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Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 7 OS for handheld devices on Monday, taking a step forward in the company's efforts to strengthen its position in the still-growing smartphone market. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the first phones to run the OS, and named the network operators that will distribute them.
"We wanted the Windows Phone to be delightful across a range of hardware devices, through a range of scenarios, and a [range] of different software experiences," Ballmer said.
The company wanted to make Phone 7 "always delightful" and "wonderfully mine," he said, emphasizing the way that users will be able to customize the user interface. "Everyone should look at the phone and represent themselves on the device," he said.
Microsoft has already owned up to one curious omission from the first release of Windows Phone 7. The OS lacks copy and paste functions: Microsoft plans to add them in the first update, due for release next year. Apple drew heavy criticism for leaving those same functions out of the first few versions of its iPhone software.
The company has partnered with many phone makers and wireless carriers to bring Windows Phone 7 handsets to consumers in early November, Ballmer said at the OS launch event in New York City.
Sixty mobile operators will be offering it in 30 countries, Ballmer said.
The operators include América Móvil, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, Telstra, Telus, T-Mobile USA and Vodafone.
Nine different phones, from HTC, Dell, Samsung and LG Electronics, will be available in the U.S. in November.
The phones will let users take video, play games, access social media applications and stream movies and TV shows, Ballmer said.
In Europe, Orange plans to launch three Windows Phone 7 devices. The HTC 7 Mozart, which will be exclusive to Orange, will be available in France, the U.K., Spain, Poland, Switzerland, Romania, Portugal and Austria. The Samsung Omnia will be available in France, the U.K. and Switzerland, with the LG Optimus 7 available in France about six weeks ahead of other operators, Microsoft said. The phones will be available first in the U.K. and France.
T-Mobile said it will distribute the HTC HD7 in the U.S. in mid-November, in time for the year-end holiday shopping season. The phone has a 4.3-inch touchscreen display and includes Netflix, T-Mobile TV, Xbox LIVE and Zune software. AT&T will be launching Samsung's Focus smartphone on Nov. 8 in the U.S.
In Asia-Pacific, SingTel will sell the HTC HD 7 and the LG Optimus 7 in Singapore; Telstra will offer the HTC 7 Mozart and the LG Optimus 7Q in Australia; and Vodafone will sell the HTC 7 Trophy in Australia.
Windows Phone 7 is a totally revamped operating system, designed by Microsoft to better compete with new rivals in the mobile market such as Apple and Google. The operating system was a long time in the making. Apple's iPhone launched in early 2007 and by the end of that first year it had outsold all Windows Mobile devices in the U.S., according to researchers at Canalys. Microsoft released the stopgap Windows Mobile 6.5 in 2009, but it failed to reverse Microsoft's slide in the mobile market.
The new operating system tries to differentiate itself from rival OSes by categorizing applications, services and Web content under hubs, which helps provide related information in a single view. The people hub, for example, aggregates phone calls, text messages, social media feeds and Outlook e-mail messages in a single view. The information is updated in real-time and users don't have to go through multiple applications to view the related information.
The games hub will host games from the Xbox Live online gaming service. Users will be able to play games live against other users. Electronic Arts said it will make some of its titles available for the phones through Xbox Live.
The hubs also include music and video, marketplace (for applications), office (for business applications) and pictures. Users can shoot pictures with the phone and upload them to the cloud in just a few seconds.
Users can do voice search through the Bing search engine.
The company also has mobile versions of the Microsoft Office productivity applications, including Microsoft Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. Users can also access collaboration documents in the cloud through Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Mobile 2010. An application called OneNote allows users to sync notes taken on the phone to a PC through the cloud.
While Microsoft is in an underdog position competing against market leaders Research In Motion, Apple and Google, it offers notable benefits. Enterprise IT managers are likely to gravitate toward Windows Phone 7 devices because they'll work well with Exchange and other widely used enterprise software from Microsoft.
In addition, Microsoft has said that it is determined to succeed in the mobile market. With its deep pockets, it is likely to continue to invest in improving the standing of Windows Phone 7 in the mobile market.
Finally, Microsoft has recently been pointing out that its broad patent position protects handset makers who choose to build phones using Windows Phone 7. This is becoming an important issue, as Android faces legal threats from Oracle, Microsoft and Apple.
IDC in a recent study placed the market share of Windows mobile operating systems on devices like smartphones at 6.8 percent, behind Symbian, which took the top spot, Research in Motion's Blackberry OS, Google's Android and Apple's iOS. IDC expects upcoming Windows mobile operating systems to help Microsoft regain market share, reaching 9.8 percent by 2014.
(With additional reporting by Jeremy Kirk in London.)


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QUESTIONS: Do alarm interventions reduce nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting) in children? Are alarm interventions more effective than other interventions?
Data sources
Studies were identified by searching AMED (alternative medicine), ASSIA (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts), BIDS, BIOSIS Previews (1985–96), CINAHL, DHSS Data, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1974–97), Medline (1966–97), PsycLIT, and SIGLE; bibliographies of relevant studies and reviews; and by contacting key organisations, manufacturers of enuresis products, researchers, physicians, psychologists, and other health professionals.
Study selection
Randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials in any language were selected if they compared an alarm intervention with an appropriate control group for the treatment of non-organic nocturnal enuresis and systematically measured baseline levels of bed wetting.
Data extraction
Data were extracted on methods, inclusion criteria, participant characteristics including baseline bedwetting levels, dropouts, type of intervention, length of follow up, and outcomes. Assessment of trial quality considered allocation concealment, comparability of groups at baseline, use of a washout period in crossover designs, intention to treat analysis, clear definition of outcomes, blinding, follow up, and appropriate statistical analyses. Where possible, data were converted to the mean and standard deviation of the number of wet nights per week. Main outcomes were treatment failure (number not achieving 14 consecutive dry nights) and treatment failure or relapse (number not achieving 14 consecutive dry nights or relapsing after achieving that criterion).
Main results
22 randomised trials (n=1125) met the inclusion criteria. Study quality was generally poor and most comparisons involved data from only 1 study. Average sample size was 51. Meta-analysis of 5 trials (n=177) (using a fixed effects model) found that children who used alarms were less likely to have treatment failures than children who had no treatment or were on a waiting list (table⇓). Results still favoured alarms when considering children with an outcome of treatment failure or relapse (table⇓). Insufficient evidence exists in the other trials that compared different types of alarms, alarms with behavioural treatment, alarms alone with alarms augmented with other interventions, or alarms with medications.
Alarm interventions compared with no treatment reduce nocturnal enuresis in children. Insufficient evidence exists about which type of alarm is best, or about the efficacy of alarms compared with behavioural interventions, medications, or augmentation of alarms with other interventions.
Primary nocturnal enuresis continues to challenge millions of children and their parents each year. Despite continuing efforts to understand the aetiology of this frustrating, common childhood problem, little is known. What is known is that each year nearly 15% of children with nocturnal enuresis will "outgrow" this problem, so that eventually all but 2–3% of children become dry at night.1 In this process, however, too many children experience shame and ridicule, further compromising their social and emotional development. Over the years several interventions have been tried, ranging from home remedies to behavioural techniques to medications. One of the most traditional approaches is the use of special alarms that ring when a child wets, awakening the child and conditioning him to self awaken when his bladder is full. Historically viewed by healthcare providers as the most effective intervention, the dominance of alarms has recently been challenged by desmopressin—now marketed as a quick fix for bed wetting.
The review by Glazener and Evans systematically examines what is known about the effectiveness of alarm interventions and compares them with other interventions. Most studies failed the rigour of scientific scrutiny. Nevertheless, analysis of the findings of 22 randomised trials evaluating 1125 children with enuresis confirms clinicians' assumptions that alarms do work in reducing night wetting. Most importantly, treatment effects hold true even after treatment finishes. Although definitive conclusions about the superiority of alarms over medications during a treatment episode are uncertain, the findings of Glazener and Evans lend credence to the popular understanding that relapse rates are higher after treatment with desmopressin or tricyclics than with alarms. Further study is needed to support early evidence that initiation of desmopressin combined with an alarm may hasten response in clinical situations that require a quick solution. Important questions remain about how best to approach families who appear unable to tolerate lengthy treatment regimens; but when a safe and effective intervention is sought in the treatment of bed wetting, there is clear evidence that alarm interventions make sense.
Source of funding: National Health Service Research and Development Programme UK.
For correspondence: Dr C Glazener, Health Services Research Unit (Flea), University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK. Fax +44 (0)1224 403018.

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Leading projects around the world for clients in education and industry, Ewan is the passionate and energising tour de force behind NoTosh. A highly-regarded keynote speaker at events around the world, he's also the author of How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make Them Happen and regularly writes about learning on his blog edu.blogs.com.
NoTosh is a global consultancy with a passion for learning and a conviction that innovation and creativity can change the way people think, the way they learn and the way they work – as individuals, teams, organisations and communities.
"As a French and German high school teacher in Scotland back in the 1990s, I wanted to find new ways to help students engage with my subjects – I felt strongly that technology was both critical to this and underused in the classroom, so my classes were among the first in Europe to podcast and blog as part of their daily learning. From here, it was a reasonably logical step to become National Advisor on Learning and Technology Futures for the Scottish Government … although joining Channel 4 as their Digital Commissioner in 2008 was a step in a different direction. But it was at Channel 4, that I became fascinated by the strategies and tactics that my creative colleagues were using to create imaginative and truly engaging digital services for young people. Could I take this insight and make it work in an education setting? Yes, I reckoned I could… and that's how NoTosh came about."


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By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
All of the photos contained in this article were taken by Chen Lee a.k.a. "SMGLee" at the 2008 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, and he owns the copyright on these photos. Additional photos may be added to this article, later.
October 21, 2008
Speaking of IARs, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) had there own Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) candidate on display at AUSA 2008 in the form of a Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics) Ultimax 100 Mark V (MK5) LMG/SAW, which is essentially an updated/upgraded and modified Ultimax 100 MK4 LMG/SAW (a.k.a. Ultimax 100 Mark IV LMG/SAW). It appears from the photos DefenseReview has acquired that the GDATP IAR/Ultimax 100 MK5 LMG/SAW's rather unique-looking ambidextrous safety/selector switch features both semi-auto and full-auto settings, and M4/M4A1 Carbine/M16 Rifle-style 4179 STANAG mag well designed to accept 4179 STANAG (AR-15/M16-type) 30-round box magazines and 100-round Beta C-MAG double-drum mags, instead of the Ultimax's proprietary 100-shot single-drum mag.
The GDATP IAR/ST Kinetics Ultimax 100 Mark V (a.k.a. Ultimax 100 MK5) LMG/SAW's addition of a semi-auto setting is a definite plus, as it allows the Ultimax LMG/SAW to…
be employed in single-shot mode against individual targets. Defense Review is curious as to whether or not GDATP and/or ST Kinetics have re-engineered the weapon to fire open-bolt full-auto/closed-bolt semi-auto, to make semi-auto shots more accurate while simultaneously retaining the advantage of "Constant-Recoil", which requires open-bolt full-auto operation to work. Invented by the great Jim Sullivan a.k.a. L. James Sullivan in the late 1970's, "Constant-Recoil" allows a lighter-weight gas-operated machine gun to outhit a heavier machine gun of the same caliber on full-auto (i.e. during full-auto fire) by spreading the recoil impulse out over time, thus attenuating/mitigating recoil mechanically instead of via the weapon's receiver weight. "Constant-Recoil" therefore constitutes one of the most important discoveries/inventions in the history of infantry small arms design and development. It's also what allows the 9-11-lb Ultimax 100 series light machine guns (LMGs) to outhit the M16 rifle series weapons (M16A1, M16A2, M16A3 and M16A4) by approximately an 8:1 ratio on full-auto in off-hand shooting, and by approximately a 2.5:1 ratio when engaging targets from from the bipod, accoring to testing conducted by the Singapore Army (Singapore Armed Forces).
The only problem with modifying the Ultimax 100's mag well to accept 4179 STANAG AR-15/M16 mags is that it will no longer accept the Ultimax's proprietary 100-rnd drum mag, which is reportedly significantly more reliable than the Beta C-MAG double-drum mag. The Ultimax drum mag is more reliable because Beta Co. changed the technical data package (TDP) a long time ago on the C-MAG in the areas of center-magazine-tower/feed design and housing material(s) from Jim Sullivan's original design specs/TDP. DefenseReview has been informed that Sullivan's original C-MAG was reliable and didn't require graphite powder lubrication (or any other type of lubrication).
It's possible that GDATP and ST Kinetics have developed an adapter that will allow the Ultimax MKV/GDATP IAR to utilize the original Ultimax 100 LMG/SAW's 100-shot drum mag. We don't know, but we'll look into it.
From the photos, it would appear that the ST Kinetics Ultimax 100 MK5 LMG/GDATP IAR offers a quick-change-barrel (QCB) system a la the Ultimax 100 MK3/4, as well as the MK4's Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" quad rail system for mounting combat sights (a.k.a. combat optics a.k.a. optical sights), visible and IR lasers, tactical white lights, vertical forgrips, and front and rear flip-up/folding back-up iron sights (BUIS). The GDATP IAR/Ultimax MK5's side-folding/telescoping/collapsible buttstock appears from the photos to be sturdy and rugged, but that's conjecture at this point since DefenseReview hasn't yet handled or fired the weapon.
Speaking of vertical foregrips, notice the Grip Pod System mounted on the GDATP IAR/ST Kinetics Ultimax 100 MK5 pictured.
DefenseReview is guessing the GDATP IAR's dry/empty weight at approx. 10-11 lbs, but we're not sure yet. Defense Review already has a call into GDATP to get more info on the GDATP IAR/ST Kinetics Ultimax 100 Mark V LMG/SAW, and we'll update our readers accordingly. In the meantime, enjoy the photos.
Photo Credit(s): Chen Lee a.k.a. "SMGLee"
Company Contact Info:
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Press Contact and Releases
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AAI Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) Prototype on Display at AUSA
Acronyms and Abbreviations:
LMG – Light Machine Gun
SAW – Squad Automatic Weapon
Full-Auto – Fully Automatic
Semi-Auto – Semi-Automatic


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The large variation in the mathematical maturity of two year college students who enroll in remedial mathematics courses makes self-paced courses an attractive alternative to teacher-paced courses. The advantages of self-paced courses do not off-set the problems of procrastination and high withdrawal rates which appear to be unintended outcomes of self-pacing. In this study, some strengths and weaknesses of self-paced courses were examined in relation to the degree of peer interaction in the course. Consequently, the study surfaces certain conditions which might account for procrastination and reaffirms certain strengths associated with self-paced courses.
Chapter 1 Summary
In Chapter 1, it was noted that some instructors of self-paced Developmental Mathematics Courses (DMC) believe that learning related student behaviors such as procrastination, lack of motivation, and lack of self-discipline lead to the failure of many students to complete self-paced DMC and are unintend outcomes of the lack of group discussions. As these beliefs were based upon undocumented observations, the purpose of this study was to investigate effects of small discussion groups on certain student behaviors in self-paced DMC. The student behaviors selected were achievement, intellectual involvement in the course, course interest, attitude towards the course, and course pacing. Withdrawal rates were selected for analysis since they constitute one measure of the effectiveness of DMC.
The study has implications for curriculum planners in that it provides empirical evidence from which to derive some perspective on the role of peer discussions in DMC.


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Latest Film'God Loves Uganda' Tells the Story of the Ugly Evangelical Campaign in Uganda
God Loves Uganda, from Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams, covers the continuing efforts by evangelical Christians to mold Uganda to their vision of a fundamentalist Christian society. Perhaps the most notable of these efforts was the introduction of a bill that would allow the death penalty to be imposed for acts related to homosexuality.
Using interviews and hidden camera footage, God Loves Uganda is a story that connects the fundamentalist Christians in the U.S. and their Ugandan counterparts. It includes an interview with gay activist David Kato shortly before he was murdered and the story Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, a Ugandan minister who was excommunicated and ostracized advocating a campaign for peace.
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Reason Cinema is a film series project sponsored by the American Humanist Association. Since 2008, the AHA has hosted free screenings of films with humanist or progressive themes open to the public in Washington DC and other cities in the United States. These screenings are followed by informative discussions with directors, producers, and leading philosophers and policy experts on humanist issues. We aim to advance a secular agenda through innovative films that connect humanism and the arts.
The AHA has recently helped promote the award-winning documentary FUEL, PBS's miniseries Becoming Human, comedian Bill Maher's Religulous, the major motion picture The Golden Compass, Vivek Palavali's Creator of God, and more.
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Pixel Fields
Tuesday, 19th April 2005 by Alex Turnbull
This is an awful lot of fields… scroll around for a bit – there's thousands! And from all the way up here, it looks like some sort of cool pixel-art.
Which might perhaps explain why the farmers chose Pac-Man as their new subject matter when they got bored of rectangles!
Thanks go to Seth for Pac-Man. Cheers mate, geek-tastic!
Oh, there's also combination rectangles and circles, sent to us by Mik 🙂


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Battered Brewers beat Pirates, Cole 5-2
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy hit a bases-loaded, two-run single, and the battered Milwaukee Brewers withstood the early exits of star outfielders Carlos Gomez and Ryan Braun to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Gomez scored the second run on Lucroy's single in the third after getting hit by a changeup from Gerrit Cole (3-3). It was their first meeting since the teams brawled last month in Pittsburgh after Cole and Gomez exchanged words.
No confrontations Tuesday, though Gomez did leave the game with lower back tightness.
Braun was activated from the disabled list earlier Tuesday following an oblique injury. There was no immediate word on why he left after the sixth.
Marco Estrada (3-1) struck out eight in six innings. Francisco Rodriguez tossed a hitless ninth for his 16th save.
Jean Segura added two hits, the second after a shot up the middle deflected off the mound and squirted in between first and second to allow Lucroy to score from second for a four-run lead in the seventh.
The Brewers welcomed the fortuitous bounce with three of their top bats out of the lineup. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez was placed on the disabled list with a pulled left hamstring earlier Tuesday.
Neil Walker hit a solo homer that landed on the concourse beyond left-center in the first to extend his hitting streak to five.
It was one of six hits allowed by Estrada, who looked like he was having trouble much off the night locating his off-speed stuff. He needed 112 pitches to get through his outing.
Still, it was more than enough for Milwaukee, and Rodriguez bounced back nicely from his first blown save on Sunday.
Pitching has played a crucial role with Milwaukee racing out to a 25-14 mark and the NL Central lead – all while enduring injuries to key hitters. Braun finished 0 for 2 with a walk, striking out swinging in the fifth with runners on second and third.
Two days after getting hit by a pitch in the left forearm against the Yankees, Gomez was hit on the same arm with an off-speed pitch from Cole. He smiled after reaching first, but left after the fifth with the tight back.
Cole allowed seven hits, three walks and three runs in 5 2-3 innings. The right-hander with a fastball that reached 100 mph struck out six.
Gomez and other players on both teams said they were over the ill feelings left over from their April 20 brawl.
Notes: The Brewers challenged an out call on Lyle Overbay's grounder that deflected off the mound with one out and a runner on in the seventh. The call stood after a review of roughly 3 1/2 minutes. …… Gomez and Pirates OF Travis Snider, who exchanged shoves during last month's brawl, ran into each other at a Milwaukee steakhouse during each team's off day Monday. "We shook hands, he gave me a hug and everything is cool. There (are) no hard feelings," Gomez said. … Pittsburgh sends Francisco Liriano (0-3) to the mound Wednesday against Milwaukee's Wily Peralta (4-2).


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Tourism By Trail: Mountain View, Arkansas
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Mountains, Music and (Being) Mellow
The Ozark Highlands Trail offers spectacular views of Central Arkansas' Ozark Mountains.
Mountains, Music and (Being) Mellow
Mountain View, Arkansas
The Ozark Mountains are a 47,000-square-mile plateau of rock created by geologic uplift over 300 million years ago. Erosion has gotten the best of this plateau since then, and today it consists of rolling hills dissected by hollows, creeks and rivers. The Ozark National Forest, north of Mountain View, and its hundreds of singletrack miles is a veritable trail-running paradise.
If you ever think that life is too fast and frenetic, a trip to Mountain View, which is about as gentle as the mountains surrounding it, might be what you need. The economy is based mostly on tourism and you'll instantly feel welcomed. In fact, the town's vibe is so friendly that even the gas-station attendant waves when you pump.
Don't think a visit will be all quiet, though. As the Folk Music Capital of the World, the good folks who call Mountain View home know how to get their party on. Live music livens the mood at local establishments most Friday and Saturday nights. Spontaneous street concerts can happen anytime. And about a half-dozen annual music festivals draw talented artists, thousands of fans and a huge passion for down-home, grassroots music making.
Three m's seem to guide Mountain View life—mountains, music and (being) mellow. Ashley Nordell, a 32-year-old trail runner and mother from Sisters, Oregon, knows this well. "In 2007, I signed up to race the 3 Days of Syllamo, not realizing it would be the beginning of an annual pilgrimage to the Arkansas Ozarks." Nordell is particularly drawn to the region's remoteness, "The further north of Little Rock you drive, the more remote it becomes. Soon the communities are made up of just friendly people, a church and a gas station."
By the Numbers
> 2748 folks call Mountain View home sweet home.
> In 2008, an F4 tornado tracked a remarkable and destructive 122 miles across north-central Arkansas, trampling Mountain View and its surroundings. You can still see swaths of downed trees in the countryside.
> Ozark National Forest encompasses 1.2 million acres of mostly northern Arkansas!
Get There. Fly into and rent a car at either the Little Rock National Airport, a two-hour drive, or the Memphis International Airport, a three-hour drive. You'll need personal transportation.
Play Tourist. Embrace those three m's! Stroll through downtown, view the historic courthouse and sit on a bench to watch the world go by. Tube the cool water of the nearby White River on a steamy summer day. Take a cave tour at Blanchard Springs Caverns in the Ozark National Forest. Seek out and soak up live music. Check out Ozark Folk Center State Park to learn about the region's folk-music history. "We're a small, slow-moving town," explains Kirk, "you can still go to a drive-in movie!"
Take Note. Stone County, the county housing Mountain View, is dry. Plan booze acquisition accordingly.
Learn More. The Mountain View Chamber of Commerce calendar is the go-to online resource for tracking folk and other entertainment events. The Ozark-Saint Francis National Forests website provides all you need to know about the natural areas around Mountain View. This YouTube video from the Arkansas Folk Festival might inspire you to jig your way to Mountain View.
Top Trails
Jack's Branch Trail Lollipop.
Begin and end this 13.8-mile run at the Blanchard Springs Caverns Campground and run it counterclockwise for a killer view of the White River from a bluff top at about the halfway point. Rolling grades and narrow-but-buff singletrack are just twice punctuated by full-attention-required rocky bits.
Ozark Highlands Trail point-to-point.
Arrange a shuttle for this 14-ish mile, point-to-point run from the Brush Creek Trailhead to the Matney Knob Trailhead. You'll contour through thick hardwood forests and dip a couple times into damp hollows. "This trail is about as remote as northern Arkansas gets," says Steve Kirk, the 52-year-old race director of 3 Days of Syllamo. Access both trailheads via Arkansas Highway 341 from within an hour of Mountain View. After your run, drive the short distance from the Matney Knob Trailhead to the White River and soak your bones.
North Sylamore Creek Trail out-and-back.
Run from the Blanchard Springs Caverns Campground to the Barkshed Campground and back. You'll get 19 miles of quintessential Ozarks scenery. Says Nordell, "Begin by climbing up the cliffs above Blanchard Springs and glimpse North Sylamore Creek from the top. Later you'll hug tight to rocky cliffs next to the creek. Spectacular stuff."
Top Races
Sylamore 50K and 25K.
Out-and-back February runs on the North Sylamore Creek Trail from Allison, a few miles north of Mountain View.
3 Days of Syllamo.
This three-day stage race at Blanchard Springs Caverns, about 20 miles north of Mountain View, features 50K, 50-Mile and 20K stages in March. Alternately, race any individual stage.


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April 24, 2007
Google Transit Expands to Japan
Google Transit is also available for mobile phones.
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This is great !ReplyDelete
I was waiting for Google to get on with the train fare business.
Detailed info about train schedules is already available through other sites in Japan, having Google provide it with maps is pretty useful.
- AnonymousApril 24, 2007 at 9:55 AM
I'd like to see Google pay more attention to European cities. Paris especially. :-)ReplyDelete
New York!!!! For the love of god please give us NEW YORK!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I'd love to see something like this in Europe - I hope they're working on it! I'd especially like to be able to get directions by train from place to place complete with the times - at the moment it only shows direction by road... It would be a start for them to at least label train stations in the UK so I can find them on the map! They have them marked in London along with the Underground stops, but the rest of the UK has nothing of the sort.ReplyDelete
have a look at map.search.ch - we don't have to wait for Google to do this...ReplyDelete
The difference between Google Transit in Japan and Google Transit in New York: You will actually get accurate time estimates for Japan. Down to the exact minute. In New York, you get ultra-fuzzy time guesstimates at best.ReplyDelete
I'm hoping Google takes this one step further and adds Bicycling and Walking direction modes. I figure these modes could have a few extra features that would make this very useful and encourage folks to try such alternatives:ReplyDelete
- Take a bicyclist's/walker's special route needs into consideration, selecting roads on less busy streets (no freeways) when possible, accounting for the presence of sidewalks and routes through parks, and showing vehicle MPH limits on route segments.
- Show estimated travel time for an average bicyclist's/walker's MPH, possibly with options to enter your own values.
- Show a linear "height map" chart of the terrain one will be traversing, and optionally select flatter or hillier routes preferentially.
- Include hiking maps geodata (trails data) and allow plotting hiking routes.
- For a given route, indicate calories burned biking/walking, gasoline saved, and the (calories burned biking/walking : calories burned in the form of vehicle fuel) ratio over a given route -- would be very interesting and inspirational to see and compare.
- Integrate with Trip Planner's bus routes, so that you could indicate whether or not you will be bringing a bicycle on your bus trip, and how far you're willing to travel on foot/bike, and Google would then give biking/walking directions between your start/endpoints and the bus stops.
- AnonymousMay 9, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Have been using this function (called Google Local / Transfer) on my mobile probably since January 2007. Unfortunately, it is still not at the same level as Yahoo's Trains, EkiExpert or other services already available in the market.ReplyDelete
Haven't used the desktop version yet, but if Google could add maps on their mobile version would be great.


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Speakers will Assess the Science of Climate Change at UH Symposium
The state climatologist, the climate change adviser for Royal Dutch Shell and a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will discuss the challenges faced by a warming world at a University of Houston symposium on February 11.
"Regardless of your political views, this is something that's going to impact everybody," said Barry Lefer, associate professor of atmospheric science and atmospheric chemistry at UH, who will moderate the discussion. "I want to focus on what scientists are concerned about, what the threats are."
The speakers will be Richard Feely, senior fellow at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, David Hone, London-based chief climate change adviser in the Shell CO2 team and John Nielsen-Gammon, professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University and the Texas state climatologist.
The discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 11, at the Hilton University of Houston Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom. RSVP at uhenergyseries.eventbrite.com.
This will be the third of four discussions on critical issues facing the energy industry and the nation, sponsored by the UH College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and UH Energy. The final talk, on the sustainability of renewable energy, will be March 4.
Dan Wells, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, acknowledged that climate change is a politically volatile topic.
"But people need a better understanding of the science that is driving our understanding of it," he said. "The speakers may not agree on all of the details of that science, but the audience is sure to leave much better informed about what's true and what is not in the ongoing debates about climate change and the impact those debates will have on our country's energy policy."
Lefer said he expects each of the speakers to address their area of expertise. Nielsen-Gammon, for example, will talk about the impact of climate change on Texas agriculture, including the devastating 2011 drought, which caused an estimated $10 billion in losses.
"We're looking for a broader point of view," Lefer said. "Not hysteria, but a focus more on the economic impact of future climate."
Some of that impact undoubtedly will reverberate through energy policy, said Ramanan Krishnamoorti, chief energy officer at UH.
"Climate change and the policies that government enacts in response to climate change are likely to have a big impact on energy sources and production in the future," he said. "To ensure that the country and the world continue to have a stable energy supply, while still maintaining sustainable environmental practices, it is critical that both policymakers and the general public are well-informed about the impact of climate change and the science behind it."
The talk, sponsored by the Houston Business Journal and Houston Public Media, is free and open to the public.
- Jeannie Kever, University Communication


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Questetra Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Questetra") hereby provides for this Questetra BPM Suite Terms of Service (hereinafter referred to as the "TOS") composed of the following provisions and provides you with the Service as defined in Article 2 hereof in accordance with this TOS.
2. Definitions
In this TOS, the following terms have the following meanings, except where the context otherwise requires:
- "Service" means Questetra BPM Suite service by which Questetra provides you with the Functions as defined in (5) below.
- "System" means Questetra BPM Suite software, server equipment and network equipment arranged by Questetra so that you can use the Service.
- "Service Website" means websites on the Internet notified to you by Questetra (hereinafter referred to as the "Notified Website"), websites designated on the Notified Website, websites you will be automatically directed to from the Notified Website or any other websites you can easily look at from the Notified Websites.
- "Official Sales Website" means the website managed by Questetra in order to sell the Service.
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- "Functions" means functions of the "Questetra BPM Suite" service described on the Official Sales Website.
3. Scope of Application of TOS
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3-2. This TOS includes rules related to the use of the Service which are notified to you or posted on the Official Sales Website or the Service Website under Article 9 hereof as needed in manners as separately set forth herein for the purpose of smooth operation of the Service.
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During the term of the Service as separately agreed on between you and Questetra (hereinafter referred to as the "Service Term"), Questetra grants you a non-assignable, non-exclusive right to use the System for the purpose and without breaching the TOS on condition that you paid the Service Fees as set forth in Article 7.
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- Maintenance and management of computer terminals, communication devises, communication channels and other network equipment other than the System necessary for the use of the Service, and maintenance and management of contents.
- Restoration from discontinuance or failure of the Service due to the following reasons:
- unavailability of the Service due to the devices or equipment described in the preceding item (1);
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- discontinuance or failure of the Service due to willful or negligent acts of a third party;
- discontinuance or failure of the Service due to blackout, fire, earthquake, labor disputes or other causes that are difficult to be ascribed to neither of you and Questetra.
- In addition to the preceding items (1) and (2), any act that is not expressly specified in the TOS as the act to be done by Questetra.
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- to change the scope and functions of the Service; and
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- the application does not follow the application procedures prescribed by Questetra;
- the application causes or may cause business or technical problems against the provision of the Service; or
- the application is deemed inappropriate by Questetra.
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10-3. Questetra may entrust whole or part of work related to the Service to any third party at discretion of Questetra.
10b. Service Level Agreement
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10b-3. Downtime means if the System has no external connectivity. But Downtime percentage measurements exclude planned downtime.
Part IV: Your Responsibilities
11. Responsibility for Management of ID and Password
11-1. You are responsible for managing IDs, passwords or otherwise necessary to use the Service and the System. Questetra shall not be liable for any damage caused by leak or misuse or unauthorized use by a third party of the IDs, passwords or otherwise.
11-2. You will lease IDs, passwords or otherwise necessary to use the Service and the System from Questetra. You are responsible for managing them and you may not disclose or provide them to any third party other than your employees.
11-3. You shall indemnify Questetra from any damage suffered by Questetra arising from leak or misuse or unauthorized use by a third party of the IDs and password leased from Questetra in accordance with the preceding paragraph 2.
12. Responsibility regarding the Use of the Service
You shall assume any and all applicable legal responsibilities, whether to Questetra and any person or entity designated by Questetra or to any third party, for any result arising from your use of the Service including, but not limited to, transmission, input and output of data, or inability to use of the Service. You must immediately notify Questetra if you find or you believe there allegedly is any unauthorized use of IDs or passwords or any act that breaches the TOS or causes damage to Questetra and any person or entity designated by Questetra. Further, if you find or you believe there allegedly is any copy or distribution of the contents constituting the Service or offered by the Service, you must make your best efforts to make those who perform such copy or distribution stop such acts.
13. Your Information and Suggestions
13-1. For the use of the Service, you agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about your organization and individuals who belong to it and to immediately update the same as needed. If there is any suspicion that the information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Questetra may suspend your use of the Service or terminate the Agreement with you.
13-2. Questetra shall own any and all rights including intellectual property rights related to suggestions, feedback, ideas or information provided by you about the Service, the System, the Service Website or the Official Sales Website (hereinafter referred to as the "Suggestions"). You agree to assign Questetra any and all rights in and to the Suggestions without compensation and agree that Questetra use any and all rights in and to the Suggestions without compensation. Questetra may use the Suggestions at its own discretion.
14. Prohibited Conducts
You may not use the Service to engage in any of the following conducts:
- email delivery service using the Service;
- conducts that cause any disadvantage against any third party or Questetra, including, but not limited to, infringement of copyrights, property rights or privacy including transmission of computer viruses or malicious programs;
- transmission of emails not permitted or approved by receivers (unsolicited emails);
- conducts that prevent or may prevent operation of the Service by making the System heavily overloaded or otherwise;
- promotional activities not approved by Questetra;
- conducts to breach the TOS including unauthorized use of IDs or passwords;
- conducts to violate laws and ordinances; and
- conducts that are obscene or offensive to public order and morals.
15. Your Cooperation
15-1. For the use of the Service, you are required to secure appropriate operating environment and fulfill hardware requirements, and to take necessary measures so that Questetra can provide you with the Service.
15-2. If you will make any substantial change or addition to systems in your office that may affect the use of the Service, you are required to notify Questetra in advance of contents of such change or addition to maintain the normal operation of the Service.
15-3. In case of any of the following, Questetra may ask you to provide us with materials and information related to the use of the Service and you are required to cooperate as much as possible; provided that such materials and information do not involve your secrecy:
- the provision of materials and information is reasonably necessary for prevention of or restoration from malfunction of the System;
- after separate discussions, you and Questetra deem the provision of materials and information necessary to technically or economically enhance the functions of the Service; or
- in addition to the preceding items (1) and (2), there is any reasonable cause for which you and Questetra deem the provision of materials and information necessary after separate discussions.
Part V: Other Provisions
16. Notice
Questetra may give notices to you by posting them on the Official Sales Website or the Service Website, by displaying them on the System, by transmitting emails to your email address you notified to us on your application for the Service or by sending postal mails to your address that you notified and Questetra approved as a contact point. You may give notices to Questetra by sending emails or postal mails in Japanese or English to the following email address or postal address:Questetra, Inc., Customer Service Team
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17. Confidentiality
17-1. Either of you and Questetra shall use the other's commercial, technical or business confidential information that it comes to know through the use of the Service only for the purpose of the use of the Service and shall not disclose or divulge such information without approval of the other. Provided, however, that such information may be disclosed if required by laws and ordinances by giving written notice to the other. Following information is excluded from the confidential information for the purpose of this Article 17:
- information that is publicly known or becomes publicly known without any fault of the receiving party;
- information that the receiving party already owned before it comes to know thorough the use of the Service;
- information developed or found solely by the receiving party without referencing any information known to it through the use of the Service; and
- information lawfully obtained from a third party who has a legitimate right without obligation of confidentiality from any third party.
17-2. The provisions of this Article 17 shall survive the termination of the Agreement and remain effective for 3 years thereafter.
18. Ownership of Intellectual Property Right, etc.
18-1. Copyrights and moral rights in or to any work Questetra provides to you by the System and the Service and other intellectual property rights including know-how contained therein shall be owned by Questetra or other legitimate right holders.
18-2. With respect to the System, the Service and works provided to you as set forth in the preceding paragraph 1, you may not:
- use the System and such works for any purpose other than the use of the Service;
- copy, modify, compile, or otherwise reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble;
- lease, assign or grant a security interest to any third party whether for profit or not; and
- use the Service for any purpose that violates laws and ordinances or is offensive to public order and morals.
18-3. The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of the Agreement.
19. Suspension of the Service and Termination of Agreement by Questetra
19-1. If any of the following events occurs to you, Questetra may suspend whole or part of provision of the Service or terminate the Agreement with the prior, or after-the-fact in an urgent case, notice by email or in writing:
- you fail to make payments in breach of any provisions of Article 8 hereof;
- Questetra deems your financial condition deteriorates for the following situation, without limitation:
- any bill or check issued or endorsed by you becomes dishonored;
- attachment, provisional attachment, provisional disposition or auction is filed;
- foreclosure for tax delinquency is made;
- commencement of proceedings of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, civil rehabilitation or other similar procedures in you country are filed;
- you enter into liquidation or dissolution;
- you attempt to assign whole or significant part of business to a third party; or
- any other reasonable causes by which Questetra deems your financial condition deteriorates or may deteriorate.
- you interfere the operation of the Service or damage Questetra's reputation or credit; or
- you commit a breach of the TOS.
19-2. In case of any of the following events, Questetra may suspend whole or part of provision of the Service with the prior, or after-the-fact in an urgent case, notice to you:
- regular or urgent maintenance or other work of the System;
- malfunction or other incidents of the System;
- difficulty in provision of the Service due to blackout, fire, earthquake, labor disputes or other causes not attributable to Questetra; and
- other reasonable operational or technical causes of the System.
19-3. If the System becomes inoperable due to damage to whole or part of the System caused by acts of God or force majeure, Questetra may terminate the Agreement by notifying you thereof.
19-4. Even if the Service is suspended or the Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 19, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the TOS, Questetra shall not assume any liability to you or any others for any loss or damage including loss of data you have stored in the System.
20. Termination of the Agreement by You
20-1. If you fail to make application to renew the Service Term 7 days prior to the expiration of the Service Term at latest, the Agreement is terminated upon expiration of the Service Term.
20-2. Even during the Service Term, you may terminate the Agreement by giving a notice to Questetra in writing or by email. In such case, the Agreement shall be terminated 30 days after the day when Questetra receives such notice; provided that the Service Fees for the remaining period of the Service Term will not be refunded.
21. Effect of Termination of the Service
21-1. Upon expiration, cancellation or termination of the Agreement, you cannot use any part of the Service and the System and you must immediately return to Questetra any goods provided by Questetra or destroy the same following Questetra's instruction. You are required to provide certifications of such return or destruction upon Questetra's request.
21-2. Upon termination of the Agreement, at the discretion of Questetra, Questetra deletes all data arising from the use of the Service and registered in the Service and the System as of such termination of the Agreement including any data input or transmitted by you.
22. Liability for Damages
22-1. If your breach of the TOS causes any damage to Questetra, you shall be liable for the damage suffered by Questetra.
22-2. If your use of the Service causes any damage to any third party, you must settle the case on your own responsibility and indemnify and hold harmless Questetra.
22-3. Questetra shall not be liable to you or any others for any result arising from the use of the Service, whether due to malfunction or defect of the System, invasion into the System by a third party, commercial disputes or for any reason whatsoever, unless otherwise specifically provided for in the TOS or there is any willful or gross negligence of Questetra.
22-4. If Questetra assumes liability to you for damages, the accumulative amount to be owed by Questetra shall not exceed the total amount of the Service Fees you paid to Questetra during the preceding 6 months; if the period you paid the Service Fees is less than 6 months, the accumulative amount to be owed by Questetra shall not be exceed the total amount of the Service Fees you paid.
22-5. Unless otherwise specifically provided for in the TOS, in no event shall Questetra be liable for damage caused by any reason not attributable to Questetra, damage arising out of special circumstances whether Questetra knew or should have known of the possibility of such damage or not, indirect, consequential damage, lost profits or damage to intangibles such as data and programs.
23. Restriction on Assignment of Rights and Obligations
You may not lease, assign or grant a security interest in whole or part of your rights or obligations under this Agreement to any third party without prior written approval of Questetra.
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This TOS shall be in both Japanese and English languages; provided that the Japanese version shall govern the interpretation of this TOS.
25. Settlement of Disputes
In case of any dispute regarding matters not set forth in any provision of the TOS, you and Questetra shall consult in good faith to settle the diepute as amicable as possible.
The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Japan. You and Questetra agree that any dispute arising related to the Agreement or the Service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Kyoto District Court for the first instance. If any of the provisions of the TOS is held invalid or unenforceable by courts having competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be interpreted so as to reflect the intention of such invalid or unenforceable provision as much as possible, and the other provisions shall remain effective. The Agreement shall not be subject to UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
Established: September 1, 2009.
Amended: December 16, 2009.
Amended: December 1, 2012. (Website URL added)
Amended: April 1, 2016. (10b for SLA added)
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Seven years ago, astronomers boggled when they found the first runaway star flying out of our galaxy at a speed of 1.5 million miles per hour. The discovery intrigued theorists, who wondered: If a star can get tossed outward at such an extreme velocity, could the same thing happen to planets?
New research shows that the answer is yes. Not only do runaway planets exist, but some of them zoom through space at a few percent of the speed of light -- up to 30 million miles per hour.
"These warp-speed planets would be some of the fastest objects in our galaxy. If you lived on one of them, you'd be in for a wild ride from the center of the galaxy to the Universe at large," said astrophysicist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
"Other than subatomic particles, I don't know of anything leaving our galaxy as fast as these runaway planets," added lead author Idan Ginsburg of Dartmouth College.
Such speedy worlds, called hypervelocity planets, are produced in the same way as hypervelocity stars. A double-star system wanders too close to the supermassive black hole at the galactic center. Strong gravitational forces rip the stars from each other, sending one away at high speed while the other is captured into orbit around the black hole.
For this study, the researchers simulated what would happen if each star had a planet or two orbiting nearby. They found that the star ejected outward could carry its planets along for the ride. The second star, as it's captured by the black hole, could have its planets torn away and flung into the icy blackness of interstellar space at tremendous speeds.
A typical hypervelocity planet would slingshot outward at 7 to 10 million miles per hour. However, a small fraction of them could gain much higher speeds under ideal conditions.
Current instruments can't detect a lone hypervelocity planet since they are dim, distant, and very rare. However, astronomers could spot a planet orbiting a hypervelocity star by watching for the star to dim slightly when the planet crosses its face in a transit.
For a hypervelocity star to carry a planet with it, that planet would have to be in a tight orbit. Therefore, the chances of seeing a transit would be relatively high, around 50 percent.
"With one-in-two odds of seeing a transit, if a hypervelocity star had a planet, it makes a lot of sense to watch for them," said Ginsburg.
Eventually, such worlds will escape the Milky Way and travel through the intergalactic void.
"Travel agencies advertising journeys on hypervelocity planets might appeal to particularly adventurous individuals," added Loeb.
The research will be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in a paper authored by Idan Ginsburg, Avi Loeb, and Gary Wegner (Dartmouth College).
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text: The Indian government has established a committee to identify technology and potential investors that could set up India's first two commercial semiconductor wafer fabs, the country\u2019s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said.The committee, which is to submit its report by July 31, will also recommend the nature and size of government support to the fabs, which could range from equity participation to grants and subsidies in physical or financial terms, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The ministry put the rough cost of the two fabs at US$5 billion.An investment of that level should be enough to pick up two second-hand fabs, said Poornima Shenoy, president of India Semiconductor Association (ISA), a trade body.India does not currently have a commercial fab and that's been a bottleneck for the country\u2019s electronics industry. The defense and space ministries run small fabs which mainly meet the requirements of government agencies.It is good that the government has decided to take chip manufacturing seriously, Shenoy said.An earlier government committee recommended, among other things, that the country set up semiconductor wafer fabs, and also give preference in government procurement to locally manufactured electronic products. The domestic market does not require high-end, state-of-the-art fabrication capacity, said Rajiv Jain, associate director for government affairs at ISA. Most of the current demand for semiconductors in India can be met from a fab that processes 200 mm (millimeter) to 300 mm wafers, Jain added.India has emerged as a key chip design location for a number of multinational companies including Intel and Texas Instruments. John Ribeiro covers outsourcing and general technology breaking news from India for The IDG News Service. Follow John on Twitter at @Johnribeiro. John's e-mail address is email@example.com


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The European Union data protection watchdog says that geo-location constitutes private data.
The opinion, which was approved by the Article 29 Working Party on Monday, looked at developments in mobile technology and the current legal framework around them and makes recommendations.
"Location data is certainly, in many instances, private data, and there then follows the obligations to inform users, and the opportunity to opt in or opt out," Peter Hustinx, Europe's Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and member of the working group, told IDG News Service.
Private or personal data receives a much higher level of protection under the E.U.'s Data Protection Directive than anonymous data. This directive is currently under review by the European Commission and reforms are due to be announced later this year. If the Commission accepts the working group's recommendations, geo-location could be included in the law.
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said recently that she would push for more restrictive laws to ensure privacy is maintained in the Internet age and plans "to expand data protection legislation to other areas." She also hit out at Apple following revelations in April that the iPhone and iPad stored information about the devices' location. Apple denied it was deliberately tracking users' locations.
Google also then came under fire, but the maker of the Android smartphone OS argued that it anonymously processed the data and only recorded it in the first place if mobile users opted in.
But Hustinx pointed out that there are many parties involved in this issue — there's the provider, the apps provider, the infrastructure and so on. The Article 29 Working Party is made up of data protection regulators from the 27 member countries of the E.U. and is independent of the Commission. It will make the full text of its opinion public on its website later this week.
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In response to requests for Drag Racer Camping this year; we will again give it a try and see how well it works out. Drag Racers with RV/Motor Homes that have self-contained sleeping & bathroom accommodations will be allowed to stay on-grounds overnight for a $100 weekend fee. All RV/Motor Homes that enter the grounds will be charged the $100 fee weither camping or not. Those wishing to participate will agree to be parked in a special area reserved for this. There will be restrictions on the ability to come and go after 9PM without proper credentials. Those wishing to participate can fill out a form and mail it in or register at the gate at the time of entry. All RV/Motorhomes will be charged this fee at the gate.
Camping Rules – No pets allowed. Only Motorhome/RV Campers that have self-contained restroom and sleeping accommodations will be allowed overnight camping privileges.
All campers must remain within the area of their RV/Motorhome starting at 9PM until 7AM of the next day. Any campers found outside of their area or in the Manufacturer Midway, Swap Meet, Car Corral areas will be escorted off the grounds by security with no entry monies refunded.
Camping is allowed Thursday night and ends after Saturday night. No Sunday night camping is allowed on the race track grounds.
Entry and Exit from the grounds is restricted after 9PM. Must have proper credentials. Only Emergency situations will be honored, so plan accordingly.
A Camping permit will be given to each Motorhome/RV to display in their front windshield and all campers must have a camping wrist band worn.
The Sheriff's patrol and Security will be patrolling by car and on foot throughout the night for enforcement of these rules and general security of the grounds.
There will be no participants allowed in Midway or Swap Meet areas. Those found will be immediately escorted off the grounds.


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Medical geography: An important "new" area of health research that is a hybrid between geography and medicine dealing with the geographic aspects of health and healthcare. Medical geography studies the effects of locale and climate upon health. It aims to improve the understanding of the various factors which affect the health of populations and hence individuals. It is also called health geographics.
The idea that place and location may influence health is not exactly new. It is an old idea and a fertile one. Since Hippocrates (circa 3rd century BC), it has been known that certain diseases such as malaria occur in some places and not others (and for good reason). Malaria is not a disease of mountain tops. It lurks in lowlands where mosquitos breed and sting, to convey the parasitic agent of the disease -- plasmodium.
A classic piece of research in medical geography was in done in 1854 as cholera gripped London. Death tolls rang around the clock from church towers. People feared they were being infected by vapors coming from the ground. A physician by the name of John Snow thought that, if he could locate the source of the disease, it could be contained. He drew maps showing the homes of people who had died of cholera and the locations of water pumps. He found that one pump, the public pump on Broad Street, was central to most of the victims. He figured that infected water from the pump was the culprit. He instructed the authorities to remove the handle to the pump, making it unusable. The number of new cholera cases plummeted. The Broad Street pump was the source of cholera.
In the early 20th century a couple of dentists in Colorado noticed that children living in areas with high levels of naturally-occurring fluoride in groundwater had fewer dental caries. Their discovery of the value of fluoride came from the application of medical geography (which, since this is dental geography, might be better called health geography).


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Designation signifies higher quality of care for radiology oncology program.
East Jefferson General Hospital is the first facility in the region to earn ACR accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The accreditation program was established in 1986 as the extension of the Patterns of Care Study (PCS) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and is administered by the American College of Radiology. ACR accreditation is widely recognized as a benchmark measure of quality care.
"We are extremely honored to be the first in the region to have earned this American College of Radiology accreditation," says Dr. Paul Monsour, EJGH Radiation Oncologist. "For more than a year, they have reviewed our systems, protocols, physicians, technologies and, most importantly, our outcomes in care. Their reviewers found that our program met and exceeded their high standards."
According to the American College of Radiology, the goals of the accreditation program are to provide impartial, third-party peer review; to recognize quality radiation oncology practices through accreditation; to make recommendations for improvement in practice and patient outcomes according to the recognized standards of the scientific community; and to provide a referral list for patients. In addition, the on-site surveyors act as data collectors and submit their findings to the ACR Committee on Radiation Oncology Practice Accreditation who makes the final recommendations regarding accreditation. This committee is composed of board certified radiation oncologists and medical physicists who undergo special training in order to participate.
The EJGH Radiation Oncology Program includes expert, board-certified clinicians in the field of radiation oncology. EJGH is also a regional leader in treatment and technology, featuring brachytherapy, the Novalis TX and Trilogy Stereotactic Radio Surgery Systems, the latest PET/CT and the latest skin cancer treatment system.
About East Jefferson General Hospital
East Jefferson General Hospital is a publicly-owned, not-for-profit community hospital. This service district hospital, formed in 1965, receives no tax support from Jefferson Parish. The 420-bed hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is Louisiana's first Nurse Magnet hospital and only three-time designated organization. For more information on East Jefferson General Hospital, visit online at www.ejgh.org.


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Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on November 13, 2005. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). Abstract This document defines the Pseudo-Random Function (PRF) for the Kerberos V mechanism for the Generic Security Service Application Programming Interface (GSS-API), based on the PRF defined for the Kerberos V cryptographic framework, for keying application protocols given an established Kerberos V GSS-API security context. Williams Expires November 13, 2005 [Page 1] Internet-Draft A PRF for the Kerberos V Mech May 2005 Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Kerberos V GSS Mechanism PRF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . . 6 Williams Expires November 13, 2005 [Page 2] Internet-Draft A PRF for the Kerberos V Mech May 2005 1. Introduction This document specifies the Kerberos V GSS-API mechanism's pseudo- random function corresponding to [GSS-PRF]. The function is a "PRF+" style construction. 1.1 Conventions used in this document The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119]. 2. Kerberos V GSS Mechanism PRF The GSS-API PRF [GSS-PRF] function for the Kerberos V mechanism [RFC1964] shall be the output of a PRF+ function based on the encryption type's PRF function keyed with the negotiated session key of the security context corresponding to the 'prf_key' input parameter of GSS_Pseudo_random(). This PRF+ MUST be keyed with the key indicated by the 'prf_key' input parameter as follows: o GSS_C_PRF_KEY_FULL -- use the sub-session key asserted by the acceptor, if any, or the sub-session asserted by the initiator, if any, or the Ticket's session key o GSS_C_PRF_KEY_PARTIAL -- use the sub-session key asserted by the initiator, if any, or the Ticket's session key The PRF+ function is a simple counter-based extension of the Kerberos V pseudo-random function [RFC3961] for the encryption type of the security context's keys: PRF+(K, L, S) = truncate(L, T1 || T2 || .. || Tn) Tn = pseudo-random(K, n || S) where '||' is the concatenation operator, 'n' is encoded as a network byte order 32-bit unsigned binary number, truncate(L, S) truncates the input octet string S to length L, and pseudo-random() is the Kerberos V pseudo-random function [RFC3961]. The maximum output size of the Kerberos V mechanism's GSS-API PRF then is, necessarily, 2^32 times the output size of the pseudo- random() function for the encryption type of the given key. When the input size is longer than 2^14 octets as per [GSS-PRF] and Williams Expires November 13, 2005 [Page 3] Internet-Draft A PRF for the Kerberos V Mech May 2005 exceeds an implementation's resources then the mechanism MUST return GSS_S_FAILURE and GSS_KRB5_S_KG_INPUT_TOO_LONG as the minor status code. 3. IANA Considerations This document has no IANA considerations currently. If and when a relevant IANA registry of GSS-API symbols and constants is created then the GSS_KRB5_S_KG_INPUT_TOO_LONG minor status code should be added to such a registry. 4. Security Considerations Kerberos V encryption types' PRF functions use a key derived from contexts' session keys and should preserve the forward security properties of the mechanisms' key exchanges. Legacy Kerberos V encryption types may be weak, particularly the single-DES encryption types. See also [GSS-PRF] for generic security considerations of GSS_Pseudo_random(). See also [RFC3961] for generic security considerations of the Kerberos V cryptographic framework. Care should be taken not to exceed the useful lifetime of an established security context's session key's useful lifetime as implementations are not required to prevent overuse of the GSS_Pseudo_random() function. This can effectively be achieved by limiting the number of GSS_Pseudo_random() calls to, say, a handful of calls per-security context. Use of Ticket session keys, rather than sub-session keys, when initiators and acceptors fail to assert sub-session keys, is dangerous as ticket reuse can lead to key reuse, therefore initiators should assert sub-session keys always, and acceptors should assert sub-session keys at least when initiators fail to do so.. The computational cost of computing this PRF+ may vary depending on the Kerberos V encryption types being used, but generally the computation of this PRF+ gets more expensive as the input and output octet string lengths grow (note that the use of a counter in the PRF+ construction allows for parallelization). This means that if an application can be tricked into providing very large input octet strings and requesting very long output octet strings then that may constitute a denial of service attack on the application; therefore applications SHOULD place appropriate limits on the size of any input Williams Expires November 13, 2005 [Page 4] Internet-Draft A PRF for the Kerberos V Mech May 2005 octet strings received from their peers without integrity protection. 5. Normative References [CFX] Zhu, L., Jaganathan, K., and S. Hartman, "The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism: Version 2". [GSS-PRF] Williams, N., "A PRF API extension for the GSS-API". [RFC1964] Linn, J., "The Kerberos Version 5 GSS-API Mechanism", RFC 1964, June 1996. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2743] Linn, J., "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1", RFC 2743, January 2000. [RFC2744] Wray, J., "Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings", RFC 2744, January 2000. [RFC3961] Raeburn, K., "Encryption and Checksum Specifications for Kerberos 5", RFC 3961, February 2005. 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text: In a novel use of the software, National Public Radio is using the Splunk log search engine to analyze Web traffic for its audio streams and downloads. NPR metrics analyst Sondra Russell described the setup at GigaOm's Big Data conference, held Wednesday in New York.Splunk offers what it calls a search engine for machine data. It was originally built to parse log files, or the files programs and hardware generate to document their transactions, errors and other operational information. By coordinating the timestamps of messages from different applications and hardware, Splunk allows system administrators to pinpoint difficult-to-locate system problems. In recent years, however, customers have been expanding their uses of Splunk to other duties, explained Splunk Chief Technology Officer Erik Swan, also speaking at the event. Web traffic analysis and business intelligence are two such ancillary uses. For much of its Web traffic monitoring, NPR uses standard Web traffic analytic software, which can deliver reports on how many people visit each Web page. Such software usually generates these counts by using cookies or by embedding each page with a small script that alerts the software when the page is rendered in a browser. The media organization, however, found it difficult to get reliable usage summaries for a number of aspects of its service. For instance, the organization needed to get an accurate count of how many listeners tuned into their streamed audio and video programs.To get this data, NPR had prepared a PHP script that would parse the server log files and translate the results into a form that could be digested by Adobe's Omniture, a Web analytic tool. Getting information back, however, could take up to 24 hours, and Russell still didn't trust that the results provided an accurate count. In the cases of streaming usage, many users might start a stream, then pause it, and restart it. Or perhaps a user would restart a stream after a failed Internet connection. In the server log files, all these events were logged as separate events, not a linear sequence of actions by a single user. As a result, there was no way of determining how many connections were from different listeners, and how many were multiple streams to a single user. "With our PHP scripts, we could not get that level of sophistication. So our numbers could be off," Russell said."It was hard to make rational decisions based on this."By working with Splunk, NPR could derive listener numbers and information directly from its servers' log files. The software allows users to script search results and then graph the results, or show them on a dashboard. In NPR's case, for instance, it provided the exact number of listeners for each program that was streamed or downloaded. "With Splunk you can wrap multiple [log entries] into a single distinct visit, so I feel my numbers are actually accurate," she said. Splunk helped identify users' mobile platforms as well. An increasing amount of traffic to the NPR site comes from mobile clients, such as iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones. In one case, a manager wanted to know which version of the iPhone operating system was most often used, as the results would direct the company's design work for its iPhone app. "I could not have answered that without Splunk," Russell said. Splunk also solved a seemingly unsolvable problem for the organization: determining how to pay royalties for streamed songs. NPR offers a streaming service for songs, called SoundExchange. It must pay out royalties for each song played, based on the number of listeners that stream had at the moment. "It can get complicated to reconcile the two," Russell said. Using Splunk, Russell was able to merge two files -- a list of when each song was played, and the number of listeners that stream had when the song was played. "Splunk put them together," Russell said. Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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Sometimes I know immediately what I'm going to name a quilt. Sometimes I have no idea. Why does a quilt need a name, anyway? I feel they do. Not sure why. This quilt currently has no name. I'm open for suggestions.
This is a quilt that I've been working on here and there over the past few months. The little stack of 3.5" squares stayed on my table and when I had a few spare minutes I would make a 9-patch block and add it to the pile.
I was able to finish up all of the blocks and get them pieced together over New Year's weekend.
The quilt top is done, and I already have the backing and the binding. I'm just waiting (not so patiently) for an order of Warm & White to arrive in the mail so I can finish this!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
A Nameless WIP
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Love the fabrics!ReplyDelete
"Wheels on the bus"? The center part could be a center of a wheel and then it looks like the tires are going round and round, like wheels on the bus. (It's a stretch, I know)ReplyDelete
Or how about 'Hoot, Hoot' quilt because of the owls.
I'm still thinking.....
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Beautiful! The orange is the perfect pop of color.ReplyDelete
Your quilt top is so pretty! I like the orange centers!ReplyDelete
Humm, how about "Whooo Loves you" for the quilt name, Love it by the way!! Happy and fun quilt.ReplyDelete
Crazy patch is one of my most favorite modern designs. Your fabric picks are fabulous. 'Wooo' doesn't like owls? =)ReplyDelete
Oh goodness me, that's blocks not crazy patch. Sorry, I was too quick to tell you how much I loved it. And I do!ReplyDelete
Aw. That is an adorable quilt. :0)ReplyDelete
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Vatican City, 11 September 2015 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father received in audience Tomislav Nikolic, president of the Republic of Serbia, who subsequently met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States.
In the cordial discussions, the good existing relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Serbia were demonstrated, and the parties considered issues of mutual interest regarding the relationship between the ecclesial and civil communities, with particular reference to ecumenical dialogue and the contribution of the Catholic Church to the common good of Serbian society.
Attention then turned to Serbia's progress towards full integration in the European Union, as well as various situations of a regional and international nature, including the condition of Syrian and Iraqi refugees and displaced persons, and the importance of promoting a shared solution to the current crisis.


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Sizzlean was a healthier form of bacon that claimed to have 50% less fat without sacrificing the flavor. You had to hurry to buy it though, because it was "flying out of the store" (it wasn't).