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Ras El-Bar; pronounced 'Barr', with ras meaning 'head', el, means 'the' and bar literally means 'terra' or land
It is situated right at the tip of The Delta [by that red line I put right at the top] and is part of Damietta, or Demiat as is called in Egypt. From Cairo onwards, the Nile splits into two routes, one goes left and is called the Rashid branch meeting with The Mediterranean close to Alexandria and the other goes to the right and is called the Demiat branch. The Delta lies in between and is the most fertile land in the world, although it's luxuriously black velvety 'terra' is now a bit weaker and is still under great threat of downgrading as the sediment that kept it so rich has been so drastically reduced by the building of the High Dam in Aswan. It's shores along the Mediterranean are also being erroded by the sea, hence the concrete wave breakers on it's shores too.
This is the brand spanking new light house at the tip of the one of two very long piers. There is an old red one too on the other long pier, very contemporary, but people here like this modern one. Both piers and their relevant length are visible at the picture on top.
This is the view from the terrace in front of th at new light house, with the Nile with it's deep blue waters on the right and The Mediterranean with it's turuquoise water on the left. This is a truly amazing sight unlike any other. That's because the river where it meets with the sea does not have an estuary as such because The Nile lies on a little higher level than the sea. So, because of that and as it's waters are heavier [always true estuary or not] than sea water, the two waters will not mix and that goes on for miles and miles and miles until eventually, the Nile agrees to slowly leave it's ego behind and do it, mix that is. Until that happens, it is common to see Nile water as well as sea water fish as they keep jumping and leaping back 'home' if they miss their way by accident and vice versa, so there is an invisible underwater estuary where both river and sea meet but do not, and their creatures, mix still. Of that striking phenomena, the Qur'an says:
"And it is He [The Lord] who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition."
Amazing isn't it? ... and there is always that fine line between any two emotions; serenity and anger, love and hate, courage and fear ... right and wrong too, you think about it. But then there must be an estuary, visible or otherwise too ... or hope
Amazing isn't it? ... and there is always that fine line between any two emotions; serenity and anger, love and hate, courage and fear ... right and wrong too, you think about it. But then there must be an estuary, visible or otherwise too ... or hope
And so this is the rest of the pier when you're standing with your back to the new light house with the angry waves of the Mediterranean on the right, hence the concentration of those wave breakers, and the calm and serene deep blue water of the Nile to the left, and that Nile stretch ...
... and here is a picture with people in it in case you're feeling lonely ....
... and a side view, where you can see more breakers going along the coast. They do not stretch along the whole of it though, so Ras El Bar has beautiful beaches too, although it's sand is darker than usual, but now you know why it's that Nile sediment being washed along, ... the beaches are still as sunny and a swim is as enjoyable though ....
... and if you live in one of those residences, can you imagine that view, in full sun too!
... and this is the main Ras El-Bar road that ends with that view, you can see a bit of the 'tufftuff' or a unique tram that does not need rails, although it's usually open for people to jump on and off as it's slow ... so that must be a coach then
Of course, Ras El-Bar is part of the city of Damietta so there is the old city too
I was born by the Nile about five houses to the right of this large mosque, one of the most beautiful in Egypt. Though not in that precise building in the picture for my grandfather's house has now long gone like all the rest that existed then. Instead, there are now 'modern' apartment buildings instead.
This is how the old family houses used to look like in the past and up to 40/50 or so years ago. Ours was the same too although without the commercial premises at the bottom for this was the main commercial road at the time, or more than 100 years ago because this is a really old picture.
I immigrated twice in my life, out of Damiat was the first when I left the city with the family, including members of the larger family for Cairo when my grandfather died and the house and the Delta land were then sold. I was only three then but I do vaguely still remember my grandfather sitting with me in his Nile front balcony. I still remember the shutters and the room behind too, and the Nile view, and my grandfather, who looked the twin brother of Anthony Quin :-) trying to keep me amused by blowing on the streched skin between his thumb and index finger to make the same sound passing boats do. It's very similar, try it, "Voooooo" ... but since I left as a toddler, we used to come here at least once a year when I was a child with the family and extended family. However, I have only been twice since adulthood, the last being a decade or so ago. So I never had their distinctive accent, nor does my mother apart from a few words that push themselves out specially when she's angry, come to think of it, she does it on purpose too sometimes ....
... and another 100 year old picture of one of the piers. The right one I think, where they 30 years after the picture was taken, they built that red light house I mentioned. It is still there and I hope they do not pull it down and build another new one, but give it a bit of tender and loving care instead for it must've been glorious before, all in red and all these curves. I don't think they will do that soon though since that new one on top was very recently built on the left pier.
Damietta, being a port city that lies right on the tip of Egypt, has had an amazing history during which, it saw many battles, as well as priding itself on being one of Egypt's flourishing if not the most successful city. Since because of that history and it's position, it has an exceptionally high work and patriotism ethics, fishing abound, trade and commerce, making and selling quality wooden furniture of all styles and exports of same to the world, although with a lot of potential still. That's because the people who live there have higher than the average in Egypt standard of living and there is hardly any unemployment there because of that entrepreneurial spirit that comes with their trading mentality. The Damittans do not accept idleness and so, they are branded as 'misre' by the rest of Egyptians, but they are not at all in reality. It is just that they expect everyone to strive and they all do so no beggers in Demiat, but a thriving and busy city instead! For that, and because of this staunch work ethics, Ras El-Bar has never become a tourist city as the French predicted when they were there late in the 1800s. That's also because the Damittans guard their cherished city like they guard their homes and livelihoods and so the city remains a trading city and a secret summer destination for the Delta dwellers who can afford it only, but as you can see, there is potential in this regard too. They keep it in a prestine condition too, so proud, they also pride themselves on being the only Egyptian city to have captured a French king during the continuing era of the Tom&Jerry fights between east and west. BTW, they got nearly a third of the then French GDP as random for the king's release. Typical capitalist Damittan mentality :-)
... and that's a view of the Delta as you drive from Cairo, or take a train ... Egypt has the second oldest and most extensive at the time train network in the world after Britain's who is the oldest. All because of that flat geography and it was, of course, a British idea since they were here too. The trains have now been making the news in Egypt quite a bit lately, not on that line to Demiat though ....
Old city Nile life ...
... and this is a Nile beach, true too ... close to the Mediterranean though, but not that very very close, you know what I mean ....
and now they're at sea, and so is everybody else ...
The more affluent Damittans have gone back to tradition again in building these family homes, for there are no strangers in the majority of those houses but a flat for mum n dad and one for each child as well so that they can all live together. Their own little open door communities. Community spirit here is way stronger than anywhere I have seen by far. Usually families work together if in one of the trades too, but if parent or child needs to leave for any reason, with or without own family, their flat is locked until they return, and they do, at least for summer or a holiday whenever they can.
... and things like that are everywhere in Ras El-Bar too ... they love their art, you should see what the kids and adults alike build with the sand on those beaches ...
... and that's a common site for the old Demiat, well, when you have a big big river, and a sea, and that amazing for always sunny weather and then it rains, there has to be a rainbow, don't it?
And that's 'Barr', as she's neck named, by night ...
It's the 25th of January, and this is a very different atmosphere from that sad one on theTahrir Square of today now that the 'spring' is two years old ... instead, a walk alone for me with the sunset and that sweet sea river breeze, and some old Abdel Wahab, or really fascinating classic Egyptian music, and a wish or two for peace and that the children were here ... but they are not
Damietta LNG plant [idled]
Joining two [seas]
Damietta LNG plant [idled]
Joining two [seas]
لما انت ناوي تغيب على طو ل
Lama enta nawi tegheeb ala toul
When you intended to go away for good
مش كنت آخر مره تقول
Mesh kont akher mara te'oul
Shouldn't you have said so the last time?
بالليل اسيب نفسي لهمي ولأفكاري
Beleel aseeb nafssi lehami wel afkari
At night, I leave myself to my worries and my thoughts
افضل افكر فيك وانت ما انت داري
Afdal afakar feek wenta manta dari
Keep thinking of you when you're not aware
القى البعاد طول ،
Al'a elbe'ad ta'wel awla'a
And as the distance grows longer
اولع وتزيد ناري
Wtezeed nari
I ignite, and the fire within me rages
لما انت ناوي تغيب على طول
Lama enta nawi tegheeb ala toul
When you intended to go away forever
مش كنت آخر مره تقول
Mesh kont akher mara te'oul
Shouldn't you have said so the last time?
أشوف خيالك في الوحدة جه قدامي
Ashouf khayalak fel wehda geh odami
I see your image in this loneliness presenting in front of me
اكلمك واسمع حسك واشكي غرامي
Akalemak wasma'a hessak washki gharami
I talk to you and listen to your voice, and complain of my fondness
واقوم اضمك ما القاش
Wa'oum adomak mal'ashi
And get up to hug you, but find nothing
غير أوهامي
Gheer awhami
But my delusions
Lama enta nawi tegheeb ala toul
When you intended to go away forever
مش كنت آخر مره تقول
Mesh kont akher mara te'oul
Shouldn't you have said so the last time?
Mal'ash aneess fel wehda di
I have no companion in this lonliness
غير الحاني اقول لنفسي
Gheer alhani, wa'oul lenafssi
But my tunes, and I keep telling myself
ده مش ممكن راح يسلاني
Da mosh momken rah yesslani
O he'd never do away with me
Lazem yehzo eshou'e liah,
The longing will definitely shake'm
Yerga' tani
to return again
لما انت ناوي لما انت ناوي
Lama enta nawi, lama enta nawi
When you intended, when you intended


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Court Vision: Cutting ties with Andrew Bynum
By Rob Mahoney
• It will likely prove tempting for the Sixers to re-sign Andrew Bynum this summer due to all they've invested in him over the last year, but Tom Sunnergren of Hoop76 wonders if Philly's front office turnover might allow the Sixers to approach the situation with a certain clarity:
… Not only do sunk costs often seem unbearably wasteful to decision makers (We gave up an All-Star and two good, cost controlled young players for Bynum! We can't let him get away for nothing!), but cutting ties with an expensive asset like Bynum is tantamount to an admission of guilt on the part of those who acquired him. "I screwed up," is a message few NBA front office are ego-less enough to deliver to a fan base.
But while sunk costs pose a thorny problem, they can be defused. The solution is often as simple as a fresh perspective.
"Taking the original decision-maker out of the picture and letting a fresh pair of eyes look at the pros and cons can help," Hal Arkes, a psychologist at Ohio State University, told the New Yorker's James Surowiecki in January while the latter was mulling the Jets' handling of Mark Sanchez.
The Sixers, owing to the organizational changes that have been made since the Bynum deal was completed, may have the benefit of these fresh eyes. Director of Analytics Aaron Barzilai was brought on after the trade, as was GM Tony DiLeo (though DiLeo was a member of the organization this summer). And the most powerful figure in the organization, Doug Collins, might be gone by the time the team has to make a decision on Bynum.
• Over at Grantland, Zach Lowe takes us behind the curtain of the Raptors' basketball analytics team to see some of the utterly fascinating work being done with the SportVU optical tracking data. What Toronto is working with is essentially a pragmatic melding of video and statistics — an archived index of actual defensive coverage evaluated against an optimal defensive model, predicated on shot probabilities and an exhaustive database of player tendencies.
• Ask Matt Bonner about his game, Game of Thrones, Watch the Throne, watches, watchtowers, All Along the Watchtower, or y'know, whatever.
• Trey Kerby of The Basketball Jones: "Robin Lopez is the Dramatic Chipmunk."
• The Jazz are a good point guard away from being an awfully solid team, but what options will they have to improve at the position this summer?
• On a night otherwise filled with intrigue and highlights, Dan Devine of Ball Don't Lie found a gem of a play — a no-look alley-oop from Marc Gasol to Tony Allen — to use as a launch pad for an exploration of Gasol's role in Memphis' offense:
Before the Gay trade, the Grizzlies ranked 22nd among 30 NBA teams in offensive efficiency, a stat that measures how many points your offense scores per 100 possessions; Memphis was averaging 100.1 points-per-100, according to NBA.com's stat tool. In 21 games since adding Tayshaun Prince, Ed Davis and Austin Daye to the lineup following the trade, they've moved up to 13th in the league at 104-per-100; over the course of the full season, that would rank just above the Brooklyn Nets as the NBA's 10th-best offense. That's a pretty significant improvement — over the course of the full season, four points-per-100 is the difference between the Nets' No. 10 offense and the Chicago Bulls' 25th-ranked unit.
That's not all due to Gasol, of course; Gay's absence has meant a greater distribution of touches, opportunities and responsibility for other Grizzlies, too. While Gasol's "usage rate" — the share of Memphis possessions that end with him attempting a field goal, getting free throws or turning the ball over — is up (as is his field-goal percentage and as are his per-game scoring, rebounding and assist numbers; he's averaging just under five dimes a game after the trade, which is nuts for a center), the same is true for Conley, who is also "using" more Grizzlies trips, assisting on teammates' buckets more often, turning it over less frequently, and shooting a higher percentage from the floor and the foul line. The upticks for Randolph aren't quite as stark — his scoring's up a half-point and his rebounding's down a half-board per game, and his field-goal and free-throw percentages have dipped a bit — but he, too, is using more possessions, dishing more assists and turning the ball over less often.
• A welcome reminder for us NBA enthusiasts from HoopSpeak's Danny Nowell: Stop ripping on the college game. It's not just a different league — it's a different world. That world may not be for me (or you, or other NBA nerds), personally, but that's little reason to rain on the March Madness parade.
• Very interesting work from Neil Paine of ESPN Insider ($) on how the San Antonio Spurs — by measure of pythagorean record — have been this season's luckiest team.
• In case you were wondering, Andray Blatche hasn't exactly put his tenure with the Wizards behind him. From Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News (via TBJ):
Typically 7-footers in their prime are in high demand, and historically they get paid more than anybody expects. But here's why Blatche cares less about money in his next contract: he's still getting paid by the Wizards through the 2014-15 season because he was waived via the amnesty clause. So, according to the rules of the CBA, most of the money he earns through then on his next contract will go to Washington, the team he feels abandoned him last season.
Blatche even said that gives him incentive to take less money.
"If I get a lot [in my next contract], yeah, it's going to take pressure off the Wizards," he said. "But that's why I'm not going to do that."
• Here lies the Brooklyn Nets' quirky, self-aware PR account, which was shut down well before its time.
• I've seen plenty of NBA poetry written in Haiku and "Seuss-ameter" over the last few years, but check out this tribute to the Heat's win streak written in the style of the wonderful Shel Silverstein.
• Take a trip down memory lane with Mark Deeks of Sham Sports, who has kept tabs on every recent fringe NBAer you could possibly have a lingering interest in.


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Little meeting, little problems. Big meeting, big problems.
When your event is a beast, with thousands of attendees spread over numerous hotels, the potential for confusion is monstrous. A misprint in the conference program, a cancelled session, or a change in the bus rotation, and hundreds of people can be left wandering or waiting. And while event planners get frustrated trying to communicate with attendees, attendees have a tough time, too. Finding peers is never easy with participants housed all over town.
But just as the Web is transforming registration and housing for citywide meetings, communication technologies are delivering a blow to disorganization and disconnectedness. Meeting planners are using Web-based applications and wireless networks to connect with attendees and to link attendees with one another.
Take Islandia, N.Y.-based Computer Associates International, for example. When 20,000 software users and developers descend on Orlando this year for the annual CA World conference and exhibition, they'll be housed in 20 to 30 hotel properties and gather at the Orange County Convention Center. Bob Millin, divisional assistant vice president and CA World planning director, sums up the challenge. "The size of the facility and the size of the crowd make it difficult to provide logistical information to attendees."
Difficult? Let some engineers at the problem. Using Computer Associates' technology, CA World developed a Web site that is unique to this year's event, with applications modeled after CA's own Advanced Help Desk Suite of customer relationship management tools. "Because our entire focus is on e-business, all information vehicles [for CA World] are pushed to the Web. Our users are computer savvy and use Web portals."
At the core of CA World's Web site is an application that allows the conference management team to anticipate attendees' questions. Millin explains that the site uses a "natural language string" search tool instead of a keyword search or FAQ-type question-and-answer format. This means that users can type in a question such as "What time will the keynote address start?" and "Where can I find a local hospital emergency room?" and receive responses with the strongest likelihood of being the answer the user is looking for. This system was previously only available to CA World internal staff. This year, attendees will be able to access the system via the Web before, during, and after the conference.
"Communication technologies are delivering a blow to disorganization and disconnectedness."
Interaction in a Box
CA World doesn't give attendees free access to one another because of privacy policies meant to prevent exhibitors from blasting attendees with unsolicited e-mail. However, building links among meeting participants is definitely the trend. That was exactly what Event411.com was asked to do as the official online event-planning provider of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in August in Los Angeles. The Marina del Rey, Calif.-based company provided participants with the online tools to plan their participation at the convention. Delegates, media, elected officials, staff, volunteers, and foreign dignitaries could coordinate personal and group meeting schedules, communicate with one another via e-mail, and accomplish other convention-related tasks online.
Event411.com's planning tools were integrated into the Democratic Party's Web site, www.Dems2000.com. From the home page, attendees accessed a password-protected virtual community called DNC411, where the communication tools resided. According to Jennifer Stevenson, Event411's director of marketing, each of the 85 Los Angeles-area hotels that housed delegates, as well as the Staples Center, at which the convention was held, were set up with Internet-enabled kiosks.
Web kiosks, it seems, are quickly becoming a required convention amenity. They can serve as on-site help desks, information gatherers, and people finders. Off-site, they become the attendee's link to conference programming, registration, and information. Among the most complex events to which Branford, Conn.-based NetKey, a software provider for Web-enabled kiosks and ATMs, has applied its systems was the Special Olympics in New Haven, Conn., a few years back. Months before the event, NetKey kiosks were placed in shopping centers, movie theatres, and airports to help recruit volunteers. During the event, kiosks provided programming information and competition results to more than 54,000 volunteers, 7,000 athletes, and more than 600,000 visitors.
Among NetKey's products is NetKey Manager, which allows event organizers to manage kiosk content using a centralized database. They can modify and schedule the content of the kiosks, change the look and feel of the system, or present "localized" content for each kiosk based on particular preferences or local services. If, for example, a bus schedule changes on a route that only affects certain hotels, the kiosks in those hotels could be immediately updated via the Web. The system allows planners to monitor and analyze the information collected from each kiosk, such as the number of attendees accessing each kiosk, the length of time a user spends on specific pages, the type of information obtained by the user, and so on.
NetKey's Creator application has templates, wizards, and graphics to help users design interactive, touch-screen content. An add-on enables devices such as printers and card readers to interact with the kiosk software. This feature could allow attendees to register for the conference from their hotel lobbies and to receive printed badges or imprinted cards on the spot.
What's Next: Wireless
Lisa Busby, director of account services for Burlingame, Calif.-based Conference Planners, has used just about every communication solution: from paper newsletters to kiosks with informational Web sites and online messaging systems to broadcasts via hotel convention television channels. They're all still viable, she says, but the next big thing in development is "wireless Internet devices to provide access to event and local information. … We will continue to enhance existing tools and find ways to expand the coverage using wireless [solutions] to allow for access at airports, hotels, taxis, etc."
Microsoft Corp. is thinking in the same direction. It's working on a wireless communications system for its annual Fusion event that will bring 5,700 attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors together in Anaheim, Calif., for four days in July. Communications that have historically been managed using a stationary cluster of PCs on the show floor are now being reevaluated for wireless applications. Microsoft event planners, who are not yet prepared to talk in detail about the system, said that attendees will find it easier to schedule meetings, download presentations, and have their computing power available to them anywhere they go. The value of these new tools, they say, will be in improved collaboration among their partners, easier follow-up and feedback procedures for attendees, and the opportunity to showcase their technologies. Microsoft's wireless strategy will involve a mixture of the company's own products and the Internet connectivity that is in place at the Anaheim Convention Center, courtesy of Las Vegas-based Smart City Networks.
Event411.com is also taking the wireless tack. The company expects to release its new Wireless Attendee Management service this spring. Being created in partnership with Aelix Inc., WAM will allow planners to send staff, vendors, and attendees schedule changes, task assignments, personalized agendas, or other messages via Palm OS handheld computers and eventually other PDAs, cellphones, and two-way pagers, as well as fax and land-line phones. Attendees will be able to respond to the planner in real time.
Users of the wireless service need only the browser software provided with their handheld devices to access the Web-based Event411 platform. At present, the WAP service only supports the Palm interface, but plans are in the works to develop support for Internet Explorer on the Pocket PC units (Windows CE) and the Phone.com (WAP) browser on WAP-enabled cellular phones.
Cutting Edge? All the Better
Today's communication tools are limited only by the capabilities of the delivery systems. As bandwidth gets broader and wireless solutions find their place, expect new systems and solutions to keep your giant audiences linked up and tuned in to your meeting message and objectives.
Conference Planners' Busby believes it's the attendees who drive deployment of new technology tools. "Each of the applications [we have used] has been evaluated by our attendee bases and has always scored in the top echelon of the scorecard," she says. "For IT events, the more cutting edge, the more they like it."
Personal Web Pages
Fast Company, one of today's most watched business publications, has expanded into the meetings business with two RealTime conferences and about nine Future Forums each year. Boston-based Fast Company Live may not put on mega events, but the innovative Web-based tools used to bring audiences together have fascinating possibilities for larger meetings.
At check-in, attendees receive e-mail accounts unique to the event, and can go online at a cyber café to e-mail one another, access bulletin boards, and create buddy lists. But the real innovation is the interaction made possible by personal Web pages. Attendees are invited to create personal Web pages, or "profiles," before and during the event. A template-driven system makes it possible, even for the technically illiterate, to quickly create a page. Attendees can search profiles to find conference-goers with similar interests and invite them to join impromptu gab sessions.
To assure that as many people as possible take advantage of the system, attendees must register for their conference sessions online after they arrive on-site. While registering, they are asked to create profiles, set up their e-mail accounts, and answer a series of questions. This way, participants access the online system at least once and get an understanding of what it can do.
Elizabeth Busch, director of Fast Company Live, explains that the conferences' interactive elements "help to bring the magazine to life and create a community feel."
Nightly Webcasts
Cleveland, Ohio-based webcasting solutions provider PRWebcast.com has developed an innovative application for delivering daily conference programming updates to attendees. Born out of its weekly business breakfast series of "talk shows" delivered to corporate viewers in the Cleveland area via the Internet, PRWebcast.com has come up with a similar format to deliver conference updates, daily wrap-ups, or status reports on the conference via live or archived webcasts. Attendees can view the daily programming from their laptops each night.
The software contains a live chat feature that allows viewers to communicate during the broadcast and a polling application that lets session moderators ask questions. These tools could be a way for conference managers to solicit feedback on a daily basis. Another feature of PRWebcast.com's software is the ability to push documents, pdf files, PowerPoint presentations, URLs, and other collaboration tools through to the viewer during the webcast.


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Arris snaps up SeaWell NetworksApril 18, 2014 3:20 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
In the first deal since it completed the Motorola Home acquisition a year ago, Arris announced Friday that it had bought SeaWell Networks for an undisclosed sum. Arris said it would be integrating SeaWell's adaptive bit rate (ABR) technology and "talent" into its Network & Cloud business.
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Aereo CEO speaks on future of company, industryApril 18, 2014 1:25 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
The future of Aereo hinges on a case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court next week. Aereo founder and CEO Chet Kanojia discusses how the Internet and IP networking are affecting the fundamentals of the TV business, and how the Supreme Court decision is important because for Aereo there is no "Plan B."
Viewers binge on Comcast's latest Watchathon WeekApril 18, 2014 12:14 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Comcast said this year's edition of its Xfinity Watchathon Week set records for VOD consumption with 61 million views and 50 million hours of spend binging. This year's binge viewing fest ran from March 31 through April 6 and included a record setting day on April 5 with nearly 11 million hours of viewing for the biggest day ever for Comcast's VOD service.
Cable Show 2014 show dailiesApril 17, 2014 7:40 pm | by CED | News | Comments
CED's editors will be at the Cable Show in Los Angeles providing on-site coverage of the cable industry's biggest bash of the year. Visit here each day on April 29, April 30, and May 1 for the most in-depth reporting on cable's technology and business news.
The Evolving Multi-Screen NetworkApril 17, 2014 4:41 pm | by CED | Wallcharts | Comments
Multi-screen delivery has always been an element of the TV-Everywhere strategy. Over the top content and on demand content can all be prepped ahead of time; linear, live video is a tougher nut to crack. All that video processing has be able to be done in real-time, or close to it. The equipment necessary to prep video – encoders, transcoders, video management platforms – can be almost anywhere in the network, usually depending on where the content is stored, but all capabilities need to be in the headend to distribute over the top, on demand, and linear video.
Time Warner Cable enables Hotspot 2.0 across Wi-Fi networkApril 17, 2014 2:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Time Warner Cable has upped its Wi-Fi game by adding Hotspot 2.0 abilities to most of its 33,000 access points across the nation. Hotspot 2.0, which is also known as Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint, allows mobile devices to automatically join a Wi-Fi network based upon preferences and network optimization whenever the user enters a Hotspot 2.0-enabled area.
AT&T objects to 600 MHz auction rulesApril 17, 2014 1:47 pm | by Ben Munson, Wireless Week | News | Comments
AT&T is threatening to sit out the FCC's upcoming 600 MHz incentive auctions if the Commission puts in place rules reserving portions of the spectrum for smaller carriers only. The FCC is planning to set aside up to 30 MHz in each market for smaller carriers to bid on once bidding for those markets hits a set threshold.
A-L to upgrade Elisa's IP/MPLS networkApril 17, 2014 1:39 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Finnish mobile and fixed broadband service provider Elisa has contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its IP/MPLS network for greater broadband capacity. A-L said it will also supply a full set of services: installation and commissioning, lifecycle program management, operations support and consulting, migration of network elements and services.
Charter preps for debut of Netgear's 802.11ac routerApril 17, 2014 1:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Charter Communications' residential customers will see blazing Wi-Fi speeds in their homes when the company debuts a new Netgear router starting May 16. The dual-band router is fueled by latest wireless specification, 802.11ac, which was ratified by the IEEE in January. Charter said the new router was capable of delivering more than the maximum 100 Mbps downstream speed from its Internet Ultra tier throughout subscribers' homes.
BHN on next-gen business services path with CiscoApril 17, 2014 1:26 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Bright House Networks has created a path toward a virtualized network and programmable networking with its deployment of Cisco's Network Convergence System, becoming the first cable operator to deploy Cisco's NCS 6000 router. BHN will support cloud-based, managed services for businesses, such as hosted voice, call center, application and infrastructure-as-a-service.
Google's 1Q earnings disappoint as ad prices slipApril 17, 2014 1:16 pm | by Associated Press | News | Comments
Google's first-quarter earnings growth faltered as the Internet company dealt with a persistent downturn in advertising prices while spending more money to hire employees and invest in daring ideas. The results announced Wednesday fell below analyst projections. Google's stock shed more than 5 percent, or $30.94, to hit $525.50 in extended trading after the results were released.
Vodafone Netherlands working with EntoneApril 16, 2014 1:38 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
Vodafone Netherlands is partnering with Entone and its systems integration partner, Divitel, to support TV services on its fiber to the home (FTTH) network in the Netherlands. Vodafone's Thuis service offers a number of television features including Pause Live TV (PLTV), along with a video on demand (VOD) library from public broadcasters, HBO, Videoland, and many others.
Multichoice taps Clearleap for multi-screen managementApril 16, 2014 1:14 pm | by Brian Santo | News | Comments
The African pay-TV provider, which operates services in sub-Saharan Africa, will use the Clearleap products to manage its library of premium live and on-demand video content, then distribute and monetize it across VOD, web portals, apps and more.
Nagra provides Dish, EchoStar multi-screen protectionApril 16, 2014 12:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Dish Network and EchoStar have expanded their security partnership with Nagra to include digital rights management (DRM) for multi-screen services. Dish and EchoStar have deployed the Nagra MediaLive Player (NMP) with Nagra's MediaAccess Persistent Rights Management (PRM) technology, which is Nagra's studio-approved DRM solution, to enable and secure the Dish Anywhere multi-screen VOD service.
Lightpath's fiber tops 7,000 locations in New York metro areaApril 16, 2014 12:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | Comments
Lightpath, a division of Cablevision, announced it has lit up more than 7,000 locations across its fiber network in the New York metropolitan area with more than 1,000 coming onboard over the past year. Close to half of the new locations were in New Jersey, which represents a burgeoning opportunity for Lightpath's services to mid-market business and other organizations.
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Burger King is upgrading to a more robust Wi-Fi platform with the help of AT&T. Diners at the fast food chain will soon be able to log in to "Whopper Wi-Fi" on their smartphones and tablet devices. AT&T said Burger King was the first large-scale customer of its Wi-Fi Ready Zone.


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Master of Science in Health Informatics
SBMI's traditional, research-focused master's degree program requires 42 hours at the graduate level. Students may be enrolled full-time or part-time. Full-time students typically take five semesters to complete the program. Part-time students typically take about three years to complete the program.
Classes are scheduled face-to-face in the classroom or online. Most face-to-face classes meet for a three hour block of time on Mondays or Wednesdays (exceptions may occur). Students can choose to take classes one day a week or multiple days.
Some classes are available online, giving students more flexibility in completing the coursework. Online courses do not require regular classroom time. Faculty have electronic office hours and are also available by appointment for conferences in person, phone or video. The school uses a course software called MOODLE to deliver courses to the students.
Many classes require participation in the end of semester poster session. Students in online classes will be required to participate as well; arrangements for synchronous participation will be made individually for each student.
The Masters of Science in health informatics degree allows students to select courses in basic, research and advanced informatics that cover topics in various subfields including clinical and cognitive informatics.
Master of Science in health informatics curriculum - (Effective Fall 2012)
Master of Science in health informatics curriculum - (For students from Fall 2007 to Summer 2012)
Master of Science in health informatics curriculum - (For students who began study prior to Fall 2007)
Review the admission requirements.
Practicum and State of the Science Paper
During the course of the master's degree every student will complete at least 6 semester hours of practicum to gain real world experience in his/her chosen field of health informatics. The practicum is designed by the student in coordination with the student's advising committee.
The State of the Science Paper is based on research in the student's area of interest. It typically originates from the practicum. The paper will be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, however, publication is not a prerequisite for graduation. The paper is then signed off by the student's advising committee.
Contact Information
For further information about the Master's of Science in health informatics please contact:
Office of Academic Affairs
(713) 500-3591
Amy Franklin, PhD
Master's Program Coordinator
(713) 500-3670