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Something complex is growing in Singularity University's (SU) labs, and its not just synthetic microorganisms in petri dishes. SUs latest creation is a synthetic biology startup Launchpad a 4-month program for entrepreneurs looking to enter the synthetic biology industry. Singularity Hub described the program as SU's effort to empower the next generation of business leaders with thedisruptive influence of accelerating technologies.
This appears to be both a calibrated effort to lure scientists and entrepreneurs into the so-called synthetic biology revolution, and an attempt by SU to raise its own profile by jumping on the bandwagon.
Following the example of software tech-incubators, SU plans to give top-tier start-ups up to $50k in funds, supplies, lab services and mentors as well as making available SUs unparalleled network of investors and partners.
Capital, supplies, industry partners, what's missing here?There are a few things I can think of, starting with access to mentors and partners that warn and educate entrepreneurs about the pressing need for precaution, regulation and oversight before launching products and companies.
The goal of the program is for the teams to validate their business models, complete successful prototyping, and determine a successful distribution strategy. The question is: will this strategizing include plans for addressing and mitigating the health, safety, and environmental risks that synthetic biology poses? For these teams of promising and eager entrepreneurs, spending 12 intensive weeks at SU with the goal of commercializing their ideas is a dangerous route to take without proper precautionary risk assessments.
With SUs name on the ensuing companies and products, its surely in its interest to provide these entrepreneurs with recommendations for assessing the potential ecological, security and health risks of the new field.
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HID to Halogen
My headlights were super fogged over. I was just going to buy new ones but then I realized I have the HID headlights and they are $800 for a new pair so I cleaned them up real nice. Once looks 90% new and the other is still really fogged up even after two treatments. I was just going to buy the halogen ones and replace it. They are ~$200-$300 for a pair, I was wondering if it would just be a direct hook up switching from HID headlights to halogen or would I need to do something else.
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It should be a plug and play. But don't forget to plug up the washer hose and remove the relay and/or fuse for the headlight washer.
Headlights Question
My car currently has the HID headlights, however the headlights are both cracked and I don't want to pay the ~$800 for new HID headlights. Is there any reason I can't buy the halogen headlights for ~$250 and install a 3rd party HID ballast (and bulb of course). I've put an HID kit on my last car.
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Couldn't you just buy a new housing, no bulbs or ballasts and use your existing bulbs and ballasts in that
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So the headlight housings online for ~$200 are able to be used with the HID headlights?
EDIT: I don't believe they sell just the housings, you can only buy it with the bulbs and wiring already intact. Can you somehow attach the ballast from your old HID headlight to a halogen housing and replace the bulbs in the halogen housing with HID bulbs? - 11-30-14 11:46 PM #6Cadillac Owners Master
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Re: Headlights Question
The factory housing for the HID and halogen are different.
One, there are no headlight washers on the halogen.
Two the guts on the inside of the low beams are different. Despite the fact that you can install a 9006 HID kit into the halogen (9006) housing does not make it legal. Because the guts are what makes the D1S HID legal, as it puts a horizon in the path of the light. Halogen does not.
So you can go with the halogen housing. But you'll need to plug up the headlight washer hose(s) and disconnect the motor. Don't want it to cause a fire as it will continue to push washer through it when you use it to wash your windscreen.
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in theroy, yes this can be done but KOT has some good points.
your positive and negative power source will be different, you will need to buy a 9005 fitting, then splice the harnes and sodder it to the 9005 plug.
this thread will give you info on te 2 wires you will need to draw the power from(i replaced both ballast on mine.
i personally didnt like the washer sprayers so i disabled that feature by unplugging one of the pump, its 1 clup on the washer tank...felt it wasted just oo much washer fluid.
the glass projectors are different, but much better than a reflector type headlight with hids in it, you can aim them.
Hows it going KOT?
ive been getting bored at the GM Trucks forum... but also found a lot of guys over there came from CTS's and CTS-V's - 12-01-14 01:27 PM #8
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Okay and as far as just installing the halogen headlights with no HID on an HID car it should just be plug and go. I shouldn't have to do anything other than pinch off the washer fluid, etc.?
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the halogens and the HID's use completely different wiring harnesses.
you would still need to splice wires just like they did in the link i posted.
the HID harness has 12 pin and 8 pin wire plugs i believe, and the halogen is 2 wires. - 12-04-14 02:26 PM #10
Re: Headlights Question
They didn't go into great detail about how they spliced the wire. My headlights are HID but don't have the washer on them for whatever reason (or it's not currently working in any case). What do I need to do to plugin my car harness to the halogen headlight assembly? That thread wasn't very clear on what was done in that respect.
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cut the 12 or 8 pin harness off where it connects to the ballast then use a volt meter and find the positive and negative wires and tap into those.
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My headlights are extremely scratched. The guy I bought it from seemed like kind of a dipshit and I think he tried to get rid of the fogged appearance using some really low grit sandpaper. I've tried using a couple different kits and it just won't come off. I got the fogged look off but there are some deep scratches that won't come out. In addition to that my ballasts are about done.
With all this considered I'm just about ready to buy some halogen headlight housings and replace the bulbs with halogen bulbs. Does the wiring from the car plug into the housing itself or directly into the bulb? If it plugs directly into the housing will the same plug-in work with the halogen housing and if not what do I need to do to convert it?
Thanks in advance! I've tried doing some research on this but I haven't been able to find much for some reason. What I have been able to find was rather vague and not applicable in my situation. - 12-30-14 07:52 PM #13
If the plug for the headlight itself is correct I don't see a problem and for $200 a set you can't go wrong
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That's what I was thinking. I could just taper off the end of the washer fluid hose and remove it. On a side note, has anyone removed the bumper and did you have any troubles/do you have any tips. I know from experience that sometimes when you take something off a car (i.e. all those plugs holding the bumper on), it doesn't always go back on so nicely.
It comes off easy. Going back on is a little tricky. Make sure there is no gap. It Unbolts then push either forward and then it drops down here's a write up on it http://www.cadillacfaq.com/faq/answe...val/index.html
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Lindsay Lohan is in the news again, and this time she's posing as Jesus Christ on the Spring-Summer 2010 cover of Purple Fashion magazine. (published in France - oh don't you just love the French!) This girl seems to invite criticism and controversy into her life every way possible.
Lindsay Lohan was once known as an aspiring actress and a singer, now she is known as a drunkard and a lesbian - but I guess that just wasn't enough.
In case you don't see the resemblence to Jesus in the picture, or think "Certainly that is not who she is imitating", upon closer inspection you may notice an imitation crown of thorns upon her delicate brow.
Bill Donohue, head of the Catholic League, told Politics Daily: "Not only is the pose inappropriate, the timing is offensive." This is because Ash Wednesday is next week, signaling the start of Lent - the most sacred season for those of the Catholic faith. It is an annual period of pentinence and abstinence that leads up to Resurrection Sunday.
Recently Lohan has referred to Hinduism by posting on Twitter that she's "all about Karma...what goes around comes around."
"If she believes that, then it behooves her to apologize to Christians before it's too late," Donahue said, adding that she is "spiritually homeless" and "would benefit by converting to Christianity."
Who wants to go rioting, pillaging and burning? Oh wait, nevermind. Back to the couch.
Lindsay...you're trying too hard.
The whole point is to get people riled up.
Stand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
It pretty funny and fairly sad that she does all this stuff to get attention and no one really cares.
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.
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02-13-2010, 01:47 PMIn most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
Funny how Purple Passion magazine(I'm assuming it's an 'alternative lifestyle' magazine) doesn't do anything like this during Ramadan. The gays are always railing against and pulling stupid publicity stunts to mess with Christians, who simply don't agree with the lifestyle, but they say nothing against a religion that straight up kills them simply for being gay.
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Like many Washington winemakers, Guardian Cellars' Jerry Riener works another full-time job to help fund his passion for wine. Unlike most of them, his day job is as a police officer.
Riener was driving down the highway in the late 1990s when he saw something suspicious. Stopping for a closer inspection, Riener looked past the barrels and grapes and went straight to the object that drew his attention – the shiny new forklift. Growing up, Reiner had spent summers on his uncle's farm in the Midwest, and machinery had always held a fascination to him. After interrogating Matthew Loso (then of Matthews Cellars) about the nature of his business, Riener was hooked. He began spending forty hours a week volunteering at the winery, working harvest, crush, and racking barrels. With a degree from the University of Washington in chemistry, it was the science of winemaking that most interested Riener. As payment for his service, Loso let him make a barrel of his own wine at the winery each year.
With Woodinville emerging as a wine area at the beginning of the last decade and wineries popping up all over town, Riener helped out where he could, assisting other wineries with winemaking or construction jobs. In 2001 he met Mark Ryan McNeilly who was starting Mark Ryan Winery. They fast became friends, and Riener began working at the winery as an "electrician, cellar rat, money manager, computer technician, janitor and assistant winemaker." In 2003, Riener made two barrels of his own wine at Mary Ryan Winery. With these two barrels of 2003 Stillwater Creek Cabernet Sauvignon selling out within forty minutes of being offered, Guardian Cellars was born. McNeilly and Riener continued to work together until 2007 when Riener opened a facility of his own in the warehouse district in Woodinville.
Guardian Cellars uses exceptional fruit sources for its wines including Kiona, Klipsun, Stillwater Creek, Destiny Ridge, and Conner Lee vineyards. Many of the names of Guardian Cellars' wines call out to Riener's police work. Riener describes the Chalk Line Red, which is made up of wine from declassified barrels, as his "kitchen sink" wine. This wine is a standout at this price point. The Gun Metal Red Wine is Riener's Bordeaux-style blend. This wine is 100% Conner Lee Vineyard. Riener not only received the contract for this fruit from mentor McNeilly, he also received the name, which had previously adorned Mark Ryan labels. Riener prefers to give the Gun Metal an extra year of age before release. The results show on this excellent effort that, while drinking extremely well now, promises to lay down well and improve for years to come. Of note, this wine contains Malbec for the first time in the 2006 vintage.
More than ten years in, Riener retains his passion for winemaking – and for driving forklifts. He adds that "making kick-ass wines is also a nice change from the day job of arresting people."
Guardian Cellars produces 2,700 cases annually.
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Guardian Cellars Gun Metal Red Blend 2006 $35
Rating: * (Excellent) A nose that wins you over on the first sniff with earth, pencil lead, brambly fruit, and a bit of funk. Beautifully refined and impeccably balanced on the palate with soft tannins and a long, expressive finish. 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 11% Malbec. 100% Conner Lee Vineyard. Aged 22 months in 80% new French oak. 400 cases produced.
Guardian Cellars Chalk Line Red Blend 2007 $25
Rating: * (Excellent) A very pretty – although quite locked up - nose with light graphite, high-toned berries, anise, and vanilla. On the taste, an elegantly structured wine marked by red and black fruit, flowers, and a persistent finish. 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Syrah, 16% Cabernet Franc, and 19% Merlot. Aged in French oak (90% new). 425 cases produced.
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Bean Fairbanks Says:
I love the stories behind the wine and Jerry has a great one. The only problem about reading about his fork lift fascination is that you miss out on how his eyes light up when he tells that story.
I am a big fan of the Gun Metal Red Blend, it has exceptional balance and complexity that demands my attention, even when I am tasting it at a crowded tasting. -
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Bean, indeed, of the many fun stories in Washington wine, Jerry's is one of the best. These are wines that definitely grab you and demand your attention regardless of the setting. They also consistently outperform their price points. A terrific combination of great story, high quality, and great value. Thanks for the comment!
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Why did you not try the 'Angel'?
You think if he saw a shiny new forklift outside Redhook Brewery that he would be making great beer today?
Did Jennifer say anything?
How much influence in the wines do you think came from Mark Ryan? I think those 'boyz' make a brash style of red wine that I like to call 'Woodinville terroir'.
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WAwineman, aloha! Fear not, I will be trying the Angel as well as other new releases soon, hopefully this weekend. Guardian definitely shares some stylistic similarities - as well as some similar fruit sources - with Mark Ryan. They are all bold wines. Would be fun to do a side by side of the Mark Ryan, Guardian, and Gorman wines sometime. Hmmm....


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Lady Bulldogs travel to The Pit
Nov. 21, 2012
Lady Bulldogs travel to The Pit No. 8 Georgia will return to action this Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. ET when the Lady Bulldogs take on Saint Bonaventure in the opening round of the University of New Mexico's Thanksgiving Tournament at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M. The Lady Bulldogs are 5-0 on the young season, dispatching a quartet of opponents in a span of just 10 days by an impressive 23.8 points per game. Senior Jasmine Hassell, who scored her 1,000th career point in Tuesday's win over Savannah State, is the lone double-digit scorer on a deep Georgia roster at 12.8 ppg. To date, nine Lady Bulldogs are averaging between 16.4 and 23.6 minutes per game, and Jasmine James' 33 minutes against Rutgers is the largest portion of playing time by a Georgia player this season. By contrast, last season four Georgia players averaged more than 30 MP per game, and five different Lady Bulldogs combined to play all 40 minutes 25 times. Saint Bonaventure, which advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16" last season, is 3-1 to date. Doris Ortega leads the Bonnies offensively at 11.3 ppg and also averages 7.3 rpg, while Alaina Walker chips in 10.0 ppg and 7.8 rpg. Probable Starters
#Assists Per Game Head Coach: Andy Landers Starting Five
Quoting Coach Landers On his impressions of UGA's performance in its first five games... I've been impressed with how consistent we've been in our effort and our ability to play just a bit better each time out. As far as things to work on, there isn't any one thing. There are a lot of things. We've made a list of three or four items from each game from staying intense off the ball to footwork when we're trapping. We'll continue to work on those, but I like where we're at and we have a long time to improve." A pair of first-time foes ahead Friday's matchup will be the Lady Bulldogs' first-ever with the Bonnies. In addition, Saturday's contest with either New Mexico or North Texas will represent the initial meeting with that school as well. The Pit a special place for UGA While the Lady Bulldogs have never faced anyone in the UNM Thanksgiving Tournament field, the event will mark UGA Basketball's fourth trip to The Pit...and the second for the Lady Bulldogs. In 1983, the Bulldog men played in the Final Four at The Pit. In UGA's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, the Dogs topped VCU in the round of 32 and then topped St. John's and North Carolina at the East Regional in Syracuse, N.Y., to advance to the Final Four. There, the Bulldogs lost 67-60 to an N.C. State team that went on to top Houston and win the national title. The 1983 tournament marked the first time in NCAA history that a school sent both its men's and women's teams to the Final Four in the same season as the Lady Bulldogs advance to the Final Four in Norfolk, Va. The Bulldogs returned to The Pit in the 1996 NCAAs and defeated Clemson and No. 1 seed Purdue in the first and second rounds, respectively, to advance to the "Sweet 16" in Denver. Georgia then fell to Syracuse in overtime. The Lady Bulldogs made their first appearance in The Pit in a 2003 NCAA "Sweet 16" game, falling to No. 1 seed Duke, 66-63. The injury-ridden Lady Bulldogs, with only eight players in uniform, built an 11-point advantage on two occasions in the first half before going into the locker room with a 32-28 edge at intermission. Georgia led for more than 10 minutes in the second half before the Blue Devils edged ahead for good. The Lady Bulldogs pulled within three with 42 ticks left on the clock and regained possession with 11.7 seconds remaining following a shot clock violation by Duke but failed to capitalize on the final possession. Georgia had five players put up double-digit points and junior Christi Thomas notched her ninth double-double of the season. Last time out... The No. 8 Georgia Lady Bulldogs recorded their highest score in five years in beating Savannah State, 94-57, and celebrating head coach Andy Landers' 800th win at UGA on Tuesday night. The last time the Lady Bulldogs scored more than 94 points was Dec. 17, 2007, when Georgia defeated Mercer 102-45. Georgia was highlighted by three double-digit scorers, with Jasmine James putting up a season-high 18 points, Jasmine Hassell recording 14 and Tiaria Griffin also having a season-high performance of 15 points. Georgia jumped to an early lead with a 19-4 run to open the game and never looked back. A 17-2 surge later in the period increased the margin to 40-15. Georgia's largest lead of the game of 38 points occurred three times, the first of which was with 5:15 left. Landers secures No. 800 at UGA Tuesday's victory over Savannah State represented Andy Landers' 800th win at Georgia...and placed the Lady Bulldogs' head coach on a list with some of the greatest coaching names of all time. The Lady Bulldogs' first - and still only - full-time women's basketball head coach, Landers became the eighth coach - men's or women's - to secure 800 victories at a single Division I school as outlined below. "That's an elite list of really special people," Landers said after being read the list. "I respect and admire each of them, but to be grouped or associated with them is not even part of my thought process. Those are extraordinary coaches...obviously some of the greatest that our game has ever known." Division I Wins at One School (through games on Nov. 20)
Hassell tops 1,000 vs. Savannah St. Jasmine Hassell scored 14 points against Savannah State and in the process became Lady Bulldog Basketball's 33rd 1,000-point career scorer. She reached the milestone with two free throws with 11:36 left in the game. The former McDonald's and WBCA prep All-American from Wilson Central High in Lebanon, Tenn., has developed consistently throughout her four seasons in Athens. Hassell scored 211 as a freshman, improved to 327 points as a sophomore and bumped that up to 402 as a junior. She was Georgia's leading scorer last season at 13.0 ppg and produced more double-digit outings as a junior (23) than she did in 68 games played during her first two seasons combined (20) in Athens. Hassell is averaging a team-best 12.8 ppg this season and has reached double figures in four of the first five outings. Three seniors should reach the 1,000-point plateau. Jasmine James already did so and Anne Marie Armstrong is now 198 points shy. Playing time being distributed A year ago, six Lady Bulldogs earned the vast majority of Georgia's playing time, averaging between 20.0 and 34.5 minutes per game. All told, five different players logged 40 minutes a combined 25 times. This season, the Lady Bulldogs' new-found depth - largely due to the addition of five freshmen - is allowing more equal distribution of playing time. Nine Georgia players are currently averaging between 16.4 and 23.6 minutes played per game. The most minutes played in a single game this season is Jasmine James' 33 against Rutgers in the season opener. Freshmen garnering PT Georgia's five-player freshman class has logged significant minutes for the Lady Bulldogs during their first five outings of 2012-13. Freshmen played 49 minutes against Rutgers, 98 MP versus Presbyterian, 93 against S.C. State, 95 in the Belmont game and 88 versus Savannah State All told, freshmen can claim 42.3 percent of the Lady Bulldogs' total playing time to date. "We have a freshman class that's going to be able to help us; there's no question about that," Landers said following the season opener against Rutgers. "You saw glimpses of that today. They'll grow and mature as we move along and in another month or so they'll look totally different than today." James climbs list...more to come With a season-high 18 points against Savannah State, Jasmine James moved from No. 29 among the Lady Bulldogs' career scoring leaders. James enters this weekend's games in New Mexico with 1,097 points in a Lady Bulldog uniform and could ascend higher on the aforementioned ledger while in Albuquerque.
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(4) Sat Mar 12 2005 09:05 Party Time:
Yesterday was busy. Marlene is back from her mission, so Hillary had a bunch of ladies from work over to her new house for lunch to visit with her. Hillary's house is very nice, with a spacious view of the Seven Oaks golf course. I've always thought that if I had a yard like that, I wouldn't mind having people walking around it hitting balls with a little stick. I think golf is silly and a waste of time, but it does improve the landscape. I'm glad I don't have a huge house anymore. In the evening, I went to see National Treasure at the dollar theater with Karen Nations and Sharon White. It was an ok movie, I guess, with some nice shots of the Capitol Mall. As a rule I dislike movies that have car chases, quick camera work, and sudden explosions. The ocular tracking involved is difficult for me; I guess it's because I'm from a generation that grew up without video games. I just can't see what the excitement is all about. Sometimes on the screen there were so many things going on that I could hardly look. Sensory overwhelmness.
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Posted by Susie at Sun Mar 13 2005 11:41
I liked that movie. The one movie where I most noticed my eyes hurt and they could keep up was Moulin Rouge.
Posted by Susie at Sun Mar 13 2005 11:41
I too think golf is silly, and hope John will have more entertaining, if not less expensive hobbies.
Posted by John at Sun Mar 13 2005 13:09
Don't see The Bourne Supremacy; it'll make you downright sick.
Posted by Joe Walch at Mon Mar 14 2005 11:14
Louise and I saw that movie last Saturday as well. I was interested in the history, and Louise kept remarking on how she had been to all of those places (in Philadelphia and Washington D.C.), so she enjoyed knowing a little American history. I liked the Disney version of it where the bad guys really aren't that bad (they just want the money), and nobody gets killed. (Unlike other similar movies where the body count starts in the first 5 min.)


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sequencers objects
Im putting together an environment to record midi and play back in loops. There will be multiple active loops, and I also need to record aftertouch and CC.
Ive been looking at the max docs, and seem quite a few options.
seq – simple midi input
seq~ – generic signal sequence events
mtr – generic again
techno~ – another signal based one
detonate – notes based.
I can imagine using any of these, without too much trouble… but Im wondering what the advantages (in the case of midi) of each… does any one allow more advance use than the other?
Thanks for any pointers
I'm inclined to redommend coll or at least add it to that list.
[detonate]. it is old, it is not perfect, but it is absolutely worth investigating and learning it. [seq] does not compare at all, starting with the fact that it has 8 tracks where detonate has 32.
yup, i recognize I could build my own sequencer using coll… but again why, what do I gain?
detonate.. ok, but presumably I can also have a number of seq, to overcome tracks limits. detonate… is it essentially limited to two extra data channels X1/X2… whereas for other objects I could have many CC if needed?
I don't need the graphical editing facilities (otherwise id be tempted with live.step), its purely for loop recording/playback perhaps with overdub.
I do quite like the idea of recording note data, rather than midi messages, as its more in line with some other aspects of the project.
(Im also going to be doing audio looping, but plan to use buffer/groove for that, and at this stage don't think I need to tie this to the midi looping)
am i right in saying seq~ is the most generic of the lot, in that you just store what ever data you want?
do most of these allow arbitrary start points? e.g. I might want to record a loop, and then alter start/end points of loop playback
what is the advantage over a roll your own via coll? … editing? or built in midi recognition (neither of which I think are necessities for me)
confusing, so many ways to do this… and I can find little information on some of the approaches (e.g. seq~)
Thanks again
[coll] would allow you to store lists and numbers of up to 24 bits of precision. (for example you can store Hz instead of note numbers, or you could store all notes of a chord in a single "event")
about detonate vs seq … i dont think you can set and change speed or starting point with seq so easily. detonate is a bit more flexible, you can play backwards or step by step and stuff like that.
Thanks, Ive been playing with these a bit today… and starting to see the advantages/disadvantages… and also why I might 'roll my own'
seq – easy to use, and timing can be controlled with tick
mtr – interesting, but looks like only single value per track, and only replay at normal time
detonate – nice, but X1 & X2 appear to be have to be note related, wouldn't work well for some CCs, also you only have the 2 extra values (nice editing though)
techno~ – not relevant for me :)
seq~ – i like this a lot, going to be a bit tricky aligning to an external clock, but not too bad (just generate my own ramp) BUT its fixed time loops only – unless I start really playing with the ramp as some kind of event id?
so start looks like, I probably want something similar to seq~, but in this case, I guess coll might work for this… Id just need to work out the playback logic.
hmmm, more to think about :)
I definitely recommend seq~. If you store the notes in note_start, velocity, and duration (rather than storing note-offs as a separate event) you can really easily do looping, (change the output range and speed of phasor~ accordingly–if you have gen~, create a phasor where you specify the increment rate and limits rather than just the frequency; the rate will be consistent and then you only change the loop points) backwards playback and so forth.
thanks peter… now written my first gen~ patch :)
i didnt realise that seq~ can take values outside 0-1, which makes life much easier, i guess id thought seq was doing much more with the signal, but it really is just using it as a float for time… which makes it very flexible:)
btw, ( perhaps i should raise in another topic) im using a vanilla max setup, are there any libs/tools that i should become familiar with?
( ive seen some mention odot for example)
just to complete the list of objects ;-)
there is also [qlist]
its my favorite sequencer object.
hh, thats an amusing object… i don't think quite what i want, but love its remote sending capabilities.
(max is pretty amazing with its amazing variety of objects)
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned note~ (http://www.noteformax.net/data/index.php/en/homepage) yet, or even rs.delos (http://arts.lu/roby/index.php/site/maxmsp/rs_delos).
And in terms of other libs/tools, well where to start?! I guess maxobjects.com would be a good place, but certainly high on the list of stuff to take from there would be Max ToolBox (you will wonder how you ever patched without it!), but also Tap.tools, CNMAT objects, Ejies, RTC Lib, Lobjects, Bach, Jasch objects, Alex Harker's objects, PeRColate, BEAP and many more –
Happy hunting!
Conceptually related to sequencing (in that they're largely designed to deal with multidimensional musical data & or descriptors) Ircam's FTM http://ftm.ircam.fr/index.php/A_brief_introduction_to_FTM and its 'younger sibling' MuBu: http://imtr.ircam.fr/imtr/MuBu Both quite powerful and likely to take a fair bit of time to get practical use from (and both a little hampered by what appear to be limited resources – particularly regarding plentiful documentation)
wow, loads more possibilities!
I keep seeing FTM mentioned, and keep facing the same dilemma, do I really need it? it looks powerful, but almost seems like a different way of approaching Max. are there a lot of FTM users? is it actively developed still?
Im also wary of relying on lots of different libraries, as I know from my other programming experiences, this tends to lead to other issues.
I think, perhaps, I'll just get cracking, and bring in other things when I need.
Im not too sure there seems to be a consensus on an essential max toolkit :)
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Archive for January, 2010
God of War 3 and 7 Eleven Goodies
Posted by Jay in God of War 3 on January 29th, 2010
I'm surprised no one has posted anything on this yet. Anyway, Sony seems to have quite a bit of marketing for God of War 3 through 7 Eleven of all places. Evan Brody, the Marketing Manager for Slurpee and Big Gulp, has announced some of their marketing plans via the Official Blog. First up, the new Slurpee campaign has a new flavor, called "Kratos Fury", which is a "perfect blend of ferocious blackberries and frosty limes", which will be available at 7 Eleven stores for the months of February and March.
To go along with the new flavor is God of War III-inspired cups to hold the Slurpee (4 in all, the above image just shows the back end of it at the end). You'll also get Slurpee Nation rewards from each cup as well, which can be redeemed at Slupee.com, which will get you God of War and Slurpee-themed downloadable content.
The Official Blog has some shots of the exclusive content, including a theme, a skin for Kratos, virtual shirts for PlayStation Home and a downloadable clip ("Creating the Chimera" was pictured). 2 liter and 20oz bottles of Moutain Dew will also have vouchers for the PlayStation Home teeshirt or a Mountain Dew hoodie.
The news had been reported by 7 Eleven themselves, but Sony will supposedly have more details next week.
Looking through the comments from the source, there will be a static and a dynamic God of War 3 theme via the Slurpee Nation rewards.
Introducing Vanquish
Platinum Games has released this new trailer of what I'm going to assume is an upcoming game.
Is it a game? Is it a movie? Is it the new season of Power Rangers? Judge for yourself.
Vanquish is said to be a new sci-fi action adventure game from the creator of Resident Evil Shinji Mikami with CG scenes produced by Logan, who worked on the intro of Metal Gear Solid 4.
Platinum Game's Japanese Site. Warning: The site may make you dizzy.
Ex Killzone Developer Working On Resistance 3?
Posted by Trev in Killzone 2, Resistance 2 on January 29th, 2010
'Stalker Alert' but OPM (Official Playstation Magazine) have tweeted that Aaron Butler of Guerilla Games has moved to an 'Unannounced' Insomniac project. Read the rest of this entry »


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Christine Sinclair isn't someone who stops for much of anything. After spending much of March with the Canadian Women's National Team in Cyprus, the former University of Portland star rushed back to the Rose City in time to join the Thorns as they left for their preseason matchups in Arizona. She's now working with new head coach Paul Riley in preparation for the Thorns' NWSL season-opener this Saturday against the expansion Houston Dash (5:00pm PT, webstream at www.PortlandThornsFC.com).
"He brings this energy to the game, to every practice," said Sinclair of her new coach.
Co-leading the Thorns last year with eight goals , the team captain has a lot to live up to after last season's memorable and raucous run. Though Sinclair had seen first-hand at UP during her college days the excitement Portland generates for soccer, even she was surprised the fervor for the Thorns and NWSL in the Rose City.
"I don't think any of us expected the fan support that we received. The sheer numbers of fans, just walking around town and having people recognizing you," said Sinclair.
With the NWSL's first-ever championship under their belt, everyone recognizes Sinclair and the Thorns now. With a target on their back and some of the league's most recognizable players on the roster, the forward says she isn't happy with simply being near the top of the league table come August.
"Our goal is to not only win another championship but to have it here. So we have to perform every game to ensure that we can host the final," said Sinclair.
In order to bring the NWSL Championship Game to Providence Park, the Thorns will need to not only make a run through the single-elimination playoffs at the end of summer, but finish the regular season with more points than their competition.
That's no small task, but with Riley's attacking style and Sinclair's help, the Thorns hope to once again bring home a title to Oregon, where Sinclair feels soccer is paramount.
"Having experienced the atmosphere here last year, there is nowhere else I could imagine playing," she said. "This is the absolute perfect place to play soccer."


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THE WORLD HAS BEEN INVADED BY ALIENS! It's up to a nerdy, lazy high school kid to save it!
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The year is the future. You have a car and run people over but it's OK because they're like zombies or something. Evil zombies. Evil zombies created in a government-run conspiracy. And only one person can stop them. That person is you... and your car. In the end there's a plot twist like where you were the zombie all along and stuff but you don't know that yet. Oh yeah your car is called the BLOOD CAR! 2000!
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Forums >Racing>oops, no Chicago Marathon for Lance
No. He should come run Monkey.
Actually, I think he'd enjoy this!!
50,000 Miles Later
I'm not bothered at all by anything bad or embarrassing that happens to a person who went out of his way to destroy and embarrass others.
Such is life.
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Feeling the growl again
Total bullshit. http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/09/07/lance-armstrong-denied-entry-to-chicago-marathon/
Total bullshit.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
12 Monkeys
are you talking about Lance or Ryan?
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Ok, Lance MIGHT have been a doper in a sport full of dopers. How many tour winners in the last 10 years have kept their title. They all dope, not that it makes things right. When is enough enough for banning this guy. Will he be banned from local 5K fundraiser races too. Would Lance stand a chance to win an age group award in Chicago anyway? (I'm asking, I don't know). Would he be banned from the PGA if he took up golf? The whole thing seems silly.
If he was a doper in a sport full of dopers doesn't make it right, then what is the point of mentioning that it was a sport full of dopers?
Personally if I were the RD of a rinky dink 5K, I'd tell him to go find another rinky dink 5K. But I would not think less of the other rinky dink RD if he/she let him in.
No, I think it would be an incredible long shot for him to win an AG award at Chicago.
If he was a liar in a political field full of liars doesn't make it right...
Just askin...
There is no drug testing at the Friends of Reading Recreation 5k road race and Lance's doper ass is welcome to come run next summer. Bygones. It's not like he'd be a threat to win prize money anyway.
Runners run.
Those who insist on talking politics will be blocked from my facebook newsfeed and my beer-giving....I really don't give a hoot.
Hop Project #67.
Just sayin.
Hop Project #67. Just sayin.
Yes, very nice. One left for this weekend.
Now see, wasn't that more pleasant?
As for politics, spaniel is not impressed.
I hope Monkey never bans pot smokers - I miss Skootr already
Retired 1/1/13 ... Tired of being broken and fat ... Hit 296# Memorial Day 2016 - New goal = To be able to enjoy running 4-5 hours through the woods again by Fall 2016. April 2017 ... Shit it is almost April !
Nope. That was #66. I have #67 in my basement tho...
Prince of Fatness
You have my address?
Seems appropriate to me ~ Although I wonder if they check all other sports figures as close - Say if a Nascar drive gets in trouble for a banned substance ... Would he be allowed to jog a 5 hour marathon?
Who else should be banned?
Male enhancement drug users
Pot smokers
Ceffeine addicts


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September 13, 2010
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When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand's own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God's will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflictmuch less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events.
As acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin reveals in July 1914, World War I might have been avoided entirely had it not been for a small group of statesmen who, in the month after the assassination, plotted to use Ferdinand's murder as the trigger for a long-awaited showdown in Europe. The primary culprits, moreover, have long escaped blame. While most accounts of the war's outbreak place the bulk of responsibility on German and Austro-Hungarian militarism, McMeekin draws on surprising new evidence from archives across Europe to show that the worst offenders were actually to be found in Russia and France, whose belligerence and duplicity ensured that war was inevitable. Whether they plotted for war or rode the whirlwind nearly blind, each of the men involvedfrom Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold von Berchtold and German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Sazonov and French president Raymond Poincarsought to capitalize on the fallout from Ferdinand's murder, unwittingly leading Europe toward the greatest cataclysm it had ever seen.
A revolutionary account of the genesis of World War I, July 1914 tells the gripping story of Europe's countdown to war from the bloody opening act on June 28th to Britain's final plunge on August 4th, showing how a single monthand a handful of menchanged the course of the twentieth century.
©2013 Sean McMeekin (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
"A good book but let down by the narration"
How could anyone think it was a good idea to pick a sonorous American narrator and fail to coach him in how to pronounce any European language? (Or even British English - Lord Salisbury is pronounced as "sal-iss-bury")
A well written telling of how the world stumbled to war. Well written but not inspiring
Just about
"Great Book, Narrator Isn't the Best though"
Yes, most likely in July 2014 for the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI.
This book goes into more detail than the Guns of August about the actual start of the war, specifically, the 34 days between Franz Ferdinand's assassination and the attack by Austria-Hungary on Serbia.
A major problem with the narrator is that he isn't pronouncing the German names right. He pronounces von Moltke's name wrong. When he first said "Molt," I actually stopped listening and thought "Who the Hell is 'Molt?'" It's pronounced mɔltkə, two syllables.
Not particularly.
Audible Inc. needs to make sure that their narrators have cheat sheets to pronounce names right. It can really throw you off when you hear a name pronounced wrong like Moltke.
"An exciting story, indifferently read"
Yes, there are many details in the story that are worth rehearing.
The Guns of August. They are both good narratives, but this is more current
He needs to research the correct pronunciation of names. For example, "Choristers Bridge," the shorthand name for the Russian foreign office, is pronounced with a silent "h." Many other names are mispronounced, but that one grates.
It is a very valuable corrective to the standard interpretation, which places the heaviest portion of the blame for the start of WWI on the Central Powers, especially Germany. It is clear that blame must be more widely apportioned, and that the Dual Monarchy must be given a heavier portion.
"A different view of the origins of WWI"
Probably not. In theory the structure of the book should be really well suited for an audiobook. The events of July of 1914 make for such a dramatic and gripping story. With many non-fiction books it's easy to phase out while listening, and then realize you've have no recollection of the last 15 minutes of the book. There's no danger of that here. But the constant mispronunciation of names is grating, and a real problem.
The most interesting bits to me were the handling of the crisis in France and Russia. The pre-planned French Balkan Inception scenario, the aggressive stance of Poincare during the StP meeting, and the prepared plans and execution of the Russian mobilization (based on a hidden early mobilization while trying to prevent German mobilization for as long as possible via diplomacy). McMeekin's telling of these parts ends up painting a very different picture than the "standard" explanation where the German war council of 1912 is treated as the smoking gun.
But this isn't a one-sided book by any means. In the final analysis McMeekin seems happy to heap blame of the war on everyone involved. (Even the British, who if this book is to believed must have had one of the most gullible diplomatic corps and least effective foreign ministry of the era.)
Maybe one that doesn't have difficult foreign words for him to mangle. It wasn't a bad narration otherwise.
"Must read to understand WWI"
My favorite book on WWI
One has to read this to even attempt at getting their heads around WWI
"Polemic masquerading as scholarship"
The July Crisis makes for an exciting story and this is a well written account. Unfortunately it is also an essentially false account. McMeekin makes a number of assertions to support his Russian guilt thesis that are flat out wrong. Just to give one example, the story about the Kaiser's greeting of Bethmann Holweg on July 27 is based on Bulow's memoirs but has been shown to be an invention by Albertini and others. The sad fact is that readers unfamiliar with the intricate details of the July Crisis will be seriously mislead by this book.
Disappointed that such a seriously flawed book is taken as an accurate account of the July Crisis by so many people.


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The Boston media is buzzing this morning after the Celtics made it rain out in Los Angeles Sunday night, with Ray Allen hitting an NBA Finals-record eight 3-pointers as Boston won 103-94 and tied the series at 1-1.
But enough about basketball.
We'll kick off this morning's headlines with an article out of Tampa Bay from Ira Kaufman of the Tribune, who feels the Patriots finally look "vulnerable" coming into this season.
Patriots Trying to Avoid Slide – Tampa Bay Tribune
Like most other articles we've seen Kaufman points to the loss of veteran leadership as the reason behind their struggles.
Even a Hall of Fame coach like Belichick will soon discover that rebuilding on the fly without bottoming out is the toughest feat in pro sports. No defense can lose veterans like Tedy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison, Mike Vrabel and Richard Seymour without taking a major step back.
The whole article is surprisingly fair and well-written – and provides you with a different perspective of how this team is being viewed from someone who doesn't cover New England full-time.
Patriots rank low in Roster Turnover – Mike Reiss
Alge Crumpler not shy about firing away at Tom Brady – Boston Herald
The above blog post is a good entry from Karen Guregian who talks with Crumpler about his communication with Patriots QB Tom Brady.
"He's been in this offense for a lot of years. Any time I have questions, I'm going to (ask). I'm not going to spare him," Crumpler said of Brady. "I'm in a complete learning process right now. In order for us to win, everybody's got to buy in and be on board. The sooner we do that, the better."
Former Patriot's tight end Benjamin Watson encouraged Alge Crumpler to sign with the team – Boston Herald
The above link is relative because former Patriots tight end Ben Watson told the Herald that he was a guy who helped encourage Crumpler to come to New England.
"I had nothing bad to say," Watson told the Herald. "We talked a little bit before he decided to come. Being as I had been there six years, I knew the organization. He had some questions and I answered them honestly. There's not much bad you can say about the organization. It's run well. There's good coaches. The guys in the locker room are the best you're going to find. It's a good place. It's a good place for anyone to play."
Catching up with the sign-holding Patriots fan from the Final Four… – Boston Herald
The above link touches on a Patriots fan who attended the Final Four, and was seen on television sporting an anti-Colts sign. The Herald's Ian Rapoport actually caught up with this fan for an interesting conversation which you'll definitely get a kick out of reading.
Looking around at our AFC East Rivals, here are some other links to check out:
Jackson Hoping to Revive Career – WIVB.com
The above link is a story about former Patriots 2nd Round pick Chad Jackson, who is now in Buffalo and battling for a spot with the Bills.
"Its been real hard being a high draft pick just living up to the expectations, its been hard," Jackson said after Sunday's minicamp practice, "RIght now I'm trying to start over and this is a great organization."
Should Jackson make the team, it will definitely add a little intrigue to the two Pats-Bills meetings this season.
Jets Jason Taylor is a Calculated Risk – Wall Street Journal
Jets Sanchez Geting Pointers from Rich Gannon – ProFootballTalk.com
Dolphins Owner Ross Predicts 2011 Super Bowl Appearance – NBC Miami
New Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson Gets New Team's Logo Tattooed on his Leg – USA Today
One word for the above link – Seriously??
One final note, fellow PatsFans.com columnist Kevin Rousseau, who is in the reserves, is headed off for the next 60 days on military leave.
While he's been quiet this offseason, Kevin has been with us for many years and has been a terrific columnist, with his work also appearing in many publications locally in Maine. We wish both him and his family the best during this time, and look forward to when he returns.
That's it for now. Thankfully today's sessions in Foxboro are open to the media so I'm sure we'll have some more updates for you later this afternoon.


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Revision as of 15:28, 4 February 2014The southern suburbs of Stockholm, Söderort or Söder om Söder, is the part of Stockholm municipality that lies south of Södermalm, at the northern edge of the Södertörn peninsula. ContentsUnderstandMost of the area consists of apartment row houses, built up during the mid-20th century parallel with the subway. The waterfront used to be industrialized, but since the 1990s much of the area has been re-developed into affluent neighbourhoods such as Hammarby Sjöstad and Liljeholmen. Get inThe area is well served by public transport. See Stockholm#Public transport. Some local trains call att Älvsjö station. Hammarby Sjöstad is served by local passenger ferries. See
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TOKYO — The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo filed for bankruptcy protection today, and its chief executive said 850,000 bitcoins, worth several hundred million dollars, are unaccounted for.
The exchange's CEO Mark Karpeles appeared on Japanese TV, bowing deeply. He said a weakness in the exchange's systems was behind a massive loss of the virtual currency involving 750,000 bitcoins from users and 100,000 of the company's own bitcoins. That would amount to about $425 million at recent prices.


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This technique is used by Shion. She releases power through her bell, and completely transforms. This allows her to send a huge ray of light which can penetrate Mōryō's darkness. In this form, she has the ability to, and attempted to, completely destroy Mōryō along with herself. She was pulled out by Naruto before she could do so.


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December 2011 Archives
While we look for other ways to work with Swedish libraries in the future, it's important to correct the Library's characterization of OCLC's position regarding data contribution to the Europeana project. When we were asked by the National Library of Sweden about their participation in Europeana, we conveyed our interpretation of the WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities (WCRR) guidelines that the 'public domain dedication license' required by all participants of Europeana would be inconsistent with the community norms identified in the guidelines.
We explained our reasons for this interpretation in an earlier post to the Open Knowledge Foundation blog. In our discussions with the National Library and Europeana we characterized these guidelines, which were written and ratified by the members of the OCLC cooperative, as a code of good practices. It is a discretionary guideline and ultimately the library's decision to release WorldCat derived records to another institution. In that same blog post we suggest a licensing approach that would be consistent with the WCRR. This approach was discussed with both Europeana and the National Library of Sweden as the basis for moving forward. OCLC has since used this licensing approach in our releases of data (FAST, OhioLINK). We are working to make this a standard recommendation to OCLC members in managing their own catalog data.
Jim Michalko
Vice President, OCLC Research Library Partnership
The four American companies that have come to define 21st-century information technology and entertainment are on the verge of war. Over the next two years, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google will increasingly collide in the markets for mobile phones and tablets, mobile apps, social networking, and more. This competition will be intense. Each of the four has shown competitive excellence, strategic genius, and superb execution that have left the rest of the world in the dust.
We've seen this happening for awhile, of course, already. The players change from year to year... although these four seem to have a bit more staying power.
What can any library offer that these four giants can't provide? During a discussion of OCLC strategy at the Global Council meeting this last November, Bill Maes (University Librarian from the Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) summed it up in one word: VALUES.
At that meeting, Global Council delegates discussed what they believed to be the greatest challenges and opportunities facing their libraries, institutions, communities and users. While many topics were discussed, one surprising finding was that, regardless of library type, size or location, a few major issues that dominated members' thinking. As you might guess, economic issues (i.e., funding) was near the top of the list, as was the changing nature of and increased competition in education. But what resonated the most during these discussions was a need to maintain, promote and grow the role of library values in the information services environment. While no one argued that libraries are, in many ways, competing (and cooperating) with for-profit services, what was brought forward was a need to make sure that the beliefs and goals of librarians are what we place at the center of our activities as we plan for the future in an increasingly crowded and complex information ecosystem. The delegates also got a sneak preview of the new cooperative service OCLC WorldShare, which OCLC announced officially on December 5.
You can read more about the Global Council's thoughts in the discussion document, Libraries at Webscale. This report brings together the ideas of hundreds of librarians, industry experts and thought leaders to examine the question: what does successful library cooperation look like in a Webscale world?
As we sifted through dozens of interviews, books and essays and hundreds of quotes from librarians, it became clear that there are two major areas in which the core library value of sharing can be leveraged to help better represent libraries online:
- Shared data - which leads to shared intelligence and better discovery/delivery of resources
- Shared infrastructure - which provides a space for shared innovation and promotes efficiency
We all know how rapidly this Webscale environment is shifting, changing, growing and evolving. It's exciting, of course... and a little scary. Working together, though, I believe that libraries can promote their collections, services, resources - and values - in ways that surprise and delight the students, scholars, citizens and communities we serve.
I look forward to your thoughts, and to all the great things we'll be doing together.
George Needham
Today, collectively, on behalf of OCLC members, I'm pleased to announce that we are moving the cooperative's ongoing strategy to help libraries operate and innovate at Webscale to a broader level with the introduction of OCLC WorldShare, a new platform and a new brand that signals OCLC's commitment to greater collaboration.
The new OCLC WorldShare Platform will enable library developers, partners and other organizations to create, configure and share a wide range of applications that deliver new functionality and value for libraries and their users. OCLC will also deploy data centers around the world in support of OCLC WorldShare and other services. The first data center outside the United States will be implemented this week in the United Kingdom. Additional data centers will be deployed in continental Europe, Australia and Canada in the coming year.
OCLC's mission and public purpose are clearly aligned with the concept of Webscale. We have been providing infrastructure and services that have enabled members to build efficiencies in the management of libraries, and to increase the visibility and impact of their collections in compelling user environments on the Web. To date, this work has been significant. Now we see a need to provide more of those connective elements, the services and systems that will allow libraries to leverage even more of their activities and data together, at Webscale.
In the coming weeks, participants from platform pilot libraries will work with members of the OCLC Developer Network to help create and build new applications to populate the OCLC WorldShare App Gallery, where users can see available apps and install them into current work environments. Developers can showcase their creativity, partners can create add-on functionality and library staff can find practical, everyday solutions to streamline and enhance their workflows.
The first services built on this new infrastructure are OCLC WorldShare Management Services (formerly Webscale Management Services), including circulation, acquisitions and license management applications. Today, more than 30 libraries are already using OCLC WorldShare Management Services, and more than 150 libraries worldwide have committed to the new service since September 2010. Over time, OCLC will bring additional library management services and applications under the OCLC WorldShare name, including resource sharing, consortial borrowing and metadata management. OCLC WorldCat will continue to be the hub for the cooperative's shared data, including registry and knowledge base information as well as discovery services such as WorldCat.org and WorldCat Local.
To read more about OCLC's vision for library cooperation, I invite you to read, Libraries at Webscale.
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Perez Hilton gave "Howard Stern Show" staffer Benjy Bronk a "prostate exam" on Monday's show.
Bronk had agreed to be anally probed by the gossip blogger if he failed in a weight-loss challenge with Stern.
When Bronk lost, Hilton performed the "exam" in a nearby hotel room, with the process aired live on the air.
Of course, Hilton is not a doctor.
Bronk is heard screaming throughout the ordeal.
Because Hilton doesn't fact check, he had the time to be part of the stunt.
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Reasoning and Institutions: Do Markets Facilitate Logical Reasoning in the Wason Selection Task?
A vast literature shows that individuals frequently fail to identify the normative solutions in logical reasoning tasks. Much attention has been devoted to the study of these deviations at the individual level; less eVort was exerted to investigate whether institutional settings might facilitate and improve reasoning. In this paper we address this question by embedding theWason selection task in a competitive market: each of the four cards of the task was traded over multiple periods in anonymous continuous double auctions, and with real financial incentives. The results of two experiments involving 28 markets, with eight subjects each, indicate that errors in logical reasoning persist, and are present in a wide variety of trading variables, such as prices, volume and liquidity. The market's behavior reflects the normatively correct outcome only when a substantial number of traders know the correct solution.
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