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Yesterday I published a Plus Edition article (at http://eogn.com/wp/?p=33152) describing my experiences running Windows 8.1 and a standard Windows genealogy program on an 8-inch tablet computer. Apparently, the other retailers are not sitting idly by. Now two more brands of tablet computers with almost identical specifications are being offered at the same price. All of these tablet computers run Windows 8.1 and are capable of running almost any Windows programs, including all of today's Windows genealogy programs.
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(+) A Tablet Computer that Runs Windows 8.1 for $99
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. Please do not forward this article to others without the author's permission.
Want a small tablet computer that slips into a purse or (a large) pocket and yet can run RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, Ancestral Quest, Family Tree Builder, Family Historian, Microsoft Office 365, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint, Angry Birds, or almost any other Windows program? Sound too good to be true? What is your reaction if I tell you that you can buy this tiny powerhouse for $99? Even better, you can purchase it from one of the "big box" retailers near you.
I recently purchased this 8-inch tablet computer that runs Windows 8.1 and have been using it for a while. I am generally pleased with it although it does have some drawbacks. Then again, at this price, I am willing to live with a few shortcomings.
That's right: it is a handheld tablet computer that fits into a large pocket or a purse. It runs the full version of Windows 8.1, not a normal tablet operating system such as Android or Apple's iOS or even Microsoft's dummied-down tablet operating system called Windows RT. This tiny tablet computer includes the full version of Windows 8.1 and can run (almost) all normal Windows programs. You can purchase it for $99 or for $149. I'll explain the two prices in a moment.
(+) How to Use Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FindMyPast, and Other Online Resources for Free
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
Are you curious about your family history but don't want to pay $20 a month to join Ancestry.com or $10 a month to use MyHeritage or other commercial services? You don't have to! Your local public library or a nearby Family History Center may offer a free membership that provides access to census data; military, court, land, vital, and church records; directories; passenger lists; naturalization papers; and more for ancestors from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. In some cases, you may be able to access some of these huge online databases from the comfort of your own home.
(+) How to Digitize Old Tape Recordings
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
Do you have any old cassette tape recordings or even earlier reel-to-reel recordings that you would like to convert to digital audio files or to CD disks for preservation and possibly to share with others? That is a good idea for several reasons.
The tapes you have on hand might contain recordings made at family dinners or birthday parties or family reunions. Then again, perhaps you have all the classic Perry Como recordings that you would like to listen to once in a while. Whatever the recording, you need to convert every tape to modern media now, while you still can. With today's technology, "modern media" usually means a CD disk or a flash drive or an audio file saved on a hard disk.
Why should you do that now? First of all, tape players are becoming difficult to purchase. Have you looked in a local department store or electronics store for a cassette player? A few stores still sell them, but cassette players are rapidly disappearing. Reel-to-reel tape players are even harder to find.
Sure, you may still have a suitable player in the closet that will play your old tapes; but, what happens if that player malfunctions? Can you find a replacement?
(+) Make a Google Will
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman. Please do not forward this article to others without the author's permission.
What happens to all your online data after your demise? What will become of your email messages, your personal blog, the files in Google Drive or Dropbox or any other cloud-based file storage service? How about the pictures stored in Picasa or the videos you uploaded to YouTube? Will they be lost forever, or is there a way for your family and friends to access them after your demise and to save their own copies?
Many of the online services we use every day have no contingency plans for a deceased customer's heirs to take over the account and save whatever is online for posterity.
In most cases, the online service(s) you use will never know that you have passed away. Most services simply delete your account and all information in that account after some months of inactivity. For free accounts, the exact number of days varies from one service to another; but, all of them will eventually delete your account and information if you do not log in for an extended period of time. For paid accounts, your information will be preserved online for as long as someone keeps paying the bills. Once the bills go unpaid, the information will eventually be deleted.
(+) 30 Million Books Online and Growing
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In 1996, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were graduate computer science students working on a research project supported by the Stanford Digital Library Technologies Project. Their goal was to make digital libraries work, and their big idea was as follows: in a future world in which vast collections of books are digitized, people would use a "web crawler" to index the books' content and analyze the connections between them, determining any given book's relevance and usefulness by tracking the number and quality of citations from other books. The Web crawler they wound up building was called BackRub.
A few months later, BackRub was expanded to seek more than just books. Indeed, it was modified to find everything on the World Wide Web. Along the way, the project's name was changed to Google.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page never abandoned their dream to make books available online. In 2002, a small group of Googlers officially launched a secret "books" project.
(+) How to Remotely Control a Distant Computer
…or perhaps a computer that is not so distant
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
Remote control software for desktop and laptop computers has been available for years. All systems administrators of large data centers are familiar with these programs, as are many "work from home" individuals who need to control computers at the office on nights and weekends. However, the same technology is available to everyone; you do not need to be a systems professional in order to access the computer on your desk at the office or the one at home when you are traveling. Best of all, many of these remote control products are available free of charge.
Remote control software has a very simple goal: add a second monitor, keyboard and mouse to a computer. The difference is that these secondary items are located some distance away, perhaps miles or even thousands of miles away. The secondary monitor, keyboard and mouse are connected to a standard Windows, Macintosh or Linux system or, in some cases, are part of an Android or iOS (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch) handheld device. That system provides the necessary functionality to connect the video/keyboard/mouse simultaneously to the local and the distant computers.
(+) How to Sell Tickets Online for Your Society's Events
This is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
I publish a lot of notices of future genealogy-related meetings, conferences, seminars, and such events. One thing that always amuses me is a statement in many of those notices similar to the following:
"You can download the registration form on our web site. Please fill it out, put it in an envelope, enclose a check, and mail it to us."
Such a statement is so 1980s! In today's day and age, it is easier and safer to accept payment online than it is to manually handle checks. Handling orders online also allows you to receive the registration forms instantly and have the funds deposited to the society's bank account, all without a trip to the bank or even to the post office. The price for doing this is either free or a small percentage of the admission fees. It is also safer and more secure than sending checks in the mail and even safer than handling the checks after receipt.
(+) How To Self Publish Your Own Printed Book or eBook
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
Many genealogists dream of publishing the results of their research efforts. Whether it is to be a collection of childhood memories of time spent with grandparents or a scholarly study of all the descendants of a family's immigrant ancestor, publishing books is still the best way to distribute information amongst relatives as well as to preserve the information for future generations.
Publishing most genealogy books has always been done by the use of "vanity press" publishers. A vanity press, vanity publisher, or subsidy publisher is a publishing house in which authors pay to have their books published. Unlike mainstream publishers, a "vanity press" publisher requires the author to pay in advance to have the book published. The price usually includes publishing some predetermined number of books. In many cases, the author takes immediate delivery of all the books, stores them, and then sells the individual books as best he or she can. The vanity press publisher may or may not also make the books available for ordering in the company's catalog.
(+) Which Protects Better: Cloud Storage or Local Backups?
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
I have written often about the need to make frequent backups in order to protect your valuable information. After reading a message from a newsletter reader, I decided to write one more article about the topic to clear up one possible misconception.
The email message asked:
"You tell us to back up our data often, to many places, in case of physical disaster. But what happens if you get a virus that infects your computer, in spite of having virus protection. Do all the copies then have the virus also? What is the solution for that?"
First, let's define some terminology. A file copy program is not a true backup program.
(+) Update: Free or Nearly Free Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Telephone Calls
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
This is an update to a Plus Edition article I wrote in June. This article has nothing to do with genealogy. However, one of my personal interests has always been saving money. Last year I found a cell phone bargain that was almost too good to be true, so I decided to try it. I wrote about my experiences at the time.
The company that supplied the cell phone later changed their offerings a couple of times. Now I have switched to a new service from the same company at roughly one-fourth the price of what I was paying earlier. I also found it to be a great tool for placing free calls back home when traveling internationally, instead of paying the normal, outrageous international roaming charges often associated with using cell phones when traveling in foreign countries.
(+) How to Make Money With Genealogy
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
You can make a career out of genealogy! How?
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people have turned their avocation into a vocation, either part-time or full-time. Indeed, there is a need for many people with skills and knowledge of family history research. Not only can you become a professional genealogist who researches family trees for other people, but there are many related positions available as well. In fact, for a few of these positions, you don't even have to be a skilled genealogist.
I thought I would describe a number of the job positions that you can find that are related to family history research.
(+) Calendars Explained
The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.
What could be simpler than a calendar? The printed one from the local real estate office shows twelve months, each with 28 to 31 days. Simple, right?
Well, it hasn't always been so simple. After all, I keep stumbling upon genealogy records that are logged with "double dates." That is, a birth record might state "22 February 1732/3." Which was it: 1732 or 1733? Well, it actually was both. Just to make things more complex, most of our ancestors didn't know what day it was. You see, most people in the early 1700s and earlier were illiterate. They couldn't read a book, much less a calendar. Most people did not know what day it was or even how old they were. Very few remembered their own birthdays.


text: CHINATOWN NEW YORK CITY FACT SHEET Size and Location: Chinatown New York City is the biggest in the United States, with the largest concentration of Chinese in the Western Hemisphere. It is located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With an area covering two square miles, Chinatown is home to a resident population estimated at 150,000. Manhattan's Chinatown is loosely bounded by Lafayette, Worth, Grand and East Broadway streets. Nationalities: Chinatown is a surprisingly diverse neighborhood. Since the 1800's the area today called Chinatown has been home to the highest number of immigrants in New York, representing a variety of ethnic groups. In the mid-1800's, the Irish, Germans, and freed slaves resided here and by the late 1880's and into early 1900's the next wave of immigrants brought Eastern European Jews, Chinese, and Italians. Today, the majority of Chinatown's inhabitants are from the Guangdong, Toisan and Fujian Providences in China as well as Hong Kong. The Cantonese community today is well established in this area whereas the Fujianese people, who come from Fujian Province on the southern coast of mainland China, are considered the "new immigrants". The neighborhood is also home to Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Burmese, Vietnamese, Filipinos and West Africans, among others. History: The Chinese first arrived in the US in the early 1800s. Many of these new immigrants worked during the gold rush in mining, manufacturing, and building railroads. The Chinese in the U.S., were largely self-supporting, with a growing internal structure of governing associations and businesses that provided jobs, economic aid, social services and protection. Life became more difficult with the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943), limiting the growth of Chinatown. Chinatown has been growing steadily since the elimination of the immigration quota in 1968. Today Chinatown is home to hundreds of garment factories that have an annual payroll bill of over $200 million, a jewelry district that rakes in approximately a $100 million in gold and diamond sales per year, over 200 restaurants that attract thousands of tourists, and 27 banks, by far the highest bank-per-capita ratio in the city. -more- CHINATOWN FACT SHEET / 2 Food and Dining: Types of Cuisine – Unbeknownst to many, over 10 distinct Asian fares grace Chinatown's exciting, narrow streets. Not sure what you're hungry for? After passing dozens of tempting eateries in just a few short blocks, you sure will be. Cantonese, Shanghainese, Szechuan…. and those are just the Chinese cuisines! Thai, Singaporean, Japanese, Indonesian, Asian fusion and others round out a list of fares representing a gastronomic dream for lovers of Asian cuisine. Dim Sum – In Chinese, it means "a little bit of heart" and is the Cantonese term for small dishes. Dim sum usually takes place as a morning or early afternoon meal with family or friends. There are literally hundreds of different kinds of dim sum – meat, fish, vegetarian – usually prepared by steaming or frying. Dim sum is usually served in small portions with three or four pieces that diners can select from a menu or from mobile carts that go from table to table through the restaurant, as each item emerges freshly prepared from the kitchen. Bakeries – From sweet to savory, meat-filled, red-bean flavored or made with coconut, there is a unique taste for every palate when it comes to Chinese pastries. Typically, the sweet aroma of a Chinatown bakery can be sensed even before the store is in sight. Tea Houses – An integral part of everyday life for the Chinese, tea houses offer visitors a place to relax and re-charge after walking and shopping in Chinatown. Try different varieties of Chinese tea and enjoy a snack at the same time. Shopping: Chinatown New York City is a shoppers paradise. The amazing variety of goods ranges from affordable gifts and treasures to ancient antiques and fine jewelry. Shops include: bakeries, electronic goods retailers, fashion boutiques, gift shops, general stores and malls, jewelry, markets with fresh produce such as seafood, Chinese traditional medicine, martial arts supplies, supermarkets, and tea houses. Landmarks and Attractions: CHATHAM SQUARE (off Bowery and Worth Street), also known as Kim Lau Square is the site of the Kim Lau Memorial Arch found in the middle of the square. It was erected in 1962 in memory of the Chinese Americans who died during WWII. East of the square on Division Street is Confucius Plaza, where a statue of the philosopher stands. FIRST SHEARITH ISRAEL CEMETARY is just south of Chatham Square. It is the oldest cemetery and artifact in New York City, dating back to 1683. FUJIANESE EAST BROADWAY is the heart of the new Fujianese community. In this three-block area around the Manhattan Bridge there are Fujianese rice-noodle shops, herbal medicine shops, fresh markets and hair salons. -more- CHINATOWN FACT SHEET / 3 Landmarks and Attractions (continued): DOYERS STREET is a picturesque narrow elbow-shaped street just north of Chatham Square. It has been featured in numerous movies and TV shows. MOTT STREET is where visitors can truly feel the hustle and bustle of Chinatown. A plethora of banners and signs with Chinese writing, some of Chinatown's most popular restaurants and shops, and the rhythms of Mandarin and Cantonese dialects fill this narrow street. The oldest street in Chinatown inhabited by the Chinese, it is also the site of the Chinese Community Center and the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America. The street is also home to 32 Mott Street (where the oldest shop in Chinatown used to stand – established in 1891), and 41 Mott Street (the only building that remains with a wooden pagoda roof). FIVE POINTS (at the intersection of Mosco, Worth and Baxter Streets), it was named for the intersection of the five streets that converged at the south end of what is now Columbus Park. It is was also the site of the city's first tenements built to accommodate immigrants from Germany and Ireland. MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN THE AMERICAS offers special exhibitions on the history of the Chinese in the U.S. Exhibits feature personal stories, photographs, mementos, and poetry. COLUMBUS PARK, situated just half a block south of the museum, is Chinatown's major park. Created by Jacob Riis, a social reformer in the late 1890s, the public space is used by groups practicing tai chi, mahjong players, children and elderly men and their pet birds. On some weekends fortunetellers can be found here as well. PELL STREET is nicknamed "Haircut Street" because of a multitude of barber and beauty shops found here. The headquarters of the Hip Sing Business Association is located on this street and a Buddhist Temple is just a stone's throw away. This temple is mainly for visitors; worshipping Chinese opt for more secluded and quieter temples. EDWARD MOONEY HOUSE is the oldest residence in New York and is found on at the corner of Bowery and Pell Street. Built in 1785 by Edward Mooney, an amateur butcher, today it houses the Summit Mortgage Bank. CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION was erected in 1801 by the English Lutheran Church and sold to the Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration in 1853. It served as a place for new immigrants to become adjusted to their new lives and today offers services in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. -more- FACT SHEET / 4 Festivals: Chinese New Year (typically takes place between the months of January and February. The biggest holiday of the year, homes are adorned in red and gold and children are given lai see – red packets filled with money for good luck) The Lantern Festival (is part of the Chinese New Year celebrations; traditionally this is the day when Chinese dragon and lion dances are held and lanterns are hung in the streets and in homes) Ghost Festival (celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month; on this day, traditional Chinese families burn special paper money and other offerings to appease the spirits) Mid-Autumn Festival (celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month; this is the day when the moon appears to be the fullest to the eye, and moon-cakes are given as gifts and eaten on this day) Chung Yang or "Double Yang" Festival (observed on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month; this is the day when Chinese people visit their ancestors' graves to pay respect and engage in rituals of sacrifice) Nightlife: One of Chinatown's best-kept secrets is its nightlife with bars, karaoke lounges, comedy clubs and late-night restaurants. Perfect for night owls, most of these places stay open until the wee hours of the morning. Walking Tours: Bus tours of New York City merely drive past the perimeter of Chinatown. The best way to see Chinatown is with a walking tour. Tours are available from: "Experience Chinatown" Walking Tour – begins at MoCA, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor. Advance registration required. For further information, please call 212-619-4785. Jami Gong, a licensed NYC tour guide and popular local comedian, conducts walking tours featuring the area's historic and cultural attractions as well as tours combined with a tea ceremony, dim sum meal or Chinese feast. For more information, see www.chinatownnyc.com. Big Onion Walking Tours – Spring through Autumn Several tours include Chinatown historical sites, the Kimlau Memorial, and the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas. For further information, visit www.bigonion.com or call 212-439-1090 (are they licensed?) Joyce Gold History Tours of New York offers a public "Gangs of New York" walking tour. Call or visit online for appointments. For more information, call 212-242-5762 or visit www.nyctours.com Accommodations: In Chinatown: Holiday Inn Downtown – 138 Lafayette Street at Howard Tel: 212-966-8898 or 1-(800)-HOLIDAY. Approximately: $149-$189 single or double. Within a mile of Chinatown: Tribeca Grand Hotel/Soho Grand Hotel – 1 Avenue of the Americas / 310 W. Broadway, Tel: 212-519-6600 / 212-965-3000. Approximately: $299 single and double. - more - CHINATOWN FACT SHEET / 5 Accommodations (continued): Off Soho Suites – 11 Rivington Street, Tel: 212-979-9808. Approximately: $79-$159 single or double. Sohotel – 341 Broome Street between Bowery and Elizabeth, Tel: 212-226-1482. Approximately: $60-$90 double. Transportation: Subway – From Manhattan's east side, take the 6 train to Canal Street station and the 4 or 5 train to Brooklyn Bridge. From Manhattan's west side, take the B or the D train to Grand Street station. From Queens, take the Z train to Canal Street. From Brooklyn, the D, B, N, Q, R, J, M, and 6 trains all stop at the Grand Street or Canal Street stations. Bus – The M-15 bus runs south on 2nd Avenue to Chatham Square. The M-102 and M-101 run south on Lexington Avenue to Bowery Street to Chatham Square. The M-6 bus runs south on Broadway to Canal Street. Car – From Long Island, take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to Manhattan Bridge to Canal Street. From New Jersey, take the Holland Tunnel to Canal Street. Further Information: Please log on to www.ExploreChinatown.com for more information. ###

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dc.contributor.author | Fleming, Theodore H. Holland, J. Nathaniel |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-18T16:46:16Z |
dc.date.available | 2008-09-18T16:46:16Z |
dc.date.issued | 1999 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21700 |
dc.description | journal article |
dc.description.abstract | Pollinating seed-consuming interactions are rare, but include fig–fig wasp and yucca–yucca moth interactions, both of which are thought to be coevolved. Conditions favoring such mutualisms are poorly known but likely include plants and pollinators whose life cycles are synchronized. In this paper, we describe a new pollinating seed-consumer mutualism between a Sonoran Desert cactus, Lophocereus schottii (senita cactus), and a pyralid moth, Upiga virescens (senita moth). We compare this mutualism with the yucca mutualism in terms of life history traits, active pollination, and selective abortion. Senita cactus flowers were pollinated nearly exclusively by nocturnal senita moths, but a few halictid bees also pollinated flowers. Only 40% of flowers set fruit during the years of study, apparently due to resource limitation. All phases of the senita moth's life history were associated with the senita cactus. During flower visitation, female senita moths collected pollen, actively pollinated flowers, and oviposited one egg. After flowers closed, emerging larvae bored into the tops of developing fruit, where they consumed seeds and fruit tissue. However, not all seeds/fruit were consumed by larvae because only 20% of eggs produced larvae that survived to be seed/fruit consumers. Senita cactus and senita moth interactions were mutualistic. Moths received food resources (seeds, fruit) for their progeny, and cacti had a 4.8 benefit-to-cost ratio; only 21% of developing fruit were destroyed by larvae. Life history traits important to this mutualism included low survival of senita moth eggs/larvae, several moth generations per flowering season, host specificity of senita moths, active pollination, oviposition into flowers, and limited seed/fruit consumption. Active pollination by senita moths in the presence of co-pollinators supports the prediction that active pollination can evolve during a period of coexistence with co-pollinators. The specialization of both senita and senita moths in the presence of co-pollinators makes the senita mutualism quite remarkable in comparison with fig–fig wasp and yucca– yucca moth mutualisms. |
dc.description.sponsorship | NSF |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Ecological Society of America | dc.subject | Upiga virescens survivorship specialization Sonoran Desert senita moth seed consumption senita cactus pollination oviposition mutualism Lophocereus schottii |
dc.title | Mutualistic interactions between Upiga virescens (Pyralidae), a pollinating seed-consumer, and Lophocereus schottii (Cactaceae) |
dc.type | Journal article |
dc.type.dcmi | Text |
dc.identifier.citation | Fleming, Theodore H. and Holland, J. Nathaniel. (1999). "Mutualistic interactions between Upiga virescens (Pyralidae), a pollinating seed-consumer, and Lophocereus schottii (Cactaceae)." http://hdl.handle.net/1911/21700. |


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Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama, on Thursday unveiled Botswana's family of new coins as part of his birthday celebrations. "Some countries introduce new currency to address a specific challenge of either hyper-inflation or rampant counterfeiting. This is not the case with us today," said the 61-year-old Khama.
PANA reports that the launch of the new family of coins marked the end of a journey which began several years ago when the Bank of Botswana (BoB) embarked on an extensive review of the country's banknotes and coins, some of which had been in circulation since the introduction of the currency in 1976.
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Karl Auerbach began his tenure at ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, with a mild sense of optimism. By the time he joined the board of directors in November 2000, the nonprofit — the controlling authority over the allocation and administration of Internet domain names — had already earned a reputation for ineptitude and closed-door policies that favor corporate interests. But as one of five board members (out of 19) elected at large by the general public, Auerbach intended to guide ICANN toward reform.
Auerbach's hopes have not been realized. In February, ICANN CEO and president M. Stuart Lynn proposed a massive overhaul of the organization — a shift of power away from public input toward national governments. At a meeting in Accra, Ghana, last week, ICANN agreed to go along, suspending at-large elections until further notice.
Auerbach — a founder of several software companies who also spent time protesting the Vietnam War — isn't ready to fold his tent yet, however. On Monday, he sued the organization he represents. He filed charges in California Superior Court against ICANN for withholding financial information in violation of a state law that gives directors "the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind."
ICANN officials couldn't be reached for comment.
Salon chatted with Auerbach about the case and other ICANN-related matters.
You've been trying to see ICANN's financial records for a while. What led you to file a lawsuit?
I made my first request to see the financials within five minutes of my election to the board. … I submitted written requests. They went off and hemmed and hawed and said they'd have to write procedures and send it to such-and-such committees. ICANN has a committee structure that makes the U.S. government look simple.
But nothing happened and I wrote more letters. Then, eventually, finally, around September, I get, out of the blue, this set of procedures, which Stuart Lynn simply declared by fiat to be applicable to all directors.
What were the procedures and why didn't you comply?
No. 1, they were unlawful in that they put conditions on me, which impaired my ability to make independent judgments. I essentially have to ask the approval of management to see certain documents. They go cogitate and then tell me whether I can see them. And they place conditions on my use of that material. They call it a nondisclosure, but it really amounts to conditional use.
So there are two parts to this: First, I'd have to sign the general agreement; then there would be additional conditions when I showed up at the door. To do this would be to abrogate my duties as a director. It would be contrary to my duty as a director to sign the agreement.
And what's really interesting is that through all of this process — with Stuart piling more and more procedures on me — he responded, out of the blue, to one of my requests. It was a request for fairly innocuous information — I wanted the logs of international travel of all officers and executives for all international travel not pertaining to a board meeting — but nevertheless he felt free to dispense with all of these procedures [and give me the logs] with just the wave of his hand. So he's playing fast and loose with these procedures.
What are you hoping to achieve with the suit?
I want to look at the records because I want to make better decisions. Part of Stuart's reorganization plan is inspired by the fact that ICANN is running out of money and needs cash. So I want to know where the cash is going. All I've seen are broad public statements and, to my eyeballs, they're very deficient. And I want to understand the conflicts of interest. I've seen signs that there are conflicts of interest at Jones, Day [the Washington law firm retained by ICANN] and elsewhere and I want to know the details.
What's going on is that we have the classical tension between managers and directors. This has been going on at corporations ever since they've existed. But at ICANN we have a passive board and an activist management who seem to want to be building an empire.
Some folks just don't get the notion that directors are there to oversee the corporation. ICANN's management seems to consider the board as a kind of rubber stamp to be used to approve management's fait accomplis.
I guess that some folks just haven't learned from Enron. My own sense is that this lack of director responsibility is mirroring the crisis in corporate accounting as shown by Andersen in the Enron situation.
In corporations, especially nonprofits and tax-exempts like ICANN, the public interest is often protected only through the vehicle of active, inquiring directors. As directors become lax and lazy, or in ICANN's case, as corporate management imposes unlawful limitations on directors that the directors accept, then the corporation becomes unaccountable and the public loses.
Look at Lynn's reform plan. His response to ICANN not having enough money is to build an ICANN that has 10 times the budget.
But Lynn is arguing that he's trying to streamline the organization and make it more effective — goals that you share.
Yes, but his budget went up tenfold. It went from a couple million to $23 million. And it's virtually all staff people. So even if you give $250,000 per person per year, we're talking about 100 people. It's already too large with 20 people. I mean, what are they doing? ICANN's job is supposed to be narrow and technical. And here it is, 20 people? What in the world are they doing? It's inconceivable.
That's why I want to look at the records, to find out where the money goes. Why does it take $2.4 million (47 applicants paid $50,000 each) to evaluate seven top-level domains?
What do you make of ICANN's decision to suspend at-large elections — the format that put you on the board?
I'm just appalled at the at-large study committee, which came back and said, "Oh, well, this is an improvement for the at-large community because they can organize." Well, we've always had the ability to organize so-called garden clubs of comment. It's the lack of the vote that matters. This is something that ICANN has promised Congress, promised the public, ever since its inception. Now, it's gone back on its promise.
But there were serious problems with the last election. Countries like China, for example, pounded the servers in what appears to have been an attempt to stuff the ballot box.
There were large problems with the U.S. election, but we didn't tear down the U.S. and rewrite the Constitution, did we?
What kinds of alternatives are you offering? How do you think some of the problems, particularly with fraud, should be fixed?
First, get rid of management. Here are people whose primary belief is that elections will never work, therefore they don't try. There's a lack of will here. Also, we don't have to have electronic elections. We can have good old paper elections, the kind that work for all kinds of nonprofits all over the world. You send people an envelope, they fill out the paper and send it back.
Is that so hard? Is that so extensive?
Why do you think these kinds of things aren't being considered?
Because it gets in their way of building an empire. A lot of people really get excited by having a huge organization chart with them at the top, and with lots of money to spend. And that's what ICANN is turning into — bureaucracy upon bureaucracy.
Do you think the removal of at-large elections is the biggest flaw with Lynn's proposal? What other problems do you have with the plan?
The repudiation of public participation is the most egregious part. The imposition of the nominating committees [under Lynn's plan, five members of ICANN's board would be chosen by the organization's internal committees] is just awful because it creates a self-perpetuating organization in which the insiders determine who will be let in. It's very much like the College of Cardinals in Rome, who are not going to let a Protestant become pope.
As far as finances go, the thing is just naive. Here he is asking governments to pay. Who in the U.S. has been the most vociferous opponent to ICANN at the federal level? Congress. If anybody at ICANN would bother to read something simple, like the U.S. Constitution, they'd recognize that funds have to be approved by Congress; the executive branch doesn't print money and spend it. If someone's going to pay ICANN, it's going to have to be passed by Congress. And that certainly gives Congress a much stronger level to exert control.
And how are you going to get governments to agree? Governments are required, under the Lynn plan, to gather into clubs and select someone. But now, according to a recent clarification, they have to select from a list prepared by this council — and then pay for the privilege.
From a financial point of view, it's very naive. And it's also naive from a legal point of view.
Is there anything in the plan that's useful?
I think it would make great kindling for a fire. There's nothing in it that's useful.
Damien Cave is an associate editor at Rolling Stone and a contributing writer at Salon.
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osurlosers Posts: 5Click23, I just wanted to say thanks for the information about the crankcase breather filter! My 2001 ZX2 also developed this squeal. It sounded like the noise was coming from the drive belt, so I had a shop replace the belt and auto-tensioner...and it didn't fix the sound. I was on the verge of having the timing belt replaced, but decided to google it instead. Google directed me to your posts. Although my engine looks a little different than the 1998 engine, I was able to locate the filter on my car based on your picture. The part number for the 2001 ZX2 crankcasae breather filter, in case anyone is wondering, is F8KE-6A768-AC. A hose leads from the main air filter housing to the breather filter...and a small hose leads from the bottom of the breather filter to the crankcase cover. I called a local Ford parts department and got the part for $14.07! The guy there did have to cross reference the part number. On my receipt, it lists it as part number F8CZ*6A768*AB...and there is a FA1661 by that. Anyways, thanks for sharing the fix click23! That noise made my car sound like a POS...and it was highly annoying for almost a year. Now my car runs smoothly again, and with no squealing!
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I also wanted to thank you for your post. We have a '98 ZX2 that we really like. We took it to two dealers in the Bay Area and to a private mechanic; all three were coming up with bogus repair costs of over a $1000. None of it made sense; we got tired of the screeching and stopped driving the car for over half a year. I stumbled into your post last week, and followed your advice. The car is fixed; you've made me a hero. I created an account on the forum, so I could thank you. all the best, jeever -
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my dad and I took off my faceplate to see where a cd player could fit and we accidently disconnected it. so after taking apart just about the whole inside tryin to get it we looked at these diagrams at the ann arbor library and heres what you need to do:
follow the cord to where it goes and disconnect it, it is really simple if you pull on it you will get no slack but reach back and release the clasp to disconnect it. this should give you all the slack you need to connect it then just put the faceplate back on and replug in the cord from where u unplugged it -
stunna2 Posts: 13I have a aftermarket cd player in mine. All I did was pay 60 for the conversion kit. It comes with all the controls and looks a lot better. You can even tape off where the controls off and paint it with some fuzion paint to match your car. It is a pain totake off all the knobs and controls and screw the two the new plate though.
naatz1 Posts: 187It cost us around $450 for the entire job - - $325 for the part from the Ford garage on discount even (5 shops like NAPA in town did NOT carry it, a Ford exclusive) and the rest for labor but this was from a friend mechanic who usually charges $30-40/hr and this is a real bear to fix and re-time this engine so I know he gave us a deal.
It's run fine since fixed Aug 06 but this peppy engine still runs REAL ROUGH, no fixing that apparently. -
ibanezshred Posts: 1Thanks for posting the information about the crankcase breather filter. I had the exact problems with my ZX2 as Chezelle and i got my replacement part at a local Ford dealer. I installed the part before i left the lot and drove the car for at least 45 minutes in city and highway conditions and the noise was GONE! it took a year to find the cause, and it was fixed with a $15 part.
and like a few others on here, i had a little trouble at the dealer explaining the part although it clearly sits right on top of the engine and is extremely easy to find and change the part out of.
The part number on the box is FA 1661. my box from the dealer was red and it was manufactured by Motorcraft.
Prior to the fix, 2 dealers gave me the run-around about the cause and 2 seasoned mechanics were just baffled by it. We replaced the engine timing belt, the flex plate, the serpentine belt, checked the pulleys, and probably 10 other things that i forget at this point.
We wish we would have found this forum and the fix listed here before we dropped $500.00 in repairs that may not have been needed due to this breather filter being bad.
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osurlosers Posts: 5My girlfriend has a 1999 ZX2 with manual locks...so I'm pretty sure that it does not have the theft deterent system like my 2001 w/power locks and remote. Strangely, though, the theft light lit up on her dash today (for the 1st time since she's owned it in 4 months)...and the horn has randomly been going off like someone is trying to get in her car (they aren't). So it's acting like it has the theft deterent system (with the horn going off like when I set the alarm off on my ZX2)...but as far as I know, only the power lock/remote equipped cars have the theft alarm. Any ideas what would cause this? The fuse is fine. I'll get the battery checked. Assuming the battery is ok, would it be a problem with the control computer? Please say no! lol
osurlosers Posts: 5Sounds like the battery is completely dead if your lights don't even turn on. Check your battery and alternator at Autozone (or somewhere else who will also do it for free) to make sure they're ok. If they're ok, I have no clue why the lights wouldn't work...maybe a fuse or short? At any rate, I'd solve that electrical problem before focusing on the cranking issue. Since it sounds like the problem is intermittent, I would think it's a short or a bad ground. I read in another ZX2 forum that the engine ground in these cars is usually not very good. Some people add ground wires to help...I think on the battery ground. Try googling ZX2 ground wire or something.
Your car is a front wheel drive, so towing it from the front wheels (with them off the ground) should be fine since your rear wheels can spin freely. Good luck! -
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gojeffie Posts: 3I was wondering if anyone out there now owns a 1981 Ford Escort SS? Or does anyone know how many are still around? My brother bought his new and it has been the only car he has ever had since. He has kept it in it's original condition and loves the car. He has no computer with an internet connection and would like to know if any others are still out there, how many there might be and where they are located. Any help would be appreciated.
remowus Posts: 40This car has run great since I got it at 14000 miles. It now has 73000 . In the last year I have replaced the battery, alternator, starter and blower motor for the fan in the passenger compartment. Is this typical for this car?
No other problems though. Ford wants 170.00 bucks for the little blower motor though. AutoZ has it for 50.00, but you have to ad your own connections.
Still runs good and gets 35 mph. -
proford Posts: 3HELLO the pcv &hose is down below thermostat housing driver side front of block tight spot ,hose goes from it to back under throttle body and connects with spring clamp to plastic emmision box.change it all and you will be amazed at difference it makes.hose elbow deteriates and gets sucked in while running and can't breath. THANKS PROFORD
remowus Posts: 40The motor just quit. There is no fuse for this . I guess its one of those inline jobs . If you buy the motor from the dealer, you will get the plug in connection to just plug it in,but it costs 180.00. If you buy it from AZ, it's about 80 bucks , but you will have to do some surgery on the connector.
And you'll need a circuit tester and a crimper for the new connection you are about to put on.
Have fun with it. -
2000zx2 Posts: 10I have a 2000 escort zx2 S/R and I tend to do a little racing here and there just for fun. Well when I first bought it turns out I needed new head of engine, head gasket, and timing belts. Then I had to replace the radiator. And it's always flashed my 'check engine' light when I hit about 105, 110 mph. Now its starting to flash at about 80 mph. And I dont rev over 5.5-6 rpms when racing. I was first told that it flashing might be a warning that I'm about to reach my govn. limit. But now that it's doing it sooner. I dont know whats wrong. Any one got some ideas???
decemberoutlaw Posts: 13i have a 99 ZX2 no big problems realy other than it tops out at 105 SLOW!!! my old 86 camry toped out at 120 which is really sad i need my ZX2 to top out at a higher speed any one know how to do that other than a speed chip mod to my ecu, also i have alot of slack in my pedals especially my gas and my clutch, it also likes to bunny hop when i burn out and i tried to power slide a turn at 40 and i came up on two wheels never done that before so what i need to know is how do i top out at any thing over 105, whats the deal with my pedals, and im pretty sure on the last one the answer is to just lower my car but thats expensive so if any one can help please i need it
2000zx2 Posts: 10I dont have an answer for your top speed or slack in your pedals. But I have had the same problem with the bunny hoping, and I was told it has to do with not enought rpms and how fast u punch the gas, im not for sure but i was told to keep ur car reved up to 2 - 2.5 rpms then punch the gas. and about the power slide (drifting) I also do that a ton. But what I've found to work, if doing a u-turn, is pull the e-brake, [non-permissible content removed] down to 2nd gear release e-brake and punch it. And if your just talking powerslide around some small corners on the streets, then try slowing down or you might not be turning enough to get the effect.
decemberoutlaw Posts: 13yea the only reason why i prefer to call it power sliding is because the zx2 is front and all my past vehicles have been rear and there is some what of a difference between power slide and drift but any ways i appreciate your advice man ill try it out later on this week and let you know how it went... also i looked up a forum last night about my rev limiter and it said under neath the dual cup holder in the zx2 there are a bunch of wires taped or held to gether amongst these wires is a white wire with a black line and supposedly that is the wire to your governor or rev limiter and if you cut it it will disable it and you could go up as high as 120 the only problem is i dont know if this wil cause my car to malfunction, the forum said it worked but also said it was not responsible for damage so i dont know you know anything about it
remowus Posts: 40I always wanted to put a v-6 in my 'oo ZX2 . But I've been told it won't fit. Now that will get you over 105.
But I want to talk about drifting. My ZX2 used to go straight as an arrow. Now it drifts in the lane. Not a serious drift, but a drift none the less .
The tires don't show any abnormal wear, so I was wondering if maybe the CV joints were wearing and changing the camber slightly.
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This site is dedicated to listing rare comics of the modern era covering 1980 to the present time. There are three broad categories on the website: Verified Recalled comics, Error & Rumoured Recalls and other rare Comics (which is further split into: Ultra & Super Rare and Rare & Low Distribution). Please use the sidebar to the left for quick access to the individual comics and sections (the navigation bar above also provides quick access to each section).
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Many older comics are rare due to only few copies surviving through the years and also due to lack of collectors back in the earlier periods (many comics were sadly read and discarded). However, numbers of collectors seemed to have increased through the 1970's and 1980's which has decreased the number of rare issues during this time (and the Silver age before it). There are obviously still popular issues such as the first full appearance of Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #181 but this issue is not rare as there are many copies available. Condition is also a factor: Many comic books were produced on poor quality paper with acidic inks causing them to quickly degrade over time making any high grade copies rare.
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella has confirmed that the next version of Windows, probably Windows 9, will unify the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox operating systems into 'one single converged operating system.' Microsoft had previously made some moves towards unification with Universal Windows Apps that run across all three platforms, but this new version of Windows will go a lot further: 'This means [we'll have] one operating system that covers all screen sizes.'
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When asked about the new kinds of information they anticipate as being disruptive in the next few years, half of the respondents to Gartners 2013 Worldwide CEO and Senior Executive Survey could not provide an answer or name a technology, said Partha Iyengar, country manager for Research, India at Gartner.The social Internet, inexpensive sensors, the Internet of things and other trends will cause an explosion in the types of information that are available. In this way, competition will increasingly be defined by differential access, control and value recognition and timely exploitation of information.
As business leaders reconfigure and re-skill their organizations in order to take advantage of these opportunities, Gartner has identified four key focal points for organizational development:
1. How will new kinds of information drive value? Who will be creative with that? How will they explore their ideas? What support is in place for information led innovation?
2. As information improves in its granularity, precision or resolution, who will notice when key thresholds have passed and new things become possible that were not realistic before?
3. How will the organization search, discover, conjoin and secure the new datasets and information streams that are becoming available?
4. How will they engineer the social and legal permissions needed to use information without it seeming like spying, privacy invasion or unfairness?
Leveraging the above effectively requires overlapping human, professional and organizational competencies. Sharpening each of them will be key to competitive success
Given the level of important strategic work to be done on the information that the company uses, it is essential to identify who in the organization is ultimately responsible for this. In most organizations, the real answer is "everyone and no-one", but that cannot be sustained because the complexity, risk and opportunity presented by the information explosion keeps on expanding. Most CIOs do not take responsibility for information policy, for new information acquisition or for information asset business exploitation. CEOs are beginning to see that gap and try to fill it, with a head of information management or a chief data officer (CDO).
We have talked to a number of CDOs about their appointment and the circumstances that led to it. It seems the appointment of a CDO often relates to an awakening within the senior leadership of the firm regarding the importance of information management and the current lack of ownership and focus on it, said Mr. Iyengar. The most enlightened boards and CEOs are beginning to understand the value potential sometimes appointing CDOs to exploit information assets more aggressively. Those less advanced in the trend seem to act from a position of concern about the risk of a lack of governance leading to regulatory or reputational problems.
In order to break through to higher levels of corporate enlightenment on information centricity, Gartner recommends three simple methods:
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The first technique Gartner recommends to shift the culture of the business leadership of the firm to become more information strategy centric is to visualize what they already have. Computers today are able to render complex graphical representations cheaply and easily, and as a result creativity in visualization will become a key part of the competitive landscape in the second half of the information age. Companies that find better ways to represent complex information will win in better internal decision making capability and in better service products to their customers.
Method 2: Vision and breakpoint
Method two for creating breakthrough thinking among senior leaders is to create a visionary scenario for the use of some new kind of information and then plot its future. People are often much more willing to entertain big, challenging ideas if they seem to be a way off into the future because they seem less threatening.
Method 3: External exposure
One way to get an organization to think about itself and its opportunities is to get others to comment. Organizations often listen to "outsiders" peers, competitors, press, stakeholders, consultants etc. as much as their own insiders. Many government information thought leaders are moving down this track. They believe that datasets buried in their own systems could be of far wider value and that, if exposed, they are more likely to be linked together in new and innovative combinations that might create even more value.
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