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Vilocity 2.0 Released by Nuwave
March 17, 2015
The article on Virtual Strategy Magazine titled NuWave Enhances their Vilocity Analytic Framework with Release of Vilocity 2.0 Update promotes the upgraded framework as a mixture of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery. The ability to interface across both of these tools as well as include components from both in a single dashboard makes this a very useful program, with capabilities such as exporting to Microsoft to create slideshows, pre-filter and the ability to choose sections of a page and print across both frameworks. The article explains,
"The voices of our Vilocity customers were vital in the Vilocity 2.0 release and we value their input," says Rob Castle, NuWave's Chief Technology Officer… The most notable Vilocity deployment NuWave has done is for the U.S. Army EMDS Program. From deployment and through continuous support NuWave has worked closely with this client to communicate issues and identify tools that could improve Vilocity. The Vilocity 2.0 release is a culmination of NuWave's desire for their clients to be successful."
It looks like they have found a way to make Endeca useful. Users of the Vilocity Analytic framework will be able to find answers to the right questions as well as make new discoveries. The consistent look and feel of both systems should aid users in getting used to them, and making the most of their new platform.
Chelsea Kerwin, March 17, 2014
Stephen E Arnold, Publisher of CyberOSINT at www.xenky.com
EMC: Another Information Sideshow in the Spotlight
January 31, 2015
An information sideshow is enterprise software that presents itself as the motor, transmission, and differential for the organization. Get real. The main enterprise applications are accounting, database management systems, sales management, and systems that manage real stuff (ERP, PLM, etc.)
Applications that purport to manage Web content or organize enterprise wide information and data are important but the functions concern overhead positions except in publishing companies and similar firms.
Since the Web became everyone's passport to becoming an expert online professional, Web content management systems blossomed and flamed out. Anyone using Broadvision or Sagemaker?
Documentum is a content management system. It is mandated or was mandated as the way to provide information to support the antics of the Food and Drug Administration and some other regulated sectors. The money from FDA's blessing does not mean that Documentum is in step with today's digital demands. In fact, for some applications, systems like Documentum are good for the resellers and integrators. Users often have a different point of view. Do you love OpenText, MarkLogic, and other proprietary content management systems? Remember XyVision?
Several years ago, I had a fly over of a large EMC Documentum project. When I was asked to take a look, a US government entity had been struggling for three years to get a Documentum system up and running. I think one of the resellers and consultants was my old pal IBM, which sells its own content management systems, by the way. At the time I was working with the Capitol Police (yep, another one of those LE entities that few people know much about). Think investigation.
I poked around the system, reviewed some US government style documentation, and concluded that in process system would require more investment and time to get up and toddling, not walking, mind you, just toddling. I bailed and worked on projects that sort of really worked mostly in other governmental entities.
After that experience, I realized that "content management" was a bit of a charade, not to different from Web servers and enterprise search. The frenzy for Web stuff made it easy for vendors of proprietary systems to convince organizations to buy bespoke, proprietary content management systems. Wow.
The outfits that are in the business of creating content know about editorial policies. Licensees of content management systems often do not. But publishing expertise is irrelevant to many 20 somethings, failed webmasters, self appointed experts, and confused people looking for a source of money.
The world is chock a block with content management systems. But there is a difference today, and the shift from proprietary systems to open source systems puts vendors of proprietary systems in a world of sales pain. For some outfits, CMS means SharePoint (heaven help me).
For other companies CMS means open source CMS systems. No license fees. No restrictions on changes. But CMS still requires expensive ministrations from CMS experts. Just like enterprise search.
I read "EMC Reports Mixed Results, Fingers Axe: Reduction in Force Planned." For me this passage jumped out of the article:
The Unified Backup and Recovery segment includes mid-range VNX arrays and it had a storming quarter too, with 2,000 new VNX customers. VCE also added a record number of new customers. RSA grew at a pedestrian rate in the quarter, four per cent year-on-year with the Information Intelligence Group (Documentum, etc) declining eight per cent; this product set has never shone.
So, an eight percent decline. Not good. Like enterprise search, this proprietary content management product has a long sales cycle and after six months of effort, the client may decide to use an open source solution. Joomla anyone? My hunch is that the product set will emit as many sparklies as the soot in my fireplace chimney.
CMS is another category of software for which cyber OSINT method points the way to the future. Automated systems capture what humans do and operate on that content automatically. Allowing humans to index, tag, copy, date, and perform other acts of content violence leads to findability chaos.
In short, EMC Documentum is going to face some tough months. Drupal anyone?
Stephen E Arnold, January 31, 2015
Attivio Highlights Content Intake Issues
November 4, 2014
I read "Digesting Ingestion." The write up is important because it illustrates how vendors with roots in traditional information retrieval like Attivio are responding to changing market demands.
The article talks about the software required to hook a source like a Web page or a dynamic information source to a content processing and search system. Most vendors provide a number of software widgets to handle frequently encountered file types; for example, Microsoft Word content, HTML Web pages, and Adobe PDF documents. However, when less frequently encountered content types are required, a specialized software widget may be required.
Attivio states:
There are a number of multiplicative factors to consider from the perspective of trying to provide a high-quality connector that works across all versions of a source:
· The source software version, including patches, optional modules, and configuration
· Embedded or required 3rd party software (such as a relational database), including version, patches, optional modules and configuration
· Hardware and operating system version, including patches, optional modules, and configuration
· Throughput/capacity of the repository APIs
· Throughput/capacity and ability to operate in parallel.
This is useful information. In a real world example, Attivio reports that a number of other factors can come into play. These range from lacking appropriate computing resources to corrupt data that connectors send to the exception folder and my favorite Big Data.
Attivio is to be credited for identifying these issues. Search-centric vendors have to provide solutions to these challenges. I would point out that there are a number of companies that have leapfrogged search-centric approaches to high volume content intake.
These new players, not the well known companies providing search solutions, are the next generation in information access solutions. Watch for more information about automated collection and analysis of Internet accessible information and the firms redefining information access.
Stephen E Arnold, November 4, 2014
ArnoldIT Search Requirements Video
October 26, 2014
The goslings continue to experiment with short videos. The most recent on is about enterprise search requirements. The four minute YouTube program hits some highlights about the perilous process of licensing an enterprise search system. The video is located at http://bit.ly/1qx87yr.
Donald C Anderson, October 26, 2014
Even Content Marketers React to Pay to Play Allegation
August 18, 2014
I find CMS Wire quite interesting. A number of the articles are by consultants and some seem quite vendor centric. In general, it is a useful way to keep track of what's hot and what's not in the world of content management. Like knowledge management or anything with the word "management" in its moniker, I am not sure what these disciplines embrace. Like the equally fuzzy notion of predicative analytics, I find that the aura of meaning often at odds with reality. Whether it is the failure of certain professionals to "predict" problems with the caliphate or whether it focuses on predicting which start up with be the next big thing, the here and now are often slippery, surprising, and, at times, baffling.
Not in "How Vendors learn to Play the Gartner Game." This is a darned good write up and it introduces a bound phrase I find intellectually satisfying: "the Gartner Game." I understand Scrabble and checkers. More sophisticated games are beyond my ken. I am not able to play the Gartner Game, but I can enjoy certain aspects of it.
The article explains the game clearly:
Now, in fairness, just because someone gives you a wad of cash — even in the form of extra business — it's no guarantee you'll write something favorable. Trust me on this: Back when news was still reported in daily papers and reporters were wooed with more insincerity than a contestant on The Bachelor, it was customary for sources to send gifts.
My own brush with Gartner-like firms was a bit different. I did not expect to see a report with my name on sold on Amazon from late 2012 to July 2014. Why? I provided content/research to IDC, a Gartner competitor. IDC took the information, created reports, and sold those reports. I received no contract. No sales reports. When one of the documents turned up on Amazon, I realized that an IDC expert named Schubmehl was surfing on my work.
I wrote a short commentary about the apparent erosion of certain business practices. In that article, I found a thread connecting the HP problem with the post office, the Google executive's brush with heroin and a female not involved in Kolmogorov analyses, and IDC's Schubmehl. In each case, executives made decisions that probably seemed really good at the time. Over time, the decisions proved to be startling. I mean the post office and postage. Horrific. I mean the Google wizard who ended up dead on a yacht while his wife took care of the kids. Professionally clumsy. I mean an "expert" who writes reports taking another person's information and using it to close information centric deals.
I don't know much about the world of mid tier consulting firms. I worked for a number of years at a pretty good outfit, Booz, Allen & Hamilton. I did some work for other consulting firms as well. I do not recall a single instance of a failure to pay postage, a colleague flat lining from heroin, or a professional on our team using another's work or name to make professional hay.
None of these actions surprise me. I am getting older and I suppose I am able to cruise forward in Harrod's Creek without worrying about the situational decisions that produce some interesting business situations. Exciting stuff this world of mid tier consulting and the unbounded scope of action some executives enjoy. Wow. Postage, heroin, and using another's name to look informed. Amazing.
I will expand on this notion of "loose governance" in one of my columns. This notion of "governance" is an intriguing topic in knowledge management.
As Einstein said:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Stephen E Arnold, August 15, 2014
Are HP, Google and IDC "Out of Square"?
August 2, 2014
Editor's note: These three companies are involved in search and content processing. The opinion piece considers the question, "Is management unable to ensure standard business processes working in some businesses today?" Links have been inserted to open source information that puts some of the author's comments in context. Comments about this essay may be posted using the Comments function for this blog.
Forgetting to Put Postage on Lots of Letters
I read "HP to Pay $32.5 Million to Settle Claims of Overbilling USPS." (Keep in mind you may have to pony up some cash to access this article. Mr. Murdoch needs cash to buy more media properties. Do your part!)
The main point of the story, told by "real" journalists, is that the company failed "to comply with pricing terms." The "real" news story asserts:
The DOJ also alleged H-P made misrepresentations during the negotiation of the contract with the USPS regarding its pricing and its plans to ensure it would provide the required most favored customer pricing.
I suppose any company can overlook putting postage on an envelope. When that happened to me in my day of snail mail activity, my local postmistress Claudette would give me a call and I would go to the Harrod's Creek post office and buy a stamp.
I am no big time manager, but I understood that snail mail required a stamp. If you are a member of the House or Senate, the rules are different, but even the savvy Congressperson makes sure the proper markings appear on the absolutely essential missives.
My mind, which I admit is not as agile as it was when I worked at Halliburton Nuclear Utility Services, drew a dotted line between this seemingly trivial matter of goofing on an administrative procedure and the fantastic events still swirling around Hewlett Packard's purchase of Autonomy, a vendor of search and content processing software.
A number of questions flapped slowly across my mind:
- Is HP management becoming careless with trivial matters like paying $11 billion for a company generating about $800 million in revenue and forgetting to pay the US post office?
- Is the thread weaving together such HP events as the mobile operating system affair, the HP tablet, the fumbling of the Alta Vista opportunity, and the apparent administrative goofs like the Autonomy purchase and this alleged postage stamp licking flawed administrative processes?
- What does the stamp sticking, Autonomy litigating, and alleged eavesdropping say about the company's "git 'er done" approach?
The attitude may apply to confident senior managers with incentives to produce revenue. Image source: http://profileengine.com/groups/profile/420722222/larry-the-cable-guy-for-president
I don't think too much about Hewlett Packard. I do wonder if HP is an isolated actor or if companies with search interests are focusing on priorities that seem to be orthogonal to what I understand to be appropriate corporate behavior. One isolated event is highly suggestive.
But what do similar events suggest? In this short essai, I want to summarize two events. Both of these are interesting. For me, I see a common theme connecting the HP stamp licking and the two macro events. The glue fixing these in my mind is what seems to be a failure of management to pay attention to details.
But first, let's go back in time for a modest effort penned by Edmund Spenser.
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Changing of the Guard at Attensity
April 13, 2014
Attensity provides social analytics and engagement applications for customer relationship management. Their former CEO, J. Kirsten Bay, has left to take the helm of ISC8, a provider of intelligent cyber solution technologies. Street Insider gives the details in their story, "ISC8 Announces CEO Succession."
The article begins:
"Succeeding Mr. Joll as President and CEO is J. Kirsten Bay, who has joined ISC8 effective March 19, 2014. Kirsten was most recently President and CEO of Attensity Group, a Big Data analytics enterprise software and services company specializing in customer experience management and corporate intelligence, where she restructured the company improving both operating revenue and margin."
Will this be a moment of growth or turmoil for Attensity? The newest Attensity CEO is Howard Lau, who has connections to SAP and some investment firms. As a venture capitalist, Mr. Lau brings a different emphasis and expertise to Attensity, which might signal a shift.
Emily Rae Aldridge, April 13, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
CIOs to Gain New Roles and New Pressures
April 10, 2014
If you are a CIO, you probably already know that life isn't what it was when you started. If, however, you dream of being a CIO, it may help to look into a crystal ball to better understand what the job will look like. Chances are, it isn't what you think, as we learned from a Computer World article, "CIOs Must Become Technology Consultants." http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247121/CIOs_Must_Become_Technology_Consultants
According to the story:
"It's now contingent upon the new CIO to make the technology sales pitches, not receive them. The new CIO must show how IT services can help business leaders become better within their particular operations, as well as how a cross-departmental, holistic approach raises the tide and lifts all boats. The new CIO must advise and assist on technology adoption, not give orders and mandates."
This seems a little parental to us, but overall practical. The job is changing. In fact, CIO Insight recently reported that the role will change drastically by 2018. http://www.cioinsight.com/it-news-trends/slideshows/how-the-cios-role-will-change-by-2018.html One of the most interesting was "An Increased Vulnerability to Knowledgeable Insiders." This means, among other things, CIOs must now be detectives. The role of CIO is among the most important in any company, so expect the role to change and the responsibilities to only grow more serious.
Patrick Roland, April 10, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
US Government Content Processing: A Case Study
March 24, 2014
I know that the article "Sinkhole of Bureaucracy" is an example of a single case example. Nevertheless, the write up tickled my funny bone. With fancy technology, USA.gov, and the hyper modern content processing systems used in many Federal agencies, reality is stranger than science fiction.
This passage snagged my attention:
inside the caverns of an old Pennsylvania limestone mine, there are 600 employees of the Office of Personnel Management. Their task is nothing top-secret. It is to process the retirement papers of the government's own workers. But that system has a spectacular flaw. It still must be done entirely by hand, and almost entirely on paper.
One of President Obama's advisors is quote as describing the manual operation as "that crazy cave."
And the fix? The article asserts:
That failure imposes costs on federal retirees, who have to wait months for their full benefit checks. And it has imposed costs on the taxpayer: The Obama administration has now made the mine run faster, but mainly by paying for more fingers and feet. The staff working in the mine has increased by at least 200 people in the past five years. And the cost of processing each claim has increased from $82 to $108, as total spending on the retirement system reached $55.8 million.
One of the contractors operating the system is Iron Mountain. You may recall that this outfit has a search system and caught my attention when Iron Mountain sold the quite old Stratify (formerly Purple Yogi automatic indexing system to Autonomy).
My observations:
- Many systems have a human component that managers ignore, do not know about, or lack the management horsepower to address. When search systems or content processing systems generate floods of red ink, human processes are often the culprit
- The notion that modern technology has permeated organizations is false. The cost friction in many companies is directly related to small decisions that grow like a snowball rolling down a hill. When these processes reach the bottom, the mess is no longer amusing.
- Moving significant information from paper to a digital form and then using those data in a meaningful way to answer questions is quite difficult.
Do managers want to tackle these problems? In my experience, keeping up appearances and cost cutting are more important than old fashioned problem solving. In a recent LinkedIn post I pointed out that automatic indexing systems often require human input. Forgetting about those costs produces problems that are expensive to fix. Simple indexing won't bail out the folks in the cave.
Stephen E Arnold, March 24, 2014
Stephen E Arnold, March 24, 2014
IBM Leads in Report on Perceived Capability
March 14, 2014
The article on Bloomberg BusinessWeek titled IBM Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Business Consulting Services explains the 2014 Worldwide Business Consulting 2014 Vendor Assessment report measuring client feedback by IDC Marketscape. Using their vendor analysis model IDC studies data to provide information on where a business stands in relation to other business in the same field. The report studied worldwide client perception of 600 of IDC's clients. The article explains,
"IBM is "seen as the most capable of all firms at delivering value-creating innovation and driving innovation through an organization" when compared to other firms worldwide…."We are seeing that new models of engagement are reshaping the front-office agenda. Â Soon there will be no distinction between business strategy and the use of data," said Sarah Diamond, general manager, IBM Global Business Services. "The IDC MarketScape report reinforces the need for a first-of-a-kind consulting practice such as IBM Interactive Experience to innovate client experience."
Does pay to play delivers what IBM wants and needs? IBM credits their focused office approach and use of data and analytics for their client's positive response. Clearly the survey indicates that IBM enjoys an excellent reputation for customer service. This praise for IBM's consulting services comes as no huge surprise.
Chelsea Kerwin, March 14, 2014
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Soldiers leave state; most never return
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield discusses local soldiers leaving Oxford during the Civil War and head toward the battlefield. (May 6, 2011, Page 2B)
Lamar Rifles, University Greys ready to march
The University Greys and Lamar Rifles left Oxford to join other Southern troops in the Civil War on May 1, 1861, and one of their biggest worries was the war being over before they got a chance to fight. Local historian Jack Lamar Mayfield takes a closer look at the two companies that included local soldiers, examining some of their thoughts and movements early in the war. (April 29, 2011, Page 3B)
Local Civil War troops get marching orders
Columnist and local historian Jack Lamar Mayfield remembers the 150th anniversary of when the first two volunteer units from the University of Mississippi received their marching orders during the Civil War. (April 22, 2011, Page 2B)
The Grove: 'The loveliest landscape in the state'
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield takes us back to the days when real tailgating went on in The Grove — when cars parked on the grass and food and drinks were stuffed into the trunks. Read about how The Grove kept Ole Miss in Oxford in today's Oxford Living. (April 15, 2011, Page 2B)
The Downtown Grill passes into the history of Oxford
Historian Jack Lamar Mayfield pays tribute to the Downtown Grill, which is closing this weekend after 22 years in Oxford. (April 8, 2011, Page 2B)
Veterans gives reasons why South failed
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield continues this week with sharing with us the thoughts of Civil War veteran Thomas P. Buford as to why the South lost the "War between the States." (April 1, 2011, Page 2B)
Local veteran lists cause of war
Columnist and historian Jack Lamar Mayfield shows us the Civil War through the words of one who was there. (March 25, 2011, Page 2B)
The banner presentation to the Lamar Rifles
Columnist and historian Jack Lamar Mayfield tells about the banner that seven young ladies presented to The Lamar Rifles in 1861. The bright banner was made on white silk and was 8 feet long. (March 18, 2011, Page 2B)
Young ladies of Oxford honor the Lamar Rifles
Columnist and historian Jack Lamar Mayfield spends time this week taking us back 150 years ago when a grand parade was held to welcome the Jeff Davis Rifles. (March 11, 2011, Page 3B)
The Lafayette Guards are first to go off to war
Historian Jack Lamar Mayfield tells us about the first unit to leave Oxdford to fight in the Civil War . The Lamar Guard was formed in 1860. They left Oxford in 1861 where they would fight in Pensacola, Fla. and in North Carolina. (March 4, 2011, Page 2B)


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Few clues in 1990 Terrace homicide
It didn't pan out.
Tia Hicks was killed in the south county city in 1990. She was 20. Her death remains unsolved.
The Seattle P.I. wrote a lengthy series involving the case in 2003. You can find that coverage and photos here.
Last week, The Oregonian published a story about a convicted murderer in Portland-area cases who's getting out soon.
The man, Scott William Cox, once was someone whose name came up in the Hicks case, the newspaper reported. The case predates The Herald's online archives so we can't direct you to our coverage from back in the day.
Police around the region have been comparing notes in cold cases in case something connects to Cox, Mountlake Terrace police Cmdr. Don Duncan said last week.
"We don't have much evidence in that case," he said. "At this time we have found nothing to connect this person to our cold case homicide here."
The Hicks case is the city's only known unsolved killing, Duncan said.
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Union beaten in overtime at home by Lake Superior State
SCHENECTADY – Stephen Perfetto's goal on a shot from the right wing boards near his team's bench at 1:16 of overtime was the difference as Lake Superior State beat Union College 6-5 Friday night at Messa Rink. [Read More]
Union gets first victory of season, 5-2 over Bowling Green
SCHENECTADY — Freshman Michael Pontarelli scored two of Union's four power-play goals in a 5-2 victory over Bowling Green tonight at Messa Rink. [Read More]
Union skates to 3-3 tie with Bowling Green
SCHENECTADY – Union College played well in spurts in its season opener against Bowling Green, but a rough second period cost the Dutchmen a chance at a victory before the teams settled for a 3-3 tie tonight at Messa Rink. [Read More]
Albany's struggles continue with 3-2 loss to Rochester
ALBANY — Third-period goals by Cody McCormick and Mark Mancari lifted Rochester to a 3-2 victory over the Albany Devils today at Times Union Center. Goals by David Wohlberg and Mike Sislo staked Albany to a 2-1 lead heading into the third period. [Read More]
Rochester rallies for 3-2 shootout win over Devils
ALBANY – The momentum gained by a late third period rally carried into the overtime shootout as Rochester knocked off the Albany Devils 3-2 Sunday afternoon in the Times Union Center. Rochester trailed 2-0 with eight minutes to play in the third period but tied the game keyed by a pair of special teams goals […] [Read More]
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Take a break in this beautiful 3 bedrooms duplex apartment located on the Port area. This flat offers an an entrance, a full equipped separate kitchen, a living room with dining area, 3 double bed bedrooms, a bathroom, a shower room, 2 large terraces of 50sq.m each, balcony, air conditioning everywhere, wifi, parking slot. The old town is at 5 minutes by walk
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Washington Legislative Vacancies, SJR 24 (1968)
The Washington Handling Legislative Vacancies Amendment, also known as Senate Joint Resolution 24, was on the November 5, 1968 ballot in Washington as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure defined the qualifications necessary for an appointment to fill a vacancy in state or country offices.[1] The measure amended Section 15 of Article II and Section 6 of Article XI of the Washington State Constitution.[2]
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|Washington SJR 24 (1968)
Election results via: Washington Secretary of State
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|Shall the State Constitution be amended to provide for filling vacancies in legislative or partisan county elective offices as follows: (1) the county commissioners of the county affected shall appoint a person from the same legislative, county or county commissionaer district and political party as the officer whose office has been vacated; (2) On failure of the county commissioners to so appoint within sixty days, the governor shall within thirty days appoint a person similarly qualified?[3]
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- Washington Vacancies in State Legislature, SJR 14 (1956)
- Washington Vacancies in Office, HJR 4206 (2003)
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- State of Washington 1968 Voters Pamphlet & Local Voters Pamphlet
- Washington State Constitution
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of the Secretary of State, "1968 Voters Pamphlet," accessed August 27, 2013
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UNWIRED E-MED: the next generation of wireless and internet telemedicine systemsPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 189 - 193
Cited by: Papers (8)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (59 KB)
The movement of telemedicine to wireless and mobile Internet applications is imminent in the next few years. This migration from desktop platforms to wireless and mobile configurations will have a significant impact on future healthcare delivery systems and their globalization. Recent telecommunications and biomedical computing advances will significantly enhance the current methodologies of telemedicine and telecare systems. This editorial will present some of the evolutionary issues and important aspects that have to be considered in developing technologies for the next generation of Internet and third generation of mobile systems geared for future telemedical applications. These will provide new dimensions to existing medical services and areas of outreach that are not possible with the current generation that will have tremendous impact on how healthcare delivery will be shaped for the 21st century. View full abstract»
Guest editorial special issue on mobile telemedicine and telehealth systemsPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 194| | PDF (8 KB)
Construction of a regional telementoring network for endoscopic surgery in JapanPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 195 - 199
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This paper introduces a regional telementoring network for endoscopic surgery in Japan. The telecommunication center was established at Osaka University and it has been operational since 1997 using six ISDN B-channels. The network, composed of five remote hospitals, aimed at tele-educating young surgeons in constituent hospitals, was applied not only to tele-education in routine endoscopic surgery, but also to telementoring in advanced operations. As the significance of telementoring in surgery has been gradually recognized, several networks following our model are now under consideration in other areas of Japan. Although there remain several problems with the wide and general propagation of telesurgery, such as the expenditure and privacy protection, it will be beneficial to prevent professional isolation to share the limited resources of surgical experts, and it is expected to contribute to patients receiving advanced surgical therapies. View full abstract»
Optimal zonal wavelet-based ECG data compression for a mobile telecardiology systemPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 200 - 211
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A new integrated design approach for an optimal zonal wavelet-based ECG data compression (OZWC) method for a mobile telecardiology model is presented. The hybrid implementation issues of this wavelet method with a GSM-based mobile telecardiology system are also introduced. The performance of the mobile system with compressed ECG data segments selected from the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database is evaluated in terms of bit error rate (BER), percent rms difference (PRD), and visual clinical inspection. The compression performance analysis of the OZWC is compared with another wavelet-based (Discrete Symmetric Wavelet Compression) approach. The optimal wavelet algorithm achieved a maximum compression ratio of 18:1 with low PRD ratios. The mobile telemedical simulation results show the successful compressed ECG transmission at speeds of 100 (km/h) with BER rates of less than 10/sup -15/, providing a 73% reduction in total mobile transmission time with clinically acceptable reconstruction of the received signals. This approach will provide a framework for the design and functionality issues of GSM-based wireless telemedicine systems with wavelet compression techniques and their future integration for the next generation of mobile telecardiology systems. View full abstract»
A Web-based TelePACS using an asymmetric satellite systemPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 212 - 215
Cited by: Papers (6) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (296 KB)
We have developed a WWW-based TelePACS that can access every permitted PACS server via the Internet. Java programming techniques were used to implement the system, which can access and retrieve medical information and images through Web browsers such as netscape without specific tools. We also have developed a consolidator that performs as a manager to connect a conventional PACS server to a Web-based TelePACS server. We have developed the asymmetric satellite data communication system (ASDCS) as a fast communication system. The ASDCS uses a receive-only satellite link for data delivery and a terrestrial network for control communication. In conclusion, we were able to develop a cost-effective and fast PACS using Web technology. Web technology expanded the scope of use for a dedicated PACS from intrahospital to public use. View full abstract»
Detection of multiple sclerosis with visual evoked potentials - an unsupervised computational intelligence systemPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 216 - 224
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This paper describes the application of a novel unsupervised pattern recognition system to the classification of the visual evoked potentials (VEPs) of normal and multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The method combines a traditional statistical feature extractor with a fuzzy clustering method, all implemented in a parallel neural network architecture. The optimization routine, ALOPEX, is used to train the network while decreasing the livelihood of local solutions. The unsupervised system includes a feature extraction and clustering module, trained by the optimization routine ALOPEX. Through maximization of the output variance of each node, and an architecture which excludes redundancy, the feature extraction network retains the most significant Karhunen-Loeve expansion vectors. The clustering module uses a modification to the fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering algorithms, where ALOPEX adjusts a set of cluster centers to minimize an objective error function. The result combines the power of the FCM algorithms with the advantage of a more global solution from ALOPEX. The new pattern recognition system is used to cluster the VEPs of 13 normal and 12 MS subjects. The classification with this technique can, without supervision, separate the patient population into two groups which largely correspond to the MS and control subject groups. A suitable threshold can be chosen so that the recognizer chooses no false negatives. The use of multiple stimulation patterns appears to improve the reliability of the decision. The reasoning of most neural networks in their decision making cannot easily be extracted upon the completion of training. However, due to the linearity of the network nodes, the cluster prototypes of this unsupervised system can be reconstructed to illustrate the reasoning of the system. In this application, this analysis hints at the usefulness of previously unused portions of the VEP in detecting MS. It also indicates a possible use of the system as a training aide. View full abstract»
A family competition evolutionary algorithm for automated docking of flexible ligands to proteinsPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 225 - 237
Cited by: Papers (3)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (469 KB)
We study an evolutionary algorithm for flexible ligand docking. Based on family competition and adaptive rules, the proposed approach consists of global and local strategies by integrating decreasing mutations and self-adaptive mutations. To demonstrate the robustness of the proposed approach, we apply it to the problems of the first international contests on evolutionary optimization. Following the description of function optimization, our approach is applied to a dihydrofolate reductase enzyme with the anti-cancer drug methotrexate and with two analogs of the antibacterial drug trimethoprim. Our numerical results indicate that the proposed approach is robust. The docked lowest energy structures have rms derivations ranging from 0.72 A to 1.98 A with respect to the corresponding crystal structure. View full abstract»
Simulated generation of evoked potentials components using networks with distinct excitatory and inhibitory neuronsPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 238 - 246| | Quick Abstract | PDF (198 KB)
Long latency evoked potentials (EPs) are electrical potentials related to brain information processing mechanisms. A three-layered neurophysiologically based artificial neural network model is presented whose neurons obey to Dale's law. The first two layers of the network can memorize and recall sparsely coded patterns, oscillating at biologically plausible frequencies. Excitatory low-pass filtering synapses, from the second to the third layer, create evoked current dipoles, when the network retrieves memories related to stimuli. Based on psychophysiological indications, simulated intracranial dipoles are straightforwardly transformed into long latency EP components such as N/sub 100/ and P/sub 300/ that match laboratory-measured scalp EPs. View full abstract»
Application of an object-oriented programming paradigm in three-dimensional computer modeling of mechanically active gastrointestinal tissuesPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 247 - 258
Cited by: Papers (7) | Patents (1)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (490 KB)
The aim of this study was to develop a novel three-dimensional (3-D) object oriented modeling approach incorporating knowledge of the anatomy, electrophysiology, and mechanics of externally stimulated excitable gastrointestinal (GI) tissues and emphasizing the "stimulus-response" principle of extracting the modeling parameters. The modeling method used clusters of class hierarchies representing GI tissues from three perspectives: 1) anatomical; 2) electrophysiological; and 3) mechanical. We elaborated on the first four phases of the object-oriented system development life-cycle: 1) analysis; 2) design; 3) implementation; and 4) testing. Generalized cylinders were used for the implementation of 3-D tissue objects modeling the cecum, the descending colon, and the colonic circular smooth muscle tissue. The model was tested using external neural electrical tissue excitation of the descending colon with virtual implanted electrodes and the stimulating current density distributions over the modeled surfaces were calculated. Finally, the tissue deformations invoked by electrical stimulation were estimated and represented by a mesh-surface visualization technique. View full abstract»
An adaptive 3-D discrete cosine transform coder for medical image compressionPublication Year: 2000 , Page(s): 259 - 263
Cited by: Papers (17) | Patents (3)| | Quick Abstract | PDF (183 KB)
A new three-dimensional (3-D) discrete cosine transform (DCT) coder for medical images is presented. In the proposed method, a segmentation technique based on the local energy magnitude is used to segment subblocks of the image into different energy levels. Then, those subblocks with the same energy level are gathered to form a 3-D cuboid. Finally, 3-D DCT is employed to compress the 3-D cuboid individually. Simulation results show that the reconstructed images achieve a bit rate lower than 0.25 bit per pixel even when the compression ratios are higher than 35. As compared with the results by JPEG and other strategies, it is found that the proposed method achieves better qualities of decoded images. View full abstract»
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At Geneva Lutheran we value families being together in worship. We spend much of our week divided and rushed, and look forward to the pace of worship and sharing sacred rituals with our children. Practicing faith together makes families stronger. There are 'busy bags' and a chapel space at the back of the Sanctuary where our newly mobile members can move freely while still being in a special space. We also have a staffed nursery (**NEW**) for our wiggliest worshippers (12-36 months).
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I think it is a massive error of judgement by all concerned. It does not in the least reflect any design values that belong to London, and instead looks like the Olympic organisation is breaking up/smashed
It goes without saying that this is one of the premier commisions any designer could ever want, and is a travisty to the design talent that exists in the UK (london).
Can anyone be positive about this?
Hmm, can't say I like it very much.
On their website the logo is explaned:
"The new Olympic emblem is based on the number 2012 - the year the Games take place and includes the Olympic Rings and the word London." – I didn't see the numbers at first!
Apparently there are four colour versions of the logo, pink, blue, green and orange.
And more:
"Launching the brand at the Roundhouse in North London, London 2012 Chair Seb Coe said: "London 2012 will be 'Everyone's Games', everyone's 2012. This is the vision at the very heart of our brand."
Working in the Branding industry I cannot help but feel that this logo is a real let down. Years are spent on the bidding process and pitching phases with regards to just hosting the games.
I remember an article by Bruno Maag in creative review about the importance of the olympics and how it should be treated with more respect. The Olympic games is a worldwide event and is a chance for countries to basically tell the world a little about themselves, their attitudes, their beliefs, their tradition, in an exciting way.
I can understand what the logo is trying to do, trying to appeal to the younger generation by using the graffitti look and the bright colours but further than this it really seems to miss the whole point.
The logo is just the tip of the ice berg, it is a mark that is used to farmiliarise people with the brand. Below this there is a need for marketing, advertising, print material, films and novelty items such as flags, leaflets etc. If this is the standard that will dictate the design of these elements then I can only hope they take into consideration and try to understand a little of where the rest of the british people are coming from.
You can view the film here and some of the people own designs are quite interesting.
the mark itself is kind of an interesting 'tangram' play on the year, but it's so GENERIC... it seems like they were waiting to see what city would be awarded the games, and they would plug in the name in as non-descipt a manner as possible.
oh well. there's always 2016.
No the logo has beeen designed in the last year, to replace the bid logo.
In addition to my earlier rant, I understand the goals of the bid, 'everyones London' everybody getting off their backsides and getting motivated to become active and healthy.
The brand films are in fact quite good, its just the aesthetic of the logo is very very poor, and for that there is no excuse.
PS. On other websites, people are saying it looks like Lisa Simpson perferming oral sex! - The '0' and second '2'
Maybe it's purely coincidental, but I immediately got a brit-punk vibe from it:
Is it appropriate? I dunno. But different. Sometimes different is good.
EDIT: and now after watching the video, I get a brit-new-wave vibe.
I thought the video was great. I'm liking the logo now. It's definitely different. I think that's a good thing. I think it definitely has a london vibe to it. Slightly retro, but updated.
Lisa Simpson? Omg! Well, I didn't recognize the ciphers either—what I saw was rather some moustached villain in a trenchcoat wth turned-up collars, who sprang from the Maus comic, with London on his mind.
@ aluminium: The colors say Sex Pistols, not The Clash. ;)
You've got to be kidding. It's amazing how much the logos change from the bid to the actual games logo. Why not keep the same identity?
Lot of very unhappy Londoners...
I heard the lisa simpson thing also.
Its trying to be New-Rave, so some trendy young hoxtonite has jammed the current musical influences into the design. Don't hate it but doesn't say much about London, England, or the olympics, it just seems stylized towards a current musical scene which is particular to here (london).
It's bollocks.
Number five is pretty good: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6719747.stm
It's a stinker. It looks, well, 80s-looking; it's just naff. I bet the design brief said 'must look vibrant and appealing'. I have to admit that I thought the Thames 'ribbon' bid logo was as bad as it got. Ouch.
Well, not everything can be a portfolio piece!
First thoughts - awful.
I kept looking at it and then saw the jagged 2012 numerals. A bit less awful.
It seems to be breaking up. Fragmented, choppy, sharp, what's the point of the offset yellow drop shadow?
I loved the Evolution of Man graphic at the bottom of number 5!
Please tell me you're kidding ... the number "five" I see (pasted below) is positively hideous -- and insanely unusable as a logo.
I think it looks like sh*t.. looks like a guy who´s just been shot in the stomach
The zero looks like Australia, no?
>It's bollocks.
whilst the logo should reflect contemporary London (which to some extent this does) it shouldn't lose sight of the city's heritage - and there is no trace of this in the logo. It smacks of '2007' NME culture - new rave, the Klaxons, glow sticks etc...
also has an unccany resemblance to the jagged interlocking shapes of the typeface used for the Arctic Monkeys recent 'Brianstorm' single:
of course i was kidding. it's horrible! (and i was joking about the evolution graphic at the bottom, too)
Number 11 Rules! (Referring to the alternates in the BBC article.)
The final mark takes a lot of risks, that the otherwise safe (too conservative) execution does not support it or payoff the risks and the result is bad. The "brand video" they produced is the most interesting piece, but the logo itself doesn't live up to it. The site design as a component of the whole brand picture is also a let down. The Duplo color palette is carried through, but because of the lack of interesting composition there's no connection to the energy in the video.
The London Olympics, as established by the logo and the brand site, is now a low budget, kids television program.
The brand video is at least a fine example of truth in advertising: in 2012 every aspect of London life is going to be frenetically invaded by the Olympics, and the logo is a good warning sign not to bother visiting London that year.
Come on people. Same thing every time with a big sports event. I remember the discussion about the 2006 world cup logo (football/soccer) in Germany. OK, it sucked. But. 11 designers stated they could do better. Well, actually most of them couldn't ImO. Come up with something better!
Same thing every time with a big sports event.
Sure there are some bad tourney logos out there, but it's the Summer Olympics! Home of amazing posters (Montréal), beautiful ID systems (Los Angeles) and this great little piece of iconography from Moscow. It's in Russian and more readable to me than the London caveman mark.
Founder, This Day in Type
Yeah. It looks Stalin OK. And if it hadn't been the Soviet Union then there would have been the same discussion going on. Posters and ID systems aren't Logos btw. Design a Logo for the London Olympics and post it!
Role over Wolff Olins.
Shame on you.
'This is the vision at the very heart of our brand'
(I will not be revoking this comment)
Oi, Jan. I have a solid rebuttal to everything you wrote, but it won't do either of us any good. The only thing I would like to point out for the record is that ID systems include logos.
Founder, This Day in Type
From the press release: "the new emblem is modern and will be dynamic, evolving in the years between now and 2012."
This makes me think there is more to the logo than we've seen. Could be interesting.
I don't think it's too horrible, aside from the fact I originally thought it was the red maple from the Canadian flag. Most of the alternatives on the BBC site were much worse (#1 could be great with a few touch-ups - 11 is fantastic, of course). Probably a product of design by committee. I can see scores of Olympics organizers weighing in with what they think is good design, the designers being pressured to comply, and the end result being an unsatisfying compromise for everyone.
What is the purpose of a logo?
>logo should be a dynamic, forward thinking summing up of London and its hosting of the Olympic games
– is that possible?
– is that desirable?
I am still on the fence about the logo, although it does make better sense having seen the motion graphics.
BTW Darrel – you probably already knew this but
Update for non-UK readers...
BBC TV news ran a piece hinting that the organisers are looking at a few tweaks.
In other words they are going to try and dig themselves out of a very large hole and change the thing?.
Someone mentioned Childrens TV. This was a logo for 'TISWAS' a Saturday morning kids TV show in the 70's.
gah! i say..who on earth designed it? and how in the name of heaven did they pass it off as a logo for the olympic games??!
Things like this cause a lot of disillusion in me.
Wolff Olins produced the logo/brand.
So, what typeface is being used and what do we all know about it?
Well, I posted a comment that was pretty damning of the London 2012 logo - and, although I could edit it, I'm going to let it stand even though I think I've made a mistake. Having lastnight seen how it conveys a sense of energy, I'm growing to like it! My gut feelings (see post above) were negative, but I really don't think companies such as Wolff Ollins get it wrong. I'm still really unsure of the supporting elements (the animated visual style is very 80s dance graphics), but I think the logo is already doing its job. I think the organisers will be pleased about the press and news prominience this has got - which I don't think would happen with a 'safe' logo which would likely go unnoticed. It's really going to start mattering in a few years time so to judge it now is really premature. The one thing that this logo is, is different - and that's pretty important.
I'm surprised at the almost unanimous hatred towards this mark.
Admittedely, from a typography standpoint, it's lacking, but as an overal logo and part of the larger ID system (including the motion graphics) I can't really argue against it. It seems to work.
There are bad logos, and then there are controversial logos. I think this is the latter. Not necessarily bad, but those that find it bad, REALLY find it bad and are quite loud about it.
A bland logo would have likely been a poorer solution, but ultimately would probably not have provoked that many folks to care as much about it.
"The one thing that this logo is, is different - and that's pretty important."
Well said.
This interesting Washington Post article on the logo reports a huge negative reaction in Britain to the logo.
Does being polarizing help in some way? I don't really know. I just can't imagine that having a majority of people instantly hate it was a goal. In that respect, at least, it has fallen short.
I actually really like the logo. It has an interesting energy. And I'm so glad it stayed away from cliché iconography like the Tube, Big Ben and the London Eye.
I'm sceptical about all this logo-hating. I believe we have a case of group-think happening. It's popular to dislike the logo and nobody wants to be unpopular.
Are there any blogs defending the logo?
But the author admittedly doesn't like the logo.
A local public access kids' show produced in Boston:
Good things about the logo:
Dynamic, energetic, upbeat, good balance--artistically very well executed.
Harmonizes with appealing and successful motion graphics. (It works as part of these better than on its own.)
Bad things:
Second 2 illegible. Serious problem.
Too self-conscious--draws attention to itself rather than the Olympic games.
Cut out + candy colors gives too child-like message for Olympic games (see Scott's post).
Trying too hard to be 'trendy' and just missing.
[edit:] In sum, for the purpose of promoting the Olympic Games, disconcertingly inappropriate, off-key, a sour note. Hence the reaction.
Again, in the cold light of day I still find it utterly objectionable.
I think it's hideous - I didn't read the 2012 at all. It looks like a sad older woman who's trying way too hard to look like she's still one of the kids.
But I don't think this is a case of logo-bashing. It's rare for these design-by-committee processes to actually yield anything with a lot of design integrity. There have been threads in praise of logos on this forum plenty of times, or threads where the opinion is more balanced.
I can't get the Lisa Simpson visual out of my mind... ouch.
Is the Moscow logo trying to imply that Muscovites have 5 testicles instead of the customary 2?
Besides, you really can't top this for SUPERCOOL Olympic graphics
My parents have an ashtray from that Olympics, and if they ever throw it away I will be forced to kill them.
We've just released our opinion on our website, plus our visual take on it: http://www.daltonmaag.com/news/61.html
Bruno Maag
I am mostly referring to the masses. I'm not surprised to see typographers and graphic designers spouting harsh critiques. We're an opinionated bunch and the logo is at first jarring. I agree completely with your design-by-committee comment. Very true.
I just believe there's an inherent danger in "unveiling" a new design. In doing so the logo is put on display, almost requesting a reaction. With this design being so unexpected, people will stick to their first impressions. I think that unveling the logo without the support of context and additional branding elements (motion graphics, systems, photogrpahy) makes it bound to not quite connect with people.
And then there's the culture issue. Londoners are certianly arguing over what cultural element is missing from the logo. This is why committees often ruin the design process. "We can't agree, so let's just use little abstract woodcut-style people holding hands in a circle."
Dalton Maag makes some very good points, and some very over the top ones.
In my opinion, the logo falls short because it doesn't communicate WELL, and it's unfortunate only because of the missed opportunity.
D-M hit it when they said that by trying to be trendy, Wolff Ollins (and the committee) trapped themselves into being dated. And by 2012, well, I imagine the designers will be thinking, "it SEEMED like a good idea..."
Goofy type treatments can be effective (Taco Bell got away with using Fajita for years), but they should be communicative.
But D-M's assertion that the Olympic logo will destroy British design credibility throughout the visually-literate world is a silly overstatement. And in the end, I think the public is going to worry a lot more about the 50-m sprint time than they will about four tangram shapes and some weak typography.