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Below are some helpful thoughts from John MacArthur on the aftermath of Strange Fire and how best to respond to the teaching from the conference.
As John mentioned, all the Strange Fire conference audio is now available to stream or download for free. The videos of those same sessions are coming soon, as are the sermon transcripts—free to you for viewing and sharing with others. Order your copy of Strange Fire here through our website, weeks before you can get it anywhere else.
Our goal with all those resources is to deepen your love for Scripture, to help you understand the true work of the Holy Spirit, and to expose the false teachers who twist God's Word and abuse His people. We hope you'll be encouraged and uplifted by the teaching from Strange Fire, and that both the teaching and the book will bear much spiritual fruit for years to come.
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I grew up in Cleveland, TN and was exposed to this at a very young age, was "taught" how to speak in tongues when all I did was repeat exactly what the guy was telling me, but I had the gift... It amazes me that when you scratch the surface of the understanding of people involved in the charismatic movement, they have no support for their stance other than what they have been told or experienced aside from what is written definitively in the bible. They haven't read the scriptures, they have accepted a severely flawed teaching and that is a shame. It completely blows orthodox presuppositions and hermeneutics, GOD centered leadership/accountability/teaching/etc. and replaces it with human centered experience and second hand accounts with no credibility whatsoever. This movement will simply not stand the test of time and one day it will be read about and people will scratch their heads.
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Thank you GTY for this conference. Most of my family is in the worst of this Charismainia. Because of the publisity of Strange Fire, I have hope now that a conversation may start in my family. Even if an angry discussion breaks out, at least we are talking about it. Even if it turns out in the end that I was mistaken about some of it, I hope that they would know I was trying to save them from a life of disapointment and eternity in hell. I know it is hard to take the lead when the hard work of a real examination of the truth is so unpopular. I just think in the end we will all be glad that someone was brave enough to take the heat for this. Thanks John and the rest of you.
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This is for George Canady, I know now that I am not alone. Thank you brother for doing what we as Christians are called to do. I have as a youth pastor run into the same issues with family and friends. My wife was recently disowned by her own sister because of our view and stand on the "TRUTH" of God's word. She and I have been accused of being HATEFUL, POSTING HATE ON FACEBOOK, AND SHE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE FAMILY. I see scripture coming to life as we speak. The warnings of these very things in the Bible are what gives me hope. Be encouraged brother that you are doing the right thing. If we say we love them then we have no other choice but to tell them the TRUTH. In this day and age the TRUTH is not very popular but it is the TRUTH that changes lives. I pray that this message will encourage you as much as you have encouraged me. Your brother in CHRIST. Remember that we are not of this world and we will be hated for His names sake.
I have been listening closely to these sermons and am awaiting a copy of the book. I feel that the arguments presented are actually quite solid and Word honoring. The problem is that from the time of my rebirth up until now I have been a part of a pentecostal denominational church. While I do know certainly that charismatic music is sang there, and it is a foundation doctrine of the Assemblies of God denomination to affirm the gift of tongues, I am quite convinced by the things that have been taught at Strange Fire. This is my dilemma, if I change my position I'm quite sure that my membership will become void. I love these people dearly; they do indeed love the Lord. It would hurt greatly if I had to leave them, but I am determined to honor God's Word regardless of the cost. I am requesting that anyone that reads this would please pray for me. I am doubtful I can convince my church to leave their denomination and in the past my questioning of such doctrines leads to a very defensive reaction. I am not sure what is going to happen, but I am determined to honor God, His Word and my Savior Jesus Christ.
Some Charismatics accuse John MacArthur of attacking anyone whom disagrees with him and his interpretations. This is a FALSE claim as John only attacks those whom teach another gospel. I have yet to hear or read John attacking David Jeremiah, Charles Stanley, Erwin Lutzer, and other sound non Reformed teachers. John does not attack them because they have the right gospel message. The claim made by Charismatics is a false one.
I posted elsewhere, but thank you for making Strange Fire available to watch online. I live in Bankgok, but will look forward to watching the sessions I missed and reading the book. I wish a conference like this had been offered in 1979 when I got involved with a charismatic church. Oh there is also a conference on breaking generational curses going on here this week. These people need to stop blaming everything on generational curses. Read God's word instead.
As was said, the most critical responses were the first day of the conference. My experience has been that when people refute a cessasionist they often do so by name calling, rather than offering scriptural arguments.
Joseph, I am praying for you! You are on the right track!
I am so thankful that the Strange Fire Conference has taken place and that my family and I were able to watch it live streamed!
I know that this information about the things that are taking place in our midst, in the name of Jesus, may have seemed absurd and crazy to many, judging by the amount of laughter heard during these sessions, but I would like to encourage those who have listened to remember that these are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and young children being taught these things, this is serious and not a time for laughter.
We give glory to God because we were some of those children brought up in the word of faith, health wealth and prosperity movement, and it was the Lord who drew us out! We warned our mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers but they are still in the movement.
Find out which churches in your area are teaching these deadly doctrines and pray for them, and be ready to receive these people when the Lord draws them out. It is a frightful thing coming out and not knowing where to go, we had no idea about any other forms of Christianity, but praise the Lord He brought us to the True Gospel!! (Thank you Paul Washer for your Shocking Youth Message on youtube)
Please don't make fun and laugh, but weep and moan over the atrocities being done in the name of our Lord and pray for the souls that are lost that think they know Jesus, but do not.
As an ex-pentecostal writing from south africa where the charismatic movement is the mainstream church culture by far i have watched the sessions and seen the criticism from the other side including michale brown's interview with Phil Johnson. This issue has got so bad that something like this was extremely necessary and long overdue. Its a healthy thing. Luther was so focussed on justification by faith he dismissed james as non-canonical. Sometimes the situation gets so bad that someone with enough courage and conviction has to make some heavy statements. Charismatic brothers always end up sounding like muslims when confronted with these issues - terrorits are a small fringe group and not representative of our religion. But I never see a proper denunciation cause at the core the jihadists seem far more consistent with Mohammed than the guys not taking up arms. And I saw millions of people celebrating after 9/11 all over the world. If Michael Brown is mainstream why is he doing fundraising to get onto TV alongside Joel Osteen when the "minority fringe carnality preachers" have 24 hour global satellite networks to air their poison. John Macarthur once said that these guys make Tetzel look like a paragon of virtue. He is right. We applaud you sir for being willing to stand for truth again even if you have had to come down quite heavily, some would say too heavily. The proble mis as bad as indulgences were maybe worse cause of the way they manilupate the media which now exists and fleece the sheep. And you have earned the right to speak. Thank You.
I prayed for you a moment ago, Joseph Cribley. I am from Malaysia (South East Asia). You are not alone in this. Be strong and rejoice. A true Evangelical stand is now known. God's truth is heard loud and clear. We need to speak up. I have prayed that the Lord will lead you to a church where God and his truth as revealed in scripture (remember SOLA SCRIPTURA?) is honoured. Moving to another church should be a last option only - but it is nonetheless an option.
Take comfort in knowing that we have a long line of Truth Proclaimers - centuries of it. As I see it, Christ' second-coming is on the horizon and 'His Truth is Marching On!'. Shout on the mountain top - its SOLA SCRIPTURA!
Thank you Alvis. Please pray for me as I have become part of the problem sometimes. I am afraid I have been unloving at times and give the name of our Lord a trip through the mud. I regret this deaply and need forgiveness from People and God. I am grateful for people that are more mature than me that I can point to on this and other issues.
We had a church split in 2002 because of this confusion. It all started with our pastor joining the ministerial group for our small city. He was influenced by a church of God minister toward "the signs and wonders", vineyard movement. Needless to say, our pastor, being a very passionate person, influenced some of our leaders over to this. He even brought a "prophet" in to interrupt the sermon. This caused great confusion! The problem was Jesus Christ and His gospel was taking a back seat to "emotional" false signs, and strnage behavior. I confronted the pastor "toe to toe", on these errors..he would not budge. We had to painfully leave many of our dear brothers and sisters before many left.
Joseph Cribley,
I did pray for you. Confronting error is very difficult and must be done with gentleness and respect, as we are instructed by Timothy. Blessings to you and trusting that you will handle this according to God's Word for confronting error. Some good advice is right at the bottom of this page from Proverbs 25:15.
David, if you grew up in Cleveland Tennessee I'm betting you were part of the Church of God, either "of Prophecy" or "elders". If you were, we share that in common.
Probably the most striking historical reality that Mbewe mentioned in one of his sessions was the fact that Pentecostals, of which the Church of God originated, were more apt to at least render some deference to the Word.
My father was a pastor all of his life in the CGOP and had memorized vast portions of the Bible. He was fond of both Finney and Edwards and used Matthew Henry's commentaries along with reading Norman Vincent Peale.
Your point, in relation to their lack of understanding, is well made and I couldn't agree more . My dad preached from a 3"x5" note card and had no comprehension of systematic theology. To this day he is anti-intellectual in relation to his understanding of God and His Word.
I have found that using the Word to communicate the doctrines of grace, and specifically the preservation/perseverance of the saints, can impact Pentecostal/Charismatic believers profoundly.
My heart breaks for these people. I am convinced when they come to the full realization of God's enduring love for them apart from what they feel or experience they are on the road to freedom from their powerful delusion. I pray that God uses you to open the eyes of those blinded by this system/movement.
I too have prayed for you. May the Lord bless you and help you through this challenging time.
A sister in Christ
I learn from Pastor MacArthur EVERYDAY. I have growth so much over the last three years. I'm learning more and more on how be an expositor of the word. I have gotten in some trouble at church when we discuss spiritual gifts and the scriptures that refer to them. This conference brings joy to my heart.
Dear John,
Our church has been praying for you and giving praise to God for your calling throughout the years. We lifted you up in prayer during the Conference.
My closest friends and I have been listening to your sermons and doing your studies in our Saturday Bible study for years. Your teaching is sound... black and white because you speak God's word. We are able to see the "red flags" more easily because of your sound teaching.
I have ordered "Strange Fire" and am looking forward to reading it.
In closing, God bless you, John, for your devotion and determination to making disciples of Christ.
Kaye Campbell
Mequon, WI
Brother Joseph, I read your post and want to encourage you to continue steadfast in the faith. You are one among many in similar situations (myself included) and although a separation from a church family (or even your relatives) is often painful, I submit to you the words of Paul: For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us - Romans 8:18
I will be praying for you!
Thank you for this conference. In the days when the transcripts were published by Cripplegate and Challies, I could translate to Spanish and I had an average of 4,000 visits to my blog. So it really was good diffusion. And there were some unfounded criticism. defendant has really been a great blessing and has provided a good incentive to discern more about these issues.
I know what you are going through and I am not going to sit here and tell you it will be easy and everyone will understand. My wife and I had been raised in this and it's all we knew, 40 years worth. To make a very long story short, God revealed his truth to us in his word and through other friends who were not Charismatic and we just could not sit and condone what we considered to be abuse and neglect of the true work of Gods Spirit(Holy Spirit). We did eventually find a true Bible teaching/preaching, God honoring Church and we are so thankful for our new church family. Yes, we lost a lot of friends because of our decision and it's always a little uncomfortable when we are with our family, because all of them are Charismatic. I truly believe God's Spirit will not sit comfortably in an atmosphere of unsound doctrine and I truly believe that is why we did not stay long after his truth was revealed to us. If you listened to Strange Fire and could not deny what you heard(which is what happened to us when we listened to Pastor Johns sermons on the Charismatic movement) then you probably know already what you need to do. We are all praying for all our friends and family in this movement, thank you Pastor John and all who stand for TRUTH!
It reminds me of Prophet Elijah lamenting to God that there is no more true Prophet again that he was the only remaining one and to this God told him that there are still Prophet who have not given themselves to the worship of Baal.....
I was making a research for my project in my final year at L.I.F.E Theological seminary in Nigeria concerning "false claims of visit to heaven and hell" by some so called Christians when i stumble to this site.
Since that time my intellect, will and emotion has been to know more....I was converted to this movement mentioned and when i was given this project, i dont want to do it cos i felt what i believe, our dogma is right but i patiently listen to JohnMacArthur, there was illumination in my mind. I search the scriptures and there was clearity,no confusion......
You know am blessed and am challenged to go back and bury my self in the scripture and not waiting aimlessly for the next word from above(rhema) before i go to the scriptures....
Its funny after i listen to MacArthur on some of his sermons and i confirmed it in scriptures with basic principles of hermeneutics,i discussed it with my (charismatic believers)colleagues, one of them said i should go and ask for forgiveness.....they have been so buried in dogma given to them by so called leaders and on their on part lazy to do exhaustive study as to bring every word to the light of the scripture....
I pray for you John that the Spirit of God will continue to uphold you to preach the truth in face of any challenges ....I want to know more on the Trinity cos this is Foundation where charismatic movement are getting it wrong and they are building on a shaky foundation...Pls teach more on that....thanks
To everyone,
Thank you everyone for your encouraging comments. For the multitude of prayers offered up for my behalf, though I have never met any of you personally. I am thankful also for your testimonies, showing that I am not alone with the sacrifices that are to be made in order to continue in worship in truth and Spirit.
I would like to mention that the church I am a part of is probably best defined as Reformed Charismatic. I wouldn't say that there have been many manifestations since I have been a member, and the stranger non-biblical practices were ousted whenever they became present. This church upholds the authority of the scriptures and adheres to the gospel message of Jesus Christ as well as the standard for holiness as presented within the Bible. This, however, is not a valid excuse for adhering to error.
I could never understand why the leadership showed a fundamental flaw at calling out heresy in the mainstream. Instead of pointing out error in preachers such as Olsteen and condemning the following of such a man, members are encouraged to eat the meat and spit out the bones. I understand now that the calling out of such aberrant teachers would weaken the claims of the Charismatic movement, and it is fear of losing the baby in the bathwater that allows such blasphemy to be supported.
I would like all who read this and have commented to know that each of you hold a special place in my prayers as well. I am fortunate that my involvement was not full immersion as it was and is with some of you, neither do I have a family that I would have to effectively reteach as I am a single man. I am prepared to depart but I feel it is best to raise these objections first, having been studied in the evidences presented within Strange Fire. Will this church completely depart from even there very denomination? Though I may be in doubt of that I have no doubts whatsoever in the power of God and the revealing nature of His Word. Before I am cast out if that is my fate, I wish to at least make my position known and alert others both pastor and lay-men to examine this for themselves.
By counsel of non-charismatic reletives I have been advised that I should not act hastily. As I have said prior, these people are not unregenerate apostates, but rather mislead believers that understand not the denial their dogmas and biases create. For a good period of time I have watched my pastor deliver sermon after sermon in frustration concerning proper response to doctrinal living, and yet there is no movement within the fringe of the congregation to take that initiative. Why? Due to the intuition-based guidance of Charismatic doctrine, they do not listen intently to the Word of God. Perhaps I can be used as an agent for bringing forth reformation concerning these ideas. Only God could truly know how this will all turn out in the end......
Joseph Cribley, I hear you. I spent 35 years in independent charismatic and A/G churches, yet all along resisting the excesses. Today, we (like RC Sproul) are in the conservative Presbyterian Church in America (not to be confused with the liberal Presbyterian Church USA). Yet, because of my A/G background, I have been feeling somewhat displaced. I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE. And while I confess, I've never met anyone with the gift of the working of miracles, or some of the other "sign" gifts, nevertheless, I'm not a cessationist to the same degree as John MacArthur. But, by combining and mixing the various labels listed by Phil Johnson, I suppose you could say I'm a "mildly C-type, Reformed believer (LOL) as I've always opposed charismania, but I'm now far more Reformed than charismatic. Nevertheless, the hardest thing I currently face is that ALL my lifetime friends are still charismatic. Very few understand my theological paradigm shift, and very few are willing to honestly look at the movement or themselves. But remember, God is Sovereign and against all opinions, it was He who had us in that movement for a season, and it is He who by his love and grace is moving us onward.
We lived in Brunei and with no better church to grow spiritually we ended up in pentecostal with arminian views and many excesses word of faith, slain in the spirit, gibberish talk. There is no calvinist church here and we really are in the minority. We only grew stronger by Sir Johns preachings online. And we listen to RC sproul and steve lawson as well. But indeed it has bring us more mature in the Word by its proper and simple exegetical approach to preaching with less application as John leave it to the Holy Spirit.
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Loose In The Air
There is a foreboding sense of everything coming apart at the seams in The Double's subversive take on pop music. Their Matador debut, 'Loose in the Air,' is an eerie, paranoid album steeped in a hyper-awareness of the impermanence of things. Melody moves through thick layers of noisy, manic guitars and heavily distorted keyboards, and drums fight through a dense fog of melancholy. Tender vocals soar high and low through an atmosphere of chaos – it's at once unsettling and utterly captivating.
The men of The Double are completely tuned into their own frequencies, seemingly unaffected by current trends. As a result, they have quickly attracted a loyal following that craves the Double's brand of sonic experimentation and innovation. Last year's 'Palm Fronds' (Catsup Plate) is a rock-pop album in the same way that David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' is a romantic comedy. Still, in addition to charming critics, 'Palm Fronds' earned the Double a coveted Peel Session, as well as opening slots for Interpol and Blonde Redhead in Europe.
For 'Loose in the Air,' the band escaped New York and holed up with Steve Revitte for 12 days at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Having recorded everyone from The Liars and Tito Puente to the Beastie Boys and Black Dice, Revitte embraced The Double's idiosyncrasies and captured their broad instrumental scope. The result is 10 songs that burst with frantic energy and reach sublime transcendence.
"Up All Night" opens the record as a sort of manifest, the blueprint for what's to come. David says, "I found the melody singing along to instrumental dub tracks; I was reaching for Yoko Ono's minor notes." "In The Fog" was originally written and recorded during their Peel Session last year. Jacob arranged the instrumentation on piano in the studio, and inspired by the history of their surroundings, they set out to write a "classic" and re-recorded it at Tarquin for 'Loose In The Air.' The epic "Dance" was written to accompany a fashion show and debuted last spring at Lincoln Center. In it, David talks about the performance and exhaustion of dancing – "hulled out of breath, all loose at the ends, so bodied to ourselves in the head".
Of "Hot Air", Jacob says "I hope Ray Manzarek hears this and shits peyote out of his mouth. Vox Continental organ and piano, just like the Zombies, but maybe a more grotesque, undead Rod Argent." "Busty Beasty" is a stoner lullaby of sorts, Jacob rocking those ethereal E Naturals in the cascading G Major-to-Minor section like a street fair magician, and Donald his sick, beautiful maiden. Elsewhere, the Double even lay down their version of a radio hit in "Idiocy" and a love song – the "dorm room make-out anthem", says Jacob – in "Ripe Fruit".
The Double cite influences as diverse as Syd Barrett, Alice Coltrane, the Beatles, Horace Andy, the Zombies, Suicide, Brian Eno, Keith Hudson, and the Velvet Underground, and though the spirit of these bands is present in The Double's music, their sounds are not. Loose in the Air is a unique work that is beyond comparison. It's a mature album as viscerally satisfying as it is intellectually stimulating. It sounds like a premonition – a bone ache, before a big storm.
David Greenhill - bass and vocals
Jacob Morris - keyboards
Jeff McLeod - drums and electronics
Donald Beaman - guitar and vocals
"The varied swath of music categorized as noise tends to bank on its ties to the sublime: the ability to induce bewilderment, stupefaction, and awe that traverses fear. But for the Brooklyn-based foursome The Double, noise-metallic clacks and supersonic crackles, crumpling guitars and disappearing vocals-is an accessory that sweetly disorders melody, a union that entreats and welcomes rather than confuses and commandeers."
-- Village Voice
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Matador Alumni Corner Update
We really oughta do these more often. Don't call it a comeback, these folks have been here for years. Or somewhere else for months. 1) Early Man. Touring like crazy and there's a new EP on the Jarboe-tastic The End. 2) Jacob Morris, formerly one of the key characters beyond the dearly missed Double. New EP on Rcrd Lbl 3) 18th Dye. New album and US tour.
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03/10/06 — US tour; SXSW
Just back from a particularly destructive visit to London and Paris, The Double are back on the road in support of their criminally overlooked Matador debut, 'Loose In The Air'. If I were you, I wouldn't appreciate being characterized as a criminal.
Mar 9 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
Mar 10 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's
Mar 11 - Richmond, IN - Earlham College/Comstock Room
Mar 13 - Columbia, MO - Mojo's
Mar 14 - Oklahoma City, OK - TBA
Mar 16 - Austin, TX - Club Deville SXSW
Mar 20 - Tucson, AZ - Plush *
Mar 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
Mar 22 - Claremont, CA - Pitzer College*
Mar 23 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
Mar 24 - Portland, OR - Dante's
Mar 25 - Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
Mar 27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
Mar 28 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
Mar 30 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
Apr 1 - Newport, KY - Parlor @ Southgate House
Apr 2 - Columbus, OH - Andyman's Treehouse *
Apr 3 - Washington DC - Iota
Apr 4 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
in addition, the Double will be very busy in Austin, TX during South By Southwest.
wed.3/15 at Ma Bea's Todd P Party, 1104 East 6th St @ Medina St - on stage at 7pm
thurs.3/16 at Club Deville, 900 Red River - Beggars Party
sat. 3/18 at End Of An Ear Records, instore, 2209 S.1st St (512) 462-6008 - on at 1pm
11/12/05 — Upcoming shows; secret site open to all; Europe
As 'Looose In The Air' continues to attract attention far and wide, we're happy to announce the Double will be supporting Pretty Girls Make Graves in early December:
Mon, Dec 5 - New York NY - Knitting Factory with PGMG
Tue, Dec 6 - Brooklyn NY - Northsix with PGMG (NEW VENUE!!!)
Thu, Dec 8 - Washington DC - Black Cat with PGMG
Fri, Dec 9 - Bellmore NY - Live Trax with PGMG
Sat, Dec 10 - Providence RI - The Living Room with PGMG
Sun, Dec 11 - Cambridge MA - Middle East with PGMG
Mon, Dec 12 - Philadelphia PA - North Star with PGMG
Additionally, they will be making their first European appearances since signing to Matador, this coming January/February. The album is scheduled for UK/European release on February 7th.
The Double's secret site is now open to all, kind of like Ellis Island except you don't have to change your name! Enjoy artwork, music, video and more.
10/11/05 — Touring reports and pics; video
It's been a crazy month for the Double, what with the release of 'Loose In The Air', a nationwide tour with the likes of Interpol, Fiery Furnaces, M83 and John Vanderslice, etc. They braved Hurricane Rita in the parking lot of a Mississippi Wal-Mart, then played as substitute guests at the massive Austin City Limits festival at approx. 11:45 am on a Friday morning. Oasis performed a couple of nights later to tens of thousands of people; the Double to substantially fewer. Guess whose set was better?
In the middle of all this madness, the band played at a triumphant record release show on the good ship Frying Pan the last Friday in September (see photo). The drinks bill was rather high, but we're pretty certain none of the CMJ attendees were eaten by sharks (not in the literal sense, anyway) so all's well that ends well.
|when Chris Lombardi said he'd personally make sure The Double "blew up", this isn't what we had in mind
Matt Goldman's amazing video for "Idiocy" can be found here.
09/12/05 — Reminder: free record release party NYC THIS FRIDAY
Reminder — The Double are playing a free record release party in New York THIS FRIDAY aboard the Frying Pan, which is moored at W. 23rd St. and the West Side Highway at the Chelsea Piers. The party runs from 6-9 PM and the band are scheduled to go on at about 7:30 PM.
Also, the video of "Idiocy" has been posted on the music and video page. It was directed by Matt Goldman.
09/06/05 — Secret website
We've been circulating some enhanced CD's this week at independent shops around the country, which will give you access to an almost-top secret site with Double music, videos, wallpapers, art, photos, etc.
Those of you who can't find the "key CD" can enjoy the MP3 of "Idiocy" on the main Matador site.
Gaze and gawk at your lesisure, please!
07/27/05 — Shows, album announcement, myspace page
Following some terrific shows across the US with the Go-Betweens, Mountain Goats and Comets On Fire, The Double will be celebrating their release of their Matador debut CD 'Loose In The Air' with a record release party at NYC's Frying Pan, Pier 63, September 16th at 6pm.
photo by Wesley Law
Apparently there is some other musical event of some sort or another happening in Manhattan that very week, and it is very fortunate that this party is not in conflict with any portion of said confab. We'd hate to get, y'know, blackballed or kicked out of the music business.
July's free gig at South Street Seaport has been rescheduled - it will now be happening on August 24.
"Idiocy", from "Loose In The Air", is now available for your downloading pleasure.
The Double's myspace page can be found here.
07/14/05 — First MP3, biography, new photos
The first MP3 from the album, entitled "Idiocy," is available on the music page. Also check out the new bio and photos.
06/21/05 — Preview some tracks from the album
Visit Elliot Aronow's Simple Mission site to preview some excerpts from 'Loose In The Air' — up for a limited time only, so get over there.
06/08/05 — Summer pre-album tour plans
If you know what's good for you, now would be a good time to have a gander at the tour dates section, where we find The Double immersed in a series of US dates supporting the Mountain Goats, Go-Betweens and Comets On Fire throughout the next two months, in advance of the September release of 'Loose In The Air.'
04/28/05 — Album completed
following a well-received trip to SXSW and a US tour with Ratatat, the Double are amongst those donating their services to raise funds for Tonic, with a benefit
03/24/05 — SXSW, Tonic benefit
following a well-received trip to SXSW and a US tour with Ratatat, the Double are amongst those donating their services to raise funds for Tonic, with a benefit gig scheduled for this Saturday night, March 26. Their upcoming album is almost done, and we look forward with exhilaration to hearing the finished result.
02/01/05 — The Double sign to Matador Records
Matador Records is proud to announce the signing of New York's THE DOUBLE to a worldwide, multi-album recording deal.
The Double approach rock songwriting with a diverse vocabulary and instrumentation that layers vocal harmony and heavy distorted keyboards onto a disorienting yet exacting array of percussive sounds. Their 2002 debut 'Loose Crochet' (54/40 Or Fight), recorded as a duo, introduced their curious blend of home-style American musics and noisy rhythmic experimentation, but it was last year's "Palm Fronds" (Catsup Plate) - their first as a quartet - that confirmed the depth of their idiosyncrasy and allure, with simplified song structures and a broader instrumental palette. Undeniably virtuosic, THE DOUBLE also embrace improvisation and human error, which gives their songs their vulnerability and heart.
photograph by Reuben Cox
The foursome of David Greenhill, Jeff McLeod, Donald Beaman and Jacob Morris have soaked up considerable acclaim in the past year, highlighted by a Peel Session recorded whilst in the UK supporting Blonde Redhead and Interpol. Closer to home, the band are about to embark on a US tour supporting Ratatat, followed by an appearance on Matador's South By Southwest Cavalcade Of Stars package on March 18 (The Parish, Austin, TX). Recording of the band's second album (and first for Matador) is scheduled to begin later this spring, with an eye towards release in the Autumn of 2005.
MP3s are available at: http://www.thedoublethedouble.com
Past notices for 'Palm Fronds':
"An album whose beauty is so completely overpowering that it made me wonder whether I didn't need to just get with the program and start taking antidepressants like everybody else. Not many songs make me feel like The Song has much of a future; some of these ones do, and that's the highest praise I know how to give." -- John Darnielle, Last Plane To Jarkata
"The varied swath of music categorized as noise tends to bank on its ties to the sublime: the ability to induce bewilderment, stupefaction, and awe that traverses fear. But for the Brooklyn-based foursome the Double, noise-metallic clacks and supersonic crackles, crumpling guitars and disappearing vocals-is an accessory that sweetly disorders melody, a union that entreats and welcomes rather than confuses and commandeers. " -- Devon Powers, Village Voice
"One of the most intriguing bands bubbling up downtown, The Double's live show trades gauziness for harder and more direct rock, but prog-minded shifts and waves of weird instrumentation keep things raw and off center"Ý -- The Onion
Upcoming shows:
Feb 4 - Mighty Robot, Metropolitan & Kent, Brooklyn (with the Occasion, Soliders Of Fortune and Soft Sox)
Feb 5 - (noon) exhibition of Mary Ping's new collect ion, Avery Fisher Hall (Grand Promenade), Lincoln Center, NY
Feb 25 - Swathmore College, Swathmore PA
Feb 26 - Black Cat, Washington DC
Feb 27 - Supreme Imperial Performance, Baltimore MD
Feb 28 - Knitting Factory, NY NY
March 2 - Higher Ground, Winooski, VT
March 4 - The Green Room, Providence RI
March 5 - Middle East, Cambridge, MA
(2/25-3/5 with Ratatat)
March 18 - The Parish, Austin, TX (SXSW show with Stephen Malkmus, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Laura Cantrell, Dead Meadow)

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The Virginia League and credit unions throughout the Commonwealth hosted two representatives from a credit union serving Estonia's Tartu University and its surrounding community. Tartu Estonian Credit Union is a member of the Estonian Union of Credit Cooperatives which is partnered with the Virginia Credit Union league through World Council of Credit Unions' International Partnership Program.
In a meeting with members of the Virginia Credit Union League Board of Directors and the League's management team, Andro Roos, CEO of the Tartu University credit union, and Erki Pisuke, a member of the credit union's board of directors, offered an overview of Estonian credit unions' need for the technology to offer members online banking, card payment processing, ATM transactions and checking.
"Our struggle is competing with commercial banks," said Roos. "[Estonians] depend heavily on electronic access to their accounts, payment systems and on ATM access. We can grow to become competitive with commercial banks, but I believe that credit unions in Estonia will fade in as little as five years if we cannot develop a modern banking infrastructure that allows Estonian credit unions to offer more modern banking services."
Roos noted that Estonian credit unions are hobbled by technology that trails competitors by at least 15 years, with the nation's banking system being dominated by large Scandinavian banks.
Estonian credit unions' goal is to grow market share to 5% and 75,000 members in the next five years, said Roos, which will only be possible with a modern information technology infrastructure. At present, Estonian's credit unions hold $16 million (U.S. dollars) in shares, which is only one-tenth of 1% of the nation's deposits. Membership is about 3,000.
However, Erki Pisuke, said the hope is to model Estonian credit unions' growth on that of the cooperatives in neighboring Lithuania, which now number 59, boast more than 80,000 members and hold some $270 million (U.S. dollars) in assets.
"This first year of our partnership was really about sharing information and assessing needs," said Virginia Credit Union League President Rick Pillow. "We know well the necessity of offering products and services consumers consider essential, and the one great hurdle that we all see in Estonia is the lack of an information and payments system that would provide these credit unions with the technology platform to truly compete with banks."
During the coming months, the Virginia League and others will be evaluating the Estonian technology proposal, offering guidance on developing the system to manage today's needs and allow for future growth and adaptability.
"The leadership in the Estonian movement sees the opportunity the nation's credit cooperatives have in reaching consumers, but they also recognize the urgency of being competitive in the marketplace," said Juri Valdov, retired CEO of Northwest Federal Credit Union, who leads the League's Partnership Committee. "There's real passion in the Estonian movement, as evidenced by the progress we've seen during the past year. We're seeing a movement that's matured to the point that it's ready and willing to take that next step."
The Virginia League has been working closely with the Estonian movement on other key projects, including legislative and regulatory issues such as access to share insurance to protect deposits and a recognized chartering authority.
During their nine-day visit to the U.S., Roos and Pisuke also had the opportunity to visit credit unions in Northern Virginia, Lynchburg, Richmond and Charlottesville to view their operations and discuss specific product and service offerings.
Deposit and member growth has been a key area of concern and many of the meetings with individual credit unions focused on marketing issues. The Credit Union Marketing Council of Virginia also spent a half day with the representatives, offering marketing strategies and thoughts on developing marketing campaigns.
Virginia's credit unions also hosted Estonian delegations in April 2008, which marked the official signing of the partnership, and in May 2009. A delegation of Virginia League and credit union officials visited Estonia in August 2008.
Estonia has a proud credit union history, with the first financial cooperatives having been founded in 1902, pre-dating the American movement. At its height in 1939, the Estonian movement boasted 184 financial cooperatives and had a 52% market share. After the Soviets occupied the nation in 1940, credit unions were abolished. During Perestroika, credit unions were again legalized, and the first new Estonian credit union was formed in 1990.
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It seems like all the king's men, referring to the congressional men, nor the president will buck the NRA to solve the gun violence in the USA. That is one half of the problem. The other half is the availability of guns.
My solution – let the people have the guns they want and their Second Amendment rights and the NRA. Don't try to rewrite the Second Amendment, just add one paragraph to it. Once this would become a federal law, from then on, the owner of such weapons will be held responsible, be obligatory and liable, to some extent, for what might occur because of his or her negligence, whether the guns were locked up or not and they fell into the hands of a person committing a crime of any sort, regardless of the age of either party. The only exception would be if the guns were locked up in a steel safe of any sort with a combination dial.
If you want to keep one or more guns for protection, you would still come under this law.
Furthermore, whether it is a mass shooting or not, 99 percent of the guns come from home. So until the owners of guns start being liable to some extent, the shootings will go on forever.
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Filmmaker's Lounge in celebration of Black History Month
Hosted and curated by Kevin Epps
Which Way Is Up? (1977, 94 min.)
Saturday, February 4
Film at 3:30 p.m., followed by Q&A with screenwriter Cecil Brown
Richard Pryor plays a landmark role—actually, three roles—in this comedy, which has gained cult status among Pryor fans. Orange-picker Leroy Jones finds himself fired from his job and alienated from his friends and family as a result of accidentally joining a union strike.
What's Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye (2006, 100 min.)
Sunday, February 19
Film at 2:00 p.m., followed by Q&A with Kevin Epps and music historian Rickey Vincent
One of the greatest legacies in American music is examined through interviews and archival footage. Gaye has endured as "an astounding artist, an inspiring poet, a man whose fabulous talents and all-too-human flaws worked together for the sake of song" (David Ritz, PBS.org).


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The Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Act, effective March 30, 2012, created the Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board (WNYPPAB), and required the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to establish the Western New York Economic Development Fund (Fund). The primary role of the WNYPPAB is to solicit and review applications, and make funding recommendations to the NYPA Board of Trustees. (By-Laws)
An "Eligible Project" is an economic development project by an applicant that is physically located in the State of New York within a 30-mile radius of the NYPA Niagara project in Lewiston. Access the PDF of the Niagara Thirty Mile Zone here.
"Eligible Projects" are those that support the growth of business in the State and thereby lead to the creation or maintenance of jobs and tax revenues for the state and local governments. Examples of eligible projects include, workforce development; energy-related projects, programs and services; capital investments in buildings, equipment, and associated infrastructure (collectively, "infrastructure") owned by an Eligible Applicant for Fund Benefits; transportation projects under state or federally approved plans; the acquisition of land needed for infrastructure; research and development where the results of such research and development will directly benefit New York state and support for tourism and marketing and advertising efforts for Western New York and Finger Lakes Regional tourism and business.
Visit the Regional Economic Development Council pages of Western NY or the Finger Lakes to review their respective strategies and priorities.
how to apply
Download the Preliminary Project Information Worksheet and enter the requested information. Send the completed document to the WNYPPAB staff at the email address located to the right. Once reviewed, the WNYPPAB staff will contact applicants with next steps.
Please download a copy of the Guidelines to assist you in completing the Application and in understanding the key details of the program.
Media inquries: Press Hotline, Empire State Development, (800) 260-7313 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information, contact WNYPPAB staff at (716) 846-8228 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Have a look at some images of Erie County's first public compressed natural gas station in Tonawanda, NY.
Take a tour of Yancey's Fancy Artisan Cheese of Corfu, NY, one of the latest businesses to benefit from the WNYPPAB program.
Anthony Colucci III, Chair
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Brenda Williams McDuffie
Henry Wojtaszek
June 21- Power Proceeds Allocation Board Recommends $400,000 in Funding for Unique Manufacturing and Tourism Efforts in WNY
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4-C Bicentennial Trail
1.3 miles
The 4C Bicentennial Trail is one of several throughout Wilmington, OH, and runs between Southeast Neighborhood Park and Fife Avenue (CR 82), just across the road from the south end of Denver Williams Memorial Park. The trail passes through a ...
Armleder Park Trail
2 miles
The Armleder Park Trail loops along a wide, paved route through the open meadows of the park, located east of Cincinnati. At the southeast end, you'll find an overlook of the Little Miami River. Within the park's 238 acres, you'll also find ...
Cardinal Greenway
62 miles
The Cardinal Greenway, the longest rail-trail in Indiana, stretches more than 60 miles from Marion to Richmond along a former CSX railroad corridor. The trail takes its name from the Cardinal, the passenger train that once regularly ran the ...
Creekside Trail
15 miles
The Creekside Trail is an important connector in Ohio's Miami Valley trail network, a system of 330 miles of paved, off-road trails. This 15-mile route cuts a swift route from Xenia to Dayton, passing a variety of sites, including drag racetracks ...
Dearborn Trails (Aurora - Lawrenceburg - Greendale)
5.4 miles
The Greendale segment runs 1 mile between Walnut Street and Hollywood Boulevard at Eads Parkway, paralleling Eads Parkway/US 50 on the east side. There's a short gap (0.6 mile) in the trail between Lawrenceburg and Greendale. The LawrenceburgAuroa ...
Fairfax Bike Trail
0.8 miles
The Fairfax Trail is just 0.8 mile long and parallels the north side of Murray Avenue between Settle Street in Mariemont and La Crosse Avenue in Madisonville. There are plans to link the Fairfax Trail to another trail planned to run between ...
Great Miami River Trail
86.2 miles
Note: Due to I-75 bridge work, the Great Miami River Trail is closed between Fifth Street and Helena Street in downtown Dayton until 2017. More information and a map of the half-mile, on-street detour around the closure is available on the Miami ...
Iron Horse Trail (OH)
7.6 miles
The 7-mile Iron Horse Trail (open in two disconnected segments) utilizes approximately 2 miles of former Penn Central right-of-way, providing users a pleasant route through neighborhoods, as well as a link to Centerville's Iron Horse Park and ...
Lebanon Countryside YMCA Trail
8.2 miles
The Lebanon Countryside YMCA Trail offers 8 miles of paved pathway winding through Lebanon, from downtown to a connection to the 78-mile Little Miami Scenic Trail. The trail begins in the north near the Lebanon Railroad Station, which is used ...
Little Miami Scenic Trail
73 miles
The Little Miami Scenic Trail is a jewel in the 330-mile network of paved, off-road trails in Ohio's Miami Valley. The 73-mile paved path runs between Springfield and Newtown (near Cincinnati), connecting a dozen towns and five counties along ...
Lowe's Drive Trail
0.7 miles
The Lowe's Connector Trail parallels Lowe's Drive in Wilmington, OH, and links Rombach Avenue with Prairie Road; however, this is no sidewalk once you reach Prairie Road. The trail is best used to access shopping centers along Lowe's Drive from ...
Lunken Airport Bike Path
5 miles
The Lunken Airport Bike Path offers a 5-mile loop around Cincinnati's municipal Lunken Airport. Much of the trail sits atop the levee that protects the airport from flooding of the Little Miami River. The paved path is wide and affords many ...
Luther Warren Peace Path
1.3 miles
The Luther Warren Peace Path is shady 1.2-mile journey along a level paved surface, delightfully cool in summer. The trail includes two old railroad bridges, one covered and built as a local Boy Scout project. There is a link to the path from ...
Mad River Trail
7.1 miles
Mad River Trail offers a paved, 7-mile route along its namesake river in northeastern Dayton and is part of one of the nation's largest network of paved, off-street trails. Its western end begins near Webster Street in RiverScape MetroPark. ...
Mill Creek Greenway Trail
3 miles
The growing Mill Creek Greenway Trail follows one of Cincinnati's most important urban waterways and will one day stretch 14 miles through the city's northern neighborhoods. Groundwork Cincinnati is a community-based nonprofit that works to ...
Newport Southbank Bridge (Purple People Bridge)
0.5 miles
The Newport Southbank Bridge, commonly known as the Purple People Bridge due to its unique paint scheme, links the large Ohio city of Cincinnati with Newport, Kentucky, a medium-sized city rapidly becoming the entertainment hub of fast-growing ...
Ohio River Trail (OH)
7.6 miles
When complete, the Ohio River Trail in eastern Cincinnati will be an important 23-mile connector between downtown, riverfront parks, the city's municipal airport and many neighborhoods. Currently, nearly 8 miles of the trail (in disconnected ...
Ohio to Erie Trail
274.1 miles
The Ohio to Erie Trail is a planned 320-mile route via several existing trails that span the state of Ohio from the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland to the Ohio River in Cincinnati. When complete, the paved trail will connect residents in villages, ...
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Prairie Grass Trail
29 miles
The paved Prairie Grass Trail stretches 29 miles between London and Xenia, generally following US 42. The northern trailhead is located in London, behind the senior citizen's center, and has a picnic pavilion and public restroom. The trailhead ...
Shaker Trace Trail
7.8 miles
The Shaker Trace Trail forms a loop around Miami Whitewater Forest, the largest county-run park in Hamilton County. The fully-accessible, paved trail runs for nearly 8 miles through the park's wetlands, tall grass prairie and farmland. Begin ...
Sharon Woods Loop Trail
2.6 miles
The Sharon Woods Loop Trail encircles a picturesque lake in popular Sharon Woods in Sharonville. The county park offers a visitor center, boathouse, golf course, picnic areas and athletic fields over 730 acres. The trail courses primarily ...
Stillwater River Bikeway
7.1 miles
The Stillwater River Bikeway winds through Dayton's northern suburbs, following the tree-lined eastern shore of its namesake waterway for much of the way. Two disconnected segments of trail are currently open. The shorter Northern Segment ...
Whitewater Gorge Trail
3.5 miles
D Street Trailhead Park is nestled along Richmond's waterfront on the East Fork of the Whitewater River. From the park, travelers can go north on the Cardinal Greenway (which, at 62 miles, is Indiana's longest rail-trail) or head south on the ...
Williamsburg to Batavia Hike/Bike Trail
5.4 miles
The Williamsburg to Batavia Hike/Bike Trail connects its two namesake communities on a paved route that winds through East Fork Wildlife Area and along scenic William Harsha Lake. The experience is both off-road (utilizing abandoned roads) and ...
Wolf Creek Trail (OH)
16.2 miles
Wolf Creek Trail is a well-maintained asphalt trail that is currently open in two disconnected segments. It's part of the 330-mile Miami Valley trail system, one of the largest paved, off-road trail networks in the county. The longest section ...
Wright Brothers Huffman Prairie Bikeway
4.6 miles
The Wright Brothers Huffman Prairie Bikeway runs from South Street in downtown Fairborn, along the north side of Kauffman Avenue adjacent to an active rail line, to National Road. At that point, the trail crosses Kauffman to the south side and ...
Xenia-Jamestown Connector
15.4 miles
The Xenia–Jamestown Connector Trail links these two eponymous communities, and travels east beyond Jamestown to the Greene/Fayette county line at Rosemoor Road. It's part of Ohio's Miami Valley trail system, one of the nation's largest networks ...
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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.
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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 iPhone's 10th birthday was a happy opportunity to look once again at Steve Jobs' masterclass in storytelling and positioning, and to contemplate, with incredulous gratitude, the enormity of the consequences. As Horace Dediu, our nonpareil tech historian and poet, recently remarked with his trademark humor, The First Trillion Dollars is Always the Hardest [as always, edits and emphasis mine]:
"In its first 10 years, the iPhone will have sold at least 1.2 billion units, making it the most successful product of all time. The iPhone also enabled the iOS empire which includes the iPod touch, the iPad, the Apple Watch and Apple TV whose combined total unit sales will reach 1.75 billion units over 10 years. This total is likely to top 2 billion units by the end of 2018.
[…] iOS will have generated over $1 trillion in revenues for Apple sometime this year.
In addition, developers building apps for iOS have been paid $60 billion. The rate of payments has now reached $20 billion/yr.
No one saw it coming, Apple execs included. For their part, the high tech incumbents made many infelicitous statements, only to be steamrolled when the iPhone and, later, Android changed everything. The Smartphone 2.0 wasn't just a one-to-one communication device, it influenced media creation and consumption, transformed everyday commerce with in-phone wallets and touch ID, turned social networking into a ubiquitous tool. It even forced Enterprise information systems to completely rethink and retool their infrastructure — this wasn't simply a computer with a "smaller form factor".
In retrospect, the ascendency of Smartphone 2.0 and the way it has shaped our culture seems obvious and natural. But the celebration and contemplation overlooks a crucial Sine Qua Non, a necessary (but not sufficient) condition: Unlocking the carriers' grip on handset specifications, marketing, and content distribution.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Fascinating Monday Note by Jean-Louis Gassée, reminding us that while much has been said about the original iPhone's success factors (an innovative multi-touch interface, a never-seen-before combination of cell phone, iPod and Internet "navigator") we are often missing one crucial element: removing the carrier's control on the iPhone's features and content.
Quoting Horace Dediu, "In its first 10 years, the iPhone will have sold at least 1.2 billion units, making it the most successful product of all time. The iPhone also enabled the iOS empire which includes the iPod touch, the iPad, the Apple Watch and Apple TV whose combined total unit sales will reach 1.75 billion units over 10 years. This total is likely to top 2 billion units by the end of 2018."
After he left Tamale, Fawcett started spending time with quantitative traders (i.e., quants) and the more he learned about how they created trading algorithms, the bigger and bolder his next idea became. The outcome of his thinking led him to a pivotal insight: the time had come to disrupt the exclusive world of quantitative hedge funds. How would he do it? By harnessing the power of crowdsourcing to build a community of quants, feeding that community with lots of data and incentivizing the community (through regular contests and events) to produce new strategies that could be used in live trading. Today, that unique approach has been transformed into one of the mostly closely watched fintech companies in America. For the company's next act, Fawcett and his co-founder, Jean Bredeche, are hard at work in laying the foundation to launch an in-house hedge fund utilizing strategies generated from its 100,000+ member community. The FR's Gregg Schoenberg recently sat down with Fawcett to learn more about his company and the bold moves he's making to level the playing field in one of the most lucrative — and heretofore undisrupted — corners of the investment management universe.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
When Quantitative Trading mingles with the Crowd. Will 2017 see the advent of new types of investment funds backed with thousands of LPs ?
Flying cars have long been the centerpiece of fantastical future visions, but personal flying machines never quite materialized. One startup, however, is looking to change that.
Lilium Aviation has today announced a €10 million ($10.7 million) funding round from Skype cofounder Niklas Zennström's Atomico, to create a world "in which everyone can fly anywhere, anytime," the company says. But the electric Lilium jet isn't a car as such — it doesn't have wheels.
The jet remains a prototype for now, but with its latest funding round the company is looking to expedite development, with flight-testing kicking off in early 2017 ahead of commercial production.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
A child's dream moving closer to reality ?
We are at the very beginning of a fundamental shift in the way that humans communicate with computers. I laid out the beginning of my case for this in my essay The Hidden Homescreen in which I argued that as Internet-powered services are distributed through an increasingly fractured set of channels, the metaphor of apps on a "homescreen" falls apart.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Very interesting post. User Interfaces have indeed moved into User Experiences and as products/services saturate our free/idle moments, context management and focus on relevance will be indeed core.
Plus we won't manage the dozen of objects in the smart home with dozens of apps and screen interactions. This is where http://hayo.io could step in.
Meet Lilium, the world's first VTOL personal aircraft – Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2016 Grand Prize Winner
It's hard not to get excited when people start talking about flying cars — after all, who doesn't want a flying Jetsons car? When 2016 Hello Tomorrow Challenge grand prize winner, Lilium Jet, got on stage to present the world's first vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) personal aircraft, the audience was captivated. Before us was an image of a futuristic egg-shaped personal jet, majestically soaring above the glistening ocean.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Inspiring ; makes you want to fly. Yet how will regulators qualify such array of hairdryers and impose safety rules ?
Could Samsung be the first big defection from ARM since the SoftBank takeover?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
X86 architecture gave Intel dominance of the large PC market before hitting the smartphone wall.
Cortex architectures gave ARM dominance of the much larger smartphone market before hitting the SoftBank wall.
RISC-V may be the next architecture for the even much larger IoT market (in volume at least).
Intel is a US corporation, ARM was once a british company now under japanese flag : the nice thing with RISC-V is that it is an independent, open source, and royalty free architecture.
This will have consequences over the next decade in the computing race between the US and Asia (think Loogson and now ARM), and may be an opportunity for Europeans to step in and avoid to remain as "The Pacific" of cyber tests.
Philippe J DEWOST's curator insight, November 30, 2016 1:18 AM
X86 architecture gave Intel dominance of the large PC market before hitting the smartphone wall.
Cortex architectures gave ARM dominance of the much larger smartphone market before hitting the SoftBank wall.
RISC-V may be the next architecture for the even much larger IoT market (in volume at least).
Intel is a US corporation, ARM was once a british company now under japanese flag : the nice thing with RISC-V is that it is an independent, open source, and royalty free architecture.
This will have consequences over the next decade in the computing race between the US and Asia (think Loogson and now ARM), and may be an opportunity for Europeans to step in and avoid to remain as "The Pacific" of cyber tests.
After months of speculation and leaked documents, NASA's long-awaited EM Drive paper has finally been peer-reviewed and published. And it shows that the 'impossible' propulsion system really does appear to work.
The NASA Eagleworks Laboratory team even put forward a hypothesis for how the EM Drive could produce thrust – something that seems impossible according to our current understanding of the laws of physics.
In case you've missed the hype, the EM Drive, or Electromagnetic Drive, is a propulsion system first proposed by British inventor Roger Shawyer back in 1999.
Instead of using heavy, inefficient rocket fuel, it bounces microwaves back and forth inside a cone-shaped metal cavity to generate thrust.
According to Shawyer's calculations, the EM Drive could be so efficient that it could power us to Mars in just 70 days.
But, there's a not-small problem with the system. It defies Newton's third law, which states that everything must have an equal and opposite reaction.
According to the law, for a system to produce thrust, it has to push something out the other way. The EM Drive doesn't do this.
Yet in test after test it continues to work. Last year, NASA's Eagleworks Laboratory team got their hands on an EM Drive to try to figure out once and for all what was going on.
And now we finally have those results.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Will the journey to Mars one day be shorter that Jules Verne 80 days to circumtravel the world ?
Here is the question of t(h)rust as Flying Salad Bowls may be underway... (time to watch "Iron Sky" one more time)
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.Facebook's 10-year roadmap includes drones, satellites, lasers, telecom infrastructure, VR headsets, and augmented reality hardware that will all be prototyped at Area 404
1er Forum Villes intelligentes du groupe Caisse des Dépôts — Cité de la Mode et du Design (Paris 13e) 21 Nov. 2016
à partir de 9 h 30
Accueil des participants
Galerie des solutions (voir onglet)
10 h 00 - 12 h 00
Plus de 60 exposants présents sur 1000 m2 pour vous faire découvrir des solutions concrètes pour votre ville : du scooter électrique à la ferme urbaine, des bureaux partagés à la gestion des données publiques... Un parcours libre et des réponses professionnelles au sein de 4 espaces pour une ville :
Mini-conférences pour décrypter
10 h 00 - 16 h 00
Networking - rencontres individuelles :
Buffet déjeuner
14 h 00 - 16 h 00
14 h 30 - 16 h 00
Mini-conférences pour décrypter
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
J'espère vous y retrouver !
Pour les autres, il pourront se consoler en regardant cette présentation d'il y a 3 ans - http://fr.slideshare.net/pdewost/cdc-idate-nov-2013-philippe-dewost-on-smart-cities-28574258
The Hello Tomorrow Global Summit gathered international leaders in the science-innovation sphere on October 13-14 at the CENTQUATRE in Paris, France. With nearly 3,000 participants, the summit featured a unique blend of amicable atmosphere and deep technologies such as new materials, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and more.
Leaders from around the world, including executives, (corporate) investors, science entrepreneurs, and startups were there to transform the way we eat, work, travel, cure, manufacture and communicate. There was a wide range of keynotes, panels, AMAs, and breakout sessions, including the following highlights:
Hello Tomorrow had partnered with major private and public entities to define the scope of this international competition, including the principal partner, BNP Paribas with L'Atelier BNP Paribas, and the Boston Consulting Group, Bloomberg, and La French Tech as global partners.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Last week's Hello Tomorrow delivered on its promise and I spent 2 fascinating and energizing days in Le 104 thanks to Xavier Duportet and his incredible team. Here is my take on this incredibly valuable conference, assembled on my iPhone with Quik (formerly known as Stupeflix) : DNA, SpaceTech, and cars...
Tentez de faire partie des 8 start-up sélectionnées pour présenter votre projet lors du start-up contest du vendredi 18 novembre prochain au Hub Bpifrance.
Enjeu : intégrer la promotion 2016-2017 de l'Institut Multi-Média qui vous donnera accès à des cycles de conférences de très haut-niveau, à un voyage d'études en Israël, et à un réseau d'anciens de l'IMM extrêmement riche et varié en termes de profils et de métiers.
Témoignage : http://www.institutmultimedias.com/2016/09/08/laureate-du-start-up-contest-imm-2015-–-chloe-julien-fondatrice-de-bandsquare
Disclosure : je ferai partie du Jury
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Vous êtes une startup et souhaitez accélérer ? Participez au Startup Contest 2016 de l'Institut Multi-Médias !
There are many ways to rank universities, but one that's rarely considered is how many of their graduates make extraordinary contributions to society. A new analysis does just that, ranking institutions by the proportion of their undergraduates that go on to win a Nobel prize.
Two schools dominate the rankings: École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. These small, elite institutions each admit fewer than 250 undergraduate students per year, yet their per capita production of Nobelists outstrips some larger world-class universities by factors of hundreds.
"This is a way to identify colleges that have a history of producing major impact," says Jonathan Wai, a psychologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and a co-author of the unpublished study. "It gives us a new way of thinking about and evaluating what makes an undergraduate institution great."
Wai and Stephen Hsu, a physicist at Michigan State University in East Lansing, examined the 81 institutions worldwide with at least three alumni who have received Nobel prizes in chemistry, physiology or medicine, physics and economics between 1901 and 2015. To meaningfully compare schools, which have widely varying alumni populations, the team divided the number of Nobel laureates at a school by its estimated number of undergraduate alumni.Small but mighty
Many of the top Nobel-producing schools are private, and have significant financial resources. Among the more surprising high performers were several very small US liberal-arts colleges, such as Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania (ranked at number 4) and Amherst College in Massachusetts (number 9).
RankSchoolCountryNobelists per capita1École Normale SupérieureFrance0.001352California Institute of TechnologyUS0.000673Harvard UniversityUS0.000324Swarthmore CollegeUS0.000275Cambridge UniversityUK0.000256École PolytechniqueFrance0.000257Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUS0.000258Columbia UniversityUS0.000219Amherst CollegeUS0.0001910University of ChicagoUS0.00017
Source: Jonathan Wai & Stephen Hsu
"What these smaller schools are doing might serve as important undergraduate models to follow in terms of selection and training," says Wai, who adds that, although admission to one of the colleges on the list is no guarantee of important achievements later in life, the probability is much higher for these select matriculates.
To gauge trends over time, Wai cut the sample of 870 laureates into 20-year bands. US universities, which now make up almost half of the top 50 list, began to dominate after the Second World War. Whereas French representation in the Nobel ranks has declined over time, top-ranked ENS has remained steady in its output.
Hsu and Wai had previously performed two similar, but broader, analyses of the rate at which US universities produce winners of the Nobel prize, Fields Medal (in mathematics) or Turing Award (in computer science), as well as members of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. These studies produced rankings of US institutions that are similar to the new, global Nobel rankings.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Surprised not to see "ESPCI" in the list. This ranking echoes the Fields Medal / capita ratio that also puts France totally ahead and off charts. Question is, how will we stand in 20 years from now given current policies and their impact on children demographics and education ?
From money
Eight men now control as much wealth as the world's poorest 3.6 billion people, according to a new report from Oxfam International.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Half of the 8 men controlling as much wealth as 3.6 Billion people come from High Tech
Les West Web Awards sont ouverts à tous.
Vous travaillez dans le secteur public ou privé, vous êtes community manager d'une association, ou encore Chief Digital Officer d'une entreprise traditionnelle, lead developper dans une startup, UX designer en freelance… Alors déposez votre candidature !
Douze trophées à emporter, qui sera le meilleur dans sa catégorie ?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Douze trophées vont récompenser les talents du numérique territorial lors de la cérémonie des West Web Awards le 9 février 2017 à Brest : en ferez-vous partie ? #FrenchTech #WestWebValley
From scroll
Silicon Valley giant Apple Inc. on Wednesday confirmed that it is investing $1 billion (approximately Rs 6,793 crore) in Japanese telecom major SoftBank Group's Vision Fund, an estimated $100-billion (approximately Rs 68 lakh crore) venture that will oversee the development of new technologies. Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn and the family of the Oracle corporation's chairman Larry Ellison are also expected to invest in the fund, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Apple believes the move "will help 'speed the development of technologies that may be strategically important" to it, company spokesperson Kristin Huguet said. Apple has rarely ever invested in venture capital companies before.
While SoftBank will itself invest approximately $25 billion (approximately Rs 17 lakh crore) in its Vision Fund, it will be back largely by the Saudi Arabian government. American telecom equipment company Qualcomm Inc is also expected to put in an investment.
The SoftBank Vision Fund is expected to close its fundraising efforts by mid-2017.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
When $1Billion buys you 1% of a funding round #OrderOfMagnitude
Today, we are thrilled to announce that Infinit and Docker are joining forces.
To anyone following the container space, this may not come as a surprise because persistent storage remains the number one challenge when it comes to container technologies.
Still, for Infinit, this is a huge milestone, closing the loop that has taken the team through quite an incredible journey.
Docker has changed the way developers work. By providing an ecosystem of tools based on container technologies, developers and operators have been able to gain in agility and security. At the same time, Docker has succeeded at reconciling operators and developers (through what has been dubbed the DevOps movement) by making them speak the same language.
This whole revolution is still in its early stages even though both ends of the spectrum, startups and enterprises, have jumped on the train. Indeed, at this point, containers have been used primarily to deploy stateless applications because these can be stopped and relaunched easily, allowing for easy scalability.
Unfortunately, this is no longer enough as developers want more. Namely, they want the ability to scale stateful applications, such as databases, as easily as their stateless counterparts.
With stateful applications being the next natural step in this evolution, Infinit comes into play by providing the Docker community with a storage platform that is scalable, resilient and easy to deploy.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Congrats to the Infinit team for this amazing home run !
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by the Mars-hungry tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, just made a big move to enshroud the planet in high-speed internet coverage.On November 15, the company filed a lengthy application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 4,425 satellites. (We first heard about the filing through the r/SpaceX community on Reddit.) That is a hell of a lot of satellites.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
One day we might no longer see the stars or even the clouds but only The Cloud #WelcomeToTheMatrix
Earlier this week, I sat down with the company's co-founders Gisèle Belliot and José Alonso Ybanez Zepeda, along with Uber co-founder-turned-investor Oscar Salazar, to discuss the product. The company's ramping up for a formal announcement at CES, in tandem with the launch of an Indiegogo campaign, and it's still working out some of the kinks around contextualizing its product.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Hayo is one of the most ambitious #IoT man machine(s) interface projects I have ever seen, led by an incredibly talented team in both New York and Paris, and backed by extremely strong IP.
C'est confirmé. Selon nos informations, Devialet, qui s'est fait une réputation avec ses enceintes haut de gamme, doit officialiser dans la journée une nouvelle levée de fonds de 100 millions d'euros. Celle-ci, qui avait fuité dans la presse il y a une quinzaine de jours, coordonnée par la banque d'affaires Bryan Garnier&co, occasionne l'arrivée de nouveaux investisseurs.
Dont Ginko ventures, une société de capital-risque suisse spécialisée dans la tech, créée en 2015, financée notamment par le géant taïwanais Foxconn, fabricant de produits électroniques et sous-traitant d'Apple. Par la même occasion, Jean-François Baril, fondateur et directeur général de Ginko, entre au conseil d'administration de Devialet. Parmi les autres nouveaux investisseurs cités figure le fabricant japonais d'électronique Sharp, acquis en 2016 par Foxconn.
Mais aussi, surprise, l'ancienne ministre de la culture et de la communication Fleur Pellerin fait une arrivée remarquée dans l'ex-start-up française devenue grande. Premier coup, joli coup. Trois mois après le lancement de son fonds Korelya Capital, elle doit annoncer ce 28 novembre un "investissement significatif" au sein de Devialet, selon un proche du dossier.
Il s'agit de la première opération de ce jeune fonds. Et dans la foulée, l'ex-ministre rejoindra le conseil d'administration de la société française spécialisée dans le son haut de gamme. Korelya avait été abondé à hauteur de 100 millions d'euros par le mastodonte de l'Internet sud-coréen Naver et sa filiale Line, connue pour son service de messagerie instantanée.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Félicitations à Quentin Sannié et à toute l'équipe de Devialet, pépite de La French Tech qui réussit une superbe levée de fonds !
Et chapeau bas à Fleur Pellerin dont le fonds Korelya Capital fait une entrée remarquée sur la scène française du capital investissement...
Le billet de ce jour rassemble un certain nombre de réflexions autour du « futur du travail ». Ce sujet est particulièrement d'actualité en ce moment, qu'il s'agisse de la presse ou de la préparation de la campagne présidentielle. En ce qui me concerne, j'ai eu la chance de passer une semaine à la Singularity University dans le cadre du Singularity University Executive Program, ce qui m'a permis d'approfondir mes idées sur le sujet. Ce billet reprend les points principaux que j'ai développé le 12 Octobre lors du séminaire de l'Académie des Technologies, lors d'une conférence intitulée « Emploi et travail dans un monde envahi par les robots et les systèmes intelligents ». Il s'inscrit dans la continuité d'un premier billet écrit il y a deux ans, mais j'ai affiné mon diagnostic et j'ai donc des convictions plus fortes et plus précises.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
C'est long. C'est dense. C'est très bien documenté. C'est réfléchi. Cela ne se survole pas en 30 secondes mais on en ressort en ayant appris. Bref du grand Yves Caseau.
(si j'avais du titrer en anglais j'aurais repris le joli titre de la très mauvaise chanson d'un album de Heaven 17 "crushed by the wheels of industry" — The Luxury Gap, 1983 qui contient notamment "Let Me Go" et "Temptation")
Society doesn't work without trust
Human being is the only species with trust. We trust hundreds of strangers without even thinking about it.
How do we enable trust?
How does security enable trust. How do we induce trust?
Trust: confidence, consistence, compliancy. It's about cooperation.
All complex ecosystems require cooperation. In any cooperative system, there is a way to subvert the system for personal interests.
These are called defectors in game theory. They are parasites. They can survive if they are contained. If too many parasites the body dies and the parasites die too.
Society doesn't work if everybody steals. Security can be defined as a tax on the honests.
Social species: individual competition plus group competition.
Security is to keep defection level at an acceptable minimum that is not zero.
NSA defector Edward Snowden raises moral debates but the point is that he is a defector. How group enforce the norm. Even mafia groups.
It is about societal pressure.
4 types of societal pressure
Example: eBay feedback mechanism is a reputational security system that worked remarkably for years as the main security system.
How does technology affects us?
Technology is what allows society to scale. It is neutral.
Filesharing: social pressure vs technology
Attackers have a first mover advantage and are more adaptive.
Mid 90's Internet going commercial: hackers used it immediately while it took 10 years to the police to figure out how to address it
Such delay is the main security gap
Our society is at a point where technology is faster than social changes which means that the security gap widens.
Before: buy this and you'll be safe
Now: when you've been attacked, please talk to us and we'll help
It's the antivirus history
Smart paradigm: detect unknown viruses including false positives
Stupid paradigm: check for signatures and update once or twice a day
The stupid paradigm seems to have won.
So technology will always favor defectors? True, but large organizations can now use technology in a much more effective manner.
Our society has the most technology and the largest institutions.
The battle is amplifying between agile defectors and slower yet more effective institutions. Losers are those of us in the middle.
To him it is not even clear how there is a balance nor how it will evolve.
As a conclusion
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Digiworld Summit 2016 is on "The Digital Trust Economy" - Time to remember Bruce Schneier's remarkable words of wisdom at USI 3 years ago - I have added my on the fly notes to the video link for those who prefer reading.
Philippe J DEWOST's curator insight, November 15, 2016 2:01 AM
Digiworld Summit 2016 is on "The Digital Trust Economy" - Time to remember Bruce Schneier's remarkable words of wisdom at USI 3 years ago - I have added my on the fly notes to the video link for those who prefer reading.
As Steve Blank states: "The dilemma facing the boards at Microsoft, Apple or any board of directors on the departure of an innovative CEO is strategic: Do we still want to be a innovative, risk taking company? Or should we now focus on execution of our core business, reduce our risky bets and maximize shareholder return.Tactically, that question results in asking: Do you search for another innovator from outside, promote one of the executors or go deeper down the organization to find an innovator?Herein lies four challenges. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates (and 20th century's other creative icon -Walt Disney) shared the same blind spot: They suggested execution executives as their successors. They confused world-class execution with the passion for product and customers, and market insight. From the perspective of Gates there was no difference between him and Ballmer and from Jobs to Cook. Yet history has shown us for long-term survival in markets that change rapidly that's definitely not the case.The second conundrum is that if the board decides that the company needs another innovator at the helm, you can almost guarantee that the best executor – the number 2 and/or 3 vice president in the company – will leave, feeling that they deserved the job. Now the board is faced with not only having lost its CEO, but potentially the best of the executive staff.The third challenge is that many innovative/visionary CEOs have become part of the company's brand. Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Immelt, Elon Musk, Mark Benioff, Larry Ellison. This isn't a new phenomenon, think of 20th-century icons like Walt Disney, Edward Land at Polaroid, Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca at Chrysler, Jack Welch at GE and Alfred Sloan at GM. But they're not only an external face to the company, they were often the touchstone for internal decision-making. Years after a visionary CEO is gone companies are still asking "What would Walt Disney/Steve Jobs/Henry Ford have done?" rather than figuring out what they should now be doing in the changing market.Finally, the fourth conundrum is that as companies grow larger and management falls prey to the fallacy that it only exists to maximize shareholder short-term return on investment, companies become risk averse. Large companies and their boards live in fear of losing what they spent years gaining (customers, market share, revenue, profits.) This may work in stable markets and technologies. But today very few of those remain."
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Words of wisdom about execution without vision, that raise what looks to me as Ze Question : how do we synchronize time horizons (milliseconds, days, weeks, quarters, 5-years strategic plans, 15-years generations) in a world of permanent disruption and exponential changes ?
Enrique Facundo Ruiz Blanco's curator insight, October 31, 2016 6:51 AM
Un análisis claro de cómo las grandes empresas creativas comienzan a priorizar el negocio y pierden terreno en la innovación
Nokia has achieved a connection speed of 5Gbps—about 625MB/sec—over 70 metres of conventional twisted-pair copper telephone wire, and 8Gbps over 30 metres. The trial used a relatively new digital subscriber line (DSL) protocol called XG.fast (aka G.fast2).XG.fast is the probable successor of G.fast, which was successfully trialled in a few countries over the past couple of years and will soon begin to commercially roll out. (In an unusual turn of events, the UK will probably be the first country with G.fast.)Fundamentally, both G.fast and XG.fast are best described as "VDSL on steroids." Basically, while a VDSL2 signal frequency maxes out around 17MHz, G.fast starts at 106MHz (it can be doubled to 212MHz) and XG.fast uses between 350MHz and 500MHz. This means that there's a lot more bandwidth (the original meaning of the word), which in turn can be used for transferring data at higher speeds.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
As popular wisdom says though, "your mileage may vary" ... Fast broadband to the home is also pushing the bottleneck to WiFi routers and boxes. Yet this is still an achievement for the old copper wire !
Depuis l'explosion en 2013 (vérifiée sur Google Trend) de la vague des « transformations digitales », il nous a semblé important d'analyser ce qui pouvait nous distinguer de toutes les sociétés de conseil et de service qui aujourd'hui prétendent toutes, et à l'unisson, faire de la « transformation digitale ». En cherchant cette singularité d'OCTO qui nous pousse à toujours chercher a better way, nous avons produit des grilles d'interprétation du phénomène digital que nous avons souhaitées partager dans cet ouvrage.
Pourquoi OCTO, une entreprise fortement marquée par l'expertise technologique, est-elle de plus en plus sollicitée sur des questions qui ne relèvent pas a priori de son domaine de compétence ? Pourquoi sommes-nous consultés sur des questions non seulement méthodologiques, mais aussi sur l'évolution des modes de management, sur la culture des entreprises, ou encore sur l'évolution des modèles d'affaires ?
Le cadre d'interprétation que nous vous proposons ici nous permettra dans les prochaines livraisons de revisiter certaines thématiques charriées par le digital qui sont particulièrement d'actualité dans les organisations, qui doivent définir et mettre en œuvre leurs stratégies de transformation digitale.10 axes pour comprendre le digital
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Lecture remarquable tant sur le fond que sur la forme. A lire et relire absolument pour prendre du recul sur la transformation en cours et changer de posture.
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, 2016 8:47 AM
The unit price of a small computer at 5$! All kind of new possibilities at that price.
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The title we've given this show is slightly tongue-in-cheek. It appeared in a British newspaper after the publication of scientific study results on Matthieu Ricard's brain. He dismisses this label and has issued many good-natured disclaimers. We've revived it here, however, because of the lovely way in which Matthieu Ricard fills that phrase with a whole new range of savvy, satisfying meaning.
I certainly found myself identifying with Ricard's descriptions, in his own writing, of his youthful, worldly-wise dismissal of "happiness" as a goal. I too was dismissive, well into adulthood, of the very word "happiness" and its overwhelming associations with the dream-come-true state that ends movies, for example, or the happiness as "having it all" American way.
But Matthieu Ricard puts words to what I've learned as I've grown older. He accomplishes that as much with his ideas as with his presence. He is a slightly incongruous yet wholly comfortable Frenchman swathed in the lavish gold and red of Tibetan monastic robes, with practical shoes beneath. He is at once sophisticated and mischievous, intellectual and childlike — something, that is, like his teacher the Dalai Lama. It was a privilege to experience them both at a series of gatherings in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they were in conversation with Nobel laureates, scientists, social activists, and educators. We converted a tenth-floor suite at the Shangri-La Hotel, aptly named and somewhat surreal, into a production suite for this interview, which you can view as well as hear on our site.
I am fascinated by the way in which science is interwoven with Matthieu Ricard's life story as well as his current work with the Dalai Lama and his very definition of the spiritual quest. He is one of those so-called "Olympic meditators" — people who have meditated tens of thousands of hours and whose brains have been studied and yielded important new insights into something called neuroplasticity — the human brain's capacity to alter across the life span. This is a fairly recent and fairly dramatic — and not uncontroversial — discovery that came about as a result of research involving the Mind and Life Institute — a fascinating dialogue with scientists from many disciplines that the Dalai Lama has been hosting for many years.
Matthieu Ricard actually began his life as a molecular biologist, working with a Nobel Prize-winning biologist at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris. His decision to leave France for a Buddhist monastic path greatly perplexed his father, Jean-François Revel, a philosopher who was a pillar of French intellectual life. But as he describes in a literary dialogue with his father that was published as The Monk and the Philosopher, Tibetan Buddhism was less of a departure in his mind than in his father's.
He had become drawn to the spiritual masters, who would later become his teachers and eventually his peers, leading lives of integrity. And there was a very personal, full-circle integrity in his love of the natural world that had manifest itself in part in biological research — and in his appreciation for Buddhist spirituality as a life shaped by what he describes as "contemplative science." I am utterly fascinated by the echoes between science and spirituality that Matthieu Ricard has continued to pursue and that we discuss together in this show.
Will neuroscience one day be able to not merely describe the movement of neurons and brain chemistry but add its own vocabulary to the meaning and nature of human consciousness, as related to or distinct from the brain? And how can we not be fascinated by the evocative echoes between the way quantum physicists have come to describe energy and matter and the way Buddhist philosophy has always described the interconnectedness and impermanence of human experience and all of life? Our understanding of the intersection of mind, life, body, and however you want to define the human spirit continues to unfold and develop, and is one of the most intriguing frontiers of this century.


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Tailoring and targeting interventions for women with heart disease: the need for gender-based approaches
- Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Correspondence to: Patricia M Davidson
Centre for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care, Level 7, Building 10, Jones Street, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; patriciamary.davidson{at}uts.edu.au
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Implications for practice and research
Increasingly, there is recognition that women with heart disease have greater psychological morbidity than men.
Owing to increased rates of depression and other factors, such as older age, women are less likely to adhere to behaviour change strategies and attend cardiac rehabilitation (CR).
A tailored and targeted approach, using a gender-based framework and a theoretically derived behaviour change strategy, can improve depressive symptoms in women following an acute cardiac event.
The worth of tailoring and targeting strategies to women's readiness to change behaviours as well as the likely benefit of providing a gender-based approach to care delivery.
The need to replicate this study in other study settings and in women from cultural and linguistically diverse groups.
The importance of measuring process measures and ensuring monitoring of intervention fidelity in research.
In developed countries, coronary heart disease (CHD) contributes to death and disability among women.1 Gender is a dynamic and socially defined construct comprising role enactment, values and beliefs of men and women. Gender-based roles and health …