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Foreclosure levels have continued to drop throughout the summer, and the already dwindling foreclosure activity over the past year has led to a scarcity of properties and increasing demand for housing. These factors have prompted real estate websites such as Zillow and RealtyTrac to announce that the U.S. housing market may be at near a bottom.
There's certainly reason to feel that the long-suffering housing market is getting better. New home inventories are at historic lows and high rental rates are shifting sentiment toward home ownership. Although housing guru Robert Shiller isn't completely convinced, it's hard to be bearish when even the Miami market is starting to bounce.
The real test will come when mortgage rates rise. In the face of higher stock prices, a bit more optimism on Europe and some hope that the fiscal cliff will be extended into next summer, the logic for owning fixed income will likely get increasingly weak. If the uptick in home buying can survive higher rates, we just might have a bull market on our hands.


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Mixing with Absinthe: Two New Books on the Green Fairy
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Five years ago, the mysterious and much-maligned spirit called absinthe was not only scarce in the U.S., it was still verboten. It wasn't until real absinthe once again became legally available in the U.S., starting in 2007, that bars across the country started introducing its unique anise flavor and ethereal, enchanting aroma into a range of cocktails.
Two books on absinthe and absinthe cocktails have recently been released: A Taste for Absinthe, by R. Winston Guthrie and James F. Thompson, and Absinthe Cocktails, by Kate Simon. Here's what you need to know before venturing any further with the green fairy.
'A Taste for Absinthe'
Guthrie, who wrote A Taste for Absinthe with co-author Thompson, is the publisher of AbsintheBuyersGuide.com, an online resource for absinthe shoppers. The book features 65 recipes, many of them for classic absinthe-containing cocktails such as the Cocktail a la Louisiane, from 1930s New Orleans, and the Monkey Gland, from 1920s Paris.
Like Absinthe Cocktails, A Taste for Absinthe features recipes for original absinthe cocktails from some of today's most creative craft bartenders, such as the Bitter End from San Francisco bartender Josh Harris, which combines a base of absinthe with fresh lemon and orange juice, bittering the mixture with a lacing of Campari; and the North by Northwest, an absinthe-enhanced take on the classic French 75.
If I have a quibble with the book, it's that attribution for some classic drinks is incomplete or misleading; credit for developing drinks such as the Remember the Maine, the Third Degree and the Appetizer L'Italienne, for example, are given to bartenders currently in their 30s and early 40s, while the recipes for these drinks date to anywhere between the 1890s and the 1930s.
As useful as the drink recipes are, some of the best features in the book are found in the Absinthe Primer, which succinctly but adeptly tackles some of the basic elements of absinthe's production and flavor. For example, discussing the "holy trinity" of green anise, grand wormwood and fennel seed, the botanicals that flavor traditional absinthe, and the ways that the sweet, fresh flavor of green anise differs from the oily heaviness of the cheaper star anise—which is used with depressing frequency in the production of contemporary absinthes—while also debunking the amazingly tenacious urban legend of absinthe's hallucinatory properties, which recent peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated to be not much more than hysterical hokum and wishful-thinking marketing.
Also helpful is the absinthe buying guide appendix, which hashes through the major brands of this notoriously expensive spirit, helping to make the absinthe-buying experience more pleasant for the palate while less painful to the wallet.
'Absinthe Cocktails'
Kate Simon's Absinthe Cocktails, with gorgeous photographs by Lara Ferroni, covers similar terrain, but has its own appealing elements that make it worth checking out. Simon's introductory buying guide covers a wider number of decent-to-excellent brands now prominent in the U.S. while avoiding the mediocre messes that have been so heavily marketed; and recommends ways to find out more about a bottle before dropping $80 on a brand that's not to your taste.
Absinthe Cocktails also walks through classic drinks such as the vermouth-based Chrysanthemum and the foam-topped Sea Fizz, along with an extensive list of contemporary cocktails such as the pisco-based Judgement Day, from Charles Vexenat at The Lonsdale in London, and the tequila-and-amaro fueled La Lucha Sigue, from Chris Bostick at The Varnish in Los Angeles.
A Taste for Absinthe is the longer of the two books, and has more extensive background material on absinthe and its manufacture, but while Absinthe Cocktails has fewer recipes overall, the list of contemporary cocktails is more extensive and ambitious. The best course of action for the absinthe cocktail-curious would be to put both into the home bar.
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Belonging to a group known as the goat-antelopes, the Sumatran serow is a rather small-bodied animal (4), with dark upperparts and whitish underparts (2) (4). The hair of the coat is long and coarse, and a long mane of white, brown or black occurs on the neck (2) (4). Male and female serows are similar in appearance (4), with both bearing stout, slightly curved horns which can be used to defend themselves to deadly effect (2). The long ears are narrow and pointed, the face bears large scent glands below the eyes, and the tail is fairly bushy (2). A number of subspecies of serow were previously recognised, but are now considered full species. However, the taxonomy of the serow is not resolved and further research is needed (1) (5).
The Sumatran serow is generally a solitary animal, although it may sometimes move about in groups of several individuals (2). Each serow inhabits a small area which is well marked with trails, dung heaps, and scents (4). This small area of habitat is selected so it can provide all the needs of the serow, such as sufficient grass, shoots and leaves on which to feed on during the early morning and late evening, and suitable sheltered resting places in caves or under overhanging rocks and cliffs (2). This home range is defended against any intruding serows by using their dagger-like horns, which are also used by this rather aggressive goat-antelope to fight off predators (4).
Although less specialised for climbing rugged mountains than some of its relatives (4), and with a somewhat slow and clumsy gait, the serow is nevertheless adept at descending steep, rocky slopes (2), and is also even known to swim between small islands in Malaysia (2).
Serows are thought to mate primarily between October and November. The gestation period lasts for about seven months, with a single young usually born in the spring. Female serows usually reach sexual maturity at around 30 months, while males become sexually mature between 30 and 36 months of age (2).
The Sumatran serow occurs in Indonesia (Sumatra), peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand (1) (2) (5).
Serows inhabit rugged mountains and rocky outcrops, covered with thick, moist vegetation or forest, up to an elevation of 2,700 metres (2) (4).
Throughout its range, the Sumatran serow faces a number of significant and varied threats, the impact of each depending on location (6). The Sumatran serow is heavily hunted for its meat and fur, as well as for other body parts which are believed to hold some medicinal value (2). Habitat destruction poses a considerable threat, with logging and clearance for agriculture greatly affecting the habitat of the serow in numerous areas, and mining may impact the habitat of populations in Malaysia. In addition, serows can often become trapped in snares set for other animals (6). The serows of peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra are particularly threatened, having been greatly reduced in numbers and distribution through habitat loss and excessive hunting (2).
The Sumatran serow occurs in numerous protected areas throughout its range (6), and is also listed on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), meaning that international commercial trade in this species is prohibited (3). However, more specific conservation measures may be necessary for this species' long-term survival (6).
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I've never done anything with iOS or Android, but would like to develop very simple apps for the Desktop application I'm developing. The latter is a relational database application (currently using Advantage with FireDAC components).
All the apps would need to be able to do is allow the user to gather data (mostly text, although simple graphics would be nice as well) on their tablet or phone, i.e., a copy (to the clipboard) and save (paste) to a database kind of thing so that the data could be imported at a later time into the main application.
It would be nice if they could do it in any other application, but even just doing it in a browser would be enough to start.
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on where to start? Not sure this really qualifies as a technical question as I'm not looking so much for specific code as resources that might help with the learning curve a bit.
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Kindness: A really simple blind but something that shows you what a difference one person can make. This actress is C list. Mostly television. Oh, if you have a kid under 15 then this actress is A list and the favorite part of their day. So, yes an A list tweener. She spends at least one day a week visiting kids in hospitals around the city and because she does it so often ends up spending hours and hours with patients she has come to know and she talks to them and texts them and e-mails them and tries to make their lives better. When they get out of the hospital she is till there for them and does everything she can in her spare time to help kids in the rest of the country and the world. I saw for myself one time how much kids love her when they see her and they all have seen her countless times as she does good things with no seeking of publicity for it.
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Moths (from A Book of Luminous Things)
Adam Zagajewski (tr. Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, C.K. Williams)
Moths watched us through
the window. Seated at the table,
we were skewered by their lambent gazes,
harder than their shattering wings.
You'll always be outside,
past the pane. And we'll be here within,
more and more in. Moths watched us
through the window, in August.
The moths are soft and therefore hard. Their glow is their gaze. That they appear at the window skewers the speaker and his group. Their unfulfilled desire, their yearning for the light, their freedom shatters.
Why would one choose to be an outsider? Why reject the comfort and security of home and family? The silent violence of "more and more in:" we manipulate and exploit without even realizing it. We think ourselves independent as we isolate ourselves.
One doesn't really choose to be an outsider. One pursues a passion and tries to find what one desires. The attempt to join something to you alien to you, while natural, counts as a disturbance of sorts. It's like you're sending moths back to what was, as messengers, as you convey loss, uncertainty, love.


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|The Yocto Project
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|Becoming Part of the Linux Kernel Community
Session Description
Day 1, 10:00am
Keshava Munegowda (Texas Instruments)
Power Fail Safe FAT File Systems
Frank Rowand (Sony)
Identifying Embedded Real-Time Latency Issues: I-Cache and Locks
Bruno Cardoso Lopes (University of Campinas)
LLVM, Clang and Embedded Linux Systems
Day 1, 11:00am
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Kernel Shark Tutorial
Kang Dongwook (ETRI)
Snapshot Booting on Embedded Linux
Khem Raj
State of OpenEmbedded Internal Toolchain and SDKs
Day 1, 1:30pm
David Rusling (Linaro)
Linaro: A Year of Change
Linaro_2011_ELC_Talk.odp Linaro_2011_ELC_Talk.pdf
Hai Shalom (Atheros)
Control, Recover and Debug Your Embedded Product with PCD
Gene Sally
Zigbee Networking & Linux
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Xi Wang (Broadcom)
Solving Real-Time Scheduling Problems with RT_PREEMPT and Deadline-Based Scheduler
Mike Anderson (The PTR Group)
ARM Neon Instruction Set and Why You Should Care
Darren Hart (Intel)
Yocto Project: Practical Kernel Development Tutorial
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Arnd Bergmann (IBM)
Optimizations for Cheap Flash Media
Wolfram Sang (Pengutronix)
Developer's Diary: Helping the Process
Rajesh Lal (Nokia)
Fun with QML and JavaScript
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Thomas Gleixner (linutronix)
RT-Preempt: What's The State and Why There is No Roadmap
Jason Kridner (Texas Instruments)
High-Level Web Interface to Low-Level Linux I/O on the Beagleboard
Day 2, 10:00am
Paul Mundt (Renesas)
Working with HardIRQs: Life Beyond Static IRQ Assignments
Amit Kucheria (Linaro)
Powerdebugging Inside Linaro
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Mike Anderson (The PTR Group)
High-Performance Computing using GPUs
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Paul Larson (Linaro)
Linaro Automated Validation on ARM
Dave Stewart (Intel)
The Yocto Project and its Application Development Toolkit (ADT) - The Answer to Effective Embedded Application Development
Damian Hobson Garcia (Igel), Katusya Matsubara, Takanari Hayama, Hisao Munakata
Integrating a Hardware Video Codec into Android Stagefright using OpenMAX IL
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Koen Kooi (Texas Instruments)
Integrating OpenEmbedded and Yocto
Mark Gross (Intel)
How to Power Tune a Device Running on a Linux Kernel for Better Suspend Battery Life
Remi Lorriaux (Adeneo Embedded)
Real-time Audio on Embedded Devices
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Magnus Damm
Runtime PM: Upstream I/O Device Power Management
Jesse Barker
Linux Graphics Meets the ARM Ecosystem
David Anders (Texas Instruments)
Board Bringup: Open Source Hardware and Software Tools
Day 2, 3:40pm
John Williams (PetaLogix)
Dynamic Co-simulation of FPGA-based Linux Systems-on-Chip
Sumit Semwal (Texas Instruments)
Media Controller Framework (MCF) For OMAP2+ Display Subsystem
Day 3, 9:00am
John Stultz (IBM)
Android for Servers?
Anand Gadiyar (Texas Instruments)
Tools and Techniques for Debugging Embedded Systems
Hans Verkuil (Cisco)
Video4linux: Progress, New videobuf2 Framework and the Future
Day 3, 10:00am
Yoshiya Hirase (Nokia)
Faster Resume For More Energy Savings on MeeGo
Jake Edge (Linux Weekly News)
What Embedded Linux Developers Should Know About IPv6
Grégoire Gentil (Always Innovating)
Hot Multi-OS Switch: How to run Ubuntu, ChromiumOS, Android at the Same Time on an Embedded Device
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Xi Wang (Broadcom)
Controlling Memory Footprint at All Layers: Linux Kernel, Applications, Libraries and Toolchain
Tom Zanussi and Saul Wold
Building Custom Embedded Images with Yocto
Day 3, 2:30pm
Philip Balister
A High Performance Interface Between the OMAP3 and an FPGA
Jean Pihet (NewOldBits.com)
The Evolution of Tracing and Profiling for Power Management and Accelerators
Day 3, 3:40pm
Elizabeth Flanagan (Intel)
Delivering Predictability: The Yocto Project Autobuilder, Automated Sanity Testing, License Collection, and Build Statistics Tracking
Mythri pk
Bringing up HDMI Display for OMAP4 Panda Board - Design, Challenges and Lessons Learned
Day 3, 4:40pm
Khem Raj
Debug/Develop uClibc with QEMU
Guntur Ravi Sankar (Samsung)
What are and How to find a program's unused DSOs
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|elinux.org wiki BOF
|Jeff Osier-Mixon (Intel)
|Yocto Project Community BoFs (Notes)
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|Luca Coelho (Texas Instruments)
|OpenLink WLAN Hacking Workshop
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|Alison Chaiken (Nokia)
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Okay, so you've decided living in Costa Rica could be an option. But where to start the research when there's SOooooooooo many Costa Rican websites to choose from. And if you don't know the difference between 'solid' Costa Rica info and 'sketchy' Costa Rica info, it can be veRY daunting to say the least.
I'm here to help. Take a few minutes and watch the video and trust me, it's worth the 6-minutes because you also need to know what websites to AVOID.
The Real Costa Rica and ARCR.net are not the only good websites, they're just a good start. And actually, ARCR has good info but they're totally out to rope you into their services (expensive I might add). Here's a few others that might help. And just so you know, I have NO monetary motivation... and more likely than not, this post will be a surprise to All the websites I mention.
Living Life In Costa Rica blog.Lot's of lists. Great INFO for people looking for the BEST places to find 'things'. She's done a LOT of research so you don't have too. Only thing I don't like, she's a little blatant in seeking donations. But then again, she probably deserves them.
US Expat Costa Rica: This is an 'aggregate' site and a LOT of info shows up on this site from various blogs. He also writes of his own experiences and musings. Good stuff.
Boomers Off Shore Lots of videos and information. Great thing is, the information is based on their own experiences. Solid information.
The Raw Food Family Lot's of videos and INFO about living a more organic and sustainable life in Costa Rica- family, beach style.
*A Dull Roar Great info on everyday life and he's a good writer, especially worth checking out if you're thinking about coming to Costa Rica as a family.
De La Pura Vida Costa Rica This blogger writes about her 'observations' and experiences here in Costa Rica. Great writer in my opinion and good inside information.
Of course there's other great websites and blogs pertaining to Costa Rica and if you'd like to mention them, please do so in the comments, I'd appreciate it. This is just my short list.
TONS of Costa Rica Travel Info and VIDEOS on our website: Travel Costa Rica NOW and if you want to visit our YouTube Channel: iCostaRica24 ENjoY!


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Resolution No. 251
Fourth Road Safety Week (5 - 11 April 2004)
The Inland Transport Committee,
Concerned that the number of persons injured or killed in road accidents each year in the UN/ECE region is still too high despite all efforts made by the public authorities, national and international organizations, the private sector and users' associations,
Also concerned by the serious consequences which all road accidents entail in human, social and economic terms,
Aware that improvement of the situation requires greater awareness on the part of users of the risks they incur on the roads and when they change their behaviour,
Noting that the first three Road Safety Weeks organized in 1990, 1995 and 2000 respectively, helped to raise awareness of the importance of measures to prevent traffic accidents, as a result of the joint efforts of Governments and national and international organizations,
Recalling the decision taken at its sixty-fourth session to organize the next international campaign on road safety in the ECE region in 2004 on the basis of the conclusions of the special one-day session on the subject on 10 September 2001 in the context of the work of the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1),
Considering that:
more and more drivers have an aggressive behaviour on the roads,
this may have, as origin, different causes linked to personal situations (emotions, time pressures, telephone, etc.), to the consumption of alcohol and/or drugs, or to the attitude of other road users,
the effects of this behaviour may be manifested in particular by dangerous driving, inattentiveness of the driver or non respect for rules related to, for example, distance between vehicles, speed, right of way and overtaking;
1. Decides to designate the week of 5 to 11 April 2004 'Fourth Road Safety Week' during which road safety campaigns aimed at making drivers of motor vehicles aware of the vital importance of adopting a calm behaviour behind the wheel, respectful of others and polite, will be organized in ECE member States. The latter may wish to focus their campaigns on the causes and effects of this aggressive behaviour.
(a) Ensure, when they set up their national campaigns and other activities, that they conform as far as possible to the objectives of the Fourth Road Safety Week;
(b) Define and develop, drawing on all possible sources of expertise, national activities to be carried out within the framework of the Fourth Road Safety Week in terms of the road safety problems encountered in their respective countries;
(c) Ensure participation and/or association of governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with road safety, local communities and information bodies in the preparation and implementation of the activities which are part of the Road Safety Week;
(d) Make every effort to publicize the Fourth Road Safety Week through the mass media and by creating Internet links between national road safety web sites and the ECE road safety web page which will be created for the purpose;
(e) Share their ideas and points of view regarding the organization of the Fourth Road Safety Week through the Inland Transport Committee and the subsidiary body with responsibility for this question, i.e. the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety, thereby maximizing the potential benefits for all;
(f) Ensure a continuing follow-up of the implementation of the activities carried out in the context of the Road Safety Week and furnish the secretariat with a report on the results obtained;
4. Invites the relevant international organizations to provide support and advice to ECE in the organization of the Fourth Road Safety Week;
5. Requests the Working Party on Road Traffic Safety to prepare a programme defining the objectives and modalities for the Fourth Road Safety Week, paying particular attention to activities to be undertaken at the national, regional and international levels;
6. Requests the Economic Commission for Europe and its secretariat to provide all necessary support and publicity to the preparation, organization and follow-up to the Fourth Road Safety Week.
|*adopted by the Inland Transport Committee on 20 February 2003


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Top 20 Albums of 2009
2. The-Dream – Love vs. Money (Def Jam)
3. K'naan – Troubadour (A&M / Octone)
4. Nellie McKay – Normal as Blueberry Pie (Verve)
5. Thorns of Life – Live at 924 Gilman (Torrent)
6. Sunn o))) – Monoliths and Dimensions (Southern Lord)
7. Tyondai Braxton – Central Market (Warp)
8. Nomo – Invisible Cities (Ubiquity)
9. P.O.S. – Never Better (Rhymesayers)
10. Litany for the Whale – Dolores (Molsook / PMM)
11. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)
12. Superchunk – Crossed Wires (Merge)
13. Not to Reason Why – Would You Hug Fire? (Pandacide / 1912)
14. Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity (ACT)
15. Passion Pit – Manners (Frenchkiss / Columbia)
16. Adam Theis & the Jazz Mafia – Brass, Bows & Beats (Jazz Mafia)
17. Souls of Mischief – Montezuma's Revenge (Heiro)
18. The Full Blast – Black Hole (Atavistic)
19. Finale – T.I.M.E. (River City)
20. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)
My New Baby Girl
Two weeks ago, I sat at work, writing about Mistah F.A.B.'s terrible new song that blatantly rips off The-Dream's "I Luv Your Girl." Then, the phone rang, and my wife, Liz, calmly told me that she needed to go to the hospital. I set the receiver down, and I looked up at my co-workers.
"Well," I said to them, "I'm having a baby."
Ten hours or so later, with Liz exceeding all barometers of awesomeness on a medication-free labor, our baby girl, Lena, was born. It was an amazing and very, very happy experience, and when I held her in my arms for the first time, I instinctually began singing to her the first lines that came to mind: "That perfect night, the night we met / There was magic abroad in the air. . ."
And so it began. I am both purposely and inadvertently going to fill Lena's beautiful little head with more music than it knows what to do with, and I am going to obsess over the impact it's having or not having on her life. I mean, It's kind of cool that when she's grown up, I'll be able to tell her that "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" was the first song she ever heard, but honestly, is there really any lasting import to the songs I sing to my kid?
Plenty of parents think so—just look at horrendous crapola like the Mozart Effect, or, on a slightly less nauseating scale, the sincere awe in parents' eyes when they discover that their small children like Blondie, or Nirvana, or Radiohead, or, gee, I dunno, whatever those parents happen to be playing around the house all the time. I drives me crazy. They're kids! Of course they're gonna like it!
Really, parents' perception of what music their babies like and don't like is 60% projection, 35% happenstance and only 5% authentic reaction. If parents play the Beatles, the kid is gonna like the Beatles. I play Lil' Wayne, and the kid likes Lil' Wayne. I can't delude myself that Lena actually appreciates the melodic or lyrical nuance of "Money on My Mind" or "Weezy Baby"—I've been singing a lot of old barbershop songs to her, too, songs like "The Darktown Strutter's Ball," "Huggin' and Chalkin'," "Hard-Hearted Hannah." She likes them. I've rapped L.L. Cool J verses to her. She likes it. I've sang both Peggy Lee and MDC to her, and she likes it.
What can I say? Kids like music and they're not that discriminating. The best hard evidence of this is that when she's crying, I can put on John Coltrane's Ballads and she'll wash over with bliss, close her sweet little eyes and stay quiet, but I swear to God the same thing happens when I play Coltrane's late-era, cacophonous Interstellar Space.
But the most exciting thing is playing certain records and knowing they're hitting fresh ears for the first time. Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um. The Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca. Jurassic 5, Quality Control. The Cribs, Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever. Sam Cooke, Night Beat. Morrissey, Vauxhall and I. A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory, which is the first record I played when we brought her home. Having a baby around the house is like having a close friend who's never heard every record you love, and getting to experience the magic of them all over again—for the first time.
So thanks to everyone who sent in their good wishes, and thanks to the readers for being patient while I was gone. Thanks also to the dozens of friends who've brought us food, helped with building the baby's room, come over and done the dishes and generally looked out for us. You know who you are; I owe you all chilaquiles.
That said, some things have happened in the last two weeks which bear mention:
1. Rashied Ali, who comprises one-half of the aforementioned Interstellar Space, died in Manhattan at age 74. See a wonderful interview with him here.
2. Les Paul, too. The first Terry Gross interview I ever heard was with Les Paul, and I remember being completely touched by his generosity of spirit. When Gross asked him if it was discouraging, with arthritis, having to adapt to fretting his guitar with only two fingers, he replied with, "What do I do? I just figured out, that if I could do whatever I did then, I just figured out how to do that with two fingers." (The interview's here.) For years, he played every week in New York City, and the New Yorker calendar listing always gave him his propers and identified him as "national treasure Les Paul." Some years ago, the New Yorker calendar editor demoted him to "electric-guitar innovator Les Paul," which was a tiny little thing that made me sad.
3. This guy, who apparently loves Miles Davis and Nintendo in equal doses, has paid glorious tribute to Kind of Blue by rendering the complete album in 8-bit.
4. Finale is a former automotive engineer from Detroit who is this year's best underground rapper so far. Believe it.
5. I have stopped being irritated that these lists exist, but if you're looking to get riled up about what other people think, be their guest.


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Ford's Marketing Chief Wants to Make Innovation Affordable
Plug-in capabilities across lineup
Jim Farley, Ford's evp of global marketing, sales and service, thinks it's time to sell the most technologically advanced cars as products for the Everyman, much like Target offers high-concept design for the masses. Consumers, especially younger ones, will soon expect smart, fuel-efficient features in all models, and Farley thinks Ford, which has instituted the tagline "Go Further" in its marketing campaigns, can own that brand position. The progress is promising. The 2014 Ford Fiesta may be the most fuel-efficient, nonhybrid vehicle in North America. Still, the automaker's brand vision of affordable green cars for everybody has not yet been realized. Farley talked with Adweek about the evolution of the enduring consumer brand.
How old is the average Ford customer in the U.S. today?
The average age is 50. Younger people account for only about 10 percent of our buyers. In about 20 years, 70 percent of our customers will be younger buyers.
Young consumers live in a different world than their parents. Experts call it an environment of scarcity where energy efficiency is inherently important to them. Is Ford ready to address that?
In our advertising this year, we have bet mostly on the product side, talking about the efficiency and performance of our turbo-charged engines, which are as small as a piece of handheld luggage you take on an airplane. On the branding level, you'll see Bill Ford, Ford's chairman, talk about what we stand for when it comes to energy innovations. He and CEO Alan Mulally are getting out our [larger] message about democratizing technology.
Will that philosophy be reflected in the brand's marketing to all ages?
Yes, but it's not there yet. First, Ford is working to bring the price down for innovation. Most car companies design tech for the wealthy and take the risk that the tech might not scale. But Ford designs high-volume technology that can be used in affordable mass-market vehicles that make a real difference in people's lives. For instance, right now we are working toward "Ford-izing" plug-in electric technology by offering it in our cars [at all price points]. It won't be a unique feature for a niche product; it will be the same across our lineup.
Philippe Starck said that "Elitism is now the ultimate vulgarity." Do you agree?
Absolutely. The Everyman approach is part of our heritage. It's what Henry Ford stood for—bringing innovation to the masses. Remember, he tried to sell his autos to rich people twice and failed.
How about the emergence of car sharing and research about young people viewing a vehicle as something that is mainly used with others rather than as a personal symbol of self-expression?
We are very interested in these phenomena. Sometimes these changes seem small and can have very big implications. And we are watching these changes carefully.


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France's Dassault Rafale fighter won India's $10 billion-plus medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) contest for 126 combat jets because its direct acquisition and life-cycle costs were 22 to 25 percent lower than those of the Eurofighter Typhoon. This verdict came from "a top [Indian] defense ministry source" quoted by The Times of India newspaper in Delhi last Friday. AIN believes that the report is credible. Negotiations on the contract should be completed by October, the source added.
Although Eurofighter Typhoon bid leader EADS Cassidian issued a dignified statement expressing disappointment but respecting the decision, there has been much consternation from British government ministers over the Indian verdict. Prime Minister David Cameron encouraged India to reconsider, and international security minister Gerald Howarth even suggested that Cassidian and BAE Systems would be submitting a revised price offer. Former defense secretary Liam Fox said that BAE should have led the Typhoon bid, rather than EADS. British newspapers talked darkly of undue influence by French lobbyists, and of French government promises to transfer nuclear reprocessing technology to India. But The Times of India source in the Indian defense ministry said that "we went by the book…without any external factors coming into play."
But some British officials involved in the Typhoon bid have distanced themselves from the ministerial comments, which some might interpret as sour grapes or even disrespectful to India's right to make its own defense acquisition choices. They believe that Indian officials handling the MMRCA contest have been transparent throughout the process. They are hoping that the Indian defense ministry will debrief the Typhoon team on why the Rafale bid was preferred, although there is no legal obligation for it to do so. The Typhoon camp are fully aware that in a number of previous Indian defense acquisitions, the preferred bidder has failed to secure the final contract–raising the prospect of another twist in the MMRCA saga.
According to the rules established in the original MMRCA solicitation, no trade-off of performance against cost was allowed in the final stage of the evaluation, when the commercial bids were unsealed. No information has leaked on which of the two finalists scored more in the technical evaluation, which was extensive. In a similar technical evaluation done by the Swiss air force in 2008-09, and recently leaked to the Swiss media, the Rafale was the clear winner (see box). In any case, neither finalist in the Indian contest was able to demonstrate the required active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. However, Team Rafale will have shown French commitment and tangible progress toward the introduction of an AESA, which is still not an unequivocal requirement of the four Eurofighter partners.
The cost of the MMRCA could still influence the project's conclusion. The $10.4 billion that was originally earmarked for the acquisition always seemed unrealistic, especially after four other contenders were eliminated after the technical evaluation.
The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin F-16IN, MiG-35 and Saab Gripen NG should all have been less expensive to acquire (and in some cases to operate) than the Rafale or Typhoon. Moreover, a 20-percent decrease in the value of rupee against the U.S. dollar last year alone will affect the eventual cost, which could be $7- to $8 billion greater than first stated.
Before the contract is signed the following points need to be nailed down: the level of technology transfer for the 108 aircraft to be built in India; the coproduction plan; whether and how any government-furnished equipment is to be integrated; the guaranteed mean time between failure rates; and whether to choose an engineering support package or a performance-based logistics package. The life-cycle cost data supplied by the MMRCA contenders covered 6,000 hours of flying over 40 years.
The 18 aircraft to be supplied in flyaway condition comprise 12 single- and six twin-seaters. They should be delivered within 48 months of the contract taking effect, with the complete weapons package. Of note, the MMRCA weapons and stores specification includes anti-radiation and anti-ship missiles, a reconnaissance pod and a buddy refueling pod.
Neither the Rafale nor the Eurofighter has an anti-radiation missile, nor is one planned for either type. The Exocet anti-ship missile has already been integrated on the Rafale. The Typhoon bid included the Saab Rbs15 or the MBDA Marte ER anti-ship missile, neither of which are required by any of the Eurofighter partner nations. No reconnaissance or buddy refueling pod has yet been integrated on the Typhoon. The Thales Areos recce pod has already been fitted to the Rafale, which also already does buddy refueling.
The Indian production will comprise 74 single- and 34 twin-seaters. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has been designated as the lead production agency for the airframe and engine, and as system integrator. The first deliveries are due four years after contract signing, in a three-phase transfer of production. HAL is expected to produce six aircraft in that first year, 10 in the second and the total of 108 by the seventh year of local production.
The Indian government expects licensed production of engine accessories, avionics, radars, systems, role equipment and tooling. Some or all of this could be undertaken by privately owned Indian defense companies that have been chosen by the successful bidder. The MMRCA package also includes simulators and other training aids, and ground handling and support equipment.
There are significant concerns about how the offset requirement–50 percent of the value of the foreign exchange component of the commercial proposal–will be honored. The new Indian defense procurement policy outlined in 2006 was vague, and subsequent alterations have not provided much clarity. The bidders could buy defense products only from India, or invest in the Indian defense industry.
This rule will have prevented EADS from offering some attractive offsets related to the production of Airbus commercial airliners. Moreover, foreign direct investment in Indian companies is currently limited to 26 percent of equity. An increase in this limit to 49 percent has been mooted specifically to help the MMRCA process, but any such change could delay the contract process.
In any event, the industrial benefits for Indian industry should multiply after the MMRCA enters service. Following the 24-month warranty period, the lifetime support and depot level maintenance must be provided by an Indian partner. "To ensure high aircraft availability, each operating base will have second-line facilities, including servicing of radar and avionics LRUs, electronic warfare equipment and hydraulics. An engine repair section and test bed will need to be set up," said an Indian air force engineer. There will be three operating bases, each with two squadrons. Depot-level maintenance will benefit from technology transfer including metallic and composite structures, canopy, radome, castings and forgings, landing gear, engine including Fadec, turbine and compressor blades, wheels and brakes, hydraulics and fuel system, including in-flight fueling.
Thales and its Indian partner, Samtel Display Systems (SDS), will be a major beneficiary of the Rafale's selection. "The MMRCA has provided the opportunity for Thales to grow this into a bigger company. We can build a center of excellence for airborne technologies that can be sold for different platforms," Puneet Kaura, executive director of SDS, told AIN. This could include infrared search-and-track systems for India's Sukhoi Su-30 fighters and the fifth-generation fighter aircraft being jointly developed by India and Russia. SDS is already slated to make a significant contribution to the $2 billion-plus Mirage 2000 upgrade that was awarded to Thales last July.
kelesis (not verified)
February 14, 2012 - 2:04pm
"This rule will have prevented EADS from offering some attractive offsets related to the production of Airbus commercial airliners"
Impossible, EADS can not provide offsets without the consent of France! That's obviously why they didn't use Eurocopter or Astrium (both under french control). It is the same for Airbus.
Christian Benesch (not verified)
February 14, 2012 - 3:11pm
When will the English get the message??
The Indians have chosen the plane they really preferred and wanted.
They do not want the Eurofighter.
It is not very difficult. Sulking didn't help the Americans either. So why do they think they have more leverage?
Paul (not verified)
February 15, 2012 - 5:19pm
Sorry Christian, but we have the message, a little dissapointed but not sulking.
Franck (not verified)
February 14, 2012 - 3:41pm
"However, Team Rafale will have shown French commitment and tangible progress toward the introduction of an AESA"
Thales AESA RBE2 radar validated on Rafale: http://www.thalesgroup.com/Pages/PressRelease.aspx?id=15254 (Feb. 2, 2011)
"With the AESA RBE2's performance now validated, in line with the contract schedule, Thales will begin series production of equipment for installation on the aircraft under Tranche 4 of the Rafale programme. The Tranche 4 aircraft were ordered by the DGA in 2009 and will be delivered by Dassault Aviation to the French Air Force from 2013."
Tangible progress, huh?
Jaybhatt (not verified)
February 15, 2012 - 12:39am
It is not just sulking but also whining and ranting at the same time, an almost impossible feat that the English have managed. The level of their public discourse after India announced its decision on the MMRCA contract has been appalling. Degenerated into racist and xenophobic hysteria very quickly. The Teutons have maintained a grim silence, apart from some puerile comments in Der Spiegel.
Come on, get over your juvenile angst. The IAF has chosen and you can do zilch about it.
KLPDHG (not verified)
February 15, 2012 - 3:49am
In a similar technical evaluation done by the Swiss air force in 2008-09, and recently leaked to the Swiss media, the Rafale was the clear winner (see box). "Where is the box?"
james bond (not verified)
February 15, 2012 - 7:50am
Here is the "technical evaluation done by the Swiss air force in 2008-09, and recently leaked to the Swiss media":
How can Cameron dare saying that the Eurofighter has "far better capacities than the Rafale"?! C'mon...Let's be serious.
Ted (not verified)
February 15, 2012 - 9:49pm
It's nothing personal, it's just business. India made what it thought was the best choice. Naturally, British politicians will continue to lobby for their product.
I think the Eurofighter is the better aircraft in an air superiority role, but the Rafale is a more mature multirole fighter (the EF has yet to be used in a multirole capacity). The Indians already have better air superiority aircraft than both the Chinese and the Pakistanis in the Su-30MKI. Furthermore, they are working with the Russians to develop a stealth fighter aircraft.
What India really needs is an excellent strike fighter....a fighter that can fly in and smash targets on the ground. That's what the Rafale is. It was designed as such from the get go. The EF on the other hand was originally intended to be an air superiority fighter and later on, strike capabilities were added on.
India struggled in the Kargil conflict because they didn't have a great strike fighter like the F-16/F-15E. The Mirages in their fleet only had limited air interdiction capabilities but they performed the job well (far better than their MiG-29s). Overall, the Indians were quite pleased with the Mirage, so that's probably another factor helping the Rafale.
Finally, I'm sure they managed to get a good price and a very favorable transfer of technology deal out of the French, who were desperate to sell the Rafale. That gave India a lot of negotiating leverage. The Rafale absolutely needed this deal, so it's only natural that they offered a lot more sweeteners than the EF consortium.
LAXMINARAYAN DAS (not verified)
March 5, 2012 - 5:23am
Looking into Eurofighter Typhoon's technicalities, I strongly beleive David Cameroon need to work jointly with Manmohan Singh, the way Russians are smart in working jointly in "Stealth Fighter Aircraft" project, where they need to invest for the benefit of both the nation.
R. Randall Padfield
March 14, 2012 - 12:12pm
Rafale Blowing Hot Again In Switzerland, U.A.E.?
Dassault has offered to adjust the Rafale package for Switzerland to reduce cost and prevent the confirmation of the Saab Gripen as that country's new fighter. The move follows the leaking of the Swiss air force evaluation report on the competing fighters, which also included the Eurofighter. The Rafale was the clear winner of the SAF evaluation, with the Eurofighter second, but the Swiss government opted for the cheaper Gripen package. This was worth $3.4 billion and included 22 jets. The potential new French offer is $3 billion for 18 aircraft, according to reports in the Swiss media.
Meanwhile, French media outlet La Tribune reported that the long-awaited sale of 60 Rafales to the UAE may soon be concluded, despite last November's dramatic declaration by the Emiratis at the Dubai Air Show that the price was not right. According to La Tribune, Dassault chief executive Charles Edelstenne returned to Abu Dhabi some days after the show to repair relations. There was a positive outcome, and now French President Sarkozy is standing by to visit the UAE at the end of March to seal the deal, La Tribune continued.
This box was entered on the website as a separate story.
Randy Padfield, AIN, Editor-in-Chief


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'Geolocation'? 'Geotagging'? What is This Stuff?
If the Army is educating recruits about "geolocation," maybe you should know about it too. In fact, the U.S. Army primer entitled "Geotags and Location‐Based Social Networking" is a pretty good basic resource. Check it out.
Understand this: Your mobile phone sends out signals to cell towers, creating records of where you go throughout your day. If it is enabled with GPS, it can produce even more precise location information.
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies are rushing to exploit the potential of geolocation data, acquiring details of people's movements and activities that once required costly, 24/7 surveillance. Uses of these data range from tracking fugitives, to reconstructing suspects' travels, to analyzing the movements of whole populations in search of "suspicious" behavior patterns.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is drafting legislation to set standards for government access to geolocation data under both criminal law and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. On Wednesday, January 26th, Cato will host him at an event we've titled "Location‐Tracking Technology and Privacy."
We'll ask you to silence your cell phone when the program starts. You might consider turning it off on the way here…
Register now.


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Manage Your Personal Data with Pygmynote
If you are looking for a simple tool for keeping tabs on your personal data, consider Pygmynote. This lightweight personal data manager is designed specifically for machines with limited system resources, so it runs lightning fast on netbooks and Linutops.
Pygmynote uses the embedded SQLite database engine to store the data in a local database. To make Pygmynote work on your machine, you have to install Python and the python-pysqlite2 package. Once you've done that, you can launch Pygmynote using the python pygmynote.py command.
To manage your data, Pygmynote uses a few easy-to-remember commands. For example, the i command allows you to insert a new record. To list all records in the database, you can use the a command, while the td command shows all records containing the current date in the tags field. The latter allows you to quickly view a list of tasks and events scheduled for today. You can also use Pygmynote to store links which you can open in the default browser using the url command.
Pygmynote can also manage email reminders thanks to the eml command which fetches emails containing a specific keyword (e.g., "Pygmynote" or "Reminder"). You can specify the desired keyword and email account settings in the IMAP connection settings section of the pygmynote.py script.


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The Petraeus resignation doesn't seem that much of a BFD to me. "Alpha Male Has Affair" is right up there with "Dog Bites Man" or "Cat Catches Mouse" as a shocker. Nor does it shock me that the FBI and DOJ knew about the affair last summer and didn't say anything to Congress about it. At least one other CIA director was worse.
Since there may be a connection to Benghazi, the righties are certain this affair ties into whatever they think the White House is covering up. Peter King is calling it a "crisis of major proportions." I guess it's a nice detraction from post-election soul-searching (nothing found, I hear). Of course, if Petraeus let his guard down and allowed his paramour to see classified information he needs to be called to account for that.
Also, too, people may be going ballistic because they were emotionally invested in Petraeus as a hero. You might remember the way Move On was set upon by howling virtual mobs of Petraeus admirers because of its "Petraeus Betray Us?" ad. Some right-leaning blogs are now calling him "General Betray Us." I'm not emotionally invested in him at all, one way or another, so the whole thing is kind of a snooze for me. Do wake up up if anything significant happens.
Bernard Finel and Kevin Drum has some interesting observations, if you want to explore the topic further.


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Have you seen our latest display?
Featuring titles newly available here at the Stone Center Library, current highlights include topics such as religion, genealogy, education, women's studies and more. We encourage you to come on by and check them out, and will be introducing these titles in a weekly three-part series, starting today with a variety of resources pertaining to family:
- Day, Aaron L. 2003. Locating Free African American Ancestors : a Beginner's Guide. Anaheim, CA: Carlberg Press.
- Day, Aaron L. 2011. DNA to Africa : the Search Continues. West Conshohocken, Pa.: Infinity Pub.
- Winch, Julie. 2011. The Clamorgans : One Family's History of Race in America. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang.
- Smith, Darron T. 2011. White Parents, Black Children : Experiencing Transracial Adoption. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Moore, Mignon R. 2011. Invisible Families : Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.
- Nathans, Sydney. 2012. To Free a Family : the Journey of Mary Walker. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
- Anon. 2011. Black Womanist Leadership : Tracing the Motherline. Albany: State University of New York Press.
- Schermerhorn, Calvin. 2011. Money over Mastery, Family over Freedom : Slavery in the Antebellum Upper South. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Le Roch Cognac
Cognac Le Roch is one of two brand names that are created by the house of La Gabare. This independent cognac house was created by Jean Grosperrin in 1992. Grosperrin had worked in the winemaking industry for many years, first as a broker and then as a wholesaler. This meant that he had forged many valuable relationships with both winegrowers and merchants in the region, and was ideally placed to set up his new venture.
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History of Cognac Le Roch
During his career as a broker and wholesaler, Jean Grosperrin soon came to realise that many wine producers had many hidden treasures within their cellars. It is common practice for extremely old barrels of cognac to be passed down through the generations, and Jean used his many contacts to be able to purchase some of these much sought after cognacs.
His vision was to create quality cognacs that celebrated these older years, rather than their unique flavours becoming forever lost in blends produced by the some of the larger and more commercial houses. Committed to this belief, his cognac house began to produce eaux-de-vie that would be suited to all levels of palate and price.
Le Roch Cognac Today
Jean and Guilhem Grosperrin still head this family run house today. All of their cognacs are produced under the strictest of control – and Le Roch cognacs are created from grapes that come from both the Petite and Grande Champagne areas. And whilst the company does, of course, embrace modern technology in the creation of their wares, traditional methods is what it is all about.
Jean Grosperrin is convinced that others share his passion of providing cognacs to the public that are virtually direct from the grower, as opposed to always purchasing from the larger trading houses.
News, Products and Prices
There are two cognacs produced under the brand Le Roch. These are the Le Roch VSOP Petite Champagne – a blend of three cognacs, and the Le Roch XO Extra Old Grande Champagne produced from the Petite and Grande Champagne regions and can be purchased for around €85 euros.
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Third-quarter drops in revenue and profits have reportedly cost the City of London 9,000 jobs in the financial services sector, according to a survey by a business lobby group.
Bloomberg reported Monday that the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said that banks, insurers, asset managers and other financial firms could cut another 3,000 from their employment rolls by year-end.
As of June 30, 1.14 million people in Britain were employed by firms in financial services, according to the CBI. However, cuts over the past three months have not put an end to the drive to streamline operations.
In its report, the CBI said, "The U.K.'s lackluster economic performance is hanging heavily over the industry. Faced with such weak demand, the industry is continuing to take steps to reduce its cost base." The survey, conducted by CBI and PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that 19% more companies reported sales drops than reported increases.
In a separate study, the recruitment firm Morgan McKinley reported that September saw the lowest level this year of vacancies at financial services firms and said that job openings in the City, as the financial district is known, as well as opportunities elsewhere in London, fell by 43% in 2012 to 2,205. A year earlier, such financial job opportunities numbered 3,843.
Hakan Enver, operations director at Morgan McKinley financial services, said in a statement, "From talking to various financial institutions across London, there is very little consistency in hiring plans for both the immediate and longer-term future."
Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden, said in the report, "It has proved to be an unexpectedly bad summer for bankers." He added that some banks "continue to scale down their investment banking operations."
Among financial institutions still planning cuts that will hit London are UBS, which looks to trim some 80–90 jobs in its European investment banking division, and Nomura Holdings, which plans to eliminate about 100 jobs, also in investment banking. Both actions, according to people familiar with the plans, will affect staff in London.


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According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), legal sales of digital music increased by over 200 percent in 2005 over the year before. Sales were split between mobile phone ring tones, which consisted of 40 percent of the total, and online music downloading services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTMS), which took the other 60 percent.
Digital music sales represent six percent of the total recording industry's revenues, which is up from about two percent in 2004 and only a fraction of a percent in 2003. This represents significant growth, although clearly sales of traditional media (such as CDs) continue to provide the lion's share of the recording's industry's revenue.
IFPI Chairman and CEO John Kennedy said: "Two years ago, few could have predicted the extraordinary developments we are seeing in the digital music business today. And there will be further significant growth in 2006 as the digital music market continues to take shape. Already in the UK and Germany—two of the biggest digital markets worldwide—legal buyers from sites like iTunes, Musicload and MSN actually exceed illegal file-swappers. We expect this trend to spread as new and pioneering legal music distribution channels open up to consumers.
One wonders exactly how the IFPI is able to accurately count the number of illegal file-swappers, but regardless, these figures do represent a significant new revenue stream for the music industry. Worldwide, there are now over 335 legitimate online music download services, up from 230 in 2004 and 50 two years ago. In Europe alone the number of services reached 200 in 2005, up from 150 in 2004.
The IFPI report claims that 420 million single tracks were downloaded in 2005 worldwide. If these numbers are to be believed, this puts Apple's iTMS far above any of its competitors in terms of market share. Apple claimed to have sold the 250 millionth iTMS song in January 2005 and passed the 500 million mark in July, which would put their share of the global download market in the high 90 percent range. These figures do not include music subscription services, such as Real Networks' Rhapsody and the new Napster, which increased their subscriber base from 1.5 million to 2.8 million in 2005.
According to the report, the number of illegal music files available for download over P2P networks have decreased from a peak of 1.1 billion in April 2003 to 885 million today, despite broadband use increasing significantly over that same time period. There is no mention of whether the spoofed, static-filled music files the record companies place on the networks to foil swappers are counted among the total. The IFPI claims that the decrease in illegal downloading is due to the recent legal efforts to shut down services like Grokster and Kazaa, combined with increasing availability of legal downloading services. This "carrot and stick" approach may be working, however, the issue of greed appears to be rearing its ugly green head. Clearly, the iTMS is the most significant driver of downloadable music sales. So why are the record companies trying to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs?


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Mazda test drive program pledges $1 million for nation's public school libraries
NEA's 'Read Across America Tour – Driven by Mazda' visits 20 cities
WASHINGTON - February 21, 2012 -
Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has teamed up with Universal Studios, NEA's Read Across America, and the NEA Foundation to benefit public school libraries nationwide. Mazda has pledged up to $1 million in support of the nation's public school libraries through a unique test drive program. For each test drive of a Mazda vehicle between Feb. 21 and April 2, Mazda will donate $25 toward public school libraries nationwide, up to $1 million. Administered by the NEA Foundation, this donation will provide vital funds to help the nation's struggling public school libraries.
To participate, consumers must first visit: http://www.mazdatestdriveoffer.com/lorax to obtain a certificate and take it to any Mazda dealer in the U.S. The dealer will then validate the certificate upon completion of the test drive. Funds raised through the test drives will be donated to the NEA Foundation and will be awarded to public school libraries nationwide through an application process in the spring. Additional donations for public school libraries can be made at: https://www.neafoundation.org/donations/
To drive awareness of the national test drive for libraries program, the "NEA's Read Across America Tour – Driven by Mazda," kicked off today. The tour will visit more than 20 cities, stopping at public schools and Mazda dealerships across the country to bring the gift of reading to thousands of public school students. NEA's "Read Across America Tour - Driven by Mazda" will focus on sharing the story of Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" with students, raise awareness for public schools in need and provide an opportunity for consumers to show that they care – as the Lorax teaches us – "a whole awful lot."
NEA's Read Across America Program is the organization's signature literacy effort to help children develop a love of reading during their early years. Studies show that students who enjoy reading perform better in school, boast higher test scores, develop comprehension proficiency and improve analytical skills faster and better than their peers who read less frequently.
"Every Mazda blends an envious combination of environmental, driving and safety performance," said Don Romano, chief marketing officer, Mazda North American Operations. "But the greater importance of our work this summer is our partnership with NEA's Read Across America tour. With the involvement of every one of our 640-plus U.S. dealers, we have raised our long-standing commitment to support literacy across the U.S., helping our nation's children achieve peak performance through the gift of reading."
"Mazda is a different kind of car company," added Romano. "Our pledge to help raise up to $1 million for public school libraries and our 'Truffula Tree'-approved SKYACTIV® TECHNOLOGY are just a couple of ways Mazda expresses its commitment to our communities and the future of our natural resources."
"NEA's national Read Across America celebration is not just about one hour or one day of reading," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "It is about cultivating a lifetime of good reading habits in students that will translate into academic success."
"NEA's Read Across America Tour brings students, parents, educators and the entire community together to share the joy of reading," added Van Roekel. "At a time of budget cutbacks in education resources, including reading resources, NEA appreciates Mazda's unique partnership to help raise $1 million to support our nation's public school libraries and ensure all children have access to the gift of reading."
NEA's "Read Across America Tour - Driven by Mazda" will travel through both the West and East Coasts, visiting schools and Mazda dealerships, and culminate with a final stop in New York City on March 2 to celebrate "Read Across America Day," Dr. Seuss' birthday and the opening of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's 3D feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.
Superstar Zac Efron, who lends his vocal talents to the animated adventure, will serve as a celebrity guest reader at The New York Public Library for the March 2 national reading event that celebrates "Read Across America Day." Star voices from the film – including Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle and Betty White – will join Zac Efron as co-chairs of this year's Read Across America Program.
As the first and only carmaker to receive The Lorax's honor of the "Truffula Tree Seal of Approval," Mazda will power the reading tour by providing Mazda CX-5 and Mazda3 vehicles, equipped SKYACTIV® TECHNOLOGY and wrapped with the colorful graphics of the program.
The Mazda CX-5 boasts 35 MPG, the highest highway fuel economy of any SUV sold in America and the highest combined fuel economy of any non-hybrid SUV, while the Mazda3 with SKYACTIV® TECHNOLOGY delivers up to 40 MPG highway. With NEA's Read Across America Tour being "Driven by Mazda," it can deliver the love of reading to children across the country and make the Lorax proud by treading lightly on the Earth.
The NEA's "Read Across America Tour - Driven by Mazda" schedule is as follows. Please note dates and locations are subject to change.
Visit http://www.mazdatestdriveoffer.com/lorax to download the test drive donation form and learn more about the test drives for public school libraries program.
For more information on NEA's Read Across America: www.nea.org/readacross
For more information on the NEA Foundation: https://www.neafoundation.org/donations/
Like us! www.facebook.com/neareadacrossamerica
Follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/NEAMedia
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
About the NEA Foundation:
The NEA Foundation is a public charity supported by contributions from educators' dues, corporate sponsors, and others who support public education initiatives. We partner with education unions, districts, and communities to create powerful, sustainable improvements in teaching and learning. Visit www.neafoundation.org for more information.
About Mazda North American Operations:
Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada Inc., located in Ontario; and in Mexico by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City.
About Dr. Seuss' The Lorax:
From the creators of Despicable Me and the imagination of Dr. Seuss comes the much anticipated feature Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, a 3D-CG adaptation of the classic tale of a forest guardian who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a 12-year-old as he searches for a real Truffula Tree, the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To get it he must find the story of the Lorax, the acerbic yet charming character who fights to protect his world.
Lending their vocal talents to the project are Danny DeVito as the iconic title character of the Lorax and Ed Helms as the enigmatic Once-ler. Also bringing their voices to the adventure are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic youth who searches for the Lorax, and Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift as Audrey, the girl of Ted's dreams. Rounding out the cast are Rob Riggle as the villain O'Hare, Jenny Slate as Ted's protective mother and beloved actress Betty White as Ted's wise Grammy Norma.
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax is the third feature created by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment (Despicable Me, Hop). www.theloraxmovie.com
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Turn on the Weather Channel, and you might see storm-tracking images from your friendly local Doppler radar system. Although your average storm front is quite large, this technology can also track smaller objects—much smaller, in fact. A Doppler radar system originally designed to track small debris particles falling off the Space Shuttle has now been used to detect individual rain drops within clouds. The hope is that this work will give us a better understanding of the dynamics that help drive weather.
First, some radar basics. The term is actually an acronym for "radio detection and ranging," and it was originally developed before and during World War II to detect incoming ships and aircraft. A radar system transmits radio wave or microwave signals, some of which are reflected back to the receiver when they hit a large change in density—typically, a solid or liquid object. Electrically conductive materials like metal and water show up particularly well.
All ground-based radar systems used to track moving objects are actually Doppler radars, which rely on the Doppler shift in the radio waves to determine the relative velocity of whatever they're tracking. This is the same Doppler effect that causes the wail of an ambulance siren to shift in frequency as it zips toward or away from you. The same principle applies to electromagnetic radiation: the frequency of reflected waves increases (with respect to the original transmitted waves) when an object is moving toward the receiver, and decreases when it is moving away. Doppler radar signal processors pick up on these changes to track the relative velocity of objects.
The authors here used a high-resolution pulse-Doppler radar referred to as the "Mid-Course Radar" (MCR), operated by the US Navy in Florida, near Cape Canaveral. "Pulse" refers to the fact that the radar transmits microwave pulses, at a frequency of around 160 per second, rather than continuously.
Previously, this radar was used with NASA to track small debris particles coming off the Space Shuttle. But researchers have now turned it on the interior of clouds.
This radar is able to record not only the overall properties of a cloud, but also the individual rain drops within the cloud. It does this by alternating the frequency of microwave pulses, alternating between resolutions of 37 meters and 0.546 meters (the narrow and and wideband signals, respectively). In wideband radar images that are averaged over an hour, rain drops appear as individual, diagonal streaks representing their positions and motion over that time. At a range of two kilometers, the wideband radar can detect drops less than a millimeter in diameter.
Starting with these radar signals, the authors used independent methods to calculate both the diameter and velocity of drops. First, the slope of the streaks can be used to estimate the drop velocity. In addition, the velocity can be measured using the Doppler phase shift. The diameter is calculated independently using the thickness of the drop streak. To give you an idea of the scale involved, the drop diameter sits on the order of two millimeters and the velocity around five meters per second.
These measurements can then be evaluated for consistency using a known relationship between rain drop diameter and terminal velocity. The authors found that their independent calculations agreed very well.
There are a few issues that could affect the calculation of the drop diameter and velocity, since they are based on the radar signals. For example, small horizontal movements would thicken the streaks, causing the rain drops to appear wider. In addition, the drop position could fluctuate due to local turbulence, interaction with other rain drops, and even lightning. But, if you image enough drops, these factors should average out.
At this point, you might be saying, "This is great, but why bother other than just to say we can?" For one thing, a better understanding of cloud dynamics will lead to more accurate weather predictions. Perhaps even more importantly, the effects of clouds are one of the biggest uncertainties in climate models. Clouds both warm the planet's surface through infrared radiation emission and cool the surface by reflecting sunlight back into space. By observing both the overall and fine structure of clouds, more accurate models can be developed.
PNAS, 2012. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117776109 (About DOIs)


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A subset A of a compact metric M is called a $\epsilon$ net if it satisfies the following conditions
(1)$\epsilon$ dense: the neighborhood of A is the entire M
(2)$\epsilon$ separate: $\forall x, y \in A$, $d(x,y)>\epsilon$
It is a well known fact that for any $\epsilon$, there is a fintie $\epsilon$ net.
And I wonder whether there is an uniform bound for cardinalities of all the $\epsilon$-nets of a given compact metric space(fixed $\epsilon$). May be exist a comapcat metric space,just constructing one, who have a series of $\epsilon$ net and the cardinality of these series of $\epsilon$ net are unbounded.
I think the question is negative and should involve the Hausdorff measure, dimenson and volume, but now I am confused. It will be so nice for some people to give me a answer.


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ITHACA, NY — The U.S. Department of State recently announced the colleges and universities that produced the most student Fulbright award winners in 2013–2014, and Ithaca College is among them. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program.
The success of the top-producing institutions was highlighted in the "Chronicle of Higher Education." Four recently graduated Ithaca students were awarded Fulbrights for the current academic year, the highest ever single-year total. That placed the college tied for fifth among all master's-level institutions in the country.
Three of the Fulbright winners were selected under the English Teaching Assistant Program. That program places recent graduates as English teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools or universities overseas, improving foreign students' English language abilities and knowledge of the United States while increasing the U.S. student's own language skills and knowledge of the host country.
- Tommy McAree, who graduated in 2013 with a degree in English, is teaching in Indonesia.
- Ranu Nath, who graduated in 2012 with a degree in politics, is teaching in Turkey.
- Rebekah Shyloski, who graduated in 2011 with a double major in art history and Spanish, is teaching in Taiwan.
Jie Wu, a 2013 economics graduate, was given a Fulbright research award. In February, he will travel to India to study the variation and inter-connectedness of how residents of Kolkata from different ethnic groups interact and attribute meaning to the Hooghly River, a major distributary of the Ganges River.
Professor of English Hugh Egan serves as the faculty liaison for students seeking external grants and awards. He took over that role in 2011 from Professor of mathematics Marty Sternstein, who had been the longtime supervisor of the college's Fulbright application process.
"I'm delighted we have four Fulbright winners this year," said Egan. "Ithaca College has a long history of mentoring Fulbright applicants, and it's nice to see results like this."
A total of 17 Ithaca students have been awarded Fulbrights over the past decade. The Fulbright Program also awards grants to U.S. teachers and faculty to conduct research and teach overseas, and nearly the same number of IC faculty members have also earned Fulbrights during that time period.
Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 325,000 participants — chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research; exchange ideas; and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
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Date: Sunday January 27
Website: www.cxsportive.com
Distances: 40km, 60km, 80km
Average times: 80km 4-20; 60km 3-42; 40km 3-09
The sportive scene has grown massively in recent years while cyclo-cross is enjoying a resurgence. So it was only a matter of time before the two were mixed to form cyclo-cross (or CX) sportives, with the Woodcote Wildwood CX Sportive a prime example.
Now in its third year, this event offered a choice of 40, 50 or 80km and a very wide selection of riding surfaces ranging from main roads, country lanes, rough trails, gravel byways right through to sections of narrow singletrack.
Lining up at the start was an equally mixed range of bikes, everything from full-sus mountain bikes to dedicated cross machines, via hardtails, converted winter hacks and flat-bar hybrids. There were also a lot of cross-commuters – some looking like they were about to see real mud for the first time.
The Woodcote organisers emphasise that the event is open to any kind of bike and even encourage some friendly rivalry between the road and off-road genres. Participants can fly the flag for their tribe by registering their choice of steed on the entry form.
Smooth start
After leaving the start, we were eased in gently, with the first few miles on tarmac roads winding through the wooded hills of the Chilterns. Next came some bumpy concrete farm tracks, (demonstrated by the lights and inner tubes scattered on the ground) but nothing to really test the bigger tyres and suspension of the mtb tribes. Indeed, the cross bikes easily cruised ahead of the off-roaders.
After the rainy winter we've all just enjoyed, the lanes and tracks were covered in mud but not enough to slow down a pair of 32mm knobblies.
But things turned around and soon enough we were onto seriously boggy bridleways and the mountain bikes had the advantage – especially on the rocky downhill stretches.
Next we were back on tarmac roads again and able to team up with some other riders to work our way into the headwind. Then, just as we were getting into a nice roadie rhythm, the arrows indicated a sudden turn onto a byway, and we were back in the realm of the mountain bikers once more.
And that set the pattern for the rest of the ride: an ever-changing mix of roads and tracks that kept us on our toes when it came to bike handling, with the constant short, steep climbs giving the heart and lungs a pretty good workout, too.
In many places the winter rain had diluted the mud so much it was like riding through coffee (rather than toffee), so the cross bikes were able to keep spinning through, while the heavier machines with full suspension seemed to wallow in the mire.
Overall, we reckon it was definitely a day for the cross bikes, but whatever machine riders were on, everyone enjoyed a good, fun day out. Cyclo-cross sportives are still a pretty new phenomenon, but we'd guess we'll see plenty more of them in the future.
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For more fun in the mud, try the Southern Sting CX Sportive at Duncton, in the South Downs, on March 10. Will you choose a cross bike or an mtb? www.cxsportive.com
This article was first published in the February 28 issue of Cycling Weekly. You can also read our magazines on Zinio, download from the Apple store and also through Kindle Fire.


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How would you like to create a smartphone operating system? If you get involved in Canonical's Ubuntu phone project you can, in a way. As we reported, Canonical is taking community input on what the core applications (e-mail, calendar, clock/alarm, weather, file manager, document viewer, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter) should look like.
While an early version of the operating system is supposed to be released as open source code in late February, we haven't been able to go hands-on with Ubuntu for phones just yet. Still, it's fun to take a look at the application designs developers have come up with for core Ubuntu phone apps. So we're going to show you a sampling of them in this gallery.
If you see any designs you hate, don't worry. These mockups are suggestions from Ubuntu community members rather than designs made by Canonical's phone team. This is part of the building process: the best aspects of community proposals will hopefully make it into Ubuntu phones when they finally hit the market sometime toward the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014.
David Planella of Canonical told us the goal is to "enable interested community members to participate in the design process of the core phone apps by providing their input," and "support the core app developer teams with a source of inspiration and reference for the implementation."
The project is still in the very early stages. "The Design team at Canonical is currently working on a set of application design guidelines which will land very soon," Planella said. "But until then, the core app developers can get started on the implementation by using some of the design ideas submitted by the community." There's no telling what will end up in the final version of the apps, but Planella said community-contributed mockups "will all provide very valuable input to developers."
If you want to contribute some of your own designs, check out the project guidelines here. There's also a site for developers to help them build third-party apps for Ubuntu phones. In the meantime, take a look at the images to see some of the best designs so far for the phone platform's core apps.
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