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|Klaus Bronstert, Wolfgang F. Mueller
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[R--Y.sub.a --X.sup.⊖ ].sub.n [M].sup.n⊕
The present invention relates to rubberlike polymers of conjugated dienes which have carboxyl end groups and are present as salts, the salts containing metal cations or metal cation complexes which carry no fewer than two positive charges. The polymers of the conjugated dienes can be present as homopolymers of the conjugated dienes or as copolymers thereof in which the comonomer is another conjugated diene or an aromatic vinyl compound.
Polymers and copolymers of conjugated dienes and/or aromatic vinyl compounds, for example block polymers of dienes and styrene, which are obtained using a lithiohydrocarbon and have carboxyl end groups are known. German Laid-Open Application DOS No. 2,723,905, for instance, discloses obtaining these compounds by subjecting first styrene and then a styrene/isoprene mixture to polymerization and then a reacting the block polymer first with an alkylene oxide, for example ethylene oxide, and subsequently subjecting the reaction product to a further reaction with a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, affording polymers which, in addition to a carboxyl end group, have a reactive, polymerizable double bond at the end of the chain. The polymerizable polymers obtained by this process are mixed with free-radical polymerizable monomers and polymerized in the presence of free-radical producers to form graft copolymers. Said German Laid-Open Application DOS 2,723,905 gives no indication of any further reaction of the carboxyl group at the end of the chain.
Japanese Patent JA No. 56/118,405 discloses reacting a block polymer of a diene (for example butadiene) and an aromatic vinyl compound (for example styrene) with unsaturated dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid derivative to form a carboxyl-containing block polymer. The block polymer is prepared by anionic solution polymerization of a diene/aromatic vinyl compound mixture using a lithioalkyl as initiator. The isolation of the block polymer is followed in a separate step at high temperatures (190° to 210° C.) in an extruder by the reaction of the block polymer with the unsaturated dicarboxylic acid compound to form a carboxyl-containing block polymer. The carboxyl-containing block polymer is subsequently treated in solution with a monovalent metal compound (for example an alkali metal alcoholate or alkali metal hydroxide) and converted into an ionically crosslinked block polymer. Ionically cross-linked block polymers, compared with uncrosslinked block polymers, have a higher mechanical strength and a lower permanent extensibility. Ionically crosslinked block polymers are used as thermoplastic elastomers if they contain little aromatic vinyl compound or as thermoplastic molding materials if the aromatic vinyl compound content is high.
It is an object of the present invention to improve the mechanical and processing properties of rubberlike polymers based on diene polymers or copolymers with aromatic vinyl compounds. Rubberlike polymers based on diene polymers or copolymers frequently have the disadvantage that they undergo cold flow. Rubberlike polymers therefore become tacky and bake together on prolonged storage. By increasing the molecular weight it is possible to reduce cold flow, but the disadvantage is then that the rubberlike polymers have increasingly poor processing properties.
We have now found that this object is achieved with polymers of conjugated dienes having carboxyl end groups, which are present as salts of the general formula
[R-Y.sub.a -X.sup.⊖ ].sub.n [M].sup.n⊕
M is a metal cation or a metal cation complex and
X is a grouping of the general formula ##STR1## where R' is a divalent organic radical, Y is an alkylene oxide unit and R is a polymer of a conjugated diene, n can be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 and a can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
The present invention further relates to a process for preparing a polymer of a conjugated diene by anionic polymerization thereof, reacting the resulting polymer with an alkylene oxide and a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride, the reaction product obtained being used together with a metal alcoholate, metal alkyl, metal halide, metal oxide or metal hydroxide, and removing excess dicarboxylic anhydride or masking it by derivatization.
The present invention also relates to the use of such a polymer for modifying thermoplastic materials and to the use as vulcanizable materials.
Further objects of the invention are evident from the following description.
The inventive salts of the polymers of conjugated dienes and of the copolymers of conjugated dienes with one another and/or with aromatic vinyl compounds which have carboxyl end groups have excellent mechanical properties combined with very good processing properties. In particular, the inventive compounds, compared with polymers of the same composition and the same molecular weight, have a much reduced cold flow tendency combined with almost unchanged high fluency.
In the salts of the general formula given above, M is a metal cation or a metal cation complex. The cations and the cation complexes have no fewer than two positive charges. In the formula, the number n can, in addition to 2, be 3 or 4. Preference is given to metal cations, such as Al+++, Mg++, Zn++, Ni++, Zr++ or Cd++. However, it is also possible to use cation complexes, for example those which contain a plurality of metal cations. A suitable structure is for example:
[Me--O--[--Me(OR.sub.2 ")--O--]r--Me].sup.4+
where Me is Al+++ or Cr+++, r is an integer of from 0 to 20, preferably from 0 to 10, and R" is hydrogen or a short-chain alkyl.
In the general formula, X is a grouping of the general formula ##STR2## where R' is a divalent organic radical. Such groupings are the result of reacting a diene polymer obtained by anionic polymerization with lithioalkyl catalysis with cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride. Suitable cyclic dicarboxylic anhydrides, which ultimately give the radical of the general grouping, are aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic anhydrides. Preference is given to the groupings which are derived from maleic acid, succinic acid, phthalic acid, glutaric acid or 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, R' is --CH2 --CH2 --, --CH═CH--, --CH2 --CH2 --CH2 -- or ##STR3##
Y is an alkylene oxide grouping. Preference is given to those groupings which are obtained from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or styrene oxide. However, the invention also encompasses those salts where X is directly connected to R. In the general formula, as stated above, n is 2 or 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10, preferably 3 or 4, and a can be 0 or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10, preferably 1, 2, 3 or 4.
R is a radical of a conjugated diene polymer obtained by the action of a lithioalkyl on the starting monomers. The conjugated dienes can be polymerized on their own. Examples of conjugated dienes which can be incorporated into the polymers as copolymerized units are butadiene, isoprene or 2,3-dimethylbutadiene. Particular preference is given to butadiene or isoprene.
However, R can also be the radical of a copolymer. Starting materials for this type of polymer are, in addition to the dienes, aromatic monovinyl monomers, such as styrene, styrenes with side chain alkylation, such as α-methylstyrene, and ring-substituted styrenes, such as vinyltoluene or ethylvinylbenzene. The aromatic monovinyl monomers can also be used in mixtures. However, preference is given to styrene on its own.
Random copolymers of dienes and aromatic monovinyl compounds are obtained when mixtures of, for example, styrene and butadiene are polymerized for example in the presence of esters such as tetrahydrofuran. The glass transition point of these polymers is below 0° C., preferably below -15° C. The polymer unit R can also be constituted in such a way that some or all of the olefinic double bonds which stem from the diene units are hydrogenated.
The carboxyl-containing polymer salts according to the invention are used as rubbers or vulcanizable materials. The polymer unit R contains more than 50% by weight, preferably from 70 to 100% by weight, of a copolymerized diene. The remainder to 100% is accounted for by the copolymerized aromatic monovinyl compounds in R.
The polymer radical R has a molecular weight within the range from 5000 to 500,000, preferably within the range from 10,000 to 250,000.
Y is an alkylene oxide unit, preferably based on ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or styrene oxide. a can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10, preferably 1, 2, 3 or 4. These alkylene oxide units Y are obtained by reacting the still live polymer from the lithioalkyl polymerization with an alkylene oxide. Preferably the reaction is effected in a ratio of 1 mole of alkylene oxide per mole of the live polymer.
X has the general formula indicated above, and is incorporated by reacting the reaction product of the live polymer based on alkylene oxide with a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride.
A preferred process for preparing the conjugated diene polymer is the anionic polymerization of the diene and reacting the resulting polymer with an alkylene oxide and then with a cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride. The resulting polymer, which contains carboxyl end groups, is subsequently reacted with a metal alcoholate or with a metal alkyl. This reaction with a metal alcoholate can be effected in such a way that the number of carboxyl-containing polymer radicals m is equal to the number of charges on the metal cation or metal cation complex n. However, it is also possible, as indicated above, to select the ratios in such a way that m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10, n being 2, 3 or even 4. The reaction of metal alcoholates with carboxylic acids is known. It is described for example in Kirk-Othmer "Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology", 2nd edition, volume 1, pages 832 to 851.
However, the carboxyl-containing polymer can also be made to react with a metal alkyl, for example triethylaluminum, tritertiarybutylaluminum, diethylzinc and the like. The polyvalent cation can also be added in the form of an oxide or hydroxide, for example as ZnO. To obtain good properties, excess dicarboxylic anhydride must be masked by derivatization or removed, for example by reacting the dicarboxylic anhydride with a metal hydroxide (for example NaOH) to give the corresponding salt or with a metal alcoholate to give the corresponding salt of the half-ester of the dicarboxylic acid. Another possibility is to remove the dicarboxylic anhydride at high temperatures under reduced pressure by means of a high-boiling entrainer.
The novel salts of the carboxyl-containing polymers can be used for modifying thermoplastic materials or as vulcanizable materials.
A 5-liter stainless steel standard kettle is charged under nitrogen with purified and dried cyclohexane as solvent, followed by the corresponding amount of destabilized diene or destabilized monomer mixture. Destabilization is obtained by treating butadiene with n-butyllithium and distilling at -5° C.; an isoprene is freed from stabilizer by distillation over a column packed with Al2 O3. The reaction mixture is then heated to 40° C., and polymerization is started by adding a calculated amount of initiator (sec.-butyllithium). By maintaining an internal temperature of 65°-70° C., complete polymerization is obtained in 3 hours; the reaction mixture is then cooled down to 40° C., and the alkylene oxide, dissolved in 50 ml of cyclohexane, is added to the live polymer solution in order to convert the carbanion into the corresponding polymeric alcoholate anion; complete conversion requires 1 hour of stirring. The cyclic dicarboxylic anhydride is then added, which is followed by a further hour of stirring at 40° C. to form the polymeric half-ester of the dicarboxylic acid in the form of the lithium salt, with which the polyvalent cation is reacted directly.
The polyvalent cation is dissolved in the form of an alcoholate or metal alkyl in toluene, THF or any other inert hydrocarbon solvent and added to the polymeric half-ester. The molar ratio of polymeric half-ester:cation is from 1:1 to 1:10. The viscosity of the polymer solution immediately increases considerably on addition of the polyvalent cation. To eliminate excess alkyl or alkoxy groups from the cation and to convert the polyvalent cation into the corresponding oxo or hydroxo complex, water can be added in an equimolar amount or in excess to the polymer solution. Before the product is worked up, 0.5% by weight of phenolic stabilizer, based on the polymer, is added. A viscous polymer solution is then precipitated by pouring into isopropanol, and the precipitate is washed twice with isopropanol and dried overnight at 90° C. under nitrogen in a vacuum drying cabinet.
For details of the individual examples, see table below.
TABLE 1__________________________________________________________________________ VNCyclo- before afterExamplehexane BuLi Diene Alkylene oxide Anhydride Me compound addition ofNo. [ml] [mmol] Type [g] Type [mmol] Type [mmol] Variant Type [mmol] cation__________________________________________________________________________1 3,000 6.3 Bu 500 EO 12.0 MA 12.0 3 Al Iso- 6.0 123 208 propylat2 3,000 8.5 Bu 500 PO 12.0 SA 16.0 -- Al Iso- 17.0 95 153 propylat3 3,000 10.0 I 500 EO 20.0 MA 20.0 -- Zn Iso- 20.0 84 137 propylat4 3,000 8.5 I 500 Stryene 9.0 SA 17.0 -- Zn Iso- 17.0 97 154 oxide propylat5 3,000 7.2 Bu 500 EO 8.0 Itaconie 15.0 -- Zn Iso- 15.0 108 177 anhydride propylat6 3,000 7.7 Bu 250 EO 8.5 SA 16.0 -- Zn Iso- 17.0 104 169 I 250 propylat7 3,000 7.2 Bu 450 EO 8.0 PA 14.0 -- Al Iso- 15.0 110 178 S 50 propylat__________________________________________________________________________ BuLi: sec. butyllithium; Bu: butadiene; I: isoprene; S: styrene; EO: ethylene oxide; PO: propylene oxide; PA: phthalic anhydride; MA: maleic anhydride; SA: succinic anhydride; VN: viscosity number measured at 25° C. in toluene (0.5 g of polymer in 120 ml of toluene) in accordance with DIN 51,562
This Example demonstrates the reduction in cold flow obtained in the case of polybutadiene by the process according to the invention by converting the carboxyl end group into the aluminum salt.
A polymer solution as prepared in Example 2 was divided into 2 portions. Portion 1 is precipitated with isopropanol without pretreatment and worked up to the polymer. Portion 2 is treated before the workup with 9 mmol each of aluminum ethylate. The polymer is molded into balls each of 20 g in weight which are placed on glass plates. The area covered as the balls melt at room temperature is determined as a function of time.
TABLE______________________________________Determination of the cold flow of polybutadieneVN toluene Starting polymer Polymer Al isopropylatecold flow 95.3 154after minutes area in cm.sup.2 area in cm.sup.2______________________________________ 0 8 7.115 23.7 8.060 26.4 9.0300 52.8 15.91440 69.4 28.35760 78.5 28.5______________________________________
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Dynamic food demand and habit forming behaviors: Bayesian approach to a Dynamic Tobit panel data model with unobserved heterogeneity
Incorporating dynamics such as habit formation in analysis of demand can make estimation more reliable and help to explain the "stickiness" in consumer demand behavior when consumers receive new information about products, such as a food safety event or recall. Scanner data allow many repeated observations of the same household so are ideal for analyzing the impact of habit on demand. In addition to that, scanner data allow us to easily observe the presence of zero purchases. The presence of zero purchases is an important econometric issue in empirical modeling on food demand in the sense that ignoring the censoring issue could lead to biased estimation results. This paper investigates the impact of state dependence on food demand using Nielsen 2009 and 2010 HomeScan data. In this paper, we take into account the censored nature of food expenditure data and employ a Bayesian procedure to estimate the dynamic demand models on dairy products. By controlling the individual heterogeneity in the model the source of endogeneity for the lagged dependent variable is removed.
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The latest form of intellectual property (IP) to enter the market is the humble PCB design. In moves to make it possible to transfer known good designs to new projects, design automation vendors have put software in place to let engineers 'cut and paste' PCB layouts.
Concerns over the rapidly rising cost of designing high-integration silicon and a shortage of layout engineers have encouraged the main vendors in the PCB arena to revamp their high-end tools to try to take up some of the slack.
Mark Ashton, head of marketing for Zuken, said: "There is a lack of people. In the US, they are now paying more for layout guys than EEs."
Design automation vendors are arguing that staff shortages are pushing customers to look at greater levels of automation. Consequently, the mid-1990s idea of constraint management, in which rules are set on each PCB trace to ensure that it is routed correctly, has made a return.
Cadence Design Systems has rolled new support for constraint management from schematic capture to layout into release 14.0 of its Allegro software. Zuken Group plans to put a constraint management system into HotStage 4, due out later this year.
The problems they are expected to solve come from the large number of critical traces still on the PCB. Ashton said: "[System-on-chip] has not developed as quickly as people expected. People are using multiple, off-the-shelf chips be-cause of the NRE cost of developing an SoC.
"You have to have a lot of confidence in your market projections to go for an SoC design rather than a collection of cheaper off-the-shelf parts.
"But there is still this trend to smaller, faster, cheaper. In some cases, the boards are smaller than all the components they are expected to carry so they are going inside the PCB itself."
Gary Hinde, European marketing manager for Cadence's PCB group, said: "PCB layout can be IP. It becomes the thing that differentiates a vendor."
By combining constraints with known good layout, Hinde says it becomes possible to transfer designs to new products and still expect them to be routed effectively by automated tools, with the help of signal-integrity analysis.
The push for signal-integrity analysis has spilled over into lower end products. For its latest release of Cadstar, Zuken has rolled some of the EMC technology it acquired with Incases into the routing engine. The EMC checking software in Cadstar 4.5 first identifies critical nets then analyses whether those nets will cause problems once they have been routed.


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The Boston Bruins are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dennis Seidenberg spoke with Toucher & Rich about the team sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers and his aggressiveness in the playoffs.
The guys talked about Seidenberg missing some of the playoffs last year due to injury. What's it like to have to watch your team play without you?
They also discussed Claude Julien pairing up Seidenberg with Zdeno Chara and how that has affected his game.
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THREE people have been killed in road smashes in Victoria today.
A man and a young girl have died in an accident at Steels Creek, northeast of Melbourne.
A man has been killed in another crash at Hoddles Creek, in the Yarra Ranges.
Police are at both scenes and will prepare reports for the Coroner.
In the Steels Creek tragedy, a truck travelling along Mount Slide Rd is believed to have crossed onto the wrong side of the road just before 9am.
It collided with a four-wheel drive whose driver, a man in his mid-30s and a 12-year-old passenger, died.
A boy, 8, and a girl, 12, from the same vehicle were not injured.
The truck's 45-year-old driver was not hurt.
Detectives from the major collision investigation unit are at the scene.
Sgt Chris Carnie said: "We will investigate a range of potential factors and would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or either of the vehicles in the lead up to it."
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DWTS13 J.R. Martinez: "In this life, all you need is for someone to believe in you"
J.R. Martinez told the Huffington Post that he is representing all of the veterans on Dancing With The Stars. He said, "The thing is, a lot of our vets come home and they feel displaced, and they don't feel like their voice matters, so for me to be a spokesman and have that honor to educate America about who we are and what we are, it's like I'm doing my job. I'll never have the opportunity to go back to Iraq and serve my country, but I tell people this is my way of serving. I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't have a uniform on my body, but my uniform now is my scars and weapon is my words, so I'm still serving." They explain how he got hurt in Iraq to how he ended up getting an acting gig on All My Children. Here is more for what he says on the show below, but, be sure to visit the link. It's a great, inspirational read with a video interview included!!
"In this life, all you need is for someone to believe in you," said Martinez. "You can go a long way if someone believes in you. I've been incredibly lucky to have so many people believe in me, and I want to help people believe in themselves. There are people that didn't know who I was before, and that's okay because it's not like I'm Brad Pitt, but because of 'Dancing,' they know now, and I get to reach millions."
And if you think there's any competition between the "Dancing" stars off the dance floor, think again.
"There's no backstabbing and no drama," said Martinez. "It's just fun to watch people step out of their comfort zones and do things that they've never done before and witness them grow so much throughout the entire process."
When asked if he'd expected to be on top of the leaderboard in weeks one and two, the actor responded modestly.
"No," said Martinez, "But then again, I didn't have any expectations in regards to score and the leaderboard. Honestly, all I kept thinking about was my footwork and my extensions and just enjoying the moment and focussing on Karina [Smirnoff]. That big turn we did, we almost took out. In rehearsals we would try it and I would mess up and drop her. I was like, 'Oh my god, you're going to be broken by the time week one starts.' But then ultimately, we decided to keep it, and it came out just beautiful."


text: On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:48:31PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > When using MSDOS labels, an embed region (empty space) > before first partition was usually reserved. This used to be > 62 sectors, which is enough for most filesystems (and GRUB > developers have worked hard to ensure our filesystem code > fits in that space). Recently, Parted developers increased > what Parted considers "optimum" alignment to 2048 (due to > Windows Vista compatibility problems I don't really care about), > and as a result in the default layout the embed region has > grown to almost 1 MiB, which is more than enough for GRUB. As a point of information, it's not just about Windows compatibility. Optimal alignment is valuable for performance on many modern drives. Cylinder alignment used to be a performance win but hasn't been needed for (I believe) decades. If you align to 2048 sectors (1MiB) then you ensure optimal performance across a wide variety of drives, which means that the likelihood of having to adjust partitions when migrating between drives is reduced. While it so happens that Windows uses 1MiB alignment by default nowadays, my understanding is that Microsoft made that change for essentially the same reasons we're making it. Thus it isn't really accurate to paint it as a matter of compatibility. (GNU Parted's NEWS file gives essentially the same reason, and does not mention Windows.) > Unfortunately this "optimum" alignment is not always used. > Under certain conditions a "minimum" alignment of 1, or > the usual "cylinder" alignment of 63 take place (I'm unsure > which are these, although I've been able to reproduce > the problem. But this isn't relevant, what matters is that > this logic is present in parted and partman-base). If you can reproduce this, please attach installation logs, particularly /var/log/partman. This should not generally happen as of partman-base 141 (2010-04-27). (Obviously, we can only control the size of the embedding area when we're creating the partition table from scratch; trying to move existing operating systems around transparently is bad karma. I trust you're not talking about situations where the partition table already exists.) > - Switch to GPT as default partition label > Pros: > - Modern design, with metadata redundancy, checksums, > partition limit higher than 4 (no need for "extended" > kludge). > - We're moving to GPT anyway when disks surpass 2 TiB, > doing it now ensures wider testing before the codebase > that will have to deal with this is released. > Con: > - Lack of compatibility with old operating systems > (even modern versions of Windows are unable to boot > from a GPT disk AFAIK) Windows' policy, as I understand it, is to support GPT only when booting from UEFI, which is only supported in Windows 64. As we both know, GPT systems can be booted using BIOS, although they do rely on the protective MBR to do so, and you have to ensure that the BIOS Boot Partition resides below 2TiB (which partman does not currently validate, although it will create it that way unless the first 2TiB of the disk are already in use). From talking to BIOS vendors, nobody really seems quite sure whether INT 13 Function 42 et al actually work portably with 64-bit addresses the way they're supposed to - although of course this holds regardless of the partition table type you're using. Anyway, that's mostly by the by. I think our current policy of using GPT by default only when it's necessary (UEFI, or the disk size exceeds 2TiB) is OK, really. Being more aggressive just courts problems when they aren't necessary (when you make a big change that isn't strictly necessary, people blame any new problems on the change even if they would have had other problems without it, sadly), and I think we're getting a reasonable amount of GPT testing even today. > - Modify partman-auto to include embed space explicitly in > its recipes. > Pro: > - embed space is visible to user > Con: > - embed space is visible to user This feels like overkill, and in any case I think it would just shuffle the problem around. > - Increase minimum alignment in parted to 2048 > Pros: > - Simple fix. > Cons: > - Unwanted side effects. > - Temporary kludge. This seems wrong. partman should only ever tell libparted to use minimal alignment if you explicitly instruct it to do so using preseeding (and it's a fairly obscure and new template so I doubt it is in widespread use). Sometimes people need to use cylinder for particular compatibility reasons; it's not the default and I wouldn't like us to make a change that prevented them from doing this because it is sometimes genuinely necessary. Let's just dig into the reason why the embedding area is small in the cases you've seen. I suspect that it may just be a simple bug, and won't require policy changes to fix. -- Colin Watson [email@example.com]


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I didn't enjoyed at all the single RPG from this studio that I played in part ie Of Orcs of Men. But Mars: War Logs looked like a quite solid good action RPG I still have to play.
I agree that no gameplay trailer is most often suspect, but for this game it's wrong because there's one. It tries condensate in a short trailer all the gameplay element ie there's more words than usual but it does the job:


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Deduplication has conquered the backup realm and is quickly becoming a requirement in primary storage. The technology has been a boon to beleaguered storage administrators who have watched storage volumes balloon almost out of control. But once every system has deduplication in some form and the technology is broadly available, what do we do next to optimize storage? After all, storage growth isn't going to stop; files will continue to get larger and the number of files that are created will increase.
Storage optimization can't stop at putting deduplication and compression everywhere. If it does, then once the excess storage capacity is consumed, we will see growth accelerate again. I don't think the answer is strict retention policies that delete files at the end of their lifecycle. As I argue in my "Keep It Forever" series on Information Week, the only way for companies to meet expanding compliance requirements is to essentially save everything forever. So what do we do next?
First, we are going to have to maximize the benefits of deduplication and compression. As the hardware that surrounds these systems gets more powerful, it can do more in-depth inspection of the data being optimized to find more redundancy. There will also be a likely integration of deduplication up and down the storage stack. This will lead to greater overall storage efficiencies by leveraging the same dedupe meta-data for primary storage as you do for backup.
We will also need to advance the state of the software so it can move beyond the limitations that some deduplication engines suffer through. We are either going to need cross-volume and even cross-manufacturer deduplication support to be able to support the deduplication of single, very large volumes. Many deduplication engines today are limited as to how much deduplicated data they can handle. This leads to deduplicated silos that will have duplicate data between them.
There may also be more lossful types of data optimization that become more acceptable to curb data growth. For example, a PowerPoint presentation that is going to be presented on a relatively low resolution video projector doesn't need to be loaded with images that only a high-end photo quality printer can reproduce.
After we have made deduplication as efficient as possible we are either going to need to decide to live with storage growth, or someone is going to have to come up with a new technology to further optimize storage (let's hope a few storage entrepreneurs are wrestling with this issue as I write this). This new technology will need to leverage or compliment deduplication and compression because those technologies will be an embedded part of every storage system. If it doesn't appear, we are going to have to deal with data growth again.
Finding a way to store all of this data is not the problem. Storage systems have been or are being designed to support PBytes of storage and are increasing those capabilities each year. We also have the ability to better link independent systems, so even if capacity of one system is reached we can add another and still manage it to some extent. The challenge is how we fit all the capacity in the data center, and how we power it.
One potential solution that I can see is incredibly dense, power-efficient MAID systems that integrate with the deduplication technology for the ultimate archive. That way, we can store everything we need in the available data center floor space but not have to power it until accessed. The other solution is to send all of this old data to a cloud storage provider and make it their problem, since they are already likely to have a storage system that can scale to hundreds of PBytes.


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After six straight months of using this platform to poke fun at all 30 teams, I thought we could end on a high note. From the Dodgers to the Tigers, here's what every team has to look forward to in 2018. Thanks for reading, friends. It's been a blast. See you next year.
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Deus Ex: The Fall Gets Updated with Support for the iPad 2, Improved AI and Bug Fixes
Those of you who have been sporting an iPad 2 may have previously been disappointed to find out that your tablet wasnt supported by Deus Ex: The Fall. The game, which made its debut on the iOS platform last month followed by its huge jailbreak compatibility issue (which has since been resolved) was recently updated with a few issues and improvements, including support for the iPad 2. The update also brought major improvements to enemy artificial intelligence (which means that enemies dont lose sight of the player) and addressed several bugs (which include certain known crash bugs).
Those of you who own an iPad 2 should now be able to download and play Deus Ex following the recent update. The full list of devices supported by the game now includes the second, third and fourth generation iPad; the iPad mini; the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, and the fifth generation iPod Touch.
Those of you interested in trying out the latest version of Deus Ex: The Fall can do so for $6.99 from the App Store. Just keep in mind that you will need at least 1.6 GB of free space to install it.
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"We've made a lot of headway as far as adding video and developing a social media strategy," said Sporting News President and Publisher Jeff Price. "Adding scale was the last thing advertisers were asking for, and this deal allows us to deliver that."
While traffic trends on AOL Sports have fluctuated during the last year, it is still considered a destination site. According to December comScore data, AOL Sports attracted 9.7 million unique users, while SportingNews.com garnered 2.9 million. Even assuming some duplication, combining those two numbers would put Sporting News on AOL easily in the top 10 among sports sites for the month.
"The vision is one of providing real-time breaking sports news with a dynamic social media strategy and high-quality columnists and overall great journalism," said David Eun, president of AOL Media.
Sporting News is owned and operated by American City Business Journals, parent company of SportsBusiness Journal/Daily.
Sports content for AOL has been under its internally developed Fanhouse brand for two years. Starting in March, Sporting News will provide and develop a majority of the content for the site from its current staff, which is primarily based in Charlotte. Sporting News will license the Fanhouse brand from AOL and use it as a home for the site's "voice," or columnists. Sporting News is expected to add a handful of top sports columnists from AOL, but sources said a number of AOL Sports editorial staffers have already been seeking jobs at other sites.
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It was unclear if any AOL Sports' management will join Sporting News.
Sports covered by Sporting News — the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, and college football and basketball — will be the core of the site, but it also now will include soccer coverage. Editorial coverage of the Olympics, tennis, golf and some niche sports, which aren't covered by Sporting News, will continue to reside on AOL under AOL's direction.
All Sporting News on AOL content will continue to be free.
According to media industry sources, other companies looking at a similar relationship included Turner, NBC, CBS, Fantasy Sports Ventures and ESPN.
Price said he was pursuing a similar alliance with Yahoo! for some time, but when that deal didn't come together, he reached out to AOL Chief Executive Tim Armstrong late last year. While both sides were mum on the structure of the deal, others who considered the proposal said AOL was looking for a deal in excess of five years that would pay AOL a fee for traffic directed, along with incentives for increased traffic and advertising. Sporting News will sell the ad inventory.
"Anyone would look at a deal that adds that much traffic," said Jimmy Lynn, former AOL Sports vice president of partnerships and strategic development, who's now an independent consultant. "It makes the most sense for Sporting News, because they'll have a seat at the table now in a lot of important ad buys across Web sports. What's amusing to me is that Jeff tried to do a deal like this with AOL so many times when he was at Sports Illustrated."
Price was president of SI Digital from 2005 to 2009.
American City Business Journals bought Sporting News from Paul Allen's Vulcan Sports Media in 2006. The granddaddy of U.S. sports titles has been striving to find relevance against entrenched print and broadcast competitors that embraced the Internet earlier and more successfully, like Sports Illustrated and sports-heavy TV networks such as ESPN, Fox, NBC and CBS. It has made dramatic changes to its biweekly magazine and launched the digital Sporting News Today in 2008, and while it did a massive relaunch of SportingNews.com in August, it had yet to find a national audience.
This deal, even with a declining trend in AOL Sports traffic, will likely change that.
"Of the top 10 sites, we will be one of very few not tied into TV programming," Price said. "That should allow us an independent voice — something fresh that we can bring to advertisers."
Like Sporting News, AOL is seeking new relevance in a market with changing dynamics. In announcing the deal, Armstrong said that he would begin outsourcing other key areas, AOL's health and real estate sections. Such moves indicated that AOL was moving away from premium content for a shift toward being a portal, getting content from elsewhere. But the value of portals is increasingly questioned by consumers, now accustomed to an endless variety of sites on nearly any subject, no matter how niche. For AOL, the deal counters a similar MSN/FoxSports.com content alliance. How partnering with Sporting News fits into Armstrong's overall content strategy is unclear, as AOL has acquired technology site TechCrunch, social networking site AboutMe, and Patch, which calls itself a collection of "hyperlocal news sites." Some analysts have said AOL sees its future as a provider of local/personalized content.
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Whatever the overall AOL content strategy, this much is clear: AOL touted Fanhouse as its own sports content play; now, it is seeking sports content elsewhere.
"AOL is looking for dramatic ways to improve its business in a variety of content areas," said Derrick Heggans, the former general manager of AOL Sports, now managing director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. "So this could be a test run for some other content areas. For the Sporting News, this looks like a great way for them to challenge the competition with scale that matters."
Eun said content decisions are being made on a case-by-case basis.
"We look at our current presence, the competitive landscape, our financial upside, what interesting companies we could possibly acquire — those are all the factors being weighed," he said. "In this particular case, we just thought the Sporting News/Fanhouse combination was a very intriguing one."


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Cheryl Spencer's compassion for animals led her to form a support organization even when she herself was out of work.
After supporting rescue groups by fostering dogs, she realized that she could carve out her own niche in Collin County by helping provide pet food to those in need.
In 2010, she founded the North Texas Pet Food Bank (it's called the Pet Food Pantry today). She uses Facebook as a way to promote pet food drives and post information about sales on pet food to her more than 2,400 followers.
Spencer said she doesn't engage when faced with criticism from those who argue that people shouldn't have pets when they are struggling and unable to feed them.
Her politics are simple, she said. "Adopt over shop, spay/neuter and 'We have a dream of someday being a no-kill nation.'"
And she's not the only group that has recognized the need to accommodate pets when their people fall under hard times. Also in McKinney, The Samaritan Inn homeless shelter has a special wing designed to house pets.
You can read more about Spencer and the nonprofit North Texas Pet Food Pantry here.
Big win
Read about how the community has responded since Allen High School's football team won a close game against DeSoto last weekend, securing their spot in the state championship on Saturday.
We touched base with Ruth Whisenant, 93, one of the Eagles' original cheerleaders. You may remember her from a feature written by neighborsgo editor Hannah DeClerk back in March.
As one of 16 in the Allen High School class of 1937, Whisenant cheered on the original six-man team, which included her late husband John Whisenant.
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I've carried an Emerson CQC7 every day for the last 10 ten years.
I think that I need (hahahaha..."need". That's a funny word) a Gunhammer.
A 99 model in my pocket right now.'08.
I carry either a SOG Trident with a serrated blade or a Kershaw Leek. Sometimes if I need a fixed blade I carry a CRKT N.E.C.K or mt Glock 81 if I am hiking or camping. But usually the SOG. I love it and it's not a Benchmade or Microtech that would kill me if I lost it.
I am a broke college kid and can't afford super nice knives. I just need something functional because I use them on a daily basis.
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A small Chris Reeve Sebenza for boxes and a Case Zytel Hobo for meals. The Sebenza is a nice working knife and having a decent fork, knife, and spoon available is really nice when the alternative is cheap plastic utensils.
Only Emerson's.. Ten years and counting, everyday.
After owning many silly priced customs, like Hinderers and others, I have found that my edc is either a Spyderco Yojimbo 2 or Emerson CQC-7. I've come to realize that an expensive blade, like an expensive gun, won't make the bad guy any more dead.
I think most people who buy nice knives do so for reasons other than to make bad guys dead
A knife is a tool 1st,a weapon 2nd.'08.
Owning custom knives isn't for everyone. They cut the same as production knives. Most people that own customs do so out of appreciation of build quality, precision, and attention to detail.
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Wouldn't consider a folder as first, second, or even third in line for defense purposes... but it may come ahead of a tactical pen
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SOG Twitch II.....nice little folder.
I'm glad you found the knife you like best. As for myself, I prefer and carry my "silly priced customs" because I can feel the quality in my hand, and I like that. I'm never killed anyone with one, and hope I never have to.
^^^This, exactly.
I don't think you have nice enough knives to comment on that discussion.
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The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
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PR: ports/124340
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- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
Bump PORTREVISION on glib12/gtk12 consumer ports to ease the upgrade path.
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Change MAINTAINER to email@example.com, and MASTER_SITES
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PR: ports/44528
PR: ports/44529
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An Affair to Remember
Streetlight Affair guitarist George Bernal is 31 years old, having played in bands since he was 14. The three other permanent members of the group—singers Doll Knight and Keila Morris and vocalist/guitarist Calvin Pijlman—are all in their first band, having either just started their senior year at Orange County High School of the Arts or graduated this year. Makes for a weird dynamic, right?
"When it comes to music, with these guys, there's no difference," Bernal says. "There are bands I never thought that they would know, but they knew: the Dears, Elbow."
Streetlight Affair came together about a year ago, meeting through mutual friends and immediately clicking as a unit—Bernal says that within their first week together, they wrote about 20 complete songs. They've recorded an acoustic EP and self-titled full-length album and set up shop at Santa Ana boutique the Lucky Owl, where they've recorded in a makeshift bathroom studio and hosted monthly concerts.
A lot of bands pride themselves on being musically diverse, but Streetlight Affair back that claim up in a very obvious way: It's hard not to sound diverse with three richly distinctive main vocalists, who share vocal duties equally. On album tracks such as "Ok," this triumvirate works splendidly on both harmonies and separate verses. "Bite Out of the Sun" (the first song they wrote together) is a sunny, inspirational track that sounds like it would fit right at home around a campfire.
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You can call their music "folk," but it's fuller and more layered than the stripped-down aesthetic that genre tag implies. Live, Streetlight Affair often add missing pieces such as a bassist and drummer, swelling up to seven musicians onstage.
"It's all a learning process for them," Bernal says. "It gets a little difficult for me, but the fact that they're so talented makes me want to stick with it."
Streetlight Affair acoustic set at Alta Coffee, 506 31st St., Newport Beach, (949) 675-0233. Sat., 8 p.m. Free. All ages. Streetlight Affair can be found online at www.myspace.com/streetlightaffair.
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Ouch, you seem to be putting halo up on a high and undeserved pedestal. It certainly maybe a good or even great console game, however it was average at best as a PC game and there is absolutely no question BioShock is a better game in every way. Unless I am missing something here?


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Saturday's Tax Day Tea Party rally at the State Capitol was, unfortunately, weak. Mother Nature deserves most of the blame, as it was bitterly cold and windy… There were 300 people there. Maybe half of those stayed until the end… The event had an overall feel of disorganization and suffered greatly from technical issues… It was a sad departure from the first Tax Day rally, which had 4,000 attendees, beautiful weather, and came off without a hitch.
The best speech, by far, was Herman Cain's. That should come as no surprise to anyone who has heard him speak before. And if you haven't, you owe it to yourself to listen to this man. It is very, very difficult not to like and be impressed with Cain. It's a shame many of the attendees left before Cain took the stage… Tim Pawlenty also gave a good speech that was well received. Unfortunately for T-Paw, two other speakers, Ralph Benko and Steve Deace, criticized him after he left… More on T-Paw in a bit…
State rep Kim Pearson decided to use most of her allotted time at the Tax Day rally to attack her fellow GOP legislators. It made me wonder…..if she dislikes the Republican Party so much, why is she a member of it? … Since Pearson is opposed to a late term abortion ban, because it doesn't ban all abortions, is she also opposed to Planks 1.07-1.14 of the RPI Platform? … Pearson, standing near the front of the crowd, also felt the need to talk loudly during much of Herman Cain's speech.
I wish Governor Branstad would have vetoed the first redistricting plan. From the way our legislators voted, it looks like they approved of it as long as the map didn't affect them directly. A lot of them believe the second map could have been worse. Yeah, and it could have been better, too… In terms of the Congressional races, the big losers are the Democrats. And they don't even realize it. Tom Latham will move to the 3rd District and finally send the Grumpy Old Man packing. Boswell won't be able to run his ugly smear attacks against Latham, who will have more than enough money to counteract the liberal lies.
The redistricting puts Christie Vilsack in a real pickle. I know, bad pun … She wants to run for something, because two taxpayer subsidized incomes in one home are much better than one … Vilsack's best chance would be to primary Dave Loebsack. If she does that, the lefties get mad. They want her to move to the 4th and run against Steve King. If she does that, her political career dies a quick death.
My clandestine, ubiquitous informants tell me Donald Trump has been making personal phone calls to Iowa GOP leaders. Looks like this could be more than just a publicity stunt… Trump also recently met with 2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee. Word is, The Donald ended the get together by telling The Huckster, "You're fired". Huckabee replied, "You're pardoned."
What was the news Headline of the Week? That's easy: "Pawlenty announces presidential run, campaign denies it"… In the same interview, T-Paw took a not so subtle shot at Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin. He said Mitt Romney was the GOP frontrunner, then added, "And on the other end of the continuum, you'll have perhaps Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump, or I don't know, maybe Hulk Hogan will get in the race too. Who knows? But I think in between those two things on the continuum, there's a role for a serious person who has tackled these kinds of issues."…
So, Palin and Bachmann aren't serious people? And you're equating them to Hulk Hogan? Dude, I've seen Palin and Bachmann in person. As best as I can tell, neither of them are jacked up on steroids, balding, have orange skin, or end every sentence by saying "brother"… On the other hand, I think "Real American" would be a perfect theme song for a Bachmann or Palin campaign… Considering T-Paw is trying to court people who like Bachmann and Palin, he should be very careful with his dismissive remarks… Stephen Colbert strikes comedy gold again. Last week, it was T-Paw's speech to the Iowa Federation of College Republicans. This week, it's Bob Vander Plaats and the Family Leader. Classic stuff!
Did Governor Branstad really play the race card while trying to salvage Isaiah McGee's Senate confirmation? Sadly, yes he did. Here's what Branstad told reporters this week:
Branstad: "I think it's unfortunate that a minority person I've appointed is being attacked in this way."
Reporter: "So he's being attacked because he's black?"
Branstad: "Well, he's the only black department head that I've appointed."….
Come on, Governor. This is the kind of crap I expect from Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, not from you… Isaiah McGee is a great guy who is very intelligent and I'm sure would have done a good job as head of the Iowa Human Rights Commission. I'm sure he will land on his feet somewhere.
Finally, please do what you can to help the young family of our friend E.J. Infanger, a former Branstad and Romney staffer, who passed away last week. A college fund has been set up for his two young boys, Hunter and Gage. Every little bit helps. You can make contributions here:
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Nevada Supreme Court to Create Statewide Commission to Study Creation and Administration of Guardianships
On June 8, 2015, an order was filed at the Supreme Court of Nevada in the matter of the creation of a commission to study the creation and administration of guardianships. See ADKT 0507. The order comes in response to a petition filed on May 21, 2015 by Supreme Court of Nevada Chief Justice James Hardesty, Eighth Judicial District Court Chief Judge David Barker and Second Judicial District Court Judge David Hardy. Id. The petition outlined concerns for the administration of guardianships in Nevada per statute. See NRS 159.
Per the order, Chief Justice James W. Hardesty will appoint and chair a commission of no more than 20 members who, per the petition, will include stakeholders in the public and private guardianship system.
The commission is expected "to study and make appropriate recommendations for statewide policies and procedures concerning the creation and administration of guardianships, including, but not limited to, the procedures used to provide notice and the evidence required to create guardianships, the training and appointment of guardians, the protections needed for wards and their family members, the accountability and performance required of guardians and expected of courts, the use of technology to assist in documenting, tracking and monitoring guardianships, and the identification of resources necessary to assist the court system to meet required objectives."
The commission is expected to file a report with the Supreme Court of Nevada with its findings and recommendations by December 31, 2015.
To review the administrative case and to see ADKT 0507, go to http://caseinfo.nvsupremecourt.us/public/caseView.do?csIID=35785.
For more information about the commission, contact Michael Sommermeyer at the Office of Public Information for the Administrative Office of the Courts at the Supreme Court of Nevada. Phone: (702) 486-3232.


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In the time of the Pharaoh, a tiny infant is rescued from the banks of the Red Sea. She is named Zipporah, "the little bird". Although she is a Cushite by birth, one of the black people of the lands to the south, she is taken in by Jethro, high priest and sage of the Midianites. Jethro adores his adopted daughter, and she is an honored member of his family. But the blackness of Zipporah's skin sets her apart and will decide her future: she will be an outsider, and the men of her adopted tribe will not want her as a wife.
But when she becomes a young woman, Zipporah's destiny changes forever. While drawing water at a well one day, she meets a handsome young man, a stranger. Like her, he is an outsider, a foreigner. His name is Moses. A Hebrew raised in the house of the Pharaoh, Moses is a fugitive, forced to flee his homeland of Egypt after murdering one of the Pharaoh's cruel overseers. Zipporah knows almost immediately that this man will be the husband and partner she never thought she would have.
At first Moses wants nothing more than a peaceful life with the Midianites. But Zipporah refuses to let Moses forget his past or turn away from what she believes to be his true destiny. Although he is the love of her life and the father of her children, Zipporah won't marry Moses until he agrees to return to Egypt to confront Pharaoh and free his people. When God reveals himself to Moses in the burning bush, his words echo Zipporah's, and Moses returns to Egypt with Zipporah by his side.
A woman ahead of her time, Zipporah leaps from the pages of this remarkable novel. Bold, independent, and a true survivor, she is a captivating heroine, and her world of deserts, temples, and ancient wonders is a fitting backdrop to an epic tale.
"Halter includes many rich cultural details and plenty of steamy sex, and he strikes a balance on miraculous occurrences, offering plausible ideas for some while leaving others open to divine activity." (Publishers Weekly)
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Rockstar has struck again with yet another informative GTA V trailer, and this time they're focusing on the lesser-known aspects of the game's online multiplayer.
With Grand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar Games has revolutionized GTA's online presence by creating an interactive battlefield that incorporates the sprawling landscape of Los Santos, giving gamers a huge playing ground to incur wrath upon.
What's more is that GTA Online features the same sandbox-style freedom that parallels GTA V's main campaign, offering players unique and near-limitless opportunities to wreak total havoc and mayhem as they see fit.
The online functionality isn't just a deathmatch or basic co-op session with a linear string of missions, but a wholly interactive experience wherein gamers are affording with a plethora of options. Feel like teaming up with other players and robbing a bank? Go right ahead. Want to blow off some steam with some good old-fashioned base jumping? Have at it.
While GTA Online contains a huge offering of new and enhanced activities, it does sport classic multiplayer gametypes as well, allowing gamers to compete against one another in team deathmatch action among other preset modes.
What's more is the progression system for GTA Online, which goes hand-in-hand with successful heists, winning various gametypes, and pulling off missions and objectives. Players will earn reputation as well as cash, which can be spent to customize your very own character–hairstyles, outfits, even weapons and tricked out cars can be purchased with awarded cash.
Once you earn some real dough, you can spend it on a nice luxurious villa on the coast or a scenic apartment in downtown Los Santos. Are you the racing type? Why not spend your hard-earned blood money on a garage to keep your expensive imported sportscars–each tailored to your own specifications.
The trailer also reveals that gamers can race their vehicles across the streets of Los Santos as well as in the skies above in your very own aircraft, showing a variety of spending options that each have their own perks. Oh and if you love jet-skis (who doesn't?) you can also slice across the crystal blue waters in a surprisingly detailed Wave-Runner-esque race.
These features have a nice RPG flair to them and honestly are quite impressive, underlining the entertaining elements that GTA V has to offer. Rockstar has some big plans for GTA Online, and will be rolling out updates to keep things fresh with new content–perhaps new missions, vehicles, weapons etc.
At a glance GTA Online looks to be one of the major defining features of GTA V, and a closer inspection brings any gamer on the edge of their seat with anticipation.
The sheer volume of content and freedom that GTA Online brings to the table is staggering, and Rockstar's amazing virtual playground will no-doubt be filled with millions of gamers cruising the streets of Los Santos in their customized rides–and of course those daredevils screaming across the skies in their jets, raining hellfire and destruction below with explosive missile barrages.
We may hear more about GTA Online and GTA V in the next few weeks or so (maybe a little something at Gamescom?) but so far Rockstar has showcased a steady influx of screenshots and footage to somewhat sate the massive anticipation for the game.
While GTA Online launches free with every copy of Grand Theft Auto V, access won't be granted until October 1st…which is kind of disappointing but it makes sense as Rockstar has to prep the huge multiplayer experience.
Grand Theft Auto V is slated to release on Sept. 17, 2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For more information please visit the game's official website.


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Post 3000!!! Giveaway and Book Discussion – Does An Online Book Presence Replace Face to Face Book Discussions?
Well holy smokes! This is my 3,000 post. Is that not just crazy? Certainly a monumental post like this can not go by without some sort of hoopla…. you know how I like to celebrate! 🙂
This post actually falls into a spot I was planning to chat about on-line book relationships vs. face to face (ie. Book Clubs. reading groups, book studies…) and I am going to go ahead with it as I think it is a very worthy discussion for our friend, "Post 3000".
Credit for the idea behind this post goes to Rita of My Home Of Books. She recently wrote a post about book clubs and within her post she asked the question
If you have a solid on line presence with a large network surrounding your book related topics, do you find it necessary to also be in a book club?
This is the question that started me thinking, as I love my online discussions about books but I also love love my face to face book club and I personally would not want to give either up. Them's fightin' words.
But… that's me.
What started me thinking was if an online presence around books can replace that face to face feeling. I personally would hope that it would not need to, but as I have heard from many of you through the years, finding a face to face book group is not always easy to do.
If you are reading book blogs and reading books suggested, or have already read a book that is being discussed, do you then join in the discussion?
I think if you are participating in active commenting on bookish topics you are simulating a "book discussion" and if that is all that is available to you for numerous reasons –
- no book clubs available
- inability to join a group do to work, kids, family, commitments
- existing book club/group never seems to discuss the book
Then certainly – get your book on that way and YAY that you do! There are a smorgasbord of book sites out there for everyone's tastes and many times you can find your favorite publishing houses on Twitter and FACEBOOK (by all means Friend them – they have great conversations and many times they have giveaways too!)
However…. (and this is where the discussion could get interesting 😉 ) I personally feel that face to face book relationships can stimulate a deeper connection to people and to books. Let me explain:
While it can certainly be AWESOME to discuss a book on-line either gush worthy or "hated it!" It is hard to get the real emotion that went into the read to come out in an online discussion. Sure, I can say a book made me cry – but how does that replace sitting in a room together and hearing my voice crack when I say " __________________'s break up with __________________ made my sob as though it was happening to me."
Also, on-line it is hard to keep the conversation flowing at a rate that is satisfying to either party. Sure I (or anyone) can write a review and you can comment. Then at some point later I many read your comment and respond, and sometime later yet you may (or maybe you don't) come back, see my response and then you comment again. It's a bumpy conversation.
Obviously I love on-line book conversations or this post 3,000 (echo when you say it – its cool….. 3,000, 3,000, 3,000…) would not be happening. And I love visiting other blogger book sites and chatting books with them too. I also love face to face book encounters and would like to give suggestions of how you can make that happen or find a fit that works for you:
The one I love the most is join a book club. If you do not know of any, check your local library. They may either know book clubs in the area, or they may be offering them at the library (ours offers children, middle grade, family and adult book clubs). *In the event that you can not find a book club and your library does not know of any groups… start one.
Look for local author events (check book stores, library, newspaper, look on-line). Listening to an author can be a wonderful experience. I love to get to know the person behind the book. Grab a friend… go go go!!!
If there is a great read out and you and a couple of people you know have read it, invite them over to discuss it over drinks on the deck, or meet up at a coffee shop or restaurant. It does not have to be a "book club", but even taking time to talk with others about a book you enjoyed is stimulating conversation.
Please – I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject.
Do you think that on-line book relationships can replace face to face ones?
Do you feel some can effectively do it all – discuss on-line books topics well and face to face encounters too? Should they?
Do you have other suggestions for finding face to face book discussions for people looking?
Is this just a crazy discussion and post #3,000 is a weak attempt to engage people in book chats? 😉
Please share your thoughts – I did mention a giveaway – Leave a relevant comment here on this post between now and Thursday June 26th and I will enter you into a giveaway for a $10 Barnes and Noble or Amazon gift card – winners choice. One entry per comment. If you "Tweet" about this giveaway and post and put the tweet link in a comment space I will give you two additional entries.
(just click the "Tweet" button at the bottom of the post.)
Posted on June 22, 2014, in Book Giveaways, Book Stuff, Book Thoughts and tagged Book Club, Book Stuff, Giveaway. Bookmark the permalink. 72 Comments.
I definitely enjoy being part of my book discussion groups. I am fortunate in being a librarian and starting both groups so I always have a place to discuss books. I also spend a lot of time discussing books with my colleagues 🙂
I don't think I would get enough discussion from book blogs to equal what I enjoy in my book groups. I have however belonged to online book discussion groups in the past (through Barnes and Noble, not sure if they still do that). I think that was a good experience and we all read the same book and answered discussion questions and responded to each other's comments. You had to put effort into it but I find that format to be easier than just responding to blog comments and trying to remember to come back and continue the "conversation". I still prefer in-person discussion. I am an introvert but I find that book groups are a comfortable space for me to communicate!
I think it is an excellent idea to look for book groups to join through your local library, through bookstores, or even online. Goodreads has a number of online book discussion groups if that is more convenient than an in-person meeting. Coffee shops may also know about book groups. I moved my evening book group out of the library and we now meet happily at our local coffee shop. It feels less like a classroom environment than our library's meeting room.
Congratulations on your 3000th post!
I fall into the category of no book club/not many people interested in reading English language books and a severe shortage/expensive print books. Very few even have an iPad etc so for me the online intact is the only contact with he book loving public
I prefer to participate in online book discussions. I have an irregular schedule and I can't always attend book club meetings, which are not very close to my residence. Also, with the advent of social media, readers now have unprecedented access to authors. We can not only connect with other book fans around the world at the click of a mouse, we can also connect with our favorite authors.
I'm with Jen on this one–I've never enjoyed book clubs. I do enjoy chatting about books in conversation, both on and off line. I belong to a lifelong education program for seniors. We have lecture/discussions on a variety of topics, including literature, and I like these discussions, but they are usually a one shot deal.
I am a retired reference librarian and was never especially comfortable with the book recommending part of my job. I preferred digging for facts and helping with research.
Reading is recreational for me and formalizing the discussion can make it more work than play. So I keep it casual.
While I would love to join a book club in person, my agoraphobia and social anxiety keeps me pretty much home-bound. Therefore, online book clubs give me a connection and interaction that fills the void and also keeps me informed of new books and authors. :o)
CONGRATS on your Post #3,000. That is awesome.
Do you think that on-line book relationships can replace face to face ones?
I love talking books online, but I like my physical book club too. So…my answer is a no. Having both is great, but face to face is my preference.
Do you feel some can effectively do it all – discuss on-line books topics well and face to face encounters too? Should they?
I think we can do both. 🙂
Do you have other suggestions for finding face to face book discussions for people looking?
Ask at work and ask friends. Church too.
Is this just a crazy discussion and post #3,000 is a weak attempt to engage people in book chats?
Not at all. I love hearing from, and hope you have 3,000 more. You are AMAZING.
Congratulations on 3000 posts!
First, congratulations on your 3000th post. That is monumental!!
I belong to several face-to-face book clubs and wouldn't trade them for the world. Each has its own rhythm and dynamic, as well as interesting participants, many of whom have become good friends. As you point out, though, there are some things that just don't translate as well in online communications. That said, I also enjoy online discussions and interactions with blogger friends. To me it's like the print v. ebook situation–both can co-exist, both can be enjoyed, and it's up to the individual to find the balance that's right for her/him. Happy reading and discussing whatever the format!
I am in 2 face to face book clubs. Each club reads different types of books and the discussions in one club are more intense than the other. One club has 30 active members while the other one has 10 active members. I also participate in 3 online book clubs which I enjoy too and wonder what it would be like to talk to some of the online book club members face to face. I am grateful for the friendships that I have made through the book clubs that I participate in.
Congratulations on your 3000 post! That is awesome!
I like to read what I want to read, so a book club would not work for me. I have friends & especially family that read. We chat about books a lot. I love that.
Hi Sheila,
Interesting post! I have participated in the Barnes & Noble online book clubs, and also joined 2 in-person book clubs about 6 months ago. One in-person club meets at a different restaurant each month to discuss the book. I am wavering whether to continue with this club, as several of the members, including the moderator (!) often don't read the book – it makes for a strange discussion 🙂 I also haven't liked many of the book selections from this group, which are always chosen by the moderator. Also, there isn't a real sense of commitment – many members float in and out every few months so there really isn't too much of a core group. I like the second club better. Although they don't combine food and books, they do all read each month's selection and there is always a lively discussion. In both clubs, the organizer also chooses the book selections….I wish it would be more of a group effort to choose the selections.
As for the online clubs, there tends to be more in-depth discussion of the book as there isn't a time limitation. I also find that the members of the online discussion groups have more thoughtful comments about the books. I don't know whether it's due to people thinking more when typing a comment, or the time limitations when dealing with a large in-person group.
I fall into the category of having almost no one interested in reading books, with the exception of my sisters, and no book clubs too. So having online conversations is all I can get.
Congratulations on your 3000 post! I tweeted about this post and giveaway.
I would like to belong to a book club as long as they consistently pick the types of books I prefer. But I work full time. When I know of a book club I'd like to belong to. it meets at times that are too difficult for me, usually in the evening, wnen I don't see well to drive. (I have bad night vision.)
So I prefer to discuss books online.
I join in book discussions especially if I've already read the book. I always have some opinion to share.
Maybe I should be ashamed, but my favorite LIKES on Facebook are the book-related pages. I sometimes skim over Facebook friends who just tell me silly stuff all day and read book blogs and publishers.


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Issue No. 06 - November/December (2007 vol. 13)
pp: 1384-1391
Modern unsteady (multi-)field visualizations require an effective reduction of the data to be displayed. From a huge amount of information the most informative parts have to be extracted. Instead of the fuzzy application dependent notion of feature, a new approach based on information theoretic concepts is introduced in this paper to detect important regions. This is accomplished by extending the concept of local statistical complexity from finite state cellular automata to discretized (multi-)fields. Thus, informative parts of the data can be highlighted in an application-independent, purely mathematical sense. The new measure can be applied to unsteady multifields on regular grids in any application domain. The ability to detect and visualize important parts is demonstrated using diffusion, flow, and weather simulations.
Local statistical complexity, multifield visualization, time-dependent, coherent structures, feature detection, information theory, flow visualization.
Gerik Scheuermann, Heike Jänicke, Alexander Wiebel, Wolfgang Kollmann, "Multifield Visualization Using Local Statistical Complexity", IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, vol. 13, no. , pp. 1384-1391, November/December 2007, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2007.70615


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Teradyne Inc's (TER - Free Report) fourth quarter results were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 11 cents.
Revenue of $297.0 million was down 13.8% sequentially and 4.2% from September 2011 and within management's guidance of $270-$300 million. Revenue was in line with street expectations.
Around 75% of revenue in the last quarter came from semiconductor testing platforms, while the balance came from system testing. The segments were down 16.2% and 35.9%, respectively from the September 2011 quarter. Semiconductor test also fared badly in the year-over-year comparison, posting a decline of 22.9%. Systems testing remained strong, growing 10.0% from last year.
In the last quarter, Teradyne's memory test business did particularly well, growing 11% from the year-ago quarter, as both its flash and DRAM test products gained traction. SOC test was slightly weaker.
While the HDD testing business continued to bear the impact of the Thailand floods, management stated that other opportunities were opening up. The systems test business gained from a stronger defense market, as well as improvement in storage and growth os the still-small commercial board testing products.
Total orders were up 18.9% sequentially, with the book to bill jumping to 1.40. The increase in the last quarter attributable to both the segments. Specifically, semiconductor test was up 18.9% sequentially and down 18.5% from a year ago.
Systems test grew 179.5% sequentially and 78.3% from last year. The book to bill ratios in semiconductor and systems test businesses were 1.15 and 1.86, respectively. The LitePoint acquisition has positioned Teradyne well to gain from the growing opportunities in wireless test and this business did not disappoint.
The pro forma gross margin was 49.3%, down 84 basis points (bps) sequentially and 314 bps year over year. The sequential decline was due to lower volumes offset by a lower mix of HDD revenue.
Operating expenses of $116.1 million were up 13.7% sequentially and 15.5% from a year ago. The operating margin shrunk 1,030 bps sequentially and 983 bps year over year due to the continued volume declines. As a result, all expenses were up sequentially and year-over-year (as a percentage of sales). SG&A increased the most, followed by R&D and then cost of sales.
Net Income
The pro forma net income was $25.1 million, resulting in an 8.5% net income margin compared to $65.9 million, or 19.1% net income margin in the September 2011 quarter and a net income of $63.7 million, or 20.6% net margin in the December quarter of 2010.
Our pro forma estimate excludes inventory adjustments, restructuring charges, amortization of intangibles and tax adjustments in the last quarter. Our pro forma estimate may not match management's presentation due to the inclusion/exclusion of some items not considered by management.
Including the special items, the GAAP net income was $125.1 million, or 56 cents a share compared to $54.7 million, or 25 cents a share in the previous quarter and $60.1 million, or 27 cents a share in the year-ago quarter.
Balance Sheet
The company has a fairly strong balance sheet, with cash and short term investments of $670.2 million, which declined by $521.5 million in the last quarter. The net cash balance was $507.7 million, down significantly during the quarter.
Inventories at quarter-end were up 20.0% sequentially, with inventory turns down from 5.1X to 3.8X. DSOs went from 38 to 40.
Management provided guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Accordingly, revenue is expected to come in at around $360-$400 million (up 21-35% sequentially), with non GAAP gross margin of 48-49%, R&D 15-16%, SG&A 16-18%, interest expense of around $2 million.
Teradyne expects non-GAAP earnings from continuing operations of 22 to 33 cents a share (better than the Zacks Consensus of 23 cents) and GAAP earnings per share of 5 to 13 cents based on a diluted share count of 205 million.
Teradyne reported a good fourth quarter and announced a strong guidance. It appears that the company is seeing much higher demand across several markets. This has helped it grow both semiconductor and systems test businesses. The addition of LitePoint is also a positive, given the significant opportunities unfolding in the high-growth wireless market.
We remain optimistic about Teradyne in the longer term, given the popularity of its products, the LitePoint acquisition that further rounds out its portfolio and design win momentum that should continue. We therefore expect estimates to trend up, raising the Zacks Rank from the current #5, which translates to a Strong Sell rating over the next 1-3 months.


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