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One of the most difficult and important decisions made by managers is deciding which person to hire. The conventional wisdom related to candidate selection, rightly so, suggests that while technical competency is the key that opens the interview door, it�s organizational fit that should ultimately convert a candidate into an employee.
Expanding on this concept of the importance of organizational fit, the following list of soft skill traits can be used to further analyze a candidate�s personal fit for a specific job. For example, if a job requires making client presentations, does the candidate have positive body language, appropriate professional demeanor and strong presentation skills?
Ability to listen:
During the interview, does the candidate really understand your questions and comments before answering. If yes, this illustrates that the person is interested in your thoughts and comments, not just in pushing their own agenda. It also allows the person to take better instruction because they will have a deeper understanding of your needs before doing the task.
Ask well-formed questions:
The ability to ask well-formed questions is crucial within certain professions, such as a salesperson or business analyst, because you must first acquire information about the client/customer before acting. As a salesperson, you must understand the customer�s needs before suggesting potential products and services. A business analyst must understand the needs of his/her client in order to design the best possible system or process.
Watching how someone negotiates can tell you an enormous amount about their personality. For example, if the person is a forceful negotiator, he/she most likely has a strong personality and high self-confidence. If the person is very meek and is not willing to state his/her wants and needs, the person is most likely not assertive by nature.
Positive body language:
Body language is a whole science unto itself. If you have not studied body language, it would be well worth your while to either read up on the topic or watch a few well-designed YouTube videos. In short, people�s posture, the way they hold their hands, and many other factors can give you an enormous amount of information on the candidate�s confidence, ability to handle stressful situations and other personality factors.
Telephone rapport:
If the job the candidate will be performing requires him/her to speak with clients and/or others on the telephone, you should consider having a phone-based interview with the person to assess his/her communication effectiveness over the phone. This may seem a little over-the-top if you will also be meeting the person face-to-face, but why leave anything to chance.
After interviewing a candidate, it�s very worthwhile to see if they were nice to everyone in the office, not just those having input into the hiring decision. If the person is nice to you and obnoxious to the office receptionist, chances are they were on their best behavior when meeting with you, but their real personality showed through when speaking to others that he/she deemed unimportant to them personally.
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Gaining an understanding of how a candidate is conducting his/her job search can help you evaluate his/her natural tendencies as a professional networker. For example, if you ask the candidate how he/she heard about the job opening and the person answers in the following way, then you can surmise that he/she can work with others to get things done.
�I decided to limit my job search to ten specific companies that my friends and professional contacts said are great long term employers. Then, I used a combination of LinkedIn and my personal contacts to find people currently working here at Manager Mechanics. From this investigation, I realized that a former coworker of mine, Joe Smith, was working here. Joe and I had lunch last week and he told me about this great job opportunity.�
An additional advantage of the above candidate reply is that you can use his friend Joe, a former co-worker, as an internal job reference.
The primary advice and takeaways from today�s column is to know that:
While technical competency is the key that opens the interview door, it�s organizational fit that should ultimately convert a candidate into an employee.
Expanding on the concept of organizational fit, the soft skill traits listed in the column can be used to further analyze a candidate�s personal fit for a specific job.
Until next time, work hard, work smart, manage well and continue to build your professional brand.
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World reknown Tempel Lipizzans perform classical dressage in Wadsworth during the summer season.
They perform at Tempel Farms which is a beautifully rolling countryside suited for breeding, raising, and training of the unique Lipizzan horses.
When I drive down Wadsworth Road and pass the Tempel farms, I sometimes see the young horses (which have not turned white yet). It's an incredible farm on a huge amount of property and one of the only large parcels of farmland left in the area.
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced two gifts totaling $75 million dollars, bringing the museum's Peter Zumthor designed campus overhaul one step closer to reality, reports the Los Angeles Times. Elaine Wynn, one of the world's top art collectors, has pledged $50 million dollars, and former Univision chairman A. Jerrold Perenchio has promised $25 million, bringing the total funds raised and approved to $275 million, just shy of halfway to the $600 million required for the project.
LACMA Steadily Raises Funds for Peter Zumthor's Campus Overhaul
John Lautner's Goldstein House Gifted to LACMA by its Owner
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced that John Lautner's famous LA residence, the James Goldstein House - often referred to as the Sheats Goldstein Residence - has been promised to the museum by its current owner James Goldstein. The gift includes the house itself, a James Turrell skyspace which is located on the property, and architectural models of the home (as well as a number of artworks and Goldstein's 1961 Rolls Royce for good measure). The house will be the museum's first architectural acquisition, following similar acquisitions of Modernist homes by other museums such as Crystal Bridges Museum's recently-opened Bachmann-Wilson House by Frank Lloyd Wright.
UNStudio to Lecture at LACMA
In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Caroline Bos, co-founder and Principal Urban Planner of UNStudio (www.unstudio.com), will speak about recent architectural, infrastructural and masterplan projects carried out by UNStudio. She will also introduce UNStudio's Urban Unit and the approach to knowledge sharing recently adopted by the practice to enable the development, application and dissemination of practice related research.
LACMA Distinguished Architects Lecture Series: Ma Yansong, MAD Architects
Beijing-born architect Ma Yansong, founder and principal of MAD Architects, will be delivering a lecture at LACMA on September 15th at 7:30pm. He will discuss his work and his concept of "Shanshui City," which is his vision to create a new balance between society, the city, and the environment through new forms of architecture. Ma is recognized as an important voice in the new generation of architects with projects in Asia, Europe, Canada, and the US. Works include Absolute Towers; Beijing 2050; China Wood Sculpture Museum; Harbin Cultural Island; Hutong Bubble 32; Ordos Museum; and Pingtan Art Museum.
Renzo Piano Comments on the Difficulties of Designing LA's Motion Picture Academy
In discussion with Christopher Hawthorne of the LA Times, Renzo Piano has taken his comments of modesty - verging on "self-deprecation" - to a new level. In response to questions about the design of the proposed Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles he has said: "I don't think it will be that bad. [...] Actually, I'm struggling to do something good." Although Piano's design has previously been met with criticisms from Hawthorne, the Italian architect notes in this latest interview that "everything we've made at LACMA has been extremely complicated." The project, which has already seen a major alteration in the core design team, remains set to complete in 2015.
Peter Zumthor & LACMA Unveil Revised Museum Design
Peter Zumthor and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) have revealed a revised design for the museum's $650 million new home on Museum Row in Los Angeles. The new design still features the sinuous glass and grey concrete slab raised a full story off the ground, but under the new proposal part of the museum would bridge Wilshire Boulevard to touch down on what is currently a car park opposite.
The change comes in response to criticisms that the previous design would put the neighboring La Brea Tar Pits at risk, threatening their status as an active paleontological research site and a popular tourist destination. The shape of the new design removes this risk by withdrawing from the boundary with the adjacent tar pits, without compromising on floor space in the museum.
More on the revised design after the break
A First Look at Peter Zumthor's Design for the LACMA
Coming at a crucial time in which Los Angeles is at risk of "losing its reputation as a center for innovative architecture," museum director Michael Govan and Swiss architect Peter Zumthor have unveiled preliminary plans for what they hope will be the new home of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). If approved, this $650 million proposal - nearly five years in the making - would replace the dated William Pereira-designed campus and its 1986 Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates-designed addition with an organically-shaped, dark-grey concrete and glass Zumthor original.
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Peter Zumthor Proposes $650 Million Overhaul for LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will soon be rolling out the red carpet to welcome Swiss legend Peter Zumthor to the Golden State. The prized architect's debut will mark the opening of "The Presence of the Past: Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA," which will unveil the ambitious, $650 million plan to transform the LACMA's "Byzantine maze of buildings and hallways" into an experience-based "village" of curvaceous modern glass structures that will produce more energy than it uses.
"The idea is to make it permeable by people," LACMA CEO and director Michael Govan says, who has been working with Zumthor for over four years on the proposal.
LACMA Distinguished Architects Lecture Series: Jeanne Gang
Founder and principal of Studio Gang Architects, Jeanne Gang, FAIA, LEED AP, will be delivering a lecture at LACMA on May 8th at 7:30pm. Reveal, the first volume on Studio Gang's projects and processes, was released in 2011 from Princeton Architectural Press. Recent projects include a proposal reimagining the suburb of Cicero, Illinois, as a part of MoMA'sexhibition Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream; Reverse Effect, a book intended to explore and spark a radically greener future for the Chicago River and Great Lakes; Aqua Tower, an Emporis Skyscraper of the Year; and Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, an educational project demonstrating how nature and city can coexist. The event is presented by LACMA and organized by Francesca Garcia-Marques, with an introduction by Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times architecture critic. For more details and information on the event, please visit here.
Installation for California Design Exhibition / Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture
On view until Marcg 25th and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the installation for California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Exhibition is created by the Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture Studio, which is also responsible for a number of Los Angeles landmarks, including the renovated Hollywood Bowl and Egyptian Theater. The design for the exhibition is inspired by California's unique style, with lithe, sensuous lines carried throughout the installation, including the display cases and a helical construction that soars through the center of the space. Hodgetts + Fung also collaborated with curators Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman to bring the re-creation of the Eames living room to life. More information on the design and exhibition after the break.


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Brazil Defense Minister Resigns as Comments Rattle Rousseff
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lost the third member of her Cabinet since taking office seven months ago, as her defense minister was forced to resign after making comments that angered the president.
Nelson Jobim had served as the civilian head of Latin America´s biggest military since 2007, one of 12 top officials that Rousseff retained when she took over from her political mentor and predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Jobim resigned after a meeting with Rousseff last night and will be replaced by Lula's former foreign minister, Celso Amorim, Social Communications Minister Helena Chagas told reporters yesterday.
"Unfortunately, this phase has come to an end and we are turning the page," President Rousseff said today during an interview on Radio Grande Rio. "Amorim is taking over because he has proved to be a Brazilian who is committed to his country."
Jobim is a member of the government-aligned Democratic Movement Party of Brazil, known as the PMDB, the biggest party in Rousseff's coalition, with 80 deputies in the 513-seat lower house and 20 senators in the 81-seat upper chamber. His exit won't strain relations with the PMDB, but the timing amid deepening concerns about the global economy could cause problems for Rousseff, said Rafael Cortez, a political analyst at Sao Paulo-based Tendencias Consultoria.
"The government was trapped in a negative agenda, Dilma has to deal with global economic instability and at the same time has to make tough political decisions," Cortez said in a telephone interview from Sao Paulo. "The resignation of a minister is never a small thing."
Rousseff's Rival
Jobim, a former Supreme Court chief justice, stirred controversy last week after acknowledging that he voted for Rousseff´s rival, Jose Serra, in last year´s elections. Pressure to resign increased yesterday when newspapers reported that he had criticized two of Rousseff´s closest aides.
Jobim, in an interview published in Revista Piaui magazine today, said Institutional Relations Minister Ideli Salvatti is "weak" and that Cabinet Chief Gleisi Hoffmann "doesn't know Brasilia."
The comments angered Rousseff, who decided yesterday that Jobim would have step down as soon as he returned last night from a trip to the Amazon rain forest, according to a government official who could not be named because he isn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
'Everybody Knew'
Jobim earlier yesterday denied that he had criticized Salvatti, according to an e-mailed statement. After revealing that he voted for Serra, Jobim said during an Aug. 1 interview on the Roda Viva television program that "everybody knew" he and Serra are good friends.
Last month, Rousseff forced another Lula holdover, Transportation Minister Alfredo Nascimento, to resign amid allegations of kickbacks and overbilling at a ministry whose budget is the size of Paraguay´s $18 billion economy. Nascimento´s Party of the Republic this week withdrew its support of the government in the Senate.
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So says the Catholic priest who admits to having molested Mark "Rehab" Foley back when the disgraced congressman was an enticing altar boy.
The priest admits to massaging the teenage Foley when nude, skinny-dipping with him, being naked in the same room on overnight trips, and taking saunas with the boy. And one night, when Father Valley-of-the-Dolls was particularly fucked up "there was an incident he says he can't clearly remember that might have gone too far."
Mercieca said that, at the time, he considered his relationship with Foley innocent. But he now says he could see how his actions could be labeled inappropriate.
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It has been in the works for two years now and it sounds like the Freddie Mercury biopic will see the lens after all.
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The housing slump and the great depression in the USA
The collapse of residential construction was a notable feature of the Great Depression in the USA. The housing slump did not simply follow the downward shifts in income: rather residential investment collapse helped to precipitate the Great Depression. By utilizing an augmented Tobin's q model of residential investment, we show that heightened uncertainty surrounding builders' anticipated profits largely explains the housing slump in the key year of 1930. A combination of forces, including house prices, building costs, credit and demand constraints, and financing costs, is shown to explain the longer decline of residential investment in 1928–1933. Tighter monetary policy played an important role in 1928–1929, whereas financial disintermediation was influential in 1933–1934.
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The primary purpose of Scranton Youth Soccer is for children to learn the fundamentals of soccer and to participate in a team sport, in a recreational league setting and to provide each child with a learning and growing experience in the development of soccer skills and sportsmanship.
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Appeals Court May Consider Calif. Recall Ruling
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says it may review a decision issued Monday by a panel of its own judges that postponed California's gubernatorial recall election. The panel ruled the use of punch-card voting machines would disenfranchise some voters. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.
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CDNS has $500m worth of debt "convertible senior notes" due in 2011 and 2013. Holders can convert these before if "the trading price of the notes falls below a certain threshold" or "specified corporate transactions occur." I haven't been able to find anymore info on these conditions except that as of 6/28/08 10Q they hadn't been met. Early conversion would obviously hurt their cash position. Anyone know more? or where you can find this type of information?
Anybody have an inkling when Cadence will announce Q3 with all the restatements ? Wondering how many ratable deals from past quarters were recognized as upfront revenue ? It's concerning that it has taken this long if there is really only just one deal in question.
well looks like they are announcing tomorrow, wednesday 12/10
wonder what skeletons will be dancing around the stage!! hope you have lawyered up real good there fister (NOT)!!
my quess would be that the board is trying to work this so they don't go to jail. i'm sure in the investigation of the last quarter, they found more questionable accounting practices and are looking back over the entire tenure of the fister fiasco. i would bet quite a bit, that they will be restating many more quarters and attempting to blame this on fister and his entourage of intel cronies. while i agree that fister shares some of the blame, this board also shares the blame.
after a ceo is named, this board MUST GO.
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Looks like 250 mil is due 2011 the other half 2013, it also says they spent 200mil of the proceeds on paying of previous notes and much of the rest buying cadence stock as a hedge, back in Dec 06 when the piece was written the price was about $19 a share. I bet they feel a little silly now.
Looks like delisting is an Extraordinary event that triggers redemption if I understand legalese..
Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:
Merger Events: Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, a "Merger Event" means the occurrence of any event or condition defined as a "Merger Event" in Section 13.05 of the Indenture. Immediately upon the occurrence of any Merger Event, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such Merger Event; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Notes in respect of such Merger Event have been determined, Counterparty shall immediately notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments.
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Consequence of Merger Events: Notwithstanding Section 12.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Calculation Agent shall make a corresponding adjustment in respect of any adjustment under the Indenture to any one or more of the nature of the Shares, the Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction; provided, however, that such adjustment shall be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate for the issuance of additional shares as set forth in Section 13.01(e) or Section 13.03(g) of the Indenture.
Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting: Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that (i) Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions shall be amended to delete, in the definition of the term "Delisting" the parenthetical "(or will cease)" and (ii) in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange and the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments it deems necessary to the terms of the Transaction, as if Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment were applicable to such event.
Two clear cases whre the notes are due: Delisting (CDNS has to Jan 19th to post results or convince Nasdaq they'll post soon after) or a merger (which makes it even less likely a Mentor/CDNS hook up since Mentor only has 80m in cash).
Might find it in the Cadence Design Systems - Convertible Note Hedge Transaction under:
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GM Volts to the Lead
General Motors is apparently serious about introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, which I have repeatedly argued is the car of the future. The race is now on between Toyota and GM as to who will be the first to introduce this game-changing vehicle.
The Chevy Volt is to be the "legacy" of Robert Lutz, GM's vice chair of product development, according to Business Week's "Auto Beat" column. The Volt will go about 40 miles on an electric charge before reverting to be a regular gasoline-powered hybrid.
Given that the vast majority of trips are under 20 miles round trip, the Volt will consume very little gasoline most of the time. And the per mile cost of running a car on electricity is under one third that of running on gasoline, plugs ins are indeed more than a game-changer.
Business Week shares our enthusiasm for plug ins:
I can't help thinking that this technology will make the current crop of hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape look like Ford Excursions… The technology would create viable vehicles that get the equivalent of more than 100 miles per gallon of gasoline.
Even game changer isn't strong enough: "Make that a world changer."
If they are serious about plug ins and beat Toyota to market, they will have reasserted their leadership in electric drivetrain technology, which they abandoned so short-sightedly several years ago.
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If anyone seriously thought GM was going to do this, their stock would not be a "penny stock" in the market right now.


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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm to be shown next month
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Natural gas consumption and economic growth in Pakistan
Natural gas is a dominant fuel in Pakistan. It offers the cheapest and a cleaner alternative source of energy. This paper examines the relationship of natural gas consumption and economic growth in Pakistan. We include capital, labor and exports in the model with multivariate framework. The ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration and innovative accounting approach are employed to investigate the dynamic causality relationships among the variables. We find the existence of long-run relationship among the variables. Natural gas consumption, capital, labor and exports are positively affecting economic growth in Pakistan. Furthermore, we support the natural gas consumption-led-growth hypothesis and suggest that natural gas conservation policies may retard economic growth.
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You see them everywhere: Annoying people with Bluetooth earpieces permanently mounted on their ears, whether they're talking on the phone or not.
Those earpieces replicate some of the phone's functionality - namely speaker and microphone, plus electronics for muting, connecting wirelessly and other functions. Nearby, a pocket-size mobile phone houses the rest of the electronics, plus hardware and software for surfing the internet, playing music and videos, taking pictures and other functions.
Meanwhile, the biggest challenges for handset makers revolve around conflicting priorities: How do you make the phone as small as possible, but the screen as large as possible? How do you pack a full-size keyboard onto a tiny mobile phone?
The solution to these conundrums is to move or replicate all mobile phone electronics to the earpiece.
The reason mobile phones are the Mother of All Convergence Devices is that the phone part is absolutely indispensable. People must be able to make or receive calls while jogging, working, lying on the beach - everywhere. The only way to make, say, a camera accessible at all times is to build it into the mobile phone, and the same is true for media playing, GPS functionality and other features. The phone must go with you everywhere, and the rest of the functions are just along for the ride.
Imagine being able to leave your full-featured, pocket-size mobile phone behind if you choose, and carry only the earpiece from which you could at minimum make and receive phone calls.
The benefit is that pocket phones could be bigger - bigger screens, better cameras and more electronics - without compromising mobility when you really need it.
Three recent trends make this possible and desirable: Shrinking mobile phone electronics, advances in voice recognition and embedded electronics everywhere.
1. Shrinking mobile phone electronics
The first time I saw a mobile phone in the 1980s, it (combined with the battery) was the size of a brick - and about as heavy, too. Since then, mobiles have largely obeyed Moore's Law, becoming smaller and cheaper and acquiring ever more features all the while.
Obscure handset makers have already designed, built, manufactured and sold complete mobile phones small enough to fit in an ear-wearable size. Trouble is, they're configured like bigger, traditional mobile phones, not earpieces.
For example, there's a Chinese mobile phone called the Xun Chi 138 that's 2.64in long and weighs 2 ounces. Despite its size, the phone has a touchscreen for text input.
Haier America launched last year its Elegance mobile phone, which is about the size of two fingers - 3.5in long.
Also last year, KTF Korea unveiled its mini EV-K130 mobile phone, which is about the same size as the Elegance.
Australia's SMS Technology has managed to squeeze an entire mobile phone onto a fairly standard-size wristwatch called the M500.
We have the technology to squeeze a mobile phone into an earpiece.
2. Advances in voice recognition
The biggest challenge with ear-based mobile phones is doing away with keypads. The solution is voice control.
Mobile phones that let you dial phone numbers by saying something like "Call Mum" are common. But in the past two years, start-ups have made incredible advances in the ability of a mobile phone user to replace other kinds of button pushing with voice commands.
A company called Vlingo makes an application now in beta that lets you send text messages, get directions and do other powerful things, all by speaking in your natural voice. You can search for businesses on the internet, then dial the number using only voice commands.
Another company, called Jott, enables you to send email using only your voice.
Big companies are getting into the act, too. Google offers its free "Goog-411" service in the US, where anyone can call 1-800-GOOG-411 and run Google searches, all by voice.
And, of course, Apple may be working on mobile phone voice commands if a recent patent called an 'Audio User Interface For Computing Devices' ever bears fruit.
The earpiece mobile phone would need only one button for answering and hanging up calls, and the ability to recognise commands like 'Call Steve Wilson at work'. It would also need to recognise and connect with your pocket mobile phone - and other devices.
We have the technology to build voice-controlled phones without buttons.
3. Embedded electronics everywhere
Mobile phones aren't the only objects in our lives that entertain, inform, organise and enable communications. So do our PCs, home entertainment systems and, increasingly, our cars.
And all of these devices can communicate with phones via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, if they don't already.
There's absolutely no reason why your earpiece phone couldn't communicate with these devices just like it does with your pocket phone.
For example, you should be able to call Goog-411 and ask for directions, and have them show up with the map on the car's on-screen dashboard - all hands free and without your pocket phone.
The non-phone parts of your mobile phone should be optional, because much of that functionality is already duplicated elsewhere.
We have the technology to connect earpiece phones to multiple devices.
A vision of the ideal mobile phone
Here's one idea about how the ultimate phone of the future would look and function.
Imagine an iPhone with a bigger screen than the current model with a Bluetooth headset-like phone. The pocket phone could make calls without the earpiece phone, and the earpiece phone could make calls without the pocket phone.
The camera electronics would mimic those in the new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T200, a 8.1Mp camera with a 5x Carl Zeiss optical lens and optimised for high-definition display. Compromising camera quality in mobile phones is no longer necessary.
It would have built-in GPS, gigabytes of storage, and great video and music playback capability. It could connect to the internet over a 3G phone line or via Wi-Fi.
The phone would come with a near-full-size fold-up wireless keyboard, so you could prop up the pocket phone and use it as a Wi-Fi connected laptop, all the while taking calls on the mobile phone in your ear.
We clearly have all the technology we need to move mobile phones one step up the evolutionary ladder. The key is to free the mobile phone itself from its prison inside our radically converged smartphone gadgets.
All we need is a handset maker with the vision to implement it.
Those annoying people with the always-mounted wireless earpieces? They are the future.


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A wheel 5 feet in diameter rolls up with an incline of 18 degrees 20 minutes. What is the height of the center of the wheel above the base of the incline when the wheel has rolled 5 ft up the incline?
Does this diagram help? It is not drawn to scale but it can help in visualizing the problem.
So note that $|BD|=5ft$, $|CD|=2.5ft$, $\angle BDC=90^\circ$. Having settled that $$|CM|=\dfrac{2.5}{\sin 72}=2.628655561\ldots$$ we now need to find $$|MD|=\dfrac{2.5}{\tan 72}=.812229924\ldots$$ Since $|BD|=|BM|+|MD|$, then $$|BM|=5-|MD|=4.187700759\ldots$$ Calculating now $$|ME|=|BM|\sin 18=1.294070702\ldots$$ Finally, $$|CE|=|CM|+|ME|.$$
Place an additional label where the segment joining $C$ to $E$ and the segment joining $B$ to $D$ intersect. Let's agree to call that point $M$. The length of $\overline{EM}$ is $|\overline{BM}|\sin(18^\circ)$. The angle $\angle CMD$ is $72^\circ$. Can you figure the rest?
Now use the fact that $$\sin(72^\circ) = {2.5\over |\overline{CM}|}.$$ so $$|\overline{CM}| = {2.5\over \sin(72^\circ)} = 2.629. $$
Also we have $|\overline{BM}| = 5 - | \overline{MD}|$. Can you find the length of $\overline { MD}$?
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$$ x = 5^{'}, y =2.5 ^{'}, \alpha = 18 \frac 13^{0}$$
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You'll just have to imagine that the radius (Half of the diameter which is 2.5 feet) is aligned with the height of the triangle. So You just have to get the height of the triangle. To get it's height. Simply...
Sin 18.33 = height / 5 feet Sin 18.33 x 5 feet = height (0.3145)(5 feet) = height 1.5725 = Height
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Height of the center of the circle w/respect to the base = 1.5725 + 2.5 The answer would be...
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Yes, the mini toothbrush-like brush or "micro-bristles" of this mascara seem to coat every single lash so it looks like you have more of them. But contrary to what the name heavily implies, it completely lacks a volumizing effect because that little brush doesn't dispense enough product to create knock-out lashes. The formula isn't clumpy, but I also noticed flaking at day's end.
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hate the lash comb ideanot to thick, no clumps like they advertised, but i hate the 'lash comb'. i'm not too precise and unlike a brush you have to hold the comb just right, you know the back of the comb doesn't help! if you want longer looking lashes though, and are willing to pay attention, this is pretty good. — 8 years, 3 months agocorizotti | 549 reviews
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DisappointedThe comb type wand is supposed to give you the most product output, but this one doesn't. Therefore my lashes did not look thick and volumized as the name makes it sound. Rather, it separates and gives you clean looking lashes. If you want volume, try the other comb type mascaras for fake lash effect, using this formula. The formula isn't bad, it's the wand. — 6 years, 8 months agoMakeupGuru | 444 reviews
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New York – Restoration Hardware's new Gallery will hold a kick-off party tonight to benefit God's Love We Deliver on the heels of previewing the concept earlier today.
The new Gallery store, located in Manhattan on Broadway and 22nd St., follows the recent opening of the inaugural Gallery in the San Francisco market. The idea is to bring "best on planet" products to the discerning shopper, according to Restoration Hardware ceo Gary Friedman.
The 75 artisan reproductions of antique and rare home furnishings are the stars of the show. Restoration Hardware's in-line bedding, bath and soft accessories are merchandised on and around the pieces.
The company decided to go with a decidedly high-end formula last year despite the sinking economy because, said Friedman, "When most people turn left, it's probably a good idea to turn right." The retail industry's shift toward value served as the turn left. "Better value is a code word for cheaper goods," he said.
Not that value isn't part of the equation at Gallery. Friedman pointed to a large, convex clock mirror, a reproduction of a $15,000 piece in his personal collection. The Gallery piece retailers for $2,400.
Gallery isn't targeting a specific demographic as much as it is " a customer who appreciates good taste and good design," said Friedman, who led a team around the world to explore products, meet with craftsmen and develop the collection. "We circled the globe five times in six months," he said. "If we fail, we will fail beautifully."
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I was just browsing Vita gameplay on youtube (as you do) and came across WRC3?!
I new it was released for the PS3/360 and PC but had no idea it made it to the Vita.
I quite liked the demo for WRC3 for PS3 so thinking of picking this up.
For anyone who wants some footage, this isnt bad:
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Tanya Shukstelinsky, who did a final project from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design created tiny shelter space that has gotten a lot of attention lately. Her piece called "Cocoon" is made out of fabric, and has a sleeping space, steps, a table, and a fillable bathtub within it. In order to move around in the space, an inhabitants […]Read More →
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Weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) are back. It's like we never left Dubya's glory days. No, they didn't find the non-existent Saddam stash on eBay. This is about the existent Bashar al-Assad's. And it's not WMDs as the pretext for an invasion and occupation, but WMDs as a pretext for whatever euphemism the Obama administration comes up with to define "kinetic military activity."
The whole thing is especially suspicious considering Damascus has been on the record stressing it will never use chemical weapons against the "rebels."
Here's US President Barack Obama; "A red line for us is [if] we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized."[1]
So now even a few mustard gas containers slightly wobbling inside a depot may constitute a casus belli. But is it that clear-cut? Obama said this is "a" red line -- implying there may be unspecified (covert) others.
Obama also stressed Washington's "fears" of Syria's WMDs "falling into the hands of the wrong people." Considering the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is in the business -- alongside Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stalwarts Saudi Arabia and Qatar -- of weaponizing the myriad gangs that constitute the Not Exactly Free Syrian Army (FSA), including hundreds of Salafi-jihadis, this is a stark admission that in fact they are the "wrong people." Ergo, the "right people" is the Assad regime.
Was that an Obama coded message to Turkey -- implying that if you invade northwest Syria, now practically an autonomous Kurdish area, you will have to do it alone, without the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and without the Pentagon? Was that a message to the "wrong people," aka the "rebels," that apart from dubiously effective covert CIA shenanigans, you are on your own?
These two possibilities were advanced at the website Moon of Alabama.[2]
Yet it may have finally dawned on the Obama administration that a possible post-Assad Syria ruled by the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) -- which is infinitely more ruthless and sectarian than the Egyptian version -- is not exactly an enlightened bet.
The White House and the State Department are livid over Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's purge of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces leadership and his upcoming diplomatic trips to -- heaven forbid -- Beijing and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran. If the MB in Egypt can pull that off, imagine in Syria, which was not under Washington's sphere of influence to begin with.
So why not let the whole thing drag on in a Lebanonization -- rather Somalization -- scenario that pins down the Syrian army and weakens the central government in Damascus, thus erasing its "threat" in case the war-mongering Bibi-Barak duo in Israel goes ahead with an attack on Iran?
Stuff your democracy by bombs
Let's see how the situation stands. The Three (Warring) Graces -- Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Samantha Power -- and their doctrine of R2P ("responsibility to protect"), applied "successfully" in Libya, miserably floundered in Syria.
There won't be any "no-fly zone" -- in fact a declaration of war. There won't be any "humanitarian" bombing; it has been blocked at the UN Security Council no less than three times by Russia and China.
On top of it, the whole decade-old "war on terra" hysteria has proved itself to be an intergalactic scam; the CIA, alongside the House of Saud and Qatar, is once again side-by-side with Salafi-jihadis of the al-Qaeda variety merrily fighting a secular Arab republic.
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The bar was rocking at the medieval castle in Spain's Tossa de Mar, and thanks to one Miss Kylie Minogue there was no shortage of drinks on offer.Pint-sized Kylie Minogue stuns locals by putting in a shift at bar owned by boyfriend's parents
As he gazed off into the distance she stroked his hair, leant and kissed his wrist, before finally pulling him in for a kiss.He should be so lucky... so why does Kylie's Spanish boyfriend look so bored with her kisses?
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This is a transliterated Bangali slang for really awesome; kickass; amazing.
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The most beautiful girl alive. Commonly identified by her "ghetto booty". Currently dating a cool guy only known as "The Man".
Damn that girl looks almost as good as Kora!
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Could go under the name Cora, sweetest girl alive.
Dang, I wish I could take Kora to the dance.
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One of the most amazing string instruments ever created: a type of harp/lute from West Africa (mainly found in Senegal, Mali, Gambia, and Guinea) with many strings. The instrument consists of a long fingerboard with moveable frets, and two courses of strings running across a large gourd across which an animal skin is stretched. The instrument is held toward the chest with the strings facing toward you, and the gourd has two pegs, one on the each on the left and right of the top. The sound is delicate and tinkly, much like a harp.
Toumane Diabate and Alhaji Bai Konte are two of the top names to seek when you'e looking for a CD of kora music.
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Kora is an intelligent woman who always aims to achieve the best. Her best friends bring out the best in her and she brings out the best in them. She loves to sing and write music with her guitar. She is a kind girl with a big heart, but be warned, you don't want to get on her bad side. Her fiery personality scares people from time to time but really she is just a bundle of joy and always has a smile on her face. She can often confuse others and herself with her alter-ego.
person 1 - She's so confusing, it's like she has two totally different sides.
person 2 - must be Kora.
musical lazy social cora family orientated
person 2 - must be Kora.
musical lazy social cora family orientated
by carzykid October 11, 2015