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Today, Not Someday
As we get closer to Forever's 40th birthday, I'm reminded that I didn't begin Forever knowing that in 40 years it would operate in more than 150 countries and have a sales force of millions of independent business owners. I simply began Forever with a dream, as many Forever Business Owners do. How we accomplish with that dream, is entirely up to each one of us individually.
There's an adage based on Parkinson's Law that says, "work expands to fill the time we allot to it."
Putting this in our language, if you tell yourself that it will take you one year to become a Manager, then it will take you one year. If you tell yourself that it will take you three months to become a Manager, then it will take you three months. The question you must ask yourself then is how badly do you want to reach your goals and how much work are you willing to put into accomplishing them?
This is motivation by deadline. As I've gotten to know many of our FBOs around the world, I've been fascinated by their stories. What makes them successful? What makes them unique? There's one FBO whose story has ignited my interest in this theory, one that exemplifies Parkinson's Law.
When this young mother found the opportunity, she knew she only had a short time to prove this was a viable business for her family. Her motivations tugged at her daily, reminding her she needed a way out of the current life she and her family lived.
With the constant pain her family was enduring daily, she committed to proving this business would work in just a few weeks. There wasn't just a dedication to this time frame, there was urgency and dependency on the belief that Forever would be her saving grace. She gave herself six weeks and did you know that six weeks was all it took for this FBO to make Manager? In fact, using the same principles, this FBO landed a coveted position in the Global Leadership Team in just a few short years, changing her life completely.
It was all because of urgency. Urgency is defined as importance requiring swift action. Think about how quickly you'd like to create second income for yourself, quit your day job, get a new car that you can depend on or even afford to give your children better education.
Are you ready to make massive progress in your business? Be motivated by deadline and give yourself that sense of urgency to see your dreams come to life.
Forever Yours,
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From Openmoko
A project by John Moore. Contaning a Webservice and a GUI client for the OpenMoko platoform.
See the Zedstar.org Ltd Blog at: http://zedstar.org/blog/
The service is available at: http://thumbtribes.mobi/
- Add simple light-weight messaging
- Work on UI (improve gtk+ interface)
- Announce site
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- Interface to presence and/or IM services
Current Status
Basic client/server interaction working. Have implemented a messaging server and will look to add functionality to the client.
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Police investigation into referee Clattenburg's alleged remarks is dropped
POLICE in England have dropped an investigation into football referee Mark Clattenburg's alleged use of inappropriate language during a match after no victim came forward.
Scotland Yard said an investigation was launched into alleged comments made during a football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on October 28.
Police said in a statement: "Inquiries were made and no victims have come forward.
"The matter will remain as a recorded incident.
"Without a victim and/or any evidence that any offence has been committed, the matter cannot currently be investigated.
"If the situation changes and a victim and/or evidence to support an allegation of a crime comes to police attention, then further inquiries will, if appropriate, be made."
The 37-year-old referee returned to training with the top-flight Select Group of referees last weekend for the first time since Chelsea's complaint.
Chelsea have alleged that Clattenburg used a term understood to have been interpreted as racist towards midfielder John Obi Mikel during the Premier League match.
The official strenuously denies having done so.
Clattenburg and referees chief Mike Riley decided jointly that he should not be in charge of matches while the case has been going on.
The FA is yet to make a decision on the matter after conducting its own investigation.


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Haskell Communities and Activities Report
The Haskell Communities and Activities Report was initiated at the 2001 Haskell workshop, as a status report of the Haskell community as a whole, to be updated twice a year. The purpose is twofold: (a) to establish what communities, people, and projects are out there, working with or on Haskell, and what their areas of interest are; (b) to feed back summary information about ongoing activities in the diverse Haskell sub-communities and amongst Haskell users (commercial or otherwise) to the Haskell Community as a whole. To this end, there is a half-yearly informal survey of the main Haskell mailing list, inviting everyone to volunteer brief summary reports of their own community, project, company, research group, or whatever. These summaries cover activities of the last six months and plans for the next six months and are collected to form the Haskell Communities and Activities Report.
Up to and including the November 2003 edition, these reports have been edited by Claus Reinke, at the University of Kent. Arthur van Leeuwen, at Universiteit Utrecht, has been responsible for the May 2004 edition. Andres Löh, at the University of Bonn, took over until the December 2007 edition. Janis Voigtländer, first at Technische Universität Dresden, now at the University of Bonn, is the current editor.


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Bats Remain Silent
The five-game winning streak ended last night in Chase Field, thanks to Ian Kennedy's first complete game and first shutout of his career.
Phillies offense was silent once again. Hitters went down 1-2-3 in six of the nine innings. In the last 11 games, the Phillies have scored 32 runs, but they have an 8-4 record.
Cliff took the defeat, allowing a pair of homers. The last three home runs given up by the Phillies have come off him. The four runs were the result of the third-fourth homers he's allowed and his fourth walk of the season turned into a run. Phillies pitchers have given up 10 homers, fewest in the NL.
Michael Stutes made his major league debut with an impressive 1-2-3 eighth inning. He's wearing #40, which is an improvement over the #68 he wore in spring training . . . Bullpen has a 14.1 consecutive scoreless inning streak going . . . Elias Sports Bureau: Sunday marked the fourth time in Doc's career he lost a shutout with two out in the ninth inning.
This Date In Phillies History
1980—Steve Carlton set a modern NL record with his sixth career one-hitter, a 7-0 shutout of St. Louis.
Down On The Farm
Lehigh Valley dropped a 5-3 game in Buffalo . . . Reading (at Erie) and Clearwater (at Tampa) were rained out. Each has a doubleheader today . . . Lakewood returned home and won, 4-3, over Charleston on CF Aaron Altherr's walk-off single; he stole three bases in the game.
Players of the Week (April 18-24)
**SS Edgar Duran, Lakewood. Hit .381 in five games, three runs scored and eight hits, boosting his average from .231 to .286. He began the week with multi-hit games of 2-3-2. In his last 10 games, he is batting .324. The 20-year-old is in his fourth pro season after signing as an amateur free agent, 12/20/07, out of Valencia, VZ. He was signed by Sal Agostinelli and Jesus Mendez.
**RHP Jonathan Pettibone, Clearwater. Was 2-0 for 2 starts with a 0.00 ERA, 9 hits in 13 innings, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts. He was also named the FSL pitcher of the week by MiLB.com. He's 3-0 for the season with a 0.38 ERA, third lowest in the FSL, with just 2 walks in 24 innings. Opponents are hitting .190. The 20-year-old was selected between the 3rd and 4th rounds in June 2008 out of Esperanza (CA) High School. He was signed by Darrell Conner.


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Okay, a pretty boring chapter compared to the rest, but does its job to set the scene for the next few chapters.
Chapter 7: Travelling with a Rogue
Obviously as it implies, we head off to the Demon Valley and the annual general meeting of the Demon Cult. We finally get to meet our main character. But most of you reading would know that I have silently introduced him already at the end of Chapter 6.
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About 3 years I thought it was best to go college and get my degree which was a great experience that I would never take back. On the other hand, I realized if I didnt physically work, meaning I wasnt actually there to be on the


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Java Language Integrity & Security: Serializing Classes
This series, The Object-Oriented Thought Process, is intended for someone just learning an object-oriented language and who wants to understand the basic concepts before jumping into the code, or someone who wants to understand the infrastructure behind an object-oriented language he or she is already using. These concepts are part of the foundation that any programmer will need to make the paradigm shift from procedural programming to object-oriented programming.
Click here to start at the beginning of the series.
In keeping with the code examples used in the previous articles, Java will be the language used to implement the concepts in code. One of the reasons that I like to use Java is because you can download the Java compiler for personal use at the Sun Microsystems Web site http://java.sun.com/. You can download the standard edition, J2SE 5.0, at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp to compile and execute these applications. I often reference the Java J2SE 5.0 API documentation and I recommend that you explore the Java API further. Code listings are provided for all examples in this article as well as figures and output (when appropriate). See the first article in this series for detailed descriptions for compiling and running all the code examples.
In the previous column, you explored some of the behaviors of dynamically loaded classes as they relate to the topics of performance and security, http://www.developer.com/java/data/article.php/3652286. Specifically, you attempted to insert a rogue class into the loading process to see whether you could compromise the integrity of the class loading process. In this article, you will expand this concept within the constraints of a client/server model.
The code examples in this series are meant to be a hands-on experience. There are many code listings and figures of the output produced from these code examples. Please boot up your computer and run these exercises as you read through the text.
The Code Example
Please revisit an earlier article in this series, "Serializing an Object via a Client/Server Connection," to provide you with an example that you can use to illustrate this month's topic. Diagram 1 shows the basic framework that you will use for this example. There are three files in this example: Employee.java, Server.java, and Client.java.
Diagram 1: Client/Server Framework
The basic concept is this:
- An Employee object is created.
- Attributes in the Employee object are set.
- The client sends an Employee object that is sent across a network.
- The server accepts the Employee object.
- The server changes the Employee object's attributes.
- The server sends the Employee object back to the client.
- The client verifies that the attributes were indeed altered.
You create a class called Employee as seen in Listing 1. In this case, you prune the class significantly from the example in the earlier article so that you can concentrate on the concept of loading the class.
Listing 1: The Employee Class
import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class Employee implements Serializable { private int employeeNumber; Employee(int num) { employeeNumber = num; } public int getEmployeeNumber() { return employeeNumber ; } public void setEmployeeNumber(int num) { employeeNumber = num; } }
Likewise, you can adjust the code in the client and server to correspond with the lighter version of the Employee class.
The complete code for the Client class is shown in Listing 2.
Listing 2: The Client Class
import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public class Client { public static void main(String[] arg) { try { Employee joe = new Employee(150); System.out.println("original employeeNumber= " + joe.getEmployeeNumber()); Socket socketConnection = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 11111); ObjectOutputStream clientOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(socketConnection.getOutputStream()); ObjectInputStream clientInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(socketConnection.getInputStream()); clientOutputStream.writeObject(joe); joe= (Employee)clientInputStream.readObject(); System.out.println("updated employeeNumber= " + joe.getEmployeeNumber()); clientOutputStream.close(); clientInputStream.close(); } catch (Exception e) {System.out.println(e); } } }
The complete code for the Server class is shown in Listing 3.
Listing 3: The Server Class
import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public class Server { public static void main(String[] arg) { Employee employee = null; try { ServerSocket socketConnection = new ServerSocket(11111); System.out.println("Server Waiting"); Socket pipe = socketConnection.accept(); ObjectInputStream serverInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(pipe.getInputStream()); ObjectOutputStream serverOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(pipe.getOutputStream()); employee = (Employee)serverInputStream.readObject(); employee.setEmployeeNumber(256); serverOutputStream.writeObject(employee); serverInputStream.close(); serverOutputStream.close(); } catch(Exception e) {System.out.println(e); } } }
For a detailed description of the code contained in Server.java and Client.java, please refer to the article referenced earlier: http://www.developer.com/design/article.php/3597071.
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(CNN) - When Sophia Bailey-Klugh, a 10-year-old, invited President Barack Obama to dinner, she didn't get a response.
So when he replied to her second letter–this one thanking him for his position on same-sex marriage–the girl with two fathers was really surprised.
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One of Sophia's fathers, Jonathan Bailey, posted the letter to Facebook on October 28, saying Sophia penned the piece "unprompted" and it made her two fathers "so unbelievably proud."
"Dear Barack Obama," she wrote. "It's Sophia Bailey Klugh your friend who invited you to dinner. You don't remember okay that's fine. But I just wanted to tell you that I am so glad you agree that two men can love each other because I have two dads and they love each other."
Sophia, who lives with her fathers in San Diego, California, went on to write about how other students at her school say her parents' marriage is "gross and weird."
"It really hurts my heart and feelings, so I come to you because you are my hero," she wrote, asking for advice on what he would do if he were in her shoes.
"I hope you win on being the president. You would totally make the world a better place," she ended the letter. "Please tell your daughters hi for me!"
Also on the page was a drawing of her two dads kissing, with the word "love" written overhead.
A week later, Jonathan posted a letter with the president's letterhead at the top. It was dated November 1 and addressed to Sophia.
"Thank you for writing me such a thoughtful letter about your family. Reading it made me proud to be your president and even more hopeful about the future of our nation," the letter stated.
"In America, no two families look the same. We celebrate this diversity," Obama continued. "And we recognize that whether you have two dads or one mom what matters above all is the love we show one another. You are very fortunate to have two parents who care deeply for you. They are lucky to have such an exceptional daughter in you."
Shortly after North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in May, Obama announced in a televised interview that he had "evolved" in his position on the issue and believed two people of the same gender should legally be allowed to wed.
Americans have largely been divided on the issue of same-gender marriage. According to CNN Exit Polls from Election Day, 49% of Americans said they agreed that same-sex marriage should be legal in their respective state, while 46% disagreed.
Obama overwhelmingly won the support of those who identified themselves of gay, lesbian or bisexual–76% to Mitt Romney at 22%. While Romney personally opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, he did say he supported domestic partnership rights and favored the right for a gay couple to adopt children.
In his letter, Obama suggested that Sophia remind her friends at school about the Golden Rule: "A good rule is to treat others the way you hope they will treat you."
"Thanks again for taking the time to write me," he continued. "I'm sorry I couldn't make it to dinner, but I'll be sure to tell Sasha and Malia you say hello."
When Jonathan Bailey posted the letter from the president, he also offered his own personal thanks.
"Thank you Barack Obama – you have made one 10-year old feel mighty special (and her two dads too)," he wrote in the caption of the photo.
I am proud of you, Mr. President, for reaching out and writing as you did. Sophia and her parents deserve your applause and support, and eventually the rest of the country will agree. They are getting there! I, as a straight woman, am delighted to see how our country is evolving.
Gartner, I suspect that Mitt may not have written, but I don't think that he would have borne Sophia any ill will. I certainly voted against him, but he was no G.W.Bush. He was more liberal and open-minded than he is given credit for. Being a Mormon does not automatically make you a homophobic or racist. I know many who are neither. Maybe Mitt was naive to those who are on the other side of the 90%. What if Santorum had been the Republican nominee? I cringe.
finally someone writing to the president on his own level
Beautiful and I am so very happy to have a President who stands for Love!
It's interesting to hear that President Obama mentions the Bible's "Golden Rule:" "...treat people the same way you want them to treat you" to help this girl defend homosexuality (which the Bibles clearly condemns). He seems confused to me on a lot of stuff.
And if condoning marriage between humans and animals would have gotten him more votes, Obama would have praised that union also.
Great job President Obama! Hang in there Sophie. Treat others like U want 2 be treated is a great rule of thumb! Unfortunately some members of folks still are narrow minded. Have a great Thanksgiving.
This child is being trained in the way that she should go. These 2 fathers that love themselves will be responsible and the day of judgement is fast coming. They know that what they are doing is wrong and they teach their ways to a young child.
I am so proud that Barack Obama is my president.
"Americans have largely been divided on the issue of same-gender marriage. "
Yes, that is why civil rights should never be a matter of consensus.
This is very disturbing!! That little girl now thinks and believes that two men gave birth to her, she sees them kissing and displaying affection to each other and thinks it's normal. Its not!!!.
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finally someone writing to the president on his own level
This coming from someone that doesn't even know how to use punctuation or when to capitalize.
obama only changed his mind when the dems counted up same sex couples and told him there were many votes to be had–he has always been against same sex marriage....how can all those people be so gullible
No matter what this President does he will be faulted
will CNN never stop with the slobbering articles–someone should tell then the election is over and they can stop pushing their candidate......no one really believes that obama is that caring....
the right wing posters have no love for Obama...and I get a real laugh out of it. Whine, cry, and post all the negative stuff you want because you'll have the next 4 years to do it. At least now though you can make him a one-term president. ROTFLMAO
Wow all of the ignorant comments. First of all I think that it is a very sweet gesture of Obama to write back to this girl. Secondly I'm a straight women and I have absolutely no problem w anyone of the same gender getting married. Why should I? Why should anyone ? Who is anyone else to tell someone who they can fall in love with. And please stop using the same old homosexuality is a sin a lot of other things are a sin too doesn't stop u from doing those ! Besides when this country was founded it was founded in the basis of religion is separate from state. Meaning religion and religious beliefs should have nothing to do with state laws. So there goes the bogus claim of oh my religion says being gay is a sin. Besides if u do want to bring religion into it religion also tells us to love one another. So please stop being prejudice and discriminating against anyone just because they don't have the same preference as u oh yeh and if gays are serving in the military, paying taxes, contributing to society ( my physican is a gay man) then wth shouldn't they also have the right to get married like every other citizen ?!?
I am filled with hope after reading this child's letter and our President's response. I can't say the same for the religious-tyrants responding in this forum. So many people around the world have been murdered as a result of religion. Makes you wonder how much better the world might be if religion disappeared and human beings realized they had to be responsible for each other.


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Upon taking positions, I found myself on an over-watch position with a State Police SWAT operator, trying to get a view of the suspect. We were in the closest window to him, on the back of the second floor of the house. The boat was approximately 30 yards from us, looking down. The State Police Air Wing had run far past their recommended fuel limits and eventually had to return to refuel.
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This 25 September 2010 the Caverly Family Association has scheduled a reunion at the Bow Lake Grange Hall in Strafford, New Hampshire. This Caverly family is descended of William Caverly, born about 1650 and died about 1732 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; married about 1696 to Mary Abbott, daughter of Walter Abbott and Sarah Steward, born about 1652 in Portsmouth and died after 1732 (after her husband). William and Mary Caverly had two children:
1. Moses, married 30 January 1715 to Margaret Cotton, 7 children
2. Elizabeth, born about 1696, married August 1715 to Thomas Wilkinson, at least 2 sons who resided in New Hampshire and Maine
The Caverly Reunion will be held at Saturday, 25 September 2010 with registration at 9:30 AM. The gathering will end about 3PM. There will be a cookout of burgers and hotdogs, potato salad and dessert. The cost is $10 per person if received before 1 September 2010 or $12 at the door. Children under ages 3 to 10 will be $5. If you bring your own lunch, the reunion fee is $5. You can also donate a favorite dessert. After lunch there will be a raffle of Caverly family related items. The Association will schedule time for a family meeting and any possible tours.
There is a Caverly DNA project ongoing, too at http://www.familytreedna.com/ (search for the CAVERLY name).
To join the Caverly Family Association, and receive the latest newsletters and reunion information, please send $3 for individuals, $5 for families to the Caverly Family Association, c/o Mary Caverly, 280 Hale Rd., Sanbornton, NH 03269-2202 email email@example.com
Note: This post was updated on 25 September 2010 with new information gleaned from Leonard Caverly, Historian of the Caverly Family Association.


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Michael Baron: This winter, you worked extensively on your defense.
Josh Thole: I went down to Dallas to work with our minor league catching coordinator. He knows me, and I have trust him. I emphasized my stance - both with men on base and nobody on base. In watching film from last year, it was the part of the puzzle I was missing; the inconsistency with my stances. I don't know why I did that. But I noticed sometimes I was on a knee, sometimes I was crouched down - everything wasn't flowing right. I spent a couple of weeks with him and getting my stance online.
Michael Baron: Would you get distracted in-game about your fundamental issues, or did this just evolve and you never noticed it?
Josh Thole: I watched hours of film and really never pinpointed it last year. I broke it down from square one. I don't think I thought about my mechanics. I was just going out there to try and catch the ball.
Michael Baron: Could some of those struggles be attributed to having to catch R.A. Dickey's knuckleball?
Josh Thole: I don't think that was the issue - I caught R.A. the year before and had no problems. That would be an invalid and poor excuse as to why it became an issue. I had a chance to talk with Doug Mirabelli when he caught Tim Wakefield last year, and the one thing he said was 'you're going to lead the league in passed balls.' Now all of a sudden I have 16 passed balls, and now I'm not a good catcher. That's how I got labeled, and I have to do a better job of catching R.A. if I want to get rid of that label.
Michael Baron: Do you pay attention to your statistics?
Josh Thole: You just go out there and play, but when you're answering the same questions day in and day out, all of a sudden you have seven passed balls and it's May, eight and it's June, and then there's a week left in the season and they say 'you're going to lead the league in passed balls' - I knew that coming in, that's part of what I signed up for. I know I ended with 16 but I don't know what the ratio was with R.A.. But the ones I didn't have with R.A. are the ones I have to clean up.
Michael Baron: What are some of the areas you are looking to improve and refine offensively this season?
Josh Thole: Reality is reality - I am a base hit hitter, and I need to get back to doing that. I'm a guy that gets on base, so I need to work the count, get base hits, and walk. I personally feel like that's what I have to get better at. I spent the first two months of last season trying to hit doubles and home runs and it didn't really pay off. Then, come the end of May into June, I changed my approach and it paid dividends. I thought I got myself going again, got my base hits, and a home run or two.
Michael Baron: When it comes to preparation and making adjustments, is there anything fundamentally that you do, or is it reverting to your original mental approach?
Josh Thole: Defensively, yeah it's physical. I have the basis of what I do - how I throw guys out, how I block. But as far as starting over, yeah it was starting from scratch with my stance and saying 'this is the position I need to be in.' Offensively, I looked at film from 2009 and 2010 and I was hitting the ball the other way, reacting to balls inside, and I shouldn't have gotten away from that. So I have been trying to get back to that.
Michael Baron: Have you always choked up a lot?
Josh Thole: I started in 2008 when I was in the Florida State League. Tim Teufel was my manager then, and I was getting all my hits with two strikes after choking up and he said 'why don't you do this all the time?' It took off from there.


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The Power Of Many
This story appears in the January 1999 issue of HomeOfficeMag.com. Subscribe »
It's not hard to recall the days when home offices with PCs were somewhat of a novelty. Now, it's not atypical for home offices to boast multiple computers, as well as fax machines, printers, copiers and modems. Like businesses in corporate towers, the home office has evolved into something of a high-tech haven. But its metamorphosis has yet to be completed. The next step in its evolution: home networking.
With many home offices now buzzing with PCs and peripherals, the most obvious progression is to start connecting them. One of the best reasons for homebased businesses to consider home networking? It's an affordable, easy way to share computer files and peripherals with an employee who needs access to the printer for a marketing brochure, or your child who's working on a book report. Home networking also allows you shared Internet access, eliminating the burdensome costs involved with purchasing additional phone lines, modems and Internet accounts.
Networking products are rapidly moving out of traditional business environments and into the home. Myriad home networking solutions already exist--with more on the way. How do you choose among all the options? The best products offer easy administration, require little or no change to your home's existing wiring and deliver the best performance for the price.
Wired World
You might say Nancy and Rick Cummins are at the forefront of the home networking movement. Nancy, 43, runs a secretarial service and direct-mail business, Confidential Business Services, from home. Rick, 41, is the owner of a Cincinnati-based ISP, and frequently brings work home. In 1994, the couple installed a peer-to-peer network in their Florence, Kentucky, home office so they could share files between their two PCs and access any one of their three printers.
"We networked our home office because if more than one person wanted to work on a file at the same time, it got really complicated," explains Nancy. "We also had a huge need for sharing the printers."
While few home offices have them today, networking solutions have been available for years. There are two basic types of networks: peer-to-peer and client/server. A peer-to-peer network is a system in which at least two computers are connected for sharing files or peripherals. In this type of network, no central computer--or server--is in control, although a central "hub" is recommended to allow the interconnected PCs to communicate with each other in an orderly manner. If you want to share large files and databases, a client/server solution is usually best--although it's a highly unlikely solution for home offices. In this scenario, a server, a high-speed workstation or PC with a lot of processing power and storage capability, stores all shared applications and files. A client/server solution also has a network "hub" that acts as a traffic controller.
In either case, each computer in the network must have a network interface card (NIC), which allows the device to communicate with other machines. In general, NICs use a special set of rules (protocols) called an Ethernet that carries data at a rate of 10 Mbps (megabits per second). Faster NICs that use protocols called Fast Ethernet are also available. They can carry data at rates of 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps. Finally, cabling is required to connect the devices. The most common cabling, 10BASE-T, is widely used because it's relatively inexpensive and easy to maintain.
The obvious downside to this process is the hassle of installing new wiring. Typically, installing a network involves routing unsightly cables around your home, drilling holes in the walls--even knocking down walls, if necessary. For this solution to work, you must often be willing to make a substantive investment in modifying your home's wiring. For many, the process of installing NICs and configuring computers can be technically intimidating as well.
To simplify the process, manufacturers have released products that are designed for easy installation and use. Many now offer complete home networking kits that come with everything you need. For instance, the OfficeConnect four-port Networking Kit ($119) from 3Com (www.3com.com/home) has everything you need to connect two PCs and a printer. The kit includes two EtherLink III ISA NICs (10 Mbps), one OfficeConnect four-port hub and two 25-foot unversal twisted pair cables. The kit also includes step-by-step installation instructions, as well as Installation Wizard software to guide you through the process, confirm successful installation and aid in troubleshooting.
NETGEAR (netgear.baynetworks.com) offers both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps networking starter kits ($112 and $179, respectively). Each kit includes two NICs, two 25-foot cables, one four-port hub and network driver software. If you need to network more than two PCs, additional NICs and cables are required.
Direct Line
Another, perhaps more appealing, networking option is to use the existing wires in your house. In the coming months, two solutions should become more widely available: power-line networks and phone-line networks.
The first method uses the power lines, or AC wiring, that are already in your home to transfer data. Although this solution has actually been around for years, it never caught on due to sluggish transmission speeds, high costs and poor functionality. Current power-line networking technology transfers data at less than 1 Mbps, and initial products have offered unreliable performance due to inherently noisy power lines. However, with companies like Intelogis (www.intelogis.com) currently looking into developing products that overcome these barriers, new electrical-line networking solutions should be heading your way soon.
The main advantage to establishing a power-line network is that electrical outlets probably already exist in every room of your house. Because this solution requires each PC to be connected to an AC adapter in the electrical outlet, the outlets' widespread availability in homes makes power-line networking a very attractive solution.
Phone-line networking, on the other hand, involves building a network by using the copper wiring used by phones. On the plus side, this solution eliminates the need for extra wiring--and initial products are expected to offer acceptable speed and performance levels. Phone-line networking is expected to be "the first home networking technology deployed on a large scale," says Dan Sweeney, business unit manager for Intel's Home Networking Operation.
To spur the growth of this type of network, computer companies have formed an association called the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (Home PNA) to work on technical standards. Key players include Intel, IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Tut Systems.
Phone-line networks require each computer to be modified with a device that plugs into a phone jack, which allows it to communicate with other computers in the house that are similarly equipped. According to Home PNA specifications, data would then be carried over phone lines at 7.5 MHz. Because this hits a higher frequency range than voice transmissions, the data is transmitted on the wiring above Plain Old Telephone Signals (POTS). Therefore, one person can conduct a phone call while another e-mails a file over the same phone line. Initial products share data at 1 Mbps, with 10 Mbps solutions expected by year-end.
Tut Systems (www.tutsys.com) has released a line of HomeRun products that use telephone wires to network. Plug the HomeRun device into a phone jack, and it allows a PC or related device to share a 1 Mbps Ethernet-compatible network with other devices. It supports up to 25 PCs and peripherals, and connects equipment within a 500-foot range. The HomeRun product line also includes the HR1000T Home-Run Ethernet Adapter and the HR1000PCI NIC for desktop PCs.
By the end of this month, Intel plans to release its first phone-line network product, the 21145 Phoneline/Ethernet LAN controller (which employs Tut's HomeRun technology). This 1 Mbps solution offers traditional file and peripheral sharing, as well as shared Internet access. It also contains a 10 Mbps upgrade path to take advantage of faster cable modems and xDSL technologies expected in the future.
One real downside to phone-line networking: You're limited to the areas in your home with existing phone jacks. Also, because this solution is based on phone-line technology, it's not appropriate for laptop users who want to work untethered from anywhere in the house.
Look Ma, No Wires!
In 1996, Nancy and Rick Cummins purchased a laptop computer primarily so Rick could have a more portable solution for bringing work home. This gave the couple the chance to try out yet another option for home networking: wireless. Wireless networking typically links computers and related equipment through high-frequency radio waves. Its major advantage? It isn't dependent on the location of phone jacks and electrical outlets, so it allows you to access the network (with a laptop) from almost anywhere in your home.
The Symphony cordless home- and small-office network from Proxim (www.proxim.com/symphony) gave the Cumminses the flexibility they desired. Says Nancy, "I've been able to access invoices and databases [on the desktop computer] with my laptop while watching my children swim in the pool outside. The versatility has been a real benefit."
Radio frequency (RF) solutions like these use an RF band (2.4 GHz) to transmit data. Through a process called frequency hopping, the radio transmission moves fairly quickly across differing frequencies while the data is being transmitted, offering a very secure solution. RF networking also delivers impressive speeds: Symphony, for instance, supports file and printer sharing, as well as shared Internet access, on a cordless network at 1.6 Mbps.
For untethered networking of desktop and laptop computers, the Symphony wireless network requires desktop computers to have an ISA card ($149); notebooks require a PC card ($199). For Internet access, the Symphony product line offers two solutions--you can either plug the Symphony cordless modem ($299) into an existing phone line for 56 Kbps Internet access, or use an ISA card coupled with free Symphony Conductor modem-sharing software to utilize the existing modem in your PC or laptop.
Wireless networking solutions like these offer very few limitations. With a wireless connection between your laptop and desktop computers, you're free to surf the Web, check e-mail and access files from virtually anywhere in your house. Keep in mind, however, that you'll pay for this convenience--wireless solutions are slightly more expensive than other home networking options.
All Together Now
Inevitably, where we're all heading with this is toward the fully wired home. Many envision this home of the not-too-distant future as using some kind of high-speed wiring to centralize all entertainment, phone, utilities and PC networking in a single location.
IBM recently offered a glimpse of what may be to come. It announced the availability of Home Director, a new home networking solution that promises to deliver a home network controlled from a PC or TV screen, which will integrate the primary functions of most household systems, including security, lighting, heating and network-enabled PCs and peripherals. The IBM Home Director system (pricing varies) utilizes what's called the Home Network Controller to manage your home network, and the IBM Home Network Connection Center to centralize and facilitate communication between the various components. Although it's primarily targeted at the new home construction market, IBM says its Home Director can be retrofitted into most existing homes.
Clearly, we're on the cusp of something revolutionary, not only for home offices but for homeowners in general. And homebased businesses could be the first to put new home networking technologies to the test. That means fair amounts of patience, education and flexibility are required to best utilize these new home networking solutions. That also means home offices, as usual, are at the forefront of new business and technology trends--and they're expected to maintain their position well ahead of the pack.
FYI For more information on home networking, check out these sources on the Web:
Intel's white paper, Emerging Trends in Home Computing (www.intel.com/home/network), offers insight into the benefits of home networking, current barriers and a look at tomorrow's wired home.
Visit http://www.3Com.com/home for more information on existing home networking options, 3Com products and more.
Contact Source
Confidential Business Services, 10109 Tiburon Dr., Florence KY 41402, (606) 371-3177.


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William E. L. Grossman, Ph.D.
Professor (Emeritus) - Analytical Chemistry
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212-772-5338), fax (dept.) 212-772-5332, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
A.B.: Princeton University, Ph.D.: Cornell University, postdoc: Institute for Atomic Research, Ames, Iowa; University of York, England
Research Interests:
My last effort before retirement, and my work since then, has been to devise laboratory experiments for advanced undergraduate labs, particularly Quantitative Analysis and Instrumental Analysis. In particular, I have worked on experiments using ion chromatography, HPLC, and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy.
Selected Publications
The Optical Characteristics and Production of Diffraction Gratings, W. E. L. Grossman, J. Chem. Ed. 1993, 70, 741.
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Triphenylmethane Dyes on Colloidal Silver, I. Persaud, W. E. L. Grossman, J. Raman Spectrosc. 1993, 24, 107.
Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Alkyl Nitroxyl Radicals", J. E. Bennett, W. E. L. Grossman, R. E. Hester, P.M. Killough, J. Raman Spectrosc. 1985, 16, 174.


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This manual sharpener is really three tools in one, designed to keep your straight-edged knives and kitchen shears in prime condition. There's a carbide section for sharpening, a ceramic section to finely hone and finish.
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Assassin's creed 2 has been now released since a few days so i got the approval to share some of the work i did on the project. I had a lot of fun working on this game and i hope you guys will have also a lot of fun playing it
Hello guys,
Assassin's creed 2 has been now released since a few days so i got the approval to share some of the work i did on the project. I had a lot of fun working on this game and i hope you guys will have also a lot of fun playing it
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fantastic work Nicolas!
Didn't play the game yet, but I'm sure it's awesome.
My god!! this is awesome!, all of the models every one of them are amazing! thanks for sharing this, and now i think im gonna buy the game ! haha for real!
OMG that`s looking fantastic!!!
It`s released since yesterday here in Germany but I had no time to buy it yet.
I hope the game is as fantastic as the characters... they`re really amazing (you might hate me all but although the characters and all the details in Assassins Creed 1 were awesome it was a little bit boring after a while... always the same. But that`s just my opinion.)
I love the Assassins Creed 2 Trailers and it looks very promising.
Anyways, fabolous work on these characters. Kudos! Many thanks for sharing!
I really like that Borgia model - looks totally like the actor Great job Nico
off the scale stuff here !! some of the cleanest models if seen here in years !!
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allow me a few questions...how long it takes to make one of these characters?
how long you need to model ?...how long to unwrap ?...and how long to texture ?
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Oh i forgot something this is TOP ROW STUFF for sure...
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so fantastic. a lot to learn here. the statue is so beautiful. cant believe its so simple and well done. thanks a lot for sharing
Carlos Monteiro
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That looks great! What map sizes did you use and how much of the texture work was photo based?
Amazing works man!U did a really amazing job for AC2!
Thanks a lot for sharing all this stuff!
Take cake!
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I am waiting for PC version... This releasing games on PC few months after console premiere is getting on my nerves..
Anyways - great job!
Very nice...
I´m going to buy this game! haha
best regards,
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One day per head with texturing?
Really impressive.
The ingame characters are getting close to cinematics,
top notch texturing.
really awesome stuff here man!
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Looks really great!! Can you share some of your workflow??
This is an insane amount of detail in such low polycounts... really impressive about that...
You made everything from the characters??? From low res work to zbrush, and back to the low res???
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Busting Four Myths About Tape
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This week, I am in beautiful Sao Paulo, Brazil, teaching Top Gun class to IBM Business Partners and sales reps. Traditionally, we have "Tape Thursday" where we focus on our tape systems, from tape drives, to physical and virtual tape libraries. IBM is the number #1 tape vendor, and has been for the past eight years.
(The alliteration doesn't translate well here in Brazil. The Portuguese word for tape is "fita", and Thursday here is "quinta-feira", but "fita-quinta-feira" just doesn't have the same ring to it.)
In the class, we discussed how to handle common misperceptions and myths about tape. Here are a few examples:
Next month, IBM celebrates the 60th anniversary for tape. It is good to see that tape continues to be a vibrant part of the IT industry, and to IBM's storage business!
technorati tags: IBM, Google, Microsoft, EMC, Brazil, LTO, TS2900, TS3500, Space Shuttle, Challenger
IBM Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary for LTO Tape
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This year marks the 10 year anniversary of IBM's introduction of LTO tape technology. IBM is a member of the Linear Tape Open consortium which consists of IBM, HP and Quantum, referred to as "Technology Provider Companies" or TPCs. In an earlier job role, I was the "portfolio manager" for both LTO and Enterprise tape product lines.
In honor of this event, I decided to interview Bruce Master, IBM Senior Program Manager for Data Protection Systems, about this 10 year anniversary.
10 years of LTO technology is a great milestone. How is this especially significant to IBM and its clients?
According to IDC data, IBM has held the #1 leader position in market share for total world wide branded tape revenue for over 7 years and that IBM is still #1 in branded midrange tape revenue which includes the LTO tape technologies. IBM was the first drive manufacturer to deliver LTO-1 drives, back in September 2000, the first to deliver tape drive encryption to the marketplace on LTO-4 drives, and is shipping LTO generation 5 drives and libraries. IBM is the author of the new Linear Tape File System (LTFS) specification that has been adopted by the TPCs. This file system revolutionizes how tape can be used as if it were a giant 1.5 terabyte removable USB memory stick with the capability to be accessed with directory tree structures and drag and drop functionality. With LTO's built-in real-time compression, a single tape cartridge can hold up to 3TB of data.
The Linear Tape File System has been getting a lot of attention. Where can we learn more about it?
Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center invented the [Linear Tape File System], released it as Open Source under the name [IBM Long Term File System], and contributed the specification to the LTO consortium. On the [Ultrium.com] website, you can read articles written about the file system, the specification [60-page PDF] document and a [video demo] of the file system in action. There is also an article out on [Wikipedia].
Why is tape still a critical part of a storage infrastructure?
Tape is low cost and provides critical off-line portable storage to help protect data from attacks that can occur with on-line data. For instance, on-line data is at risk of attack from a virus, hacker, system error, disgruntled employee, and more. Since tape is off-line, not accessible by the system, it protects against these forms of corruption. LTO technology also provides write-once read-many (WORM) tape media to help address compliance issues that specify non-erasable, non-rewriteable (NENR) storage, hardware encryption to secure data, as well as a low cost long term archive media. When data cools off, or becomes infrequently accessed, why keep it on spinning disk? Move it to tape where it is much greener and lower cost. A tape in a slot on a shelf consumes minimal energy.
So tape is not dead?
Ha! Far from it. Seems like disk-only "specialty shop" storage vendors that don't have tape in their sales portfolio are the ones that propagate that myth. In reality, storage managers are tasked with meeting complex objectives for performance, compliance, security, data protection, archive and total cost of ownership. Optimally, a blend of disk and tape in a tiered infrastructure can best address these objectives. You can't build a house with just a hammer. IBM has a rich tool kit of storage offerings including disk, tape, software, services and deduplication technologies to help clients address their needs.
Do you have an example of a client who was saved by tape?
Yes indeed. Estes Express, a large trucking firm, was hit by a hurricane that flooded their data center and destroyed all systems. Fortunately the company survived because the night before they had backed up all data on to IBM tape and moved the cartridges offsite! The company survived and has since implemented a best practices data protection strategy with a combination of disk
So tape saved the day. What is the outlook for tape innovation in the future?
The future is bright for tape. Earlier this year, IBM and Fujifilm were able to [demonstrate a tape density achievement] that could enable a native 35TB tape cartridge capacity! This shows a long roadmap ahead for tape and a continued good night's sleep for storage managers knowing that their precious data will be safe.
Of course, LTO tape is just one of the many reasons IBM is a successful and profitable leader in the IT storage industry. Doug Balog talked about his experiences in London for the [October 7th launch] of IBM DS8800, Storwize V7000 and SAN Volume Controller 6.1. Sanjay Tripathi showed recent successes with IBM's ProtecTIER Data Deduplication Solution and Information Archive products.
I would like to thank Bruce Master for his time in completing this interview. To learn more about IBM tape and storage offerings, visit [ibm.com/storage].
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On Cirago Docking Stations, IBM RDX and LTO Long Term File System
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In my presentations in Australia and New Zealand, I mentioned that people were re-discovering the benefits of removable media. While floppy diskettes were convenient way of passing information from one person to another, they unfortunately did not have enough capacity. In today's world, you may need Gigabytes or Terabytes of re-writeable storage with a file system interface that can easily be passed from one person to another. In this post, I explore three options.
These three options offer various trade-offs in price, performance, security and convenience. Not surprisingly, tape continues to be the cheapest option.
technorati tags: IBM, Cirago, CDD2000, RDX, Ubuntu, Linux, LTO, LTO-5, LTFS, SATA, USB, fio
IBM Announces TKLM 2.0 Supports KMIP 1.0 Standard
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Well, it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means! IBM Announcements!
Today, IBM announced its latest IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) 2.0 version. Here's a quick recap:
For more details, see the IBM [Announcement Letter].
This week, I'll be in Dallas, Texas. If you are an avid reader located in or near the Dallas area, and want to connect, you know how to reach me.
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Storage Efficiency versus Data Reduction
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Wrapping up my week's theme of storage optimization, I thought I would help clarify the confusion between data reduction and storage efficiency. I have seen many articles and blog posts that either use these two terms interchangeably, as if they were synonyms for each other, or as if one is merely a subset of the other.
So why am I making a distinction on terminology here?
Data reduction is already a well-known concept among specific industries, like High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Business Analytics. IBM has the largest marketshare in supercomputers that do data reduction for all kinds of use cases, for scientific research, weather prediction, financial projections, and decision support systems. IBM has also recently acquired a lot of companies related to Business Analytics, such as Cognos, SPSS, CoreMetrics and Unica Corp. These use data reduction on large amounts of business and marketing data to help drive new sources of revenues, provide insight for new products and services, create more focused advertising campaigns, and help understand the marketplace better.
There are certainly enough methods of reducing the quantity of storage capacity consumed, like thin provisioning, data deduplication and compression, to warrant an "umbrella term" that refers to all of them generically. I would prefer we do not "overload" the existing phrase "data reduction" but rather come up with a new phrase, such as "storage efficiency" or "capacity optimization" to refer to this category of features.
IBM is certainly quite involved in both data reduction as well as storage efficiency. If any of my readers can suggest a better phrase, please comment below.
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Breakthrough in Magentic Data Density Recording
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IBM makes another breakthrough today with an announcement about tape data density. Unlike hard disk drive technologies that are hitting physical limits, IBM is proving that tape technology still has plenty of life in its future. When I first started working for IBM in Tucson, back in 1986, a 3420 tape reel held only 180MB of data, and a 3480 tape cartridge improved this to 200MB of data. Today's enterprise tapes, like 3592 cartridges for the TS1130 drives, or LTO4 cartridges for the IBM TS1040 drives, are half-inch wide, half-mile long, and can store 1 TB or more of data per cartridge, depending on how well the data can compress. To increase cartridge capacity, designers can make changes in three dimensions:
Working with FujiFilm Corporation of Japan, my colleagues at IBM Research facility in Zurich were able to demonstrate an incredible 29.5 Gigabits per square inch, nearly 40 times more dense than today's commercial tape technology. In the near future, we will be able to hold a 35TB tape cartridge in our hand. There was actually a lot to make this happen, improved giant magentoresistive read/write heads, better servo patterns to stay on track, thinner tracks less than a micron thick, and better signal-to-noise processing to accomplish this. To learn more, you can read the [Press Release] or watch this quick [4-minute YouTube video].
Tape -- You've come a long way, baby!
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