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Santelli Exposes The Gaping Hypocrisy Of The "Rubber-Stamping" PoliticiansSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/25/2013 14:57 -0400
Unfortunately for almost every politician in the US, the way-back machine is fully functional in our new technologically miraculous normal. These are "strange times," CNBC's Rick Santelli notes, as he begins to systemically destroy the credibility of all the gaping wide mouths of the politicians (on both sides of aisle) that doth protest too much over the debt-ceiling debate. Santelli is breathless in his rage at the hypocritical comments of the Democrats based on their views from 2006 (when "W" was in the White House) as they decried the "rubber-stamping" of fiscal irresponsibility (raising the debt ceiling) of the Republican Congress. His ire raises as he shines a light on Harry Reid (Dem.) and Charles Grassley (Rep.) among others.
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Summing It All Up In One CartoonSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/22/2013 15:56 -0400
"The new normal..."
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Rick Santelli Exposes The "Wimpy" EconomySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/20/2013 12:31 -0400
Earlier this week, we followed up the CBO's publication of its 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook with a chart that we believe should have been included. But what would Rick Santelli say? Only Rick would think to mix our debt projections with cheeseburgers and a magnifying glass. Here's his entertaining "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a cheeseburger today" take on our chart...
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Hilsenrath Spots "The 2016 Problem" Facing The FedSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/16/2013 14:45 -0400
As we warned here exactly one month ago, the tapering discussion may be merely a "sideshow to a previously undiscussed main event: the Fed's first forecast of 2016 interest rates." Now, the Fed's mouthpiece-at-large has decided we can handle the truth and the WSJ's John Hilsenrath explains the dilemma - The Fed's updated economic projections could show an economy that appears back to normal by 2016, but their projections of where short-term interest rates will be could show rates still quite low by then. Their challenge: How to justify the low interest-rate plan when their own estimates suggest an economy regaining its health. Crucially, Hilsenrath adds, as the economy improves, the Fed is trying to shift its emphasis from bond buying, which has uncertain costs and benefits, to the low-rate pledge. How will the Fed square an economy near full employment with a federal funds rate that remains historically low? "There is an inconsistency there," said John Taylor - apparently confirming what Rick Santelli asked before - "What is the Fed afraid of?"
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Santelli Rants Against The Intellectual Arrogance Of The "Intellectuals"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/13/2013 15:46 -0400
The American public is "just too darn stupid to get it." That is the message that CNBC's Rick Santelli hears from the mainstream media when discussing polls that suggest US citizens are against a rise in the debt ceiling. Perhaps, as he exclaims, "we should only poll the Harvard and Princeton professors," since they have such a good grasp of reality. But, it is the "giant leap of faith" that the Fed can really move unemployment and keep the economy humming along to support the level of equities that has the Chicagoan irate. Congress - listen up - he explodes, "70% of Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling, and 55% oppose it even if it means default." With the mid-terms not so far away, Santelli warns, "Americans know exactly what they want and they are not getting it from the current Congress."
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Santelli Blasts Bad-Jobs Bullish Market Response: "What Are We A Banana Republic?"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/06/2013 08:47 -0400
Bond yields snapped lower, equity prices surged higher, gold and silver prices ripped higher, and the USD snapped dramatically lower (as JPY surged) on the worse-than-expected payrolls print (and terrible downward revision). The sad reflection of bad-news-is-good-news reaction of US capital markets to this 'most important number in the world' is summed up perfectly by CNBC's Rick Santelli as he exclaims how sad this reaction is and asks "what are we a banana republic?" Well, yes, Rick, it appears we are...
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Santelli Rants On The Looming Auto Subprime-Loan CrisisSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 09/04/2013 20:39 -0400
With interest rates rising and now clearly weighing on the housing recovery (and affordability, as we noted earlier), many look at the extreme jumps in auto sales being pumped out today and worry that higher rates will impact that credit-fueled orgasm of optimism. While house price appreciation and belief in its linear extrapolation seemed to have prompted an inordinate amount of fed-funded credit-based car sales in the last month, the fact is that rates won't 'directly' affect car-buyers, since as CNBC's Rick Santelli exclaims, auto-loan rates are massively high already with millions paying high double-digit rates and terms are now as long at 97 months!! Simply put, with incomes stagnating, should we see any marginal impact on ability-to-pay or credit-availability (which will be affected by higher rates weighing on funding abilities - see below), then as Santelli concludes, watch out for these little words... "Auto Sub-prime loans."
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Chart Of The Day: Who Is Ben Bernanke Working For?Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/01/2013 15:16 -0400
Presented with little comment aside to ask (as Rick Santelli did a few months back)... just who is Ben Bernanke working for?
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The US Manufacturing Renaissance In (Perplexing) ContextSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 08/06/2013 13:53 -0400
As the following two charts show, despite the rest of the world being mired in an entirely lackadaisical muddle-through (in terms of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs), the US is representing itself as the new growth engine with an expanding and rising economy (if the 'recovery-is-right-around-the-corner' data is to be believed). Of course, we are hearing the term 'decoupling' and 'cleanest dirty shirt' once again (begging the question Rick Santelli has asked numerous times "so why not remove the Fed's training wheels") but we remind, there is never a decoupling in the highly interconnected global economy (and its stagnant trade volumes). Our simple question is, with all this dramatic divergence from the rest of the world, stagnant income growth, and anemic manufacturing job growth at best, how will the consumer-driven US sustain its exuberance?
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Santelli Rants "All Roads Lead To The Fed"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/05/2013 18:26 -0400
Day after day, CNBC's Rick Santelli hears analysts arguing how the economy is doing pretty well and that there is always some anecdotal fact that backs up their cognitively dissonant view with fundamentals. However, as Santelli asks (rhetorically), it always comes back to the same question, "if things are really that good, why do we still need the [Fed] training wheels on?" The answer is presumably obvious as actions ($85bn per month of POMO-provided liquidity to the 21 primary dealers) speak louder than analysts words (we promise recovery is just around the next corner.) While careful not to explicitly rebuff the exuberance of his channel's clients revenue-base, Santelli notes the oddly correlated relationship (that has time and again appeared in pixelated format on these very pages) between the Federal Reserve balance sheet and the ebbs and flows of the US equity market. As he concludes, the only (causal) transmission mechanism for the Fed's actions is via the primary dealers and implicitly the Fed is the entity that is goosing the stock market.
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Santelli Destroys The 'Yellen Is A Great Forecaster' MemeSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/29/2013 13:46 -0400
Much has been made this weekend of the WSJ story that Janet Yellen (and her dovish counterparts) have been so much more accurate as forecasters than the hawks on the FOMC in recent years. This along with pitting her against the asinine Larry Summers appears to create a shoe-in for 'damn-it-Janet' to take the helm as the new Maestro (or mistress?). But, as CNBC's Rick Santelli points out, it is ludicrous to proclaim a 'winner' based on inflation predictions, as transmission channels of the endless money-printing are jammed (and besides the models that predicted economic growth and new hiring from this 'spiking the punchbowl' have failed dismally). Simply put, Santelli analogizes, "the Cubs haven't won the World Series in a century, but if I poll all of the players/managers and see which predicted we wouldn't win the World Series; and whoever guessed that right, we will make them the manager, does that guarantee me that next year we're going to win the World Series?" The bottom-line, unless GDP shows sustainable growth, the rest is just a "silly discussion."
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80% Of US Adults Are Near Poverty, Rely On Welfare, Or Are UnemployedSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/28/2013 16:47 -0400
Despite consumer confidence at a six-year high, the latest AP survey of the real America shows a stunning four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, are near poverty, or rely on welfare for at least parts of their lives amid signs of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Hardship is particularly on the rise among whites, based on several measures. Pessimism among whites about their families' economic futures has climbed to the highest point since at least 1987.
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Santelli vs Liesman On "Who Pulls The Levers"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/23/2013 15:15 -0400
It would appear, judging by the following discussion that the mainstream is so far down the rabbit-hole of central-planning bias that, as CNBC's Rick Santelli exclaims, "you can't imagine it any other way." In a brief 60 second screamfest, Santelli and Liesman battle over just who (or what) should be in charge. Santelli's free-market perspective that markets will set the equilibrium prices is entirely lost on a bleating Liesman who, when addressing the question of what would happen without a 'Fed', utters the following serf-like phrase, "but, who would pull the levers?"
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Quote Of The DaySubmitted by Tyler Durden on 07/17/2013 11:06 -0400
Based on the following quotes just uttered by the Chairman...
... Bernanke's next career as a sit-down comedian smash hit is guaranteed.
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Rick Santelli Rages: "Who Is Bernanke Working For?"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/11/2013 13:37 -0400
Reminiscing on the good ol' days when traders and investors poured over fundamental metrics, CNBC's Rick Santelli looks upon the current environment as a single-factor "Bernanke-loves-me, he-loves-me-not" un-reality and the impact he has on savers. "It seems a little bit ridiculous," he understates before launching into two minutes of clarifying thought on just what it is that Bernanke is doing and that we are suffering through. Just who is Bernanke working for?
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1. ÆGIS Open Accessibility Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards V O L U M E 1 , M A R C H 2 0 0 9 What is ÆGIS? ÆGIS develops an Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) consisting of open source accessible interfaces and accessibility toolkits for developers, along At a side accessible applications and open source assistive technologies for users. ÆGIS will produce this framework through user research and prototype devel Glance opment with current and next generation ICT. This should deeply embed accessibility into future ICT for the open desktop, rich Internet applications, Acronym: and mobile devices. ÆGIS results will be referred to standards organisations ÆGIS where appropriate, and made available under open source licenses to the Full Title: greatest extent possible. Open Accessibil ity Everywhere: Groundwork, In frastructure, Standards Contract No: FP7-224348 Start Date: September 2008 End date: February 2012 Project Web Site: www.aegis project.eu Software development – whether for desktop, for rich Internet applications, or for mobile devices – follows a predictable path. Using user interface elements from a component set , the software developer composes them in a devel oper's tool in order to build a rich Internet application, or a desktop application, or a mobile application for a PDA or cell phone. The rich Inter The Project is co-funded by net application requires a web browser that knows how to expose it to an the European assistive technology running on the desktop. Likewise, the more typical Commission, 7th desktop application is (or is not) accessible depending on the availability of Framework Pro suitable assistive technology running on the desktop. Mobile applications gramme are (or are not) accessible depending on the availability of suitable assis tive technology on the cell phone or PDA.
PAGE 2 The ÆGIS Concept The ÆGIS project seeks to determine whether 3rd generation access techniques will provide a more accessible, more exploitable and deeply embeddable approach in mainstream ICT. This includes desktop machines, rich Internet and mobile applications. This approach will be developed and explored within the Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) through which as pects of the design, development and deployment of accessible mainstream ICT are addressed. The OAF provides built-in accessibility solutions, as well as toolkits for developers, for "engraving" accessibility into existing and emerging mass-market ICT-based products. This makes accessibility open, plug & play, personalised & configurable, realistic & applicable in various contexts. ÆGIS is placing users and their needs at the centre of all ICT developments. Based on a holistic user centred design (UCD) approach, ÆGIS will identify user needs and interaction models for several user groups including users with visual, hearing, motion, speech and cognitive impairments, as well as application developers, and will develop open source-based generalised accessibility support for mainstream ICT devices/ applications: • the open desktop, • rich Internet applications, and • Java-based applications for mobile devices All developments will be iteratively tested with end users, developers and experts in three phases at 4 Pilot sites Europe wide (in Belgium, Spain, Sweden and the UK). Who will benefit? ÆGIS addresses 2 categories of end users: •Developers of ICT infrastructure, applications and services –referred to hereinafter as "developers" •People with disabilities –referred to hereinafter as "end users"– who experience milder or more severe forms of one or more of the following impairments • Visual impairment • Hearing impairment • Motor impairment • Speech impairment • Cognitive impairment ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 3 It is worth noting that the target end user groups include also the elderly, given that the vast majority of elderly people experiences one or more of the above impairments. These people have the competence, in most cases, to lead independent and active lives, but, are at risk of exclusion due to the impairment(s) that they are experiencing, as well as the complexity and lack of accessibility and usability of ICT. It is worth noting that people with disabilities represent at least 16% of the overall EU working age population, but only 40% of persons with disabilities are employed compared to 64.2% of non dis abled persons. This gap often exists because of a lack of properly adapted working environments (both in terms of hardware or software). People with disabilities included in the main ÆGIS end user group are supported through a multitude of stakeholders that are duly considered and supported by the ÆGIS Open Accessibility Framework, such as: •ICT providers (industrial players and SMEs) •National, local and regional authorities •Teachers / tutors / trainers/ formal informal care-givers •Disability groups, forums and Associations •Family members •Mobile service providers •Public / private Social security service providers and insurance companies •Web service providers •Health care and emergency support service providers •Policy makers / standardisation bodies The ÆGIS RIA toolkit allows collaborative work of people with various impairments in a single application ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 4 Project Objectives The main objectives of the ÆGIS Project can be classified in research/ scientific, technological, social and economical domains. They are listed below per area. Research / Scientific objectives •To model the wants and needs of people with disabilities and turn them into user interaction elements in using rich applications of mainstream ICT .To structure a holistic UCD methodology which follows across the project phases. To demonstrate and prove that use of 3rd generation open desktop access techniques resulting in equal or better end-user access experiences as compared to the existing, 2nd generation proprietary approaches. •To bring 3rd generation access to rich Internet applications & mobile accessibility, Developing innovative approaches to building generalised accessibility support, using free & open source accessibility frameworks and infrastructure(s). Technological objectives •To build a set of developer's tools and user interface component sets that improve the speed, accuracy, ease, of use and reduce expense of creating 3rd generation accessible applications – for the desktop, for rich Internet applications, and for mobile platforms. •To develop new approaches and algorithms for eye-tracking, using standard web-cams to enable highly affordable access to the open desktop & mobile devices for people with severe physical impairments. •To explore real-time-text methodologies for the open desktop and for communication between the desktop and mobile devices. •To explore and develop language ontology based, concept coded, graphical symbol support for text comprehension in standard office software. •To develop window management and magnification techniques on the open desktop for visual & cognitive disabilities; including assistance in locating applications, locating key portions of application content, dynamic reading assistance through text-to-speech, etc. ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 5 •To develop methodologies and techniques for connecting 3rd generation API-based accessibility information exposure from visually designed, free-form "Web 2.0" user interfaces •To develop an accessibility testing framework for inclusion into large, distributed, open source projects for rapid detection of accessibility problems introduced by new code and preventing accessibility regressions. Social objectives •To empower people with disabilities, the elderly and any other groups of users being disadvantaged today when using Internet services, desktop PC or mobile devices, so that they may benefit fully from mainstream ICT, at negligible extra cost or effort. •To bring improved support for built-in multilingualism to mainstream ICT applications, in order to boost equality in service provision and opportunities throughout Europe. •To provide to people with severe cognitive impairments better tools for expressing themselves in written form using commercial off-the-shelf office productivity tools. Economical objectives •To reduce the cost of developing accessible cross-platform ICT solutions for all users, using the new ÆGIS open source modules, frameworks and developer tools. •To reduce decisively (to the level of even eliminating) the cost of assistive technologies for individual users with disabilities in getting full access to desktop, mobile and Internet applications, through the provision of open source frameworks and assistive technolo gies. •To decisively reduce (to the level of even eliminating) the cost of creating accessible documents – including those in DAISY, Braille, and Large Print formats. • To create new business opportunities for small and medium enterprises by providing high quality and low cost, all-inclusive frameworks, toolkits and applications. Cost-effective on-line Accessible Classroom tools offered by ÆGIS ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 6 The Parts of ÆGIS also tackles affordability and APIs, as well as ÆGIS is composed of 5 issues in accessible prototype assistive "sub-projects" (SP1 document creation, eye- technologies, for through SP5): gaze techniques, and mobile devices. SP1: User Centred De maintains accessibility SP5: Horizontal Activi sign, Integration and quality in long- ties Pilot Applications running distributed SP5 is responsible This SP defines the development. for the project User Centred Design SP3: Web Applications management, the and Use Cases to be Accessibility training of the followed throughout the SP3 brings the 3rd consortium members project. This SP also generation Approach and pilot end-users. It develops the ÆGIS to Rich Internet will also manage the open accessibility Applications ("Web project's dissemination framework and 2.0"), defining user in activities. This SP will a r c h it e c t u r e . This terface component sets, address the exploitation, Open Accessibility creating developer business scenarios and Framework is a tools, and building user cost — effectiveness comprehensive, holistic agent/browser support activities. It will explore approach to program for API based standardisation and matic support for accessibility. It will policy issues, identifying assistive technologies. prove this approach all existing and Finally, this SP will through a set of real-life emerging standards organise the local sample applications and policies / trends testing and evaluation built with ÆGIS related to ÆGIS, through pilots in 4 components and informing the ÆGIS countries. developer's tools. development work. It SP2: Open Accessible will also define SP4: Mobile Desktop strategies, channels and Applications and SP2 will complete the plans for the dynamic Consumer Devices 3rd generation approach introduction of the Accessibility already underway ÆGIS results and key SP4 mirrors the applications, especially in open desktop research work of SP3, its numerous open development. It will but as applied to Java- source ones, into stan demonstrate/prove that based applications for dardisation actions and the 3rd gen. can meet & mobile devices. In incentives. Finally, this exceed the access addition, it includes SP will take care of any offered using the 2nd research into and ethical and gender gen./reverse building the underlying issues that might arise engineered way of the accessibility frameworks within the project. proprietary platforms. It ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 7 Pilot Sites and Demonstrators pilots aim to involve vision, phases will be fed back 4 distinct pilots are mobility, cognitive, hearing into the development planned in Belgium, and speech impaired process that will take place Spain, Sweden, and the people, as well as experts in the project period UK. Each pilot will in the field, tutors and other following each evaluation undertake evaluation in 3 facilitators and developers. phase. phases (trials and mock- ups, early prototypes, and All feedback received from final prototypes). The each of the 3 evaluation The ÆGIS Sub-Projects ÆGIS is composed of 5 Sub Projects (SP) ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 8 CSUN and the ÆGIS panel By Peter Korn — ÆGIS Technical Manager Last month (March 2009) was the 24th annual CSUN conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities (and personally my 17th year in a row of attending it). While attendance was down compared to last year, the interest and intensity was if anything greater than before. This year saw a significant increase in open source accessibility options with multiple talks about open source assistive technologies on both Windows and UNIX platforms, as well as open source "plugins" and DAISY players from multiple sources. Even Microsoft got into the act, showing an open source DAISY player (written in non-open Silverlight) and an open source "Save-As DAISY" add in to the non-open Microsoft Word. Several ÆGIS consortium members attended CSUN, and three of us Sally Cain of RNIB, Greg Fields of RIM, and I - gave an hour-long presentation on the ÆGIS project. The presentation room was about 2/3rds full. I began our presentation, introducing the project and its focus on building accessibility into future mainstream ICT. I also spent some time talking about the ÆGIS philosophy & approach -> 3rd generation accessibility and the concept of the "accessibility value delivery chain" where we consider not just accessible applications but everything that has to first go into the software development process in order to realize a highly accessible outcome. I continued my segment with a discussion of the three main focus areas: open source desktop, rich Internet applications, and Java-based mobile devices. I concluded my remarks by re-using one of the first slides from our kickoff meeting: noting that every second of every day 4 babies are born, 36 mobile phones are activated, and some 411 web pages are created -> underscoring the critical importance of getting ahead of this explosion of devices and content through building accessibility in from the start. Sally Cain led the bulk of the remainder of our presentation, describing the user field studies that we are doing in ÆGIS. Sally talked about the way the studies were being created, and the very positive responses we have been getting to ÆGIS - that the users are very keen to be involved in this work. Sally then looked in turn at the preliminary results RNIB has received in field studies around rich Internet applications, around desktop computers, and around mobile devices. ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 9 She noted that the theme of personalization / customization was coming up in multiple places. Another interesting preliminary results she reported on was the extent to which users would "stick at difficult tasks" - spending far more time than perhaps a typical user would trying to get things to work. Another observation coming up from the studies was the extent to which the cost of access technology is a significant barrier. Greg Fields closed our presentation with a discussion of RIM's involvement and role in ÆGIS. He connected some of the key tasks that RIM will be working on with work RIM is doing outside of ÆGIS -> with the 3rd generation accessibility API they were announc ing at CSUN for their Blackberry family of mobile devices, and also with some work they are doing with partners around real-time text (with 4CTelecom's AnnieS) and with a 3rd generation screen reader for Blackberry (with HumanWare's Orator for BlackBerry). We received a number of questions from the audience - mostly focused on the user field studies. Attendees were particularly interested in the studies around mobile and Rich Internet Applications, and expressed a desire to see these studies conducted more broadly, among a much larger population of Europe and also worldwide. This contrasts with the ÆGIS focus on depth, and on having a set of users who we return to longitudinally throughout the course of the project, getting their feedback on our prototypes as they evolve (I must note that audience members expressed appreciation of this approach; they simply also wanted a broad study with tens of thousands of participants). We also had specific questions around our 3rd generation mobile accessibility work, and whether we anticipated that work would affect the radio layer of mobile devices (Greg's succinct answer: "no"). I look forward to returning to CSUN in 2010 (at it's new location in San Diego) and giving another presentation on ÆGIS and the early results of our prototype development! ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 10 Upcoming Events - Join Us! "Accessibility for All: Open Source — based Generalised Accessibility Support for Mainstream ICT Devices/Applications" ÆGIS User Forum th UK, 4 June 2009, 14:00-19:00 Venue: Research In Motion UK Ltd 200 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3XE, United Kingdom. ÆGIS (Open Source-based Generalised Accessibility Support for Mainstream ICT) aims to make devices like desktop computers, mobile phones and internet applications more accessible to people with disabilities: the end-users. The project will produce assistive software that can be built into mainstream devices. It will also create tool kits for software developers; accessible solutions developed using Open Source technologies. ÆGIS is placing users and their needs at the centre of all its ICT developments, and focuses in particular on users with visual, hearing, motion, speech, language and cognitive impairments. This is why we are inviting you to this User Forum on Thursday 4th June 2009 in London. We aim at having fruitful discussions between both end-users and application developers, thus better understanding your needs when wanting to use accessible desktop, mobile and internet applications. It will ensure that future technologies and services will meet the needs of the end-users, and both mainstream and assistive technology developers. The agenda is as following: ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 11 USER FORUM AGENDA Time Topic Speaker Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris (CERTH 14.00 – 14.15 ÆGIS project at a glance HIT) 14.15 – 14.30 ÆGIS technical presentation Peter Korn (Sun Microsystems) 14.30 – 15.30 Demos Peter Korn (Sun Microsystems) 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break Interactive (via discussion) generic Mr. Karel Van Isacker (EPR); Mr. 16.00 – 18.00 use case user scenario presenta Edward Chandler / Ms. Sally Cain tion – with breaks (RNIB) Mr. Karel Van Isacker (EPR); Mr. 18.00 – 18.30 Discussion and conclusion Edward Chandler / Ms. Sally Cain (RNIB) The ÆGIS consortium partners are pleased to invite you to join this forum. Your expertise and collaboration will be vital to the success of the project and for the well being of people with disabilities. The registration form can be found at the ÆGIS website at http:// www.aegis-project.eu/user_forum.html. Alternatively, you can contact us at info@aegis project.eu. We look forward to welcoming you at the event! ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 12 Upcoming Events - Join Us! ÆGIS 1st Pan-European Workshop 'Accessibility for All: Open Source — based Generalised Accessibility Support f or Mainstream ICT Devices/Applications' 5th June 2009, London, UK Having affordable accessibility support into mainstream ICT devices/ applications is much wanted in the disability community. Accessible devices and applications offer the backbone to many people with disabilities across Europe and beyond to maintain their auton omy as this is associated to a better quality of life. Supported by the 7th Framework Programme on Research and Tech nological Development of the European Union, the ÆGIS (Open Source-based Generalised Accessibility Support for Mainstream ICT) project aims to develop an Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) through which aspects of the design, development and deployment of accessible mainstream ICT are addressed. The OAF will provide de velopers with embedded and built-in accessibility solutions, as well as toolkits for "engraving" accessibility in existing and emerging mass -market ICT-based products, thus making accessibility open, plug and play, personalised and configurable, realistic and applicable in various contexts. Simultaneously, the project will provide Open Source Accessible Desktop Applications to the end-users (people with disabilities, older people) On behalf of the ÆGIS Consortium, we kindly invite you to participate in its first Pan-European Workshop that will take place on Friday 5th June 2009 at Research In Motion UK Ltd, Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom. ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 13 This workshop will present the preliminary findings of the project related to the Use Cases selection and preliminary user requirements, thus stimulating discussions on these issues between both end-users and application developers. Its outcome will be taken into account by the Consortium during the further course of the project. Key stakeholders from relevant areas are expected to participate (such as end users' representatives and organisations, EC representatives, technologies developers, etc.). This workshop therefore is an excel lent chance to meet experts from relevant fields. Participation to the ÆGIS workshop is free of charge. However, due to space limitation, participation will be on a first-come first-served basis. We would appreciate it if you could register before Thursday, 30 April 2009. For further information about the workshop, its agenda and registration, please visit the ÆGIS website at http://www.aegis-project.eu/user_forum.html or contact info@aegis project.eu. We are looking forward to welcome you on the 5th of June! AEGIS AEGIS One of the applications that ÆGIS is de veloping: the ÆGIS mobile companion ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 14 WORKSHOP AGENDA Time Topic Speaker 8.30 – 9.00 Registration 9.00 – 9.10 Welcome and Aim of the Day Mr. Karel Van Isacker (EPR) Mr. Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho (European Commission, ICT for 9.10 – 9.35 EU Policies on eINCLUSION Inclusion, Information Society & Media Directorate General ) Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris (CERTH 9.35 – 9.50 ÆGIS at a Glance HIT) First feedback as collected during 9.50 – 10.10 Mr. Iván Carmona Rojo (FONCE) user forum 10.10 – 10.40 Demos and Technical Overview Mr. Peter Korn (Sun Microsystems) 10.40 – 11.00 Coffee Break ÆGIS Draft Use Cases and dis Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris (CERTH 11.00 – 12.30 cussion HIT) 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Standards for content (and content 14.00 – 14.30 interoperability) in the field of eIn Dr. Christian Galinski (Infoterm) clusion - and beyond Ph.D. Gregg C. Vanderheiden 14.30 – 15.00 Accessibility overall (Trace R&D Center University of Wisconsin - Madison) 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break Kick off of Open Accessibility Eve Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris (CERTH 15.30 – 15.45 rywhere Group (OAEG) HIT) Moderated by Dr. Evangelos 15.45 – 16.30 Round table Bekiaris (CERTH-HIT) and Mr. Peter Korn (Sun Microsystems) 16.30 – 17.00 Conclusions ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 15 Consortium Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Hellenic Institute of Transport www.hit.certh.gr Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Informatics and Telematics Institute www.iti.gr/ SUN Microsystems Prague, Czech Republic www.cz.sun.com/ Fundación Vodafone España, Spain www.fundacion.vodafone.es University of Cambridge, UK www.cam.ac.uk/ America Online UK www.aol.co.uk Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium www.kuleuven.be/ Fraunhofer IAO, Germany www.iao.fraunhofer.de/ Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK www.rnib.org.uk ACE Center, UK www.ace-centre.org.uk SingularLogic S.A., Greece www.singularlogic.eu Czech Technical University, Czech Republic www.cvut.cz European Platform for Rehabilitation, Belgium www.epr.eu Universidad Politécnica de Madrid / Life Supporting Technologies, Spain www.lst.tfo.upm.es ONCE Foundation, Spain www.fundaciononce.es Blue Point IT Solutions S.r.l., Romania www.bluepoint-it.ro/ CONNCEPT SWISS, Switzerland conncept-swiss.com SU-DART, Sweden www.dart-gbg.org FPD, Sweden www.femtioprocent.se University of Toronto / Adaptive Technology Resource Center, Canada www.atrc.utoronto.ca/ Research In Motion, Canada www.rim.com ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 16 Indicative Use cases SCENARIO 1 – Desktop accessibility Martin is 27 years old and suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that affects the light sensitive part of the eye and results in loss of day vision. Being a schoolteacher in a specialised school for blind, Martin is fully aware that conventional printed material is problematic to read for most of his pupils, and so are the electronic means like e-mail, the web, etc., unless they acquire a plethora of assistive technology devices and software. The latter is often prob lematic as they sometimes have compatibility problems and require various installations, lacking typically integration possibilities, and are furthermore platform dependent, making it expensive for his school for example to acquire Windows driven PCs, while also making it less affordable for his students. He was therefore de lighted to hear of the ÆGIS suit of tools, which provided him the possibility of an all-in-one solution, which benefits his daily work, as well as that of his students. Namely, ÆGIS allows Martin and his pupils to produce accessible material since ÆGIS software e.g. al lows Martin to create textual documents, which he can then seam lessly transfer into DAISY format books for people with print impair ments. Martin and his pupils will also have access to accessible material because they can now use the open source assistive tech nology which will be embedded in the desktop tools provided by the project, and with no extra burden on the school's limited budg ets. In addition, being fully platform-independent, the users are no longer bound to one platform or the other. This allows Martin and his students to operate the software from any computer they have, whether it is running a proprietary operating system or not. Finally, the extent of the ÆGIS consortium will ensure that multilingual sup port will be available for the ÆGIS software. ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 17 SCENARIO 2 - Web application accessibility Julian is running a small assistive technology consultancy company that aids compa nies to make the working environment more accessible in terms of used software, so that they will be able to employ people with disabilities. In this respect, he recently ac cepted a job to make an existing but poorly accessible Rich Internet Application (RIA) more accessible and also cross platform. For this, he uses the ÆGIS developer toolkit. The ÆGIS tools for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) and the user interface component sets Julian can choose from – already tested and proven to be accessible via assistive technologies on multiple platforms - allow Julian to transform the existing RIA in one that provides the same interface to all his employees, while also allowing every kind of assistive technology to be fully working with these RIAs. SCENARIO 3 - Rich cell phone & PDA accessibility Molly is 20 years old, and is blind from birth. This has however not stopped her from us ing all latest technologies to support her, nor has it stopped her from having a very ac tive life. A friend of Molly told her recently about the ÆGIS mobile companion that can be freely downloaded to your mobile, and features a wide range of accessibility support. Molly uses since some years speech technology (TTS) for her mobile, however the sup porting software has been expensive and was not always working on every mobile she could purchase. Hence, Molly is more than interested and goes to her regular shop, where she normally purchases her mobile. She goes into the store, and finds several cell phones based on ÆGIS, which include a framework that supports assistive tech nologies, and where all of the built-in phone applications are already accessible. After discussing her needs with the salesclerk and trying several phones, she selects one. The salesclerk, as a courtesy, downloads the ÆGIS screen reader to her at no charge, which integrates perfectly into the phone (she could have done this herself later had she wanted to – and had some assistance in getting the phone to do the download). The result is that Molly bought her mobile already totally equipped to support her main need: having a talking mobile through TTS. Few weeks later, Molly wants to get software onto her phone to track her expenses for her work trips. She browses the selection of soft ware for sale - using the accessible ÆGIS web browser built into her phone - and finds one that incorporates the ÆGIS accessibility framework which she purchases, downloads, and installs. When she then launches it, she is pleased to see that it speaks just fine with the now integrated speech system on her phone. This is the result of the fact that the ÆGIS speech software is open source and free, so that every software vendor can get it at no charge and develop with it. ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 18 Find all about ÆGIS at http://www.aegis-project.eu/ ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 19 Related Projects ACCESSIBLE (Accessible Applications Design and Development - http://www.accessible project.eu/) The triggering idea behind ACCESSIBLE is to contribute for better accessibility for all citi zens, to increase the use of standards, and to develop an assessment simulation environ ment (including a suite of accessibility analysing tools as well as developer-aid tools) to as sess efficiently, easily and rapidly the accessibility and viability of software applications for all user groups. ACCESSIBLE will exploit the technologies behind the recent expansion of accessibility tools and standardisation methodologies, in order to provide an integrated simulation assessment environment for supporting the production of accessible software applications mobile or not. This will enable large organisations, SMEs or individuals (developers, designers, etc.) to produce software products of superior accessibility and quality, accompanied with appropri ate measures and proposals for best practice. The proposed system will be demonstrated in the four pilots of ACCESSIBLE for the as sessment of: a) Mobile applications (including JavaFX Scripts), b) Web applications, c) Web services (mainly focusing on infomobility services), and d) description languages (e.g. UML, SDL, etc.). ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
PAGE 20 Contact us PROJECT COORDINATOR TECHNICAL MANAGER Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris Peter Korn Research Director Sun Microsystems Centre for Research and Technol 17 Network Circle, MS UMPK17 ogy Hellas 101 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Hellenic Institute of Transport USA 6th km. Thermis-Charilaou Road +1 (510) 550-7396 (voice & fax) 57001 Thermi E-mail: email@example.com Greece http://blogs.sun.com/korn Tel. +30-2310-498265 Fax: +30-2310-498269 Athens office: Poseidonos Av. 17 17455 Alimos Greece Tel. +30-210-9853194 Fax: +30-210-9853193 E-mail: email@example.com http://www.hit.certh.gr Subscribe to our newsletter Requests to subscribe to or unsubscribe from this Newsletter should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject "subscribe newslet ter" or "unsubscribe newsletter". All issues of the Newsletter may also be downloaded at the project web- site: http://www.aegis-project.eu/ ÆGIS - FP7-224348: find more info at http://www.aegis-project.eu/
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Favourite Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the Berlin marathon on Sunday, surviving a brave challenge by compatriot and marathon newcomer Dennis Kimetto but narrowly failing in his quest to set a new world record.
Mutai's time of two hours four minutes and 15 seconds – on what is considered the fastest marathon course in the world - was more than half-a-minute off Patrick Makau's world record of two hours three minutes 38 seconds set in the German capital last year.
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The group's time at the 30km mark hinted the world record was slowly slipping away with their time half a minute off Makau's 2011 pace.
Mutai upped the tempo shortly after, pulling away from the rest but with Kimetto, who was looking for a Berlin treble after having won the half marathon and 25km races here, hanging on.
Kimetto remained a menacing presence after he survived another Mutai attempt to shake him off at the 40km mark.
But going into the final stretch and through the iconic Brandenburg Gate, Kimetto had no reserves to launch a final challenge with Mutai clinging on for victory.
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We visited at lunch time after a walk and we were very hungry. The restaurant was quite busy but the staff were coping well and were friendly and helpful. We enjoyed our fish and chips with the salad from the salad table and it was a good experience
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Impromptu visit to The Harvester today for a family meal. Waitresses were both lovely with my daughter, who has autism. Very attentive service all round.
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dropped food on floors from previous customers not cleaned up. bar area appeared nice with comfy chairs and fire
If you want a cheapish meal and can't be bothered to cook yourself then this is perfectly ok. But I would say it is one of the poorest harvesters around. Dirty throughout from the seats to the loos!
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Slideshow: A Peek Inside The New Blue Bottle Coffee in Chelsea, NYC
Upstairs bar
Coffee service at the upstairs Siphon and Nel Bar.
Visitors to the upstairs brew-bar are presented with an opening amuse of cascara tea (made from the natural film around the coffee bean) and a marshmallow.
Warming up
Halogen burners heat up the Siphon Bar upstairs.
The Beans
Coffees, like this Honduras Cup of Excellence, are roasted across the river in Brooklyn.
The main bar
The mostly takeout espresso and pourover bar on 15th Street.
A cappuccino with house espresso and Battenkill Valley Creamery milk, with a snickerdoodle on the side.
Copper and pewter plated Takahiro pouring kettles from Japan.


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Starting November 14, banks in the UAE will clear cheques deposited before 10am by 5pm that day…
November 4, 2009 12:31 by kippreport
Starting November 14, banks in the UAE will clear cheques deposited before 10am by 5pm that day, the Central Bank announced on Tuesday. Cheques deposited after 10am will be cleared the following business day.
The bank also announced it may introduce an express clearing facility, which allows customers to have their cheques cleared within two hours for a fee.
"It was always intended to introduce same-day clearing as part of this program of continuous improvement. Therefore, with effect from 14th November 2009, it will be possible for cheques to be cleared in the same business day," the Central Bank said in a statement.
The UAE's banks process an average of 100,000 cheques per day.
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and what about the cheques issued from other emirates – dubai to be cleared in abo dhabi or the oppsite / and other countries
and there is a fees for this serviece.
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