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We met Paul & Jess in a Starbucks last summer and we got to learning about them quick. How both of them had really sort of been through the "relationship ringer", as they say, and were in a season of just wanting to be single for a while when their paths crossed. Paul's best man, Adam, connected them and at first they were reluctant to even meet but finally gave in.
And oh how that giving in turned into something so sweet.
Paul shared their story of the night he asked Jess to be his wife, and how he involved Jess's two young daughters. It was the best. His love for Jessica and her daughters was emanating from him.
We spent several evenings over laughs and food, talking and dreaming about their upcoming day together. And then just like that it was here. Her aunt's home was alive with raucous, celebratory family conversations as they all prepared to witness Paul & Jess wed. As night fell, the party got even louder and more joyous. There was even two spot-on renditions of Justin Beiber's "Baby" and Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" to really top the night off well.
And as Paul & Jessica sped off into the horizon, new husband and wife, we again noticed how warm and bright and alive the house seemed, even as the guests had all but dispersed. "Your home was perfect for today. And we felt so relaxed and at home ourselves here, " we both told her aunt.
It was indeed a pretty phenomenal place for a wedding for these two. And it was a pretty phenomenal day overall.
Here's some of that day in pictures. Paul + Jessica….
April 29, 2012Melanie Bennett
love these pictures…you could feel the happiness just looking at them
May 01, 2012Paula Malsbury
Love these pictures….so happy for the both of you! <3
May 25, 2012Mollie Bishop
Oh my goodness, My heart is racing. These images are so beautiful. You two are truely magical at what you do! What an incredibly beautiful wedding.
June 21, 2012
[...] Check out the post featuring one of our favorite couples, Paul + Jess! And to see the full wedding that we photographed this past March, click HERE. [...]


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- 05-11-2012, 07:42 PM Thread Author #1
What's The Story With Nikkisoft?????
My Torch 9800 went south, so I got a 9810. I bought Quicklaunch on the Nikkisoft site using PayPal. Payment went right through. That was early Thursday. No program, no code, some BS saying I should look on Mobihand. Sent 3 emails to support, no answer. So filed a complaint with PayPal. It's not the $3.99, it's the point of why don't they answer a complaint or send the program. I held up my part of the deal. I'll get the money back, and surely won't buy it again, I'll live without it. Have this week, will continue to. What a scam.
rretlaf -
Don't know but they have been been great with support whenever I needed it.
Sent from me using my fingers. Be pantless in 5K. Febreze - for more than smells.
Posted from my phone or pc or tablet that are no better than anyone else's
Woopie Doopie we have em fun - 05-11-2012, 09:21 PM #3
NikkiSoft hasn't received any emails from you since May 27, 2009. Yes I checked.
Also I haven't received any paypal payment from you either.
Thanks.Last edited by CheetahAce; 05-11-2012 at 09:24 PM.
QuickLaunch - App Launcher + Many Utilties - 2011 Best App, 2010 Best OS Enhancement App, 2009 Best Productivity App
QuickWeather - Weather Widget for your homescreen!
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NikkiSoft - http://www.nikkisoft.com - Don't settle for imitations - 05-12-2012, 02:16 AM #4
Don't understand what the issue could be. NikkiSoft is one of the most reliable app developers out there. I do know that Mobi no longer offers any QuickLaunch support at all. I originally bought my QL from Mobi and it doesn't even show up on my account purchase history anymore. QL only available via Nikki or BB App World.
Hutch66-follow me on Twitter @PghSportsGuy - 05-12-2012, 06:38 AM Thread Author #5rretlaf
- 05-12-2012, 08:43 AM Thread Author #6rretlaf
Wow, I can't imagine. I had to contact them once when having and issue and they were very responsive and kind and everything was resolved in a timely manner. Hope you get it straightened out.

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10 When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD. | 10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. |
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Amazon Launches Kindle Unlimited Service
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The company said Friday that the Kindle Unlimited service will give users the ability to read as much as they want from more than 600,000 Kindle books such as "The Hunger Games" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." They can also listen as much as they want to thousands of Audible audiobooks, including "Water for Elephants."
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Country profile - Distinguishing factors (Malta)
Malta's small-island state nature, high population density and location at the southern tip of Europe are important distinguishing factors that set Malta apart from many other European nations. These characteristics, particularly its strategic location, have driven much of its socio-economic and cultural history, and thus land cover (Map 1). These factors have also influenced its governance style and practices, which over the last decade have been under review in the light of the EU membership. They also influence which environmental issues are viewed with most concern. For example, the emblematic environmental issues of the eighties and nineties were mainly land-use and waste-related.
Map 1: Land cover by type (2006)
Environmental Governance
The responsibility for environment lies with the Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Environment and Culture within the Office of the Prime Minister. Within this context, the Malta Environment & Planning Authority (MEPA) has the responsibility for environmental protection and development planning. In some areas, such as with respect to climate change, responsibility for environmental issues falls under another ministry – in this case the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs.
Environmental policy and implementation is largely carried out at national level due to the nation's small size. However, local authorities also have an important role in environmental management. They are responsible for waste collection, management of local urban green areas, traffic management and parking, and urban embellishment. MEPA is the competent authority for implementing the 2001 Environment Protection Act, including responsibility for environmental monitoring, nature protection including area management, waste policy and regulation, and permitting and enforcing activities with the potential to cause serious pollution. MEPA is currently undergoing a reform process, which should increase resources for environmental protection.
Malta's climate is typically Mediterranean – with long hot summers and mild winters. The islands are windswept, relatively humid (with humidity averaging 65-80 %), warm (the mean from 1990-2005 was 19.02 oC), and bright (an average of 8.07 hours of sunshine daily during the period 1990-2005).1 Average rainfall is highly variable but was 466.1 mm in this period. The islands' natural water resources are entirely rain-fed, while over half of the drinking water produced by Malta's major supplier is sourced from desalinated sea water (link to water chapter of TER 2008). The only mineral resources of note are Globigerina and Coralline Limestone, both of which are used in construction, a fact that gives Malta's built heritage particular conservation interest.
In common with other Mediterranean countries, and also due to its small island Geography, Malta is particularly at risk from climate change (link to climate change chapter of Malta TER 2008). The IPPC's Fourth Assessment Report2 states that small islands have characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events. Indeed, Malta is expected to suffer moderate impacts from climate change,3 mainly related to drought, deterioration of freshwater quality and availability, increased risk of floods, soil and coastal erosion, desertification, changes in sea level and biodiversity loss and degradation. With 100 % of the population living in coastal areas, mostly in densely populated coastal settlements, the challenge of climate change adaptation is a serious one for Malta.
1 National Statistics Office. 2006. Environment Statistics, Project implemented under the technical supervision of Eurostat and Plan Bleu, National Statistics Office, Malta.
2 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 2007. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis report. An Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.
3 MRAE (Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment). 2004. The First Communication of Malta to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Report prepared by the University of Malta Physics Department (Sammut, C.V. and Micallef, A.) for the Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, April 2004.
1 National Statistics Office. 2006. Environment Statistics, Project implemented under the technical supervision of Eurostat and Plan Bleu, National Statistics Office, Malta.
2 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). 2007. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis report. An Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.
3 MRAE (Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment). 2004. The First Communication of Malta to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Report prepared by the University of Malta Physics Department (Sammut, C.V. and Micallef, A.) for the Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment, April 2004.
Malta obtained independence in 1964. In 1967, Malta had a population of 314 216 persons,4 with 6 240 persons employed in agriculture, 9 770 in services, and 18 580 in manufacturing. In 1985, the population was estimated at 345 418, and the employment structure was as follows: 4 608 employed in agriculture, 25 188 in services, and 31 690 in manufacturing. At the end op 2008, the population was 413 6095 and the employment figures stood at: 2.8 % in agriculture, 77 % in services, and 16.7 % in manufacturing. These changes were results of a modernisation of the economy and ongoing policy direction to encourage the development of the industrial and services sectors (including tourism). These changes resulted in Malta obtaining developed-country status in the United Nations in the last decade of the 20th Century.
During the period following independence, Malta experienced a period of significant economic development, in part related to tourism and ownership of housing, which sparked a construction boom. This resulted in the urbanisation of significant coastal and rural areas, which continues today, as Maltese households prefer to live in more newly-urbanised areas rather than the older historic settlements. As historic centres are valorised, there is an increase in demand for such housing.
From an environmental policy perspective, the main difference between the 1950-1980 period and the 1980-2010 period is that the later period saw the development of increasing environmental awareness in the population, which resulted in the enactment of Malta's first environmental legislation in the 1991 Environmental Protection Act and its daughter regulations. Furthermore, in 1992, the Development Planning Act set in place a land-use planning system based on a national structure plan, to address land-use issues.
Following its 2004 accession to the EU, Malta invested heavily in environmental infrastructure and regulation, and the new Environment Protection Act was enacted in 2001, under which some 250 pieces of subsidiary legislation had been passed by 2008. Some improvements, such as with respect to air pollution, soon became apparent.6 At the same time, the increased availability and lower prices of imported goods have increased household consumption, with impacts on environmental issues such as waste generation, energy use and transport. The latter give an indication of the level of demands required from the natural and physical environment and which given time, may recover slowly. With the rise in climate change awareness, society is gradually investing into alternative sustainable solutions such as renewable energy sources, with the possibility of Government covering a percentage of their capital cost.
Research on the impact of immigration is still somewhat new and thus synergistic efforts are required to effectively identify the impact(s) that such a phenomenon is leaving on the islands (water usage, waste production, energy consumption and others) in concert with tourism, particularly in peak seasons7.
4 NSO (National Statistics Office). 2007. Census of Population and Housing 2005, Volume 1: Population,
NSO, Valletta. (http://nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=2048, accessed on 4th November 2009).
5 NSO (National Statistics Office). 2009. Demographic Review 2008, NSO, Valletta.
(http://nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=2550, accessed on 4th March 2010).
6 http://www.mepa.org.mt/ter.
7 http://www.msp.gov.mt/ministry/content.asp?id=796
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
This briefing is part of the EEA's report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015. The EEA is an official agency of the EU, tasked with providing information on Europe's environment.
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Thank you for finally admitting....Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:29am.
...that any loss of teachers was due to temporary federal money expiring, and not due to anything the legislature did. I probably shouldn't use the word "temporary," around Democrats. As we saw with that one-percent sales tax, the word obviously confuses them. »
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Vision website doesn't make it easy to find out who's on its board
For a couple of weeks, I've had difficulty finding the names of Vision Vancouver board members.
That's because it's not obvious from the party's website.
Even by clicking the "connect" tab, there's no visual indication.
I was only able to find the names of the directors thanks to our brilliant web and technology editor Stephen Hui.
It's not along the top menu bar. Instead, you have to go to the bottom and click "contact".
Here's how I found it after speaking to Stephen. After hittiing "CONNECT" on the home page, I arrived at another page full of information.
(I posted this webpage in three sections because it's so large. Click each image to enlarge.)
From here, I clicked the tiny "contact" tab at the very bottom of the page. (Click the blue and green section immediately above see how small the point size is for the word "contact".)
Doing that led me to the page below.
From there, I had to click "Meet our Executive" to arrive at this page, which identified the board members. (Click the image to read the names.)
However, there's no way of contacting them through this page.
It's odd that Vision Vancouver would make people go to such trouble to find the names of its directors.
If you look at the "about" or "team" tabs on COPE homepage, the NPA homepage, the Vancouver Greens' homepage, and the Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver homepage, information about their boards is readily available.
In this civic election, NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe is trying to make transparency a central issue.
Given this reality, one would think that Vision would take the simple step of making it easier for people to learn the identity of its directors.
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I had this one girl on my friends list and saw that she was in a "I can help you get free credits!" room.. so of course I was like... aaawww yeaaahh..
So I get in there and ask for free credits please, she then wanted me trade furniture (for nothing) and I just exited out of the trade.. well the scammer must of thought I accepted because after I closed it out, she was like, "ok now follow me to the matterhorn".. instead I reported her and she came back saying I was supposed to follow her.. I told her I (and everyone) knows how the yeti.. dragon.. pirate work.. give me back my chair! She must have got nervous or something and must have bought me a chair that I never traded! So I guess I'm the scammer.. :lol:
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16th May 2012, 12:13 PM | #81 |
I agree that there is nothing wrong about saying a game sucks but it can be done constructively. Just getting online and saying 0 worst game ever, blizzard sucks etc is not a helpful nor insightful review for a network infrastructure issue.
As a developer it is hard for me it justify or even read reviews that just look like trolls jumping on launch day issue band wagon. If someone actually posted a well though out and reasonable response to why Diablo 3 deserves a 0 score I would not consider that to be a hater or a troll just trying to get attention on the forums of whatever website they are on. But I highly doubt anyone could make an out right 0 score review in depth of why Diablo 3 sucks. Granted I have not played it yet, but what I played of the beta I was pretty impressed with the gameplay, combat, and visuals of the game, hardly anything I saw would scream 0 this game sucks toss it in the gutter. But seeing people jump on the metacritic 0/10 band wagon just calls out for making fun of them for being whining trolls who can't deal with the fact it is a game, something went wrong, it will most likely get fixed, be patient and enjoy an awesome game soon.
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16th May 2012, 01:34 PM | #82 |
More reason to hope it's sorted out by then
16th May 2012, 01:37 PM | #83 | |
I was wanting to play it on release date but it seems I was saved quite a bit of frustration. At least I know that the coll ed is mine
16th May 2012, 03:17 PM | #84 | |
Best to leave it for a little while longer imo Looks cool though.
16th May 2012, 05:33 PM | #85 | |
Yes. You're mad. Read a few comments on Diablo III, granted that 70% of them are error 37 codes, or typically WII-minded reviews to negate or improve the game overall score Here's what I mean:
16th May 2012, 05:42 PM | #86 | ||
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16th May 2012, 07:36 PM | #87 |
So my problem with characters disappearing ended up being that the update set my region to Europe instead of Americas on start-up afterwards. Changing it back to Americas got me my characters back. Still disconnecting (3007) ridiculously often for no apparent reason.
16th May 2012, 07:47 PM | #88 |
16th May 2012, 08:23 PM | #89 |
that's ****in funny
Shepard has a cane. priceless.
16th May 2012, 09:24 PM | #90 |
This really doesn't even feel like Diablo 3. It's more like regular ol' Diablo. Those other games that we've been playing all these years were just beta tests. Blizzard has gotten pretty good at taking tried and true formulas and extending their lives. It's all very therapeutic.
Haven't had any server trouble since the launch day. TheWhiteDrag#1183
16th May 2012, 10:10 PM | #91 |
How long does this game take to beat?
16th May 2012, 11:33 PM | #92 |
A couple of Asians (Koreans, most presumably) finished it in a few hours after they rushed it, the game is mostly short in content and has a "****load" of scripted events. About the difficulty, apparently just increases the mobs stats such as HP, and not their abilities.
Anyway, for 8-10 years of development, coming from Blizzard.. I wouldn't bother with Diablo III. -------------------- BTW, my first peek at Blizzard's forums. Featuring our dearest friend White Knight Lord. And I'mma call someone else a moron but you're an idiot for calling me one.
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17th May 2012, 12:56 AM | #93 |
People like to throw a stink, but the exact same thing happened with StarCraft II. A week or two later nobody cared.
17th May 2012, 01:25 AM | #94 |
The game looks fun and I will surely buy it at some point. I just wholesale disagree with the $60 pricepoint so I won't be buying in until it gets lower. The server fiasco is funny because it happens to Blizzard every time.
64 65 61 74 68 62 6f 6f 67 65 72 73 20 6d 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 Liandri Archives - A veritable smorgasbord of information about the Unreal series If Titanic taught me anything, it's to never let go until you're a frozen corpse staring hopelessly into a barren horizon. |
17th May 2012, 01:45 AM | #95 |
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17th May 2012, 02:25 AM | #96 |
I honestly believe SC II has more to offer in the long therm from what I read so far. Therefore, I doubt it will be a no-****-given 2 weeks later. D3 just seems to be average overall, at least for Blizzard game!
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Edit: Starcraft is absolutely awesome and still the best.
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TBH SC2s campaign sucked. The game was basically SC 1.5 with some new units for multiplayer. Blizzard has really gone downhill since WoW.
I'm sure people will be dedicated to both, for different reasons. Like Diablo 2 vs Brood War. Still, I think D3 will be too shallow and will get boring long term. At least SC2 has that competitive aspect that can keep things fresh for a long time. Last edited by SleepyHe4d; 17th May 2012 at 09:13 AM. |
17th May 2012, 09:38 AM | #99 |
Massive facepalm to this. That 2 years of polish really went far. |
17th May 2012, 11:50 AM | #100 |
could some people send me some euro guest passes please ? I'd love to try the game with some friends.
(guest passes are region blocked so american ones can only be played on american servers)
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30 Hollywood Stars Who Started Out in Horror Movies
- Saturday October 19, 2013
Some of today's biggest red carpet trotters got their starts in B-grade horror flicks. Here are some of the best in their gory origin stories.
Some of today's biggest red carpet trotters got their starts in B-grade horror flicks. Here are some of the best in their gory origin stories.
You know the story. You remember the blood. But nearly 40 years after the publication of Stephen King's high school horror Carrie and the film adaptation that followed, somehow we haven't learned its lesson about the horrors of bullying and casual torment a well enough.
Kick-Ass 2 has it's issues, but it also has a saving grace: Hit-Girl.
Chloë Grace Moretz shows off just how freaking scary she can be in the new teaser trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel.
Theater audiences will soon get a fresh adaptation of Stephen King's classic prom shocker, revved up for a new generation. The stars and filmmakers go over all the bloody details at New York Comic Con.
Nobody gets blown away in Hugo, the magnificent new movie by Martin Scorsese. Nor does America's master of cinematic violence rely on an anxiety-ridden neurotic to drive the story as he did in Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. Instead, the PG-rated Hugo rides on the slender shoulders of 12-year-old actor Asa Butterfield, who plays the […]
The director of Goodfellas and Raging Bull shoots in 3-D for the first time for his upcoming '30s-era film about a boy living in a train station who sets out to solve a mystery.
The movie may be called Kick-Ass, but you'll walk out of the theater thinking "Hit Girl!" The preteen killing machine, decked out in mask, kilt and purple wig, is expertly portrayed by 13-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz. Swerving on a dime from sweet alter ego Mindy Macready to trash-talking Hit Girl, the actress single-handedly kicks the […]
Profane, violent and bursting with loony adrenaline, Kick-Ass stomps every superhero cliche into shreds, then uses the splinters to fuel the finest and funniest action movie of the year. Based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic book series, the R-rated Kick-Ass, opening Friday, stars the affable Aaron Johnson as ordinary high school nonentity […]


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Plans Unveiled For Full Scale Replica of the Titanic
No internet (292 comments)
I never knew the original Titanic didn't have internet access. I thought it was supposed to be a luxury ship!
Announcing: Slashdot Deals - Explore geek apps, games, gadgets and more. (what is this?)
We are sorry to see you leave - Beta is different and we value the time you took to try it out. Before you decide to go, please take a look at some value-adds for Beta and learn more about it. Thank you for reading Slashdot, and for making the site better!
No internet (292 comments)
I never knew the original Titanic didn't have internet access. I thought it was supposed to be a luxury ship!
Make home somewhere you really want to be (480 comments)
I've been home-working for 2 years now, and for most of the last year have been living somewhere far more interesting than my normal home (and about 5000 miles away). It's not often you get the opportunity to do this, so if living in another part of the world is something you've always wanted to do, why not combine the two?
Paper, Scissors, Rock (119 comments)
What happens here if you get into a paper, scissors, rock situation? This is perfectly possible, yet the algorithm for determining a winner doesn't seem to allow for this possibility. Presumably you just end up in an infinite loop, while the participants end up getting progressively sucked dry with every round. Having said that, this would really mean they are all losers as their immune system failed to anticipate this threat and failed to save the participant as a result.
Re:Ground breaking (137 comments)
the 'cheaper' part will magically disappear through the use of patent fee's.
I find it usually disappears as a result of the misuse of apostrophe's.
Re:40%! (103 comments)
Actually photosynthesis tops out at 25% efficiency. 11% using the sun's spectrum.
It all depends on where you want to measure the efficiency.
Can you provide a link for that 25% figure? If my 1% figure is too simplistic or just plain wrong I'd like to know about it - it was years ago I read it.
Re:40%! (103 comments)
One thing that is worth remembering is that plants have an energy conversion efficiency of about 1%, if I remember correctly. So although 12% may seem low it is still a lot better than nature achieves. This is worth bearing in mind when you see fields of oil seed rape or other energy crops being grown - it would be far more efficient to cover the land area with photovoltaics. You could even grow sheep in the gaps between the panels.
Re:More like... (385 comments)
What would you have whined about had you lived two centuries ago before English had standardised spelling?
There, fixed that for you.
Re:the idea of strapped in standing is not so bad (553 comments)
The idiots won't be reclining into your knees on Ryanair - the seats are non-reclinable, as a cost cutting measure.
Re:Law? (275 comments)
Vikings were people who taught their kids how to be inherently cruel by forcing them to rip wigs off live birds at the age of three.
I'd always wondered where the term "bald as a coot" came from.
Re:Build Your Own Test (203 comments)
I never deal in perventages, it just seems...well, a bit percerted.
Re:Quasi futuristic styling (147 comments)
No, they're wearing their tin-foil jumpsuit instead.
Re:some facts about nuclear energy. (622 comments)
All 383 pages of it?
For the slow readers among us.....I think you can summarise it as "Whatever the mainstream press tells you is the solution is probably totally unrealistic, and most likely based on some vested interests". But seriously, this is an excellent read. Full of technical facts and details about a whole range of things that consume energy, with order-of-magnitude calculations about how much each could be improved through technological progress.
Yes, but verbing wierds language. (184 comments)
(with credit to Calvin and Hobbes).
Re:WHAT? (630 comments)
So they should tell you to shut your eyes before the nuclear bomb goes off, I presume.
Re:WHAT? (630 comments)
There's a Geneva Convention specifically designed to cause blindness? Whatever will the Swiss think of next?
Or is it a CPU? (876 comments)
In Latin America I have often heard the box you plug the mouse, keyboard and monitor into referred to as the "CPU".
Now having a hard drive inside your CPU, that would be cool
Re:So.... (225 comments)
Or maybe just ensure they don't carry CD cases on top of their head...
Re:My first experience with LED lighting... (553 comments)
.....and your data source for this claim is where exactly???
Re:My first experience with LED lighting... (553 comments)
Having had a similar experience I'm very tempted to report the suppliers of these products to Trading Standards (UK) as it is a clear case of mis-representing the product being sold. It's perfectly possibly to make an accurate comparison by using lumens, I can think of only one reason why suppliers don't do this - because they wish to misrepresent the product. Having said that, some suppliers do quote lumens in some cases, but it needs to be consistent.
Re:To the editors (146 comments)
You're not supposed to RTFA, idiot!


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President and CEO
It's been a big year for Kennedy. Avaya filed a $1 billion IPO this spring, and the company also completed a $230 million acquisition of Radvision to expand its videoconferencing offerings, which it's now rolling out to channel partners. Plus, Kennedy added some key ex-Cisco executives to his team.
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Preharvest herbicide applications in dry edible beans- Avoiding illegal residues
Preharvest herbicide applications in dry edible beans have become more popular as growers switch to direct harvesting techniques. Herbicides used prior to harvest, also known as "Harvest Aids", are used to desiccate or dry down "green" stem and leaf tissue that can hinder dry bean harvest. The main intention of preharvest herbicide applications is to desiccate weeds; however many growers are using these herbicide applications to hurry along or even out the maturing process of dry beans.
August 25, 2011
Palmer amaranth: Managing this new weed problem (Progressive Forage Grower 2014)
Herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth continues to invade many areas of Michigan and the Upper Midwest. Our first encounter with Palmer amaranth in Michigan occurred in the fall of 2010.
A soybean producer in southwest Michigan was struggling with management of a weed he did not recognize. We were able to identify this weed as Palmer amaranth, and through greenhouse testing confirmed high levels of resistance to both glyphosate (Roundup) and ALS-inhibiting herbicides.
At this time, we also noticed several neighboring alfalfa fields where Palmer amaranth seed heads were poking just above the alfalfa canopy....
May 1, 2014
Late-season glyphosate application in Roundup Ready soybean can be off label
Making one more glyphosate application in Roundup Ready soybean is tempting when weeds are poking through the soybean canopy. However, it is important to remember that there is a maximum soybean growth stage for which glyphosate can be applied to Roundup Ready (glyphosate-resistant) soybeans.
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I am totally disgusted. Australia was on the country list when I joined. When I recommended it to someone else (with the link they provided) my country came up as Afghanistan. Warning bells.!!! Support said 'No big deal'.. you have got to be joking!!!
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This site is quick and easy to get started. Signing up here at http://www.cashcrate.com/5536234. I make about 100 to 200 dollars a month for just completing the daily surveys they have available. Not the fastest and easiest but i found it to be pretty stable so far. Going on 4 months now with no problems with withdrawing.
The people posting that they have made a lot of money on cashcrate is Dana or whoever else moderates it. They are pretending to be people that use the site. They are liars. The site shuts you down before you can make much money. If you start to get earnings they stop you and you will not get credit for many of the offers. It stays in pending for months. They stop posting paid videos to stop you from earning there. They stopped the paid search unless you get credit for surveys, but they keep you from getting that as well. If anyone is making any money, it is a (select) few and probably the ones that give out their credit card information.
I have been researching it along with some of the other sites as well. I joined it as part of my investigation and have come to the conclusion that the site is a front for stealing your identity and private information. Do not fall for it!
I thought this site was legitimate AT FIRST... The first 2 months I made enough to cash out. But after that, none of the offers ever confirmed. I used many many new emails like they said, and they still didn't confirm. It took me 2 months to make $20 to cash out.
And I get on there today, and noticed I went from $20.62 to $16.62. I went down $4! Their reason was because I did not do legitimate searches. I argued this publicly in their forum, and they admitted they could be wrong.
But there are also several other members who have been stolen $4 from as well... I find it hard to believe that EVERY person that was accused of making fraudulent searches, made EXACTLY $4 worth... Hmmm...
I have been at Cash Crate since September 2012. I have made $199 total in ALL those months... I found another site where I have made $125 in 1 month!
In my opinion, Cash Crate IS A WASTE OF TIME.
i was a fan of this site. but dont know what happened, most of offers doesnt seems to be credited. So, i left it! :(
You won't get rich on this site but you can certainly make some real cash from it. You just respond to the featured offers (there are a lot of terrific offers, many of them free), and earn anywhere from .50 cents to $40.00 per offer. They send you a real check the following month. My first check from them was $108.43.
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There are many online earning websites over internet and these keeps on increasing day by day, one of such website is one I mentioning about. What basically they are doing they want you personal information in the name of registration, and gives you few dollar ($1) as introductory amount. This website promise to send regular surveys but are unable to fulfill their words as there payout limit is very less ($10). I got only $1.75 (as $ 0.75 is cost of per survey they promised to send in return). It's been over a month time and I am not getting any surveys back to earn more. Being little dis-appointed with this I want others, who else is looking out to have such an experience not to go with into these websites.
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Best hostel, end of story. Travelling Sth America for 4 months and this is the standout winner. Doesn't feel like a 'hostel' at all. Just book this place, you'll never look back. We did the trip to quebrada de Cafayate through the hostel and it was awesome too. Love it
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Its unfortunate but this hostel is further away then most from the bus station. Also the private room has a shared toilet facilities which at other hostels is not normally the case so at 300 pesos a night its not good value for money. Also the owners speak no English and compared to other hostels there is normally someone who has passable English. The other issue was we were the only guests so we couldn't even use other guests to help translate-thanks to our app translator.
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July 30, 2014 - This wine is rocking; it has a few more years in it. Light gold color, modest oaky/buttery notes with solid green fruit flavors, hints of caramel, and mild acidity.
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Apples Increase the Growth of Beneficial Bacteria in Our Guts, Which Improves Our Health
Posted on October 25, 2014 Comments (3)
Science provides some very clear knowledge that is easy for us to apply (the value of vaccines, materials to use in solar panels, support needed to build a bridge, dangers of consuming small amounts of lead…). But much of our knowledge about nutrition and human health is a bit unclear. This is one of the struggles we face is using our judgement to decide how to eat and live based on what we know and what seems to be so.
Eating more fruit and vegetables than most in the USA eat is pretty clearly beneficial to our health. but exactly how much, how beneficial, how it is beneficial are questions with only varying degrees of good answers so far. Apple's Scientists at Washington State University have concluded that nondigestible compounds in apples – specifically, Granny Smith apples – may help prevent disorders associated with obesity.
"We know that, in general, apples are a good source of these nondigestible compounds but there are differences in varieties," said food scientist Giuliana Noratto, the study's lead researcher. "Results from this study will help consumers to discriminate between apple varieties that can aid in the fight against obesity."
The tart green Granny Smith apples benefit the growth of friendly bacteria in the colon due to their high content of non-digestible compounds, including dietary fiber and polyphenols, and low content of available carbohydrates. The non-digestible compounds are fermented by bacteria in the colon, which benefits the growth of friendly bacteria in the gut.
The study showed that Granny Smith apples surpass Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, McIntosh and Red Delicious in the amount of nondigestible compounds they contain.
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Appropriate Technology and Focus on Improving Lives at MIT
Posted on October 18, 2014 Comments (0)
I have written about the D-lab at MIT founded by Amy Smith. This is just a reminder of all the good stuff they are doing. The D-Lab is building a global network of innovators to design and disseminate technologies that meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty. The program's mission is pursued through interdisciplinary courses, technology development, and community initiatives, all of which emphasize experiential learning, real-world projects, community-led development, and scalability.
Another of their initiatives, the International Development Innovators Network seeks to create low-cost, high-impact technologies and ventures, while simultaneously documenting and evaluating approaches to international development that value local ingenuity and innovation. This effort includes design summits, innovation centers, business incubators, and a growing network of over 400 innovators in 50 countries.
D-Lab's Youth Outreach Program focuses on Hands-on Invention Education and works with primary and secondary school teachers to develop curricular materials that build the confidence and skills needed by the next generation of innovators from around the world. Together with students and educators from around the world, D-Lab is developing and delivering hands-on curricula aimed at youth that utilize affordable locally available resources.
The program continues to help develop and deploy great products that are meeting the needs to people around the world.
The Leveraged Freedom Chair, is an all-terrain wheelchair designed for the harsh terrain faced by people with disabilities in developing countries.
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Ocean Exploration – Live Feed and Highlights
Posted on October 11, 2014 Comments (1)
Nautilus Live provides a live view of the E/V Nautilus as it explores the ocean studying biology, geology, archeology, and more. The site also includes highlights such as this video of a siphonophore.
Siphonophores are actually made up of numerous animals even though they look like one animal. These amazing colonial organisms are made up up many smaller animals called zooids, and can be found floating around the pelagic zone in ocean basins. The Portugese Man O' War is a famous siphonophore.
Each zooid is an individual, but their integration with each other is so strong, the colony attains the character of one large organism. Indeed, most of the zooids are so specialized, they lack the ability to survive on their own.
Related: Giant Star Fish and More in Antarctica – Hydromedusae, Siphonophora, Cnidarians, Ctenophores (what are jellyfish?) – Macropinna Microstoma: Fish with a Transparent Head – Large Crabs Invading Antarctic as Waters Warm
Here is another video from Nautilus, showing a large dumbo octopus:
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STEM Graduates in the USA: 465,000 Women and 451,000 Men
Posted on October 4, 2014 Comments (1)
STEM baccalaureate degrees in the USA in 2010 (reported by NSF in 2014):
Field | Women |
Men |
Science (including math) | 442,000 | 343,000 | |
Engineering | 23,000 | 108,000 | |
Health | 193,000 | 36,000 | |
Total | 658,000 | 586,000 |
If you exclude health, women still lead 465,000 to 451,000.
The same data for master's degrees:
Field | Women |
Men |
Science (including math) | 86,000 | 72,000 | |
Engineering | 14,000 | 49,000 | |
Health | 97,000 | 22,000 | |
Total | 197,000 | 147,000 |
Excluding health the totals are: women 100,000, men 125,000.
In 2005, 235,197 women received undergraduate science and engineering degrees, compared to 230,806 for men. In 2005, 53,051 women received masters science and engineering degrees, compared to 66,974 men. All increased a large amount from 2005 to 2010 and degrees awarded to women increased much faster than the increase seen for men.
As I predicted in 2008 (Women Choosing Other Fields Over Engineering and Math) the trends continued and resulted in large imbalances in favor of women at the undergraduate level for science related degrees.
At the masters level women continue to increase degrees (nearly doubling from 2005 to 2010 excluding health). The relative gains (compared to men) at the masters level are small in that 5 year period, but it seems to me the news is mainly good. I expect women will show relative gains at the masters and PhD levels going forward, though those gains may well be slower than they were at the undergraduate level.
STEM fields continue to show large gender imbalances (with women and men dominating certain fields and being relatively rare in others). Continuing to provide opportunities for talented and interested students to explore their field of choice is important for the students well being and for the well being of society. We want to take advantage of the great minds we have and not have people excluded from pursuing their dreams.
Related: Alternative Career Paths Attract Many Women in Science Fields – The USA is Losing Scientists and Engineers Educated in the USA
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Lots of Bacteria are Always Living in Our Bodies
Posted on September 27, 2014 Comments (0)
My response to a question on Reddit – Ask Science:
Let's say you get infected with a bacterium that causes annoying, but totally non-dangerous symptoms. If you just try to "live with it," will your immune system eventually kill it, or does killing bacteria require antibiotics in all cases?
Your body definitely kills lots of bacteria.
Your body also has tons of bacteria all the time (many doing much more good than they do harm). These bacteria also compete with each other.
So your "existing" bacteria kill off others all the time too (you have lots of different types of bacteria full time in your body – they often settle into niches and fight off any others , which is normally good as they are long term residents your body has learned to live with them).
Also like everything bacteria die off themselves – though if the conditions are right they are multiplying like crazy so that exceeds die off.
According to estimates, phages destroy up to 40 percent of the bacteria in Earth's oceans each day.
Staphylococcal food poisoning – an example of bacteria infection my body dealt with quickly.
People talk about genetics impact on getting cavities and impact of brushing and flossing well. Also the makeup of bacteria can help or hurt. If your mouth is home to certain bacteria tooth decay is less likely, home to others it is more likely. They tend to remain fairly steady (a certain makeup of bacteria will be consist for a person over the long term – not perfectly that way but tend that way). A UCLA microbiologist developed a mouthwash to try and ceed your mouth with good bacteria and oust the bad guys.
Related: People Have More Bacterial Cells than Human Cells – Human Gene Origins: 37% Bacterial, 35% Animal, 28% Eukaryotic
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Epigenetics, Scientific Inquiry and Uncertainty
Posted on September 20, 2014 Comments (0)
Science is full of fascinating ideas. Epigenetics is one area I find particularly interesting. This previous post has a few links to learning more: DNA Passed to Descendants Changed by Your Life.
Angela Saini is one 109 people I follow on Twitter. I don't see the point in "following" people on Twitter that you have no interest in, I only follow the small number of people that post Tweets I want to read.
In, Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game, Angela Saini looks at the confused state of current scientific understand now. It is very difficult to tell if, and if so, to what extent, epigenetic inheritance happens in people.
Professor Timothy Bestor, a geneticist at Columbia University in New York, is far more damning, claiming that the entire field has been grossly overhyped. "It's an extremely fashionable topic right now. It's very easy to get studies on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance published," he says, adding that all this excitement has lowered critical standards.
Related: Epigenetic Effects on DNA from Living Conditions in Childhood Persist Well Into Middle Age – Medical Study Findings too Often Fail to Provide Us Useful Knowledge – Scientific Inquiry Process Finds That Komodo Dragons Don't have a Toxic Bite After All
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Nutrition and Digestion in Horses
Posted on September 18, 2014 Comments (2)
Unlike cattle which have several stomachs (and there own interesting digestion system), horses have only one stomach. Like cattle their natural diet is grass. With feed provided by people, horses can run into issues they don't experience from their natural diet. Fresh grass is fibrous and slows down digestion. If feed is used the feeding should be spread out several times during the day, due to the horses digestive system.
The small intestine is the main site of digestion and absorption of protein, energy, vitamins and minerals.
The cecum is located after the small intestine of a horse and it functions much like the rumen of a cow (as a fermentative vat housing microbes which aid digestion). These microbes break down nutrient sources that would otherwise be unavailable to the horse.
The cecum and colon house bacterial, protozoal and fungal populations which function in microbial digestion of feed material in the digestive tract. Many different products of microbial digestion are absorbed by the horse.
Among other benefits, incorporating long-stem forage into rations increases particle size of ingested matter, thus slowing rate of passage. It also increases dry matter intake, thus stimulating water intake.
Nutrients and Common Feed Sources for Horses from the extension service (USA land grant universities)
Structural carbohydrates, such as cellulose and hemicellulose in plants, can only be broken down by bacterial enzymes in the cecum and colon. The microorganisms convert these carbohydrates to volatile fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate), which can provide 30 to 70 percent of the horse's energy requirement.
Fibrous feeds are a very important part of the horse's diet. They provide nutrients for both the horse and microbes in the hindgut as well as stimulate muscle tone and activity of the gastrointestinal tract.
Mineral supplements are usually required in the horse's diet. Macrominerals are added to a horse's diet to balance the ration to meet mineral requirements.
Human raised horses usually have some grazing but get some or much of there food needs from feed. Those feeds often supplement normal food for wild horses with beets, apples, carrots and other sources. In addition the horse food supplements include minerals, fiber and even pre-biotics and pro-biotics (just like our processed food does).
As a general rule, horses need 1 to 2 quarts (2 to 4 liters per kilogram) of water per pound of dry matter consumed. Of course, other factors can increase the water need, such as exercise (since it results in water loss through sweating).
Related: Great Webcast Explaining the Digestive Systems – Energy Efficiency of Digestion – Tracking the Ecosystem Within Us
Lactic Acid Bacteria in Bees Counteracted Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA in Lab Experiments
Posted on September 16, 2014 Comments (0)
13 lactic acid bacteria found in the honey stomach of bees have shown promising results as an antibiotic treatment in a series of studies at Lund University in Sweden (Open access paper: Lactic acid bacterial symbionts in honeybees – an unknown key to honey's antimicrobial and therapeutic activities). The group of bacteria counteracted antibiotic-resistant MRSA in lab experiments. The bacteria, mixed into honey, has healed horses with persistent wounds. The formula has also previously been shown to protect against bee colony collapse.
Raw honey has been used against infections for millennia, before honey – as we now know it – was manufactured and sold in stores. So what is the key to its' antimicrobial properties? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a unique group of 13 lactic acid bacteria found in fresh honey, from the honey stomach of bees. The bacteria produce a myriad of active antimicrobial compounds.
These lactic acid bacteria have now been tested on severe human wound pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), among others. When the lactic acid bacteria were applied to the pathogens in the laboratory, it counteracted all of them.
While the effect on human bacteria has only been tested in a lab environment thus far, the lactic acid bacteria has been applied directly to horses with persistent wounds. The LAB was mixed with honey and applied to ten horses; where the owners had tried several other methods to no avail. All of the horses' wounds were healed by the mixture.
The researchers believe the secret to the strong results lie in the broad spectrum of active substances involved.
"Antibiotics are mostly one active substance, effective against only a narrow spectrum of bacteria. When used alive, these 13 lactic acid bacteria produce the right kind of antimicrobial compounds as needed, depending on the threat. It seems to have worked well for millions of years of protecting bees' health and honey against other harmful microorganisms. However, since store-bought honey doesn't contain the living lactic acid bacteria, many of its unique properties have been lost in recent times", explains Tobias Olofsson.
This is a very cool: "When used alive, these 13 lactic acid bacteria produce the right kind of antimicrobial compounds as needed, depending on the threat." As is the note that store bought honey doesn't contain the living bacteria. My guess is some honey bought directly from farmers or bee-keepers, at farmer's markets may well still have those live bacteria – but I am just guessing I may be wrong.
The next step is further studies to investigate wider clinical use against topical human infections as well as on animals.
The findings have implications for developing countries, where fresh honey is easily available, but also for Western countries where antibiotic resistance is seriously increasing.
Related: People are Superorganisms With Microbiomes of Thousands of Species – The Search for Antibiotic Solutions Continues: Killing Sleeper Bacteria Cells – Our Dangerous Antibiotic Practices Carry Great Risks – Potential Antibiotic Alternative to Treat Infection Without Resistance
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USA Designates Large Areas of New Mexico and Arizona as Critical Habitat for Jaguars
Posted on September 13, 2014 Comments (0)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 764,200 acres of critical habitat for the jaguar (Panthera onca) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This habitat is found within Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties in Arizona, and Hidalgo County in New Mexico.
The final rule reflects the following changes from the July 1, 2013, critical habit at proposal: exclusion of Tohono O'odham Nation lands (78,067 acres) as a result of the Tribe's efforts working in partnership with the Service to conserve jaguar and other listed species' habitat on the Nation's sovereign land. Exemption of Fort Huachuca lands (15,867 acres) due to the conservation benefits to the jaguar provided in Fort Huachuca's approved Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan.
The revised proposal was based on an updated habitat modeling report that more accurately reflected habitat essential to jaguars in northwestern Mexico and southwestern United States.
Mexico borderlands area is very different from habitat in Central and South America, where jaguars show a high affinity for lowland wet communities. Jaguars have been documented in arid areas of northwestern Mexico and southwestern United States, including thornscrub, desertscrub, lowland desert, mesquite grassland, Madrean oak woodland and pine oak woodland communities. Critical habitat in the United States contributes to the jaguar's persistence and recovery across the species' entire range by providing areas to support individuals that disperse into the United States from the nearest core population in Mexico.
Critical habitat is a term defined in the ESA and identifies geographic areas containing features essential to the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management considerations or protection. The designation of critical habitat does not affect land ownership or establish a refuge, and has no impact on private landowners taking actions on their land that do not require federal funding or permits.
Related: Jaguars Back in the Southwest USA (2006 post) – Big Cats in America (2004) – Mountain Lions Returning to the Midwest USA for the First Time in a Century (2012) – Backyard Wildlife: Mountain Lion
Engineering Graduates Earned a Return on Their Investment In Education of 21%
Posted on September 8, 2014 Comments (6)
A recent report from the New York Fed looks at the economic benefits of college. While there has been a great deal of talk about the "bubble" in higher education the Fed finds college is very wise economically for most people. They do find a larger portion of people that are not getting a great return on their investment in higher education.
That could well indicate students studying certain majors and perhaps some people with less stellar academic skills would be better off economically skipping college.
Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?
It is hard to beat a 15% return. Of course averages hide variation within the data.
The return to engineer graduates was the greatest of all disciplines examined. Engineering graduates earned a return on their investment of 21%. The next highest were math and computers (18%); health (18%); and business (17%). Even the lowest returns are quite good: education (9%), leisure and hospitality (11%), agriculture (11%) and liberal arts (12%).
These returns look at graduates without post-graduate degrees (in order to find the value of just the undergraduate degree). As those with higher degrees benefit even more but the return on graduate degrees is not part of this study and they didn't want to confuses the benefits of the post graduate degree with the bachelors degree.
As the article points out those fields with the top returns are more challenging and likely those students are more capable on average so a portion of the return may be due to the higher capabilities of the students (not just to the major they selected). They don't mention it but engineering also has a higher drop out rate – not all students that would chose to major in engineering are able to do so.
This is one more study showing what we have blog about many times before: science and engineering careers are very economically rewarding. The engineering job market remains strong across many fields; many companies are turning to engineering job placement firms to find specialized staff. While the engineers do voice frustration at various aspects of their jobs the strong market provides significant advantages to an engineering career. As I have said before the reason to chose a career is because that is the work you love, but in choosing between several possible careers it may be sensible to consider the likely economic results.
The study even examines the return for graduates that are continually underemployed (I am not really sure how they get this data, but anyway…) the return for engineers in this situation is still 17% (it is 12% across all majors).
Related: Earnings by College Major, Engineers and Scientists at the Top (2013) – Engineering Graduates Continue to Reign Supreme (2013) – Career Prospect for Engineers Continues to Look Positive (2011)
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Self Driving Cars Have Huge Potential for Benefit to Society
Posted on September 6, 2014 Comments (1)
Self-driving cars was something that seemed very far-fetched when I first read Google was seriously investing in pursuing that idea as a commercially viable product (Google's Self Driving Car – 2010 post). I quickly became convinced they were right. I still think it is questionable if they will succeed (the political issues may well be even more difficult than technical ones). But the chances of success seem reasonable and the investment in research could provide a huge payoff.
Google's self driving cars have driven 700,000 miles without an accident already; which is amazing. Warren Buffett stated that "self-driving cars are a real threat to the car insurance business" (His company owns the GIECO car insurance company) at the 2014 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in Omaha.
There are some people, stressing that this is not ready for mass market use. They are right. But, I think it is funny to see people thinking that a very early stage huge innovation in transportation not being ready today is a reasonable criticism. I am amazed that this huge innovation may actually be available before 2020. That would be incredible.
Certainly even then it will have limitations. And certainly there will be accidents. The current transportation system with humans driving cars has thosands of accidents a day and tens of thousands of deaths a year in the USA alone every year. Every year 1.2 million people die worldwide in traffic-related incidents, and over 90% of those accidents are due to human error.
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Enceladus Orbiter
Enceladus Orbiter Spacecraft |
Key Challenges • Planetary Protection – Potential modifications to design required if planned Enceladus impact disposal is not acceptable for planetary protection • Particle Impact Damage – Potential for spacecraft damage from Saturn E-ring or Enceladus plume particle impact – Primary concern: high-gain-antenna surface quality • System Power – Some potential for reduced science operations with assumed Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRG) degradation |
Science Objectives • Investigate the internal structure, geology, and chemistry of Enceladus and plumes discovered by Cassini • Prepare for a potential future landing • Observe interactions between Enceladus and the Saturn system and explore the surfaces and interiors of Saturn's moons • Key science issues addressed: – Investigating the nature of Enceladus's cryovolcanic plumes – Providing improved measurements of plume gas and dust – Measuring tidal flexing, magnetic induction, static gravity, topography, and heat flow |
Key Parameters • Payload – Medium Angle Imager – Thermal Imaging Radiometer – Mass Spectrometer – Dust Analyzer – Magnetometer • Three ASRGs • Launch Mass: 3,560 kg • Launch Date: 2023 (on Atlas V 521) • Orbit: Enceladus Orbit (100 km x 267 km, 62 deg inclination) Plus Saturn Satellite Tour |
tion; in the meantime, ESA is continuing its studies of the Ganymede orbiter element of EJSM. When a Europa mission is flown, a key aspect of mission affordability will be adoption of the streamlined planetary protection decision framework recommended in this report.
The 2011 planetary science decadal survey also recommended that NASA consider studying a flagship mission to Enceladus (Box B.2).5 The Enceladus Orbiter would investigate the satellite's cryovolcanic plumes, habitability, internal structure, chemistry, geology, and interaction with other bodies within the saturnian system. As is the case for a Europa orbiter, the complex gravitational environments of the saturnian system imply that the long-term stability of an orbiter about Enceladus cannot be guaranteed. Thus, special measures would be needed to ensure that the ultimate fate of the Enceladus Orbiter is consistent with planetary protection provisions.
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Affluent consumers deserve richer ads
Ads targeting the affluent tend to be hackneyed affairs - so ditch the clichés and actually engage with these people, Richard Huntington says.
HSBC: Saatchi & Saatchi interviewed wealthy individuals as part of its Premier relaunch work
Here's an odd subject to tackle in an adland still ravaged by years of recession: affluence.
The well-off and wealthy may not take up much bandwidth as you dash out another digital banner on two-for-one sun cream, but they are a critical audience for brands looking to find growth in a sea of stagnation. You don't need to be Jaguar or Burberry to realise that the affluent matter.
According to Capgemini, the number of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) is now 13.7 million globally, and there has been an 80 per cent rise in the number of billionaires over the past decade.
Yet any consideration of the advertising excreted in the direction of the well-off suggests that we have all had a collective creative lobotomy. You know the kind of thing: stock photography of high-fiving businessmen; vacuous women walking through Dubai shopping malls festooned with shopping bags; and financial ads with impenetrable language that passes for English on subjects such as "diversifying your asset portfolio".
As a business, we are routinely accused of being challenged when it comes to talking to people with little cash, but we are doubly challenged when it comes to talking to those with loads of it.
Much of this failure has to do with the picture we carry around in our minds of the wealthy. So, as part of our recent relaunch of HSBC's Premier account, we spent nine months interviewing thousands of HNWIs around the world.
The results of our "Global Affluence Tribe" study reveal a picture of contemporary wealth somewhat at odds with the one-dimensional clichés that pollute advertising.
1. Wealthy people don't look like wealthy people
One of the most significant myths that we seem to hold to be true is that affluent people's wealth comes from corporate careers – from the boardroom or the trading floor. But anyone in advertising knows that working for "the man" only takes you so far. For real wealth, you need to have created something.
The truly affluent are increasingly likely to have taken a different and more unusual route to success, to be more entrepreneurial, creative and youthful.
Think Dr Dre rather than Warren Buffett – and, please, no more people in suits.
2. Women are the future of wealth
When imagining the rich, our blind spot is invariably women. This is a catastrophic mistake at a time when women hold the key to the globe's economic health at all levels of society and, most specifically, among the very rich. While only 10 per cent of Forbes' World's Billionaires list are women, their number has doubled in the past two years and, by 2025, 65 per cent of Britain's private wealth will be in the hands of women, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
Misogyny has no place in depictions of contemporary affluence – women should be appropriately represented both in number and the subject matter.
3. People with money aren't that interested in it
Of course, people with money care about the money, but the idea that increasing wealth correlates with greater interest in managing it is entirely erroneous. If people are wealthy, it is because they are successful, and successful people would far rather spend their time enjoying that success than sorting out their finances or, heaven forbid, "diversifying their asset portfolio".
You won't find a product message on the HSBC Premier campaign: it's all about taking the tedium of money management away from clients and creating a sense of calm and well-being.
4. Rich people are people first and rich second
The route to a wealthy person's heart is through that heart and not their wallet. The things that rich people care about are not the yachts and fast cars of our imagining, but their families, who are often the inspiration, support and beneficiaries of their success. Not to mention their homes, their passions and the experiences they pursue.
Chase the money and you will fail to connect; chase the driving force behind it and you might just begin a dialogue – which is why the "your personal economy" strategy has resonated with HSBC's Premier clients.
5. Consumption is getting more constructive
Capgemini also reports that 23 per cent of HNWIs around the world say charity is one of their top three spending priorities, while 60 per cent say that making a positive social impact is important to them.
Legacy used to mean the money that you passed on to your kids, but it now means the mark that you make on the world and the values that you leave behind. And while it is still the case that the newly rich value a more conspicuous approach to consumption, this is changing very fast. Among HNWIs in India, 91 per cent believe it is important for them to give time and money to others – not quite the ostentatious cliché that populates our conversations about the rich in fast-growing economies.
Ah, yes – cliché. One of the great battles for a planner is fighting the myths and orthodoxies that grow rampant and unchecked in the collective minds of clients and agencies alike. What was once a revelation, a new perspective on an audience, becomes in time just a shallow and redundant cliché.
Our study is an attempt to paint a new picture of affluence and unseat the orthodoxies around the wealthy – an audience changing as quickly and as profoundly as any other. Not just in order to better understand this audience, but also to give creatives new and more interesting places to start the conversation.
Now, back to the two-for-one sun-cream ads.
Richard Huntington is the chief strategy officer at Saatchi & Saatchi
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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For more than 10,000 years, until 1978, the thing to do in Bath was bathe. A cradle of health tourism since prehistoric times, Britain's only hot springs became, in the late 18th century, an unimaginably stylish resort. The winter Bath Season provided entertainment to rival London's: there were concerts and balls in the grand Assembly Rooms; you would go—and you may still go—to the Pump Room to drink the salubrious (and mildly smelly) waters while a trio played a minuet. In its prime, Bath was renowned as "the premier resort of frivolity and fashion."
Even in Bath today, in England's wet western interior, you find a café owner who prefers to address you in Italian and news vendors who routinely stock Die Zeit and Le Monde. Innumerable "heritage" shops pander to itinerants of all tastes and pockets. Through an extraordinary profusion of museums, tours, books, and guides, all is explained, in interpretations ranging from the quaint (Sally Lunn's Bun Shoppe) to the relatively scholarly (the Building of Bath Museum). The town is a rightly proud, officially designated World Heritage City—and if the visitor occasionally feels worn out by the self-consciousness, the natives are even wearier. For since the closing of the last big manufacturer-employer, the crane-makers Stothert & Pitt, it seems that almost everybody, in one way or another, works in the tourist industry. Even Jane Austen is on the payroll, and her shrine—arranged in a narrow town house—is tastefully signposted everywhere. In fact, Bath welcomes more visitors per resident than any place in the world apart from Venice. How on earth, or rather, how in deeply provincial northeast Somerset, did all of this come to be?
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In fact, Bath's reign as the glamour destination for English Society lasted no more than 40 or 50 years. But the glories of the period continue to glow—and attract a new kind of "society": the 3.2 million annual visitors. For it was the enormous popularity of the waters in the Georgian era that brought about the great rebuilding of the city, giving us those gorgeous sun-soaked "Bath-stone" crescents, or semicircular streets.


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Chicago firefighters found a body of a man inside a burning garage early Thursday morning, police said.
Police have opened a death investigation and detectives were called to the scene in the 2800 block of West 40th Street.
The fire was reported about 2:40 a.m., Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
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