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Global Wireless Infrastructure Market to Increase 160% by 2017
Worldwide revenue for wireless infrastructure equipment for video surveillance applications will reach $705 million by 2017, an increase of nearly 160% from $274 million in 2011, according to a new report published by IMS Research.
March 6, 2013
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Worldwide revenue for wireless infrastructure equipment for video surveillance applications will reach $705 million by 2017, an increase of nearly 160% from $274 million in 2011, according to a new report published by IMS Research.
The report titled, "Wireless Infrastructure Use in Video Surveillance — World — 2013," points out that the growth will be driven by demand for low-cost systems in emerging economies, such as China and India. It also notes the market increased by 11% last year; however, in 2013, revenue will reach $350 million, an increase of 15%.
One reason for the surge is that offering wireless infrastructure to clients seeking to establish surveillance networks is less expensive than trenching cable, according to Josh Woodhouse, video surveillance analyst, IMS Research.
"In regions with widespread existing video surveillance infrastructure, such as the United States or the United Kingdom, the adoption of wireless infrastructure for video surveillance is growing steadily," he says. "However, emerging regions that lack such infrastructure will generate the strongest growth in the world, causing the market for video surveillance wireless infrastructure gear to boom during the coming years."
The global market for wireless infrastructure gear for video surveillance is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% from 2011 through 2017. China will lead global growth with 28.8% revenue CAGR during the period. The next fastest-growing area will be the rest of the Asia region, including India, that will increase by 27.9%. Mexico is set for a 23.1% CAGR, Brazil will rise by 17.4%, and the rest of South America will increase by 26.6%.
Currently, the Asian market is the smallest and least developed region for wireless infrastructure gear for video surveillance, according to the study. However, Asia is forecast to grow the fastest among all global areas, in part to the region's lack of any existing wired surveillance infrastructure, combined with the low cost of wireless and the booming demand for security.
The report also brings out that Cisco Systems was the leading supplier of wireless infrastructure gear used in video surveillance in 2012, with an 11.7% share of global market revenue.
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|December 2nd, 2006, 11:24 PM
96 Vortec motor questions, experts please help.
Summary of my questions:
1. What can cause HC to show up in the coolant other than a head gasket?
2. Can a head gasket be blown or a head cracked even when the truck runs great, has great power, doesn't use coolant, and passes cylinder pressure and coolant pressure tests?
I'd much appreciate it if any experts can answer the above two questions for me. If you want to read the long version, here it is:
Trying to figure out my newly purchased 96 Yukon. I know the previous owners of this truck and know the history on it. For the past year, it's been having a problem starting when cold. It is NOT the typical fuel pump or regulator or ACT sensor issue, because the problem is the way in which the truck CRANKS when cold. When it's cold, it cranks fast for maybe one revolution, then cranks really slow (too slow to start sometimes), almost like something is binding up or the starter is failing. The starter has been changed twice since this problem presented itself about one year ago. The battery has also been changed. The previous owners continued to drive the truck every day like this.
When I bought the truck, I dropped it off at a local shop for diagnosis, expecting them to find a bad ground or a bad positive cable, or maybe a bad starter.
They shocked me by telling me that the head gaskets were probably blown or a head was cracked. They told me they put a wand to the coolant and there were hydrocarbons in it. They also told me they did a propane test and there was an intake leak. When I asked how that affected the starting, the tech told me that he thought maybe it was actually hydrolocking because of coolant in a cylinder. He told me I should probably just put a new motor in the truck, since it has 100k on it anyhow.
At this point, let me tell you how great this thing runs. The oil has been changed every 3k miles for the last 65k (that's how long the previous owners had it). It idles quietly, runs and drives great and is very strong. When I picked it up from the shop, I had my buddy drive it home, and I followed him, so that I could look for smoke. He stood on it one time, and not only was there no smoke, but my brand new 5.4L F150 could not even keep up with the old Yukon, he just walked away from me, even though I had my new truck floored.
We got it home and did the following:
1. Pulled a valve cover just to look. No milkshake and not even any sludge. Looked like new. Oil on stick looked great also.
2. Pulled plugs. No sign of any cyl. burning coolant.
3. Did a cylinder pressure test. Lowest hole = 190, highest hole = 195. I've put seen brand new motors which were less consistent than this.
4. Did a cooling system pressure test. Dropped 2psi in 9 minutes.
The previous owners were shocked, and swear that this truck has never overheated or used coolant. I drag race as a hobby, and run a Mustang that's had many different superchargers on it and is now turbo charged. I've blown a LOT of head gaskets in my day, and I've never seen one like this with no symptoms.
Please let me know what you guys think. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|December 3rd, 2006, 12:32 PM
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They told you to "just put an engine in" because they didnt want to admit they couldnt find the problem. If somebody told me my chevy needed a new 5.7 cos it had 100k miles Id kick them in the nuts.
If Im not mistaken hydrocarbons are going to find their way into the coolant no matter how tight the engine is... especially over 100k miles. Its probably never been changed (dex-cool)
I would still be looking for high resistance between the battery and the starter.
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If hydrolock IS the cause then I would think you should be able to see the coolant in the cylinder.
Disable the ignition and the fuel injectors and crank the engine. If it starts with the slow cranking thing, pull the plugs and see if theres one with water on it...
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If there was enough coolant to lock up the motor there would be coolant missing from the cooling system and ALOT of white smoke, if not a broken engine.
I agree on the electrical resistance part, this is the most likely issue. Wondering also if the starter cylinoid could be bad; if it was not replaced with the starter it might be worth a shot. I'm guessing its a wire or battery issue though.
Some other long shots to check while i'm thinking about it; ac clutch and cooling fan clutch, make sure all your pulleys are free and your belt isn't too tight. That can add significant amounts of drag to the engine which would cause the symptoms you describe.
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Check to make sure that your engine block is grounded directly to the battery.
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the engine started and ran fine.
|December 10th, 2006, 10:06 PM
I'm going to get the intake gaskets done regardless, but I think the engine is fine. We ran it the other day for almost an hour with an air tight funnel in the radiator cap opening. There was not a single bubble, and the thing never got over 186 degrees.
Also, I was thinking how when it has the cranking problem, it sounds like my race car sounds turning over, when I have too much initial advance in it.
To test that theory, we let it sit all day and night again, then disabled the fuel and spark and tried to turn it over. It turned over strong and fast. There is no hydro leak issue with this motor. I can't figure out what could cause it to act like it has too much advance in it though.....I know the computer controls the spark on it. Any idea where I could take this thing where they really know what they're doing?
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You mentioned somebody testing for HC in your cooling system, not really familiar with that testing. My system checks for CO and CO2 and is very sesitive to small leaks. I'm suprised the shop that was replacing all the starters didn't do a current draw test before condeming the starters. All things considered, something is just not adding up with your starter issues. If you find somebody near you that fixes the problem PM me with the results, I wouldn't mind knowing what the problem was for future reference.
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Hopefully you have it fixed, I have seen the flat style dist. cap crossfire internally and cause some weird problems, not sure if yours has that one or not.
FYI: We test for headgaskets at my shop with a 5 gas analyzer all the time.
I have found it to be one of the best ways to test for headgasket problems.
Most good engines have less than 50 PPM in the cooling system, anything above 100 PPM and something is leaking. If you had one leaking so bad it was hydro-locking the engine, you would have 1000+ PPM in the cooling system, plus white smoke, coolant in the oil and a eng. miss for a minute or two after the engine did start.
|February 1st, 2010, 08:15 AM
I just wanted to update this ancient post in case anyone found it from google and had a similar issue. This problem actually turned out to be an intermittently bad crank sensor. It would cause the initial ignition timing to spike very high when cranking (intermittently). Replacing the sensor fixed everything.
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Ground Tactical Mech Expanded 4, nicknamed Efrem. Features refined articulation for superior weapon and mission versatility and thick armor coverage for super durability.
About this creation
When the Titan 3 was finally discontinued and the Titan 4 was being produced in large numbers, it seemed the Minsato Corp was set as the king of upright tanks. Their biggest buyer are the Exploriens since they encounter the Krym so much on distant planets, and the increasing expense was beginning to take it's toll. The problem was, as efficient and useful as the T4s are, they are incapable of taking on a single RED-SHIRT with less than 3 units.
This meant the Exploriens had to invest a lot into multiple units, and yet they were still spread thin where needed. So, when two of Minsato's smaller competitors merged- Roboforce and Futuron- they had the perfect plan to get a foothold on Minsato's monopoly. This new group, called Future Robotics, secretly delivered test units of a new mech to the Exploriens with the sole purpose of proving their merit in battle.
The Exploriens were immensely impressed with the results, but found the cost of the new units to be even more prohibitive than the T4s. Still, word traveled quickly and Minsato was in a panic about this new mech. They offered to buy the design and the whole company in fact, but Future Robotics had another plan. They offered to partner with Minsato, who would invest in their company to offset the cost of the new mechs, and in return Minsato would maintain their foothold and acquire an impressive new team of designers and engineers.
The result was the mass production of the Ground Tactical Mech Expanded 4 (limbs).
Some of you will recognize this as another popular mech, the Gundam Ez-8. Yes, I did draw HEAVY inspiration from the Ez-8, but this is NOT a Gundam; it's simply not the right scale, and I couldn't have gotten the details just right at this scale. Hence the different name. That said, it is basically a Gundam... oh well)
Nicknamed Efrem, a basic unit is approximately 200 tons and has a maximum ground speed of 62 kph (+/- 5 depending on gravity).
The actual MOC is almost 17" tall, and has the most human-like profile of any previous mech. The arms are a tad too long, but it's also got a fat chest so longer arms is a good thing for some poses.
The cockpit is very cramped, and requires the pilot to slide in head first until the suit can attach to the hardpoints inside. Once sealed up it's actually rather cozy and comfortable, and the intuitive displays and controls make even the most claustrophobic pilots feel at ease. The armor makes the hatches alone weigh nearly a ton each.
Our pilot today is Cpt. James Fintle, a seasoned mech operator and decorated Explorien officer. The first to have his own Efrem, he quickly gained acclaim with his first solitary RED-SHIRT kill.
For visibility, the Efrem is equipped with a high-resolution optical matrix in the head, as well as a wide-angle camera on the cockpit hatch. It also has smaller cameras hidden in various spots, but they are mostly used for obstacle avoidance.
The sheer size of an Efrem is revealed with Cpt. Fintle standing at it's feet; and just look at that smug little guy. He knows he's awesome.
Despite comprehensive armor coverage, plates are easy to remove for servicing or replacement as seen here; and don't believe what he says, Cpt. Fintle CAN NOT bench press ANY of the plates.
Those vents on the back of the calfs aren't thrusters, but rather armored heat-exchangers. The Efrem is purely a ground unit and there won't be any silly flying and leaping about. In fact, in standard gravity, a fall of more than 5 stories would shatter the knees and ankles beyond repair. The grey sections on the back of the feet are kinetic dampers that absorb shocks from walking and running.
Because it's a military unit and having exposed machinery would be silly, I didn't bother to add a lot of greebles but there area few spots I snuck them in. While we're here, I just want to say the Efrem has the best elbows of any of my mechs.
The feet are pure SNOT and almost studless. The tire is just wedged in there to give the feet traction on smooth surfaces, and they work very well as long as they have contact.
The 'crotch' is actually pretty simple and it's easily customizable for her pleasure. Wait....
The shoulders and hips use the same technique; a rubber tire wedged into the appropriate cylinders for friction, with a round 2x2 block in the middle to squeeze the tire more. So really the arms and legs are held on with 1-3 pins and pure friction, but they're actually harder to take off than to put on.
Because the Efrem is so poseable, it's really easy to do ANIMATIONS! But since the gifs are kinda big and would bog down the page, I've only linked them.
The only thing better than a big mech is big guns, and the Efrem has plenty to choose from.
This is a common equipment choice for the Efrem, and includes a shield, 200mm semi-automatic pistol, and 12-count anti-vehicle rocket pods on each leg. Efrems do have some built-in weapons though. On the head are anti-infantry 30mm autocannons, and each shoulder holds short-barreled shotguns that use shells 10 inches long and filled with eye-ball sized shot. The shotguns are devastating up close, but become significantly less effective if the target is more than 100 feet away because of the spread.
Thanks to it's articulation and joint stiffness, Efrem is capable of defending with the sheild and holding it's weapon at any angle to achieve target lock. The bracket for the shield itself is also pretty stiff and adds a lot of potential to it's placement.
Efrem is also able to swap ammo clips using one of the two other clips on the legs. With 100 rounds per clip, the pilot needs to be conservative to prevent the need to reload at the wrong time.
When needed, Efrem can be deployed with an optional Backpack that can carry more weapons, ammo, or other supplies as the mission dictates. The backpack rack has other uses as well...
The collapsible bazooka is easy to assemble in the field and has a clip of 10 high-yeild bunker-busters or 10 radar-guided missiles.
This massive weapon is basically a bazooka as well, except it fires plasma instead of rockets. It draws air in from the vents on the top and compresses it in an inner chamber where it's superheated and contained in a magnetic field.
When fired, a magnetic sheath is extended to provide a corridor that guides the plasma away from the weapon and accelerates it towards the target. It's range is limited to about 500 yards before plasma looses cohesion, but within that range it's explosive power is devastating.
While it can be wielded with one arm, it's weight makes it a good idea to use two when firing for stability.
The most popular alternative to the pistol is this Macro Dillinger Rotary Canon. It fires 130 mm shells almost 300 times per minute. Despite the long barrel, it has significant kick that makes two-handed firing almost a necessity. The ammo pack holds 3500 rounds and it can feed into either side of the gun to suit the pilots preference. Because of it's large ammo reserve, it's the best suited to long missions out of any of the weapons.
I don't think I need to say anything here... I do? Oh. Well, the chainsaw is basically a chainsaw. It was adapted from Ice Planet mining equipment and given superheated cutting tips that can chew through the toughest of enemies. It's main downfall is that it's basically a melee weapon and difficult to use.
That's it! Thanks to everyone for looking, and please leave me a comment if you liked what you saw. There will be a special suppliment that stars the Efrem, but it's not done yet. To see all the images (including a bigger version of the first image),
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October 10, 2014
this is awesome! i'm making weapons but can't think of any but then i looked at your weapons and i liked your chainsaw and mini gun and was wondering if you could tell me how you made the weapons. please reply!!!
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yunsung jo
May 4, 2011
I like your model, reminds me of Gundam model kits though
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El Barto !
February 27, 2011
Killer! Especially that first pic.
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February 25, 2011
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Tom Nelson
January 11, 2011
WOW, Speachless!! As always great work! Your creations always inpire me to build, glad i'm back.
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Ribbits M
January 4, 2011
Very nice! It reminds me quite a bit of the 08th MS team. I have to say this is the most playable and posable mech I've seen in quite awhile! Fantastic job, good sir!
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Halo 2 builder .
December 16, 2010
DANG!!!! this thing is big I have a quick question, I am making a mech but I am having trouble with the legs could you tell me how to make good legs for it cause the top itself is about 5 pounds and the legs i made cant support it PLEASE RESPOND!!!!By the way this is my favorite one you made amazing build and the minigun is sweet!
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December 10, 2010
This is AWESOME!
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Jason Dominguez
October 13, 2010
A very nicely built moc. I especially like the head you built for it. Of the weapons, I would have to say the gatling is my favorite, and great work on making a backpack system for it too. I would recommend just a tad more color, but that's solely my opinion.
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Yuri Fassio
October 28, 2009
Impressive techniques, most of all on the weapons. This is almost movie quality, where I have a tendency to give an almost cartoonish look to all my stuff :)
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Moodswim .
October 21, 2009
AWESOME!!!! I love the bulky design of this, especially the legs. That giant gun is pretty sweet, too:)
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Jon Newsome
October 10, 2009
This is all very impressive, I'm definitely glad I came back to look at your other MOCs. I like the color use on this one and I enjoyed your robot animations too
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Nathan J
October 9, 2009
Your mechs keep getting better. I obviously missed this when you uploaded, but that doesn't reduce the impressiveness of what you've got going on.
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August 14, 2009
You've done it again. This is just as awsome as all of your other mechs.
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Lee Jones
July 29, 2009
That is one massive machine - very well done. Lee.
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Captain Lawrence
June 8, 2009
Awesome! Great design! Thanks for the advice! I will try to do a better one! By the way, same fig!
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Uspez Morbo
June 7, 2009
Oooh what an enjoyable time that was! Your massive mechs are always fun to gawk at. I especially like how the technic bits look really mechanical under the plates and at this scale. I think I liked the backstory almost as much as Efrem, great work all around!
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Rags naRock
June 7, 2009
Quoting Mike Johnson
A tremendous design. I am wondering how long it took come up and then build this model? I also enjoyed your animations showing its movement capabilities. Last but not least, your weapons are fantastic! My favorite is the gatling cannon. It actually looks like the real thing.
I've always wanted to do a fairly big humanoid mech, and after refining lots of techniques on other mechs I just had to apply them to one with human proportions. As for how long, according to the first pics I took it started last July. So quite awhile with all my distractions (REX, my car, etc).
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Nate Bush
June 6, 2009
Wait, this mech is for the Exploriens? Wow.
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Eric Landreneau
June 6, 2009
holy hand-grenade, that's a helluva thing. I'm definitely going to have to try to steal that joint idea.
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Matt S.
June 5, 2009
I've gotta try out that joint technique. Oh and this is totally awesome...
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Rags naRock
June 5, 2009
Quoting Wes Coleman
Does the chainsaw blade rotate, or is it fixed in that position?
The chain does go around, but it just slides around a technic beam and you use your fingers to do it. Since it's the old OLD style of chain, there aren't any gears small enough to make a mechanical link work.
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Wes Coleman
June 5, 2009
Your joint technology continues to impress. Thanks for giving us an inside look at the shoulders and...erm... crotch joint. I have to know: Does the chainsaw blade rotate, or is it fixed in that position? Either way, it's time to go kill some giant zombies with that thing!
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Edgar Sherman
June 5, 2009
this is insane
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Jed Scott
June 5, 2009
Dude Lego needs to make a deal with you, to design Lego models.
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June 5, 2009
Quoting Phong Chang
It would look much more professional, but oh well.
Someday I'll quit bein lazy, I promise ;-)
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I'm not sure what I like more, the mech itself or the fact that you built so many accessories for it. You're making the rest of us look bad, you know?
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It would look much more professional, but oh well.
I made it
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Quoting Jay Howard
the pictures broke no!
If you mean the two with the animation, I they aren't showing yet because Brickshelf hasn't updated the folder yet. Just click on the little blue squares and the images should load just fine.
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I do think covering the studs would be nice, but tell me if that's asking too much.
I thought about it, and I could have since I have a ton of 1x1 white plates, but I personally like the studs and didn't really want to add the extra weight.
Quoting Andreas H�ttler
The first thing I thought when I saw the mainpic was, oh nice small mech, the 2nd thing I thought was, ooohhh, even his samll mechs are huge ;)
The picture is deceiving for sure. Thanks for the compliments everyone!
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OMFG!! This is EPIC! I don't know where to start.! I love that you brought back T3's head and I love the armoring! The weapons are awesome , and the proportions rock! This is amazing! I do think covering the studs would be nice, but tell me if that's asking too much.
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Last week, Amazon acquired digital comics hub ComiXology, and the (comics-reading corner of the) internet flipped out. Business Insider predicted that the deal would "change the comic book industry forever." Retailer organization ComicsPRO described Amazon as "a huge corporation that shows little need to turn a profit [trying] to convert a niche market into a commodity"—and then threw a jab by drawing a distinction between digital comics and "the real thing."
So, is this the death of the direct market? The end of digital comics as we know them? The advancement of an evil empire at the expense of the hard-working cartoonists and publishers and loyal readers?
Let's get the major hand-wringing points out of the way first: ComiXology will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary, under its current leadership. If you're currently a ComiXology customer, you'll be able to keep buying comics at the same place, for the same price, with the same account, and reading them with the same interface on the same devices.
If you're a creator or publisher, ComiXology CEO David Steinberger confirmed that your contract and royalties won't change, at least not in the foreseeable future. You'll deal with the same people, through the same process, in much the same way. The programs Business Insider points out in their sky-is-falling predictions already existed; Amazon had been publishing comics on the Kindle for years, and developing original comics properties for months before acquiring ComiXology.
But what about comics retailers? A few years ago, ComiXology was being heralded as the death knell of comics shops, and that obviously hasn't happened—digital distribution isn't ripping customers away from struggling comics shops so much as attracting new readers to the medium, many of whom later find their way to brick-and-mortar stores.
Then there's ComicsPRO's statement, which is frankly a little baffling in how profoundly ignorant it seems. "A huge corporation that shows little need to turn a profit [trying] to convert a niche market into a commodity"? What does ComicsPRO consider Disney's relationship to Marvel, or Time-Warner's to DC—both of which answer far more directly to their parent corporations than ComiXology will to Amazon?
Is the concern is a distribution monopoly? If so, the direct market is in no position to criticize: over the last 15 years, Diamond Comics Distributors has consumed almost all independent print distribution in comics, and dictates practices and policy to retailers and publishers alike. The idea that print comics are somehow more independent than their digital cousins—or a scrappy underdog fighting the good fight against evil corporate profiteers—is frankly ridiculous.
No idea has proven more damaging to the comics industry than the myth that its professionals—not just creators, but retailers, even distributors—work for love and not money. It's a philosophy that has justified exploitation of creators and theft of intellectual property. It's allowed the entire industry to pass the buck for its failures—from publishers to retailers, and retailers to —for decades. And it's why the comics industry lingers in a frozen adolescence, clinging to a shrinking target audience like a sea captain railing at the storm—when the real problem is the rotting wood of his own hull.
ComiXology is not a charity. It is a business—one that has done very good work with apparent goodwill, but which has also survived and grown on the corpses of competitors. Now it has been bought by another business, and both have promised that business will continue as usual. It's a deal that will probably have a small impact on a handful of people (ironically, between the widened market and the possibility of collaboration or at least more synchronicity between ComiXology Submit and Amazon CreateSpace, independent creators will probably see the most direct benefits), and negligible impact on nearly everyone.
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The unusually forceful language in the recent government report titled "Marginalized" underscores the abject failure of this government's simplistic and outdated "tough on crime" approach, particularly for Canada's Aboriginal population. Aboriginal peoples are 4 per cent of the Canadian population, but 20 per cent of the prison population. All Canadians must realize that it is in all of our interests -- in terms of public safety, cost and untapped human potential -- to heed the call of this report and take "aggressive action" to deal with this national disgrace.
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In this light, we plan to kick 2013 off with a running start! I'm pleased to announce a whole host of new features that will enable you get more out of your content in Alfresco in the cloud.
New Editing Capabilities
A key to getting your users adopting a solution like Alfresco is making it easy for them to access, share and edit their content on it. In order to help your users get more productive creating and editing their documents on Alfresco, we've launched two new ways to edit documents directly in Alfresco: Edit in Microsoft Office or Edit in Google Drive. These complement mobile editing, WebDAV and the upcoming desktop sync to enable your users to work the way they want on their documents productively in Alfresco.
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If you want to make real-time edits on a document with your colleagues or quickly edit a document in your browser then this great new feature is for you.
A lot of our customers are moving to Google Apps and want to bring Google's great editing capabilities onto the documents they store in Alfresco. Alfresco is great at securing, organizing and sharing documents and Google Drive is great for editing them.
With the new integration, all supported documents (Word, Spreadsheets, Presentations) will have a new option 'Edit in Google Docs.' When selected, Alfresco will send your document to Google and when you're done, automatically save it back. Unlike other integrations we've seen, it won't leave a copy of the document in Google Drive after you've saved it, ensuring the document is saved in one place, not two. In addition, you can also create new documents directly in Alfresco and write the initial draft from your web browser.
See the video below for a demo on how this great new feature works.
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Online editors like Google Drive are great, but if you started a document in Microsoft Office, as most do, you sometimes lose features and formatting when opening it in an online editor. For those users that want to quickly edit their documents without losing any functionality or fidelity, this feature is for you. Apart from Microsoft's own cloud service, Office365, Alfresco is the only other cloud service that supports native Microsoft Office integration. That means if you have Microsoft Office installed on your computer already, you don't need to install any additional software or plugins to use this feature as it uses the built-in capabilities of Office.
If you have Microsoft Office installed, a new 'Edit in MS Office' option will be available for all supported document formats like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This will automatically open the document directly in Microsoft Office where you can edit and save it back into Alfresco. It's so quick and simple you'll be hooked on this great new feature in no time!
See the video below for a brief demo on this great new feature in action.
Granular Permissions
The number one concern for companies using cloud services is security. In 2013, we will be investing even more in this area to address those concerns and ensure customers have complete control over their content in the cloud. In order to help cloud users have more control over securing their files and content, we've introduced a new UI that allows you to secure folders and content at a more granular level than before.
Previously, if you wanted to have a private area in your site that only certain users could access, you could only do it at the Site Group level. As a result, if you were a consultancy and had a project site to share documents with your clients and wanted to hide internal work in progress, you'd probably have to have two sites: one for your team and one to share deliverables with your client. Now you can keep all project files in one site with both your team and client working together closely with specific folders hidden from the client until the documents are ready to share, keeping all your content in one place.
To use this feature, select 'Edit Permissions' on a folder or document and you will go to a new screen that allows you to specify individual users and their permissions on that folder or document, hiding it from any users not added to the list.
Rich Media
Alfresco isn't just good at managing documents, it can manage all types of content, which includes video, high-res images and audio files. Unlike similar services, Alfresco understands the data embedded in those files as well (metadata), allowing you to search on that data and even visualize it. For example, try uploading a photo from your phone to Alfresco in the cloud, you'll see a red pin next to the file and an option to show where that photo was taken on a map.
In order to make it even easier to view and manage your rich media, Alfresco in the cloud now has a new 'Gallery View' that can be selected in the top right of the Document Library. This will display all your rich media and documents in a rich thumbnail view, which can be dynamically re-sized using the slider at the top.
Watch this space for even more rich media support and views, making Alfresco a great solution for creative marketing departments and agencies working on evolving campaigns full of rich content.
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Look out for new languages, more security and administration functionality giving you peace of mind when using Alfresco, desktop sync and customization options so you can start empowering Alfresco to streamline your business processes!


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Class Tomorrow: Greenberg and Rockwell, Together Again!
I've been flummoxed by a failure to find my copy of Thomas Buechner's Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator, an elephantine coffee table book I'd meant to put on reserve for my Postwar American Visual Culture course. In the meantime, I'm going to use this space as a means to get a few images in front of the class in advance of Thursday's session, which will explore terms of argument and judgment between Clement Greenberg's classic essays, "Toward a Newer Laocoon" and "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" (both 1940, so neither postwar, but together they set the terms of thinking about artistic mediums for a generation, not to mention the structure of the postwar American art school) and the artistic bugaboo himself, Norman Rockwell–who, without fail, merits exasperated mention in seemingly every significant piece of writing about art and culture in the mid 20th century. In a few weeks, we'll read Dwight MacDonald's "Masscult and Midcult" (1961) which provides, among other things, an updating of Greenberg's assessments of 1940.
Last week, many of the students (a mix of illustrator-designers and a painter or two) objected strenuously to what they saw as Greenberg's prescriptions. Others weren't so sure. So we're teeing the ball up for tomorrow.
As a given, say we're to consider the periodical illustrators as a group, and Rockwell as a representative (though in many ways he shouldn't be seen as such–his career was dominated by cover work, unlike his contemporaries, most of whom toiled on fiction spreads inside the mags, without the opportunity–or pressure–to sell the printed product). How to select a set of Rockwellian hallmark postwar works? I'd be curious to hear from Joyce Schiller, Stephanie Plunkett and Laurie Norton Moffat on this question. In the meantime, I brought the question up with Jeff Pike the other day, and our lists were very similiar. The group I'm presenting here reflects that discussion.
They are all Saturday Evening Post cover paintings: New Television Antenna (November 5, 1949), Shuffleton's Barbershop (April 29, 1950), Saying Grace (November 24, 1951), The Connoisseur (January 13, 1962). Pike also suggested the cover of two women having cleaned a theater, reading Playbill, brooms in hand–an indicator of Rockwell's class consciousness–but I had neither a scan, nor time to make one.
Discussion questions:
Do you think these pictures are examples of kitsch? Why?
Greenberg argues that images like these are examples of "ersatz culture, pictures offered up to those who [are] insensible to the values of genuine culture." True? False? What's the difference between genuine culture and other culture? If you have answer to that question, how would you apply it to the stuff referred to as "underground" music versus what you hear on mainstream radio?
How does the the discussion of media use in the "Laocoon" essay apply here?
Can you conceive of a contemporary Norman Rockwell in any medium? Can you identify one?
What values do you see represented in these images–both in terms of what they show, and how they are made?
What do you want to know about these images and the SEP issues in which they appeared that you do not? Why would it help, if you did?
Class, see you tomorrow.
Comments welcome. Both home and abroad....
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Cars and Trucks
The semester is under way, with force. I'm enjoying the material I'm teaching a great deal. Much to report on each front, though I always think I'll post more than I actually do. We're having a big time in Postwar American Visual Culture, which I hope to discuss in the next several days for the benefit of next week's session, on Thursday.
But in the meantime, I'm enjoying the (quite deceptively) straightforward problem of illustrated nonfiction. I said I'd put up a few examples from the bibilography, and tonight I'm adding another from the Informational category. Above and below, Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks, a Golden Book from 1951 that I picked up at a used book store. Not in great condition.
Here's what I love about this book (one of 300 or so that Scarry illustrated, most of which he also wrote): the directness with which he engages his problem, and the secondary stories he fits in around the vehicles themselves.
Specifically, this representation of a bus with workers and embarking passengers. How simple is that, right? A picture of a bus–big deal. But the picture has eighteen distinct characters in it, including a family outside the bus: befeathered mom in sporty yellow coat, green-fedoraed dad, and two boys with mid-century goofy getups, including woolen beanie hats and green cardigans.
There's a time capsule quality to these illustrations. Despite the fact that the flattening of form, simplification of the figure and general graphic selectivity point to a modern sensibility, the content feels ancient in spots. Costume, for sure. Gender stuff, of course, and the invisibility of non-whites. The material culture captured by the pictures is really striking, at least to me, in part because I recall some of it. The knobby–crenellated?–tires you see on trucks from that era. (Which I remember from the Oberlin Dairy milk truck that showed up in the still-dark morning, bearing glass bottles in wire baskets, as late as the 1960s.) Not to mention the coal truck! When I painted houses between college terms, circa 1981 and 82, I worked in and on houses with coal chutes. These chutes had been obsolete for decades by then. At the time they felt like something out of the 19th century. Although I remember fresh milk on the porch, I never lived in a house heated by coal.
Richard Scarry, who died in the mid-1990s, sold something like 300 million books, many of them Golden Books like this one. Who could begrude him his success? He makes pictures like this! How about that kid up in the left hand corner, playing fireman (accompanied–arf!–by his dog) just across the fold from the fire chief, whose "car speeds along."
Bibliographical data: Cars and Trucks. A Little Golden Book, Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Golden Press, New York. 1951. Golden Books were jointly produced by Simon & Shuster, New York, and Western Publishing Company, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
ICON 6 Headshot
I will be speaking at the Illustration Conference in Pasadena this summer. Delighted to be doing so. Those participating in the program have been asked to submit photos and art samples. For fun I decided to draw my headshot. Two realizations, both in the aging category: a) Surprise! I have seriously grayed temples, and b) it really is time to suck it up and get bifocals.
Red Rose Calendar, 1902
I promised to send a visual reference to a student in my senior studio and did so, but heard back that the attachement failed. It's actually easier to post the images here, and more people benefit.
So: Julie, a key drawing in black with supporting coloration has taken many forms over the last 100 years or so, but the examples you showed in your sketchbook reminded me in particular of a collaborative project between Jessie Wilcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green from 1902: a self-published calendar that attracted attention and was republished as The Book of the Child in 1903. Tender drawing, atmospheric color, persisting art nouveau linear architecture, a dash of Japonisme.
These reproductions appear in Alice Carter's wonderful book, The Red Rose Girls (Abrams, 2002) concerning the interlocked careers and relationships of Jessie Wilcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley. All of these examples are by Smith. I don't have handy scans of the E.S.G. images, which if anything I prefer. Charming stuff.
A fascinating story, to speak in understatement.
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text: The pick 6 is a timing throw. I have to blame that on the receivers and the coaches. Flacco expects the receiver not to break off that open and get that separation, as well he should think because that's just how they have been all season. A timing route requires TIMING. That's a two way street. All season these receivers don't get separation so Flacco is playing accordingly, throwing it as if the receiver won't come open with that separation. The coaches needed to eliminate timing throws from the play book around week 5 when it became obvious these receivers aren't consistent enough to rely on their location during those plays. When you can't rely on their location, the play will fail. We just don't have the consistency to attempt those kind of plays so the result is that Flacco throws the ball to a place where the receiver isn't all too often. If he throws it out front and the receiver doesn't come open it gets picked as well so those throws have been lose lose prospects all year without any predictability of where the receiver will get on those timing plays. That's how I see it anyway. Just a failure all season long of coaching. Receivers aren't consistent enough and the coaches didn't adjust and call plays that suited this personnels strengths and hide their deficiencies.


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U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard, according to one of the principal recommendations in a newly released report, Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid, by the American Physical Society's Panel on Public Affairs (POPA). Establishing a national renewable electricity standard will help to unify the fragmented U.S. grid system -- an important step in the wider adoption of using more wind and solar for energy generation.
But, without the focus on storage devices, it will be difficult to meet proposed renewable electricity standards, the report asserts. Wind and solar energy are variable by nature: The sun doesn't always shine, and the wind doesn't always blow. The amount of electricity a consumer has available to complete household chores could change in a matter of seconds, hours or days -- placing great importance on the need for robust storage methods.
Another challenge facing the grid involves the long-distance transmission of renewable electricity from places that receive a lot of wind and sun to those that do not. "We need to move faster to have storage ready to accommodate, for example, 20 percent of renewable electricity on the grid by 2020," said George Crabtree, co-chairman of the POPA study panel and a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. "And, by devoting the necessary resources to the problem, I am confident that we can solve it."
The report addresses variability and transmission issues by urging the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to increase research on materials to develop energy storage devices and by encouraging the DOE to focus on long-distance superconducting direct current cables to bring renewable electricity to load centers, lessening the chance that power will be disrupted. The report also calls for examining renewable electricity in light of a unified grid instead of one that is fragmented and improving the accuracy of weather forecasts to allow for better integration of renewable electricity on the grid.
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Well he would make as good a president as the rest have. He is a champion and knows hard work...and is in contact with the people.. more power to him if he does run
Originally written on Larry Brown Sports | Last updated 8/29/14
Manny Pacquiao is already a congressman in the Philippines, and the Filipino boxer says he is considering running for president in his home country one day. Pacquiao did several interviews on Saturday to promote his upcoming fight with Brandon Rios in China. In an interview with the AFP, he was asked whether he has thought [...]
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Manny Pacquiao running for President??? Helllllpppp!! He hasn't accomplished anything as a Congressman, what with 90% of his time promoting his boxing events, TV gigs, advertisements, and other "extra curricular activities." But then again, this is the Philippines, where politics are dominated by movie and TV stars, the daughter/son/spouse/mistress/sibling of an incumbent politician, etc. etc.
One of the big downfalls of countries is a severe shortage of leadership quality people in government.
Just because you can run your mouth real smooth and people know your name, you aren't necessarily going to be any good at what you intend to do.
It's the Peter Principle all over again.
Reference: Barrack Obama.
That must be a typo, surely you meant George W.Bush when referencing leadership FAILURE......
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I just started my mr aqua 12 gallon long. I am trying the dry start method for the first time. I need some input on my hardscape, let me know what you guys think.
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Good stuff. Are those seiryu? Good choice on the DSM too. I did the same and had great results. Is that HC i see?
I like the layout!
Is your tank hanging over the edges of the stand there? Maybe it won't be a problem for a 12 GL, but from what I've read, rimless tanks need to be fully supported on the bottom.
I plan on getting one of these in the future. I love the panorama it creates.
"Good stuff. Are those seiryu? Good choice on the DSM too. I did the same and had great results. Is that HC i see?"
Yeah its seiryu stones i got from boink, and a little bit of HC i had. How long did it take to get your HC carpet going using the DSM?
It took me about 7-8 weeks i would say. Definitely worth the wait. Wish i chose a different substrate though
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Looking good! are we going to get an update?
The layout of your rocks is quite formal. You have nearly the same number on both the left and right sides of the tank, and they are laid out pretty much the same way. This is fine, if you like that. I'm just thinking it might be a little more interesting if you could scatter some of those rocks more randomly, and have some in the middle, maybe toward the back, or add some driftwood. Rocks of different colors, textures and shapes would also add interest. Some could be smooth and rounded like river rocks, others more jagged or ragged. Some rocks could have patterns in them like streaking or striping or mottling, while others can be solid colored. I just think more visual variety would add interest to the overall view, but that's entirely up to you.
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Peter Kalmes flies around a banked turn Wednesday during a Town Challenge mountain bike race at Steamboat Ski Area. Kalmes won the event, finishing ahead of Alex Pong and Trevor Walz in the men's pro division. Kate Rench won on the women's side, ahead of Katie Lindquist and Hannah Williams.
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Peter Kalmes won the men's side of the Sunshine Loop Town Challenge mountain bike race Wednesday, dominating the Steamboat Ski Area course.
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