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Tilak Mukhopadhyay and Subrata Sarkar of IGIDR have a paper on the topic. It is quite interesting to know the state of economics in the country.
Archive for October 28th, 2010
Rankings of Economics Journals and Departments in IndiaOctober 28, 2010
What would Friedman say on QE2?October 28, 2010
After hypothesising views of Fisher, Keynes on crisis and policies, the next question is what would Friedman say on the crisis and QE2 in particular?
David Wessel of WSJ has a superb article reviewing asking Friedman disciples and economists on what would the great econ say?
A New Normal for Monetary Policy?October 28, 2010
As per John Taylor the new normal for mon pol could be – The End of Monetary Policy as We Know It.
US in Liquidity Trap – What are the Options?October 28, 2010
THis is the title of a new paper I have written. In this I summarise the debates going in US over economic outlook and various policy options.
My reading (little bit though) of Japan in 1990s and US now is in a liquidity trap situation (when central bank policy rate is zero/near zero), a central bank has many options. However, there are two issues. One, their effectiveness is limited. Two, some measures are not practice and cannot be adopted. And when one adds numerous economists' arguments over benefits and negatives of each option, it is all chaos. Then political situation always plays a major role. With a dip in taxes and surge in expenditure the, government is on shaky grounds. They might want to stimulate but concerns of budget deficit/fiscal multiplier always muddles the whole thinking. Hence, it may not be a liquidity trap but surely a policy trap.
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Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start WOT English version
2. Press battle
3. Click on the "Free Experience" tab on the top right of your screen just as the battle begins
NOTE: It has to be timed correctly for the next step to appear.
4. On the battle loading screen, a popup will appear saying that your MS-1 tank has 20,000 experience to convert into free experience.
5. (Your mouse pointer will be invisible so judge where it is on the screen) Try to click the "convert" button.
6. Confirm that you want to convert this free experience. (All of this must be done while you are still on the loading screen of the battle)
Observed Result:
A loading symbol that says "convert experience" will appear and cover the screen for the entire battle.
-You will be able to turn your turret and shoot.
-You can turn your chassis while not moving forward or backwards.
-You cannot move forward or backwards except for sheer luck. Sometimes you can move and sometimes you cannot.
-Mobility is therefore virtually impossible.
-You cannot use sniper mode either.
LMAO! I got three kills while majorly handicapped like this!

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Watson: What is the Smartest Machine on Earth?
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Tonight PBS plans to air Season 38, Episode 6 of NOVA, titled [Smartest Machine On Earth]. Here is an excerpt from the station listing:
"What's so special about human intelligence and will scientists ever build a computer that rivals the flexibility and power of a human brain? In "Artificial Intelligence," NOVA takes viewers inside an IBM lab where a crack team has been working for nearly three years to perfect a machine that can answer any question. The scientists hope their machine will be able to beat expert contestants in one of the USA's most challenging TV quiz shows -- Jeopardy, which has entertained viewers for over four decades. "Artificial Intelligence" presents the exclusive inside story of how the IBM team developed the world's smartest computer from scratch. Now they're racing to finish it for a special Jeopardy airdate in February 2011. They've built an exact replica of the studio at its research lab near New York and invited past champions to compete against the machine, a big black box code -- named Watson after IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson. But will Watson be able to beat out its human competition?"
Craig Rhinehart offers [10 Things You Need to Know About the Technology Behind Watson].
An artist has come up with this clever [unofficial poster].
Dr. Jon Lenchner from IBM Research has a series of posts on [How Watson "sees", "hears", and "speaks"] and [Selected Nuances].
Like most supercomputers, Watson runs the Linux operating system. The system runs 2,880 cores (90 IBM Power 750 servers, four sockets each, eight cores per socket) to achieve 80 [TeraFlops]. TeraFlops is the unit of measure for supercomputers, representing a trillion floating point operations. By comparison, Hans Morvec, principal research scientist at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) estimates that the [human brain is about 100 TeraFlops]. So, in the three seconds that Watson gets to calculate its response, it would have processed 240 trillion operations.
Several readers of my blog have asked for details on the storage aspects of Watson. Basically, it is a modified version of IBM Scale-Out NAS [SONAS] that IBM offers commercially, but running Linux on POWER instead of Linux-x86. System p expansion drawers of SAS 15K RPM 450GB drives, 12 drives each, are dual-connected to two storage nodes, for a total of 21.6TB of raw disk capacity. The storage nodes use IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS) to provide clustered NFS access to the rest of the system. Each Power 750 has minimal internal storage mostly to hold the Linux operating system and programs.
When Watson is booted up, the 15TB of total RAM are loaded up, and thereafter the DeepQA processing is all done from memory. According to IBM Research, "The actual size of the data (analyzed and indexed text, knowledge bases, etc.) used for candidate answer generation and evidence evaluation is under 1TB." For performance reasons, various subsets of the data are replicated in RAM on different functional groups of cluster nodes. The entire system is self-contained, Watson is NOT going to the internet searching for answers.
On ZDnet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols welcomes our new [Linux Penguin Jeopardy overlords]. I have to say I share his enthusiasm!
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Like Sands in an Hourglass
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As time progresses, things change, sometimes for the better in the right direction, sometimes a step backwards, and sometimes just different enough to be annoying. I wrote my blog post about [A Box Full of Floppies] a week ago, and posted in Monday. Let's take a look at how time and change impacted that one post.
For my readers who follow American Football, enjoy the [SuperBowl]!
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Icons of Progress - The Floppy Disk
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Continuing my week's theme on the Floppy Disk, IBM has published its latest [article about the floppy disk] on IBM's [Icons of Progress] as part of the Centennial celebration.
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A Box Full of Floppies
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The weather has warmed up here in Tucson so I started my Spring Cleaning early this year and unearthed from my garage a [Bankers Box] full of floppy diskettes.
IBM needed a way to send out small updates and patches for microcode of devices out in client locations. IBM had drives that could write information, and sent out "read-only" drives to the customer locations to receive these updates. These were flexible plastic circles with a magnetic coating, and placed inside a square paper sleeve. Imagine a floppy disk the size of a piece of standard paper. The 8-inch floppy fit conveniently in a manila envelope, sendable by standard mail, and could hold nearly 80KB of data.
I've been using floppies for the past thirty years. Here's some of my fondest memories:
So while this unexpected box of nostalgia derailed my efforts to clean out my garage this weekend, it did inspire me to try to get some of the old files off them and onto my PC hard drive. I have already retrieved some low-res photographs, some emails I sent out, and trip reports I wrote. While floppy diskettes were notorious for being unreliable, and this box of floppies has been in the heat and cold for many Arizonan summers and winters, I am amazed that I was able to read the data off most of them so far, all the way back to data written in 1989. While the data is readable, in most cases I can't render it into useful information. This brings up a few valuable lessons:
So what will I do with the floppies I can't read, can't write, and can't format? I think I will convert them into a [retro set of coasters], to protect my new living room furniture from hot and cold beverages.
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A quick look at Last Weeks Announcement
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In keeping with the spirit to be a more kinder, gentler 2011, I decided last week to refrain from being the rain on someone else's parade that occurs immediately before, during or after a competitor's announcement or annual conference, and let EMC have their few moments in the spotlight last week. This of course allows me more time to learn about the announcements and reflect on marketplace reactions. Here's a quick look at the [EMC Press Release]:
I will have to dig deeper into all of these different technologies in separate posts in the future.


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27 May - Recycling Guide 2010 - click any image for document gallery (2 images)
It seems from discussions with neighbours that none of us got a copy of this years recycling guide. Maybe someone used the same circulation list as Andrew Bashford did when he conducted his sham consultation on his Abbey Road desecration. My copy came from the Recycling team last Monday so Ill post the calendar here so my neighbours (and half the borough!) can check it easily. If they compare it closely with last years issue they will see that the recycling of cooking oil which was new for 2009 is new for 2010 too. What Id really like to see is the recycling of a greater variety of plastic. Its not easy to tell one type from another.


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Monday, August 07, 2006
Insulation in and trimwork continues
Our crew worked all weekend getting the insulation in so they could start drywalling this week. The 2-week delay by the electricians has put us under more pressure to get the apartment finished for renting out October 1st. We know it will be done by then, but it needs to be mostly done by mid-September so we can show it.
They started the ceiling today too-exciting! It's starting to feel all cozy up there now. Maybe this will help our heating bills.
In spite of the slight cave in of my morale on Saturday morning, Steve and I managed to finish sanding most of the boards that day.
And then we started staining. We use a mixture of Minwax: 3 parts Golden Oak, 1 part Red Oak, and 2 1/2 Dark Walnut. It's a warm brown that is close to what we found underneath the layers of paint.
Our contractor recommended Pratt & Lambert 38 Clear Varnish in Satin. We tested it out on a board and it looks fine. We will probably apply it after it is installed.
Here's a close up of a few door jambs. Looks pretty good for almost 100 years old. Gotta love the nice straight grain.
I'd say we are about 75% finished with staining- not bad really. I do have some miscellaneous boards I need to strip and then there are the 9 doors, which will be arriving tomorrow. But at least the doors will be something different.
When I spend hour after hour doing the same repetitive task, I start to feel like I'm being punished for something. I either need to finish something or switch tasks. Since we are on a deadline, I don't really have that luxury. But it'll build character right?
To sum up what remains: (not for for the faint of heart)
*One bundle/stack of trim to be sanded and stained (these were glued boards mostly).
*One smaller stack of boards ready to stain.
*A small (hopefully) bundle from our wood stripper. These will need to be filled, perhaps glued, sanded and stained.
*9 doors will need to be filled, sanded & stained and have the hardware reinstalled.
*Strip some door hardware.
*Strip a handful of boards & 20 or so plynth blocks (just one layer of stripper-all have been heat-gunned already).
*Lightly sand and stain the replacement molding when we get it from Owl Hardwood. Some base molding, most window stops, shelving for closets & pantry etc...
Oh my, I can't believe I'm actually doing all this.
6 comments:
- ben said...
sounds like you'll have a whole 2-flat full of character!
- SmilingJudy said...
Jocelyn - I'm starting to think we were separated at birth. I'm the exact same way with neverending tasks. Make a list of all you've accomplished already, maybe that will help. Hang in there!
- amanda said...
I thought that you were considering moving up there yourselves? What changed your mind? I'm so impressed with your work on the wood pile! I've got 3 doors to strip and then 3 I'll have to stain to match the first two and I'm DREADING it. I can't imagine dealing with the amount that you have. I'm blogging now when I'm supposed to be hanging cabinets... I wouldn't do too well with your deadline!
- Greg said...
That wood looks fantastic. Despite the set-backs, you're making incredible time on the place. It makes a real difference when you have "a crew" at your disposal.
- Jocelyn said...
Thanks for the support all. I am going to my real job today and it's bizarre, but my real job is more restful than home lately-physically anyway.
Amanda- We will move upstairs in the next year or two. It's just too much for us to finish up the loose ends down here under a deadline like this. We've spent enough money already-belive me!
This way we can finish the first floor and enjoy it for a year or two and then move upstairs. We will be very picky about tenants this time too.
- allison said...
I am exhausted just reading this. We just started stripping all our molding, which has about 12 layers of paint and, boy, is that a chore. The good news is that we found oak underneath – at least all through the first floor, so far. I don't know if they shorted us on the second floor, as happened to you guys. We don't have the energy to take it all down, however. Hats off to you!


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WESLEY Music Scholars have dominated the Canberra music scene for many years.
Names like mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby, soprano Zara Barrett, tenor Christopher Steele, baritone Jeremy Tatchell, trumpeter Peter Miller, and guitarist Bradley Kunda come to mind and the list goes on – nearly 100 in all.
These educational scholarships, which have many scholars through school and university, have been awarded each year since 1994 to outstanding voice and instrumental students with potential who can benefit from opportunities to practise, perform and make recordings as a soloist or in ensemble in the spaces and facilities of the Wesley Music Centre and Wesley Uniting Church in Forrest. They are financed by the Wesley Uniting Church and Wesley Music Foundation.
Applications from singers of all voice types and instrumentalists are encouraged. Known vacancies for music performance scholarships in 2014 include those for sopranos, a tenor, a violinist and a woodwind player.
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MARTA to the Decatur Green Fest (DISCONTINUED)
Saturday, May 1, 2010 is the Decatur Green Fest, which is directly above the E6 Decatur station. Highlights include organic food tastings, music performances and green vendors.
If you are coming from the north or south rail line, you must exit at Five Points and follow the signs to the Eastbound platform and wait for a train marked "Indian Creek".
There are large and free parking lots at the E3 Inman Park, E4 Candler Park, E5 East Lake, E7 Avondale, E8 Kensington and E9 Indian Creek stations if you want to park near Decatur and ride the train in.


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By Haseeb Haider www.khaleejtimes.com
ABU DHABI — With the improvement in the economic indicators, the UAE's hotel industry has done 'good' business in the first quarter of the year led by Dubai, on the back of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibition or MICE activity that has contributed to the strong room occupancy, top officials said.
"The room occupancy in Dubai was third highest in the world in the month of January, as a sign of improvement in the business activities", said Khalid Ahmed Al Sulayem, the Director General of Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Gulf, Incentives, Business, Travel and Meeting Exhibition or GIBTM that was inaugurated on Monday, he said the first quarter of the year was 'good'.
About the room rents fluctuation in the wake of financial crisis and slow arrivals, he said room rents with an average of $250 per day, coupled with a highest occupancy rate was a strong indicator of the market sentiments.
The city-emirate attracted over 7.5 million visitors in 2009, which was a year of economic slowdown world-wide.
The director general said that resolution to the Dubai World's debt restructuring would further impact positively on the business sentiments in the emirate, beaming strong signals across the world.
In the last year, the director general said 4000-new room capacity was added to Dubai's burgeoning hotel industry that expanded to 43,000 rooms, an addition of about 20 per cent comparing with 2008. He expected a huge inventory of 20,000 rooms was in the pipe line this year.
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is expecting a handsome growth of ten per cent in its MICE related business activities this year, said Mubarak Rashid Al Nuaimi, International Promotions Manager at Abu Dhabi Tourism Development Authority.Abu Dhabi is satisfied with the expansion of its MICE activities in the year 2009, he said as it is providing maximum incentives to private sector to market Abu Dhabi. This year, he said Abu Dhabi will bring three more MICE events to the city to take the tally to 20 events, to boosting the hospitality industry.
In spite of a strong built-up of the room inventory in the emirate, the situation is improving, said Kamal Fakhoury, the Director of Operations at Cristal Hotel in the capital.
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The Taylor 356ce Electro Acoustic Guitar is a highly desirable 12-string that is coveted by many not only for its incredible tonal qualities but also for beautiful lines and luxurious looks. Introduced in 2006, and built using the Grand Symphony body shape, this guitar delivers a rich, powerful acoustic voice. Offering a richly textured and full-bodied sound, which is responsive to the lightest of touches, the body offers an outstanding dynamic range. Whether you prefer to attack the strings with a fast picking or strumming style, or prefer to play with a deft fingerstyle technique, the Taylor 356ce delivers a beautifully lush tone.
Taylor twelve-strings employ reinforced braces in comparison to 6-strings to account for the increased string tension and to prevent the top from buckling. This means the Taylor 356ce features a thicker top piece, denser pin plates, and heavier, non-scalloped bracing, in order to support the top and adequately amplify the tone of the guitar.
The back and side wood of the 356ce is built using West African Sapele wood, which has been utilised by Taylor for over a decade. Sapele is known for having similar harmonic qualities to mahogany in delivering soothing lows and warm mid tones. It is a very-adaptable tonewood that allows a variety of styles from fingerstyle to strumming to really shine.
The top wood is built using Sitka Spruce which as Taylor say, "…is the tonewood standard of the modern era." It has the enviable combination of strength and elasticity. Sitka Spruce also delivers richly textured highs, which compliments the Sapele to give the 356ce a diverse tonal range from a deep, throbbing low-end through warm mids to crisp highs.
The neck is constructed from reliably strong Tropical Mahogany, which is set at a comfortable 25-1/2" scale length. Coupled with an Ebony fingerboard, the sonic properties of both woods marry together beautifully to complete the delivery of superbly resonant tones.
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The ES is an all-magnetic acoustic guitar pickup, which acts like a microphone to a produce an exact representation of the acoustics of the guitar.
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Manufacturer Taylor Model 356ce Electro Acoustic Guitar Top Material Sitka Spruce Back & Side Material West African Sapele Neck Material Tropical Mahogany Fingerboard Material Ebony Body Shape Grand Symphony Cutaway Colour Natural Pickups Taylor Expression System Guitar Size Full Number of Strings 12 Tuners Chrome Scale Length 25-1/2" Bracing Forward shifted bracing with relief rout Binding White Bridge Ebony Nut & Saddle Tusq Truss Rod Adjustable Pickguard Tortoise Included Accessories Taylor hard case
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Soya bean - 1 cup( Soak it over night)
Onion-1 no
Tomato- 2 no
Ginger garlic paste-1 tsp
Whole coriander seed-1 tsp
Black sesame seed-1 tsp
Clove-1 no
Cardamom-1 ea
Coconut- 3 tsp
Oil- 1 tsp + 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Chilli powder-2 tsp ( acc to taste)
Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, clove, cardamom, coriander seed, sesame seed, onion,tomato , ginger garlic paste & allow to cook until done.
Allow it cool & grind to a paste.
Pressure cook the soyabean upto 4-5 whistles.
Add oil in a pan, add ground paste, turmeric powder, chilli powder & mix well.
Add boiled soya bean & salt.
Mix well & allow to cook until done.
Garnish with cilantro & serve with roti or rice.


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In every life there are many calls to adventure. When you accept, you may have fun. You may get beat down a bit, but you always grow. If you do enough of these, you become the hero of your own story. If you refuse enough of these, they stop coming. You may end up living a life of quiet desperation instead of really living. Think about this before you refuse the call to adventure.
Let me break this down for you so that you know the call when it happens.
Ordinary World
We all start out in the ordinary world as ordinary people. Life is predictable. We know what to expect, but there is also something uncomfortable about it. Or like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, we may be in a space of Ignorance is Bliss.
Call to Adventure
Then the call to adventure hits! It could be something internal or outside the hero. Maybe it's a life change like a new baby, a divorce, or a death. It could be an overwhelming feeling of not being fulfilled. It could be a problem or challenge. Who knows? It could be love! Or maybe it's travel or job opportunity. Whatever it is, it fills you with desire and wonder about the possibilities.
There is always fear, uncertainty, anxiety, insecurity, and risk of failure. If there weren't, it wouldn't be an adventure. It also wouldn't result in the growth required to become a hero. If you're just doing what you expect, you're not on a hero's journey.
Refusal of the Call
Most heroes say no at first. Life may be uncomfortable, but it's not that uncomfortable. The risk of moving forward may be too daunting. Change could be scary. The hero may feel unprepared. If he doesn't change his mind, he stays in the ordinary world.
Meeting With the Mentor
Your own life's adventure may be different, but in the mythological template, the hero now meets with a mentor. In modern day terms, this could be a book, motivational coach, spirit guide, dream, grandparent, tour guide, religious leader, or teacher of some sort. This person or tool provides the necessary guidance, training, equipment, inspiration or knowledge to make the leap. This is usually an actual person.
Crossing the Threshold
Changed by his experiences, the hero no longer fits in the Ordinary World. His view of it has changed. He has changed. Like it or not, the genie can't go back in the bottle. This is another uncomfortable phase because the hero is not at home yet in the new world, but doesn't belong in the old. Fortunately, he's armed with new wisdom and resources that makes moving forward easier.
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
During this phase the hero learns how the new world operates. On a spiritual journey, this may mean coming to terms with the idea that not everyone finds the new you so wonderful. Perhaps you don't know where to find people who believe like you do. Maybe you don't know where the people in your life belong anymore. Lots of things are shifting around to create a new foundation.
As with most stages in life, there are some positives and negatives here. Setbacks could occur, but new alliances firm up. It's a time for reorganizing and reviewing. Perhaps it's time to remind oneself of why you're on the journey in the first place.
Our hero now must face "death." His biggest fear is before him. This is some sort of point of no return. It's an "I will never be the same" or "If this happens, I will lose all I know of as myself" moment. On the other side of this is a rebirth. He's got to lose himself to gain himself.
Now our hero gets his reward. There is time for celebration. He can catch his breath and replenish his energy. This reward could be love, peace, money, freedom, knowledge, or anything really.
The Road Back
The battle is over. Our hero has won, and there is nothing left to do but go back to the Ordinary World.
Oh, but wait! Surprise! The fight isn't over! Something raises its ugly head, and the hero must once again prove his valor. Maybe it's another rebirth where the hero incorporates all he's learned. It could be that a purification is required to release the taint of the old self. Maybe he battles with old demons like addiction, greed, or fear.
Return with the Elixir
Victorious, the hero returns to the Ordinary World with his treasures and knowledge. He shares all he has, thus uplifting and changing the old world to a new one. Peace is restored. The hero has a place to call home, new friends, a new place in the social structure, and internal peace.
This pattern was identified by Joseph Campbell as an outline for many types of stories. I share it here because it's also a basic template for life's journey. Many people are called. Some answer. If you refuse the call to adventure, you can't grow. This doesn't mean that you can't do it later. Just be aware that later eventually becomes never.
But let's say you heed the call and start. There are many ways to get sidetracked along the way too. Campbell's outline takes us to the end, but any journeyer can lose heart and drop out at any time. Starting a journey, even the most fabulous one, is not the same thing as finishing it. I'm hoping that by posting these phases, you get some insight into where you are along the path so that you don't give up before the finish line.
Most people die with their song still inside them. This doesn't have to be you. Be the hero of your own story. If not you then who?


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She became a New York Times bestselling author on Wednesday.
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Teaching Social Innovation
At the recent Winterhouse Design Education Symposium, a group of educators focused on humanitarian design education gathered to discuss topics related to funding, journalism and content, and teaching pedagogy. The threads seemed to align around the topic of teaching social innovation. For clarity, two definitions of social innovation are offered:
- Design is a catalyzer of community engagement. Social innovation is a creative re-combination of existing assets, aimed at achieving socially-recognized goals in new ways. It's a "participated design approach." [Ezio Manzini's definition, from the DPPI conference]
- Social innovation is a novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals. [Kriss Deiglmeier]
In both definitions, the emphasis is on socially-recognized goals. What is implied in Ezio's definition is the role of designer as synthesizer – one who does not create something new as much as leverage things that already exist, recombining them in new and creative ways. Typically, the "things that already exist" involve humans and human capabilities – knowledge, skills, tenacity, relationships, and more. In most of the social innovations Ezio has described or been involved with, a "designed platform" supports this unique recombination of human resources.
Last year, at Winterhouse, I wrote:
I'm concerned, particularly with the metric-driven emphasis on measurable outputs, measurable outcomes, and measurable impact. By definition, a measurable output is reductive, and rigorous measurement serves to separate a given phenomenon from the background of a larger context. It's at the heart of scientific research – the idea that one can isolate a variable from all others, treat it, and measure the effectiveness of treatment (comparing that effect to a control group to help determine causality). But as Dori Turnstall (Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at Swinburne University in Australia) commented at our symposium, an ontological view of the world doesn't separate a person from the background, or view a figure-ground relationship between a person and a culture. Instead, it views all of these things as intimately connected, and a discussion of causality is neither appropriate nor necessary.
The conversation this year seems to have shifted, but only slightly. Our group conversation was less focused on tracking and assessing social impact, as occupied much of the conversation last year. Instead, the emphasis was now on tracking and assessing social innovation education. There is little precedent for teaching social innovation, and the thrust of the conversation at Winterhouse was around success criteria. Simply, if we're teaching social innovation, entrepreneurship, or enterprise, how do we know when we've succeeded in an educational capacity?
If a student works with an NGO, leads them completely sideways, and learns a great deal in the process – is that a success?
If a student enters a third world country, forms relationships, starts to make an impact, and then leaves and returns to the US after learning a great deal – is that a success?
And if a student forms a philosophy on entrepreneurship that focuses on a humanitarian ROI – but then joins a massive Fortune company upon graduation and ignores this value structure, is that a success?
Most schools have integrated the accreditation-driven push towards assessment and learning outcomes, where a formal criteria for success is established prior to learning, and the student's progress – and faculty's abilities – are judged against this criteria upon completion. The majority of design studio classes are focused on the "project." A project is a finite course of study that brings a real or simulated situation into the school, where students work through the process of design in order to arrive at a solution. Students conduct research, synthesis, ideation, evaluation, and reflection, and then the project is over. Typically, it's documented in a portfolio, and allows the student to say "I made this thing." It also becomes the core item that is assessed – somewhat objective measurements can be compared to the project outcome, and a design professor (or, more likely, an administrator) can say "85% of our students satisfactorily achieved objectives A, B, and C on the project."
Studio project-based learning is convenient. At the end of the semester, the project comes to a completion, and just as a consultant moves to the next project, so too does the student – and faculty – move on to the next design problem. The finiteness is a feature, and it allows for assessment points of evaluation. And project-based learning typically forces reflection-in-action, as it occurs in a studio environment with a teacher as informed guide, a group of people supporting one-another through critique, and all of the studio-culture that designers reflect upon as critical for their training. But project-based learning has two major flaws, when applied in the context of social innovation.
The finiteness of the studio project can force us to abdicate responsibility to those being served. When the project is over, the designers disappear, leaving "the users" in an incomplete and often frustrating state, lacking resolution and with a partial solution that may or may not have positive implications. This isn't just socially irresponsible; it's literally the wrong thing to be teaching students who want to focus on social innovation over the course of their design careers. It reinforces the hands-off, "not my fault/what can I do?" attitude that led us to the sustainability mess we've only begun to recognize. And, it continues to drive a "design for" attitude, where a designer conflates their expertise in design with expertise in a particular social problem and assumes that they know best.
Additionally, project-based learning reinforces the artificial idea that meaningful impact can occur in a tremendously short time-frame – often as little as three or four weeks. Design students don't have the experience to doubt this, and when they encounter project after project that features such a short time-frame, they come to expect this as the norm. They'll graduate without the patience for a longer engagement, and they literally won't know how to stay the course.
Unfortunately, it's not just academia that supports project-based engagements. Granting agencies traditionally offer grants only to projects – engagements with a finite timeframe, a clear set of objectives, and measurable levels of impact. That seems to make sound financial and investment sense, except that it isn't how real life works. So we learn to craft a narrative for the granting agency, one that acts as though social impact is immediately measurable – as though poverty is an engineering problem.
The answer is an extended engagement, one that allows users to become designers and designers to become empathetic. That means we need to find new frameworks for students to learn within. At AC4D, that translates to entrepreneurship, where the focus is not on forming a project but forming a company. While the studio learning ends when class is over, the company continues to drive actual impact, and at graduation, the students transition to founders – with all of the opportunities, trials and tribulations that come with this change.
At Winterhouse, Helen Walters, a writer from Doblin (and formerly of BusinessWeek) described that design programs focused on social innovation are producing students "who are coming into a marketplace and looking for jobs. There isn't anywhere for them to go. Corporations don't know what to do with them. They don't fit into the corporate structures as they exist." She's right, and entrepreneurship mitigates a great deal of the problems of fitting a socially minded designer into the square peg of a Fortune management hierarchy. The implications of this from a pedagogical standpoint are huge and challenging. "Designer as founder" requires a different skillset than "designer as artifact maker." It requires soft-skills like facilitation; it requires an understanding of market dynamic and funding structures; it requires the ability to view culture as a complex system; and it requires deep, sustained passion.
In all of the discussion at Winterhouse, I found the most astute points coming from an unlikely suspect – Kevin Hicks, who is the Dean of Faculty at Hotchkiss, our host for the Symposium. Kevin – who is neither a designer nor a design educator – offered that "We [need to] teach decidedly unglamorous, small scale tools that allow people to make meaning in as significant ways possible, not only in terms of outcomes, but in terms of process." That's precisely the right message for design educators – to emphasize significance in process, rather than object, and focus on small-scale, deep impact. It's a rejection of an exhausted focus on metrics, scale, and artifacts, and for many of us, it means ignoring the hype of design tourism. I'm positioning the program at AC4D on creating founders who have a sensitive, passionate, and intellectual approach to their work. And I'm thrilled to see more and more programs embracing social innovation, and re-evaluating – and in many cases, massively overhauling – tired design curricula.
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UK-US extradition treaty overhaul urged
British people are losing confidence in the UK's extradition arrangements with the US and major changes are needed "to restore public faith", MPs have said.
The Commons Home Affairs Select Committee believes it is "easier to extradite a British citizen to the USA than vice versa".
Public concern had been highlighted by recent cases including that of 65-year-old Christopher Tappin, the MPs said.
The US says the treaty promotes "justice in both our countries".
The MPs' recommendations include:
- Amending the text of the 2003 treaty to ensure the same test applies for extradition from both countries
- Allowing a judge to decide that a person is tried in the UK in cases where both countries have jurisdiction
- Introduction of an initial test of someone's guilt
The MPs said their proposals were not a criticism of the US justice system, but instead acknowledged "the importance of robust extradition arrangements between our two countries".
"Such extradition arrangements are now threatened by loss of public confidence in the UK and there is a risk that, with time, that lack of confidence will translate into wider disaffection," the report said.
"We believe that the government should act now to restore public faith in the treaty."
Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights is among bodies to have called for a renegotiation of the treaty, amid controversy over a number of cases involving British citizens.
Mr Tappin, a retired businessman of Orpington, south-east London, was extradited to the US last month for allegedly selling batteries for Iranian missiles, charges he denies.
Student Richard O'Dwyer, 23, of Chesterfield, is fighting extradition on copyright infringement charges over a website he ran in the UK.
And Gary McKinnon, 46, from north London, who has Asperger's syndrome, has been fighting extradition on computer-hacking charges for 10 years.
Committee chairman Keith Vaz said these cases had "highlighted public concern that these arrangements are one-sided".
He added: "Evidence to the committee has shown that the current arrangements do not protect the rights of British citizens.
"The government must remedy this immediately."
But, in a statement to the committee, US ambassador Louis Susman argued the extradition treaty was fair, balanced and "promotes the interests of justice in both our countries".
He added: "It would be wrong to view the extradition treaty through the prism of individual cases where sentiment and emotion can cloud reality and lead to misrepresentation."
An independent review by senior judge Sir Scott Baker last year found the treaty was fair to British citizens.


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With "Dare to Dream", Dennis Sheperd releases another gem and definite 'fan favourite' from his second artist album "Fight Your Fears", once again backed by the magnificent vocals of Katty Heath and remixed by the uprising NoMosk. This new tune has already been supported by Armin van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Andy Moor and many more, which indicates that "Dare to Dream" ties in with the top notch quality of the previous Dennis Sheperd releases.
Since the production of Dennis Sheperd's artist album, Dennis Sheperd and Katty Heath could experience the magic which turns their individual qualities into such amazing pieces of music. First, this collaboration has previously been more than proved by the album hit "Where I Begin", which got stuck in the Top 10 of the popular radio station Sunshine Live for literally months, when the album was released. The single and remix releases have been enthralled the scene and the artists' fan bases. On several gigs, Dennis Sheperd and Katty Heath performed their songs in front of the delighted audiences. And, finally, the videos of "Where I Begin" and "Dare To Dream" provide an audio-visual experience.Next to the proggy Club Mix and Video Edit, the release comes with a uplifting remix by the Belarusian newcomer NoMosk, who also did a brilliant job on this song.
As always, Pure Energy Records takes care for the release in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in cooperation with Dennis' own label "A Tribute to Life (RazNitzanMusic)", which brings this new tune to the rest of the world. "Dare To Dream" by Dennis Sheperd & Katty Heath is now available in all digital shops.


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My good friend Bernie Davids, who was an original member of George Lincoln Rockwell's, "American Nazi Party," back in 1961, just sent me a Christmas Card which went out to, "American Nazi Party," members and was personally signed by George Lincoln Rockwell.
Bernie is unsure of the exact year this went out, but as George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated on August 25th 1967, the latest this could have gone out is 1966, making it over 50 years old.
Here is the interior of the card
And here is the exterior of the card
I want to thank Bernie for sending me this, and remind you all that my interview with him on his experiences in George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, can be downloaded here.
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I almost went for a walk today in a similar, but slightly flatter, winter environment. But 20 mph winds and horizontal snow sent me back inside for a nice hot bowl of beef stew.
The bright green is so striking against all that white in a few of the shots. You get so used to seeing nothing but browns this time of year. It must be nice to have those roads to wander in this kind of weather, even if they are buried in snow.
Walt – What a peaceful scene. happy new year.
Nice images Walt.
I to am a fan of those hemlock sentries.
Great pics, we seem to be getting the cold with none of the snow. Honestly I'd rather have teh snow. Next Tue the high is 18 degrees.
Walt, the Environmental Center looks like a beautiful place to visit. Where is it located?


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Korean Sonodyne S-654 Full-Range/Wide-Range Drivers
Hello everyone!
I thought I'd share a very interesting new ---{at least to me, as I had never heard of these full-range/wide-range drivers before}--- I discovered as I was once again perusing the internet this Monday morning! From what I've read so far I believe it's quite possible that materials the cones these drivers use may equal or supersede the sonic capabilities of the materials used in my Fostex FE208ES-R drivers and possibly be of Feastrex washi quality! Of course as everyone here already knows cone material alone doesn't dictate the sonic signature of a driver, but I'm quite excited by the possibilities the usage of this incredible paper may present to audiophiles/music lovers everywhere!
This paper is made of a very unique Korean paper called "Hanji". Hanji is made from the inner bark of Paper Mulberry, a tree native to Korea that grows well on its rocky mountainsides, known in Korean as dak. The formation aid crucial to making hanji is the mucilage that oozes from the roots of Hibiscus manihot. This substance helps suspend the individual fibers in water. The Korean methods used to make hanji are similar to those used by Feastrex in Japan to make the washi paper they use in their cones, but differ in sheet formation techniques ---{traditional hanji is made in laminated sheets using the we bal method, which allows for multi-directional grain}--- and calendering ---{dochim is a method of pounding finished sheets to compact fibers and lessen ink bleed}--- perhaps, while not inexpensive, these may end up being a poor man's Feastrex?
There are 10 prs of these Sonodyne S-654 6.5" full-range/wide-range drivers available on eBay as I'm posting this message here and they can seen by clicking on this link: Sonodyne hanji S-654 6.5" Full-range Speaker Pair - eBay (item 250667624744 end time Feb-11-11 10:25:21 PST) I highly suggest checking them out even if you're just curious about full-range/wide-range drivers, or if perhaps you're interested in possibly upgrading in the future from your present high-quality entry-quality full-range/wide-range drivers ---{like the Fostex FE206E drivers I started with}--- up the line closer to the the middle-level or reference-level range of full-range/wide-range drivers.
NOTE: I am NOT suggesting anyone buy these drivers or that they are a reference-level quality of full-range/wide-range drivers. These drivers are too new ---{for me or anyone else who's not familair with them, heck they're not even posting specifications yet}--- so don't jump to any conclusions yet. What I am suggesting is that any interested parties do what I'm going to do, which is; look at these drivers, check out the cone material ---{I love how it looks and how thin it is}--- and remember the Sonodyne name. I may be mistaken, but I believe these just may turn out to be something very special! So I believe researching the hanji paper-making process and the Sonodyne line of full-range/wide-range drivers that use hanji paper is a smart move. Obviously these drivers don't cost what a pair of Fostex FE206e, Audio Nirvana 'Super 8 Alnico' , Tang Band W8-1772 etc cost. These are up in the Lowther DX4 range cost-wise, but they use a paper similar to the Feastrex washi and cost a lot, lot less. I, for one am very curious and interested in following the testimonies & reviews of those who do buy these drivers and hopefully one day soon a review from one of the webzines.
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|18th January 2011, 08:44 PM
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WOW! I'm very surprised that no one had anything to say either postively or negatively about the Korean hanji paper used in these drivers and how they feel it may affect the driver's sound. To be quite honest "if" I had the extra $$$$$ available to purchase a pair of these drivers ---I would!
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|18th January 2011, 09:01 PM
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I wouldn't. Not without knowing more about them and seeing some performance data, which goes for any drive unit.
Beyond that, I don't think there's much that can be usefully said until more information emerges, other than the obvious general remarks. All materials behave differently, so these will be no different on that score, and (one hopes) they are designed to exploit the positive attributes of the chosen materials while minimising the negatives which will exist unless they have invented some new form of reality where compromise doesn't occur. A lot will depend on how well the paper itself is made, and to what level of consistency. Multi-direction grain may be good for self-damping (although there is evidence from other fields to suggest that it may actually weaken a structure under sudden load conditions), but again, this will depend on the inherent production consistency levels, and how effectively it is used for a given application. YMMV as ever of course.
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|18th January 2011, 10:34 PM
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i can only wonder how different the Fullrange be from the Mid-Bass version?
Frequency Response Plot:
Mid-woofer HANJI654 (bullet)
■ 6.5 mid-woofer speakers
■ Sensitivity .......................... 91dB 91dB
■ 72~60kHz (-3DB) ■ frequency response band ........... 72 ~ 60kHz (-3DB)
■ DC .....................5.8ohm ■ DC Resistance ..................... 5.8ohm
■ ....................8 ohm ■ .................... 8 ohm impedance
■ ................200W ■ ................ 200W power handling
■ ................3.0 Khz ■ Crosspoint ................ 3.0 Khz
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* Reference Curve = Sweep * Reference Curve = Sweep
* Delta M/C Curve = Sweep * Delta M / C Curve = Sweep
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Sd = 12.272 sqM Vas = 13.99CUM Sd = 12.272 sqM Vas = 13.99CUM
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"As soon as possible quickly, I will add accuracy SPEC"
the e-bay listing will be up for almost a month, i wonder how much longer?
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Baker, Tom. "Paper White Narcissus", iUniverse, 2014.
Coming to Terms with Life and Death
Amos Lassen
Set in 1966, Tim Halladay is discovering his sexual self as he reaches his senior year at William and Mary College. We go back in time with him as he experiences the darker side of gay life in Washington D.C. During the week he lives at his aunt's in Georgetown in a basement apartment in her home but on the weekends he explores the gay neighborhoods of the nations' capital. It is there that he feels at home with the remarkable people who populate the areas. Throughout most of the book Tim is a student in Williamsburg, Virginia at the College of William and Mary and most of the story tales place there.
When Tim was thirteen years old, he was told that he had been born a twin and that his brother Jeffrey never made it home from the hospital having been born prematurely. Naturally Tim is curious about this, so much so that he almost obsesses about his twin. Death worries him especially now that his mentor in the theatre has recently died and he is worried about the draft once he graduates. (As I read, I remembered myself at the time, facing graduation and the draft; being sent to Viet Nam to fight an unjust war. But I did one better and moved to Israel thinking that if I had to fight for someone it would be better to fight for my own people). Tim wants to go to Yale graduate school in drama but he cannot seem to make himself do anything about that. He is so preoccupied with his twin brother that everything else takes a back seat.
Tim is on a journey—one of self and sexual discovery that includes learning about his dead twin. This journey includes places as well as states of mind. Here is a book that looks at the nature of narcissism, identity and the fact that there might be someone else just like Tim and he needs to know this. Tim is a complicated young man who sees his family as a negative influence on him. He feels that something about Jeffrey has been left unsaid and he means to find out what it is.
Tom Baker once again brings us an unforgettable character in Tim. This is the third time that we have met Tim and Baker has each book go backwards in time. In "The Sound of One Horse Dancing", Tim was twenty-seven years old and rising in his career in advertising. In "Full Frontal", Tim appears in vignettes that show his emotional and sexual development and these stories weave in and out of time. "Full Frontal" details Tim's sexual and emotional development. It is not until this new book that we see Tim so concerned about his twin brother.
Everything comes together in "Paper White Narcissus" and while I think the object of the book was to make us understand Tim better, for me it did just the opposite (not that this is a bad thing. Characters who are so fully developed that we understand every move are really no fun). Baker's prose is lovely and the story holds us—in fact I was turning pagers faster than I had with Baker's other two books. We do not often get an author who needs three books to bring a character to life and I am glad we have had these three. I can only wonder what will be next for Tom Baker.


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Give Kids A Smile Day
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In 2002, Drs. Jeff Dalin and B. Ray Storm held the first Give Kids A Smile® (GKAS) event in a run-down soon-to-be-demolished dental clinic in St. Louis, where 15 patient chairs were scraped together to deliver free dental care to nearly 400 children.
About GKAS
The American Dental Association (ADA) recognized that this grassroots effort had great potential to raise awareness nationally about the importance of oral health to overall health, and about the staggering need that exists among millions of children who go without care. So in 2003, Give Kids A Smile evolved into a nationwide program with the collaboration of the ADA, Henry Schein, Procter & Gamble, and DEXIS.
Today, Give Kids A Smile is the ADA Foundation's signature access to oral health care program for underserved children, with events taking place throughout the year. These events kick off annually on the first Friday in February, which is Give Kids A Smile Day. Thousands of dentists and volunteers give their time to provide free oral health education, screenings, and treatment to underserved children.
Since 2003, more than 5.5 million children have been cared for by more than half a million volunteers.
Give Kids A Smile remains a critical piece of the ADA's Action for Dental Health, a nationwide, community-based movement aimed at ending the dental health crisis facing America today. It is designed to address the dental health crisis in three distinct areas: 1. Provide care now to people who are suffering from untreated disease; 2. Strengthen and expand the public/private safety net; and 3. Bring disease prevention and education into communities.
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>>Ben Johnson l 5.02.10
OKC's Apartment Market Holding Up Amid Downturn
– Northwest Oklahoma City (south half) stayed the same at 89%
– Northwest Oklahoma City (north half) decreased from 92% to 91%
– Southwest Oklahoma City decreased from 94% to 92%
– Edmond decreased from 95% to 92%
– Norman increased from 91% to 92%
– Midwest City/Del City decreased from 91% to 90%.
The Oklahoma City area continues to experience new construction of multifamily properties. However, the future pipeline of new construction is minimal at this time. Areas of focus are still downtown Oklahoma City and Edmond including north Oklahoma City locations with Edmond or Deer Creek public schools. The second phase of Lincoln at Central Park consisting of 432 units is in the final stages of construction. In the Edmond area, the 302 unit phase one of Fountain Lake was recently completed near the northwest corner of Boulevard and Memorial. Also in Edmond, the Enclave (150 units) is under construction near the southwest corner of Covell and Kelly, as well as the Summit Groves Apartments just northwest of Edmond Road and Western Avenue.
For more information on the report, contact William T. Forrest at firstname.lastname@example.com or 405-272-5357.
>>Ben Johnson l 7.02.09
Energy, utility industries propping up OKC Apartment Market
According to a recent report by Marcus & Millichap, the Oklahoma City apartment market will not be immune to broader economic conditions this year but should post a healthier performance than many regional markets due to a strong energy and utility base.
The metro was one of only a few in the nation to add jobs last year, with gains largely driven by gas and oil companies, and while local payrolls are forecast to contract in 2009, losses will be relatively modest.
"Investors remain attracted to apartment properties in Oklahoma City for the metro's long-term stability," says Gary Lucas, regional manager of the Oklahoma City office of Marcus & Millichap. "Buying trends have shifted, however, with many investors now focusing on smaller complexes located along key arterial routes."
While the level of new supply on in the pipeline is troubling, demand is projected to ease the pain. Projections for healthy growth in the 25- to 34-year-old group, a key renter base, is forecast to expand at nearly two times the national average over the next five years. What's more, the growth will be strongest close to universities in the Norman and Edmond submarkets, as well as downtown, where young professionals have been migrating in recent years.
Here are a few of the report's major findings:
After adding 3,700 jobs in 2008, employers are expected to cut 5,000 positions this year, or 0.9% of total employment, as a result of ongoing weakness in the financial activities and manufacturing sectors.
Even though no apartments were delivered last year, completions in 2009 are set to be more than twice the metro's five-year annual average. Nearly 650 units are slated to come online this year, expanding metro stock by 0.8%.
Following a 20 basis point uptick in vacancy in 2008, increased supply-side pressure is forecast to contribute to raising vacancy by 90 basis points this year to 9.5%.
A decrease in employment is expected to yield slowing demand for apartments. As such, owners are projected to lower asking rents by 0.4% in 2009 to $541 per month. Increased concessions, meanwhile, will lead to a 0.8% retreat in effective rents to $515 per month.
For a copy of the Oklahoma City Apartment Research Report, as well as reports on other markets nationwide, go toMarcusMillichap.com.
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This man should have retired a long time ago with enough achievements to boast about to his grandchildren. During most of his career span he was yet another unknown engineer with the railways, until he took up the challenge of building the Konkan Railway that reduced the Mumbai-Kochi distance by one-third. Before his taking up this project, it was believed to be impossible. Many experts commented that the project is not financially viable. Technically, it seemed to be challenging due to enormous amount of tunneling and slope stabilization work involved. Several environment groups refuted the project reasoning that it would be detrimental to the local fauna and flora. These are the usual bottlenecks of perhaps every infrastructure project being built in India. Several litigations were filed by NGO's, processions and dharnas were held to oppose this project. He defied them all and built India's first, post independence genuine railway project of notable size since the British started the railway in nineteenth century.
The man was at his innovative best during the time when the government was short of funds. Under his leadership the Konkan Railway's public bonds were raised and that was more than a decade ago when such things were unprecedented. The Konkan Railway is still very prestigious project of Indian Railways.
Mr. Sreedharan in his third innings was appointed as Managing Director of Delhi metro. Initially, no one was really sure that the Delhi metro shall ever become a reality. The reason being the past experience of Calcutta metro. Even this small, one-line metro had caused enormous chaos for a decade and a half. However, the old man took up the job and built this prestigious project ahead of schedule in spite of several hurdles such as initial setback in the form of Japanese sanctions after Pokharan and mishappening during construction stage. Whenever he has been asked about the reason of his success he had always replied – good team work. Now what will be next? Shall he lead a virtuous life of a retired man or will take up some new challenging assignment? Let's keep our finger crossed till he hangs his boots at the end of this year.
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Almost every aspect of American life today relies on some aspect of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) data provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
Along those lines, the Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate in coordination with the Office of Infrastructure Protection and the National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) created a Best Practices Guide to improve the operations and development of Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment used by critical infrastructure.
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The goal of the paper is to provide owners, operators, researchers, designers, and manufacturers with information to improve the security and resilience of PNT equipment across the spectrum of equipment development, deployment, and use.
Specifically, recommendations should consider:
• Installation and operation strategies that can be implemented for current equipment
• Strategies that can result in more resilient new and/or improved products based on existing technology and knowledge
Implementing these recommendations will lead to increased "competence" — that is, equipment better able to accommodate imperfections in their inputs, regardless of whether these imperfections are intentional or not.
The appendices include observations and interactions with critical infrastructure owners and operators whose insights on their use of PNT information provided significant background for this document; details on the operational benefits of blocking antennas; and research topics where additional information could add to the knowledge of relevant communities and capabilities of equipment using GNSS-provided data for PNT operations.
A. Interference and jamming: Interference arises from unintentionally produced RF waveforms that raise the effective noise floor in the receiver processing, thus degrading or denying a receiver's ability to operate. Jamming is intentionally produced RF waveforms that have the same effect as interference; the only difference is the intent to degrade or deny a target receiver's operation.
B. Spoofing: Spoofing is caused by RF waveforms that mimic true signals in some ways, but deny, degrade, disrupt, or deceive a receiver's operation when they are processed. Spoofing may be unintentional, such as effects from the signals of a GPS repeater, or they may be intentional and even malicious. There are two classes of spoofing:
• Measurement spoofing introduces RF waveforms that cause the target receiver to produce incorrect measurements of time of arrival or frequency of arrival or their rates of change.
• Data spoofing introduces incorrect digital data to the target receiver for its use in processing of signals and the calculation of PNT.
Either type of spoofing can cause a range of effects, from incorrect outputs of PNT to receiver malfunction. The onset of these effects can be instantaneous or delayed and it is possible for effects to continue even after the spoofing has ended.
This guidance document identifies 22 specific recommendations for receivers and equipment today and existing techniques that can be inserted into new products. These installation and operation strategies and development opportunities described herein can significantly enhance the ability of GNSS receivers and associated equipment to defend against a range of interference, jamming, and spoofing attacks.
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It was a big weekend, y'all. I drove my first-born two hours away from our home to summer camp in the beautiful Texas Hill Country for the first time. Few things go more against your motherly instinct than leaving your kid with strangers, in the woods, and driving away. But she was ready. Boy, was she ready. She kept saying things like, "You can go now, MOM," and "BYE. MOM (eye roll, sigh)." I'm not embarrassed to admit I risked life and limb (aka being pushed away) to hug her and sneak a kiss onto her cheek, in front of everyone (oh, yes I did). She didn't slug me and, I'm pretty sure, she kinda hugged me back.
As much as I'd love to be a "Free Range Kids" kind of parent, I fear I'm a little more helicopter and a little less free-range-friendly. So imagine my surprise when I didn't spend the weeks leading up to camp freaking out about sending my child away from me for the first time (did I mention this is the FIRST time?). Weird, I know. It's not like me to be OK with something so monumental, to not spend every waking moment trying to control the situation or imagine every possible best and worst case scenario. But, for some reason, I haven't felt worried. The only way to explain it is that this, whatever it is, it's a feeling in my gut. Going to this camp is the right thing at the right time for her. I don't know how I know it but I do, and I know it in my bones. Maybe that's what they call grace. Or maybe I'm starting to get the hang of this parenting thing. Or, most likely, I'm tired of flying that damn helicopter and I'm realizing it's her turn to step slowly into the cockpit of her own life while I get the heck out of her way.
All this to say, I may be handling it well but I sure could use some distractions this week. I mean, I am still checking the clock every three minutes wondering, "What's she doing now? And now? And what about now?!?" So! What are you writing about in these deep days of summer? Share your posts here, San Antonio mom bloggers. I'll be reading them, commenting on them, and sharing them out.


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Great set of 70's Brooklyn photos on Flickr
Photo from Flickr by user Whiskeygonebad.
Someone passed a flickr link to me of a photoset belonging to photographer "Whiskeygonebad". I knew nothing about the guy, but his photos are a great mix of family memories, everyday hanging out, and teenage bravura all dressed in a palette of 60's, 60's and especially 70's Brooklyn. He's posted photos from as far back as the 40's as well. Check out his works if you want another idea of how many eras and worlds exist all in Brooklyn.
"Whiskey" in addition to having a great compositional eye, is Italian, grew up in Boro Park. Looking at his 70's pics I felt like I was viewing the art directional inspiration for Saturday Night Fever. Here's that 70's set. [Flickr]
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The Scooba like the Roomba is a cleaning robot made by iRobot. Unlike the Roomba, the Scooba is a floor scrubbing robot that works on sealed hardwood floor, linoleum, and tile. The most recent model is the Scooba 230. It's cylindrical like the Roomba, but it's a lot taller and 6½ inches wide. Here's the Scooba in action:
Originally posted on January 28, 2012.