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The progression is started with a single leg bound, and progresses to a double-double. From here the bounding sequence is done both medially and laterally. This series of multi jumps helps the vaulter work the shoulders as well as the legs.
Tips: While doing this progression let the ground come to you. If done correctly the shoulders should counter the hip movement. The movement should be harmonious from the hips to the ankle, and continuously maintaining tall posture.
Sprint Mechanics with Pole:
The progression begins with jogging in place, and progressively adding more speed to the motion. From there a slow jog down the runway can be utilized still focusing on the cues given in the earlier progression. Once this progression is mastered the lowering and plant of the pole can be added, and can eventually lead to the build up with the pole.
Tips: The movement of the knees and hips must act as one unit. As the athlete jogs in place they should focus on relaxing their shoulders, and pushing their hips up. When completing the buildups the cues from earlier in the progression must still be emphasized.
Pole Plant:
In this crucial portion of the vault the correct timing of the plant timing is everything. Working from the "Shift-Lift-Push" or as it's commonly known as the curl to press this progression helps the vaulter get into the proper position. From here walking plant drills from a 5 step thru 9 step is demonstrated, and transitions the vaulter into a jogging progression utilizing the same step pattern. Next the wall plants come into play where the pole bend can be utilized while working on the plant fundamentals.
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Day 3 Finland – Nokia & Design Factory
Yesterday on our knowledge exchange visit, we visited a small little company that was founded here in Finland called Nokia, the company was founded in 1865 as Finnish rubber works, and they have done many different things from forestry to mining boots. Today they are currently a mobile device manufacturer and Nokia is in the process of another transformation from just manufacturing of devices to providing solutions and services as well.
They currently employ over 125,000 people around the world, with an R & D presence in 16 countries. What struck me however is their how they deal with emerging markets. They have a strong focus in developing technologies that are relevant to people on the ground and have R & D centre in Nairobi.
Roope Takala from Nokia R & D gave us an overview of the department and some of the work they do. Interestingly about 30% of employee's are in R&D and they spend about 11% of net sales on it. They partner with universities around the world such as MIT, Stanford, HIIT, Cambridge etc. However the number of African universities seem to be low? Hopefully that will change soon.
Some of the innovations that came out of Nokia R & D
- In built antenna
- Camera, Video, Audi codecs
- Speaking clock, for blind people
- Graphic interfaces
- First accelerometer in a mobile phone in 2002
- Ambient & Environmental sensing / Sensorplanet.org
- Visual Radio
- Mobile TV
- Braille Reader (Converts an SMS to Braille)
Some of the inventions that came about from R & D related to emerging economies
- Prepaid tracker, which shows your prepaid balance on the screen while making a call. Useful when people share phones or when someone sells minutes to people.
- Flashlight & Non Slippery Surface
- Shoot to Translate, take a picture of text and it can be converted to your home language
- Talking phrasebook and sentance translator
We also visited the Nokia VIP lounge, which is kind of a demo area with all the new phones (Like the new 9000, it runs Linux!!), and also all the classic phones. We also got to play with some Vertu Phones, they only cost between $2,000 and 30,000. I even saw one of my old phones in the 'history' wall and a few bricks.
We got an overview of Nokia Life tools, which provides Market, Pricing information and weather to farmers in India allowing them to get the best pricing for their produce.
In the afternoon, we got an overview of Nokia Money, and how it works, as you would expect it provides Person to person transactions, accepting of mobile payments, and depositing of cash as well as utility payments via mobile. The service has been launched in India together with obopay.
The day ended at Nokia with discussions on usability, in particular usability on mobile applications.
From Nokia, we headed to the Design Factory a co-creation space created for designers, researchers, industry and startups. Some of the startups based there are quite interesting such as Powerkiss who are developing a wireless charging solution. The event was organised by the AAlto Entrepreneurship Society a student organisation that is part of the Aaalto university. They seem to be really active in promoting entrepreneurship amongst students. They organise regular events, trips to sillicon valley etc. There have also been talks about setting up a Finnish incubator modeled on Y-Combinator.
Some of the students presented the projects that they were working on, and what struck me was how different the projects in the Finnish universities are compared to South African ones. For example, the typical final year project for in South Africa would be something like 'You have been contacted by Company X, they currently have the following problems… xyz, how would you resolve their problems'. The students then go off, follow the waterfall approach do months of requirements planning and a ton of documentation and develop it.
Where as here, the focus seems to be "We want you to build a startup, as quick as possible".
In other words, in South Africa we are grooming students to "Sell Hours" where as in Finland they groom the students to be entrepreneurs.
I also found the Design factory environment extremely unique and interesting, a space dedicated to design, And not just design in the sense of graphics but industrial design, product design etc. I think in South Africa we need to think carefully if massive science parks with huge costs are the way to go, or maybe this way of working is better. Small micro-clusters dedicated to a specific type of function.

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Linda Sue Park is the winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A SINGLE SHARD (Clarion, 2001). Linda Sue Park's additional award-winning titles include SEESAW GIRL (Clarion, 1999) and THE KITE FIGHTERS (Clarion, 2000). Her latest title is WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO (Clarion, 2002). This interview was conducted via email in March 2002.
What role did books play in your childhood? What were your favorites?
I was a maniacal reader. It was by far my favorite activity. I read indiscriminately--from series like NANCY DREW and TRIXIE BELDEN to the award winners and everything in between. I was also a RE-reader; I'd read my favorites over and over. Among the authors whose books I re-read were Charlotte Zolotow, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Elizabeth Enright (the Melendy family books), Rumer Godden, E.L. Konigsburg...One of the first books I remember reading several times was the big book of Greek myths by the D'Aulaires.
Who are some of your favorite authors today?
These days I'm more of an individual-title reader rather than an 'author' reader. But for body of work, I greatly admire Katherine Paterson, Lois Lowry, Richard Peck, and Robert Cormier — among many others.
When did you first decide to become a writer? Were you a child who scribbled your own short stories, or was it something that came to you later in life?
I did indeed start scribbling stories and poems when I was in kindergarten. I don't remember a conscious decision to become a writer. It was the only thing besides reading that I really wanted to do--and one of the few things I was any good at!
What inspired you to write professionally?
Again, I can't recall any particular moment of inspiration. But every school or 'career' decision I've made has revolved around reading and writing. I majored in English so I could read and write all the time in college. My first real job was in public relations, as a writer. Once, while I was living in England, I took a temporary job as a secretary in an advertising firm. One of my responsibilities was to sort through the material handed in by copywriters. I took a look at what they were doing and thought it looked like fun...so I wrote some stuff and added my efforts to the stack. In the client meeting, they chose my copy! The next day I had a new job as a copywriter. Same pay, unfortunately.
I have written poetry all my life and still love reading and writing it. It wasn't until 1997 that I decided to try writing a book for children.
Why did you elect to write for children and teens?
With most of my longer fiction work, I'm never sure what I'm writing when I start out. I just write and see where the story takes me. Only when I'm well into the project do I start thinking, hmmm, this is shaping up to be a midgrade novel...or a short story for the adult market...or whatever.
My picture books are of course written with young children in mind, but attention to story and language comes first in any case, and considerations of 'audience' are a distant second. For me, it's difficult enough to write something that pleases *me* without throwing any other factors into the pot!
But fiction for young people suits me because it forces me to write 'lean and clean.' No lazy sentences, no 'fat', no extraneous verbal matter. "It's the story, stupid" -- even more so, I think, for young readers than for adults.
Finally and importantly, I read so much when I was at 'midgrade' age that I think the structure of those books got sort of 'hard-wired' into my brain. I seldom have to think consciously about chapter breaks, scene length, pacing, things like that, while I'm writing. I just know how they should 'feel' because of all those years of intensive reading.
What encouragement helped you along the way?
My parents were always very supportive of my efforts to write when I was young. I had a couple of influential teachers (Mrs. Gilchrist and Mrs. McElroy in elementary school, Mrs. Merritt in high school). Later, my husband became my principal cheerleader--a role he still plays!
Can you tell us a little bit about your path to publication?
I started out by retelling some Korean folk tales--and submitted them willy-nilly, doing absolutely EVERYTHING wrong! While I was waiting for responses, I began work on what eventually became SEESAW GIRL. I learned a lot in the interim, and my submissions of that manuscript were much more professional. I sent a query and three sample chapters to six targeted houses. All six requested the full manuscript, which was eventually accepted by Dinah Stevenson at Clarion Books.
I want to emphasize that when I first started submitting, I was in the same boat as most people are: I had no agent, no contacts in publishing, I didn't know any other children's writers, I had never heard of organizations like SCBWI! As a result, I made a lot of mistakes at first. But the one thing I did right was to make sure that my manuscript was as well-written as I could possibly make it. And in the end, that was what counted.
In 2002 CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS MARKET edited by Alice Pope (Writer's Digest Books, 2002), you wrote about the importance of reading to those who want to write for children. Do you suggest reading books similar to those one hopes to write, recent books, award-winners, a wide variety? What, if any, questions should the writer be asking herself as she reads others' work?
I tend to read a wide variety of books, mostly those of the type I'm interested in writing--hardcover trade titles (as opposed to mass-market series--although I read some of those too!). I also usually read 'extensively' rather than 'intensively.' I don't often read for 'technique' purposes; I read for enjoyment and entertainment. But by virtue of the sheer *quantity* of books I read, the technique soaks in subconsciously. And comes out that way too, when I write.
I certainly enjoyed your Newbery winner, A SINGLE SHARD, but actually my favorite of your books is your first one, SEESAW GIRL. I think it's Jade Blossom's spirit that captures me. Could you share with us how this character and story found you?
When I was ten years old, I read in a book (Francis Carpenter's TALES OF A KOREAN GRANDMOTHER) how girls in aristocratic families were almost never allowed to leave their homes. This made such an impression on me that, twenty-seven years later, it became the basis of SEESAW GIRL. I wanted to write a story about a girl with a lot of curiosity might cope in those conditions.
I think that change in society occurs in small increments--that ordinary people take small steps, one or two at a time, until the community is ready for a big change, for a Gandhi or a King to come along. I wanted Jade Blossom to be one of those small-steppers.
In Young-sup and Kee-sup, the brothers of THE KITE FIGHTERS, it's easy to see behavior dynamics still very applicable to siblings today. Could you talk about the story behind this story? Do you fly kites?
I do fly kites. My family vacations at the beach almost every year, and my father always brings along a kite or two. THE KITE FIGHTERS is a tribute to him in many ways: He was the one who told me about the sport of kite-fighting, and he is himself a second son. So it was a special thrill that he ended up doing the interior chapter-heading decorations for KITE.
Could you share with us a bit about your poetry background? Did this experience in any way lend itself to your efforts as a novelist?
I think of poetry as language at its purest. I wrote poetry for many years before I tried my hand at fiction. There's no doubt in my mind that my experience with poetry contributes invaluably to my fiction work, because in addition to the Big Picture, the story itself, I am fascinated by words. I work as hard at sentence level as I do at story level--with imagery and sound and trying to make sure that every single word is the best one possible. The challenge is to make it whole, seamless, so that story and language aren't separate concerns, but work together to enhance each other.
What are the greatest challenges to you as an author?
Ideas! My greatest weakness--I think for novels, I average one idea a year at most! There are of course innumerable things worthy of a novelist's attention, but for me it's a question of feeling utterly captivated by an idea. I have to feel *obsessed* about something to want to spend so much time writing and thinking about it.
Ironically, this paucity of ideas has one advantage: Once I get an idea for a book, I have to finish it — because I know another one isn't going to come along for a long time!
What do you love about it?
The 'building' process: Finding exactly the right words and putting them in the right order. This is probably a result of my early and continued love of poetry. And then putting the right sentences together into scenes, and putting those scenes together into a story with just the right pace and tension. It's so challenging--and so satisfying when you've done it.
Children's books published by U.S. publishers that are not set in the United States or Europe are rare. Why is it important for American children to read stories set abroad?
In the last couple of generations, our world has gotten dramatically smaller, and the popularity of the Web has accelerated that process. A kid can now 'chat' with someone halfway around the world as easily as with the kid next door!
So paradoxically, their worlds are getting bigger at the same time: They need to learn more about the world, about other places, their cultures and traditions. To me, this is the most wonderful part about writing stories set in diverse locales and times: the opportunity to explore how people are different — and more importantly, how we are alike.
If young readers can find common ground with a character from 12th century Korea, perhaps they will find it easier to come to a better understanding of those around them.


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THE LEUKIPPIDES (or Leucippides) were two Messenian princesses who were granted immortality alongside their husbands, the Dioskouroi twins. The heroes had abducted the girls from Messenia to be their brides. However, they were already betrothed to the Aphareides--Idas and Lynkeus--who confronted the Dioskouroi over the rape. In the fight which ensued one of the Dioskouroi and both of the Aphareides were killed. Zeus then elevated the Dioskouroi and the brides they had won to godhood.
The Leukippides (White-Horse Maidens) were named Phoibe (Lunar Bright) and Hilaeira (Softly Shining), names closely associated with the star-crowned Dioskouroi, divine horsemen who presided over the constellation Gemini. The words "hilaeira" and "phoibe" were also epithets of the moon-goddess Selene, who drove a two-horse biga through the sky.
LEUCI′PPIDES (Leukippides), i. e. the daughters of the Messenian prince Leucippus. (Eurip. Helen. 1467.) Their names were Phoebe and Hilaeira, and they were priestesses of Athena and Artemis, and betrothed to Idas and Lynceus, the sons.of Aphareus; but Castor and Polydeuces being charmed with their beauty, carried them off and married them. (Apollod. iii. 12. § 8, 10. § 3; Paus. i. 18. § 1.) When the sons of Aphareus attempted to rescue their beloved brides, they were both slain by the Dioscuri. (Hygin. Fab. 80; Lactant. i. 10; Ov. Heroid. xvi. 327, Fast. v. 709; Theocrit.xxii. 137,&c.; Propert. i.2.15,&c.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Theocritus, Idylls 22. 137 ff (trans. Rist) (Greek bucolic C3rd B.C.) :
"The two sons of Zeus [Kastor (Castor) and Polydeukes (Polydeuces)], having seized a pair of maidens, the daughters of Leukippos (Leucippu)s, were bearing them off. But there followed two brothers in hot pursuit, the sons of Aphareus, Lynkeus (Lynceus) and mighty Idas, to whom they had been betrothed [Lynkeus slew Kastor, Zeus slew Idas]."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 13. 4 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Anxious to marry the daughters of Leukippos (Leucippus), they [the Dioskouroi, Dioscuri] kidnapped them from Messene and married them. Polydeukes (Polydeuces) and Phoibe (Phoebe) had Mnesileos, and Kastor (Castor) and Hilaeira had Anogon."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 80 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus from Messene, had as promised brides Phoebe and Hilaira, daughters of Leucippus. Since these were most beautiful maidens--Phoebe being a priestess of Minerva [Athene], and Hilaira of Diana [Artemis]--Castor and Pollux [Polydeukes], inflamed with love, carried them off. But they, since their brides-to-be were lost, took arms to see if they could recover them. Castor killed Lynceus in battle; Idas [killed Kastor, and Polydeukes Idas, the Dioskouroi twins were then granted immortality]."
Ovid, Fasti 5. 709 ff (trans.Boyle) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"The Tyndarid brothers, the horseman and the boxer, had raped and kidnapped Phoebe and her sister. Idas and his brother go to war for their women, to whom they were betrothed by Leucippus. Love drives one group to recover, one to refuse; the identical cause makes each pair fight . . . [Lynkeus killed Kastor, Polydeukes Lynkeus, Zeus Idas, then the Dioskouroi were granted immortality.]"
Ovid, Heroides 16. 327 ff (trans. Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"[Paris addresses Helene:] I will imitate the deed of Aegeus' son and of your brothers. You can be touched by no examples nearer than these. Theseus stole you away, and they the twin Leucippides; I shall be counted fourth among such examples."
Propertius, Elegies 1. 2 (trans. Goold) (Roman elegy C1st B.C.) :
"Phoebe, daughter of Leucippus, set Castor afire, and Hilaira, her sister, Pollux [Polydeukes] with her ornaments."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. 22. 5 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"[In the city of Argos there is] a temple of the Dioskouroi (Dioscuri). The images represent the Dioskouroi themselves and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them are their mothers, Hilaeira and Phoibe (Phoebe). They are of ebony wood, and were made by Dipoinos and Skyllis. The horses, too, are mostly of ebony, but there is a little ivory also in their construction."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 12. 8 :
"Beside the Hellenion [at Sparta in Lakonia] is a sanctuary of Arsinoe, daughter of Leukippos (Leucippus) and sister of the wives of Polydeukes (Polydeuces) and Kastor (Castor)."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 16. 1 :
"[At Sparta in Lakonia] is a sanctuary of Hilaira and of Phoibe (Phoebe). The author of the poem Kypria calls them daughters of Apollon. Their priestesses are young maidens, called, as are also the goddesses, Leukippides (Leucippides). One of the images was adorned by a Leukippis (Leucippis) who had served the goddesses as a priestess. She gave it a face of modern workmanship instead of the old one; she was forbidden by a dream to adorn the other one as well. Here there has been hung from the roof an egg tied to ribands, and they say that it was the famous egg that legend says Leda brought forth."
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Blast from the Past, Starring Darryl Stephens | print
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Actor Darryl Stephens feels a draft -- a powerful one -- coming up through the subway grate as he steps out onto a busy urban sidewalk. Perhaps he should have reconsidered his wardrobe, since the blast instantly causes his robe to billow up, exposing his skimpy pink undies to the lucky passersby. In a nod to Marilyn Monroe's famous scene in the "Seven Year Itch," Darryl takes his predicament in stride -- striking a pose that makes one wonder just how accidental this wardrobe malfunction really is!
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Samsung Galaxy Note to be launched by Bell in Canada
We've already reported that the 5.3 inch Samsung Galaxy Note would be introduced in Canada. However, at that time we didn't know which carrier would do it. Well, now it looks like it's going to be Bell.
Engadget has got hold of a screenshot that shows an app specifically made for Bell's Galaxy Note (model number GT-N7000), so an official announcement from the carrier could be out soon.
The Galaxy Note will probably become Bell's third Android handset with an HD screen, after the LG Optimus LTE and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
In case you haven't found out yet, the Galaxy Note will also be released in the US, where AT&T could start selling it next month.


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Heavy damage reported today after multiple cars were a part of a chain reaction resulting in one vehicle banging into the parking lot wall on the second floor and the wall falling onto two vehicles on the ground floor of the Pearlridge Center uptown makai side of the parking garage. Accidents are bound to happen, we just never expect something like this to result.
It's a blessing that no one was seriously injured. The driver of car in movement was hospitalized and is in good condition.
Consumers take risks when parking in parking lots and garages. Regardless of whether consumers are there to go shopping or see a movie, eat or stop at the doctor, we trust the other drivers to follow the rules and laws in order for our own vehicle to remain safe. While some may endure dings or scratches while parked in a parking lot or garage, events like this multiple vehicle accident is not so common.
Some of the reasons consumers park in the Pearlridge Center parking garage is not only to seek shade from the noonday sun, but also for access to multiple stores. This parking garage is between Pearlridge Uptown and the stores surrounding Bed Bath & Beyond and Anna Millers. Shoppers also enjoy the small businesses like Monterey Bay Canners restaurant, which overlooks a watercress farm and Pearl Harbor.
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White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. -- There's a new twist in Senio Kelemete's quest to make the New Orleans Saints' roster.
The 24-year-old who spent part of last season on the Saints' practice squad, worked as center during a portion of Monday's practice at the Greenbrier resort. Previously, Kelemete had only played at guard.
Jonathan Goodwin and Tim Lelito, battling to be starting center, needn't worry about their jobs. But the move was still a good sign for Kelemete, because coaches value flexibility among reserve linemen and the ability to play another position won't hurt.
"He's had a ton of reps and I would say that he has been pretty impressive," Saints coach Sean Payton said Monday.
In two NFL seasons, Kelemete has played in exactly one game.
It was in that debut game in 2012, playing for the Arizona Cardinals, that Kelemete found a deflected pass floating in his direction.
The 307-pound offensive guard wrapped his paws around the football, lumbered forward and gained 10 yards.
The reception guaranteed that Kelemete will be a part of trivia lore even if he never takes another snap: He's the only offensive lineman in NFL history to catch a pass in his debut.
"My first game was kind of crazy. The ball got batted. I saw it in the air. I knew anyone could catch it after it was batted. I picked it and got 10 yards and a first down," Kelemete said.
For Kelemete, the bizarre play neatly illustrates the philosophy he has this summer as he tries to win a spot on the Saints' roster.
"When I see an opportunity, I've got to take it," he said Saturday.
Kelemete's opportunity arrived early in camp when starting guard Ben Grubbs left with an undisclosed injury. Grubbs has watched most practices from the sidelines, and Kelemete has worked with the first team in his place.
"I feel like I'm doing OK, but I don't want to be complacent," said Kelemete. "I'm just constantly asking questions of what I can do better and what I need to work on."
Payton said the drop off from Grubbs to Kelemete wasn't as steep as he might have feared.
"To (Kelemete's) credit, he has handled himself really well," Payton said. "He has to continue on work on finishing blocks and some of those things, but I've been encouraged."
Kelemete, who grew up in Seattle and was a two-time captain for his hometown Washington Huskies, was drafted in the fifth round by the Arizona Cardinals in 2012 but was waived in the final cuts last August.
He signed on with the Saints, spending part of last 2013 on the practice squad. Kelemete said he was glad to be asked back to compete for a spot in 2014.
"I love the team. They're really family oriented. The vets, you can ask them any question and they'll help you out," he said. "I feel like it's a really good fit for me. They get the ball out real quick. We run zone. I feel good here."
Grubbs has watched his progress from the sidelines and offered advice on footwork and other technical issues. Kelemete said he feels confident in his grasp of the playbook.
Now the question is whether there will be room for him on the 53-man roster.
Assuming the Saints take eight offensive linemen, the loser of the Goodwin-Lelito center battle would likely take one of the reserve spots. Bryce Harris played in 16 games last year and is in his third year with the organization. There's no guarantee that he'll make the squad, but it would be at least a mild surprise if he doesn't.
That leaves the eighth spot. Marcel Jones, a seventh round draft pick in 2012 whose background is at tackle, has worked exclusively at guard in camp, an indication that coaches are grooming him for an end-of-roster position. Then there's Tavon Rooks, a sixth round pick in 2014, who was injured for the early part of camp.
So Kelemete won't have an easy time making the roster, although he might be a valuable player to stash on the practice squad for another year. When Grubbs returns, Kelemete will return to the second unit. Until then, he's trying to impress the coaches who will make the cuts.
"I feel like whenever your opportunity shows up," he said, "you've got to show up."


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On Tuesday, StubHub announced that more than 1,600 StubHub accounts were hacked when thieves got the login information from other websites or through malware located on the account-holder's computers. StubHub believes it was made victim of an international cyber fraud ring.
According to the Associated Press, these hackings occurred March of last yet, but the information was withheld until arrests could be made. At a press conference on Wednesday, BBC news reported that seven people have been arrested and six have been indicted for the scam, which cost StubHub more than $1.6 million dollars.
A press conference held by the New York County's district attorney, and attended by members of the police forces of London and Canada, announced that three men in London, two in New York, one in Spain and one in Toronto have been arrested.
When StubHub noticed the unauthorized purchases last year, they contacted authorities and then assisted customers with refunds and resetting passwords. Head of global communications, Glenn Lehrman, stated that though the StubHub security hadn't been compromised, the people responsible belonged to a "pretty intense network of cyber fraudsters."
The thieves hacked into Americans' StubHub accounts to fraudulently buy and sell tickets and then laundered it through PayPal and international wire transfers. USA Today notes that the crime ring worked as a team to accomplish their goal. Two members fraudulently bought the tickets and then emailed them to three Americans. Those men then resold the tickets and laundered the money. The men range in age from 21 to 37.
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The Providence metro area, epicenter of Little Rhody, has the greatest number of doughnut shops per capita in America. That's a lot of cruller fans, for sure, but it's also a lot of competition. And yet Allie's Donuts–a low-slung red-and-white cottage on the side of Route 2 in North Kingstown–has managed to survive the Dunkin' era and the Krispy Kreme incursion. Credit the late Frederick "Allie" Briggs Jr., whose simple formula of good coffee (nearly 10 flavors on a recent visit), handmade doughnuts, and friendly service (takeout only) has put his namesake on many a "Best Doughnuts in America" list. The honey-dipped rounds are tender and yeasty, with a crackly crust of glaze; the chocolate cake doughnuts have the perfect balance of crisp outside and moist inside, with rich cocoa flavor; the maple-frosted rings taste like a trip to the sugar shack. And the pièce de résistance: Custom doughnut cakes, made with yeast dough and topped with a thick layer of icing and a Technicolor shower of sprinkles.
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Data in the Cloud (Part 1)
The benefits of running your business on the latest trend in computing and what to look for in a cloud provider.
July 6, 2012
With the economic recession somewhat behind us, markets are poised for growth yet again. As fast-growing companies achieve greater market penetration and gain more customers, they face the challenge and opportunity of expanding to new locations and efficiently growing their business. They must be able to effectively manage their sales teams and channels and improve back-office efficiency, while ensuring high levels of service for customers.
To take advantage of these opportunities, companies need to assess whether their existing business applications footprint for accounting, sales, service and other functions will effectively support the growth of the business. Many businesses that started out with ad hoc, standalone applications will determine they need to upgrade to a more flexible platform to support continued growth.
Cloud computing is a compelling option for many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), as well as larger enterprises, as it offers low cost of entry and ownership and faster time to market compared to traditional on-premise business software and servers. According to IDC, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions are set to grow six times faster than all software, and they're expected to show compound annual growth (CAGR) of around 26 percent through to 20141.
Organizations that opt for a cloud strategy face an additional consideration – whether to use individual cloud systems for key processes such as finance, customer relationship management (CRM), and e-commerce, or use an integrated suite that covers those functions and more. It's important to recognize that while the cloud model resolves many problems of on-premise software, cloud applications as standalone silos can introduce inefficiencies, integration challenges, and IT and administrative overhead of their own.
The Risk of Fragmentation with Cloud Silos
Without integration among cloud applications, business users may still be forced to navigate multiple applications and data repositories of data for their everyday activities – slowing down processes and reducing the agility the company needs to grow. Consider the following implications of siloed cloud applications:
• If multiple cloud applications are implemented, data fragmentation still exists. Overlapping databases must be consolidated and reconciled to create a comprehensive and consistent view. In effect, the on-premise software hairball has simply been transferred to the cloud.
• Each application has its own style of configuration. User efforts to adapt the software to their needs can be hampered as they try to keep track of multiple methods of configuration.
• Getting a comprehensive picture of how people are using the software is difficult because multiple applications must be monitored.
• End-to-end processes are difficult to manage because they must be integrated across multiple applications and databases.
Advantages of Integrated Cloud Applications
To avoid these limitations, it is essential to have a collection of cloud applications that are integrated around a single codebase and database, and which contain an integrated business process perspective. Characteristics of such a system include:
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), CRM, human resources, e-commerce, warehouse management, project management, and customer service applications function atop a shared application stack and database.
• Business processes easily flow from one application and department to another – from sales quote to order, or from procurement to final vendor payment.
• A single repository for real-time reporting enables everyone to see a shared view of the business – no need for an expensive data warehouse.
• Self-service analytics and reports can easily be customized and extended.
The underlying platform can be easily customized to the needs of the business and its industry, and enables the application to evolve as the business changes. An integrated cloud business suite also improves IT productivity compared to siloed cloud solutions:
Expanded awareness
: Ease of information access means that everyone can get the information they need without continually making IT requests.
Process efficiency
: Process automation flows from department to department across applications built to work together, eliminating the need for expensive and error-prone application integration work.
Accelerated innovation
: Because information and process changes can be implemented quickly, often by users themselves, line of business organizations are able to innovate themselves rather than depend wholly on IT.
Business and IT alignment
: Data and process automation can be easily delivered when and where it is needed, unfettered by technical limitations.
Best Practices for Running Your Business in the Cloud
What is lost in many discussions of cloud computing is the notion of how fixing the problems with the on-premise deployment model does nothing to address the challenges of integration, improving process automation, and providing unified, consistent information.
To gain the maximum benefits of cloud business management, companies in the SMB space need a single cloud system that integrates ERP functionality with CRM, HR, and e-commerce. Such a system should support business user customization and promote process efficiencies and the alignment of IT with business needs. It should also supply real-time reporting and analytics for expanded awareness, and a world-class data center featuring strong disaster recovery and data security capabilities. Let's examine each of these areas.
User-Driven Innovation and Customization
: The power to customize should not only be in the hands of the IT department. A cloud solution that empowers everyday business users to tailor applications to their needs allows users to apply their business function expertise. Meanwhile, IT staff is liberated to focus on innovation and strategic initiatives that can add value to the bottom line.
Business Application Development Platform
: With a single cloud customization platform, IT departments can quickly build innovative, end-to-end business applications. Customers should also have available a vendor-sponsored network of complementary third-party applications to enrich and extend cloud applications.
Importantly, the cloud vendor should be able to carry forward any customer-made customizations as it rolls out upgrades to its suite, with no re-engineering or manual effort required.
Process Efficiency
: Empowering users leads to efficiency as well as innovation. When users can change the way they work directly, without having to wait in line for IT to do everything for them, business processes run faster and smarter. Studies show that customers migrating from unintegrated legacy and custom accounting systems and moving to one central accounting system can expect to accelerate financial close times by 20%-50%.
Automating processes enables companies to eliminate or redeploy staff and avoid new hires. For example, one company required a full-time person who did nothing but print out labels for merchandise as salespeople entered orders. Integration between CRM and inventory management applications eliminated the need for the position, saving the company $25,000 a year. Another company used a cloud inventory management application to increase inventory turns by 50%. This also freed up cash that was tied up in non-performing inventory.
Aligning IT with Business Needs
: In most companies, the line to get help from IT to change business applications is so long that people give up trying. Only the biggest ideas with the biggest payoffs make it worth enduring the wait and expense. But as the lean manufacturing principle of kaizen has shown, huge gains can be made from making many small improvements.
In the best cloud models, IT staff can devote their time to improving the business, rather than trying to solve integration and other headaches. IT shifts from being an interchangeable commodity to a differentiator.
eporting and Analytics for Expanded Awareness
: Real-time business intelligence is important in making informed decisions. You can instantly look at metrics from many sources – the number of hits to your website, the number of orders placed, or the current bank balance. This information can be accessed instantly from almost anywhere, with no extraction cycle. The result: expanded awareness of important information. When staff is better informed, they make better decisions.
In traditional ERP systems, getting a single view of a customer is a major undertaking that might involve several databases and a business analyst, consultant, or a special software product. Many companies invest in elaborate systems to collect data from applications nightly or weekly to create a single data warehouse for reporting and analysis – almost always an extremely costly and complex undertaking.
The better, more efficient option is to have a unified and consistent database. This allows employees to do a single search on a customer and see what they are buying, how much they paid, and their order status. This information should be available to the front-line staffers who need this information in real time.
The Benefit of a World-Class Data Center
One of the biggest benefits of using a cloud vendor is its ability to provide customers with a world-class data center that meets the highest standards of reliability but also are so secure that companies can confidently present a broader face to the Internet and include partners and customers as users of business applications.
Clients are understandably concerned about data security. Knowing that their business success depends on this, the best cloud providers have processes and procedures in place to ensure secure client data. Before selecting a cloud solution, ensure the vendor has undergone independent reviews to validate its processes.
Key certifications to look for include:
SAS 70 Type II
. Make sure your vendor fully complies with SAS 70 Type II standards. This indicates that the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or its designees have conducted an in-depth audit of the vendor's controls and safeguards. When cloud customers are audited, they can provide a SAS 70 Type II Service Auditor's Report to the auditor as a substitute for auditing your cloud vendor's controls and procedures. Without SAS 70 Type II compliance, companies are likely to incur additional costs because they must send auditors to the cloud vendor to analyze controls and procedures.
EU-Safe Harbor compliant
. U.S.-EU Safe Harbor is a key process for U.S. companies operating in Europe. It certifies that companies comply with the EU Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data. The seven Safe Harbor Principles are designed to prevent accidental information disclosure or loss of consumer data. Cloud providers should also adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles published by U.S. Department of Commerce with respect to personal data about individuals in the EEA that the vendor receives from our subsidiaries, customers and other business partners.
PCI Data Security Standard
. PCI Data Security Standards for consumer data govern security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software design and more. Established by firms such as Visa and American Express, these standards are continually refined and strengthened, and companies can lose PCI certification if they fail to meet requirements. Some cloud vendors provide 3D Secure credit card authentication, also known as Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode.
These standards are beyond the reach of most on-premise providers, but the best cloud providers have PCI certification. Auditing and certifying these levels of compliance is simply too onerous for most companies that operate in-house ERP systems.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Cloud computing vendors should understand that they cannot simply ask their customers for trust. It is important to plan for the worst-case scenario. Such planning is the domain of disaster recovery and vendors should provide a variety of options to prevent disasters and to provide business continuity if disaster strikes.
The best cloud systems are architected with multiple layers of redundancy to ensure service continuity even if one or more elements fail. All data is stored immediately in multiple locations, with daily hot backups to ensure quick data restoration in case of emergency. In addition, all customer data is backed up on tape media daily and stored in a safe facility. Data centers are equipped with backup power batteries and generators, seismic bracings, and an Internet connection of up to three 1 Gbps pipes. This redundancy ensures round the clock connectivity with no bottlenecks; in fact, with this design, two pipes could fail with no impact on users.
Application security:
Any cloud system should be designed to be safe from Internet attacks. All servers should be protected by a firewall that allows access only via specific protocols and methods. It should be securely designed with segregated networks, load balancers, denial of service countermeasures and application-layer filters. All transactions should be protected by 128-bit SSL, the same strong encryption used by large banks and e-commerce companies.
Physical security:
Access to the facility.
Advanced disaster recovery:
In rare cases, customers may require exceptional safeguards outside the scope of the cloud vendor's data integrity models, such as dedicated redundant hardware or replication of data to a client's remote data center. Cloud vendors should arrange to provide such safeguards for such companies.
For rapidly growing and mid-sized businesses, the resources required to maintain and grow an IT infrastructure to support the needs of the business can be enormous. Cloud computing is often seen as a cost-effective and quick-fix solution, but businesses must be careful not to repeat the same mistakes of the past and end up with another applications hairball, albeit one running in the cloud.
With the growth of cloud computing, businesses must take a strategic long-term view of their application footprint – understand how applications and business processes cross departments and lines of business, and optimize their applications architecture around collaboration and process. By combining an integration applications strategy with cloud delivery, businesses can position themselves for efficient and cost-effective growth, and improved competitiveness.
Yes - or No?
If you are technologically inclined, you surely have heard of cloud computing as it becoming rampant in the market today. Many business owners find it cost effective and that is why those who are into it are growing in numbers. In case you are not yet aware, cloud computing is the use of online-based services to support various business processes. However, before you finally decide to use cloud computing, it would be nice to first be aware of its pros and cons.
The different types of Cloud Computing
Before we proceed on to the pros and cons of cloud computing, let us first familiarize the different types of it. Cloud computing comes in three different categories, which include the following:
• Infrastructure-as-a-service – this service is offered to users so they can have Remote Control Software on their computers without the need to purchase servers, software, data center space, and network equipment.
• Platform-as-a-service – this is the type where vendors provide and manage the operating system, database and all that are needed to run a particular platform.
• Software-as-a-service – with this type, users need not to purchase software licenses because the vendor will provide it.
Cloud Computing Pros
Cloud computing has various benefits that users will definitely love. A few of these benefits include:
• Cost Reduction – cloud computing can reduce the paperwork, transaction cost, hardware cost, and IT staff.
• Scalable – like electricity, water and pay-as-you go phones, some cloud computing services are billed based on the amount of usage. Therefore, you only pay for what you really use and can easily upgrade your service without having to make costly additions to hardware or software.
• Right level for the right size of business – cloud-computing services are available in small and mid-sizes. This will reduce cost on software licenses like remote control software as well as server cost.
• Easier to collaborate – with cloud computing PC Remote Access is also possible. Meaning, users can access anywhere, anytime, thus can be collaborated with remote employees.
Cloud Computing Cons
Despite the numerous advantages, there also some disadvantages for cloud computing. A few of them are:
• Availability – cloud service can be down at times, which could affect users a lot more as programs run on the server rather than on each individual workstation.
• Data mobility and ownership – once decided to cut the serviceHealth Fitness Articles, users are not sure if they will get their data back.
• Privacy – users are unaware how the collected data will be used.
— By Phillip Presley
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Situated in the heart of Macau, Senado Square has an attractive atmosphere, with its outdoor terraces, delightful fountain and pastel-coloured colonial architecture. One of the most striking buildings on the square is the large white Leal Senado (178..
2 São Domingo Church
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São Domingo church is easily recognisable by its large yellow and white façade, the alcoves of which are adorned with religious statues, as well as its green shutters and doorway. This is without a doubt the most beautiful church in Macau. Built in B..
3 Ruins of São Paulo Cathedral
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Rua de S. Paulo RC - Macao
Built in the 17C in Baroque style, São Paulo Cathedral was for a long time the largest Roman Catholic church in Asia, and played an active part in converting local inhabitants to Christianity. A fire destroyed much of the church in 1835, leaving only..
4 A-Ma Temple
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According to legend, the goddess A-Ma saved a modest fisherman from drowning here by calming the raging seas. She then emerged from the waves, surrounded by light, and made her way to the top of a nearby hill. In memory of this event, the locals buil..
5 Lou Lim Ieoc Garden
Nature and gardens
Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro RC - Macao
Lou Lim Ieoc Garden and the house which it surrounds were once the property of a wealthy Chinese family. The garden was laid out in the 19C following the design of the well-known Suzhou Gardens and is now popular with local inhabitants who come here ..
6 Kun Iam Temple
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Founded around 1400, before the arrival of the Portuguese, Kun Iam Temple was rebuilt in some splendour in the 18C - the eye is immediately drawn to the roof, with its varnished statuettes. This temple, one of the most impressive in Macau, houses a s..
7 Avenida da Praia Grande
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Embellished by a lake, which was once part of the China Sea (its shores have been extended by polders), the southernmost point of Macau is lined with historic avenues. Despite being transformed by modernisation, these avenues have retained their attr..
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Housed in the ruins of the Monte fortress, once owned by the Jesuits, the Macau Museum boasts three floors of exhibits dedicated to three different themes: the history of Macau from prehistory to its golden age, the 17C; the popular arts; and contemp..
9 Rua da Felicidade
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One of Macau's emblematic streets, Rua da Felicidade was made famous in the West by the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and was once lined with run down bars and brothels. The street has since been tidied up and restored. Its small, two-st..
10 Casas Museu de Taipa
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Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to reports over the weekend of a meeting of far-right groups, including British groups, in Sweden on Saturday. The meeting, which reportedly attracted fewer than 200 people was meant to signal the launch of the first global 'counter-jihad initiative'.
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"A Stockholm rally by European and U.S. far-right groups seeking to create a global "counter-jihad" movement attracted fewer than 200 people on Saturday who were outnumbered by anti-racist protesters.
"Police said the rival demonstration was kept apart from the far-right rally and drew a few hundred people, a small number of whom were detained.
"The far-right rally was organised by groups including the English Defence League (EDL) which has been a driving force behind a handful of similar events, most recently a Danish rally in March.
"Support has grown in European countries for populist, nationalist and anti-immigration movements and in Sweden the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats won seats in parliament for the first time in 2010."
Commenting on the meeting, Professor Matthew Goodwin an expert on the far-right and author of several reports described the meeting as signifying "the strengthening links between counter-jihad groups and anti-Muslim groups within Europe and the United States"
The leader of the English Defence League, Stephen Lennon told Reuters that the meeting was about sharing resources, ideology and "work[ing] together in any way we can over the next 12 months in order to highlight the truth, the truth about Islam".
The report adds that "Pamela Geller, a leader of groups Stop Islamization of Nations and Stop Islamization of America, said the movement was planning to hold a conference in New York on September 11."
The report builds on a picture of a far-right movement with a specific anti-Islam agenda that is attempting to coordinate on a wider regional and international basis. Only last month, a meeting of far right groups was held at the European Parliament, and was attended by the leader of the English Defence League, Stephen Lennon. The violent dimension of the European far right was recently highlighted in a report published by the Institute of Race Relations. What is more, criticism has been charged at Europe's mainstream political leaders for their failure to tackle anti-Muslim prejudices and in some cases their complicity in encouraging such prejudices through both rhetoric and policy.
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Chinese Muslims waited to buy mutton skewers during Eid al-Adha outside a Shanghai mosque Tuesday. Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha by the sacrificial killing of sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail. (Aly Song/Reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President-elect Joe Biden and former Vice President Al Gore met in Chicago Tuesday. Mr. Obama spent the day dealing with news that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell the president-elect's now-vacant Senate seat. "I had no contact with the governor or his office, and so I was not aware of what was happening," Mr. Obama said. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press)
Blind children waited for free medical treatment at a Vembar, India, clinic Tuesday. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
A man took a break Tuesday after eating at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, where hundreds of people receive food and supplies daily in Detroit. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Residents visited the graves of members of the Shiite Mehdi army militia in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday during Muslim Eid al-Adha festivals. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)
The family of Ibrahim Abid, 78, who was killed by Blackwater security guards, visited his grave Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq. Wild, unprovoked gunfire and grenades killed 14 civilian Iraqis and hurt dozens more in the September 2007 attack, prosecutors said Monday while announcing charges against five guards. (Hadi Mizban/Associated Press)
Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (right) and Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter spoke to the media Tuesday while visiting a point that overlooks Gaza. Polls in recent weeks show the Likud Party, headed by Ms. Livni, leading upcoming parliamentary elections. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
A German court sentenced Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib, 24, for multiple counts of attempted murder Tuesday for his part in a failed bid to blow up passenger trains in 2006. (Henning Kaiser/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
A man showed a picture of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, 15, at the parliament building in Athens Tuesday. The opposition wants government officials to resign after nationwide riots sparked by the police killing of the 15-year-old boy. About 6,000 people attended Alexandros' funeral Tuesday, where clashes also broke out with riot police. The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear, but two officers were arrested. (Louisa Gouliamaki/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid his last respects to Patriarch Alexy II Tuesday at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The 79-year-old guided the church after decades of Communist-era rule. (Vladimir Rodionov/RIA Novosti via Associated Press)
Angry minibus taxi operators set fire to garbage cans during a march in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday in protest of a proposed rapid bus system to prepare the country for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. The operators claim the system would cut their earnings. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
A search resumed Tuesday for a missing child amid the wreckage of a military fighter jet that crashed in a residential San Diego area. A mother, her baby and a grandmother were killed on the ground; the pilot ejected and ended up suspended by his parachute in a tree. According to a congressional aide, the jet lost power. (Ron Belanger/You Witness News via Reuters)
Former North Korean defectors rallied Tuesday in Seoul, showing a poster of a North Korean child reportedly suffering from famine. The country has allegedly executed defectors who were captured in China. (Lee Jin-man/Associated Press)
A scuba diver swam toward a school of giant barracudas at Barracuda Point off the Malaysian island of Sipadan Tuesday. (David Loh/Reuters)


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Prove that $\lim \limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{x^n}{n!} = 0$, $x \in \Bbb R$.
Consider the sequence $(8^n/n!)n\in \mathbb{N}$. I am trying to show that it is bounded above (it is bounded below by 0) and applying the Squeeze's theorem to show that the limit is 0.
I thought about $2^n/n! < 2(2/n) < 2$
BUt the presence of the upperbound of 2 bothers me.


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Is your website complementing or destroying your brand? Your brand is more than your logo. It is the way you do business. It is showing potential clients that you are a business that will treat them with respect and ensure top quality work. So back to my question…Is you website complementing or destroying your brand? Is your website showing that you have an quality company? Work on all browsers and even mobile? Designed to walk your client through your process and show them your services?
If not then you should work on improving your presence on the web. It doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg as there are little things that can be done to improve your site. You could create a blog to showcase your knowledge. Update your design to take your site from a 90's design to the new frontier (to go where no design has gone before). Create social media sites that can help your company reach out to potential, current and past clients.
At the end of the day make sure that you are improving your company and brand to help grow your company. If you don't I can guarantee that your competitors are.


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British Hinduism Oral History Project launch 2001
Lord Dholakia, a member of the Centre's Patron's Board said 'I am delighted that the OCVHS is undertaking such a project. There is a danger that a significant portion of history may be lost forever, if we fail to record the recollections and contributions made. This has my full support.'
The launch also attracted a great deal of media attention with journalists from the BBC World Service, Eastern Eye, Sunrise Radio, India Monitor, Indian Express, Asian Age and History Today in attendance.
The BBC 'South Today' programme also featured a news item on the Project in its evening bulletin the following day.
The brainchild of scholars and Hindu community leaders, the project aims to capture the stories of first generation Hindus in Britain.
For Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the OCVHS and the Project's Manager, the project is vital to the Hindu community: 'It is a chance for them to engage in their own history, explore issues of identity and begin to interpret their tradition.'
Prof. Kim Knott is the project's Research Co-ordinator. Her extensive work on the Hindu community in England led her to recognise the importance of establishing such an archive.
A major portion of the project is being funded by a grant of £86,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Speaking on behalf of the Fund, Helen Jackson, Deputy Director of Research commented: 'We feel the project has huge model value for other communities. There's no denying the strategic and important vision behind the Oral History Project and the work of the Centre.'
She added that the 'ground breaking and much needed project' was exactly the sort of undertaking the Lottery wanted to fund.
In his opening speech, HE Nareshwar Dayal said: 'This project - The Life of Hindus in Britain - will mark the beginning of an important process of documenting that which makes pluralistic United Kingdom a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural democracy.'
The launch was hailed by all present as an enormous success. This was in no small way due to the wonderful hospitality, warmth and efficiency shown by HE Nareshwar Dayal, P. C. Haldar and the rest of the staff at the High Commission, for which the Centre is extremely grateful.


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The showcase of international animated shorts at the Florida Film Festival included thirteen films from numerous countries and utilizing a number of different animation techniques. None of the films are of poor quality; it's obvious the painstaking effort that went into making them. Some succeed and some don't (and several spectacularly fail, in this critic's opinion.) Here are the highlights (and lowlights) of the international animated shorts:
My favorite of the collection was the final short, Subconscious Password, which used some creative live action mixed with stop motion animation to show what happens when a man can't remember an old friend's name. His subconscious turns into a game show hosted by his superego. Hilarious. Noodle Fish from Korea is the story of a fish trying to discover what the world above the surface of the water is like, and is animated with Korean noodles. Very entertaining and innovative.
I can't say I really enjoyed many of the other films, though I appreciate the craft involved. What is Dead May Never Die and Tap to Retry go well together; the former splices random images of early 80's computer animation and experimental film set to a synth soundtrack, while the latter is a stop motion exploration of our modern addiction to technology using paper constructs. Both are visually very interesting, if a little ambiguous of meaning. I also appreciated White Morning, a British film that examines the violence of little boys that continue into adulthood; it was one of the more experimental in nature and works, though it is a bit long and heavy handed.
Most of the other shorts were fairly middling. Oh Sheep! would have been a cute little film except for the unnecessary gore the filmmakers felt they needed to include. Bloody violence doesn't bother me when it serves the story and it certainly didn't here. This leads into La Ravaudeuse standing out as one I greatly disliked also. It's the story of a peasant woman and her children, two formerly conjoined twins. It's technically well made, but it was needlessly graphic; I can go the rest of my life without seeing felt puppets having graphic intercourse. And that's the first and last time I intend to ever type that phrase.
Most of these films can be found online. For my other reviews from the Florida Film Festival click here.


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Spitfire Audio has introduced Evo Grid 001 – a new virtual instrument that features long, evolving orchestral strings. Continue reading
Tag Archives: strings
Alpha Juno-2 Ambient Synth Jam
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Danielle (aka TheSynthFreq), captures an ambient improvisation, using just a strings patch on the Roland Alpha Juno-2 and an effects unit.
A Virtual Orchestral Performance, With Miroslav Philharmonik
Sunday Synth Jam: Here's something a little different – a virtual orchestra performance, via bylcj246 on YouTube.
Here's what he has to say about it:
This song was recorded using the orchestral sounds from IK Multimedia's Miroslav Philharmonik virtual instrument. The digital organ it was played on is a Content D4330.
At a few points near the end of the video, you will see a "ghost" third hand appear. This just illustrates the addition of higher notes after the initial recording of the song.
The video was post-recorded by me, so there a few discrepancies in the video where the fingers don't match the song – see if you can find them 🙂
Unfortunately, bylcj246 doesn't include any information about himself on his channel. If you know anything more, leave a comment!
Gnomehammer 2010 Bringing The Most 'Emotionally Disturbed Christmas In The History Of Virtual Instruments'
Tonehammer has announced Gnomehammer 2010, the return of the gnomes:
Yes… they are coming… the dreaded gnomes! But with more vengeance and teenage angst then ever!
You may wonder if we are releasing our long awaited POP "Passion Of Panflute" library … You may even fear that it will be our first 192 khz release … But fear not my friend …
Gnomehammer is our way of celebrating and ending the year with the sickest, baddest, memorable and emotionally disturbed Christmas in the history of virtual instruments.
The deal is that we will be releasing something new EVERY day here on www.tonehammer.com from December 1st to 25th. But make sure you check our site every single day during December, since we will have some hot, hot offers – some only lasting a single day.
Roland Jupiter 4
This is an audio functional demo of the Roland Jupiter 4 Compuphonic Synthesizer.
via abertronic
Vintage Korg Sigma Advertisement
This vintage ad, from around 1976, is for the Korg Sigma synthesizer.
According to a Korg Sigma synth review by Gordon Reid:
When Korg released the Sigma its design and a handful of its facilities put older preset monosynths to shame. It was heavily endorsed by Rick Wakeman (who at one time replaced his Minimoogs with four of them) and also used by Keith Emerson. Yet it never caught on, and within a few years had vanished. And that's a pity because the range of possibilities contained within its weird architecture was huge.
Nowadays, its resale value can be very low, but who knows… if a bit more fuss had been made of the original rather than focusing on its limitations, there might have been a Mark II, and that could have been a very weird and wonderful synthesiser indeed.
via abertronic
Solina String Ensemble
The ARP String Ensemble, produced by Solina (a.k.a. Eminent NV) from 1974 to 1981, is a fully polyphonic multi-orchestral synthesizer with a 49-key keyboard.
The sounds it offers are violin, viola, trumpet, horn, cello and contrabass. The keyboard uses 'organ style' divide-down technology to make it polyphonic.
A built-in chorus effect gives the instrument its famous sound.
Famous players include Deodato, The Buggles, Elton John, Air and Pink Floyd.
If you've used the ARP Solina String Ensemble, leave a comment with your thoughts/ratings!
- Wikipedia entry for ARP String Ensemble
- Retrosound's Solina String Synth page
- Eminent Solina String Ensemble page at dse.nl
- Video via epservice
Garritan Ships Gofriller Solo Cello Software Instrument
Garritan has announced that the Gofriller Solo Cello, the latest software instrument using the revolutionary 'sonic morphing' process, is now shipping.
This Solo Cello software instrument, created by an Italian team in collaboration with Garritan, expands the company's solo instrument series following the release of the Stradivari Solo Violin.
According to Garritan, the Gofriller Solo Cello represents a major step forward in software musical instrument technology and provides a new level of realism and virtuosic erformance in sample-based instruments. Gofriller Cellos (made nearly three hundred years ago) are among the finest cellos ever made and are known for their rich and beautiful tone. Thanks to the exclusive "harmonic alignment" technology, this sampled Gofriller Cello lets you seamlessly crossfade among dynamics (pp to ff); continuously control the onset, rate and speed of the vibrato; play portamento, trill at any interval and speed, perform harmonics, legato – play almost any articulations in real-time.
The result of these technologies is extraordinary levels of expressiveness and performance capabilities in a way that preserves the natural characteristics of the Gofriller Cello. This solo cello instrument is truly 'playable' unlike any other virtual instrument.
This new instrument integrates the Native Instruments Kontakt 2 sample player and can be used as a standalone instrument, as a VST, DXi, RTAS or Audio Units plug-in, and can be used with supported notation programs like Finale 2007. It is also Mac Intel compatible.
Pricing and Availability
The Gofriller is priced at $199 and available now.


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Disk Space Usage: A Hidden Cost of Virtualization?
A recent study by Enterprise Strategy Group, entitled "2011 IT Spending Intentions Survey," noted that more than 60% of surveyed midmarket and enterprise organizations plan to increase their virtualization software spending in 2011. While virtualization is largely expected to help reduce operational costs, there are two particular hidden costs that often present administrators with an ongoing challenge: disk space usage and poor disk performance.
The Hidden Impact of Snapshots
In many IT organizations, server administrators are allowed to create snapshots of their virtual machines (VMs), which enables rollback of modifications if they go awry. However, snapshots can consume significant disk space, the extent of which remains hidden to most users. To make matters worse, each time a user creates a snapshot, that snapshot begins collecting the changes made to the server since the snapshot was originally created. It is, in effect, the delta between "now" and when the snapshot was taken.
If a system has multiple snapshots, each file must be opened and processed to recreate the I/O data for the virtual machine. This only exacerbates this scenario and means that every read or write operation is multiplied by the number of snapshots, creating contention and poor performance of the underlying disk subsystem. In addition to disk space considerations, administrators have to deal with performance degradation that can impact the entire host and all VMs running on the host/datastore.
While a user may be constrained to a 10 or 20 GB disk when creating his or her VM, snapshots are not similarly constrained and can grow many times larger than the original disk. Unless the administrator works with each user to either commit or revert their snapshots, the virtual infrastructure can quickly run out of storage, requiring organizations to purchase more disk space to accommodate these growing snapshots. Additionally, the performance degradation that can result from snapshots can oftentimes be masked, causing organizations to misattribute their issues and potentially invest in faster and more expensive storage than is required.
Deleting a VM for Extra Disk Space? Not Exactly.
Deleting VMs does not always result in a complete return of the disk space that a VM was consuming. Users have the ability to delete a VM's configuration from the VMware User Interface without actually deleting the files stored on the virtual infrastructure – allowing users to recover the VM at a later time if needed. However, this leaves orphaned disks resident on the virtual servers and without a deep investigation (often taking hours of effort), virtual administrators often have no idea these orphans exist and, as a result, they can consume untold amounts of disk space.
Automation = No More Hidden Disk Space and Utilization
IT process automation is a proven means of controlling the costs of hidden disk space and utilization across virtual environments.
By automating the snapshot request process, administrators can establish policies for the length of time a snapshot is allowed to remain in a particular place. Users can be given the option, through a self-service portal, to revert the snapshot, commit the snapshot or request an extension – all without requiring the virtual administrator to keep track of individual requests.


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Space Shuttle Atlantis
This is the actual space shuttle, not a replica. Very interesting exhibit.
October 2012
View from Airboat
We are desperately searching for alligators and other wildlife. SAw only cows and one bird. Perhaps you can tell it was not a very successful day on the everglades. The airboat experience was quite fun.
October 2012
KSC Entrance
The family in front of the iconic symbol. A great day checking out the space stuff.
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Categories: Reviews: Equipment : Film : Black and White (35mm)
HP5 Plus is a fast black and white film. It is ideal for action, available light and general purpose photography. It is designed to give optimum results under most lighting conditions and when processed in a wide range of developers. HP5 Plus is rated at ISO 400/27 when exposed to daylight.
HP5 Plus has the fine grain, good edge contrast and sharpness required to give excellent image quality. These characteristics give prints with outstanding brightness and a full tonal range.
HP5 Plus, though, is more than an ISO 400/27 film. By extending development with some developers, for example Ilford Ilfotec HC and Ilford Microphen, it is possible to use meter settings up to EI 3200/36. This makes HP5 Plus the ideal film for all photography where factors such as poor lighting and moving subjects demand greatest emulsion sensitivity.
HP5 Plus is coated on 0.125mm acetate base. The base tint of HP5 Plus enables easy print contrast assessment on a light box. For easy negative identification, it also has bold frame numbering for whole frames and letters to indicate half frame numbering.
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