text: REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BNSF Railway Co., one of the oldest and largest freight railroad networks in North America, has selected Microsoft Office 365 to enable over 40,000 workers to share ideas and information via computers, kiosks and personal devices. BNSF chose Microsoft Office 365 as part of its Railroad 2020 vision for modernizing the user productivity portfolio at BNSF. The company looked at other offerings, but employees at BNSF preferred the familiar Office experience and the company wanted to capitalize on what people know and already use. Office was also chosen because of its interoperability with critical line-of-business applications such as SharePoint, and because of its ability to enable greater collaboration across geographically dispersed workers. Employees had organically started using Yammer as a communication tool, so BNSF plans to roll out Yammer Enterprise, the leading provider of enterprise social networks, to support this collaboration trend throughout the company. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) "Whether it's in locomotives, detectors along the side of the track, geometry cars or our vast telecommunications infrastructure to support the railroad, we rely on technology to operate our railroad and ensure delivery of our customers' freight," said Jo-ann Olsovsky, vice president and chief information officer, BNSF. "Due to the nature of our business, the majority of our employees are outdoors in the field, so supporting their mobility with access to leading productivity and communications tools is critical to our success. By using tools such as Office 365 and Yammer Enterprise, we will be able to connect our employees to each other and the information they need to be successful." BNSF was seeking ways to improve efficiency in its delivery and support of email, calendaring and collaboration software while leveraging new functionality. BNSF began implementing Phase I of its Office 365 and Exchange Online deployment in October to more than 40,000 users and expects to have Lync, email and calendaring services fully deployed by early November. Subsequent phases will include deployment of other services such as SharePoint Online and Yammer Enterprise.


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This week in the NBA
Rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo is getting the experience that should help him flourish in the long term. And the 19-year-old from Greece isn't doing badly in the short term, either. Antetokounmpo posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds Friday in a 104-93 road loss to Brooklyn. And he soared past Kevin Garnett for an eye-popping dunk, showing youth does have its advantages. On Monday it was Antetokounmpo's inbounds pass that nearly resulted in a tying shot by Khris Middleton, but the Bucks forward stepped on the three-point line and Milwaukee fell to Charlotte, 111-110, in overtime. In 36 minutes against the Bobcats, Antetokounmpo contributed 12 points, six rebounds and two assists. "He has shown a real level of maturity, being 19 years old," Bucks coach Larry Drew said. "He's made the most of his minutes."
The Bucks will celebrate the start of 2014 with a New Year's Eve matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. It's the opener of Milwaukee's first western swing, a three-game trip that includes stops in Salt Lake City on Thursday to face the Jazz and in Phoenix on Saturday to play the surprising Suns. The Lakers have dropped four in a row entering a Sunday night home game against Philadelphia.
Drew after his team settled for too many perimeter jumpers against Brooklyn on Friday: "We get into a mind-set of trying to outscore people and we've just got to get rid of that because that's not who we are."
Golden State point guard Steph Curry was at his distributing best Friday night in the Warriors'115-86 rout of Phoenix. He found big men Andrew Bogut and David Lee cutting to the basket and finished with career bests of 16 assists and 13 rebounds in addition to 14 points. Curry was only 1 for 6 from three-point range but he was contributing in other ways. He also had 15 points and 11 assists in the Warriors' 105-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Christmas night. "I mean, the guy is playing at an all-time level for himself, and that's saying a lot," Golden State coach Mark Jackson said.
Houston won at San Antonio, 111-98, on Christmas day as James Harden scored 28 points and Dwight Howard grabbed 20 rebounds. And the Rockets followed up with a 100-92 home-court victory over Memphis on Thursday night. Houston is getting a huge lift from former Kentucky player Terrence Jones, who had 41 points and 19 rebounds in those two games. Jones, who has taken over as the Rockets' starter at power forward, contributed 21 points and 14 rebounds against the Spurs.
Houston faces Oklahoma City on Sunday in a battle of Western Conference contenders, and the Thunder is without Russell Westbrook until after the all-star break after knee issues cropped up again for the point guard. Miami continues its trip with a date in Denver on Monday. The Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors are in Chicago for New Year's Eve and Golden State is at Orlando in the second game of a seven-game eastern swing. Five games will be played on New Year's Day, including Dallas at Washington and Charlotte at the Los Angeles Clippers. Golden State is at Miami on Thursday and plays at Atlanta on Friday. The Clippers are at San Antonio on Saturday.
Go west, young Bucks.
And remember to say your prayers.
Milwaukee heads to Los Angeles on Monday and is playing 11 of its next 16 games against Western Conference foes, including Saturday night's home date against Minnesota.
It promises to be a rough ride, not that the Bucks have performed well against the Eastern Conference en route to the league's worst record.
Oklahoma City, Houston and San Antonio are on the January road schedule and former Bucks center Bogut and Golden State visit Jan. 7.
Memphis, the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix also will play in Milwaukee in January.
If the Bucks continue to struggle defensively and cannot establish a solid playing rotation, it will be a very ugly January.
Drew has to hope that the sluggish effort against the Nets in New York is not a sign of things to come.

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The 31-year-old is out-of-contract with The Bhoys and Royle has made signing a goalkeeper a top priority as the club look to cash in on Italian shot stopper Matteo Sereni.
The Portman Road boss confirmed the Spaniard is in his thoughts, saying: "Javier has been recommended to us by a number of agents and he is someone we are well aware of and are considering.
"There are also a couple of other keepers I have in mind but I won't be making any moves for them until I get back from holiday.
"I'm still confident that we will have someone in place well before the beginning of the season."
Other targets mooted are Birmingham's Ian Bennett, Grimsby Town's Danny Coyne and Everton reserve Paul Gerrard.
Royle hinted that should he land his target upon returning from his holiday, that would be the end of the Division One side's summer acquisitions: "I don't anticipate I will be making any more signings after that."


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What really tweaks my nipples is that Francis Ford Coppola can afford to buy loads of SIM2 Grand Cinema C3X Lumises (Lumii?) but most likely got his for free AND being paid for his non-efforts.
ehm... please correct me if I'm wrong, but if the lamp has 2000 hours of life, and a movie is around 2 hours, you can still watch 1000 movies, and that would be 2,7 years of watching a movie - every day.
but apart from that, I like your review =D (oh, why do they make'em so expensive?? =( )
It's annoying isn't it, they've got boat loads of cash and they get free stuff. It's hotrageous.
Also, kudos for the line 'What really tweaks my nipples' a phrase which is disappointingly underused these days.
Awesome review John, but I must admit, my girlfriend wasn't to pleased with it. Not the review per se, I think it was the sentence 'Children will come and go, but a SIM2 projector is for life' that did it.
I'll miss her.
@Ripsnorter - They (D.L. & F.F.C.) probably think the SIM2's are at the cheap end of the market - given the access they must have to studio high end gear!
Never-the-less your point is well made. Though I am confident a celebrity endorsement would not waver me one iota if I were spending 'car money' on a pj....but then unlike many I am not celebrity obsessed.
@Penguin - my experience is that it is the act of firing up the bulb: striking an arc and hence shortening the electrodes that affects on 'bulb' life. This life is an estimate based on a certain switching rate. I am on 4000 hrs + for a manufacturer quoted 2000 for my brand of pj. If you cycle the pj more often then the life will tend to be far shorter
@Penguin - unbelievable. I get to the last line of a six-page review I've slaved over for two full days, and in the euphoric rush to the finish line I type the wrong bloody numbers in. Even though I've put the correct figures for this sort of calculation in numerous reviews before. Sigh.
You'd never guess I had a Maths A Level to my name, would you? Mind you, that was around 20 years ago... Or should that be 200 years ago?!
Anyway, thanks for picking the typo up, as it's actually quite an important one. The review has been corrected to hide my humiliation from subsequent readers. Unless they read the comments as well, of course...
John obviously you don't have an A'Level in typing :-) - Do you?
Anyhow, now you must tell ALL what Maths - Pure, Applied or P & A? Importantly what grade?
F F Copola? We will be the judge of it! I think given the price it should have been 5/10.
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Of all the girls i've ever met, you're the one I can't forget.
I love the way you show you care, and how you're always there.
You changed my world in a blink of an eye, and that I truly can't deny.
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your voice is what I long to hear, or I just want you to be near
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Validated age and growth estimates for Carcharhinus obscurus in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with pre- and post management growth comparisons
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Age and growth estimates for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, were derived from vertebral centra collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Sample collection spanned the years prior to and following the implementation of management measures (1963–2010). Growth was compared pre- and post- population depletion and pre- and post- management to investigate the possibility of density-mediated shifts in age and growth parameters over time. There was no evidence of difference between periods for either sex. Additionally, bomb radiocarbon dating was used to determine the periodicity of band pair formation. Results support the traditional interpretation of annual band pairs up to approximately 11 years of age. After this time, vertebral counts considerably underestimate true age. Maximum validated ages were estimated to be between 38 and 42 years of age (an increase of 15 to 19 years over the band count estimates), confirming longevity to at least 42 years of age. Growth curves estimated using only validated data were compared to those generated using band pair counts. Logistic growth parameters derived from validated vertebral length-at-age data were L∞ = 261.5 cm FL, Lo = 85.5 cm, to = 4.89 year and g = 0.15 year−1 for the sexes combined. Revised estimates of age at maturity were 17.4 years for males and 17.6 years for females.


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My heart / My head
It's that old struggle -the heart wants what it wants - the head knows better
It started innocently enough.
Eye contact, the brush of a hand, a shared laugh.
These things alone are nothing. My head knows this for sure. My head knows that there is nothing there.
My heart does not.
I see him pass on the streets. My heart wants to smile, wants to race.
My head says no. Not this one. Not this time.
My head can't believe that my heart would act like this again.
Clearly it's not the first time. But, my head reminds my heart that crushes are for schoolgirls.
I am not a schoolgirl.
My head takes the proper precautions. Tells my heart to forget about him.
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The Royal Navy's next generation of support tankers is to be built in South Korea, it was announced today.
Defence Equipment Minister Peter Luff said Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has been chosen as the Government's preferred bidder to build the four 37,000 tonne vessels costing £452 million.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that although a number of British companies took part in the competition, none submitted a final bid for the build contract.
UK firms will however benefit from associated contracts - including the provision of key systems and equipment - worth £150 million. The winning design for the ships is by the British company BMT Defence Services.
"The Government remains committed to building complex warships in UK shipyards," Mr Luff said.
The MoD's chief of defence materiel, Bernard Gray, said the competition for the contract had "sought to engage shipbuilders from across the globe".
"I believe the winning bidder's solution will offer the UK the best value for money," he said.
The four Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (Mars) tankers will maintain the Navy's ability to refuel warships at sea and will provide support for amphibious, land and air forces.
At more than 200 metres in length, each ship is as long as 14 double decker buses and can pump enough fuel to fill two Olympic-size swimming pools in an hour.
Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: "This is more bad news for British industry. First we lose out to France over fast jets and now we lose out to South Korea over Royal Navy tankers.
"The Government do not have an active defence industrial strategy. I'd like to see more of our defence industry with a 'made in Britain' stamp on it. The country will want the Government to do more to support British industry."
Keith Hazlewood, national officer of the GMB union, said: "Once again, UK taxpayers' money is being spent abroad on ships which are vital for the Royal Navy to defend our shores. A proactive UK government could have put a consortium together to build these tankers in the UK. I am very angry about this and so will the UK's shipbuilders.
"This will only exacerbate the upcoming problems which we are facing throughout the UK shipbuilding industry over the workload gap.
"Surely this was work we needed to fill the gap in the programme. How can it possibly be best value to the taxpayer, essentially exporting money and jobs which should not only be spent in the UK but would also help protect design-and-build capabilities along with the obvious increased job security for the shipbuilding industry?
"The difficulties of skill retention within the industry will get worse."
An MoD source said that while they would have preferred the ship to have been been built in Britain, no UK company had entered a final bid as there was no proven track record of building tankers in the UK.
"British industry would have had to build these from scratch and that would have inevitably been much costlier, even if a UK company wanted to take this on," the source said.
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The Taboo of Feminism
The BBC's Katy Watson travels to Los Angeles to ask why feminism is still regarded by many as a word to avoid.
Despite an ongoing gender pay gap, and a lack of female business-leaders, why does the word continue to raise an eyebrow? Is the new, more palatable word, "empowerment", something that focuses more on individual achievements rather than a collective movement for equal rights? Why is empowerment proving to be a great marketing tool, but feminism isn't?
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Agnesian HealthCare: Garden Walk in Fond du Lac features six private gardens, garden party and refreshments, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. July 15. $12. Information: (920) 926-4959.
Beaver Dam Area Arts Association: Secret Garden Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21. $10 advance; $12 at the door. Seippel Homestead & Center for the Arts, 1605 N. Spring St., (920) 885-3635.
Boerner Botanical Gardens: Education classes and events, led by experts who offer hands-on experiences and useful tips. Registration required. 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. (414) 525-5659.
Burlington Garden Center: Gardening, planting, and lawn care workshops and seminars; prices vary. 5205 Mormon Road, Burlington, (262) 763-2153.
Great Gardener's Rummage. Aug. 4-31.
Daylily Society of Southeast Wisconsin: Self-guided driving tour of four gardens in Milwaukee County, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 21-22. Information: (262) 835-4235.
The Elegant Farmer: Enjoy an array of farm kitchen bakery, cheeses and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Open year round 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Highway ES and J, Mukwonago. (262) 363-6770.
Elmbrook Garden Club: Monthly meetings with guest speakers. New members welcome. Brookfield Library, 1900 N. Calhoun Road, Brookfield. (414) 578-2513.
Elm Grove Tour Le Jardin: Features six gardens as benefit for three local garden clubs, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21. $8 advance; $10 day of tour. Tour starts at Sunset Playhouse, 800 Elm Grove Road, Elm Grove.
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens: Education classes and events, led by experts who offer hands-on experiences and useful tips. Registration required. 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. (414) 525-5659.
Discover Hidden Treasures Garden Walk "Gardens of the Future" with Melinda Myers, 6:30 p.m. July 25.
Godsell Farm and Garden: Tour of farm and produce gardens, 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. July 21. $5. S105-W15585 Loomis Drive, Muskego. (414) 425-2937.
Greenfield Beautification Committee: "Select Gardens of Greenfield" self-guided tour of five private landscapes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21. $10 advance; $12 day of event. Greenfield City Hall, 7325 W. Forest Home Ave., Greenfield, (414) 421-2213.
Hartford Lioness Garden Walk: Enjoy formal, small area, vegetable/flower gardens and some water features, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 21. $7 advance; $8 day of event. Gardens in Hartford and south of the city. Information: Maureen Konkel, (262) 673-7640.
Hawthorne Hill Farm: "Barn Rummage" weekend event features home décor, antique and vintage items, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 11-12. 16370 W. Small Road, New Berlin.
Hoard Historical Museum: Jefferson County Master Gardeners present "Designing and Creating Rain Gardens" with Beverly Dahl, 2 p.m. July 28. Free. 401 Whitewater Ave., Fort Atkinson. (920) 563-7769.
Interiorscapes: "Clean Air" Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 4, 5600 W. North Ave., (414) 871-7444.
Milwaukee County UW Extension Office: Horticultural Helpline will offer free, walk-in diagnosis and identification of plants and insects on Wednesdays from 4-6 p.m. (through August 29). Building A, 9501 W. Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa. Information: (414) 256-4600.
North Point Lighthouse Garden: Master Gardeners provide free butterfly gardening tips, 1-2:30 p.m. July 21, 2650 N. Wahl Ave., (414) 332-6754.
Oconomowoc Women's Club: Garden Tour of five area gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21. $10 advance; $12 day of tour. Information: (262) 567-8418.
Pringle Nature Center: Environmental education programs. Registration required. 9800 160th Ave., Bristol. (262) 857-8008.
Retzer Nature Center: Programs and classes with a focus on the natural world and sustainability. S14-W28167 Madison St., Waukesha. Information: (262) 896-8007.
Plant Tour & Natural Community Identification. July 21.
Reading The Woods. Aug. 4.
Family Trail Rally. Aug. 11.
Rain Gardens & Rain Barrels. Aug. 25.
Rotary Botanical Gardens: Home Garden Tour of seven gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 21. $10 advance; $12 day of event. 1455 Palmer Drive, Janesville. Information: (608) 754-1779.
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center: Environmental education programs. 1111 E. Brown Deer Road, Bayside, (414) 352-2880.
Shady Lane Greenhouse: Open year-round, with seminars taught by area professionals for every level of gardener. W172-N7388 Shady Lane, Menomonee Falls. (262) 251-1660.
Shorewood 10 Garden Tour: Visit private gardens in Shorewood, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 28. $10. Tour starts at 4470 N. Lake Drive, Shorewood. Information: (414) 963-9695.
Sweet Water Organics: Tour the urban aquaponic farm, 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, noon on Sundays. Admission $10; children under 10 are free. No reservation necessary. Retail store sells fresh perch, produce and gardening supplies. 2151 S. Robinson St., (414) 489-0425.
Taliesin Preservation, Inc.: Frank Lloyd Wright's private estate and specialty tours are offered through Oct. Advance reservations recommended. Wright Visitor Center, 5607 county Highway C, Spring Green, (877) 588-7900.
Wellspring Inc.: Certified organic farm and retreat center offering programs in wellness, ecology, gardening and the arts. 4382 Hickory Road, West Bend. (262) 675-6755.
Alverno College Telesis: Professional and community education courses for women and men. 3400 S. 43rd St. (414) 382-6200.
Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion: Guided and self-guided tours of this Flemish Renaissance revival mansion are available year round. The Pabst Mansion features elaborately handcrafted woodwork, original wall coverings and furnishings, leaded glass and 19th-century artwork. Tour prices and hours are subject to change. 2000 W. Wisconsin Ave., (414) 931-0808.
Cedarburg Cultural Center: Architectural Treasures Tour, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 4; noon-4 p.m. Aug. 5. $13 advance; $15 day of tour. W62-N546 Washington Ave., Cedarburg, (262) 375-3676.
Cedarburg Kuhefuss House Museum: Educational and historic public tours of 1849 home, 1:30-4 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, (through Aug. 25). Admission $3. W63-N627 Washington Ave., Cedarburg. (262) 375-3676.
Charles Allis Art Museum: The mansion holds Charles and Sarah Allis' collection featuring 19th-century French and American paintings. The collection spans 2,000 years and includes original and antique furnishings. 1801 N. Prospect Ave., (414) 278-8295.
Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum: Tour the 1840s inn and learn what life was like in the 1800s. Open 1-4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of each month (through Oct.). 1075 Pilgrim Pkwy, Brookfield.
Historic Milwaukee Inc.: A nonprofit educational organization, dedicated to increasing the public's awareness of Milwaukee's historical and architectural heritage, by providing walking tours throughout various neighborhoods of the city, guided bus tours, slide shows and lectures. (414) 277-7795.
Lowell Damon House: Colonial home open for visitors and tour groups throughout the year. 2107 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa. (414) 273-8288.
North Point Lighthouse: View artifacts, artwork and photographs of old Lake Park and marine memorabilia in the Keeper's Quarters. Volunteers are available during designated hours to provide information and limited guided tours, which allow visitors to climb to the top of the 74-foot tower. 2650 N. Wahl Ave. (414) 332-6754.
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As you know, Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay don't often agree. But the ESPN draft experts are of the same mind when it comes to the Baltimore Ravens' first-round draft pick.
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Introduction: A mother had promised her 5-year old son all week that if he was good she would take him McDonalds on Friday for a happy meal. The big day arrived and as they were driving they passed a car accident. Usually, when they saw an accident like that they said a prayer for those who might be hurt, so she pointed and said to her son, "We should pray." From the back seat she heard his earnest request: "Please God, don't let those cars block the entrance to McDonalds." That's what I call, keeping your focus.
ILLUSTRATION: Chesty Puller was the most highly-decorated marine in history with fourteen medals for combat bravery, an unprecedented five Navy Crosses, in addition to countless unit citations and campaign ribbons. To this day, Marines at Parris Island end their day by saying, "Good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are!" In Korea, at the battle of Choisin Reservoir, Puller and his men found themselves hold up in the town of Koto-ri, completely surrounded by ten full Divisions of Chinese Infantry determined to kill every American they could find. Chesty Puller said "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies our problem because now, they can't get away." That's what I call, keeping your focus.
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If dusk and evenings in Lynmouth inspire quiet and meditative moods, days can be quite lively. Lynmouth is the hub for a number of spectacular walks. One begins above, in Lynton, and to reach it, I buy a ticket on the Cliff Railway, a nearly vertical track of 862 feet running from Lynmouth's waterfront up to the center of Lynton. James, braver than I am in all else, prefers to walk the zigzag path to the top. The Cliff Railway, opened in 1890, is ingenious. Two small tram cars are linked by two steel cables.
Each car has a 700-gallon water tank, which is filled at the top and emptied at the bottom, causing the lower car to be pulled up to Lynton while the heavier car from the top descends to Lynmouth. It creaks and groans, while the passengers on its almost perpendicular slant get exhilarating -- and terrifying -- views of the sea below and beyond. The journey takes less than 10 minutes, but it seems longer.
At the top of the railway, a turning to the right leads to the North Walk, a wide paved pathway cut high into the cliffs above the sea. At first the North Walk passes a few Lynton hotels, jammed precariously into the near-vertical hillside, but a hiker is soon surrounded only by land, water and sky. For more than a mile, it is possible to walk in silence, listening to seabirds and waves far beneath. Wild goats sometimes strike dramatic poses on rocky outcroppings below the path. A few local residents may be out for a stroll with their dogs, and of course an occasional tourist wanders by, but the North Walk is often almost deserted. At dusk and later, on clear nights, the lights of Wales signal across the Bristol Channel, and winking steamers slip in and out of the darkness.
Because we loved the North Walk so much, with its sense of seclusion and its overwhelming panorama of sea and sky, James and I seldom gave deserving attention to what lies at the far end of the walk. The Valley of the Rocks is one of Lynton's most-advertised attractions, a strange and haunting valley with weird rock formations, suitably named Ragged Jack, the Devil's Cheesewring and the White Lady. A road from Lynton leads to a parking lot in the deep valley, though taking the North Walk or another waymarked path across Hollerday Hill can successfully avoid any traffic.
Early in the morning or at evening, few tourists clambered over these rocks, and we easily escaped them by walking farther on the South West Peninsula Coastal Path, out of sight of cars and people, far enough to look back and admire the jagged profile of the valley.
FOR truly hardy walkers, the Coastal Path continues on, eventually circling past four bays to the west. One sheltered bay, Heddon's Mouth, is also a short though painstakingly slow drive from Lynmouth, five miles west along a narrow, winding coastal road. Just beyond the village of Martinhoe, at a much-frequented watering hole called Hunter's Inn, a footpath begins that follows the rift cut by the River Heddon to the sea. The walk is an easy mile-and-a-half through a beautiful woodland valley, and on sunny days the path is dotted with amiable tourists, often British families, with women in bright sundresses, open-backed clogs and high heels -- not the serious high-booted ramblers one encounters on the Coastal Path.
My favorite walking country near Lynmouth is on Brendon Common. About 15 minutes from Lynmouth in the heart of Exmoor, Brendon Common is an open moorland with the Bristol Channel on one distant horizon. In moments after parking in one of several waysides, a walker is out of sight or sound of the road, alone with purple heather, golden gorse, streams, birds, wild ponies, red deer and a cloud-hung sky that seems to encompass and float over everything. Many paths cut across the hills, some signposted to "Doone Country," a valley identified with R. D. Blackmoor's classic novel, and others to villages like Malmsmead or Brendon. One can walk in the clear, sharp air for an hour, or three, or six, and never retrace one's steps. There is all the space to breathe one could ever want on Brendon Common.
To find wonderful walks, however, it is not necessary to drive outside of Lynmouth. Our rented cottage in town was part of Glen Lyn Estate, which includes a spectacular narrow gorge down which the West Lyn River tumbles and foams over rocky shelves. The gorge is open to visitors, who can scramble alongside it on a fern-bordered path that leads up, up and up. The noise of the falling river is so fierce that it cuts off conversation, and although the shallow water does not look particularly dangerous, it is. After heavy rains on water-soaked Exmoor in 1952, a disastrous flood swept through Lynmouth, taking houses, cars and 34 people with it. The Flood Memorial Hall provides a sobering reminder of that night.
The Memorial Hall also stands on the site of the old lifeboat station, where a celebrated rescue was carried out in 1899. During a raging storm, the station staged an overland launch that involved dragging the heavy lifeboat up Countisbury Hill, a precipitous slope with a 1:4 gradient, across the cliffs and down to Porlock Harbor. Driving down Countisbury Hill today, one notices several escape roads, nearly vertical turnoffs banked in sand, where an out-of-control automobile can presumably turn away from disaster. It is almost impossible to imagine the teams of horses and straining men pulling the lifeboat up this awesome hill.


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Integumentary System Protective Covering and First Line of Defense
Skin Trivia 21 Square Feet 4 Kilograms/9 pounds, 7% - 15% of Total Body Weight Complex Combination of Tissues Continuous Layer
One Square Inch Contains 20 Blood Vessels 65 Hairs & Hair Muscles 78 Nerves 78 Sensors for Heat 13 Sensors for Cold 160 Sensors for Pressure 100 Sebaceous/Oil Glands 1300 Nerve Endings 19,500,000 Cells 0.5 Million Cells Dying & Being Replaced
Layers/Regions of the Skin Epidermis: Most Superficial Dermis: Tough, Leathery Fibrous Connective Tissue; Only Part Vascularized Subcutaneous(Hypodermis): Superficial Fascia; Mostly Fat (Insulate & Absorb Shock); Anchors Skin to Underlying Structures
Functions Protection Water Balance Temperature Regulation Waste Disposal Receptor Organs Blood Reservoir Vitamin D Production
Epidermis Outer layer of stratified squamous epithelial tissue Avascular Complete regeneration every 35-45 days Thinner on scalp and armpit than on sole of foot Cells of the epidermis
Layers of the Epidermis
Stratum Basale/Stratum Germinativum Basal layer of cells Actively dividing to replace old cells Strata = bedsheet Deepest layer Single row of cells (mostly stem cells 10-25% = melanocytes (secrete melanin) Amount of melanin skin color Amino acid tyrosine converts melanin granules Albinism = genetic absence of tyrosinase
Stratum Spinosum Spiny layer Several cell layers thick Mostly Langerhans cells surrounded by keratinocytes with spiny projections (prickle cells) Tonofilaments (tension filaments) Tension resisting protein
Stratum Granulosum Granular layer Tough layer 3 – 5 layers of flattened keratinocytes Keratohyaline granules formation of keratin Lamellated granules waterproofing glycolipid Water resistant layer Slows water loss from body Receives nutrients from tissue fluids
Stratum lucidum Clear layer Absent in thin skin Thickest in soles of feet and palms Mainly 2 – 3 rows of flattened dead keratinocytes Nuclei absent Eleidin in cytoplasm = water barrier
Stratum corneum Horny layer Outermost layer Mostly dead keratinocytes or keratin filled plasma membrane sacs 20 – 30 cell layers thick ¾ of epidermal thickness Protect against abrasion and penetration Glycolipid = waterproof coat Protects deeper cells Dandruff = dry skin shedding = 40 pounds in lifetime Hyperkeratosis: thick dry scaly skin
Characteristics of Dermis Strong, flexible connective tissue Hide of the skin Cells: fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, WBCs Collagen, elastin (stretch-recoil), reticular fibers Wrinkling of elderly = loss of elastin and subcutaneous fat
Contents of Dermis Blood vessels Capillaries Lymphatic vessels Nerves Hair shafts & hair follicles (anagen = growing follicle, telogen = resting follicle) Arector pili (hair muscles) Sudoriferous/sweat glands (eccrine & apocrine) Sebaceous/oil glands (sebum = lubricant) Ceruminous glands (cerumen/earwax) Sensory receptors
Layers of the Dermis Papillary and Reticular Layers TRUE SKIN
Papillary Layer of Dermis Connects epidermis to dermis Connective tissue Capillaries Pain receptors Touch receptors (Meissner's corpuscles) Dermal ridges (palms & soles): create epidermal ridges for friction & gripping; sweat on ridges = fingerprints, footprints
Reticular Layer of Dermis 80% of dermis Deep dermis of collagen for elasticity Dense irregular connective tissue Collagen strength, resilience, hydration Lines of cleavage/tension lines (longitudinal = head & limbs, circular = neck & trunk): parallel incisions heal better and faster
Accessory Organs of the Skin Hair, Nails, Sweat Glands, Sebaceous Glands
Nails Keratinized/dead epidermal cells Grows under the lunula (white portion) of nailbed Cells replace if nailbed is OK
Hair Hair: pili; made of keratin Shaft: projects from the skin Root: embedded in the skin; shape determines whether hair is straight or curly Pigment depends on melanocytes located in the follicle
Hair Follicle Contain hair root Nerve endings Knot of capillaries: papilla supply nutrients Bundle of smooth muscle arrector pili (raiser of hair)
Sudoriferous Glands Sweat Glands: 2.5 million per person Cover entire skin surface except for nipples and parts of external genitalia
Eccrine Sweat Glands Most numerous Location: palms, soles of feet, forehead Secretion: sweat (99% water, salts, nitrogenous wastes) Acidic pH 4 – 6 Purpose: temperature regulation Emotion induced sweating: no control
Apocrine Sweat Glands Location: axillary, genital areas Size: larger than eccrine glands Secretions: same as eccrine PLUS fatty deposits & protein Foul odor when fats & proteins decompose Begin to function at puberty
Ceruminous Glands Type of apocrine gland Location: outer ear Secretion: earwax/cerumen
Mammary Glands Secrete milk from breasts after stimulation to the breasts after giving birth Type of apocrine gland
Sebaceous/Oil Glands Location: all over the body except for palms & soles of feet Secretion: sebum, oily substance Function: smooth & soften hair and skin; slows water loss during dry weather
Cells of the stratum corneum are constantly shed & replaces by cells from the Stratum Germinativum A.) True B.) False
The skin is a membrane, an organ, and a system A.) True B.) False
Papilliary layer of the Dermis helps form finger & foot prints A.) True B.) False
Sudoriforus glands usually open up into a hair follicle A.) True B.) False
Sebaceous glands in the skin produce A.) Sweat B.) Oil C.) Pus
The skin absorbs ultraviolet rays from the sun to form an initial molecule, which is stored in the liver A.) Vitamin C B.) Vitamin D C.) Vitamin E D.) Calcium
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Zeno's Ristorante
Living in anticipation of an encounter that's always about to happen, but never will.
I live around the corner from Fate,
whose real name is Scarlett
and calls herself Flo.
When our eyes meet every day or so,
she bows her head in a way
which says to me the words inextricable
and eternal, and means that she'll
always live around the corner from
me in spirit, that our feet will
push back the same pavement in
this city or any other, that those
greenlights will be flashing through
mine again in another day or so –
And then she's past, I'm left
staring into the oncoming
headlights of her one-way street.
Then at night, the twin beams
still smoldering at the back of my head
stay with me as firmly as divine light
blinding my rear-view mirror
across state lines and on through customs
into my dreams, until the sun clears
the building across the street to
welcome back my slowly-opened
eyes with its wide-open beams,
waving mirthlessly from the other
side of the scratches in the glass.
At the restaurant where I once ran
into Fate, she without a hint of surprise,
and where I've continued to meet her
now and then since, I and anyone else
glance up at each other quickly, and
Flo says things like, "What can I do for
you?" and sometimes helps me figure
out what I want. But sometimes I
can't eat, with my food watching
me to see what I'll do next, so I go.
Back on the street I push away the
sidewalk with tires built of shoe leather,
with lives as long as railroad tracks,
trying to beat it to the vanishing
point where I'll wink over into the
next landscape, which will be only
her eyes and mine rushing toward
each other across a bridge
in a game of chicken we'll never finish,
because we'll always be left to cover
half the remaining distance between
us and our impending collision.


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The Creeps and Spooks of Protagonize
A Writing prompt game just in time for Halloween.
400 characters or more.
Hello and welcome to this little exercise that I like to call, 'The Creeps and Spooks of Protagonize'! Anyone can join, so come on down and write with us!
This is a sort of writing prompt game, and I will be posting a new chapter every Sunday to tell you what the prompt is for that week. Throughout the week, you can post as many chapters as you like with your character/characters. Just make sure to post to the CORRECT WEEK'S PROMPT. In other words, don't post a chapter that goes along with one of last month's prompts.
Anyways, here is the reason it is call The Creeps and Spooks(and no, not the Spookofnights of Protagonize!) Every week I will post the prompt that goes something like this...
"One night, your character is walking down a dark hallway and they see a door at the end. The door has light coming from behind it. Your character decides to go check it out."
That 'door' will not always be a door. It may be a dresser, a closet, or maybe even a book. I've got some tricks up my sleeve.
Here are the steps to this game-
1. Decide on a character that you will be keeping throughout the game. You will be posting chapters with this character throughout the game, so make sure you like him/her. When thinking up your character, your person(doesn't have to be a human!) can range anywhere from a regular human being to a beetle to a big angry wolf.
*You are welcome to make more than one and post with them(make a separate chapter for every character), but please, DO NOT ABANDON your characters. Only make as many characters as you can handle responsibly.
2. After you have your character, check the previous chapters for the prompt. The prompt will always be in caps like this: WEEK OF 10/17.
3. Write a chapter that is 400+ characters long that is based on the correct prompt.
4. After you've posted a chapter, you have to go invite someone new to the exercise.
-Do not abandon unwanted characters. They have feelings too.
-Write to the correct prompt.
-Do not write a chapter that is only 50 characters long. Make it 400 or more.
-Every time you post a new chapter, invite someone new.
-Do not get this marked mature.
-If you have any questions, message me on my profile!
ONLY I AM ALLOWED TO WRITE PROMPTS. iF YOU WRITE A PROMPT CHAPTER WITHOUT CONSULTING ME FIRST, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE EXERCISE.
Have fun! Remember: look out for new chapter posted by Doodler123 on Sundays- that usually means a new prompt!
NOTE: if this is confusing to you, read the chapter that I posted with my character!


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Happy New Year everyone! Looking through my New Year's resolutions for 2013, just about the only one I kept was starting up this blog. It's been far more absorbing and enjoyable than I imagined when I wrote that resolution and it's been great to have so much positive feedback and encouragement – thank you!
In this post, I write about two once very well-known Karori gardens – Donald's Tea Gardens and Homewood. It's been the time of year for charity open gardens which gave me the opportunity to explore what remains of both of them. This was going to be a fairly short post – but the more I looked into them and their history, the more there seemed to be to say…
The Karori Lions 'Super Garden Trail' at the end of November included two gardens that were originally part of Donald's Tea Gardens. These gardens, situated between what is now Campbell and Donald Streets in Karori, were a very popular weekend excursion for Wellingtonians for most of the second half of the 19th century. The thirty acres of plant nursery and gardens were established by Scottish immigrant and nurseryman Robert Donald in 1853. The 1897 Cyclopedia of New Zealand describes the gardens as having fish ponds, summer houses, childrens' swings, a boating lake, croquet and tennis courts, and an 'endless profusion' of flowers. Teas were served on the verandah of the house and honeymooners were able to stay overnight.
Robert Donald planted 'grand and sombre' holly hedges to provide shelter from the Karori northerlies for his flower displays and some of these holly hedges remain in the first garden we looked at on Donald Street.
Part of the gardens were sold off in the early 1900s, and what was left, along with the Donald House was bought by the newly-married Dr Daisy Platts-Mills and her husband. Dr Daisy Platts-Mills sounds like a remarkable character. She was one of New Zealand's first female doctors, the first female doctor in private medical practice, and the first doctor to live and practice in Karori. She was highly active in the community, serving on numerous committees. Among other things, she was a champion for women's and girls' health issues, gave her services to striking watersiders in 1913, and was thanked by the Karori Borough Council for her dedicated work in the Karori community during the 1918 influenza epidemic. I'm not sure how long the Platts-Mills lived at Donald's Tea Gardens, but it could be that their son, John Platts-Mills, another interesting character, was born there in 1906. John Platts-Mills became a socialist and trade union campaigner in the UK. He was recruited by Churchill to set up Soviet friendship committees when the Russians became UK allies during WWII, served as a Labour MP after the war, and later became a barrister – his cases included the appeal of the Great Train Robbers and the Kray twins.
The Platts-Mills kept the gardens open, but these had fallen into disrepair by the end of World War I. The house was demolished in the 1930s and the land was subdivided and sold.
There do not seem to be many photographs of the gardens still in existence. The only one I could find online was of this rather bizarre umbrella competition, but this gives little sense of the what the gardens were like.
From the Donald Street garden, we cut through into another garden which also formed part of Donald's Tea Gardens. There are several large trees in this garden – including lime trees and some native trees – which would have been in the original gardens. Refreshments were being served on the verandah of the house and a brass ensemble was playing, much in the spirit of the Tea Gardens.
Sadly though, it seems that very little remains of features of the gardens described in the Cyclopedia.
A couple of weekends later, Homewood, the residence of the British High Commissioner, held its annual open day, a charity fundraiser for Save the Children. In the 1920s, Homewood was bought by Benjamin Sutherland, the founder of the Self Help Cooperative grocery stores. He and his wife Lucy created what seems to have been a rather whimsical garden here which was frequently open to the public for charity events.
I paid my gold coin donation and walked up the driveway past a collection of classic cars and plant stalls. The house is an imposing and rather bizarre mixture of Edwardian villa and wooden gothic castle with its big bay windows, crenellations, and tower. A few rooms were open and I milled around with my fellow Karori-ites in the baronial wood-panelled entrance hall complete with cake stalls and flute player. Devonshire teas were being served out on the lawn. I bought a couple of jars of home-made jam from one of the stalls, and went back out to explore the gardens.
Benjamin Sutherland was not the first person to create a garden at Homewood. Chief Justice Henry Samuel Chapman, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Southern Division of New Zealand, arrived in Wellington in 1843 with his wife Kate and young son Harry. He bought the section on which Homewood stands, had a cottage built and created a farm and garden between 1844 and 1852. Although he cleared much of the bush, he left stands of some large native trees to create a 'parklike' setting. Long before the days of Dr Daisy Platts-Mills, Kate Chapman was often called upon to help with minor medical problems in Karori, her husband referring to her as the 'Frau Doctorium of this neighbourhood'.
Interestingly, Justice Chapman bought his section from another gardener, Alfred Ludlam. Ludlam did not develop his Karori section, but established a farm and gardens in what is now Woburn in Lower Hutt. Alfred Ludlam's gardens later became McNab's Pleasure Gardens which were the Hutt Valley equivalent of Donald's Tea Gardens, and Ludlam was also instrumental in setting up and stocking Wellington's botanic gardens.
Justice Chapman employed Samuel Parnell to build his cottage, the carpenter who set a precedent for the new colony in 1840 by refusing to work for more than eight hours a day, establishing a workers movement to ensure the eight hour day was upheld. It was perhaps thanks to Parnell that the workers of Wellington had the leisure time to enjoy their picnic outings.
In 1852, Justice Chapman sold his house and land to John and Henrietta Johnston, a wealthy and well-connected merchant family. The Johnstons were hospitable and community-minded people, and the house was frequently used for entertaining. After John's death, the house was taken on by their son Charles, who in 1889 became the first mayor of Wellington to be born in the city.
Wellington's 50th Jubilee was celebrated on the lawns of Homewood with a picnic and dancing. In 1903, Charles had the house largely rebuilt on a much grander scale. He entertained regularly, holding picnics and garden parties. Charles Johnston died in 1918, having lost two sons and a son-in-law in WWI. His widow stayed on in the house, selling it in 1925 to a builder, Charles Pulley, who subdivided and sold much of the land, selling the house to Benjamin Sutherland and his wife Lucy.
Unlike the wealthy Johnston family, Benjamin Sutherland was a self-made man. He worked for New Zealand Railways, where he set up a workers' cooperative shop because he was concerned about rising prices. This did not go down well with the Railways Department. He went on to set up his self-help grocery stores in 1922 which were highly successful. The stores sold goods at the lowest possible prices and he had generous benefit schemes for his staff. Samuel Parnell would no doubt have approved, and maybe John Platts-Mills would have done too.
Homewood provided a retreat for Benjamin and Lucy Sutherland, and with a landscape architect and a large team of gardeners, they created their gardens. These were described in newspaper accounts as a 'wonderland', 'a halcyon spot' and 'a reminder of fairyland'. A 'winter garden' conservatory was attached to the house with a fernery, waterfalls with coloured lights behind them, and tropical fish. The gardens had a swimming pool, three walled gardens, ferneries, grottoes and glow worm caves. There were also aviaries and a begonia house. The Sutherlands seem to have been very fond of 'little figures', including gnomes, which were arranged around the garden – one account describes gnomes grouped around some tiny fountains, 'watching with delighted attention balls kept in play by jets of water on which are played vari-coloured lights'.
The house and garden became run down after Benjamin Sutherland's death and was sold to the British High Commission in 1957. The winter garden had to be pulled down in the 1960s because it was in a poor state of repair, and apparently also provided a route for rats into the house. The swimming pool is still there at the bottom of the lawn where the devonshire teas are being served, although it looks a bit small for the 'fancy diving' displays that were advertised in the 1930s.
I can't see any sign of any gnomes or other figures on my exploration of the gardens however – maybe they were not judged to be in keeping with the residence of a British High Commissioner. However there are four stone lions that were commissioned by Benjamin Sutherland – two standing guard near the driveway, and two more by a circular garden at the side of the house. The circular garden looks much as it did in the time of the Sutherlands, although the fountain with coloured lights that Benjamin Sutherland could operate from his study has gone.
The tennis courts and lawn also look much the same as in photographs of the time, although today a couple of large speakers are blasting out loud music in the tennis courts, and a couple of workers are starting to clear up games equipment. The lawn in fact dates from the time of the Johnstons, when it was used for croquet, as does a heritage-listed summer house tucked away in one corner. There's also an impressive weeping tree with a knotted trunk at the end of the lawn, along with several other large trees, both native and exotic. The native trees could be among those that were spared when Justice Chapman cleared the bush.
Walking back up the lawn towards the house, I notice a little japanese bridge and pavilion to the side of the tennis courts which was there at the time of the Sutherlands. I'm also pleased to see that the three walled gardens still exist, although the entrance to one is blocked by a traffic cone, presumably because it is in poor repair. They are much smaller than I expected though and their high curving walls look odd, out of keeping with the formality of the lawns and borders. Inside, they seem rather neglected. It's difficult to reconcile them with the breathless newspaper accounts of the time.
Back in front of the house, a schoolboy choir is singing and the plant stalls are being packed away. I follow a steady trickle of people back down the drive as Homewood closes its gates until the next charity open day. In many ways, the gardens here do not seem to have changed significantly since the time of the Sutherlands – the British High Commission seems to have mostly preserved them as they were. However, the things that made them remarkable to visitors at the time – the coloured electric lights, the fairytale figures and the glow worm caves – have disappeared. But then these were all things that were perhaps of their time and I suspect that we are not so easily enchanted these days.
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The Guardian, John Platts-Mills obituary
Photo References
Competition for the best decorated umbrella, Karori, Wellington. Cullen, H (Mrs), fl 1986 :Postcards of garden parties. Ref: 1/2-164704-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22517259
Benjamin Sutherland (1873-1949) in his garden at Homewood, Karori. Sutherland, Ben :Photographs of Benjamin Sutherland, 1873-1949. Ref: 1/2-199104-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23077552
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897. [Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :Judge Chapman's house, Karori. [ca 1850]. Ref: B-004-006. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22774798
Samuel Parnell. Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-020462-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23133932
Conservatory interior at Homewood, Karori, Wellington. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/1-038545-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23141958
Fountain in action, Homewood, Karori, Wellington. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/1-038523-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23100961
Display of groceries in a shop front window(probably the Wellington branch of Self Help Co-op Grocery Ltd at 296 Willis Street)). Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-015562-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23100399


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Should You Buy Intel Corporation Stock After The Movidius Deal?
- Intel announced the planned acquisition of machine vision technology company Movidius.
- Movidius' technology will be used to enhance Intel's machine vision platform RealSense.
- Machine vision and AI, expected to be very high-growth sectors, are key elements of Intel's strategy.
In February Amigobulls reported that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) was using chips from startup Movidius for the development of next-generation Virtual Reality (VR) headsets. Movidius, a company specialized in low-power machine vision for connected devices, has been working with Alphabet to accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within mobile devices. Now, the machine vision startup is being acquired by Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).
"I'm excited to announce the planned acquisition of Movidius by Intel," said Movidius CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. "Movidius' mission is to give the power of sight to machines. As part of Intel, we'll remain focused on this mission, but with the technology and resources to innovate faster and execute at scale."
"Our leading VPU (Vision Processing Unit) platform for on-device vision processing combined with Intel's industry leading depth sensing solution (Intel RealSense Technology) is a winning combination for autonomous machines that can see in 3D, understand their surroundings and navigate accordingly," continued El-Ouazzane, adding that Movidius has been working with high-profile tech companies such as Alphabet and Lenovo Group (OTC:LNVGY) to give sight to smart devices including drones, security cameras, AR/VR headsets and more.
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Movidius Will Enhance RealSense Capabilities
Josh Walden, senior Intel VP and general manager of Intel's New Technology Group, explained that with the Movidius deal Intel will acquire low-power, high-performance System on a Chip (SoC) platforms for accelerating computer vision applications. Additionally, the acquisition will bring to Intel algorithms tuned for deep learning, depth processing, navigation and mapping, and natural interactions, as well as broad expertise in embedded computer vision and machine intelligence.
"Movidius' technology optimizes, enhances and brings RealSense capabilities to fruition," said Walden. RealSense, Intel's computer vision platform, features a series of consumer grade 3D cameras with an integrated machine perception library that software developers can use to add camera support to their applications. RealSense permits implementing gesture-based human-computer interaction techniques that, according to Intel, can redefine how we interact with our devices for a more natural, intuitive and immersive experience, supported by the powerful performance of Intel processors.
"We will look to deploy the technology across our efforts in augmented, virtual and merged reality (AR/VR/MR), drones, robotics, digital security cameras and beyond," concluded Walden. "Computer vision will trigger a Cambrian explosion of computing, with Intel at the forefront of this new wave of computing, enabled by RealSense in conjunction with Movidius and our full suite of perceptual computing technologies."
Computer Vision A Breakthrough In AI
In related news, at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Intel discussed its plans to deliver the industry-leading platform for AI and announced the acquisition of AI company Nervana Systems. According to Intel, AI - and in particular advanced data analytics, natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision - is the next big wave of computing technology that will transform the way businesses operate and how people engage with the world.
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In fact, computer vision is a bridge between AI algorithms and the real world of people and connected devices. For example, autonomous self-driving cars and many specialized devices for Internet of Things (IoT) - both among the industrial sectors with highest expected growth in the next decades - must rely on sophisticated machine vision subsystems to sense their surroundings. Similarly, accurately sensing the movement of the user's body and hands is critical to VR and Augmented Reality (AR) applications.
"When computers can see, they can become autonomous and that's just the beginning," concluded El-Ouazzane. "We're on the cusp of big breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. In the years ahead, we'll see new types of autonomous machines with more advanced capabilities as we make progress on one of the most difficult challenges of AI: getting our devices not just to see, but also to think."
It appears that Intel is positioning itself to be one of the top suppliers of enabling machine vision and AI technologies for tomorrow's killer apps, which is good news for Intel investors, who should continue to consider Intel as a buy-and-hold stock. The acquisition of Movidius is especially interesting because it establishes Intel as a current supplier of machine vision technology to the existing high-profile customers of Movidius, including Alphabet and Lenovo.
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