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Samsung N140
This article provides information about installing and setting up Arch Linux on the Samsung N140. It is also relevant for the Samsung N130 which is identical except for the omission of Bluetooth and stereo speakers (and possibly a different battery capacity). There are versions of the N130 which include a 3G cellular modem, available from Vodafone and China Mobile. The Samsung NC10 is similar but not identical to the N140, so you may or may not find useful information on that page.
- 1 Issues
- 2 Installation
- 3 Configure your installation
- 3.1 Ethernet
- 3.2 Wifi
- 3.3 Cellular 3G Modem
- 3.4 Graphics Adapter
- 3.5 Audio
- 3.6 Suspend and Hibernate
- 3.7 Fn Keys
- 3.8 Saving Power
BIOS Issues
SATA exception, freeze, reset
A BIOS problem causes a SATA hardreset shortly after boot. This is unresolved up to Samsung N140 BIOS 05CU, and Samsung N130 BIOS 06CM, although a kernel patch is being investigated. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14314, http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13416, http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0908.2/02809.html and http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0911.3/01604.html .
A summary of the status as currently understood:
About 5 minutes after boot or resume, the BIOS switches on some power saving features which were not enabled at boot. It enables additional (sleepier) processor C-states, and sends power management instructions to the HDD. It does these behind the operating system's back -- not using ACPI, which would be handled correctly by Linux. Instead the sudden change results in a SATA exception at the first disk access following the switch. At that point the SATA driver resets the disk to resolve the problem. The result: the user sees a complete system freeze for about 30 seconds, after which operation of the machine continues normally. This can occur during the periodic fsck at boot if it is running at switch time. Either Samsung needs to be convinced to fix the BIOS, or the Linux kernel needs to be modified to behave more gracefully (Windows doesn't freeze noticeably if at all).
It has been reported that some OpenSUSE kernels [1] do not freeze and testing is progress in the Arch Forums. The patch libata-ata_piix-clear-spurious-IRQ has been reported to resolve the freezing problem (Hint: to look at the rpm use rpmextract, and then untar config.tar.bz2 and patches.*.tar.bz2). Until a final kernel patch is created this patch offers an interim solution to the problem and details are given below on how to include it in a custom kernel.
The N140 and N130 BIOSes have Phoenix FailSafe (you have been warned). It's not clear if the SATA problem has any relation to this.
Version 01CM of the N130 BIOS has been reported to not cause freezes, unlike all later ones which do.
Reports about the N130 02II and 02HI BIOSes (for the cellular modem versions) are not yet available.
This problem is hazardous for your filesystem so take precautions. For example use ext3 (not ext4) with option data=journal and install backup software.
No backlight setting via ACPI
A workaround is to use "setpci" as shown below.
Alternatively there is a kernel patch (unrelated to the SATA freeze problem) available which changes the backlight brightness using SMI instead of poking PCI config space. It provides a kernel module called "samsung-laptop". Interestingly we see from a version of this patch which is included in OpenSUSE 11.1 that a special (as yet unreleased?) BIOS for the N130 can be informed that the OS is Linux. The effect of this hasn't been published. Suggestion: run the samsung-laptop module with its debug parameter set to 1 to check whether it does anything at all.
No key releases for some Fn keys
Some of the Fn keys give key press events but no key releases. This problem was also seen on the NC10 and NC20. A workaround is given below. For kernels 2.6.32 and later this can be done from userspace.
Software issues
Frequent wireless disconnects
With kernel 2.6.31 ath9k wifi exhibits frequent disconnects and reconnects. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14267. Earlier and later kernels are better.
Screen flickering and blackouts
Some problems have been reported with KMS enabled for some 2.6.32 kernels. This problem is not specific to the Samsung N130/N140 -- it also affects others using Intel graphics drivers. Until the software is fixed a workaround is to disable powersave mode. It expected that this issue will be resolved in kernel 2.6.33.
Do the standard Arch installation procedure from the ARCH CD ISO using an external USB CDROM drive. Alternatively boot the Arch installer from a USB flash drive.
For initial installation and testing you should use the standard Arch kernel.
However a number of users are currently using a custom kernel for the following reasons:
- to investigate/resolve the SATA problem described above
- to boot with a minimal kernel containing just the required modules and without an initial ramdisk.
Method A below compiles a minimal kernel without initrd. Method B stays as close as possible to the standard kernel.
Custom kernel installation (A)
An AUR package kernel26-n130 has been created for this.
In this kernel most drivers are compiled in and there is no initial ramdisk. The cpu frequency scaling, wifi and webcam modules (acpi-cpufreq, ath9k and uvcvideo) are not compiled in, so they can be inserted or removed from the kernel to enable or disable those features. MODULES in /etc/rc.conf can be used to enable or disable loading at boot.
Prepare the directory
$ mkdir ~/builds $ mkdir ~/builds/kernel26-n130 $ cd ~/builds/kernel26-n130
Get the AUR package and untar it
$ wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kernel26-n130/kernel26-n130.tar.gz $ tar zxvf kernel26-n130.tar.gz $ cd kernel26-n130
At this point you can edit the PKGBUILD file if you need to (i) change the name or version number, (ii) change options or (iii) add additional patches. We will change one option.
Edit PKGBUILD and make sure _USE_LIBATA_PATCH is set to 1. This patch prevents the SATA problem described above.
Compile it (this will take some time...):
$ makepkg -s
Install the created .pkg.tar.gz file in the normal pacman way
$ sudo pacman -U kernel26-n130-22.214.171.124-3.pkg.tar.gz (or whatever the created .pkg.tar.gz file is called)
Then, assuming you are using GRUB, insert a new item in your Template:Filename to boot the new kernel "kernel26-N130". Note that no initrd line is necessary for this kernel.
# (0) Arch Linux N130 title Arch Linux Custom N130 Kernel root (hd0,YOURROOT-1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-N130 root=/dev/sdaYOURROOT resume=/dev/sdaYOURSWAP ro quiet
And reboot. If you have problems the standard Arch kernel is still installed and selectable from the GRUB menu.
For GRUB2 Template:Filename the syntax looks like this (sda1 = your root partition; sda2 = your swap partition)
menuentry "Arch Linux N130" { set root=(hd0,1) linux /boot/vmlinuz26-N130 root=/dev/sda1 resume=/dev/sda2 ro quiet }
Custom kernel installation (B)
An alternative approach is to compile a custom kernel which is as close as possible to the standard Arch kernel. The only required change is to apply the patch libata-ata_piix-clear-spurious-IRQ to address the SATA problem discussed above.
- get the package files for the standard Arch kernel from core-i686 or ABS or (for the 2.6.32 kernel) from testing-i686 or AUR/kernel26-source
- in PKGBUILD change "pkgname=kernel26" to "pkgname=kernel26-n140"
- add an entry for the patch file to files=() and md5sums=() and a "patch" command just after the -ARCH patches line:
# Add -ARCH patches # See http://projects.archlinux.org/linux-2.6-ARCH.git/ patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/${_patchname} || return 1 # Patch for Samsung N130/N140 patch -Np1 -i ${srcdir}/libata-ata_piix-clear-spurious-IRQ || return 1
- compile, install it and add new section in Template:Filename, identical to the standard entry but with kernel26 replaced by kernel26-n140. Reboot.
Configure your installation
RTL8101e/8102e fast ethernet. Works out of the box.
The supplied wifi device is either an Atheros AR9285 (PCI ID = 168c:002b) (European markets) or a Realtek RTL8192E (US and UK markets).
Atheros AR9285
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01)
The kernel module for this device is "ath9k" (AR9285 is supported since 2.6.29).
Kernels 2.6.30 and 2.6.32-rcN release candidates seem to work fine. However with kernel 2.6.31 the wireless connection exhibits frequent disconnects and reattachments, resulting in periods of bad througput and periods of good throughput. There is no sign of any patches for 2.6.31.y to fix this regression. Complain to email@example.com. To get it working either downgrade to 2.6.30 or preferably upgrade to 2.6.32.
The following patch was included in 2.6.32 just before the final release: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=54ab040d24904d1fa2c0a6a27936b7c56a4efb24 . It disables PS (power saving) mode by default, since this mode was found to have problems. See here http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14267 . PS mode can also be disabled with the following command, which can be placed in Template:Filename:
iwconfig wlan0 power off
Realtek RTL8192E
Open source driver
The native Linux driver for this wireless device is still in preparation, but it is available as a kernel module "rtl8192e" in "staging" -- i.e. in preparation for inclusion in the kernel and available to try out, but likely to still have some problems. It has been reported as working [2]. Firmware is required. See http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/15/410 and http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git;a=summary .
Install the firmware like this:
$ sudo pacman -S git $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/firmware.git $ sudo cp -a firmware/RTL8192E /lib/firmware $ rm -fr firmware
Alternatively use a web browser on another computer to save firmware-407f318.tar.gz and transfer the file (e.g. on a USB flash drive) to the Samsung N130/140. Then
$ tar zxvf firmware-407f318.tar.gz $ sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/RTL8192E $ sudo cp -a firmware-407f318/*.img /lib/firmware/RTL8192E
$ md5sum /lib/firmware/RTL8192E/*
should return
bb9f64de23939ec247d15dfbeb0ed91e /lib/firmware/RTL8192E/boot.img db83def0338769de1d4658a00b6f738d /lib/firmware/RTL8192E/data.img 0034020e5a32571f486849aa90a389a7 /lib/firmware/RTL8192E/main.img
On rebooting, the kernel messages (visible with "dmesg") should now indicate that rtl819xE finds the firmware for loading into the device.
It has been reported as working with ndiswrapper which makes use of the closed source Windows driver under Linux.
Cellular 3G Modem
Specifications required
Graphics Adapter
The video controller is an Intel chipset that works with the xf86-video-intel driver.
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
Kernel Mode Setting
See also Intel#KMS_.28Kernel_Mode_Setting.29.
KMS works at native 1024x600 resolution with kernel 2.6.31. Problems have been reported for some 2.6.32 kernels (later release candidates up to release 220.127.116.11), which results in screen flickering and blackouts about 5 minutes after resuming from suspend-to-RAM or suspend-to-disk.
Method A
If you are using a kernel with no inital ramdisk and you can simply add the required options to the GRUB kernel line:h
# (0) Arch Linux N130 title Arch Linux Custom N130 Kernel root (hd0,YOURROOT-1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-N130 root=/dev/sdaYOURROOT resume=/dev/sdaYOURSWAP ro quiet i915.powersave=0 i915.modeset=1
Method B
If you are using an initial ramdisk (either the standard kernel or the custom kernel method B above) then do the following:
Edit Template:Filename:
options i915 modeset=1 or options i915 modeset=0
Edit Template:Filename:
MODULES="intel_agp i915" FILES="/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
Put keymap early in Template:Filename HOOKS. Regenerate the init ramdisk for the kernel(s) you are running:
$ mkinitcpio -p kernel26 or $ mkinitcpio -p kernel26-n140
Remove any vga= or video= from grub Template:Filename kernel line, and reboot.
KMS with KDE
With earlier versions of KDE, on logout it returned to the F1 real console instead of to KDM. Uncommenting this entry in Template:Filename solved the problem:
This setting is now the default.
Backlight Brightness
xbacklight does not work currently. However the brightness can be set with the following command
setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=hh
where hh is the level of brightness, in the range 00 to FF. Don't set it to zero because your backlight will turn off!
Note this does not require the samsung-laptop patch mentioned above.
Use the following script to increase and decrease the brightness. Put it in /sbin/backlight for example. Use xbindkeys to bind commands to the backlight Fn keys. Obtain sudo permission for user to use those commands with visudo.
#!/bin/bash # increase/decrease/set/get the backlight brightness (range 0-255) by 16 # #get current brightness in hex and convert to decimal var1=`setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B` var1d=$((0x$var1)) case "$1" in up) #calculate new brightness var2=`echo "ibase=10; obase=16; a=($var1d+16);if (a<255) print a else print 255" | bc` echo "$0: increasing brightness from 0x$var1 to 0x$var2" setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=$var2 ;; down) #calculate new brightness var2=`echo "ibase=10; obase=16; a=($var1d-16);if (a>15) print a else print 15" | bc` echo "$0: decreasing brightness from 0x$var1 to 0x$var2" setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=$var2 ;; set) #n.b. this does allow "set 0" i.e. backlight off echo "$0: setting brightness to 0x$2" setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=$2 ;; get) echo "$0: current brightness is 0x$var1" ;; toggle) if [ $var1d -eq 0 ] ; then echo "toggling up" setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=FF else echo "toggling down" setpci -s 00:02.1 F4.B=0 fi ;; *) echo "usage: $0 {up|down|set <val>|get|toggle}" ;; esac exit 0
External VGA
External VGA works out of the box with xrandr / krandrtray. Tested at 1920x1080 resolution.
The audio device is an Intel HD.
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
Suspend and Hibernate
Suspend to RAM with pm-suspend works.
It is most useful to trigger suspends using acpid.
To catch the "sleep" function key, edit Template:Filename so that the button/sleep) event calls /usr/sbin/pm-suspend (instead of "echo mem > /sys/power/state" which may leave wifi down after resume):
button/sleep) case "$2" in SLPB) logger "Sleep button pressed, suspending to RAM" /usr/sbin/pm-suspend ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;;
When catching the lid closure, the button/lid event will be seen twice -- once on suspend and again on resume. So use the lid state to distinguish between these so that pm-suspend is not triggered twice:
Enter the following lines in Template:Filename:
button/lid) if [ `/bin/awk '{print $2}' /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state` = closed ]; then /usr/sbin/pm-suspend fi ;;
Hibernate works correctly (see pm-utils article).
If you are a KDE4 user you can take advantage of powerdevil (included in kdemod-core/kdemod-kdebase-workspace since release 4.2) to manipulate the screen brightness, cpu scaling and hibernate. Suspend from KDE works too, but if you are using handler.sh to suspend on the button/lid and button/sleep acpi events, then KDE only needs to lock the screen. Note that cpu scaling requires acpi-cpufreq module to be loaded in MODULES in /etc/rc.conf.
Fn Keys
Firstly edit Template:Filename and insert N140 into the list where you see NC10 already.
Now in a real console
will show presses for the function keys, but no releases for some of them.
This is a BIOS issue which was also found on the Samsung NC10. A workaround quirk was put in the kernel in atkbd.c for the NC10. Patching this routine to apply the same quirk also works for the N140, and is recommended for 2.6.31 and earlier. However for 2.6.32 and later (i.e. any current Arch installation) there is a much simpler solution because this quirk can now be applied from user space. Simply edit Template:Filename and add the following line:
echo 130,131,132,134,136,137,179,247,249 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/force_release
After this is run, doing "showkey" in a real console will show key presses and releases.
Binding Fn keys with xbindkeys
The following has been tested with KDE, but should also work for other DEs.
To bind the Fn keys to action, read Extra_Keyboard_Keys#The_quick_way and also Extra Keyboard Keys in Xorg.
The suspend key (Fn+ESC) and disable touchpad (Fn+F10) keys, numlock, scroll lock, volume controls and mute work out of the box.
Note, that suspend key is handled in Template:Filename (see "button/sleep" case entry) as shown above.
1) install xbindkeys
pacman -S xbindkeys
2) check the key values with
xbindkeys -mk
3) edit .xbindkeysrc
"sudo /sbin/backlight up" m:0x0 + c:233 "sudo /sbin/backlight down" m:0x0 + c:232 "/home/user/bin/systeminfo_battery" m:0x0 + c:244 "sudo /sbin/backlight toggle" m:0x0 + c:156 "/home/user/bin/systeminfo_disk" m:0x0 + c:157 "/home/user/bin/systeminfo_cpu" m:0x0 + c:210 "/home/user/bin/systeminfo_wifi" m:0x0 + c:246
4) run xbindkeys, and try it out
For KDE4 put a link to Template:Filename in Template:Filename
ln -s /usr/bin/xbindkeys ~/.kde4/Autostart/xbindkeys.link
The Fn+F3 ("Euro") key: here Samsung implemented what has been called an entertaingly hilarious hack: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2009-August/013536.html ROFL! Does anyone know a practical use for this key? Fortunately some (eurozone) models have a real Euro key as well.
Binding Fn keys in Openbox
In Openbox one can use the internal keybind setup instead of xbindkeys. Here is an excerpt from rc.xml:
<keybind key="XF86Battery"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/batteryDisplay</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86Display"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/monitor</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86Launch1"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/brightnessToggle</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86Launch2"> <action name="Execute"> <command>nice python ~/.config/openbox/scripts/checkmail.py --update</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86Launch3"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/powersaveToggle</command> </action> </keybind> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86AudioMute"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/volume mute</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86WLAN"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/wlanToggle</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/volume -</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume"> <action name="Execute"> <command>~/.PersonalBin/volume +</command> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessDown"> <action name="PreviousWindow"> <bar>no</bar> <allDesktops>yes</allDesktops> <finalactions> <action name="Focus"/> <action name="Raise"/> </finalactions> </action> </keybind> <keybind key="XF86MonBrightnessUp"> <action name="NextWindow"> <bar>no</bar> <allDesktops>yes</allDesktops> <finalactions> <action name="Focus"/> <action name="Raise"/> </finalactions> </action> </keybind>
Saving Power
The Samsung N130/N140 contains a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom ULV (ultra low voltage) N270 processor, designed for low power consumption. The power consumption of the netbook (not just the processor) can be as low as 6W on idle with HDD spun down, although a typical figure under normal usage would be considerably higher.
Obviously the battery life depends on battery capacity as well as power consumption. The supplied battery varies in different markets. This list is a guideline only. Do not rely on this information before purchase -- check with YOUR vendor and update this wiki if it is incorrect:
Voltage 11.1V N130 = 4000mAh [44Wh] (most markets), 5200mAh [57Wh] (Sweden) N130 (Vodafone) = ? [?] (Spain) N130 (CMCC) = ? [?] (China) N140 = 5200mAh [57Wh] (US, Germany, France, Sweden), 5900mAh [65Wh] (UK) Extended battery = 7800mAh [86Wh]
Install powertop which is a very useful tool for measuring and tuning power consumption, and htop which is useful for checking the CPU and memory usage of running processes
# pacman -S powertop htop
Enable CPU frequency scaling (P-states) by loading the driver module "acpi-cpufreq". This is most conveniently done in Template:Filename:
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq ... )
Select the CPU frequency governor by adding the following lines to Template:Filename:
# Set the CPU frequency scaling governor for each core echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo "ondemand" > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor


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This mount was made to attach the HD FLH assembled fairing to the 4 fork mounting points on the VTX 1300 using the Memphis Shades mounts. This allows use of the MS allen wrench to quickly remove the fairing if needed. You will have to make or buy a headlight extension. Has to be done first. I used a 5″ x 5″ x .5″ piece of aluminum stock and made one to bump the headlight out 4″. There will be some trimming and relocating of brackets. And you'll have to buy longer bolts to mount everything correctly. Get the headlight squared away first, then do the fairing. Take a length of 1″ aluminum angle stock and cut two 17″ pieces from it. These will be the uprights for the "H" brace. Measure 5.5″ from the bottom of one piece and center punch for a hole. Drill a large enough hole to slip over the MS mounting hardware on the forks. Start at about ½" bit and notch out as necessary. Center of this hole has to be 5.5″ from the absolute bottom of the angle iron. In the same location, drill out another notch for the bottom mounting point. A drill press is handy for these modifications and you can hog out the mounting notches with a file, dremmel, etc., until they fit. Do the same for the other length of 1″ angle stock but make sure it is a mirror image of the first one. Test fit these by mounting them to the MS fork brackets using the MS bracket hardware. Bottom notch goes in first, then the top notch. I epoxied the back "nuts" of the mounting hardware to the fork mounting brackets. It keeps it in place when you're taking the fairing on and off the bike. On the top mounting points, I epoxied a washer with one side ground flat to the bolt's mounting ferule. This allowed better contact between the H brace and the fork mounting bracket. Didn't want that fairing falling off. Adjust as necessary and after the test fit, remove.


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In wake of 10-year-old girl's murder, Coffman camp continues to attack Miklosi on "siding" with predators
As police continue to field tips in the murder case of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, Republican Rep. Mike Coffman's campaign launched a new TV ad this week charging that his challenger sides with predators.
The ad attacks Democratic state Rep. Joe Miklosi, who is vying to unseat Coffman in the 6th Congressional District, for a 2009 vote against "Katie's Law," which would allow law enforcement officials to collect DNA from people arrested for a felony.
It's Coffman's second ad accusing Miklosi of being lax on public safety, and comes at a time when Denver-metro area residents mourn in the wake of Ridgeway's murder.
The narrator in the 30-second spot says that Miklosi was one of 12 Colorado lawmakers to oppose the measure, siding "with predators."
Ryan Hobart, a spokesman for Miklosi, said Coffman himself voted against a version of "Katie's Law" in Congress called the "Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2010."
In its official summary, Coffman voted against an amendment that increased payments by 5 percent for states that implement a minimum DNA collection process for felons, and by 10 percent for states that implement an enhanced DNA process.
In the end it did pass in the U.S. House.
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Why or why not?
Aren't market agents/human action more of a factor in how much the govt gets than anything the govt can do (when it comes to income tax)?
I'm asking because Rothbard seemed (to me) to reject Dr. Walter E Wiliams' finding that income tax revenue is always about the same percentage of GDP. I would be tempted to side with Dr. Walter E Williams on this if he weren't a Keynesian.
No in the short run government could steall almost all the wealth of society and society would function albeit in a crappy state.
Maybe in the long run. In the long run most economic activity would settle into the black market as it did in the Soviet Union and China, and as it does increasingly in the USA (Current estimates are two trillion dollars of GDP are transacted on the black and grey markets. And clearly this is beyond contraband. My own theory is that this number is boosted by people receiving unemployment and disabilities doing work for cash and barter.) The difficulty is in measuring these activities. As bad as GDP is to measure, measuring black and grey market activity is worse as it is mixed in with the other activities.
As for this inference by Dr Williams, there is no theory dictating that the percentage of GDP coming in tax revenue would be consistent. My guess is that it is just a weird quirk stemming from the collective behavior of Congress and their desire not to destroy the economy with tax increases.
government is made up of human agents, just like the market.
income tax depends on human agents and nonhuman agents, as nonhumans contribute to the market as well.
Please cite the claim that Walter Williams is a Keynesian.
"Income tax" is just a euphemism. It is an annual property seizure*. As has already pointed out, a larger seizure nets more revenue for the government.
Clayton -
*There is no difference between a wealth tax and an income tax... both are wealth taxes.
Monetarist is not Keynesian.
As you can see, this is my first post. That being said, I am excited for many more to come.
To address your question, intution might suggest that because income correlates to work which correlates to strength of the job market, yes the income tax revenue would be a stem from market strength. Although, what would need to be constant? The income tax rate - which in many ways seen and unseen is not constant.
Now GDP teeters on very mixed definitions. For instance, we can all hopefully agree that the job market is weak, but government manipulation can boost GDP statistics in a number of ways. I remember seeing recently that they are trying to change the definition of Investments (remember GDP = C (onsumer spending) + I (nvestments) + G (overnment spending) + X-M (nex exports)), by allowing for more value to be added to "I" - so that the act of looking into a job is considered an investment...
Whereas, I do not see the correlation of income revenue and GDP/market as entirely untrue, I feel that it is easily manipulated.
there seems to be another thread for that question
@Clayton: I thought he was a monetarist. I guess I'm wrong. Sorry about that.


text: The title? Well, I am just humoring myself. I have one clean t-shirt left and it's black. The fact is, I arrived in Addis Ababa on the unlikely on-time Ethiopia airlines flight from Dire Dawa completely covered in fine dirt from the soils of East Harar. We headed out at 5:30 am, before sunrise, to see the "raised bed project" we have been supporters of in a place called Choma, way off the main road in the prime East Hararghe growing region. It was one of those days in "coffee travel" that seemed perfect from beginning to end. How many coffee buyers go to Choma? Zero. Were we the first there? Definitely, aside from our partner in Harar coffee, Rashid Ogsaddey. How many cars come down this road? About 1 every 2 months, and that is the local government official. In fact, the road was completely constructed with hand tools by locals - no engineering, no machines, and it sure felt like it, too. We arrived to see how the raised bed program was implemented, if the dry-processed Harar coffees would benefit from this method, and if the farmers liked it. The answer to all was a resounding yes! They want more raised beds, they feel the coffee dries faster, better, and in fact, I have never smelled whole dry cherry pods and sensed sweet floral (rose-like) notes. With traditional Harar DP coffees, laid out on mats on the ground to dry, it took 3 days longer ... which means that much more time from musty, earthy flavors to infiltrate the coffee. It was an amazing day, with all of Choma descending on us, so excited someone cared so much about their coffee to come from America to visit! I admit to some egotism here - I felt like a bit of a celebrity. But, through translation into the local Oromo language, I think I conveyed the real appreciation we have for Harar Longberry coffee, for the local culture and local cultivars, and for their willingness to embrace the raised bed drying idea. it's a small crop this year, and that will be hard on the farmers, but they are still willing to try something new. and in the normal crop cycle of these heirloom, ancient Ethiopian cultivars, next year promises to be a bountiful coffee season, and the raised bed program will be in full effect, yielding better drying in a shorter time, and ultimately better coffee in the cup! I am off to Yirga Cheffe tomorrow, hoping the next place I stay can wash a few shirts for me ... we'll see. -Tom


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Adnan Oktar Says...
Daily Azerbaijan Reyting, November 6th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: Satan encourages doubts, but these should not be taken seriously. It is rather like a table having been laid for us, and us worrying about where to put the chairs and the salat. There is no need to prolong matters. It is obvious that Turkish-Islamic Union will be a fine thing and will bring with it plenty and abundance. It will obviously bring joy with it. These are empty concerns and we need not bother our heads with them. THEIR OLDER BROTHER, TURKEY, WILL EMBRACE THEM WITH AFFECTION AND LOVE, AND REQUEST TO BE OF SERVICE TO THEM. Turkey stands to gain nothing from this. What is surprising about a father and his sons coming together to talk and eat? A father, in other words TURKEY, TURKEY IS THE FATHER, THE LEADER, OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD. It is inviting all its children to the table to come and eat and have a good time, so that a pleasant environment can be enjoyed by all.
Azerbaijan State News Agency, August 14th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: The truth is that Turkey is the greatest state in the world. I am not exaggerating, the greatest. Turkey will join the European Union as the leader of the Turkish-Islamic Union, a great Turkish-Islamic Union. It will then both nourish and strengthen Europe. Russia's back will then be straightened, Armenia will be able to relax and Israel will be able to relax. The Palestinian problem will be resolved. TURKEY IS A STATE THAT WILL SAVE THE WHOLE WORLD. TURKEY IS LIKE AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. IT IS A VITALLY IMPORTANT STATE, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BEGIN TO SEE THIS IN THE NEXT 10 OR 20 YEARS. TURKEY WILL MAKE BROTHERS OUT OF ALL THE WORLD. That is the law of Allah, insha'Allah, that is destiny, insha'Allah.
Zaman, May 18th, 2011
Entering the election race for the first time, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is continuing his campaign in Konya after having taken a break for the UN summit. Residents of Konya, who have been listening to promises about beetroot and wheat prices for years, and his fellow townspeople are delighted with Davutoğlu's emphasis on democracy at his meetings. The minister also touches on foreign policy during his addresses, and says that his vision for 2023 is a Turkey that is awesome, affectionate and a world power.
Davutoğlu clarifies his reference to "...a Turkey that extends the hand of affection to everywhere in the world" by saying "being affectionate is not enough, we must also be awesome." His promise that Turkey will spend $15 billion on poor countries in the next 10 years is a literal expression of his motto of an affectionate and awesome Turkey. Davutoğlu's vision for 2013, to which Prime Minister Recep TaTayyip Erdoğan constantly refers, is to become a world power.


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Deciding which floor best suits your interior and personality isn't an exact science. In an ideal world, you would try out several different floors in your own home before making a decision. Well, luckily, there's a tool that lets you do just that. With 'RoomViewer', you can virtually try out any type of flooring, ensuring that your final decision is the right one.
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Aggregate enterprise desktop mail into the production facility
P/I OfficeMail™
P/I OfficeMail™ helps organisations reduce the cost of customer-facing mail that must be created individually. P/I OfficeMail frees personnel resources to focus on core business activity, and reduce unit costs for these communications.
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With Pitney Bowes P/I OfficeMail software, users simply create documents and submit them for printing and mailing. Instead of being printed locally on desktop printers and manually processed, documents are aggregated and transmitted to an in-house print-and-mail centre or an off-site facility for efficient production.
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By tapping into intelligent production print and mail capabilities and new economies of scale, P/I OfficeMail software makes you more productive. You can:
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Documents can be submitted online from a web browser (IE8). Additionally document templates, attachments and mail merge lists can be uploaded and processed. All the standard processing settings can be selected and users are able to preview the document or mail merge before submitting the job.
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When combined with P/I™ Output Enhancement, users can add barcodes to enable first-pass postcode presort for postage savings and improved mail integrity - without costly upstream application changes. Integrate with P/I™ Output Manager software to enable automated closed-loop reprinting and help meet service level agreement (SLA) performance.
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KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- An army of police waded into the protesters' encampment in Kiev's Independence Square early Wednesday to disperse anti-Ukrainian government demonstrators.
As the hundreds of armored officers converged from multiple directions on the encampment where thousands of people have been gathered for two weeks, a singer known as Ruslana led the protesters in singing the country's national anthem, the Washington Post reported.
It was not known if there were any injuries during the police action, which began about 1:30 a.m. with several blasts the newspaper said could have been caused by flash grenades. Police were removing barricades set up around the encampment while protesters still held the stage in the center, the Post said.
The bells of the nearby Mikhailovsky Cathedral were sounded after the police action began.
The Post said it was unclear if protesters still held City Hall, located several hundred yards away, or a trade union building they have used as an unofficial headquarters.
The move to break up the encampment came after Catherine Ashton, foreign policy chief of the European Union, and Victoria Nuland, U.S. assistant secretary of state, who were both in the Ukraine capital Tuesday, implored the two sides to reach a peaceful resolution.
Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych and three former leaders had met Tuesday ahead of a national roundtable called to restore political stability, officials said.
Iryna Vannykova, spokeswoman for Yanukovych's predecessor, Viktor Yushchenko, said the meeting should be considered a first step in organizing the roundtable in which presidents, opposition leaders, young people and non-government organizations would meet, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
The Ukraine National Palace of Arts would serve as the site for the discussion of proposals from the public regarding the restoration of political stability, public peace and calm in Ukraine.
As the leaders met, demonstrators braved freezing temperatures to march along Kiev's snow-covered streets in protest of Ukraine's pro-Russian president, CNN reported.
Security forces in riot gear tried to herd demonstrators away from government buildings, but they refrained from a violent crackdown similar to ones Nov. 30 that drew international condemnation.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Yanukovych Monday to urge him to talk with his opposition and avoid violence. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso talked to Yanukovych Sunday and also directed Ashton to fly Kiev to try to work things out.
The pro-Western demonstrations began several weeks ago when Yanukovych changed his mind over signing political and trade agreements with the European Union, saying Ukraine would be shortchanged and he would pursue closer ties with Russia instead.
On Monday, police broke down barricades protesters erected after progressing to the presidential administration building, pushing demonstrators back toward Independence Square.
Minor scuffles broke out and 10 demonstrators were injured, opposition party officials said. State media reported two police officers were hurt.
Masked men ransacked an opposition party's headquarters in a raid, Batkivshina Political Party leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk said.
The men, whom Yatsenyuk alleged were special forces officers, destroyed the his party's server room, CNN reported. Police denied being involved in the raid.
Also Monday, Yanukovych said he would support a call for talks with his opponents to work out a compromise.


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The Reef Check Foundation is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical coral reefs and California rocky reefs. Our coral reefs are in danger due to over-fishing, illegal fishing and pollution. Virtually no reef in the world remains untouched by human impact. Founded in 1996 by marine ecologist Dr. Gregor Hodgson, Reef Check strives to educate the public about this crisis and the value of reef ecosystems. The organization is headquartered in Los Angeles and has volunteer teams in over 90 countries who monitor and report on reef health, and produce ecologically and economically sustainable solutions to the problem of damaged reefs, while stimulating local community action to protect any remaining pristine reefs, worldwide.
There are several ways to get involved, from making a donation on the website or becoming a Reef Check member, to volunteering and participating in educational projects hosted by Reef Check. These include a "What Do Reefs Mean to You?" Photo Contest, an Artists for Reefs Gallery where artists can display their marine-themed art, and even a Singing Contest aimed at helping young people learn more about the marine environment.
This #charitytuesday, spread the word about a different kind of water charity! Visit Reef Check's website to learn more about ways you can help restore this natural and beautiful part of creation.


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Story highlights
- Despite economic uncertainty and terror threats, international travel is up globally
- U.S. travelers curbed travel abroad in 2011, but numbers are up for 2012
- Travel agents say most clients are not headed to trouble spots
- Today's traveler is aware of threats and unrest in the post 9/11 world, agents say
A terrorist explosion in Bulgaria. Tourist kidnappings in Egypt. Sometimes violent demonstrations in Greece. A coup in Mali. Deadly drug wars in Mexico. Olympic security failures in England.
Who wants to be a tourist these days? The deadly bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists Wednesday in Bulgaria is the latest bit of bad news in a summer plagued by global instability.
Traveling hardly sounds relaxing. The U.S. State Department's latest worldwide safety caution issued Wednesday warns that terrorist groups "continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East."
Targets might include public transportation systems and "sporting events, residential areas, business offices, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, public areas and other tourist destinations" in the United States and abroad where large numbers of U.S. citizens gather, according to the State Department.
Despite ongoing advisories and worldwide economic uncertainty, the numbers suggest travelers are nevertheless determined to see the world. International tourist arrivals grew 5% in the first four months of 2012, according to the United Nations' World Tourism Organization. The agency estimates that 415 million tourists will travel worldwide during this year's May-August peak travel season, and international tourism is expected to increase by 3% to 4% for the full year.
"In the case of acts of violence or any other risk/crisis situation such as natural disasters, it is important that countries are prepared and have built crisis management structures and preparedness plans to deal with such unforeseen events in order to minimize their impact on tourism," wrote Sandra Carvao, a WTO spokeswoman, in an e-mail. "Yet in many cases, these are isolated events that if well-managed will have a limited impact on tourism demand."
The number of U.S. travelers going abroad last year dropped 3% from 2010 to nearly 59 million, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, but 2012 is looking strong for U.S. travel abroad.
"So far, in 2012, we are seeing increases in U.S. outbound air traffic to all world regions. It is too early to tell if any of the events that have just occurred will impact travel," a Commerce Department official said via e-mail. This year's outbound air traffic is up 5% through April 2012, according to department figures.
While most of their travelers aren't heading into political hot spots, U.S. travel agents say their clients understand terrorist threats and political unrest are part of what they have to consider in a post-9/11 world, along with the price of a plane ticket.
"We've had little to no cause for concern from our travelers, many of whom are on extensive European vacations traveling with family for up to three weeks in Europe," wrote Pattie Fanta, owner of Travel Leaders in Bay Village, Ohio, in an e-mail. "I advise my clients to remain vigilant and alert while on the road (even in the U.S.), know they have good trip insurance and call us should any problems arise."
Perspective is key, says veteran travel writer Zora O'Neill, who was boarding a Thursday red-eye flight to Greece.
"Sure, I'm going to Greece, and even Athens -- but I know where the demonstrations usually are in Athens and the scale of them -- so I know just to avoid that part of the city," says O'Neill, author of more than a dozen travel guides, plus an upcoming book on Arabic language and the Middle East.
"The key to perspective is a map! 'Demonstrations in Greece' typically boils down to one major square in Athens. 'Drug war violence in Mexico' affects only a tiny portion of the country. And for terrorist attacks, it's stone-cold to say it, but the safest time to go somewhere is after an attack, when the security is the most vigilant."


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Youth development has been a hot-button topic in the U.S. soccer scene recently. The U.S. U-17 team and Dynamo Academy goalkeeper Fernando Piña will surely be a big part of the conversation this week when they begin a whirlwind friendly tour of Europe.
Wilmer Cabrera's charges are due to arrive in England on Friday. They will train at Manchester City's academy facility and then play friendlies against Manchester City (April 20) and Wigan Athletic (April 22).
Next week, the team travels to Italy to take part in the 23rd International Tournament of Gradisca. The centerpiece match for the U.S. is the April 25 opener against fellow CONCACAF giants Mexico. The last time the U-17s faced Mexico, in February, the U.S. thumped their rivals 4-1.
The U.S. will finish up group play against Romania and Croatia on April 26 and 27, respectively. If the U.S. advances, the semifinals are April 28, and the final is April 30.
The squad Cabrera chose includes Piña, who entered the U-17 residency program in September after traveling on the Dynamo's European tour last August. It also includes Kellen Gulley, Alejandro Guido, and Marc Pelosi, all of whom scored against Mexico in February.
The most interesting inclusion is Matt Dunn, who joined the youth academy of Bundesliga club FC Köln last year. The skillful central midfielder has been playing semi-regularly for the club's U-16s, and gotten onto the scoresheet now and then, including notching a goal in a 3-0 trouncing of Borussia Dortmund last month.
Here is the full squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Wade Hamilton (Murietta, Calif.; Arsenal FC), Fernando Pina (Houston Dynamo Academy; Houston, Texas)
DEFENDERS: Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas Juniors; Plano, Texas), Holden Fender (Marietta, Ga.; North Atlanta SA), Riggs Lennon (Sereno SC; Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Alessandro Mion (Miami FC Kendall; Miami, Fla.), Marc Pelosi (De Anza Force; Sunnyvale, Calif.), Nathan Smith (Cal Odyssey; Clovis, Calif.), Andrew Souders (Columbus Crew Academy; Amherst, Ohio)
MIDFIELDERS: Joe Amon (South Carolina United; Summerville, S.C.), Matt Dunn (FC Köln; Boulder, Colo.), Alejandro Guido (Aztecs FC Premier; Chula Vista, Calif.), Nico Melo (Florida Rush; Kissimmee, Fla.), Tarik Salkicic (Strictly Soccer; Pinellas Park, Fla.)
FORWARDS: Nicko Corriveau (Bethesda SC; Potomac, Md.), Kellen Gulley (MS Chicago Fire Juniors; Clinton, Miss.), Takuya Okada (Aztecs FC Premier; San Diego, Calif.), Andrew Oliver (Westside United; Indianapolis, Ind.), Esteban Rodriguez (LAFC Chelsea; Palmdale, Calif.), Mario Rodriguez (Central Aztecs; North Hollywood, Calif.)


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They're not only beautiful Christmas tree decorations, but unique keepsake gifts that capture a snapshot in time of precious memories and the events of ones life."
I received a Christmas Tree Tabletop Ornament for review.
First of all, I want to mention that the ordering process couldn't be any easier. I went to Ornaments With Love and picked out my ornament, personalized it and finalized my order all within 30 minutes. Only 3-5 minutes of that time was spent on the personalization and ordering - the rest was spent trying to decide which ornament was my favorite! They are all so adorable!
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Race and related grounds
Under the Code, every person has the right to be free from racial discrimination and harassment in the social areas of employment, services, goods, facilities, housing accommodation, contracts and membership in trade and vocational associations. You should not be treated differently because of your race or other related grounds, such as your ancestry, ethnicity, religion or place of origin.
Canada, its provinces and territories have strong human rights laws and systems in place to address discrimination. At the same time, we also have a legacy of racism – particularly towards Indigenous persons, but to other groups as well including African, Chinese, Japanese, South Asian, Jewish and Muslim Canadians – a legacy that profoundly permeates our systems and structures to this day, affecting the lives of not only racialized persons, but also all people in Canada.
Relevant policies:
May 2010 - This document is a "how-to" guide. It gives municipalities directions on how they can start or improve anti-racism and anti-discrimination initiatives. This manual focuses on small and medium-size municipalities but any municipality, large or small, should find it useful.
CMARD Booklet: Call for coalition of municipalities against racism and racial discrimination
2006 - The Canadian Commission for UNESCO is inviting municipalities from across Canada to join a Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination and be part of a larger international coalition being promoted by UNESCO. This booklet provides information that will be useful in understanding some of the important details of this Coalition.
Common questions: Policy on removing the "Canadian experience" barrier (fact sheet)
1. What do you mean by a "Canadian experience" requirement?
Policy on height and weight requirementsJune 1996 - Standards for height and weight are sometimes used to screen or evaluate job applicants. In the OHRC's experience, this tends to occur in recruitment for occupations that traditionally have been male dominated. These standards or selection criteria are based on the average physical stature of men in the majority population group. Women and members of racialized groups are, on the average, physically smaller than members of the majority population group. Consequently, these groups tend to be disadvantaged by height and weight criteria. The policy of the OHRC with regard to such recruitment practices is set out below. This policy applies to all height and weight criteria used in the context of employment.
Policy on Removing the "Canadian experience" barrier
July 2013 - While the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) recognizes the significance of all of the barriers newcomers potentially face when trying to access the job market, this policy will focus on "Canadian experience" as an employment or accreditation requirement, and as a practice that raises human rights concerns. The OHRC's position is that a strict requirement for "Canadian experience" is prima facie discrimination (discrimination on its face) and can only be used in very limited circumstances. The onus will be on employers and regulatory bodies to show that a requirement for prior work experience in Canada is a bona fide requirement, based on the legal test this policy sets out.
Racial harassment and poisoned environments (fact sheet)
2005 - All Ontarians have the right to be free from harassment in the workplace or in housing accommodation because of, among other things, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship and creed. While the Ontario Human Rights Code (the "Code") doesn't explicitly prohibit harassment in the areas of services, goods and facilities, contracts or membership in trade and vocational associations, the Commission will treat racial harassment in such situations as a form of discrimination and therefore a breach of the Code.
Talking about Canadian experience (fact sheet)
July 2013 - In October 2012, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) hosted an online survey to learn more about the experiences of both job seekers and employers in dealing with requirements for Canadian experience. The survey was not about statistics – it was about giving people an opportunity to talk about the barriers they faced, and in the case of employers, the reasons for keeping or removing requirements for Canadian experience. We included many of stories and comments we heard in our new Policy on removing the "Canadian experience" barrier. The following sections highlight some of the recurring themes we heard, and some of the more poignant stories of people facing discrimination because they did not have Canadian experience.
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In April 1973, Marty Cooper made a phone call that put him straight into the history books. As he strolled down Lexington Avenue, New York, the Motorola executive (CK) whipped out an enormous prototype handset that he had built and placed the first public, mobile phone call.
The brief chat – and the photograph that immortalised the moment – marks the start of the mobile phone era. But Cooper's legacy extends far beyond just that first conversation.
Along with a host of inventions, the engineer also formulated – and lent his name to – a mathematical law that captures the inexorable progress of our communications. Cooper's Law, as it is known, shows how our use of the ether has grown since Guglielmo Marconi first transmitted radio waves 2.4 kilometres across the streets of Bologna – eight decades ahead of Cooper's own historic transmission.
It has been estimated that the technology available when Marconi made his first transatlantic transmission, radio techniques were able to support just 50 simultaneous conversations worldwide. Since then radio capacity has grown by a factor of a trillion – doubling every two-and-a-half years. That's Cooper's law.
As well as describing progress, the law also become the mobile industry's ruthless master: providing an aggressive roadmap for the rise of mobile culture.
The industry met this challenge thanks to advances in technology.
But now the game has changed. Although few in the industry acknowledge it publically, Coopers Law, which has stood for more than a century, is broken. And it is all down to the phone in your pocket.
Bin there, sent that
To understand the scale of the problem, you only need to look at the numbers.
For example, the mobile giant Ericsson has been tracking the growth in mobile traffic for years. But 2009 was a landmark year, according to the firm's Patrik Cerwall: "That year saw more data traffic than voice traffic over the mobile networks". And the data traffic has been doubling every year since – far outracing Cooper's law.
The big accelerator was the smartphone, which suddenly made the data-carrying capacity of 3G networks attractive. "People didn't really understand the benefit of 3G until the app concept changed everything," Cerwall elaborates.
Data-hungry video is also driving demand. Networking firm Cisco has just reported video downloads last year crossed the 50% threshold, accounting for half of all data transferred over the mobile networks.
At the moment, there are around 1.1 billion smart phones across the world; by 2018 (the horizon for the Ericsson forecasts) that will treble to 3.3 billion. If you think that in 2012, smartphones represented only 18% of total global handsets, but represented 92% of total global traffic, you begin to see the problem.
And the growth will continue relentlessly, according to the Cisco analysis. In 2012, for example, global mobile data traffic grew 70% from 2011, to 885 petabytes per month – that is 885 million gigabytes of data. And in the next five years, it is expected to increase 13-fold, eventually reaching 11.2 exabytes (11, 200 million gigabytes) per month by 2017, according to Cisco.
These dramatic hikes will in part be driven by more people switching to smartphones, particularly in emerging markets, as well as new features on phones and in apps.
The impact of simple changes in an app was dramatically demonstrated in November 2012 when Facebook released new version of its mobile app for Android and Apple phones. Prior to the release, according to networking firm Alactel, the social network already accounted for 10% of the signalling and 15% of the airtime load on 2G/3G networks, respectively. But, as users around the world updated and started to use this new version, the firm noticed a dramatic increase of almost 60% in the signalling load and 25% in the airtime consumed by new features in the app.
However, data hikes will not just be driven by consumers. Firms also predict a rise in so-called machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, that will connect the mobile networks to an array of inanimate objects – from bins that will signal when they are full to electricity meters that will constantly call in to the utility company.
By the end of this year, Cisco predicts that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the number of people on earth, and by 2017 there will be more than 10 billion.
No wonder the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission recently declared: "The clock is ticking on our mobile future.
Running out
The illusion is that the airwaves, like the atmosphere they pass through, are effectively limitless. We can't see them, they can travel in any direction and link any two points – why should they be limited? Yet, in practice they are as hemmed in as a motorway through a city.
Radio spectrum is a limited resource, strictly farmed out by national and international regulation. At the moment it is all spoken for by the military, mariners, aviation, broadcasters and many more – all the way up to the very extreme of useful frequencies at 300 gigahertz.
No-one can get more bandwidth without someone else losing out. The 4G spectrum auction that recently began in the UK, for example, is the equivalent of adding a new six-lane motorway to the existing wireless infrastructure (itself already running at 10-lanes), built on virtual land vacated by old-fashion TV broadcasts.
It helps, but will only keep the expansion going for a certain time. Which is why mobile operators, and their rivals, are gearing up for major spectrum negotiations at the International Telecommunications Union in 2015. The so-called WRC-2015 conference aims to carve up the available spectrum amongst different competing uses. But an overriding priority is identifying and allocating additional frequencies to mobile services.
Already, the stakeholders are preparing their positions. Ericsson's Afif Osseiran, project coordinator for the European consortium Metis, says the ITU conference "will be a crucial moment for laying out the spectrum needs for the 2020s."
But industry will not just rely on these delicate negotiations to secure its future. Much of the advance in the past 20 years has not been about how many of these wireless "lanes" we have, but how efficiently we use them.
Like a newly built motorway that's used by just a few cars, the first generation of phones were incredibly wasteful of the spectrum they used. Capacity was wasted in the same way as the gaps between vehicles represented lost transport opportunities.
In going from 1G to 2G, there was a 1,000-fold increase in capacity, mostly not because of the new radio lanes added in, but because more traffic was squeezed onto those lanes.
And in going from 2G to 3G, capacity rose another factor of 1,000: digital techniques managed to squeeze out yet more of the empty space.
But with the latest generation of tricks being rolled out in 4G (actually described as 3G Long Term Evolution by developers), the industry is running out of ways to improve the efficiency further.
These limits that determine how much information can be transmitted were established in the 1940s by the American engineer Claude Shannon. Although his employers, the Bell Labs of AT&T telephone, were interested primarily about the limitations of telephone wires, Shannon's equations can be used equally for radio transmissions.
And mobile experts generally accept that the limits to data flow revealed by Shannon's formulae are close to being reached.
Data crunch
So how will the mobile industry meet this challenge and keep satisfy out appetite for data?
The industry is clearly optimistic. It already confidently speaks of 5G – a further generation of technology that will roll out as current ideas have run their course. What exactly they mean by 5G is poorly defined, but a host of tricks are being discussed that it's hoped will keep past trends going well into the next decade.
Which is just as well, as the lure of being immersed in a seamless flow of data will only become more compelling, says Rich Howard, formerly head of wireless research at Bell Labs and now with Winlab at Rutgers University.
"Mature technology is invisible – and that's the direction we're heading," he says.
Howard looks forward to a day when phones begin to make intelligent decisions by themselves.
"What you want is a digital assistant that, while you're having a call with somebody, will be busy looking at options for actions relevant to that call and have them available," he says. So, if you are talking about a train journey, the phone could begin to check your calendar, ticket prices and connections. By the time you hang up, it would be able to present you with a list of available options. "Everytime you start to say something, you turn around and it's already done, the way you want it done."
It is a vision that is a world away from Cooper's first call forty years ago and one that is only going to add the coming data crunch.
How the industry plans to keep up and deliver this future will be explored in the next article in this series.
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She love listening to Quang Dung like I love to listen to Rage Against The Machine.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
She love listening to Quang Dung like I love to listen to Rage Against The Machine.
Its not wise to pick a fight with me in the bar.
Dont make me go to my car and get my tool; because its going to be loud and nasty.
One of these days I am going to marry you.
The coastal walk. When I'm in Melbourne, I'm gonna miss days like these.
She like to bites and hits, act like it hurts. If it hurts, act like it doesnt. Love hurts; but you never forget it.
No time to write these days, the new girl is a handful. With many sleepless nights and my abs hurts.
I gave the bike keys to my brother; no more reckless behaviour. I'm throwing away many things, I dont need them anymore, I dont know if I will ever return to use them.
Mum asked about the new girl on my key ring. I said she would be the one.


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For my regular followers, I apologize for being so negligent on updating this blog recently. Rest assured, I'm not dead, sick, or having family troubles - I'm just busy as hell. Taking a week off for attending a Scientific Session wreaks havoc on one's professional life these days.
I also find that I am more judicious about what I post these days. For me, I enjoy supplying original content to the blog-o-sphere rather than just links to cool articles. Sure, there's a place for that and, honestly, I could probably monetize this blog to a rockin', sockin' monetary powerhouse by doing little else, but that's not why I'm here. (My Adsense volume is about enough to pay for my server fees.) I do this, I've finally realized, because I enjoy writing, having a voice, and advocating for a cause. Doctors, you see, need a voice in this huge, increasingly corporate world of medicine these days. This is my place of refuge, my therapist, my touchstone for what matters.
So if I'm not posting all the time, consider it a sign of blogging maturity, not negligence. I'd rather post something of relevance rather than just drivel. Rest assured, there are things cooking in the background that I can't wait to share with you.
Thanks for hanging in there.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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welcome back!
an area doctor..top surgeon actually retired much too young this year.
Reason? You guessed it and I quote:
I did not leave health care; healthcare left me. Sad.. Looking forward to your " finds".
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Mentioned yours and Dr Mendrola's blogs to one of our pacer reps the other day. He was familiar with them both. So your voices are being heard.
Keep up the good work.
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The following is an excerpt from the journal I kept during my Boy Scout troop's trek through Philmont Scout Ranch in 1986:
Ute Springs Camp was the smallest of the various camps at which we stayed. The site we chose was quite small. A little trickle of a stream bordered the east side. The south and west sides were rimmed by steep hills. The sloped gradually upward toward larger site which the PA group was using. The stream had to be crossed to get back to the trail from the site.
Ute Springs was so small that we decided to leave the tents packed and sleep under the dining fly. By adding a tent fly to each end of the dining fly we increased the sheltered area enough for everyone to sleep under and have enough room left to store out packs. It was pretty nice little idea.
A commissary and trading post was located a half mile down the main trail from the camp. We collected our next four day s worth of trail food there. Everyone also stocked up on batteries and junk food.
The scouts had a surprise for me when we got to camp. The commissary had a "swap box," placed outside the door. Crews could swap food they did not care for for foods that other crews had left behind. When I was not watching the Scouts traded some of the food we didn't like. In the trade they picked up a couple of boxes of tomato flavored cup-a-soup since they knew there were some meals coming up that I did not care to eat. I thought to myself that this act of consideration was quite thoughtful of the guys. It also restored my confidence in them regarding thinking about others.
The campfire program we held at Ute Springs was quite unique from others we had held. We set the stage for a reunion of our crew members which was to be held in twenty years at this very campsite. Each person would give an account of the last twenty years of his life. All life accounts had to be fairly believable.
Scott volunteered to be the first Scout to arrive for the reunion. According to the scenario, he had already made camp by the time the rest of us had arrived, one by one. The guys were a bit confused as to how they should enter camp as if twenty years had past so I set the stage by entering the campsite "first". Brian came in next. Jeff and Robert came in together having met along the way. Gerry was the last to arrive. When he walked into camp we all busted out laughing. He looked and walked exactly the way his father does. It was uncanny. We exchanged greetings and handshakes as each person arrived. Each of us found a place to sit around the campfire. Then the stories began.
Gerry was the first to tell about his life "since he left the troop." When his wife received the invitation in the mail regarding the reunion she had had to contact him at his archeological dig in Africa. He left the dig site, and the 500 workers, in the care of his assistants. Gerry's wife had already written two lusty novels and was currently working on a third. Her first novel, Sex Under The Eucalyptus Tree, was a bestseller. They have son, who they have named Gerry.
Brian is a staff sergeant in the army. He is currently stationed in West Germany. He has fifteen years of military experience and plans to retire from the army in other five years. He hopes to receive a government job after his stay with the army. Brian has remained unmarried and has no children.
I live in California with my wife and four children, three boys and one girl. My sons, ages 15, 13, and 9, are all involved with Scouting. I hold the committee chairperson position of their troop. Several years ago, I sold my shares in the three lumber years I had a partnership in, and started producing movies. My first films, Rocks Of The Piedmont and The Red Bandanna, broke even at the box office. The next project I will work on involves the adventures of a troop of Boy Scouts.
Robert has chosen Montana as his home. He and his wife are raising two children, and boy and a girl. Robert has always been interested in cars. His automobile collection includes fifteen cars, one of which is a Lambourgine(?). His three auto body shops keep him quite busy.
Jeff is still unmarried. Ann, his girlfriend while he was a Scout, dropped him in his senior year for a basketball player. Florida is were Jeff calls home. He works at a school for handicapped children where he receives a lot of pleasure from working with the kids. He has adopted two children, one boy and one girl. Both kids are handicapped. Jeff spends as much time with them as he can. They often go to amusement parks, museums, or other fun places in his 1986 black Jaguar.
Scott, his wife, son, and daughter have made a home in Texas. He owns his own architectural firm which is doing quite well.
It will be interesting to look each other up in twenty years and see how close these predictions came to real life.
Tonight was Jeff's turn for the first bear watch. Robert agreed to stand watch with Jeff if Jeff would do the same for him. They woke me up at 11:00 for my turn. I was tired, and did not want to get up, so I traded watches with Robert as long as he was already up anyway.
Thirty minutes later our camp was hit by a downpour. Jeff and Robert scrambled for shelter under the fly. Within minutes small streams were flowing down the hills, and we were in their paths. Everyone was moving gear and sleeping bags to drier spots. The plastic ground cloths were repositioned to to keep the water from flowing over them.
Gerry missed it all. Once again he was unwakeable. He never saw the rivers of water as they past below our plastic sheets on their way to the stream on our east side. Fifteen minutes later I too was asleep. Needless to say, bear watches were canceled for the rest of the night.
As we expected, our gear was drenched in the morning. Within a few minutes over two hundred feet of rope was stretched between the trees. Sleeping bags, foam pads, clothes and ground cloths were hung on every available foot of line. We waited as long as we could before repacking it, but it was not long enough to dry everything completely. There was a good chance that we would be sleeping in damp bags tonight.
This and other Philmont journals and photo galleries can be found at http://melrosetroop68.org/highadventure.html
Footnote: It has been over 20 years since that night at the campfire. Gerry still lives in the area but the rest have moved away from Melrose. Robert stops by for a visit a couple times a year. Jeff and Scott live near the Twin Cities. I have not seen either of them for years. Brian is the only one who came close to doing what he said he would do. He did actually enter the military and made a career of it. I think I have seen him twice since he graduated from high school.


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Union Pacific to San Antonio and Laredo Drivers: Always Expect a Train
San Antonio, Texas, July 01, 2014
Union Pacific Railroad is launching a multi-media, bilingual public safety campaign aimed at encouraging San Antonio and Laredo, Texas, drivers to safely use railroad crossings. The advertising campaign utilizes radio spots and billboards to remind residents of key railroad safety tips.
Radio advertisements feature Union Pacific employees who are engaged in public safety efforts. Their voices remind residential and commercial drivers to use caution around railroad crossings and "if the gates are down, don't go around." Alfredo Rodriguez, senior special agent for Union Pacific's police department in Laredo, urges the public to "always expect a train" and for truck drivers to know their vehicle clearance and avoid getting high centered on a railroad crossing.
"We want to remind drivers to follow all laws regarding railroad crossings and never to cross railroad tracks unless you are sure that you can completely get across them," said Rodriguez. "Union Pacific's No. 1 priority is the safety of our employees and communities, and this campaign aims to reinforce positive railroad safety behaviors for all Texans."
Three additional Union Pacific employees lent their voices for the radio spots: Raquel Espinoza, director-Public Affairs; Jay Holman, senior special agent-Union Pacific police department; and former locomotive engineer Harry Stewart, currently manager-Peer Support Services.
Billboards located on I-35 South and I-35 North feature messages that read, "Keep your tail off the rail;" "Cuidado con el tren," or "Use caution around trains;" and "No te arriesgues a atascarte," or "Don't get caught short." More than 1.2 million San Antonio- and Laredo-area drivers will view these messages during the next three months.
In addition to the advertising campaign, Union Pacific's Crossing Accident Reduction Education and Safety (UP CARES) initiative promotes pedestrian and driver safety through a variety of outreach channels:
- Grade crossing education and enforcement, during which motorists violating rail crossing signage and laws are educated about the dangers of such actions. Related "positive enforcement" initiatives reward drivers who operate safely at grade crossings.
- Safety trains, hosting local law enforcement, media and public officials and providing them the opportunity to ride in the locomotive cab and see traffic violations from a locomotive engineer's point of view. This also allows Union Pacific to connect with community leaders and help them better understand the railroad's safety focus.
- Communication blitzes, which educate the public via community events, media outreach and paid advertising. Media outreach coincides with safety trains in UP communities.
About Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. From 2004-2013, Union Pacific invested approximately $30 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
The statements and information contained in the news releases provided by Union Pacific speak only as of the date issued. Such information by its nature may become outdated, and investors should not assume that the statements and information contained in Union Pacific's news releases remain current after the date issued. Union Pacific makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update any of this information.
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Psychology: Department of Psychology
13.08.16 / Psychoterapie / Author: admin
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The Department of Psychology values a safe, inclusive environment. We welcome faculty, staff, students, and visitors of every ethnicity, race, religion, country of origin, gender and sexual identity.
Note: From May 9th-August 12th, the main office will go on summer hours of 7:30-4:00.
What is Psychology?
Psychology is the science of behavior. Although there are many specialty areas in psychology, all psychologists have one thing in common – an interest in behavior. They want to understand how people and other organisms develop, learn, think, feel, act, and relate to each other. Psychology may be defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and how an organism's physical state, mental state, and external environment affect them.
A psychology background may be applicable in almost any career that involves the needs of and interactions with people. Further, psychologists tend to be involved in one or more of the following areas: finding new knowledge through research activities; applying knowledge to the solution of problems of individuals and/or groups; and/or teaching this knowledge.
As a psychology student you will have the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research under the supervision of field leaders, have fun in psych club and boost your vita by competing in our spring poster competition.
The graduate program consists of three doctoral areas: cognitive psychology, counseling psychology, and social psychology. The department is dynamic and continually growing with committed faculty. In addition, we offer facilities that enhance learning and research within an environment that supports both work and play.
Our current faculty is active in research and/or professional training. With over $ 30 million in external grant support, faculty conduct research ranging from critical societal issues (such as drug and alcohol use/abuse, health-related behaviors, violence, eyewitness testimony, and satisfaction with work) to more basic research questions that add to psychology's foundation of knowledge.
Our faculty have won awards for excellence in teaching and in research. In addition, they are active in enhancing psychology as a discipline by serving numerous editorial roles on APA journals and leadership positions on national committees.
Most important, our faculty share a commitment to excellence in graduate education and this department's continued growth. We are dedicated to helping you to become your best in your graduate studies in psychology at Iowa State University.
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