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Open Compute Keynote de Philippe Dewost a USI 2015 Unexpected Sources of Inspiration - Philippe Dewost's light sources
L'édition 2015 de la Conference USI (Unexpected Sources of Inspiration) s'est tenue début Juillet au Carrousel du Louvre et a confirmé son statut de meilleure Conference Tech sur Paris, combinant un site exceptionnel, une audience de plus de 1200 participants très diverse et de très bon niveau, et une palette de speakers dans plusieurs disciplines délivrant une quarantaine d'interventions sur les deux jours. La Caisse des Dépôts était de nouveau partenaire de cette édition avec plus d'une cinquantaine de participants dans le cadre de son programme de transformation digitale.
François Hisquin, CEO d'Octo et Curateur de la conférence, m'avait demandé d'intervenir sur la thématique d'Open Compute, dont la contribution aux enjeux de la transition énergétique n'est toujours pas correctement appréciée en Europe alors même que nous hébergeons des entreprises extrêmement talentueuses dans ce domaine.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Keynote en video et slideshare pour ceux qui n'ont pas le son
CHECy's curator insight, November 25, 2015 12:15 PM
Intervention de Philippe Dewost, Président d'honneur du CHECy, lors de la conférence USI 2015.
The latest record is an incredibly low bid of 2.42 cents / kwh solar electricity in Abu Dhabi. That is an unsubsidized price.
Let me put that in perspective. The cost of electricity from a new natural gas powerplant in the US is now estimated at 5.6 cents / kwh. (pdf link) That is with historically low natural gas prices in the US, which are far lower than the price of natural gas in the rest of the world.
This new bid in Abu Dhabi is less than half the price of electricity from a new natural gas plant.
What's more, it's less than the cost of the fuel burned in a natural gas plant to make electricity – without even considering the cost of building the plant in the first place.
The solar bid in Abu Dhabi is not just the cheapest solar power contract ever signed – it's the cheapest contract for electricity ever signed, anywhere on planet earth, using any technology.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Looks like solar energy is really following an exponential path similar to tech's Moore's Law. The shift in once oil addicted Middle East is indeed impressive.
If you handle a lot of 4K video, you'll know that most available SD cards will struggle to handle all of your high-quality footage. The two-year old SanDisk 512GB SD card might take the edge off somewhat, but that isn't all that Western Digital, owner of the SanDisk brand, has got to offer. Today, the storage giant unveiled what it calls the "world's first" 1TB SD card. It's only a prototype, but already the company is touting the card's ability to adequately handle 4K, 8K, VR and 360-degree video when it officially becomes available.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
16 years ago SanDisk introduced 64 MB SD Cards. Moving from 128 MB to 128 GB took 9 years. And here we are...
Venture capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want to have their associates actually start and run a company for a year.
Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience (working in business development, sales or marketing). None of that can compare with being the CEO of a startup facing a rapidly diminishing bank account, your best engineer quitting, working until 10 p.m. then rushing to the airport to catch a redeye to close a deal with a customer, with your board demanding you do it faster.
Today, you can start a web-mobile-cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Every potential early-stage venture capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner.
Here's why.
Venture capital as a profession is less than half a century old. It is still very much a "craft" business.
Over time, venture firms realized that the firm's partners need a variety of skills:
Some of these skills are learned in school (finance), some are innate aptitudes (people skills), some are learned pattern-recognition skills (shadowing experienced partners, hard-won success and failures of their own), and some are learned by having operating experience. But none of them are substitutes for having started and run a company.
How to Become a VC . Early-stage venture-capital firms grow their partnerships in different ways, some hire:
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Food for thought
From techcrunch
Google is running its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco, The Wall Street Journal reports. The move would put Google in direct, immediate competition with Uber, which helps explain even further the recent departure of Alphabet executive David Drummond from Uber's board. Google's new offering piloted in May, according to the WSJ, and uses the Google-owned Waze app to connect commuters for shared carpooling.
The plan is apparently to open up said program to all San Francisco residents starting this fall, with an eye toward expanding it further provided that works out. And unlike Uber, this is more of a matchmaking service, which brings together riders with drivers headed in the same direction. Fees are going to be low, too — the report says Google is intentionally keeping them low to keep this a peer-to-peer co-driving arrangement, rather than something that professional drivers will want to use in a dedicated capacity, like Uber and Lyft.
Waze's operational model to date has focused on connecting drivers via crowdsourced navigation information. Users report things like accidents, roadside obstacles, storms and traffic jams, and these are immediately available to other drivers. Shortly after Google acquired Waze in 2013, it started using its crowdsourced navigation data in the primary Google Maps app, as well.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Waze,chapter 2. And apparently the end of the love story between Google and Uber
It was just four days after Christmas 2014, and for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi, the presents kept on coming as it announced a funding round of $1.1 billion (£850 million) at a valuation of $45bn. Just 18 months on from Xiaomi's last funding round, new analysis of its business suggests it is worth less than $4 billion. So what happened to the world's once most valuable startup?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Oops. In french we have a saying about Le Capitole & La Roche Tarpéienne ...
From mondaynote
Today, ARM Holdings is a $1.5B company with +15% year-to-year growth, nice financials (such as 96.7% Gross Margin), and a 46.7% Operating Margin. (For all the details — perhaps too many — see this 2015 presentation.)
15B ARM-based chips for $1.5B revenue means that, on average, ARM gets a licensing revenue of 10 cents per chip, and spends a little less than of half of that, 4.7 cents, to generate such revenue. It sure beats today's Windows PC business and its measly 5% to 7% Operating Margins in the best of cases.
ARM Holdings is doing well by any measure, but the price paid for an asset is supposed to reflect expectations of future gains. If we compound ARM's 15% revenue growth over ten years we come up with $6B, a 4x revenue increase…so why is SoftBank willing to pay $32B, more than 20 times current revenue?
Masayoshi (Masa) Son, SoftBank's founder, isn't a wide-eyed, newly-rich entrepreneur looking to make — or lose — a quick buck. Having built a large PC software business, he diversified into telecoms in Japan and the US (SoftBank owns 80% of Sprint). He also holds a piece of Yahoo! which, if this weekend's rumors are true, is soon to be rolled into Verizon.
Having survived the 2000 dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis with a personal fortune estimated at $17B, Son isn't shy about criticizing the short-term views of US investors and their fixation on "shareholder value" at the expense of other longer-term metrics and societal contributions.
With his accomplishments and maverick attitudes in mind, we must conclude that Son sees many more ARM-based chips in our future, some with a revenue-per-unit that's higher than today's 10 cents.
But where does he see them?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Sometimes it helps looking backwards to understand where all of this might be going. So here is another Cambridge (UK) tech behemoth on the leave #ARMxit and as often, Jean-Louis Gassée very clearly sets the stage to understand the mechanics and feel the $ (sorry ¥) at work.
IMHO we in Europe should be looking at the consequences and go back (again) to the RISC world and discover how fast RISC-V is rising and maybe jump horses. Looks doable judging by the russian attempts on Baikal and the chinese success on LongSoon.
The French startup ecosystem is booming. Its exponential growth started about 5 years ago, and now attracts more and more of the young talent. See this.France was not historically seen as a startup country, and it wasn't. But things have changed. It is now the second largest startup ecosystem in Europe (after UK, but ahead of Germany), and may be about to become the first.There are some amazing initiatives like Ecole 42, which just launched in Silicon Valley as well.It is becoming recognised in Silicon Valley. As an example, John Chambers has on numerous occasions mentioned that he saw huge potential in the French startup ecosystem; for example, in a Fortune article.I expect that we will see the spirit of startup go beyond tech, and enter other industries where France has real knowledge, like food and fashion.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Great interview of Scality CEO by TheRegister. Jérôme Lecat has been a first hour supporter of La French Tech and very clearly explains how to articulate your startup between France and the US, debunking a few myths underway...
From www
Japan's SoftBank is buying U.K.-based chip design firm ARM Holdings for about $32 billion, according to the FT.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
ARM takeover by SoftBank is the Tech Brexit of this summer.
This thunderstrike in a blue ocean (pardon me, sky) might trigger a war where we will all of a sudden remember how important it is having a war chest.
There are underlying geopolitics ongoing as evidenced by the progress made by the LongSoon chinese processor now powering world #1 Supercomputer.
It might also signal the beginning of the end of the ARM era, and should have more people focusing on open source silicon architectures such as RISC-V
Philippe J DEWOST's curator insight, July 18, 3:58 AM
As Brexit has removed ARM from Europe, will it be left as the impotent witness of what we shall call an ARM's race ?
This news echoes the announcement of World's new #1 Supercomputer, that is chinese again, but more interestingly no longer features any Intel processor inside but domestic LongSoon chips.
The Silicon race is on its way to a US - Asia bipolar configuration, with Europe being left alone due to the combined effect of Brexit and ARMXit : time for investi(gati)ng (in) open source hardware architectures such as RISC-V ...
From www
While it's good that there's a tangible product, there are still doubts swirling around its feasibility. Ringing Bells' CEO admits that his company is taking a loss on every phone right now -- it's hoping to make up for that through sheer volume. As it stands, the firm is still reluctant to offer hands-on time to the media despite a release just days away.If this gamble pays off, though, it could change the local phone market. Even the most affordable smartphones on the market right now still represent a huge expense for some Indians, particularly rural dwellers who rarely enjoy middle class incomes. At $4, the Freedom 251 is inexpensive enough that it'd be far more attainable and help close a technological divide. The main mystery is whether or not the phone is any good. A terrible experience (say, through unreliable hardware) might sour people on the whole concept, no matter how tempting the price might be.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
The smartphone price range now widens to a staggering 200:1 ratio with
Apple, Google and Facebook are widely regarded as being more innovative than Apple when it comes to developments in the coveted field of artificial intelligence (AI) - hailed as the next major area for computing.While Google and Facebook have developed self-learning AI agents that can learn and master complex games like Go, Apple has remained relatively silent - offering little more than a personal assistant known as Siri.Facebook has also shown off Chatbots, while Microsoft made a regrettable foray of its own into the world of bots with Tay, a controversial Twitter bot that ended up being highly offensive (as a result of humans).But Apple made a series of practical product updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday that show it is not ready to be left behind just yet. Among other things, the Cupertino-headquartered company announced:• iPhone voicemail transcription;• Facial recognition features within Apple Photo;• keyboard recommendations based on text message conversation.Each of these features relies heavily on AI. They employ software that analyses what's going on (be it in a message thread, or a photo library) and then makes or suggests an action based on the information it is presented with.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Now it becomes interesting... Same focus, but different approach. Wondering how Apple will keep up with the strong privacy protection they have been advocating for long.Wondering how Snips will react :-)
From www
Where there's smoke it is said there's fire, and the rumours that Apple will ditch the headphone jack (starting with the iPhone 7) refuse to go away. In fact having first started 18 months ago, this week the rumours have intensified as new leaks build a compelling case for a headphone jack-less Apple world…Both The Verge and AppleInsider note multiple sources at Japan's Portable Audio Festival are reporting Apple is in discussions to add high resolution streaming audio to Apple Music in 2016. The reports claim Apple wants to implement 96kHz / 24-bit music streaming and is in deep discussions with headphone makers – and here's the interesting part: the high res audio is specifically designed for use with headphones featuring Lightning connectors.And now you're ahead of me: Apple would be in its familiar position of being able to take something away (the jack) by giving something more (high res audio). Apple loves this tactic. A focus on FireWire allowed it to dump the floppy disk and this year a focus on USB Type-C gave it (perhaps dubious) grounds to remove every other port type on the 12-inch MacBook.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Horrible News For The Selfie-Stick Industry If Rumor Is Confirmed !
From plussh
Voici, en replay, via le service de streaming live de Plush, startup Montpelliéraine, la série des reverse pitchs des grands groupes donnés hier après-midi dans le cadre de #Big4Start . L'intervention du Groupe Caisse Des Dépôts, qui représentait les besoins d'ICADE et de Transdev, démarre à 59 min.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Le reverse pitching monte en puissance avec la deuxième édition du rendez-vous Big up 4 startup, organisé par la French Tech Montpellier et le cluster régional FrenchSouth Digital. Après avoir réuni en 2015 lors de sa première édition huit grands groupes et 150 start-up régionales, dont les rencontres ont abouti à une quinzaine de contrats, le rendez-vous passe la seconde. En 2016, ce sont quatorze groupes (dont Cisco, Société Générale, Caisse des Dépôts, Orange, La Poste, EDF, Engie et Midi Libre) qui devraient accueillir une soixantaine de jeunes pousses.
Introducing the Omega2, the $5 IoT computer.
What the heck is an IoT computer? It is a Linux computer designed specifically for building connected hardware applications. It combines the tiny form factor and power-efficiency of the Arduino, with the power and flexibilities of the Raspberry Pi.
With the Omega2, we want to lower the barrier of entry, and allow everyone to take the leap into hardware development.
We made the Omega2 tiny so that it can easily fit into your DIY project or commercial product. It is less than 1/4 the size of the Raspberry Pi, and less than 1/3 the size of the Arduino Uno.
The Omega2 has integrated Wi-Fi and on-board flash storage. This means that it springs to life the moment you power it on. You don't have to worry about buying Wi-Fi dongles or installing operating system images onto external SD cards.
Using the Omega2 is just like using a desktop computer. We've built simple and intuitive apps for you to interact with the Omega2. We also have an App Store where you can discover even more apps!For the more adventurous, you can even build apps with our SDK and publish them on the Onion App Store to share with the world :)
Don't be fooled by its size, the Omega2 is a full computer running Linux, the same operating system that powers some of the world's most mission-critical infrastructure. You can think of the Omega2 as a tiny Linux server with Wi-Fi. (Yes, it even runs Apache!)
For the BSD fans out there, the Omega2 also runs FreeBSD!
An important benefit of running Linux is that the Omega2 can be programmed with whatever language you want. Save time by using languages and libraries you are already familiar with.
The Omega2 is designed for connectivity. It has Wi-Fi built in, and we have built expansions so that you can easily add Bluetooth, Cellular, and GPS to your projects.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
The only limit is talent #HardwareIsNotDead
This being said I hope that security has been properly addressed...
Jean-Simon Venne's curator insight, September 27, 8:47 AM
The unit price of a small computer at 5$! All kind of new possibilities at that price.
The project is still in its experimental phase, but AT&T says it's bursting with potential. AirGig's relay stations may sit on top of telephone poles, but it doesn't actually need to tap into the pole's power source -- it doesn't send signals over the lines either, opting instead to regenerate millimeter wave signals from station to station. Because the stations are designed with to use affordable plastic antennas and make use of existing infrastructure, it offers a potential way to bring high-speed connections to new areas without laying down new cable. Not only does that save a ton of money, it also means the new system could be deployed faster.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
While europeans break speed records with 1Tb/s on fiber, ATT looks into Wireless Gigabit for rural areas.
At 2AM, in the dark morning hours of June 28th, Mark Zuckerberg woke up and got on a plane. He was traveling to an aviation testing facility in Yuma, AZ, where a small Facebook team had been working on a secret project. Their mission: to design, build, and launch a high-altitude solar-powered plane, in the hopes that one day a fleet of the aircraft would deliver internet access around the world.Zuckerberg arrived at the Yuma Proving Ground before dawn. "A lot of the team was really nervous about me coming," Zuckerberg said in an interview with The Verge. A core group of roughly two dozen people work on the drone, named Aquila (uh-KEY-luh), in locations from Southern California to the United Kingdom. For months, they had been working in rotations in Yuma, a small desert city in southwestern Arizona known primarily for its brutal summer temperatures.On this day, Aquila would have its first functional test flight: the goal consisted of taking off safely, stabilizing in the air, and flying for at least 30 minutes before landing. "I just felt this is such an important milestone for the company, and for connecting the world, that I have to be there," Zuckerberg says.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
141 Feet wingspan, 900kg, 2000 Watts, 2 years only : #hardwareisnotdead ...
Phytium Technology has announced a 64-core ARM server CPU, which according to the press release will deliver 512 gigaflops of performance.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
This should be a serious wake-up call for Digital Europe : why not trust european talent and dive in this open race (thinking OpenRiscV) while it is still time ?
Rise of the robots: 60,000 workers culled from just one factory as China's struggling electronics hub turns to artificial intelligence
From www
The manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
The county, one-seventh the size of neighbouring Shanghai and the mainland's first county to achieve US$4,000 per capita income, was adjudged the best county for its economic performance by Forbes for seven years in a row.
However, the blaze, blamed on poor safety standards and haphazard industrialisation, dented Kunshan's pride.
More than a year on, the county, which attracts much of its investment from Taiwan, is trying to reinvent its growth strategy. It is accelerating growth by replacing humans with robots and encouraging start-ups.
Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple's supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan (HK$4.74 billion) on artificial intelligence last year, according to the Kunshan government's publicity department.
"The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs," said the department's head Xu Yulian.
"More companies are likely to follow suit."
As many as 600 major companies in Kunshan have similar plans, according to a government survey.
The job cuts do not augur well for Kunshan, which had a population of more than 2.5 million at the end of 2014, two-thirds of whom were migrant workers.
Factories and other buildings cover about 46 per cent of the land – a figure which is far higher than the cap set by the central government.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Rage against the Machine ?
From techcrunch
This is where Facebook will prototype its solar drones, Internet-beaming lasers, VR headsets, and next-gen servers.The problem with moving faster than most companies is that Facebook was plagued by delays whenever it had to outsource prototyping and testing of its gadgets and gizmos. With so much hardware on its 10-year roadmap, and quarter after quarter of profits stacking up, it made sense to build a dedicated laboratory within its Menlo Park headquarters.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
An internet / software giant reminds us, at scale, that #HardwareIsNotDead
From www
The internet provides information, opportunity and human connection, yet less than half the world has access. We're proud to announce the successful first test flight of Aquila, the solar airplane we designed to bring internet access to people living in remote locations. This innovative plane has the wingspan of an airliner but weighs less than a small car and flies on roughly the power of three blow dryers
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Solar Impulse, meet AI. Facebook's Aquila looks extremely promising and progressing quite fast. Besides, it confirms how serious its Building 8 Division is about leveraging and reinventing hardware to close the loop with software and services.
The French startup ecosystem is booming. Its exponential growth started about 5 years ago, and now attracts more and more of the young talent. See this.France was not historically seen as a startup country, and it wasn't. But things have changed. It is now the second largest startup ecosystem in Europe (after UK, but ahead of Germany), and may be about to become the first.There are some amazing initiatives like Ecole 42, which just launched in Silicon Valley as well.It is becoming recognised in Silicon Valley. As an example, John Chambers has on numerous occasions mentioned that he saw huge potential in the French startup ecosystem; for example, in a Fortune article.I expect that we will see the spirit of startup go beyond tech, and enter other industries where France has real knowledge, like food and fashion.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Great interview of Scality CEO by TheRegister. Jérôme Lecat has been a first hour supporter of La French Tech and very clearly explains how to articulate your startup between France and the US, debunking a few myths underway...
From www
While it's good that there's a tangible product, there are still doubts swirling around its feasibility. Ringing Bells' CEO admits that his company is taking a loss on every phone right now -- it's hoping to make up for that through sheer volume. As it stands, the firm is still reluctant to offer hands-on time to the media despite a release just days away.If this gamble pays off, though, it could change the local phone market. Even the most affordable smartphones on the market right now still represent a huge expense for some Indians, particularly rural dwellers who rarely enjoy middle class incomes. At $4, the Freedom 251 is inexpensive enough that it'd be far more attainable and help close a technological divide. The main mystery is whether or not the phone is any good. A terrible experience (say, through unreliable hardware) might sour people on the whole concept, no matter how tempting the price might be.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Smartphone price range has widened to 200:1 thanks to an Indian company !
Yesterday, Apple launched its Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) and had its public keynote address. While many new things were announced, the one thing that caught my eye was the dramatic expansion of Apple's use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. I talked a bit about AI with Hilary Parker on the latest Not So Standard Deviations, particularly in the context of Amazon's Echo/Alexa, and I think it's definitely going to be an area of intense competition between the major tech companies.Pretty much every major tech player is involved in AI–Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft–the list goes on. Recently, a some commentators have suggested that Apple in particular will never catch up with the likes of Google with respect to AI because of Apple's strict stance on privacy and unwillingness to gather/aggregate data from all its users. However, yesterday at WWDC, Apple revealed a few clues about what it was up to in the AI world.First, Apple mentioned deep learning more than a few times, including specifically calling out its use of LSTM in its Messages app and facial recognition in its Photos app. Previously, Apple had been rumored to be applying deep learning to its Siri assistant and its fingerprint sensor. At WWDC, Craig Federighi stressed Apple's continued focus on privacy and how Apple does not need to develop "user profiles" server-side, but rather does most computation on-device (in this case, on the iPhone).However, it can't be that Apple does all its deep learning computation on the iPhone. These models tend to be enormous and take advantage of reams of data that can only be reasonablly processed server-side. Unfortunately, because most companies (Apple in particular) release few details about what they do, we may never how this works. But we can definitely speculate!Apple vs. GoogleI think the Apple/Google dichotomy provides an interesting opportunity to talk about how models can be learned using data in different ways. There are two approaches being represented here by Apple and Google:Google way - Collect lots of data from users and store them on a server in the Googleplex somewhere. Then use that data to fit an enormous model that can predict when you've taken a picture of a cat. As users generate more data, bring that data back to the Googleplex and update/refine the model.Apple way - Build a "starter model" in the Apple Mothership. As users generate data on their phones, bring the model to the phone and update the model using just their data. Bring the updated model back to the Apple Mothership and leave the user's data on the phone.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
For anybody interested in #AI, here is a clear must-read piece detailing the difference in approach between Google and Apple, by using a "Google mean" vs "Apple mean" illustrated metaphor. And here, "mean" is to be understood mathematically, not morally #DontDoEvil ...
From www
announced a deal to pay $26.2 billion to acquire business social network, LinkedIn. It fails the four tests of a successful acquisition.While the deal certainly rescues LinkedIn from a huge growth problem that slashed the value of its shares in February, it is unclear how Microsoft will generate a return on that $26 billion investment.Microsoft will pay "$196 per share in an all-cash transaction, including LinkedIn's net cash, a 49.5% premium to LinkedIn's closing price on June 10. The offer values LinkedIn about 91 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)," according to Bloomberg.Why would Microsoft do that? CEO Satya Nadella said "the acquisition could drive growth for LinkedIn as well as Microsoft's Office 365 and Dynamics services," according to Bloomberg.LinkedIn CEO Jeffrey Weiner — who will stay on as CEO after Microsoft completes the deal — said in a statement, "Just as we have changed the way the world connects to opportunity, this relationship with Microsoft, and the combination of their cloud and LinkedIn's network, now gives us a chance to also change the way the world works."I believe this is a flimsy justification for spending $26.2 billion.But to understand why it happened, a good place to start is to look what happened to LinkedIn's shares after the stock market opened on February 6, 2016.That was the day investors hacked 44% from LinkedIn's market capitalization.The reason was easy to understand, yet difficult to remedy. LinkedIn lowered its expectations for the year's growth in revenue (from 35% to 20%) and adjusted earnings (from 41% to 7%) — well below what analysts expected.This slashed a cool $1 billion from the net worth of LinkedIn's founder, Reid Hoffman, and forced Weiner to ponder important questions that needed to be answered before investors could hope to recoup what they lost.The questions were:Where would faster growth come from?Could it be spurred by improving LinkedIn's offerings?By selling its current products to new customers, or in new geographies? By inventing new products for its existing customers?By adding entirely new classes of products, or creating a new growth culture?Now that Microsoft is buying LinkedIn, whether or not Weiner can answer these questions will not matter as much as it once did.But the deal still begs the question — Does the Microsoft/LinkedIn deal pass the four tests of a successful acquisition?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Interesting contrarian analysis requiring a full read on what remains the boldest move of this month if not this semester.While it values my LinkedIn profile at approx $60, it still does not trigger any need to upgrade to Premium...What I can expect from M$FT however is a better LinkedIn mobile app experience as Redmond had really been impressive on the mobile UX front especially on iOS.Any comments / reactions ?
From mondaynote
The absence of official numbers for the Apple Watch leads to speculation that the device is a flop — why else would Apple hide the numbers? But the company's penchant for secrecy shouldn't prevent us from looking at a few facts, and from thinking about the company's long game.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
You better Watch this enjoyable JL Gassée feature :-)
From techcrunch
Now that you are giving up on check-ins and sharing your location with your friends, a French startup is coming up with better technology and new use cases to make location cool again. Zenly has been quietly working on location for years, and teenagers are now getting addicted to this app. SoLoMo is back.Zenly couldn't be more straightforward. When you open the app, you see a giant map with your location and your friends' location. You can tap on a friend's picture and see exactly where they are. Or you can just aimlessly swap through your friends and jump around the map. This is Zenly's core feature.When I first heard about this pitch, I wasn't convinced by the idea. What if you could share your location with your close friends and family? This question doesn't sound compelling at all. It sounds a lot like Apple's Find My Friends, a bit like Foursquare, and it's also very reminiscent of dozens of failed startups (R.I.P. Sam Altman's Loopt, Gowalla, BrightKite, Highlight…).And I've also never been a fan of constant location sharing. First, I care about my privacy. Second, background location apps kill my phone's battery. Third, why would I even use something like this anyway?But I gave it a serious shot and liked it a lot. Zenly is a well-designed, addictive app. I tend to open it every now and then just because it's so different from everything out there. This isn't another messaging app. This isn't a social network. This isn't a utility. It's something that sits between all of these areas. And I keep opening the app.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Check this new French Startup & App launched by a classmate of mine ! Featured on Product Hunt too :-)
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Nancy L. Andis Kinser, 81, of Findlay, died at 1:40 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at The Meadows, Ottawa.
She was born in Roda, a coal community in the hills of Virginia. Her great-great-grandmother was a Cornett. The Cornett married a Halcomb, the Halcomb married a Mullins, the Mullins married an Andis and the Andis married a Kinser. Her father was George Boss Andis and her mother was Vesta (Halcomb) Andis. In 1947, Nancy married Jack R. Kinser and he preceded her in death April 12, 1996. She then married Henry Hollingsworth and he preceded her in death in 2009.
Nancy is survived by two sons, Jack Andis (Cindy) Kinser of Republic and Ronald Duran (Dorothy) Kinser of Leipsic; nine grandchildren, Patricia, Danielle, Courtney, Ron, Amber, John, Gabby, Erica and Luke; seven great-grandchildren, Nicole, Kara, Kelsey, Tre, Jasmine, Lilly and Althea; one great-great-granddaughter, Vanessa; daughter-in-law, Nancy Kinser of Findlay; and sister-in-law, Betty Andis of Kingsport, Tenn.
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She also was preceded in death by three sons, Gary Russell Kinser, Lynn Eric Kinser and Jeffery Kent Kinser; a daughter, Sheila Althea Kinser; 11 brothers, Earl, Sherman, Robert, Ted and Kenneth "Dut" Andis and Ransom, Larkin, Albert, Mack, Richard and Henry Mullins; and two half sisters, Ruby King and Effie Waddell.
Nancy worked at RCA, The Darkhorse Restaurant, Lee's Chicken and Whirlpool. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Bloomdale, and Camptown Church, Jonesville, Va. She enjoyed gardening, traveling and attending flea markets as a vendor.
Visitation will be 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Coldren-Crates Funeral Home, Findlay.
Her funeral will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the funeral home with Pastor Jeff Ridenour officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Services.
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Here's another easy Valentine's craft. I can't help myself but to do handprint/footprint/thumbprint crafts all the time. I just can't get enough. I painted their forearm and hand brown to be the tree, and then used their thumbs to make heart blossoms. I've done similar trees to these in the past, a spring blossom tree and fall tree . Really cute and easy. Here's the instructions:
What you'll need:
brown paint
red paint
pink paint (optional, if you want more colours than just red)
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1. paint your child's forearm and hand brown and stamp on the paper
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I love that you guys had fries for breakfast. And that your kids are playing school when it's out.Ivy is so adorable! ( When is she not)?!?!ReplyDelete
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Interstitial Lung Disease: Preventing Lung Infections
Interstitial lung disease refers to a group of lung problems that cause the lungs to become inflamed and scarred. When you have interstitial lung disease, you're more likely to develop a lung infection if you get a cold or the flu. An infection can worsen shortness of breath and other symptoms you may have. To stay healthier, avoid contact with germs. And get prompt treatment at the first sign of illness.
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First Light Farm & Creamery, the East Bethany goat farm and cheesemaking center, plans to expand the local definition of community- supported agriculture in May by offering cheese, yogurt and milk subscriptions.
The organic dairy products will be waiting for customers in coolers at existing First Light retail locations in Buffalo and Rochester, said cheesemaker Trystan Sandvoss. That's milk and yogurt from Jersey cows, plus cheeses from both cow's milk and First Light's own goat herd – all produced in Genesee County.
"We started our dairy share because we wanted to give Buffalonians the opportunity to easily source local, organic, pasture-based dairy products," Sandvoss said. The cream-topped milk and yogurt will be for subscribers only, not retail customers, Sandvoss said. The cow's milk comes from Grassland Dairy in Pavilion, about three miles up the road from the First Light goat farm and dairy product facility.
The share options, detailed at first-light-farm.com, include one distribution a week for 13 weeks. The full share – including a gallon of whole cow's milk, 32 ounces of organic cow's milk yogurt and 6-8 ounces of First Light artisanal cheeses, runs $17.50 per week. That's $225 all told.
The cheese share costs $5 a week for a package of First Light cheese, like fresh goat's chevre or cow's milk jack. The packages, 6 to 8 ounces, usually retail for about $16 a pound.
In the Buffalo area, the share program will include Premier Gourmet in Amherst, Farmers & Artisans in Williamsville, Ashker's on Elmwood in Elmwood Village and Elm Street Bakery, 72 Elm St., East Aurora.
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The Original Electric Car: Unplugged?
Perhaps the most notorious suppressed invention is the General Motors EV1, subject of the 2006 documentary, Who Killed the Electric Car? The EV1 was the worlds first mass-produced electric car, with 800 of them up for lease from GM in the late 90s. GM ended the EV1 line in 1999, stating that consumers werent happy with the limited driving range of the cars batteries, making it unprofitable to continue production.
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Miracle Cancer Cure
In 2001, Nova Scotian Rick Simpson discovered that a cancerous spot on his skin disappeared within a few days of applying an essential oil made from marijuana. Since then, Simpson and others have treated thousands of cancer patients with incredible success. Researchers in Spain have confirmed that THC, an active compound in marijuana, kills brain-tumor cells in human subjects and shows promise with breast, pancreatic and liver tumors. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, however, classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, meaning that it has no accepted medical use, unlike Schedule II drugs, like cocaine and methamphetamine, which may provide medical benefits. What a buzzkill.
Water-Powered Vehicles
Despite how silly it sounds, water-fueled vehicles do exist. The most famous is Stan Meyers dune buggy, which achieved 100 miles per gallon and might have become more commonplace had Meyer not succumbed to a suspicious brain aneurysm at 57. Insiders have loudly claimed that Meyer was poisoned after he refused to sell his patents or end his research. Fearing a conspiracy, his partners have all but gone underground (or should we say underwater?) and taken his famed water-powered dune buggy with them. We just hope someone finally brings back the amphibious car.
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But I don't like the idea that water is used as fuel for driving. After all, there is plenty of demand for water in other areas, I.E. drinking it above all else. How much would be wasted trying to support millions and millions of cars. Same with corn being used for ethanol.
The same way I would give up eating a cow if it threatened Milk. We get a two-for-one special out of animals like Chicken and Cow. With the first, we get to eat an egg, and we get to kill the chicken and eat it too. With the cow, we drink it's milk and then we can kill it and eat it. That's all fine and well.
I like Oil/gasoline for cars. You can't drink it, you can't eat it, you can't use it to sprinkle plants/gardens with it. It has it's sole purpose in a industrial society. Energy.
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The solution however is not Water because what are the consequences of that?
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Water is essential but i think its the hydrogen that is what gives combustion and i wont think its hard to filter sea water, but yeah water is an essential and that is an understatement.
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You do know what oil is made out of don't you?
Anyway the electric car was killed because it was shitty and unpopular, Nicola Tesla did not invent free energy, cannabis oil does not cure cancer nor would an anecdote of a single person getting better be any sort of evidence of its efficacy and there is a ton of research going on into alternative energy sources. Saying that the inventor of a water powered dune buggy was poisoned for his invention is like saying Steve Jobs was poisoned by Samsung for making a longer iPhone.
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Jogger first spotted a woman's body
Authorities are investigating how two people died after their bodies were found at Northern California beaches Thursday.
Police say a jogger first spotted a woman's body on an Emeryville beach around 7:15 a.m. While there were no immediate signs of trauma, the San Francisco Chronicle reports police have not ruled out a homicide.
The newspaper reports the second body was found floating in the surf off Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge says a passer-by spotted the body in the waves at 7:26 a.m.
The victim's gender was not immediately known.
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City to use gas impact fee revenue to fix 25 streets
July 21, 2013
More than $1 million in natural gas impact fees will be used to pave and repair 25 of Williamsport's streets this fall and next year, enabling the city to get twice as many projects done as in years......
How does the City get gas impact fees? Are there wells inside the city limits?
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Finally something positive that this money is being used for. Williamsport has some of the worse streets I have ever driven on.
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maybe no wells in the city, but there are plenty of gas company items polluting the city's appearance. trucks that drive the streets every day to get to their location, people that come here out of town using the streets, water withdrawl stations.... many things within the city limits, or outside of the city... not just a well.. good, glad to see something good come out of the crap.
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I am not certain, but I think the county gets impact fees that gets shared with the municipalities in that county.
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Use some cash to hire George Zimmerman to start a neighborhood watch
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And ps the streets are garbage and have been long before any gas trucks pulled in to the dump I mean Williamsport
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Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size.
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In the last few months, interest rates have plummeted. It was only a few short months ago that Dollar Savings Direct offered 4.00% APY on their savings account. Now the rate is half that, a mere 2.05% APY. FNBO Direct, a long-time favorite of mine, just lowered their rates yesterday to under 2%. ING Direct, HSBC Direct, and E*Trade Bank all have rates under 2.00% and have had rates that low for quite some time.
So which one is the best? For me, it's any of them. The difference between 1.50% at ING Direct and 2.05% at Dollar savings is microscopic. Half a percent isn't worth the hassle of opening up an account, to be honest, and my money is going to whatever account makes it easiest for me to work with them.
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On March 20th, the Marshall University School of Medicine hosted its 24th Annual Medical School Research Day. This medical-school wide event, which also encompasses the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, is one of the few times in the academic year that everyone in the school community gathers to learn about the research taking place at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (JCESOM).
The event included nearly 80 research presentations and a keynote speech by Dr. William Thies, the Chief Medical and Science Officer for the National Alzheimer's Organization. The goals of Research Day include giving participants an opportunity to formally present their research, involving the community in the ongoing research being performed at JCESOM, and encouraging Continuing Medical Education in clinical research.
The presenters included professors, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and residents. On the ground floor of the Marshall Medical Center, dozens of research projects were presented. According to Dr. Richard Niles, Senior Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education, the research presented ranged from Vitamin D3 supplementation to chili peppers and small cell lung cancer.
The following members of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program participated:
- Dr. Piyali Dasgupta
- Dr. Jung Han Kim
- Flavia De Carlo, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio's lab
- Johannes Francois Fahrmann, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Elaine Hardman's lab
- Rounak Nande, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio's lab
- Aaron Dom, a medical student and former Medical Sciences Master's student researching in Dr. Piyali Dasgupta's lab
- M. Allison Wolf, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio's lab
- Meagan Valentine, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Simon Collier's lab
- Miranda Carper, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio's lab
- Sarah Mathis, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio's lab
The event followed an Alzheimer's Disease Symposium, which took place on March 19th. Dr. Richard Egleton of the BMS Graduate Program was a guest speaker.
A few members of the BMS Graduate Program also received honors for their presentations at Research Day. M. Allison Wolf's poster, entitled "Benzyl isothiocyanate targets chemoresistant and metastatic head and neck cell carcinoma cells," won in the Poster Basic Science category. A researcher in Dr. Piyali Dasgupta's lab, Clayton Crabtree, won in the Oral Basic Science category for his presentation, "Capsaicin induces apoptosis in human small cell lung cancer via the TRPV pathway."
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Tornadoes in Missouri and as close as Sacramento ... floods along the Mississippi and a winter flood watch in the Sierra ... multiple rumblings from the Ring of Fire ... are you and your pets ready to evacuate on short notice? Here are some planning tips. Pack your pet's emergency kit now. Those who evacuated during the Angora fire of 2007 know how important it is to have the entire family - including pets - ready to "Go now!" That means having food, water and comfort items pre-packed. Here's how to outfit your pets for the recommended plan, seven unexpected days away from a home and supply store.1. Obtain individual crates or carriers large enough for safe confinement. Pet should be able to stand, turn around and lie down. Smaller dog crates can hold a cat and a small aluminum litter pan. Let pets become familiar with their crate. 2. Pre-pack and store the crate and a separate container with: favorite type of toy and bedding; extra collar or harness with leashes for both dogs and cats; bowls; food (dry or self-opening cans) and bottled water; cleaning supplies; cat litter and scoop; plastic dog waste bags; a pet first-aid kit.3. Pack a watertight bag with: instant ID tag for temporary phone number in case of evacuation; current close-up pet photo and a photo of pet with a family member for proof to claim a rescued pet; copy of current vaccination records (boarding facilities and temporary pet shelters require proof of rabies, distemper, parvo and bordatella); medications and medical records; and a phone list including local and out-of-area veterinarians and boarding kennels, pet-friendly housing alternatives, neighbors and local county animal services.4. Four times a year, rotate medications and food in airtight, waterproof containers. Freshen bottled water just for pets. A rule of thumb for dogs is one gallon per day for a 40-pound dog and one quart per day for each cat.5. Other emergency planning: For the special needs of birds, fish and exotics. You may need a generator and fuel for temperature control, safe handling equipment, and other life saving items; consider microchipping for permanent ID; establish and practice a family plan including how the pets will be gathered and who will take the pre-packed pet supplies; establish a neighbor plan and agree to look out for each other's pets if someone is absent.At the first disaster alert, get pets inside. Your distress communicates directly to your pets. Leash them immediately, put pets in their carriers and supplies into the car. Never leave your pets behind. If you must, do not tie them up. Leave lots of water in bath tubs and containers. Immediately call county animal services to request pet rescue when it is safe. Phone lines will be busy or out of order. Current ID tags and pet photos are critical to getting your pet back.Ask for a free Pet Emergency Kit from the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A. Call 530-542-2857.- Provided by the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help "Keep Tahoe Kind." Dawn Armstrong is the executive director of the Lake Tahoe Humane Society and S.P.C.A.
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Martin L. "Marty" Angevine, 94, of Geneseo died Thursday, March 7, 2013, at WoodRidge Assisted Living Facility where he had been residing. A funeral service celebrating his life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 18 at Vandemore Funeral Homes, Geneseo. The Rev. Bruce Bergthold will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, March 18 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Congregational Church of Geneseo.
Marty was born on Sept. 2, 1918, in Osco Township, the son of Lock and Florence (Hornecker) Angevine. He married Odetta Wayne on June 28, 1942, in Geneseo. She died in 1999. Marty farmed in Osco Township all his life. He owned and operated The Geneseo Cattle Co., and also bought hogs for Swift and Co. of Chicago. He was a director and chairman of the Board of The State Bank of Osco for 37 years, as well as a director and founder of the Illini Beef Packers.
He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Geneseo, Stewart Lodge No. 92 and the Mohammaed Shrine Temple in Peoria. He also was a Fourth Ward Alderman in the 1960s in Geneseo. Marty enjoyed baseball and pro football. He raced harness horses and enjoyed fishing in Canada.
Survivors include one daughter, Lynne Wilder of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; one son-in-law and spouse, Charles (Laura) Palmer; one granddaughter, Ashley (Matt) Lindsay of Ft. Lauderdale; one grandson, Patrick (Paula) Wilder of Eldridge, Iowa; and five great grandchildren, Luke, Griffin and Claire Wilder and Charlie and Case Lindsay. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Odetta; his daughter, Karen Palmer; and his brother, Lyle Angevine.
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6 Reasons High School Reunions Shouldn't Exist
"What is that, Daddy?" she asked.
"An invitation to my high school class reunion."
"What's that?"
"A party where you hang out with all the people you went to high school with."
My daughter got excited. Parties still meant ice cream and pizza to her.
"Are you going?!"
"Good lord, no."
"Why not?
"Well, baby, I can think of at least six reasons off the top of my head. Are you going to pay me to tell you?"
"Hmm. Well, I know someone who will."
My daughter then went off to play with some toys. Or cry. I'm not sure.
Odds Are, if I Want You in My Life, You're Already There
I suppose there are people who thought of high school as their best years ever. Their days were filled with lots of friends they truly enjoyed. People who shared their values and sense of humor. And I guess it's conceivable that after graduation, they decided to never speak to any of these people ever again. Perhaps they lapsed into a temporary coma or moved to an Amish community that forbade modern communication technology. Maybe they were taken hostage or wandered foreign lands with amnesia until a fortuitously dropped coconut bonked back their memory just in time for their high school reunion. For those people, I get it. Go to your high school reunion. See all those wonderful people you loved so well, but, for some reason, have removed completely from your life.
But for me, for the most part, if we went to high school and I have absolutely no contact with you now, I'm like totally OK with that. Especially with Facebook and Internet and all that. If I wanted to, I could find you. But here's a Facebook message I'm not likely to send:
Even if I Did Like You, It's Not Enough To Be With Those I Don't
Now in truth, there are plenty of people I went to old high school with that I have nothing against. Even a bunch I liked. If I were to meet them in an elevator or at a business meeting or hanging out on a park bench, I'd be perfectly happy to catch up. But that's just not incentive enough. Especially since one of those people could send me a message saying, "Hey, let's grab a beer and catch up," and then I could totally go do that without seeing douche bags like Christopher Vitagliano at the same time. How am I gonna hear about my old friend's home heating business or precocious triplets when Vitagliano, who's probably still spiking what's left of his hair, is like two seats over making the waitress incredibly uncomfortable.
So really, apologies to all the perfectly lovely people of Syosset High School, but you're not incentive enough to sit through exposure to the people I never want to see again. By the way, if Syosset High School sounds familiar it's because that's the alma mater of both Judd Apatow and Natalie Portman. I'm younger than Judd and older than Natalie. Basically, I was the meat in a sexy Jewish sandwich.
It Will Be Really Awkward to See All Those People I Had Sex With
A personal message to my three high school sexual conquests:
High School Girlfriend: Well, actually, part of me really does want to see you again. Y'know, just to assure you that I totally know what I'm doing sexually these days. Like when I have sex now, orgasms are actually involved. But I think it would be more awkward than cathartic. Pretty soon, old resentments would arise, and I'd have to confess that I actually faked my orgasms. (Guys can do that with condoms, unless, I guess, there's a vigilant post-coital prophylactic inspection.) And then you'll feel bad even though you shouldn't because seriously what guy can finish over the sounds of "Ow, stop. No. Are you doing that right?" So yeah, best not to see you.
High School English Teacher: Sure it was hot having sex with you, Mrs. Kupnick, when I was 17 and you were a MILFy 38 -- but it was the 90s. Seeing you now would just be unseemly. Would you ask me to escort you to the annex for old time's sake? Will you be wearing some sort of body stocking and seek assistance from Industrial Light and Magic to reclaim your former glory? Or will you diss me completely to pursue the teenage son of some former student who brought his kids when the sitter got sick at the last minute? It's hard to say, but I don't want to be around for any of it.
Vanilla Ice: I was always a classic rock guy, and I hated you for what you did to Bowie and Queen's "Under Pressure," but when you came to my school's career day, damn, I just knew I had to be a complete embarrassment of a rapper when I grew up. And short of that, I had to get into that pair of oversized gold pants. Although I'd spent the first 18 years of my life as a heterosexual, and all the time since, for one magic day during senior year, I knew what it was like to own your ass just like Sug Knight, but with less crying. Let's not ruin it with a reunion. Shhh. Don't speak, baby. I love you because I love you.


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Surprising reasons you're eating more
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Can't stop piling food on your plate? You may be surprised why.
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Source: The Korea Times
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quote: They used the same ruthless lawsuit tactics every other business have done for decades. Apple just have deeper pockets and went further.
quote: I never understood why people wish doom on Apple as a business because their product didn't offer an open platform and features. They definitely stirred up the entire industry and consumers are rewarded with better products because of it.


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Girl Scout Sunday is the religious observance celebrating the rich diversity of belonging to the Girl Scouts of America.
On March 10, scouts from Elkins Troop 5041 donned their uniforms and helped distribute bulletins and present gifts at St. Brendan Catholic Church. Present and past Girl Scouts were recognized by The Very Rev. Donald X. Higgs.
Each Girl Scout has the opportunity to attend her place of worship and be recognized as a Girl Scout. Girl Scouts week is celebrated each March, beginning with Girl Scout Sunday. It always includes the Girl Scouts birthday of March 12, which commemorates the day in 1912 when Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization's first girl members in Savannah, Ga.
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Girl Scouts from Troop 5041 celebrate Girl Scout Sunday at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Elkins. Pictured are Ruby Jackson, Zayah Hedrick, Hazel Jackson, Clare Talbott and Anna Belan.
The troop will sell Girl Scout cookies at St. Brendan Church from 4:30 to 7 p.m. each Friday of Lent, in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry.


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"Bracket Monday" is today and there's no bigger story in the sports world right now.
However, that doesn't mean were just going to ignore the NFL, NBA and everything else out there!
(On a side note, it is nice to have something, anything to push the NFL labor negotiations to the side.)
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Macroamylasemia is the presence of an abnormal substance called macroamylase in the blood.
Macroamylase is a substance that consists of an enzyme, called amylase, attached to a protein. Because it is large, macroamylase is filtered very slowly from the blood by the kidneys.
Most people with macroamylasemia do not have a serious disease that is causing it, but the condition has been associated with:
Macroamylasemia does not cause symptoms.
A blood test will show high levels of amylase. However, macroamylasemia can look similar to acute pancreatitis, which also causes high levels of amylase in the blood.
Measuring amylase levels in the urine can help tell macroamylasemia apart from acute pancreatitis. Urine levels of amylase are low in people with macroamylasemia, but high in patients with acute pancreatitis.
Forsmark CE. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 146.
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Seven Oklahoma City playgrounds will close temporarily after foreign objects were found in the playgrounds' safety surface material, city officials announced on Thursday.
In a press release, city officials wrote:
The playgrounds are being closed temporarily as a precautionary measure because Parks crews found foreign objects in the playgrounds' safety surface material (engineered wood fiber). Objects include pieces of plastic, metal, roofing materials and material used in insulation.
The parks are:
Douglas Park, 500 NW 47th St.
Lake Draper Concession, SE 104 & W. Stanley Draper
Lake Draper North Point, Pt. 10 Recreation Area
Route 66 Park, 9901 NW 23rd St.
Washington Park, 400 N. High
Woodrun Park, 4 N Willowood Dr.
Youngs Park, 4610 S Youngs
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On this day: January 29
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"The Raven" is first published, baseball and football induct their first hall of fame classes, the Gulf War fighting takes to the ground, and President George W. Bush coins the phrase "Axis of Evil," all on this day.
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Systemwide Events Calendar
|Monday, April 7
| Student Organic Farm Training (SOFT) Fresh Produce Sale
Manoa Campus, Sustainability Courtyard
|German Club - Kaffeestunde + Kartoffelsalat
Manoa Campus, Moore Hall 152
|Pizza & Talk Story on Jobs in Film and Media
Manoa Campus, Kuykendall 410
|Joint Meteorology & JIMAR Seminar
Manoa Campus, IPRC Conference Room, POST 414
|Play In Clay
Windward Campus, Hale Pālanakila 216
- Highlighted dates have scheduled events.
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- Our Musical Heritage: The Royal Hawaiian Band
- Na Pa'i Ki'i o Brother Bertram
- A World of Chinese Puppets from the Lin Liu-Hsin Museum, Taiwan
- i.KEA Inspiring Knowledge, Empowerment and Achievement
- TRIO-SSS Summer Bridge 2014
- Waikiki Parc Features Tonia Moreno
- YUAN: by Beili Liu
- Windward CC Art Faculty Exhibit at Gallery 'Iolani
- Traveling Exhibit: Gardens of Hawaii
- Book Making in the 18th Century: In Diderot's Encyclopedie, 1751-1780
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- Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts
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Health and Wellness are primary concerns for a wide swath of our population. Although everyone knows what health is, wellness is a newer term that can be defined as actively pursuing a lifestyle that includes good nutrition, stress management, and exercise. In wellness an individual works proactively to promote his or her health rather than reacting to illness or injuries later.
This guide contains materials held at MCPL including books, movies, and magazines. It also includes information available through our resource databases as well as web sources including information about local organizations. The broader subject headings and their call numbers are: health: 613 | nutrition: 613.2 | exercise: 613.7 | medical care: 610 | mental health: 616.89 | self-care: 616.024 | sexual health: 613.9 and 306.7082 | sexual hygiene: 612.6


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Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x
Further readings for the Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
In Part 2 of our best lenses for the Canon EOS 5DS R review, we're looking at the best optics for travel, wildlife, portrait and event photography. Whether you're looking for a versatile zoom for weddings, a prime for the best quality portraits, or a professional sports and wildlife lens, we've got all the data you need. So let's analyze the scores in five different categories — short telephoto prime, long telephoto prime, "fast" telephoto zoom, "slow" telephoto zoom, and super-zoom — to discover the best-performing lenses in each group.
The EOS 7D Mark II is Canon's flagship APS-C sensor DSLR, boasting a 20Mp resolution and a host of high-end features. It's a popular choice for many serious enthusiasts and semi-pro photographers, so we've tested over 300 lenses on it to help you pick out the best one for you. In this first part of a two-part review, we round up the best zoom lenses for the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.
Canon has updated the original 400mm f4 DO lens using its new gapless diffractive optics construction, which promises high image quality. Read on to find out how well this new model performs.
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM Preview: New twist action for Canon's L series super telephoto zoom
Canon has announced an updated version of their compact super telephoto zoom lens. The new EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L II USM boasts a number of upgrades over its predecessor, which Canon claim improve both the image quality and handling of the new version. We preview what this latest lens has to offer and see how the original version performed in the DxOMark Lens tests.
With a full-frame 18-Mpix CMOS sensor and twin Digic 5+ processers that's capable of continuous bursts of up 12 fps – the fastest of any professional DSLR currently - the Canon EOS-1 Dx is the firm's flagship press camera. We've assessed it with over 100 EF mount lenses, to see how well they perform. Read on to find out which models are the best optically and which, if any, you should avoid.
In the first part of our comprehensive lens recommendations for the new entry-level Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D, we've assessed a raft of primes from both the maker and third parties to see how well they perform on the camera. As well as highlighting the best performers we've also taken a closer look at the best on a budget.
A favorite of wildlife and action photographers, Canon's EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM is a well-specified and versatile model. However, as it approaches sixteen years in production, is it still capable of competing with more modern offerings? Read on to find out.
Introduced in July this year, the EOS 70D at first sight seems like a regular update to the maker's mid-range EOS 60D model. It shares a number of features with the firm's existing SLR range including a 19-point cross-type phase detection AF system, a 3-inch (1.040M dot) articulated touchscreen and built-in WiFi connectivity with remote viewing and image transfer. The camera can also shoot at up to 7fps and has 1080/30p video recording with stereo sound using an optional external microphone.
As arguably the most versatile model in Nikon's range of telephoto lenses, the 200-400mm f/4 is very popular with professional users and enthusiasts alike. At a shade under $7,000, however, it's quite a substantial investment. Read on to see if how well this highly regarded and versatile lens performs in our labs.
DPReview: Canon EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x Quick Review
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In this regard the Canon's capabilities make it unique among top-end super-telephoto zooms. For example the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II doesn't have the built-in extender (but is half the price), and the Sigma APO 300-800mm F5.6 EX DG HSM is even larger and heavier, but lacks image stabilisation or weathersealing. This doesn't excuse the 200-400mm's price, but it does go some way to explaining why Canon feels justified in asking it. From our point of view, the absolutely stellar optics and innovative design earn the lens our top award.Read the article
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image stabilization
Why? When would this be used handheld? Isn't IS supposed to be turned off when on a tripod/monopod?
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Versus the sigma 120-300 f/2.8 sport
As an idea for prospective testing, how about comparing this 200-400 f/4 lens to the sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 with 1.4x TC
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Canon 200-400 F4L report..
Why is this reviewed so promptly when the Sigm 120-300 OS, e.g. is not only reviewed, but that its review is promised every month and this is a lens which will sell much more than the Canon 200-400?
I suspect that there's something fundamentally wrong with your approach when you don't rate the 200-400 as highly as others.
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Re: Canon 200-400 F4L report..
Thanks for your comment.
Reviews also depend on the material we manage to have.
The Sigma 120-300 OSS whould be reviewed soon, stay tuned :)
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text: Terry appears more at ease as Beatrice at a highly sentimental moment (3.1.1) than with her as a fierce proto-feminist at other points. Of her performance in New York in 1883 William Winter wrote in the Tribune: "She permeates the raillery of Beatrice with an indescribable charm of mischievous sweetness. The silver arrows of her pungent wit have no barb, for evidently she does not mean that they shall really wound. Her appearance and carriage are beautiful, and her tones melt into music. There is no hint of the virago here, and even the sarcasm is superficial. It is archness playing over kindness that is presented here."


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A look into the future
July 30, 2011
Wouldn't it be nice if you could look into the future and see what wonderful things life has in store for you? Maybe you would see yourself slim and trim in your bathing suit on a tropical beach....
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Directors of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency agreed Tuesday to provide just under $1 million in tax breaks to a pair of related projects in North Buffalo by developer Rocco Termini and a separate effort by a prominent furniture company to buy and expand a new headquarters in Clarence.
First, the ECIDA authorized $229,000 in savings for Termini's Houk Lofts LLC at 316 and 320 Grote St. in Buffalo.
That adaptive reuse project entails the $6.72 million conversion of the former Houk Wire Wheel Co. manufacturing plant into 20 one-bedroom and three two-bedroom apartments, with monthly rents of $900 to $1,250.
The apartments will be aimed at young professionals and those associated with the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, who may be attracted by such conversions. The building also would house a high-end hair salon and tattoo studio.
It's part of Termini's effort to create a "walkable, sustainable neighborhood within a two-block area," which is near Buffalo State College, a Wegmans store, a Target store and Termini's related Distillery Lofts LLC project, according to ECIDA documents. The goal is to turn the long-neglected neighborhood into an "urban oasis" by creating a historic urban neighborhood with loft-style apartments in mixed-use buildings, while encouraging the development of walkways, landscaped areas and bike paths in the area from Grote Street to Hertel Avenue.
"This is a neighborhood that is highly distressed," Termini said at a recent public hearing on the project, which had prompted some dismay from Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, who lived in the neighborhood. "It's really in desperate shape to be redeveloped and we hope this will be a catalyst for redeveloping this entire area."
The 28,000-square-foot building, which is 100 years old, has been vacant for 15 years. Houk once made wire wheels there for the Pierce Arrow plant and other carmakers.
Plans call for Termini's Signature Development to spend $4.2 million on renovations, $230,000 on the acquisition of the historic building, $150,000 on equipment and $2.14 million on "soft costs," such as architectural and engineering expenses. Only four permanent jobs will be created.
The tax relief includes $45,000 in mortgage tax breaks and $184,000 in sales tax savings, but no county property tax cut. The city will grant a 12-year property tax abatement, totaling about $600,000.
However, the project will pay $137,000 in county taxes and $121,000 in city taxes during the abatement period, versus $981 and $5,220 per year now.
Termini's second project, called The Distillery Lofts, seeks to spend $20 million to convert the former FWS Furniture Co. store at 1738 Elmwood Ave. into a mixed-use building with about 46 market-rate apartments, 22,000 square feet of call center, technology and general office space, a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and a distillery. About 30 permanent jobs are envisioned.
The 106,025-square-foot building, which previously housed the Taylor Signal Co. before FWS, has been underused for years, as FWS had been downsizing for a while. Termini expects to spend $725,000 on the acquisition, $14.275 million on renovations and $5 million on soft costs. ECIDA documents note that the historic renovation entails unique spending, such as replacing 130 windows at a cost of $9,000 each, or $1.1 million in all.
The ECIDA approved $72,000 in mortgage savings and $612,000 in sales tax savings, but no county property tax relief. The city is expected to grant a 12-year tax abatement. Currently, the property pays $2,178 in county taxes and $11,586 in city taxes, but would pay $261,000 and $231,000, respectively, during the abatement period.
Finally, Kittinger Furniture Co. received approval for tax breaks to aid the company's move to Clarence from Buffalo, where it has leased 60,000 square feet in Buffalo's Tri-Main Building for 17 years. Founded in 1866, Kittinger makes high-end furniture. It was the main supplier of reproductions for Colonial Williamsburg from 1937 to 1990 and has made furniture for the White House since 1970.
The company expects to begin construction next month on the $1.365 million project, which will see it renovate and expand a 22,000-square-foot former roller skating rink at 4675 Transit Road, behind the Eastern Hills Mall, and convert it to a manufacturing plant, with a 10,000-square-foot addition.
Kittinger will spend $575,000 on the acquisition, $350,000 on new construction, $125,000 on renovations and $315,000 on soft costs. The ECIDA approved $20,000 in sales tax savings and $41,000 in property tax breaks over 10 years.
"We're happy that it's been approved. Now we can go ahead with the move out to Clarence. It's something we hope can help sustain the business," said Diane Rey, Kittinger's controller.
The move from the sixth floor of Buffalo's Tri-Main Building, likely to be completed by June, also puts the company closer to its retail store on Transit Road. Kittinger employs 15 people today and could add 10 more workers.
Granting tax incentives to a company moving from one community to another within Erie County has generated controversy, but Clarence IDA representatives have said the Kittinger project meets the agency's eligibility. The company explored seven sites within the city, as well as in Cheektowaga and even Ellicottville.
Clarence Supervisor David C. Hartzell Jr. lauded the effort that town planners and officials put into the project.
"I'm glad the ECIDA voted it through. It's a wonderful project," said Hartzell, who also serves as chairman of the Clarence IDA.
News Staff Reporter Stephen T. Watson contributed to this report. email: email@example.com


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