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November 09, 2012, 3:30 PM — According to a recent survey by outsourcing analyst firm HfS Research, 63% of IT leaders would like to drop the term "outsourcing" to describe the IT services provided to them by third-parties and 68% of IT service providers want to do away with the designation.
Some of that can be attributed to the negative connotations associated with the word "outsourcing," particularly on the heels of a presidential campaign that trotted out the practice as a job-destroying boogeyman.
But it could also be that the term has outlived its effectiveness. "Like many invented terms, the process it describes has evolved considerably from what it was initially," says Cliff Justice, partner in KPMG's Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory.
In his report earlier this year, " The Death of Outsourcing," Justice argues that as the use of third-party IT service providers has evolved from a simple "lift-and-shift" back-office cost-cutting exercise to a complex ecosystem of smaller deals, higher expectations, and more business-centric services, the way customers and providers think and talk about outsourcing must advance as well.
The low-hanging fruit has been picked. Organizations will find it difficult to rely on their low-cost, low-margin service providers to be in a position to step up with the kind of investment needed to give them additional competitive advantages.
Instead of delineating between insourcing or outsourcing or offshoring, Justice writes that IT leaders should embrace the "extended global enterprise& not a specific model or set delivery structure, but rather a paradigm for delivering business services based on the concepts of end-to-end processes, internal and outsourced service providers, high value services and strong central governance."
CIO.com talked to Justice about the shift taking place in IT services, the inherent inertia on the part of both customers and providers to embrace new models, and the potential winners and losers in a world beyond outsourcing.
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TRAVERSE CITY — City commissioners ignored a last-minute plea to add one more restriction and passed an ordinance to allow bee keeping inside the city limits.
Commissioner Mary Ann Moore suggested the commission amend the bee-keeping ordinance to ban the practice within 100 feet of a home where someone is allergic to honey-bee stings. Moore made the suggestion after speaking with a resident allergic to bee stings and a parent with a child allergic to bees.
"One person told me they almost lost their little son," Moore said. "That person's health is more important than the neighbor's ability to keep bees."
Moore said the 100-foot ban would likely not have any impact because there are probably only two people in the entire city allergic to honey bees. Those people would need to present a letter from a doctor to enable the 100-foot ban.
Commissioners Jody Bergman and Jeanine Easterday, who also sit on the planning commission, said the ordinance is already more restrictive than what other cities allow. Residents must get an annual license, are allowed just two hives, and they must be located at least 25 feet from any neighboring home. The ordinance also requires a six-foot-tall flight barrier if the hive is within 25 feet of a property line.
Flight barriers prevent bees from taking low glide paths leaving the hive and once they go up, they won't come back down except to feed.
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The Anger Gremlin is a naughty creature who loves to feed on angry feelings, and the angrier you get, the bigger he gets! Packed with fun, simple activities and games, it will help children aged 5-9 understand why they get angry and how they can control their angry feelings to make the Anger Gremlin go away. Suitable for parents and practitioners. more »August 2014, Paperback: £12.99/ $19.95
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Tony Rolando's Make Noise Eurorack modules are usually noted as the best or in the top few on people's lists. The 6 channel RXMX which comes out this summer will surely be awesome for some wild panning, pinging and much more. Thanks to Nick and his team at Sonic State for the video.
"The RXMX is a concept we are working on with Grant Richter. It stands for Richter's Exquisite Mixer. The concept behind is a to apply the surrealist techniques of the exquisite corps game to patching." – Tony Rolando (Make Noise)
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|Service Sector Improved; Non-Retail Revenues and Retail Sales Rose; Optimistic Outlook
|June 24, 2014
|Service Sector Activity Moderated; Retail Sales Weakened; Non-Retail Revenues Strengthened
|May 27, 2014
|Service Sector Strengthened and Expectations Improved; Retail Activity Intensified
|April 22, 2014
|Service Sector Revenues Weakened; Employment and Wages Rose
|March 25, 2014
|Service Sector Activity Edged Up; Employment Softened
|February 25, 2014
|Retail Sales Rose Moderately While Employment Weakened; Non-Retail Hiring Strengthened
|January 28, 2014
|Service Sector Activity Mixed; Retail Activity Strengthened; Non-Retail Subsector Little Changed
|December 24, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Softened; Retail Sales Retreated, Non-Retail Revenues Remained Flat
|November 26, 2013
|Service Sector Hiring Strengthened; Retail Sales Improved; Non-Retail Revenues Flattened
|October 22, 2013
|Service Sector Expanded More Slowly; Employment Grew Modestly
|September 24, 2013
|Stable Growth in Service Sector; Retail Activity Strengthened and Outlook Remained Optimistic
|August 27, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Improved as Non-Retail Firms Made Gains; Hiring Remained Soft
|July 23, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Weakened; Retail Sales and Hiring Declined; Non-Retail Hiring Inched Up
|June 25, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Improved; Retail and Non-Retail Revenues Strengthened
|May 28, 2013
|Service Sector Wage Growth Strengthened; Retail Sales Flattened, Non-Retail Sales Rebounded
|April 23, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Weakened; Revenues and Hiring Declined
|March 26, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Slowed; Non-Retail Hiring Strengthened, Retail Activity Contracted
|February 26, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Grew Moderately; Retail Strengthened; Non-Retail Revenues Slowed
|January 22, 2013
|Service Sector Activity Improved, Bolstered by Non-Retail Services; Outlook More Optimistic
|December 26, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Weakened; Employment Declined
|November 27, 2012
|Service Sector Revenues Strengthened; Employment Remained Weak
|October 23, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Slows, Hiring Remains Stalled
|September 25, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Strengthened in September, Despite Declining Retail Employment
|August 28, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Remained Weak in August; Exception - Average Wages Grew Steadily
|July 24, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Declines; Optimism Wanes
|June 26, 2012
|Service Sector Revenues Accelerate; Wages Expand at Retail and Non-Retail Businesses
|May 22, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Remained Weak Overall; Sector Employment Strengthened
|April 24, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Stalls as Retail Declines and Non-Retail Activity Moderates
|March 27, 2012
|Service Sector Activity Strengthens; Outlook Optimistic
|February 28, 2012
|Service Sector Revenue Growth Slows; Employment Makes Gains
|January 24, 2012
|Service Sector Revenue Growth Continues, Led by Retail Sales
|December 27, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Softens at Retail Establishments, Improves at Non-Retail Services Firms
|November 22, 2011
|Retail Sector Rebounds; Non-Retail Activity Flattens
|October 25, 2011
|Weakening Slows, But Service Sector Remains Fragile; Average Wage Growth Strengthens
|September 27, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Weakens; Retail and Non-Retail Revenues Decline
|August 23, 2011
|Service Sector Employment Weakens; Retail Activity Slumps
|July 26, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Picks Up; Revenues and Average Wages Strengthen
|June 28, 2011
|Revenues Weaken Across the Service Sector; Retail Activity Slows Despite Uptick in Shopper Traffic
|May 24, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Slowed in May; Hiring and Wages Remained Strong at Non-Retail Firms, and Leveled off at Retail Businesses
|April 26, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Strengthens: Retail Revenues Rise; Services Firms Make Gains
|March 22, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Edges Up; Non-Retail Strengthens, Retail Remains Lackluster
|February 22, 2011
|Service Sector Activity Maintains Momentum, Retail Softens, Non-Retail Activity Remains Up
|January 25, 2011
|Retail Sector Strengthens; Activity at Non-Retail Services Firms Slows
|December 28, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Rebounds; Retail Sales Jump and Non-Retail Revenues Remain Solid
|November 23, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Softens at Retail Establishments, Strengthens at Non-Retail Services Firms
|October 26, 2010
|Service Sector Weakness Slows; Six-Month Outlook Optimistic
|September 28, 2010
|Overall Service Sector Activity Softens; Big-Ticket Sales Drop Sharply
|August 24, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Shrinks; Optimism Dims Among Retailers
|July 27, 2010
|Service Sector Revenues Accelerate Slightly; Sector Labor Markets Weaken
|June 22, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Slows in June; Outlook Remains Upbeat
|May 25, 2010
|Revenues and Hiring Accelerate at Services-Providing Firms in May; Retail Sales Level Off
|April 27, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Intensifies; Widespread Revenue Growth and Optimistic Outlook
|March 23, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Strengthens; Retail Sales Expand
|February 23, 2010
|Service Sector Activity Contracts; Although Tempered, Outlook Remains Optimistic
|January 26, 2010
|Activity Remains Weak at Services Firms; Retail Contraction Subsides
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Republican senators voted to kill the Veteran's Job Bill. Only five Republican senators voiced support for the bill. The 58-40 vote was two votes shy of the required 60 majority to override the Congressional spending authorization restrictions. Most of the senators against the bill allegedly were more motivated by their opposition to President Obama than consideration of the needs of our returning military.
Currently, more than 720,000 veterans are looking for work, and there are unfunded openings such as in the trades and for police, firemen and teachers. A jobs bill would open these positions to help the veterans as well as helping our communities. The cost of implementing this bill is a small price we owe to pay for those who volunteered to go to war.
Sen. Tom Colburn rationalized his objection by blaming the budget and the debt. No mention was paid to our greater debt to the men and women who put their lives on the line since 9-11.
So much for supporting our troops.
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Writing to read-only devices with aufs2
Aufs easily creates workarounds to provide virtual write access to read-only media or files residing in read-only filesystems, such as ISO9660 (which supports no write operation, whether the underlying block device is writable or not). Without aufs, then symlinks, bind-mounts, and filesystem restructuring is necessary to support writing to otherwise unwritable files. Setting up a chroot environment to record changes to the filesystem is easy with aufs, because it puts all changed files and a record of modifications to metadata on the writable branch. With this feature, you can create "incremental" installations by adding filesystem history step by step. Also, you can use existing mount points as targets, so the old directory data is "hidden" by the modified data.
Aufs2 users have long backed adding aufs2 to the main kernel. Because of attempts to add overlay capabilities into the generic virtual filesystem layer rather than a separate filesystem, aufs2 likely won't make it into the kernel soon.
- Aufs: http://aufs.sourceforge.net/
- UnionFS: http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html
- Linux Kernel Archives: http://www.kernel.org/
- Wikipedia on aufs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AuFS
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EOF - Prisons vs. Horizons
The most important strategic moves in the tech world are more often orthogonal than oppositional. Put another way, capture is vertical while freedom is horizontal. If you want to escape from prison, you have to go sideways. And the outside is infinitely wider than the inside—higher too, but first you have to get out. If open is your strategy, ya gotta move laterally—to the outside, toward the horizons.
Last month, I wrote about how Apple's iPhone, the most cushy prison ever created for both developers and users, is challenged less by competing prisons than by open smartphones based on Google's Android. To review, the iPhone is a silo that stands on one company's closed OS and hardware. It is equipped with a slick SDK, rules galore about how products should run and developers behave, and a single retail sphincter—the iTunes "store"—through which all products, even ones that cost the customer nothing, are sold. Meanwhile, Android phones are restricted only in the sense that they have one (Linux-based) operating system, which is open to improvement and adaptation by anybody. There's no limit to its horizons.
So, while Apple has raised the bar for what smartphones can do, Google is now widening it. (So, for that matter, is Symbian, another open smartphone operating system that has more users than Apple's and Google's phones put together. Disclosure: I consult the Symbian Foundation.)
And now, with Apple's new iPad, the open OS folks have another category to widen. Fortunately, Apple has made it easier this time. That's because the iPad is a much narrower silo than the iPhone.
While smartphones are extensions of one's self (they are, primarily, phones), the iPad is mostly a consumption device. It is built to "deliver content" and to get money for it. All the other stuff the iPad does—e-mail, browsing, looking at picture albums and home videos—is gravy. The meat of the iPad is its system for pumping out content and getting money for it. Among the goods for sale through iPads are TV shows, movies, newspapers, magazines and books. In other words, the iPad is a better Kindle, with video and audio as well as print. Apple is also much better at playing this whole game—closed distribution through closed gear—than Amazon. Already (at the time this writing, in early February) Apple is winning "the e-book battle" by giving publishers what Amazon wouldn't give them: the ability to charge higher prices.
But content trapped in prisons is not the whole world, or even a majority of it. There's a limit to how big you can make a prison, and to the appeal of any prison to potential occupants. All these prisons still stand on the Net, which was built as a place where anybody can make and share (or sell, or both) anything. What we need now in that wide-open space are tablets that are more than real nice ways to "consume content".
We're sure to get them. Google is reportedly already working on one (or more) Android-based tablets. Maemo-based ones from Nokia have been coming out for half a decade and are bound to get better. I would love it if the Dells, Acers and HPs of the world would come through with open tablets based on open Linux OSes—and market them aggressively. I suppose one or more of them will, eventually. Meanwhile, we'll get what we want anyway. It's a big world, with lots of hardware makers.
What I'm worried about isn't the silos—or silos alone. The biggest dangers show up one layer down, where the Net's wide-open spaces are being carved up and fenced off while our leading blabbermouths are distracted, as usual, by vendor sports and other narrow concerns. Some of the carving is between silos. And while it's worth worrying about how much "content" gets locked up and how, there are problems just as big, if not bigger, at the national level. Writes Stephen Lewis, "By resting on a 'borrowed' infrastructure, the Internet has inherited the 'gatekeepers' that own and control, charge for, and regulate these legacy elements....Such organizations still carve up the world according to geopolitical entities and borders defined between the late-eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth and gerrymander services and access accordingly."
Nowhere is this a bigger deal than in China, where the Internet is replaced by a highly censored "Cinternet". The Open Net Initiative reports that more than 40 countries filter the Net, affecting more than a half-billion users.
Where the two threats—corporate silos and restrictive natures of nations—come together is around copyright. Here the frictions meet and lock. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), currently being negotiated between the US, the European Union and other national entities, would, in the words of Aaron Shaw, "include sweeping provisions to criminalize information use practices currently allowed under US, European, and international law." Thus, to protect influential industries from "piracy" on the Net's high seas, ACTA would drain the oceans, replacing them with well-guarded canals.
All new regulations have the effect of protecting yesterday from last week. The irony here is that the Internet—even in its currently restricted places—is the best platform for tomorrow that humans have ever invented. If ACTA passes, it will find eager enforcers in the private prisons already being built.
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal. He is also a fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Information Technology and Society at UC Santa Barbara.
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Apple, Android and beyond
Well, Mike, this is what happens when one writes 800 words several months ago.
Since I wrote this I have acquired both an iPad and an Android phone. The short of my preliminary conclusions are, Points Taken. I also still stand by what I said about the roles of verticalizers and horizontalizers.
I think the problem for Android right now is the distance it stands from the rest of the Linux community, though I don't have a clear enough picture of that.
Since I wrote the piece, Symbian has been pushed down-market by Nokia while the company has joined forces with Intel on Meego , which is also Linux-based. I'm curious to know what you and other readers think of that.
Doc Searls is Senior Editor of Linux Journal
Prison or walled garden?
I am a long time Linux user (~1995) and a strong supporter of open source but Android just isn't cutting it. Glossing over it's shortcomings will keep it from ever being as good as iOS. It lacks polish, lets device manufacturers and phone carriers distort the intended user-experience, usability is poor, and it's security doesn't keep users from harming themselves. The same things that have kept Linux from success on the desktop are what will keep Android from success.
You call the iPhone a prison but to most it's a walled garden that keeps out all the things they don't want. The Android experience is mixed at best and falls into the old problem of giving users to much rope to hang themselves with and poor security on the application level. It also forces users to deal with security issues to buy and use apps. This is fine for us geeks but for the average user it is a bad thing.
It's total BS that the iPad is mostly a consumption device. Many apps exist for making and editing various types of content. I write code and edit documents on it as well as using it to manage my servers. Anybody that wants to can pay a small fee and become a developer in which case they are free to write any type of app they want for their own use and usually can distribute those apps to others. If people want content creation apps then they'll get content creation apps. Since iOS is largely a Unix device and apps can mostly be written in C you can port most Linux apps to iOS with little effort.
It is the job of Apple and Amazon to make recommendations on what publishers charge but not to artificially limit what they can charge. It's consumers job to limit what publishers charge. If a product is overpriced then don't buy it. I have bought a couple books on iBooks but none over $7.99 (and that was just one, an Orson Scott Card book - a very established author). I personally think over $4.99 for a eBook is a rip off and won't often cross that barrier but I'd buy several books a week at a more reasonable price such as $2.99. Amazon could have a major advantage in this area for me if they could arrange to offer the eBook for a small extra fee ($.99?) for those that have already purchased the paper version.
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The Meridian Star
The recent interview by ESPN's Buster Onley featuring Dennis "Oil Can-Po-Boy" Boyd told one of the most powerful dis-hearting success stories ever been told!
As a classmate, teammate, playmate, and friend; it hurt me to my heart to hear the revelation Satan, and the diseases called addiction and alcoholism can do, to a good hearted person, trying to fit in, in a Major League World.
Mr. Boyd revealed the naked truth, we all realized, a reality growing up in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. The chances of being introduced to drugs and alcohol, before learning an athletic skills, in which you may one day master; all the while, facing a spirit of self-destruction; having been introduced to drugs and substances; and abusing them.
I pray he comes to a reality of soberness; and be able to come home, and tell the next generation, how he fought and defeated drugs and alcohol. I love Dennis like a brother; unfortunately, reaching him will take a higher source; man is isn't able to reach!
I ask the city to witness the interview as objectively as we possibly can. Realizing it could happen to anyone of us. It could happen to us, and family members related to us.
However we view it, Mr. Boyd is a native Meridianite; graduate of the class of 1977 Meridian High School Wildcat. He played under one of the most brilliant minds ever associated with coaching Mississippi High School Baseball; Bill Merchant! We can't forget how he grew up in the Magnolia/East End Community; loving the game.
We must now realize, there is another generation of Dennis Boyd's out there; therefore it is our responsibility to nurture, guide, direct and educate the next student, athlete, actor, actress, business owner, doctor, lawyer or teacher in right directions, early on in life; avoiding the pit-falls of street life, headed toward becoming the next; what ever you can imagine; God will allow them to be!
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Cuyahoga Falls Frozen River Festival - sponsored by the Gardens of Western Reserve Assisted Living Residence.
Get your hats and mittens and join us at the Ice Rink at Falls River Square and put your fun...On Ice!
Watch University of Akron Culinary Arts Students carve amazing animals and other objects from blocks of ice. These professionals are preparing for a national competition and the City of Cuyahoga Falls is providing the stage for them to practice.Beginning Friday, January 18th and continuing through Sunday, January 20th, visit the Ice Rink to see the beautiful carvings and watch an ice skating show. Warm up in the Pavilion on Friday and Saturday with wine from Sarah's Vineyard and the delicious Cuyahoga Falls Bicentennial Beer from Thirsty Dog Brewery. Vendors will also be in the Pavilion with specialty items such as jewelry, upscale food and baked goods.
The Ice Rink will also be open for business all weekend too! Admission is free for residents with the CFOne card. All others are $3. Skate rental and sharpening are available on site.


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Courier sports staff
Ottumwa Courier
---- — STATE CENTER — On a day filled with a lot of close competition, the Oskaloosa boys golf team was right in the mix. The Indians finished battling four different teams for fourth place on Monday at the West Marshall Invitational, settling for seventh place after losing a tiebreaker for sixth with Norwalk as the Indians joined the Warriors with a team total of 341.
"I don't think the temperature ever got over 40 degrees and the wind chill had to be around freezing," Oskaloosa head boys golf coach Bret Foster said. "We had sleet to start the round and a handful of flurries at some point during the round, so the boys did a pretty good job of grinding through the round."
Oskaloosa hosts Grinnell and Pella today at 4:15 p.m.
West Marshall Invitational
At Lincoln Valley Golf Course
Par 72
(*-lost team tiebreaker)
(**-won on card-off)
Team scoring — 1. PCM 307, 2. Grinnell 315, 3. South Hamilton 317, 4. Nevada 334, 5. Boone 335, 6. Norwalk 341, *-7. Oskaloosa 341, 8. Pella Christian 343, 9. Colfax-Mingo 348, 10. Bondurant-Farrar 352, 11. Perry 361, 12. West Marshall 370, 13. East Marshall 376.
**-Medalist — Hunter Van Veen (PCM) 72.
Runner-up — Zach McGriff (Grinnell) 72.
Oskaloosa individuals — Clay Tucker 78, Andrew Brouwer 87, Tanner Lanphier 88, Ethan Farner 88, Andrew Shaffer 94, Logan Lunsford 111.
Clay Tucker led the Indians with a six-over par round of 78 at the Lincoln Valley Golf Course, which saw PCM come home with the team title by eight shots over Grinnell. The Mustangs' Hunter Van Veen beat the Tigers' Zach McGriff for the meet medalist honors on a card-off.


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Playing with the Player Project
So far, our robot is awake, alert and ready to be told to do something interesting. Let's give it something to do. The CoroBot robot comes with a number of sensors and actuators—probably the easiest of which to interface with are the front- and rear-facing infrared ranging sensors and the mobility base's drive motors. Thus, we can write a small C program to talk to the Player server, read the IR sensors and drive the robot until it is 10cm away from an obstacle in front of the robot.
The first thing we have to do to interface with the Player server is open up a connection to it. For the sake of brevity, we will skip a lot of error checking, but you can download the full version of the code from the LJ FTP server (see Resources).
This code defines the variables we will use to talk to the Player server and the device interfaces in which we are interested:
#include "libplayerc/playerc.h" static playerc_client_t* clientHandle; static playerc_position2d_t* positionProxy; static playerc_ir_t* irProxy;
The clientHandle is used for talking to the Player server itself. The second position2d interface talks to the position2d interface, providing us with encoder information about how the wheels are moving and allowing us to send motor commands to the robot. We'll ignore the encoder information for this example. Lastly, the IR interface gives us information about the distances that the robot's IR sensors are reporting.
The next code snippet uses these proxies to interface with the server and these devices:
playerc_client_connect(clientHandle); // convert our interface to a PULL interface, // only updates when we read playerc_client_datamode(clientHandle, PLAYER_DATAMODE_PULL); // tell the robot to drop older messages playerc_client_set_replace_rule( clientHandle, -1, -1, PLAYER_MSGTYPE_DATA, -1, 1); // create the position proxy (controls the motors) positionProxy = playerc_position2d_create(clientHandle, 0); playerc_position2d_subscribe(positionProxy, PLAYER_OPEN_MODE); // create the IR proxy (controls the IRs) irProxy = playerc_ir_create(clientHandle, 0); playerc_ir_subscribe(irProxy, PLAYER_OPEN_MODE);
We start off by connecting to the Player server and configuring our connection. We want to get new messages from the server only when we are ready for them, so we configure the connection for a pull-type arrangement. And, because we want only the most recent information (we don't care what the IR sensors were indicating a second ago, we care about what they are saying right now), we tell the server to report only the most recent data. If we really wanted, we could let Player ensure that every IR message was delivered, but that might result in getting less-than-fresh data and possibly driving into a wall.
After our connection is configured, we open up the position2d interface on the Player server and subscribe to it. Then, we do the same with the IR interface. So far, so good. Now we need to get the state of the IRs from the robot and tell it how to move the motors:
while (!timeToQuit) { // attempt to read from the client if (playerc_client_read(clientHandle) == 0) continue; // nothing to read, try again. // read the IR distances and verify we have good data if (irProxy->data.ranges_count == 2) { frontIr = irProxy->data.ranges[0]; rearIr = irProxy->data.ranges[1]; } // figure out how to drive runController(frontIr, rearIr, &desiredTranslation,&desiredRotation); playerc_position2d_set_cmd_vel( positionProxy, desiredTranslation, 0, desiredRotation, 1); }
Each time through the loop, we try to read the newest data from the robot. After a little sanity checking, we take the ranges reported by the IR sensors and feed them into a controller function. This controller does some magic processing (we'll talk about that later) and returns information on how we should drive the robot. Finally, we pass these driving commands back to the Player server and start it all over again.
All that's left now is to provide a runController function that maps from IR sensor readings to drive commands. The CoroBot driver accepts numbers in the range of –1.0 to +1.0 to tell how to drive the robot forward and backward: +1.0 means 100% power forward, –1.0 means 100% power in reverse, and 0.0 means stop. It accepts the same range for telling the robot how to turn: –1.0 means turn full power left, +1.0 means turn full power right, and 0.0 means drive straight ahead. Noting that the IR readings are provided in meters, we can use the following P-controller to drive our robot forward until we are 10cm away from a front obstacle. We even get a bonus for free—if we are closer than 10cm away, the robot will back up a bit until it is at the proper distance:
void runController(double frontIr, double rearIr, double *translation,double *rotation) { // convert our IR readings into drive commands *translation = (frontIr-0.1) * 3.0; *translation = *translation > 0.9? 0.9: *translation; *rotation = 0.0; }
And finally, good programmers always shut down their server connections when they are done:
void shutDownProxies() { // close down proxies we have opened playerc_ir_unsubscribe(irProxy); playerc_ir_destroy(irProxy); playerc_position2d_unsubscribe(positionProxy); playerc_position2d_destroy(positionProxy); playerc_client_disconnect(clientHandle); playerc_client_destroy(clientHandle); }
Building on the design we showed earlier, we can see how our drive-by-IR program interacts with the Player infrastructure. The CoroBot configuration file loads the phidgetIFK driver, which exposes an aio:0 device. This device allows the CoroBot driver to read the robot's onboard infrared sensors. The CoroBot driver also exposes the position2d and IR interfaces, which the drive-by-IR program reads with the help of the libplayerc library (Figure 5).
The Player Project offers a lot of functionality that there just isn't room to get into in one article. This includes robot simulation, support for numerous commercial robots of many different prices and qualities, and support for a whole slew of readily available devices. Its plugin system even allows you to build your own drivers for new devices, either to support new hardware or to implement new experimental algorithms. Give it a try, and give your computer a chance to stretch its legs.
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Even in these trying times, members of the Live Oak Church of God in Hinesville are still excited and encouraged about what God is doing in their lives and at the church.
The 133rd division of Psalm says, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore."
Pastor Richard Hayes and members of the New Day Outreach Ministry have moved to a new location at 77 Kent Road in Walthourville. The congregation is excited about settling in and becoming active in the new community.
Saturday, Aug. 1, was a time of excitement and fellowship for the House of Refuge Church Family. The congregation was finally moving into a new sanctuary on Welborn Street in Hinesville.
Health-care reform has been a star player in the news for the past few weeks. We need to change the health-care system. We need to find a solution. It is a desperate plea for a long-awaited solution to be found and embraced.
It seems as if it were only yesterday students were celebrating the end of the school term and now it is time to return to the classroom. In just a few days, schools across Georgia will begin a new term.
One of the most well known scriptures we hear, read and remember is John 3:16 and it says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever beliveth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
The dedicated members of the Zion Gospel Travelers of Liberty County have a special love for what they do. They love to sing. No matter how busy their schedules, the men still find time to come together for the many singing engagements they participate in each year.
Pastor Howard McArthur is no novice to the ministry. He has been in the field for 35 years and has served as a pastor for 28 years. McArthur currently is pastor of the Aisle of Hope Holiness Church in Hinesville.
We just celebrated the 4th of July, the anniversary of the date when America gained the right to be independent from all other nations. Our country's independence is part of God's gift of freedom. Many men and women have given their lives for our nation, attempting to retain our freedom and protect America from its enemies.
Pastor Richard "Rich" Wright has been in town for only three weeks, but he's already enjoying his new assignment.
I am excited about my faith in God. I learned a long time ago that God was real and He can help in times of trouble. I believe it's impossible for me to exist without my faith in a God who is omniscient, omnipoten and omnipresent.
I am excited about freedom. This weekend we join Americans around the world in celebrating our country's 233rd birthday. The founding fathers came to America many years ago in search of freedom and opportunity. Then, one day, they gathered and signed the Declaration of Independence. What a day that must have been!
Youth from across the county are gathering for a week of spiritual refreshment and renewal. Billed as a countywide youth revival, this event is one of many planned activities for teens and children this summer.
God said, "Let us; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; make man in our own image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:2
I recently read a story of a lady who spent $30,000 so she could look like Kim Kardashian. Now, she has to spend the next few years paying it off.
Back in the summers of my college days, I worked for a builder. For the most part, I kept the skilled laborers (carpenters and brick layers) supplied with materials. Then, there was the biggest mistake I made during my first summer.
Anyone who desires to be saved needs to realize that God's will must be obeyed.
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