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First, I'd like to apologize to anyone who may have stumbled over the previous iteration of this post. After seeing what Ricky and Rob had written regarding this very subject, I realized that I needed to step up more.
At SolidWorks World 2006, there was a dispay featuring a wide variety products designed in Solidworks. For me, the coolest thing was the Koenigsegg CCR.
Maybe it was because they let me sit in it but, nonetheless, it's a sweet car. (You can see more here.) While looking at pictures (renderings…sorry, Rob) of products designed in SolidWorks is nice, being able to see them and touch them is ten fold better. Nowhere else can you see such a variety of products, all designed with the same software. As Rob said, "How cool is that!"
Think your product has what it takes to be chosen? If you do, click here and nominate your product today.
Yesterday afternoon I met with a local SolidWorks guru to get some pointers on the melding of PhotoWorks and Animator. The M90, working off of the battery, performed quite well (or at least I think it did). Rendering time was less than 10 seconds/frame. Granted the rendering time is highly dependant on a number of factors, but I was pleased as, I believe, was "The Guru". The power usage didn't seem overly taxing. I had about 60% battery life left after an hour of work with the processors cranking for most of the time. Thanks, again, for your help Adam.
On a side note, watch out when you're working with animator. Even with 'Disable View Key Creation' checked, it still created them. Thankfully, the animation we were working with was only a quick demo I'd done and not a final product! We did end up with an "interesting" animation though…
Please let me know if there's anything you'd like me to try out on the M90. I want to be sure that I completely review this machine.
Okay, first things first. I, believe it or not, made a mistake. It does run dual displays. One just has to be smart enough to set it up correctly. I'm very pleased about that. The amount of time it would have take to clean my desk so that I could rearrange it would have been insane.
So far, after one day, all is well. (Sadly, I had to spend too much time this morning trying to figure out why my install didn't want to work properly, but that's another story…) I am impressed with the speed. While I didn't get into anything overly large, there wasn't a single hiccup with it at all today. I did mess around with PhotoWorks for a bit and completely pegged out the processors, but not for a long period. One nice thing is how quiet it is. With my old Compaq, the fan was obnoxious. With the M90, it's whisper quiet. It does put off a lot of heat, so you're not going to want to have it on your lap without something in between its base and your thighs…
I'll post more about it as I get more into abusing it.
First, to anyone keeping their fingers crossed, thank you. It arrived on today's UPS shipment!
My first impression? Nice, very nice. I like the look; very sleek. Set up was quick and easy. I'm pleased, too, to see that the screen is clear with no missing pixels as I'd heard sometimes happens. The specs:
Dell Precision M90
Intel 2 Duo Core 2GHz Processor
T7200 60GB Hardrive
nVidia Quadro FX 2500M PCI Express w/ 512MB memory
Running Windows XP Pro with SolidWorks 2007 SP0 installed.
Yes, I'm excited! So far, everything has met my expectations for this machine. I couldn't be happier. Granted that could change once I started pounding on it but I'm optimistic. I would say, thusfar, that this machine is as quick and powerful, if not moreso, than my previous desktop. The only complaint I have is its inability to run dual external monitors. I've gotten used to my 21" & 19" digitals. Now I'm going to have to settle for the 21" and the 17" of the M90. Ah, such is life.
I'll report back as I begin to take my new toy through its paces.
Do you have multiple seats of SolidWorks? Are you maintaining them individually? Silly Admin, create an image! It doesn't matter if they're network licenses or not, maintaining them through an administrative image is the way to go.
We only have four seats of SolidWorks, but I maintain my three seats of Office Premium (the fourth is a stand-alone Office Pro) through an admin image. It doesn't take too much more time on the front end to get everything set up, but the amount of time it saves you not having to deal with service packs individually is worth it. Even setting up batch files to install Cosmos, SolidWorks Explorer, or PDMWorks (enterprise) is fairly easy. I know virtually nothing about HTML, API, or any of that stuff but, with a little help, I was able to do it.
As a CAD Administrator, you owe it to yourself to learn how. Click here to get the basics. Have more questions? Contact your VAR or you can email me.
So, I figure if I'm going to be posting reviews about software and hardware mainly for SolidWorks users, you should know a little about me. That way you won't think I'm just some uniformed hack.
My name is Jeff Mirisola. I'm a Certified SolidWorks Professional and, hopefully after next Thursday, a CmfgT. I've been using SolidWorks for about 7 years now. Presently, I'm a CAD Administrator for HySecurity Gate Operators in Kent, Washington. I spend my days converting our old AutoCAD drawings over to SolidWorks, redesigning for cost down and converting our "smart" part numbering system over to our new "dumb" part numbering system (I could go off on a tangent here about how much I hate "smart" part numbers, but I'll refrain…for now). I manage the four seats of SolidWorks that we have and help teach the other users here. I also manage most of our controlled documents.
While our assemblies here are small (under 150 parts for most), my former position had me creating assemblies that regularly exceeded 1000 parts. For some, that's not much, but it's a far cry from where I am right now. It was at my previous job that I taught myself SolidWorks. I worked for Genie Industries as a production worker. An injury forced me into an office job for the materials department, which was followed up with a request from the, then, head of our plant's engineering department to move over to Technical Manuals. At the time, all of the illustrations were simple 2D graphics. I'd seen the engineers working with SolidWorks and, through a bit of finagling, I was able to talk my boss into letting me experiment with it to see if it wouldn't work well for the parts manuals. From there, I was off and running. OK, running might be a bit of an exaggeration. I stumbled a lot. I didn't receive any formal training; rather, I relied on the help files, picking the brains of the engineers (not that there was much to pick), and our VAR. By the time I left Genie, I was one of the "go to" people for SolidWorks questions. The first manual produced using SolidWorks was for Genie's Z-20/8. As it was my first real foray into all things SolidWorks, I'm quite proud of what I was able to accomplish in that manual. I believe that all of Genie's parts manuals now rely on SolidWorks illustrations.
Outside of work, I'm a divorced dad of 3 rambunctious sons who are my world. I enjoy spending working with my hands (working on cars, landscaping, construction projects), playing Texas Hold 'em, and just enjoying life.
I don't know that this has been of any use to anyone, but I thought I'd just share a little about me with you. Below is a picture of me at a HySecurity event wearing my Genie gear, much to my boss's chagrin.
Watch for my upcoming review of the Dell M90. I ordered it today and expect it to be here in just a couple of weeks. I've been using my Compaq Presario (AMD Athalon64, 1.25Gigs RAM, nVidia GeForce4 440, 40 Gig hard drive, 15.4" widescreen, WinXP Home) for a year now, although the laptop itself is almost two years old. It's been good to me, but lately it's been having a hard time with SW '06 and it flat out won't run SW '07. After reading some reviews and doing a little research, I settled on the M90. What's the configuration? I honestly don't remember. (I know, I know, a little too young for the Alzheimer's to be setting in…). I believe, and I will confirm this in a later post, that it has the Intel 2 Duo core, nVidia 2500m, 2 Gigs of Ram and an 80 Gig hard drive with a 17" display, running XP Pro, and a CDRW/DVD combo drive (I already have an external DVD burner, so why spend the extra $$). Naturally, I feel like a kid just before Christmas. It can't get here soon enough!
So, dear reader, stay tuned for the upcoming adventures as I take my new laptop out for a test drive…
If you have anything in particular that you want me to do to, er, with it, let me know. I want to put it through its paces.
While this is supposed to be a software and hardware review blog, I just wanted to take a few moments to talk about SolidWorks World. I attended SolidWorks World 2006 in Las Vegas and was completely blown away. It was complete sensory overload. The lights, the buildings, the people (and there were some *strange* ones).
Then, of course, there was the convention. 3500 people gathered together to learn about SolidWorks. The networking opportunities alone make the trip worth it. The presentations are interesting, well planned out, and not overly long. Plus, they're packed with great information that you can start to use as soon as you get back to work. While the SolidWorks help files cover a lot of what you need to know as a user, the "hidden" nuances can only be found by mistake or if someone lets you in on it. The latter occurred at virtually every presentation I attended to last year.
We're a small company (<40 employees) with only four seats of SolidWorks. Three of us are already registered for SolidWorks World 2007. Any company that relies on SW as their main design package owes it to itself, and its engineers, to send someone. The reward, IMO, greatly outweighs the cost in the long run. The amount of time I've saved managing our seats simply because of the CAD Manager's Boot Camp has probably paid for 1/4 of last year's trip. Add in everything else I learned, and we've surely come out ahead.
Check out Matt Lombard's post about SWW, or Richard Doyle's.
Hope to see you in New Orleans!
See, it took me no time at all to post my first review!
While I don't remember exactly when I saw my first SpacePilot, I knew that I had to have one. Look at it, it's COOL! It's streamlined, it has lots of buttons to press, and an LCD screen! C'mon, who wouldn't want one?
I finally got one and am I glad I did. Granted, I lost about a half day's work while I messed around with the buttons, configuring them (and re-configuring them). Then there was play time with the "controller cap," as it's called. I'd just sit there and watch my parts fly around my screen, spinning all over the place…
But once I was done messing around, I found the SpacePilot to be a definite time saver. Less movement. Fewer button clicks. Easier to get to where I wanted in the graphics area. While I don't have hard numbers for what I've saved, time-wise, I don't think that the 30% claim made by 3Dconnexion is too far off. As of right now, they're having a 14-day trial offer. I say you'd be a fool not to take them up on it! At only $499, it'll pay for itself in no time at all.
A few weeks ago, I met Richard Doyle at the SWUGN Summit in Seattle (where's my parking money, Richard?). During the course of one of our conversations, I mentioned how I'd like to get more involved in the SolidWorks community. Richard suggested I become a blogger and, voila, here I am! The cool thing is that I'll be able to try out different partner products and then give you my unbiased opinion. (Note to vendors: I *can* be bought).
I'm truly looking forward to this opportunity, and I promise to be fair and impartial (despite the above note). I'd appreciate any and all feedback as I learn how this all works, so long as it's all positive and encouraging.
Thanks for reading! Hopefully, I'll have my first review up in no time!


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Proposed revised status; currently a junior synonym of sulcata (Smith).
Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
Southern Mexico to Colombia (Brown 1958). Costa Rica: widespread in wet forest to 1200m.
Promesonotal suture absent; scapes surpass margin of vertex when laid back; mandibles smoothly curving such that basal and apical margins form a continuous convexity; head yellowish to brown in color; mandibles dull yellow to brownish, usually lighter than cranial color, but not markedly contrasting with it; head and rest of body nearly concolorous; costulae often transverse across posterior face of propodeum; eyes relatively small (eye length = 0.25, width = 0.18, n=1 worker).
Natural History
This species inhabits lowland rainforest. It occurs in samples of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor, and has been observed nesting in a hollow stick in the leaf litter. The nest contained aradid bugs as prey. Colonies can be polygynous.
Selected Costa Rican records:
Cartago: 7km ESE Moravia, 9ˇ48'N, 83ˇ23'W, 1150m (J. Longino). Trailside second growth veg., surrounded by primary wet forest; worker and dealate queen in general collection.
Guanacaste: Estacion Pitilla, Guanacaste Conservation Area, 10ˇ59'N, 85ˇ26'W, 700m (J. Longino). Wet forest. (1) Ex sifted leaf litter from forest floor (Winkler sample). (2) Under loose bark in treefall.
Heredia: 22km N Volcan Barba, 10ˇ20'N, 84ˇ04'W, 500m (J. Longino). Mature wet forest. Colony in hollow stick in leaf litter. Remains of two dead aradids, other aradid fragments were inside. Nest contained at least 4 dealate queens.
Puntarenas: 19km S Ciudad Neily, 8ˇ29'N, 82ˇ58'W, 20m (J. Longino). Mature wet forest. Ex sifted leaf litter from forest floor (Winkler sample).
Puntarenas: Sirena, Corcovado National Park, 8ˇ29'N, 83ˇ36'W, 5m (J. Longino). Lowland wet forest; running on ground.
Puntarenas: Wilson Botanical Garden, 4km S San Vito, 8ˇ47'N, 82ˇ58'W, 1200m (J. Longino). Wet forest; ex sifted leaf litter from forest floor (Winkler sample).
San Jose: Carrillo, Braulio Carrillo National Park, 10ˇ09'N, 83ˇ55'W, 500m (J. Longino).
Taxonomic Notes
Brown (1958) treated sulcata and tornata as distinct, based on the same characters used here, but speculated that they could turn out to be variants of one plastic species. Lattke (1995) supported the latter position, treating sulcata and tornata as synonyms because over the full range of the complex there are intermediate forms. For example, he stated "Color is of no help in separating the ... forms, except at an occasional local level" (italics mine). Color and other characters separate the two forms at the local level in Costa Rica, where they appear to be distinct and broadly sympatric. I feel that species have their greatest objectivity at the local level, and follow Gentry (1990) in giving locally defined species primacy.
Type data
Ponera tornata Roger 1861:15. Syntype worker, queen, male: Mexico, Veracruz.
Literature Cited
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:175-362.
Gentry, A. H. 1990. Herbarium taxonomy versus field knowledge; is there an attainable solution? Flora Malesiana Bulletin Special Volume 1:31-35.
Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193.
Roger, J. 1861. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54.
John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 firstname.lastname@example.com
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I am a family lawyer! I would like to say that first you need to figure out what is important in your divorce! If you have kids, and that is your priority you NEED to find an attorney who has children and understands this. I always put the children first not to say I don't hear my client's needs but I look at the big picture
Also, if you want someone to protect your assets and financial well being from endless spousal support, again Find someone who is a shark... that's what you will need.
Interview a few. DO NOT SOLELY GO BY PRICE that is true.
Lastly, don't go by gender either. I am a female, a mother and an attorney but I 98% represent fathers but that doesn't mean that I only represent them or i'm not good at representing mothers. But the same goes for male attorneys, just because they are a man, and you are too (i'm not sure of your gender) does not mean they see life the same way you do.
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Next time those Idol judges dismiss some performance as "too Broadway," point 'em to Broadway or Bust.
Coming in September, the three-part series follows 60 high school students - drawn from an audition pool of 50,000 - competing in The National High School Musical Awards, known as "The Jimmys." The kids learn dance routines, solos and song medleys in a New York boot camp, all leading up to a one-night show on the Broadway stage that usually houses The Lion King.
"How many kids from our age group get to say that they have debuted on Broadway?" says Joshua Grosso. "It was a surreal moment."
Though Broadway will put them on TV, Mason Alexander says TV helped put him on the road to Broadway. Watching Glee, he says, inspired him to get out of his small North Carolina town, where he was being bullied far worse than Kurt is on the Fox show.
"Glee is one of the reasons I moved to California," he says. "I wanted to get away from an environment where I couldn't express my art ... or do musical theater without getting beat up at school."
Of course, despite their belief that they have the passion and talent needed to make it on Broadway, the contestants are just children. What they want may change, and what they get may not be what they want. But Brittany Dankwa says nothing will make her stop.
"You can tell me no as many times as you want, you can tell me to shut up as many times as you want. But I'm going to keep going."


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Date: Mon May 24 09:37:13 EDT 2010
Hi all, I've hacked together a rough-and-ready client for Selenium IDE/RC (functional testing tools for web applications): http://github.com/untyped/selenium-plt There's a quick start guide in the README. I'll stick the code on PLaneT once it's proven to be stable. Cheers, -- Dave
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After enduring a childhood fueled by his father's (Tom Minion) evil influence, Clay (Wes Reid) has become his own man. But he's also become something much worse: a sinister serial killer who selects his victims by walking the streets and letting fate decide who dies. Whoever penned the old adage "Like father, like son" had no idea how right they were. Ron Bonk directs this psychological thriller from a script he also wrote.


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'Sister Act': Most entertaining nuns, bar none
History has taught us that there are few subjects as polarizing as religion. But a few current Broadway productions suggest otherwise.
This season's two most winning new musicals to date both put faith in the forefront with a mixture of satire and sweetness that can be embraced by the pious and non-believers alike.
The latest entry, Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy (***½out of four), may be less giddily profane, and thought-provoking, than The Book of Mormon, but it has its own distinct and surprising charms.
Based on the 1992 film, Sister Act, which opened Wednesday at the Broadway Theatre, follows the adventures of a decidedly secular woman who takes refuge in a convent.
On screen, Whoopi Goldberg played Deloris Van Cartier, a Reno lounge singer forced to pose as a nun to elude a murderous boyfriend. After some predictable awkwardness, our heroine found her footing by leading the choir, having her sisters give praise in a funkier fashion that rattled their Mother Superior but brought fame to their church.
The Broadway musical cannily relocates Deloris to 1978 Philadelphia, home to the lush, sensuous breed of R&B that had by that time paved the way for the disco movement. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater provide original tunes that nod cheekily, but with genuine affection, to that pop era while also propelling the story with a style and exuberance specific to well-crafted musical theater.
Librettists Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, enlisting additional material from Douglas Carter Beane, adapt the screenplay with disarming wryness. It helps that the nimble veteran Jerry Zaks directs, and that his cast includes such reliable entertainers as Victoria Clark, pitch-perfect as the prickly but warmhearted Mother Superior, and Fred Applegate, as the more funk-friendly monsignor.
Patina Miller is a credible, endearing leading lady, giving this Deloris the right mix of sugar and spice. Chester Gregory is similarly likable as the police officer who becomes her love interest, while Sarah Bolt and Marla Mindelle lend more goofy humor and pluck as the habited Deloris' sisters in arms.
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Making Academic Connections Through Music, the Universal Language: Learning Outside the Brick Wall
Research suggests that arts programs do present challenges in curriculum offerings. In numerous studies, it has been suggested that many artistically talented students are poorly served by the traditional instructional and testing methods in school. In addition, it has been found that qualities that are appreciated in the arts, such as creativity, independence and outspoken passion can lead to student discipline problems in the classroom setting. As a consequence, when music students are doing poorly academically, they are punished resulting in their disqualification from participating in music classes. Furthermore, while many music students are involved in sports, or outside interests such as chess, computers, debate or science, many community members and educators fail to recognize or understand the importance of music study and the power it has over the music students' academic success.
It has been suggested that when students are involved in arts programs, their lives are changed. Much of the measured results are in the photographs of smiling faces that document the students' experiences. However, U.S. education policy makers value measurement and data-driven analyses to make decisions on allocation of scarce resources. Hence, these decision makers and others argue that snapshots of smiling faces are not adequate proof to garner or maintain support for the arts. This means that lacking systematic research, even the most kindly of policy makers are likely to struggle when choosing among education programs when being asked to target resources for arts programs that provide enhanced service to academically struggling students.
This thesis addresses the learning connections students make through their music experiences. The basis of this treatise is drawn from the testimonials of students who have derived their own conclusions, enhanced by music and the arts, which links their understanding of the world around them.
Keywords: Music, Creativity, Arts and Learning
Dr. Elsa T. Valenciano Fager
Director of Orchestras, Music Department, Auburn School District
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Volume 8, Issue 4: Sharpening Iron
Hey, if you're counting moon phases, you'll have noticed that this issue is several weeks late, maybe a month, okay? The reason is a long, rambling, ugly tale about money, prophecies, and exorcisms of Windows '95 (sort of like Nate Wilson's Pictura this issue). And, hey, if you really are counting moon phases, please be sure to get some professional help somewhere. We did.
Dear Editors,
There was an article recently about the Pledge of Allegiance. The article said that one nation indivisible was added after the original. I would like to get the original references for this. I would appreciate help on this.I do appreciate your hard hitting and thoughtful perspective. I attend a charismatic church where that laughing foolishness has been accepted and even encouraged. I agree with you.
Charlie Johnson
Editors reply:
The words which were added were "under God" and not "indivisible." "Under God," though, was added in the Eisenhower years.
Dear Editors,
I really enjoyed reading this issue. However unless I misread the article it seems to be a shift from the Postmil position which I assume you adhere to. I, being an Amil, have always had a problem with any view that loses focus on our Savior and Lord, which is the reason I am Amil. Of all the good things in Post, the idea of not "looking for and hasten the day of the Lord" is to me very serious.
John Neal
Editors reply:
The possible death of the United States no more sets aside postmil eschatology than would the death of any other creature.
Dear Editors,
Thanks for publishing a magazine that I truly look forward to reading each time it arrives. I appreciate the concise, yet thought-provoking content and the manageable format.
Dan Betry
Porterville, CA
Roy Atwood replies:
The repetition of the creation mandate in Gen. 9:1-3 does not use the term "subdue," as you correctly point out, but it repeats the same covenantal blessing that all creatures will "fear and dread" mankind because God has "given them all into [y]our hands" (vs. 2). Thus, the original command to "subdue" is both assumed and affirmed in the text, while the command to "fill and replenish the earth" is repeated explicitly no doubt because God had just "emptied" the earth of His rebellious creatures by the flood. Thanks for holding my words to the flame of the Text.
Dear Editors,
I have enjoyed many issues of your magazine to date, but the Dominionist/Postmillennialist teachings of Jack Van Deventer begin to wear on my nerves. My spirit cringes every time I read his articles.
Lisa Richards
Park Rapids, MN
Jack Van Deventer replies:
First, not all postmillennialists are "dominionists" in your sense. Second, Hal Lindsey says postmillennialists "rejected much of the Scripture as being literal," believe in "the inherent goodness of man," and expect to bring "about the Kingdom of God on earth through their own efforts." Thus, The Road to Holocaust is written to warn the unsuspecting that postmillennialism is "the philosophical basis for anti-Semitism [which] infects the Church...."
Despite Mr. Lindsey's caricatures, let me assure you that postmillennialists hold to historical-grammatical exegesis, not allegoricalism, while Mr.Lindsey himself is far from being a literalist (e.g., his locusts=helicopters; seven-headed beast =one human). His type of exegesis really does require an elitist approach. Postmillennialists also believe in the total depravity of man (Rom. 3:10), reject humanism (Is. 64:6), abhor racism of all kinds (Gal. 3:28), and believe that dominion belongs to Christ alone (1 Pet. 4:11).
If scholarship and scrutiny are important, be advised that The Road to Holocaust duplicates House and Ice's Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? word-for-word in sections without giving credit, contains numerous Greek, historical, and logical errors, all in the course of comparing postmillennialists to Nazis. Like you, I am concerned about those being led to believe a falsehood.
Dear Editors,
Thoughtful Christian journals that both enlighten the mind and warm the heart, with the truth of Christianity are few and far between these days, if you ever come up with one, please put me on your mailing list. Just kidding, Credenda is all that and more.
Ron Norris
Dear Editors,
While visiting a friend a couple of weeks ago, I happened upon a copy of Credenda/Agenda and, more specifically, Douglas Jones's article "Beautiful Meaninglessness" in which Jones argued that there is nothing that beautiful music "represents". . . . But really? Jones should have inquired where the beauty of music comes from. If we conclude that all beauty comes from God, in the same way that all goodness comes from God, then when a composer creates something beautiful, he iswhether he is aware of it or notexpressing a facet of God's character. Beautiful music represents God's nature just like a good action represents God's nature . . . . A beautiful piece of music does not mean nothing, as Jones argued, but everything.
Robin Phillips
Dublin, NH
Douglas Jones replies:
I quite agree with you that music can express and reflect God's character gloriously, but something can express without "representing" in the way words and pictures do. We have no meaning-rules everyone can use to interpret, say, a Mozart instrumental piece or a flower and discover what it "represents."
Dear Editors,
Someone in the office passed me a copy of an article that Mr. Jones wrote concering sola Scriptura, arguing that we on the Protestant side had really messed up on this and "should be ashamed of" ourselves for advancing the anabaptist view. That is a remarkable insight that no one else has observed concerning the debate, probably because I specifically distinguished the Reformation and anabaptistic views of this doctrine. Mr. Jones may feel that this was not done sufficiently, but the article implies that it was not done at all and this is quite irresponsible. Although it is quite possible that men who have been trained in historical theology in general and Reformation history and theology in particular could have made some mistakes, to suggest that the likes of Robert Godfrey could have defended the anabaptist position on Scripture without even knowing it is a rather arrogant assumption, don't you think? It is unfortunate that groups that should be working together at such a time as this cannot seem to figure out when it's time to engage in friendly disputation and when it is time to make sweeping judgments that do not even adequately reflect the actual material that was presented. I suggest that Mr. Jones listen to the sola Scriptura presentation again, especially where I explicitly distance the Reformation view from the anabaptist position for its rejection of tradition. With as much good work as Credenda/Agenda is doing these days, why should we attack each other unnecessarily?
Michael Horton
Anaheim, CA
Douglas Jones replies:
Constructive criticism need not always be read as red-eyed "attacks." We greatly appreciate C.U.R.E.'s efforts and have every intention of continuing to work together as allies with you in the cause of reformation. But the fact remains that in your debate, the Protestants said much about sufficiency and little, if anything, about normativity, which is the defining feature of sola Scriptura. Despite some late qualifiers which weren't used to mold the general case, the structure of the arguments, responses, and questions focused on pure sufficiency. Such a "stand-alone" sufficiency of Scripture is the primary concern of anabaptists; in the classical Protestant case, sufficiency is a downstream consequence of the ultimate normativity of Scripture. Moreover, in the debate, the Protestants spoke of "appreciating" the creeds and "consulting" the ecclesiastical community, but that is a far cry from genuine church authority, as defended by the early Protestants.
Dear Editors,
Are you sure you quoted John Fogerty correctly on the back of the magazine? I thought it was:
Don Whitney
Kansas City, KS
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It is not the cruellest crisis facing newspapers. Think, rather, of readers disappearing into cyberspace. It is not David Cameron's worst crisis either. Think of George Osborne's sad script for Thursday's budget. It is not even the most pressing problem of media regulation. Remember that the most recent phone-hacking allegations, as they surface, still date from the time when Tony Blair ruled in Downing Street, while internet trolls and scams remain unaddressed. But tomorrow, amid a rumble of Westminster guns, will see David Cameron's royal charter pitched against the Clegg/Miliband royal charter. The prime minister wants "decisive action". He means winning or losing.
Yet most people who have scrutinised the rival texts of these quaintly olde world documents may be forgiven for scratching their heads. Where, exactly, are the devils in the detail that can't be negotiated backstage at Westminster? Mr Cameron wants to "require" guilty newspapers to publish apologies, Labour to "direct" the same outcome. But, in practice, an independent press standards board – and it has to be seen to be robustly independent and not puppeteered by the press, as was too often the case with the old PCC – led by a powerful and independent chairman would want its writ run directly anyway. And the stringently independent recognition panel that validates the new board would stamp its foot instantly if it failed to do so.
There is no significant canyon of division here. Labour's charter is a little more welcoming to third-party pressure group complaints, but the Cameron version would allow them, too, if they raise matters of significant public interest. But since the standards commissioners of the future will be men and women of stature and common sense, there'll surely be no difficulty in striking agreements and building case law on areas like this.
It ought to be the same in the appointments area where, theoretically, a minority press representation can veto a candidate it doesn't like, in just the same way that the majority independents can blackball a press member. But what this should involve in practice is agreement, the agreement of common purpose.
In short, there are no true devils lurking in the sub-clauses of this supposed confrontation. The only serious sticking point is whether the charter that emerges can be brought into being without the underpinning of some brief statute, or whether Parliament must ringfence its freedom of action by what's called "a dab" of law that ties its existence more clearly to elected MPs acting out in the open rather than privy councillors (including ministers of the day) manipulating matters behind some arras.
Again, the differences involved are far smaller than either Hacked Off or the Furies of Fleet Street would have you believe. In pragmatism, this paper sees advantages to that dab of statute. It would put future changes and pressures out in the open, for discussion on the floor of the House (which is where they will land soon enough as wider digital regulation becomes inevitable). It would make for clearer court decision-making once the charter hits the shoals of European law over its penchant for "exemplary damages".
It might even allow some relaxation of the onerously complex regime of rolling civil law contracts devised by Lord Hunt of the departing Press Complaints Commission as his own legal route to exacting membership of a replacement regime.
We see the advantages to the "dab of statute" – but with due caution attached. Nobody on the press side of this argument believes that the PCC can or should survive its ordeal by Leveson. Everyone has signed up to a much tighter, more rigorous system. But nothing can flourish in a real commission world where mistrust, bad faith and hysterical denunciations are the disorder of the day.
The new board, when and if it comes into being, will need to function – and, frankly, to keep in touch with what's going on – by working as a team. That means the press striving to heal its own wounds. It also means the politicians leaving this pitch. What happened over hacking was shameful, but it cannot be the future. The press has learned bitter lessons and must swallow some more. The politicians have equally bitter issues to swallow now, as the chancellor reaches for his red box.
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From: "Daniel Ling" <daniel at argentra dot com>
>> From: Lee Sharp [mailto:leesharp at hal dash pc dot org]
>>> From: "Daniel Ling" <daniel at argentra dot com>
>>> Sorry, I am not sure what you mean by "bouncing", it looks like the
>>> driver is forcing the NIC into a 10mbit/half-duplex mode.
>>> As the system also has a PCMCIA slot, I plugged in an Intel/Xircom
>>> 10/100+56
>>> PCMCIA card, the m0n0wall console shows that the system has a card
>>> inserted
>>> but then it did not detect the card although it is listed in the
>>> hardware
>>> list. Do I need to find some way to add the driver? Thanks
>> Using ifconfig to take it down and then up. Since you can not get in at
>> all, from the console, 1) assign network ports. (This does the same
>> thing)
>> If it comes up at that point, you just need an ifconfig in the config.xml
>> to
>> "bounce" the nics on boot. This is common with the Compaq tlan cards,
>> but
>> this is the first time I have seen it on a realtek.
> How can I edit the config.xml file as I cannot seem to list the files in
> my
> CF card from my windows machine. Thanks
This is a real problem. However, there are a few options. If you connect a
console, and choose 1) Assign Interfaces, and a) autodetect both LAN and
WAN, are they at the correct speed? If so, you can go into the web GUI, and
download the config.xml. You would then edit it to include the "ifconfig"
command in the <shellcmd> section documented in
http://doc.m0n0.ch/handbook/faq-hiddenopts.html I think the command you
need is "ifconfig -a" but I am not sure. By using the a) autodetect
feature, you are performing an ifconfig, so if it does not work, my fix will
not either.
The other option is to find out what is needed to force 100, and make a
custom config. Then you would need someone to make a custom image with that
as the default config. Or you could use some existing tools to do this
yourself. It takes a working FreeBSD system, however.


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Report NEP-LTV-2006-05-13This is the archive for NEP-LTV, a report on new working papers in the area of Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty. Maximo Rossi issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Cornelißen, Thomas, 2006. "Job characteristics as determinants of job satisfaction and labour mobility," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-334, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
- Durevall, Dick & Munshi, Farzana, 2006. "Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh," Working Papers in Economics 205, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
- Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina & de la Rica, Sara, 2006. "Labor Market Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain," IZA Discussion Papers 2104, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Brown, Alessio J. G. & Orszag, Mike & Snower, Dennis J., 2006. "Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives," IZA Discussion Papers 2105, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Drago, Francesco, 2006. "Career Consequences of Hyperbolic Time Preferences," IZA Discussion Papers 2113, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Russell Davidson & Jean-Yves Duclos, 2006. "Testing for Restricted Stochastic Dominance," Cahiers de recherche 0609, CIRPEE.
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What are the key traits that CSOs and CISOs need to manifest in order to survive in our ever-changing, even hostile, cyber world?
Last Friday evening, I had the honor and privilege of offering the opening keynote speech for CISOs, as well as many other security leaders from all over America, at the ISSA CISO Forum in Anaheim, California. The event theme was: From Change-Driven Challenges to Change-Driven Ingenuity.
I decided not to talk about BYOD or cloud computing or the many challenges associated with securing virtualized data centers. Nor did I discuss the rising cyber threat from organized crime, growing numbers of domestic (bad guy) hackers or foreign experts who are attacking our critical infrastructure, the consumerization of IT, FUD headlines or a long list of other hot topics that can keep CISOs up at night.
What's the Story?
Here are some highlights from my heart-to-heart after dinner talk with the CISOs in the room:
First, what got you in the room as a CISO usually won't be enough to keep you in charge of cybersecurity. No doubt, you've developed the skills, degrees, knowledge, and expertise to succeed. But building key relationships is probably even more important than technical skills going forward. Can you earn long-term respect?
Second, I believe that the stakes for security leaders will only get higher as we progress through the 21st Century. While it may seem as if we've already seen the worst the bad guys can throw at us, future problems will get even more personal than ID theft.
A visit with the kids to the "Innovations" section of Disneyland will show you all of the wonderful technology advances that are coming soon. From cars to medicine to just about every other area of life, exciting new technological opportunities are just round the corner.
But while new innovative medical procedures will allow implants to cure diseases and eliminate the need for dangerous, expensive surgeries, those same devices will be susceptible to wireless cyber attacks. While Wired Magazine recently proclaimed cars will drive themselves in the future as we relax and play games, what if your car's gas pedal was taken over by malware?
Third, to stay relevant, security leaders need to understand why security pros fail – and what you can do about it. We need to be enablers of business, offer reasonable options, and thinking outside the box.
Also, security leaders need to learn how to anticipate changes in technology and business practices. I call this the "Wayne Gretzky thing" or "skate to where the puck is going to be." Disruptive forces will come as the economy and competitive forces continue to play out. Security leaders can't (only) be focused on technology challenges over the next iPhone or future Droid devices or the Windows 8 release, we need to understand the changes that our customers are facing on the front lines of business.
But What's the Main Thing?
Is there another elephant in the room? Yes - Integrity. Will customers and partners say you're trustworthy?
As we move deeper in the 21st century, CISOs must first and foremost strive to be trusted security advisors to management. To do this, we must demonstrate genuine integrity in all our dealings. Be above reproach. Even suspicions of unethical behavior by our staff, peers or executive leadership will undermine future effectiveness and the ability to accomplish our goals.
Why? What makes trustworthiness such an important aspect of future cybersecurity leadership success?
Answer: we are the protectors of the crown jewels - the information and more. We are the eyes and ears of the operational organization's critical controls and audit remediation plans.
In addition, if security staff members believe that they are exempt from the policies that are put in place for others, our teams will be viewed as hypocritical and poor role models by our customers. Sure, everyone needs ethics, integrity and trustworthiness. But this trait is especially important for security staff. CSOs need to be building teams of trustworthy individuals.
I told the CISOs last Friday that I'd rather hire a good security pro who has a great attitude, who is trustworthy, who is accountable, than a great cybersecurity expert who I mistrust. I need to know that our security team members have integrity. Remember, Darth Vader was well trained.
What about Generations Y and Z?
One question arose regarding whether younger workers who are just coming into the workforce can be held to the same ethical standards. Can we expect integrity from the millennial generation? My answer was yes, but we do need to incorporate mentoring and building trust as core components of our security training programs. We need to build a culture of accountability and expectations of trustworthy actions. Of course, we trust and verify with background checks and related processes.
One way to do this is to hire students or interns and get to know staff before offering permanent or long-term security roles.
Resources for Building Trust and Integrity
If security leaders must be above reproach, what steps can we take to ensure that we are modeling integrity and building trust in the workplace? A good place to start is Stephen M.R. Covey's book, "The Speed of Trust."
I also wrote a recent three-part blog series on the importance of cyberethics for Government Technology Magazine's Lohrmann on Cybersecurity blog. The topics discussed include: Why cyberethics matter more than you think. What are the ethical problems in cyberspace? And, becoming a cyber ambassador for good.
After the talk, I was especially moved by one story on integrity from a successful CISO. He told me that he once worked for Arthur Anderson – who maintained the gold standard on trustworthy behavior for over 80 years. And yet, a small minority of bad apples in one Texas office lowered their standards, falsified documents, and brought down perhaps one of the most respected companies in the world in just a few short months in the Enron scandal. Not only did the lack of integrity cost tens of billions of dollars, it devastated thousands of careers, families and fortunes. This leader's personal journey back from the brink of depression took years. Integrity is a very special word for him.
For the rest of us, we know things will be different in the future. Technology and business change is coming, and fast. What are you doing to prepare?
Albert Einstein once said, "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." Nevertheless, careers and trusted business relationships that are built on a foundation of integrity will last.


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The Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is a natural history museum that is part of University College London in London, England. It was established by Robert Edmond Grant in 1828 as a teaching collection of zoological specimens and material for dissection. On his death Grant left his own collection to the museum. In 1875 Edwin Ray Lankester added to the museum collection. Later lecturer curators include W. F. R. Weldon (1860–1906), Edward Alfred Minchin, an embryologist named J. P. Hill and a palaeontologist named D. M. S. Watson. After 1948 the museum was under the care of professional curators.
The collection contains around 67,000 zoological specimens, many of which are very rare and several of which have been rediscovered only recently in storage.[1] The collection contains specimens from a number of former university collections, including specimens from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London in addition to material from London Zoo and various London hospital comparative anatomy collections.[2]
In 2011, the museum moved from its previous location in the Darwin Building on the UCL campus to new quarters in the Thomas Lewis Room in the Rockefeller Building, formerly the UCL Medical School library.[3]
Megaloceros giganteus which was discovered hanging in an Irish hotel and then acquired by the museum
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President Obama, hailing "positive" moves toward democracy in Egypt, used today's news conference to make some of his strongest criticisms of Iran, where the regime threatens to kill critical demonstrators.
"We have sent a strong message to our allies in the region saying, 'Let's look at Egypt's example, as opposed to Iran's example,'" Obama said. "You know, I find it ironic that you've got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt, when in fact they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran."
Other Obama comments about Iran:
We are clear now that what has been true in Egypt should be true in Iran, which is that people should be able to express their opinions and their grievances and seek a more responsive government.
What's been different is the Iranian government's response, which is to shoot people and beat people and arrest people.
And, you know, my hope and expectation is is that we're going to continue to see the people of Iran have the courage to be able to express their yearning for greater freedoms and a more representative government, understanding that America cannot ultimately dictate what happens inside of Iran any more than it could inside of Egypt; that ultimately these are sovereign countries that are going to have to make their own decisions.
What we can do is lend moral support to those who are seeking a better life for themselves.
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Law, Wing-Wah. (1994) The higher education systems of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China : a comparative study. PhD thesis, Institute of Education, University of London.
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This study explores the tension between the preservation of cultural and political identity and economic modernization in the higher education systems in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) between 1949 and 1993. Chapter One introduces the research problem, theoretical orientation, main argument, and organization of this thesis. Chapter Two examines the historical context of the higher education systems of the PRC and the ROC, and identifies the similarities between the pre-1949 higher education system and the two contemporary Chinese higher education systems. Chapter Three analyzes the contemporary (domestic and international) contexts of higher education in the PRC and the ROC. The chapter highlights the monolithic, state-supported, official value systems of both countries; the domestic relations between the ruling party, the state, the economy and the people; and the international relations of the two countries, as these affect the higher education systems. Chapter Four investigates the cultural tasks of both higher education systems, and reviews the ways in which they have institutionalized different forms of cultural and political identity. Chapters Five and Six analyze the economic tasks of both higher education systems. Chapter Five examines the importation of science and technology, and the social values of science and technology in both countries. Chapter Six examines the processes of institutionalizing, in higher education, different foreign models of science and technology. Chapter Seven reviews the patterns of similarities and differences between both higher education systems, and explores the specific and the broader implications of the thesis.
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The race front runners are out of Sourdough Creek checkpoint and should be arriving at Wolverine Lodge checkpoint, 57 miles down the trail at about 6 AM AST. That is now!
Looks like the CB 300 web updater is taking a snooze so we will let you know the Wolverine arrival times as soon as our dog handlers check in.
Allen departed Sourdough Creek at 12:35 AM AST with 11 dogs. They were eager to go after eating well and resting for 6 hours and 6 minutes. All team members, human and canine, are pumped as they head into the last hundred miles of the race.
Aliy departed Sourdough Creek at 1:03 AM AST with 11 dogs. Her dogs are also eating and resting well. This is a young, training team. She feels they are performing fantastically considering their age.
We continuously figure and refigure the teams' checkpoint places and their mandatory rest times. At this time it looks like Sigrid Ekran, Allen and Lance Mackey are leading the race. That could change at any time.
Reports from our handlers say that the temps at Wolverine are around -20 degrees F, clear and windy. The Northern Lights were glowing and dancing during the night to encourage the racing teams.
Depending on the trail conditions, the top placing racers should finish in Glenallen between 10 AM and 2 PM AST today.
Monday, January 14, 2008
CB 300 Update, 01-14-08 6:10 AM AST
Posted by Kennel Mom at 6:19 AM
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- Julie said...
You're doing a great job, Kaz, as are your handlers... thanks for great updates!! Watching closely.
Brrr !
- January 14, 2008 at 7:05 AM
- Mike Frerichs said...
Thanks for the updates! Your page is much better than any of the other media sources. Good luck to Aliy and Alan. Sounds as if their dogs are doing well.
- January 14, 2008 at 8:15 AM
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By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY
Who should control wireless applications — customers, carriers or handset makers? That is the core question being considered by the Federal Communications Commission, which has asked Apple and AT&T, the iPhone's exclusive U.S. distributor, to explain why Google's free voice application, called "Google Voice," is banned from the device. The app allows consumers to use one Google-issued number for office, home and cell. It also blocks telemarketers, transcribes voice mail and offers unlimited free texting.
Google, which is trying to become a major player in wireless, also was asked to explain its business practices. Comments are due Aug. 21.
While Google Voice might have been the trigger, the FCC's mission is actually much loftier: making sure the mobile Web is an open, consumer-friendly environment like the Internet. What regulators don't want is for the mobile Web to follow in the footsteps of cable TV or traditional (voice) wireless, where operators tightly control the consumer experience.
The Apple-AT&T-Google dustup is the first shot in what is destined to become a global war among carriers, device makers and software developers, predicts Jagdish Rebello, principal analyst with iSuppli, a market research firm. With mobile applications red hot, Apple, Google and others "are trying to muscle in on the wireless carriers" for their share of the action.
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Profit is the driver. Global revenue for wireless data services, excluding messaging, is expected to reach $87.7 billion in 2009, up 26.2%, a new iSuppli projection shows. By 2013, it will more than double to $188 billion, it says.
The fast rise of the mobile Web is a testament to the power, creativity — and deep pockets — of the global wireless community. A few years ago it was a cyberversion of Mars — forbidding, difficult to reach and not much there once you arrived. Today it's an integral part of daily life for millions.
The wireless handset is the entry portal. Consumers spend hundreds of dollars to buy advanced smart devices such as the iPhone that can handle cool new apps like Google Voice. And they don't want or expect meddling from carriers or their partners, says Ben Scott, public policy director at Free Press, a consumer advocacy group in Washington.
"Who is in control of the wireless Internet — the consumer or the carrier?" he says. Google Voice "is merely symptomatic of that larger question."
Consumers could be the biggest winners, says Craig Moffett, senior wireless analyst at Sanford Bernstein. If the FCC's inquiry leads to greater choice and lower prices, "What's not to love, if you're a consumer?"
On the downside for carriers, however, he says the lightly regulated industry could end up with rules that favor consumers.
Jim Cicconi, AT&T's top public policy executive, declined to comment on the FCC's inquiry, or to say if its iPhone contract requires Apple to limit, or bar, certain applications. Apple and Google each declined to comment for this story.
Market power
Old habits die hard, especially in the big-money world of wireless. Eager to stake their claim, big carriers do their best to lock down customers. They're cutting deals for hot new devices and stripping out, or blocking, applications that might compete with their own services. They offer cheap or free devices, in the form of subsidized handsets, then sock customers with penalty fees if they leave a contract early.
As demand for smartphones intensifies, handset makers are also squeezing consumers. Apple can block an application outright, as it did with Google Voice.
Palm, maker of the popular PalmPre, sold exclusively by Sprint, and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, exercise similar control over their devices, says Roger Entner, head of telecom research for Nielsen.
"What Apple is doing is not untypical for what other device makers do, including RIM and Palm," he says. "It's standard industry practice, in fact."
Steve Elfman, head of technology and network operations at Sprint, agrees. "If Palm chooses not to include an application (on the PalmPre), there's not much we can do about it," he says. Given its druthers, however, Sprint "would like for any application to be available to any consumer," Elfman says.
For consumers, it often comes down to this: buying the device they want, but getting stuck with applications — and a carrier — they'd rather not use; or signing up for the wireless service they want, but forgoing the device and applications of their dreams.
Eli Noam, director of Columbia University's Tele-Information Institute, a top telecom think-tank, says consumers are being shortchanged.
"Carriers should not have gatekeeper control over applications, or what goes on the handset" in general, he says. "Manufacturers should not have control, either, beyond technical specifications."
One solution: Break the linkage between handsets and carriers. That way, Noam says, consumers could buy any device, load it up with any apps they want, and use any network. Overseas, he notes, it's common for people to buy wireless devices at a store, just as they would a TV, and use it with any carrier.
Once that happens in the USA — and Noam thinks it's inevitable — carriers "cannot dictate what will or will not be on the handset."
Apple and other handset makers aren't regulated by the government. But that doesn't mean they can't get in trouble for abusing their market power, Noam warns. "The function of antitrust law is to deal with market power, even with an unregulated company," he says.
Example: Microsoft. The software giant was the focus of a protracted antitrust case accusing it of abusing its market power over Windows; it was ultimately forced to alter many of its marketing practices, Noam notes. IBM, in an earlier era, had a similar bout with regulators.
If it's not careful, Noam says, Apple could find itself in the same tough spot. "It could take a long time to happen, but the potential (for an antitrust lawsuit) is there," he says.
Regulatory scrutiny
During the Bush administration, which favored lighter regulation of big business, wireless got little scrutiny. Not anymore. The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission are taking a hard look at the wireless industry, with a focus on anti-competitive behavior. The FCC is looking at the impact of handset exclusivity deals. Such deals make it difficult for smaller carriers to compete, Scott says.
After years of mergers, AT&T and Verizon control 65% of the USA's 270 million cellphone users. Sprint and T-Mobile are distant competitors, with 20% of the U.S. market. The rest is shared by many smaller players such as Virgin Mobile USA, with around 5 million customers.
The bottom line: AT&T and Verizon crush the competition, says Joel Kelsey, public policy adviser at Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.
The Google Voice episode "really isn't about Apple," he says. "The real disease is the lack of competition in the marketplace and the fact that (wireless) phones are shackled to particular providers."
Kelsey is hoping the FCC's inquiry will lead to bigger things. "This makes the case for the government to address the underlying infrastructure and market-consolidation problem."
AT&T is trying to keep its head down. But so far the carrier hasn't done itself any favors. After The New York Times ran a story detailing the Google-Apple faceoff, AT&T put out a statement saying it "does not manage or approve applications" for the App Store.
Since then, AT&T has backed away from that stance, and is now only saying that it "will respond" to the FCC, as requested.
Does that mean that AT&T does, indeed, "manage or approve" iPhone applications? AT&T spokeswoman Claudia Jones said the company would have "no further comment on that." She declined to say if AT&T's original statement, or any portion of it, was incorrect.
AT&T and Apple
AT&T does appear to have influence with Apple in one area, at least: Internet telephony.
When Skype made its iPhone debut earlier this year, it worked on Wi-Fi but not on AT&T's cellular phone network. (Other iPhone apps work on both.) As a result, Skype, a pioneer in Internet calling, is as fixed to one spot as a 100-year-old telephone pole.
Cicconi defended AT&T's action at the time, telling USA TODAY: "We absolutely expect our vendors to not facilitate the service of our competitors."
In an interview last week, Cicconi again defended AT&T's treatment of Skype. He also pointed out that the block only applies to the iPhone. "If a customer wants to download Skype on our other devices, we won't stop them from doing that," he says.
Then why not on the iPhone?
"I can't talk about that," Cicconi said.
Asked if the limitation is stipulated in the AT&T-Apple contract, he declined to comment, or to rule that out as a possibility. The original contract, struck in 2006, was negotiated by Cingular head Stan Sigman. He has since retired; Cingular was acquired by AT&T.
Apple would likely have to approve any part of AT&T's response to the FCC that dealt with the iPhone contract, or information Apple deemed private. Cicconi, citing contract confidentiality, declined to comment.
It remains to be seen what changes, if any, come about as a result of the FCC's inquiry. But one thing does seem clear, Entner says. The power curve is starting to tilt, and it's not moving in the direction of carriers.
"Consumer control — that's where it's heading," he says.
Charles Golvin, a senior wireless analyst for Forrester Research, agrees. Consumers — not carriers — will eventually be the ones in control, he says. "It's not a matter of do we get there, it's just a matter of when and how tortured a route it is."
"Ultimately, the industry will benefit from that, as will users," he says.
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