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President Barack Obama may be feeling much more like a Washingtonian these days, but there's no way he's forgetting his Chicago roots.
Case in point: Monday afternoon at Nationals Park. Obama walked out onto the field (to a good mix of boos and applause) wearing a Washington Nationals jacket. But after shaking hands and working his way out to the mound, he pulled out his trusty Chicago White Sox cap and placed it firmly on his head, drawing jeers from the crowd. Obama laughed it off and waved.
He then kicked off the Nationals' season by throwing a perfect strike to home. Well, at least that's how it will go down in presidential folklore.
In reality, the prez lollipopped his pitch high and waaay outside, forcing Ryan Zimmerman to jump up out of his crouch to stab it out of the air and avoid having it roll to the backstop.
"I was a little disappointed with the pitch," Obama told the Nationals' TV broadcast team of Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble. "Fortunately, Zimmerman is tall and had enough reach."
At least the president wasn't wearing "mom jeans." Obama showed up this time in khakis, avoiding another national fashion disaster.
Obama, a lefthander, had been loosening up for the important, ceremonial first pitch.
"You're down there practicing, throwing strikes, heat," Obama told the TV crew. "You come out here and the thing slips out of your hand a little bit."
Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama hurled pitches at personal assistant Reggie Love and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, as he prepared with workouts in the White House Rose Garden.
Obama threw out the first pitch at last year's All-Star game in St. Louis, wearing a White Sox jacket, a nod to his hometown Chicago team.


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Go Old School, The New Way: Lund and Darden Talk Bodybuilding
Notice the remarkable "glow" that Scott Wilson's body seems to have. That's a trait of a Chris Lund photograph and some of his outstanding shots are used in The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results. In the 1980s, Lund developed his own film and hand-printed each selected negative. Today, those techniques would be considered old school — which, in my mind, means superior.
by Ellington Darden, Ph.D.
Chris Lund has been a primary photographer for Joe Weider's muscle magazines for more than two decades. Plus, he's also the editor of the British version of Flex magazine.
In the 1980s, Lund worked with me on many of my bodybuilding books — such as The Nautilus Advanced Bodybuilding Book, High-Intensity Bodybuilding, and Massive Muscles in 10 Weeks. His creative photography was one of the reasons that each of the above became a bestseller.
Chris grew up in Sunderland, England, during the 1950s and 1960s and remembers being fascinated by size and strength. "I started weight training at our local YMCA in 1962," Chris noted, "with a bunch of hardcore guys, led by a Reg Park look-a-like named Steve. Steve weighed 300 pounds, which was unheard of then, and advocated drinking 6 to 8 pints of milk mixed with raw eggs — every day.
"On Saturday night, the training gang would all go to a working man's pub and, under Steve's instruction, each of us would down 8 pints of Guinness — in preparation for Monday's workout.
"Besides eating big, Steve also pushed big-muscle exercises, three-times-per-week training, and whole-body routines. As you can probably imagine, we all added significant mass to our frames.
"A couple of years later, I was employed at the police department, where I was an investigation officer. Part of the job involved photography and the department taught me how to take precise, well-lit pictures related to crime-scene evidence.
"Soon thereafter, I took my first bodybuilding photo and sent it to a muscle magazine. The shot was of Tony Emmott, who had placed high in the Mr. Britain contest. Tony went through his posing routine at the local pub one night and I was down front with a borrowed 35mm camera. When the photo was published, I received a check for $12.
"I thought to myself: This will probably be easier than crime-scene investigations. Little did I know what I was getting myself into!
"It wasn't long, however, before I was hooked on bodybuilding photography. After forty years, I still am."
Recently, Chris and I discussed my latest book.
Chris Lund: Ell, your new book was a pleasure for me to read. It brought back a ton of memories. It's been out for about 6 months now — has it met your expectations in the sales department?
Ellington Darden: The book has done well — but I want it to sell even better. It's still relatively early in the book's life. None of the magazine reviews — such as IronMan, Flex, and MuscleMag — have been published yet. They will appear in the summer of 2007 — so that exposure should help.
Most of the copies to date have been marketed through two Internet Web sites: DrDarden.com and T-Nation.com.
Lund: I imagine your Web site has sold a lot more books than T-Nation — right?
Darden: That's a fascinating question. T-Nation has at least ten times the readership, as does DrDarden. Knowing that, I started writing bodybuilding articles for T-Nation in early 2006 — in hopes that when my book was finally published, many of the T-Nation members would be motivated to purchase it.
A couple of weeks before the book was officially released (October 30, 2006), I told Tim Paterson, the executive editor of T-Nation, that I thought I'd sell two or three times as many books on T-Nation as I did on DrDarden. Tim, who produces both Web sites, was more cautious. He thought the T-Nation crowd would be a tough bunch to influence.
What actually happened?
My Web site initially sold five times as many copies as T-Nation and that ratio continued for two months. Then, T-Nation picked up and DrDarden decreased. Today, both sell about the same number each week. After six months, the overall tally is that DrDarden has sold twice as many copies as T-Nation.
I'm disappointed I haven't sold more books to T-Nation members. But I'm very pleased that the DrDarden readers have responded as they have to the book.
Tim Patterson was right. The T-Nation group has been a real challenge — but I'm determined to chip away at them.
Lund: I've visited the T-Nation Web site a number of times. They certainly have a lot going on, with numerous training philosophies and almost-anything-goes forums. And T-Nation promotes other bodybuilding books, too.
Darden: Right. You could compare it to some of the most popular muscle magazines from the past. T-Nation posts articles on powerlifting, weightlifting, strongman events, martial arts, as well as bodybuilding and supplements — and now there's even a women's section.
There's a tremendous amount of competition at T-Nation. Actually, I guess you could say my eight articles, posted on T-Nation over the last 12 months, have held up fairly well. The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results, as I was noting earlier, sells approximately the same number of copies per week now, as does my Web site. Thus, the sales at T-Nation are gradually increasing.
Lund: But your book, Ell, has so much going for it — the layout, photography, routines, and stories — that I can't imagine any of the other books T-Nation offers being anywhere near the same appeal as yours.
Darden: Thanks Chris. You're probably right, but the problem is getting a potential buyer to recognize that — without being able to pick up the various books, thumb though them, and notice the differences. The hand-eye appearance and feel of a book is very important. A browser can recognize that in a bookstore, but that's hard to accomplish on the Internet.
Lund: Concerning your book, what specifically do you mean by the new bodybuilding? Is it really NEW?
Darden: The nitty-gritty of "the new bodybuilding," which I use in the title, is fairly simple:
In the 1970s, Arthur Jones started a significant fire in the bodybuilding community, and then for whatever reasons, he let the flame almost DIE. What would HIT be like if Arthur had fed and fanned that fire into a raging inferno . . . that just kept spreading?
In other words, if Arthur had continued to evolve HIT — with science, experience, and his incredible logical mind — what would it resemble in 2007 and beyond?
That's what I want the new bodybuilding to be a part of. I want to deliver TODAY, what Arthur claimed HIT could do more than three decades ago. And I believe I can, by making certain subtractions and additions to Jones's original guidelines. By applying my revised and updated concepts, I'm convinced that the original old-school results would be even better.
If you carefully examine Jones's Bulletin No. 1, there are 12 major points that he hammers multiple times throughout the manual. These are his basic principles.
In The New BodybuildingI expand on Arthur's basics and end up with 24 primary principles. Then I combine the primary 24 with 29 secondary ones. In total, I discuss 53 salient guidelines that cover all phases of bodybuilding: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
As examples at the advanced level, I present two calf routines in chapter 27 that involve very high repetitions for accentuating "accumulated byproducts of fatigue," a progressive stimulus for stubborn calves. Wait till you try that concept on your lagging lower legs? In chapter 3, I dig up an unvarnished arm cycle that was a favorite of Boyer Coe. Who wouldn't like to have Coe's biceps and triceps? If you want bolder, broader shoulders, I share a deltoid routine in chapter 29 that was mainstay at Muscle Beach and Vic Tanny's Gym and was championed by Steve Reeves, Ben Sorenson, and Chuck Ahrens.
All in all, with The New Bodybuilding, you'll not only be combining the old with the new, but you'll train smarter, not longer. Jones would have said harder,not longer — but sometimes harder is not the answer, smarter is. I've found that a slight reduction of intensity (not-to-failure training) can often lead to renewed muscular growth. Of course, you've got to know when and how to use such a technique.
Chris Lund's photo of Ed Kawak, 1982 NABBA Mr. Universe, makes a terrific opener for the book.
Over the last 30 years, I've remained confident and loyalto HIT. Why? Because I saw, tried, and learned from the best teacher of all: Arthur Jones. The real Arthur Jones (and he played many roles) was foremost in my mind an inspiring educator. I've unlearned — and then learned — a great deal from being around Jones.
Furthermore, I've trained thousands of people successfully using the HIT techniques. Along the way, I've reviewed tons of library research and I've experimented with every new exercise method you can name — always trying to find a better, more productive guidelines to apply.
Most of the time, I've failed. That new research, or that new method, proved no better than the old way — and many times it was actually worse. But occasionally, something did prove to be better, faster, and more conducive to growth. And when combined with a slight twist on an old technique, then watch out, now we're on to something of value.
That's sort of been the way I spent a part of my time each week over the last three decades . . . month after month, year after year. Some people might say I'm unique or weird — but the way I see it, anyone with a thinking mind should've ended up with my HIT conclusions, which are:
HIT worked well in the 1970s. Today, with progressive revisions, HIT works even better.
Lund: You know, Ell, I find myself thinking about Arthur Jones and his early writings almost every week. I hear he's in poor health. How's the old man doing?
Darden: Chris, he's not well. I visited him on April 24, 2007, and he weighs only 120 pounds. His normal body weight was 170, so he's lost 50 pounds. He's almost deaf and wheezes on every fourth or fifth breath. He can walk slowly around his home on most days and he was reasonably lucid during my visit.
I arrived at 11:00 AM and stayed for about 90 minutes. His housekeeper arrived about noon and Arthur instructed her that he wanted no lunch — none. He said his appetite is almost at a zero level. He did, however drink about two ounces of an Ensure nutrition drink.
He asked me about several of our mutual friends and he talked a bit about the Virginia Tech killer. Arthur said the student was some kind of kook to able to shoot that many people with accuracy, repeatedly, and be only 23 years old.
Arthur noted that he had known many extreme, crazy types in his life — but none who was that warped at such an early age. Then, in contrast, he said the best man he ever knew was his father, Edgar Jones; and, by far, the best woman was Inge, his last wife, who died in 2004.
I told him that my first assignment, when I started work for Nautilus in 1973, was to drive with Inge to Alliance, Nebraska — and study the printing and publishing business with Peary and Mabel Rader of IronMan magazine. Inge and I spent a meaningful six weeks learning as much as we could about the details. After we returned to Florida, Arthur purchased a number of printing presses and Nautilus jumped headfirst into in-house publishing. Inge was a big part of that and continued to work behind the scenes on just about every thing that Nautilus did over the next 14 years.
As Arthur began to tire, I asked him if he would sign the back cover of The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results, which displays the best picture I've ever seen of him. Under . . .
Harder, Briefer, More Infrequent . . . Exercise
he wrote, in a strong hand:
Arthur Jones 4/24/07
That back cover, appropriately framed, will occupy an important place on the wall of my new home gym.
I left Arthur the way I arrived — APPRECIATIVELY — that I had spent so many years of my life working with, and learning from, a truly great, one-of-a-kind man.
Lund: I can't picture Arthur weighing 120 pounds and creeping around his home. He was always such a go-getter, who seemed to have a dozen different projects transpiring at the same time. In 1984, I flew with him to Mexico and photographed one of his ongoing medical projects. I never saw him even sit down the entire four days. He was constantly on the move.
Darden: You're right, Chris. Nobody could keep up with Arthur in the 1980s. But that's changed now.
I hope Arthur lives for many more years. But my gut tells me that he won't last much longer.
Lund: After listening to you . . . and studying The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results, the book itself is sort of your testament to Arthur and what he means to you — am I right?
Darden: That's a very astute observation, Chris. I didn't start out to do that, but as Arthur's health, over the last two years took a downturn, more and more of those feelings emerged.
Overall, I wanted the authentic Arthur Jones — the Arthur Jones that I knew on a day-to-day basis for more than 20 years — to shine through. Arthur was a very complex man who had many sides. The book presents and illustrates the way I remember him and the influence he had on me — as well as the influence he had on many other people, such as Jim Flanagan, Kim Wood, and Werner Kieser.
I took these shots of Arthur Jones in early 1983 during a one-on-one training session with Boyer Coe. There was a heightened intensity to being trained by Jones that demanded extreme focus.
Lund: I'm a big proponent of that calf routine in chapter 27, which was in IronMan in 1971. I know I put a good half-inch on my calves from doing it for two weeks.
In fact, your book has quenched a thirst I've had for 20 years. I knew HIT wasn't fully developed.
I'm actually disappointed that it's taken this long to get things back on track. There's a lot of ground to make up. Like Arthur would say to a young, aspiring bodybuilder, "If you can spend the next 20 years unlearning everything you were taught about exercise, by the time you're 40, you might have a chance to actually learnsomething of value." Boy oh boy, there's a lot of unlearning to do.
Ell, you've referred to "old school" a number of times. I think I know what you mean, but being from England — we're more likeancient school — why don't you explain it? Exactly what do you mean by old school, as it relates to bodybuilding?
Darden: Chris, I'll define old-school bodybuilding by supplying an Arthur Jones-type answer; I'll tell first what it is NOT:
And, now, what it IS:
Most of the champion or master bodybuilders from the 1940s through the 1970s were well versed in applying the second group of traits. The masters spent a lot of time mentoringthe beginners, and, as a result, the loyalty and confidence of the younger guys were kept at a high level. Remember, this confidence and loyalty were borne out of results-producing instruction. It's motivating to see a high-rate of progress.
Lund: Ell, you're right about a lack of productive mentoring — and, consequently, there's very little confidence and loyalty among bodybuilders, and especially where coaches and gyms are concerned.
Who are these bodybuilding masters that you refer to?
Darden: For example, there's Vic Tanny, Ben Sorenson, Steve Reeves, George Eiferman, and of course, Arthur Jones. In the book, I interview a number of my colleagues from the 1970s — men such as Kim Wood, Jim Flanagan, Roger Schwab, Joe Mullen, Casey Viator, Boyer Coe, Dan Riley, Werner Kieser, Wes Brown, and Joe Cirulli — who excelled and contributed greatly to strength training and bodybuilding. I consider all of them masters as well as mentors.
Let's be honest. Most trainees today don't want that bloated, drug-induced look of a modern pro bodybuilder. They'd much rather have that chiseled, hard, athletic look that Steve Reeves made famous in his bodybuilding competitions, as well as his Hercules movies. Or how about the physiques that Boyer Coe and Casey Viator projected in the 1970s? You know — lean, muscular, athletic bodies with 32-inch waists — not 42-inch, protruding bellies?
In my opinion, the Golden-Age Mr. Americas had the types of muscular development that the majority of trainees want. Heck, most guys would be thrilled today with anything even close to the physiques of Coe and Viator.
I've interviewed the masters and talked to them about what worked best then, as well as now, and what they'd do different if they could change something.
Furthermore, I have a lot of pictures that I shot of Casey Viator in 1978, when Jim Flanagan and I were training him for the NABBA Mr. Universe contest. Casey was in great shape, with his full muscle bellies and impressive definition. One of the best shots is on the front cover of the book.
Lund: Yes, Casey was quite a character. I photographed him a number of times in 1980. He kept me laughing half the time with all his antics and memories of the early days at Nautilus.
In the 1960s, the photos of those Golden-Age Mr. Americas kept me inspired back in the YMCA gym in England. I can still close my eyes and see those sunny, outdoor magazine covers of Jim Haislop, Frank Zane, and Boyer Coe.
Even today, when I photograph the professional champions — such as Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, Gunter Schlierkamp, and Markus Ruhl — I marvel at their huge body parts, but I also wonder how they'd look (and act) with less mass, 32-inch waists, and with something we used to call SYMMETRY?
Darden: I've often thought the same things you have. I'm glad I grew up when I did and had a chance to see, know, and appreciate the Golden-Age bodybuilders.
Lund: Ell, can you share a few more insider sentiments about The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results?
Darden: First, I wanted to do something different. Every bodybuilding book I've seen is always printed in a vertical format. It's either 6 by 9 inches in size, or 8 by 11 inches. Bookstores like that format because the headline is at the top and they can usually pack more books into a given area and still see the titles. Horizontal-format styles often get lost in a crowd of vertical books.
But since I wasn't going to sell the book in bookstores, the format was up to me. Thus, I went with a horizontal style, which is a format of 11 inches across the top and bottom and 8 inches up the spine.
Such a format gave me a chance to run the text in four short columns, much as USA Today does in their newspaper — which means I could get more words per page. This was important because the book is the longest one I've ever written. It's 112,000 words, which divide into 7 parts, 34 chapters, and 312 pages.
The horizontal style lended itself to doing some very interesting two-page photo spreads — which added a hardcore feel to the text. In some pictures, due to the intensity of the exercise and your expert lighting, a reader can actually see the sweat emerging through the skin. There are 248 hand-selected pictures in the book and each one is cropped for maximum impact.
And equally important, the text and photos are printed on quality-coated paper, which seems to be a forgotten trait of the past, especially in trade paperback books. With high-quality paper the pictures are more vivid and appear to leap of the pages, which is what I wanted.
Lund: Those full-page horizontal photos are really great. Naturally, I like what you've done with some of those shots of mine, especially the inside front and back covers, plus some of the magic close-ups of Boyer Coe and Scott Wilson.
Darden: Boyer and Scott — what great guys they were to work with. Chris, your photography of them certainly captured their physiques in an inspiring way. Their muscles seem to jump right off the page.
Chris Lund arranged this backlit photo of Boyer Coe as he performed a torso-arm pulldown on an outdoor loading dock. The distant background was actually an out-of-focus parking lot and the side of a metal building. In the foreground was a Nautilus double chest machine.
Lund: I'm a fan of the varied routines in your bodybuilding books. You've already touched on several workouts, but how many different routines are in The New Bodybuilding?
Darden: In Part V and Part VI, there are 32 tried-and-proven routines, including the "Best of the Best." All the workouts adapt easily to free weights and/or machines.
These 32 routines pull together and update all my previous bodybuilding books. I'm very pleased with the end result.
Below are some of the training routines that are featured:
Lund: Sounds bloody stimulating. I plan to do what I can to promote the book in Great Britain.
Darden: Thanks Chris. And thanks for your insights . . . and, of course, your extra-ordinary training photography.
This old-school gym of Kim Wood contains a collection of antique barbells and dumbbells that would make Chris Lund and his English training partners — including Eugene Sandow — envious.
As the author of The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results, I want to speak directly to you, from the heart. If you're a fan of Arthur Jones, the Golden Age, and tough routines that really work — this book is everything you've hoped for, and more.
Ever think there were key elements missing from your training, the absence of which was holding you back?
Well, let me assure you there are. For the last 15 years, I've been challenged repeatedly to give the world of high-intensity training some straight talk, and to inform the masses how far off track they really are. Finally, with this book, I've done just that.
The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results contains some important missing keys to maximizing your progress — the kind of progress that the Arthur Jones legend was built upon . . . the kind of progress that's been all but lost, and the kind of progress that produces the results you've always dreamed of.
It's time to . . . Go Old School, The New Way.
Don't waste another moment on unproductive training. Get inspired. Be confident. Stay motivated.
Ellington Darden
Mississippi, USA

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Unmasked paedophile Rolf Harris could face dying behind bars after he is sentenced today for a string of indecent assaults.
The shamed entertainer was found guilty of 12 counts at London's Southwark Crown Court on Monday in unanimous verdicts by a jury of six men and six women.
Harris, 84, from Bray in Berkshire, was convicted of nine assaults between 1968 and 1985 - one on a girl aged seven or eight, and the rest on teenagers between 14 and 19.
Health regulator must get better
Health regulator Monitor's effectiveness has been brought into question by an influential group of MPs.
The regulator "must get better" at identifying NHS hospital trusts at risk of failure, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said.
Its latest report highlighted the large proportion of foundation trusts, which Monitor regulates, that are in financial difficulties.
Coulsen to be sentenced for hacking plot
Disgraced No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson faces up to two years in jail today when he is sentenced for plotting to hack phones while he was in charge of the News of the World.
The 46-year-old father-of-three was found guilty last week of conspiring to intercept voicemails at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid following an eight-month trial at the Old Bailey.
Under his editorship, the NotW was "utterly corrupt" and "became a thoroughly criminal enterprise", according to prosecutor Andrew Edis QC.
MPs condemn dysfunctional market
Motor insurance is a "highly dysfunctional market" in which firms' pursuit of profit has led to higher prices for consumers, a report by MPs has said.
In some cases, business practices have not been in the consumer interest and have "inadvertently encouraged criminal activity", the report from the House of Commons Transport Committee said.
There was no clearer example of this than "insurance firms' willingness to pay compensation for whiplash claims which they suspect are fraudulent without requiring the claimant to undergo a medical examination".
Clegg wants Northern cities growth
Nick Clegg is appealing for ideas from the public on how to boost growth in the North of England.
The Deputy Prime Minister is to urge people to email the Government with suggestions for cities like Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester.
In a speech to the International Business Festival in Leeds, Mr Clegg will suggest that the HS2 train link could stop in the centre of Sheffield - the city that includes his own constituency - and stress the Government's existing measures to fuel an economic revival.
Briton warns over flag of Islam
A British man who claims he has been fighting alongside jihadi militants in Syria has told the BBC he will not return to the UK until he can raise "the black flag of Islam" over Downing Street.
The comments were broadcast as religious leaders called on British Muslims not to travel to Syria and Iraq, amid fears of jihadis fleeing the country to take part in terrorism.
An open letter signed by more than 100 imams from across major theological backgrounds and cultural groups has urged British Muslim communities "to continue the generous and tireless effort to support all of those affected by the crisis in Syria and unfolding events in Iraq", but to do so "from the UK in a safe and responsible way".
Government policies in freefall
The installation of measures to help homes save energy has collapsed as a result of Government policies, campaigners have said.
The number of energy efficiency measures installed under national programmes fell 60% in the past year, down from a peak of 1.65 million in 2012/13 to 661,000 in 2013/14, research commissioned by the Energy Bill Revolution campaign showed.
The number of energy efficiency measures, which include cavity wall, solid wall and loft insulation and new boilers, was set to fall again by nearly a quarter (23%) this year, to 507,000.
Social media sets TV choices
Social media is now such a central part of everyday life that people use it to decide which TV programmes to watch, a new survey has revealed.
According to research carried out by on-demand TV service YouView, 12% said they got programme recommendations directly from Facebook, with 6% saying they relied on Twitter.
There has been a steady increase in the number of Britons who use mobile devices while watching TV. The practice is known as "second-screening" and according to a Nielsen survey from 2013, more than 45% of smartphone owners use their device while watching TV every day.
Discovery offers breast cancer hope
Women with an especially deadly form of breast cancer have been given new hope by the discovery of a molecule that helps their tumours grow and spread.
The molecule, known as alpha v beta 6, could be used to identify at-risk patients and develop new treatments, say scientists.
A study found high levels of alpha v beta 6 in 40% of tumours in women with HER2 positive breast cancer, a form of the disease that does not respond to conventional hormone therapy.


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The world smartphone usage total has passed the billion-unit point, the first time it has done so. It has taken 20 years, from the first appearance of the device in November 1992 to today.
Strategy Analytics, a market watcher, today said it reckons one in seven members of the world's population has owned a smartphone during Q3 2012, with the usage figure hitting 1.038 billion during that three-month period.
The first smartphone was IBM's Simon, a device that premiered in November 1992 at the now defunct Comdex Fall show but which didn't ship until 1994. Two years later, Nokia released the Nokia 9000 Communicator, a handset closer than the Simon to the devices we call smartphones today.
"Nokia remained a dominant force in smartphones for over a decade until the arrival of Apple's iconic iPhone in 2007. The iPhone revolutionised smartphone design and it catalysed industry growth," added SA's Neil Mawston. "By the third quarter of 2011, we estimate there were 708 million smartphones in use worldwide."
Nokia's 9000 Communicator: the first 'modern' smartphone
One year on, the figure has risen to over one billion. With six billion folk out there without a smartphone, there's plenty more to sell in the coming years. Mawston forecast the two billion mark will be reached in 2015, just three years from now. ®


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SPRING BABIES: Proverbial wisdom says that many families take whatever vacation they're going to take during the summer months. But that's proverbial wisdom that's a bit cobwebby; it developed in a time when school vacations were more uniform, a half century ago, and getting that week off (or taking a week that was due to you) was not a big deal. Vacation styles change, though, and many families are apt to take longer weekends rather than weeks and travel at other times during the year. Thanksgiving is big for this, and really big? Yep, spring break leading right up to the week of Easter. That March week isn't just for college students looking for a beach but young'uns and their parents looking for some fun with, just perhaps, an educational aspect. With that in mind, we present for your consideration the San Diego Zoo -- you've heard of it, yes? -- and its annual Play Days.
MARCH 23-APRIL 15: There are always special events going down at the Balboa Park animal-sweet spot, but staffers up the kid-nice happenings during the spring-break-y period. Think Doctor Zoolittle's Bug Show and a stroller-decorating contest and meerkat feedings. Wait. Why didn't we just start this post with the words "meerkat feedings"? Is it too late to go back and begin again? We're sold. Let's also pause to mention her the zoo's new baby takin -- Linshuh is his name -- and that world-famous, quite literally, panda cub Little Gift (people are now calling him Mr. Wu). Whether you're able to swing by for a looksie at the wee ones or you just go to enjoy all the Play Days activities, it's nice to spend spring break, and a family vacay, in the learning way.


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Folk Art Comparisons
Recently we did a post on Eric Dowdle Folk Art puzzles. While we love Eric Dowdle (and we know you do, too, based on his popularity) we thought it might also be nice to get some comparisons across the folk art genre. The genre of folk art reflects the traditional values of society. Popular images include cozy neighborhoods, horse and buggies, farms, quilts, balloons, and parades. There's a sense of serenity, warmth, and community in them. Folk art is characterized by a style that is not concerned with either correct perspective or proportion. The folk artists with the most puzzles on our site include Charles Wysocki, Eric Dowdle, and Jane Wooster Scott, but we have even more! Some only have one or two puzzles, but their presence is still appreciated. But browse along these images and tell us who you like best!
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BOB PETTES is from Minneapolis, Minnesota and his talent for art was discovered in grade school. After the war, he took advantage of the GI Bill to study art at the college level. He focuses on Americana and European landscapes.
After the Chores by SunsOut. 300 pieces. Finished size: 18" x 24".
Meeting the Train by SunsOut. 500 pieces. Finished size: 18" x 24." CHARLES WYSOCKI was born in Detroit, Michigan to Polish parents. He credits his influences to Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. He considers himself a painter of early American life with a "love for the old-fashioned values."
Virginia's Nest by Buffalo Games. 300 pieces. Finished size: 21.25" x 15".
Pumpkin Hollow by Buffalo Games. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 26.75" x 19.75".
Benjamin's Music Store by Buffalo Games. 300 pieces. Finished size: 21.25" x 15". ELLEN STOUFFER is an artist that draws inspiration from everyday things, and she often includes things in her paintings inspired by her faith in God and her 1848 homestead. Sometimes her artwork features meaningful scripture.
Sheep Barn by Ceaco. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 27" x 20". ERIC DOWDLE appreciates the values of hard work and faith in God and devotion to one's country. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah but many of his artworks feature beautiful renditions of other famous towns and cities. Here are 2 more generic puzzles of his that may appeal more to someone from anywhere that's less of a travel buff.
Classic Car Show by Dowdle Folk Art. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 18" x 24".
Dog Walkers by Dowdle Folk Art. 500 pieces. Finished size: 16" x 20". SHEILA LEE was born in Baltimore and says her upbringing and her Irish Catholic heritage combined left her with a "terminal sense of humor" that she tries to inject in her art of people in simpler times who have that same humor. She is influenced by Charles Wysocki and Linda Nelson Stocks but adds her own flair with trademarks of a Celtic cross, a shooting star, calico prints, quilt patterns, a white dog with black spots, an antagonistic cat, or a mischievous child playing a prank.
Fourth of July by White Mountain. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 24" x 30".
Hometown Parade by White Mountain. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 24" x 30". LINDA NELSON STOCKS makes art that celebrates America's remarkable heritage injected with values of community and family. She enjoys painting farms and villages in rich detail.
Gifts from the Garden by Ceaco. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27".
Sasha Salutes the Flag by Ceaco. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27". MATTIE LOU O'KELLEY started beginning to paint at age 60 as a hobby. She died 19 years later, but in that time, she painted beautiful nostalgic works that depicted the Georgia countryside from the 20th century. She had always wanted to paint, but she had to leave school in 9th grade to help out on the family farm. She worked as a seamstress, cook, and waitress in town after her father died, and when she retired at age 60 she said she "finally had the time" to learn to paint, and quickly went on to be a celebrated folk artist.
Yard Sale by Pomegranate. 500 pieces. Finished size: 27" x 18". WILFREDO LIMVALENCIA considers his style "folk-realism" because he has a penchant for minute details. There is a unique blending of naieve art and realistic elements that makes Limvalencia's art really special. He brainstorms with his family and says he really feels blessed to live an artist's life.
Pies, Pastries, and Pumpkins by SunsOut. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27".
Great American Quilt Factory by SunsOut. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27"
Dockside Bears by SunsOut. 500 pieces. Finished size: 19" x 19". ART POULIN has a deep appreciation of America's simplicity and a knowledge of 20th century architecture that he infuses in his art in a seamless blend. His work is warm and gentle countryside scenes which embrace an alliance between accuracy in perspective and architecture not typically found in folk art. Before working in art, Poulin was in the military and had the honor to meet six presidents.
To the Barns by Buffalo Games. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27".
Roses at Snapdragon by Buffalo Games. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 20" x 27". TOM ANTONISHAK grew up in Pennsylvania as an Eagle Scout and there developed a deep appreciation of nature. His interest in art was a combination of his interest in history, specifically the American West. Before attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh for graphic design, he served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He says he tries to infuse an acute sense of detail and intensity in his art.
The Family Wagon by SunsOut. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 19" x 30".
Chasing Summer Butterflies by SunsOut. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 19" x 30".
Somerset Hills by SunsOut. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 19" x 30". JANE WOOSTER SCOTT is in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the most reproduced artists in America. At first she began by copying the style of artist Grandma Moses but eventually she developed her own style. Most of her shows today sell out on opening night. She describes herself as a very happy person, and hopes that her art brings out that same emotion in her viewers because, "We have enough stressful things in the world. We don't need it hanging on our walls."
The Pet Vet by Ceaco. 300 pieces. Finished size: 18" x 24".
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Ceaco. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 27" x 20".
Halloween Adventures by Ceaco. 1000 pieces. Finished size: 27" x 20".


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Atlanta Braves place five pitchers on disabled list
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Atlanta Braves placed five pitchers on the 15-day disabled list today, retroactive to March 21.
Right-handed pitchers Brandon Beachy and Kris Medlen each had right elbow surgery last week and will miss the 2014 season. Left-handed pitcher Mike Minor (left shoulder tendinitis), right-handed pitcher Gavin Floyd (recovering from right elbow surgery) and left-handed pitcher Jonny Venters (recovering from left elbow surgery) will continue their rehabilitation programs.
Atlanta now has 35 active players remaining in its Major League camp. The Braves begin the 2014 campaign on Monday, March 31, at Milwaukee (2:10 p.m., SportSouth).
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Mark Waldrep
Summer has arrived. I gave my final lecture and final exams, turned in all my grades, and attended graduation to send off another crop of audio/media engineers a couple of weeks ago. The class of 2017 was among my favorites and it was great receive a round of applause following the senior crit. I'm quite sure not everyone appreciates the demands I place on them but those that accept and overcome the challenges will undoubtedly find careers in the field. Many others will not but they are prepared for life in other professions. Congratulations to all of my students that work so hard and find their way into the professional world of audio. Bravo. And a special shout out to Mitch and Tyler for your encouraging comments.
Fifty years ago, The Beatles released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, a record that Rolling Stone magazine put at the top of their list of "the greatest albums of all time". I wouldn't disagree. It's hard to believe that it's been that long. I was 14 years old and living in Michigan when I purchased my copy — yes, I spent my hard earned money on a vinyl LP (there was no other choice)! I played that album countless times and have come to appreciate it all the more knowing that it was produced using only 4-track multitrack equipment. Geoff Emerick, the engineer at Abbey Road, and George Martin used a technique called "ping ponging" to record multiple microphones to dedicated tracks and then created submixes to the ultimate 4-track master. Interestingly, I have a copy of the 4-track master. A true appreciation of the craftsmanship can be seen when listening to the individual tracks.
The original release was in mono. Producer George Martin and band members spent about a week crafting the mixes and mastering the project in mono. Stereo was only starting to find its way into the production processes and distribution channels. As I understand it, the stereo release of Sgt. Peppers didn't involve John, Paul, George, and Ringo and was completed in less than a couple of days. Simple stereo was an afterthought.
So imagine my excitement when I learned that the 50th anniversary re-issue of the Sgt. Pepper album would include new stereo mixes AND 5.1 surround versions of all of the tracks. Giles Martin, the son of the legendary Beatles producer and an accomplished audio engineer in his own right, was responsible for the new mixes — both the stereo and surround — on the collector's edition. Knowing that the 4-track master has many of the individual instruments "bounced" together, I was particularly interested in hearing how Giles and his associates were able to extract each music part in order to take full advantage of the 5.1 speakers. I actually spent more than a few hours in my own studio trying to create a surround mix of a few of the tracks. It proved to be an insurmountable challenge.
But it wasn't insurmountable for the engineers at Abbey Road. From what Giles has said in some online interviews, they were able to move back one generation to the 4-track submasters from which the "ping ponging" was originally done. They located them in the archives and painstakingly transferred them to Pro Tools (I'm assuming at 96 kHz/24-bits or more) and put them back in sync. Other exotic digital processing was used to separate additional "folded" tracks. Then the process of mixing and mastering was done.
I've read a couple of reviews that question the rationale of remixing the ultimate "classic" Beatles record. The sentiments expressed focus on the "original intention" of the producer and band and how to alter the balance or spatial placement of a single instrument or voice would somehow violate a revered piece of sonic art. Nonsense. If technology exists that can bring new life to the original production in a new way, then why not?
I received my copy of the 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Peppers yesterday. With shipping, it cost me about $175 — money that was well spent. I listened to the new stereo mixes yesterday as I sat in my office and this morning I dedicated a block of time to listening to the 5.1 mixes in my home theater room (B&W FCM-8s, an Oppo DBP 205, Yamaha receiver, and zip cord for cabling). The last time I spent time actively listening to an album and doing nothing else was also a Beatles record — the "Love" album, which was also mixed by Giles with guidance from his father.
I'll provide a track by track review tomorrow but let me just share what I told my wife as I asked her to sit in the sweet spot and experience the 5.1 surround Sgt. Peppers. "Anyone who prefers the mono or stereo version over the 5.1 surround presentation doesn't know what they're talking about!" It's so amazing to hear the background vocals, audience noise, sound effects, and discrete instrumentation coming from all around you.
The Los Angeles Audio Show starts this Friday at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX. I'll have my normal table top playback system (an Oppo Blu-ray player, Benchmark DAC2-HGC, Oppo Headphones AND the Smyth Room Realizer). But I'm also going to bring a YARRA 3DX "smart" beam forming, sound bar to playback the Sgt. Pepper Blu-ray in binauralized surround without headphones. The YARRA 3DX campaign is right around the corner. The tentative date is July 11th and the company will have a demonstration system set up on the Mezzanine level next to AIX Records. If you're anywhere near Southern California, you should stop by to hear what this innovative technology can do. Imagine hearing The Beatles Sgt. Peppers in immersive 3D-audio without a home theater setup or headphones. I want to encourage my readers to stop by the YARRA 3DX website and sign up for the VIP list. There are well over 1000 names on the email list. I've been adding videos, specifications, FAQs, photos, and information to the site on a daily basis. It's definitely worth checking out.
To be continued…
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In general, I advise that programs be listened to in the format in which the recording was made to fully ingest the original intent of the artist. For simple acoustic recordings, this is a must IMHO.
But pop, multi-track recordings w/ lots of out of phase information lend themselves to multi-channel ; there is no reality reference to begin with.
I have no trouble believing Sgt.P in 5.1 is big fun, with stereo occupying the middle ground between mono and multi-channel.
But please…don't ever re-channel the Rolling Stones. The ABCKO SACDs are stunning.
Considering that the Stones original sonic model was a wall of mono, I'm thinking that taking that dense sound and opening it up, spreading it around a la 5.1 would take us quite far away from the sound they made in the studio.Even their many stereo releases aren't exactly light and airy. Some music communicates better when opened up, and some lose the gestalt impact, put it that way. Best, Craig
I think if a record was originally made in two channel (or one as is the case with SP) then its important to preserve that original for posterity. Giles Martin appears to have done that as well as create the new 5.1 mix. I would be interested to know what Mccartney and Starr make of this – i'm sure they would have embraced the technology had it been available at the time. I have Seal's first and second albums on DVD audio mixed from the original tracks to 5.1 and i think they sound superb, also Genesis albums SACD 5.1's that benefit greatly from the layers of instrumentation being given more room to breathe. Kraftwerk have just released their latest collection on Blu-ray mixed to Dolby Atmos – not my cup of T musically but good to see some innovation and fun. Multi channel is the real game changer in listening to music not PCM vs DSD 96/24 vs 44.1/16 etc etc…
Took me right back to 1967, in my parent's loving room with a couple of buddies, listening on the Motorola console. I'm sure the new reissue sounds much better, but the experience was the same. WOW!
" to send off another crop of audio/media engineers"
Too bad there isn't any music around to record anymore. They'll probably wind up selling life insurance to make a living.
I can't wait to hear the sgt pepper in 5.1
the 5.1 Love album is such a treat and sounds wonderful on my Linn Exakt system
Thanks for a great review
I recommend the LP record for the 50th anniversary of "Sgt. Peppers". There is too much compression on all of the digital releases and that is really a pity. A missed opportunity! In my opinion they should have given it to Steven Wilson because he is famous for his flat, non ear bleeding, transfers.
Here's a quote from the Abbey Road mastering engineer:
Excerpt from Audiophile Review 5/22/17
"Something I have been doing of late when I know there is likely to be a vinyl release of a project, is to capture a parallel feed of the mastered signal to my digital workstation specifically for the vinyl version. This vinyl pass is without any extra digital limiting (used to make digital platforms sound LOUD) and is completely unnecessary for analogue records and the cuts sound a lot better without it. This was how I cut the masters for the new stereo mix of Sgt. Pepper. The master lacquer discs were half-speed mastered from an un-limited feed, whereas all the digital platforms will have digital limiting applied.
The limited version was used as the source on all of the digitally delivered formats. It was kept high resolution for the Blu-ray and down-sampled and dithered for the non high resolution formats (e.g. CD). I should point out here that I only applied very gentle (?) limiting as thankfully the brief for this album was not to slam it against the wall with excessive level and allow the whole thing to breathe. This is obviously a good thing for sonics."
Miles Showell – Mastering Engineer, Abbey Road Studios
I'm also looking forward to hearing it. In fact I recently heard the Krafwert Minimum Maximum album in "5.1" as well as the mixes of Steven Wilson, Yes or Jethro, for example and many do not know what they are missing out on.
I believe its a gift from above to hear music in multiple channels. Many friends are musicians and for them creating music is what it is all about, usually 24/7.
We are audience members listening in on each Gig. The issue is not multi channel but the cost, in my opinion. If I were to obtain a Copland 6 channel preamp, 10 or 12 Bryston 7BSSt, Van Den Hul Carbon Cabling, Silver XLR and RCA connectors, 10 or 12 B&W 808 loudspeakers or if finances permitted-20 or 24 808's, Build the sound room I have been dreaming of for over 40 years, fabricate the remote controlled arms to position each speaker or speaker columm in mid air and then find a suitable source to feed everything, I surely would need close to half to a million dollars or more if I did most of everything on my own and acted as the General Contractor on the dirt cheap.
The sound would be good and addictive with all frequencies and a low noise floor. I dont have that money only those thoughts.
Is this the reason why these "sound bars" for lack of better knowledge are being promoted by AIX? Economy of scale and direct not far away sound at an economical price point? I believe I would miss all the frequencies-especially the lower registers and the air movement a wall of sound creates by way of lots of drivers.
For the time being I will stick with my four 808 in stereo at low SPL nearfield and keep buying Lotto tickets.
Thank you for all AIX does-a real refreshing consistant, constant bunch of information flow that is especially appreciated.
I too was looking forward to listening to the remix(es).
Untill now just the stereo remix – and I did enjoy it.
Only problem that I have is, that I would have to buy 'the whole package' to get the version,
that I am most eager to hear.
What a cheek – they aren't offering the BR seperately ;-(
Mark, I'd be interested in seeing you analyze these tracks vs earlier releases. The clarity is definitely better (you can hear a creaking chair at the end of 'Day in the Life', for example) but the compression sounds massive.
Hi Mark,
Sgt Peppers is rightly lauded as the best rock album ever. It's up there as my number 1. I appreciate your review of the 5.1 mix, but I have a different request for you.
Have you tried, or would you be able to compare the HD stereo version against the regular 16/44.1 version? I see no reason at all why one should be better than the other, but I expect to see loads of people proclaiming that the HD version is better. The reason for my asking is because of the price difference. In the USA the delta is not too much, but here in Australia the box set with HD version is way more expensive than the regular version.
A tricky request I know, not just because I am asking some of your time, but also because it is likely to stir some controversy, which is not the purpose of my request.
Have you experienced the JMF Audio DAC ?
I view 5.1 so called "surround sound" as son of quadraphonic sound which could have been called 4.0. Here are the differences. In 5.1 a center front channel has been added. This was necessary because the system is usually used for home theater where the direction of the dialogue has to appear to come from between the speakers somewhere near where the person in the video is located. Often if this is "derived" 5.1 this is just a monophonic composite of L+R. Only where a true center channel was recorded separately on the master tape is this truly 5 channels. In derived 5.1 receivers used in the "wide" mode increased channel separation of the front channels is achieved by using a variant of Ralph Glasgal's "separation control" circuit which was patented under his name when he worked for Fisher Radio many decades ago. This concept uses a phase cancellation method similar to the dematrix circuit in FM stereo demultiplexers to isolate L and R channels from L+R and L-R signals. Ambiophonic sound is the acoustic analog of this electronic circuit.
The rear channels can be fully isolated from other channels by SACD technology as one example. But even in the days of quadraphonic sound, besides the multiplicity of matrix systems there were at least two true 4 channel systems, 4 channel audio tape and the RCA CD4 system for phonograph records.
IMO 5.1 like 4.0 fail to produce lifelike concert hall realism based on the same analysis that causes binaural sound played through headphones to fail, only the details are different. The rear or side ambiance channels are beamed at the listener from two points whose sources are easy to locate very quickly. This does not provide the envelopment that concert halls impart where reflections come from so many directions that you cannot tell where any of them are coming from. So unlike binaural sound 5.1 does provide vector fields, but these fields are way off the mark. Again they are based on the static notion of detecting the direction of sound which as I explained elsewhere is easy to prove wrong.
Why oh why this obsession with trying to replicate a live performance in your living room? i really do not understand it. It's utterly pointless and unnecessary! A live performance is just that – a live performance. Enjoy it for what it is and then enjoy your recorded music for what it is – recorded music. Two different ways of experiencing music, both equally valid.
Well performed and recorded multi channel sound is stunning and allows the engineer to create the soundscape they want in a far more immersive way than standard two channel.


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National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NSDAP)
Large volumes and different types of data, including some of scientific and technical relevance are generated and compiled by various arms of the Government of India and various State Governments for meeting their specific requirements. Scientific organizations generate data and develop scientific data bases deploying huge public funds. Since such data are not generated under any standardized format, inter-operability of both scientific and technical data poses a serious challenge. Global experience has demonstrated convincingly that access to data leads to breakthroughs in scientific understanding as well as to economic and public good, in addition to several benefits to civil society. Given the deployment of substantial level of investment of public funds in collection of data and the untapped potentials of benefits to social society, it has become important to make available non-sensitive data for legitimate and registered use.
Keeping in view the emphasis of the Government on engaging citizens in Governance Reforms, placing of non-strategic data in public domain and the provisions of RTI Act 2005 for empowering the citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authority leading to the transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the National Policy on Data Sharing and Accessibility (NPDSA) is being brought out. The National Policy will increase the accessibility and easier sharing of non-sensitive data amongst the registered users and their availability for scientific, economic and social developmental purposes. Detailed Policy document will be prepared within six months. All the data holding organizations will be re-classifying their data and prepare a negative list of sensitive data, keeping in view, the broad guidelines delineated in the RTI Act 2005. This list will be periodically reviewed to see whether the data should remain in the restricted category or not. Efforts will also be made to convert the analogue data into digital domain within the set time frame.
Department of Science & Technology (DST) would be the Nodal Department for all matters connected with overall co-ordination, formulation, implementation and monitoring of the policy. For Geospatial Data, existing National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) mechanism involving both Department of Space and Department of Science & Technology would be used for any conflict resolution. Ministries/Departments of Government of India while releasing funds to State Governments and other Institutions including Central/State Universities put down a condition, the data generated using such funds would come under the purview of this Policy.
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But be contented when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away,
My life hath in this line some interest,
Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.
When thou reviewest this, thou dost review
The very part was consecrate to thee:
The earth can have but earth, which is his due;
My spirit is thine, the better part of me:
So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life,
The prey of worms, my body being dead;
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife,
Too base of thee to be remembered.
The worth of that is that which it contains,
And that is this, and this with thee remains.
Sonnet 74: Translation to modern English
But be contented when that dreadful arrest takes me away to where there is no bail. My life will continue to some extent in this verse, which will stay with you as a memorial. When you read it again you will be reading again the very thing about me that was dedicated to you. The earth can have only the earth in me, which is what I owe it. My spirit, the better part of me, is yours, which means that you will only have lost the dregs of my life, the food of worms, preying on my dead body, the conquest of the cowardly knife of that wretch, Death, too dire to be remembered by you. The value of that body is only what it contains, and that is this poem, and it will stay with you.


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With a range of fabric colour options to choose from, each piece features classic scroll padded arms and deep seats ensuring high levels of comfort and support. Available in the collection are two sizes of standard or scatter back sofas, four seater split sofa for ease of access to your home, as well as three stylish chairs and coordinating footstools.
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About us
First State Investments, also known as First Sentier Investors1 in Australia, is a global asset management business focused on providing high quality, long-term investment capabilities to our clients. We are responsible for approximately USD$148b (AUD$215)2 assets under management on behalf of clients that include institutional investors, pension funds, wholesale distributors and platforms, financial advisers and their clients.
We believe that long-term investment success is achieved by bringing together independent teams of active, specialist investors who share a common commitment to act as responsible stewards of our clients' assets. This commitment not only guides how our teams invest but is also central to our overall business and culture.
We take a long-term approach to investment with a focus on preserving capital and performance through market cycles, rather than trying to achieve short-term gains.
We recognise the importance of responsible investment and that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues impact investment value. We believe we can achieve better long-term investment outcomes through active engagement with companies and by exercising the equity ownership rights we hold on behalf of our clients.
The culture of our business is based on developing long-term client relationships with teams incentivised in line with the outcomes they deliver for clients.
Investment capabilities
We offer a comprehensive suite of investment capabilities across a number of sought-after asset classes. We have 17 independent teams operating across equities, fixed income, listed and direct infrastructure and multi-asset, including Stewart Investors, a pioneer in emerging market equities and sustainable investing, and FSSA Investment Managers, our leading Asian and global emerging markets equities investor.
Our philosophy and culture
Our philosophy and culture is built on the principle of acting as responsible stewards of our clients' assets. This guides how our teams invest as well as how we operate our overall business.
We place clients' interests at the core of our business, with a clear focus on earning and maintaining their confidence in our investment capabilities and operations. We strive for the highest degree of transparency and accountability that we can achieve, and place strong emphasis on the values of honesty and integrity.
Responsible investment
We believe that the way our industry views investment performance needs to evolve to reflect the real-world impact of business. This means moving away from backward looking, short-term, benchmark relative returns to a more holistic view of organisational quality which also includes forward looking, long-term, sustainability and societal outcomes.
Our approach to responsible investment and the way in which ESG issues inform our investment decisions forms part of our ongoing reporting. Case studies provide insight into investment decision making. We accept the science of climate change and our duty to consider related risks and opportunities in our investment decision-making and ownership practices.
Since 2007, we have been signatories to the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Investment (also referred to as PRI) and have had group-wide stewardship principles in place since 2013.
Our history
Our business started in Australia in 1988. We are now an established global asset management business with a diverse client base supported by regional operations.
On 2 August 2019, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) and its affiliates acquired our business from Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and we now operate as a standalone global asset management business, overseen by MUTB. MUTB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
1 On 16 September 2019, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) rebranded to First Sentier Investors. Any content produced prior to this date may be branded CFSGAM and include trade marks that First Sentier Investors is permitted to use under licence.
2 Source: Commonwealth Bank of Australia financials as at 30 June 2020.


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Flagstaff has agreed to a $225,000 settlement for the family of a 78-year-old Arizona man killed by police as he held his son at bay with a shotgun.
Kenneth Mitchell was holding the gun to his son's head after the son had assaulted his mother with a knife in August 2010. Officer Roy Taylor opened fire, thinking he was stopping an execution.
City officials agreed to settle at request of their insurance carrier. They reiterated their support for the officer's decision to use lethal force.
The city will pay $50,000 toward attorney costs and insurance will cover the settlement. The family filed a $5 million lawsuit in March 2011.
The 33-year-old son was sentenced to three years' probation for attempted assault.
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The Cloud Standards Are In
That settles it. We can put that puppy to rest. The entire problem is resolved.
It's no secret that I've been foggy about exactly what the Cloud is, who's behind it, and whether we are going to see major performance gains as a result of the potential for massive parallelism. And we've been a little, well very, skeptical about the Cloud hype.
Well, in Special Publication 800-146, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the US Department of Commerce has released their Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations [PDF] in terms we all can understand.
This document is full of all kinds of nice goodies. There is an official definition of the Cloud, deployment models, constraints, services, scope, etc. No, we're not being facetious. We're believers in standards bodies and the NIST is high on our list. So their description becomes our de-facto standard.
Now the document does talk about grid computing, parallelizing components of the Cloud, and users' ability to take advantage of task parallelism. The document also alludes to applications having to be re-engineered to get the required performance gains. There is also a suggestion that what once was the prerogative of only the scientific community will now see the light of day in the new cloud architecture. But oddly enough, I still didn't see any promises of shortcuts in the process of parallel programming. There was no talk of paradigm shifting, or make-it-easier-innovation, nothing!
So with all of the advances and advantages of the Cloud, it appears that "somebody" is still going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to parallel programming.
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Nice smile and pinkish lips add to your beauty. Smile with crackled and chapped lips looks odd. Smiling with chapped lips is also painful for the people. Here are some useful tips for the people to get naturally pink lips to look more gorgeous. In fact all people must take care of their lips. Follow the tips given below to take care of your lips:
- Use branded lipsticks and remove the lipstick before going to sleep.
- Take some turmeric powder and add in the milk cream. Do 5 minute massage of this mixture on your lips for proper care.
- Make it your routine to rinse your lips with cold rose water to get softer and fresher lips.
- Apply lip balm or Vaseline on your lips on regular basis for soft lips.
- Very easy remedy to take care of your lips is to apply some milk cream on your lips before sleeping. Leave this cream on your lips for whole night and get up with softer and shinning lips.
- Massage your lips with glycerin.
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If you envision a vegan as pale and malnourished and wearing flood pants, think again. From B.C., we have Bif Naked, Pamela Anderson and hunky triathlete champion Brendan Brazier — poster people for sexy and robust.
Further afield, there's businesswoman Belinda Stronach, Avril Lavigne and k.d. Lang. And consider the ultimate poster boy — Brad Pitt. (Partner Angelina Jolie is a lapsed vegan.)
Although the vegan population is small (surveys suggest under two per cent), it's a fast-growing segment. In New Westminster, Karmavore, a totally vegan grocery and lifestyle store as well as deli, café and bakery, signifies fast-changing times in the vegan world.
Owner Salim Jamal stopped eating meat and fish when he was 12 years old. "In Grade 7, I did a debate on vivisection and had to watch a lot of video. It opened my eyes to animal exploitation," he says. "I didn't want to contribute to that any more." Ten years later, he took the next step, becoming a vegan, and has been animal-product free for 14 years.
Jamal, an IT security consultant for his "bread and butter," opened Karmavore three years ago (two years at its current 610 Columbia St. location). He wanted to simplify life for vegans and provide them with some of the culinary pleasures of their pre-vegan days. He discovered so many vegan foods on his travels to Europe and the U.S., he started an online store as a side business.
"My goal was never to make a profit but to put a lot of product into the (regional) market. I've been a vegan for a long time and I know how challenging it is to find comforting food people might have eaten before becoming a vegan," he explains. And yes, products he began importing are now are being distributed to other stores.
Alongside meat and cheese alternatives (wild mushroom loaves, hazelnut herb en croute, smoked tomato deli slices, raw food options such as pizza, kale chips and lasagna), there are also "treats." And they look every bit as appetizing as ones made with eggs, butter, shipped cream, cream cheese and all those taste-enhancing ingredients that start with animal life. Cakes, pies, cupcakes, croissants, chocolates, soft ice cream cones, sundaes, "double chocolate 'smacaroons' " — Karmavore has 'em.
People love the convenience of the shop, or as someone described it in an email, the "mini-vegan mall."
"Customers don't have to read labels," he says. Many processed foods on grocery store shelves have animal ingredients. "Even sugar can be filtered through animal bone char," he says. "Vitamin D 3 is sometimes made from sheep's wool." Gelatin, lactose, lipase, rennet, stearic acid, tallow are animal-derived. Even vitamins and condoms can be made with animal ingredients.
Veganism, Jamal says, is based on the ethics of not exploiting animals but many have switched for health reasons. "A huge proportion of the population is lactose intolerant. Personally, I know three people whose cholesterol levels were normalized within a few weeks of becoming a vegan.
"Because of things like factory farming and personal health, people are following plant-based diets but not entirely vegan lifestyles."
Pure vegans would eliminate leather and silk clothing. "They'd support cancer prevention rather than research for cures because it would involve animal testing," he says.
Karmavore is open from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, but starting Feb. 1, it will be open to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; www.karmavore.ca.
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Hardware Today: x86 Virtualization Competition Gets Real
Report after report has found both RISC and Intel servers to be grossly underutilized in many enterprises. In financially flush times, it's often easier to purchase new equipment than to maximize what is already there. When the purse strings tighten, however, the IS department must make do with what it currently has. These days, one increasingly popular way to increase computing power without purchasing additional hardware is to add servers virtually.The virtualization space is heating up, as evidenced by today's news that VMware and Dell have bolstered their partnership. We look at what they, and other key players in this all-too-real space, are up to and where they are headed.
During the past year, innovative vendors and an efficiency-hungry IT space have raised the bar on how much can be squeezed from the x86 chipset. Virtualization, with its attempts to squeeze extra performance out of machines by adding virtual components, has been at the heart of these efforts.
But with increased development of a technology comes an increased scope in its definition. As a result, multiple variations on the term "virtual server" have come into play, rendering confusion.
For example, x86 virtualization, which this column will focus on, divides into two rough camps: products that emulate the hardware itself, providing virtual machines, a la those from VMware; and products that duplicate the software, providing a type of virtual server, a la those from SWsoft.
VMware's virtual machine offerings stand out for their complexity and polish. The company is the most commercially successful and is currently the only Windows/Linux-capable x86-based virtualization software on the market. The software is compatible with most 32-bit x86 offerings and runs on NAS devices and SANs. To date, VMware lacks 64-bit and iSCSI support, and despite VMware's lack of comment, it's a safe bet that this will change in the not so distant future.
But VMware has been hard at work staying several steps ahead of its virtual competition. Shortly before this column went to press, Dell announced it would be expanding its partnership with VMware by bundling its PowerEdge server line with VMware's VirtualCenter and ESX servers. "VMotion technology and VirtualCenter capabilities are a great complementary fit with Dell's scale out strategy," said Vice President of Marketing for VMware Michael Mullany, citing VMotion as the piece that should add back the "pooling efficiencies" of scale up.
A move from the debate of scale up vs. scale out seems to be a central component of the company's strategy. VMware co-founder and chief architect Ed Bugnion says that while VMware supports a variety of architecture preferences, such as 4-way, 8-way, and blade, its new VMotion technology will render the processors-per-box question moot. "VMotion allows you to move a server across physical boundaries while it's running," Bugnion said, "so you can use it for workload rebalancing or hardware maintenance."
VMware's innovations come ahead of SWsoft's plans to expand its Linux/Solaris-based Virtuozzo product into the Windows server arena. Virtuozzo has been popular in the hosting community for its low overhead, highly scalable Virtual Private Servers for some time now, and SWsoft is looking to solidify Virtuozzo's standing in the minds and pocketbooks of enterprise IT managers. A Windows offering is in beta, and a full version is expected for public release in mid-April.
At this time, SWsoft Director of Sales Engineering Jack Zubarev sees Virtuozzo distinguishing itself from VMware in its design. "We virtualize the operating system itself, while VMware virtualizes the hardware," Zubarev told ServerWatch. "This approach has much smaller overhead and much higher scalability," he continued, citing overhead of around 3 percent. This allows a very high instance count on the same machine, perfect for the demands of the Web-hosting space. Other Virtuozzo differentiators, according to Zubarev, are the strength of the product's mass management API and 64-bit Itanium support. This shows the vendor's willingness to adapt to the 32-bit/64-bit curve and will likely prove important down the road.
Real-world Virtuozzo deployments vary. According to Zubarev, Web hosting customers typically deploy Virtuozzo on 2-way-based Xeon boxes to keep customer applications separate and the potential for hazardous downtime if 4-way boxes are used. Enterprise customers running internal applications might use 4-way or 8-way boxes, he says, but 8-way boxes still lack comparative cost-effectiveness.
However, hardware limits also apply. SWsoft's operating system emulation approach trades low overhead for operating system dependence; only one type of operating system can run per piece of server hardware, a possible cause concern in hybrid environments.
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Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. Apollo 11 achieved its primary mission - to perform a manned lunar landing and return the mission safely to Earth - and paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions to follow.
The Apollo 11 spacecraft was launched from Cape Kennedy at 13:32:00 UT on July 16, 1969. After 2 hr and 33 min in Earth orbit, the S-IVB engine was reignited for acceleration of the spacecraft to the velocity required for Earth gravity escape.
Lunar-orbit insertion began at 75:50 ground elapsed time (GET). The spacecraft was placed in an elliptical orbit (61 by 169 nautical miles), inclined 1.25 degrees to the lunar equatorial plane. At 80:12 GET, the service module propulsion system was reignited, and the orbit was made nearly circular (66 by 54 nautical miles) above the surface of the Moon. Each orbit took two hours. Photographs taken from lunar orbit provided broad views for the study of regional lunar geology.
The lunar module (LM), with Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin aboard, was undocked from the command-service module (CSM) at 100:14 GET, following a thorough check of all the LM systems. At 101:36 GET, the LM descent engine was fired for approximately 29 seconds, and the descent to the lunar surface began. At 102:33 GET, the LM descent engine was started for the last time and burned until touchdown on the lunar surface. Eagle landed on the Moon 102 hr, 45 min and 40 sec after launch.
Immediately after landing on the Moon, Armstrong and Aldrin prepared the LM for liftoff as a contingency measure. Following the meal, a scheduled sleep period was postponed at the astronauts' request, and the astronauts began preparations for descent to the lunar surface.
Astronaut Armstrong emerged from the spacecraft first. While descending, he released the Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on which the surface television camera was stowed, and the camera recorded humankind's first step on the Moon at 109:24:19 GET (pictured at left). A sample of lunar surface material was collected and stowed to assure that, if a contingency required an early end to the planned surface activities, samples of lunar surface material would be returned to Earth. Astronaut Aldrin subsequently descended to the lunar surface.
The astronauts carried out the planned sequence of activities that included deployment of a Solar Wind Composition (SWC) experiment, collection of a larger sample of lunar material, panoramic photographs of the region near the landing site and the lunar horizon, closeup photographs of in place lunar surface material, deployment of a Laser-Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) and a Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP), and collection of two core-tube samples of the lunar surface.
Approximately two and a quarter hours after descending to the surface, the astronauts began preparations to reenter the LM, after which the astronauts slept. The ascent from the lunar surface began at 124:22 GET, 21 hours and 36 minutes after the lunar landing. In transearth coast only one of four planned midcourse corrections was required. The CM entered the atmosphere of the Earth with a velocity of 36,194 feet per second (11,032 meters per second) and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
From NASA SP-214, Preliminary Science Report.


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Rhizome-commissioned artist Trevor Paglen appeared on the front page of the New York Times Science section today. The article discusses his work on secret military societies and his new book "I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me." Paglen will speak at the upcoming New Silent Series program "Blank Spots on a Map: State Secrecy and the Limits of the Visible" in May.
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Remember the olden days, when we didn't have to specify to people whether we were talking about second life or "first life"? These were the days when the notion of "liveness" was less problematic. Live once meant real-time, and live-art meant performance happening right here, right now. David Familian, curator of the exhibition "LIVE" at the Beall Center for Art and Technology, in Irvine, California, argues that the meaning of this word has changed now that "the majority of our day-to-day interactions are so mediated." This, of course, belies the dynamism of networks and interactivity, so he's selected project by media all-stars Natalie Bookchin, Karen Finley, Radical Software Group (Alexander R. Galloway) & MTAA (Mike Sarff & Tim Whidden), Ben Rubin, Aphid Stern & Michael Dale, and Siebren Versteeg whose work pulls "from the steady stream of unrelenting data [to] produce thought-provoking, aesthetic, and 'live' works of art." This includes Want (2008), a collaboration between RSG and MTAA which uses human actors to visualize peer-to-peer network searches and, like Natalie Bookchin's All That is Solid (2007), raises questions about privacy and surveillance. The latter is part of the artist's Network Movies series which exploits an unintended glitch in web-based security cameras permitting them to be indexed by Google and allows Bookchin to incorporate their streaming footage into beautiful films. Ben Rubin, a recognized maestro of visualizing information presents Two Lanes, 8th Avenue at 40th Street, October 27, 2007 (2007), a sort of time-based cityscape in which the uptown traffic on one particularly rainy day is translated into "linear pulses of color rendered on two LED tubes," each reflecting a lane of traffic. The piece creates a tension between stillness and motion that ultimately highlights the poetic significance of time spent waiting. But you don't have to wait to ...
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The way that I create shadows is by the following technique: http://www.catalinzima.com/2010/07/my-technique-for-the-shader-based-dynamic-2d-shadows/
But I have questions to HLSL. The way that I currently do it is, I have a black and white image, where Black means 'object', and white means 'nothing'. I then distort the image like in the tutorial. I do this with a pixel shader, but instead of rendering to the screen, I render to a texture, back to my application. I then take this, and create the shadows, and then send it back to the graphics card to undo the distortion, after the shadow has been added - this comes back and I have a stencil of shadow. I can put this ontop of the original image and send them back to the graphics card, which then puts them on the screen.
To me this is alot of back and forth. Is there a way i can avoid this?
The problem that I am having is that I need to basically go through all positions in the texture 3 times, and use the new new texture every time instead of the orginal one. I tried to read up on Passes, but i don't think that i am heading in the right direction there.


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