlueHDi like to drive?
The 2.0-litre diesel's 277lb ft of torque gives strong acceleration, but all of it arrives suddenly just before 2000rpm. It's not as flexible as the 2.0 TDI you'll find in the Skoda Octavia, so you'll find yourself changing gear more often just to keep the engine from shuddering at low revs. Sadly, you won't enjoy punching up and down the gears either, because the manual 'box has a notchy, imprecise shift.
Compared with the smooth 1.6 e-HDi, the new 2.0-litre is noisier, sounding slightly coarse when pottering around town. It doesn't quieten down as much as we'd like at higher speeds either.
Engine noise isn't the only issue when cruising. There's some wind noise at motorway speeds, but worse is the roar generated by the optional 18-inch alloys. If you get this engine in Active trim, you'll get 16-inch wheels as standard, which shouldn't be so noisy.
At least the ride is fairly comfortable on the smaller wheels. Granted, it doesn't always feel settled, and larger ruts can thud through the cabin, but it's generally pretty supple.
Once you're off the motorway, the 308 isn't particularly rewarding when the going gets twisty. The steering is quick, but it's too vague and doesn't weight up enough in faster corners. Body control is also pretty sloppy – it doesn't stay as composed as an Audi A3 or VW Golf through a series of bends.
What's the Peugeot 308 2.0 BlueHDi like inside?
One area where the Peugeot really shows up rivals is with the amount of kit that's fitted as standard. You can't get the 2.0 BlueHDi in entry-level Access spec, so your choices are Active, Allure or Feline.
Even the cheapest version gets dual-zone climate control, automatic lights and wipers, sat-nav and rear parking sensors. Going for an Allure model adds larger alloys, a reversing camera and full LED headlights. Range-topping Feline spec includes 18-inch wheels, part-Alcantara upholstery, a full glass roof and a raft of electronic safety measures.
The cabin looks pretty special with a clean, uncluttered dash, but the quality of materials doesn't quite live up to the design. A swathe of hard, scratchy plastic around the volume knob and CD slot is particularly disappointing.
A centrally mounted touch-screen is the gateway to most of the car's settings, including the climate control. If you don't tend to change the temperature a lot, you probably won't mind the lack of separate controls. For everyone else, it's rather frustrating.
Still, the cabin space up front is decent, with plenty of room for driver and passenger to get comfortable. Standard-fit lumbar support is also good to see.
Unfortunately, Peugeot's minimalist principles for the dashboard seem to have been applied to the rear passenger space. With a six-foot driver in front, an adult of similar height behind will feel seriously cramped.
The reason that there's so little space in the back is that Peugeot has instead given the 308 a much bigger boot than its rivals. At 470 litres, it's larger than almost every hatchback bar the vast Skoda Octavia. However, it is just a big square shape with no clever features.
Should I buy one?
If you're after a 2.0-litre diesel that's cheap to run as a company car and well equipped, then consider a Volvo S60 D4 instead - it works out around £16 more per month. It doesn't offer the same hatchback practicality, but it's just as efficient and classy, not to mention more refined, composed and considerably more powerful.
Even if you've got your heart set on the 308, the cheaper 128bhp 1.2 e-THP petrol or 118bhp 1.6 BlueHDi diesel will make much more sense. The latter boasts official CO2 emissions of just 82g/km, which will make it even cheaper for company car users.
However, if you want a classy, powerful family hatch, then we'd recommend the Audi A3 Sportback 2.0 TDI 150. For private buyers, it looks more expensive than the 308, but over three years it's actually £1500 cheaper – thanks largely to its much stronger residual values. The Audi is also good to drive, has plenty of space for four, and a brilliant infotainment system – none of which can be said of the 308.
The 308 majors on low CO2 emissions, a big boot and attractive company car costs. Cheaper versions are worth a look, but this diesel engine doesn't play to its strengths.
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Charles Bridge over the Vltava River
Just a beautiful fairy tale setting.
Foggy Prague Street
Serpent Bench
Prague City View
Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral
Beautiful Gothic architecture details.
Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral at night
Even more stunning when lit up.
Prague Castle - St. Vitus Cathedral Panorama
Had to return in the evening to avoid the huge crowds.
Prague Cobbled Street
Prague Manhole Cover
Glad I stopped long enough to take this while rushing through the streets.
Prague TV Tower
With giant babies! Fantastic eye-catching sculptures by David Cerny. We need something like this in North America.
Prague Powder Tower View Panorama
Prague Traffic Jam
Yes, even beautiful fairy tale cities have traffic jams.
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If you frequent uptown Charlotte and use AT&T's network for mobile communication, here's some excellent news: AT&T today is announcing that it has created a Wi-Fi "hotzone" uptown. The zone will provide coverage along South Brevard Street from the area near the NASCAR Hall of Fame plaza to East Trade Street. It will also be available for riders waiting to use the light rail trains.
It's only the second such project nationally for AT&T, which is using Wi-Fi to supplement its mobile broadband coverage in areas with what it calls "consistently high 3G traffic and mobile data use." (The first was in New York city's Times Square in May. A Third zone will be rolled out in Chicago in the coming weeks).
AT&T has struggled to keep up with soaring data usage by iPhones, netbooks, iPads and other internet-enabled devices. But it may be on to something -- use of the Times Square hotspot has proven better than expected.
"Our first AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone in New York City has received praise from our customers, and we're excited to introduce this Wi-Fi solution in Charlotte," AT&T senior vice president Angie Wiskocil said in a statement. "With these pilot AT&T Wi-Fi hotzones, we're examining new ways to use a combination of our Wi-Fi and 3G networks to deliver the best possible mobile broadband experience."
Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T's North Carolina operations, added: "This is further evidence of our continuing commitment to invest in North Carolina and bring the latest communications technology to this state."
AT&T customers, is this welcome news? Or would you have liked to see the company take a different path for improving your experience on its network?
Monday, July 26, 2010
AT&T bringing wi-fi "hotzone" to uptown Charlotte
11 comments:
- Eric Frazier said...
Quick update from Eric Frazier: I was trying to find out for certain whether this zone will cover the office towers along Tryon Street, but A PR spokesperson for AT&T tells me they can't say whether specific buildings (like, say, the Bank of America HQ) will or won't be covered by the hotzone.
- July 26, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Eric Frazier said...
One more update, via AT&T, explaining access to the hotzone: "AT&T customers with a qualifying high speed Internet, smartphone or 3G LaptopConnect plan (can) get unlimited usage on our U.S. Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, which includes our new Wi-Fi hotzones. Further, most AT&T smartphones support auto-authentication so customers can seamlessly switch from AT&T's 3G network to the AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone without being prompted. AT&T enables auto-authentication for iPhone, Blackberry and select Android and Windows Mobile devices. Customers can visit www.att.com/wifiaccess for instructions on how to connect to Wi-Fi on a smartphone."
- July 26, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- Rev. Mike said...
AT&T customers, is this welcome news? Or would you have liked to see the company take a different path for improving your experience on its network?
BOTH. Glad to hear they are setting this up downtown, and I'm waiting for them to put one up in my backyard! :)
- July 26, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
That makes some sense, Eric. That are other variables with specific buildings.
I just stayed in Times Square for a few days last week. I'm not an AT&T customer so I had no idea about the hotzone, but it sounds good. For Charlotte to get something that only NYC has, and especially the iconic Times Square, is pretty cool
- July 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is great news for Charlotte. AT&T's just selected Charlotte as one of 6 cities to be the first to upgrade to their HSUPA+ 3G network.....basically it's 4G speeds. They are doing this until they officially roll-out their LTE 4G network next year. I currently get 4.5 to 5 mbps download speeds on my iPhone 4.....which is super fast for a phone! I can't wait until LTE gets here. I love the WIFI solution for some of the downtown locations. I have problems inside Time Warner Arena sometimes, so this will be perfect!
- July 26, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Chris said...
Any idea on what type of speeds we're talking about? Specifically upload speeds. TWC Biz is killing me!
- July 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Upload speeds on AT&T's HSUPA+ is about 1.2 mbps....which is still good. It's actually better than TW Cable's upload speeds........however, I still get much better downloads speeds w/ TW's service (usually between 10 and 12 mbps). Then again, I would hope broadband cable would be faster than 3G wireless! HA! If you guys need fast speeds, check out AT&T's UVerse. That service is fast....and much cheaper than TW when combined with HDTV service. I don't have access to it yet in Huntersville, but my buddy that lives downtown gets around 22-24 mbps down...not sure about up! That kills TW!
- July 26, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
great idea for the city.
- July 27, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Armil@att high speed internet said...
Thanks for this great information:AT&T has struggled to keep up with soaring data usage by iPhones, netbooks, iPads and other internet-enabled devices. But it may be on to something -- use of the Times Square hotspot has proven better than expected. This is really a reliable source.
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Assessing the Consequences of Politicized Confirmation Processes, 2005-2006 (ICPSR 31841)
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The data collection represents a loose collaboration between Georgetown University's Center for Democracy and Civil Society (CDACS) and the European Social Survey (ESS). These data contain responses from three separate interviews referred to as Wave One (t1), Wave Two (t2), and Wave Three (t3). Wave One data are from the United States Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) Survey, and consisted of in-person interviews with a representative sample of 1,001 Americans. The CID survey is a study of American civic engagement, social capital, and democracy in comparative perspective, and it provides perspective on citizen participation in both the public and private realms. The CID survey is integrated with several elements of a module from the 2002 version of the ESS, which was administered in 22 European countries. In addition to the replicated questions from the ESS, the CID survey includes questions related to the themes of social capital, activities in formal clubs and organizations, informal social networks and activities, personal networks (strong and weak ties), the composition and diversity of ties and associations, trust (in other people, the community, institutions, and politicians), local democracy and participation, democratic values, political citizenship, social citizenship, views on immigration and diversity, political identifications, ideology, mobilization and action, and tolerance (concerning views and attitudes, least-likes groups, and racial stereotypes). Wave Two data was collected during the Alito Confirmation Process through re-interviews via telephone of 335 respondents who had completed the 2005 (Wave One) survey. Wave Three data was obtained after the Alito Confirmation Process, comprising re-interviews via telephone of 259 individuals who particpated in Wave Two. Both Wave Two and Wave Three included questions regarding respondents' political affiliations, views on politics and social issues, and trust in groups of people and institutions. In addition the survey queried respondents concerning their knowledge and opinion of the United States Supreme Court and Congress, Supreme Court judges, the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, as well as advertisements about the process, and their opinion on the rulings of the Supreme Court. Demographic variables include: Wave One - age, gender, race, marital status, religious affilitation and participation, highest level of education (respondent and respondent's partner), employment status (respondent and respondent's partner), income, nationality, and citizenship; Wave Two - has no demographic variables; Wave Three - age, gender, race, and religious affiliation and participation. Also included are attributes of the interviewer and interviewer observations.
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My poor brother grew up in a family full of nothing-but-girls. I'm convinced that this is the reason that he ended up with all of the cool toys. In true oldest sibling fashion, I wasn't stopped by the sharpie-engraved "Jesse" label on the toys that cluttered his bedroom. I had to test every toy that came through our house, girl- or boy-intended; it made no difference to me. It wasn't lost on me that all of Jesse's toys were made to go fast or flaunt tricks, while my sister and I played with stationary toys, dolls, and Easy-Bake Ovens. The phrase that frequently exited my adolescent mouth comes to mind: "But it's not fair!" The speedy and daring toys are just as fun for girls as they are for boys, and here are some current toys to prove it:
The Hot Wheels cars frequented our home quite often, and many Christmas lists as well. Any time we went to the mall, somehow Jesse managed to make sure he was leaving with one. Mattel's well-loved brand that is synonymous with speed just released its Triple Track Twister. With three tracks, two controllers and one huge crash zone, it is multi-car mayhem. Kids can hit the red diverter to send cars on a collision course, or blast through the blue tunnel to take on a new track. The coolest thing about this toy is that it includes an iPad stand and Action Capture app that brings the track to life. My brother and I would have loved this Hot Wheels racetrack with equal measure.
Another name that has been helping little boys and girls create speed and wreak havoc in good fun is Nerf, from Hasbro. The Nerf Rapidstrike CS-18 is the new streamlined lightweight blaster that has serious firepower and shoots up to 75 feet. The blaster's acceleration trigger powers up the motor for super-speed firing. The clip holds all 18 of the included darts, and it's see-through for instant firepower checks.
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Justin Dwayne King, 24, appeared before Judge John Odlin via video from the Missoula County jail, and was charged with felony assault with a weapon, and misdemeanor assault that resulted in bodily injury.
In the felony charge, court documents state that King allegedly assaulted another transient, David Colaprete, by striking him in the head with a metal rod repeatedly. The misdemeanor complaint stated that King allegedly struck a female victim, Mozelle Stewart, punching her in the face.
Deputy County Attorney Patricia Bower asked Judge Odlin for a high bail.
"The state would request that bail be set in the amount of $50,000," Bower said. "This defendant is a multi-state offender. At the time of this assault, he was living in a transient camp, and based on the fact that he gave you a home address of Hot Springs, Arkansas, he does not appear to have any ties to the community, so I believe he would be a possible flight risk."
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The goal of any artist making a holiday record is to put their own signature on these time-honored songs. On "Wrapped in Red," Kelly Clarkson does so with about five exclamation marks.
Kelly Clarkson, "Wrapped in Red" (RCA Records)
The goal of any artist making a holiday record is to put their own signature on these time-honored songs. On "Wrapped in Red," Kelly Clarkson does so with about five exclamation marks. Clarkson's booming voice provides the jolt for this collection of Christmas classics. True, you probably didn't think "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" needed any spark — but then you've probably yet to hear Clarkson's voice take it to a soaring crescendo. It may not have been needed, but it sure is a welcome change from the sweet but often staid renditions heard at this time of the year.
She gives the same kind of jolt to songs like "Blue Christmas," conveying the melancholy of the song like a torch singer or on "Run Run Rudolph," where she rocks out more than the guitars. Even when she's not showcasing the full power of her vocals, she's giving a powerful performance, such as on "Silent Night," delivered with sweet, haunting harmony with Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood.
Clarkson wows throughout "Wrapped in Red." She shows her versatility and influences as a performer, jumping from jazz to pop to soul to country, yet still delivering a cohesive album that will be entertaining to all. "Wrapped in Red" should be unwrapped quickly for this holiday season.
— Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Entertainment Writer
The Robertson Family, "Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas" (EMI Records Nashville)
It looks like the enterprising Robertson clan has found a new market for their signature product, with Jase turning his duck calls into a "musical" instrument, replacing the "Fa la la la las" with quacks on the title track sung by three generations of Robertsons.
This critic-proof Christmas album has already hit No. 1 on Billboard's country chart, offering a mix of new Robertson-themed Christmas songs with more traditional holiday tunes in a package designed to appeal to fans of the top-rated "Duck Dynasty" TV reality show. The Robertsons get a little help from some friends too — country stars Alison Krauss, George Strait, Luke Bryan and Josh Turner.
Willie Robertson cuts loose on the country rock "Ragin' Cajun Redneck Christmas" and "Hairy Christmas," a duet with Bryan that extols "duck season and holiday cheer. Curmudgeonly Uncle Si is a perfect fit for the humorous "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" and recites Willie's reworked version of "The Night Before Christmas" in which he mistakes Santa for his rotund nephew.
It's left to the Robertson women to offer more traditional holiday fare. Missy Robertson, a music teacher, is the family's most polished singer, offering a tender version of the ballad "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and engaging in a flirtatious duet with droll husband Jase on "Baby, It's Cold Outside." After Missy leads the entire family in multi-part harmonizing on "Silent Night," it's left to family patriarch Phil to close the album as he does the TV show with a prayer.
Fortunately, the Robertsons don't set their sights on "The Twelve Days of Christmas." That partridge in a pear tree wouldn't stand a chance with these erstwhile hunters.
— Charles Gans,
Associated Press
Mary J. Blige, "A Mary Christmas" (Interscope)
Yes, Mary J. Blige is the reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, but she can do a lot more than that — and she certainly proves it on her gem of a Christmas album, "A Mary Christmas."
While the album is certainly soulful, it's best to describe this as more of a jazzy, adult contemporary take on holiday music: Mellow is the vibe of Blige's album. But don't think that equals yawn-inducing renditions of the classics. Blige is playful on the bass-driven, jazzy "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"; nearly matches Barbra Streisand's majestic vocals on the heavenly-sounding "When You Wish Upon a Star" (which also features Chris Botti); and builds from steady warbling to power gospel on "A Christmas Song."
Though she does it with less vocal gymnastics than usual, Blige still gives an emotional performance throughout, like on "My Favorite Things," with its dramatic arrangement, and on "Do You Hear What I Hear," where she harmonizes beautifully with another big-voiced singer, Jessie J.
"A Mary Christmas" is a merry one indeed.
—Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Entertainment Writer
Bad Religion, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (Epitaph)
Good Lord, Bad Religion has made a Christmas album.
Actually, it makes a lot of sense for a punk band to sing about the greatest agitator ever, and it's a bit disappointing these tunes aren't more abrasive. They're closer to power pop than punk, starting with the handsome a cappella harmonies on the opening cut, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
Singer Greg Gaffin remains faithful to the melodies on the eight traditional carols included, and layered vocals and chiming guitar chords make the set surprisingly sweet. Tempos are brisk throughout, even on "What Child Is This?" Among the other highlights are a thunderous "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and the original tune "American Jesus," where the music turns political. It's all over it 19 minutes, making the set a perfect companion for quaffing a cup of eggnog.
— Steven Wine,
Associated Press Writer
Trace Adkins, "The King's Gift" (Caliburn)
Admit it, your holiday music collection is missing this: Traditional Celtic Christmas carols sung by the lowest baritone in Nashville who also happens to be the reigning "Celebrity Apprentice."
But before you dismiss it as a seasonal cash grab, give it a chance. The renditions here of "Tannenbaum," "Away in a Manger" and "O Holy Night" manage to sound fresh thanks to that oh-so-deep voice and new arrangements heavy on the soaring strings, flutes and mandolins.
Adkins is at his best when he stays in the low register. Have fun trying to match his bass as he belts out the "parum pum pum pum" refrain of "Little Drummer Boy." The weaker songs are when he goes up an octave, as on "I Saw Three Ships" featuring the Chieftains.
There are other collaborations here, including a surprisingly tender rendition of "Silent Night" featuring Kevin Costner - yes, that Kevin Costner — and his daughter Lily.
All in all, if you're the type who likes to freshen up your holiday music annually, you could do a lot worse than these 10 tracks. Just be sure to crank up that subwoofer.
—Rob Merrill, Associated Press.
Marvin Sapp, "Christmas Card" (RCA Records)
Marvin Sapp provides a soulful cheer with his new holiday album, "Christmas Card." It's the first Christmas album by the Stellar Award-winning and Grammy-nominated gospel singer, who has topped the charts with "Here I Am" and "I Win."
Sapp is impressive on the 13-track offering with guest appearances from R&B singer Joe and Sapp's children, The Sapp Kids (Madisson, Mikaila and Marvin Sapp II). He also reunites with gospel super-group Commissioned (Fred Hammond, Keith Staten, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams and Marcus Cole).
There are a renditions of classic holiday melodies like "Home for Christmas" featuring and "Honor the King" with Commissioned. But as co-producer, he makes them his own, calmly singing with his soaring vocals that are backed with fresh-sounding tracks.
Sapp and his children show appreciation for each other on "Thank You." Other true nuggets on the album that'll uplift with the holiday spirit are "What Child Is This?" with Commissioned, "Love at Christmas" and "Holy."
— Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press
Nick Lowe, "Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family" (Yep Roc)
Nick Lowe gives Christmas a hip twist in "Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family," using a variety of musical styles to liven up the sometimes staid holiday music scene.
Lowe, best known for penning classic 1970s tunes like "Cruel to Be Kind" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding," turns in 12 new recordings including three he wrote himself for the seasonal release.
Thankfully, Lowe picks lesser known Christmas songs like Roger Miller's touching "Old Toy Trains" to give the record a fresh sound. And his take on the more traditional tunes, like "Silent Night," still swings.
One of his originals, "Christmas at the Airport," is classic Lowe, setting the scene and mood perfectly with an economy of words that resonates with anyone who's found themselves on the road around the holidays.
The clever liner notes, written like a Christmas card letter catching people up on the past year, are an added bonus.
— Scott Bauer, Associated Press
KEM, "What Christmas Means" (Universal Motown Records)
If there's any space in your stocking stuffer, then KEM's "What Christmas Means" could be the filler. The album was originally released last year, but the Grammy-nominated singer tacked on four more additional songs for this well-crafted piece of work.
This time, KEM brings along a couple of legendary singers to accompany him — Patti LaBelle and Ronald Isley. The album was also co-written by KEM, his daughter Troi and Melanie Rutherford.
KEM's silky smooth voice glides over each of the 14 songs, making this project an appealing piece of work. Each song easily flows from one to the other with the ability to touch the soul.
His inspirational messages of faith are strong on "Jesus," with LaBelle and Isley, "Lullaby Noel" and "Bethlehem." He sings about obtaining holiday love on the piano-driven "Be Mine for Christmas" with Ledisi.
KEM also delves into the meaning of the holiday with songs such as "What Christmas Means," "Christmas Time is Here" and "Doo Wop Christmas (That's What Christmas is All About).
— Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press.


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1975: Nathaniel Treadway served in Sierra Leone in Mano (Dasse Chiefdom); Kenema beginning in 1975
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Training Group: Agric 1975 (Sept - Dec 1975)
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Kaye Beach
Dec. 29, 2012
In the modern surveillance state it's all about the biometrics, especially facial recognition which allows for at-a-distance identification and investigation of individuals without their knowledge or consent-no warrant required!
Very few realize that upon issuance of a state driver's license, a state identification card, or any other form of government issued photo ID, we are having our facial biometrics captured by high resolution photography. The analog cameras in every state have been replaced with high resolution digital cameras that capture, map, digitize, and database our facial features for use with facial recognition technology.
The federal REAL ID Act was passed in 2005. The first (and most important!) benchmark of REAL ID is capture and retention of the driver's license applicant's facial image.
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
The following is from an article published in Nov. of this year by the Police Chief, the official magazine of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP);
("Image" means biometric image which is quite different than a simple photograph)
"In 2006, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate gave the International Justice and Public Safety Network (Nlets) funds to implement driver's license image sharing between the states. Nlets is a nonprofit organization owned by the 50 states that has connections to every federal, state, local, and military law enforcement agency in the United States. If an agency's technical capabilities allow, officers can query state driver's license databases from a mobile or a desktop device and obtain an image in a manner of seconds."
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, From The Police Chief, vol. LXXIX, no. , November 2012. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
Your state department of public safety or DMV driver's license database provides your biometric data which tethers your body to other unique biographical data such as your social security number, age, address and more. As a tool for surveillance and control, your faceprint is invaluable.
"Today, more than 25 states have implemented this technology and are providing law enforcement images. In the next year, at least 12 more states will implement this technology." A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Now, law enforcement can, simply by taking your picture, identify and investigate you as you go about your business in public without you even being aware that this is happening.
"For some time now, officers have been able to retrieve images through a mobile device while on the street to help identify individuals." A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
The truth is that they cannot do this everywhere, yet. While the technology is in place there is still the issue of access to be dealt with. This is a legal and not a technical matter. As we know, if the government has the technical ability to do something, they believe that they should be able to do it. In other words, the law must conform to the capability of the technology and not the other way around. Policy, once (somewhat) grounded in principle is now rooted in practice so now if they can do it, they will do it and they are doing it.
Undercover cops secretly use smartphones, face recognition to spy on crowds
This kind of surveillance is damaging. Psychologically, pervasive surveillance, or even the possibility of it, is universally understood to change the behavior of those subjected to it. It induces conformity of behavior and of thought as well. As the range of surveillance grows, our ability to simply be, to exercise our free will, shrinks.
"Nlets will not consider photo sharing a success until it is implemented in all 50 states" link
Targeted Interstate Photo Sharing (TIPS)
"Nlets and DHS S&T have been working to expand the use of images in public safety. A new DHS/Nlets project called Targeted Interstate Photo Sharing (TIPS)" A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
NLETS formerly the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Service is now THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK
"links together every state, local, and federal and International law enforcement (INTERPOL), justice and public safety agency for the purpose of exchanging critical information." http://www.nlets.org/
As this law enforcement writer notes,
"when we engage in innovative law enforcement technology solutions, we need to take extra care to adequately address the security and privacy of personally identifiable information."
And who does the writer fear, is not adequately addressing the security and privacy of our personally identifiable information? Good old NLETS.
Read; When the Cops are Worried About Your Privacy-You Should Worry Too!
NLETS role has always been to serve the state's law enforcement needs, but that role, as noted by NLETS, is changing.
From Hot Trends and Innovations at Nlets 2012 Slide # 42
While Nlets is 45 years old this year, we have always taken the "child" role, with the States being the "parent"
–In recent years, the child is becoming the parent in many aspects.
Why? For one thing NLETS is now being funded and thus, directed by the federal government.
Slide # 17
From Hot Trends and Innovations at Nlets 2012
Department of Homeland Security
When lines of authority are blurred, power naturally defaults to the highest level. The states are not 'partners' with the federal government in matters that require state authority over their jurisdiction.
From the Legal Information Institute;
Jurisdiction-The term jurisdiction is really synonymous with the word "power"
Jurisdiction is the territory within which a court or government agency may properly exercise its power
State and local policing is a jurisdictional matter and the states and local governments have conceded their authority in this. Informational jurisdiction is no exception and in fact leads physical control.
What is revealed in this IACP Nov. 2012 article is that the Department of Homeland Security has funded an international non-governmental organization, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), to manage the operational issues of the endeavor; Targeted Interstate Photo Sharing (TIPS).
"The DHS S&T has funded the IACP Technology Center to provide a practitioner group to advise Nlets on operational issues. These experienced practitioners will provide input on how this technology can be used in the field."
What that means is that we are in trouble.
The IACP is an international, non-governmental organization accredited by the United Nations and has been instrumental in bringing about profound changes to our nation politically, technologically and culturally. There has been a great paradigm shift in our nation since 9-11 that spans all agencies of government. This shift affects every aspect of our lives and has practically decimated the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. US citizens, regardless of their political persuasion, are united in astonishment as they witness the slash and burn abrogation of one cherished right after another.
There is no sector of our society left untouched by the new paradigm and each has its own specialists attending to the transformation in their particular realm. In the realm of policing, it is the IACP who is in charge of nurturing and tending this transformation.
Here is just one example;
Intelligence Led Policing and Fusion Centers: How the IACP Helped the USA to Cross the Rubicon
I hate to share information like this without providing you with any solutions. I have been working diligently for years to find a way for us to protect our biometric data which is the key to our government's efforts to create the most effective and efficient surveillance society ever experienced on this earth.
Although I have found no solution in legislation, no real willingness by enough of our elected representatives to do what they took an oath to do; to protect our liberty I do still recommend that you contact your state representative and tell them if you have concerns about open access to your data contained in the state Dept. of Public Safety database. Tell them that you expect them to protect your personal information from being freely shared and used on a whim to track and spy on you. They need to hear concerns from their constituents.
It is clear that we cannot stop the government from sharing this information in ways that will hurt our ability to control our own lives. If we want to protect ourselves we must remove our biometrics from the system by either not giving it to them in the first place or taking legal action to remove it.
That is what I am trying to do, remove my biometric data from the system. There is just no good reason for it being collected in the first place and no one ever informed me or you of what was being taken from us when we applied for our state driver's license and they certainly never warned us about the repercussions of trusting them with our most personal information.
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Source code: Lib/hashlib.py
This module implements a common interface to many different secure hash and message digest algorithms. Included are the FIPS secure hash algorithms SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 (defined in FIPS 180-2) as well as RSA's MD5 algorithm (defined in Internet RFC 1321). The terms "secure hash" and "message digest" are interchangeable. Older algorithms were called message digests. The modern term is secure hash.
If you want the adler32 or crc32 hash functions they are available in the zlib module.
Some algorithms have known hash collision weaknesses, see the FAQ at the end.
There is one constructor method named for each type of hash. All return a hash object with the same simple interface. For example: use sha1() to create a SHA1 hash object. You can now feed this object with objects conforming to the buffer interface (normally bytes objects) using the update() method. At any point you can ask it for the digest of the concatenation of the data fed to it so far using the digest() or hexdigest() methods.
For better multithreading performance, the Python GIL is released for strings of more than 2047 bytes at object creation or on update.
Feeding string objects is to update() is not supported, as hashes work on bytes, not on characters.
Constructors for hash algorithms that are always present in this module are md5(), sha1(), sha224(), sha256(), sha384(), and sha512(). Additional algorithms may also be available depending upon the OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform.
For example, to obtain the digest of the byte string b'Nobody inspects the spammish repetition':
>>> import hashlib
>>> m = hashlib.md5()
>>> m.update(b"Nobody inspects")
>>> m.update(b" the spammish repetition")
>>> m.digest()
>>> m.digest_size
>>> m.block_size
More condensed:
>>> hashlib.sha224(b"Nobody inspects the spammish repetition").hexdigest()
Is a generic constructor that takes the string name of the desired algorithm as its first parameter. It also exists to allow access to the above listed hashes as well as any other algorithms that your OpenSSL library may offer. The named constructors are much faster than new() and should be preferred.
Using new() with an algorithm provided by OpenSSL:
>>> h = hashlib.new('ripemd160')
>>> h.update(b"Nobody inspects the spammish repetition")
>>> h.hexdigest()
Hashlib provides the following constant attributes:
Contains the names of the hash algorithms guaranteed to be supported by this module on all platforms.
New in version 3.2.
Contains the names of the hash algorithms that are available in the running Python interpreter. These names will be recognized when passed to new(). algorithms_guaranteed will always be a subset. Duplicate algorithms with different name formats may appear in this set (thanks to OpenSSL).
New in version 3.2.
The following values are provided as constant attributes of the hash objects returned by the constructors:
The size of the resulting hash in bytes.
The internal block size of the hash algorithm in bytes.
A hash object has the following methods:
Update the hash object with the object arg, which must be interpretable as a buffer of bytes. Repeated calls are equivalent to a single call with the concatenation of all the arguments: m.update(a); m.update(b) is equivalent to m.update(a+b).
Changed in version 3.1: The Python GIL is released to allow other threads to run while hash updates on data larger than 2048 bytes is taking place when using hash algorithms supplied by OpenSSL.
Return the digest of the data passed to the update() method so far. This is a bytes object of size digest_size which may contain bytes in the whole range from 0 to 255.
Like digest() except the digest is returned as a string object of double length, containing only hexadecimal digits. This may be used to exchange the value safely in email or other non-binary environments.
Return a copy ("clone") of the hash object. This can be used to efficiently compute the digests of data sharing a common initial substring.
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Broadway Snags Thanksgiving Records
Thanksgiving was rough on turkeys but pretty good for Broadway theaters - several shows broke records over the holiday weekend, from new kid on the block "Kinky Boots" to the old ruler "The Lion King."
Even William Shakespeare joined the party, with his "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III" playing in repertory led by Mark Rylance shattering an 8-year-old record at the Belasco Theatre.
The Broadway League released data Monday that showed the 32 shows on the Great White Way earned more than $31 million, with an average paid admission of $120. So far, this season's haul stands at more than $620 million, much better than the $576 million earned at this time last season, although attendance still lags.
'Kinky Boots' Kicks Up a Quick Profit on Broadway
"Kinky Boots," which won the 2013 Tony Award for best musical, grossed $1.9 million over eight performances during the week ending Sunday, smashing the all-time house record at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It beat out the crown held there in January 2012 by the revival of "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," which had one more performance.
The circus-themed revival of "Pippin," which announced Monday that it had recouped its $8.5 million investment, reported that it had also beaten its own Music Box Theatre house record for a single show, earning about $151,000 on Friday night.
"Motown the Musical," the story of Motown founder Berry Gordy and featuring an astonishing Motown catalog, took in $1.5 million over eight shows last week, the show's best week ever and a record for the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Berry Gordy-Inspired 'Motown: The Musical' Comes to Broadway
"The Lion King" shows no signs of losing its roar - the show netted $2.3 million, setting a house record for an eight-performance week at the Minskoff Theatre. The show, celebrating its 16th year, passed "Les Miserables" on Saturday to become the fourth longest-running show on Broadway.
The Rylance-led "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III" grossed about $826,000, despite setting aside 2,000 seats a week for students for $25. Its haul easily beat the theater's last box-office ruler, "Julius Caesar," another Shakespeare classic starring Denzel Washington that earned nearly $755,000.
Spider-Man' Show Spins-Out Of Broadway; Vegas Next
A revival of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" starring Rachel Weisz, Daniel Craig and Rafe Spall did what it seems destined to do: break another record at the Barrymore Theatre with a haul of $1.2 million.
Even "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," whose numbers have lately slumped, gained more than $651,000 more than the previous week, and brought in $1.4 million. Of course, "Wicked" remained the top week's earner with a staggering $2.6 million over nine performances, followed by "The Lion King" and in third spot "The Book of Mormon" with $2.1 million.


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Multimedia artist Gavin Worth uses steel wire and rods to sculpt beautifully minimal forms and figures that look like they were sketched in the air. 3D representations of 2D conceptual drawings, each of Worth's sculptures portray human forms and silhouettes, with careful attention paid to the details of these "illustrations." His large scale portraits of faces that depict thirsty visages are perhaps his most detailed and deliberate constructions. For these, Worth sought to convey an emotional anxiety through the sculpted faces. Of his work, Worth writes,
By bending black wire into something of freestanding line drawings, I create sculptures that engage the viewer by involving them in their subtle changes. When the light in the room shifts, so does the mood of the piece. A breeze might softly move an arm. My wire sculptures tell stories of simple human moments: a woman adjusting her hair, a face gazing from behind tightly wrapped arms, a mother gently cradling her baby. The honest, unguarded moments are the ones that I find to be the most beautiful.
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Left Shift key unresponsive and stuck?
Okay, so I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro (unibody design) and I have the typical problem with the keyboard. My shift key function is "stuck" so everything WILL COME UP LIKE THIS> (hence the > instead of the period). I booted into a flash drive to update to Lion and the keyboard still typed like the shift key was pressed. Well, we went to Apple to see what they could do. They said that the top case has to be replaced. The problem is, that runs a whopping $250+ and that's out of my budget right now. I have been searching around and haven't seemed to find much of a solution anywhere. I have seen that (at least on here) that the keyboard itself can be replaced without having to replace the entire top case. Nothing has been spilled onto the keyboard and it is not dirty as I have taken a few keys off and checked underneath. So if I replaced the keyboard only, would that fix the problem? Anyone have any experience with this?
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"I normally fish near the aerator but any where is a good spot. Most success I have had is in 6-8' of water early morning and late afternoon. I use powerbait primarily..." Salter's Lake
"I like to fish in about 9-11feet of water on the south end of the lake since the pike are active there. On this occasion I no sooner got my line out and there was a bite..." Coal Lake
"At the moment, the Perch are plentiful at Mink Lake. The Pike seem to be in hiding. There are still good times to be had with the strong perch bite...." Mink Lake


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We've seen some eye-popping designs and visuals from Iron Sky, the Finnish movie about Nazis on the Moon, already. But this latest batch is the most brilliant yet, with an attention to detail that makes you believe the Nazis really did have a secret Moonbase.
This is the work of artist Jussi Lehtiniemi, who created all of the amazing spaceships, vehicles and Moonbase furnishings in the film — including that UFO cockpit we were all drooling over a year or so ago. Iron Sky still doesn't have a release date in the U.S., but at least we can pore over the film's amazing artworks.
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This lapel pin dates from Abraham Lincoln's 1864 re-election campaign. In the 1860 presidential contest, he had pioneered use of this kind of item—and specifically the reproduction of ferrotype photographs, which involves developing the image on a thin metal sheet, onto pins or pendants for large-scale distribution. With its black fabric border, it also served as an appropriate mourning brooch. Lincoln was assassinated on 10 April 1865; his death represented the second instance of a national mourning, following the death of President George Washington in 1799.


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The moment of interaction
To create effective interfaces, we first have to understand them. It is only our complete understanding of the requirements, the environmental demands, and the technical functionality of machines that allows us to develop innovative, intuitive, reliable, and safe products and systems.
Expressing the immediate moment of interaction and making it innovative, intuitive and reliable is our task, our credo, and at the same time our fascination.


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This dramatic building in The Netherlands is actually a charging station for electric boats. Designed by Groosman Partners, the Elektrobotenhuis is located next to the water and also doubles as a showroom and warehouse to sell electric boats. A monolithic black volume juts up to the sky and floats over the exhibition space, which is topped with 72 solar panels. The building was also designed with durability, recyclability, and sustainability in mind.
The Electric Boathouse is a warehouse with an extensive range of machinery to build electric boats, as well as an indoor exhibition space where boats can float in the water. Its dramatic form is composed of a red-brick block with a pyramidal black volume that seems to float over the showroom. Glass windows and skylights fill the space with natural light, and the building is topped off with 72 solar panels that generate energy to charge electric boats. The system provides approximately 11,072 kWh each year, which can charge about 1,385 electric boats.
Beyond the solar system, the facility also includes a number of sustainable strategies to reduce its impact. Rainwater is collected and stored in a tank and then used to wash the boats and flush the toilets. A ground source heat pump provides energy efficient heating and cooling.
The building was designed and constructed with Cradle to Cradle concepts in mind, ensuring that the building is not only durable, but easily recyclable at the end of its life.
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