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Release date: 27 February 2012
Changes This firmware update (Version 184.108.40.206) incorporates the following changes. 1. Still images and movies in the MP4 format captured by the camcorder can be uploaded to an online album on CANON iMAGE GATEWAY using the Wi-Fi function. 2. Still images and movies in the MP4 format captured by the camcorder can be uploaded to Facebook or Twitter by operating the camcorder. (Images are first saved to an online album on CANON iMAGE GATEWAY, and then a link (URL) to the album will be posted on Facebook or Twitter.) *You should adhere to the policies of Facebook and Twitter when uploading still images, movies or any other content. 3. Movies captured by the camcorder can be uploaded to YouTube using the Wi-Fi function. *You should adhere to the policies of YouTube when uploading movies or any other content. 4. Still images and movies in the MP4 format can be uploaded to an online album on CANON iMAGE GATEWAY by operating the camcorder, and the user can share the link (URL) of the saved album with friends and/or families through an e-mail notification to the e-mail addresses that have been previously registered.
Accompanying the changes in the firmware, Canon's CameraWindow software needs to be updated. Please follow the instructions below to update your computer to CameraWindow 8.8. To update the computer to CameraWindow 8.8, a computer installed with ImageBrowser EX and a previous version of CameraWindow are required to be installed on the computer. If these applications are not installed on your computer, please make sure to install ImageBrowser EX, which is included on the bundled Disc.
NOTES: - Once the camcorder is updated to the latest firmware version, it cannot be restored to a previous version. - By using the Wi-Fi function of the camcorder, together with CANON iMAGE GATEWAY, the user can have access to various services on the Web. *To use the services provided by CANON iMAGE GATEWAY, a free membership registration is required.
1. Double-click the downloaded hfm5x-v1110-win.zip file. The file will be decompressed and hfm5x-v1110-win folder will be generated. 2. Double-click CW880W_Installer.exe in the folder. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to perform the installation. (If the User Account Control window appears, follow the message that is displayed to proceed to the next step. )
Preparations for the Firmware Update: 1. If you perform the update, the menu settings will be reset. After the update, please reset the custom settings to suit your personal preferences. *The wireless settings will not be reset. 2. In the folder you downloaded are the firmware (file name: VID1.FIM / file size: 25489KB), instructions on the firmware update procedures (Four PDF files in four languages: Japanese, English, French, and Spanish) and user's guide (Two PDF files in four languages: Japanese, and English, French, and Spanish). Before starting the firmware update operations, please be sure to carefully confirm your understanding of these instructions. 3. If the power is cut off during the firmware update, the camera will no longer turn on and will no longer be able to shoot. If this occurs please contact the Canon Customer Support Center. 4. Please use a fully charged battery pack and a Compact Power Adapter while performing the firmware update. 5. Please be absolutely sure not to turn the power switch on the camera to OFF during the firmware update. 6. If you use a household power source, please be careful about power outages. 7. During the firmware update, please do not open the card slot cover. 8. During the firmware update, please do not operate any of the camera's buttons, or switches. 9. If the camcorder's firmware has been updated using the SD card bundled with the Surround Microphone SM-V1 (optional), the last digit of the firmware version will be "2".
The following items are required to perform this firmware update: 1. Camcorder 2. A computer installed with ImageBrowser EX and CameraWindow OS Requirements: Windows 7 SP1 (32 bit/64 bit), Windows Vista SP2 (32 bit/64 bit),Windows XP SP3 (32 bit) 3. A 32 MB or higher-capacity SD Memory Card or an SDHC/SDXC Memory Card (both commercially available) 4. A memory card reader (commercially available) or an SD card slot on the computer 5. A fully charged battery pack for the camcorder 6. The compact power adapter that comes with the camcorder (AC adapter) 7. The firmware (the downloaded file)
File version: 188.8.131.52
File Size: 83 MB
File name: hfm5x-v1110-win.zip


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UN Women Deputy Executive Director calls for empowering women through education
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at the Open Society Foundation on the "Right to education in the post-2015 development agenda" in New York on 24 September, 2013
Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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Your Excellencies, fellow panelists, ladies and gentlemen.
I am honoured to be participating in this very important side event on the right to education in the post-2015 agenda.
I sincerely thank the International Council for Adult Education, the Global Campaign for Education and all of the convening organizations for inviting me to speak today.
UN Women considers that education is one of the greatest game-changers for women and girls around the world. It is both an enabler and force multiplier for women's economic, political and social empowerment and gender equality. Education is also a preventative force for violence against women, as recently recognized in the outcome document of the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57).
A child raised by a woman who can read is 50 per cent more likely to survive beyond age five. In fact, improvements in women's education explained half of the reduction in child deaths between 1990 and 2009. Similarly, wages, agricultural income and productivity, all critical for reducing poverty, are higher where women involved in agriculture receive a better education. Investing in education and women's empowerment and gender equality are therefore inter-generational investments.
The inter-linkages between education and gender equality and women's empowerment are recognized in numerous international documents, including in the Millennium Declaration and in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Two and Three, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
In fact, the Beijing Platform for Action identified education and training for women as a critical area of concern, stating – "Education is human right and an essential tool for achieving the goals of equality, development and peace. Non-discriminatory education benefits both girls and boys and thus ultimately contributes to more equal relationships between women and men."
We are on the eve of commemorating the 20th anniversary of Beijing, and as we can see it remains highly relevant as the guiding framework for gender equality and women's empowerment.
Such recognition of the importance of education has mobilized international efforts and resources, and in the last 15 or so years there have been some notable results for women and girls.
Gender parity in primary school enrollment is close to being achieved. However, girls represent 53 per cent of the out-of-school population of primary age in developing countries and there are regional disparities - in Sub-Saharan Africa 26 per cent of girls are out of primary school. Worryingly, gender gaps in secondary school attendance remain largely the same since the 1990s.
Also, girls from rural areas, ethnic minorities and indigenous groups continue to have the lowest levels of literacy and education, with disparities becoming more marked at secondary level and even greater at tertiary level. These factors all contribute to the fact that today, two-thirds of the world's illiterate adults are women. And they deserve a second chance to be educated.
Clearly much more needs to be done to make MDG Two a genuine achievement and to address seriously the stagnation in secondary education attendance and to include in any future framework equal access to tertiary education. The transition from education to the labour force, vocational training and the promotion of lifelong learning are important areas of focus which must also be addressed.
UN Women has been advocating for actions on women and girls' education to go beyond mere numerical parity to address quality and equality in learning outcomes and equal opportunities, including mobilizing stronger interventions to help girls complete primary, secondary and tertiary education.
We do this as a member of the Steering Committee of the UN Secretary-General's Education First Initiative—a five-year global initiative to give a stronger impetus to the global movement for education and achieve quality, relevant and inclusive education for all by 2015. Also important is the universal values inculcated through education.
We have made education an important part of our proposed stand-alone goal on achieving gender equality, women's rights, and women's empowerment in the post-2015 development framework. In addition to a stand-alone goal, gender perspectives should be mainstreamed in all other goals, especially in any education goal.
The stand-alone gender equality goal must be transformational and address the structural causes of gender inequalities and discrimination. Education is key to this transformation in gender relations.
Our proposed gender goal has three components: freedom from violence; capabilities and resources; and voice, leadership and participation. Education is of course a major enabling factor in achieving all areas. In particular, we propose a target on promoting education and skills for women and girls, including life skills.
This target should look beyond just gender parity in education, to areas such as girls' transition to secondary education, women's participation in science and engineering fields at tertiary level, and even access to the internet, in recognition of the importance of women's access to technology.
I see in the organizations represented here a groundswell of advocacy in support of these and related ideals. We must all make concerted efforts to leverage the political will and resources to effect change: the right to education for all, leveling inequalities and creating a future in which girls and boys, women and men can fully realize their potential.
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LOS ANGELES – Jenni Benger scored on a header off of a corner kick by Jocelyn Blankenship in the 110th and final minute of overtime to lift Loyola Marymount past UC Santa Barbara 1-0 on a sizzling Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles.
The teams played evenly through 109:28 minutes of regulation and overtime until the Lions broke through. LMU (3-1-1) finished with a 13-11 advantage in shots, but each team had just five shots on goal. Prior to the game-winner, however, the Gauchos (1-2-1) had the only two shots of the overtime.
UCSB had an opportunity in the 95th minute when a scramble in front of the Lions' goal resulted in a good look for Kelly McGrath who booted the ball high, over the crossbar. It was the lone shot o the first overtime.
The Lions threatened in the 85th minute when Brianne Medved took a pass above the top of the box and went in one-on-one against UCSB goalkeeper Makenna Henry who came well off her line to block the shot.
After allowing four goals in her last start, a 4-3 loss at Southern Utah, Henry was solid for UCSB coming up with four saves. The goal by Benger narrowly eluded her outstretched leaping attempt at a save.
Allie Ariniello, who scored three goals in the team's first three matches, led the Gauchos with four shots, three of which were on-frame. UCSB's defensive unit of Kailey Hackett, Paige Gankema, Sydney Futertes and Taylor Gehring was solid in front of Henry.
The Gauchos return home on Friday, Sept. 6 to host Pacific in a match that will kick-off at 5:00 p.m. and will be followed by a UCSB men's match against Gonzaga.


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With goals from Shalrie Joseph and Kheli Dube, the New England Revolution downed the Houston Dynamo 2-1 in a battle of two teams battling solely for pride on Sunday night at Robertson Stadium.
The Revs' injury problems and national-team call ups left the team with only three field subs on the bench. Head coach Steve Nicol opted to hand Bobby Shuttleworth his third start of the season, and the 23-year-old goalkeeper repaid the trust with several terrific saves throughout the night, helping New England snap a five-game winless streak in league play and an 11-match winless spell on the road.
The first half played out like a typically physical Revolution-Dynamo tilt, with 13 first-half fouls and four yellow cards. Houston midfielder Geoff Cameron took what looked like the hardest foul from Pat Phelan early on but was back up moments later.
Houston continued its disturbing trend of yielding the game's opening goal for the 14th time this year, the seventh time at home. In the 43rd minute, the Dynamo defense was slow to push its defensive line up following a long throw-in, and New England defender Emmanuel Osei lobbed a clearance back into the box. Joseph slipped past the defense, controlled the ball, and slid his shot between the legs of Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad to give the Revs the 1-0 lead.
Houston had a nearly identical opportunity in first-half stoppage time as the ball fell to forward Dominic Oduro behind the Revs defense. The Ghanaian blasted his shot on target, but Shuttleworth made a terrific diving save to preserve the Revs' lead at halftime.
After the break, the Dynamo started to see more of the ball and were rewarded in the 59th minute. Richard Mulrooney capped his 100th start in a Dynamo jersey with a picture-perfect cross to Oduro at the far post, who one-timed it into the corner of the net to level the score at 1-1.
But New England battled back to take the lead against the run of play in the 73rd minute. Houston defender Ryan Cochrane turned the ball over near the edge of the box, where Revs forward Ilija Stolica picked it up and sent it across the box. A waiting Dube was alone on goal and put in a clinical finish to put the Revs back in front 2-1.
Houston lost the plot late, as the Dynamo closed out the match without a scoring chance but suffered two late red cards to Joseph Ngwenya and Cameron, both of whom will miss Houston's match at San Jose next weekend.
New England Revolution (8-15-5) vs. Houston Dynamo (7-15-6)
October 10, 2010 -- Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
Scoring Summary:
NE -- Shalrie Joseph 3 (Emmanuel Osei 1) 43
HOU -- Dominic Oduro 5 (Richard Mulrooney 3, Corey Ashe 3) 59
NE -- Kheli Dube 2 (Ilija Stolica 2) 73
New England Revolution -- Bobby Shuttleworth, Chris Tierney, Emmanuel Osei, Darrius Barnes, Cory Gibbs, Kheli Dube (Seth Sinovic 89), Shalrie Joseph, Pat Phelan, Khano Smith, Ilija Stolica (Jason Griffiths 95), Marko Perovic (Zack Schilawski 63).
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Reis.
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad. Richard Mulrooney (Mike Chabala 75), Ryan Cochrane (Danny Cruz 75), Adrian Serioux, Andrew Hainault, Corey Ashe, Lovel Palmer, Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis, Cam Weaver (Joseph Ngwenya 79), Dominic Oduro.
Substitutes Not Used: Tyler Deric, Sammy Appiah, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson.
Misconduct Summary:
NE -- Pat Phelan (caution; Reckless Foul) 26
NE -- Cory Gibbs (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 40
HOU -- Cam Weaver (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 41
HOU -- Ryan Cochrane (caution; Tactical Foul) 44
HOU -- Adrian Serioux (caution; Tactical Foul) 50
HOU -- Geoff Cameron (caution; Reckless Foul) 78
NE -- Darrius Barnes (caution; Tactical Foul) 83
HOU -- Joseph Ngwenya (ejection; Serious Foul Play) 93+
HOU -- Geoff Cameron (ejection; Violent Conduct) 97+
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee's Assistants: Hector Vergara; Steven Taylor
4th official: Jasen Anno
Attendance: 16,479
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-82-degrees
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Feather Fox Boutique was created by wanderers who love to find unique, beautiful and earthy boho clothing items mixed with bold prints, lace details and floral patterns. Our women's bohemian clothing store now offers a range of fabulous items including pyjamas & homewares and other lifestyle pieces including plus size clothing.
High-quality lifestyle & boho fashion at an affordable price. We also stock boho kids clothing.
Shop our lovely collection of boho dresses, tops, playsuits, jumpsuits, skirts, kaftans and shorts here at Feather Fox Boutique. We ship all across Australia, New Zealand the world. Other payment options include Afterpay for Australian purchasers and Sezzle for our USA friends.
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As far as I know, no one has actually spotted one of the much anticipated tablet devices–from Apple (AAPL) or anyone else–in the wild. But that doesn't stop publishers from dreaming about what they can do with them once they appear.
Here's the latest stab at it, from Swedish media outfit Bonnier Group, best known in the U.S. as the publisher of specialty magazines like Field & Stream and Popular Science. This one just popped up, unbidden, in my inbox, and I'm happy to share it, because I think looking at this stuff is fun.
Unlike other e-magazine what-ifs publishers have been showing off, Bonnier isn't even pretending this is fleshed out. So no need to worry about whether it uses Flash; it's purely a "conceptual video prototype."
But it's similar in many ways to stuff we've seen from Condé Nast and Time Warner's (TWX) Time Inc.: The emphasis is on moving the entire print magazine to the tablet, then adjusting layouts, photos and other elements to take advantage of/adapt to the device's capablities/limitations.
And like the other two prototypes we've seen so far, Bonnier keeps the Web and other outside elements (Twitter, etc.) hidden unless you call them up–in this case, via a groovy radial pop-up.
That said, this one does look pretty slick, though it's entirely possible that this is due to the video's production qualities. And that dashing designer, Jack Schulze, looks and sounds like the kind of people who play dashing designers in movies.
There's no sound on this clip for the first 32 seconds or so, so don't be alarmed. And if you're going to watch it, it's well worth tapping on the video and watching it at full-screen size.


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A grandmother on death row in Indonesia has lost an appeal at the UK's highest court over the lawfulness of a Government policy not to provide funding for legal representation to Britons facing capital charges abroad.
Five Supreme Court justices in London unanimously dismissed a challenge by Lindsay Sandiford, 57, from Cheltenham, Gloucester, who was convicted last year of trafficking drugs into the resort island of Bali and sentenced to death by firing squad.
But the court pointed out that she remains in "jeopardy" and the evidence now called for a further urgent review of the policy in her case.
The judges were told at a hearing last month that she is effectively without legal representation in Indonesia to allow her to pursue a further hearing of her case, and has "no access to any further private funding".
Her QC Aidan O'Neill said that previously Sandiford had been able to fund her legal fight against the death sentence in the Indonesian courts through the "kindness of strangers".
Today's ruling by Lords Mance, Clarke, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson follows a Court of Appeal defeat for Sandiford in April last year when three leading judges ruled that the UK Government's policy of not providing funding for legal representation to any British national who faced criminal proceedings abroad - even in death penalty cases - was not unlawful.
At the hearing of her appeal, Mr O'Neill told the Supreme Court: "The current situation of the appellant is that she has one last chance of seeking review or appeal through the courts against the death penalty being carried out on her - by way of application for judicial review to the Indonesian Supreme Court. This requires a detailed knowledge of Indonesian law."
There was also the possibility of her submitting a petition for clemency to the Indonesian government, which also "requires a close knowledge of the Indonesian judicial and political situation and environment".
He added: "The appellant is, however, effectively without legal representation in Indonesia to allow her to pursue this line of judicial review, and she has no access to any further private funding which might otherwise allow her to instruct a suitably qualified lawyer."
Last year's Court of Appeal ruling followed an earlier High Court decision that the Government was not legally obliged to pay for "an adequate lawyer" to represent Sandiford, who was sentenced to death by firing squad after being found with cocaine worth an estimated £1.6 million as she arrived in Bali on a flight from Bangkok, Thailand, in May 2012.
Appeal judges heard at the time of the hearing before them that she needed around £8,000 for her legal fight against the sentence.
Following those proceedings she received donations covering the sum needed.
Dismissing her challenge at the Court of Appeal, Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson said the question was not whether the Foreign Secretary could produce a different policy "which many would regard as fairer and more reasonable and humane than the present policy", but whether the policy he had produced was "irrational".
He concluded: "I am in no doubt that the policy is not irrational. It is based on reasoning which is coherent and which is neither arbitrary nor perverse."
Sandiford, originally from Redcar, Teesside - who claimed she was forced to transport the drugs to protect her children, whose safety was at stake - was sentenced to death in January 2013 by judges of the District Court of Denpasar in Bali.
She appealed but her case was rejected by the High Court of Denpasar.
Last August, a three-judge panel at the Indonesian Supreme Court in Jakarta also rejected her appeal.
In written submissions opposing Sandiford's appeal at the UK's Supreme Court last month, Martin Chamberlain QC, for the Foreign Secretary, said: "The death penalty is among the punishments to which the Government is opposed in all circumstances as a matter of principle."
It supported initiatives designed to encourage states which retained the death penalty to change their position and makes grants to charities such as Reprieve, which assisted individuals who were charged with capital offences.
In "appropriate cases" it also made "state to state representations".
Mr Chamberlain said the statutory legal aid scheme extended only to legal proceedings in the UK, and the Government "has not established an analogous scheme to cover legal expenses for British nationals involved in criminal proceedings abroad, even where the proceedings may result in the imposition of punishments to which it is strongly opposed".
He told the judges that the policy did not allow funding to be given, even in exceptional circumstances, but added: "However, that does not mean that the appellant's individual circumstances have been ignored."
Specific consideration was given to the question whether the policy should be changed in the light of those circumstances.
"The conclusion was that the appellant's case could not be regarded as more compelling than many others and that the policy should not be changed to allow payments in this case," he said.
The Supreme Court said Sandiford "now requires a substantial sum to pay for the legal assistance to prepare and present an application to the Indonesian Supreme Court to reopen the case and a clemency petition to the President of Indonesia".
The papers require to be lodged by August 29.
The judges said she remains in jeopardy and "urgently in need of legal help".
Lord Carnwath, announcing that the court "unanimously dismisses the appeal", added: "However, in the light of new information - not available to the lower courts - as to the course of the proceedings in Indonesia and the steps now available to her there, the court calls on the Secretary of State urgently to review the application of the policy to Mrs Sandiford's case in the light of that information."
In a written ruling, Lord Carnwath and Lord Mance said: "Since January 2013, as a result of the surprising course of the Indonesian proceedings, circumstances have radically developed in respects which appear to have been quite unforeseeable.
"However, we have no up to date information as to the department's consideration of those matters. As has been seen, those responsible have been willing to consider whether the policy should be departed from or qualified in her case, but that has been on information which is now out of date.
"Logic and consistency, if nothing else, call for an urgent review of the policy as it applies to her in the light of the current information."
They added: "The evidence now available as to the course of the Indonesian proceedings appears to raise the most serious issues as to the functioning of the local judicial system and its ability to deal justly with the appellant's case.
"In particular, on the material we have been shown, the local courts seem to have ignored the substantial mitigating factors in her case, including her age and mental problems, her lack of any previous record, her co-operation with the police and not least the remarkable disparity of her sentence with those members of the syndicate whom she helped to bring to justice."
They said: "On the face of it, there is substantial material to support her application to the Supreme Court or the President. She needs a competent lawyer to present it."
The judges said: "It is not, of course, for this court now to express any view as to what the outcome might be of such a review. But we note that, even under the old pre-2007 policy, it appears that the Foreign Office did not experience real difficulty in controlling and limiting the financial exposure which it incurred in a very few exceptional cases.
"It is not clear to us that the creation or recognition of an exception for a case as extreme as the present would risk opening a floodgate to future demands for financial support.
"However that may be, the further review needs to be undertaken, and the outcome to be supported by a clear justification of the rationality and/or proportionality of maintaining an absolutely blanket policy covering even the present circumstances."


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Car technology has advanced to the point that many drivers have no clue just how much their machine is driving them. Wired's Keith Buglewicz explores the latest tech that's affecting how we drive — for better and worse. — Ed.
Read sales brochures for new cars and you'll quickly reach tech overload. The level of gadgetry packed into vehicles these days is stunning, if not overwhelming. From lithium-ion batteries to voice-activated navigation to HDMI video inputs, the specs on many modern automobiles can read more like high-end electronics than anything you might commute in.
Some of the stuff is really cool and gets a lot of attention, like gee-whiz infotainment systems and the nannies that keep you from wandering into another lane or running down some hapless pedestrian. But cars are loaded with subtler technologies that quietly go about their jobs without drawing attention. In fact, there's a good chance that you don't even know your car's got some of this hidden tech giving you more power, better fuel economy or a more comfortable slog through your commute.
It's surprising that in many cases the underlying technology has been around for years, waiting for modern manufacturing, materials or computer controls to fulfill their promise. Some upgrades are making their way from high-end luxury cars to the masses. And some take existing technology and give it an unexpected twist for a surprising result.
Here are ten examples that make life behind the wheel just a bit safer, more convenient or more efficient.
Direct injection
It used to be that choosing an engine was easy. You could have powerful engine with lousy fuel economy or a wheezer with fantastic fuel economy. It's always been a lousy choice, but its even more so as consumers demand more oomph and the government demands more efficiency.
Direct injection gives you better power and better fuel economy at the same time.
This twist on fuel injection squirts fuel directly into the combustion chamber instead of the intake manifold. This allows the engine computer to deliver exactly the right amount of fuel into the chamber, rather than guessing how much will make it past the intake valves. The result is less wasted fuel, and since the injector can "swirl" the fuel mist perfectly, it's optimized to burn in the best possible way for more power and torque.
Direct injection was used in fighter planes during World War II, and the awesome Mercedes-Benz 300 SL used it in the 1950s. But it didn't really take off in the auto biz until 2000 or so, and it has grown increasingly popular as automakers try to meet tightening fuel economy and emissions regulations.
Photo: John Baisden assembles an engine at Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which cranks out the company's turbocharged direct-injected EcoBoost engines/Ford
Active Noise Cancellation
Traditionally, there have been two ways to combat road and wind noise. The first was to swaddle the interior with insulation, muffling outside noises. Trouble is, that adds a lot of weight, and weight is the enemy of fuel economy. The second method, which is no less effective, was to simply crank up the radio.
Now there's a third way, which riffs on the crank-it-up method. A growing number of automobiles use active noise cancellation, much like you find in the headphones everyone wore on your last flight.
The technology uses the car's audio system to cancel out unwanted sound waves. A microphone "listens" for certain sounds or frequencies. A computer recreates that sound using an anti-phase wave. When the offending sound wave meets its anti-phase counterpart, they cancel each other out, allowing you to revel in the glorious sound of ... anything but the humming of tires, the rumbling of the road or the droning of the engine.
Like so much cool tech, active noise cancellation first appeared in luxury sedans, but now you'll find it in more pedestrian fare like the GMC Terrain.
Image: The active noise-canceling system in the 2011 GMC Terrain, explained./General Motors
Electric Power Steering
A vehicle's engine does more than just move the car around. It also runs the air-conditioning compressor, alternator and power-steering pump. That's a lot of work, and it creates a lot of drag. Drag is bad. It makes your engine work harder, which really hurts your fuel economy.
One way to reduce this drag, and therefore increase fuel economy, is to electrify the pumps driven by the engine. One of the first to go is the hydraulic power-steering pump. Small, powerful electric motors can drive the hydraulic pump, or directly assist the steering without any hydraulics at all. Either way, the engine gets a break, allowing it to make more power and use less fuel.
The first electric power steering system appeared in the Acura NSX in 1990. Nowadays, you'll find the tech in hybrids, electric vehicles and many passenger cars like the BMW Z4.
Photo: BMW
Hydrocarbon-Sensing Climate Control
So there you are, stuck behind a big rig when it belches a blast of diesel exhaust. The acrid smell fills your car, reminding you that you'd left the air conditioning set to "fresh air" instead of "recirculate." By then it's much too late, and your car smells like the parking lot at a truck stop.
People who spend big money for luxury cars don't have this problem. A growing number of high-end autos have a carbon filter and hydrocarbon sensor. The electronic nose constantly sniffs the air. When it detects a pollutant, it automatically switches the climate-control system to "recirculate" to spare your air. It isn't perfect — you're outta luck if someone's squashed a skunk, for example — but it's a pretty cool feature just the same.
Photo:A Mercedes-Benz engineer tests an air conditioning unit./Daimler
GPS Climate Control
It seemed like there wasn't much more to be done with climate control after dual-zone systems ended the "I'm hot!" vs. "I'm cold!" argument by letting the driver and passenger set their own temperature.
But the newest thing in climate control is linking the system to the car's GPS. The global positioning system already knows where the car is and which way it's pointing; add the date and time and — voila! — the car can tell where the sun is located in relation to the car. That means it can custom tailor the climate control as the car moves closer to, or further from, direct sunlight.
Yes, it's probably just as effective to reach over and turn the knob yourself, but that's not nearly so cool, is it?
Photo: The Acura RL will keep that chap comfy with its GPS-assisted climate control./Honda
Acoustic Glass
You wouldn't think there'd be much R&D in something so mundane as glass. But in their quest to build ever-quieter cars, manufacturers are looking long and hard at the windows.
High-end cars typically feature side and door windows of specialized sound-deadening glass. By sandwiching a thin layer of sound-damping vinyl between two panes of glass, less noise is transmitted to the interior. It's a surprisingly easy way to reduce cabin noise, and it's appearing in less expensive cars like the Chevrolet Malibu (shown).
Photo: Bobbi Ralston signs off on a on Chevrolet Malibu at the end of the assembly line at the General Motors Fairfax Kansas Plant./General Motors
Magnetorheological Dampers
Shock absorbers generally come one of two ways: Soft for ride comfort or stiff for handling. Oh sure, there are adjustable shocks that let you tweak those settings manually, but this the computer age. That should be done automatically, on the fly.
Turns out it is, if you've got a car fitted with magnetorheological dampers.
Magnetorheological dampers are filled with oil containing microscopic particles. These particles bind together in the presence of a magnetic field, thickening the oil and making the shock firmer.
Sensors monitor the compression and expansion of the shock, automatically adjusting the viscosity of the oil to account for what the car is doing. Cruising along a smooth freeway? The magnetic field created by an electromagnet is weaker, the fluid thinner and the ride pillow-soft. Swerve to avoid a critter in the road or hammer a winding back road and the shock stiffens to provide a firmer, more controlled ride.
You'll find the tech in sports cars like the Ferrari 458 (shown) and the Audi R8, along with sportyish vehicles like the Acura MDX.
Photo: Ferrari
Multiplex Wiring Harnesses
Once upon a time, automobiles were relatively simple contraptions with relatively simple features and relatively simple wiring harnesses like the one shown above.
As cars grew increasingly complex, so too did the wiring that was needed to power a rising number of accessories. Modern cars are filled with hundreds of sensors, circuits and electronic components. The wiring harnesses required to power all that stuff would be a nightmare without multiplexing.
Multiplexing - sending multiple signals across a single wire or sensor - is nothing new; telephones have been multiplexed for decades. But it is relatively new to the auto industry as it packs cars with more high-tech features, not to mention power windows, power locks, heated seats and even tiny refrigerators.
By reducing the number of wires running from your car's computer to the engine, audio system, climate control and other electronic components, automakers reduce weight, improve quality, save money, and make it easier to add still more stuff in the future.
Solar Cells
We're still a long way from ever seeing solar cells actually powering our cars, but photovoltaics are making their way into modern automobiles.
The Toyota Prius uses them to power the fan in the climate-control system while the car is parked. That keeps the interior cool, reducing the need to crank up the A/C when you get in.
The electric Nissan Leaf (shown) sports a small cell on the rear wing to trickle-charge the 12-volt battery. It doesn't send any juice to the cars' 24-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion pack, though.
Photo: Nissan
Turbochargers have for decades been associated with high-performance sports cars, European diesels and kids with over-boosted Japanese compact cars. They were long considered a relatively easy, relatively cheap way to add power, even if turbocharged engines often suffered from poor throttle response (known as turbo lag) and questionable durability.
But no more. Turbochargers have come a long way since 1974, when the Porsche 911 Turbo became the first production sports car with an exhaust-gas turbocharger. Modern turbos are still associated with increased performance, but they're also seen as great way to save fuel because they allow using smaller engines without sacrificing power.
The drawbacks have largely been eliminated, too. Advanced ceramics and heat-resistant metals have increased durability. More sophisticated castings allow fitting turbochargers as close as possible to the engine's exhaust ports, making turbo lag almost imperceptible. Direct injection allows the precise delivery of fuel, improving fuel economy and performance.
You'll still find turbochargers in hardcore performance machines like the Bugatti Veyron and Porsche 911 Turbo, but they're also appearing in cars like the super-small Volkswagen Polo GTi and Chevrolet Cruze Eco, which is good for 138 horsepower and 42 mpg.
Photo: The turbocharged engine in the 1975 Porsche 911 3.0 Turbo Coupe, the first production sports car with an exhaust-gas turbocharger./Porsche
This story originally appeared on Wired.com's Autopia on June 27, 2011, and was republished with permission.
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Live + 3 Day Ratings: ABC's "S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Goldbergs" and "Nashville" Score Bigger Playback Gains in Week 2
Live + 3 Day Ratings for the week of 9/30/13 (Monday-Wednesday):
Based on Nielsen's Live + 3 Day playback data for Monday-Wednesday of the 2nd week of the new season, the series debut of ABC's Super Fun Night surged to a 3.8 rating among Adults 18-49 in the L+3 Day numbers, up from a 3.2 rating in the first reported L+SD statistics (+0.6 rating points).
In the Live + 3 Day data for the 2nd episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new ABC drama saw significantly bigger TV playback gains than for its premiere telecast. The show surged 48% to a 4.9 Adult 18-49 rating (vs. a 3.3 rating in L+SD), up from a 38% increase for its debut telecast. Additionally, the second episode of the show built 39% in L+3 to deliver 12.07 million Total Viewers (vs. 8.66 million viewers in L+SD), up from a 30% increase for its premiere. Growing to a 4.9 rating in Adults 18-49, S.H.I.E.L.D. moved ahead of CBS' NCIS in the L+3 numbers (+11% - 4.4 rating) to emerge as Tuesday #1 scripted series in the key young adult demo.
Week 2 of ABC's The Goldbergs posted larger TV playback increases than did its week-earlier debut, gaining 32% after 3 days of TV playback (versus +26% the prior week) to deliver a 2.9 rating in Adults 18-49 in the L+3 ratings (from a 2.2 in the L+SD numbers).
ABC's Nashville also posted bigger TV playback gains in week 2 than its premiere telecast. The sophomore ABC drama gained a full Adult 18-49 rating point in the L+3 numbers, going from a 1.9 rating to a 2.9 rating (+53%), up from +0.9 rating points (and +45%) for the prior week's premiere episode. In addition, the second episode of Nashville picked up an additional 2.39 million Total Viewers after 3 days of TV playback, marking a 40% increase in week 2 (versus +36% for the premiere). In the L+3 numbers, Nashville tied CBS' CSI for #1 in Wednesday's 10pm hour among Adults 18-49 (2.9 rating). Initially in the first reported L+SD ratings, the CBS drama led Nashville by 2-tenths of a rating point with young adults.
In the first 3 days of available TV playback for the week, ABC had 3 shows add on at least 3 million viewers over their first-reported Live + Same Day totals (the most for any network): S.H.I.E.L.D. (+3.41 million), Castle (+3.32 million) and Modern Family (+3.10 million).


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Bond King Bill Gross Gets Dinged, and More
What's News: PIMCO's Bill Gross takes a hit on his bond fund. First quarter GDP growth is revised lower to 1.8%. Wal-Mart's head of India leaves the company. Joanne Po reports.
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Skating in Seoul, Mos Def in Macau
Christmas in Asia takes myriad forms. From Beijing to Sydney, the WSJ's Lara Day talks about where to catch Morrissey on stage, where to go ice skating, and where to get spiritual.
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Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow And Jenni Konner Executive Produce
Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna are trying to figure life out. They've been living in New York for a couple of years, but they're still not sure what they want - from boys, from each other, from themselves. And things aren't getting any clearer.
Created by and starring Lena Dunham ("Tiny Furniture"), the new HBO series GIRLS takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s. Dunham, Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner executive produce the show, which kicks off its ten-episode season SUNDAY, APRIL 15 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Bruce Eric Kaplan and Ilene S. Landress co-executive produce.
In addition to Dunham, the cast of GIRLS includes Jemima Kirke ("Tiny Furniture"), Allison Williams ("American Dreams"), Zosia Mamet ("Mad Men") and Adam Driver ("Angels in America" on Broadway, HBO's "You Don't Know Jack"). Recurring guest stars include Chris Abbott ("Martha Marcy May Marlene") and Alex Karpovsky ("Tiny Furniture").
About the GIRLS:
Hannah (Lena Dunham) is a unique mixture of self-entitlement and self-loathing. She believes she has the talent to be a successful writer, but forgets she has to write first. She wants to have a boyfriend without the obligations of a relationship, and a job without having to work. She's ultimately good-natured, with a spirited sense of humor. But every time Hannah is about to improve her circumstances, her cluelessness undercuts her.
Marnie (Allison Williams), Hannah's roommate and best friend, is a Type A personality with strict rules about friendship. She seems like Hannah's opposite, because she's got an actual job and a serious boyfriend. But while she's more together on the surface, her unwillingness to admit how lost she is may mean that she's the most lost.
Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is a live-and-let-live bohemian who's allergic to anything she views as bourgeois. She wants a life less ordinary and has travelled extensively. She's had lots of different jobs and lots of different boyfriends, but her apparent lack of fear belies her own kind of insecurity. Jessa is apt to put crazy ideas in Hannah's head that are easier for a gorgeous British girl to pull off than they are for anxious, rumpled Hannah.
Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), Jessa's roommate and cousin, aspires to the "Sex and the City" lifestyle. She's an NYU student obsessed with "women's issues," gluten-free foods and sexcentric self-help. The others tend to underestimate her because she's suburban and innocent, but Shoshanna can be a surprisingly incisive source of wisdom.
Guest stars on GIRLS include Becky Ann Baker and Peter Scolari as Hannah's parents, as well as Mike Birbiglia, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Imperioli, James LeGros, Richard Masur, Bobby Moynihan, Chris O'Dowd, Lou Taylor Pucci, Andrew Rannells, Jenny Slate and Jorma Taccone.
Lena Dunham directed five of the ten episodes of GIRLS. Other directors on the show include Jody Lee Lipes (cinematographer on "Martha Marcy May Marlene" and "Tiny Furniture"), Jesse Peretz ("Our Idiot Brother") and Richard Shepard ("The Matador," Emmy(R) winner for "Ugly Betty").
In addition to Dunham, who wrote or co-wrote every episode of the show, writers on GIRLS include Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up"), Bruce Eric Kaplan (HBO's "Six Feet Under") and Jenni Konner ("Help Me Help You," "In the Motherhood," "Undeclared").
April's episodes:
Episode #1: "Pilot"
Debut: SUNDAY, APRIL 15 (10:30-11:05 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: April 15 (12:35 a.m.), 16 (9:00 p.m.), 18 (9:30 p.m.) and 19 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: April 16 (9:00 p.m., 9:35 p.m., 10:10 p.m.), 17 (11:00 p.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m., 1:05 a.m.)
Hannah (Lena Dunham), a 24-year-old aspiring writer living in New York City, is blindsided when her parents (Becky Ann Baker, Peter Scolari) cut her off financially. Subsequently fired from her unpaid internship, she seeks comfort in Adam (Adam Driver), the eccentric actor she sometimes sleeps with when she can get him to respond to her texts. Meanwhile, Hannah's best friend and Type-A roommate, Marnie (Allison Williams), hosts a dinner party for their bohemian British friend Jessa (Jemima Kirke), who's returned from god-knows-where to move in with Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet), Jessa's younger, "Sex and the City"-obsessed cousin.
Written and directed by Lena Dunham.
Episode #2: "Vagina Panic"
Debut: SUNDAY, APRIL 22 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: April 22 (12:30 a.m.), 25 (9:30 p.m.) and 26 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: April 23 (10:30 p.m.), 24 (11:00 p.m.) and 28 (9:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m.)
Hannah reveals her "Forest Gump"-induced AIDS phobia when she realizes Adam might not be practicing monogamy. Marnie lives in denial of her growing boredom with (and sexual repulsion by) her long-term boyfriend, Charlie (Chris Abbott); Jessa avoids Marnie's meticulously planned day at a women's health clinic, where Shoshanna confesses a humiliating secret.
Written and directed by Lena Dunham.
Episode #3: "All Adventurous Women Do"
Debut: SUNDAY, APRIL 29 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: April 29 (12:30 a.m.) and May 2 (9:30 p.m.) and 3 (midnight)
HBO2 playdate: April 30 (8:30 p.m.)
Hannah meets up with her erstwhile college flame to find out how she contracted HPV, uncovering much more in the process. Marnie's art-gallery boss introduces her to a cocky artist who piques her interest, while Jessa gets a babysitting gig.
Written and directed by Lena Dunham.
Released in 2010, "Tiny Furniture" was directed and written by Lena Dunham, who also starred in the feature film. In addition to widespread critical acclaim, "Tiny Furniture" received three Independent Spirit Award nominations, for Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Cinematography, as well as two Gotham Award nominations, in the categories of Best Ensemble Cast and Breakthrough Director Award.
Executive producer Judd Apatow has extensive credits in both film and TV. He produced the hit comedy film "Bridesmaids," which received an AFI Award, as well as such films as "Get Him to the Greek" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," and wrote and directed "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Funny People" and "Knocked Up." Apatow executive produced the TV series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," won an Emmy(R) for his writing on "The Ben Stiller Show" and also wrote for the groundbreaking HBO series "The Larry Sanders Show."
Executive producer Jenni Konner is a TV and feature film writer. She co-created and executive produced the TV series "Help Me Help You" and "In the Motherhood," and worked with Judd Apatow on the series "Undeclared."


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Xbox One Sales "More Than Double" In June
Microsoft brings positive, yet vague, news of its Xbox One console sales. The company claims the sales in June more than doubled sales from May.
Major credit goes to the new Kinect-less Xbox One offering for $399 that launched on June 9th. Microsoft cites "internal data based on retain calendar and sold through numbers", but doesn't actually offer these numbers.
[Source: Microsoft]
Our Take:
It's great to see Microsoft's decision to take out Kinect from Xbox One and chop off $100 paying off in sales. Yet it's always suspicious when hard numbers aren't provided. What is there to hide aside from potentially low figures?