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The Best and Worst Things About the New Knife Album (Which We Admittedly Haven't Heard Yet)
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Apart from those readers who have been in comas over the past month or so, we're guessing that most of the XLR8R faithful are well aware that The Knife will soon be releasing a new album, Shaking the Habitual, via Mute. The long-awaited follow-up to 2006's Silent Shout, the duo's new full-length won't actually be released until April 9, but it's already been at the center of a veritable media firestorm; for the past six weeks, the Pitchforks of the world have been leading a TMZ-style coverage overkill, while fans and journalists (ourselves included) have anxiously devoured every piece of Knife-related information that's come down the pipeline. At this point, we've only heard the first single, "Full of Fire," yet it's hard to shake the notion that we already know the album on an intimate level. Perhaps that's why we felt comfortable putting together a list of the best and worst things about the LP; given the music world's collective frenzy over the forthcoming record, actually hearing the music almost feels secondary.
BEST: The Knife has a new album coming out. Hooray.
Shaking the Habitual will be The Knife's first official new album since 2006. Folks are going apeshit. Yes, sister-brother duo Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer have since pursued successful solo projects (he as darkly catchy technoist Oni Ayhun, she as alien spellbinder Fever Ray) and one collaborative eye-roller (see below), but fans have been rabid for the return of the idiosyncratic, eerily poppy Knife for many internet moons.
WORST: Jose Gonzalez probably won't cover any Shaking the Habitual tracks, but Nicki Minaj might.
Gonzalez's version of "Heartbeats" from Deep Cuts brought both the Swedish-Argentinian singer and The Knife to global attention. But now that dark, pulsing, avant-garde beats are the pop-rap norm, we're afraid Nicki will cannily update trap with a goth spin and snatch one of the tracks for herself. One the plus side, the thought of The Knife banging from a tinted-window sideshow sounds just about right.
BEST: Shaking the Habitual is not an impenetrable, 92-minute opera about Charles Darwin (or something).
This is electronic music, where we celebrate ambition and difficulty—downright pretension, even. Sure, The Knife deserves major plaudits for going gargantuan in tribute to Origin of the Species with 2010's Tomorrow, In a Year collab with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims. (We're not kidding, that really happened.) However... we're incredibly glad the group did not elect to repeat itself and stab our ears out with more modulated bird noises and incessant noodling.
WORST: The word "epic" will be thrown around a lot.
Shaking the Habitual may not be a 92-minute, impenetrable opera about Charles Darwin or something, but it is 98 minutes long, with 12 tracks ranging in length from 37 seconds to almost 20 minutes. And already the "e" word is popping up in lazy blog post headlines everywhere. There is no escaping it. Everything longer than an animated GIF is epic on the internet. This album is EPIC.
BEST: All that wonderful Knife weirdness appears to be intact.
Freaks rejoice. There are references in the tracklist to Margaret Atwood's dystopian 2003 novel Oryx and Crake, a decided scrambling of sexual and political identity in the lyrics of first leaked track "Full of Fire," some comfortably creepy shenanigans in director Marit Östberg's 10-minute video for the track, not to mention another gender-ambiguous album teaser video. In short, all signs point to a nice but boundary-pushing return to the siblings' beloved eccentricity.
WORST: The Knife started everything!
From witch house and seapunk to hashtag rap and Tumblr pop, it's a virtual certainty that disparate musical subcultures will soon start claiming The Knife as mother and father to it all. It would not surprise us to find Frank Ocean claiming them as an influence, right before Deadmau5 disses them for the lulz.
BEST: A world tour will surely follow.
It's onstage that Karin and Olof truly distinguished themselves from the other progenitors of leftfield electronic sounds, with techno-horror projections, Gaga-foreseeing outfits, quirky-nightmare sets, and lots and lots of fog. A handful of European dates have already been announced.
WORST: That world tour is probably already sold out.
Even before any of the dates are announced, or even planned, the slobbery-fan vultures of Ticketmaster are poised in some queue already, their sweaty palms gripping their mice, anxiously awaiting the first stirrings of any ticket release. You are going to have to pry those golden tickets from the cold, dead hands of some middle-aged electronica fan before you see one glimpse of Karin's prosthetically melted face. Sorry. :(
BEST: Your edgier gay friends will be bumping this madly.
The jittery electro and avant-goth vibes of Silent Shout and Fever Ray cannily appealed to a large swath of gay men in the later '00s who wished to appear sophisticated while reconnecting with their Depeche Mode electro-pop roots and jerky dance moves. That guy with the expensive second-hand jeans upstairs, your local dive bartender—hell, even your own boyfriend—will ensure you'll never have to buy this album to hear it on repeat.
WORST: Your edgier gay friends will be bumping this madly.
You may end up begging them to put some Little Dragon back on for relief.
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#PROAGING: Majority Of Senior Citizens Online & Many More Using E-Readers
The fine folks at the Pew Internet and American Life Project marked a notable milestone in the history of electronic communications this past spring: "53% of American adults ages 65 and older use the internet or email. Though these adults are still less likely than all other age groups to use the internet, the latest data represent the first time that half of seniors are going online." The crossing of the 50% mark means marketers and fundraisers really need to develop strategies to reach our retirees and senior citizens online. The percentages will only increase, of course, as ever more people who used the internet for work and/or play, and then those who grew up knowing few other means of communication, move toward 65. What else does the latest Pew report show us about Boomers and the internet?
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#PROAGING: Technology Improves Exercise of Body And Brain
Last week we introduced an AARP report encouraging the development of 'Technology for All,' namely, technology that includes the interests, expectations, and needs of Baby Boomers. Here is an example of how technology makes a common exercise machine that much more interesting and beneficial: a computer screen offering a virtual tour for a stationary biker.
Hans Villarica of TheAtlantic.com presented a report found in The American Journal of Preventative Medicine that brings computer screens and visual stimuli to recumbent bikers in elder-care homes. The experiment was to encourage exercise among residents on incumbent bikes – some used bikes with screens that monitored their effort and presented a 'tour' while others simply rode the bikes for the same amount of time.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#PROAGING: AARP Explores Benefits & Challenges of 'Technology For All'
With much fanfare, the first babyboomers moved into the official era of retirement last year as they celebrated 65 years of life. They were the first ripples of a 'Silver Tsunami' of Boomer retirees who will bring changes to entertainment, to Social Security, medical services, to retirement life. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) released a report calling on entrepreneurs, developers, and service providers to take on the challenges of bringing the myriad technologies (some of which were built by the Boomers) to everyone – including those over 50 who want to use those technologies but might need them modified. Is your organization developing its strategy for the near future?
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#ProAging: GAP Index Highlights Global Challenges Of Care For Aging
The fact of the aging of the global population is something our readers are likely at least acquainted with. The phenomenon has arisen as life expectancy has lengthened even in developing countries and populations in developed countries often are not having enough children even to replace themselves. The result is that most national populations whose citizens or subjects are over 60 are quickly moving toward 30%. To put that number in historical perspective, The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) posits that, before the Twentieth Century, the percentage of inhabitants over 60 was 5-8%.
The CSIS released a sobering report earlier this year that measured the 'Global Aging Preparedness' (GAP) Index. The report stresses the demographic facts of the so-called 'Silver Tsunami' (a tide that can not now be turned, even if we all started having larger families) and the current economic situations of a number of countries both rich and poor, both developed and developing. So how did the US do?
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#ProAging: SM Savvy Encourages Cross-Generational Connection
With Thanksgiving a mere 36+ hours away (30 of which might be spent in a ticket line or sitting on a runway or hoping the traffic finally gets moving), we are all thinking about re-connecting to family and old friends. That we do so via social networking platforms has become the assumption among the Millennials and the Gen-Xers, whether in the holiday season or not. The social networking demands of these generations encourage them to keep up with the latest technologies as well – not a bad thing for the economy.
What happens to the previous-generation phones and laptops as younger Americans buy the latest-and-greatest? One thing that happens to them is they become 'hand-me-ups'.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#ProAging: Bringing Ballots To Nursing Homes Via The iPad
When the people of Oregon needed to replace Congressional Representative David Wu this week, the state Board of Elections used the opportunity to develop means to get ballots to older citizens in nursing homes. The traditional means to do so were to send absentee ballots out, but such ballots waste a great deal of payer, any way – and many do not get returned anyway. As we have noted on this blog, the iPad is a convenient and stimulative way for retired Americans to access information. And now it is being used as a way for retired Boomers and those of the GI Generation to cast their votes.
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#ProAging: Telestroke/Telemedicine Tests Show Excellent Cost & Health Benefits
In a wonderful synthesis of health care needs, patient choice, cost effectiveness, and beneficial outcomes, a recent report from The Mayo Clinic's 'Telestroke' program demonstrates the payoff of the pilot program. Telestroke provides the communications means for rural doctors and hospitals to have online connections with neurological and brain specialists in urban research hospitals. The technology saves vital minutes (if not critical hours) by bringing the specialist virtually to the on-side doctor and patient, rather than trying to move the patient to the requisite hospital.
The technology involves more than simple network communication for referral or consultation. According to the Mayo Clinic's site, "Doctors communicate using digital video cameras, Internet telecommunications, robots, smart phones and other technology. Having a prompt neurological evaluation increases the possibility that you may receive clot-dissolving therapies (thrombolytics) or other clot-retrieving treatments in time to reduce disability resulting from stroke."
And the first tests offer the statistics of success.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#ProAging: Touchscreen Ease Available For Those Who Don't Want An iPad
The iPad has inspired many older Americans to expand not only their computing skills, but also their short-term memories and their social(-media) circles. Nevertheless, the iPad was not created with our oldest citizens in mind. The screen is not especially large, for example.
The computer company Telikin in Chalfont, PA is developing a desktop machine for the GI and Silent Generations. Humans interact via the large touchscreen, and the software interface includes large clear buttons that give users easy access to email, Facebook, calendars, and other applications, like local weather, that seniors might find handy. But apparently the computer is even finding adherents from among younger generations who simply want an easy way to interact with some of the staples of the online universe.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#ProAging: Medicare's Open Enrollment Opens – Save Elders From Poverty
Medicare's open enrollment for next year begins on October 15th and runs through December 7th (an unfortunate date in the lives of many of the GI Generation). Information on Medicare's medical plans can be found here. General information for those new to the process can be found here. Medicare was founded in 1965 in an effort to buttress the insurance that most Americans lost at 65 or at retirement. It was meant as another strand of a safety net first weaved with the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, also meant to help the elderly avoid falling destitute.
Although Governor/Presidential Candidate Rick Perry (Rep., TX) stands by his assertion that such support as Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme, it has helped – unlike Ponzi schemes – millions of older and retired Americans avoid poverty. A new Census study clearly demonstrates just how successful the programs have been.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#ProAging: iPad Technology Can Draw Out Memories And Skills For Elderly
One stereotype of the elderly and long retired is that they fear new technology. Yet many of the GI Generation and Silent Generation were, in fact, the ones who started the phenomenal research and development in the middle of the twentieth century that give us our hybrid cars and smart phones today. A recent report from the McClatchy-Tribune Information Services demonstrates how the caregivers of these generations are discovering how quickly and happily their clients and patients are responding to the latest mobile technology, the iPad.
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Written by: Christopher Gardner, PhD
#Tech: Pew Internet Project Breaks Down Use Of Communications Tech Across Generations
The contours of the findings of the Pew Internet and American Life Project report on 'Generations and their Gadgets' you probably already know: Younger Americans use more mobile devices than older Americans. Older Americans generally access the internet from a desktop computer, whereas those under 35 tend to do so with a laptop/netbook. Etc.
But within those contours the project's latest study, this one by Kathryn Zickuhr, we see growth in mobile use across all generations, and we even see some reticence to own any device across all generations as well.
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Computer Science Reunion 2013
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Continue a tradition started by the success of the computer science department's 40th anniversary celebration two years ago. Join us for the 2013 annual reunion of IIT CS alumni, faculty and friends.
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Valentine's Day comes but once a year, but in Orson, Indiana, the Heck family can feel the love all year round. See some of their most romantically funny moments.
Online Dating: There's an old saying that suggests you dance like nobody is watching. There's a practice in the Heck house that has you "asking a girl to a dance" with "everybody watching." Sometimes this works out surprisingly well.
Love Thy Neighbor: The thought of being in the presence of the dreaded Glossner boys is enough to strike fear into all of Orson. Nobody likes these guys. Well, that may not be completely true. Somebody may find at least one of the Glossners less than repulsive. He smells good, too!
Study Date: Axl Heck hasn't always been the greatest student in the land. All that changed once he got to college. Axl began to buckle down and hit the books. Is it an instatiable thirst for knowledge? Is it an innate desire to push himself to his intellectual limits? Nah, it's not either of those pedestrian possibilies. Here's why he does what he does:
Home is Where the Heart is: Chicago has a lot of things going for it, but it has nothing on Orson when it comes to being the perfect hometown for the Hecks. It was fate that brought the family to their beloved neighborhood. At least that's what Frankie had always thought until Mike fessed up to what turned out to be a truly loving move.
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Very Good Recipes of Apple from Bring back the bliss
There are 6 Apple recipes on the blog Bring back the bliss. (2218 on all the blogs)
Click on the title of a recipe or the photo of a dish to read the full recipe on its author's blog.
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Gluten free apple strudel recipes - testing pastry By Bring back the bliss 01/16/13 23:50 It became a irresistible project - to try making apple strudel with four versions of pastry quite late this evening. So, a quick look on the internet and the second hit was a review of strudels by Felicity Cloake in the Guardian. No doubt it would have... Add to my recipe book
Gluten free spiced apple, cranberry and blueberry cake By Bring back the bliss 06/27/12 16:31 This cake is sweet and tart with just a hint of spice. It has plenty of fruit but isn't a solid wodge of dried fruit like some cakes of the wedding/christmas cake variety. Many of my recipes happen in a slighlty random way, driven by things that need using... Add to my recipe book
Maple,apple and raisin bread - gluten-free By Bring back the bliss 11/15/11 21:26 Warm spicy bread,with chunks of apple and raisins. Good plain or toasted - sprinkle with cinnamon sugar for an extra special moment. 400g flour ( 40% urid, 40% tapioca, 20% cornmeal) 2 tsp yeast (pre-mix with water if necessary) 1 tsp cinnamon 4 tbsp maple... Add to my recipe book
Apple cobbler using frozen topping By Bring back the bliss 11/12/11 15:24 I froze cobbler topping in July, thinking this might be an easy way of making a fruit pudding with very little effort. I froze spoonfuls on a baking sheet, then put them in a plastic bag once they were solid. Today I made a lot of apple sauce for the freezer,... Add to my recipe book
Plum and Apple Crumble By Bring back the bliss 08/25/11 19:52 Plums are in season here, and the windfall apples are ripe enough to cook with. A quick and easy desert with the two fruits and a crisp topping. These quantities make a moderate desert for four or enough for two very hungry people Ingredients 100g flour... Add to my recipe book
Apple Crumble By Bring back the bliss 08/01/11 13:20 The Bramley Apple tree is beginning to drop apples that are just ripe enough to use in cooking -they are only half the size the fully mature ones will be but it seems a shame to waste them. I peeled, cored and sliced them, cooked them until soft with some... Add to my recipe book


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Image: The Linden Trees
May 10, 2011
These images are the test renders for the second of my forthcoming works, entitled In Perpetuity: The Linden Trees. The composition is the second in a two part series exploring the concept of time and scale in both artistic motivation and compositional practice. As with the previous work, the visuals are generated through gradual evolutions in particle behaviour derived from UK population data for the last century. Particle structures are generated through both flocking and orbital simulation, the parameters of which are directly controlled by the input data. The audio component of the work will incorporate granular material generated through a range of mapped and unmapped processes to facilitate the formation and dissolution of audiovisual congruence.
Image: The Early Lilacs
April 4, 2011
These images form the test renders for my forthcoming work, entitled In Perpetuity: The Early Lilacs. The composition explores the the concept of time and scale in both artistic motivation and compositional practice. The visuals for the work are generated from gradual evolutions in particle behaviour derived from UK population data for the last century. As with previous compositions, the audio component will incorporate granular material generated through a range of mapped and unmapped processes to permit the formation and dissolution of perceptual congruence between medium morphologies.
Code: PMLib 0.2
March 10, 2011
The PMLib library facilitates the creation of complex parameter mapping systems within processing.
Version 0.2 introduces three new classes: PMLEvent, PMLSequencer and PMLCurve. The PMLEvent object allows the storage of an array of float values alongside a tag and frame identifiers. The PMLSequencer object permits the storage and playback of PMLEvent objects on a per-frame timeline. Event sequences may be loaded from and saved to text files and the PMLSequencer object offers numerous utility functions for the combination and modification of stored sequences. Value ramping has been introduced across the library, facilitated by the PMLCurve object.
Download the library and documentation here.
Read on for a brief tutorial.
Image: Oskar Fischinger – Road Map, 1961
Video: Mapping Studies
March 8, 2011
Completed in November 2010, the 'Mapping Study' series of videos document my examination of parameter mapping strategy for audiovisual art.
The series consists of five works separated into four studies, each examining a discrete methodology for data-driven media generation facilitated by parameter mapping. Each composition uses identical input data, with the mapping strategy, visual rendering system and audio synthesis process being subject to variation. All of the visuals were generated using a custom Java particle library within Processing, while audio was synthesised using an implementation of Nathan Wolek's excellent granular toolkit externals within Max/MSP.
Code: PMLib
June 24, 2010
The PMLib library facilitates the creation of complex parameter mapping systems within Processing.
The library includes four classes: PMLMatrix, PMLRange, PMLFloat and PMLRoute. The PMLMatrix object provides the core parameter mapping functionality with full input and output scaling and flexible tag-based channel mapping. The PMLFloat and PMLRange objects are utility objects; the former allowing a tag to be stored alongside a float value, and the latter allowing a value range to be defined. The PMLRoute object allows multiple PMLFloat objects to be collated based on their tag value.
Download the library and documentation here.
Read on for a brief tutorial.
Video: Dione
May 15, 2010
Completed in March 2010, Dione is the final part of a trilogy exploring parameter mapping techniques between visual particles and audio grains. The composition process for Dione extended my exploration of behavioural simulation as a compositional tool by incorporating both orbital and flocking behaviours. Like its predecessors, the visuals for Dione were generated by assigning force magnitudes to each element within the behavioural simulation and using these forces to modify the velocities of a set of dynamically created particles. The soundtrack for Dione was created through the layering of independently generated granular textures based on perceptual correspondences between aural and visual densities. The decision to generate content for each medium separately was motivated by a desire to evaluate the importance of low-level parameter mapping within the composition process.
Although the behavioural simulation used within Dione is greatly enhanced from that within Rhea, the two pieces remain aesthetically similar. The inclusion of brownian motion within the particle decay phase softens the trajectories and appears to give the visuals a 'noisier' appearance. Similarly, although the soundtrack used similar samples to its predecessor, a more spectrally dense composition was sought. This was achieved through the use of noise-based samples and very dense grain clouds. It would appear, however, that by discarding parameter mapping within the creation of audio textures, the individual meso-structures of each component was reduced. Subsequently the overall macro-structure of the composition seems less dynamic as a result.
Dione may be viewed on Vimeo here.
Video: Rhea
March 17, 2010
Completed in February 2010, Rhea is the second part of a trilogy exploring parameter mapping between visual particles systems and granular synthesis. Like its forebear Io, the visuals in Rhea are generated by exerting a range of attractive and repulsive forces upon a set of dynamically created particles. The resultant trajectories are then rendered to create abstract, evolving imagery. The soundtrack was generated through strict sound-object and meso-level mappings between visual properties and granular synthesis parameters.
With the creation of Rhea, I was keen to develop the fundamental concepts explored in Io whilst improving the dynamism of the visuals and reducing the predictability that was so inherent to the piece. Having identified the core simulation to be the primary weakness, I developed a simulation of orbital behaviour, to which I attached multiple emitters. Similarly, attractive and repulsive forces where attached to different orbital components allowing the particle trajectories to be dynamically modified. The resultant system is far more generative than its predecessor; user interaction is resigned to controlling force magnitudes and particle behaviour.
With a more dynamic simulation at its core, both audio and visual components within Rhea appear far more dynamic and interesting than those within Io and the piece seems more successful as a result. Indeed, from a personal perspective, Rhea is the piece that I was always intending to create, I just needed to make some mistakes first!
Rhea may be viewed on Vimeo here.


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"The best 30 resources and posts on Geography Education from 2014." http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education
'Tis the season to look back on the year that was. There are some 'Best of' lists with great teaching applications produced this week such as the best satellite images of 2014, the worst natural disasters of 2014, and 50 states in 50 pictures. This committee of one has analyzed all the Geography Education resources shared this year and selected these 30 as the best, most important, or most useful resources from 2014.
"A new report released by the Pew Research Centre has found that the proportion of Catholics in Latin America has dropped 25% since 1970. One of the primary drivers for the rise in the numbers leaving the Catholic Church? Conversion to Protestantism."
This is an important cultural and demographic shift that is redefining how we think about Latin America. It also represents a major shift in the geography of the Catholic Church.
Tags: culture, religion, Christianity.
The Industrial Revolution gets credit for kicking off the world's human population explosion, but new research suggests we should look further back.
"If you dig further in the past," Stutz told Emory University, "the data suggest that a critical threshold of political and economic organization set the stage around the start of the Common Era. The resulting political-economic balance was the tipping point for economies of scale: It created a range of opportunities enabling more people to get resources, form successful families, and generate enough capital to transfer to the next generation."
Tag: population.
Many urban neighborhoods are places of concentrated poverty, and it's killing opportunity in the US.
American cities are growing, and as they grow, they're adding lots of high-poverty neighborhoods. Nearly three times as many "high-poverty" census tracts existed in 2010 as in 1970. That's unsettling on its face but even more so when you see the havoc a poor neighborhood can wreak on a resident's chances at a good life. Forget gentrification — this is a bigger problem.
The chart above tallies up the people living in these neighborhoods in 1970 and 2010. What it shows is that the number of people living in high-poverty neighborhoods — those with poverty rates of 30 percent or more — has roughly doubled since 1970. That's because these neighborhoods of concentrated poverty have a tendency to stay that way, even while new ones sprout up.
Tags: urban, unit 7 cities, housing, economic, poverty, place, socioeconomic, neighborhood.
"The signs that something's wrong are not immediately obvious, but, once you see them, it's hard to tune them out. Curbs at nearly the exact same spot on opposite sides of the street are popped out of alignment. Houses too young to show this kind of wear stand oddly warped, torqued out of sync with their own foundations, their once-strong frames off-kilter. This is Hollister, California, a town being broken in two slowly, relentlessly, and in real time by an effect known as 'fault creep.' A slow, surreal tide of deformation has appeared throughout the city."
Tags: disasters, geomorphology, California, physical.
The National Geographic Society has been inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888. National Geographic Maps publishes more than 100 new print maps annually and is a leading developer of digital map content found in websites and award-winning mobile apps. All proceeds from the sale and licensing of National Geographic maps go to support the Society's vital exploration, conservation, research and education programs. www.natgeomaps.com
Have you ever wanted an archive of all the fabulous maps produced by National Geographic? And what if you could preview a digital version of all of these NatGeo maps seamlessly on Google Maps? That is exactly what this gallery delivers.
See which places have the best chance of being a winter wonderland on Christmas Day according to weather history.
This is not a weather report; we are still too far out to start predicting that with any accuracy. What this map does show is the statistical probabilities of snow cover throughout the United States for December 25th based on past climatological data.
A look into Smithsonian's vast archives reveals that Father Christmas tends to get a makeover with every generation that embraces him
The picture archives show the historical evolution behind the cultural representations of Santa Claus. Additionally this ESRI story map shows some of the regional differences in Santa Claus, showing how the cultural diffusion of this icon of a Christian holiday takes on real local attributes. I also enjoyed these pictures from the BBC of Christmas around the world. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it and a Happy New Year to all.
"In this Feed the Future video, narrator Matt Damon discusses the importance of increasing food production around the world and notes the importance of equipping women with the right tools, training, and technology to see as much as a 30 percent increase in food production. To feed our growing population we need to increase food production by 70 percent before 2050. Women make up the majority of the agricultural workforce in many areas of the world."
A colleague mine thought that the ideas in this video were so obvious and non-controversial, he said, "Why does this even need to be stated? Why would we exclude women from agriculture?" The simple answer is that it wouldn't need to be stated if women around the world did have equal access to resources. For many of the world's poor, this is where the rubber meets the road.
Tags: development, gender, agriculture, food production, labor.
Für die zukünftige Ernährung der Welt gibt es einen oft übersehenen Faktor: Gleichberechtigung von Frauen. Frauen sind in vielen Ländern für die Arbeit auf den Feldern verantwortlich. Gleichzeitig haben sie keine Rechte am Land und sind schlecht ausgebildet und - wenn überhaupt - schlecht bezahlt.
"Revolution and rotation are the terms we use to describe the motions of the earth and moon. Revolution is the movement of the earth in an orbit around the sun. The Earth completes one revolution around the sun every 365 days. The moon revolves around the Earth about once every month."
Understanding the relationships between the Sun, Earth and moon are critical for for understanding the seasons, climate and other geographic factors. This interactive simulates gravity unlike anything I've every seen on a computer screen.
To exploring Earth-Sun interactions, playing around with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sun Simulator is a fun way to make a little more sense of the various factors that control how the Sun appears in the sky.
Writing prompt: Specify a set of objects to put in motion, have them observe the interactions of the objects, then write to describe. For younger students, supply an observation organizer note sheet. For older students, the descriptions can be as technical as their math understanding will allow.
This video mapping the historical diffusion of major world religions is obviously an over-simplification but that is part of its value for students.
Tags: historical, culture, religion, diffusion, mapping, visualization.
Magnífico video-infografía sobre la historia de las principales religiones abrahamicas y no abrahamicas.
"Sometimes, rehabilitating a rough neighborhood is a tough process. But in one West Coast American city, it was as simple as adding a Buddha statue. Since the statue's installation, a street corner has been transformed from a notorious eyesore to a daily prayer spot for local Vietnamese Buddhists. For this Geo Quiz, we're looking for the city where this shrine is located — can you name it?"
This podcast is a great glimpse into an urban transformation that took place without any central planning nor can the changes be classified as gentrification.
Tags: neighborhood, place, culture, economic, urban.
Without ever setting sail, Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and made a discovery that shook the foundations of geology. So why did the giants of her field dismiss her findings as "girl talk"?
I love this article, because it is a fantastic reminder of some excellent principles.
Tags: tectonics, physical, mapping, cartography, 201, statistics, STEM.
Not EdTech but great story. Embarrased I had never heard of Marie Tharp until now.
"President Obama announced on December 17 that the United States will resume diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than 50 years of antagonism. Bloomberg's Sam Grobart recaps the standoff between the two nations, and explains why the icy relationship has begun to thaw."
By now I'm sure you've heard the news that the United States is seeking to normalize relations with Cuba and politicians are reacting to this news in diverse ways. Some see this as a way for the United States to stick it to Russia (which is going through it's on troubles--more on that in the future). This video gives a quick rundown of the history of Cold War tensions between these two neighbors.
Tags: Cuba, conflict, political, geopolitics.
Inequality isn't just about money. It's also about information. The lack of reliable data about developing countries makes things like development work and disaster relief much harder.
There is 'mapping inequality' throughout the world; poorer countries often don't have comprehensive census information and geospatial data. Crowd-sourced mapping is seeking to change and improve geographic awareness, especially in moments of crisis. For example the maps of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea were essentially blank at the beginning of the Ebola outbreak but that glaring need meant volunteers were using geographic tools to improve developmental situations by providing more information.
Tags: podcast, disasters, mapping, cartography.
"60 years has made a big difference in the urban form of American cities. The most rapid change occurred during the mid-century urban renewal period that cleared large tracts of urban land for new highways, parking, and public facilities or housing projects. Fine-grained networks of streets and buildings on small lots were replaced with superblocks and megastructures. While the period did make way for impressive new projects in many cities, many of the scars are still unhealed. We put together these sliders to show how cities have changed over half a century. In this post, we look at Midwestern cities such as [pictured above] Cincinnati, Ohio."
It's ironic that I feel more accustomed to exploring Cincinnati, OH on foot than I do Providence, RI. Although I drive in downtown Providence regularly, I seldom have a reason to walk and explore it. In my yearly visits to Cincinnati to score the AP Human Geography exams, I'm outside my hometown and away from my typical routine. That helps me feel more like a flâneur, to stroll the streets and explore the urban landscape. This set of 7 before and after images shows Midwestern cities (Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Columbus) lets you digitally analyze the last 70 years of urban morphology. Click here for a gallery 7 of cities in Texas and Oklahoma.
Questions to Ponder: What are the biggest changes you see for the 1950 to today? How are the land uses difference? Has the density changed? Do any of urban models help us understand these cities?
Tags: urban, planning, industry, economic, historical, geospatial, urban models, APHG.
"Though uninhabited and full of melting ice caps, the Arctic is surprisingly an appealing piece of real estate. Many countries have already claimed parts of the region. So who technically owns the North Pole? And why do these nations want it so bad?"
Denmark is now being more assertive in their claims. Why is this happening now? As climate change threatens polar ice caps, some see the receding ice as an economic and political opportunity. Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland) and the U.S. are all seeking to expand their maritime claims in the Arctic. When trapped under ice, extracting resources is cost prohibitive, but the melting sea ice will make the Arctic's resources all the more valuable (including the expanded shipping lanes). Even a global disaster like climate change can make countries behave like jackals, ready to feast on a dead carcass. For more, read this National Geographic blogpost.
Tags: Arctic, economic, environment, political, resources, water, sovereignty, coastal, environment depend, territoriality, unit 4 political, climate change, political ecology.
The very short answer--Hadley Cells. This Minute Earth video nicely explains why the Earth has tropical rainforests near the equator and deserts just to the north (and south) of them. For another physics video that shows more of the science of swirling fluid dynamics, check this video out.
Interesting short video explaining Hadley Cells and why the earth rain forests on Equator and deserts above and below.
"The Midwest is this big nebulous part of the country and it's kind of what's left over after all the other regions of the country are defined. Those regions have much stronger identities if you think of the East Coast or maybe New England or the Pacific Northwest or certainly the South. The Midwest is kind of the catchall for what's left. We [Minnesota] should be called the North."
Whether I agree or not with the ideas being discussed, I simply love that this discussion is taking place and how intensely geographical the ideas and evidences being brought forward are.
Questions to Ponder: So what region do you live in? What defines that region? Are there other regions that you can claim to be a part of also? How would you divide the United States into various regions? How come?
A sign urging environmental action during a United Nations summit meeting on climate change was placed near a 1,000-year-old geoglyph that is a cultural treasure in Peru. Officials are outraged over the trespassing and the disturbance of the ancient grounds.
Greenpeace is falling for some of the same social media fails as the selfie generation. Peruvian authorities are angry that Greenpeace activists damaged a forbidden archeological site that is both a national symbol and sacred site. UN climate talks are taking place in Peru right now, so this Greenpeace publicity stunt becomes all the more ironic. The Peruvian government is accusing them of irrevocably damaging the environment at this site. Here is an article about how the environmental community was impacted by this Greenpeace stunt.
Tags: religion, South America, Peru, environment.
This is something that absolutely mortifies me. As the United Nations climate change summit met in Peru, Greenpeace thought to make a stance. Greenpeace decided to trespass onto some of Peru's most sacred, ancient, and mysterious grounds, the Nazca lines. These geoglyphs are thousands of years old, and no one is quite sure what they mean or why they were made. The lines have remained because of the dry, windless climate in the valley allowing for the dirt to remain undisturbed. Greenpeace, without permission, decided to set up fabric lettering in the soil next to one of the most iconic figures. Officials are outraged because not only was it trespassing, but the eco group may have irreversibly damaged the site. Greenpeace responded with a very "sorry not sorry" apology, and Peru is looking towards pressing charges.
Many remain divided on their outlook on radical environmentalists such as Greenpeace. While they may be spouting good ideas in regards to helping the environment, at what point does it become eco-terrorism? In this instance, the lack of consideration that they have shown towards another country rivals that of the same actions that they themselves are aiming to stop.
What do America's bike paths look like from coast coast and how do bike lanes in cities stack up?
Tags: transportation, planning.
With the rise in gas emissions, everyone is trying to make a stride towards reducing this effect and cleaning up our society. One way in particular is using a bike to get to work. Although it may not seem like something we are used to, it is definitely something we should start getting used to. Looking at this map of the bike lanes in america we see a large amount of the west coast and east coast dedicated towards pushing the issue so that bikes become more prevalent. In theory using bikes will not only reduce emission but it makes for a healthier human body by exerting physical activity instead of sitting back and cruising your way to work. To my knowledge if we try for pushing the issue with more bikes then we are also helping our environment
"Summer 2014 brought a sight that had not been seen since 1941: the Charles W. Morgan leaving the Mystic River for the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at several New England harbors before eventually arriving in New Bedford, Massachusetts where the ship was built in 1841. The Charles W. Morgan is the last remaining wooden whaling ship in the world, and a National Historic Landmark."
Only two countries today are stilling whaling (Japan and Norway), but the whaling industry was a critical component to the settling of New England. Check out this Maps 101 podcast for short introduction to the historical geography of New England whaling.
Tags: podcast, Maps 101, historical, biogeography.
"Farm exports to the U.S. from Mexico have tripled to $7.6 billion in the last decade, enriching agribusinesses, distributors and retailers.
American consumers get all the salsa, squash and melons they can eat at affordable prices. And top U.S. brands — Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, Subway and Safeway, among many others — profit from produce they have come to depend on.These corporations say their Mexican suppliers have committed to decent treatment and living conditions for workers. But a Los Angeles Times investigation found that for thousands of farm laborers south of the border, the export boom is a story of exploitation and extreme hardship."
This is a hard read, but it is important to understand that there is a dark underbelly to many of the economic systems that are reshaping the world today. Sometimes we ask all the wrong questions, like "why is organic, local, or fair trade food so expensive?" We should really be asking why the other options are so cheap.
This, unfortunately is part of the answer. The video above is a snippet from a 4-part series (I-camps, II-labor, III-Company Stores , IV-Child Labor) from the LA Times that has excellent pictures, videos, and interviews highlighting the working conditions of farm workers in Mexico. For an audio version, here is an NPR podcast interviewing Richard Marosi, the investigator behind the story.
Tags: food, economic, labor, globalization, food production, agribusiness, agriculture, unit 5 agriculture, indigenous.
Taking into account the export boom from the US to Mexico its easy to see there were loopholes that were taken to achieve this success. With an increase of almost 3 fold, it is safe to say that much of our product comes from Mexico but at what cost? Farmers and workers in Mexico get paid little to none for the hardships they have to go through just to put some food on the table for their family. Big corporations want to make as much profit as possible, even if that means taking away from those that already have nothing to give. This video exposes all the farmers that are at the crossroads of being forced to do their job and actually having a job
It's crazy to see how desperate some of these people are to get working and how much they do for such a little reward. These people are working longer and harder than probably all Americans and they are barely surviving. They work for survival. It's hard for some of these people to stay healthy, especially in the harsh conditions and tight living spaces that these people have to deal with on an everyday basis.
"Mr. Tom is as much a chief technology officer as he is a farmer. Where his great-great-grandfather hitched a mule, 'we've got sensors on the combine, GPS data from satellites, cellular modems on self-driving tractors, apps for irrigation on iPhones,' he said.
The demise of the small family farm has been a long time coming. But for farmers like Mr. Tom, technology offers a lifeline, a way to navigate the boom-and-bust cycles of making a living from the land. It is also helping them grow to compete with giant agribusinesses."
The New York Times article associated with the video above offers a great glimpse into the inner works of how agribusiness technologies have transformed the American family farm.
Tags: agriculture, food production, agribusiness, unit 5 agriculture.
I have a confession to make; I'm a map geek. Even as a kid watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, I was fascinated by the map they used to segue between scenes to show Indiana Jones' travels.
I hope you enjoy this article; I enjoyed writing it. I write about my map geekiness (does that surprise anyone out there?), share my place-based videos StoryMap with over 60 of my favorite classroom videos, and why teaching kids to appreciate the value of maps is important. All of my future articles for National Geographic Education will be archived here at this link.
Tags: National Geographic, mapping, edtech.
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Command & Conquer goes Free-to-Play
k, before you are going to say that there is already a F2P C&C game in the form of Alliance, this is a client-based game we are talking about, not a Facebook/ browser one. Developed using Frostbite 2, the same one which crafted the amazing looking Battlefield 3, Command & Conquer seems to be a reboot of the much beloved franchise which went into cold storage (sort of) after EA bought out original development studio, Westwood Studios, and closed it down subsequently.
Interested gamers may sign up for Beta here, but given that the final business model has not been confirmed despite going F2P, I would say originals fans like me should really not get too much hope up. Did I mentioned Bioware is the developer for the game?
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Yes, 4 of the games have been closed recently.
Its time to focus on some of the other good games. The word games I closed have been popular, and have been going on for several months and one of them almost 2 years. It looks like the same words repeating over and over again - not as funny as it has been. Good there are so many other great games in the section.
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Get the first chapter of an all-new story arc! Kato travels to New York, and the infamous Hellfire Club, to sniff out a story for the Sentinel. Kato goes undercover as a Siamese prince to unearth an illegal business collusion from some of the East Coast's richest families. But when a prominent businessman is murdered in a closed room, everyone becomes a suspect. This looks like a job for a ninja crime fighter!
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The Disney Cruise Line will return to Vancouver as its hub for Alaska cruises in 2013.
Disney today announced that the 1,754-passenger Disney Wonder will sail to Alaska out of the city starting on May 27, 2013, offering seven-night trips to the towns of Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan as well as glacier-carved Tracy Arm.
Disney based the Disney Wonder in Vancouver last year when it launched its first cruises to Alaska, but as previously announced the ship will spend the coming summer sailing to Alaska out of Seattle.
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Holz says Vancouver's closer proximity to Alaska allows for a slightly better seven-night itinerary, with more time in Alaska ports. The line also has gotten great feedback about Vancouver from customers who sailed out the city last year, he adds.
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Power 4 Patriots Reviews
About Power 4 Patriots
The Power 4 Patriots system is a new guide from Frank Bates, who says that anyone, regardless of skill or knowledge, can use his system to create their own home electrical system and slash their current bill by 75%.
According to his website, Bates says that electricity monopolies and government agencies are "incompetent, lying crooks" who are keeping your heating bills "criminally high," but that you have the ability to change that.
The Power 4 Patriots system claims to be 100% legal and will work even for people who don't have a lot of money to spend or people who may not consider themselves "handy."
The system concentrates on giving people the step by step guides they needed to create solar and wind energy producing systems right in their own background, so they can cut their energy bills drastically.
The package includes 6 videos which concentrate on creating your solar power system. They show you how to choose the right materials, to find the perfect place for your new solar panels, to avoid costly mistakes, to make a few simple but critical tweaks to yours panels to maximize power output, as well as 2 companion construction manuals.
There are also 4 videos that show you the best sources and parts for you wind turbine, how to find the perfect spot for your turbine, and how to draw maximum power from your turbine, as well as 2 companion construction manuals.
All 10 videos and 4 guides for the solar panel and wind turbine project construction, as well as the bonus guides for solar heater construction and maximizing solar heat throughout your home is $27.
If you have any experience with this system, then please leave your Power 4 Patriots system reviews below.
59 'Power 4 Patriots' Reviews
Not worth it
There are a lot of complaints about this product on the BBB. Most cite this as being a scam. What you actually will receive is one lone DVD without very much information. You would be better served doing the research yourself or checking out your local library or bookstore. Most of the information provided you can get for free, or you can spend less than $20 at a bookstore and get much better info on solar and wind power that you will receive with this product.
pitched to dumb teabaggers. you can get this information for free on the internet. by the by, I thought conservatives HATED green energy????
Exactly! Scam is directed at you liberal pukes who always want "something for nothing".
Yeah right! As if it's not "directed at you conservative pukes" who are always ragging about "government" and touting your almighty Self as "patriots". So it comes as no surprise that this is just another "conservative puke" rip off.
Wait, so you're saying that the people the video is aimed at - i.e, those who hate who hate Obama in particular and government in general - are liberals. That doesn't make any sense.
In any case, If you want inexpensive and high-quality Made-In-USA solar, buy from Nanosolar - their 2nd-gen panels from back in 2004 cost so little that their retail price makes solar cheaper than fossil fuels.
Actually, it is directed at Conservatives as it talks about Obama pushing an Agenda to raise Electricity prices and it has been featured on Fox News, Glen Beck, The Blaze, Town Hall and others.
the BBB was caught giving good approval ratings to anyone that comes across with the cash. they are as corrupt as they come. don't base your decisions on what the BBB says.
Most cite this as being a scam. What you actually will receive is one lone DVD without very much information. You would be better served doing the research yourself or checking out your local library or bookstore.
Y O U cite this L I E, and YOU never bought the system or tried it!!!! You sir are just a LIAR....
Sadly, no, this is a scam.
No need to spend 27 dollars on something you can find full info on for COMPLETELY FREE on the web lol
and you don't have to wait to get info between 30 minute rants against Obama
They put Black Solar Panels on the White House, Thanks Obama!
Dumb ass racists!
What if he doesn't like the white half of Obama does that still make him racist?
I hate the fact that every time someone say's something negative about Obama there instantly Racist.
Build one and show us the ROI........
Beyond the marketing hype the product is a sound investment
I'm serious about researching ways to cut my costs. If you are in this discussion then you should be too. Don't come to this discussion to talk politics or to criticize this guy's marketing strategy. Everyone has a right to "vent" and he is just has a bit too much in his spiel to please everyone.
But the weeks and months that have gone into researching and preparing this information product for us will save us countless weeks and months and $$$ of our own trial and error.
So if you are budget minded and looking for how to cut costs for the long run then the 27 dollars for this product is a bargain. It's not even as much as one of the tools you'll need to buy as you start off on the road of budget friendly cost saving investments.
But if you are just a wealthy, green loving, environmentally concerned, tree huger, well, good for you. We need more people like you, but you should be buying a Prius and paying a company to install your solar power instead of buying this information package which you would never watch anyway.
There are a lot of complaints about this product on the BBB. Most cite this as being a scam. What you actually will receive is one lone DVD without very much information. You would be better served doing the research yourself or checking out your local library or bookstore.
Please stop shouting. Also, I work in home renewable energy systems and, since I am independently wealthy, I am working on providing this information for free to everybody. This system is actually worthless. You can learn more on YouTube in 20 minutes for free.
This guy's not just venting. We're hearing a very sophisticated ad for essentially a useless product, and for which many people report not even getting. I don't know what you definition of 'scam' is, but the scam seems clear to me.
you get what you pay for, no free lunch. do your own reasearch & hire someone reliable to install it for you,.
JOHN B---how long have you been an affilate for selling his system??? ROFLMAO
Review of reviewers
I haven't bought it, haven't seen it, but I know the principle is highly successful in California for several people I know who produce their own home energy and save money.
I am only voting to offset the ignorance of people who malign a product they haven't tried and really know nothing about. It seems a lot of people are maligning this guys product as emotional reaction to how he presents it or because of something someone else says.
How about leaving the reviews to the people who bought the DVD or actually know something about it! This isn't a political forum. It's a do-it-yourself DVD, nothing more!!!!
"I am only voting to offset the ignorance of people who malign a product they haven't tried and really know nothing about."
You're such a tool to leave a review like this... you are doing EXACTLY what you claim others are doing when you know nothing, haven't researched anything and don't have a clue... Go hug a tree, eat some granola, weave a basket, and groom your dreads.... you're foolish.
I agree if you haven't purchased it then we don't want you on here.
Thank you Jason
You said it, Sambo, The only things we want on here are glowing reviews. If u can't say something nice about Power4Patriots, then don't say anything at all. Look on the bright side. Speak no evil.
This is a review page for actually using the product not the ad. so far I haven't read anything on here from someone who bought and used the product.Just abunch of liberals who hate everything that makes sense
and you think conservatives make sense.
You should learn to read, Mark. Is being stupid like being high all the time?
Bill you`re rude.
Not a Rip-off
I have not built-out this system and have only watched a few videos and reviewed the materials. It is a shame that they have decided to market this product with a cheezy, scare tactics video since the materials themselves are well-done by professionals sincerely interested in teaching you how to build your own systems. The proper caveats are offered and the kit does seem to include everything you need to realistically build your own solar and wind-power systems.
Although the directions are step-by-step, a certain amount of handiness would be beneficial. Also, the proper tools are required which needs to be considered in evaluating your savings.
Other than the snake-oil marketing, if you are considering alternative energy options this kit is worth the money in helping you make an educated decision whether this is for you and if you should attempt it on your own or hire a professional.
Thank U finally someone that has purchased it and given there honest opinion.
Thank you very much.
Until he actually builds a functioning system from the instructions, it doesn't mean much.
Is it cheesy? are they scare tatics? if the Gov. and large utility companies wanted to save and conserve would this not be standard equipment at everyones home?
If you do not have the time ( time is money) to do your own research, hire someone else to do it for you if you do not trust this source. If you pay by check card on line or over the phone, you have reg e recourse if you do not get what you paid for. File a cliam if that happens.
There is such a big mistrust of government & the obvious incompetience speaks for itself...
If you can keep it simple and the resources are available to you, do it.


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ikr i been waiting on the day i get to meet him i kno its gonna happen much as i dream about it ...it better happen lol but other angels u r not alone we should come up wit a contest or something wat yall think
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There's no free lunch. If you want high quality high-def, the files are going to be rather large. I would suggest NOT re-encoding the video to h.264, as that will diminish the quality and, at best, you'll save maybe 30-40% on the file size (not worth it, IMO). Hard drives are amazingly cheap any more, so grab a cheap 1.5 TB drive and enjoy the highest quality high-def.
If you go the re-encode route, you're likely to end up with a far less impressive looking video file (like some of the crappy "high-def" avi and mkv on the net, many of which reduce the resolution to half of the original). Plus it takes a looonnnngg time for a computer to re-encode high-def video.
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How to get file off of DVR? RNG200???
I have an ex-Comcast (Cisco Model RNG200) DVR and would also like to copy shows and/or security cam recordings off it to the best possible of the following destinations (in no particular order):
1. VCR (then to later copy to DVD).
2. DVD harddrive/burner.
3. Computer harddrive (laptop with Win7 Pro OS).
4. Other?
There is a USB input on the front of the dvr, vcr inputs on back, and possibly other inputs (not too familiar with those).
I spoke to someone at Cisco on the phone and he suggested there was a support manual to be downloaded somewhere here on the Cisco.com website. Plus he said I could download some kind of software that would allow my laptop to "communicate" with the HD in the unit and basically copy/paste the files over to the laptop.
I should probably clarify that this was purchased from a "clearance sale" (I guess they were upgrading models given to customers and clearing out old stock). Help suggestions please? Anyone know the precise url where I can download the product manual, software, or whatever else I need?
Or, can someone please walk me through exactly what hardware, software, and procedures I need to be able to copy files from this DVR to my laptop or other device, and have them in a readable, familiar format (such as mpeg)?


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Today's post was written by one of my favourite former co-workers. Here it is:
One of the many promises I constantly make to myself is to be more active in my community and this includes being more aware of what my elected representatives are doing for neighborhood I live and work in. Sadly, like most of my intentions, I have not followed through as much as I'd like. Like many Calgarians I keep finding myself in a voting booth, stubby little pencil in hand, wishing the choice I was about to make was more informed.
This Thursday night, at the Louise Riley Library Program Centre, citizens of Ward 7 have a wonderful opportunity to find out what Alderman (or, if you like, Councilor) Druh Farrell has been doing on their behalf over the past year, with a question period to follow. What a great way to connect with City Hall! We all hear that politicians need to listen to the people, but don't the people themselves have a responsibility to know what's going on?
One Year Later: Civic Update
Thursday, Oct 06 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Louise Riley Program Center (Just North of the Louise Riley Library)
You can register in person at any library branch, on-line at calgarypubliclibrary.com or by calling 403-260-2620


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This is going to be a tough one! Single, married, divorced…it doesn't matter because Country Music Weekly is asking fans to vote on the sexiest country star! This has nothing to do with their music, strictly looks.
Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, and George Strait are among 49 hotties in the poll. Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes, Billy Currington, Tyler Hubbard….and so many more. What you do is go to Countryweekly.com and vote. Yes! There is a write in option!! Happy Voting!


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NEW YORK-Lighting company Murray Feiss recognized Neil Graves and Tri State Sales and Service as its Sales Agency of the Year for 2010 at its annual sales representative appreciation dinner held last month in Dallas.
"Neil represents the best of our sales force," said Maria Scutaro, vice president, sales and marketing. "He is always striving to find ways to make himself and Murray Feiss the best we can be for our customers. We are lucky to have him on our team."
In addition, long-time sales representatives Bruce and Suzanne Reegler received the company's first-ever Courage Award. Last year "was a challenging year for most of us, but Bruce and Suzanne weathered much bigger issues in 2010 with courage, grace and humor, and we all wanted them to know how much we admire them and care for them," Scutaro said.