text: This year's Health Information and Managements Systems Society's HIMSS13 conference began with a shocker: The announcement that five leading electronic health record (EHR) vendors were forming a group called the CommonWell Health Alliance that would promote "seamless interoperability" of healthcare data.\n\n\nHIMSS13 also saw the announcement of The CURE Project, an interoperability initiative started by New Health Networks to put to task the healthcare community, not vendors or the federal government, to help define interoperability standards for healthcare applications that capture, update, report and exchange information.\n\n\nSlideshow: 13 Healthcare IT Trends and Predictions for 2013\n\n\nThere's also the imPatient Movement, an effort among NoMoreClipboard.com, Microsoft HealthVault and Indiana Health Information Technology to encourage patients to use an interoperable personal health record and providers to use the data in that PHR to improve care.\n\n\n\nWith a lack of interoperability standing as an obstacle to improving patient care\u2014and reducing the estimated $750 billion in annual unnecessary healthcare spending in the United States\u2014will parallel interoperability initiatives help or hurt the industry?\n\nVendor Interoperability Pledge Met With Skepticism\n\nWhile industry observers noted that an EHR vendor interoperability pledge is better than no interoperability at all, reaction to the CommonWell announcement was, in a word, skeptical. (It didn't help that Epic Systems, arguably an EHR market leader, is not part of CommonWell.)\n\nConsultant and blogger Anne Zieger referred to it as an interoperability scheme, though she admitted, "the more data sharing the better, particularly by major players with significant market share." \nDr. Adrian Gropper, CTO of Patient Privacy Rights, called it a shame and a missed opportunity\u2014 a shame because "another program with opaque governance by the largest incumbents in health IT is being passed off as progress" and a missed opportunity because it doesn't involve physicians or patients.\nDan Munro, founder and CEO of iPatient, expressed concern that publicly traded companies\u2014with boards of directors and shareholders to please and quarterly objectives to meet\u2014"don't make good candidates for lean, rapid and disruptive technical innovation." \nJon Mertz, vice president of marketing for Corepoint Health, put it simply when he asked, what took so long?\n\nThat's why the men behind the CURE Project\u2014Steven E. Waldren, M.D., senior strategist with the American Academy of Family Physicians and Robert L. Brown, vice president of professional services, Mosaica Partners\u2014say interoperability will come only with what Brown describes as a "large-scale specifications development project."\n\n\nBack in 2004, President George W. Bush called for widespread adoption of electronic health records. Rather than take the opportunity to recast the EHR system in the context of interacting with patients at the point of care, to make EHR less obtrusive and more efficient, the industry instead went full steam ahead, building hundreds of standalone systems the create and maintain EHRs, Brown says.\n\n\nNews: Feds Plan to Address EHR Deployment, Reimbursement Complaints\n\n\nAs a result, first vendors and then the federal government, through the meaningful use program, have defined what they want in healthcare IT systems\u2014while providers, the ones actually paying for the systems, haven't had a say. It's time for that to change.\n\n Define the Software Capabilities You Need\n\nThe CURE Project began as an "academic exercise" for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that examined information models in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), one of the cost-saving initiatives included in healthcare reform. Brown and Waldren had to define that information model, as there was no standard approach, and soon discerned that the model was missing nearly everywhere else, too.\n\n\nAnalysis: Taking Healthcare IT Seriously Demands Culture Changes\n\n\nTraditionally, healthcare IT systems have been designed in an iterative manner that focused on business process automation\u2014namely, billing and documentation\u2014and not care delivery. Now that government incentives encourage improved care, through the adoption of the PCMH and the accountable care organization, there are financial reasons to improve clinical applications, Waldren notes.\n\n\nFor this to happen, the industry needs to define the capabilities it needs, the software functionality that will make it happen and the common, open technical specifications\u2014not the "insular and problematic and very proprietary" ones Brown says EHR vendors have used for so long\u2014which can deliver these features.\n\n\n"If we don't specify what we need to do as these new types of [healthcare] delivery models, or existing delivery models, we can't expect to get a usable, interoperable IT system to support them," Waldren says.\n\n\nThe CURE Project is taking a grassroots approach to defining these capabilities and functionality; its parent company, New Health Networks, will license the output via Creative Commons, and once that work is finished the CURE Project will turn the work over to an entity the community deems best suited to manage and oversee the specifications.\n\n\nA grassroots approach is necessary because those definitions need to be specific. For example, Waldren points out, healthcare leaders say they want "population management" capabilities, but that's far too vague to build specs around.\n\n\nThe community needs to decide what patient care quality measures need to appear in a dashboard, what evidence can be brought in to change an individual patient's care plan and, on a broader level, what data will be used to determine which patients are at the highest risk of, say, developing diabetes. If that doesn't happen, he says, the emerging EHR backlash will only worsen.\n\nEHR Interop Struggles of VA, DOD Point to Management Woes\n\nFew scenarios better illustrates the difficulty of interoperability, and the source of that backlash, than the 15-year effort of the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments to get their EHR systems to talk to each other.\n\n\nThe departments represent two of the largest healthcare systems in the United States and two of the earliest adopters of EHR technology: VistA, launched in 1978, helps the VA treats 6.3 million veterans, while the DOD's AHLTA, which debuted in 1997, holds records for 9.6 million active duty service members.\n\n\nSince the late 1990s, both Congress and the President have urged the departments to achieve varying measures of EHR interoperability. Planning has been absent virtually every step of the way, Valerie C. Melvin, director of information management and technology resources issues for the Government Accountability Office, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs.\n\n\nThe testimony came after the VA and DOD first said they would abandon the effort to develop a joint EHR by 2017 and then backtracked, saying they were committed to integrated EHR systems rather than a shared system.\n\n\nAnalysis: Lack of Healthcare IT Workers Slows Tech Progress\n\n\nMelvin cited several specific examples:\n\nThe 1998 Government Computer-Based Patient Record project to give each department an interface into the other's EHR suffered, as "basic principles of sound IT project planning, development and oversight" weren't followed and "accountability\u2026was blurred across several management entities." The project was finished in 2005.\nA joint clinical health data repository, slated for completion in October 2005, was nearly one year late. This initiative, GAO said, lacked a project management plan and an architecture for describing the common interface.\nWhile a directive to develop six specific "fully interoperable [EHR] systems or capabilities" by Sept. 30, 2009 was met, the GAO saw none of the "objective, quantifiable and measurable performance goals and measures that are characteristic of effective planning." These were developed seven months after the functionality was in place.\nThe Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, a way to streamline how patient records move with a soldier who leaves active duty, began with successful pilot programs. However, without "identifying the target set of capabilities that they intended to demonstrate in the pilot projects and then implement on a nationwide basis," the VLER couldn't meet its goal of implementation at all domestic VA and DOD sites by the end of 2012.\nLack of planning for an integrated, jointly funded federal health care center left the VA and DOD unable to "estimate the project cost or establish a baseline schedule." The total cost ballooned to $122 million\u2014not including the workarounds resulting from delays in setting up single sign-on, single patient registration and physician order portability.\nFinally, the fate of the interoperable EHR remains in doubt, the GAO said, and "the extent to which the departments' revised approach to iEHR is guided by a joint health architecture remains to be seen." This in spite of a February 2011 GAO report that recommended putting EHR modernization efforts and IT investments in the context of common healthcare business needs.\n\nThese myriad initiatives, Melvin concluded, suffered from a "persistent absence of clearly defined, measurable goals and metrics" and "deficiencies in key IT management areas of strategic planning, enterprise architecture and investment management."\n\nGovernment Seeks Interoperability Input\n\nInteroperability, then, remains the biggest hurdle to efficient and effective use of healthcare IT. That's why Dr. Doug Fridsma, the director of the Office of Standards and Interoperability and the acting chief scientist in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), says health IT interoperability is like designing a city.\n\n\nLinking the disparate clinical, billing, administrative and email systems in use at the nation's medical centers, hospitals and independent practices isn't about individual building blueprints, Fridsma says. Since those organizations are, in effect, individual neighborhoods, it's about "zoning laws, roads and infrastructure, rules and governance, safety and protection," all of which must be implemented according to flexible standards that change incrementally (not radically) and emphasize usability and workflow.\n\n\nTips: Press 'Blue Button' for Improved Customer Service\n\n\nTo help build this city, during HIMSS13 the ONC released a request for information seeking ways to catalyze interoperability. Various government mandates, ranging from the meaningful use of EHR technology to the care coordination advocated in healthcare reform, depend on better health information exchange. Several avenues could be pursued, ONC notes, including Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program pilot programs and an expansion of the popular Blue Button program.\n\n\nWith interoperability alliances, movements and projects emerging with increasing frequency, the ONC should be prepared to do some heavy reading\u2014and, it is hoped, give the industry the guidance it needs to make data exchange easier.\n\n\nBrian Eastwood is a senior editor for CIO.com. You can reach him on Twitter @Brian_Eastwood or via email. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline, Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn.


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I came very close to saying Barnes & Noble's Nook Color was the surprise deal of the season. Very close. But I can't say that. For three reasons.
But first, how did I come close? Because, for $250, the Nook Color is a beautiful product. It has a gorgeous LCD screen, a slim, sturdy body, a few distinctive design flourishes. Its rich book and magazine platform works well, and the handful of "extras" make you forget that though it runs the Android mobile OS, it doesn't have access to the 100,000 or so apps in Google's Market. It even plays video — very well.
When it comes to the books race, Barnes & Noble appears to be catching up with Amazon.com. It's harder and harder to "stump" either of them with a search, unless that search is for my favorite Scottish crime novelist, Christopher ("not found") Brookmyre. To put it simply, if you have an interest in switching to e-books, and you choose either Nook or Kindle, you will find plenty to read.
Overall, the Nook Color appeared to give the Android-powered Galaxy Tab a run for its money, despite being cheaper and far less featured. As a full-color tablet, it made more sense than the original Nook as a competitor to Amazon's drab but functional e-ink Kindle. And at half the price of an iPad, the Nook Color might have occupied a safe niche, either as a poor man's iPad or as a rich man's second tablet.
But alas, it was not to be.
Reason No. 1: Color content, its claim to fame, feels cramped
Every day I read three children's picture books with my daughter at bed time. Those books are huge. Seriously, our favorite book of the moment is printed on pages that could almost giftwrap an iPad. So when I see Richard Scarry's "Colors," or a beautifully illustrated Rudyard Kipling's "Elephant's Child," cramped into that 7-inch screen, I get a little sad for them. And no, we're not about to pinch to zoom, even though you can. The iPad's screen is twice as large, and if I ever switched from real paper to digital books for my kids' nighttime ritual, we'll need at least that size, if not bigger.
Magazines are the other part of the Nook Color pitch. And I will admit I was impressed at how nice the December 2010 Consumer Reports looked, as I pored over thoughtful reviews of already out-of-date smart phones and tablets. It looked nice, but I had to squint to read the words. There's a very nice "Article View" feature, one that pops up the individual article in a magazine-style column, and lets you read to the end unhindered. Swipe across and you get the next article, and so on. Barnes & Noble built it themselves, and will provide it consistently across all titles, regardless of publisher. It's neat, but it completely does away with the point of a magazine layout, something B&N is so clearly trying to preserve.
Next year, the third big color item, cookbooks, will start appearing in Nook editions with video. It's a wonderful thing, and no doubt a strong selling point, if it weren't for the fact that video cookbooks from major brands are already appearing as reasonably priced iPad apps.
Reason No. 2: Video support isn't there … yet
In a 7-inch tablet, the combination of reading and video is key. A $250 books-'n-movies device would trump the iPad, because it's smaller and cheaper, and I wouldn't have to fight with my kid over who gets to hold it on trips. The Galaxy Tab's finest moments were in pursuit of literature and cinema, but if I'm spending as much or more on an Android tablet than I would for an iPad, I'm also gonna need those awesome iPad apps, and they're not coming.
So here it was, the Nook Color's chance to grab the brass ring. But when I tried to encode any and all video to make it play on the thing, it flat out refused. For all I know, it's just a firmware update away from being a very agreeable video player, but unless you have some kind of advanced degree in comp sci, you probably won't be able to turn your movies into watchable Nook-compatible videos.
Reason No. 3: Have I mentioned the iPad?
See, the beauty of the iPad is that Barnes & Noble and Amazon (and others) have embraced it as a platform for their e-book sales. I own books on both services, and can jump from one to the next with a tap. Because of that, I can happily own an e-ink-based Kindle or Nook, and know that I'll be able to read the stuff I buy on them too. It's even an unspoken understanding that Barnes & Noble will bring its Nook Color content to the iPad app, though when is unknown. Barnes & Noble has been great about supporting the iPad, which is, ironically, why it's so hard to fall for the Nook Color.
The cost of a Nook Color is indeed impressive. The nearest iPad is $500, while the Wi-Fi only Galaxy Tab is rumored to cost that as well. The carrier tablets are $400 plus sign your life away for two years. If you go that route, their real total cost of ownership is actually closer to $1,200. All of this makes the Nook Color sound like a total value play. But $250 ain't beans.
Alex Johnson, a colleague of mine, put it best when he said, "I would assume that anyone with a disposable $250 to spend on the Nook would probably have $500 to spend on an iPad." And if all you had in the world was $250, well, how are you gonna afford all those nice $10-and-up books anyway?
It may grow into something more powerful. Barnes & Noble promises to open a marketplace of vetted Android apps, aka Nook extras, both free and for sale. If a Netflix or Hulu Plus came along, that would be a minor miracle, and it would make it a must-have product. Even something more mundane, like YouTube, would push Nook Color up the ladder a few rungs. The Nook Color's price certainly won't go up — if anything, it would go down — so that added functionality would just amp up the value.
For now, it's a cute gadget with a fairly singular purpose, stuck in a competition between cheaper, more ascetic devices like the Kindle, and richer, showier ones like the iPad. It reminds me of the latest iPod Nano — it's something enjoyable to have in the hand, but it's ultimately a little pointless.
Related: Galaxy Tab vs. iPad: The tablet war begins now
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With assistance from the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system can now automatically brake trains when earthquakes threaten to rattle the Bay Area, allowing perhaps tens of seconds to a minute for trains to slow down before the ground starts to shake.
Instituted last month, the earthquake early warning system was created with the help of University of California, Berkeley, seismologists who hooked BART into data flowing from the more than 200 stations of the California Integrated Seismic Network throughout Northern California.
Electronic signals from seismic stations travel much faster than seismic waves. For quakes outside the Bay Area, these data give BART's central computers advance notice that shaking is on the way; for quakes in the Bay Area, it provides more rapid warning. If the messages from the seismic network indicate ground motion above a certain threshold, the central computers, which supervise train performance, institute what BART calls "service" braking, which is a normal slowdown to 26 miles per hour.
The farther the quake from the Bay Area, the more time trains have to slow from speeds up to 70 mph.
"The earthquake early warning system will enable BART to stop trains before earthquake shaking starts and thereby prevent derailment, and save passengers from potential injuries," said BART Board President John McPartland. "We are the first transit agency in the United States to provide this early warning and intervention."
"This is a key step forward in our development of an early warning system for the U.S." said Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and a UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary science. "There are several groups now receiving alerts from our demonstration earthquake alert system, but BART is the first to implement an automated response to earthquake alerts. We hope that others will follow BART's lead."
BART has long had accelerometers – devices that detect strong ground movement – emplaced along the tracks. They ring an alarm bell in the Central Control Facility when the local shaking exceeds a specific threshold. Supervisors then made the decision whether to radio train operators and tell them to initiate emergency braking to a full stop.
A year ago, BART instituted automatic service braking when the system's own shake sensors detect ground movement. That only works when shaking reaches the BART system, however. The new system gives warning as soon as shaking is felt at remote sensors, which can be sooner because of the time it takes for the strong shaking to radiate from the epicenter
"We're now taking the person out of the loop; so for an earthquake right under the BART system, we get an immediate initiation of braking without anybody having to think," Copley said. "It's a faster response than we would have otherwise."
Copley said the earthquake early warning system "dovetails into our existing procedures." After service braking is triggered, supervisors in the control center can assess whether trains need to come to a full stop and hold. In most situations, trains remain stopped for five minutes before resuming at slow speed while scanning the tracks for problems.
"This earthquake early warning system helps BART not only protect the riders but also preserve an important resource for the Bay Area after an earthquake: a functioning transportation system," said Hellweg.
The California Integrated Seismic Network is a collaboration among various groups that operate seismic sensors, including the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, California Geological Survey, Caltech Seismological Laboratory and the California Emergency Managment Agency. Allen and other seismologists will be in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sept. 28, to talk with House and Senate staffers about the benefits of earthquake early warning systems.


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By Michael Bresciani
American Prophet
Yes, the title of this piece is a takeoff on the overworked paraphrased quote of Karl Marx who said, "Religion is the opiate (opium) of the masses." Religion is under fire in America but if statistics are worth anything it can be seen that cocaine is at the height of its popularity and in full demand, whereas religion or more exactly, Christianity, is taking a beating.
With drug cartels battling on the borders of our nation with military grade weapons, mobster tactics and disregard for any nation's laws, it would seem that cocaine is the opiate of the masses in this nation.
For those with no interest in cocaine there is yet one more opiate that is saturating the hearts and minds of most Americans. Concern over the economy is second to none. The only exceptions are those who are in a cocaine induced trance probably so they won't have to think about our crumbling economy, joblessness and stock market plunges.
The meaning of Marx's labored phrase is probably understood, but I wouldn't take anything for granted in a world like ours. But I will take a moment to describe this world, or at least our little part of it, with just a few current events highlights that once again, sound all too much like something from "Ripley's Believe it or Not."
In Tulsa, Oklahoma police Captain Paul Fields was not scolded for refusing to attend Sunday school at the local Christian church but did have his pay docked and his chance for promotion withdrawn for not attending an islamically sponsored event at the local mosque. Essentially he was reproved for not taking a look at a religion he has nothing to do with. Yes, the Oklahoma I am referring to is the one where, "the wind comes sweepin' down the plain" right here in the United States.
Congress is hearing testimony this week about one U.S. based airline that is considering complying with sharia and not allowing Jews, bibles, Christian literature, crosses or religious medals to board any airplane bound for Saudi Arabia. While America is trying its darnedest to keep dangerous materials off our flights, the Saudi's have decided that the real danger may be a gospel tract or a little black New Testament or the Book of Psalms.
An honor student in Fort Worth, Texas was sent to the principal's office, suspended from school and punished because he was overheard telling his classmate that he thought homosexuality was wrong. The ninth grade German class often found the teacher bringing up the subject of homosexuality which seems strange enough, but suspending the young man for his Bible based beliefs is such a blatant attack against his first amendment rights that it is hard to believe that this happened in the same state where the Governor used a huge stadium to have a prayer meeting to petition God's help for the future of the nation. Perhaps they should suspend the Governor for a few days.
These three examples ripped from the pages of today's journals of goofus americanus are merely a microcosmic cross section of what happens when Americans are summarily distracted by what they obviously see as the one subject that alone is worthy of a 24/7 non-stop scrutiny. I picked up the remote this week and several times throughout the day I handed it to my wife for her to turn on any national news outlet of her choice to see if she could find any network that was not discussing the economy. She could not do it, and neither can you.
The economy is holding center stage in everyone's thinking. Is this a good thing or is it a national obsession that keeps us distracted from seeing what is going on elsewhere, like our airlines, our schools and our police departments? Is talking about the economy becoming the opiate of the classes? Is that perhaps exactly what the present administration had in mind when it coined another well known quote?
The Obama administration's "change we can believe in "has been bumped by "Never let a good crisis go to waste," in a very real sense. While we are seeking to undergird our portfolios with purchases of precious metals and getting the best advice on the markets to plan for our own fiscal future there is a pandemic of immorality, concupiscence and a loss of our rights and freedoms taking place right under our noses. This is a pandemic whose symptoms have yet to be properly diagnosed due to our distractions, which some say, is approaching the level of a national panic.
The learned Apostle Paul admonished a group of believers in the Church at Corinth by reminding them that the weapons to defeat a moral decline are not carnal, (of the flesh) but they are spiritual. (2Cor 10: 4) Our strength as a nation still rests in our relationship to our God. The economy is not our God but is subject to him.
If I deferred to people of other religions because I thought they were actually worshipping the same God as me I would be untrue to all that I believe. But if I defer to them because they are after all flesh and blood like me and worthy of my basic love and respect then I can live with myself. Having given as much of a disclaimer as I'm wont to do let me conclude with this.
America's God and her relationship to that God, has always been predominantly the God of Christianity. I am not distracted by sharia, a bad economy or the gay agenda I am driven by the Spirit of God to pronounce that we need to return to the God of our fathers; or perish.
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, and carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. (James 4: 13, 14 NIV)
Rev. Michael Bresciani is a Christian author and a columnist for several online sites and magazines.
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Does anyone remember Phantom Lady and classic girlie comics artist Matt Baker's great comics? Jim here sure does!
That handsome lad there below is a budding artist himself and will be more famous that Walt Disney and Picasso put together in 10 years! Look how proud Dad is-and he should be!
Boy is Blogger hard to figure out these days...I can't seem to get anything to line up.
Don't Marcelo and Christian have a lovely child?
We didn't get photos of everyone's drawings but if you have one and would like to see it posted here, send me a scan or a photo!


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Favorite garden hack for a climbing vine: Use a Slinky as a trellis in the garden!
I'm sharing my favorite flowering summer vine and a creative way to help it climb that I discovered, with a Slinky!
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Black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata) is a favorite easy-to-grow flowering summer annual and an excellent climber for a trellis or fence. No relation to Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), it climbs 8 to 10 feet in a single growing season, and up to 20 feet in frost-free areas, Zones 10 and 11.
This is my fourth summer with Black-eyed Susan vine. It blooms all summer until frost, which is typically November here in North Carolina. Last year I planted it to climb up a ladder as a trellis.
The wood ladder lived a hard 4 years in the garden and was repaired twice before finally being laid to rest this spring.
This year I planted the vine on a 3 foot tuteur and trained it to climb up a birdhouse pole next to the tuteur with the help of a Slinky.
The Slinky hack is one I discovered in Garden Gate Magazine in the readers' tips section. Incidentally, if you have a garden tip, you can submit to Garden Gate, and if published, receive $25. You can also ask questions and get help with a design challenge.
My birdhouse pole is 6 feet tall and 2 inches in diameter. I lifted the birdhouse from the pole (after I made sure no one was residing in the birdhouse) and slid the Slinky over the pole.
The Slinky stretched easily back up to the top of the pole. I bent the end of the Slinky with pliers to wrap around a wood screw I placed on the base of the birdhouse. For added insurance, I added a cable tie attaching the end of the slinky to the screw and cut off the extra length.
I used cable ties at the bottom of the pole to secure the Slinky to keep from springing back up.
What I like about this Slinky trellis is that the silver metal disappears to the eye while the vine is growing.
I guided the Black-eyed Susan vine over to the Slinky and watched it climb around and through the Slinky.
Black-eyed Susan vine is long blooming, heat tolerant and doesn't require deadheading. The most common varieties are yellow or orange, but you can find it available in other colors by seed.
It prefers full to part sun, with afternoon shade ideal here in the hot, sunny South. Water it until established and then weekly during the heat of the summer and you'll be rewarded with blooms all summer long until frost! Blooms slow during the heat of summer, but pick back up in the fall.
I added the Slinky the end of June and the Black-eyed Susan vine climbed the 6 feet to the top of the pole in about 4 weeks time.
You can also see a pink Morning Glory that volunteered and is intertwined with the Black-eyed Susan.
A pair of Carolina Wrens have since moved in and said they like curb appeal and landscaping the vine offers.
The garden has been thirsty and benefiting from our much-needed 3 inches of rain we received last week.
Mother Nature has been fickle over the last couple of weeks, with areas around us flooding while we wait for rain headed our way and then watch the system magically part like the Red Sea and go around us, leaving us dry.
I was happy to have a break from lugging the hose and have some relief from the heat.
We're heating back up this week with the heat index in 100+ degree range with the humidity.
Some of the Limelight Hydrangea blooms are the size of footballs!
More than 300 million Slinkys have been sold since its introduction in 1945.
I found my Slinky on Amazon for $3.
Here's a little history of the Slinky. I apologize in advance if you can't get the jingle out of your head. ;)
"It's Slinky, It's Slinky. The favorite of girls and boys. Everyone wants a Slinky."
Chalking It Up to Bees and Flowers Around the Potting Shed, here.
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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON GENETIC DISCRIMINATION American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington. D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, and good afternoon. I want to begin by thanking all the people at AAAS for having us here today -- my longtime friend, Dr. Shirley Malcolm, thank you. And thank you, Dr. Richard Nicholson. I thank Dr. Francis Collins -- what a remarkable statement he made.
I was thinking when he said that line that I'm beating to death now that we're all genetically 99.9 percent the same, that the one-tenth of 1 percent difference between him and me is all the intellectual capacity for the sciences. (Laughter.) Regrettably. (Laughter.) That's a great thing for people who care about the future of the human genome.
I'm delighted to be joined here by several members of our administration, and by three members of Congress, showing that this is a bipartisan issue. It's an American issue. I thank Representative Louise Slaughter from New York, who was with me yesterday talking to me about this; and Representative Fred Upton from Michigan; and Representative and Dr. Greg Ganske from Iowa. Thank you all for being here. We appreciate you very much and your concern for this.
I thank again all the people in the administration who worked on this -- my Science Advisor, Dr. Neal Lane, and all the people from OPM and the EEOC and others.
This is really a happy day for me. For years, in our administration, I was a sort of political front person, and now we've got the first election in a quarter-century that I can't be a part of. And people are always coming to me saying, oh, this must be a real downer for you, you know, that the Vice President and Hillary, they're out there 7:00 a.m. in the morning hitting all these coffee shops, you must be -- (laughter) -- how are you dealing with this terrible deprivation? (Laughter.)
And I went out to Cal Tech the other day to talk about my science and technology budget, and I said, well, I'm using this opportunity to get in touch with my inner nerd -- (laughter) -- and to really sort of deal with these things that I have repressed all these years, that I'm really trying to get into this.
We're laughing about this. But, you know, it is truly astonishing that we are all privileged enough to be alive at this moment in history, and to be, some of us, even a small part of this remarkable explosion in human discovery; to contemplate not only what it might mean for us and our contemporaries, in terms of lengthening our lives and improving the quality of them, and improving the reach of our understanding of what is going on, both within our bodies and in the far reaches of space, but what particularly it will mean for the whole structure of life for our children and grandchildren.
And I am profoundly grateful to all of you who have been involved, and who will be involved, in that march of human advance in any way. That quest for knowledge has defined what the AAAS has done for, now, more than 150 years.
We are here today, as the previous speakers have said, to recognize that this extraordinary march of human understanding imposes on us profound responsibilities, to make sure that the age of discovery can continue to reflect our most cherished values. And I want to talk just a little about that in somewhat more detail than Dr. Collins did.
First and foremost, we must protect our citizens' privacy -- the bulwark of personal liberty, the safeguard of individual creativity. More than 100 years ago now, Justice Brandeis recognized that technological advances would require us to be ever-vigilant in protecting what he said was civilization's most valued right, the fundamental right to privacy. New conditions, he said, would often require us to define anew the exact nature and extent of such protection.
And, indeed, much of the 20th century jurisprudence of the Supreme Court has dealt with that continuing challenge in various contexts. So, once again, Justice Brandeis has proved prophetic for a new century.
Today, powerful ways of technological change threaten to erode our sacred walls of privacy in ways we could not have envisioned a generation ago -- not just the ways, by the way, we're discussing here today. Will you ever have a private telephone conversation on a cell phone again? Can you even go in your own home and know that the conversation is private if you become important enough for people to put devices in your walls? What is the nature of privacy in the 21st century and how can we continue to protect it?
But, clearly, people's medical records, their financial records and their genetic records are among the most important things that we have to protect. Last year we proposed rules to protect the sanctity of medical records; we'll finalize them this year. Soon I will send legislation to complete the job we started in protecting citizen's financial records. Today, we move forward to try to make sure we do what we can to protect, in an important way, genetic privacy.
Clearly, there is no more exciting frontier in modern scientific research than genome research. Dr. Collins did a good job of telling us why. And when this human genome project is completed, we can now only barely imagine, I believe, the full implications of what we will learn for the detection, treatment and prevention of serious diseases. It will transform medical care more profoundly than anything since the discovery of antibiotics and the polio vaccine, I believe, far more profoundly than that.
But it will also impose upon us new responsibilities and, I would argue, only some of which we now know -- only some of which we now know -- to ensure that the new discoveries do not pry open the protective doors of privacy.
The fear of misuse of private genetic information is already very widespread in our nation. Americans are genuinely worried that their genetic information will not be kept secret, that this information will be used against them. As a result, they're often reluctant to take advantage of new breakthroughs in genetic testing -- making a point I think we cannot make too often -- if we do not protect the right to privacy, we may actually impede the reach of these breakthroughs in the lives of ordinary people, which would be a profound tragedy.
A Pennsylvania study, for example, showed that nearly a third of women at high risk for inherited forms of breast cancer refused to be tested to determine whether they carry either of the two known breast cancer genes because they feared discrimination based on the results. That is simply wrong. We must not allow advances in genetics to become the basis of discrimination against any individual or any group. We must never allow these discoveries to change the basic belief upon which our government, our society, and our system of ethics is founded --that all of us are created equal, entitled to equal treatment under the law.
The executive order I will sign in just a couple of minutes will be the first executive order of the 21st century to help meet this great 21st century challenge. It prohibits the federal government and its agencies from using genetic testing in any employment decision. It prevents federal employers from requesting or requiring that employees undergo genetic tests of any kind. It strictly forbids employers from using genetic information to classify employees in such a way that deprives them of advancement opportunities, such as promotion for overseas posts.
By signing this executive order, my goal is to set an example and pose a challenge for every employer in America, because I believe no employer should ever review your genetic records along with your resume.
Because, by executive order, I can only do so much, we also need congressional action this year. In 1996, the Congress passed, and I signed, the Kassebaum-Kennedy bill, the health insurance portability law which made it illegal for group health insurers to deny coverage to any individual based on genetic information. That was an important first step, but we must go further. Now I ask Congress to pass the Genetic Non-Discrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act introduced in the Senate by Senator Daschle and in the House by Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, who is with us today. (Applause.)
What this legislation does is to extend the employment protections contained in the executive order that I will sign today to all private sector employees as well, and to ensure that people in all health plans, not just group plans, will have the full confidence that the fruits of genetic research will be used solely to improve their care and never to deny them care.
There is something else we should do right away -- we must make absolutely sure that we do not allow the race for genetic cures to undermine vital patient protections.
Like many Americans, I have been extremely concerned about reports that some families involved in trials of experimental gene therapies have not been fully informed of the risks, and that some scientists have failed to report serious side-effects from these trials. I support the recent action by FDA and NIH to enforce reporting in patient safety requirements.
Today I'm asking Secretary Shalala to instruct FDA and NIH to accelerate their review of gene therapy guidelines and regulations. I want to know how we can better ensure that this information about the trials is shared with the public. I want to know whether we need to strengthen requirements on informed consent. If we don't have full confidence in these trials people won't participate, and then the true promise of genetic medicine will be put on hold.
We cannot allow our remarkable progress in genomic research to be undermined by concerns over the privacy of genetic data or the safety of gene therapies. Instead, we must do whatever it takes to address these legitimate concerns. We know if we do, the positive possibilities are absolutely endless.
I said this the other day, but I would like to reiterate -- I think maybe I am so excited about this because of my age. I was in the generation of children who were the first treated with the polio vaccine. And for those of you who are much younger than me, you can't imagine what it was like for our parents to see the literal terror in our parent's eyes when we were children, paralyzed with fear that somehow we would be afflicted by what was then called infantile paralysis; and the sense of hope, the eagerness, the sort of nail-biting anticipation, when we learned about the Salk vaccine, and all of us were lined up to get our shots.
Unless you were in our generation, you cannot imagine. And the thought that every other problem that could affect the generation of my grandchildren could be visited with that level of relief and hope and exhilaration by the parents of our children's generation is something that is almost inexpressible.
We have to make the most of this. And we know, we have learned from over 200 years of experience as a nation, knocking down physical and intellectual frontiers, that we can only spread the benefits of new discoveries when we proceed in a manner that is consistent with our most ancient and cherished values. That is what this day is all about. So to all of you who have contributed to it, I thank you very, very much.
Now I would like to ask the members of Congress who are here, and members of the administration who are here who have been involved in this, to come up with me. And all I have to do is write my name. (Laughter.) That's a pretty good deal. You can write the human genome code, and I'll write my name -- (laughter) -- and that takes full account of the one-tenth of one percent difference in our genetic makeup.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)


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This March will see the re-release of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 remastered in HD. But as this collection has already come out in Japan, I am here to tell you why you should be excited to get your hands on it.
More Content in Both Games
If you love the original versions of Final Fantasy X and X-2, rest assured, the HD remasters are still the games you know and love—though with a few additions. Both of the versions used in the HD collection are the "international" versions—a Japanese re-release of the games that had additional content added. [Note: The FFX released in Europe was the international version as well.]
In the case of FFX, there is the option to try a new version of the Sphere Grid which allows for better customization and gives a bit more of a challenge. The other big addition comes in the form of the "Dark Aeons"—a series of bosses (and one incredibly difficult super boss) based on the summons Yuna gathers throughout the game.
For X-2, there are two new dresspheres as well as some additional garment grids. But its biggest addition is the Creature Creator (and related coliseum) which allows you to capture and train the game's enemies and other select NPCs and then use them in battle as party members. You can even train and use both boss monsters and characters from across the two games—including Auron, Seymour, and Lulu.
It Looks Better Than Ever
The biggest change between the PS2 and PS3/Vita versions of these games is obvious: the HD coat of paint. Everything has been covered in new HD textures and the lighting system has been updated as well. To see just how much better FFX looks, check out the video above—and click here to see our comparison video for X-2.
Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm
Eternal Calm is an in-game engine epilogue movie to FFX that has also been remastered for this collection. It was released in Japan as part of FFX's international version (and the positive reaction toward the video was key in Square's decision to make FFX-2). However, it was only released in the West through Official PlayStation Magazine and the Unlimited SaGa collectors edition to promote FFX-2's impending release—so the chances are unless you caught it on YouTube, you've probably never seen it. And while it is nothing special in terms of plot, it does help bridge the gap between Yuna as we see her at the end of FFX and how we first meet her in FFX-2.
Final Fantasy X-2: The Last Mission
Originally included in the international edition of X-2, The Last Mission is a short epilogue game taking place three months after the end of X-2. In the story, Yuna, Rikku, and Paine meet up at the recently discovered Iutycyr Tower and begin to explore its 80 floors. Every ten floors you beat, the girls discuss their lives (and the lives of the supporting cast) in the past three months. And yes, Yuna's story changes based on the ending you achieved in X-2.
Final Fantasy X –Will–
–Will– is a newly recorded audio drama made just for the HD remaster that takes place one year after FFX-2's perfect ending. It follows Chuami and Kurgum, two members of the Spiran Council on a mission to find Yuna. Along the way they encounter more than a few old faces and learn of a threat to the world that could bring the "Eternal Calm" to a sudden, horrible end.
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster was released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on December 26, 2013. It will be released in North America on March 18, 2014 and Europe on March 21, 2014.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Working on road signs
Unlike our previous games, we strive to have country-specific signs, the images below are from France.
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very nice! :)ReplyDelete
I hope that in France the AI will have france license plates...
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:30 PM
so beautiful thanksReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Good work...SCS team...Hurry up Please for Realese game :) good luckReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:33 PM
Very nice, cant wait till releaseReplyDelete
This game just keeps getting better and better! Really good Work!ReplyDelete
fuc**** great! :) cant wait for it sooo bad!! :)ReplyDelete
And yeah SCS what about the sterring? Because in the video that you posted it looks strange. Plase answer if you can.
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:47 PM
really good job!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:50 PM
Realese date????ReplyDelete
Nice nice nice.ReplyDelete
I can't waitttt, aaaaaaahhhhh!!
from Spain.
- federico.la.12September 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM
EXCELLENT!!!! I LOVE THE SMALL ROADS AND THE SIGNS TOO, I REALLY LIKE THAT ETS2 HAVE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SIGNS :-)ReplyDelete
Release Date :ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Looks fantastic, but please work some more on the steering and the physics of the truck. :)ReplyDelete
Great visual job, as usual! My only problem is again with the guard-rails, that is their huge amount. I do understand that major motorways and main roads must feature them, but their presence seems a bit overkilled in the pictures. About 2/3 of the pictures featuring highways and two-lane roads show guard-rails - believe me, the environment would look much more natural if there wouldn't be such visual barriers between nature and the player.ReplyDelete
Again, I can only mention Extreme Trucker 2 as an example: the amount of guard-rails was perfect in that installment, the "invisible walls" placed not far from the roadside did their job well. GTS also employed such invisible walls at several map locations, why can't you rely on them more? The environment would look better and less restrictive in my humble opinion.
Also: I hope you will find the time to reassure the community that you work on fixing the laggy steering... ;-)
Keep up the great work!
FYI: The "invisible walls" I talk about are not the "No Entry + arrows" signs in the cities and closed road sections. ;-) I mean the invisible walls placed on the road sides that prevent you to run into the bushes and trees when no guard-rails are inserted besides the roads.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Absolutely, absolutely fantastic. (Standing ovation) Bravo! :-D Seriously, it looks so great that I can't stop watching.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM
The work you showed here is awesome SCS!ReplyDelete
When I see the enviroment and the roadsigns like this in France or wherever else I'm hauling in the virtual world of ETS2 I will be feeling in the designated country for sure!!
No matter how long it take to release the game if we will having this kinda work and professionalism inside :)
Good work guys, I think we can all say we're proud on you :)
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:23 PM
^ You can bet on it. Absolutely proud. :-)ReplyDelete
I rejoice every day with more news the game! It's getting perfect. Great job.
It would be nice each country has its highway patrol, with the colors of their cars right.
Keep up the great work!
Rafael Brusque Toporowicz
São Mateus do Sul - Paraná - Brasil
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Im in amazement on the hard work yall are putting in and how perfect it is!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Very nice, country spesific signs was something I was hoping for! :DReplyDelete
A good idea is to make more varied speed signs to, 120 km/h on motorways in some countries, 130 km/h in others etc :)
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Tunnel sous la manche? (first pic)ReplyDelete
train tunnel to britain? manche is french for the channel between france and britain...
that sounds great!
Why there are cement roadblocks on intersection on the first picture? Road closed?
Greetings from Germany
Very good! But I have a doubt, with such good graphics that you post so many images, the game must weigh a bit on the computer, so if you can set modes to reduce the graphics to any computer, it would be great.ReplyDelete
W00t, looks cool. Keep up the work SCS ;]ReplyDelete
nice work SCS we love you.ReplyDelete
but we want to know also about the pc config thanks
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:02 PM
Looking very good SCS. and I also see that the top 2 screenshots also include the new trailer models too. really looking forward to this one.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM
Is there baltic?ReplyDelete
That looks cool, Tell mee is there baltic, if is mi going to buy that game!
Fantastic images. Keep up the outstanding work SCS Software team.ReplyDelete
Great Work! But whats about first and second picture? On the first we can se sign "TUNNEL..." but if you drive from left or right its unable to se it. On the second picture is sign "METZ" 2 way/stream but u can drive only one.ReplyDelete
Really nice improvements already. But I think you should try to make the shadows more blurry when they are further away from the object.ReplyDelete
This site is located in Turkish expression http://www.oyunmods.com/euro-truck-simulator-2-yeni-trafik-tabelalariReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:54 PM
Wonderfull ,keep it up!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM
MTCougar: look more carefully. There's a branching, it's only covered by tree branches. :-D One stream to Metz, one stream to Lyon. And third (most left) stream for opposite directioin. And about tunnel (first pic) - tunnel must not be visible from this point or it's more faraway - after all, it's direction sign.ReplyDelete
Good work SCS. I love this game and doesn't matter when it's done! I want to be the greatest game ever! Btw, I see 5 cities just in France. It seems to be a big map. I love this game. Good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:11 PM
Really good scs teamReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:23 PM
Looks like we'll have tunnel La Manche! That is great! Road signs are great!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:26 PM
OMGF CALAIS!!!! TUNNEL LA MANCHE!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Hope That There's DUNKERQUE!!
Great work SCS.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:37 PM
Perfecto SCS!ReplyDelete
Just perfect...!
Canal Tunnel!! Good Job, keep the work up and surprise us next time again with something wonderful!ReplyDelete
Jolly good, SCS! This is splendid news. (c:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 8:35 PM
In France the right line is discontinuous:ReplyDelete
Is it possible to change or there is the same for the whole map?
Best regards,
heel mooi scs naar vraag mij af of ook de viaduct millau. mee doen scs please.ReplyDelete
- metiu-20September 14, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Iam not sure, first picture- its still game!?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 9:36 PM
Release Date : 10.01.2012ReplyDelete
Really a huge work.ReplyDelete
More pictures look and more I'am convinced that it will be unforgettable.
Do not lose your patience and good work.
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:22 PM
bonjour SCS je trouve qu'il n'y a pas assez de voiture...dans le jeu ...il y a beaucoup plus de véhicule dans ce monde" les bouchon..les accident ils font songerReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Excellent work, very nicely done! The scenery is becoming more realistic and more of a pleasure on the eye every day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 12:19 AM
yeah thats goodReplyDelete
better work hard on physics.
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 12:38 AM
Seems like all the effort is to make the game look pretty . i hope the playing side of it has been given as much attention as well. It doesnt matter how good a game looks if it plays badly or it does not keep the player interested then it will crash and burn and put people off any other games that followReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 1:04 AM
no offense but it kind of looks like driving simulator 2011 :(ReplyDelete
besides that the signs look really nice.
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 2:31 AM
hey scs software the euro truck simulator 2 job is great!!!!!!! Every day I check your blog to see latest posts.ReplyDelete
I love the signs!!! And I can't wait to play it!!!!!!!! And
scs software I know that you are working very hard like 9
hours to make this wonderful game.
Wow! My hat's off to you! That's a lot of work and I'm sure you'll end up with something to be proud of! Good job!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM
It looks like you have improved the on and off ramps on the motorway exit and just hope that the rest are the same excellent work i must say it gives it a bit more realism.ReplyDelete
yeah, good news, SCSReplyDelete
the main object in such game are the roads and their environment
Nice work scs keep working.....ReplyDelete
This the most realistic game when i ever see :D
Sorryon my bad english
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Last picture,ReplyDelete
Street to Reims, Metz undriveable?
On the upcomming ramp there are these "Do not enter" roadblocks or do I see something wrong?
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Good job but there are errors. There should be signs of pre-warning before every ride (even if it already) but not in height, on the low side (more realistic).ReplyDelete
I notice the effort you made by putting the real name of highways, for it well done!
May need to change the texture of the pillar panel (too gray, and not reflective). And the sign for "Tunnel sous la manche", the green is too dark and too big in my opinion.
Otherwise, great job and thank you.
Greetings from France!
Looks fine.ReplyDelete
Go on SCS.
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- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 2:39 AM
@ Jonas, there's a simple reason for the invisible barriers, if they were to allow trucks to run off the road they need to do a whole lot more programming. Basically they first have to "solidify" the ground so the truck doesn't disappear into a white void, meaning more hardware resources required, plus collision logic with trees and whatnot, even more resources, requiring more time to program and which in the end would eat up a ton of processing power in what probably already is a graphic heavy game.ReplyDelete
really amazing SCS! Its the same as in the real in France!ReplyDelete
maybe (if you want), you can make some pictures of the Dutch and Belgium Traffic signs and matrix signs?
Greetz from Holland
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 12:58 AM
Your work SCS is just so amazing!!!ReplyDelete
So there will be the Channel Tunnel on this map? Hopefully like it is in real life! (with terminals, customs...) OMG!!!! :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Geneva is in ETS2? It's AMAZING! THANK YOU! :DReplyDelete
Great post! I'm a female adrenaline junkie in a male dominated world too! Got my first taste for going fast earlier this year and haven't looked back, dreaming of affording my own fast machine soon - I want to buy one where I got my first taste of speed!ReplyDelete
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A lot of businesses have already decided to boycott Windows Vista and many consumers would like to skip it, too. In order to avoid the same mistakes in the next version of the operating system, there are five things Microsoft needs to do with Windows 7.
We're going to be hearing a lot about Windows 7 over the next two weeks as Microsoft convenes its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) — both in Los Angeles.
Ballmer and company know that Vista has been rejected by businesses and that it has dreadful reputation among the general public. They know they screwed up. And Microsoft is nothing if not responsive to customers and public opinion. In fact, I've argued before that the company is actually hyper-responsive and that's why they've crammed way too many features and way too much code into both Windows and Microsoft Office.
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One of the worst qualities of Windows Vista is that it is almost always slower than its predecessor Windows XP when running on the same hardware. And most of that performance drag is not simply due to the fancy graphics. Even if you turn off the Aero interface, Vista is still usually slower.
The problem is that the underlying Windows code is way too bloated — over 50 million lines of code in Vista — and even today's ultra-fast multi-core processors can't overcome that. The Windows development team has to find a way to streamline Windows 7 so that it's faster and more stable than both XP and Vista, whether it's running on netbooks and nettops with the Atom processor and only 1 GB of RAM or tomorrow's 8-core machines with 10 GB of RAM.
That's an extremely difficult task, but no one said this was going to be simple or easy. One way to start is by turning Windows into just the core OS and further modulizing it by making a lot of the other software such as the Media Center, Tablet PC, and Admin Tools available as downloadable add-ons.
4. Avoid compatibility problems
In the process of streamlining Windows 7, the developers can't sacrifice software compatibility. One of the things that has killed Vista is that Microsoft spent so much effort trying making it more secure with User Access Control (UAC) that it broke a lot of software in the process.
You can argue that a lot of the stuff that broke in Windows Vista was poorly programmed to begin with and deserved to break so that it could be rewritten more securely. The problem is that not much of the software has been rewritten and the UAC approach has not worked because users get so many dialog boxes that they just blindly click OK until all of them go away. A better approach is needed — one that balances security and compatibility.
The other compatibility issue that Windows 7 has to juggle is the 32-bit vs. 64-bit split. While most modern processors are 64-bit, most of the software and device drivers are still written in 32-bit code. I've seen a number of PCs with 64-bit CPUs that have 32-bit Windows installed simply because it has better compatibility. I've also seen and heard about a number of business systems that have 64-bit Windows Vista installed, but are running into significant software and/or driver incompatibility problems.
Microsoft, Intel, and AMD need to lead the charge to get software vendors on-board with 64-bit before Windows 7 is officially released.
3. Undercut OS X on price
Mac sales have been growing much faster than the overall PC market and Mac OS X has continued to nibble away at Windows' massive market share over the past two years. However, Apple showed the same chink in its armor that has long plagued it when it recently announced its new line of laptops and the cheapest one was priced at $999. The message being sent is that Apple wants to be a premium computer brand with high margins and has very little interest in selling low-margin, high-volume machines.
Over the next two to three years the lion's share of the growth in computer sales is very likely going to be in the sub-$500 netbook and nettop market. These machines are essentially just glorified Web browsers in a diminuitive hardware package. The OS doesn't matter much. As a result, Linux is a major threat to become the OS powering a lot of these machines, because of its minimal price.
However, with Apple relegating itself to the high end of the market and most users still not very comfortable with Linux, Microsoft has the opportunity to swoop in and deliver a Windows 7 that is fast and cheap and can run very well on these little machines, while also scaling all the way up to the fastest workstations. A lot of users and businesses would probably gravitate toward the idea of a common OS experience (and one that most users already know) in Windows, especially if the price is comparable between Linux and Windows machines.
The key here is making Windows very inexpensive and very scalable while preparing to sell it in larger volumes than ever before on the cheap machines that are going to flood the market over the next couple years.
2. Sell only one version
There were primarily two editions of Windows XP: Home and Professional. With Windows Vista, that doubled to four primary editions: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate. It's time to simplify and go back to just one version of Windows with one price.
This is a case of Microsoft just getting out of the way and letting Windows be Windows. Having just one edition of the client OS will make Windows 7 easier to understand, easier to purchase, and easier to support (for both Microsoft and IT departments).
Of course, the one version of Windows 7 needs to be cheaper than Mac OS X ($99), easier to use than Linux, and easier to set up and get started than any of the recent versions of Windows.
1. Make it the last shrink-wrapped OS
The old way of building and packaging operating systems in shrink-wrapped boxes that are released every few years is just not fast enough or nimble enough to meet the demands to today's Internet-driven computing environment. It's also counterproductive for an OS maker because you end up competing against yourself the way XP and Vista are now competing against each other.
There's only one Windows, and it has merely evolved over time. That's the message Microsoft needs to drive home by making Windows 7 the last shrink-wrapped version of the OS. From here on out, Microsoft should simply make Windows a constantly evolving platform with new features and functionality enhancements added several times a year through Windows Update.
The business model would be to turn this into a subscription product, albeit a very inexpensive one. As long as you have a current Windows subscription then you can continue to download new features, patches, and updates. If your subscription lapses then Windows still works but you can no longer download the new stuff, or any add-ons, and you can only download highly critical security patches.
For enterprises that are currently using Software Assurance, they are already buying Windows as part of a subscription so there would be no change in the business model for them. For consumers and small businesses who aren't part of Software Assurance and typically buy Windows from OEMs such as Dell, Toshiba, and Hewlett-Packard, the Windows license that comes with their PC could last for three years and then it's up to the buyer to pay something like $30-$40/year to renew. For those who want to build their own system, a full version of the OS could cost something like $50-$75 for the first year.
Bottom line
Windows 7 needs to be fast, inexpensive, and widely compatible. Microsoft also needs to change the development and business models to make Windows one continually evolving OS.
Let's face it, the OS is not as flashy as it once was. It's also not nearly as relevant as it was a decade ago. The Web browser is gradually usurping its position as the most important application platform, as has long been predicted.
Because of that, Windows is at a crossroads where it could begin losing large chunks of market share to competitors that are better prepared to operate in this new reality, or it can greatly simplify its OS while turning into more of a background utility that makes good money off of a low-margin, high-volume business.
If it can pull that off and clearly communicate to businesses and consumers that Windows 7 is the start of a new approach to Windows then Windows 7 could be a watershed release. If Microsoft simply releases a mild revision to Vista and maintains the same development and business models, then Windows could become more vulnerable to its competitors than it's been in almost two decades.
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In the near future, US Navy ships won't use explosive cannons. They will destroy targets 100 miles away with the monster 33-megajoules railgun shown in this video. In the words of Rear Admiral Nevin P. Carr: This "really changes several games."
Right now, Navy railguns could only reach targets 13 miles away. The new railgun reaches any target 100 miles away in six minutes using 33-megajoules of energy, an unprecedented tactical advantage over conventional weaponry like cannons and cruise missiles. To give you an idea of the magnitude of the impact, a megajoule is "roughly equivalent to a 1-ton car traveling at 100 mph." Imagine the effect on a target.
According to the program manager at the Office of Naval Research, Roger Ellis, the gun will eventually reach enemy vehicles and structures 200 miles away with perfect accuracy, using a GPS-based targeting system. Ellis also says that "eliminating explosives from the ship, which brings significant safety benefits and logistical benefits." They just need a constant source of energy in the ship, like diesel engines or a nuclear reactor.
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