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Best Tours in the Pacific Islands and Oceania
From Traveler Magazine's 2011 Tours of a Lifetime
Antarctica: Way South on Skis
New this year; physically challenging
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's arrival in the South Pole on December 14, 1911, by skiing the last 12 miles to the very bottom of the world. A series of charter flights will take you from Punta Arenas, Chile, to 89° 45' S, where you'll strap on a pair of skis and head south, camping along the way. PolarExplorers: "Centennial South Pole Expedition," 8 days; $52,500.
New Zealand: Maori Immersion
New this year
Every February, Maori tribes from all over New Zealand congregate at Waitangi to commemorate the treaty between the Maori chiefs and England in 1840. The event culminates in a mass flotilla of waka (traditional canoes). Guests spend several days in the Maori community to learn the traditions, chants, and waka paddling technique before joining the warriors in the big event. Cultural Crossroads: "Maori Celebration in New Zealand," 8 days; $6,196. NEW
Papua New Guinea: Back to Eden
New this year
With its distinct flora and fauna and vast cultural diversity—some 860 languages are spoken among the country's indigenous peoples—Papua New Guinea seems largely unchanged over the centuries. The outfitter has crafted an exploratory itinerary that brings you the best of the country's natural and cultural worlds: You'll go birding in the Tari rain forest, home to 13 species of birds of paradise, and visit the traditional Huli people, famous for their intricate wigs and largely unknown to outsiders until 1935. Guests stay at intimate eco-lodges in the highlands, jungle, and volcanic coast. Natural Habitat Adventures: "Wild Papua New Guinea," 12 days; $9,495.
- Nat Geo Expeditions
Australia: Tiger Shark Hangout
Volunteer opportunity; physically challenging
Each summer, thousands of endangered green turtles migrate to Raine Island in the far north of Australia's Great Barrier Reef to lay their eggs. The process attracts tiger sharks on the lookout for easy prey. This so-called Holy Grail of dive sites is off-limits to all but government research vessels. Here's your chance to see if the area lives up to its reputation working with a team led by renowned shark scientist Richard Fitzpatrick. Participants will assist in tracking, photographing, and collecting data on these lone predators. Marine Encounters: "Tiger Shark & Turtle Tagging Expedition," 8 days; $5,200.
These guided tours are part of National Geographic Traveler's 50 Tours of a Lifetime for 2011 for the outfitters' commitment to authenticity, immersion, sustainability, and connection.


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So, Im watching the Sunday Night game and recognized a familiar player in Ed Dickson. It got me curious. How has he managed to stick around for so long? Hes in his 9th year as a pro and his stats are nothing impressive. Less than 190 career catches, slightly over 2,100 yards and 14 TDS. It just seems like the upside of any given mid round TE prospect would be more appealing than what Dickson brings to the table. Am I missing something?
maybe he has turned into a really good
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Whether or not you hate Flacco or hate LJ... all I am asking is this...
Do you think now that Harbaugh knows he is coming back as the Ravens head coach next year do you think at some point in the game if the Ravens are trailing and the run game isnt gone as planned with LJ at the helm does Harbaugh put Flacco in the game... ?
Also, if he does and Flacco lights it up and gets the win does he then start against the Browns to get him in shape to be January Joe?

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Scott Greenberg, wtop.com
The Jewish tradition of Passover and the Christian celebration of Easter usually fall within close proximity of each other, but this year, the first night of Passover begins tonight and Easter Sunday is just a couple of days behind it.
And while both of these holidays have significant meaning in their respective religious histories, both have one thing in common; copious amounts of food.
Like any important gathering that involves family, friends and food, wine plays an important role. So the wine you pour for your particular celebration should be as joyous as the occasion itself.
Passover Wines
For proper observance, the four cups of wine that are served during a traditional Seder meal should be kosher.
Who knew that the famous Bordeaux region produced a Kosher wine? Well, the 2009 Bonfils Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France offers a refreshing white wine that features flavors of green melon and tropical fruits. The bright acidity and palpable note of lime at the end provides a crisp finish. Perfect with Gefilte Fish. The cost is around $13.
From the Tuscany region of France comes the 2009 Gabriele Chianti. This wine is made exclusively from Sangiovese and sports a fruity nose of dark strawberry and black cherry. The well-balanced structure supports ripe flavors of red berry fruit and earthy notes all the way through the soft, pretty finish. Pair it with roasted veal. The cost is around $15.
Easter Wines
Every family has their own main course tradition, including ham, turkey, rib roast and spring lamb. In addition, a plethora of diverse side dishes can end up competing for space on the plate and the palate. Picking a versatile wine that pairs well with the main attraction is the key to success for any Easter dinner.
I like to start festive occasions with sparkling wines, like the non-vintage Gruet Brut Rose from New Mexico. Made from chardonnay and pinot noir, the floral bouquet is filled with scents of strawberry and raspberry fruit. On the palate, medium-sized bubbles carry flavors of ripe cherry, plum and strawberry. Hints of apple and vanilla climb in on the crisp, sprightly finish. The cost is around $15.
The 2010 Henri Bourgeois La Porte Sancerre from the Loire Valley in France is produced from sauvignon blanc and is both vibrant and fruity at the same time. It offers up invigorating notes of green apple and lemon zest up front and chalky mineral notes on the crisp, lively finish. This is an excellent choice if seafood is your center piece. The cost is around $22.
If there is time
Pinot noir is a wonderfully versatile wine, capable of swinging from salmon to duck without breaking a skin. One of the most versatile of the proverbial grape bunch is the 2010 Saint Innocent Pinot Noir Villages Cuvee from the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The dark color of this pinot belies its delicate nature. The perfumy nose is full of strawberry, raspberry and red plum scents.
The wine has a bigger feel in the mouth thanks to fruit driven flavors of red cherry, plum and strawberry. Gentle notes of vanilla glide in on the back-end and contribute to a lovely, silky finish. Perfect with either ham or turkey. The cost is around $35.
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Earth Systems Education Program Office, School of Natural Resources
This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.
Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.


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Managing Complications and Side Effects
The build-up of myeloma cells in the bone marrow can lead to a number of medical problems that need to be identified, monitored and treated.
Bone complications
Throughout our lives, our bones are constantly being remodeled by two types of cells with complementary functions:
- Osteoclasts break down old bone to make room for new bone.
- Osteoblasts lay down new bone to replace the bone broken down by osteoclasts.
Under normal conditions, both types of cells keep the rate of bone formation and bone breakdown equal, so that bone mass remains the same.
Myeloma cells stimulate the osteoclasts (the cells that break down bone) while at the same time interfering with the production of osteoblasts (the bone-forming cells).
As a result, bone is broken down faster than it can be replaced, leading to:
- Areas of damage (or "holes") in the bone (i.e., osteolytic or lytic lesions).
- Progressive thinning of the bones (i.e., osteoporosis).
|How do bone complications affect you?
|How are they managed?
Increased risk of fractures
Bone pain
Is exercise safe?
Unless there are reasons not to exercise, mild or moderate activity, such as walking or swimming, may be physically and emotionally beneficial. Avoid contact sports or activities that could result in falls. Ask a physical therapist or your healthcare team to suggest activities that are appropriate for you.
The high number of myolema cells crowds out red blood cells and decreases their production in the bone marrow, leading to a reduced red blood cell count. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin that carries oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body, providing stamina and energy. A low hemoglobin count can lead to anemia.
|How does anemia affect you?
|How is it managed?
Shortness of breath
Difficulty concentrating
Other symptoms
Why treat anemia?
Studies have shown that, in people with cancer, treating anemia can help:
- Relieve fatigue.
- Make everyday activities easier.
- Reduce the need for blood transfusions.
- Improve the quality of life.
- Make it more likely they will be able to complete their cancer therapy.
Myeloma and some of its treatments can affect the normal production of antibodies and reduce the white blood cell count, making it harder for the body to fight off infections.
|How does a low white blood cell count affect you?
|How is it managed?
Increased susceptibility to infections
Longer time required to recover from infections or illnesses
Kidney damage
The M-proteins produced by myeloma are cleared from the body by the kidneys. Over time, the elevated levels of abnormal M-proteins in the blood and urine can damage the kidneys.
|How does kidney damage affect you?
|How is it managed?
Severe kidney disease may require dialysis (infrequently)
High blood calcium
As bone is broken down, it releases calcium in the bloodstream. If the myeloma is causing a lot of bone damage, the levels of calcium in the blood can become excessively high – a condition known as hypercalcemia.
|How does high blood calcium affect you?
|How is it managed?
More frequent urination
Confusion (in extreme cases)
Other blood complications
Myeloma can result in other blood complications, although they are relatively rare. Potential blood complication include:
- Low platelet levels.
- Normal blood clotting is affected, which can lead to bruising or excessive bleeding.
- Increased risk of blood clots in the veins, associated with some medication.
- Known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a potentially dangerous condition.
- Blood-thinning medication can be prescribed to reduce the risk.
- Thicker-than-normal blood (i.e., hyperviscosity) resulting from a high M-protein level.
- Can affect blood flow to the skin, fingers, toes, nose, kidneys or brain.
Bone pain, nerve pain and neuropathy
There are three main causes of pain for myeloma patients.
The type of treatment you require will depend on the cause of the pain, the severity of symptoms and how you respond to different therapies.
|Main causes of pain in myeloma patients
|How is pain managed?
Bone pain
Nerve damage
Peripheral neuropathy
Pain medication dependency and addiction
Some myeloma patients are reluctant to take opioid medication for their pain, because they're concerned about the potential for addiction.
Most healthcare professionals agree that there is very little risk that someone with no history of dependency will develop a true addiction.
Don't hesitate to discuss any concerns you may have with your medical team, who can answer your questions and recommend pain relief options that are right for you.
Dental health
Dental health is very important for myeloma patients.
Encourage your dentist to talk to your oncologist, to discuss any special precautions you may require, especially while you are receiving treatment.
|How does myeloma affect dental health?
|How can potential risks be reduced?
Increased risk of infection
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ)
Side effects of medication
In addition to their intended effects, all prescription medication have other effects that you may not want – i.e., side effects. Ask your healthcare team, particularly your pharmacist and your nurse-educator, about:
- The potential side effects of the medications you are prescribed.
- Which side effects you should report immediately.
- What you can do to relieve side effects you may experience.
|Common side effects of chemotherapy
|How are they managed?
Nausea and vomiting
|Hair loss
Changes in the mouth
|Loss of appetite
|Common side effects of corticosteroids (steroids) that are frequently used to treat myeloma
Fluid retention and swelling
Increase in blood sugar
Increased appetite
Indigestion or heartburn
Blurred vision
Mood or emotional changes
Long-term use of high-dose steroids can result in:
Other potential side effects
Coping with "Roid Rage"
Dealing with a diagnosis of cancer is hard for you and your loved ones. The mood changes that can be brought on by steroids can make things even harder.
Be sure to explain to your loved ones how steroids can affect your mood and activity levels. Give them a "heads up" when you go on or off your medication.
Chances are they'll be more supportive and understanding (and won't take things too personally) if they know that sometimes "it's the 'roids talking"... not you!
40%... That's the percentage of cancer patients who experience depression or anxiety, according to some studies.
As you deal with your disease, there may be periods when you're feeling "blue" or "down." You may sometimes feel like you're no longer the person you used to be. The physical and mental changes that are occurring may take a toll on your self-esteem.
While these feelings are completely understandable considering what you're going through, it's important for you to reach out to a health professional if you experience five or more of the symptoms on the checklist below for more than two weeks.
|Symptoms (experienced for more than 2 weeks)
|Feelings of sadness, anxiety, irritability, nervousness and/or guilt
|Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
|Changes in your usual sleep patterns (having trouble sleeping or sleeping more than usual)
|Changes in your appetite (gaining or losing weight without trying)
|Loss of interest in activities that you used to enjoy
|Restlessness or slowed behaviour
|Persistent or recurring headaches, digestive disorders or chronic pain
|Difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions
|Fatigue, loss of energy
|Changes in work style or productivity
Thoughts of suicide (if these occur, seek immediate professional help)
If the depression continues for a period of several weeks without relief, or interferes with your everyday life, you may need help.
Don't try to deal with this all by yourself. Talk to your doctor, nurse or counselor. Sometimes, just sharing your thoughts and feelings is enough. In other cases, medication can be helpful. No matter what, always remember that you're not alone.
Before considering alternative therapies...
...there's something you should know.
Many vitamins, supplements and herbal products can interact with your cancer medications.
NEVER take any vitamins, supplement or herbal therapy without first consulting your physician and/or your pharmacist.


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Postcard - Chocolat
Receiving a hand-written note is always so special and brings joy and happiness to your heart. This beautiful note card by a Japanese illustrator Yuko Omori is great for a short letter or a thank you note.
* Size: 8cm x 18cm (3.1" x 7")
* Illustration: Yuko Omori
* Made in Japan
* Picture shows the front and back of the card.
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Compounds are listed generally from least to most aggressive. If you are unsure what pad would work best for you, please do not hesitate to call us!
The Carbotech CT458 comes in the following compounds:
The 1521 is Carbotech's high performance street compound. The 1521 compound is known for its release and modulation, along with unmatched rotor friendliness. 1521 is also a very low dusting and low noise compound with an excellent initial bite. This compound's excellent linear torque production provides incredible braking force without ABS intervention. Carbotech 1521 operating range starts out at ambient and goes up to 800°F (426°C+). 1521 is suitable for ALL street cars, perfect for your tow vehicle or fleet vehicle. Carbotech 1521 is NOT recommended for ANY track use.
The AX6 is specifically engineered for Autocross applications. A high torque brake compound delivering reliable and consistent performance over a very wide operating temperature range of 50°F to 1000°F + (10°C to 537°C+). The advanced compound matrix provides an excellent initial bite, high coefficient of friction at lower temperatures along with very progressive brake modulation and release characteristics. Many drivers use the AX6 for street driving as well, even though Carbotech doesn't recommend street driving with AX6 due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise. AX6 is NOT recommended as a race compound in most applications.
A high torque brake compound with a wide operating temperature range of 200°F-1250°F+ (93°C to 676°C+). Carbotech XP8 is the first of our racing compounds. Good initial bite at race temperatures, high coefficient of friction, excellent modulation and release characteristics. Extremely high fade resistance and very rotor friendly. Perfect for track day use with any tire and can still be driven safely to and from the track. Carbotech does NOT recommended XP8 as a daily driven street pad due to elevated levels of dust and noise. Carbotech XP8 is a great compound on the front & rear of most open wheel and sports racers.
When Carbotech unleashed the XP10 to the general public it immediately gathered multiple regional, divisional, and national championships. The XP10 has a very strong initial bite with a coefficient of friction and rotor friendliness unmatched in the industry. Fade resistance is in excess of 1475°F (801°C). XP10 still maintains the highly praised release, excellent modulation and rotor friendliness that have made all Carbotech compounds so successful. Carbotech XP10 is not recommended as a daily-driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.
Another highly successful XP series compound with an excellent initial bite, torque and fade resistance over and above the XP10 compound. XP12 has temperature range of 250°F to 1850°F+ (121°C to 1010°C+). The XP12 has that excellent Carbotech release and modulation that has made all other Carbotech compounds so successful. The XP12 is more rotor aggressive than XP10, but compared to the competition the XP12 is still very rotor friendly. XP12 is NOT recommended for use as a daily driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.
The latest iteration of the highly successful XP series of compounds. XP20 is a step up from the highly successful XP16 compound. With an extremely aggressive initial bite, linear torque curve and excellent fade resistance the XP20 is another major step in progression of the highly successful XP series line of compounds from Carbotech. XP20 has a temperature range of 275°F to 2000°F+ (135°C to 1093°C+). Carbotech XP20 maintains our tradition of having the outstanding release and modulation that has made all other Carbotech compounds so successful. Carbotech XP20 is NOT recommended for use as a daily driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.
XP24 is the pinnacle compound of the extremely successful XP Series of compounds engineered by Carbotech. This compound is based on the same fundamentals that exist in all other Carbotech formulations. XP24 has even more initial bite, more overall bite, and more torque along with the most linear torque curve we have ever offered. The thermal characteristics are of the highest Carbotech offers along with one of the highest coefficient of friction ratings offered by anyone in the braking industry. This compound is the longest wearing compound Carbotech offers as it was originally engineered for endurance applications at the highest pro racing levels. This revolutionary new compound has been extremely successful with open wheel, closed wheel, sprint and endurance applications. XP24 has a temperature range of 400°F to 2000°F+ (204°C to 1093°C+). Carbotech XP24 is NOT recommended for use as a daily driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise along with the necessary heat required to work properly.
The RP2 compound was engineered for endurance racing based on our highly successful XP Series formulations. RP2 has strong initial bite, a little less modulation than our XP12, but still maintains the rotor friendliness of our XP series compounds. RP2 has great fade resistance with a temperature range of 250°F to 1450°F+ (121°C to 787°C). RP2 is as rotor friendly as our XP series compounds. Carbotech RP2 is NOT recommended for use as a daily driven street pad due to possible elevated levels of dust and noise.
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|Miata (NA, 1.6)
|Protege (w/ disc)
|Escort GT
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(visited by Victor Lissunov and Andrew Pishchikov)
05-Jun-2004 -- It was 2 attempts confluence visiting:
Early spring we visited it without GPS device – using map (scale 1:100000) and compass only. We tried being as much precise as possible: applied declination and corrections on height differences (contour lines), precise measured steps pair…
Victor took major task following azimuth: crossing meadow & counting steps pairs… Andrew was little bit busy with bottle of beer but looked after Victor to be sure he did not flounder with count. Eugene was following Andrew & Victor with camera.
But we were really disappointed when understood our visit can not be recognized because of insufficient map's scale…
From the other side we received one more opportunity to check our "terrain orientation" skills. Or at least check - does this GPS stuff really work?
On June 5th we were armed with:
Arrived to confluence neighborhood our fervor was reduced significantly –
Gnats were hungry as a lion at the desert. Seems to use we were the only warm-blooded things which visited that place in the summer.
It was hard to stay still on one place. Thank god we had bluetooth devices so, Victor was able to run around Andrew who kept GPS device in one hand and was flapping with birch twig at noisy gnats with the another. It takes almost 30 min when we fixed confluence and 20 min more to make photos (staying still and pushing button on camera lead to dozen gnats bites on your hands and neck).
But guess what?!
GPS really works – our first visited "confluence" was 120m behind of GPS pointed one.


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What in the Nate Robinson?
A lot of people played well last night, but the difference maker was Nate Robinson. Yes, you heard that correctly. This is truly one of the most unexpected playoff performances in history. Nate's been designated as head cheerleader for most of the playoffs and no one could've seen this coming. His two big three pointers and steal in the 2nd quarter were the difference in the game. You would've thought with Rondo out the celtics would have faltered, but Nate not only kept them in the game but helped them blow the Magic out of the water.
Let's not all get too excited here . One game does not make a solid back up point guard. However, Nate was brought in here to do exactly what he did last night. We thought(or at least Doc did) that he would be the difference maker in at least one playoff game. I don't think anyone could have expected it to be one of this magnitude.
At any rate, I think the Celtics now can have the confidence to plug Nate in there for at least 8-10 minutes a game. Sure, he is a defensive liability, but he is a spark plug and can put up points in a hurry. Plus, it gives Rondo a chance to rest and throws a different look at the opposition. Despire his lack of production since joining the Celtics, I've been truly impressed with the way Nate has handled himself. He seems to be happy just being on a winning team. Let's hope he continues this inspired play in the Finals. Go Celtics!


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The Long Tail Has Destroyed Mass Media
Entering the same room in which I sat somewhere around 1998 or 1999 when then head of Leo Burnett promised "not on my watch" will Leo Burnett ever go public, I thought, "my how times have changed." The room, however, is exactly the same; dark and lit like a carnival ride.
As ad:tech Chair Drew Ianni took the stage to introduce Wired Magazine Editor in Chief Chris Anderson who was the keynote speaker at ad:tech Chicago, he introduced something else, ad:tech's new working tagline "The Event for Modern Marketing" and gave an overview of ad:tech's expansion into other overseas markets as well as the growth of the online marketing space in general to its current level $20B.
Topic: Industry Events, Social, Trends and Culture


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Product Description
Beautifully slim bezel and profile for an immersive visual experience
Smart TV ? SKYPE?, web browser, apps and more
Full 3D experience ? 3D | 2D-3D converter | two pairs of 3D glasses included
Integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - AllShare Play | DLNA capable
- Full High definition display
Samsung's ES6200 series always delivers a crisp, sharp picture with sharp text and images, whether in Freeview | HD broadcasts in 1080 or text. The Full High definition display is the product of Samsung's integrated motion compensation and scanning backlight technologies. Action scenes and motion will be smooth and clear, giving you a vivid picture experience.
- An outstanding 3D Experience
Samsung's Full HD 1080p always delivers a crisp, clear life-like picture whether you watch in 2D or 3D. Feel as if you are experiencing all the action live. The 3D glasses, use Active shutter technology allowing you to fully immerse yourself into the picture. It also allows you to easily switch from 2D to 3D so anything you watch gives you that life-like experience.
- Experience 3D NOW
The ES6600 series includes two pairs of active 3D glasses for easy access to that 3D experience. With Samsung's Explore 3D Video on Demand service, simply download any of the available apps from the Smart TV Apps store and instantly enjoy the 3D experience. This service provides access to over one hundred 3D titles. The 3D converter allows you to convert regular 2D images, including DVDs, Blu-Ray media, even photos and movies save on a USB storage device, into high-quality 3D images.
- Smart TV: Share, Download Apps, SKYPE? and more
With Samsung's Smart TV, enjoy almost instant access to a countless amount of apps, web browsing, and much more. The new updates 2012 series offers more personalized apps such as Family Story, Kids and Fitness, conveniently available to meet your lifestyle.
- Full web, keyboard and mouse.
The improved 2012 Samsung Smart TV uses a Full Web Browser that is HTML5 and Flash compatible allowing all the content to appear as it should when surfing the net. Also, the use of the conventional remote control is made optional with the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse compatibility, which offers complete maneuvering of the TV and internet.
- Cloud sharing
The Cloud Sharing feature gives you the flexibility to access and share your favorite content when away from home by simply uploading Cloud-enable devices and streaming them on your Samsung Smart TV.
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Built-In
The Wi-Fi function allows you to easily connect to the internet or you home network without the need for cords, cables, or adapters. The Bluetooth function lets you connect to devices including wireless Bluetooth keyboards and 3D glasses, instantly transforming your TV experience.
- Never miss a program with Samsung PVR
Recording is made simple and convenient with the easy-to-use Samsung Freeview Electronic programming guide (EPG). Find your desired program, push the record button on the remote and your show will directly record to a USB storage device (including high capacity portable hard disk drives). Recording is hassle-free, no tapes required and the TV will record when on stand by. Never miss your favorite program with the Samsung ES6600.
- Content across all your compatible devices
With the AllShare Play , all your compatible wireless devices unite through DLNA technology allowing your favorite movies, photos and music to be shared, streamed, listened and views all on your Smart TV. Even Wi-Fi Direct devices can send the contact directly to your TV without having to go through your home wireless route.
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Samsung's ES6200 series delivers the most in appearance, sound performance, and all the advanced features in 3D technology and Internet TV in one complete multimedia experience. It may look slim in build but it delivers a punch in its micro-speaker sound system. Offering the latest in 3D technology, this series can convert all your 2D images into 3D and with the wireless 3D accessories, easily access 3D anytime. Stay connected with friends and family using Skype and access/share your favorite content whether at home or not with the Cloud Sharing feature. Experience the incredible life-like images of the world of 3D right in your own living room. This series is one complete multimedia entertainment package. Its multisystem feature allows you to enjoy all its features in nearly any country in the world.
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Resolution - 1,920 x
1,080 Wide Color
Enhancer - Wide
Colour Enhancer Plus
Ultra Clear Panel -
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Filter - Yes Clear
Motion Rate - 400
Micro Dimming - No
Audio 3D
Sound - No Dolby -
Dolby Digital Plus /
Dolby Pulse SRS -
SRS TheatreSound HD
dts 2.0+Digital Out
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(RMS) - 10 Watts x 2
Speaker Type - Down
Firing + Full Range
Auto Volume Leveller
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Wireless LAN
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Component In
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Composite In (AV) -
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Audio Out (Optical)
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Input) - 1 RF In
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Audio Out L-R (Mini
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Power Supply - AC
110 - 240V 50/60Hz
Intelligent Light
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Power Off - Yes
Clock & On/Off Timer
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Design Front Color -
Black Light Effect -
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Swivel (left/right)
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Smart Touch Control
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Remote Controller
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Samsung IR Blaster
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Wireless Keyboard -
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VESA Wall Mount
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Discharges to the storm drain are only allowable when approved/permitted in writing by the Town of Carrboro Stormwater Division, the State of North Carolina DEQ, or Federal Agency.
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Last month's state Supreme Court decision that backed the rights of municipalities in their fight against Gov. Tom Corbett's new gas drilling law has left environmentalists, business owners and lawmakers trying to anticipate how it will change the broader legal landscape.
The Dec. 19 decision is viewed as unusual for its length, its legal rationale and the breadth of examination it has prompted.
Business advocates consider it a major setback and not just because it upended a key victory in the Republican-controlled Legislature for the booming natural gas industry. Environmentalists cheered the decision, saying it strengthens the hand that environmental considerations will play in government decisions.
The high court's ruling comes as the energy industry is increasingly able to extract natural gas from previously unreachable formations deep underground and is challenging suburban notions of land use from Pennsylvania to Colorado.
After the industry descended on Pennsylvania in earnest in 2008, some companies complained that municipalities, mostly in southwestern Pennsylvania, tried to use zoning rules to unreasonably limit drilling. As a result, the industry made it a top priority to persuade lawmakers to eliminate municipal authority over how drilling companies could operate. Corbett, a Republican, backed the industry.
The law — opposed by nearly every Democratic lawmaker — restricted municipalities' ability to control where companies may place rigs, waste pits, pipelines and compressor and processing stations. Among the municipalities' biggest objections were requirements that drilling, waste pits and pipelines be allowed in every zoning district as long as certain buffers were observed.
But Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille said in the 162-page decision that four of the court's six participating justices believed the state had overstepped its bounds. Making it more complicated, and perhaps further reaching, three of six justices said the law violated the obligations under the environmental rights amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, adopted in 1972.
Both conclusions are worrying to business advocates.
Some wonder whether any industry will ever be able to get the state's help again in navigating municipalities' planning and zoning rules.
"It's a slippery slope here," said David W. Patti, the president and CEO of the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Business Council, whose members include Pennsylvania-American Water, United States Steel, Waste Management and Exelon. "It could be anything. Does this decision say we can't have any rules at all, and municipalities are the final arbiters of all land use?"
Gene Barr, the president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, said his organization's lawyers are still trying to gauge the broader implications for chamber members.
The state has forced its way into municipal land planning before on behalf of a heavily regulated resources industry — timbering, for example. But various land-use lawyers have said the 2012 drilling law had seemed unprecedented for its detail in limiting a municipality's zoning authority when it came to exploration of the Marcellus Shale, considered the nation's largest-known natural gas formation, which lies under large parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New York.
The decision is thought to be the first to use the environmental rights amendment to strike down a Pennsylvania law, and it is viewed as paving a new avenue to attack development proposals. Instead of contesting the project's permit applications, an opponent might sue over whether a government decision properly met obligations under the environmental rights amendment, some lawyers say.
"It's arguable whether it's more effective or not, but I think the view is the more lawsuits there are, the less likely it is that things are going to get done," said Harry Weiss, an environment and natural resources lawyer for Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr. "There's a cost to defending lawsuits, even if you win."
On one hand, lawyers say the Supreme Court's decision doesn't necessarily mean lower court judges must follow its reasoning in their decision-making since fewer than four justices supported it. On the other, someone trying to stop a development project can still use it to justify his or her case, and at the very least, courts will have to pay attention because three Supreme Court justices clearly tried to make a statement, some lawyers say.
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"It gives effect to words that have languished in obscurity for four decades," said Mark Szybist, a lawyer for the Harrisburg-based environmental advocacy group, PennFuture.
For now, Corbett is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision. If it doesn't, a lengthy process could follow in the lower Commonwealth Court to sort through the ruling's effect on other elements of the sprawling law.
That process must play out before lawmakers and the Corbett administration decide how or whether to try to assert new limits on municipal planning authority over gas drilling, said J. Andrew Crompton, a lawyer for Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, who helped write and negotiate the gas drilling law.


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Your mind is not playing tricks on you. These amazing animations were done on transparencies. A pair of images were printed on separate plastic sheets your high school math teacher used and one was slowly dragged over the other, resulting in crazy moving pictures, like PacMan eating bullets, or a cat running.
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And you can do it yourself. The guy behind the amazing images—YouTube user brusspup—has made them available for download on the video page. And now you've fallen down a rabbit hole for the rest of the day. [BuzzFeed]


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Although I'm a futurist, I have absolutely no idea what information and communications technology will look like in 50 years time.
I do know that some of it will be familiar because once we find a usable form, we tend to stick with it – glowing rectangles will probably remain popular. But I also know that we will see technology and applications which have not yet been imagined.
This technology space is growing in complexity and capability at a much, much faster rate than any other, and the implications for society are profound.
One year is easy, but 15 years is necessary
Can I tell you what we'll be doing on the internet a year from now? The answer, of course, is yes – but so can anyone who spends any time thinking about it, and we'll all be pretty much on target.
Short-term projection is easy because the products are in the late stage of development now. In fact the same is true out to about five years, because the product development has already started.
In telecommunications and informatics research, we try to figure out what society will require about 15 years out.
Why 15 years? A first-rate research grant takes about a year from concept to successful award, for a program which takes about three years to complete. Successful research with a commercial focus can then lead to commercial development, usually another five years.
It then takes perhaps ten years to get a commercial return on the research and development investment. Getting a product to market faster than ten years can give you a first-mover advantage; or, as we have seen time and time again, you can be so far ahead of market demand that your product falters.
Aiming for the Goldilocks just-right zone of 15 years in total is about right.
How do you see the future?
So how do you make a prediction from a distance of 15 years?
Our team embraces anekantavada, the Jainist doctrine of the necessity and validity of a multitude of viewpoints:
- we look at technology developments, from academic research through to what we can gather about emerging consumer products from major manufacturers
- we draw on our experience in planning infrastructure, such as mobile phone networks, to consider commercial risks and return on investment
- we look at regulatory enablers and roadblocks, and at commercial relationships
- we look at the connections between technology, commerce, society, regulation and politics. These viewpoints need to align to create a coherent view of the future.
Our value as consultants comes from being able to highlight the gaps – the missing technologies, the missing commercial relationships, the anachronistic regulation and policy settings – which highlight where the opportunities lie.
A 15-year outlook can be a reasonably accurate view of the big picture. But the detail which drives the big picture – the specific applications, the specific devices and the specific dinner parties where two drunk and egotistical executive directors swear to bury each other – can only be a speculative part of the narrative.
Online video, then and now
In 2005, the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification asked us to advise on the regulatory impact of new and emerging entertainment technologies. We were asked to paint a picture of future entertainment technologies, over ten years, to help them plan regulation.
It built on earlier work for the Australian Broadcasting Authority in 2002, in which we argued that, in the absence of significant technology (which turned out to be cloud services) and commercial impetus, streaming would fail to grow beyond 2008.
At the time, movie houses were pumping out all of their libraries on DVD before the internet made physical media obsolete (even though the technology solution was not clear). Video cassette recorders were still common, and most of us still had a bulky analogue television.
We could see handheld devices, particularly portable music players, developing video capabilities, even though screen and memory technology available at that time clearly wasn't up to the task. These days, tablets and smart phones are ubiquitous and affordable, to the extent that some airlines hand out iPads to customers rather than integrate screens into seats.
We could see solid-state memory dropping in price and increasing in capacity at a time when a 1-gigabyte memory stick cost around A$100. These days, a 64-gigabyte memory costs under A$40, a 150-times improvement in eight years!
Where we went wrong
We did accurately predict the speed and power of commercial desktop computers, the rise of 100Mbit/s optical fibre to homes and the role of wireless broadband, the commercial dominance of graphic-intensive computer games and the pervasiveness of digital television.
But we underplayed the likes of Youtube and ABC's iView – this year, more than a billion people visited YouTube every month.
At that stage, hard drive technology was ramping up and we could see a future for multi-terabyte devices. However storage of personal content in the internet cloud didn't rank a mention. Dropbox, a cloud storage service which launched in 2008, now claims 200 million users worldwide.
We did not rate the dominance of social media such as Facebook, at that stage not available outside the university/college market.
The market for mobile phone applications was at that time a failure with the Symbian operating system, so there was little evidence other than effort to suggest someone like Google or Apple would succeed. Latest figures suggest Google and Apple have supplied more than 100 billion app downloads between them.
What we missed, though, illustrates the point that we were quite conservative in what was accepted by our client as a set of wildly over-enthusiastic predictions.
So where will we be in 2025? The answer depends on where we are with the National Broadband Network. Without high capacity symmetric broadband, the answer is, as far as this futurist is concerned, quite depressing.
The future is a strange place. To gain some perspective, take a look at the past.


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Christie in bind on gay marriage
A New Jersey judge's ruling legalizing gay marriage in the state presents Chris Christie with a mixed political bag ahead of Election Day.
Christie is trying to win reelection in a blue state by a wide margin, the better to springboard into a 2016 presidential campaign. For Democrats, being pro-gay marriage has become the starting point for any candidate hoping to seek the party's nomination in four years (witness Hillary Clinton's move to publicly back same-sex marriage soon after leaving the State Department).
Yet Christie's administration has said in court papers that the issue was not one for the state. The argument has been over whether people who could enter into civil unions but not marriages would be denied federal benefits. Since state benefits weren't affected, the Christie administration had argued this was not a state issue.
( PHOTOS: Chris Christie's career)
It was an effective punt for Christie, who had vetoed a gay marriage bill that helped spur the lawsuit. And this allows him to slam the judge as meddling with state rights, without having to address the broader issue at a time when he needs Democrats and independent voters to support him.
In a statement about an hour after the ruling, Christie's press secretary said "Governor Christie has always maintained that he would abide by the will of the voters on the issue of marriage equality and called for it to be on the ballot this Election Day. Since the legislature refused to allow the people to decide expeditiously, we will let the Supreme Court make this constitutional determination."
As more voters tune in to the New Jersey gubernatorial race, the suit affords the opportunity for reporters, and activists, to press Christie on his anti-gay marriage stand.
( PHOTOS: Gay couples marry in California)
And Christie will have to walk a fine line between defending his position and offending supporters of same-sex marriage, while not further alienating social conservatives whose support he will need if he runs a presidential race. Gay marriage is an issue on which polling has shifted nationally, and over which many GOP elites have switched stands, but much of the base remains opposed to it.
Christie has been presenting himself as a different kind of Republican. His allies see a clear comparison to the George W. Bush "compassionate conservative" campaign of 2000, which was waged after his successful gubernatorial race two years earlier, at a time when congressional GOP rhetoric had pulled sharply to the right.
Still, Christie does not live in a red state, like Bush did, meaning his challenges are very different.


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Submitted to: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Publication Acceptance Date: 1/13/2011
Publication Date: 5/30/2011
Citation: Price, N.P., Hartman, T.M., Faber, T.A., Vermillion, K., Fahey, Jr., G. 2011. Galactoglucomannan oligosaccharides (GGMO) from a molasses byproduct of pine (Pinus taeda) fiberboard production. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 59:1854-1861.
Interpretive Summary: Dietary supplements for pets are an important domestic market for agricultural products. In this work an oligosaccharide mixture (called temulose molasses), obtained as a by-product from fiberboard production, was tested to measure the content of beneficial prebiotic sugars. Following mild treatment with acid the molasses was found to contain high concentrations (up to 57%) of valuable galacto--glucomannan (GGMO) sugars, with especially high concentrations of mannose. Our previous results have shown a positive dietary effect for GGMO when included in a high quality dog food. Because the molasses is produced in large amounts (about 9 tons per day) this offers a good potential source of novel prebiotic sugars for the US pet food industry.
Technical Abstract: "Temulose" is the trade name for a water-soluble molasses produced on a large scale (300 - 400 tonnes per year) as a byproduct of the fiberboard industry. The feedstock for temulose is predominantly a single species of pine (Pinus taeda) grown and harvested in stands in southeastern Texas. Because of the method of production the molasses was predicted to consist of water-soluble hemicelluloses, mainly arabinoxylan-type and galactoglucomannan-type oligosaccharides, plus minor components of lignin, but no detailed structural study had been reported. The structure and composition of the molasses has now been deduced by a combination of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, size-exclusion chromatography, proton and 13C NMR techniques, and classic carbohydrate analysis. Limited acid hydrolysis released a series of galactoglucomannan oligosaccharides (GGMO) that were selectively recovered from the acid-labile arabinogalactan by precipitation with ethanol. The precipitate was named "temulose brown sugar" because of its appearance, and is shown to consist of GGMO with a degree of polymerization (dp) from 4 – 13, with the major component being dp 5 – 8. The structure of these oligosaccharides is a beta-1,4-linked backbone of Man and Glc residues, with occasional alpha-1,6 branching by single galactosyl units. Select biological activities of the purified GGMO's are reported in an accompanying paper.


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Question: Do big government policies create jobs? Answer: No. Question: Do free markets and less regulation create jobs? Answer: Just ask Texas!
I often hear liberals criticize those who advocate for small market solutions to our economic troubles say that, "a small market approach will not work." Of course these same people cannot produce a single example of their claim; however they continue to make it. Usually, saying that conservatives are heartless and our policies outdated the left continues this circus act to the amusement of anyone with half a brain. With this in mind I present, Liberal Kryptonite…Texas! Enjoy and Remember…God Bless Texas!
The Lone Star Jobs Surge
The Texas model added 37% of all net U.S. jobs since the recovery began.
Richard Fisher, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dropped by our offices this week and relayed a remarkable fact: Some 37% of all net new American jobs since the recovery began were created in Texas. Mr. Fisher's study is a lesson in what works in economic policy—and it is worth pondering in the current 1.8% growth moment.
Using Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, Dallas Fed economists looked at state-by-state employment changes since June 2009, when the recession ended. Texas added 265,300 net jobs, out of the 722,200 nationwide, and by far outpaced every other state. New York was second with 98,200, Pennsylvania added 93,000, and it falls off from there. Nine states created fewer than 10,000 jobs, while Maine, Hawaii, Delaware and Wyoming created fewer than 1,000. Eighteen states have lost jobs since the recovery began.
The data are even more notable because they're calculated on a "sum of states" basis, which the BLS does not use because they can have sampling errors. Using straight nonfarm payroll employment, Texas accounts for 45% of net U.S. job creation. Modesty is not typically considered a Texas virtue, but the results speak for themselves.
Texas is also among the few states that are home to more jobs than when the recession began in December 2007. The others are North Dakota, Alaska and the District of Columbia. If that last one sounds like an outlier at first, remember the government boom of the Obama era, which has helped loft D.C. payrolls 18,000 jobs above the pre-crisis status quo. Even so, Texas is up 30,800.
What explains this Lone Star success? Texas is a big state, but its population of 24.7 million isn't that much bigger than the Empire State, about 19.5 million. California is a large state too—36.9 million—and yet it's down 11,400 jobs. Mr. Fisher argues that Texas is doing so well relative to other states precisely because it has rejected the economic model that now prevails in Washington, and we'll second that notion.
Mr. Fisher notes that all states labor under the same Fed monetary policy and interest rates and federal regulation, but all states have not performed equally well. Texas stands out for its free market and business-friendly climate.
Capital—both human and investment—is highly mobile, and it migrates all the time to the places where the opportunities are larger and the burdens are lower. Texas has no state income tax. Its regulatory conditions are contained and flexible. It is fiscally responsible and government is small. Its right-to-work law doesn't impose unions on businesses or employees. It is open to global trade and competition: Houston, San Antonio and El Paso are entrepôts for commerce, especially in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Based on his conversations with CEOs and other business leaders, Mr. Fisher says one of Texas's huge competitive advantages is its ongoing reform of the tort system, which has driven litigation costs to record lows. He also cited a rule in place since 1998 in the backwash of the S&L debacle that limits mortgage borrowing to 80% of the appraised value of a home. Like a minimum down payment, this reduces overleveraging and means Texas wasn't hurt as badly by the housing crash as other states.
Texan construction employment has contracted by 2.3% since the end of the recession, along with manufacturing (a 1.8% decline) and information (-8.4%). But growth in other areas has surpassed these losses. Professional and business services accounted for 22.9% of the total jobs added, health care for 30.5% and trade and energy for 10.6%.
The Texas economy has grown on average by 3.3% a year over the last two decades, compared with 2.6% for the U.S. overall. Yet the core impulse of Obamanomics is to make America less like Texas and more like California, with more government, more unions, more central planning, higher taxes. That the former added 37% of new U.S. jobs suggests what an historic mistake this has been.
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And now I will show you the most excellent way.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.


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70 years on and within Spain there is still struggle with fascism. Fascist groups, like others across Europe, are organizing on anti-immigration grounds. Both in the streets and at the ballot boxes, fascist groups are leveling attacks against Arabs, South Americans, Asians and Africans. November also includes the dates of death of two of Spanish fascisms icons, General Franco and the radical Falange movements leader, Primo de Rivera. The following info is from the site, Slackbastard. In Berlin antifascist skinheads, RASH, held a demo in remembrance of Carlos.
"On November 11 in Madrid, a local neo-Nazi party, Democracia Nacional, organised a public rally, officially in order to protest "anti-Spanish racism" (sic). Madrid antifa organised a counter-protest...
Carlos Javier Palomino was stabbed in the heart... and about six people were injured as the rival groups fought with knives, pepper sprays and fire extinguishers inside a subway train and the Legazpi station, police said.
Police said they arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of killing Palomino.
The man had been beaten by anti-fascists and taken to hospital after the incident, police said.
Hundreds of anti-fascists later fought police with sticks and molotov cocktails as they tried to stop the march by members of a youth wing of the small far-right National Democracy party."


text: New York City is asking vendors to take over the city's almost-universally abandoned pay phones (a transparent, glass-enclosed structure on street corners was probably never a good choice for Superman's changing room anyway) and use them to deliver free Wi-Fi to residents. What's not to love?The problem is that among the 60 vendors that attended a meeting with the hope of offering such a service were data brokers, including a funky company called Google.In terms of who may do this deal, things are quite preliminary. No one has yet bid, and the city is likely to take some time reviewing and negotiating before a winner is selected. But it's not too soon to note some problems, such as the criteria the city has set and the stunningly little regard shown for information security and privacy. In a 69-page request for proposals (RFP), plus 15 lengthy addenda, there is not one mention of privacy or security limitations.Now, a network of some 7,302 pay phones turned into Wi-Fi stations, connecting into free data communication for all, is an inherently good thing. Such an effort would be extremely attractive, convenient -- and deadly to confidential communications and intellectual property. And the more it's seen as free and convenient, the more your employees will be tempted to use it and the more vulnerable your data becomes.Let's look at what the city is proposing, based on its RFP. "The installation, operation, and maintenance of as many as 10,000 Public Communications Structures providing advertising, Wi-Fi, and phone services in all five boroughs," it says. It goes on, "The Wi-Fi service must be provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and must provide a signal strong enough to reach a minimum of 85 feet across a busy street. The Wi-Fi hotspots should work together as a network. A user should be able to log in once and stay connected while within 85 feet of any hotspot. The user's device should be allowed to automatically re-connect after a connection has been severed and the user comes within the range of one of the network's hotspots."This is not limited to pay phone Wi-Fi stations. The city has spoken of integrating these systems with existing Wi-Fi systems that are associated with taxis, subways and New York's Citi Bike program (https:\/\/www.citibikenyc.com\/).So far, so good. The proposal stresses that the service must be free to everyone, and it provides restrictions on what services can be sold via that network and that no one can be required to be a customer of any vendor to use the network.But there are no restrictions about how data can be used. The Wi-Fi vendor will know where our phones are, what they are being used for, when we are doing them and potentially the content of unprotected transmissions. (Note to IT departments: If you're not requiring a VPN for all mobile business communications, now is a good time to rethink that decision. That said, even a VPN won't hide your people's travels via geolocation data.)If a vendor is interested in advertising and selling personal\/business information, what better opportunity could there be than to be the on-the-street Wi-Fi provider in the nation's largest city? As Bloomberg has reported, Google "already provides wireless access in Mountain View and New York's Chelsea neighborhood."In the city's own Q&A, it asked, "Will the City permit the awarded proposer to do data mining and push advertising from the Wi-Fi while sharing the revenue with the city?" and then it answered, "We will consider proposals in that regard."Ah, the always-beloved revenue sharing. Far from being inclined to protect users' data and information, the Big Apple is thinking of how it could let players data-mine away and then get a cut of the money.From the city's perspective, allowing data mining is almost risk-free. With information capture and analytics happening in so many places today, it would be almost impossible to trace the loss of business information to a city Wi-Fi incident.(Apple, by the way, is offering a very different way of handling MAC address signals in iOS 8, one that might slightly lessen the security risk of such public Wi-Fi networks, but only for iOS devices that are properly using the new security function.)That is why it is critical for IT leaders to take a stand now. Do not for a moment think that if this works in NYC it won't quickly be mimicked by every other major U.S. city. European and Canadian elected officials are much better at protecting the private data of their citizens and businesses, but in the U.S., it's up to business leaders to insist on limits.You could issue orders that employees should only use the company's Wi-Fi, but why go out of your way to again prove the remarkable limits of your power? Your only viable option is to try and protect your company's data as much as you can. The best way to do that right now is to get your people to lobby cities that they must insist on data protections -- with extremely serious consequences, something that will far outweigh the lucrative financial gains of harvesting the data anyway -- before these plans are launched. There's time to do it. Data brokers are praying that you won't bother.Evan Schuman has covered IT issues for a lot longer than he'll ever admit. The founding editor of retail technology site StorefrontBacktalk, he's been a columnist for CBSNews.com, RetailWeek and eWeek. Evan can be reached at email@example.com and he can be followed at twitter.com\/eschuman. Look for his column every other Tuesday.Read more about network security in Computerworld's Network Security Topic Center.


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I have been lazy and uninspired as all get out, but I thought I'd round up some random bits of "news" that I've taken note of over the last couple of months.
You've surely heard about the imminent closure of the Colony by now. If not, check out JVNY, the Post, the News, the Times, Gothamist, and WQXR.
Speaking of record store closings, the Capital New York site presented a half-hour documentary about Bleecker Bob`s last month, entitled For the Records. (The site also had a post about the Colony a couple days ago.)
And while we're on the subject of bygone eras in NYC record shopping, this ain't news, but it was new info to me. A couple of weeks ago, Norton co-honcho/A-Bones lead shouter Billy Miller told a great story about Second Avenue-centric rekkid retail on his FB page. I'd never heard about this before, but in the early '70s, one of the best and most economical places to score records was situated right across the street from the Fillmore East. And it wasn't really a record store in the traditional sense, though at the time the neighborhood was chock full of them--Billy mentioned such shops as Free Being, Hall Place Music, and Gramophone, and noted that most secondhand bookshops in the area sold records too. But this joint was different, and was way more wallet-friendly than most. It was a drop off center/thrift shop type of place run by Guru Maharaj Ji's Divine Light Mission. Apparently, new converts to the Mission were obliged to shed all their worldly possessions when they joined, and those cast-off material goods wound up here, priced to move. LPs, even double albums, sold for a dime. Surprisingly, Billy didn't mention the cost of 45s, but I imagine they went for pennies. And the demographics of the devotees must've been ideal. At a time when he was just discovering the wylder side of '50s and '60s rock and roll, Billy purchased several hundred primo platters there on the super-cheap--and anything he didn't dig could be re-sold to unsuspecting school pals at a tidy profit. Anybody know a mantra that could reincarnate such a divoon record nirvana today?
On a near-weekly basis since June, the Times' Local East Village blog has been hosting excellent posts by the Nightclubbing ladies, Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers.
When you've had your fill of Nightclubbing's late '70s punk video, you can listen to Ira Robbins discuss the '77 NYC scene with Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, on last week's episode of WBEZ-Chicago's Sound Opinions. You may also want to hear the previous week's installment, which featured Jon Savage discussing '77-era London.
Lastly, Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s, by John Johnson Jr. and Joel Selvin with Dick Cami, is due in November.


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Note: This must eventually become part of a much larger chapter about writing new index access methods.
Every index access method must provide a cost estimation function for use by the planner/optimizer. The procedure OID of this function is given in the amcostestimate field of the access method's pg_am entry.
Note: Prior to PostgreSQL 7.0, a different scheme was used for registering index-specific cost estimation functions.
The amcostestimate function is given a list of WHERE clauses that have been determined to be usable with the index. It must return estimates of the cost of accessing the index and the selectivity of the WHERE clauses (that is, the fraction of main-table tuples that will be retrieved during the index scan). For simple cases, nearly all the work of the cost estimator can be done by calling standard routines in the optimizer; the point of having an amcostestimate function is to allow index access methods to provide index-type-specific knowledge, in case it is possible to improve on the standard estimates.
Each amcostestimate function must have the signature:
void amcostestimate (Query *root, RelOptInfo *rel, IndexOptInfo *index, List *indexQuals, Cost *indexStartupCost, Cost *indexTotalCost, Selectivity *indexSelectivity, double *indexCorrelation);
The first four parameters are inputs:
The query being processed.
The relation the index is on.
The index itself.
List of index qual clauses (implicitly ANDed); a NIL list indicates no qualifiers are available.
The last four parameters are pass-by-reference outputs:
Set to cost of index start-up processing
Set to total cost of index processing
Set to index selectivity
Set to correlation coefficient between index scan order and underlying table's order
Note that cost estimate functions must be written in C, not in SQL or any available procedural language, because they must access internal data structures of the planner/optimizer.
The index access costs should be computed in the units used by src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c: a sequential disk block fetch has cost 1.0, a nonsequential fetch has cost random_page_cost, and the cost of processing one index tuple should usually be taken as cpu_index_tuple_cost (which is a user-adjustable optimizer parameter). In addition, an appropriate multiple of cpu_operator_cost should be charged for any comparison operators invoked during index processing (especially evaluation of the indexQuals themselves).
The access costs should include all disk and CPU costs associated with scanning the index itself, but NOT the costs of retrieving or processing the main-table tuples that are identified by the index.
The "start-up cost" is the part of the total scan cost that must be expended before we can begin to fetch the first tuple. For most indexes this can be taken as zero, but an index type with a high start-up cost might want to set it nonzero.
The indexSelectivity should be set to the estimated fraction of the main table tuples that will be retrieved during the index scan. In the case of a lossy index, this will typically be higher than the fraction of tuples that actually pass the given qual conditions.
The indexCorrelation should be set to the correlation (ranging between -1.0 and 1.0) between the index order and the table order. This is used to adjust the estimate for the cost of fetching tuples from the main table.
Cost Estimation
A typical cost estimator will proceed as follows:
Estimate and return the fraction of main-table tuples
that will be visited based on the given qual conditions. In
the absence of any index-type-specific knowledge, use the
standard optimizer function
*indexSelectivity = clauselist_selectivity(root, indexQuals, lfirsti(rel->relids));
Estimate the number of index tuples that will be visited during the scan. For many index types this is the same as indexSelectivity times the number of tuples in the index, but it might be more. (Note that the index's size in pages and tuples is available from the IndexOptInfo struct.)
Estimate the number of index pages that will be retrieved during the scan. This might be just indexSelectivity times the index's size in pages.
Compute the index access cost. A generic estimator might do this:
/* * Our generic assumption is that the index pages will be read * sequentially, so they have cost 1.0 each, not random_page_cost. * Also, we charge for evaluation of the indexquals at each index tuple. * All the costs are assumed to be paid incrementally during the scan. */ *indexStartupCost = 0; *indexTotalCost = numIndexPages + (cpu_index_tuple_cost + cost_qual_eval(indexQuals)) * numIndexTuples;
Estimate the index correlation. For a simple ordered index on a single field, this can be retrieved from pg_statistic. If the correlation is not known, the conservative estimate is zero (no correlation).
Examples of cost estimator functions can be found in src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c.
By convention, the pg_proc entry for an amcostestimate function should show eight arguments all declared as internal (since none of them have types that are known to SQL), and the return type is void.


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Elaine Harper White, a resident of Jenkintown, Pa. and Oak Bluffs, died at her home, on Dec. 30. She was the beloved wife of Quentin M. White.
Born in Wheeling, W.V., she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Vera Harper.
Elaine graduated from the Barnes Foundation and the Horticultural and Communications Schools of Temple University.
She was a member of The Philadelphia chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and served as regent. She served as vice president of The Deshler Morris House Committee, also known as The Germantown White House. She was a member of the Modern Club at Sweetbriar Mansion, the Lydia Morris Society and the Harrison Society of the University of Pennsylvania. Elaine was a longtime guide and supporter of the Morris Arboretum.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Brian Knowles; by her son, Gregory White and by four granddaughters and a grandson.
A memorial service will be held at Grace Presbyterian Church, Old York and Vista Roads in Jenkintown, where Elaine was a long-time member. The date and time of the service will be announced later.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Development Office, 100 E. Northwestern avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118.
Arrangements were by Baron Rowland Funeral Home in Abington.


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It's all been speculation and rumor for the last year, but now that the Wall Street Journal has joined the rumor mill, many are saying that Research in Motion will launch its top-secret "BlackPad", or Blackberry tablet, in San Francisco on Monday.
RIM, however, has declined to comment about "rumors and speculation," so as of yet there is no official word on the existence of the near-mythical BlackPad. Despite all that, let's take look at the potential pros and cons, and see if the BlackPad is a likely iPad Killer or simply another piece of hyped hardware.
7-inch Touchscreen
The new, 7-inch screen seems to be where the industry is heading, with the Galaxy Tab and Cisco Cius also sporting same-size, diminutive displays. Apple is also rumored to be resizing its iPad screens for a more compact product. The smaller device can make the tablet more portable for employees, fitting easily into briefcases or handbags. While the BlackPad won't have a cellular carrier, it will be able to use tethering–using a Blackberry phone to gain access–but will also have a broadband connection, likely Wi-Fi, according to the rumors.
At Least One Built-in Camera
The BlackPad is also suspected to have one or two built-in cameras for easy videoconferencing between offices or locations, which, of course, also could be used for taking photos or recording video for company Websites or Facebook profiles. The iPad, as of yet, has no such thing.
RIM's Street Cred
RIM's business tools are universally respected for businesses, and many IT administrators like its platforms and administrative tools. There's hope that RIM's new tablet will be just as business-friendly, and possibly a real competitor for Apple. Unfortunately, the number of Blackberry devices have dwindled, but RIM still holds the majority of business market share, so it might be able to regain some of its lost customers.
7-inch Touchscreen
Although the 7-inch touchscreen now seems to be de rigueur for new tablets, there still hasn't been a historical demand for such products, and it's unknown if there actually is one. It's still too big for pockets but also could be too small for nearsighted employees. For business purposes, the small screen may also not offer enough room to display software or applications effectively.
Yet-Unnamed Platform
The BlackPad is reportedly using a new platform developed by QNX Software Systems, not the Blackberry 6 operating system. Reports say that RIM will eventually move its handsets to that same unnamed OS, but not much else is known about it. Some say it's likely going to be aimed at enterprise customers with an increased emphasis on corporate and government users.
That means if you're running RIM products now, it's likely you're going to be making a major investment in the next year to get on its newest OS. This could push companies into investing in other platforms like Android or the iPad.
Fewer Apps
One of the surefire problems with the new tablet will be a lack of applications. Apple and Android have hundreds of thousands of apps for their operating systems, making RIM's almost 9,000 apps appear anemic in comparison. Worse, for both the Apple iOS and Android platforms, there are far fewer apps made specifically for tablet displays rather than mobile phones. RIM will have to work hard in the next month to create specific applications for BlackPad use. They had better work quickly.
If the BlackPad is real, then RIM has placed itself in a precarious position of launching a new product and a new operating system without much infrastructure in place. That must change quickly if RIM intends on holding on to its marketshare and creating desire for its latest invention. Otherwise, customers will choose the easier and faster route of a known product while RIM continues to look for a winning strategy.
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The European Commission has approved a request from the Spanish authorities made on 13 December 2012 to extend the temporary restriction on access for Romanian workers to the Spanish labour market until 31 December 2013 due to serious disturbances on its labour market. These restrictions cannot be continued after the end of 2013 as temporary restrictions on the free movement of Romanian and Bulgarian workers must be lifted in all Member States as from 1 January 2014.
The Commission's decision is based on a specific safeguard clause in the 2005 Treaty on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. This clause allows Member States that have lifted restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania to subsequently re-impose restrictions if there are serious disturbances on their labour market, subject to the Commission's agreement.
Spain opened its labour market to Romanian and Bulgarian workers in 2009, but in August 2011 the Commission authorised Spain to temporarily restrict the free movement of Romanian workers until 31 December 2012.
The number of Romanian nationals residing in Spain is currently 913,000 (September 2012) which represents 17% of the foreign population in Spain, and is a year-on-year increase of 12,000. According to the EU Labour Force survey, Romanian nationals living in Spain are strongly affected by unemployment, with 36.4% of the (economically active) Romanians in Spain unemployed – compared to 23.3% of Spanish nationals. The employment rate among working-age (15-64) Romanian citizens is only 50.8%.
The Commission will monitor the situation through updates provided by Spain every three months on the labour market situation. The Commission reserves the right to repeal its decision to allow a restriction to the access of the labour market at any time based on developments on the Spanish labour market.
See www.ec.europa.eu/social