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Our telephone support will therefore not be available today. Apologies for the inconvenience caused! 2/2— Zoho (@zoho) April 11, 2012
In view of the earthquake and tsunami warning, we're having to evacuate our office as a precautionary safety measure. 1/2— Zoho (@zoho) April 11, 2012
Huge earthquakes in the Indian Ocean and tsunami warnings caused at least one tech company with Indian offices to evacuate today.
Zoho, an online application developer based in Pleasanton, Calif., used Twitter to notify customers that it had evacuated its offices in India and that phone support would not be available. "In view of the earthquake and tsunami warning, we're having to evacuate our office as a precautionary safety measure," Zoho tweeted.
Zoho's Indian offices are located in Chennai, a coastal city on the Bay of Bengal.
The 8.6 magnitude earthquake, off the western coast of Indonesia, triggered tsunami warnings in many countries in the region, according to reports. Following a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2004, a warning system with sensors and communications networks was set up to warn of possible tsunamis within minutes of an earthquake.
India's National Center for Ocean Information Services later withdrew the tsunami warnings when it became clear there was no danger of tsunami from the earthquake, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
In Zoho's case, it had already evacuated offices in Chennai and suspended phone support, something that could occur for other companies with a presence in the region.
Some of the most severe impact seems to be in Indonesia where there have been evacuations, power loss, and phone lines overwhelmed in some areas, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Update at 9:10 a.m. PT: Zoho tweeted that it now has limited phone support today, that e-mail is a better way to reach support today, and that all customer support "will be back to normal tomorrow."

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What's the best technology for an online game, i.e playable through a web browser? I think the only choices are:
- Java applets
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- Silverlight
I'm leaning towards Java applets, simply because they seems to have better programming features than Flash, and graphics for a java applet game may be cheaper than graphics for Flash. I don't know much about Silverlight.


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Masks like this one were worn by British crews in tanks during the First World War. The leather mask is shaped to fit around the eyes and nose and the chain mail was used to protect against splinters from explosions as the tank came under fire. Life inside these primitive vehicles would have been extremely uncomfortable as well as dangerous. Tanks were introduced in 1916 but were initially slow, difficult to manoeuvre and had little firepower.
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Appeared in print as "Hydraulics goes over the edge"
Ride simulators have become the reality shows of entertainment attractions. They stimulate the senses, but any fear or other emotions they project are only experienced second-hand by the riders. So those who partake of simulator-type rides are more viewer than participant.
Thrill rides, on the other hand, can strike real fear into the participants. Even though riders know a 300-ft roller coaster is safe, there's always that element of fear that this could be the one time something goes wrong. "People like to experience fear — as in horror movies and haunted houses," says Bill Linkenheimer, former president of the American Coaster Enthusiasts. "Just as in those things, you know you aren't really putting yourself in danger, but it's a way of going out of control without risking your life."
If participants knew how safe the rides were, they might not seem as frightening — and confronting fear is a big reason why many people subject themselves to thrill rides. Operators may assure you over and over that a ride is safe, but when you find yourself hundreds of feet from the ground, you have no choice but to trust your life to the safety of the ride.
A common fear is that of heights. Put people high enough in the air, and let them look down, and the situation gets pretty scary. The higher, and the less visible the safeguards, the scarier the ride. That's the whole idea behind X-Scream, atop the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower in Las Vegas. Because it's at the top of the Stratosphere Tower, the X-Scream places riders nearly 900 ft above the Las Vegas Strip.
Extreme screams
Designed and built by Interactive Rides, Logan, Utah, the X-Scream works much like a giant teeter-totter. Bobby Ray Harris, senior vice president of operations at the Stratosphere, explains that an 80-ft long beam pivots at a central point to cause one end of the beam to rise while the other end lowers. Eight passengers get strapped into a car that rolls on a 78-ft track attached to the beam. Once seated, passengers find themselves tilted backward slightly at a 10° angle, looking out at a distant horizon.
When the ride begins, explains Clay Slade, president of Interactive Rides, a pair of hydraulic cylinders actuate to pivot the inward end of the beam upward by as much as 45°. The outward end, which extends beyond the outer edge of the Stratosphere Tower, pivots downward. With nothing to hold the car back, gravity pulls the car forward, so it rolls down the track and beyond the top surface of the Stratosphere tower.
Harris says that as the car descends beyond a certain point, riders cannot see the track beneath them — only the ground, 866 ft below. In fact, the wheels of the car are situated toward the back, so riders seated in the front of the car may actually feel as if they've traveled beyond the end of the beam.
Another terrifying aspect of the ride, continues Harris, is that the pivot point lies near the edge of the Stratosphere Tower. The car travels at 30 mph and is still accelerating when it passes beyond the edge of the Tower. When the car reaches the end of its travel, it is below and nearly 30 ft beyond the edge of the tower and tilted toward the ground.
So what keeps the car from rolling off the end of the beam and plunging nearly 900 ft below? Slade says a series of permanent magnets embedded in the beam brings the car to a controlled stop every time. Because the magnets produce magnetic fields at all times to stop the car, operation is 100% reliable even if all electrical power is lost. Furthermore, stopping is consistent under a wide range of weather conditions. And because stopping does not involve contact between parts, wear — and its associated maintenance — does not occur.
As if this isn't enough, XScream delves out even more terror. Once the car reaches the end of its travel, the hydraulic cylinder retracts, hurling the beam skyward. This causes the car to roll backward, so the whole process can repeat. This process continues, seemingly at random, for a ride cycle of about one minute. Slade says the control computer contains more than 100 different ride programs, so no two consecutive rides are identical. And for those who dare, the ride program can pivot the beam so that the car plunges downward at 1 G acceleration, giving riders the feeling of weightlessness.
Hydraulics wreaks terror
The hydraulic system culminates in a pair of cylinders, one mounted one either side of the pivot point, to move the beam. The inboard cylinder (closer to the center of the tower) has a 7-in. bore and 48-in. stroke; the outboard cylinder has a 6-in. bore and 60-in. stroke. So to rock the beam, one cylinder extends as the other one retracts, and vice versa. With a system operating pressure of 2000 psi, the cylinders can generate more than enough thrust to heave the beam up or down at any commanded speed.
Slade says under normal circumstances, a pair of identical cylinders probably would have been mounted symmetrically. But circumstances of how the attraction is mounted to the tower made this assymetrical mounting necessary for proper load distribution.
Slade mentioned that Interactive Rides designed and built their own cylinders in this case. "The cylinders have a pretty sophisticated internal system to provide constant force cushioning. We've been designing our own custom cylinders for years, so we've developed a lot of expertise in that field."
To monitor position, Slade says he opted for multiple resolvers on the beam itself rather than providing position feedback for the cylinders. "Ultimately, we need to know the position of the beam at all times. Using transducers in each cylinder could provide us with this information indirectly. But it just seemed simpler and more cost-effective to monitor the position of the beam directly."
Plenty of power
Providing power for the XScream are two hydraulic power units, which were provided by Intermountain Hydraulics & Automation, Smithfield, Utah. Jeff Loosli, of Intermountain, says each of the 50- hp hydraulic power unit uses a Parker Hannifin PVP60 axial-piston pump. These variable-displacement pumps feature pressure compensation to maintain system pressure and are sized for a maximum displacement of 60 cc per revolution. Loosli says this translates to roughly 28 gpm when driven at a nominal speed of 1800 rpm.
But high-velocity moves demand more than the combined 56 gpm the pumps can deliver. Therefore, flow from each pump is supplemented by a bank of five accumulators — four 10-gal and one 212- gal. To minimize accumulator size, 14 gas bottles are incorporated into the accumulator network to store compressed gas.
When the attraction is idle or in a low-flow demand mode, the pumps continue running to charge the accumulators with pressurized fluid. The accumulators act as springs to store potential energy. But instead of storing mechanical energy as a spring does, they store fluid energy.
Once the accumulators are fully charged to specified pressure, the pump's pressure-compensator reduces its swashplate angle to where displacement is just enough to maintain system pressure. But once a ride cycle begins, flow demand causes the pump's displacement to increase to accommodate the flow. When flow demand exceeds the pump capability, system pressure drops, so pressurized fluid flows from the accumulators to supplement pump flow. Ultimately, then, the accumulators allow using a much smaller pump. This reduces the physical size of the pump and peak energy demand.
Sophisticated motion control
As would be expected, controlling motion of the X-Scream requires more than having an operator simply move a joystick to shift directional control valves. Instead, motion is controlled through a computer that commands two Size D10 proportional valves. Because of their large size, these valves are controlled indirectly through a solenoid operated pilot valve. A small linear displacement transducer sends a feedback signal of the main valve's spool position back to the computer for tight control. This is in addition to the motion control loop closed by the resolvers mounted to the beam.
Harris says the computer stores more than 100 different ride profiles that can be run at random, or the operator can select a specific profile based on the whims of the occupants. Daredevils may opt for the most terrifying ride the XScream can muster, while others may find the dizzying height frightful enough and choose a ride that is more tame.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Baby formula that is supplemented with fatty acids in an attempt to mimic breast milk doesn't boost infants' brainpower any more than formula without extra fatty acids, according to a new review of several studies.
The results don't necessarily mean fatty acids in formula have no benefit. But they suggest the fats don't give children the thinking and language advantage that's been tied to breastfeeding.
Researchers explain in their study, published in the journal Pediatrics, that infants raised on breast milk tend to score higher on tests of mental development than those who are fed formula.
One reason for the gap could be the higher levels of fatty acids found in breast milk, given that the fats are essential for babies' brain development.
"The differences in cognitive development between breastfed and formula-fed infants were a substantial motivating factor in adding (fatty acids) to infant formulas," according to the report.
Most baby formula is cow's milk-based and fortified with fatty acids and other nutrients.
Formula supplemented with two fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA), has been available in the United States since 2002.
Although fatty acids are important for brain development, it's not clear adding them to infants' diets will improve their mental skills.
Studies on the issue have had mixed results, so the researchers, led by Dr. Ahmad Qawasmi at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, sought to get a better verdict by combining them into one analysis.
They used data from 12 trials that compared babies fed formula with fatty acid supplementation to babies fed formula without the extra fats. In total, about 1,800 infants took part in the studies, which were conducted between 1998 and 2005.
The children started drinking formula by one month of age, and around the time they turned one, they underwent exams to measure their motor skills, language abilities and mental development.
Just two of the studies included in the analysis found that babies fed supplemented formula performed better on the tests.
A third report showed a fatty acid-linked boost on some developmental measures but not others, and the remaining nine studies found no cognitive benefits in the babies getting added fatty acids.
Taken together, the studies show the extra fats provide no advantage as far as braininess goes, the researchers said. But it's still possible that adding fatty acids to formula could benefit infants in other ways, such as with a boost in eyesight or immune function, they noted.
"There also remains the possibility that (fatty acids) could impact later cognitive development or more specific aspects of cognitive development such as attention, information processing, mood, or behavior."
Public health organizations and medical societies consider breast milk to be the best food source for babies.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends women breastfeed exclusively for six months, followed by at least another six months of nursing while solid foods are introduced.
SOURCE: bit.ly/N5q59o Pediatrics, online May 28, 2012.


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AbstractThe existing 4G networks have been widely used in the Internet of Things (IoT) and is continuously evolving to match the needs of the future Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The 5G networks are expected to massive expand today's IoT that can boost cellular operations, IoT security, and network challenges and driving the Internet future to the edge. The existing IoT solutions are facing a number of challenges such as large number of connection of nodes, security, and new standards. This paper reviews the current research state-of-the-art of 5G IoT, key enabling technologies, and main research trends and challenges in 5G IoT.
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Body dissatisfaction — independent of actual overweight status — has an impact on suicidal behavior in U.S. girls, researchers said.
The researchers found the perception of being overweight among girls raised the probability of suicidal thoughts by 5.6 percent, the probability of a suicide attempts by 3.2 percent and the probability of injury causing suicide attempts by 0.6 percent. [Link.]
Did you note that it's the perception of being overweight — "independent of actual overweight status" — they're talking about here? OK, good. Now check this out.
The researchers found the risk of suicide by adolescent females has the potential to add about $280 million to $350 million to the costs of adolescent obesity, including the direct cost of illnesses and premature mortality.
"If being overweight not only imposes the usual healthcare and labor market costs, but also increases the risk of suicide, we need to take these costs into account when offering solutions," [study co-author Inas] Rashad said.
It all comes back to the "costs of obesity." Even when what we're talking about is girls wanting to kill themselves because they think they're fat. WTF?
I wish I were less cynical, so I could believe that "tak[ing] these costs into account when offering solutions" might actually mean "making an effort to improve girls' self-esteem and body image." (So they don't try to off themselves and drive up healthcare costs. Ahem.) But since they're lumping this in with all the usual alleged costs of fatness, I have to assume the logic here is, "This is one more reason to insist that fat girls must become thin! If they don't, they'll be suicidal!" Even though the study showed that poor body image independent of weight is what causes the suicidal thoughts, and one reason why so many girls hate their bodies and think they're too fat even when they're thin might just be that PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY TELLING THEM THAT FAT IS HORRIBLE, UNHEALTHY, AND SHAMEFUL, AND GOOD, RESPONSIBLE, HEALTHY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ANY VISIBLE FAT ON THEIR BODIES.


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Sunday, June 2, 2013
Those were the days
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I could use some of that.
You know doc, your patients could be a lot happier if you prescribed weed, alcohol and morphine for everything.
Demented? On new alcohol-weed-morphine, noone can tell the difference?
Seizures stop you driving? - You can't drive when you take this, but you won't care.
Migrains? You'll be feeling no pain when you take alcohol-weed-morphine, our new universal treatment.
- June 2, 2013 at 5:33 AM
One night, because that is all you need!
- June 2, 2013 at 5:58 AM
- jimbo26 said...
My cough ' medicine ' is cough, cough , whisky cough , cough .
- June 2, 2013 at 6:17 AM
- Jennifer McDonald said...
Did you know that THC is currently being looked at as a treatment for asthma because it dilates bronchioles? One of my students showed me the studies a few years ago. This "cough syrup" might have actually been onto something...
Chloroform...I scratch my head.
- June 2, 2013 at 10:34 AM
- Knot Telling said...
Well thank goodness there is less than one percent alcohol. Otherwise it might be intoxicating!
- June 2, 2013 at 10:42 AM
- bobbie said...
Zounds!!! I've had a few patients I'd love to have been able to give that to!
- June 2, 2013 at 11:42 AM
My doctors have clearly been holding out on me.
- June 2, 2013 at 12:05 PM
- sgs said...
Years ago, I remember seeing chloroform as an ingredient in OTC cough syrup. It was listed as an "expectorant".
- June 2, 2013 at 12:28 PM
- Texas Pharmacy Chica said...
Just for geek's sake: The label uses old apothecary terms. "m" is for minim which is a fluid measurement: 60 minims = 1 fluiddram = 1/8 fluid ounce. "gr" is for grain and used for solids: 1 gr = 64.8 mg.
Bonus question: What drugs are still produced in terms of grains, not milligrams?
Answer: Armour Thyroid (and generics) and phenobarbital.
- June 2, 2013 at 1:23 PM
- Ken said...
I would pay good money for that.
- June 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM
- 08armydoc said...
With alcohol, weed, chloroform and morphine, I do wonder what the other "skillfully combined" might be?
- June 2, 2013 at 4:47 PM
Hey, Texas Pharmacy Chica, I take Armour Thyroid. Was on Synthroid for close to 20 years and they just recently switched me to Armour. Armour has an interesting taste and it doesn't taste like bacon. Sigh. I was amused recently when I happened upon a forum fill of people talking about natural medications. Several people who said they were vegans had switched to Armour Thyroid. I guess they don't realize that it's made from pork!
ANYWAY, last year I had pneumonia and I was given cough syrup with codeine. It was horrible...the codeine did nothing but make me mad and I still had the damn cough! I think I would have much preferred this stuff!
- June 2, 2013 at 5:17 PM
Somehow I misread 'skillfully' as 'sinfully'. Seems apropos somehow.
- June 2, 2013 at 5:47 PM
- Sara said...
So, you're finally sharing the formulation of Fukitol (c)?
- June 2, 2013 at 6:12 PM
I've known several asthmatics who found relief from hashish eating.
- June 2, 2013 at 8:16 PM
- Veronica Reilly said...
WOW!!! The ONLY time I ever used Mary J was to try and ease Migraine pain; but it backfired big time!!! I had a heck of a worse one when I woke up. UGH! I am also allergic to Morphine, so I guess this would be a deadly cocktail for me. UGH!
- June 2, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Does it come in a convenient economy size?
- June 3, 2013 at 9:39 AM
- bobbie said...
And is it artisanal???
- June 3, 2013 at 12:29 PM
- CrayonEater said...
No wonder folks were so happy and carefree back then! /sarcasm
- June 3, 2013 at 4:31 PM
- Packer said...
I am so glad I laid in a lifetime supply before the crackdown. But for those who did not have that foresight, I am glad they give you the recipe right on the label. Happy Mixology.
- June 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM
- Unknown said...
That's cocktail for your nightcap!
- June 6, 2013 at 10:23 PM
another reason to visit 3rd world pharmacy shops while on holiday...
- June 7, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Did folks back then "drop it in the outhouse" like they do now ?
- June 10, 2013 at 7:31 PM


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Heather Green / Blogspotting: Break.com's Innovative Marketing Deal With Showtime
Michelle Quinn / Mercury News:
YouTube's new ad model
YouTube's new ad model
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Catharine P. Taylor / adfreak: Is YouTube's new ad model a good thing?
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Paris Hilton Videos Now on YouTube
Paris Hilton Videos Now on YouTube
Discussion: CNNMoney.com
Oliver Ryan / CNNMoney.com: New Paris Hilton video hits YouTube
Matt Mondok / M-Dollar:
Microsoft invites Firefox development team to Redmond — Microsoft wants to help aid in the development of Firefox. It sounds pretty scary, doesn't it? If you're still here, let me tell you that it's not as bad as it seems. Sam Ramjii, Director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab …
Discussion: Valleywag, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Scobleizer, TechBlog, jkOnTheRun, Open Culture and Guardian Unlimited
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley: And over here is the Platform Adoption Chair; have a seat …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Microsoft helping Firefox team?
Chron.Com / TechBlog: Microsoft to Mozilla: Come up & see us sometime!
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Microsoft to Mozilla: "c'mon in, the Vista's just fine!"
GeekyGirl Dawn Foster / Open Culture: Microsoft Embraces Firefox
Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited: Microsoft offers to help Firefox run on Vista
Nate Mook / BetaNews:
Microsoft Invites Mozilla Devs Over
Microsoft Invites Mozilla Devs Over
Discussion: Microsoft Monitor, Microsoft News Tracker, AMCP Tech Blog, CyberNet Technology News and The Tech Report
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor: WINDOWS VISTA'S SPEED BUMPS
David Hunter / Microsoft News Tracker: Vista buzz roundup - August 22, 2006
Alex Morganis / AMCP Tech Blog: Mozilla Developers to Meet with Microsoft
Cyril Kowaliski / The Tech Report: Mozilla developers offered a trip to Redmond
CNET News.com:
VCs see opportunity in blogosphere — Venture investors normally cite the strength of a company's management team as a key reason for investing in new technologies and ideas. But two new venture investments in widely read blogs have taken this concept to a new level: investing directly in people for the content they produce.
Discussion: B2Day, Valleywag, UMBC eBiquity and Silicon Valley Watcher
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
VC funding for individual blogs?
VC funding for individual blogs?
Discussion: Incremental Blogger
Verizon imposes new DSL surcharge as government fees removed — WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) — Verizon Communications Inc. is imposing a new surcharge on high-speed Internet service just as customers were set to receive lower bills thanks to a decision last year to deregulate the service.
Discussion: TechEffect, Techdirt and broadbandreports.com
Mike / Techdirt:
Untangling Verizon's Doublespeak Explaining How New Fees Replace Old Fees
Untangling Verizon's Doublespeak Explaining How New Fees Replace Old Fees
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Om Malik / GigaOM: Verizon Taxes Its Customers
Business 2.0:
Blogging for Dollars — It's not just a hobby — some small sites are making big money. Here's how to turn your passion into an online empire. — (Business 2.0) — Michael Arrington is a partying kind of guy. While showing off his home in Atherton, Calif., he boasts about how he crammed 500 people …
Discussion: Valleywag and Blogging Stocks
Brian White / Blogging Stocks: Google started the monetization of blogs
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
Marketing Reality Check: Blogs, Pods, RSS — The Reach Most Marketers Crave Still Comes From TV, Print and Internet Ads — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Digital properties may be VC darlings, hot on Wall Street and coveted by advertisers. But try telling that to Dave and Jean Bretzlauf …
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop: Why the Rich Internet Application is important for advertising
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0: A Eulogy for Old Media
CEO / This is going to be BIG.: My nana doesn't subscribe to RSS, but she's not exactly an "influencer"
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy: Marketing Reality Check: Social Media Emerging and growing quickly
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion: AdAge Takes a Reality Check on Blogs, Pods, RSS
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Google MP3 Player found in GMail — A new GMail feature lets you play MP3 files right inside the GMail interface without having to download the MP3 or open an external media player. — When you receive an audio file as an email attachment, click the play button and Google will play the audio file for you in a popup window.
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal: Google MP3 Player Powered by GMail
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google's Audio Player
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Hello hullo! — Over the last few weeks I've been playing with the beta of a promising new free service called hullo. Now you can try it too. — hullo bills itself as a personal call manager. The promise is that it will help you stay in touch better than ever before.
Discussion: TechCrunch, GigaOM and 21talks
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Hullo To Enter VOIP War With Free Product
Om Malik / GigaOM: Oh Why Hullo — The VoIP blogosphere is buzzing about a hot new application called Hullo.
Rory Reid / Crave at CNET.co.uk:
Samsung launches disk-free Q1/Q30 portables — It's official — Samsung has gone off hard disk drives. Not only has the company announced two new portables that use solid state disk (SSD, aka flash) technology, but it recently told Crave that it'll no longer make MP3 players with traditional hard disks, a la iPod.
Discussion: Engadget, jkOnTheRun, MobileWhack.com, Incremental Blogger, CrunchGear, PalmAddicts, GottaBeMobile.com and Zoli's Blog
Darren Murph / Engadget: New Samsung Q1b to sport Via C7-M processor?
Tanya Palta / MobileWhack.com: Samsung NT-Q1-SSD, Q1b, NT-Q30-SSD
Richard Ozerman / CrunchGear: Samsung Q1/Q30 Devices Use Solid State Flash Memory
Sam Mcloughln / PalmAddicts: Samsung Launches a New Q1
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile.com: Samsung UMPC News
Zoli Erdos / Zoli's Blog: Disk Drive: 1956-2006. R.I.P.
Cecile Daurat / Bloomberg:
AOL Says Chief Technology Officer Govern Left Company (Update1) — Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) — AOL, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit, said Chief Technology Officer Maureen Govern left the company, two weeks after it released search data from users. — Govern decided to leave AOL effective immediately …
Jason Snyder / InfoWorld Tech Watch: AOL CTO out amid scandal
Lisa Barone / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog: The AOL Fallout Continues
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog: AOL Fires CTO & Two Employees After Search Records Slip Up
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration: AOL Coming to India, Fires CTO Maureen Govern
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Kevin Mitnick Web site hacked — Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. — Online vandals, apparently operating from Pakistan, broke into the computer hosting Mitnick's Web site …
Discussion: CyberNet Technology News and InfoWorld Tech Watch
Caroline Craig / InfoWorld Tech Watch: Hacker's Web site gets hacked
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Hear the Music, Avoid the Mosh Pit — Musician Suzanne Vega got her start in the New York folk scene, but now the 1980s star has found a following in cyberspace. — With the help of some programmers, Vega created a 3D animated image of herself, called an avatar, and she recently performed inside …
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Prep notebook: Summer baseball's playoffs starting
Summer baseball, to some kids, carries more weight than the high school season. And a few of those summer leagues are now nearing their postseasons.
The Colorado Coaches League gets underway Wednesday, while Legion ball has its state tournaments dotting the calendar this month and next. (Connie Mack held its state tournaments earlier this month.)
Legion's top league, A, holds its state tournament Aug. 1-4 in Boulder, with a regional tournament following Aug. 9-13 in Fairfield, Calif. (Legion B has two state tournaments, both July 26-29, separated into North/Metro Denver and Mountain/Eastern playoffs. The state tournaments for Legion C and D are also July 26-29.) Read more…


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ATLANTA -- After four games, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo had one hit, and that was a home run in his first at-bat of the season on the first pitch.
Since then, he had gone 0-for-11, entering Saturday's game against the Braves. He wasn't alone. The Cubs were batting .133 as a team before Saturday.
"That's baseball," Rizzo said. "It's four games. Hitting is contagious. Once someone gets going, I'm sure everyone will get going.
"It's four games out of 162," he said. "I'm sure guys will go and have worse stretches than this in their careers over time. This is baseball. We're due for an explosive day."
The Cubs did just that on Saturday, pounding 13 hits off the Braves in a 6-5 loss. Rizzo picked up his second hit and second home run in the fifth inning, and also singled with one out in the seventh.
However, Cubs manager Dale Sveum did see something else in Rizzo's approach. The first baseman may be thinking too much.
"I said it early in camp, when somebody asked about the adjustments he has to make and what he has to get better at," Sveum said Saturday. "I think what he's doing now is what he did in that one stretch where he struggled [last year]. He starts analyzing and thinking too much about what the pitcher is going to do to him, instead of getting a good pitch to hit and being ready to do that instead of always trying to guess along with each pitch."
On Friday, Rizzo struck out three times, and all three were on off-speed pitches.
"They're hitting their spots, pitchers are making their pitches," Rizzo said. "You tip your hat. Our job is to hit the ball over the middle of the plate, not their best pitch."
Rizzo, who batted .285 in 87 games last season after he was called up in late June, said it's encouraging that the team is 2-2, considering the offensive struggles.
"If our pitching stays the way it is now, the bats will come around," Rizzo said. "You get hot streaks, cold spells. To be 2-2 is good, and we have to take advantage of our record now and our pitching and score some runs.
"Obviously, as a team, we'd like to be getting more hits, more situational hits," he said. "We can hit .200 as a team, but if we get those big hits ... I'm pretty sure that's how the A's did it last year, they had big hits at big times."


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The observatory is equipped with a scientific -grade astronomical CCD camera by Santa-Barbra Instrument Group (SBIG). The camera (ST-7XMED) features a high quantum-efficiency (QE) CCD detector capable of making sensitive images and precise measurements of stars' brightness. An integrated filter wheel enables measurement of colors and surface temperatures of stars. The very low read-noise of the science-grade detector enables long duration exposures to record faint targets.
Astronomical observations require that the target star (or planet, galaxy, nebula etc.) remain motionless in the image-plane during an exposure. Image motion can be tolerated if it is smaller than the fundamental angular resolution of the instrument. This limit is dictated by the telescope aperture, the quality of the optical surfaces (in both the telescope and camera/spectrograph), and by the turbulence of the atmosphere above the observatory. Correcting turbulence and wind-shake is a key technology of modern astronomy, pioneered in part at Gemini Observatory.
The UMass Lowell telescope is capable of delivering a point-spread function (PSF) of 0.55 arcsec FWHM (Rayleigh criterion for 10-inch aperture, wavelength=550nm). However, the atmosphere above Lowell, Massachusetts, will degrade resolution to about 2 arcsec on typical nights. This is a typical figure for sea-level observing sites and is sufficient for the science projects envisaged. This required resolution limit can only be reached after local sources of vibration, shaking, and turbulence are reduced.
Rooftops are subject to shaking motions due to wind and vibrations due to machinery and people inside the building. Local air turbulence is due to air-conditioning outlets, heat-losses, warm air rising, wind gusting/deflecting around the building/urban environment.
The above factors can be effectively diminished by mechanical isolation (passive damping) and by active compensation (fast guiding, active and adaptive optics).
The ST7 camera contains a second CCD detector used to generate guiding corrections by imaging a nearby bright star. The guiding CCD is read-out rapidly (as often as 100 times per second, depending on brightness). The camera's onboard processor sends signals to the telescope mount and the Adaptive Optics (AO) module to immediately compensate any motion of the star's image.
The AO module (ST-8 also by SBIG) contains a lens mounted in a cell controlled by piezo-electric actuators. The actuators rapidly (100Hz) tip and tilt this lens, in response to signals from the camera's guiding CCD, to keep the star centered. AO compensates for wind-shake, low frequency vibrations, and a portion of the local atmospheric turbulence.
Spectroscopy is the technique of dispersing light with a prism or diffraction grating in order to study the overall energy distribution and the absorption/emission lines of elements/molecules present in astronomical objects. A star's spectrum reveals its surface temperature, chemical composition, magnetic field strength, surface gravity, density, and motion through space, (by virtue of Doppler shifts in its spectral lines). We have selected a spectrograph (the ST-8 by SBIG) that has two different gratings in a remotely selectable turret.
In low-resolution mode, we can obtain the overall spectrum of a star and identify the major absorption/emission lines (e.g. the Hydrogen Balmer series) thus determining the spectral class (O,B,A,F,G,K,M, essentially via the temperature, which is closely correlated with the size, mass and age of the star). In high-resolution mode we can examine the structure of spectral lines, which can reveal more details such as gas density, magnetic field, and surface gravity. Most interestingly, in hi-resolution mode we can determine a star's radial velocity (towards and away from the earth), and by observing it over many nights, discover the orbits of binary stars, a classic foundation of astrophysics. Perhaps more remarkably, we can measure the redshifts of galaxies, reproducing Hubble's landmark discovery that led to the big bang theory.
Filters with specially designed transmission curves are used to isolate different parts of the visible spectrum. Images taken through different filters can be combined to produce color images. Photometry, the study of stars' luminosity, temperature and other gross physical parameters is based on the relative brightness as measured through one of several standard filter sets. The camera is equipped with an LRGB (luminance, red, green, blue) set suitable for color imaging and photometry. Photometry is the study of stars' brightness in different parts of the spectrum and how they change with time.
A set of narrow-band filters is used to isolate certain spectral lines (OIII, H-alpha, H-beta). While light pollution rejection (LPR) filters, which improve imaging contrast by blocking the spectral regions most-afflicted, LPR filters are essential given the urban setting. Light pollution is the reflection of streetlights and other night-time illumination by suspended aerosol particles in the atmosphere (e.g. water droplets, dust, particulate pollution, etc.). The resulting haze of light obscures the night sky and hides all but the brightest stars from view. Fortunately, light pollution is concentrated in certain well-known regions of the visible spectrum (such as the sodium D-line emitted by streetlights at 589 nm) and can be reduced by the use of appropriate filters.
The telescope is mounted inside a fiberglass dome, which protects the telescope and instruments from the weather, and blocks unwanted light during use. The dome shutter opens and closes by remote control and rotates in synchronization with the telescope.


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A man impersonating a police officer sexually assaulted a woman in the back of his car on Interstate 35E on Thursday morning, Carrollton police said.
Carrollton police said a dark-colored, four-door vehicle with dark tinted windows and blue lights pulled over a female driver between the Valley View Lane and Valwood Parkway exits between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
The man handcuffed and put her in the back of his vehicle, where he sexually assaulted her. He did not display a gun, police said.
The vehicle, which may have been a Ford Crown Victoria, had blue lights on the interior of the windshield. The victim does not remember seeing lights on the outside of the vehicle, police said. The car had vinyl seats but no prisoner cage.
The man is described as a white man in his 30s or 40s who is between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. He has gray or white short hair and a dark-colored shorter beard.
Police said the fake officer was wearing sunglasses, a dark-blue, long-sleeved uniform with no patches, a gold star-shaped badge, a gold name tag with numbers on it and a "police belt" with handcuffs and a baton with a handle, possibly a PR-24 style. The victim did not see a radio or gun on the belt.
Carrollton police are asking drivers to be look out for the vehicle. Drivers who believe they are being pulled over by someone who may not be a police officer should call 911 and drive to a well-lit location before stopping, police said.


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Fall Creek Falls State Park
Fall Creek Falls State Park is Tennessee's largest and most visited state park. The park encompasses more than 26,000 acres sprawled across the eastern top of the rugged Cumberland Plateau. Laced with cascades, gorges, waterfalls, streams and lush stands of virgin hardwood timber, the park beckons those who enjoy nature at her finest. Fall Creek Falls, at 256 feet, is one of the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. Other waterfalls within the park include Piney Falls, Cane Creek Falls and Cane Creek Cascades.
In 1937, the federal government began purchasing the badly eroded land around Fall Creek Falls. The following year, the Works Project Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began restoring the forest and constructing park facilities. A few years later in 1944, the National Park Service transferred ownership of the park to the State of Tennessee.
Fall Creek Falls features an inn with 145 hotel rooms, a restaurant and extensive meeting space. There are also 30 cabins and 222 campsites. Backcountry camping is also available with permit.
The park is home to a variety of activities suitable for visitors of all ages and abilities. Hikers can opt for short or long walks around the lake and to the base of Fall Creek Falls. There are two long distance overnight trails for adventure-seeking visitors while the day-use trails are designed to accommodate recreational and educational activities for all ages. More than 34 miles of trails can be explored.
The Nature Center at Fall Creek Falls offers hands-on environmental education through a variety of naturalist led programs. Additional programs include arts and crafts, movies, campfires, organized games and live musical entertainment. In addition to individual and family environmental education, the park offers extensive programming geared to school groups. Since 1996, the Environmental Education Center has been educating and facilitating environmental education through the parks vast natural resources by offering a low cost, high quality overnight field trip for school groups. The park serves as an excellent outdoor classroom with programs designed to relate to your school's required curriculum. For more information visit Environmental Education Center or call the park office.
The Fall Creek Falls Golf Course is another popular attraction. The beautiful and challenging 18-hole golf course is one of the best courses in Tennessee. The park pro shop provides golfing supplies, lessons, rental clubs and carts.
The park also has four playgrounds, horse stables with guided trail rides, five covered picnic pavilions and an Olympic-sized pool with a wading area which is open Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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We are planning a renovation of the Village Green. Our focusing will be on bringing the campus up to date and providing ADA accessibility. This project is currently in the planning phase and the construction schedule has yet to be determined.
For more information, please contact the park directly at 423-881-5298.


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A tipster has sent us a story nine years old but timeless. You might not know that in England, drivers must fill out a specific form in order to avoid paying taxes on an unused vehicle. You also might not know that in Medieval England, trials were often settled by the two parties engaging in single combat. 60-year-old Leon Humphreys knew only one of these things. Guess which one.
Humphreys remained adamant yesterday that his right to fight a champion nominated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) was still valid under European human rights legislation. He said it would have been a "reasonable" way to settle the matter.
Magistrates sitting at Bury St Edmunds on Friday had disagreed and instead of accepting his offer to take on a clerk from Swansea with "samurai swords, Ghurka knives or heavy hammers", fined him £200 with £100 costs.
£300 might seem like a hefty sum compared to the initial £25 fine for failing to file the correct form, but Humphreys insists that the fight would've been "to the death," so it probably worked out. (H/T L-Crime)
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First, find yourself a job in the mailroom of a large corporation, one big enough to ensure that no one really knows who you are or what you do. Then launch yourself out of that mailroom with a special blend of hard work, feigned humility and verbal dexterity. Pick up a few skills along the way, like knitting and chanting the fight song for your boss' alma mater. Don't forget to stay out of romantic entanglements, even when you're in love. (Or especially when you're in love.) Follow these simple rules and you'll be sitting behind a desk bigger than your bathroom in no time.
These lessons come courtesy of Frank Loesser's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the midcentury musical about a window washer who climbs to the top of the World Wide Wicket Company.
J. Pierrepont Finch is that window washer, and with some sage narration from the author of a self-help book, Finch is soon out of his coveralls and into a suit and tie. Along his rise to glory he battles Bud Frump, the nephew of company president J.B. Biggley. He also meets pretty Rosemary Pilkington, who spends the majority of the show trying to snag the young upstart.
Landmark Musicals presents this local version of the Broadway hit, and, as usual, the theater company has put together a show that's charming, fun and solidly acted. Joey Côté has the star role as Finch, and he's absolutely perfect for it. Côté is boyish and exudes enthusiasm. With a double-fisted dose of smooth singing and dancing abilities along with seemingly effortless acting chops, Côté could play this role on any stage. The show's program states that this is Côté's last theatrical production, and that seems like an awful loss. I hope the man reconsiders.
Opposite Côté is Aleah Waldron as Rosemary. Waldron plays her character with a winning mix of naivety and domestic ambition. She's got an excellent set of pipes and delivers some of the best musical numbers of the night. Waldron and Côté are a great pair with matched abilities, and together they bring the production out of community theater territory. (As a very happy side note, there was a surprise on opening night when Waldron's boyfriend got up on stage after the show and proposed—to which she answered, "You bet!" Congratulations, Aleah!)
The other main actors have talent as well, with Michael Finnegan delivering an excellent Biggley, Leonard Hughes performing the sniveling Frump with beautiful comic timing and Lisette Herrera being as luscious as all get out as Biggley's mistress, Hedy La Rue. Special mention should also be given to Rebecca Turiciano, who plays Rosemary's friend Smitty and who also knows how to command a stage.
On opening night, the show ran pretty smoothly, with only a handful of minor mic issues and some small pacing problems in a couple of dance numbers. The set and costume design are both fantastic, with "Mad Men"-esque suits and a myriad of custom-made (or at least custom-modified) furniture pieces. Joined with some snappy lighting tricks, it all makes for a great presentation. When you add in the live orchestra, How to Succeed becomes a well-honed musical.


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In Europe in the 1800s, tattooing was seen as a foreign fashion, one believed to have been imported by sailors who had acquired the technique from indigenous peoples, especially Pacific islanders, they encountered on their travels. Tattooing was seen as medically important; choosing to decorate the body was thought to reveal 'primitive' urges and tendencies. It was also held to demonstrate insensibility to pain, which was widely believed to be a sign of an underlying physical defect. In addition, dictionaries of recurring symbols based on studies carried out in prisons, asylums or army barracks established a language of tattoos and their meanings, which was used to make judgments about character and criminality.
The Italian criminologist Cesar Lombroso (1835-1909) also used tattoos in his attempt to quantify the bodies of dangerous individuals. His work from the 1870s to the 1900s is usually seen as the beginning of criminology. Lombroso believed that some criminals were congenital, that is they were born with criminal tendencies. He thought that tattoos could distinguish such criminals, who he considered to be 'atavistic', as 'primitives' or 'savages'.
Tattoos were not only seen as a marker of potential criminal tendencies, they also provided a useful tool for identification. Criminologists sought to use anthropometric measurements of the body to identify repeat offenders, and to try and build up a profile of the physical characteristics of 'born' criminals. Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), working in the Paris prefecture of police, was the driving force behind a project in the 1880s which aimed to create a systematic method of identification. It relied on photography and measurement and aimed to create a general system for characterisation and recognition of facial features.
Related links
J Caplan (ed.), Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History (London: Reaktion Books, 2000)
D Horn, The Criminal Body: Lombroso and the Anatomy of Deviance (New York and London: Routledge, 2003)