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BAGHDAD, June 30 (UPI) -- Iraq's $17 billion contract with Royal Dutch Shell, backed by Japan's Mitsubishi Corp., to produce natural gas from four southern fields launches Baghdad's plan to exploit the country's vast gas reserves in its drive to become one of the world's top energy producers.
Developing Iraq's gas reserves would also go a long way to alleviating the country's chronic shortage of electricity generation that has in recent weeks triggered violent protests, particularly in the energy-rich south.
Power generation will be a vital component in Iraq's ambitious postwar reconstruction program.
Under the new contract, Shell will collect large amounts of gas from Iraq's southern oil fields. Output is expected to exceed domestic requirements and Shell may be able to start exporting gas in liquefied form as early as 2015 or 2016.
That would fit in well with a time frame outlined by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in mid-2009.
He offered to supply Nabucco, the European Union's flagship project for the development of the southern corridor energy route bypassing Russia, with 15 billion cubic meters of gas a year from 2015.
In January, his government signed a strategic energy agreement with the EU to develop Iraq's gas fields.
The EU said it was ready to help Iraq produce a national gas development plan, develop its electricity grid and "identify sources and supply routes for gas from Iraq to the European Union."
The Europeans are desperate to break their dependence on Russia for their gas supplies, which Moscow has in the past turned off during the winter.
Iraq has been discussing with Turkey, its northern neighbor, about joining the planned 2,000-mile Nabucco pipeline that would funnel gas westward from Central Asia and the Middle East through Turkey to Austria.
That would forge a strong energy link between Europe and Iraq.
"Iraq represents a vital link for the EU's security of supply," EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs declared when the energy agreement was signed in Baghdad.
Iraq has an estimated 111 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, with much, much more yet to be tapped, industry analysts said. But as with the country's oil fields, these have never been fully explored or exploited.
Only 20 percent of Iraq's oil fields have been developed. These contain the equivalent of 115 billion barrels of crude, the third largest reserves of conventional oil after Saudi Arabia and Iran, and could hold as much again.
An even smaller percentage of Iraq's gas reserves has been developed. But the infrastructure has been so neglected that half of the 1.1 billion cubic feet of associated gas currently produced in the oil fields, is flared off rather than stored or utilized through domestic consumption.
Under the new contract, Shell and Mitsubishi will form the Basra Gas Co, a joint venture with the state-owned South Gas Co.
It will hold a 51 percent stake, with Shell, which is involved with two 20-year oil production contracts with Baghdad, holding 44 percent and Mitsubishi 5 percent.
The gas will be collected from the Basra fields -- as agreed by Shell as far back as 2008 -- as well as four other oil fields that were awarded to foreign companies in two bidding rounds in June and December 2009.
All told this would involve around 700 million cubic feet a day in southern Iraq, utilizing much of the gas that is now being burned off.
Shell officials say that the south's associated-gas supplies may double within three years as oil production increases.
Iraq seeks to boost its current oil output of around 2.3 million barrels per day to 10 million-12 million bpd within the next 6-7 years, rivaling Saudi Arabia as the world's leading oil producer.
The Oil Ministry has invited international energy companies to bid for production deals at three natural gas fields at a gas auction scheduled for Sept. 1 in Baghdad.
The fields are Akkas near the Syrian border, Mansouriya in Diyala province north of Baghdad, and Siba, near the southern border with Kuwait. Their combined reserves total 11.2 trillion cubic feet.
Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has said that some 45 foreign companies that qualified for the two 2009 oil field auctions will be eligible.


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Summer Dolphin Tactics
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Dolphin, Dorado, mahimahi. No matter what you call them these neon green, yellow and blue speedsters are perhaps the perfect pelagic game fish. Why? Because they fight extremely hard, they are common in warm waters around the world, they grow super fast, and they taste delicious. That's why Dolphin are such a popular summertime target.
To get in on the fun, start with the computer. Satellite forecasting services can help pinpoint likely zones based on water temperatures, underwater structure, currents and temporary features like color changes and weed lines. Reports from the local tackle shop, marina or fishing forum will help narrow the search too.
On the water, the boat's electronics will be invaluable tools. The chart plotter will identify ledges, humps and depth contours that concentrate bait. Some units offer real-time data overlays. Dial in the radar to paint frigates and other birds hunting for bait and keep a pair of binoculars handy to confirm the blips. The sounder will show the differences in water temperatures. Dolphin love hot water, so even a degree or two of change could mean a concentration of fish.
Having a mixed tackle set-up will expand your dolphin opportunities. Big plastic chugger and jet head lures on trolling combos run several waves behind the boat will cover plenty of water. A heavy Nylure lead jig in bright yellow trolled way back is a surefire bet. It often produces when nothing else will. A heavy spinning outfit with a large surface lure like a Sebile Popper can be cast quickly whenever the birds are working bait, or you run across a nice weed line or floating debris. Dolphin love to hang around anything, from wooden pallets, oil drums, trees and other flotsam. These "surface structures" attract small baitfish, which in turn attracts hungry dolphin. Another spinning outfit with a stout live bait hook and a chunk of ballyhoo is great enticement when that gang of gaffers does show up.
Dolphin typically travels in packs so once one is hooked, keep it in the water as long as possible. The thrashing and commotion will pull its school mates into casting range. If, after catching a couple the fish seem to lose interest, throw a handful of small cut ballyhoo pieces overboard. That will usually fire 'em up again. Another trick is to use the raw water washdown hose and spray a light shower near the boat. The noise and dimpling water often triggers another feeding frenzy.
After a fun fight comes the best part—eating the catch. Dolphin filets are very mild and can be cooked a variety of ways. It's hard to beat a big slab hot off the grill, however.
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This year, Big Bite Nite is turning up the heat! Many of our participating restaurants are spicing things up with dishes served diablo, and so we've been thinking a lot about spice.
Like – where does spice come from?
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of plants that have spice in them!
Essentially – it comes from plants. Spice is all natural! And Smithsonian Magazine recently published a fascinating article about the evolution of spice in plant populations. To quote the article:
"The heat-generating compound in chilies, capsaicin, has long been known to affect taste buds, nerve cells and nasal membranes (it puts the sting in pepper spray). But its function in wild chili plants has been mysterious."
In other words, despite the fact that humans enjoy super-spicy salsa, fiery Indian vindaloo or eye-watering wasabi – and that we've been "spicing up…food with chilies for at least 8,000 years" – there doesn't seem to be an immediately obvious reason for plants to develop this characteristic.
So, as often happens when science meets an unanswered question, studies were undertaken. And as it turns out: "the more capsaicin, the less fungal infection." And since fungus thrives in humid environments, "the moister the climate, the spicier the chilies." This is why hot chilies typically come from hot regions of the world.
Fascinating! And – we wanted to know more. So, we met up with Nancy, a botanist in addition to being our curator of entomology, Director of the Cockrell Butterfly Center, and blogger for BEYONDbones to explore the science behind the spice. Check it out in the video below!
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In the meantime, here are some other fascinating tidbits from the article:
- Chilies aren't really hot – capsaicin stimulates neural receptors in your tongue and skin that detect rising temperatures.
- We really like spice – and chilies spread around the world with great speed. "Within 50 years of Columbus' voyages, Pernambuco chilies were being cultivated in India, Japan and China. Chilies made it to the American Colonies with the English in 1621."
- Traces of chilies have been found "on ancient milling stones and cooking pots from the Bahamas to southern Peru."
Check out the full Smithsonian article here. And, check out what's happening for Big Bite Nite on April 29 – and enter to win tickets to the event, as well as check out the other videos in our spicy video series – at the event web site.


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They got us to the moon using a sliderule and computers with only a tiny fraction of the processing power available in your iPhone. They were math and science geeks, and I salute them. Mac OS X is home to some truly great software that can help you get your job done, as well as educate and inspire the next generation of geeks who will take us deeper into the stars.
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Miranda Lambert Exhibit Opening at Country Music Hall of Fame
Miranda Lambert is adding a little sass to the Country Music Hall of Fame -- she's getting her own exhibit!
Titled 'Miranda Lambert: Backstage Access,' the exhibit opens May 16, 2014 in Nashville and runs through Nov. 9. It will explore a year in the life of the Grammy-winning superstar, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at Lambert's phenomenal 2013.
The exhibition will include gowns, stage costumes, awards and much more from the reigning and four-time CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, with the 'Automatic' singer's personal tweets providing a narrative thread of this journey.
"The Country Music Hall of Fame is a place to cherish what country music is all about, and I'm so honored to have an exhibit in this treasured hall," Lambert gushes.
The feeling is mutual -- the famed museum is ecstatic to feature this well-loved artist. "Miranda Lambert is one of contemporary music's most popular and acclaimed artists, and for good reason," Museum Director Kyle Young states.
"She's a dynamic performer; an emotive and powerful vocalist whose voice is equally at home with lyrics tough or tender; and a songwriter with a deft touch for feeling and place," he continues. "Her numerous hits, from empowering anthems like 'Gunpowder and Lead' to introspective set pieces like 'The House That Built Me,' are rich contributions to country music's storytelling tradition. We are looking forward to taking our visitors behind the scenes with Miranda during her amazing successes in 2013."
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TOOL Reveals Joe Barresi Is Producing the New Album
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March 8, 2018
Tool guitarist Adam Jones has revealed that all-star rock producer Joe Barresi is working with the band on its first new album in 12 years.
Jones made the announcement in an Instagram post, picturing himself and Barresi posing for the camera in front of a large mixing console looking into a live room with drums setup.
Barresi engineered and mixed Tool's last album, 2006's 10,000 Days.
Jones joked in the caption of his photo that the band's first choice was Phil Spector, "but he has other conflicting work obligations," referring to Spector's murder conviction.
Tool entered the recording studio last week to begin recording the long-awaited follow-up to 10,000 Days.
Barresi's discography as a producer, engineer and mixer includes Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Slipknot, Soundgarden, Monster Magnet, Bad Religion and many, many other big rock acts.
Tool had reportedly been writing the new album for the better part of 9 years, but the band was dragging its feat when it came to finalizing the music.
Near the end of last year, Jones and drummer Danny Carey began telling media outlets that the new album would be released in 2018.
The revelations (and the delays) appeared to perturb singer Maynard James Keenan, who had been denying rumors about the status of the new album for months until a statement in February in which he acknowledged that he was nearly finished writing his vocals.
"Started getting music files from the boys [with] the world FINAL in the title a few months ago after 11 years of begging," Keenan wrote in the post from February. "That in theory means the tracks won't change out from under my while I'm trying to write stories and melodies to them. In theory."
Presumably with vocals complete and the band members finally all on the same page, Tool made the move from its writing space to a recording studio in late February to begin laying down the album.
Jones has chalked up the album's delay to factors including growing families of the band members, as well as other projects and interests.
Keenan told the Joe Rogan Experience podcast over the summer that his bandmates had been composing and revising the music to the album for years. He described the band's "very analytical" process.
"And they're always going back over things and questioning what they did and stepping back and going farther and going forward," Keenan say. "And in a way it's like they're laying a foundation; they're putting in the footings for a house."
Keenan also acknowledged that Jones, bassist Justin Chancellor and Carey were probably affected in their writing and revising process by pressure for the new album to be great.
In a since-deleted Tweet from January, Keenan skewered the decade-plus his bandmates took to complete the music by joking that he would only take "half as long" on his lyrics.
In a Rolling Stone interview focused on the upcoming A Perfect Circle album, Eat the Elephant, due April 20, Keenan suggested that delays in the completion of the new Tool album led to that album being finished by APC guitarist Billy Howerdel and himself.
Never one to take long breaks, Keenan begins his tour with A Perfect Circle in support of the new album in April. Get the tour dates here.
Tool has only one tour date announced for this year, and the band has yet to reveal a potential release date for the new album. Look for updates here.
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Cycle North Carolina�s �Mountains to Coast� tour comes to New Bern Friday.
Cycle North Carolina�s �Mountains to Coast� tour comes to New Bern Friday.
More than 1,100 riders will come to the city on the next to last day of the annual tour, which ends this year in Atlantic Beach.
They will overnight on Friday at Union Point Park.
The route began in the mountain town of Spruce Pine and will end in Atlantic Beach.
Along with New Bern, other overnight stops have included Morganton, Troutman, Asheboro, Holly Springs and Goldsboro.
New Bern�s route will take riders to the Historic Downtown district. Riders will camp for the night at Union Point Park, offering some of the best views of the Neuse River. With the park conveniently located within walking distance to Downtown New Bern, it will be the perfect setting for the final night of the tour.
To welcome Cycle NC attendees during their stop in New Bern on Friday, a beer garden and live entertainment is scheduled on the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center�s waterfront veranda.
The beer garden will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Cyclists and locals are invited to begin their weekend while relaxing along the Trent River.
A performance by the band Billy Holton & the Soul Shakers will follow from 7 to 9 p.m., with a cash bar and concessions available.
The public is invited to join in these events to welcome Cycle North Carolina to New Bern.
This is the 15th annual event.
Hosted by North Carolina Amateur Sports, Cycle North Carolina is a fully supported cross-state recreational bike tour of the Tar Heel State.
Formed in 1999, Cycle North Carolina is designed to promote physical fitness and health, and provide economic impact and publicity to rural communities, while showcasing the state�s beauty, scenic attractions and cultural diversity.
For more information on Cycle North Carolina, call 919-361-1133, or visit the Cycle North Carolina web site at cyclenorthcarolina.org.


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Orange game room owner arrested for crack cocaine
Game room owner 28-year-old Quintellius Vontoure of Orange was arrested Wednesday night, August 7, after local law enforcement officer executed a search warrant at Vanity's Game Room located at 1004 16th Street in Orange. According to a news release from the Orange Police Department, officers from the OPD, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Port Arthur Police Department, and the Texas Department of Public Safety searched the business at approximately 7:30 p.m. and found what they believe to be crack cocaine.
Vontoure was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. According to a database search, Vontoure has history of theft, unlawful carrying of a weapon and a first-degree felony aggravated assault charge for which he served prison time in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The investigation into illicit activities reportedly conducted at Vontoure's business continues through the detective division of the OPD.


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Kanye West + Kim Kardashian Score Designer Baby Clothes From Lanvin, Alexander Wang + More [PHOTOS]
North West will be beyond well-dressed. Her mom Kim Kardashian posted photos of the seriously swank baby clothes that she and Kanye West received for their little girl, born in June. We're talking Lanvin, Alexander Wang and more. Those outfits cost more than a lifetime of clothes in a family's closet.
If Jimmy Kimmel had a fashion line, he probably would have sent an outfit after last week's Twitter feud with Yeezy. We kid, we kid.
The fashion haul for North included a custom Givenchy Bambi shirt; a white Maison Martin Margiela lab coat, since, you know, babies often work in science labs; a black leather smock dress by Alexander Wang, which we think is amazing, but not for an infant; a Celine sweater and kicks so she can get in on the menswear trend from the get-go, sent by Phoebe Philo, formerly of Chloe; and a bunch of frilly pieces from Lanvin.
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It's the Suits versus the Cowboys in the battle for your wireless future. The Suits are the cellular carriers; the Cowboys are entrepreneurs implementing the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 802.xx protocols. The Suits bring zillions of dollars in wireless infrastructure, a long operating history, a huge base of captive customers, thousands of roaming agreements and vertical integration of systems, software and services. The Cowboys bring ... uh, they bring ... uh ... well, they'll improvise. My money is on the Cowboys. The battle replays minicomputers and PCs. The minicomputers were the Suits. The PCs were the Cowboys. PCs won handily. Here's the story for wireless.
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My office and my house are in the middle of nowhere. I'm at the end of 1.7 miles of pavement, on a ridge that sticks out between a couple of taller ridges. There are good views from my property, but there's no clear view to geosynchronous satellites, to heavily populated areas, or to ridges with repeaters. There's no cable TV and no phone company central office within five miles. Around here, fiber is a word on cereal boxes.
This is not a good situation for a technology analyst in Silicon Valley, so I have been looking for anything that might improve things. Several years ago, I got a WebRamp box. One interface to the WebRamp is three modem connections; the other is Ethernet. I could attach one to three 56 kilobits per second (Kbps) modems to separate phone lines, plug them into the WebRamp, and share the aggregate bandwidth on my home network over Ethernet. The WebRamp managed the connection sharing to the Internet service provider.
I limped along like this for several years. WebRamp, which had been a startup, went public, was bought and disappeared. That was the end of software updates; performance degraded.
When I visited a Verizon store, I had three questions:
1. Is there EV-DO coverage in my area?
2. Will the PC card and its software allow me to share the connection on my home network?
3. Does the service agreement allow me to share the connection on my home network?
Verizon's in-store representative had detailed maps to answer the first question. According to the company's coverage maps, there was no service in my area. But based on the one bar of power on my Verizon handset, I believed the company might well be wrong.
I tried asking my second question about six different ways, but it didn't work. I knew that by using a Windows operating system program called Internet Connection Sharing, the laptop could share its connection with the rest of my home network--that is, unless Verizon's software interfered with Windows. For each phrasing of the question I got a puzzled look and the same answer: The EV-DO card plugs into the PC card slot, so it can't be plugged into a desktop at the same time. OK, no answer to the second question either.
The answer to my third question was also not known in Verizon's outpost. I was zero for three, but desperate, so I signed the two-year contract and took the experiment home. I would have 15 days to answer the questions myself before the contract became binding.
The Experiment
I installed the Verizon software on my laptop computer and plugged in the EV-DO card. The software recognized the card, configured it, and established a connection to the cellular network flawlessly and quickly. Impressive. With a single bar of coverage, I could access the Internet through the cellular network from my home! The coverage maps were wrong; as I had suspected, the connection-mapping explorers hadn't been to my neighborhood. The answer to question one is yes, there is EV-DO coverage in my neighborhood; one down and two to go.
My home network has a server, a PC-based PBX (private business exchange), two desktops, two laptops, three wireless access points and several experimental computers attached to a common Ethernet network.
I installed the Verizon software on three laptops and tried the EV-DO card in each of them. Nothing worked. Verizon's software isolates the laptop that has the card. It's not even possible to access files stored on other computers while the Internet connection is active--the Verizon software offers only a black-and-white choice: connection to the cellular network or connection to the local network.
That's the end of the experiment. I cannot use the EV-DO card as my home network's Internet connection. Even the expensive route of using one card for each computer doesn't work, because I regularly ship files around the network. The agreement does seem to say something like one computer at a time. Why would Verizon do this?
Verizon has "broadband" coverage in my area that no one else offers. It is priced well above much faster cable services that don't care how many computers are connected to the network. Why does Verizon insist on controlling how I use the card?
A few years ago, it looked as if all the advantages in the competition for wireless Internet access belonged to the cellular networks. They could incrementally upgrade their networks and their services, from basic phone service to data-based services to multimedia. They had great connections to the backbone network. Their already-in-place systems could even support mobile connections. And they had the accounting systems to make billing simple for the customer.
Contrast that position with the state of Wi-Fi. Coverage was sparse and mobile connections weren't even dreamed about. Companies were searching for a business model that would make Wi-Fi services worth offering at all--forget universal coverage or mobile access.
The battle for wireless broadband access looked like a lopsided match between cellular networks, with a host of advantages, and Wi-Fi networks, still searching for a business model.
The Answer
My experiment with Verizon's EV-DO slapped me in the face with the answer to who will win: cellular or 802? Successful companies develop a culture that suits the competitive situation. For example, Intel's
But the culture that builds momentum for a growing company may paralyze it when things change. Look what happened to phone companies after deregulation. They had cultures suited to regulated-monopoly environments. Similar problems befall government-contracting companies when they move into commercial markets. The "Wild West" nature of IEEE 802 systems is changing the competitive environment for the cellular networks. As my experiment with Verizon's PC card demonstrates, companies that developed in a regulated environment will find it difficult to adapt. I concluded that the inertia of the cellular networks' culture will prevent them from exploiting their huge initial advantages; they will lose to the 802 zoo.
Verizon integrates the customer device (the network-access hardware and software), the cellular network and the service. This integration is part of its competitive problem. The market should have competing end-user device hardware and software; it should have competing cellular networks; and it should have competing services. Imagine how much better each would be if provided by separate competing companies. You don't have to imagine it; that's what's happening in 802. The 802 world is like the PC world, horizontally fragmented, not vertically integrated.
But before finally giving up on the cellular players, I decided to give them one more chance.
A few months after my experiment with Verizon's EV-DO card, I decided to experiment with a similar card from Cingular. As a prelude to the trip to town to visit a Cingular store, I checked the Internet for the latest options. I found the Kyocera KPC650 PC card and a companion Kyocera KR1 "mobile router." The KPC650 is an EV-DO card that is an option with Verizon's wireless broadband service. The KR1 mobile router is just what it sounds like--and exactly what I needed. It is a wireless access point with four Ethernet ports and a slot for a wireless PC card, such as the KPC650. I headed to Fry's Electronics to buy one. At the store, I found D-Link's DIR-450 EV-DO-compatible mobile router. The store had only one; I bought it and headed for a Verizon store. Since I had already experimented with Verizon's wireless broadband, I knew I had reception at the house. (No need to start the experiment over with Cingular's service.) So I was back with Verizon.
I inserted the KPC650 and plugged in D-Link's mobile router. Nothing. I installed Verizon's software in a laptop and initialized the KPC650. It worked perfectly. I popped the card out of the laptop and inserted it in the mobile router; this time it connected flawlessly. I uninstalled the broadband-access software from the laptops. I established a wireless connection between the mobile router and a laptop and configured the router. I connected an Ethernet cable from the mobile router to a newly installed Ethernet card in the server and configured the server to forward packets from the local network to the mobile router. That extended Internet access to the wired home network and to the rest of the wireless access points on the local network through the server's firewall. (The mobile router also has a firewall.)
I'm happy. My Internet connection is at least 15 times faster. Two weeks later, I installed a high-gain antenna to replace the miniature antenna that's on the KPC650. Testing the new antenna, I found that although it does not enhance the top data rate, the robustness of the signal improves. I canceled my dial-up service and returned two copper connections to the phone company. With the three cancellations, I'll break about even for the cost of the new service. I have gone from four copper phone lines to one, so I no longer need the PBX to manage options among copper connections--another potential decommissioning ceremony and more savings.
The cellular carriers aren't dead. The mobile router should be popular with emergency services. Installed in a service van, fire truck or ambulance, it acts as a Wi-Fi access point, providing wireless Internet access for computers, laptops and handheld devices that are in or close to the vehicle.
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In the 802 vision, you wear an earpiece connected by Bluetooth (802.15.3) to a handset that has a secure, mobile Wi-Fi (802.11) local-area connection to an access point and has ZigBee (802.15.4) connections to local-area sensors. The access point has a WiMAX (802.16) wide-area connection to the "lambda rail." The WiMAX base station supports 802.16e, so the backend of your car's Wi-Fi access point can connect to the WiMAX base station as you cruise the Interstate. If you cannot connect to a free-access network, your gear will connect to a cellular network.
Three developments may change this vision: cheap radios, mesh networking and smart antennas.
Systems from startup Mesh Dynamics contain three or four radios based on Atheros chips. The system is 2x6x8 inches, dissipates 400 milliwatts (mW) per radio and can be powered from an Ethernet cable (no need for an electrical outlet). One radio, operating 802.11b/g Wi-Fi with an omnidirectional antenna, serves as the access point for local connections. Two radios, operating 802.11a, form backbone link connections. The network organizes itself, establishing connections, routing around failed nodes and changing link channels as necessary to avoid interference. Radios, at $40, are cheap enough that two radios can be dedicated to the backhaul links.
Besetting mesh radio networks are four major issues: Interference between users' access links and mesh links; traffic jams through nodes close to the backbone link; single-radio scaling; and unacceptable delays through multiple hops. Using cheap radios, multiple-radio nodes, mesh networks and directional antennas, however, Wi-Fi networks already in the field demonstrate link distances and data rates that are as good as WiMAX will be able to provide--and they do it today at costs below what WiMAX will be able to achieve. Wi-Fi's MIMO systems already exceed the maximum data rates projected for WiMAX systems. I'm sure WiMAX's advocates will be able to point to advantages for WiMAX systems, but time and system cost are on the side of Wi-Fi. When WiMAX radios are cheap enough, it would be a simple thing for Mesh Dynamics to substitute WiMAX radios for the Wi-Fi radios that do the backhaul in its current systems.
Cities and even counties are enveloping their areas in Wi-Fi "clouds." One incentive is financial. It gives city or county employees anywhere, anytime access to information relevant to their jobs. Rather than blanket the city in separate, sparse radio networks for each service (fire, police, utilities, roads, etc.) the government consolidates infrastructure costs and provides better coverage.
For example, using systems from Mesh Dynamics, Sandoval County in New Mexico, an area a little smaller than the state of Connecticut, is providing megabit wireless access throughout the county. Complete, plug-in Wi-Fi radio modules cost only $40 to $100, depending on power output. Couple radios to directional antennas mounted on towers and Wi-Fi can span distances of 20 to 50 miles (in favorable terrain) for backbone communication at data rates of 24 Mbps (at maximum distance) to 54 Mbps (below 20 miles).
It is looking like Wi-Fi has the potential to provide universal access in cities and in rural areas, and it can also act as the wireless backhaul network. WiMAX will have an uphill struggle to achieve affordability before being overwhelmed by Wi-Fi deployments. Wi-Fi builds for volume, and WiMAX builds for performance. We have seen this before in the battle between PCs and workstations. Volume wins.
The main event, however, is competition between the vertically integrated telecoms that own licensed spectrum and the horizontally fragmented 802 zoo operating in unlicensed spectrum. It comes down, as I said at the beginning, to the Suits versus the Cowboys. The Suits have a head start: massive infrastructure, captive customers, exclusively owned spectrum and vertical integration for soup-to-nuts solutions. Undermining these advances is a monopoly-oriented corporate culture, proprietary solutions and the inertia inherent in vertical integration.
The Cowboys have open standards and a Wild West entrepreneurial environment. The Cowboys suffer from many competitors fragmenting the market and from operating in unlicensed spectrum.
My experience with Verizon's PC card and with a host of Wi-Fi products tells me that the Cowboys have the advantage. The vertically integrated cellular providers are handicapped by a corporate culture that makes them want to control the service as if it were the old switched-circuit voice network--and that will be unacceptable to generations of users that grew up with the wide-open development of the PC.
A key to the outcome will be how fast the Suits can learn from the Cowboys.
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Week one versus the New Orleans Saints gave Chiefs fans a glimpse of what lies ahead. The first team, despite a brief outing, showed much potential, with the regular season now starting in under a month. But what can we expect to see versus the 49ers in game two of the pre-season?
Over the past week, Head Coach Andy Reid has hinted that the first team offense will be in the game for at least two drives this week, rather than only one like in last week's outing to New Orleans. This indicates that while Reid has expressed his pleasure with the first team's performance in week one, he would like to see a repeat of this success against a more challenging opponent, the Super Bowl runner-up San Francisco 49ers.
As well as the offense as a whole, a number of individual players will be looking to impress in order to earn a roster spot or to prove themselves. One of these playing trying to prove themselves is Wide Receiver Jon Baldwin. Even after having a very productive training camp in 2012, Baldwin did not manage to translate that success to the 2012 regular season. As this year's training camp draws to a close, Baldwin has not been nearly as productive as he was in previous camps. Baldwin also did not participate in game one versus the Saints. Baldwin must begin making a name for himself beginning with this game versus the 49ers if he is going to shake the "bust" label that he has been labelled with over the past two years. The fact that the Chiefs do not have a definitive second wide receiver works in Baldwin's favour, but this upcoming game is crucial for Baldwin in determining where he lands on the depth chart by week one of the regular season.
The quarterback group battles will also be a must-see versus the 49ers. First of all, Alex Smith, no that he is in any danger of losing his starting role, but seeing whether or not he can duplicate his encouraging performance from week one will be interesting. Just below him, Chase Daniel, the 2nd stinger, will be trying to redeem himself from last week's disappointing performance. Again, Daniel does not seem to be in any danger of losing his position on the depth chart considering how much the front office paid him, but if he continues to struggle, the two remaining quarterbacks on the roster will begin to enter the conversation for the job of 2nd string quarterback. Further down the depth chart we have 3rd string quarterback and rookie Tyler Bray, and 4th string quarterback Ricky Stanzi. Bray and Stanzi will both be competing for the 3rd string spot at the quarterback position in possibly the most intriguing position battle this week. The winner of this position battle will likely be the last quarterback on the team to make the final cut when the coaches trim the roster to 53 players. This only makes the situation more fascinating.
The other main position battle currently underway is at tight end. 4th Year tight end Tony Moeaki has lost significant ground in the battle for 1st string tight end, mainly due to injuries being almost routine for Moeaki. Former Miami Dolphins tight end Anthony Fasano is currently listed as the starting tight end, followed by rookie Travis Kelce. Despite Kelce dropping a potential touchdown pass from rookie Tyler Bray, he still has managed to retain his back-up role to Anthony Fasano, which only further emphasises the coaches'' concerns over Moeaki's not being able to stay healthy. By no means is this tight end depth situation set in stone, and could may well turn over by the regular season, but it is most definitely an indicator of that the coaches are thinking.
Obviously, along with these 'up in the air' positions, there are also players that are set as the starter at their respective positions, such as Jamaal Charles and Dwayne Bowe. Players like Charles and Bowe, as indicated by Head Coach Andy Reid, will be playing at least two series along with the rest of the first team, but the main objective for these dominant players (among others) is to simply avoid injury.
The defense is much more set in stone than the offense is. Cornerback Brandon Flowers, linebackers Tamba Hali, Derrick Johnson and Justin Houston are all established players who will start the regular as the starter at their respective positions. However, like the offense, there are a number of intriguing players to watch during this upcoming pre-season matchup.
Former Miami Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith has reportedly had an incredible training camp, his quick transition from one team to another has the fans and coaches excited as to what Smith will be able to do at the second cornerback role. Like the first teamers on offense in week one, the first team defense was also taken off the field due to their immediate success versus the Saints offense, which in-turn meant that Smith also had a limited showing. Head Coach Andy Reid hinting at more playing time for the offense would also likely mean more playing time for the first team defense as well, which again, means we will likely see an increase in playing time for Smith. Sean Smith has showed significant potential for success since the moment he was acquired by the Chiefs earlier this year, week two versus the 49ers will only increase the sample size the coaches have to go on while determine what role Smith will play during the regular season. Smith's encouraging play could not have come at a better time, as 4th year cornerback Jalil Brown and former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Vince Agnew have, so far, had fairly disappointing pre-seasons, despite going up against the Saints' 3rd and 4th string offense. This only increases the importance of Sean Smith following through on his recent success.
At present, this defense may not have the same quantity of position battles going on, but there is one position that has been up for grabs for quite some time now, Free Safety. 4th year safety Kendrick Lewis is currently listed as the starter, however the recent signing of former Minnesota Vikings safety Husain Abdullah has meant that Lewis now has to compete for his job as the starter at free safety.
Though not a significant position battle, the entire defensive line has noticeably improved this off-season with the addition of former New York Jets lineman Mike DeVito and the improved play of 2nd year lineman Dontari Poe. Poe showed significant development in last week's matchup versus the Saints by displaying an increase in his strength (if that was even possible) when he continuously managed to penetrate the pocket on passing plays and disrupt the quarterback. If Poe can continue to develop the way he has been, where he was taken in the draft may very well become justified.
Despite not having as many starting positions up for grabs as the offense does, the defense will still be fascinating to watch in week two due to the improvements the new front office has made this off-season.
As per usual, kicker Ryan Succop, punter Dustin Colquitt and long snapper Thomas Gafford have all retained their roles as the starters on special teams. The only positions that may have a switch as to whether who will be the first string player, is punt/kick returner. Slot wide receiver Dexter McCluster is currently listed as the main kick and punt returner, however McCluster will likely be splitting playing time with fellow wide receivers Devon Wylie and (former Indianapolis Colts) Donnie Avery.
In contrast to the offense and defense, the special teams are already relatively set in stone and will likely stay identical heading into the regular season.


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Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey
- prep time30 min
- total time 330 min
- serves 12
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1 whole fresh turkey or frozen turkey that has not been injected with sodium solution (I use a 20-lb. turkey)
My Favourite Turkey Brine (see recipe below)
2 sticks butter
3 Tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped
2 Tbsp orange zest, juliennedMy Favourite Turkey Brine (Makes 2 gallons/7.5 L)
2 gallons (7.5 L) cold water
3 cups apple cider
2 cups brown sugar, packed
¾ cup kosher salt
3 Tbsp tri-colour peppercorns
5 whole bay leaves
5 cloves garlic, minced
peel of 3 large oranges, cut into large strips
4 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves stripped off
1. Remove the turkey from its packaging and remove the bags inside that hold the neck and giblets. Rinse them and put them in a plastic bag in the fridge; you'll need them for the gravy. Rinse the turkey thoroughly with cold water.
2. Place the turkey into a large brining bag or pot. Pour in My Favourite Turkey Brine and place in the fridge for 16 to 18 hours so the brine can work its magic.
3. Preheat the oven to 275ºF. After the turkey has brined, remove it from the brining bag and rinse the turkey thoroughly again inside and out. Soak the turkey in cold water for 15 minutes, and then rinse again and pat dry.
4. Truss the bird or tuck the legs and wings however you like. Then place the bird, breast-side up, on a rack in a large roasting pan. Cover the whole pan, tenting the bird, with heavy-duty foil so that it's well sealed. Place in the oven and roast the turkey for about 10 minutes per pound. (So for a 20-pound turkey, roast it at 275ºF for about 3 1/2 hours. For a 15-pound turkey, roast it for 2 1/2 hours.) Note: there will still be more cooking time after this, but it'll be at a different temperature.
5. When it's time to remove the turkey from the oven, mix together the butter, rosemary and orange peel strips. Remove the turkey from the oven and increase the temperature to 375ºF. Remove the foil and set aside. (Put stuffing in the bird if you wish at this point.)
6. Rub the butter mixture all over the skin of the turkey, getting in the crevices. Insert a meat thermometer into the thigh, near the hip joint. Place the turkey, uncovered, back into the oven. Continue roasting the turkey, basting/brushing with the juices in the pan every 30 minutes until the thermometer registers 165ºF and until the juices are no longer pink. This could take another 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours, depending on the size of the bird.
7. Remove from the oven and cover lightly with foil until you are ready to carve.My Favourite Turkey Brine (Makes 2 gallons/7.5 L)
1. Combine the water, cider, brown sugar, salt, peppercorns, bay leaves, garlic, orange strips and rosemary leaves in a large pot. Stir until the salt and sugar dissolve. Bring to a boil, and then turn off the heat and cover. Allow to cool completely, and then place into the fridge to chill.
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What in the World was open from January 28, 2010 through July 14, 2013
What in the World is an interactive installation created by multi-disciplinary artist Pablo Helguera as part of the Philagrafika contemporary art festival.
The interactive exhibition is based on the popular 1950s TV show What in the World? created by former Penn Museum director, Dr. Froelich Rainey. Mr. Helguera offers a new perspective on the Museum's collection, "not through the traditional reading of an artifact as representative of the ideas and customs of an ancient culture, but instead as representative of the ideas and customs of those who collected it in the first place, bringing to the fore the singularities of historical curatorial visions."
As one of five "Out of Print" cultural partners participating in the Philagrafika 2010 international contemporary art festival, the Penn Museum hosted New York-based artist Pablo Helguera. After exploring the Museum and its collections, he developed a project that taps into the vast archival resources of the institution. The provocative new installation features a recreated set from the famous television program, Museum artifacts, and a series of videos designed to provide "an unauthorized biography" of the 123-year-old Penn Museum.
"Penn Museum is one of the premiere institutions of its kind in the world," Mr. Helguera noted. "With this project, I hope to provide the public with a glimpse into the institutional unconscious of the Museum and the complex social and cultural fabric of its history."
This exhibition was made possible with the support of the Barra Foundation.
What in the World
What in the World? was the Penn Museum's Peabody Award-winning popular weekly half-hour television program which was first seen in 1951 and which ran for 14 years. By the early 1960s it was one of the oldest programs on television, bringing positive reviews and a steady stream of fanmail to the Museum which continues to this day. On each What in the World? program, four or five unidentified objects were presented to a panel of experts who were asked to guess what each piece was, where it came from, how old it was, and how it was used. Objects were selected from storerooms and had never before been seen by the panel. Before the experts guessed, the audience was told what the object was, and, during the course of the program, could watch the thought processes of real (and often fallible!) anthropologists and archaeologists. After they had completed their identification, the moderator, Froelich Rainey, Director of the Museum, told them whether they were right and if not, gave the correct identification. Only four episodes of the show survive. The special guest on one of these was the famous actor (and collector) Vincent Price.
Read the Fall 1961 Expedition Article by George Dessart, What in the World: A Television Institution
Watch all five What in the World videos produced by Pablo Helguera on YouTube.
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Born in Mexico City, Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with installation, sculpture, photography, drawing, and performance. Mr. Helguera's work focuses on a variety of topics ranging from history, pedagogy, sociolinguistics, ethnography, memory and the absurd, in formats that are widely varied including lectures, museum display strategies, musical performances and written fiction. He has exhibited extensively in many museums and biennials internationally. In 2008 he was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2005, he received a Creative Capital Grant that supported his recent project "The School of Panamerican Unrest" (www.panamericanismo.org), a nomadic think-tank that physically crossed the continent by car from Anchorage, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, covered almost 20,000 miles, and made 40 stops. It is considered one of the most extensive public art projects on record.
Mr. Helguera is currently Director of Adult and Academic programs at the Education Department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. As a museum educator, he has worked for two decades in a variety of contemporary art museums including the Guggenheim and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. He is the author of eight books including The Pablo Helguera Manual of Contemporary Art Style (2005; Spanish edition; 2007, English edition), a social etiquette manual for the art world; the novel The Boy Inside the Letter (2008) and an anthology of his performance texts, and other performance lectures, Theatrum Anatomicum (2009).
Philagrafika Arts Festival
Philagrafika 2010 is an international festival that celebrates the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art, running from January 29 through April 11, 2010 throughout the city of Philadelphia. Curated by Artistic Director José Roca with a curatorial team of John Caperton, Sheryl Conkelton, Shelley Langdale, Lorie Mertes, and Julien Robson, Philagrafika 2010 offers regional, national, and international audiences the opportunity to see contemporary art that references printmaking in dynamic, unexpected ways and to experience Philadelphia's rich cultural life in the process. The festival was initiated by the Philagrafika organization, formerly known as the Philadelphia Print Collaborative.
The festival is divided into three components: a core curated exhibition titled "The Graphic Unconscious," "Out of Print," and "Independent Projects." Penn Museum is joined by four other Philadelphia organizations with historical collections participating in the "Out of Print" program: the American Philosophical Society Museum, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Rosenbach Museum & Library, and the Independence Seaport Museum.


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Saturday, August 30, 2008
On the Street....Dip Dye, Williamsburg, NY
I've noticed the recent trend of dip dye fabrics moving from the runways (i.e. Bernard Willhelm SS08) to the streets. This chic woman pulls off this wonderful dress with some unexpected brown boots.
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- cake. said...
i'm in love.
- August 30, 2008 at 12:59 PM
- Erin Bradley said...
Stunning. Kind of an Ali McGraw in Love Story meets Julie Christie in Dr. Zhivago. The oversized tail plume is something we'll be seeing a lot more of in the coming months.
- August 30, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Lee said...
That is such an Alberta Ferrati ombre oozing knock off! I love it. Who did that?
- September 1, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- chupi said...
love the way she pushed up the sleeves of that awesome beige jacket.
- September 1, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- alas, a lass! said...
that cat would look good in anything.
- September 2, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- Always In Style said...
I am a sucker for an ombre, trendy or not - this one's a must have.
- September 2, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Charlott said...
it looks as if the dress and boots are the same as here! fantastic outfit.
- September 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM
- Alice Olive said...
Fabulous. Very hot.
- September 4, 2008 at 7:50 AM
- PrinsessanEva said...
I'm in love with this blog!!!
- September 6, 2008 at 1:57 AM
- Lorien Wood said...
It's so encouraging that you include all body types in your postings. And I love what the warm neutrals do for her incredible eyes!
- September 7, 2008 at 6:57 AM
- MongoosePouco said...
Oh wow, my new favourite blog ever! Jackets? Ombre? Boots? Brilliant!!!
- September 21, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Ally said...
I am dying with laughter here, interspersed with 'awww!'s at the kitties. You are a genius.
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Dean Landolt, 4 Mar 2010 @ 5:52pm
the USPS as a business? not so sureEasy solution -- don't cut Saturday delivery, just spread deliveries out. Noone needs mail _every_ day anyway -- so maintain the same routes, the same logistics, everything...just deliver once every other day. Monday, Wednesday, Friday for one route, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday for another. Cut your carrier staff in half (and your sorting staff significantly as well). I think we can all wait an extra day for that junk mail -- if it's urgent it wouldn't have been mailed in the first place.
Of course, the USPS can never do this -- because it's NOT a business and cannot _really_ be run like one...
"so these changes just reflect a desire to return to [profitability], which are is good practice for any business, whether they are in the public or the private sector"
I'd have to disagree there (and I bet so would Mike) -- Exhibit A: the USPTO.
"At 44 cents, first class mail is still one of the best deals around"
And how do we know this? Lest we not forget they have a monopoly on mailboxes (and are none-too-shy about enforcing it).
davebarnes (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:50pm
Re: the USPS as a business? not so sureBingo!
How much would USPS save if they cut the "mailman" staff in half tomorrow? Big Bucks.
How much would they save if they raised the retirement age to 70? Big Bucks.
How much would they save if a person's pension were fixed. No COLA. Big Bucks.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 7:29pm
Re: the USPS as a business? not so sureThey don't have a monopoly on mailboxes. I'm absolutely allowed to add additional boxes on my property for anyone I want to use in any way I want. whether it's a small box for a newspaper (fat chance) or a large box for deliveries (woot, books).
Anonymous Coward, 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:07pm
Good DealI'm no Fed-fan, but I have to side with the USPS on this one. We have family in other countries and compared to their mail systems, ours is a gem. I've heard many first hand experiences of a letter costing more than a $.44 equivalent and taking two or more weeks to reach the other side of the same city. I don't even want to start on international mail delays. What I "might" change, however, is which day to stop delivery. Isn't the USPS the only service that delivers on Saturday? Could this be a competitive advantage?
theangryintern (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 12:54pm
Re: Good DealI thought I remembered a few months back they were talking about cutting out Tuesday delivery, since that's historically a lighter volume day anyway.
Anonymous Coward, 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:09pmUh, yeah we don't get mail on saturday in Canada.. I don't think anyone really cares.
bob, 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:13pmCalls to go to a 5 business day week have been made for years, something like 20 years ago the post office went to half days on Saturday. So really this is not a new idea.
As it is against the law to go into direct competition with the post office, I don't see things getting better.
The post office has no efficiencies other than direct first class mail. If you have ever used their tracking program you will find that it's not updated very often, sometimes not until days after you package is delivered.
Internal costs are high with no incentives to reduce them.
Large circulation mailers get lower rates than smaller ones, which is fine if it were not a government sanctioned monopoly. But this does not help the bottom line.
Let's face it the post office started it's long march into death when UPS and FedX were allowed to use large (Heavy) aircraft to move packages.
If a private company were allowed to compete with letter type shipments the post office would die.
lyndie, 21 Mar 2010 @ 11:05am
Re: MailThe post office retail section may have gone to a half day on saturdays, but the city and rural carriers deliver like they do every day.
Reason2Bitch (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:15pm
from wikiUntil 1912, mail was delivered 7 days a week. As the postal service grew in popularity and usage in the 1800s, local religious leaders were noticing a decline in Sunday morning church attendance due to local post offices doubling as gathering places. These leaders appealed to the government to intervene and close post offices on Sundays
erv, 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:28pm
USPSQuitting Saturday could be a major mistake, FEDEX and/or UPS could swoop in and take over Saturday which could lead to businesses quitting USPS all together. What about Netflix, and medical supply companies whom people depend on for timely delivery. What happens during the holidays when USPS is already overloaded with mail? I think the USPS needs to cut prices and improve service to win package delivery back from UPS and Fedex. Hire part time people to do Saturday deliveries, trim management. When I worked at USPS in the 80's there were always shirt & tie people standing around doing nothing, herds of them. Nobody ever knew what their duty was
Jake, 4 Mar 2010 @ 6:34pmI think you might be looking at this the wrong way. The important question is not whether or not the USPS is taking in more money than it costs to run, but whether it offsets its running costs with the benefits it provides to the US economy. It is seldom possible for a natural monopoly to achieve both.
ECA (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 7:06pm
Lets see.90% of mail is SPAM..
Raise the price of SPAM, and lower the price to mail personal letters.
Raise the price of sending BILLS, magazines, SPAM..
I find it Strange that it costs me $1 to pay a bill on the net, when it cost them $0.27 to mail the letter.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 7:34pm
Re: Lets see.Advertising is already expensive, and people have been doing less of it, meaning less money for USPS. If you raise prices more, more people will stop using it, leading to less profitability, not more. That's the opposite of what they want to do.
I know that it took the time before last stamp price being raised for my store owner to finally give into my pleases to use MailChimp to send targeted e-mails at $0.07 each, instead of $0.40 each, plus the cost of printing and paper. Now he's a convert to the Internet. Cheaper and better response.
Anyway, the point is that raising prices for adverts is going to cut profitability for USPS and raise the amount of advertising mail in your e-mail inbox. Bad for everyone.
duane (profile), 4 Mar 2010 @ 8:16pm
Re: Re: Lets see.I don't think either of those is the case. If there is less advertising then there is less need for staff. If the price of advertising goes up then only advertising that stands a chance of affecting me will be sent (it's too expensive otherwise). So me, the USPS and advertisers all win.
If in turn we start to get more spam, well spam doesn't waste paper, it can be dealt with in about half an eye blink and we all have filters specifically to deal with this issue. It's not smallpox come to the New World, this is a problem we're used to.
ECA (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 12:10am
YEPTHINK about adverts coming to your door, with a 'NUMBER to call' to CANCEL the advert. so the company wont loose money..
That would be wonderful..
Also they would ONLY send advert if they had a REAL DEAL..
They could also ADVERT that they can send you adverts FROM THE NET...
nasch (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 9:11am
Re: Re: Re: Lets see.My understanding is it's almost impossible to fire a federal employee. So if the USPS starts having less work to do, they'll still have the same number of employees to do it, just less money coming in to pay them with.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 6 Mar 2010 @ 11:28pm
Re: Re: Re: Lets see.It takes a minimum number of employees to sort and deliver your mail. There's not a staffing difference between 500 and 1500, but there's a huge profit difference there...
Dan, 4 Mar 2010 @ 10:54pm
Re: Lets see.I find it strange you paying $1 to pay a bill on the net.
ECA (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 12:07am
Re: Re: Lets see.YES, I find it strange also, that paying $1 to process an internet transfer.
I'm not an American, so I can't really comment on what it is like in terms of economic climate post GFC over there, but I hear it's pretty bad still, although it is recovering. Therefore I think Dean's idea for USPS to sack nearly half its workforce (assuming that delivery persons make up the bulk of the workforce) would be a very bad idea. The idea to cut Saturday would have the effect of reducing their costs, but still employing the same number of people, assuming they aren't on fixed salary.
I also find erv's suggestion that medical supply companies (or more specifically, their customers) rely on the postal service, rather then registered couriers for urgent deliveries to be alarming. If something is urgent, then a postal service is not how it gets sent. I also disagree with his comment about Netflix. Netflix in terms of being a mail-order system has never been about having a movie right then to watch, it has always been about having the movie for as long as you want with no late fees. All a lack in Saturday deliveries would mean for Netflix customers would be they would have to organize their weekend viewing on Thursday rather then Friday (assuming 1 day delivery times), hardly a difficult task for most grown responsible adults.
I agree with your point Jake that the contribution to the economy of a cheap postal service is essential, but it is also really beside the point if it is not able to run because it can't afford to meet its costs.
Jake, 12 Mar 2010 @ 9:36am
Re:Fair point. What I was trying to say is that some services cannot be cut, or increased in price further without causing harm. At that point it becomes necessary to subsidise them out of the federal tax budget if they cannot be made directly revenue-neutral, though this should definitely be a last resort.
Michael (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 3:51am
Saturday Delivery is a FEATUREThe number one reason I mail things at the post office versus using FedEx or UPS IS the Saturday delivery. That is often times the only feature that makes 2-3 day priority mail a better bet time/money wise than just FedEx or UPS.
What the post office really needs to do is compete in the same areas that UPS and FedEx do; really cheep stupidly slow package delivery.
I could see paying a dollar per pound extra to get my package in 4 business days or less instead of the 5-7 it takes UPS or whatever similar slowness it is for FedEx.
While on the subject of features, how about adding one that reduces miss-delivery?
Create a Globally Unique ID for each individual and corporate position in the US. Allow me to change the address at will, with the expectation for mail to follow within the week. Now all my relatives only need send first class mail to one 'address' reference regardless of how often I have to update it. My bills and anyone else that wants to communicate can just mail to that.
Plus as an added bonus, a one time boost to the economy would occur as various mail-product vendors would suddenly have to connect to the online database and query to find the current real-address associated with a target's identifier. A massive upgrade to equipment, or more jobs for those manually looking up addresses.
Just to prevent spammers abusing the system, a bunch of fictitious names and locations should be randomly generated based on invalid entries.
Rekrul, 5 Mar 2010 @ 8:37am
Re: Saturday Delivery is a FEATUREWhat the post office really needs to do is compete in the same areas that UPS and FedEx do; really cheep stupidly slow package delivery.
I could see paying a dollar per pound extra to get my package in 4 business days or less instead of the 5-7 it takes UPS or whatever similar slowness it is for FedEx.
I recently mailed a small padded envelope containing two CDs to Canada. I'm not sure which country's postal system is at fault, but it took over two weeks to get there.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 6 Mar 2010 @ 11:30pm
Re: Saturday Delivery is a FEATUREFedEx and UPS usually take between three and five business days. They're quite a bit more expensive than the Post Office, though.
Andrew D. Todd, 5 Mar 2010 @ 4:01am
What Is To Be Done.Here are some practical proposals for the Post Office:
1. Deliver mail from Tuesday to Saturday to the full mail route. Large mailers, with mailing lists in the hundreds of thousands or millions of addresses, will of course coordinate with the Post Office, and plan backwards from the desired arrival date to determine when to print things and when to deliver them to the Post Office. They will make reservations, in short, in exchange for discounts.
2. People who want their mail on Monday should be able to pay a special fee (and thereby cause their nine-digit ZIP codes to be entered into the computers which control the sorting machines), and they could send someone to the central post office to collect the mail. At present, the Post Office requires people who receive really a lot of mail, eg. certain mail-order firms, to set up Post Office Boxes (or "Call Numbers," which are effectively virtual Post Office Boxes). Businessmen will of course pay this fee, and send their secretaries to the Post Office, because they want to cash their receivables faster. They need to have their receivables early enough in the day to take the enclosed checks to the bank by the bank posting deadline, typically two in the afternoon. This will account for most of the non-bulk, non-presorted mail. Of course, at present, to get the various discounts for bulk mail, it has to be mailed at a central post office, within regular business hours.
3. Create part-time jobs to go and empty collection boxes every evening, Sundays and Mondays included, ie at the last possible moment before the mail would miss a sorting/delivery deadline. The Post Office already has two hundred big central sorting centers. The staff of these centers, who account for only a small fraction of postal employees, already work the graveyard shift to more speedily process the mail. We would simply extend this system out to the collection mailboxes. The Post Office has about 175,000 collection boxes, most of them located beside through streets, or in shopping centers, and it ought to be possible for someone who does nothing but empty collection boxes to do one every five minutes, or twelve an hour. That would be about fifteen thousand hours a day, or seven thousand people on a two hour shift from seven to nine in the evening. Bearing in mind that the Post Office has more than six hundred thousand career employees, this is insignificant.
4. In many cases, it would be helpful for the Post Office to educate small businessmen about how to produce fully machine-readable customer-reply envelopes, with barcodes and all. Many small businessmen are too small to employ IT professionals, and their business practices are correspondingly backwards.
Gary, 5 Mar 2010 @ 5:44amI would be fine with 1st class mail being delivered once a week... There is little I receive that couldnt wait a week.
Then if people want to get something to me faster go express mail.
Betty Chambers, 5 Mar 2010 @ 6:28am
They Should Do More, Not LessI wish they would increase the amount of deliveries. In Manhattan, mail was delivered twice a day.
Instead of shutting down on Saturday, they should deliver on Sunday too.
They should increase prices, offer better services, and re-organize. They do a horrible job of tracking packages, then again UPS and FEDEX is just as bad sometimes.
Ryan, 5 Mar 2010 @ 8:21am
Mind BlowingIt blows my mind how little discussion there is on the true problem here - the USPS has a government monopoly on first-class mail for no other reason than because it is the government and gets favors. Why on Earth would we cut Saturday mail when we could simply eliminate the monopoly and get both Saturday and Sunday mail?
80% of the USPS's costs are in their workforce, which is completely unionized and provided with benefits at the expense of the taxpayers far above those in the private sector. The answer is not to continue to pay a shitload for awful service and then watch as postmen retire early and feed off the public, but to privatize it and open up first-class mail to competition.
Big_Mike (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 11:08am
Re: Mind BlowingAgreed!!!
Big_Mike (profile), 5 Mar 2010 @ 11:03am
One day a weekAll I get in the mail is my magazines, bills, Adds, and the occasional holiday card. I open the mailbox every day, grab the mail, and throw it in a pile until the weekend and go through it then. Getting it all on Friday would be a nice change. Honestly, My bills are all going paperless, my bank statements are paperless. I would love to stop getting all the junk mail and if it was once a week every place I get something from more then once a week would only have to send it once.
Anonymous Coward, 16 Mar 2010 @ 3:14pmYou know the other day we had something that was supposed to ship to some place within this county. A couple of days later the intended recipient didn't get the package. So we go to the website to check its location and we find out that the packages is HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. It wasn't supposed to leave the county, but now it was finally heading towards its destination. We called the postal office and they confirmed it was in some state half way across the U.S. It took a few more days before it finally reached its destination.
With this kind of organization I can see why they're having problems.
Harry Callaghan, 17 Apr 2010 @ 12:45pm
U. S. Postal Service.It would be a waste to make a suggestion that made sense because we are dealing with an agency of the U. S. Government and it can't be done if it makes sense. There is rarely a time that I go to the post office and stand in line to mail a package that I do not make someone in line with me aware that they can go to the other end of the building for the pickup window and not have to wait for the window to open that handles outgoing mail. Sometimes the person opening it at 830am says, "If you're just here to pick something up, go to the other end of the building". However, if they don't, that person could conceivably continue to stand in line for another 15 or 20 minutes. I have made the suggestion that they put up a sign that you can't miss if you're standing in line, directing you to the pickup window, but no one will do anything about it.....need I remind you, IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE
vinnie, 24 Apr 2010 @ 11:10am
post office mail on saturdaysAmericans are stupid. Take some more jobs away from the People that are trying to make ends meet.So they could turn to welfare making taxes go higher. Way to go--America. There goes some poor guys part time job. Like walmart and their automatic cashier system. How many pople ended up unemployed as a result of that!?! I blame this all on computers, though it is a wonderful thing to have it has really taken over America. Way to go Steve Jobs---I am sure you are not hurting (financially).
Vinnie--central NY
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webklyx, 19 Nov 2010 @ 3:37pm
It's the same here..It is the same here in the UK, the Royal Mail has been closing post offices for years in an attempt to streamline and move with the times. For some villages and outlying towns they have to drive for miles to the nearest place to mail. They are now trying to modernise the postal service here and are about to start offering a huge range of other products to try and find another way of making it a viable business... otherwise the "Queen" may privatise it! ha
Atropos38, 19 Nov 2010 @ 8:35pm
post office mail on saturdays---vinnievinnie, Apr 24th, 2010 @ 11:10am quote
"Americans are stupid. Take some more jobs away from the People that are trying to make ends meet".
Vinnie, chances are no one is going to lose their job. Most government employess are salaried,so even if a day or 2 of mail service were cut,they'd still make the same money.
The automatic cashiers in the stores I have been to are rarely used,as having a real human cashier is much more convenient9is slow at times).Plus, you can't write a check at an automatic without a "real person" approving it.
As for job loss, there have only been 3 to 4 cashiers on duty at any given time at the Walmart near us(except for Black Friday and the day after Thanksgiving).
And yes, Americans may be a bit flawed,and at times led astray,but for the most part we're a fairly intelligent group of people.
If ya don't like it here, try Ethiopia,where all you have to do is worrying about starving to death..or Haiti or any number of countries not run by the US goverment.
Then tell us again how stupid we are and how bad you really think you have it.
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Like I've posted in the shout box and my project thread, I'm making a new housing for the coupe so it can use the 4dr halos. Who here would put them in their coupe?
17 Jun 2015
So, this is my first time doing a project on my car. But this is everything I am going to do and I will update as I go but it will take a while to finish.
Aftermarket side mirrors with built-in turn signals and arrow.
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Shark fin radio antenna for the roof. Like on the newer cars
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I removed the old antenna
I finally found something that doesn't stick out and kind of goes with the body to plug up the hole after I took out the antenna base.
Replace my dash assembly
I also had to fix the dash pad on the new assembly that I got from the u pull it place
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This is the dash that I got form the u pull it place. Got it out of a sebring 2dr, it pretty obvious where it is warped at. There are other places
but I really didn't feel like taking alot of pictures and it's alot worse than it actually looks, as I'm sure most of you know.
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Changed my guage cluster to one I found in a sebring I probably should have turned on my flash. It's all black with silver trim around the gauges and the needles are silver as well. with the
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Make headlight housings that will take the Halo headlights for a BMW (Pictures Posted further down thread)
Do the double din mod and Install a tire pressure system
Make a new center console/raido bezel like in some of the newer corvettes how the bezel and part of the console are one piece.
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Get my windows Tinted
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Put in leather seats
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Paint my car
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2013 hyundai sonata center console
2013 hyundai sonata radio bezel and trim
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2013 Hyundai sonata power heated side mirrors with turn signal and puddle lamp
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Hyundai sonata steering wheel controls for the double din radio
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Change my A\C control module to that of a 2013 hyundai sonata
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Replace my tail lights with another car, possibly the sonata. Looking at a Ford fusion among other cars.
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Heated seat pads and modules from a 2013 sonata, trying to keep everything together.
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I might do something to the rims
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Replace my analog gauges with one from a newer car.
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I just put on aftermarket side view mirrors with the built-in turn signals and the arrow turn signal on the mirror. I found the parking light wire, and was hoping one of you would know where the turn signal wire is for driver and passenger.
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