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When Google announced a deal to acquire video technology company On2 last year, the move generated speculation that the search giant was aiming to liberate the VP8 codec in order to accelerate the advancement of standards-based open video. Google has remained silent about its plans for On2's intellectual property, but signs have emerged that the company is planning to do precisely what the speculators anticipated.
According to a report at NewTeeVee, inside sources have confirmed that Google will be open-sourcing the VP8 codec next month at the Google I/O conference. Mozilla and Google will also reportedly announce plans to implement support for VP8 in their respective browsers at that time. The move could have profound ramifications on the viability of standards-based video playback and the future of rich media on the Internet.
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HTML5 defines a new standards-based method for embedding video content in a webpage, but the standard doesn't specify a codec. The major browser vendors haven't been able to reach a consensus—some support the royalty-free Ogg Theora while others favor the technically superior H.264 format. Although all parties broadly agree that a royalty-free codec would be beneficial, none of the existing royalty-free codecs deliver adequate compression quality to satisfy everyone.
Funding from Google and Mozilla has helped to improve Theora considerably, but it still doesn't match H.264. Despite its profound efficiency, the downside of H.264 is that it is encumbered by patents and requires costly licensing fees that set a high barrier to entry.
The lack of an appropriate universal codec for the HTML5 video element has made it difficult for standards-based video to reach everyone. Adopters are building implementations that only support specific browsers and environments. Some major websites like Wikipedia are only supporting Theora and many of the companies that are trying to make their content accessible to Apple's devices are exclusively supporting H.264.
This conflict over codecs is the reason why Google's acquisition of On2 generated substantial enthusiasm among open Web advocates. On2 has a long history of leadership in the art of video encoding. Theora itself is based on a very old variant of the company's technology. On2's current flagship codec is VP8, which is said to be highly sophisticated and competitive with H.264. If Google were to open VP8 and make the underlying intellectual property available under royalty-free terms, it would end the HTML5 video impasse by supplying an ideal codec.
Browser vendors and Web developers have been eagerly waiting for Google to reveal what it plans to do with On2's codec technology. NewTeeVee's sources say that the wait will end next month when Google opens up VP8 during the Google I/O conference.


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Looking back at the past 20 years, think how the energy industry has evolved. It used to be that a representative from the power company would walk the neighborhood once a month to take a reading of the rolling dial on your analog electricity meter and send it in to the office. With technological advancements like smart meters, these readings are now easier to gather electronically, and the information provided is easier to interpret—allowing homeowners to be more aware of their usage. And now it is possible to monitor your energy usage data in real time!
A new initiative is under way in the United States called the Green Button. Green Button is based on the idea that electricity consumers should be able to download their household energy usage data securely and directly from the provider, in a standardized format. The initiative comes in response to a 2011 call to action by the White House to reduce energy consumption by 5–15% over the course of the next several years. This initiative is expected to play an integral part in reducing U.S. energy demand, and in helping the national electrical grid to move faster, be stronger, and respond more intelligently to that demand.
Since the Green Button initiative launched, in January 2012, utility companies such as NSTAR, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), and Reliant have implemented it in their service territories. Baltimore Gas and Electric, from the Mid-Atlantic region, will launch it this year. Other states with third-party access policies include Texas and Colorado. According to Green Button Data, the web site of the power industry-sponsored Green Button initiative, more than one million individual consumers have already downloaded their information from the Green Button. Currently the Green Button is designed to provide data for electricity, but it has the potential to provide data for gas and water usage as well.
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Figure 1. Example of the kind of data a customer can download using the Green Button.
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How does it work? Consumers simply log on to their utility provider's web site and click the Green Button (see Figure 1). They can then download their own energy data in a secure and portable format. In the case of PG&E, customers can access 13 months of data as long as their energy usage has been tracked with a smart meter. The goal is to make it easy for consumers to make more-informed energy decisions—decisions that will reduce consumption and save money. The Green Button is also helping utility companies to eliminate wasted energy dumped onto the grid. Power companies can deliver less energy more reliably if they know how much energy is actually being used and when. The information accessed from the Green Button could reveal when energy is consumed most often, prompting a price increase on electricity during high peak times.
For example, when consumers become more aware of their energy use patterns, they can program their smart thermostats to raise temperature settings during peak demand periods in the hot summer months and lower them in the winter. Consumers can also switch dishwasher use and clothes drying to low-demand periods, when electricity costs much less than it does during peak demand periods. Customers will be able to choose these and many other options when they have detailed records of their electricity consumption.
At the district and regional levels, consumer energy usage data, as well as consumer load profiles, can be accessed hourly, monthly, and annually to see how energy conservation is affecting the energy industry as a whole. This information is useful for home performance contractors, energy auditors, program managers, energy officials, and manufacturers of energy-efficient products.
The first step in the Green Button initiative is to get information to the people who need it. The second step will be to tie that information to actual energy savings in real time. Currently, an XML schema provides energy bills in a static, machine-readable form. The 2.0 version of will offer a Green Button connect function, where dynamic information will be available for approved vendors. This function will provide consumers with more insight and information; utility customers can use the data themselves or share the data with a designated third-party representative. This will encourage customers to become more aware of their energy use and will encourage innovation among third parties for new customer-focused applications.
Many organizations and companies in the energy efficiency business can serve as a third party in this scenario. They can teach utility customers how to reduce energy consumption and provide them with energy-efficient products and services. For example, Green Button apps are currently available that use customer-downloaded Green Button data to help influence consumer behavior in regard to consumption. App functions vary as consumers vary. Apps allow customers to receive energy efficiency tips, perform a virtual energy audit, make solar decisions, and more. With this information, consumers can choose more economical and cost-effective rate plans for their energy usage.
Creating New Business Opportunities
An industry-leading company joining the Green Button initiative is greeNEWit, an energy solutions firm based in Columbia, Maryland. greeNEWit provides energy-saving upgrades to single- and multifamily homes. With more than 20,000 of these upgrades completed, greeNEWit plans to use Green Button data to assess accurate energy savings data for projects now under way. Until now, energy auditors and home performance contractors relied solely on the customer to share energy savings data with them. With the Green Button, greeNEWit, and other companies can access customer savings data and compile these data in real time.
"Being able to see the actual energy savings and share it with the end user will allow consumers to make choices about what retrofits to make," says greeNEWit cofounder Josh Notes. "Whether it's swapping out incandescent lightbulbs with CFLs or putting solar panels on your roof, the utility customer will have a menu of options to consider."
In addition, greeNEWit plans to help market the Green Button to customers. And it plans to raise customers' awareness about energy education and the positive impact of energy-saving retrofits by showing customers the savings that they will realize by implementing a given measure.
According to Opower, a new customer engagement platform for the utility industry, 30 million homes are expected to have Green Button access by the end of this year. Opower was the first vendor to build the Green Button for PG&E and to deploy download access to the utility's five million residential customers. Opower is now adding the Green Button function for several other utility partners and has committed to supporting Green Button in its social application. Utilities provide Opower with usage data and Opower combines these data with weather data, occupant data, parcel size data, and other third-party data to create a profile of a customer's home.
"We're excited about the Green Button because fundamentally it's about the promise of energy information and conservation. And for five years, Opower has worked to make that promise real for millions of American families," says Opower Senior Director for Policy, Partnerships and Public Affairs Arkadi Gerney. "At Opower, we're excited to be the utility's partner in giving customers more insight and control over their energy usage."
More than ten million utility customers currently have access to Opower's platform, which includes home energy reports, web portals, and e-mail alerts. Opower provides customers with insight into their energy use, and comparisons between the customer's energy usage and that of similar homes in the neighborhood. And Opower has worked very hard to measure the impact of its work. "During the first five years, we've helped families save a total of 1 terawatt hour (equal to 1 trillion watts) of energy—enough to power 90,000 homes for a year and cut bills by more than $100 million," Gerney says.
Involving the Consumer, Attracting Investors
While rapid adoption of the Green Button initiative is projected to occur, consumer education and awareness are big hurdles in the energy arena. Most utility customers spend very little time thinking about energy consumption, other than to pay a bill each month. This is mostly because consumers believe there is little they can do but pay the bill.
Educating customers about the benefits of energy efficiency, and creating an awareness that the Green Button exists to help customers self-regulate use and save money, is critical to the success of the industry-led initiative. As the economy tightens and every penny becomes more important, consumers will value the savings they can achieve by smarter use of energy in their homes.
Simply put, the Green Button gives customers access to data about their energy usage. And as customers learn more about when and how they use energy, they will be motivated to save money wherever they can. Utility providers will be motivated to invest in improved services to maintain their client base.
Currently the energy market receives funding through the federal government. As the Green Button provides the industry with actual energy savings data, this will allow the industry to access private capital funding to continue the growing the market for building energy efficiency upgrades. The Green Button initiative is a small but very important step in working toward a more efficient smart-grid system.
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President Barack Obama's offer to slow the growth of Social Security benefits would force fellow Democrats in Congress to abandon promises to shield the massive retirement and disability program from cuts as part of negotiations to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff.
Both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pledged not to touch Social Security as part of deficit reduction talks. Now that Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, have agreed to a new measure of inflation that would reduce annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for Social Security and other government programs, Democrats are reluctant to call it a deal-breaker.
As Obama and Boehner continued to haggle over how much to raise taxes and cut spending, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the new inflation measure a technical adjustment designed to make inflation estimates more accurate, and he emphasized it's Republicans who want it.
"Let's be clear. This is something that the Republicans have asked for, and as part of an effort to find common ground with the Republicans, the president has agreed to put this in his proposal," Carney told reporters Tuesday. "The president has always said, as part of this process when we're talking about the spending cut side of this, that it would require tough choices by both sides."
Boehner proposed the change earlier this month in talks with Obama, and the president included it in a counteroffer this week.
Carney said Obama's plan "would protect vulnerable communities, including the very elderly, when it comes to Social Security recipients."
The White House has not released details on how Obama's plan would do this. But the president's 2010 deficit commission recommended an enhanced minimum benefit for low-wage workers and an automatic increase in benefits once a person has been receiving Social Security for 20 years.
The inflation measure under consideration is called the Chained Consumer Price Index. On average, the measure shows a lower level of inflation than the more widely used Consumer Price Index because it assumes that as prices rise, consumers turn to lower-cost alternatives, reducing the amount of inflation they experience.
If adopted across the government, the change would have far-reaching effects because so many programs are adjusted each year based on year-to-year changes in consumer prices.
On average, annual increases in Social Security payments, government pensions and veterans' benefits would be about 0.3 percentage points smaller each year. Next year's COLA is 1.7 percent. Under the new measure of inflation, it would be about 1.4 percent.
Taxes would slowly increase because annual adjustments to income tax brackets would be smaller, pushing more people into higher tax brackets. Over time, fewer people would be eligible for anti-poverty programs like Medicaid, Head Start, food stamps and school lunches because annual adjustments to the poverty level would be smaller, leaving fewer people under the official poverty line.
If enacted for 2014, the change would reduce government borrowing by $223 billion over the next decade _ $158 billion in spending cuts and $65 billion in tax increases, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The biggest savings _ $102 billion _ would come from Social Security.
"I just don't think that's fair," Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., said. "We've got to get serious about balancing the budget. But asking Donald Trump to pay a dollar more is not the same as taking something away from a lower income community that's just squeaking by."
Advocates for older Americans have been fighting against chained CPI for years, and they have stepped up their efforts since Boehner raised the issue earlier this month.
"Too many Washington politicians clearly hope middle-class Americans simply won't notice billions of dollars in Social Security benefit cuts," said Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. "I promise you. Seniors and their families will notice."
Reid has been adamant that Social Security should not be included in deficit-reduction talks, but he sidestepped a question about it Tuesday.
"This isn't going to be a situation where we're going to vote on a particular provision in the bill," Reid said. "It's going to be a framework to do something about the long-term security of this country."
Other Democratic senators were more direct.
"It doesn't warm my heart, I'll tell you that," Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said of the proposal. "The whole understanding has been that we wouldn't do Social Security. That was for later."
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said, "I'm going to fight hard to keep Social Security out of this. I'm going to fight to protect our federal workforce because they've already made sacrifices. There's a lot of priorities I have. But I think we have to wait and see how the negotiations go." — AP


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LOS ANGELES — The awe-inspiring Grand Canyon was probably carved about 70 million years ago, much earlier than thought, a provocative new study suggests — so early that dinosaurs might have roamed near this natural wonder.
Using a new dating tool, a team of scientists came up with a different age for the gorge's western section, challenging conventional wisdom that much of the canyon was scoured by the mighty Colorado River in the last 5 million to 6 million years.
Not everyone is convinced with the latest viewpoint published online Thursday in the journal Science. Critics contend the study ignores a mountain of evidence pointing to a geologically young landscape and they have doubts about the technique used to date it.
The notion that the Grand Canyon existed during the dinosaur era is "ludicrous," said geologist Karl Karlstrom of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
How the Grand Canyon became grand — with its vertical cliffs and flat plateaus — has been debated since John Wesley Powell navigated the whitewater rapids and scouted the sheer walls during his famous 1869 expedition.
Some 5 million tourists flock to Arizona each year to marvel at the 277-mile-long chasm, which plunges a mile deep in some places. It's a geologic layer cake with the most recent rock formations near the rim stacked on top of older rocks that date back 2 billion years.
Though the exposed rocks are ancient, most scientists believe the Grand Canyon itself was forged in the recent geologic past, created when tectonic forces uplifted the land that the Colorado River later carved through.
The new work by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and California Institute of Technology argued that canyon-cutting occurred long before that. They focused on the western end of the Grand Canyon occupied today by the Hualapai Reservation, which owns the Skywalk attraction, a horseshoe-shaped glass bridge that extends from the canyon's edge.
To come up with the age, the team crushed rocks collected from the bottom of the canyon to analyze a rare type of mineral called apatite. The mineral contains traces of radioactive elements that release helium during decay, allowing researchers to calculate the passage of time since the canyon eroded.
Their interpretation: The western Grand Canyon is 70 million years old and was likely shaped by an ancient river that coursed in the opposite direction of the west-flowing Colorado.
Lead researcher Rebecca Flowers of the University of Colorado Boulder realizes not everyone will accept this alternative view, which minimizes the role of the Colorado River.
"Arguments will continue over the age of Grand Canyon, and I hope our study will stimulate more work to decipher the mysteries," Flowers said.
It's not the first time that Flowers has dug up evidence for an older Grand Canyon. In 2008, she authored a study that suggested part of the eastern Grand Canyon, where most tourists go, formed 55 million years ago. Another study published that same year by a different group of researchers put the age of the western section at 17 million years old.
If the Grand Canyon truly existed before dinosaurs became extinct, it would have looked vastly different because the climate back then was more tropical. Dinosaurs that patrolled the American West then included smaller tyrannosaurs, horned and dome-headed dinosaurs and duckbills.
If they peered over the rim, it would not look like "the starkly beautiful desert of today, but an environment with more lush vegetation," said University of Maryland paleontologist Thomas Holtz.
Many scientists find it hard to imagine an ancient Grand Canyon since the oldest gravel and sediment that washed downstream date to about 6 million years ago and there are no signs of older deposits. And while they welcome advanced dating methods to decipher the canyon's age, Karlstrom of the University of New Mexico does not think the latest effort is very accurate.
Karlstrom said it also defies logic that a fully formed canyon would sit unchanged for tens of millions of years without undergoing further erosion.
Geologist Richard Young of the State University of New York at Geneseo said his own work suggests there was a cliff in the place of the ancient Grand Canyon.
Flowers "wants to have a canyon there. I want to have a cliff there. Obviously, one of us can't be right," he said.
Whatever the age, there may be a middle ground, said Utah State University geologist Joel Pederson.
Researchers have long known about older canyons in the region cut by rivers that flow in a different direction than the Colorado River. It's possible that a good portion of the Grand Canyon was chiseled long ago by these smaller rivers and then the Colorado came along and finished the job, he said.
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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are under attack.
There are over 25 million SMBs in the United States – each with a business plan and a dream to turn an innovation, service, or hobby into a lasting monument to resourcefulness, perseverance and hard work.
For SMBs, growth (and indeed, existence alone) brings risks, and nothing can be more devastating and confusing than stealthily losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to fraud schemes that exploit relationships that they normally trust – their banking relationships. The breakdown in trust is hugely damaging for both parties, and often results in costly lawsuits.
Businesses may believe that fraud can't or won't happen within their organization, but we all know that fraud is an equal opportunity crime. Creative fraud schemes, a lack of fraud awareness, limited security resources, and downright denial have conspired to give rise to SMB losses that are reaching epidemic proportions.
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Precisely tabulating losses is extremely difficult, but recent data shows that more than half of small businesses have suffered a data breach – and nearly a third of all cyber attacks in 2012 were aimed at small businesses. While some reports suggest that both the number of incidents and the loss per incident is down, the reality is that fundamentals have not changed: fraudsters are creative, fraud is an industry, small businesses have limited resources, and denial is rampant.
For banks, the rise of cybercrime on small businesses presents a new opportunity – not to drive new revenue, but to reinforce the reason why small business choose banks in the first place: trust. In fact, by not effectively addressing SMBs' security concerns, banks risk shaking the foundations of their customer relationships.
Reality Check
Security experts have long focused on promoting smarter banking strategies and building powerful tools to fend off cybercriminals. Both small businesses and their banks invest a lot of time and money to ensure the security of sensitive information, yet the cyber-assault on SMBs continues.
The primary issue is that technologies and policies put forth by banks are not always practical on a small business level. Many common security strategies – such as consistently patching vulnerabilities, ensuring antivirus programs are up-to-date, limiting banking activities to certain devices – are practical for most large corporations, but can be problematic for small businesses. With small business owners often already stretched too thin, the time and commitment required to maintain security falls off the radar.
Additionally, many small businesses don't fully realize the security risks they face, or fail take the threat seriously – even though evidence that SMBs are likely to be targeted by cybercriminals piles up.
But this reality doesn't excuse banks from providing optimal security – in fact, with banks' reputations and customer relationships highly at stake, banks need to be leaders for small businesses in protecting sensitive information, go above and beyond what is required, and act as a true security partner.
The Security To-Do List for Banks
The industry can't force every single small business to dedicate time, resources, and focus to security – so it's up to banks to ensure that normal, everyday payment behaviors are secured. Banks can strengthen the security standing of their small business customers' payments by embedding secure protocols into the services they offer, and by educating SMBs on the must-implement security practices, including:
• Two-factor authentication, which requires two forms of identification – often a physical token and digital code – to complete a transaction.
• Transaction verification, which ensures that the content of the transaction is accurate.
• Transaction monitoring, which continually monitors transaction activity, and sends alerts when something is amiss.
• Segregation of duties, which adds a layer of security by requiring at least two people to approve and process a transaction.
• Multi-stage approvals for large payments, which places an additional degree of control and security in the hands of the business making the payment.
More importantly, banks need build secure solutions that simple, seamless, and packaged in a way that they can easily be adopted, to ensure that more customers are using the most secure tools possible. Additionally, banks should build these protocols an inherent feature of their payments and online banking services – not offer them as value-adds. The value for banks stems from the competitive advantages and increased customer loyalty gained by becoming a better security partner.
Implementing the Security To-Do list can be a challenge for banks – especially when their customers are SMBs. Security procedures are often seen as detracting from a friendly user experience, and banks are loathe to do anything that impacts usability.
But, it is only a matter of time before security becomes the selling point, and customers become aware of why they do business with their banking partners – trust, after all, is important.
Don't Put Trust At Risk
The relationships between small businesses and security, banks and small businesses, and security and banks are complex. Banks rarely come up short when managing security for consumers and large corporations; investing in small business security, though, is an often challenging and uneasy task. But with their most valuable assets – trust, customer service, and reputation – on the line, banks need to transform the security risks and solutions for small businesses in order to deliver a more secure and practical payments experience for SMBs.
The cyber-attacks that small businesses face are a threat to banks, as well – to their reputations and their customers relationships. It's imperative that banks overcome the disconnect that frequently occurs between them and small business customers, and establish a security-focused dialogue that ensures that customers' trust in their banks is not broken.
B.C. Krishna is the CEO of MineralTree, which provides small business payments solutions to banks.


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|The world's first tourist fare was introduced by BOAC on the North Atlantic route.
|2 May
|BOAC flew the world's first pure jet service. The Comet G-ALYP operated from London Airport to Johannesburg via Rome, Beirut, Khartoum, Entebbe and Livingstone.
|16 June
|The first BEA 'Silver Wing' service operated on the London to Paris route with Airspeed 'Elizabethan' aircraft.
|26 October
|A fare of £8 return fare was introduced by BEA on the London to Scotland route.
|Explore our past: 1953
|1 April
|BEA introduced Tourist fares on routes throughout Europe.
|3 April
|BOAC introduced Comet jet services to Tokyo, thus reducing the flight time from 86 hours to 33 hours.
|18 April
|BEA began the world's first sustained airscrew-turbined airliner passenger service with Vickers Viscount V.701 G-AMNY, flying London-Rome-Athens-Nicosia.
|19 May
|BEA's Kensington Air Station closed. However the Waterloo Air Terminal was opened.
Tourist services by BOAC to Pakistan, India, Ceylon, Persian Gulf, East Africa and Trinidad commenced.
|8 - 10 October
|BEA operated the Viscount V.700 G-AMAV in the Transport Handicap section of the London to Christchurch Air Race. It flew the 12,365 miles in 40 hours 43 minutes calling at Bahrain, Colombo, Cocos Islands and Melbourne.
|Explore our past: 1954
|10 January/8 April
|Two BOAC Comet aircraft exploded in mid-air within three months of each other, causing the fleet to be grounded. Exhaustive tests revealed that the aircraft had suffered from metal fatigue.
|30 October
|BEA operated its final service from Northolt, a DC-3 (G-AHCZ) to Jersey.
|Explore our past: 1955
|17 April
|Services from London Airport Central Area commenced. The first service was a BEA departure to Amsterdam on a Viscount G-ALWE Discovery.
|9 May
|BOAC introduced a tourist class London to Sydney weekly service, using a Constellation aircraft.
|BOAC moved into its new centralised headquarters at London Airport.
|25 July
|BEA began scheduled passenger helicopter services between London Airport and the South Bank Heliport at Waterloo. The first flight was operated by a Westland-Sikorsky S55 helicopter, G-ANUK. The service was eventually discontinued on 31 May 1956, having carried 3,822 revenue passengers.
|30 December
|BOAC took delivery of its first two Bristol Britannia 102 aircraft when G-ANBC and G-ANBD were delivered from Filton to London Airport.
|Explore our past: 1956
|1 May
|Mr Gerard D'Erlanger was appointed Chairman of BOAC in succession to Sir Miles Thomas.
|3 May
|Mr Anthony Milward was appointed Chief Executive and Member of the Board of BEA.
|15 October
|BOAC's first Douglas DC-7C G-AOIA was handed over at a ceremony at Santa Monica, California.
|8 November
|BOAC signed a contract for 15 Rolls-Royce engine-powered Boeing 707-436 aircraft.
|Explore our past: 1957
|6 January
|BOAC introduced DC-7C aircraft to New York and to San Francisco in March.
|1 February
|BOAC introduced Bristol Britannia aircraft to the Johannesburg route and then on 2 March to Sydney.
|13 February
|The first scheduled BEA 'Viscount' flights were operated between London and Glasgow. Two days later its first international flight, to Amsterdam, took place. Both flights were operated by G-AOJD Sebastian Cabot.
|2 March
|BOAC introduced Bristol Britannia services to Sydney.
|29 June
|A BOAC Britannia 312 made the first ever non-stop flight from London to Canada's Pacific coast, flying the 5,100 miles to Vancouver in 14 hours 40 minutes.
|6 October
|BEA's West London Air Terminal at Cromwell Road was opened.
|19 December
|BOAC operated the first gas-turbine transatlantic scheduled passenger service with Bristol Britannia 312 aircraft between London and New York.
|Explore our past: 1958
|1 May
|Mixed-classes, First Class and Tourist, were introduced by BEA.
|30 July
|The last scheduled service by a BEA Airspeed Ambassador 'Elizabethan' aircraft took place.
|4 October
|BOAC operated the first jet service across the North Atlantic to New York using the Comet 4. G-APDB operated the eastbound flight and G-APDC operated the westbound. The two aircraft passed about 300 miles apart at 47degW at 1335Z. Sir Gerard d'Erlanger, BOAC's Chairman, aboard the westbound aircraft and Basil Smallpiece, Managing Director, in the eastbound aircraft exchanged messages during the flights.
|6 October
|All BOAC Lockheed Constellations were withdrawn from service.
|1 November
|BEA introduced cheap weekend fares on UK domestic trunk routes.
|19 December
|BOAC's De Havilland Comet 4 services to Canada commenced. The London to Montreal service was operated by G-APDC.
|Explore our past: 1959
|20 January
|The first flight of a Vickers-Armstrong Vanguard aircraft, prototype G-AOYW, took place.
|21 January
|BOAC operated a De Havilland Comet 4 proving flight to Tokyo, using G-APDC.
|31 March
|Britannia 312 G-AOVT left London for New York and Tokyo to inaugurate BOAC's round-the-world service, which then operated regularly from August 1960. The following day, Comet 4 G-APDH inaugurated the eastward round-the-world service.
|14 May
|BEA services between London and Moscow commenced with Vickers 'Viscount' aircraft.
|30/31 May
|The last service using a BOAC Stratocruiser took place. The routing was from London-Barcelona-Kano-Accra on 30 May and Accra-Kano-Barcelona-London the following day, by G-ANTY Coriolanus.
|BOAC began an all-cargo service between London and Hong Kong.
|20 August
|BOAC started the first regular round-the-world service by Britannia 312 aircraft, operating via San Francisco and Hong Kong.
|1 November
|The inaugural flight of a BOAC De Havilland Comet 4 aircraft on the London to Sydney route took place.
|2 December
|The inaugural flight of a BOAC Comet 4 aircraft on the London to Johannesburg route took place.


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See the finished quilt here: Be Squared Quilt - Oakshott Cottons
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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See the finished quilt here: Be Squared Quilt - Oakshott Cottons
52 comments:
Stunning, as usual.ReplyDelete
I love the Oakshott Colorbox and how you've used the fabrics! Endless possibilities. I've just finished up my Colorbox (I will give away the remaining fabrics at the start of Feb)ReplyDelete
It's beautiful, squares and all. ;-)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous! Like candy for my eyes!!!ReplyDelete
I'm jealous! I have a small autumn bundle. I'd love a colourbox. I just can't cut it! Beautiful quilt!ReplyDelete
Could you post more close up photos, so I (we) the readers can look at the fabric a little better? Thanks!ReplyDelete
Beautiful and bright :)ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness it is absolutely beautiful!ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful quilt Rita! I love how the simple piecing really lets the Oakshott fabrics shine. I just bought their new sunrise FQ pack - maybe I will use it for something similar.ReplyDelete
I would never have been able to cut into it. :-)ReplyDelete
But the squares are lovely.
What will you use for the backing?
They are a delight to work with aren't they....it looks fabulous.ReplyDelete
I have some Oakshott... I really must stop patting it! Your combo is gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Oh the perfect piecing and your wonderful color skills, lovely!ReplyDelete
I can't even imagine how lovely this must look in person.ReplyDelete
Beautiful work as always, Oakshott sell stunning fabrics, I have a stack of half metres that I'll be cutting into any day.ReplyDelete
Stunning as usual Rita. Have never worked with Oak Shot but they sound lovely.ReplyDelete
Beautiful work as always, Oakshott sell stunning fabrics, I have a stack of half metres that I'll be cutting into any day.ReplyDelete
Beautiful work! I won a colorbox in a giveaway last December, and so far I only opened the lid, petted and admired the fabric. I should just do as you did and dive in!ReplyDelete
This quilt is so beautiful.ReplyDelete
Beautiful fabrics, great quilt - I love your simple quilt construction which allows the fabrics and colours to really shine.ReplyDelete
Your oakshott squares are an absolute delight to the eye!! Magnificent! xoReplyDelete
I've been eyeing that colorbox for a while now and your wonderful post may just be my tipping point! Knowing that the combinations and outcome will look as lovely as what you've shown are further proof that hanging on/petting/coveting fabric is wrong - it needs to be set free!!!!ReplyDelete
Oakshott really is a pleasure to work with isn't it?! And your quilt is a pleasure to oggle at...simply stunning as ever, Rita!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous quilt! It really is stunning.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2013 11:47 PM
Beautiful! It always takes me forever to cut up new fabric... the more I love it, the longer it takes!ReplyDelete
Pattern please! Love this!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! Never stop being you. Everything you make is perfection. Thanks so much for continuing to inspire the rest of us quilters of the world.ReplyDelete
simply stunning. nothing else to sayReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to see the finished look.ReplyDelete
Such perfect seams!!ReplyDelete
I was so surprised to see your quilt today, as I started one just like it a few days ago, except it has 6 x 6 blocks and I used Kona! I love the Oakshot, and would have had a very difficult time cutting into it. At least you took pics! I love how the shot cottons give it a depth Kona doesn't have.ReplyDelete
How lovely! Love your choices and love the fabric!ReplyDelete
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I love how the simplicity of the block can look really stunning!! I made one runner from shot cotton last year http://chez-vies.blogspot.in/2012/03/almost-forgotten.htmlReplyDelete
Your "pattern" is my favorite for baby quilts. I use left-over strips of pink, blue and pastel prints. They always turn out wonderful and I donate most of them to a local women's shelter. I jealous of your OakShot and may just have to break down and purchase a box!ReplyDelete
I would love to see a quick easy piecing tutorial for this. I love how the colors pop for this type of quilt. :)ReplyDelete
I love how it is a simple design yet fun. I bet it goes together fast too. I'm guessing you may have sewn strips together first, then cut across them? Anyway, it was a good idea for using the color box!ReplyDelete
Your points are consistently PERFECT.ReplyDelete
true, always amazing how perfectly you patch them. Nice piece to look at - enjoy quilting :)ReplyDelete
PS: Would love the tutorial *g*
This is SO beautiful!! I've been thinking of making a quilt like this so a pattern/tutorial would be oh so lovely :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 01, 2013 11:01 AM
PLEASE do a tutorial -- I love your color combos and can't wait to see how you quilt it. You are a rockstar!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 01, 2013 11:08 AM
I was so jealous when you got this box! Then they were out of it forever. I pieced together a box of my own and am waiting for it's arrival just this week. I can't wait to start playing!ReplyDelete
Your quilt is outstanding!
- AnonymousFebruary 01, 2013 11:29 AM
amazing, amazing, amazing....beautiful! fabrics are stunning, love the design, best to you, SondraReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 01, 2013 12:13 PM
I am in love.ReplyDelete
Oh it is so stunning.ReplyDelete
A feast for the eyes!!!ReplyDelete
I agree, a feast for the eyes!!! I don't see any of the browns/tans. Did you use them? I would think they would be hard to incorporate, and I might not use them if I were lucky enough to have these gorgeous fabrics!
I love these oakshott cottons. I have always wanted that colorbox. You did a beautiful job of arranging the colors it is truly a spectacular quilt!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 04, 2013 4:41 AM
fantastic colours, I love the simplicity of the shapes and its graphic quality. Being all new to this I hadnt heard of Oakshott cottons, looks I need to have a look !ReplyDelete
I will be following you blog so I look forward to reading more,
Gorgeous! I love all the colours, great work! :)ReplyDelete
I'm coveting the Lipari colour range, as that's the name of the island from which my father in law hails. I think I will have to submit to the urge...ReplyDelete
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By The Open Group Conference Team
It is time to announce the winners of the Barcelona Photo Contest! For those of you who were unable to attend, conference attendees submitted some of their best photos to the contest for a chance to win one free conference pass to one of the global Open Group conference over the next year – a prize valued at more than $1,000/€900 value.
Barcelona is a city for architects. While it is most known for works by Gaudi, enterprise architects flooded the streets for the Open Group Conference in Barcelona…and took some amazing pictures. We had a record number of photo contest submissions that captured everything from the plenary session speakers to flamenco dancers to Camp Nou, home of FC Barcelona!
The contest ended today at noon PDT, and it is time to announce the winners…
Modernista Award – For best photo taken in or around Barcelona
The winner is Craig Heath!
Honorable Mentions
Best of Barcelona Conference – For any photo taken during conference activities
The winner is Leonardo Ramirez!
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Carlos Monasterios (3-4, 3.63) vs. Yovani Gallardo (11-5, 3.28).
COMMENTS: EK, this one's for you.
[Orel here.] Hold your breath, folks: The Dodgers are in position for their first series sweep since 1932. What's that — it's actually since the end of June? Whatever, same diff. But it'll be a hard-earned win; Munosterios has been yo-yoing back and forth between the bullpen and starting rotation, while Yovani Gabba Gabba will apparently be wearing an orange jumpsuit under his uniform. Yo-yos versus jumpsuits. Is that what this season has come to?
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Pamela Anderson Divorce -- Pam Files for Divorce from Rick Salomon ... Again
Pam Anderson Files For Divorce From Rick Salomon
Pam Anderson is pulling the plug on her marriage to Rick Salomon ... TMZ has learned.
This will be Pam's second split from Salomon, whom she married in 2007 and stayed with all of 2 months. She got the marriage annulled. She was also married to Tommy Lee and Kid Rock.
Pam went public in January, saying she married Salomon again.
Interesting timing ... Salomon, a world-class poker player, won $2.8 million in the World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop last Tuesday. Pam filed on Thursday, so under the community property laws she gets half by the skin of her teeth ... unless there's a prenup.
In case you don't recognize Salomon, he's the one who co-starred with Paris Hilton in the famous sex tape, "One Night in Paris."
2:00 PM PDT -- Pam's not publicly known for being religious (more like the total opposite) ... but she just posted this message on Facebook. It appears to be a prayer from Rev. Maryum Morse from the Agape Center.


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Willowdale is one of Toronto's more established neighbourhoods. Located in North York, it is bounded by Bathurst Street to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, Victoria Park Avenue to the east and the 401 freeway to the south. Willowdale was formally a postal village which extended from Elmwood Avenue at the south, Bathurst Street to the west, Finch Avenue to the north and Bayview Avenue to the east.
North York Centre, which is located at the intersection of Yonge Street and Empress Avenue is commonly considered to be part of Willowdale, however, its recent high-rise residential and commercial development sets it apart from the rest of Willowdale.
Willowdale is populated with single-family homes that were built in 1910 to the 1950s (originally one and two-storey pre-war houses that were replaced by luxury two-storey houses after the 1990s), condominium townhouses and high-rise condominium towers. The term 'monster homes' was first applied by Torontonians to this neighbourhood.


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WASHINGTON — Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known.
Photographers captured grainy images of Romney arriving in a black SUV, from which he emerged unassisted and unguarded. Reporters received only the homophonically ironic luncheon menu in response to queries about what transpired in the presidential dining room: White turkey chili and chicken salad.
Alas, where there is a White House, there is always someone willing to whisper a few tidbits in the interest of national curiosity. According to Mr. Fly, who happened to be nearby feasting on a grain of salt, the meeting began with small talk, during which Romney took a stab at self-deprecating humor, while the president remained Rushmorian.
President: Governor, nice to see you again. Welcome to my Oval Office.
Romney: Thank you, Mr. President. Love the way you've decorated the place. Very understated, but where's the bling? Heh-heh.
President: Mitt, you always know just what to say. Jay (press secretary Carney), could you please let the chef know we're ready?
Romney: I don't suppose your chef speaks Spanish, eh? Just a little immigration humor there. You know I never did employ any illegal aliens, despite what they said. Wow, is that the Churchill bust? I thought you gave it back!
President: No, that's Alfred Hitchcock. I'm a fan. You like turkey chili?
Romney: Love turkey chili! Of course, I love everything, especially America.
President: (Smiles while reaching down to pat Bo on the head.)
Romney: Hey, who let the dog out? Heh-heh.
Carney: Mr. President, lunch is served.
President: This way, Mitt.
(Seated, the tone becomes more reserved.)
Romney: Mr. President, first I want to thank you for extending this invitation. I'm honored to be here and hopeful that I can continue to serve my country in any way you see fit.
President: Thank you, Mitt. I really appreciate your willingness to come here today. I know it can't have been easy and, by the way, my apologies for your reception outside.
Romney: Oh, I'm used to hecklers.
President: No, I mean the media.
Romney: No, that's what I meant, too.
President: Very good.
Romney: Well, what can I do for you, Mr. President? Not to be presumptuous, but I think I have some ideas for turning around the economy.
President: So I've heard, but I'm really not that interested. I mostly invited you here because I said I would. Team of rivals and all that, blah, blah, blah.
Romney: Oh. Well, since I'm here, could I just say, Mr. President, that you really must cut discretionary and entitlement spending. Seeking $50 billion more in stimulus funds on top of raising tax rates will break the country. You will decimate the small business community.
President, stifling a yawn: So I've heard, but again, I don't really care that much. I was re-elected and elections matter. Legacies matter even more. I have to raise taxes on the rich and I can't and won't cut spending on the less fortunate. Obviously, closing loopholes and capping deductions won't produce enough revenues to cut the debt and deficit.
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wow very beautiful place...ReplyDelete
so beautiful! love the colors!ReplyDelete
C'est totalement magique!!ReplyDelete
Bo vendredi ma belle Rosa xx
- Anonymous2:35 PM, April 30, 2010
Beautiful place and great pictures!ReplyDelete
I love this architectural tour!ReplyDelete
merci pour ces superbes photos.ReplyDelete
Absolutely beauty pictures!! Magical views!!I love all ! cheers, gloriaReplyDelete
Merci pour les magnifiques photos!!!ReplyDelete
J'adore l'avant dernière, le bleu est de toute beauté!
Bon vendredi chère Rosa:)
Gorgeous photos Rosa! I especially like the one with magnolias on top/hang above the water.ReplyDelete
Love the buildings, especially that first one! What a shot.ReplyDelete
I'm in love with picturesque Montreux, with its meticulous architecture, and serene vistas! And, needless to say, you gotta admire the artist behind the camera lens.ReplyDelete
Wonderful place.ReplyDelete
Your photos are really beautiful.
Wishing you a great weekend x
wonderful pics, my fav is the first one..ReplyDelete
Always inspiring and beautiful pictures. I haven't been back to Montreux for ages and it'd be so lovely to rediscover it in the spring. Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Lovely Rosa. I'd love to visit there. Enjoy your weekend.ReplyDelete
bone weekendReplyDelete
Beautiful and the photos make it look eeryReplyDelete
is that first picture of a castle? it's gargantuan! lovely images, rosa--thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
once again fabulous shots Rosa! Very nice little trip to the Alps.ReplyDelete
m loving the first pic!! beautiful!! :)ReplyDelete
C'est sublime !ReplyDelete
Bravo à l'œil du photographe ;-)
Your pics are wonderful. I think I mentioned previously that Montreux was not on my radar, but I definitely want to go now - you should get a job at their tourist industry.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous architecture! Lovely color in those photos!ReplyDelete
Your photographs transport. I love that zen landscape!ReplyDelete
Amazing photos! Feels like I was right there with you. That first is so charming. It almost looks fake.ReplyDelete
Ouah quel bel endroit!ReplyDelete
En plus de ça tes photos sont magnifiques! =)
Bisous & Bon week-end
I love the zen landscape and the one with sakura....just beautiful!ReplyDelete
That first photo is particularly beautiful Rosa! :DReplyDelete
Quelles jolies couleurs!! Tes photos sont sublimes:)ReplyDelete
Bon dimanche Rosa;)xxx
Wow - those are some very gorgeous photos Rosa.ReplyDelete
Magniques photos...ReplyDelete
what a gorgeous landscape! your photography is so lovelyReplyDelete
Rosa your photos are excellent as usual! Montreaux is beautiful I hope you organize your own food festival this summer!ReplyDelete
Also, I wish I was one of your cats I would feel like a king!
gorgeous pictures, love the processing you've made.ReplyDelete
Your photos are awesome. The colors are psychedelic!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! The green in that first shot is amazing! I really like the Palais Oriental pic as well.ReplyDelete
Rosa, love the photos...enjoyed them very much...thanks ;-)ReplyDelete
Oh my...gorgeous pictures!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your window to the world so beautifully. Took my breath away Rosa!ReplyDelete
Oh wow, such beautiful place and your photos looks stunning!Btw, I have some awards for you, Rosa. Please feel free to pick them up. Have a nice day!ReplyDelete
Cheers, Kristy
- Anonymous12:16 AM, May 08, 2010
Oh, we love going for tea to the Oriental Palace! The interior is magnificent, the teas impressive and the baklava the best I have ever had...ReplyDelete
OMG, these shots are simply stunning. So European, so vibrant. Love it.ReplyDelete
MONIKA: It is a beautiful building, indeed! I've never eaten there... Thanks for passing by!ReplyDelete


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