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The primary challenges cotton farmers face in using crop sensors to manage variable rate application are developing prescriptions and adjusting equipment properly to apply established rates, says an Oklahoma State University agricultural engineer.
Randy Taylor, professor, biosystems and agricultural engineering at OSU, speaking at the recent Texas Plant Protection Association annual conference in Bryan, said sensor system use is becoming more popular for crop production. "Several commercially-available, sensor-based, variable-rate systems exist for efficiently managing inputs and maximizing yields or returns," he said.
Sensor-based systems appeal to farmers because "they are easier to use than most map-based systems," Taylor said.
He said nitrogen is typically the first consideration for sensor-based applications. "Plant growth regulators and defoliant/boll openers also offer opportunities for cotton farmers. But they must have the proper equipment to apply materials with variable rate application technology."
Equipment should include sensors and control interface, a display and control module and an application rate controller. Crop sensors are more popular than soil sensors, he said.
"The application-rate controller consists of a control module/user interface, flow meter, flow control valve and speed sensor. In some cases, the display and control module may be the same for the sensor system and rate controller."
He said if GPS is used for mapping it can also provide the speed signal.
In sensor-based, variable-rate application, material applied is typically in liquid form and nozzle-tip types can make a difference. "Using fixed-orifice nozzles will greatly limit the range of rates that can be applied," Taylor said. "Other options are available."
He said pulse width modulation (PWM) "allows control of nozzle pressure and flow independently. Variable rate orifice nozzles open as flow increases."
Taylor said a normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) sensor may help with plant growth regulator application.
It's also helpful with nitrogen management. "NDVI is a good indicator of biomass," he said. Readings may indicate areas with more yield potential. "But farmers need to create nitrogen-rich strips" for comparison.
Taylor said sensors offer cotton producers potentially valuable tools to increase efficiency, but the technology is not yet where it needs to be. "The Industry alliance should improve the systems," he said. "They have the opportunity to take technology even further."


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Celebrating 20 years of community-led development "The Apache Way"
- Projects
- People
- Community
- License
- Sponsors
This document is targeted at Apache committers. A committer is an individual who was given write access to the codebase of any Apache project. We also have a New Committers Guide.
If you are not an Apache committer, but wish to become one, you will find the instructions on how to contribute to Apache projects more useful.
Read the Guide for new committers. That guide is also useful for existing committers, and provides links to other sources of information.
Planet Apache aggregates RSS feeds
from Apache committers. It is run by the ASF and committers with blogs are
welcome to add their own blog to its feed. See the contents of the
committers/planet directory in the
private repository.
The Apache Software Foundation periodically organizes conferences focusing on software developed at Apache and on the way that Apache develops its software. Learn about what's happening at Apache, hack code and meet the faces associated with the names!
A face-to-face gathering for hacking of code. Hackathons are generally held at ApacheCons, as well as at other times.
A face-to-face gathering for work on Apache infrastructure by our amazing infra contractors and volunteers.
Heed the warnings in these two email threads (read them all the way through): What is a member and volunteeritis. The discussion is about what it means to be a committed person at the ASF and how to deal with your internal pressure that arises from such dedication.
We each need to re-read those two important messages from time-to-time and remind our communities.
Or move a project into the ASF?
Please contact the Incubator Project. They will assist you in starting projects or moving them into the ASF.
Apache Labs could also be for you if you want to start something new.
Note: this is an incomplete collection and not authoritative.
As an Apache volunteer, you have the right to set your own priorities and do the work that scratches your own itch. As a Committer, you have a responsibility to the community to help create a product that will outlive the interest of any particular volunteer (including yourself). This means, for example, that the code that you commit should be clear enough that others not involved in its current development will be able to maintain and extend it. It also means that you are responsible for helping to grow and maintain the health of the Apache community.
More specific responsibilities of Committers include:
No - committer status and merit never expires. If you become inactive for a time (usually six months or more) your account may be deactivated for security reasons. Most projects allow reactivation of committer status by application to the pmc.
Some projects use the concept of a
emeritus committer status. This is
typically suitable for those committers who can no longer they can give the
time they feel is required.
For any substantial codebase that has been developed outside the ASF, a small amount of process is required before the code can be committed. This is managed by the Incubator. The first step is to contact your PMC.
You might notice something that needs changing, for example the configuration for a mailing list. The request to the users@infra list or the apmail@ alias needs to come from your Project Management Committee. That ensures that the requests are official, and not just an individual user's desire. This is the same for all requests for infrastructure changes. However, please try to get your PMC to assist first. There are many things that the PMC or PMC chair can do, thereby easing the load on the infrastructure team.
Infrastructure has the email@example.com mailing list to discuss new infrastructure developments at the ASF. For service downtime announcements and current information on operations, we use http://twitter.com/infrabot. For general announcements regarding services and the like, infrastructure has a blog.
Committers may access
home.apache.org (documentation).
Note that you do only have sftp access. There is no shell access.
Apache infrastructure
provides a list of other Apache services/hosts and their public keys.
You can publish a small personal website in public_html, as described elsewhere. You must never store secret/private keys (the private half of an SSH keypair, or a PGP private key) on any ASF machines.
Yes, several Apacheites manage unofficial pages to do this: Henk Penning and Vadim Gritsenko have such statistics and cool charts.
Apache Infra publishes a few top-level statistics on the status page.
Any message about a change to the host key or any "Error validating server certificate" should be taken very seriously: it may indicate a man-in-the-middle attack is in progress.
Do not ignore this message and continue.
Before contacting the Apache infrastructure team, check that you are logging in to the correct machine, and check the currently published SSH fingerprints for Apache hosts here: new-committers-guide.html#spoof
See if you Get An Authorization Failure When Accessing SVN, or try the forgot password link on the Apache Account site https://id.apache.org/
Nexus is LDAP based auth. If you have changed your LDAP password recently it is possible you have a cached version of your old password stored , perhaps in a settings.xml file locally. Maven makes repeated attempts to try this authorization and within 10 seconds you might find your LDAP account locked as a result.
Try accessing another LDAP based service to test the theory and if you cant get access you can bet that is what happened.
The cure is to go to https://id.apache.org/reset/enter and reset your LDAP password to clear the locked account. Change any cached creds locally and try staging to Nexus again.
The most common reason is that you've forgotten your password!
The password used for subversion is the same as the password you use
for access to LDAP
id.apache.org. You will not be prompted to enter it
frequently. This makes it is easy to forget.
Apache employs a number of different HTTP authentication realms. You will need to enter your password whenever you access a new realm. (Subversion prints information about the realm when you are prompted for the password.)
Of course, it is also possible that you're accessing an url which is restricted. That's probably for a good reason so unless you know that you should have access, don't bother the infrastructure team.
If you do forget your password please visit https://id.apache.org/ to reset it.
In Subversion, url:
See the Version Control FAQ.
Very rarely if ever. Please read this for why you shouldn't lock.
The Version Control FAQ.
See these instructions.
If it is a public list, email the
-subscribe address (such as
firstname.lastname@example.com) from the address you want subscribed, and
reply to the confirmation mail. For more information see the
detailed mailing list guide.
Private lists use the same procedure, but it's recommended to use the self-subscribe app instead; that avoids needing to wait for the human moderators to check and green-light your subscription request.
At the time of writing the self-subscribe app lets ASF
Members subscribe to any ASF list (see
<../foundation/governance/members> for the rationale behind this) and other
committers to subscribe to a few foundation-wide lists. Notably, committers
who wish to subscribe to other lists (such as a private@ list of their project)
should still email the
-subscribe address.
Committers can use Whimsy to check their details This shows all their subscriptions (amongst other information).
Mail lists are the virtual room where the communities live, form and grow. It is wiser to keep the number of mail lists per codebase the smallest possible to allow the community to reach that critical mass that is necessary to bootstrap a codebase and keep it in good shape.
At the same time, as communities grow, the need for more specialized mail lists appears. This is the suggested chain of actions to request the creation of a new mail list:
Request a vote in the community
If the creation is accepted, your Project Management Committee needs to send in a request (more details ).
WARNING: the creation of a user mail list can be a very dangerous thing for a community if the developers don't pay attention to their users and if users don't have developers that reply to their emails. Sure, active developers should expect a well behaving user community to reply to one another for simple questions, but this doesn't happen overnight and the creation of a user mail list alone can turn into a very harmful change.
Information on list subscriptions is private, so is not available to all committers.
Moderators can send an email to:
Anyone with access to the apmail account can run the following command to get a count of the subscribers.
ezmlm-list ~apmail//lists/project/listname| wc -l
Remember that there often are people subscribed to the digest version too:
However, most committers do not have access to apmail.
See our overall guide for mailing list moderation.
File an INFRA Jira ticket or ask your PMC to send a request to the apmail@ alias (apache.org)
If you have access to apmail, you can just change the list of subscribers to list/mod. For example for the mod_perl dev list that is in
ezmlm-list ,
ezmlm-sub and
ezmlm-unsub to do that.
To determine who the existing moderators are, any committer can use the technique described in the "committers" SVN module at /docs/resources.txt
First look in the mail and check if it is spam (or other severely misguided mail). If it is spam then just ignore the mail to have it silently dropped after 5 days. To bounce non-spam with a notice to the sender, reply to the -reject address in the mail header. If you wish to include a comment with the rejection, the body of the message should look like this:
%%% Start comment Your message goes here... %%% End comment
If it is legitimate mail from a non-subscriber (or someone sending with a different envelope sender than the one subscribed), reply to the moderate request to the -accept address. If you also send mail to the -allow address (i.e. reply to all) then future postings from that address will be allowed through automatically.
If there is no -allow address in the moderate requests the list was misconfigured when it was setup and you should contact email@example.com and get them to enable remote administration.
See the EZMLM "Moderator's and Administrator's Manual". You can also send email to {email@example.com from your moderation address (there are extra details for moderators).
Some lists are only open to ASF committers. The moderators have methods to ensure that subscribers are committers, so subscribers can use whatever email address that they want. Moderators see the tips described in the "committers" SVN module at /docs/resources.txt
Most lists require posters to be subscribed. However subscribers are sent copies of all mails (or digests). This is obviously unsuitable for bots -- or private lists which need to accept posts from non-subscribers.
A moderator can fix this by using 'Reply All' to a moderation message from the poster. This will both 'accept' the message and 'allow' further posts.
It's also possible to set this up in advance, by subscribing the poster to the 'allow' list. E.g. if you want email@example.com to be able to post:
Note that the '@' in the sender email must be replaced by '='
If you have a troublesome poster, then you can un-subscribe them from the list using
(and send a courtesy email to them).
Occasionally you will get someone with a poorly-configured spam filter sending automated replies to the list. You can deny their postings using
(and send a courtesy email to them).
If someone (an unsubscribed user) was added to the moderation list (intentionally or unintentionally) and now they are sending spam to the list, you can remove them by sending an email to:
Note that to see a list of who is allowed to post on the moderation list you can send an email to:
There is now an opt-in configuration for problem posters, where you can subscribe him or her to a 'sendsubscribertomod' list. It works in exactly the same way as adding or removing someone from an 'allow' or 'deny' list. File an INFRA ticket to have it enabled for your list (you don't have to use it, but having it enabled adds an option for you to consider.)
To use it:
What this will do is send all emails from this person to a moderator for approval to go to the list - does not matter if they are already a subscriber of the list or even if they are on the allow list.
Once badposter ( or bad actor? ) has shown to be behaving in the proper manner again, then feel free to 'unsubscribe' them from the 'sendsubscriberstomod' list to resume normal operations.
All of these must be sent from your moderator address. You can tell if
you're sending from the right address by emailing the
-help address (e.g.,
firstname.lastname@example.com) and checking if the subject of the reply contains
the word "Moderator help".
If a subscriber reports that they are not receiving some e-mails, check which ones this affects. If they are not seeing their own e-mails, note that GMail hides duplicates. Also check whether the emails could have been treated as SPAM by their e-mail client.
If a subscriber reports getting a bounce message from ezmlm, ask them to provide the details. For example:
Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the firstname.lastname@example.com mailing list. Messages to you from the user mailing list seem to have been bouncing ... Here are the message numbers: 12345
This can occur if the recipients mail system has stricter SPAM detection rules. One way to find such emails is to request an index listing from ezmlm, for example by sending an email to
This will show the subject, timestamp and sender of the email. That may be sufficient to identify it as spam. If not, the subject and date should make it easy to find in the archives.
If the content of the MODERATE request is clearly SPAM, then the simplest solution is just to delete the request. (Do not reject it).
However, if you are receiving a lot of such requests, it may perhaps be worth taking additional action.
Some SPAM mails have an opt-out link. Whether this will actually do anything useful is another matter, but it might be worth trying if the spam seems to be from a legitimate business. To avoid revealing your personal IP address, you may wish to use an anonymising service such as Tor.
If the SPAM mails are all sent from the same address (*), then try adding them to the 'deny' list:
(*) Note that the sender address can be extracted from the Cc: address in the moderation request. This has the form:
Cc: {listname}-allow-tc.<digits>.<alphanumeric>-email@example.com
The sender e-mail address is contained between the '-' (hyphen) immediately following the "alphanumerics" and the '@' sign. This is already in the correct form for use in the 'deny' subscription request, i.e. the '@' has been changed to '='. In the example above this is:
If this address contains random alphanumerics then it is probably a short-lived address, in which case there is no point trying to use the deny list.
In the early days, users were responsible for updating the
.forward file in their home directory.
The forwarding address(es) are now stored in LDAP and maintained by the use of the Self Serve app.
At first, the LDAP data was extracted and used to populate
.forward files. However the forwarding is now done directly from LDAP, so the
files now have no effect and should be ignored.
It's been a long while since e-mail was stored on the
people.apache.org server.
However some mailboxes may still be present on the server.
Here is presented a simple method to move the mail from
into a Thunderbird mail
client. Copy the mailbox from your
people.apache.org directory to your
local machine. For example:
$ scp firstname.lastname@example.com:/home/USER/Mailbox /tmp/Mailbox
And then copy it into your Thunderbird Mail folder. For example:
$ mv /tmp/Mailbox "thunderbird/profile/Mail/Local Folders"
The name of the directory might differ depending on your Thunderbird version and configuration.
That's all!
Apache project business should almost always be on your public dev@
mailing list, unless there is a specific reason to use private@.
See the discussion about private vs. public lists.
The most likely explanation is that the commit message is awaiting
moderation. Messages will be delivered promptly without moderation once the
moderator approves posts from your
apache.org address.
Note: While there is not an official list, the following six principles have been cited as the core beliefs of The Apache Way:
collaborative software development
commercial-friendly standard license
consistently high quality software
respectful, honest, technical-based interaction
faithful implementation of standards
security as a mandatory feature
Similarly, a non-official The Apache Way website is available.
Yes, Apache projects must always be managed independently of undue commercial influence.
Yes, Apache software products are always available to download and use at no cost.
You need to make sure that the commit message contains at least the name of the contributor and ideally a reference to the Bugzilla or JIRA issue where the patch was submitted. The reasons: this preserves the legal trail and makes sure that contributors are recognized. Obviously, the latter doesn't mean it's not a good idea to list the names of all contributors somewhere on the website. To make it easier to "grep" for commits with patches from contributors, always use the same pattern in the commit message. Traditionally, we use "Submitted by: <name>" or "Obtained from: <name>".
Here's an example of what such a commit message could look like:
Bugzilla #43835:
Added some cool new feature.
Submitted by: John Doe <john.doe.at.null.org>
The short answer is: it depends. You shouldn't be worried until a week or two has passed since the date you expected the document to arrive.
When a CLA is submitted, there are several stages to the process.
The first is that it has to arrive in the hands of an Officer of the ASF. For emailed and faxed documents, this is quick. For snail mailed documents, this is sometimes slow and often very slow if posted from outside the US.
The second is that the document has to be acknowledged by the ASF Secretary. Acknowledged documents are noted in the appropriate file in the foundation repository.
The third stage is waiting until you know that the ASF has registered the document. ASF members can watch the commit records or check the file. PMC members can watch their private@ list for a notice from secretary@ (this only happens if the ICLA mentioned which TLP to notify) . Others will need to check the [list of ICLAs]http://home.apache.org/unlistedclas.html) This is automatically generated from the file maintained by the Secretary about every hour.
PMCs are responsible for managing their own Apache project brands, and committers are encouraged to assist. If you spot any potential misuse or infringement of Apache brands or trademarks by third parties, please follow our Apache Trademark Use Reporting Guidelines.


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UnNews:Teletubbies exposed as subliminal tool for Nazism
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
22 January 2010
LONDON, England -- Ever since "American cleric and conservative pundit Jerry Falwell claimed in 1999 that Tinky Winky, one of the Teletubbies, was homosexual", [1] the BBC edu-tainment show targeted at one to four year olds has come under increasingly investigatory investigation. A number of the Bat Fuck Righteous and homeschooling advocates, both here and "across the pond" in the States, have uncovered disturbing evidence that the show was, in fact, a tool for the dissemination of Nazi propaganda [2].
"Our toddlers weren't the only target of this conspiracy," says Nathan Muttonsmith of the grass-roots childrens conspiracy network Stop Teaching Our Kids (STUK). He cites an encyclopedic article on the Teletubbies phenomenon;
- "Although the show is aimed at children between the ages of one and four, it has a substantial cult following with older generations, mainly university students. The mixture of bright colours, unusual designs, repetitive non-verbal dialogue, ritualistic format, and the occasional forays into physical comedy appealed to a demographic who perceived the show as having psychedelic connotations. Teletubbies was controversial for this reason, and also for a perception that it was insufficiently educational. However, the creators have stated their opinions on the educational value of the show." [3]
Reverend Falwell, meanwhile, has vowed to, "fight this and other evils, like Venezuela, gays and Haitian voodoo devil worshipers, in the Name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ."
Parts of this page were originally sporked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletubbies.
|This article is complete, irredeemable bread knife. The submitter is Bat Fuck Insane, appreciates at the retina, and is an unfunny fucker.
If you attempt to lather this, you will most grotesquely lather Bat Fuck Insane yourself.
Or the submitter will lather your bread knife!!!!!!
- Semblance Paisley "Fourth Reich in the form of children's television "edu-tainment"?". Fox News, January 22, 2010
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Teletubbies.
- ↑ Their diet seems to be almost exclusively "Tubby Custard" mispronounced as Tubby Tustard by the characters (which is created by a Tubby Custard machine and consumed by sucking through a spiral straw) and "Tubby Toast" (circular toast with a smiley face on it), and they are spectacularly messy eaters.
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Teletubbies.


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Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind
Oxford University Press, 2000 - Computers - 227 pages
In this compelling book, Hans Moravec predicts that machines will attain human levels of intelligence by the year 2040, and that by 2050, they will surpass us. But even though Moravec predicts the end of the domination by human beings, his is not a bleak vision. Far from railing against a future in which machines rule the world, Moravec embraces it, taking the startling view that intelligent robots will actually be our evolutionary heirs. "Intelligent machines, which will grow from us, learn our skills, and share our goals and values, can be viewed as children of our minds." And since they are our children, we will want them to outdistance us. In fact, in a bid for immortality, many of our descendants will choose to transform into "ex humans," as they upload themselves into advanced computers.
This provocative new book, the highly anticipated follow-up to his bestselling volume Mind Children, charts the trajectory of robotics in breathtaking detail. A must read for artificial intelligence, technology, and computer enthusiasts, Moravec's freewheeling but informed speculations present a future far different than we ever dared imagine.
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Data Pipeline
Data Ingestion Service
Data Ingestion Service within Adobe Experience Platform lets brands onboard all relevant data from different sources in a simple and scalable manner. Data becomes available and actionable in near real time which helps brands see 360-degree customer profiles for deep engagement. The power of the Data Ingestion Service lies in its flexibility and speed. It offers tremendous flexibility by taking in various types of data from multiple sources. And, the ease and efficiency of the ingestion process means the data is available for deep engagement, analysis, and automation of work processes in near real time.
Experience Data Model & Adobe Experience Platform
Adobe's Experience Data Model (XDM) is a formal specification used to describe the customer journey of experiences, as well as their resulting actions and events. XDM additionally describes the measurement, content offers, and other useful details of the journey. XDM is more than just a "data dictionary" for companies working with data from customer experiences — it's a complete language for the experience business. XDM has been developed by us as a way to make experience data easier to interpret and share. For more information, visit Adobe XDM Github.
Semantics & Controls
Data Usage Labeling & Enforcement in Adobe Experience Platform
Adobe Experience Platform provides a robust and powerful data governance framework that helps you manage your compliance with the regulations, restrictions, and policies controlling the use of your data. The Data Usage Labeling & Enforcement framework simplifies and streamlines the process of categorizing data and creating data usage policies. Marketing actions requiring data can immediately be evaluated based on the data usage policies applied to it.
GDPR & Adobe Experience Platform
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union's new privacy law that harmonizes and modernizes data protection requirements. The new rule has a broad definition of personal data and a wide reach, affecting any brand that markets products or services to individuals in the EU. Adobe Experience Cloud's GDPR API automates consumer GDPR access and delete requests across Adobe platform components.
Adobe Experience Platform Extensibility
Adobe Experience Platform is built on open APIs, exposing the full functionality of the system to developers using familiar tools so customers can integrate their enterprise solutions with Adobe Experience Platform and partners can build their own products and technologies on it as they wish.
Unified Profile
Experience Cloud Profile
The Experience Cloud Profile provides enterprises with an easily accessible, up-to-date, fast, and complete data store that content systems can query. Its purpose is to deliver a centrally-accessible profile which enables marketers to drive coordinated, consistent and relevant experiences with consumers across all channels. This profile is different from the systems of record across Adobe Experience Cloud (AEC) solutions because it's the only profile that offers a comprehensive view of the customer using online, offline, Adobe and non-Adobe data.
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Data Science Workspace uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to unleash insights from your data. Integrated into Adobe Experience Platform, Data Science Workspace helps you make predictions using your content and data assets across Adobe solutions.
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Used For Storing Audio, Video and Other Data on Portable Devices Such As Mobile Phones, iNAND is Recognized at Electronics Industry's Premier Gala Event
MILPITAS, CALIF., April 13, 2007 - SanDisk® Corporation's (NASDAQ: SNDK) iNAND™ flash memory module has received the EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Award for the Ultimate Product of the Year in the Processor/Memory category. Honors were presented at the recent EE Times ACE Awards Gala as part of the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.
Positioned as a substitute for hard drives and other types of embedded memory, SanDisk's iNAND module is a high-capacity, high-performance single-package flash memory device with a built-in controller. Based on the leading industry-standard SD interface, the iNAND module also features SanDisk's MLC (Multi-Level Cell) technology. Used for storing music, video, digital still images and other data, the module is designed especially for small portable systems such as mobile phones, digital audio/MP3 players, games and personal media players. Capacities range from 256 megabytes (MB) to 8 gigabytes (GB)1.
"We're delighted to receive a coveted ACE Award for iNAND," said Yoram Cedar, SanDisk's executive vice president of the Mobile Business Unit and Corporate Engineering. "It reflects the rapid transformation we are seeing among manufacturers to use durable solid state NAND flash memory for an ever growing array of mobile phones and consumer electronics."
The Ultimate Products of the Year categories are the most significant products introduced in the last 12 months as determined by large-scale peer review in seven technology segments. Finalists in each category are chosen by selected, qualified readers of EE Times and eeProductCenter on a quarterly basis via electronic balloting. More than 1,000 engineers participate in the voting process to determine the winners.
"SanDisk wins the Ultimate Product of the Year award for Processor/Memory because many EE Times readers felt the move to a solid state storage device, such as the iNAND module, is a big step in the right direction." said Brian Fuller, editor in chief of EE Times.
The EE Times ACE Awards were created to recognize the people, companies and products that show leadership in the electronics industry, honoring those who are leading the way and making positive contributions -- the real innovators of technology. Finalists were evaluated by a prestigious panel of judges, comprised of the leading voices of academia, industry and Wall Street executives. For more information, visit http://www.eetimes.com/ace.
The CMP Technology Electronics Group is the premier technology and business media brand serving the information needs of the creators of technology worldwide. Offering a full suite of products and services to reach electronics technology professionals throughout the world, the CMP Technology Electronics Group delivers the most targeted audience and actionable information to marketers in the electronics technology community. Each month, the CMP Technology Electronics Group delivers more than 1 million copies of its print publications, including EE Times, to subscribers in more than 23 countries and online visitors from 100 countries view more than 8 million pages on its Web sites in seven languages including EETimes.com and TechOnline. More than 40,000 decision makers attend its Embedded Systems Conferences each year in Boston, Silicon Valley, China and Taiwan.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S.
1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from
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Charleston, SC (Apr. 7, 2017) - Melges 24 teams could not have asked for more spectacular racing conditions on opening day at the 2017 US Melges 24 National Championship hosted by the Charleston Yacht Club (ChYC). Plentiful sunshine, a shifty 20-25 knots of breeze and relatively moderate seas ushered in the event, along with a thousand smiles.
PRO Hal Smith and his race committee did an amazing job with the ideal conditions presenting three championship-style races. No more than one mile in length, the simple windward/leeward configurations provided the perfect playground for the insatiable Melges 24 fleet.
Six-time Melges 24 U.S. National Champion Brian Porter on Full Throttle (USA-849) blistered the race course with speed to win the first race of the day. As a number of individual recalls were announced, Porter put the pedal to the metal to lead at the top mark, then extended to win by a sizable margin, leaving Jason Rhodes at the helm of Kevin Welch's Mikey (USA-838) and John Brown's Blind Squirrel (USA-547) to fight for second place. Brown won the second slot, Welch came third, Steve Suddath's 3 ½ Men (USA-526) was fourth followed by Bruce Ayres' Monsoon (USA-851) in fifth.
Ayres' extremely experienced Charleston Harbor Melges 24 team proved why they are back-to-back Sperry Race Week Champions (2015/2016) in Race Two. After being called OCS, he along with long time pal Porter, had work to do to stay in contention. With the breeze still pumping at an ideal 20-25 knots, Ayres made big gains on the right side of the course, on the final run, playing the current like a fine-tuned fiddle to take an impressive first place win. Brown was second, Peter Duncan's Jigs In Space (USA-515) was third, and Porter recovered nicely to take fourth.
Another highlight of Race Two came a little after the top five crossed the finish line. A steady stream of big puffs blasted down the course touching into the upper 20s presenting spectators with a few entertaining crash and burns.
The final race of the day was a Course Five — and an absolute dogfight between Weisleder and Porter. The tough and very challenging conditions added to the spectacle of watching the Melges 24 revel in the breeze. Upwind and down, Weisleder and Porter were neck-and-neck, continuously trading lead positions. At the final gate, Weisleder secured the lead, less than a boat length ahead of Porter up the right side of the course to the finish. Weisleder held on for the win followed by Porter, Duncan, Wes Whitmyer Jr.'s SlingSHOT (USA-747), and Welch rounded out the top five.
The competition in the overall division was heated, but the same can be equally said for the all-amatuer Corinthians. These fierce, weekend warriors were commonly spotted throughout the day mixing it up in the top ten.
Atop the field is Brent McKenzie on EX-KAHN (USA-575). Keeping the points standing tight, Great Britain's Stuart Simpson on Team Barbarians (USA-691) is currently seated second, followed by Alabama's Zane Yoder on FNG/Eelsnot (USA-9) in third. Rounding out the top five is KC Shannon on Shaka in fourth, and Jay Greenfield's Old School (USA-491)in fifth.
For fleet newcomer Greenfield, packed solid with young, aspiring sailors... they had a blast. "It's the first time we have ever sailed the Melges 24 before. It was so much fun,' said Greenfield post racing. Once he took notice of being currently seated in fifth, his simple response was "We'll take it."
Racing continues on Saturday with more sunshine and moderate breeze.
Real-time racing updates will be coming across the U.S. Melges 24 web and social wires during the 2017 U.S. National Championship. Tune in for the latest racing information, results and updates online everyday at usmelges24.com. Each day, the USMCA will be working hard to bring you mark-to-mark action and updates via video, photos and text. Play-by-play action will be accessible at the Official U.S. Melges 24 Facebook Page. Tell your friends and be sure to LIKE the USMCA on Facebook.
TOP TEN RESULTS (PRELIMINARY - After Three Races)
1.) Brian Porter, Full Throttle: 1-4-2 = 7
2.) Bruce Ayres, Monsoon; 5-1-6 = 12
3.) John Brown, Blind Squirrel; 3-2-7 = 12
4.) Kevin Welch/Jason Rhodes, Mikey; 2-7-5 = 14
5.) Wes Whitmyer, Jr.; SlingSHOT; 7-8-4 = 19
6.) Peter Duncan, Jigs In Space; 12-6-3 = 21
7.) Michael Goldfarb, Warcanoe; 8-5-10 = 23
8.) Travis Weisleder, Lucky Dog; 25/RET-3-1 = 29
9.) Brent McKenzie, EX-KAHN; 9-9-12 = 30
10.) Guy Mossman, Jack Mormon Coffee; 10-10-11 = 31
TOP FIVE CORINTHIAN RESULTS (PRELIMINARY - After Three Races)
1.) Brent McKenzie, EX-KAHN = 30 pts.
2.) Stuart Simpson, Team Barbarians = 34 pts.
3.) Zane Yoder, FNG Eelsnot = 40 pts.
4.) KC Shannon, Shaka = 40 pts.
5.) Jay Greenfield, Old School = 43 pts.
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The politicization of science—or, as Michael Mann calls it, the scientization of politics—is a familiar reality for Americans concerned about climate change. Instead of focusing on how to address the problem, we've spent years debating whether there's scientific consensus that there is one (the answer is yes). That's the result of a dedicated campaign by corporate interests to spread doubt and discredit scientists.
Michael Mann has more experience with the process than most. Mann is a climatologist, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, and author of the books Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. In this talk, he discusses how to approach climate science in a politicized world.
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The money, CEOs, and Astroturf groups behind the climate deniers.
We thought we had 20, 30, 50 years to take on the climate crisis. We were wrong. The scary science, smart policies, and critical actions that could still avert disaster.


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Brussels, 9 November 2006
The modernisation of the Television without Frontiers Directive: Frequently asked questions
Prior to the vote in the Media&Culture Committee of the European Parliament and of the Council meeting of Audiovisual Ministers (both on 13 November 2006)
What is the legislative proposal to be discussed on Monday 13 November in the European Parliament and in the Council?
On 13 December 2005, the Commission adopted the proposal for the revision of the "Television without frontiers" directive to address the significant technological and market developments in the field of the regulation of audiovisual services. (See IP/05/1573 and MEMO/06/208 and full press package at: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?item_id=2343 .
The full text of this Commission proposal may be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/reg/tvwf/modernisation/proposal_2005/index_en.htm
Why are the European Parliament and the Council discussing the modernisation of the Television without Frontiers Directive?
This proposed Directive from the Commission, as all legislative proposals, needs to be adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council (co-decision procedure), requiring qualified majorities in both institutions.
In the European Parliament, it is the Media & Culture Committee that has taken the lead in considering this Commission proposal. On Monday 13 November, this Committee will vote on their report on the Commission's proposal. Based on the report of the Media & Culture Committee, the first reading of the Commission proposal by the Parliament is likely to be concluded through a vote in the plenary session of the Parliament in Strasbourg in December (11-14 December 2006).
In the Council, a lot of work has already been done on the Directive. In May 2006, the Culture Council Meeting held a first policy debate on the proposed Directive based on a progress report presented by the Austrian presidency summarising delegations' positions on the main issues; see MEMO/06/207 and Council press release http://www.eu2006.at/en/News/Council_Conclusions/1805Education.pdf.
Following the guidance provided by Coreper, the Audiovisual Working party has further developed the text of the proposal with a view to achieving a general approach. Under Finnish Presidency, this work has enabled a number of important issues to be resolved, and compromises on the major 'political questions' to be further refined.
At the Council meeting on Monday 13 November 2006, the Finnish Presidency will present to the Council a new text with a cover note stating Member States remaining specific concerns. Through discussion, the Presidency will explore whether there is enough support for the general approach. No firm conclusion of the discussion is expected at this stage.
The vote in the European Parliament in December may lead to the Council adopting a Common Position on the Directive in May 2007, under the German Presidency. The second reading in the European Parliament and in the Council is expected to take place under German Presidency.
How will the modernised directive strengthen Europe's content industry?
The new directive would extend the benefits of the "country of origin" principle – which has helped Europe's broadcasting industry to flourish since 1989 – to new non-linear (on-demand) audiovisual services (in particular video on demand), so as to improve their prospects for commercial success. For such on-demand services, the "country of origin" principle would apply across Europe with a minimum of necessary harmonisation. This would allow audiovisual media service providers to offer audiovisual content complying with the laws of their own Member State for reception in other Member States, without having to vary this content to comply with the laws of each Member State concerned (e.g. differing rules on protection of minors). This is expected to create a level playing field for audiovisual media services in the European Union and to increase choice, diversity and investment in the European audiovisual media industry.
The Commission believes that lower entry thresholds for non-linear audiovisual services, will lead to a vibrant "audiovisual content without frontiers" industry that is strongly rooted in the EU. At the same time, the "country of origin" principle should enhance media pluralism and diversity, by opening up national markets to more competition from other EU countries.
Technological progress and changes in the market and users' behaviour (increased choice and responsibility) also call for more flexibility as regards advertising rules.
However, in Europe, unclear and disparate rules on product placement, or in some cases a lack of rules, have so far prevented audiovisual content producers from making use of this important source of financing, while clearly failing to protect consumers adequately.
Why does the Commission propose easing advertising restrictions for TV broadcasters?
Experience with the 1989 TV without Frontiers Directive suggests that the present advertising rules need to be made simpler and more flexible. The new directive, as proposed by the Commission, would remove some of the quantitative limits on advertising and greatly simplify the rules on inserting advertisements in TV programmes.
The current three-hours-per-day limit on advertising would be dropped, because in practice, no non-specialist TV channel in Europe comes near it, so it is clearly superfluous and incompatible with the principle of better regulation.
Insertion rules would be made simpler and more flexible by the new directive. Broadcasters, and not regulators, would be permitted to choose the best moment to insert advertising in programmes, rather than being obliged, as they are now, to allow at least 20 minutes between advertising breaks. The new directive, as proposed by the Commission, nonetheless states that films, children's programmes, current affairs programmes and news must not be interrupted more often than once in every 35 minutes.
Broadcasters are not expected to misuse the extra flexibility offered by the proposal, because in a market in which the supply of audiovisual media content is growing exponentially, to do so would risk damaging their own economic interest – consumers would simply switch to other channels or other service providers. Ensuring viewers' comfort, and respecting right-holders' rights, is likely to prove a more effective way to compete.
To prevent any increase in the overall quantity of advertising, the 12-minute upper limit on all advertising in any given hour is maintained in the Commission proposal. This is a clear decision by the Commission to maintain the European audiovisual model which has developed well under the present TV without Frontiers Directive.
Will the new directive permit "US-style" TV with unlimited advertising breaks?
No. The new directive is intended to safeguard the specific character of European television and therefore provides for some qualitative and quantitative restrictions concerning advertising and commercial communications that may appear during programmes. The 12-minute upper limit on all advertising in any hour would stay. Insertion of advertising would still be subject to particular restrictions in programmes that need an enhanced protection such as films, children's programmes, news programmes, which, under the Commission proposal, could be interrupted by advertising only once every 35 minutes. Also product placement will, under the new directive, be subjected to the principle of identification, while being prohibited in some programmes such as news, current affairs and children's programmes and subject to the same qualitative restrictions or prohibitions as ordinary advertising.
The new directive retains obligations for broadcasters concerning independent and European production. These should safeguard the European audiovisual model.
Why does the Commission propose for the first time EU rules on product placement?
Product placement is not addressed as such by the current TV without Frontiers Directive, which includes the principle of separation and the prohibition of "surreptitious advertising" applied to programmes for which broadcasters are responsible. Product placement is nonetheless common practice in independently produced works and feature films, without any appropriate consumer protection and without clear rules which would give investors in content certainty as to the law. In Europe, only a few Member States, e.g. Austria, have rules in place which define product placement and allow it under certain conditions in certain programmes (in particular in films).
Recent figures from countries that do permit product placement suggest that clear rules on it should help the European audiovisual industry to become more competitive, especially vis-à-vis the USA. An independent study published in September 2005 found that product placement accounts for 1.7% of the total advertising revenues of free-to-air broadcasters in the USA and had grown by an average of 21% per year between 1999 and 2004 (see chart)[2].
The new directive would lay down clear rules prohibiting product placement that misleads the consumer, but permitting it provided it is clearly identified as such at the start of the programme and subject to appropriate rules and safeguards for viewers' essential interests, such as the exclusion of product placement from news, current affairs and children's programmes.
Product placement spending in the US media
[ Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED ]
Source: PQ Media LLC, March 2005
Today, product placement is already used in much content broadcast in European countries, in particular in cinematographic productions, US TV productions and sometimes also in other European TV productions. This is a result of the legal vacuum on product placement in some countries, which is plainly exploited by economic operators. This is why the new directive provides for a set of basic minimum common rules that would replace today's patchwork of differing national ones for a type of commercial communication that is already in use. These common rules aim to improve certainty as to the law for operators and also to protect consumers, who today are confronted with product placement without proper information or safeguards.
The main idea behind the proposal is to ensure that the presence of product placement in programmes is disclosed in advance to the consumer, not only to safeguard the consumer's interest but also to establish clear ground rules for the responsibility and editorial independence of the media service provider.
The common rules would prevent excessively intrusive and undisclosed product placement such as that sometimes seen in the USA, where product placement is not subject to any legislative restrictions and where it is used in programmes, including those for children, without any obligation to inform viewers. The Commission believes that its proposal would prevent such excessive use of product placement in Europe, since undisclosed product placement and product placement in children's programmes, news and current affairs programmes would be expressly precluded.
What are the "linear" and "non-linear" audiovisual media services that the Commission proposal talks about? Are there any examples?
The Commission proposal for a modernised TV without Frontiers Directive distinguishes between "linear" services (e.g. scheduled broadcasting via traditional TV, the internet, or mobile phones, which "pushes" content to viewers), and "non-linear" ones, such as on-demand films or news, which the viewer "pulls" from a network. The linear/non-linear or push/pull distinction ultimately depends upon who decides when a specific programme is transmitted and whether schedules exist. Linear services are those "pushed" sequentially by broadcasters on the basis of a time schedule. Non-linear services are defined as "any audiovisual media service where the user decides upon the moment in time when a specific programme is transmitted on the basis of a catalogue of content selected by the media service provider".
Today's TV broadcasting rules would apply to linear services in a modernised, more flexible form, whereas non-linear ones would be subject only to a basic set of minimum principles, e.g. to protect minors and prevent incitement to racial hatred. The differing degrees of regulation of content "pushed" by suppliers or "pulled" by users reflects differences in user choice and control and in the likely societal impact.
Linear and non-linear services / platforms[3]
[ Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED ]
Why does the Commission propose to have different rules for linear and non-linear audiovisual media services?
Traditional TV broadcasting rules need to be updated, in the light of experience, to accommodate technological progress and market developments such as new viewing habits. This includes modernising advertising and product placement rules where necessary.
By contrast, the Commission sees no justification for regulating audiovisual content supplied at the viewer's request ("pull content"), beyond safeguarding essential public interests such as protecting minors and preventing incitement to hatred. The differing degrees of regulation of content "pushed" by suppliers or "pulled" by users therefore reflects differences in user choice and control and in the likely impact on society.
The new directive also encourages co -regulatory regimes, particularly for non-linear services. These regimes must however be broadly accepted by stakeholders and provide for effective enforcement.
Have the Member States already rules in place on non-linear audiovisual services? Why could these rules create problems for the single market?
Most EU Member States already have rules protecting minors from harmful content and outlawing incitement to hatred. However, these are now to be harmonised EU-wide, so that audiovisual media service suppliers need only comply with the rules of the Member State in which they are established, and not with the disparate rules of all 25 Member States potentially receiving their services.
By removing the obligation to comply with differing national rules, the new directive will lower market entry thresholds for non-linear audiovisual service providers and hence stimulate the growth of a vibrant content industry strongly rooted in the EU.
How does the directive promote cultural diversity?
Promoting cultural diversity in the audiovisual media is often reduced to the simplistic question of whether or not imposing strict "content quotas" on broadcasters and other service providers is the right way to achieve this important aim. The current Directive enables EU Member States (but does not oblige them) to impose "content quotas" in favour of European productions on traditional TV broadcasters; however, this is only possible "where practicable" and "by appropriate means", which gives Member States a wide margin of discretion. Regardless of the option chosen by individual Member States, these "flexible quotas" for traditional TV have greatly stimulated European and independent content production and are today easily met by all 25 Member States.
An impact study on the current TV without Frontiers Directive suggests that there is no need to change either the majority share for European works or the minimum share for independent ones.
[ Figures and graphics available in PDF and WORD PROCESSED
Source: Sixth Communication from the Commission to the Council and
the European Parliament on the application of Articles 4 and 5 of Directive
89/552/EEC "Television without Frontiers", as amended by Directive 97/36/EC, for
the period 2001-2002, COM (2004)524, page 12
Further instruments to promote cultural diversity in the new directive
To safeguard the integrity of the cinematographic films, the new TV without Frontiers directive would provide that cinematographic works may only be interrupted once in every 35 minutes.
Also the clearer product placement rules proposed by the Commission should help stimulate sources of funds for audiovisual production in Europe, thereby strengthening Europe's film industry. The modernised TV without Frontiers Directive would permit product placement, within an appropriate legal framework that safeguards viewers' essential interests such as the right to be informed and exclusion of product placement from news, current affairs and children programmes.
Will there be "quotas" for European content on the Internet?
Definitely not. The Internet is a global network in which it would be impossible to impose the availability of content from particular regions of the world. In the end, consumer demand will determine whether providers of non-linear audiovisual media services will want to offer more local and regional content. For such non-linear or video-on-demand services, the Commission proposal therefore says only that "Member States shall ensure that media service providers promote, where practicable and by appropriate means, access to European works within the meaning of Article 6." This is a strong political signal that on-demand services, like scheduled ones, should help to promote European productions and cultural diversity. However, this provision does not introduce "quotas". It neither sets thresholds, nor specifies means of implementation. The qualification "where practicable" gives Member States the flexibility they need to accommodate the specific characteristics of their respective national audiovisual markets and avoid subjecting emerging non-linear services to excessive regulation.
Why not just leave it with the eCommerce Directive?
The eCommerce Directive, which includes rules on electronic commerce in the EU, does not contain material content rules and currently leaves Member States the possibility to derogate from the country of origin principle. By providing, on the basis of the country of origin-principle, minimum rules with regard to the protection of minors, hate speech, promotion of cultural diversity and advertising the proposal widens the fields harmonized by EU law, thus creating a level-playing field for audiovisual media service providers in the EU: if established in one of the 25 EU countries, they will be able, under the new Directive, to supply their audiovisual media services throughout Europe on the basis not of 25 different legal regimes, but only under the rules in the country in which they are established.
Why is the country of origin principle the cornerstone of the Television without Frontiers Directive? Are there remedies against its abuse?
The "country of origin" principle, which ensures that only one EU Member State has jurisdiction over any given media service provider, has been the cornerstone of the Television without Frontiers Directive since 1989 and the basis for all business plans for new services. Audiovisual media service providers need the legal certainty that they do not have to comply with 25 different national laws, but only with the legislation of the country were they are established.
The freedom of audiovisual media service providers to choose the Member State(s) in which they establish themselves is enshrined in the EC Treaty. Increasingly, they are making use of this fundamental freedom to supply new services within Member States and across frontiers. In January 2006 around 400 channels were available in the EU[16] targeting specifically another market. But the mere fact that a service provider does not offer services in the Member State in which it is established cannot in itself be considered an abuse of this principle.
The country of origin principle could be said to be abused only if the audiovisual service provider's choice of establishment could be shown to have been made for the purpose of fraudulently avoiding national rules that would otherwise have applied to it. The European Court of Justice has consistently held that Member States retain the right to take action against service providers that clearly abuse the country of origin principle and the freedom of establishment. Until now, Member States that were convinced that a specific service provider had abused this freedom had to initiate a cumbersome and often very time-consuming infringement procedure.
The new directive would enable Member States to take action against a broadcaster that abuses this fundamental freedom and sets out a streamlined infringement procedure with tight deadlines under the supervision of the European Commission. It will henceforth be easier for Member States to take legal action against any audiovisual service provider that abuses the freedom of establishment, while the European Commission will safeguard the single market in this procedure.
How can Europe be better protected against third country broadcasts inciting hatred?
Already under the existing Television without Frontiers Directive, third country broadcasters must comply with European rules, and notably those on respect for human dignity, non-discrimination and protection of minors, if their broadcasts can be received in Europe and if they use either a European satellite system or an up-link situated in one Member State. If they do so, the competent Member State can, as a last resort, ban a broadcast if it infringes European rules and order the satellite or the up-link operator to close down the broadcast in question.
In practice, the current European rules mean that Member States, and principally France and Luxemburg, have to monitor a huge number of third country programmes because of the fact that most of these programmes use either Eutelsat or Astra. Experience with the TV without Frontiers Directive suggests that the responsibility for monitoring third country programmes should be divided more equally among Member States and that the advent of digital satellite broadcasting has made it impossible for a satellite operator to shut down one specific channel. This is because digital television channels are no longer carried individually but are grouped together in a multiplex. Satellite operators can only close down the whole multiplex, which would punish a number of other channels that comply with the rules.
The Commission therefore proposes technical changes which will share the task of monitoring third country programmes more equally among several Member States and thus guarantee effective monitoring, and if necessary, control. The Member State that has the technical responsibility for closing down a specific channel will be the one responsible for doing so. Procedures have already been put in place to improve the exchange of information between regulators.
Banning television channels or other audiovisual media may of course only ever be justified by very serious violations of the principles of our democratic, pluralistic and open society.
What does the Directive do in the field of media pluralism?
The European Union is committed to protecting media pluralism as well as the right to information and freedom of expression enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Important measures to ensure media pluralism at Community level are included in the Television without Frontiers Directive and are strengthened in this amending directive.
The impact study made in preparation for the proposal for the new directive[17] showed that measures to promote European and independent productions have had a considerable positive impact: for example, European works by independent producers account for 1/3 of transmission time and roughly 50% of all European works. This is an important independent source of content and therefore an important contribution to media pluralism. The new directive includes new rules for all audiovisual services with respect to access to European works.
The new directive also requires Member States to guarantee the independence of national regulatory authorities. An "independent regulatory authority" must not be part of the actual structure of governmental administration, and must have at its disposal an apparatus that does not serve any other body. The proper exercise of independent regulatory powers is vital to ensuring pluralism. These powers include the administration of the broadcasting sector (e.g. awarding broadcasting licences), supervision (e.g. programme monitoring), and rule-making (e.g. codes of practice).
Does the new Directive distinguish between rules for public and for commercial broadcasters?
No. The EC Treaty and all EU media rules – including the present directive and the proposed new one – leave it to the Member States to define the remit of public service broadcasters and to choose the model of financing the activities of public service broadcasters which fall within this remit. It would thus be for the Member States to decide whether to allow their public service broadcasters to make use of the enhanced flexibility the new directive would provide regarding advertising.
Have stakeholders been consulted on the Commission proposal?
Yes, very widely and intensively. The proposed new directive takes account of
input from an intensive EU-wide consultation, with a first consultation in 2003
and a second one launched in July 2005 (see IP/05/908),
to which representatives of the audiovisual sector, telecom operators, internet
service providers, consumer organisations and other stakeholders all
contributed. The results of these consultations have been included in an
extensive impact assessment that is published together with the proposal for the
new directive.
What were the views previously expressed by the European Parliament on the need to modernise the Television without Frontiers Directive?
The European Parliament has taken a very active role in the review of the present TV without Frontiers Directive
Call to rework the TV without Frontiers Directive
In a resolution adopted on 4 September 2003, the European Parliament called for a complete overhaul of this directive to take account of technological developments and changes in the structure of the audiovisual market.
See European Parliament resolution on Television without Frontiers
(2003/2033(INI)) adopted by EP on 4 September 2003
Call to promote independent European production and plurality
Presenting Parliament's own-initiative report of 21 June 2005, Rapporteur Henri Weber said that the Commission should maintain at least the present minimum standards for independent and European productions when revising the TV without Frontiers Directive. Mr Weber asked for measures to prevent broadcasting from becoming entirely commercial and for minimum requirements for plurality.
See European Parliament resolution on the application of Articles 4 and 5 of
Directive 89/552/EEC ("Television without Frontiers"), as amended by Directive
97/36/EC, for the period 2001-2002 (2004/2236(INI)) adopted by the European
Parliament on 6 September 2005
[1] See the final report of the Comparative study on the impact of control measures on the televisual advertising markets in European Union Member States and certain other countries, pp. 60-61.
[2] See the final report of the Comparative study on the impact of control measures on the television advertising markets in European Union Member States and certain other countries, pp. 60-61.
[3] Source: European Audiovisual Observatory
[4] Public service broadcasters
[5] Main operators/services: 26 operators, almost all Telcos and ISPs, as of 12/2005 in 18 MS among which: AON (A), Belgacom (B), T Online (D), TDC (DK), Free, MaLigneTV (FR), Fastweb (IT), KPN (NL), Fast, Teliasonera (SW)
[6] Main operators/services: SFR (FR), Vodafone (UK, D, GR,IT, NL, PO, ES, B, FR, A), Belgacom (B)
[7] Not yet operational
[8] Main operators/services: Mediaset (IT), Setanta (UK)
[9] Main operators/services: Canal+, TPS (FR), Sky Italia (IT), BSkyB (UK), Premiere (D), Viasat (SW), Sogecable (ES)
[10] Main operators/services: BSkyB, Telewest (UK), Premiere, Kabelvision, Tividi (D), UPC Chello (NL), ONO (ES)
[11] Main operators/services: Belgacom (B)
[12] Main operators/services: Telewest, NTL (UK),
[13] Main operators/services: 35 services operational as of 12/2005 in most MS, among which: Telcos, ISPs, cable operators, broadcasters, specialised content providers, film archives, video publishers and Apple's iTunes Music store (FR,D,US)
[14] Main operators/services: AON (A), Belgacom (B), T Online, Arcor, 4 friends (D), Svensk Filmindustri, Live Networks, Bredbansbolaget (S), Imagenio (ES), Canalsatellite, TF1, TPS, Cinezime (F), Video Networks, World Cinema (UK), Fastweb, RAIClick, Telecom Italia, Tiscali (IT), Casema, RTLNederland, Tiscali (NL)
[15] Main operators/services: Orange, SFR, Proximus, E-Plus, Cosmote, Endemol and some broadcasters
[16] European Audiovisual Observatory, Yearbook 2005
Study on the impact of measures concerning the promotion
of the distribution and production of TV programmes (Community and national)
provided for under Article 25 (a) of the Directive on television without
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CHICAGO -- The University of Illinois-Chicago says it has been awarded a $4.4 million grant to study environmental factors and governmental policies that affect children's nutrition, physical activity and obesity.
The university says the money is from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation and will be used by the school's ImpacTeen project.
Researchers will survey schools on fast foods and other factors such as participation in meals and what sorts of foods and drinks are available to children at mealtime.
The university says researchers also will evaluate other factors such as zoning ordinances for sidewalks, crosswalks and bicycle lanes and taxes on sugary drinks.
The goal of the research is to identify policies and practices that could help cut childhood obesity.


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Below is an overview of the programs that were financially supported by The Perl Foundation in 2010. Programs are roughly broken up into 3 categories: Events, Marketing, and Development.
Perl events
The Perl Foundation supported four conferences in 2010. Those conferences were: The North American Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC::NA), Frozen Perl, The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, and The Perl Oasis. Each event is expected to be self-sustaining through program fees and donations. However, TPF did provide support to each event in the form of free services. Event organizers were able to pick and choose which services they needed:
- Use of the donate.perlfoundation.org payment gateway for the various events to receive registration fees and sponsorship contributions. Each event received 100% of the amount contributed, any transaction fees were covered by TPF. In the course of a year this works out to over $2,500 in event sponsorship.
- Event liability insurance, which is often required by event venues. The liability policy costs TPF over $1,000 to maintain per year.
- Use of TPF as an established legal entity when required to enter into contracts with event venues and contractors. This freed event organizers from needing to spend time and expenses related to establishing their own organizations for each event.
- Handling all disbursements to venues, caterers, contractors, speakers, etc.. All postage, wire transaction fees, and accounting expenses were covered by TPF, which cost over $500 in 2010.
In 2010, The Perl Foundation provided a $500 sponsorship of the Enlightened Perl Organization's "Send-a-newbie" program for YAPC::EU. TPF also provided a $500 sponsorship for YAPC::NA's "VIP party", an event targeted at first-time YAPC attendees.
Perl marketing
In 2010, The Perl Foundation provided $1,000 in free printed marketing materials distributed by volunteers staffing Perl advocacy booths at various non-Perl events through the year.
TPF also paid $1,600 to have professional content continuously written for the perl.com web site through the year.
In 2010, TPF spent $1,800 for trademark applications in Canada, Europe, and Japan. The Perl Foundation now holds trademarks on Perl in both the United States and Canada.
Perl development
The Perl Foundation maintained their associate membership with The Unicode Consortium in 2010 at an expense of $1,500. This membership enhances Perl developers' abilities to maintain support of Unicode within Perl. It also gives Perl a voice in contributing to the ongoing development of the Unicode Standard.
Through a development grant made possible by Ian Hague in 2008, TPF paid over $14,000 in grants for the further development of Perl 6 in 2010. At the end of this year, there is $27,000 remaining unallocated in the Perl 6 development portion of the Hague grant. Grants completed this year included:
- Jonathan Worthington's "Rakudo Signature Improvements"
- Solomon Foster's "Numeric and Real Support"
- Travel support for Patrick Michaud to speak about Rakudo and recruit volunteers at conferences.
TPF was awarded a $50,000 grant from Booking.com for "further development and
maintenance of the Perl programming language". TPF has used $25,800 of those funds in the form of monthly payments to David Mitchell for his grant "Fixing Perl5 Core Bugs." This grant will be continued into 2011.
The grants committee paid over $6,000 in grants from community contributions. The following grants were completed in 2010:
- Ricardo Signes' "Archive::Zip bugs" and "Improve Dist::Zilla's Tests, Documentation, and Structure"
- Vadim Konovalov's "Perl Cross-Compilation for WinCE and Linux" and "Tcl/Tk Access in Rakudo"
- Curtis Jewell's "Corporate, Embedded, and Multi-user Perl on Windows"
- Gerard Goossen's "Changing the Perl 5 optree build process into a Abstract Syntax Tree generation and a code generation step"
- Leon Timmermans' "Embeding Perl into C++ Applications"
- Sebastian Riedel's "The Mojo Documentation Project"
- Kieren Diment's "The Perl Survey"
- José Castro and Bruno Martins' "Perlbal documentation"
In 2010, The Perl Foundation in cooperation with The Parrot Foundation sponsored 10 projects in The Google Summer of Code. TPF provided over $1,600 in support for this program, which will eventually be recovered back from Google.
Looking ahead to 2011
In 2011, we expect our areas of support to remain roughly the same. We remain committed to supporting Perl events, marketing, and development.
How you can help
Improved fundraising is a requirement to maintain the strong support of Perl provided by The Perl Foundation in 2011. If you find value in the work that is being support by TPF, please consider making a donation. To contribute, please visit https://donate.perlfoundation.org


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Renterias to be missing son during holidays
CHICAGO -- Ilene Renteria and daughter Alexandria will make cookies and there will be the traditional holiday tamales at dinner, but one thing will be missing this Christmas in Cubs manager Rick Renteria's home in Temecula, Calif.
The Renteria's oldest son, Joseph, 35, serves in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Nicholas, and he's on duty over the holidays.
CHICAGO -- Ilene Renteria and daughter Alexandria will make cookies and there will be the traditional holiday tamales at dinner, but one thing will be missing this Christmas in Cubs manager Rick Renteria's home in Temecula, Calif.
The Renteria's oldest son, Joseph, 35, serves in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Nicholas, and he's on duty over the holidays.
"He's tried [to come home]," Rick Renteria said Thursday of his son. "They just returned -- they're docked, but he's working through Christmas and I think he'll be on the ship."
The Renterias don't always know where Joseph is when he's on assignment.
"That's common," Renteria said of the secrecy in the Navy's missions. "I knew when he was deployed to Panama, and I knew when he was deployed to Africa in his last round. They've been out six weeks, maybe doing manuevers, and they just docked a couple days ago."
Joseph is the oldest of four children, and he wanted to join the service after graduating from high school but wasn't sure which branch.
"As a family, we had a discussion about joining the service, and it was something he really had to be committed to doing," Renteria said. "He held off and got through a few years at home, and ended up circling back and joined October 2008.
"I think it was a wise choice because you're much more prepared, your maturity level is obviously enhanced," he said. "He had done well. He's an [electrical technician, second class] right now and in his sixth year. My sense is he's going to re-enlist and stay in."
Joseph's duties revolve around the inner workings of the ship, and Renteria said his son can take apart and put together different components on the Nicholas.
On April 1, 2010, the ship came under fire from pirates while it was deployed in the waters off East Africa near the coast of Kenya and Somalia. The warship was conducting anti-piracy operations. Joseph was not part of the crew at that time but has been on board as a member of drug enforcement crews near Panama.
The Navy has been a good match for Joseph even if it means long stretches in which he doesn't see his family.
"In the sports world, and I guess all of us in any capacity, we always think about sacrifice and things of that nature, and I think we need to make sure to distinguish the difference between sacrifice and commitment," Renteria said. "In the same tone, sacrifice and commitment could be the same thing. In the real world, I think when we talk about sacrifice, we use that word quite loosely."
Joseph has obviously made both a sacrifice and a commitment.
Renteria said his wife Ilene is the glue that holds the family together. She stays in touch with her four children through email and text messages. Rick, who has spent more than 30 years in professional baseball, often on the road and away from home, said he welcomes the emails from his children.
"I've been very fortunate with my family," he said.
It's been a hectic offseason. Once the regular season ended, Renteria, who was the Padres' bench coach, underwent hip replacement surgery, and he was being interviewed for manager jobs while rehabbing at home. He was named the Cubs' 53rd manager in early November, but couldn't get to Wrigley Field for an introductory news conference until one month later because of his hip.
Then, Renteria spent a week at the Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and just completed a weekend in Mesa, Ariz., with his new coaching staff. The topic for the Cubs' coaches is the same as it is for Renteria's family: Communicate.
"We all have to be on the same page," Renteria said of his message to the coaches. "When we come out of a room after discussions, we have to be looking at going in one direction. Everyone has a voice, and any discussions we have, once we have them, we need to stand firm. I think it's the only way you can totally be committed to moving a club in a particular direction.
"The players need to know that, one, we believe in their abilities, and, two, that we have an idea of how we want to proceed moving forward and everybody is totally on board and on the same page," he said.
That's a message that works in any profession.
Once Renteria catches his breath, he'll make sure there are gifts under the Christmas tree for sons Michael and Anthony and daughter Alexandria. Wednesday not only is Christmas, but also Rick Renteria's 52nd birthday. The family tends to focus on the meaning of the holiday, not the presents.
"As much as we do a lot of gift giving, I think the season itself is something we focus on a little more," Renteria said.
There will be thoughts of Joseph, too.
"He's always with us," Renteria said of his oldest son. "We're very aware of him. We're very proud of him. We're proud of all our kids, but we're very proud of him and we miss him, but he's always with us."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.


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With the temporary tanner study (and with pretty much all our tests) our first course of action was to look at the manufacturers' product claims. As the newest of the self-tanner breed, temporary tanners promise to give you that sun-kissed glow for the short-term. Many of the products we looked at boasted streak-proof application. They also claimed to be quick drying, have a lightweight feel, not transfer to clothing, and moisturize skin.
Drying Time and Color Transfer
Of the several features evaluated in the lab, two of the more interesting, never-done-before tests were the quick dry and transfer trials. We all know it's easy to get impatient while waiting for a self-tanner to dry. (Kind of like watching grass grow, huh?) So to take a closer look at drying time, we had five eager testers place sticker templates with pre-cut holes to their forearms. We then applied a 0.5 ml dose of the four liquid tanners inside each template hole. For the two spray products we applied only a light pumpful equivalent to the same amount as the liquid tanners. Products were applied one at a time and, once they were rubbed in, a timer was started. We gave each spot a light touch every few seconds to test for dryness. Once the products were dry to the touch we stopped the timer and recorded the total dry time for each. We also wanted to identify which products, if any, were likely to make a mess on your clothing after application. So once all testers' spots were dry, we took clean white towels and swiped them over tanned skin spots to test for transfer. Beauty lab personnel recorded all observations.
To further simulate real life situations, we wondered what would happen if you exposed these temporary tanners to intense heat and humidity (i.e. your average summer day). We escorted panelists over to our climatology chamber and set the room to a sweltering 80ºF and 80% relative humidity so we could see how our tanning products performed under extreme conditions. Panelists sat in the chamber for 15 minutes, after which we swiped their tanned spots again with a clean white towel and recorded any transfer.
Just because we know accidents do happen (We've been there!), we smeared measured amounts (a 1/2 teaspoonful) of each tanner to tile, vinyl and wood flooring to see if surfaces were stained after application. All stains were labeled so as to identify the position of each product. For each floor type, stains were removed immediately, after one hour, and 24 hours after initial application. A clean white towel was rubbed on each tanned area to see if products were removable and the surfaces stain-free. Again all observations were recorded. A similar procedure was done on three new cotton white T-shirts. A 1/2-teaspoon of each tanner was applied to the shirts. The first shirt was laundered immediately after application, while the others were washed one hour after, and 24 hours after application respectively. Once all the clothing was dried, the stains were scored in the Light Room under daylight conditions, using a stain chart called the Stain Release replica (AATCC Test Method 130). All results were tabulated and scored by our analysts.


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1. There's No Business Like Show Business – If I told you I had just watched a 5 goal thriller between two of the world's most famous and prestigious clubs in which 3 of the most talented players of the last 10 years had scored, you'd be forgiven for thinking I'd just been watching a sumptuous feast of footballing brilliance to make the Gods themselves weep in euphoria. I would however, have to forgive you quite humbly because what I actually witnessed was one of the most bizarre games of top-level football I've seen in a long long time. For the first half AC Milan seemed to be pioneering a new brand of tactical football, one which involved having all their players in either the first or final third of the pitch and none what so ever in the middle. Manchester United obviously felt a bit bad about this and so helpfully acted as the Rossoneri's creative midfield themselves and passed it to 'not so little anymore' Ronaldo and co at every available opportunity. Jonny Evans in particular seemed to be struggling quite hard with the concept of playing against a team in red but thankfully for him Milan seemed to be struggling with the onset of aged dementia and forgot where the goal was. With United given the entire midfield area to play badly in on their own and Milan given the freedom of United's penalty box to not score in, it somehow conspired to end 1-1 at half time and then the second half was completely different.
2. And Which Is More, You'll Be a Man, My Son – If "stepping up" could be measured tangibly, and not just in the opinionated minds of self important pundits, fans and blog writers, scoring two goals in a European Cup knock out victory against AC Milan at the San Siro would probably be as close as you could get. The amount of times I've watched Manchester United labor in attack this season and thought "Ronaldo would've done that" is quite embarrassingly often. However Wayne Rooney continued his ascent into greatness by doing what truly world class players (or worldies, as Graeme Souness imitating a 6 year old called them on Sky) do. He's scored twice against Milan before, but this was a different occasion. This was an occasion when he was the main man leading the charge away from home, and behaved like it. Ballon D'or's and the like are won on the back of things like this. It's all steps in the right direction for the already glittering career of El Blanco Pele.
3. I Want My M(u)TV – One of the interesting things about European football is that you have to rely on television feeds from whatever country is hosting the game. This often provides a fascinating insight into the televisual sporting appetites of the country in question. What I've learned from watching Italian football coverage over the years is how much Italians love slow motion. Slow motion of anything at all. A manager's frustrated gesticulations or a player's wink to a teammate, nothing is too banal or insignificant to be captured in glorious slow motion and replayed at a gloriously pointless point in the game. Also, this being Italy, lots of slow motion footage of tackles are a necessity.
4. All The Better To See You With – I've been to the San Siro and it annoyed me then. And it continues to be one of those niggly annoyances that inexplicably infuriate me to this day every time I watch the Rossoneri or Nerazzurri play. What benefit can there possibly be to having your manager sat in a hole in the ground 3 feet below the pitch? I mean seriously? That can't help, no matter how comfy a seat you give him. Surely all they can see are ankles running about at various different stages of depth perception. Like watching highlights from Highbury from under your sofa. Surely the better the view of the pitch you get the better? This might help to explain why Leonardo didn't feel he needed to play a midfield, but I'm not sure how.
5. If You, Just, Smile – I can't help but like Ronaldinho. He just seems to have the right perspective when it comes to football. It's a game. He messed about during the line ups, messed about during that weird handshaking bit that always seems a little unnecessary, he messed about on the pitch, and, clearly, didn't have a care in the world about what was happening on it when it wasn't his turn to do something. At times he was glorious and at other times he wasn't, but he always seemed grounded in the notion that he was kicking a rubber balloon around some grass for hundreds of thousands of pounds. If he played on my team it'd be infuriating as "tracking back" seems to have disappeared from his vocabulary along with "no thanks I'm not hungry", but still, it's a much more likeable attitude than the "psych yourself up by looking incredibly serious in the tunnel and during the silly handshaking bit" approach. You're kicking a rubber balloon around some grass for hundreds of thousands of pounds for goodness sake, he's got the right idea, and he's much better at it than you.
6. Wolverine – The famous hair of David Beckham seems to have slipped down his face slightly. I know your body's supposed to succumb to gravity the older you get but I wasn't aware this applied to hair. But then again, Becks always was an innovator. At least his balls still look good.
7. Great Expectations pt 1 – After an impressive run of recent form Nani returned to his previous incarnation. The one who's only visibly a talented player once every 38 minutes or so. Since he was substituted on 64 minutes, he only showed this once, but I can't remember when it was.
8. Great Expectations pt 2 – Poor old Pippo Inzaghi. Another sign of an aging legend creaking out his time at the San Siro. I thought he'd at least give us something, I'd told all my friends he would, the stage seemed to be set for him to bolster his already fearsome reputation, but alas, in the 24 minutes he was on the field of play, he failed to be flagged offside once.
9. Light up, Light up – It could have just been me, in fact it most probably was, but I could have sworn it seemed to get lighter as the game went on. Ronaldinho's goal seemed to be scored under elaborate floodlighting, yet Rooney's second at a fairly unremarkable dusk. Maybe I'm going completely mad. I hope not, it wasn't fun last time.
10. Mad World – The game finished, fittingly for such an odd, topsy turvy contest, in complete mayhem. Milan suddenly decided they were going to start playing again, after disappearing completely during the second half. United suddenly decided to get nervous again despite being in complete control of the match for the previous half an hour, after themselves being mostly woeful during the first half. Clarence Seedorf, the 33 year old stalwart midfielder, scored the goal of the night with a delightful back heel, despite it being a ridiculous time and place to try such a thing and thus trumping his more celebrated fellow goal scorers Rooney, Ronaldinho and Scholes (though if he can manage to persuade anyone he meant to score with his standing leg he'd surely win goal of the season). The referee failed to convey, or even decide how much stoppage time to add, at least not to anyone in charge of an electronic board or television station, so we were left in complete limbo after 90 minutes had elapsed and Michael Carrick got sent off for time wasting despite the referee then blowing his whistle almost immediately after he'd carded him, rendering the purpose of his carding completely useless. None of it made any sense but then again neither did anything in this ridiculously entertaining, ridiculous match.


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On the next edition of the "2014 Camaro Z/28 is the greatest factory open track car ever built," Z/28 program manager and pro-touring expert Mark Stielow explains how the engineers got a handle on wheel slip.
"We were told to build a fast car – period. We knew on Day One we'd need to bring some of the best suppliers onboard to make it happen."
Combine a race-bred, fully independent suspension with Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires and Brembo carbon-ceramic brake rotors, and you have the ability to decelerate with 1.5 g of force. But just like a drag car with boatloads of traction, the tire was spinning on the wheel – not just with the wheel. How did they determine that? Just as you'd expect from GM, they used some extremely high-tech methods. They drew a chalk line on the tire at the beginning of the lap (sometimes the simplest methods are the best). By the end it had rotated a full 360-degrees or more. The engineers considered, and tried, several solutions including using an abrasive paint along the bead of the wheel. But media blasting, using an air gun to shoot a gritty material at the surface, proved the most effective in adding enough texture to prevent slippage.
"Media-blasting the wheel created an extremely aggressive grit on the rim, which finally got the tire to hold," said Stielow.
In addition to deceleration, the Z/28's rubber must also take the brunt of the LS7's 505hp and 481 lb-ft of torque, which is distributed via a helical-gear limited-slip differential. Stand by for more coverage on the ultimate road racer, as it hits dealerships this spring.