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The first thing that may kill personal computing as we know it today, from Windows to Photoshop, is the hype around the touchscreen thing. Most cellphone and laptop / desktop computers manufacturers seem to see it as the interface of tomorrow. It's fun to use, it's rather intuitive (just point with your finger, as your mother always forbid you to do) and it makes zooming and rotating images much, much nicer, but I think that general-purpose computing cannot exist on a touchscreen device for the following reasons:
- Precision:
Touchscreen are manipulated using fingers. Aside from being greasy and leaving ugly traces on the screen, fingers are quite big. Just put your finger aside with your mouse pointer to see what I mean. Moreover, they're not a precise way of pointing something: if you try to quickly put your finger on some on-screen target, you'll actually hit somewhere in a circle of ~1 inch diameter around the place you were looking at. This is partly due to the fact that your finger as you see it (a big cylinder with a rounded end) is not the same at all as your finger as the screen sees it (an ugly shape corresponding to the part of your finger's surface that touches the screen), and except completely reinventing the way touchscreen works, there's no way to overcome this issue.
All this means that no one may imagine using a regular computer interface with a touchscreen. Windows 7 perfectly illustrates the failure of this way of thinking. Controls have to be made a lot bigger, say 3–4 times bigger. This means dividing information density on screen by 3 or 4. Unless computers become gigantic, there's no way one may use Adobe Photoshop / GIMP, Adobe Illustrator / Inkscape, a text editor, or any other kind of high-end interactive software using a touchscreen. A phone-sized touchscreen can only display some toys, a tablet-sized touchscreen can get feature parity with a button-powered phone, a laptop-sized touchscreen can get feature parity with a regular netbook, and getting a touchscreen-powered device that allows feature parity with modern desktop software would require a Surface-sized touchscreen, which would both cost an arm and be highly impractical to use.
- Interaction capabilities:
Let's just take any modern 3-button mouse, and not even think about what one can do using a keyboard and more buttons on the mouse. Using that mouse, the available regular interactions are hovering, clicking, double-clicking, right-clicking, scrolling using the wheel, and clicking on the scroll wheel. On a touchscreen, you get two general-purpose interactions: tapping and scrolling. Zooming and rotating may added, but they tend to result in false-positives in detection of gestures, and more importantly have a very specific range of applications. Double-tapping is rarely used because it's far less practical than having a button under your finger, and currently proposed right-click replacements (two-finger tapping and tap-and-hold) are highly unintuitive and impractical, so will probably never make it into everyday use.
This means that not only touchscreens reduce information density, but they also make context-sensitive menus and actions less practical. The lack of hovering reduce the ability to introduce context-sensitive information too: you have to put labels everywhere in order to explain in detail what each control does, instead of using tooltips and other cursor-changing tricks for that purpose. This makes touchscreen-oriented complex interfaces even more complex than their regular equivalent, because of the higher amount of information that your brain has to decode when it encounters them.
- Keyboard:
Some people like on-screen keyboards, some hate them, but almost everyone agrees that they're not good at typing large amounts of text (let's talk about several pages). Be it because of arm strain, finger strain, or simply because of the slow performance. The latter is partly caused by the need to use slow eye-hand coordination instead of fast tactile feedback. It's also partly caused because you more often have to scroll in order to check what you're typing, since on-screen keyboards take up most of the screen and only let you check the few last lines you've been typing.
There's a lot to say about the ergonomic implications of controls that keep appearing everywhere on the screen with a lack of things that stay in place, too, but I'll restrain myself from saying that if you can't type a lot of text, you can't work on your device, and more importantly you can't program anything on it. So touchscreen devices completely differ from the regular computers they're supposed to replace in that they're not independent: to write code for it, you need to plug a keyboard on it (in which case it's not a pure touchscreen device anymore), or to use another computer in which a keyboard can be plugged.
As one can see, if touchscreen devices become the norm in the area of personal computing (which remains to be seen), it means that general-purpose computing almost certainly dies in that area. I'm not sure whether the touchscreen thing would make its way into the office or not. I don't think so because of the aforementioned keyboard issue. Even if it wouldn't, it looks like general-purpose computing is also doomed in that area due to manager's new obsession of control over employees' activities which will almost certainly eventually lead to a full lock-down of office computers for anything that is not work-oriented. That is, if cloud computing does not catch up...
In the stone age of computing, computers were so expensive that only huge companies could afford getting one. These companies then rented out computing power for insanely high fees to people who really needed some, having a dictatorial control over their data and actions. Then, as minicomputers and microcomputers appeared and as computer prices dropped, individuals and organizations managed to become independent from that horrible system which more or less disappeared from the surface of the Earth. Only traces of it remain in the form of supercomputer rental for a few highly computer-intensive tasks. However, many companies have very good memories of those times and would like to get them back in the form of what's called "cloud computing", which is the second massive-destruction weapon targeting general-purpose personal computers.
Cloud computing is about having people rely on online services (such as Google's or Apple's) for tasks where they could nowadays use their computer and remain independent from those services and their owners. Cloud advocates defend themselves by invoking reliability and simplicity (those companies do backups, don't open executable files in spams when running as an admin user, don't try to crack software, and generally have skilled computers engineers taking care of the system and its data so they indeed get much more reliable and snappy systems than the average Joe's computer), along with the ability for one to get access to his data from everywhere (relying on the assumption that the user is stupid and won't understand that he won't be the only one getting ubiquitous access to his data). Interestingly enough, the cloud concept sometimes merges together with the idea of getting everything from a single vendor for the sake of better consistency (giving said vendor insane power, amounts of money, and knowledge of your life).
As I said before, the cloud idea is inherently opposed that of general-purpose, "smart" personal computers. Cloud companies, to the contrary, want their users to get dumb terminals, computers which are almost solely able to browse the web (and more specifically optimize access to the vendor's online services). By almost, I mean that some "transition" OSes exist at the moment. Since some tasks that can be done offline can't be done online at the moment, those OSes allow to do such things, whilst putting any other task "on the cloud". The most perfect example of a cloud-oriented OS is Google's Chrome OS, with Apple's iPhone OS being another vision of the cloud concept which leads to the same result, but has more power and less reliability than a pure webby OS because it uses native code in places.
If the cloud idea catches on and proves to be technically realistic (whether games and video editing can be put on the cloud remains to be seen), general-purpose personal computers as we know them will gradually disappear, replaced by dumb devices that can be carried everywhere and are almost solely designed for using online services. As network technology improves more and more things will be done on the web and less things will be done locally, making the desktop and laptop market shrink dramatically.
In the end, Google and Apple will get into some big fight for world domination and the Earth will be destroyed through nuclear weapons... Just kidding. I think.
And you, what do you think about that subject? Do you think that general-purpose personal computing is going to become marginal, that low-end computers which are nothing more than tools are the way to go for individuals? Or that this market is here to stay, that touchscreen devices will be able to get into general-purpose computing, that we'll reach some kind of equilibrium where both devices have their respective place, and that the whole cloud computing thing will be put to a halt by enlightened people brutally understanding how wrong the idea of giving too much power to big companies is?
About the author:
Neolander is a physics student and a computer enthusiast, which spends too much of his spare time looking at computer-oriented news sites, writing an OS, and reading computer science books. He's the author of http://theosperiment.wordpress.com, a blog about his attempts at designing and making a personal computing-oriented OS, currently in the process of moving to WordPress for un-googling purposes.


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Woman Faces Death Penalty
A former Gloucestershire businesswoman has been arrested in Indonesia after cocaine was found in her suitcase.
Live updates
Indonesia arrest: woman undergoes further questioning
A former Gloucestershire businesswoman has faced further questioning in Indonesia after being arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford was allegedly found to have nearly five kilos of cocaine in her luggage when she arrived in Bali.
Mrs Sandiford, who used to live in Cheltenham, could face the death penalty if found guilty. ITV Correspondent Angus Walker tried to speak to her as she was being led back to cells at police headquarters.
To follow this developing story, go to our national site
Indonesian drug arrest: Full report
A Gloucestershire businesswoman faces the death penalty after being arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. Lindsay Sandiford is accused of taking £1.6 million of cocaine onto the island of Bali in Indonesia. Ken Goodwin's report does contain flash photography.
Indonesia drugs arrest: She was 'larger than life'
Peter Janta-Lipinski got to know Lindsay Sandiford through junior rugby at the Cheltenham Tigers. He talks about his shock at learning that the businesswoman has been arrested in Indonesia on drugs charges.
Indonesia drugs arrest: Former cleaner 'gobsmacked'
Maria Swift from Cheltenham used to work for Lindsay Sandiford who has been arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of smuggling cocaine. She says she could not imagine the businesswoman getting involved in something like this.
Foreign Office comment on women's arrest over drug charges in Indonesia
The Foreign Office has commented on the arrest of Lindsay June Sandford. A former Gloucestershire businesswoman who could face the death penalty in Indonesia after drugs were found in her suitcase.
Gloucestershire businesswoman faces death penalty over drug charges in Indonesia
A former Gloucestershire businesswoman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after she was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 4kg of cocaine into Bali.
Customs officers named the woman as Lindsay June Sandiford.

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Budget $30-250 USD
Have imports coming over and need all of the items (roughly 550, at least a quarter of these are simply different year, model and color of the exact same thing) classified for duty/HTS purposes.
MUCH prefer someone that has done this sort of classification work before.
These are all auto parts. Items are listed line by line in a spreadsheet with small descriptions of what the item is. Also, the full range of HST designations have been given to me by the manufacturer (total of only around 26 different ones). A sample is: 70091000.00, 87082990.00. All listings have part numbers and a catalog with pictures corresponding to those part #'s.
So I'll need you to fill in the spreadsheet with the appropriate tariff/rate/HST # based on the small description and then calculate total duties paid. I would prefer someone that is more aggressive in classifying.


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For the week ending 22 March 2003 / 18 Adar II 5763
Parshat Tzav
- What separated the kohen's skin from the priestly garments?
- How often were the ashes removed from upon the mizbe'ach? How often were they removed from next to the mizbe'ach?
- If someone extinguishes the fire on the mizbe'ach, how many Torah violations has he transgressed?
- The portion of a flour-offering offered on the mizbe'ach may not be chametz. But is the kohen's portion allowed to be chametz?
- When a kohen is inaugurated, what offering must he bring?
- What three baking processes were used to prepare the korban of Aharon and his sons?
- What is the difference between a minchat kohen and a minchat Yisrael?
- When is a kohen disqualified from eating from a chatat?
- What is the difference between a copper and earthenware vessel regarding removing absorbed tastes?
- Can an animal dedicated as an asham be replaced with another animal?
- How does an asham differ from all other korbanot?
- Unlike all other korbanot, what part of the ram or sheep may be placed on the mizbe'ach?
- What three types of kohanim may not eat from the asham?
- In which four instances is a korban todah brought?
- Until when may a todah be eaten according to the Torah? Until when according to Rabbinic decree?
- How does a korban become pigul?
- Who may eat from a shelamim?
- What miracle happened at the entrance of the Ohel Moed?
- Other than Yom Kippur, what other service requires that the kohen separate from his family?
- What are the 5 categories of korbanot listed in this Parsha?
All references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated.
A) Every day.
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Once the pub is open, we'll definitely do a deal like that, but this is just for the glass.
D'oh, already voted. Make my $8 a $5.
hell, most of the pint glasses around here are $6-7 without the logo. for an imperial pint logoed tulip - i'd pay $10.
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UConn baseball's season ends with loss to Va. Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The magical postseason ride for the UConn baseball team is over.
Sean Keselica had two hits and an RBI, and Virginia Tech held on in the ninth inning to edge the Huskies 3-1 in an elimination game in the Blacksburg regional Sunday.
The Hokies (40-21) advanced to the regional championship game against Oklahoma, while the Huskies head home after an improbable run that began with a four-game sweep in the Big East Tournament after entering as the eighth seed.
"I am very proud of our effort and toughness," UConn coach Jim Penders said afterward, according to the school's website.
"Our kids were loose. I felt like they were ready to go, but to lose in extra innings (to Oklahoma), it's going to take a lot out of you physically and mentally. I don't think either one of us swung the bats extremely well today."
Virginia Tech got a game-ending double play to seal it after the Huskies (35-28) had two runners on.
The Hokies scored in the second when Tyler Horan drew a leadoff walk and scored on Chad Morgan's fielder's choice groundout. The Hokies made it 2-0 in the fourth on Andrew Rash's RBI double. UConn got an unearned run in the fifth to cut the lead to 2-1, but Keselica's RBI fielder's choice in the ninth gave the Hokies a 3-1 lead.
"I think that this year is the highest of all my memories," said UConn senior LJ Mazzilli, from Greenwich. "It didn't start off the way we wanted it to, and even in the middle or towards the end, but we found a way. Winning that Big East championship is something that will stick with all of us.
"We knew we were going to get tested today with that rain delay, but I don't think that affected us at all," he added. "We left it all out there, and it is tough because we will admit we aren't the most talented team in this tournament, but we have to come with a certain edge every game and use that to our advantage."
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Dolphins trade back into 3rd, pick DB
The Dolphins were done with their evening, it seemed, when they traded away their second of two third-round picks. And then they traded back into the round and picked CB Will Davis of Utah State.
The Dolphins traded with Green Bay to get the 93rd overall pick. They gave up 109, 146 and 224 overall in the exchange.
"I had a good feeling about the Dolphins but once they made their last pick and then traded out of their pick, I didn't know," Davis said. "It was kind of disappointing. But then I got the call they traded back in and, I tell you what, I'm ear to ear smiling right now."
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Retiree Loses Everything After Bank Mistakes His House For Foreclosure
An eighty-two year old Tampa Bay man has lost everything he owns, including pictures of his dead wife, after a clean-out crew hired by Bank of America mistook his house for the foreclosure next door.
The St. Petersburg Times reports that Benito Sr. came back from vacation to find that his house was padlocked and everything inside was gone. A sign outside taped to his window was for a company that cleans out foreclosed houses.
When he first called the number, an employee said it was probably their fault, saying, "It had to be us. We had a work order to go out to 4255."
The mistake may have arose from Santiago's mailbox and confusing history surrounding his his address. It says 4205 on one side but on the other the "0" is missing. The land next door referred to as 4255 W. Humphrey St. doesn't exist in the property records and both packages and services have been delivered to his house in the past intended for his neighbor.
Benito Sr. is now suing the trash-out company and the loan servicer for damages.
According to a lawyer specializing in lockout cases like this, even if he wins, the man will never see his possessions again.
"We have never gotten one piece of property back," the lawyer told the St. Petersburg Times.
Tampa retiree says he lost belongings in foreclosure blunder [St. Petersburg Times] (Thanks to overit!)
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Ricciardo frustrated with himself
Daniel Ricciardo was left frustrated with his performance at the Austrian Grand Prix after starting fifth and finishing eighth.
Ricciardo ran wide at the start and never fully recovered as he struggled to match the Mercedes-powered cars on the straights. However, he said he was also frustrated with himself after struggling to get a good exit from some of the slower corners.
"It was frustrating today; it's never nice going backwards on the first lap. Off the line, it was actually one of our better starts this year, although I think Kevin [Magnussen] on the inside got a better one. I tried to hang around on the outside, which was the wrong thing to do, because you basically lose too much on the exit. So I then got swamped on the long straight. We already struggle on the long straights as it is, but even more when you get a poor exit. So I was frustrated with myself and I will have to look if maybe I could have cut to the inside and done anything better. From that point on we tried to push and catch the others, but we just didn't have that much pace."
Ricciardo pulled off the overtaking move of the race to take eighth position on the final lap from Nico Hulkenberg.
"It wasn't until the last bit that we were able to overtake the Force India. The last lap move put a little smile on my face, but other than that it wasn't a great race for us - we've got a bit of work to do."


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Valparaíso is a city of around 300,000 on the Pacific coast of the central region of Chile. Frequently referred to as simply Valpo, it is located approximately 120km west of the capital, Santiago de Chile. The city is widely known for its bohemian culture, brightly colored houses, and beautiful seaside views.
Get in
During the last week in the year, Valparaiso holds an annual carnival that everyone should experience at least once in their lives. Each year the festival centers around a different country, from which performers and artists are invited to come and represent their culture and their work in theater, music, and the performance arts. Most activities are free and are held outdoors. The celebration culminates with a New Year firework display that within five of the most beautiful in the planet. Oops, but get ready in time because the city's population triples on those dates. I recommend visiting the Mirador del Cerro Artillery, panoramic view of the city of Vina del Mar, Reñaca, Con Con and more ... It reaches through the "lift" Artillery, in operation since 1893 (ask for Customs plaza area), its current value is 250 Chilean pesos, on the first floor is the Mirador "Walk May 21," (delivered to the community in the year 1911) in which impossible not to enjoy the restaurant "Calaufquen", typical dishes of fresh seafood, with a fair value. We are here with a Craft Fair in which they can buy from winter clothing (ponchos, Ruan, scarves, socks, gloves, wool hats), souvenir of the most varied models and prices, up figures and jewelry from lapis lazuli (blue stone semi-precious which is only in Chile and Afghanistan), by price and quality of the stone, I recommend the last local . We may also visit the Naval Museum "(500 Chilean pesos) whose income is in the midst of the Paseo.
By plane
Valparaiso does not have its own airport. The closest airport with commercial service is Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL) in Santiago, some 1.5 hours away, which offers extensive domestic and international service.
To to get to Valparaíso from Santiago's airport, you will catch a bus heading to Pajaritos outside of the airport terminal. This will drop you off at the North side of "Pajaritos" a bus/subway station on the outskirts of Santiago, cross to the South side of the Subway station to get to the Bus Platform. From here, buses leave frequently for Valparaiso and other destinations; you may also take the subway into downtown Santiago. It is generally not necessary to have a bus ticket before arriving at Pajaritos.
By train
The Metro Valparaíso or Merval runs between Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, as well as surrounding communities.[6] It runs from 6.00am to 11.30pm, and is new, clean and fast. Adult fares range from Ch$204 to Ch$1080 depending on the time of day and the distance travelled, but value cards of a minimum of Ch$1200 must be used; single tickets are not sold.
By car
While Valparaiso itself can be a bit of a difficult city in which to drive, the area's highway system is generally of good quality. Note that there are often tolls on highways.
By bus
Buses from a wide variety of destinations within Chile have scheduled service to Valparaiso, in addition to service to the Argentine city of Mendoza. The bus terminal is located close to the National Congress building.
Approximate bus travel times to/from Valparaiso:
Local buses also ply between Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, taking about 15 minutes each way. Fares range from Ch$350 to Ch$380.
By boat
Some cruise ships dock in Valparaiso, mostly as part of a long South American itinerary. Also possible is a Freighter Cruise from Mexico, taking two weeks and making several stops along the way.
Get around
The city micros are run by Transporte Metropolitano Valparaíso.[7] Exact routes and fares can be found under "Empresas" on the website, and single journeys cost about Ch$250 for local routes and Ch$300 for routes running between El Plan and the hills.
Colectivos are taxis painted in black with yellow roofs that run fixed routes, and are a very common mode of transport between (and within) Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, and other surrounding areas. The cost of the trip, while more expensive than the bus or metro, depends upon the distance being traveled following a system of zones. There are also regular taxis that do custom rides, but they are less common and more expensive. This type of taxis often congregate in the area around the Plaza Anibal Pinto.
The recently completed light-rail system, Metro Valparaíso or Merval, runs along the coast. It starts at Valparaiso's port and heads into Viña del Mar and other more rural locales. The metro provides quick access to major places of interest, and is only slightly more expensive than taking public buses. Adult fares range from Ch$204 to Ch$1080 depending on the time of day and the distance travelled, but value cards of a minimum of Ch$1200 must be used; single tickets are not sold.
Ascensores, funiculars, ply between El Plan, or the coastal strip, with the cerros, or hillside communitiies. They are for the most part old and creaky, but generally reliable. The fare may sometimes differ between going up and going down, but cost about Ch$300 each way. The ascensors are a unique mode of transportation in Valparaiso, and offer gorgeous views of the cityscape, port, and the Pacific Ocean.
Going to Valparaiso and not going on the ascensores (inclines) is like going to Venice and not taking a ride on a Gondola, only that the ascensores cost as little as 300 Chilean Pesos (around 60 US cents). They are also of practical use as they help many local people get to the higher parts of town, saving them from having to walk otherwise long and steep pedestrian routes.
The universities of Valparaiso are:
Many international students study at the Catholic University and the University of Valparaiso.
Valparaiso, to its charm, is not a city of malls and department stores. While several large grocery stores are present, most other shopping is done in smaller, non-chain stores tucked in along crowded city streets, or with street vendors; larger chain stores (and more upscale goods) are more commonly found in nearby Viña del Mar. A large shopping center, however, is found on the eastern end of Avenida Brasil.
The most traditional food in Valparaiso is the Chorrillana, a heaping mound of french fries topped with steak, onion, and eggs. You can eat this in the traditional restaurant J Cruz. Fresh seafood is readily available in many small restaurants around the city, especially around the muelle (wharf) areas, and is considered a must for any seafood lover. Neighboring Viña del Mar features a much larger (and more expensive) variety of international cuisines, including Thai, Mexican, and Argentine.
Bakeries are located on nearly every block, and produce quite delicious breads that can be had warm and right out of the oven at almost any time throughout the day. They are best enjoyed smothered with palta, which are grown en masse in Chile (palta is the Chilean word for avocado, known in most other Spanish-speaking countries as aguacate). In addition to the many types of bread, another widely available snack to keep you settled as you walk the streets are empanadas, a flaky pastry, almost like a croissant, filled with meat or cheese.
On the second floor of the Mercado Cardonal (cnr Ave Brasil and Uruguay) there are a few excellent, cheap and midrange restaurants serving lunch.
Cafe Turri Paseo Gervasoni (by the ascensor conception) great views and good food
On weekends, the time to go out for a drink (Chilean people call it "salir de carrete") starts no earlier than midnight, though somewhat earlier during the week. The pubs and clubs close at 5 AM on weekends, and 4 AM on weekdays.
Drinking alcohol in the streets is not allowed and 18 years is the minimum age for drinking alcohol, though enforcement of these rules is somewhat lax. If you are under 18, you may not be allowed entry into some pubs.
Chile is a major wine-producing country, and bottles of fairly tasty wines can be had for slightly more than US$1.
Many clubs and bars are also found in Viña del Mar. Public transportation and taxis continue to run throughout the night, making it entirely feasible to have accommodations in one city while going out for the night in the other.
Stay safe
In the context of Chile being a relatively safe country, Valparaiso is amongst its more dangerous locales, like many harbour cities around the world. Mainly, watch out for pickpockets, for instance avoid hanging your purse or bag in the back of your chair when seated, because it may get stolen. Violent crime is not common, but normal precautionary measures should be taken; while in the street, do not display expensive jewelry. The port area (called "Puerto") is generally considered to be dangerous at night.
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Putting the Human First in HMI Design
The Challenge for Designers of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) Remains a Balancing Act
While the first distributed control system (DCS) represented a step-change in process control capabilities, it was a mixed bag at best for the process operator.
Gone was his familiar wall-full of analog electronic controllers, immediately recognizable as all "lined out" when the plant was running properly. Instead, he peered with reduced visibility through a much smaller CRT, toggling among simulated controller faceplate displays and process graphics peppered with alphanumeric data, granular detail sometimes obscuring the big picture view of overall process conditions. Instead of encouraging collaboration like the old wall did, others had to crowd over his shoulder just to see what was going on. And if something actually did go wrong, cascades of too many alarms (that now came "free" with every measurement) made it even more difficult to determine just what was really causing the upset—and what corrective action to take.
Today, the amount of raw data available to operators continues to explode even as the scope of operator responsibilities increases. Now as then, the challenge for designers of human-machine interfaces (HMIs) remains a balancing act: How do you make sure that operators are presented with all the information they need to make a timely decision, while excluding what they don't? How do you make deeper levels of process and plant data readily available, but prevent the obscuration of critical alerts? How do you make navigation of integrated information from the process control system—as well as dozens of complementary plant information systems—intuitive, seamless and context-sensitive?
Toward 'High-Performance' HMI
ABB's approach to improving operator effectiveness through high-performance HMI includes a range of technologies and industry best practices implemented in its System 800xA Operations environment. All are focused on boosting operators' situation awareness—and their correct and effective response to abnormal conditions. Better situation awareness can reduce the time it takes plant operators to complete required tasks during a process upset, and even allow operators to detect and intercept unfavorable process trends before alarm bells sound.
System 800xA allows customization based on users' preferences and needs with individualized menus, toolbar contents and display locations. Custom, role-dependent workplaces present information consistent with individual work processes and appear automatically on user log-in.
Windows management functions such as safe areas and the pinning and stacking of priorities help manage multiple process views. A new trend display always opens in the same window as the previous, and an alarm list is never covered by another view. As well as saving time and minimizing stress, this no-surprises view-handling simplifies the use of multiple monitors so that operators can supervise and control larger process areas with the same efficiency and safety. Within the displays themselves, information can be mixed and matched regardless of source.
Today's System 800xA process graphics not only provide graphics builders with better engineering tools, they also give process operators a much-improved image to view. True vector graphics, for example, enable scaling with maintained resolution. This effect is especially appreciated when operators need to scale-down graphic image windows to fit several on one screen.
Through the system's underlying Object and Aspect technology, the 800xA provides intuitive and easy access to all integrated information through a simple right mouse-click. Consistent, one-click navigation gives process operators more time to act: instead of spending time and energy looking for information, they can concentrate on informed decision-making and can share data with colleagues and field operators.
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42 U.S. Code § 300g–6 - Prohibition on use of lead pipes, solder, and flux
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(a) In general
(1) Prohibitions
(A) In general
No person may use any pipe, any pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, any solder, or any flux, after June 19, 1986, in the installation or repair of—
(ii) any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption,
that is not lead free (within the meaning of subsection (d) of this section).
(2) Public notice requirements
(A) In general
Each owner or operator of a public water system shall identify and provide notice to persons that may be affected by lead contamination of their drinking water where such contamination results from either or both of the following:
The notice shall be provided in such manner and form as may be reasonably required by the Administrator. Notice under this paragraph shall be provided notwithstanding the absence of a violation of any national drinking water standard.
(B) Contents of notice
Notice under this paragraph shall provide a clear and readily understandable explanation of—
(3) Unlawful acts
Effective 2 years after August 6, 1996, it shall be unlawful—
(A) for any person to introduce into commerce any pipe, or any pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, that is not lead free, except for a pipe that is used in manufacturing or industrial processing;
(B) for any person engaged in the business of selling plumbing supplies, except manufacturers, to sell solder or flux that is not lead free; or
(4) Exemptions
The prohibitions in paragraphs (1) and (3) shall not apply to—
(A) pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, or fixtures, including backflow preventers, that are used exclusively for nonpotable services such as manufacturing, industrial processing, irrigation, outdoor watering, or any other uses where the water is not anticipated to be used for human consumption; or
(b) State enforcement
(1) Enforcement of prohibition
The requirements of subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be enforced in all States effective 24 months after June 19, 1986. States shall enforce such requirements through State or local plumbing codes, or such other means of enforcement as the State may determine to be appropriate.
(c) Penalties
If the Administrator determines that a State is not enforcing the requirements of subsection (a) of this section as required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may withhold up to 5 percent of Federal funds available to that State for State program grants under section 300j–2 (a) of this title.
(d) Definition of lead free
(1) In general
For the purposes of this section, the term "lead free" means—
(2) Calculation
The weighted average lead content of a pipe, pipe fitting, plumbing fitting, or fixture shall be calculated by using the following formula: For each wetted component, the percentage of lead in the component shall be multiplied by the ratio of the wetted surface area of that component to the total wetted surface area of the entire product to arrive at the weighted percentage of lead of the component. The weighted percentage of lead of each wetted component shall be added together, and the sum of these weighted percentages shall constitute the weighted average lead content of the product. The lead content of the material used to produce wetted components shall be used to determine compliance with paragraph (1)(B). For lead content of materials that are provided as a range, the maximum content of the range shall be used.
(e) Plumbing fittings and fixtures
(1) In general
The Administrator shall provide accurate and timely technical information and assistance to qualified third-party certifiers in the development of voluntary standards and testing protocols for the leaching of lead from new plumbing fittings and fixtures that are intended by the manufacturer to dispense water for human ingestion.
(2) Standards
(A) In general
If a voluntary standard for the leaching of lead is not established by the date that is 1 year after August 6, 1996, the Administrator shall, not later than 2 years after August 6, 1996, promulgate regulations setting a health-effects-based performance standard establishing maximum leaching levels from new plumbing fittings and fixtures that are intended by the manufacturer to dispense water for human ingestion. The standard shall become effective on the date that is 5 years after the date of promulgation of the standard.
(B) Alternative requirement
If regulations are required to be promulgated under subparagraph (A) and have not been promulgated by the date that is 5 years after August 6, 1996, no person may import, manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a new plumbing fitting or fixture, intended by the manufacturer to dispense water for human ingestion, that contains more than 4 percent lead by dry weight.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1417, as added Pub. L. 99–339, title I, § 109(a),June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 651; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title I, § 118, title V, § 501(f)(1),Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1645, 1691; Pub. L. 111–380, § 2(a),Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4131; Pub. L. 113–64, § 2,Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 668.)
2013—Subsec. (a)(4)(B). Pub. L. 113–64inserted "fire hydrants," after "shower valves,".
2011—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 111–380, § 2(a)(1), added par. (4).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–380, § 2(a)(2), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) defined "lead free" when used with respect to solders and flux, pipes and pipe fittings, and plumbing fittings and fixtures.
1996—Pub. L. 104–182, § 501(f)(1), made technical amendment to section catchline and subsec. (a) designation.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–182, § 118(1), substituted "Prohibitions" for "Prohibition" in heading and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any pipe, solder, or flux, which is used after June 19, 1986, in the installation or repair of—
"(A) any public water system, or
"(B) any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption which is connected to a public water system,shall be lead free (within the meaning of subsection (d) of this section). This paragraph shall not apply to leaded joints necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes."
Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104–182, § 118(2), inserted "owner or operator of a" after "Each" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104–182, § 118(3), added par. (3).
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 104–182, § 118(4), added par. (3).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–182, § 118(5), added subsec. (e).
Effective Date of 2011 Amendment
Pub. L. 111–380, § 2(b),Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 4132, provided that: "The provisions of subsections (a)(4) and (d) ofsection 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 U.S.C. 300g–6 (a)(4), (d)], as added by this section, apply beginning on the day that is 36 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 4, 2011]."
Evaluation of Sources of Lead in Water Distribution Systems and Alternate Routing Systems
Pub. L. 113–64, § 3,Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 668, provided that: "The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall—
"(1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to the regulations pertaining to lead under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); and
"(2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout drinking water distribution systems, including through components used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs."
Notification to States
Pub. L. 99–339, title I, § 109(b),June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 652, provided that: "The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall notify all States with respect to the requirements of section 1417 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300g–6] within 90 days after the enactment of this Act [June 19, 1986]."
Ban on Lead Water Pipes, Solder, and Flux in VA and HUD Insured or Assisted Property
Pub. L. 99–339, title I, § 109(c),June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 652, as amended by Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(q)(2),June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 279, provided that:
"(1) Prohibition.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not insure or guarantee a mortgage or furnish assistance with respect to newly constructed residential property which contains a potable water system unless such system uses only lead free pipe, solder, and flux.
"(2) Definition of lead free.—For purposes of paragraph (1) the term 'lead free'—
"(A) when used with respect to solders and flux refers to solders and flux containing not more than 0.2 percent lead, and
"(B) when used with respect to pipes and pipe fittings refers to pipes and pipe fittings containing not more than 8.0 percent lead.
"(3) Effective date.—Paragraph (1) shall become effective 24 months after the enactment of this Act [June 19, 1986]."
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That one of Britain's most famous physicians discovered and imported chocolate?
Give yourself a bittersweet treat, come and join a workshop and a talk on chocolate and its properties in the atmospheric garret.
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"For 49 years, I thought I knew what alcoholism was. When I finally found my way into the doors of Al-Anon, I quickly discovered I was mistaken about everything I ever thought I knew about alcoholism."
"For 49 years, I thought I knew what alcoholism was. When I finally found my way into the doors of Al-Anon, I quickly discovered I was mistaken about everything I ever thought I knew about alcoholism."
The speaker, "J.," an Al-Anon member from the mid-Hudson, is not unique. In fact, J. is pretty much the norm — or used to be. For the past four years, J. has been getting a detailed and continuing education in what alcoholism is and, more importantly, how people live with active alcoholics in their lives, or their past. It has been a life changer for J. and millions of other men and women who have discovered the companion 12-step group to Alcoholics Anonymous.
"It seems to me," J. says, "that people with long-term recovery in AA operate on a different level from others. They're calmer, wiser. It's like they have a college degree in dealing with life. Al-Anon is like a Ph.D."
That assessment is shared by many others. Unfortunately, especially given the extent of the damage it causes, there remains an appalling lack of awareness or understanding of the disease of alcoholism in society. But there is even less understanding of the damage the disease visits on people who live with and love alcoholics, and too little awareness of the help available to them from groups such as Al-Anon.
In Al-Anon, new members learn — or at least hear — crucial lessons early on: They cannot control the behavior of the alcoholic in their lives. The best thing — perhaps even the only thing at the time — is for them to focus on getting themselves healthy and then learning about the disease of alcoholism and how to co-exist with it. Or not.
People usually come to Al-Anon in despair, full of fear. They can't figure out how to get the alcoholic to stop drinking. He's throwing our money away. She's ignoring the kids. He's so selfish, so angry, so cruel, etc.
What members say they find quickly is hope. Other members tell of their experiences with alcoholics, what they did about it and what their lives are like now. The message is clear: If you focus on dealing with your own illness — alcoholism is truly a family disease — you will get healthier, learn to make healthy choices for yourself, feel better about yourself and be able to lead a healthier life, even if the alcoholic keeps drinking.
Don't worry; we have tools you can use to do this. Believe that it worked for us and that it can work for you. Not overnight, but if you follow the suggestions to the best of your ability, you will get better a day at a time.
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Basically, here is my problem with democracy:
A monarch (in theory) is supposed to rule in accordance with traditions and religion. He must base his decisions on them in order to remain, as we say, "legitimate".
A democratic ruler (in theory) is supposed to represent the interests of the majority of country's population. He is legitimate because he is acting in accordance with their wishes.
For democracy, this effectively means that a ruler is forced to cater to the lowest common denominator. To be successful and get re-elected he has to appease the most base qualities of his electorate: anger, fear, desire, that kind of stuff. Unpopular measures that aim at some less obvious long term benefits are met with resistance. For example, measures taken so far to preserve natural environment are frankly pathetic, because the public is not willing to even consider any limits to their consumption, and politics will not risk the fallout. I won't even mention any possible measures aimed at elevating the people ethically/spiritually in some way. They are either never considered at all, or fall into the same trap of ugly populism.
Of course in practice both positions are routinely abused. Which is why power checks are necessary, both in democracy and in monarchy. I doubt that anyone here is seriously supporting absolute monarchy, but constitutional monarchy seems like a good compromise to me. Ideally it should involve power checks both on the "higher" level (aristocracy and clergy, who should ensure monarch stays true to the guiding principles of his rule) and on the "lower" level (elected representatives from the general population, who will not allow monarch to forget the welfare of his people and will block any extreme measures).
Problem is, in practice power in democracies is gained through being the most ambitious, populist, ruthless, back-stabbing and two-faced person around. In other words, through the capacity to be evil.Then we come to another sticking point of monarchism: aristocracy vs meritocracy. In a monarchy, power is inherited, and not gained through capacity/ability.


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The Man Who Tried to Burn New York
iUniverse, Aug 4, 1999 - History - 312 pages
In a desperate attempt to bring the North to the bargaining table and end what was to the South a losing war, Confederate spies in Canada launch a plot to burn New York City on the day after Thanksgiving in 1864. A group of rebel officers, escapees from Union prison camps who had fled to neutral Canada for safety, reach the city by train and, in disguise, take rooms in various hotels in downtown New York. They fail but only because, unknowingly, they use a chemical mixture that requires oxygen.
Smoke from the incipient fires they set is quickly discovered and the fires put out. In the dramatic search for the conspirators that follows, only one of them is caught, Robert Cobb Kennedy, a captain from Louisiana. He is tried, convicted and hanged... the last rebel executed by the North before the end of the war.
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Maria Zabetakis
IT Director, Americas
Getting a clearer view of market spending and finances
Transitions Optical consolidates data, automates processes and facilitates better reporting
Transitions Optical strategically markets its leading optical products and tracks its international finances with help from SAS® Business Analytics. The worldwide leader in photochromic lenses has traded in its gut-feel approach and difficult-to-reconcile data for an automated, easy-to-access solution. With SAS, the company has eliminated information silos, become more efficient, and knows who its best customers are and how to target them.
SAS gave us a data warehouse that could consolidate our information. It had the analytical strength for sophisticated modeling, and it had a good reporting system with graphics that can be viewed via Web-based dashboards.
Maria Zabetakis
For nearly 20 years, Transitions Optical has marketed Transitions® lenses that automatically adjust the level of darkness based on the amount of natural light present. Transitions Optical introduced the first commercially successful plastic photochromatic lens in 1991. The global company doesn't sell its product directly to consumers; it works with labs and lens manufacturers who produce prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses.
Before adopting SAS, Transitions Optical stored data in multiple locations, relied on homegrown applications that were becoming increasingly difficult to maintain, and struggled to consolidate financials in a manner that allowed for proper budget forecasting. The company also didn't have data clean enough to get the most from its partnership with a consulting firm that uses SAS to model marketing spending.
Moving from manual to automated
"Our finance staff did everything manually with Excel spreadsheets. Our reporting could not be detailed down to the product levels. We have many iterations of product mixes, and they couldn't look at the various scenarios of all those product mixes,'' explains Maria Zabetakis, Transitions Optical's IT Director of the Americas. On the marketing side, there was too much reliance on gut feeling, and confusing streams of data. For both marketing and finance, there was no quick – or visual – way for executives to check on the information they needed. The company wanted more than a business intelligence system that reported what happened; it needed to understand what was going to happen and automate processes for efficiency.
With SAS, Transitions Optical is able to:
- Eliminate data silos.
- Cleanse data and introduce quality standards to keep incoming data clean and usable.
- Automate the process of data collection for marketing evaluation.
- Create highly visual executive dashboards.
- Improve ad hoc reporting and increase the ability to drill for details.
- Enhance customer segmentation.
"SAS gave us a data warehouse that could consolidate our information. It had the analytical strength for sophisticated modeling, and it had a good reporting system with graphics that can be viewed via Web-based dashboards,'' Zabetakis says. "SAS is the premier tool in analytics and helps us formulate these marketing models that are unprecedented in the industry.''
A precision approach to marketing
Transitions Optical does direct-to-consumer marketing without selling directly to consumers. It's a tricky proposition, but critical to making sure its product isn't just offered by optical shops (i.e. "push" marketing) but also requested by consumers ("pull"). The company wanted to understand its customers and potential customers in detail so it could better target marketing dollars. With SAS, it knows that its brand awareness is strong but also that some customers are focused on very plain offerings – while others are more open to the high-tech advances of Transitions lenses. It takes the demographic and geographic characteristics of these customers, models what types of advertising they see, and chooses print, digital marketing and TV placement accordingly. It then measures the return on that advertisement.
Before using SAS on the data management side, the data took more than six months to organize for modeling purposes to choose the right locations for ads. Now it takes less than a month. This has allowed the company to ask more penetrating questions and really understand which customers it should target with its marketing, and what avenues most effectively reach them.
"We can really analyze our spending on the marketing side,'' Zabetakis explains.
Meanwhile, on the reporting side, information about sales activity is readily available to sales teams through dashboards that are easy to read and automatically designed to call up what the person logging in needs to see. Sales reps can also drill down to look for specific geographic or lab details. "When our solutions team is out at a client site or needing to provide information to a client, it's all right there at their fingertips,'' Zabetakis says.
A consolidated look at finances
Transitions Optical has five plants and nine global centers that report financials separately. The company has three regional ERP systems and is owned by two parent companies. It was difficult reconciling financial data coming from so many locations – especially in a way that allows auditors and financial experts to drill back into data and for planners to use the information for planning. "We needed to consolidate all of this and report monthly,'' Zabetakis says. Now, financial reporting is faster and more reliable, the budget cycle has been shortened, and the company can undertake integrated enterprisewide planning.
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Zabetakis says Transitions hasn't tapped the full potential for SAS yet. The company plans to take SAS global and use SAS Financial Management for more extensive and detailed forecasting and budgeting. "The amount of effort that has gone into SAS and their analytics is very apparent. SAS does a very good job for Transitions Optical,'' Zabetakis says.
- Consolidate data from disparate sources.
- Automate data delivery for marketing model building,
- Offer the sales force and executives a highly visual, easy-to-access portal.
- Provide comprehensive financial data for better budgeting and forecasting
- Time spent gathering and preparing data has dropped from six months to a single month.
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How Can I Bring This Bedroom Into 2010?
Q: This is my green and red guest room. Much of it reminds me of an Apartment Therapy house tour — the combination of flea market finds plus family heirlooms plus Pottery Barn. Yet it feels very dated in the "cottage style" look that was popular when I decorated the room ten years ago. How can I bring this room into 2010? Which elements could I update, without investing too much time or money? Thanks.
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Is Barefoot and Minimalist Running Supported by Research?
Is barefoot and minimalist shoe running supported by empirical evidence? In other words, do we have science on our side? This is a question that springs up quite often. Barefoot running skeptics ask the question. The barefoot-curious ask the question. Even some of us that have been doing this for awhile ask the question.
The answer is… sort of.
The holy grail of research would be some sort of large, representative-sampled double-blind longitudinal experiment that compared the injury rates and/or efficiency of barefoot runners and shod runners over a long period of time. As of May 2012, this research has not been conducted.
Instead, we have a lot of small studies that hint toward the benefits of barefoot and minimalist shoe running. That leaves us in a strange position when people ask if this is legit.
Anecdotal evidence certainly supports the premise, but anecdotal evidence tends to be selective in nature. For example, we only hear from the people that have successfully transitioned to barefoot or minimalism. We have no idea how many people tried and failed. Because of this serious limitation, we can't use anecdotal evidence as the lone rationale for barefoot and minimalist shoe running.
So what about the research that hints at the benefits? Here's a rundown a few of us collected and posted on the Runners World Barefoot Running Forum a few years back:
Peer-reviewed research/articles
- Arnadottir, S.A., Mercer, V.S. (2000). Effects of Footwear on Measurements of Balance and Gait in Women Between the Ages of 65 and 93 Years. Physical Therapy, 80(1), 17-27.
- Bergmann G, Kniggendorf H, Graichen F, Rohlmann A (1995). Influence of shoes and heel strike on the loading of the hip joint. Journal of Biomechanics 28, 817-827
- Burge, C. (2001). Comments on Barefoot Running. Sportscience 5(3).
- Burkett, L.N., Kohrt, M., Buchbinder, R. (1985). Effects of shoes and foot orthotics on VO2 and selected frontal plane kinematics. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 17, 158-163
- Clarke, T.E., Frederick, E.C., Cooper, L.B. (1983). Effects of shoe cushioning upon ground reaction forces in running. International Journal of Sports Medicine 4, 247-251.
- Clinghan, R.J., Arnold, G.P., Cochrane, L.A., Abboud, R.J. (2008). Do you get value for money when you buy an expensive pair of running shoes?. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 42, 189-193.
- Craig R., Parker J., & Callister R. (2008). Is your prescription of distance running shoes evidence based?. British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published Online First: 18 April 2008.
- Crevier, L.M. (2009). Running barefoot: A natural step for reducing injuries?. The Journal of Muskuloskeletal Medicine. 26(7).
- De Clecq, D., Aerts, P. (1994). The mechanical characteristics of the human heel pad during foot strike in running: An in vivo cineradiographic study. Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 1213-1222.
- De C0ck, A., Vanrenterghem, J., Willems, T., Witvrouw, D., De Clecq, D. (2008). The trajectory of the centre of pressure during barefoot running as a potential measure for foot function. Gait & Posture, Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 669-675.
- Djulbegovic B, Lacevic M, Cantor A, Fields KK, Bennett CL, Adams JR, Kuderer NM (2000). The uncertainty principle and industry-sponsored research. Lancet 356, 635-638.
- Flaherty RF (1994). Running economy and kinematic differences among running with the foot shod, with the foot bare, and with the bare foot equated for weight. Microform Publications, International Institute for Sport and Human Performance, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- Frederick EC (1986). Kinematically mediated effects of sports shoe design: a review. Journal of Sports Sciences 4, 169-184
- Froncioni, J. (2006, August 22). Athletic footwear and running injuries. Article posted to http://www.quickswood.com/my_weblog/2006/08/athletic_footwe.html
- Hamill, J. & Bates, B.T. (1988). A kinetic evaluation of the Effects of in vito loading on running shoes. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 10(2): 47-53.
- Hart, P.M., Smith, D.R. (2008). Preventing running injuries through barefoot activity: sometimes "dressing out" means not putting on your shoes. The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 79(4): 50-54.
- Hoffman, M.D. (1905). Conclusions drawn from a comparative study of the feet of barefooted and shoe wearing peoples. American Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, 3(2).
- Kerrigan, D.C., et.al. (2009). The effect of running shoes on lower extremity joint torques. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1(12). 1058-1063.
- Kirn, T.F. (2009). Running injuries not reduced by gradual training. Internal Medicine News. FindArticles.com. 18 Dec, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4365/is_6_41/ai_n29433090/
- Marti, B. (1998). Relationships between running injuries and running shoes- results of a study of 5,000 participants of a 16km run. The Shoe in Sport. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers. 256-265.
- Morieux, D.C., Freychat, P., Baly, L., Mayer, F., Belli, A. (2008). Barefoot-shod running differences: shoe or mass effect?. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 29(6).
- Rao, U.B. & and Joseph, B. (1992). The Influence of Footwear on the prevalence of flat foot. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 74B(4), 525-527.
- Richards, C.E., Magin, P.J., & Callister, R. (2008). Is your prescription of distance running shoes evidence based?. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 43, 159-162.
- Robbins, S. & Waked, E. (1997). Hazards of deceptive advertising of athletic footwear. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 31, 299-303.
- Robbins, S.E., & Hanna, A.M. (1987). Running-related injury prevention through barefoot adaptations. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 19(2), 148-156.
- Robbins, S.E., Gouw, G.J., & Hanna, A.M. (1987). Running-related injury prevention through innate impact-moderating behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 21(2), 130-139.
- Robbins, S.E., Hanna, A.M., & Gouw, G. J. (1988) Overload protection: avoidance response to heavy plantar surface loading. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 20(1), 85-92.
- Robbins SE, Gouw GJ, Hanna AM (1989). Running-related injury prevention through innate impact-moderating behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 21, 130-139
- Robbins, S.E. & Gouw, G.J. (1990). Athletic footwear and chronic overloading. Sports Medicine, 9(2), 76-85.
- Robbins, S.E. & Gouw, G.J. (1991). Athletic footwear: unsafe due to perceptual illusions. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 23(2), 217-224.
- Robbins, S.E., Gouw, G.J., McClaran, J., & Waked, E. (1993). Protective sensation of the plantar aspect of the foot. Foot & Ankle, 14(6), 347-352.
- Robbins, S.E., Waked, E., and Rappel, R.. (1993). Ankle taping improves proprioception before and after exercise in young men. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 29(4), 242-247.
- Robbins S, Waked E (1997). Hazards of deceptive advertising of athletic footwear. British Journal of Sports Medicine 31, 299-303.
- Rome, K., Hancock, D., Poratt, D. (2008). Barefoot running and walking: the pros and cons based on current evidence. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 121.
- Shulman, S.B (1949). Survey in China and India of feet that have never worn shoes. The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists, 49, 26-30.
- Squadrone, R., Gallozzi, C. (2009). Biomechanical and physiological comparison of barefoot and two shod conditions in experienced barefoot runners. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 49(1), 6-13.
- Stacoff, A., Steger, J., Stüssi, E., & Reinschmidt, C. (1996). Lateral stability in sideward cutting movements. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 28(3), 350-358.
- Stefanyshyn DJ, Nigg BM (2000). Influence of midsole bending stiffness on joint energy and jump height performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 32, 471-476
- Stewart, S.F. (1972). Footgear– Its History, Uses and Abuses. Clinical rthopaedics and Related Research, 88, 119-130.
- Vormittag, K., Calonje, R. Briner, W.W. (2009). Foot and ankle injuries in the barefoot sport. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 8(5), 262-266.
- Waddington, G., Adams, R. (2003). Football boot insoles and sensitivity to extent of ankle inversion movement. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 37, 170-175.
- Warburton, M. (2001). Barefoot Running. Sportscience 5(3).
- Zipfel, B. & Berger, L.R. (2007). Shod versus unshod: The emergence of forefoot pathology in modern humans?. The Foot, 17, 205 – 213.
This isn't an exhaustive list and it hasn't been updated with research that has been published over the last year, but a quick skimming of the titles will provide an idea of the research that has been conducted. If you happen to know of any peer-reviewed published research covering barefoot running or related topics that ISN'T listed above, please leave the link and/or citation in the comments.
The sheer volume of this list would seem to suggest that science definitely supports barefoot and minimalist shoe running. It is important to note that most of these studies have limited sample sizes or other methodological flaws that limit their generalizability. Some are literature reviews. Some are published in questionable journals or websites. At the very least, it highlights the need for further research.
From a practical standpoint, a prudent consumer would approach barefoot and minimalist shoe running with a degree of skepticism. While some people experience a profound reduction in injury rates and a dramatic increase in the intrinsic joy of running, some people also experience overuse injuries and do not enjoy the feeling of the skin-on-ground contact.
My advice- educate yourself. Carefully examine anything and everything you read about barefoot and minimalist shoe running. I've written about some of these issues from a skeptic's perspective:
- Myths surrounding barefoot running
- Misconceptions of barefoot running, shoes, and the industry
- Things to avoid when you start barefoot or minimalist shoe running
If you do decide to start, be smart about it. Most people have to go through a transition period to allow their body to adapt to the new stresses of a changed running gait. The exact methods you choose to help learn can be a bit confusing, so I'd recommend this progression:
Should you get to the point where you decide to use resources that aren't free, here's a quick rundown on some great options that I'm familiar with:
In conclusion, educate yourself. Remain skeptical. Experiment. Have fun. 😉


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Last week I received a message from someone who had a question about a member of my husbands family. His aunt Hazel was something of a mystery and seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. All I knew was that she had married Larry and had a daughter Sherry. There was something that had been mentioned about her living in Florida and dying at a young age. I had never really followed up on Hazel, Larry, and Sherry. Last week's contact added to the mystery since it seems to reveal that Hazel was married in 1936 at the age of 16. Her marriage license attests that she has her father's consent. Interesting since her father was dead at the time!
All of this caused me to start looking at Hazel once again to see what else I could find out about her. In the 1940 census, she is living with her mother and her martial status is listed as "Divorced". At 20 in 1940. I remember that my mother-in-law said that Hazel was learning to be a pilot during the 1940's so maybe there is a record of her receiving a private pilot license.
Find-a-Grave shows that Hazel E Drake b 1920 is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in De Soto County, Florida. She died in 1955 which would certainly fit in with having died at a young age. In the same cemetery there is buried a Lawrence W Drake b 1905 and died in 1977. This would seem to support the reference to Florida that I had heard mentioned. In family referenced it seemed that Larry either was a pilot or was a flying instructor during WWII.
Further research on Hazel indicates that Hazel Elizabeth Drake died Nov 1957 in De Soto County, FL. Lawrence Wilson Drake died 3 June 1977 in Sarasota County, Florida. This is according to the Florida Death Index 1877 - 1998. Another mystery since her tombstone says she died in 1955 and the Florida Death Index says 1957.
The mysteries uncovered this past week are causing me to look again at what I have recorded for Hazel and Larry Drake and hopefully I will be able to flesh out their story more completely. I have learned to look again at what I think I know.


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Taylor Swift: Lunch with Conor Kennedy in upstate New York
Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy, the 18-year-old son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the late Mary Kennedy, were photographed leaving Marcella's Pizza in Mount Kisco on Wednesday (25 July). Earlier this month, they celebrated the Fourth of July together at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
It was a busy Wednesday for the pair. Swift made a quick trip to NYC to unveil her new album's lead single to radio bosses. Kennedy appeared in court to be named as one of two administrators of his mother's estate, estimated at nearly $2.1 million. Conor, whose full name is John Conor Kennedy, turned 18 on Tuesday and applied to be the administrator that afternoon. He said little during the hearing other than thanking the judge for wishing him a happy birthday.
Swift has denied recent reports that she is romantically linked to another member of the Kennedy clan: Patrick Schwarzenegger. "Patrick's a friend"
"I don't read any gossip about me, because I don't want to be weirded out by who people think I'm dating. I should just warn guys [who talk to me.]… 'This is what you can expect tomorrow on all these different blogs'."
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John M. Rusnak, the former currency trader for Allfirst Financial Inc. whose transactions led to $691.2 million in losses and presaged a purge of the bank's top management, is expected to plead guilty today to a criminal charge of bank fraud, informed sources have confirmed.
Rusnak, who pleaded not guilty to seven counts of bank fraud in June, is scheduled to appear in federal court this morning. U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio released a statement saying that "a guilty plea in a significant financial fraud case" will be announced at a news conference later in the day.
Sources said yesterday that, barring a last-minute snag, the plea will come from Rusnak.
No formal agreement has been filed with the court, and no other details could be learned.
Rusnak has cooperated with investigators since the currency trading scandal at Allfirst unraveled in February. Aside from salary bonuses, Rusnak is not thought to have benefited financially from the suspected fraud. Those factors should weigh in his favor in negotiations with prosecutors, legal experts said yesterday.
The Mount Washington resident is accused of ringing up $691.2 million in losses - one of the largest such figures in banking history - mostly by creating a fraudulent paper trail to hide losses from previous trades.
Lawyers and officials familiar with the federal laws concerning white-collar crime say any plea agreement with Rusnak is likely to include prison time.
"Assuming the loss is anywhere near what has been reported, I think it is a virtual certainty that he faces substantial incarceration," said Herbert Better, a criminal defense lawyer who is a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Baltimore. "You could very comfortably say several years."
Robert A. Mintz, head of the white-collar crime and government investigations practice at McCarter & English LLP in Newark, N.J., said, "Typically, the only way that somebody could have any hope of avoiding jail in a case like this would be if they were cooperating with some ongoing criminal investigation. And that doesn't seem to be the case here."
DiBiagio would only confirm that he will hold an 11 a.m. news conference.
Rusnak's attorney, David Irwin, also declined to comment. "If there is a resolution of the case, then I will be glad to comment after that," Irwin said.
Mintz, Better and other experts said a guilty plea is a common outcome in a case such as Rusnak's because federal sentencing guidelines allow defendants to cut as much as five years off their sentences by pleading guilty instead of going to trial.
Rusnak, who will turn 38 Oct. 30, is scheduled for a jury trial in February and could face as much as 30 years in prison. Sources close to the case have long said a plea was likely.
The length of any prison term would be determined by a federal judge using rigid and complicated sentencing guidelines, legal experts said.
Though Rusnak could expect some reduction in his sentence because he is cooperating and doesn't have a criminal record, the guidelines are based mostly on the amount of money lost in the crime. And the amount involved in his suspected fraud is more than six times the largest sum the guidelines contemplate.
"He is going to get substantial jail time for a loss like that" under the guidelines, said Christopher B. Mead, a Washington defense attorney who specializes in white-collar crime. "Even with cooperation, even with a plea of guilty, the amount of the loss results in a very severe guideline sentence. What matters is what he did, and this is a serious crime."
The trading losses attributed to Rusnak have had broad reverberations outside the courtroom, particularly in the boardroom of Allfirst.
Executives at the Baltimore-based bank fired Rusnak when they discovered his suspected trading fraud in February, later accusing him of a "complex and sophisticated" scheme to subvert the bank's internal controls. Six employees related to Rusnak's trading, some of them executives, also were fired.
The bank's Dublin-based parent company, Allied Irish Banks PLC, sent Eugene C. Sheehy to Baltimore to take over for former Chairman Frank P. Bramble, who took early retirement after the scandal broke. Susan C. Keating, Allfirst's president and chief executive, stepped down in July.
Late last month, Allied Irish officials announced that they would sell Allfirst to M&T Bank Corp. of Buffalo, N.Y., in a $3.1 billion deal that they say is unrelated to the Rusnak scandal.


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For a limited time (until Ubisoft and Sony fix it) Michael Jackson: The Experience is free on the PS Store.
Scratch that, read the full article. Sweet, downloading now.
This would bring up a great ethical discussion.
If you don't condone piracy, do you condone taking advantage of someone's honest mistake?
The two sides on this one would be interesting.


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Virtually Simulating the Next Generation of Clean Energy Technologies
NETL's AVESTAR Center Is Dedicated to the Safe, Reliable and Efficient Operation of Advanced Energy Plants With Carbon Capture
By Stephen E. Zitney, Ph.D.
Imagine using a real-time virtual simulator to learn to fly a space shuttle or rebuild your car's transmission without touching a piece of equipment or getting your hands dirty. Now, apply this concept to learning how to operate and control a state-of-the-art, electricity-producing power plant capable of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. That's what the National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL) Advanced Virtual Energy Simulation Training and Research (AVESTAR) Center (www.netl.doe.gov/avestar) is designed to do. Established as part of the Department of Energy's (DOE) initiative to advance new clean energy technology for power generation, the AVESTAR Center focuses primarily on providing simulation-based training for process engineers and energy plant operators, starting with the deployment of a first-of-a-kind operator training simulator for an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant with CO2 capture.
The IGCC dynamic simulator builds on, and reaches beyond, conventional power plant simulators to merge, for the first time, a "gasification with CO2 capture" process simulator with a "combined-cycle" power simulator. Based on Invensys Operations Management's SimSci-Esscor DYNSIM software (http://iom.invensys.com/EN/Pages/SimSci-Esscor_DynSimSuite_DYNSIM.aspx), the high-fidelity dynamic simulator provides realistic training on IGCC plant operations, including normal and faulted operations, as well as plant start-up, shutdown and power demand load changes. The highly flexible simulator also allows for testing of different types of fuel sources, such as petcoke and biomass, as well as co-firing fuel mixtures.
The IGCC dynamic simulator is available at AVESTAR's two locations, NETL (Figure 1) and West Virginia University's National Research Center for Coal and Energy (www.nrcce.wvu.edu), both in Morgantown, W.Va. By offering a comprehensive IGCC training program, AVESTAR aims to develop a workforce well prepared to operate, control and manage commercial-scale gasification-based power plants with CO2 capture. The facility and simulator at West Virginia University promotes NETL's outreach mission by offering hands-on simulator training and education to researchers and university students.
Balancing America's Energy Supply and Demand with Environmental Responsibility
Today most of the energy consumed in the United States comes from coal, petroleum and natural gas. Fossil fuel sources account for approximately 80% of national and international energy production, and coal-fired power plants account for greater than half of the electricity generated in the United States. With increasing global energy demands, coal is expected to play a dominant role in meeting future energy needs.
Why do we use coal? The answer is fairly simple, considering that the United States is home to the largest accessible reserves of coal in the world, accounting for approximately one quarter of the world's coal deposits. Coal is the largest domestically produced source of energy. While estimates vary, it has been projected that the United States has enough coal reserves to last another 200 years. Availability and accessibility, coupled with relatively low cost—particularly in light of other energy sources—are the primary reasons why consumers in the United States benefit from some of the lowest electricity rates in the world.
However, there are trade-offs for inexpensive energy. The use of coal produces emissions that can impact our environment. For example, coal combustion is associated with increased sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and mercury. Coal use also emits CO2, a greenhouse gas that has been prominent in the news due to its association with global warming. Significant advances have been made to reduce environmental contaminates resulting from coal usage, and ambitious efforts are underway to advance new technologies to burn coal more efficiently while minimizing environmental impact. NETL and its partners have undertaken a variety of strategic initiatives to explore ways of capturing and permanently storing CO2 as a way to reduce CO2 release into the atmosphere.
The Role of AVESTAR in Accelerating Clean Coal Technology
Relative to power efficiency and environmental conservation, gasification technology represents the future for coal-derived electricity. Simply defined, gasification is a process that uses heat, pressure and steam to convert coal into a synthesis gas (also known as syngas), which is mainly hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The syngas is cleaned to remove impurities and sent to a gas turbine where it will undergo combustion to produce electricity. The hot exhaust gas from the gas turbine is used to generate steam, which is then fed to a steam turbine to produce additional electricity. This process is known as IGCC because a coal-fired gasification process is integrated with a combined cycle system that produces electricity from both a gas turbine and a steam turbine driven by the gas turbine's exhaust.
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