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Google 'disappoints' US congressman over Glass privacy controls
Google's response to privacy concerns expressed by US legislators over its Glass headmounted hardware is "disappointing," according to Representative Joe Barton (R-TX). The Chocolate Factory needs to give consumers more privacy choices, he says. "There were questions that were not adequately answered and some not answered at all …
Surveillance made 'cool'
I predict some very awkward social situations when these are finally released - with the possible inclusion of expensive rhinoplasty & dental bridgework bills for some.
Re: Surveillance made 'cool'
Has anyone wearing these things actually looked in a mirror?
Re: Surveillance made 'cool'
The courts will be sympathetic to anyone who gives a google glasses wearer a good smack in the chops.
Go tell a policeman
Having recently been at a classic car show my children were on one of these bouncy castle slide things.
Just to the side of us a parent was taking photos of his children coming down the slide.
A policeman came over to him, told him he'd had a complaint from a member of public that he was taking photos of children and demanded to see the pictures on his camera.
He was then warned not to take anymore.
All you need to do is complain to the police (if you can find one) every time you see someone wearing Google Glasses and say you thought they were recording inappropriate material. Can't wait!
Re: Go tell a policeman
Depends where youre located.
If its a public place, plod has no powers to stop you nor do they have the right to see or delete the images, unless youre taking pictures of certain things of a "national security" nature.
That said, its still good practice to at least listen to the officer before making sure youre on public land and continuing.
That a god bothering primitive is in charge of privacy in technology (I bet he doesn't even own a mobile phone)....
Re: Scary
Possibly a visit to the proctologist?
I don't see how they think they can ban resale any more then Ford could.
Re: Scary
I can't see any difference between resale of glass and the resale of a mobile phone. Both have camera and store video.
Re: Scary
@Thorne - Do you walk around with your phone perpetually held up in front of your face ? If not, then there's a difference.
Re: Scary
"@Thorne - Do you walk around with your phone perpetually held up in front of your face ? If not, then there's a difference."
Well no I don't hold my phone up to my face while I'm selling it. I usually give it to the person buying it but then again I'd expect the same if I was selling Glass too.
The conversation was about the right to resell.
Re: Scary
@thorne then why the emphasis on video and camera ? A phone also has a, well phone ..
Re: Scary
A (far too large) minority of people do...
Re: Scary
"@thorne then why the emphasis on video and camera ? A phone also has a, well phone .."
My point is there isn't any features in Glass that is not in a phone so logically banning Glass from resale should mean phones should also be banned from resale for the same reasons.
Personally I can't see any point to banning resale.
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>> My point is there isn't any features in Glass that is not in a phone so logically banning Glass from resale should mean phones should also be banned from resale for the same reasons.
"Logically," a phone is different because,
1. It has other functions (e.g., phone);
2. Under normal and common usage, it is not ever-present on the face of the user, ready and willing to snap photos or record video at an instant;
3. It is harder to use for surreptitious recording, since a stock phone needs to be placed in line of sight, which is not necessarily the optimal position for common personal usage;
4. Is not as creepy.
Not being able to perceive nuance in real life situations is the mark of a basement-dwelling nerd. So, take your self-involve, anti-social, Aspergers view of the world elsewhere. In the real world, things are a bit more complex than merely saying "x looks like y, ergo x = y. QED. I HAS TEH LOJIKS."
Re: Scary
3. It is harder to use for surreptitious recording, since a stock phone needs to be placed in line of sight, which is not necessarily the optimal position for common personal usage;
What a load of bollocks. For you to record someone with google glasses, first off, you'll be wearing google glasses and looking right at them. Secondly, you then need to say "glasses, record". Probably twice.
If you wanted to surreptitiously record with a mobile, you simply hold it in your hands, entire phone hidden apart from the lens, and angle it towards the subject. No voice command, no facing the subject, no fuck off obvious glasses.
However, and this is the main issue, if you wanted to record really surreptitiously, you would use any one of hundreds of covert cameras, button hole cameras, watch cameras, pen cameras, even cameras in glasses that look like real glasses. All of which are legal, all of which have been readily available for many years without requiring over-the-top-arsehole-driven legislation to save society.
Not being able to perceive nuance in real life situations is the mark of a basement-dwelling nerd. So, take your self-involve, anti-social, Aspergers view of the world elsewhere.
Dear me, try knocking yourself out of your paedo-terrorist daily mail fantasy for a moment and read the drivel you are spouting.
Re: Scary
Of course he has a mobile phone. You can get a 25 foot phone extension cord at any Radio Shack.
Re: Scary
I think the point is (which I agree with) that a phone is also likely to have lots of personal and private information, including photos/videos. Maybe it's not as ever-present as Glass, but it's still something that people use an awful lot.
Point 3 is a worry, but not to do with the argument about resale - if someone has secretly recorded, that's already a violation of privacy anyway.
I also wonder how they intend to enforce this? And if they put in technical measures, how that will comply with various countries and any laws on right to resale...
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>> @DZ-Jay
>> My point is there isn't any features in Glass that is not in a phone so logically banning Glass from resale >> should mean phones should also be banned from resale for the same reasons.
>> "Logically," a phone is different because,
>> 1. It has other functions (e.g., phone); "
Google Glass also works as a phone, video and audio. So that's not the greatest difference to note first between Glass and a mobile phone. That there *ISN'T* that difference between them.
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@Tom 38 - Your points are easily dismantled.
(1) You _might_ need to activate record mode verbally .. now. You seem to ignore the most likely outcome, which is glassholes will be perpetually recording everyone they look at. Alternatively given that the glasses are hackable it is easy to imagine a recording mode that does not require verbalization.
(2) Viz recording with mobile. I don't believe you have actually tried this or you wouldn't have suggested it as a serious alternative.
(3) Yes truly motivated perverts can buy any number of hidden recording devices. That is beside the point. Google are attempting to make their glasses pervasive. That lowers bar of entry and shifts the burden of proof. To clarify. If you are caught with a hidden recording device at the moment there is probable cause. There will be no probable cause with goo-glasses.
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"Yes truly motivated perverts can buy any number of hidden recording devices. That is beside the point. Google are attempting to make their glasses pervasive. That lowers bar of entry and shifts the burden of proof. To clarify. If you are caught with a hidden recording device at the moment there is probable cause. There will be no probable cause with goo-glasses."
I'm sure you can find some gauze to hang from your tinfoil hat that will mess up Glass' facial recognition....
Translation: "Your checks haven't cleared yet...."
Methinks the CongressCritter would like some campaign donations....
Re: Translation: "Your checks haven't cleared yet...."
Barton is Mr. Anti-Science and Mr. Pro-Oil.
Excuse me, The Honorable Mr. Pro-Oil.
Yes, the message is being sent, not enough Googlebucks delivered to enough Republicans.
Re: Translation: "Your checks haven't cleared yet...."
>> Barton is Mr. Anti-Science and Mr. Pro-Oil.
>> Excuse me, The Honorable Mr. Pro-Oil.
Oh no. What's his stance on gun law, that's probably relevant to the discussion too?
Simple explanations are more often the correct ones.
In the case of this congresscritter It more likely than not means he's just another technoboob. He don't understand it so he better grab his shotgun 'n blast it.
Privacy concerns. Why is the feeble-minded Bible thumpers immediately jump to the offensive usage? Because that is their true nature. That same perverse use was probably the second or even third thought of the inventing geek.
Re: Simple explanations are more often the correct ones.
Joe Barton used to be my congresscritter, and I assure you he's much more than a technoboob. He's a self-serving, self aggrandizing, chest thumping, all purpose boob. His antics are good for a laugh ... until you realize he's not a comedian and his antics have serious consequences.
Trust me, Joe Barton's disappointment will fade when the first campaign contribution arrives.
Google could end this hassle today
Just include secret facial recognition and ship the results to the NSA.
Re: Google could end this hassle today
"Just include secret facial recognition and ship the results to the NSA."
They don't already?
He Has a Lot of Gall
The absolute last people who should be expressing disappointment with anything or anybody are US House Representatives, especially the luddite Republicans. These are the people who think that rapes are god's will and women's bodies can shut down pregnancies for 'legitimate rapes'.
Well I'm disappointed in Congress. They can't seem to get get anything done. Stop with your b.s. and work and solve some of the important issues facing America. Never have I seen such incompetence in america.
Seriously though. The US Goverment, post PRISM, bitching about privacy and sousveillance? Methinks maybe the Big G is being less forthcoming with access to Glass data and specifications than the Fed likes.
"New technology should have built-in privacy"
No doubt that people of the RIAA keep dreaming of going back in time to insist that DRM be built in that new fangled Internet technology…
Re: "New technology should have built-in privacy"
The RIAA would prefer that you buy their product but have some form of lobotomy so you cant actually remember what you heard.
Mind you the Stones gig at Glasto required that you could remember what you heard on the albums...
One possibly look at the future
The date is 2100. Mankind has evolved technologically. We can now interface man and machine. Everybody wears a device that permanently records what they see, say, hear and smell even, all the time, from the moment they are born. They have to wear it, it is the law, and the device is implanted in their head right from the start and linked to their brain. Anyone found not bearing one is arrested and forced to undergo an operation to implant one, or is "terminated" for the common good of society, as a deviant. The device stores the data either in its own memory or in a huge, remote bank of servers, either of which can of course be scanned by government agencies and accessed by select advertisers who pay a high price to do so and to serve you subtle, augmented reality advertisements. Some people say the device can be commandeered by the police or by a virus to make you obey their will...The only protection against this is an extra-strong tinfoil hat, available for £200,000 (the price of a house) on the black market, so nobody except big-time criminals can see the point of buying one...
Re: One possibly look at the future
Nice to hear that at least the cost of housing will be lower...
Re: One possibly look at the future
The problem is the currency symbol - he got as close as he could, but the currency of the future isn't denoted by £, but rather by a new symbol added into Unicode in 2087, that looks sort of like a cross between the symbol for The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and a Euro sign being spit-roasted by a dollar sign and a pound sign - informally known as "d munie".
In order to combat rampant inflation, the ruling UN House of Bankers created d munie and valued it at 1 d munie := 10000£, before beginning a new program of qualitative
rapingeasing, leading to the inflation such that a discarded Big Mac box (the new standard for "large, luxury housing") went for 200000 d munies.
"could change societal norms"
Yep, coppers being videoed beating people up could increase, politicians caught pinching cute women's backsides, accidental egress from a whorehouse, etc
God forbid the public might be able to record as much behaviour as Us without Us being able to get to it first and destroy it, must get ahead of the curve and legislate in Our own favour.
Not allowing recognition at this time - what the hell kind of an answer is that?
It's the one that they could say without actually lying or coming in danger of lying, I know. But are we actually interested in what they are doing, and not what they intend to do?
I'm not engaging in sexual intercourse at this time - but that doesn't mean I don't intend to at a later time.
I'd prefer an offline version of any from of glasses that could potentially monitor my every move. Something with a small memory card built in, onto which I can upload maps of my area, and from which I can copy/move the pictures/movies I've made onto my computer. Allow it a GPS function, but no way of relaying information about the usage of this function to anyone.
You know something where I can at least be a bit more sure that it isn't uploading everything I do directly onto the NS... Google servers.
Hah! Like our government is concerned with our privacy! That is an oxymoron if I ever saw one. Our government is so screwed up and our politicians are only concerned about being in office.
Better tnan a smartphone
To me this Glass is about a lot more than taking pictures. Coupled with a Bluetooth voice/data hub (a screenless phone, the size of a Bluetooth GPS - a Nexus 0 perhaps), it fixes everything I hate about a smartphone: small screen or big size, poorly readable outside, need to hold it. Embedded GPS and ubiquitous Web access sounds really attractive. Now, if I can also use it to video the car that's about to make my bicycle fly, even better!
So why do they need both?
"banning resale of the headsets to ensure that private information isn't transferred, and the headsets can be remotely wiped if lost or stolen."
If they can do the second, then they have absolutely no justification otther than greed for trying (I hope unsuccessfully) to prevent buyers using their legal right to resell.
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But the issue has fueled a torrid lobbying barrage and generated scores of emails to legislators — most of them form letters encouraged by the satellite providers, claiming the change will raise the cost of satellite service.
Niederhauser said that's not the case. Extending the rebate to cable customers will mean cable and satellite customers will each end up paying a 6.5 percent tax, rather than cable customers paying several percentages more.
"This is all about satellite trying to preserve their special tax break and cable having to pay a higher tax," said Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo. "That's why the satellite folks are arguing so passionately. They want a statutory exemption."
Meanwhile, Comcast, the state's largest cable company, contributed nearly $60,000 to legislators' campaign accounts last year. And the Utah Cable Telecommunications Association gave another $15,500 to lawmakers.
About a decade ago, the Legislature began allowing local governments to charge a franchise fee of up to 5 percent for both cable and satellite companies. But the satellite companies convinced Congress to exempt them from local franchise fees, meaning that for years the cable customers have essentially been paying a higher tax.
In 2007, the Legislature decided to give a rebate to cable customers to offset half the franchise tax. Niederhauser's bill would now double that rebate, meaning the entire franchise fee would be offset and customers on satellite and cable will pay the same rate.
Niederhauser said that the Legislature considered repealing the franchise fee, but that it is a source of income for local governments and its loss would have created a hardship for them.
The bill states that the cable companies have to pass the savings on to customers.
Sen. Pat Jones, D-Holladay, said she was concerned about the $6.6 million it would cost the state to extend the rebate and the "continued erosion of our general fund," which pays for human services and "many services our citizens enjoy."
The bill was given preliminary approval on a 24-5 vote Monday. If it passes on a final Senate vote later this week, it will go to the House for consideration.
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The recent arrest of the secretary general of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), Mlungisi Makhanya, and seven other members of PUDEMO and Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYOCO) is testimony to the reality of a country that has become a big national prison against its own people.
PUDEMO leaders were jailed for defying the Suppression of Terrorism Act and its predecessor, the 1973 decree that criminalises all forms of political activity and imprisons the rights of the people.
The crime of wearing the wrong colours, PUDEMO paraphernalia is a serious one under Swazi law as designed by the tinkhundla system, hence the legalised murder of Sipho Jele a few years back for wearing these banned colours.
Scotland: Trade unionists debate independence, 'yes' gets the nod
By Richie Venton, Scottish Socialist Party national trade union organiser and Trade Unionists for Independence
For more on Scotland and the independence debate, click HERE.
April 22, 2014 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Campaigners for Scottish independence received another boost in March as a Unison trade union branch sided "positively with the Yes side".
Nation-wide branch Skills Development Scotland held a Yes/No debate at their 2014 AGM. Richard Leonard, GMB's political officer represented United for Labour, and went head-to-head with Richie Venton of Trade Unionists for Independence.
Yes emerged the popular choice of the night.
Skills Development Scotland branch secretary, Derek Cheyne, said: "It was a really good debate -- I think a lot of people really engaged and we had a great turn out as well.
"I've got to say, I think that most of the questions from the floor were very pro-yes. We've not canvassed on whether our members are yes or no, but I got the feeling tonight Yes was dominant.
"I hope it has energised our members, that they become more involved whether it's yes or no -- that's entirely up to them, because my union has taken a more neutral stance."
NUMSA leaflet at Labor Notes: 'Building a United Front againt neoliberalism'
April 20, 2014 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Leaflet distributed by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) at the 2014 Labor Notes convention, April 4-6, in Chicago.
For more on NUMSA, click HERE.
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Presentation by Irvin Jim, general secretary of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa; chaired by John S. Saul.
March 6, 2014 -- Left Streamed, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission -- The dramatic upsurge of popular grass-roots protest in South Africa's townships and rural areas in recent years has marked a "rebellion of the poor" in that country. The working-class itself has also been assertive, prompting the African National Congress administered state's horrific massacre of dissident mineworkers at Marikana in 2012.
Until recently, leading trade unions have confined been within the tripartite governing coalition of the ANC, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the country's largest trade union federation.
South Africa: Workers' guide to the crisis in COSATU; Reply to Jeremy Cronin
Tens of thousands of workers across South Africa responded to the call from NUMSA for a general strike on March 19, 2014, against neoliberal government policies.
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Almost 29 years ago at the height of mass struggles by workers, youth, women, students and communities, despite repression, detention without trial, a state of emergency, killings and assassinations of activists and leaders, the workers of South Africa declared; "A giant is born". And so the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), by the blood, sacrifices and sweat of many generations before it, was launched.
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Britain: Bob Crow's death 'a huge blow to militant class-struggle unionism'
By Liam Mac Uaid
March 11, 2014 -- Socialist Resistance -- We are deeply shocked at the news that Bob Crow has died suddenly early this morning of a heart attack at the age of 52.
We send our heartfelt condolences and solidarity to his family and friends and to the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and its members. His death is a huge blow to the RMT and to the wider trade union movement and to the cause of militant class-struggle trade unionism. During his 12 years as general secretary, the RMT has grown in both size and stature. He has been prepared to support strike action to defend the wages jobs and conditions of his members, and has done so very successfully.
As a result of this he has been vilified by the employers, government ministers and the likes of London mayor Boris Johnson, but has enjoyed strong support among the rank and file of the union. To say that he will be sorely missed is a gross understatement.
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Germany: Union militant on how wind-power development is held to ransom for profit
Wind turbine towers at Bremerhaven port. Photo by Lucy Alcorn.
March 11, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Socialist Alliance member Zane Alcorn spoke with Ali Can, a metalworker who has worked in the wind-turbine industry in the north German portside town Bremerhaven. Ali is a rank and file organiser with the trade union IGMetal and is an active member of Verein für Gleiche Rechte (Equal Rights Association), a secular Turkish community centre. Translated by Anne K. Schulz.
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After the events yesterday of Jared Sullinger facing charges from his domestic dispute and Sully releasing an apology, the Boston Celtics have issued their own statement about the issue: The Celtics were disappointed to learn of the allegations against Jared and are currently gathering more information on the situation, which we are taking very seriously. We will reserve further comment until such point that we have sufficient additional information. I don't want to speculate on the case at all because who knows how this situation will pan out, but stay tuned to see what happens. I would presume that if convicted Sully would also face league and/or team sanctions on top of the legal repercussions.
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That season, teammate Steve Kerr played 1200 fewer minutes than Pippen and Jordan, but had a TS% of 66.7, shot 53% from the field and 46.4% from three. So Jordan-Kerr could also be in the conversation for best shooting backcourt.
Duos like Mario Ellie-Clyde Drexler, Tim Hardaway-Vashon Leonard, Reggie Miller or Ray Allen and anyone with a pulse, and many others have also had great shooting seasons and could be considered the greatest shooting combinations. While my personal pick is Nash-Johnson, none of these choices are wrong. I disagree with Mark Jackson's statement, but the significance of Curry and Thompson's accomplishments this year should not be overlooked.
What they did this year was remarkable. To shoot at such a high percentage while hoisting over 14 threes a game is unheard of. They may not be the best shooting backcourt in history according to metrics, but they are certainly the most prolific three point shooting backcourt.
The three ball has become integral for many teams' offensive gameplans and the Warriors do it well with Curry and Thompson leading the way. They look for the long ball in transition and they run their guards around picks all game long. You know what they're going to do and you still can't stop it. If that's the definition of greatness, then maybe Jackson was right after all.
Mark Jackson thinks Curry and Thompson are the greatest shooting backcourt. Is he right?
Are they really the best shooting backcourt in history?
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The local tech contacted someone higher up the chain and I was told they're looking in to the issue since they've been getting reports from other areas experiencing loss as well. I'll have to give them some time since this won't be something they fix in a day, but hopefully within a week or two they get it figured out since it seems to be a widespread problem.
Keep on them and I'm sure they'll get it fixed.Good Luck
Welcome to the club. Hopefully they actually get this fixed sooner rather than later. From what I was told I'm pretty sure someone in the company is aware it's an issue with at least one of their fiber lines being maxed out. The tech told me they need to talk to engineers to figure out a solution that I guess would just be re-routing people. All we can do is wait and see, but I'm getting tired of not even being able to play a game which uses almost no bandwidth because the packet loss is just absurd.
Update...After seeing some higher than 2.0 speeds since the transfer at the remote, my speeds were back in the crapper tonight...Here's the email I sent with the Frontier manager I've been corresponding with over this issue.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------Sorry Gail, I was a little premature in my previous email.Checking speeds tonight starting at 9:30 P.M. using 2 different websites, proved speeds were again very low.Sometimes less than a quarter of Frontiers advertised speed.Perhaps the documentation I've attached can be sent up the line to provide evidence that there is indeed a problem.Honestly it's only going to get worse and I'm being patient trying to help work with Frontier as well as help myself on this issue.I've attached my Excel spread sheet documenting speed measurements throughout different times of the day.I've also included screenshots of the most recent speed degregation tonight, during peak usage time(12-6-12)On a side note, maybe someone can forward this to Ms.Wilderotter.In an article I read from Stop the Cap! dated August 2011 Ms. Wilderotter said quoted in bold below......Frontier Claims Its DSL Service is Better Than Cable BroadbandFrontiers general business plan is to provide DSL service in rural areas where it faces little or no competition, and most of Frontiers investment has been to upgrade Verizons landline network to sustain 1-3Mbps DSL service, for which it routinely charges the same (or more) for standalone broadband service that its cable competitors charge for much faster speeds.But Frontier Communications CEO Maggie Wilderotter says their DSL service is better than the cable competition.A key differentiator between our network and cable competition is that you consistently get the speed you pay for, Wilderotter told investors on a conference call. Theres no sharing at the local level. High demand for bandwidth-intensive applications like video are putting pressure on all wired networks. To that end, we want to make sure that we have more than enough capacity to satisfy the expectations of our customers. Were spending capital in all parts of the network with specific emphasis in the middle mile, which will enable us to consistently deliver a quality customer experience for our customers of today and tomorrow.
pittpete1 - Hey consistent only means things will remain the same. It doesn't say they will improve. Also note that she is talking about the middle mile, nothing is mentioned about the tail segments to the customer.
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I Know one thing, I would rather go back to sharing my 25-30mbps cable internet with the whole block, than share my lousy 2.6mbps with anyone! lol
Heres the response email---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------Peter,Thank you for your due diligence and I am aware of the congestion issues and am working with ourDATA and engineering groups to work out a plan to relieve this. I am also willing to send a tech outTo make sure all is well in your home at no charge to you. Please let me know if you want thisSet up. Again, thank you for your patience.
Another response, looks like we are getting somewhere...I'll keep my fingers crossed---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------Peter I AM working with our engineering people I need to have something verified in GreenhavenMonday as my CO tech is out sick today with any hope there may be something we can do forYou and your neighbors but will not know until this is complete. I will certainly keep you in the loop.I will also let Eric know what our plan will be this all came about this morning,Again , thanks
Looks like my persistence is paying off......Progress being made---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------Good morning Peter,Well there IS a light for you and our other customers in your area. My tech verified we can upgrade aDS1 to a DS3 to split between the 2 shelves in the Greenhaven remote. However this will not happenOvernight as we have to find a seller for the DS3 uplink cards for the Lucent equipment. Our engineerIs working on that today and will have date. We (my tech) then has to do some major rewiring in bothOur Hopewell office and the remote for this to work then work with our Data group to share the traffic.Once I have a date for the card delivery I will have a better idea - .Thanks again for your patience,Gail
4:10pm on a Tuesday and I'm already experiencing packet loss. Colleges letting out is already making this worse. It may be time to try out the cable company for a month and see how that runs.Frontier is a complete joke.
Bonk, have you contacted the techs manager?Thats who I'm getting all my info from and by the looks of making headway.Document the emails is all I can say.
4:10pm on a Tuesday and I'm already experiencing packet loss. Colleges letting out is already making this worse. It may be time to try out the cable company for a month and see how that runs.Frontier is a complete joke.
So DS1 meaning this remote is fed with copper T1's?
sounds like the hardware is so far out of production they have to go hunting down a seller. that's always a good sign lol
right plat..antiquation
Well, I haven't heard anything in over a week now, so I guess I'm calling the cable company Monday to see about trying them out to see if it would be worth dumping the DSL. Price should be roughly the same and the advertised speeds are 12/1, or 20/2 with tv/phone/internet bundle, vs the 4/.77 I'm getting now, plus no annual contract. Assuming it's stable and close to the advertised speeds, Frontier can kiss my ass goodbye.It's been at least a month now that I've been experiencing issues, and sadly I think it's been going on longer than that, I just didn't notice it as much and never looked in to the ping and traceroute testing that blatantly shows there is a problem. I should be paying a heavily reduced rate for the service I've been getting.
Well, I haven't heard anything in over a week now, so I guess I'm calling the cable company Monday to see about trying them out to see if it would be worth dumping the DSL. Price should be roughly the same and the advertised speeds are 12/1, or 20/2 with tv/phone/internet bundle, vs the 4/.77 I'm getting now, plus no annual contract. Assuming it's stable and close to the advertised speeds, Frontier can kiss my ass goodbye.
I imagine a lot of the local guys are great, it's just the company backing them...not so much.I put in my call to the cable company today and waiting for stuff to be verified, but hopefully can get it hooked up soon and give it a try. Really hoping I can move on from Frontier DSL. The local tech called today and said he still hasn't heard anything from the guys above him about the packet loss issue, which was reported to them over a week ago and been going on since early November.
Bonka, are u in a contract with Frontier currently?
Nope, shouldn't be. We've had Frontier for quite a while now. I don't actually handle any of the accounts/billing so I don't 100% know, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
well make sure, because they'll hit you with an ETF.
Doh, I can get cable service but need a new line pulled underground for $70. Not only do I have more money to spend, but it's not something that is going to happen right away either, maybe a few weeks. Couldn't fathom how I needed a new line run to the house, even if it was probably 20 to 30 years old, until I went outside and saw it old one was cut and I think soldered. Never looked at it before and have no idea who did that. My guess is the cable company didn't like us when we disconnected service many years ago.Looks like I'm stuck with Frontier a bit longer than I had hoped.
UPDATE**********************************************Happy New Year,I have not forgotten you my tech is working on the upgrade to the Greenhaven remote.We are still waiting for the cards but he has much to do prior and is working on the wiring.I will keep you in the loop with the progress.ThanksGail
***UPDATE FOR ANYONE FOLLOWING THIS***received this email today from the local manager.... --------------
quote: Pete,You must have been reading my mind YES we are ready to cutover to the additional DS3 we will do thisTomorrow around mid afternoon we would have done it today BUT with the snow day did notWant to risk dumping off everyone. You should see a difference tomorrow late day.I hope you will stay with us after all this Thanks for your patience,Gail
Got my cable installed today, finally. It's sad to be excited for a 12/1 connection. Goodbye Frontier and your terrible peak hour packet loss, hopefully I never have to use your DSL again.
Got my cable installed today, finally. It's sad to be excited for a 12/1 connection. Goodbye Frontier and your terrible peak hour packet loss, hopefully I never have to use your DSL again.
Well, they cut over to the DS3 today.Got home, every speed test at around 6mbs(my provisioned speed)I'll check back after peak usage time.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 – 5:30 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Football, Hockey, Non-Sports | Beckett Sports Card Monthly, Goblin Queen, Marvel Comics, Marvel Masterpieces, NAR!, Sketch card | Comments (3)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
We're prepping this year's Art Issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly and one of the features in the issue set to arrive next month will be my picks at 10 artists who are changing the game when it comes to sketch cards.
You know, those one-of-a-kind pieces of art found on a 2.5- by 3.5- inch canvas — real art commissioned by card companies for you to find in packs.
Picking 10 is much easier said than done but one absolutely stands out from the pack — and we're not just talking sports artists here. Check out the video above for the creation of a single sketch card by Los Angeles-based artist NAR! … it's unreal, yet as real as it gets.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
Posted on January 24, 2012 – 1:26 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 Topps, 2012 Topps Gold Rush, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Belle, Albert Pujols, Dennis Eckersley, featured, MLB, Nelson Cruz, Sandy Koufax, Topps, Willie Mays | Comments (25)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Ok, all you cardboard 49ers … the 2012 Topps Gold Rush rules have been declared.
Eight days before the arrival of its flagship baseball card set for 2012, Topps has unveiled the details of its Gold Rush wrapper redemption program, and it's one that won't last long.
For every 50 hobby wrappers — or 14 HTA jumbo wrappers — that a collector sends in to the company, they will receive a five-card pack of Gold Rush cards.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 – 11:44 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Non-Sports | Beckett Sports Card Monthly, Blowoutcards, featured, Spider-Man, Thomas Fish, Todd McFarlane | Comments (2)
A preview of an item in the upcoming Art Issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly …
If you've ordered sports cards on the Internet, you probably bought them from him.
If you've been to a larger regional show or The National, you've probably seen him — a somewhat unassuming big guy with a shaved head and a goatee (or some two-day scruff) working with his team in a gray Blowoutcards.com T-shirt and pair of shorts.
But what you may not know about Thomas Fish — one of the card industry's leading dealers and leading marketers of the hobby — is that he's dead serious about something else, too.
Original comic book art. That's his other hobby and an area of investment — and it's a business that's booming.
Posted on January 23, 2012 – 6:54 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Hockey | Alexander Ovechkin, hockey, Jaromir Jagr, NHL, NHL All-Star Game, Ryan Nugent Hopkins | Comments (0)
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Hockey fans lucky enough to make it to Ottawa for the NHL All-Star festivities this week, will be in for a treat. Panini America is offering cards at the event through a wrapper redemption.
Panini has created base cards, autographs, memorabilia and special patch cards made just for the All-Star Game.
Posted on January 23, 2012 – 3:45 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 Topps, Albert Pujols, featured, Jose Reyes, MLB, Topps | Comments (13)
As seen on the cover of the next issue of Beckett Baseball at the printer right now, Topps will be including short-printed variation cards of Albert Pujols and Jose Reyes into packs of 2012 Topps Series 1 when it arrives on Feb. 1.
The company teased the cards on Monday, nine days before the arrival of the hobby's most-collected set — and the same day as the arrival of the magazine.
This will be Pujols' first card as a Los Angeles Angel, while Reyes will be shown with the Miami Marlins for the first time. Pujols will be on card No. 331, while Reyes will be on 332 — both will have different (and not short-printed) versions in Series 2.
What else will be found inside the packs?
Find the magazine on Feb. 1 … maybe some packs of Topps, too.
Posted on January 23, 2012 – 3:28 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | Auction houses, Heritage Auctions, Lou Gehrig, MLB, New York Yankees | Comments (1)
You might not think that a pair of stirrup socks would be worth one's time at auction … but this dynamic duo proved that notion wrong last fall when they appeared on the auction block via Heritage Auctions.
What makes them so special? They were worn by New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig.
While the use of the items is not known – the color scheme is not of the New York Yankees or with the other items that Heritage sold that were once in The Iron Horse's possession – they still got the attention of 13 bidders … and sold for $8,962.50. — Chris Olds
Look for more items just like this every month in the new-look Beckett Sports Card Monthly's Auction Watch department.
Posted on January 23, 2012 – 10:55 am | Author: tolentinotown
Football | 2011 NFL Playoffs, Conference Championships, Devin Thomas, Eli Manning, Monday Morning Collector, Tom Brady | Comments (2)
By Dan Hitt | Sports Data Publishing Manager
Every Monday morning throughout the regular season, we selected our rookie, veteran and breakout players of the week with a run down on why collectors should take notice. For the postseason we'll select three standout players for each round. Here are our picks for the conference championship round of the 2011 NFL Playoffs. Read More »
Posted on January 23, 2012 – 10:48 am | Author: tolentinotown
Football | Joe Paterno, Joe Paterno's death, Paterno Rookie Card, Penn State | Comments (2)
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
As many continue to mourn and contemplate the loss of legendary Joe Paterno, the collecting world offers its cardboard tribute.
As many hobbyists may have already discovered, JoePa's legacy on trading cards is a mere speck in comparison to his legacy at Penn State and beyond. Paterno — who died on Sunday at the age of 85 — had undoubtedly been blemished by the unspeakable abuse scandal. However, his 18-card hobby presence was too limited to see a significant dip in value.
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Posted on January 22, 2012 – 5:28 pm | Author: chrisolds
Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Racing | 2011 Press Pass Legends, NASCAR, press pass, Ripping Retail | Comments (0)
Join Chris Olds as he rips into a pack of 2011 Press Pass Legends racing in this latest installment of Ripping Retail.
What did he find inside? Watch and find out …
Posted on January 21, 2012 – 10:13 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Football | college football, nfl, NFLPA, NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, Panini America, Topps | Comments (5)
Some of the top college football players competed in the NFLPA Bowl on Saturday night. While the players are working toward the NFL Draft and received national exposure, they also received a memento to take home with them.
The players got their first licensed trading card.
Panini America and Topps spent the week at the Rose Bowl in California working with almost 100 athletes to get cards organized, snap pictures and making sure cards get signed as well.
Posted on January 20, 2012 – 4:45 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2011 Playoff Contenders, Bob Feller, Cal Ripken Jr., Clayton Kershaw, featured, Josh Hamilton, Panini America, Stan Musial, Will Clark | Comments (16)
Panini America released the basic box breakdown information and additional preview images for its forthcoming 2011 Playoff Contenders baseball card set on Friday, the second of its MLBPA-approved products and the first to have a deeper MLB player presence inside.
Now scheduled to arrive on Feb. 22, Contenders will include six autographs per 24-pack box with two of those featuring 0n-card sigs. It also will include the first Panini signatures of spokesman Josh Hamilton and NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw.
Posted on January 20, 2012 – 4:44 pm | Author: tolentinotown
Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Hockey | 2011-12 In The Game Enforcers, Dr. Brian Price, In The Game | Comments (4)
As pr0mised in our preview from earlier this afternoon, we leave you this weekend with a new episode of Box Busters featuring In The Game's newly-released Enforcers product. Watch as Beckett Media's Bryan Hornbeck and Andrew Tolentino tear into two pack/boxes.
Posted on January 20, 2012 – 3:47 pm | Author: tolentinotown
Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Hockey | 2011-12 Black Diamond Hockey, Ice Premieres, Jaromir Jagr, Upper Deck | Comments (0)
Beckett Media's Bryan Hornbeck and Andrew Tolentino tear into a box of 2011-12 Black Diamond hockey cards. How many diamonds did they dig? Watch and find out.
Posted on January 20, 2012 – 2:44 pm | Author: tolentinotown
Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Hockey | Bloody Battles, Enforcers, Enforcers Hockey, In The Game | Comments (1)
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
Fresh from a two-box break of In The Game's newly-released Enforcers line, I'm naturally in the mood to pull up a few great hockey fights on YouTube. But before it gets gory, and while the forthcoming Box Busters video finishes processing, here's a quick look at what we just pulled from the somewhat controversial set:
Posted on January 20, 2012 – 12:18 pm | Author: chrisolds
Basketball | Blake Griffin, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Los Angeles Clippers, NBA, Panini America | Comments (7)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
In the next issue of Beckett Basketball, we're going to ask a simple question that might not be so simple for collectors to answer.
We want to know what you think right here with a couple of online polls.
The main question … who do you collect, reigning league MVP Derrick Rose or reigning Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin?
Griffin or Rose: Who you got?
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Take the poll and let us know why you voted the way you did in the comments below …
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Basketball magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
Posted on January 19, 2012 – 9:35 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 Topps Tier One, autographs, featured, MLB, Tier One, Topps | Comments (18)
Topps unveiled the basic product information and preview images for the sophomore release of Tier One on Thursday, a second installment of the high-end brand that will arrive in June.
Each pack will include three hits — one Crowd Pleaser autograph or one of three other options — a multi-signed autograph card, an autographed Relic or a cut signature. In addition, every pack will include one On The Rise autograph and a Relic numbered to 399 or fewer copies when it hits hobby shops on June 18.
Every fourth pack will include all of that and a bonus Relic, while every 12-pack case will include a Top Tier autograph.
Posted on January 19, 2012 – 9:34 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Baseball, Football | etopps, featured, MLB, NASCAR, NBA, nfl, soccer, Topps | Comments (14)
When Topps announced it was canceling its eTopps program last week, the brief statement left more questions than answers for collectors.
And judging by the reaction from collectors, it was a disappointing end — even if the value of most cards dwindled over the years.
Knowing that collectors still had many questions, Topps released a Q&A on its website Thursday in hopes to shed some light as to why the program was canceled and some of its future digital plans.
Posted on January 19, 2012 – 11:39 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | Bowman, Memory Lane Inc., Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose, T205, tobacco cards, Topps, vintage baseball cards | Comments (2)
The breaking of a massive collection of high-grade vintage baseball cards has begun through Memory Lane Inc. with more than 4,000 key cards from baseball's golden years available to collectors.
Believed to be one of the biggest offerings ever made at one time, the Tustin, Calif.-based company will be handling sales of everything from tobacco cards of the early 1900s to high-grade rarities from the 1950s and 1960s. All of the cards have been graded by PSA and were amassed as sets through years of collecting from one serious fan of the game. (The first portion of the haul can be viewed by clicking here.)
The second-year Mickey Mantle Bowman card above, for example, carries a $16,500, pricetag and is just one of 11 cards to be slabbed a PSA 9 — only two cards have ever graded higher.
Posted on January 19, 2012 – 11:01 am | Author: tolentinotown
Hockey | 2011-12 Heroes & Prospects, Gordie Howe, In The Game, Mr. Hockey | Comments (1)
Howe about that?
Adding allure to its upcoming Heroes & Prospects release, In The Game revealed that a certain Gordie Howe will be making a long-awaited return to the company's 2012 product lineup.
"It has been several years since Mr. Howe was prominently featured as part of In The Game's products and we are incredibly pleased to be working with him once again," explained ITG President Dr. Brian Price. "Our working relationship goes back even farther than that and collectors will be pleased to have an opportunity to get more cards of one of hockey's greatest icons." Read More »
Posted on January 18, 2012 – 5:08 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2009 Bowman, baseball cards, BBM, featured, Japanese baseball, Nippon-Ham Fighters, Texas Rangers, Topps, World Baseball Classic, Yu Darvish | Comments (9)
Jan. 18 Update: Darvish has signed a six-year $60-million deal, according to ESPN.
One of Japan's most successful professional pitchers just might be on his way to Major League Baseball as the Texas Rangers have won the bidding rights for Yu Darvish of the NPB's Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and now have 30 days to sign him to a big-league deal.
In the past five seasons, the 6-foot-5 right-hander has compiled a 76-28 record with a 1.72 ERA and 1,083 strikeouts in 1,024-plus innings of work. The Rangers bid? A record $51.7 million — for the right to try and sign him.
His 2005 BBM Japanese Rookie Cards have been consistent sellers of late, but his hottest cards should already be recognizable to American collectors as he appears on nearly 80 cards made by Topps for the World Baseball Classic in its 2009 products.


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The Cash & Counseling program created a cost-effective model of participant-directed services to improve the health of frail older adults and other people with disabilities and contributed to national policy change on participant-directed services.
October 10, 2012 | Program Results Report
From 2009 through 2012, researchers analyzed access to care and the cost of care provided by comprehensive health care safety nets in seven communities.
May 31, 2011 | Program Results Report
The University of Michigan conducted development and evaluation work on the Michigan Managed Long-Term Care Initiative, which allows eligible adults to receive Medicaid-covered services in their homes.
September 10, 2014 | Program Results Report
A research team led by Stephen M. Shortell and Lawrence P. Casalino tracked the extent to which physician organizations used evidence-based care management processes to treat patients with asthma, congestive heart failure, depression, and diabetes.
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From 2004 to 2007, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) worked with groups of state Medicaid agencies and Medicaid managed care organizations to identify best practices to reduce disparities in care among racial and ethnic groups.
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This report estimated the effect of the ACA on 14 large and diverse cities: Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Columbus, Charlotte, Detroit, Memphis, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and Miami.
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In many regions across the country, robust "super-utilizer" programs providing intensive outpatient care management to high-need, high-cost patients are beginning to emerge.
November 9, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Voters across the country were presented Tuesday with more than 170 ballot initiatives, many on health-related issues.
July 1, 2012 | Report
This chartbook of health insurance coverage estimates is designed to be an easily accessed resource for State Health Access Program (SHAP) grantees.